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RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/11/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Canada 2,619,238 2,030.898 1,289.69 1,842.401 1,421.64 Mexico 213,069 439.829 484.44 399.007 534.00 Sweden 110,002 54.318 2,025.13 49.277 2,232.32 United Kingdom 110,284 44.460 2,480.49 40.334 2,734.27 Federal Republic of Germany 138,209 14.888 9,282.68 13.507 10,232.40 China 4,122 0.634 6,492.04 0.576 7,156.25 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,194,924 2,585.031 1,235.93 2,345.102 1,362.38 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 6,741,418 8,390.444 803.46 7,611.685 885.67 Mexico 51,269,220 228,674.743 224.20 207,450.296 247.14 Brazil 70,908,001 318,026.238 222.96 288,508.632 245.77 Sweden 3,962,183 3,269.716 1,211.78 2,966.238 1,335.76 Finland 1,327,038 6,626.763 200.25 6,011.700 220.74 United Kingdom 4,670,113 5,049.997 924.78 4,581.282 1,019.39 Netherlands 939,368 4,644.708 202.24 4,213.610 222.94 Belgium 1,449,582 5,599.557 258.87 5,079.835 285.36 France 1,086,013 6,389.971 169.96 5,796.886 187.34 Federal Republic of Germany 11,887,028 44,674.926 266.08 40,528.423 293.30 Switzerland 3,612 13.271 272.16 12.040 300.00 Russia 41,014,880 192,576.461 212.98 174,702.476 234.77 Spain 1,742,387 1,030.853 1,690.24 935.175 1,863.17 Italy 4,555,951 21,100.503 215.92 19,142.060 238.01 India 76,670 122.698 624.87 111.310 688.80 China 12,785,919 60,683.657 210.70 55,051.304 232.25 Korea, South 213,217 421.221 506.19 382.126 557.98 Japan 5,667,764 26,682.258 212.42 24,205.745 234.15 CATEGORY TOTAL 220,300,364 933,977.994 235.87 847,290.823 260.01 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 14,814,733 40,073.632 369.69 36,354.198 407.51 Mexico 3,755,493 13,555.636 277.04 12,297.470 305.39 Trinidad and Tobago 10,806,139 40,644.591 265.87 36,872.164 293.07 Brazil 4,588,681 18,344.096 250.14 16,641.489 275.74 Argentina 1,666,700 7,781.685 214.18 7,059.428 236.10 Sweden 761,976 398.928 1,910.06 361.902 2,105.48 Finland 23,470 22.209 1,056.76 20.148 1,164.88 United Kingdom 1,215,596 1,870.719 649.80 1,697.089 716.28 Belgium 1,127,269 4,520.128 249.39 4,100.593 274.90 Luxembourg 1,273,033 5,369.570 237.08 4,871.194 261.34 France 748,527 1,187.195 630.50 1,077.006 695.01 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/11/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Federal Republic of Germany 748,695 2,054.055 364.50 1,863.408 401.79 Belarus 1,192,012 6,569.893 181.44 5,960.109 200.00 Spain 1,531,864 4,344.270 352.62 3,941.057 388.69 Italy 2,886,489 10,969.694 263.13 9,951.542 290.05 Turkey 9,190,640 39,226.855 234.29 35,586.015 258.27 India 1,137,341 793.003 1,434.22 719.401 1,580.96 Malaysia 1,366,102 5,867.741 232.82 5,323.127 256.64 China 3,792,265 17,650.270 214.86 16,012.061 236.84 Korea, South 221,273 188.224 1,175.58 170.754 1,295.86 Taiwan 1,298,208 837.513 1,550.07 759.780 1,708.66 Japan 3,140,466 8,980.298 349.71 8,146.792 385.48 Australia 20,584 85.799 239.91 77.836 264.45 Egypt 718,586 3,399.593 211.37 3,084.060 233.00 South Africa 392,370 1,690.598 232.09 1,533.686 255.83 CATEGORY TOTAL 68,418,512 236,426.208 289.39 214,482.309 318.99 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 4,894,923 16,992.847 288.06 15,415.656 317.53 Mexico 741,829 2,592.212 286.18 2,351.616 315.45 Brazil 930,643 4,684.575 198.66 4,249.777 218.99 Norway 618,075 1,237.404 499.49 1,122.555 550.60 United Kingdom 2,699,094 7,497.043 360.02 6,801.205 396.86 Luxembourg 1,417,868 3,365.133 421.34 3,052.799 464.45 France 25,192 24.844 1,013.97 22.539 1,117.71 Federal Republic of Germany 995,494 1,563.853 636.56 1,418.704 701.69 Poland 446,761 1,328.626 336.26 1,205.310 370.66 Spain 132,080 276.338 477.96 250.690 526.87 Italy 459,371 222.559 2,064.03 201.903 2,275.21 India 12,110 5.514 2,195.88 5.003 2,420.55 Thailand 7,679 11.418 672.49 10.359 741.29 China 10,140 29.140 347.97 26.436 383.57 Korea, South 1,134,445 5,235.984 216.66 4,750.007 238.83 Taiwan 3,702 1.104 3,351.70 1.002 3,694.61 Japan 597,363 1,190.340 501.84 1,079.859 553.19 South Africa 162,018 528.479 306.57 479.429 337.94 CATEGORY TOTAL 15,288,787 46,787.423 326.77 42,444.849 360.20 STEEL PILING...........................5 Canada 1,007,578 1,930.325 521.97 1,751.162 575.38 United Kingdom 75,194 137.923 545.19 125.122 600.97 Luxembourg 3,894,593 7,598.877 512.52 6,893.588 564.96 China 4,202 1.719 2,443.58 1.560 2,693.59 Taiwan 6,227 9.463 658.01 8.585 725.33 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,987,794 9,678.309 515.36 8,780.017 568.08 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/11/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 9,035,953 22,523.153 401.19 20,432.667 442.23 Brazil 21,137 16.507 1,280.48 14.975 1,411.49 Sweden 1,144,997 2,016.327 567.86 1,829.182 625.96 Norway 34,815 101.363 343.47 91.955 378.61 Finland 25,864 46.372 557.75 42.068 614.81 United Kingdom 7,798 13.832 563.73 12.549 621.40 Belgium 2,692,726 2,714.078 992.13 2,462.171 1,093.64 France 606,633 261.234 2,322.18 236.988 2,559.76 Federal Republic of Germany 630,753 1,104.030 571.32 1,001.560 629.77 Czech Republic 376,026 1,062.794 353.81 964.151 390.01 Hungary 274,136 781.110 350.96 708.612 386.86 Russia 1,539,384 7,465.368 206.20 6,772.470 227.30 Spain 69,892 39.203 1,782.79 35.565 1,965.19 Italy 133,457 90.241 1,478.88 81.866 1,630.19 Romania 104,138 420.362 247.73 381.347 273.08 Thailand 885,423 3,308.512 267.62 3,001.433 295.00 China 941,816 3,386.753 278.09 3,072.412 306.54 Korea, South 3,174,709 13,307.081 238.57 12,071.985 262.98 Taiwan 1,313,976 856.545 1,534.04 777.045 1,690.99 Japan 1,138,711 1,738.111 655.14 1,576.789 722.17 Australia 205,522 931.829 220.56 845.342 243.12 South Africa 1,009,544 3,376.231 299.01 3,062.867 329.61 CATEGORY TOTAL 25,367,410 65,561.047 386.93 59,475.999 426.52 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 8,656,352 22,247.204 389.10 20,182.330 428.91 Mexico 1,366,606 4,199.033 325.46 3,809.300 358.76 Venezuela 330,487 1,139.993 289.90 1,034.185 319.56 Brazil 502,534 836.478 600.77 758.841 662.24 Sweden 1,250,686 1,728.552 723.55 1,568.117 797.57 Finland 121,257 429.769 282.14 389.880 311.01 United Kingdom 8,606 1.196 7,195.61 1.085 7,931.80 Netherlands 3,945,086 13,708.320 287.79 12,435.983 317.23 Belgium 576,216 618.604 931.48 561.189 1,026.78 France 565,114 2,049.874 275.68 1,859.615 303.89 Federal Republic of Germany 1,437,072 2,521.820 569.85 2,287.758 628.16 Hungary 210,995 704.892 299.33 639.468 329.95 Russia 4,278,468 18,997.558 225.21 17,234.300 248.25 Italy 135,946 571.926 237.70 518.843 262.02 Romania 861,808 3,374.681 255.37 3,061.460 281.50 Bulgaria 882,106 4,051.480 217.72 3,675.442 240.00 Turkey 1,722,982 8,398.639 205.15 7,619.120 226.14 India 262,042 1,137.210 230.43 1,031.660 254.00 Japan 240,214 413.233 581.30 374.879 640.78 New Zealand 361,599 1,588.474 227.64 1,441.040 250.93 South Africa 564,883 2,242.872 251.86 2,034.700 277.62 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/11/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 28,281,059 90,961.816 310.91 82,519.195 342.72 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Canada 17,127 30.840 555.34 27.978 612.16 Federal Republic of Germany 601,961 1,182.635 509.00 1,072.869 561.08 Czech Republic 1,450,808 4,530.428 320.24 4,109.937 353.00 Korea, South 95,625 270.415 353.62 245.317 389.80 Japan 12,500 34.386 363.51 31.195 400.71 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,178,021 6,048.706 360.08 5,487.296 396.92 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 Canada 101,036 260.401 388.00 236.232 427.70 Federal Republic of Germany 139,813 155.624 898.40 141.180 990.32 Austria 114,869 205.183 559.84 186.139 617.11 Spain 141,518 387.735 364.99 351.748 402.33 Korea, South 2,665 23.375 114.01 21.206 125.67 Japan 178,269 382.409 466.17 346.916 513.87 CATEGORY TOTAL 678,170 1,414.729 479.36 1,283.421 528.41 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 Canada 968,697 931.398 1,040.05 844.951 1,146.45 Brazil 11,997 19.168 625.88 17.389 689.92 Australia 168,464 283.945 593.30 257.591 654.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,149,158 1,234.512 930.86 1,119.931 1,026.10 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 31,439,348 77,667.973 404.79 70,459.220 446.21 Mexico 2,664,395 7,905.958 337.01 7,172.167 371.49 Trinidad and Tobago 656,126 2,369.608 276.89 2,149.673 305.22 Brazil 1,018,455 2,469.846 412.36 2,240.608 454.54 Argentina 1,689,139 5,618.744 300.63 5,097.241 331.38 Sweden 671,381 323.054 2,078.23 293.070 2,290.86 United Kingdom 5,081,463 13,569.220 374.48 12,309.793 412.80 Netherlands 173,007 299.168 578.29 271.401 637.46 Belgium 6,752 2.601 2,595.47 2.360 2,861.02 France 2,223,407 6,057.724 367.04 5,495.477 404.59 Federal Republic of Germany 2,134,404 4,794.024 445.22 4,349.067 490.77 Austria 421,818 203.625 2,071.54 184.726 2,283.48 Czech Republic 3,435,151 8,317.499 413.00 7,545.511 455.26 Poland 49,588 38.540 1,286.66 34.963 1,418.30 Russia 378,334 1,472.958 256.85 1,336.246 283.13 Belarus 1,107,408 5,816.889 190.38 5,276.995 209.86 Ukraine 2,660 6.552 405.97 5.944 447.51 Spain 1,569,753 4,927.971 318.54 4,470.582 351.13 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/11/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Portugal 427,216 189.500 2,254.43 171.912 2,485.09 Italy 476,221 513.119 928.09 465.494 1,023.04 India 283,967 462.490 614.00 419.564 676.81 Korea, South 2,551 5.295 481.73 4.804 531.02 Taiwan 201,205 120.868 1,664.66 109.650 1,834.97 Japan 5,436,493 9,392.169 578.83 8,520.435 638.05 South Africa 1,640,551 5,855.201 280.19 5,311.751 308.85 CATEGORY TOTAL 63,190,793 158,400.606 398.93 143,698.654 439.75 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 3,336,254 9,586.733 348.01 8,696.941 383.61 Mexico 854,894 3,051.577 280.15 2,768.345 308.81 Brazil 714,834 3,435.730 208.06 3,116.843 229.35 Argentina 33,897 181.968 186.28 165.079 205.34 France 12,904 4.043 3,191.47 3.668 3,517.99 Italy 1,230,935 751.292 1,638.42 681.561 1,806.05 India 1,354,593 699.664 1,936.06 634.725 2,134.14 Korea, South 15,929 38.116 417.90 34.579 460.66 Japan 26,913 7.311 3,680.85 6.633 4,057.44 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,581,153 17,756.437 426.95 16,108.374 470.63 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 Canada 17,111 47.877 357.39 43.434 393.95 Mexico 3,266,261 14,631.711 223.23 13,273.669 246.07 Dominican Republic 1,596,000 6,643.136 240.25 6,026.554 264.83 Brazil 2,624,065 13,144.537 199.63 11,924.527 220.06 United Kingdom 20,090 73.818 272.15 66.967 300.00 Federal Republic of Germany 36,006 88.460 407.03 80.250 448.67 Turkey 2,196,753 10,858.768 202.30 9,850.912 223.00 India 71,097 278.141 255.61 252.326 281.77 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,827,383 45,766.452 214.73 41,518.639 236.70 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 8,024,150 9,471.987 847.15 8,592.845 933.82 Mexico 36,370 44.589 815.66 40.451 899.11 Dominican Republic 7,606 13.522 562.49 12.267 620.04 Trinidad and Tobago 54,226 94.916 571.30 86.107 629.75 Colombia 13,432 21.461 625.85 19.470 689.88 Brazil 138,324 163.356 846.76 148.195 933.39 Argentina 8,790 21.685 405.34 19.673 446.81 Sweden 304,463 129.579 2,349.61 117.553 2,590.01 Norway 373,780 147.773 2,529.41 134.058 2,788.20 Denmark 380,119 227.483 1,670.97 206.370 1,841.93 United Kingdom 1,994,461 2,789.077 715.10 2,530.209 788.26 Belgium 136,689 262.967 519.79 238.560 572.98 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/11/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE France 2,206,043 1,386.816 1,590.72 1,258.099 1,753.47 Federal Republic of Germany 1,449,501 1,295.380 1,118.98 1,175.150 1,233.46 Austria 227,760 75.316 3,024.04 68.326 3,333.43 Czech Republic 722,668 1,859.703 388.59 1,687.095 428.35 Switzerland 173,826 77.947 2,230.03 70.713 2,458.19 Latvia 63,528 35.009 1,814.60 31.760 2,000.25 Poland 61,890 48.556 1,274.59 44.050 1,404.99 Russia 146,536 360.063 406.97 326.644 448.61 Ukraine 238,692 823.655 289.80 747.208 319.45 Spain 810,480 1,562.988 518.54 1,417.920 571.60 Italy 1,927,629 1,070.734 1,800.29 971.354 1,984.48 Slovenia 104,367 72.501 1,439.52 65.772 1,586.80 Romania 5,220 2.851 1,830.50 2.587 2,017.78 Saudi Arabia 135,814 66.738 2,035.02 60.544 2,243.23 United Arab Emirates 32,806 18.543 1,769.18 16.822 1,950.18 India 1,979,481 1,247.404 1,586.88 1,131.627 1,749.23 China 123,799 75.974 1,629.48 68.923 1,796.19 Korea, South 749,401 620.905 1,206.95 563.276 1,330.43 Taiwan 1,266,572 725.039 1,746.90 657.745 1,925.63 Japan 288,094 138.850 2,074.85 125.963 2,287.13 South Africa 481,992 1,327.842 362.99 1,204.599 400.13 CATEGORY TOTAL 24,668,509 26,281.227 938.64 23,841.935 1,034.67 TOOL STEEL............................17 Canada 873,970 785.922 1,112.03 712.977 1,225.80 Brazil 1,751,989 1,261.979 1,388.29 1,144.849 1,530.32 Sweden 1,993,206 1,061.952 1,876.93 963.387 2,068.96 United Kingdom 1,103,775 290.149 3,804.16 263.219 4,193.37 Netherlands 268,201 403.416 664.82 365.973 732.84 France 2,288,376 2,159.746 1,059.56 1,959.290 1,167.96 Federal Republic of Germany 2,023,656 1,186.321 1,705.82 1,076.213 1,880.35 Austria 1,635,179 695.288 2,351.80 630.755 2,592.42 Hungary 23,119 22.447 1,029.92 20.364 1,135.29 Switzerland 362,294 242.574 1,493.54 220.060 1,646.34 Russia 101,551 96.942 1,047.54 87.945 1,154.71 Ukraine 4,611 1.813 2,542.88 1.645 2,803.04 Spain 91,650 79.903 1,147.01 72.487 1,264.36 Slovenia 901,589 772.984 1,166.37 701.240 1,285.71 India 31,172 9.169 3,399.71 8.318 3,747.54 China 173,531 135.594 1,279.78 123.009 1,410.72 Korea, South 257,544 319.045 807.23 289.433 889.82 Taiwan 569,910 407.205 1,399.56 369.411 1,542.75 Japan 3,389,773 5,404.811 627.18 4,903.164 691.34 CATEGORY TOTAL 17,845,096 15,337.267 1,163.51 13,913.739 1,282.55 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/11/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 14,710,048 24,126.232 609.71 21,886.956 672.09 Mexico 1,519,828 2,562.269 593.16 2,324.452 653.84 Guatemala 229,087 239.182 957.79 216.983 1,055.78 Dominican Republic 10,400 29.400 353.73 26.672 389.92 Colombia 747,332 1,107.689 674.68 1,004.879 743.70 Peru 7,347 16.790 437.57 15.232 482.34 Chile 264,629 674.396 392.39 611.802 432.54 Brazil 25,996 36.957 703.41 33.527 775.38 Argentina 745,275 2,270.321 328.27 2,059.602 361.85 Sweden 4,383 0.303 14,458.88 0.275 15,938.18 Norway 4,649 1.015 4,579.26 0.921 5,047.77 United Kingdom 2,289,373 112.392 20,369.40 101.961 22,453.42 Netherlands 202,114 225.903 894.69 204.936 986.23 France 18,851 32.219 585.08 29.229 644.94 Federal Republic of Germany 622,734 705.776 882.34 640.270 972.61 Slovakia 18,719 39.306 476.24 35.658 524.96 Ukraine 799,721 3,407.872 234.67 3,091.571 258.68 Spain 804,470 1,299.317 619.15 1,178.721 682.49 Italy 234,378 143.770 1,630.23 130.426 1,797.02 Romania 506,906 1,174.436 431.62 1,065.431 475.78 Turkey 3,226,195 9,445.166 341.57 8,568.513 376.52 United Arab Emirates 4,707 15.915 295.76 14.438 326.01 Oman 300,980 994.911 302.52 902.569 333.47 India 3,043,445 8,289.781 367.13 7,520.365 404.69 Thailand 4,241,142 15,185.482 279.29 13,776.042 307.86 Malaysia 115,127 304.808 377.70 276.518 416.35 Indonesia 846,363 2,642.125 320.33 2,396.897 353.11 Philippines 17,208 28.890 595.63 26.209 656.57 China 299,912 563.306 532.41 511.023 586.89 Korea, South 4,712,041 13,617.352 346.03 12,353.458 381.43 Taiwan 2,055,876 6,093.786 337.37 5,528.192 371.89 Japan 1,154,087 2,299.433 501.90 2,086.012 553.25 Australia 2,222 6.327 351.18 5.740 387.11 South Africa 1,414,434 4,864.831 290.75 4,413.302 320.49 CATEGORY TOTAL 45,199,979 102,557.672 440.73 93,038.782 485.82 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 455,907 801.004 569.17 726.659 627.40 Mexico 353,820 553.431 639.32 502.065 704.73 Colombia 1,684,078 3,004.096 560.59 2,725.271 617.95 Venezuela 3,277,952 7,855.759 417.27 7,126.627 459.96 Brazil 724,963 1,664.863 435.45 1,510.339 480.00 Argentina 591,190 764.032 773.78 693.119 852.94 Sweden 565,426 1,395.118 405.29 1,265.631 446.75 United Kingdom 708,403 1,023.274 692.29 928.299 763.12 Ireland 2,635 0.192 13,659.61 0.175 15,057.14 Federal Republic of Germany 9,012,679 12,356.721 729.37 11,209.832 804.00 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/11/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Austria 2,806,096 4,522.101 620.53 4,102.383 684.02 Ukraine 500,047 1,714.342 291.68 1,555.226 321.53 Spain 388,328 659.530 588.79 598.316 649.03 Romania 1,217,615 2,479.661 491.04 2,249.512 541.28 Turkey 1,508,888 3,931.094 383.83 3,566.230 423.10 India 1,112,343 1,855.112 599.61 1,682.930 660.96 China 237,633 449.538 528.61 407.815 582.70 Korea, South 586,266 1,822.057 321.76 1,652.943 354.68 Taiwan 48,300 2.314 20,865.25 2.100 23,000.00 Japan 6,210,587 2,372.142 2,618.13 2,151.972 2,886.00 South Africa 890,899 2,191.447 406.53 1,988.048 448.13 CATEGORY TOTAL 32,884,055 51,417.838 639.55 46,645.492 704.98 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 10,449,410 14,456.270 722.83 13,114.512 796.78 Brazil 3,322,621 5,489.547 605.26 4,980.035 667.19 Argentina 119,791 361.036 331.80 327.527 365.74 United Kingdom 343,023 788.250 435.17 715.089 479.69 Federal Republic of Germany 618,112 1,050.421 588.44 952.927 648.65 Russia 407,247 1,086.938 374.67 986.054 413.01 Italy 3,643 5.330 683.39 4.836 753.31 Indonesia 904,223 3,818.907 236.78 3,464.456 261.00 China 24,522 41.266 594.24 37.436 655.04 Korea, South 1,501,412 4,922.368 305.02 4,465.499 336.22 Taiwan 2,271 7.312 310.55 6.634 342.33 Japan 11,882,376 23,229.499 511.52 21,073.453 563.86 CATEGORY TOTAL 29,578,651 55,257.150 535.29 50,128.458 590.06 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 1,269,980 1,778.939 713.90 1,613.827 786.94 Mexico 1,414,472 2,624.864 538.87 2,381.238 594.01 Colombia 205,146 650.258 315.48 589.905 347.76 Venezuela 555,656 1,595.263 348.32 1,447.199 383.95 Argentina 249,976 489.176 511.01 443.774 563.30 France 16,829 28.654 587.31 25.995 647.39 Federal Republic of Germany 289,715 429.892 673.92 389.992 742.87 Austria 9,297 15.757 590.00 14.295 650.37 Slovakia 60,763 153.890 394.85 139.607 435.24 Ukraine 231,512 688.568 336.22 624.659 370.62 Italy 59,314 56.852 1,043.29 51.576 1,150.03 Romania 2,268,701 5,083.343 446.30 4,611.533 491.96 India 13,898 17.641 787.81 16.004 868.41 Indonesia 5,747 24.270 236.79 22.018 261.01 China 2,077,092 5,298.226 392.04 4,806.472 432.14 Korea, South 687,177 2,063.996 332.94 1,872.427 367.00 Japan 33,489 51.084 655.56 46.343 722.63 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/11/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE South Africa 392,290 997.161 393.41 904.610 433.66 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,841,054 22,047.844 446.35 20,001.474 492.02 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Canada 113,768 176.952 642.93 160.529 708.71 Mexico 279,375 590.468 473.14 535.664 521.55 Venezuela 140,788 412.746 341.10 374.437 376.00 Argentina 581,071 1,735.513 334.81 1,574.432 369.07 United Kingdom 97,004 275.150 352.55 249.612 388.62 Federal Republic of Germany 20,069 5.943 3,376.54 5.392 3,722.00 Ukraine 435,294 159.961 2,721.24 145.115 2,999.65 India 23,814 81.173 293.37 73.639 323.39 Indonesia 489,169 2,065.960 236.78 1,874.208 261.00 China 249,599 802.143 311.16 727.693 343.00 Korea, South 1,735,166 6,392.928 271.42 5,799.569 299.19 Taiwan 44,335 145.474 304.76 131.972 335.94 South Africa 334,309 1,100.693 303.73 998.533 334.80 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,543,761 13,945.110 325.83 12,650.795 359.17 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 8,526,452 9,525.057 895.16 8,640.989 986.74 Mexico 8,905,928 16,160.967 551.08 14,660.987 607.46 Dominican Republic 56,640 172.535 328.28 156.522 361.87 Venezuela 334,381 799.123 418.43 724.953 461.25 Brazil 225,166 307.632 731.93 279.080 806.82 Argentina 598,053 879.571 679.94 797.934 749.50 Sweden 1,027,680 641.688 1,601.53 582.130 1,765.38 Denmark 6,621 8.614 768.58 7.815 847.22 United Kingdom 651,668 548.617 1,187.84 497.698 1,309.36 Belgium 2,625 0.057 45,795.40 0.052 50,480.77 France 695,786 777.204 895.24 705.068 986.84 Federal Republic of Germany 2,535,757 2,912.816 870.55 2,642.463 959.62 Austria 81,992 24.939 3,287.60 22.625 3,623.96 Czech Republic 24,584 20.394 1,205.40 18.502 1,328.72 Slovakia 22,297 22.545 988.97 20.453 1,090.16 Switzerland 388,309 277.126 1,401.20 251.405 1,544.56 Poland 38,986 19.290 2,021.00 17.500 2,227.77 Ukraine 292,225 863.301 338.50 783.174 373.13 Spain 1,361,824 2,756.823 493.98 2,500.949 544.52 Italy 396,978 434.506 913.63 394.178 1,007.10 Romania 292,029 726.923 401.73 659.454 442.83 Turkey 543,497 1,758.608 309.05 1,595.383 340.67 Saudi Arabia 15,454 19.163 806.42 17.385 888.93 India 383,697 557.401 688.37 505.666 758.80 Thailand 10,274 3.910 2,626.95 3.548 2,895.72 Singapore 9,800 10.841 903.96 9.835 996.44 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/11/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE China 366,050 1,072.982 341.15 973.394 376.06 Korea, South 1,073,288 2,302.724 466.09 2,088.997 513.78 Taiwan 63,051 34.938 1,804.61 31.696 1,989.24 Japan 5,244,187 4,641.308 1,129.89 4,210.525 1,245.49 Australia 37,163 101.985 364.39 92.520 401.68 South Africa 662,674 2,124.024 311.99 1,926.883 343.91 CATEGORY TOTAL 34,875,116 50,507.628 690.49 45,819.763 761.14 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 141,424 40.451 3,496.14 36.697 3,853.83 Mexico 164,443 150.168 1,095.05 136.231 1,207.09 Brazil 116,265 113.715 1,022.42 103.161 1,127.02 Argentina 1,021,323 931.221 1,096.76 844.790 1,208.97 Sweden 129,466 127.063 1,018.91 115.270 1,123.15 Netherlands 14,482 1.904 7,602.92 1.728 8,380.79 France 1,082,167 1,019.042 1,061.94 924.460 1,170.59 Federal Republic of Germany 3,986,386 3,586.201 1,111.59 3,253.348 1,225.32 Czech Republic 2,738 3.312 826.58 3.005 911.15 Italy 346,418 241.435 1,434.82 219.027 1,581.62 Romania 456,218 885.662 515.11 803.460 567.82 India 21,613 25.151 859.31 22.817 947.23 Korea, South 90,923 194.915 466.48 176.824 514.20 Japan 755,635 502.572 1,503.54 455.926 1,657.36 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,329,501 7,822.818 1,064.77 7,096.744 1,173.71 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D Canada 7,266,658 1,475.080 4,926.28 1,338.171 5,430.29 Mexico 33,510 2.603 12,870.35 2.362 14,187.13 Brazil 87,406 50.397 1,734.33 45.720 1,911.77 Sweden 1,587,538 442.955 3,583.96 401.843 3,950.64 Norway 2,260 0.303 7,455.41 0.275 8,218.18 Finland 94,228 57.014 1,652.69 51.723 1,821.78 Denmark 3,244 0.165 19,619.39 0.150 21,626.67 United Kingdom 208,987 16.343 12,786.80 14.827 14,095.03 Ireland 34,211 4.133 8,276.19 3.750 9,122.93 Netherlands 2,400 1.599 1,500.51 1.451 1,654.03 France 2,682,244 686.380 3,907.81 622.674 4,307.62 Federal Republic of Germany 521,143 116.040 4,491.05 105.270 4,950.54 Austria 1,009,568 288.082 3,504.44 261.344 3,862.99 Switzerland 29,018 1.816 15,973.72 1.648 17,608.01 Spain 2,462,840 574.125 4,289.72 520.838 4,728.61 Italy 1,397,199 464.735 3,006.44 421.601 3,314.03 India 112,748 44.007 2,562.01 39.923 2,824.14 Thailand 183,667 83.579 2,197.51 75.822 2,422.34 Malaysia 5,635 1.683 3,347.73 1.527 3,690.24 Singapore 109,225 11.261 9,699.22 10.216 10,691.56 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/11/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE China 838,616 350.000 2,396.04 317.515 2,641.19 Korea, South 1,046,574 387.302 2,702.21 351.355 2,978.68 Taiwan 1,859,592 964.243 1,928.55 874.747 2,125.86 Japan 1,113,145 334.662 3,326.17 303.601 3,666.47 South Africa 276,294 193.953 1,424.53 175.952 1,570.28 CATEGORY TOTAL 22,967,950 6,552.472 3,505.23 5,944.305 3,863.86 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 1,529,283 1,071.442 1,427.31 971.997 1,573.34 Mexico 461,256 452.386 1,019.61 410.398 1,123.92 Denmark 2,133 0.611 3,486.53 0.555 3,843.24 United Kingdom 26,092 12.625 2,066.55 11.454 2,277.98 Federal Republic of Germany 109,153 48.708 2,240.92 44.188 2,470.20 Italy 17,096 4.414 3,872.47 4.005 4,268.66 Israel 10,550 4.152 2,540.70 3.767 2,800.64 India 106,057 88.385 1,199.94 80.182 1,322.70 China 38,721 31.656 1,223.17 28.718 1,348.32 Korea, South 15,779 18.803 839.16 17.058 925.02 Taiwan 8,491 3.006 2,824.68 2.727 3,113.68 Japan 816,626 210.551 3,878.51 191.009 4,275.33 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,141,237 1,946.745 1,613.58 1,766.058 1,778.67 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 10,702,313 19,964.346 536.07 18,111.356 590.92 Mexico 1,244,864 1,178.145 1,056.63 1,068.796 1,164.73 Argentina 70,837 284.828 248.70 258.392 274.15 Sweden 25,800 1.708 15,100.24 1.550 16,645.16 Finland 193,074 107.554 1,795.12 97.572 1,978.78 United Kingdom 4,718 6.986 675.31 6.338 744.40 Netherlands 31,785 10.021 3,171.80 9.091 3,496.32 Belgium 13,272 7.870 1,686.30 7.140 1,858.82 Federal Republic of Germany 273,096 319.512 854.73 289.857 942.17 Austria 2,067 2.278 907.18 2.067 1,000.00 Italy 13,288 19.814 670.64 17.975 739.25 Turkey 261,911 770.153 340.08 698.672 374.87 China 100,094 337.347 296.71 306.037 327.07 Korea, South 1,562,730 5,298.915 294.92 4,807.097 325.09 Taiwan 221,265 128.827 1,717.53 116.870 1,893.26 Japan 638,679 1,443.754 442.37 1,309.752 487.63 Australia 9,887 27.028 365.80 24.520 403.22 South Africa 6,347 21.847 290.51 19.820 320.23 CATEGORY TOTAL 15,376,027 29,930.942 513.72 27,152.902 566.28 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 279,291 347.676 803.31 315.407 885.49 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/11/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Mexico 73,697 134.086 549.62 121.641 605.86 Japan 70,267 191.552 366.83 173.774 404.36 Algeria 6,985 20.825 335.40 18.893 369.71 CATEGORY TOTAL 430,240 694.141 619.82 629.715 683.23 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 12,790,811 22,168.182 576.99 20,110.643 636.02 Mexico 3,200,182 4,651.399 688.00 4,219.680 758.39 Dominican Republic 182,411 496.500 367.39 450.418 404.98 Trinidad and Tobago 506,054 1,218.320 415.37 1,105.242 457.87 Colombia 33,018 19.417 1,700.45 17.615 1,874.43 Venezuela 315,903 619.872 509.63 562.339 561.77 Ecuador 20,183 41.413 487.35 37.570 537.21 Chile 141,991 327.923 433.00 297.487 477.30 Brazil 579,287 1,285.477 450.64 1,166.166 496.74 Argentina 290,375 826.771 351.22 750.035 387.15 Sweden 2,674,870 1,039.439 2,573.38 942.964 2,836.66 Finland 100,462 197.443 508.81 179.118 560.87 Denmark 162,362 21.845 7,432.25 19.818 8,192.65 United Kingdom 1,119,945 1,122.505 997.72 1,018.320 1,099.80 Netherlands 92,617 68.961 1,343.02 62.561 1,480.43 Belgium 1,430,005 1,708.995 836.75 1,550.375 922.36 Luxembourg 413,882 258.903 1,598.60 234.873 1,762.15 France 2,748,804 2,622.572 1,048.13 2,379.158 1,155.37 Federal Republic of Germany 1,533,539 1,175.189 1,304.93 1,066.114 1,438.44 Austria 491,553 203.179 2,419.31 184.321 2,666.83 Czech Republic 188,926 528.872 357.22 479.785 393.77 Slovakia 4,722 19.017 248.30 17.252 273.71 Switzerland 69,597 15.691 4,435.36 14.235 4,889.15 Lithuania 8,284 21.453 386.14 19.462 425.65 Russia 74,155 204.990 361.75 185.964 398.76 Belarus 392,822 504.908 778.01 458.045 857.61 Spain 52,384 111.130 471.37 100.816 519.60 Italy 1,265,402 1,528.430 827.91 1,386.569 912.61 Greece 753,952 1,271.666 592.88 1,153.637 653.54 Turkey 17,052 50.194 339.72 45.536 374.47 Israel 96,519 216.669 445.47 196.559 491.04 India 1,492,231 1,578.446 945.38 1,431.943 1,042.10 Thailand 32,806 19.597 1,673.95 17.779 1,845.21 Malaysia 3,020 6.096 495.34 5.531 546.01 China 1,740,932 3,098.385 561.88 2,810.809 619.37 Korea, South 3,611,467 3,699.591 976.18 3,356.214 1,076.05 Taiwan 1,376,804 1,647.725 835.58 1,494.792 921.07 Japan 5,739,252 7,258.670 790.68 6,584.957 871.57 Australia 78,765 195.499 402.89 177.354 444.11 Egypt 3,749 8.025 467.11 7.281 514.90 South Africa 1,272,118 3,386.210 375.68 3,071.919 414.11 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/11/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 47,103,213 65,445.588 719.73 59,371.256 793.37 BLACK PLATE...........................28 Canada 75,444 222.522 339.04 201.869 373.73 Chile 1,209,422 3,391.513 356.60 3,076.730 393.09 Belgium 26,979 40.936 659.04 37.137 726.47 France 87,408 96.501 905.77 87.545 998.44 Federal Republic of Germany 232,977 233.066 999.62 211.434 1,101.89 Japan 1,222,557 1,795.700 680.82 1,629.033 750.48 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,854,787 5,780.241 493.89 5,243.748 544.42 TIN PLATE.............................29 Canada 4,409,659 7,994.813 551.56 7,252.775 608.00 Chile 23,945 55.556 431.00 50.400 475.10 Brazil 2,100,908 3,858.474 544.49 3,500.350 600.20 Norway 322,984 779.730 414.23 707.360 456.60 United Kingdom 52,385 82.492 635.03 74.836 700.00 Netherlands 764,718 1,370.122 558.14 1,242.955 615.24 France 308,978 605.930 509.92 549.691 562.09 Federal Republic of Germany 1,571,933 3,005.683 522.99 2,726.711 576.49 Korea, South 809,336 2,197.215 368.35 1,993.281 406.03 Japan 269,527 519.466 518.85 471.252 571.94 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,634,373 20,469.486 519.52 18,569.611 572.68 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A Canada 1,141,649 2,071.865 551.02 1,879.565 607.40 Netherlands 406,014 823.461 493.06 747.032 543.50 Federal Republic of Germany 832,564 1,846.645 450.85 1,675.249 496.98 Russia 2,604 3.424 760.32 3.107 838.11 Korea, South 260,019 686.530 378.74 622.810 417.49 Japan 755,908 1,410.549 535.90 1,279.629 590.72 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,398,758 6,842.476 496.71 6,207.392 547.53 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 18,188,284 51,403.666 353.83 46,632.635 390.03 Mexico 13,582,565 38,545.417 352.38 34,967.824 388.43 Venezuela 1,811,894 6,211.133 291.72 5,634.647 321.56 Brazil 40,396 92.693 435.80 84.090 480.39 Sweden 1,362,464 2,931.565 464.76 2,659.472 512.31 Finland 49,376 47.685 1,035.44 43.260 1,141.38 United Kingdom 14,900 3.205 4,648.23 2.908 5,123.80 Netherlands 13,346,238 46,416.850 287.53 42,108.670 316.95 Belgium 936,015 2,715.723 344.67 2,463.664 379.93 France 4,069,009 14,854.629 273.92 13,475.897 301.95 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/11/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Federal Republic of Germany 1,149,027 3,647.796 314.99 3,309.226 347.22 Austria 790,408 2,115.429 373.64 1,919.086 411.87 Hungary 719,884 2,938.550 244.98 2,665.809 270.04 Russia 4,979,903 21,470.813 231.94 19,478.000 255.67 Spain 9,142 7.314 1,249.77 6.636 1,377.64 Italy 1,049,839 4,057.841 258.72 3,681.213 285.19 Romania 1,183,164 4,601.398 257.13 4,174.320 283.44 Bulgaria 1,973,367 8,213.334 240.26 7,451.014 264.85 Turkey 3,154,973 14,667.483 215.10 13,306.121 237.11 India 72,718 315.580 230.43 286.290 254.00 Thailand 37,947 89.358 424.66 81.065 468.11 China 30,162 20.248 1,489.60 18.369 1,642.01 Korea, South 20,009,155 62,957.533 317.82 57,114.130 350.34 Japan 1,009,298 1,744.451 578.58 1,582.540 637.77 Australia 14,004,908 58,613.565 238.94 53,173.347 263.38 New Zealand 1,677,478 7,377.694 227.37 6,692.934 250.63 Egypt 7,044,017 21,383.488 329.41 19,398.780 363.12 South Africa 5,799,630 19,380.588 299.25 17,581.779 329.87 CATEGORY TOTAL 118,096,161 396,825.044 297.60 359,993.726 328.05 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 16,196,320 29,975.731 540.31 27,193.534 595.59 Mexico 26,260,669 46,527.912 564.41 42,209.424 622.15 El Salvador 2,753,627 8,404.355 327.64 7,624.305 361.16 Chile 3,781,170 11,284.192 335.09 10,236.850 369.37 Brazil 1,027,400 771.520 1,331.66 699.912 1,467.90 Sweden 1,553,550 1,908.674 813.94 1,731.521 897.22 Finland 439,557 281.866 1,559.45 255.705 1,719.00 United Kingdom 363,091 117.905 3,079.51 106.962 3,394.58 Netherlands 1,780,385 5,308.469 335.39 4,815.764 369.70 Belgium 4,248,199 7,657.069 554.81 6,946.379 611.57 Luxembourg 964,742 3,312.830 291.21 3,005.350 321.01 France 3,425,270 6,733.659 508.68 6,108.675 560.72 Federal Republic of Germany 5,213,538 5,976.006 872.41 5,421.343 961.67 Austria 69,638 210.420 330.95 190.890 364.81 Czech Republic 408,442 1,312.268 311.25 1,190.470 343.09 Switzerland 395,791 44.948 8,805.35 40.777 9,706.23 Spain 315,362 271.394 1,162.01 246.205 1,280.89 Italy 2,206,816 2,628.631 839.53 2,384.655 925.42 Bulgaria 885,905 3,487.648 254.01 3,163.942 280.00 Turkey 2,381,221 6,193.235 384.49 5,618.410 423.82 Thailand 79,929 37.970 2,105.05 34.446 2,320.41 Indonesia 2,964,052 9,646.948 307.25 8,751.567 338.69 China 563,111 392.441 1,434.89 356.017 1,581.70 Korea, South 2,642,433 7,438.213 355.25 6,747.836 391.60 Taiwan 3,274,397 2,118.743 1,545.44 1,922.092 1,703.56 Japan 1,838,130 2,840.888 647.03 2,577.211 713.22 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/11/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE South Africa 2,381,001 1,994.200 1,193.96 1,809.109 1,316.12 CATEGORY TOTAL 88,413,746 166,878.146 529.81 151,389.351 584.02 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 27,944,560 55,273.241 505.57 50,143.054 557.30 Mexico 14,236,165 23,298.255 611.04 21,135.828 673.56 Guatemala 10,280 22.073 465.71 20.025 513.36 Costa Rica 346,142 833.092 415.49 755.769 458.00 Dominican Republic 50,940 82.060 620.76 74.444 684.27 Colombia 393,943 835.980 471.23 758.389 519.45 Venezuela 890,771 1,677.706 530.95 1,521.990 585.27 Brazil 8,081,791 18,756.280 430.88 17,015.416 474.97 Argentina 1,482,280 3,548.464 417.72 3,219.114 460.46 Sweden 21,973 50.415 435.84 45.736 480.43 Finland 189,838 459.013 413.58 416.410 455.89 Netherlands 551,581 1,374.069 401.42 1,246.535 442.49 France 1,094,019 2,141.004 510.98 1,942.287 563.26 Federal Republic of Germany 6,041,021 15,439.067 391.28 14,006.090 431.31 Austria 7,938 9.716 816.93 8.815 900.51 Spain 662,049 1,369.402 483.46 1,242.301 532.92 Italy 278,078 540.174 514.79 490.038 567.46 Turkey 2,968,034 8,873.383 334.49 8,049.800 368.71 India 29,309,463 69,066.226 424.37 62,655.844 467.78 Indonesia 830,014 2,339.351 354.81 2,122.225 391.11 Korea, South 5,051,424 10,053.458 502.46 9,120.347 553.86 Taiwan 677,759 1,461.987 463.59 1,326.293 511.02 Japan 1,055,766 1,355.566 778.84 1,229.750 858.52 New Zealand 191,226 334.634 571.45 303.575 629.91 South Africa 3,616,267 6,981.745 517.96 6,333.735 570.95 CATEGORY TOTAL 105,983,322 226,176.371 468.59 205,183.810 516.53 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 1,465,868 1,469.135 997.78 1,332.778 1,099.86 Mexico 4,396 15.883 276.77 14.409 305.09 Brazil 328,618 547.059 600.70 496.284 662.16 Argentina 1,031,439 2,259.476 456.49 2,049.763 503.20 Finland 5,203 9.171 567.32 8.320 625.36 Luxembourg 10,836 30.594 354.18 27.755 390.42 France 2,450 0.424 5,773.00 0.385 6,363.64 Federal Republic of Germany 3,129,000 7,137.970 438.36 6,475.460 483.21 Spain 794,637 2,021.593 393.07 1,833.959 433.29 Korea, South 421,049 1,087.650 387.12 986.700 426.72 Japan 788,884 1,218.797 647.26 1,105.675 713.49 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,982,380 15,797.756 505.29 14,331.488 556.98 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/11/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 Canada 7,309,498 8,988.530 813.20 8,154.260 896.40 Mexico 4,216,307 6,723.322 627.12 6,099.297 691.28 Argentina 256,564 490.118 523.47 444.628 577.03 Sweden 2,225 0.881 2,523.11 0.800 2,781.25 United Kingdom 695,819 1,934.517 359.69 1,754.965 396.49 Belgium 205,325 214.697 956.35 194.770 1,054.19 Luxembourg 352,081 899.441 391.44 815.960 431.49 Federal Republic of Germany 239,306 136.645 1,751.29 123.963 1,930.46 Switzerland 2,240 1.234 1,814.37 1.120 2,000.00 Korea, South 3,169,205 7,704.927 411.32 6,989.795 453.40 Taiwan 225,059 431.483 521.59 391.435 574.96 Japan 666,425 463.489 1,437.84 420.471 1,584.95 CATEGORY TOTAL 17,340,054 27,989.290 619.52 25,391.464 682.91 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 Mexico 3,291 4.470 736.08 4.056 811.39 Sweden 225,752 405.775 556.35 368.113 613.27 United Kingdom 331,230 541.772 611.38 491.488 673.93 Federal Republic of Germany 282,098 515.219 547.53 467.399 603.55 Czech Republic 48,811 76.864 635.03 69.730 700.00 Italy 196,015 400.307 489.66 363.153 539.76 Japan 996,074 2,155.334 462.14 1,955.287 509.43 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,083,271 4,099.743 508.15 3,719.226 560.14 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 3,043,647 7,654.470 397.63 6,944.021 438.31 Mexico 455,862 937.238 486.39 850.249 536.15 Finland 47,577 45.948 1,035.44 41.684 1,141.37 United Kingdom 155,245 271.866 571.03 246.633 629.46 Federal Republic of Germany 203,908 438.940 464.55 398.200 512.07 Austria 3,929 1.331 2,950.60 1.208 3,252.48 Taiwan 25,045 18.420 1,359.61 16.711 1,498.71 Japan 22,809 38.310 595.37 34.755 656.28 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,958,022 9,406.527 420.77 8,533.461 463.82 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 4,597,239 7,130.406 644.74 6,468.598 710.70 Mexico 1,619,612 1,523.414 1,063.15 1,382.019 1,171.92 Brazil 38,113 47.001 810.89 42.639 893.85 Sweden 2,914,568 664.130 4,388.55 602.489 4,837.55 Norway 4,970 0.496 10,019.35 0.450 11,044.44 Finland 822,900 556.930 1,477.56 505.239 1,628.73 United Kingdom 1,471,899 786.297 1,871.94 713.317 2,063.46 Belgium 55,257 44.059 1,254.15 39.970 1,382.46 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/11/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE France 1,393,932 631.237 2,208.25 572.649 2,434.18 Federal Republic of Germany 4,518,137 2,744.797 1,646.07 2,490.039 1,814.48 Austria 276,598 47.399 5,835.48 43.000 6,432.51 Switzerland 196,957 160.206 1,229.39 145.337 1,355.17 Poland 3,578 0.004 811,476.98 0.004 894,500.00 Spain 23,555 16.205 1,453.56 14.701 1,602.27 Italy 126,797 37.689 3,364.29 34.191 3,708.49 India 47,593 73.923 643.82 67.062 709.69 Thailand 7,252 7.673 945.11 6.961 1,041.80 Korea, South 172,815 126.029 1,371.23 114.332 1,511.52 Taiwan 143,055 94.102 1,520.21 85.368 1,675.75 Japan 3,133,605 714.603 4,385.09 648.278 4,833.74 CATEGORY TOTAL 21,568,432 15,406.607 1,399.95 13,976.643 1,543.18 GRAND TOTAL 1,129,541,223 2,962,015.421 381.34 2,687,095.947 420.36 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/11/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Canada 261,709 163.182 1,603.78 148.037 1,767.86 Mexico 213,069 439.829 484.44 399.007 534.00 Federal Republic of Germany 138,209 14.888 9,282.68 13.507 10,232.40 CATEGORY TOTAL 612,987 617.901 992.05 560.551 1,093.54 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 835,960 446.025 1,874.24 404.628 2,066.00 Mexico 3,685,013 14,660.917 251.35 13,300.164 277.07 Brazil 20,257,808 85,278.178 237.55 77,363.084 261.85 Finland 164,350 837.756 196.18 760.000 216.25 United Kingdom 78,125 51.821 1,507.57 47.012 1,661.81 France 818,944 5,010.841 163.43 4,545.760 180.16 Federal Republic of Germany 150,857 317.177 475.62 287.739 524.28 Russia 875,242 2,068.871 423.05 1,876.849 466.34 Italy 3,863 0.015 250,318.26 0.014 275,928.57 Korea, South 198,211 413.807 478.99 375.400 528.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 27,068,373 109,085.413 248.14 98,960.650 273.53 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 1,128,925 4,359.498 258.96 3,954.872 285.45 United Kingdom 694,234 1,623.275 427.67 1,472.611 471.43 Luxembourg 370,327 991.368 373.55 899.355 411.77 Federal Republic of Germany 50,792 67.223 755.57 60.984 832.87 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,244,278 7,041.366 318.73 6,387.822 351.34 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 5,390,545 12,279.885 438.97 11,140.128 483.89 Sweden 1,100,602 1,988.255 553.55 1,803.716 610.19 Finland 22,965 44.703 513.72 40.554 566.28 Belgium 260,780 306.132 851.85 277.719 939.01 France 53,127 55.810 951.93 50.630 1,049.32 Federal Republic of Germany 381,464 905.720 421.17 821.656 464.26 Japan 613,352 1,404.748 436.63 1,274.367 481.30 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,822,835 16,985.256 460.57 15,408.770 507.69 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 2,417,974 6,080.369 397.67 5,516.020 438.35 Brazil 87,606 296.955 295.01 269.394 325.20 Sweden 701,972 1,409.415 498.06 1,278.601 549.02 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/11/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Netherlands 1,861,862 5,475.294 340.05 4,967.105 374.84 France 76,674 149.297 513.57 135.440 566.11 Japan 56,639 80.831 700.71 73.329 772.40 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,202,727 13,492.164 385.61 12,239.889 425.06 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Canada 11,850 19.790 598.76 17.954 660.02 Japan 12,500 34.386 363.51 31.195 400.71 CATEGORY TOTAL 24,350 54.177 449.45 49.149 495.43 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 15,350,450 36,426.820 421.41 33,045.865 464.52 Mexico 1,281,920 4,437.072 288.91 4,025.246 318.47 Trinidad and Tobago 600,894 2,337.009 257.12 2,120.100 283.43 Brazil 575,332 902.826 637.26 819.031 702.45 Sweden 671,381 323.054 2,078.23 293.070 2,290.86 United Kingdom 473,156 447.160 1,058.14 405.657 1,166.39 Netherlands 173,007 299.168 578.29 271.401 637.46 France 1,429,255 4,499.884 317.62 4,082.228 350.12 Federal Republic of Germany 830,743 1,359.008 611.29 1,232.872 673.83 Austria 300,784 134.750 2,232.15 122.244 2,460.52 Czech Republic 2,347,830 4,705.799 498.92 4,269.031 549.97 Poland 49,588 38.540 1,286.66 34.963 1,418.30 Russia 38,384 126.302 303.90 114.580 335.00 Ukraine 2,660 6.552 405.97 5.944 447.51 Spain 312,021 993.866 313.95 901.621 346.07 Italy 156,101 315.539 494.71 286.253 545.33 India 12,211 18.584 657.04 16.860 724.26 Taiwan 25,465 18.743 1,358.59 17.004 1,497.59 Japan 4,705,322 7,846.895 599.64 7,118.586 660.99 CATEGORY TOTAL 29,336,504 65,237.582 449.69 59,182.556 495.70 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 41,102 151.070 272.07 137.049 299.91 Mexico 581,352 2,072.395 280.52 1,880.046 309.22 CATEGORY TOTAL 622,454 2,223.466 279.95 2,017.095 308.59 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 1,409,333 1,017.463 1,385.14 923.028 1,526.86 Colombia 13,432 21.461 625.85 19.470 689.88 Brazil 43,990 39.229 1,121.36 35.588 1,236.09 United Kingdom 550,771 600.730 916.83 544.974 1,010.64 France 436,421 610.376 715.00 553.724 788.16 Federal Republic of Germany 348,953 148.320 2,352.70 134.554 2,593.40 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/11/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Austria 49,532 5.325 9,301.32 4.831 10,252.95 Czech Republic 271,595 697.007 389.66 632.315 429.52 Poland 61,890 48.556 1,274.59 44.050 1,404.99 Russia 77,759 252.021 308.54 228.630 340.11 Ukraine 165,631 485.272 341.32 440.232 376.24 Italy 76,706 52.667 1,456.43 47.779 1,605.43 India 13,427 17.944 748.25 16.279 824.80 Korea, South 27,702 31.197 887.95 28.302 978.80 Taiwan 4,037 4.241 951.74 3.848 1,049.12 Japan 18,956 15.120 1,253.67 13.717 1,381.93 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,570,135 4,046.937 882.18 3,671.321 972.44 TOOL STEEL............................17 Canada 873,970 785.922 1,112.03 712.977 1,225.80 Brazil 1,751,989 1,261.979 1,388.29 1,144.849 1,530.32 Sweden 1,993,206 1,061.952 1,876.93 963.387 2,068.96 United Kingdom 1,103,775 290.149 3,804.16 263.219 4,193.37 Netherlands 268,201 403.416 664.82 365.973 732.84 France 2,288,376 2,159.746 1,059.56 1,959.290 1,167.96 Federal Republic of Germany 2,023,656 1,186.321 1,705.82 1,076.213 1,880.35 Austria 1,635,179 695.288 2,351.80 630.755 2,592.42 Hungary 23,119 22.447 1,029.92 20.364 1,135.29 Switzerland 362,294 242.574 1,493.54 220.060 1,646.34 Russia 101,551 96.942 1,047.54 87.945 1,154.71 Ukraine 4,611 1.813 2,542.88 1.645 2,803.04 Spain 91,650 79.903 1,147.01 72.487 1,264.36 Slovenia 901,589 772.984 1,166.37 701.240 1,285.71 India 31,172 9.169 3,399.71 8.318 3,747.54 China 173,531 135.594 1,279.78 123.009 1,410.72 Korea, South 257,544 319.045 807.23 289.433 889.82 Taiwan 569,910 407.205 1,399.56 369.411 1,542.75 Japan 3,389,773 5,404.811 627.18 4,903.164 691.34 CATEGORY TOTAL 17,845,096 15,337.267 1,163.51 13,913.739 1,282.55 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 82,707 44.519 1,857.79 40.387 2,047.86 Mexico 12,519 12.248 1,022.05 11.112 1,126.62 Brazil 8,101 4.279 1,893.12 3.882 2,086.81 Argentina 20,713 22.664 913.89 20.561 1,007.39 United Kingdom 17,179 2.554 6,726.17 2.317 7,414.33 Federal Republic of Germany 70,170 78.808 890.38 71.494 981.48 Spain 124,418 109.837 1,132.75 99.643 1,248.64 Italy 158,400 77.272 2,049.90 70.100 2,259.63 Japan 181,860 168.544 1,079.00 152.901 1,189.40 CATEGORY TOTAL 676,067 520.728 1,298.31 472.397 1,431.14 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/11/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 60,671 105.065 577.46 95.314 636.54 Mexico 128,608 154.103 834.56 139.800 919.94 Argentina 591,190 764.032 773.78 693.119 852.94 United Kingdom 313,009 34.342 9,114.33 31.155 10,046.83 Federal Republic of Germany 7,023,839 8,338.509 842.34 7,564.571 928.52 Austria 1,697,963 2,973.507 571.03 2,697.521 629.45 Spain 388,328 659.530 588.79 598.316 649.03 China 8,256 8.257 999.83 7.491 1,102.12 Taiwan 48,300 2.314 20,865.25 2.100 23,000.00 Japan 5,990,814 1,957.503 3,060.44 1,775.818 3,373.55 CATEGORY TOTAL 16,250,978 14,997.167 1,083.60 13,605.205 1,194.47 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 10,421,489 14,408.174 723.30 13,070.880 797.31 Federal Republic of Germany 6,252 10.042 622.58 9.110 686.28 Japan 1,072,146 1,756.769 610.29 1,593.715 672.73 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,499,887 16,174.986 710.97 14,673.705 783.71 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B China 6,375 4.299 1,482.90 3.900 1,634.62 Japan 23,694 32.247 734.77 29.254 809.94 CATEGORY TOTAL 30,069 36.546 822.77 33.154 906.95 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 1,085,616 1,008.192 1,076.79 914.617 1,186.96 Mexico 645,731 879.053 734.58 797.464 809.73 Dominican Republic 56,640 172.535 328.28 156.522 361.87 Brazil 125,134 110.523 1,132.20 100.265 1,248.03 Argentina 368,584 449.245 820.45 407.549 904.39 Sweden 725,398 583.271 1,243.67 529.135 1,370.91 Denmark 2,564 0.176 14,537.64 0.160 16,025.00 United Kingdom 575,629 494.479 1,164.11 448.584 1,283.21 Belgium 2,625 0.057 45,795.40 0.052 50,480.77 France 197,045 167.812 1,174.20 152.237 1,294.33 Federal Republic of Germany 1,381,890 1,407.824 981.58 1,277.157 1,082.00 Switzerland 200,918 116.381 1,726.37 105.580 1,902.99 Spain 246,753 259.186 952.03 235.130 1,049.43 Italy 34,998 35.999 972.19 32.658 1,071.65 Saudi Arabia 15,454 19.163 806.42 17.385 888.93 India 139,763 155.349 899.67 140.931 991.71 Singapore 9,800 10.841 903.96 9.835 996.44 China 32,309 12.687 2,546.50 11.510 2,807.04 Korea, South 20,224 0.782 25,840.72 0.710 28,484.51 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/11/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 3,493,291 2,553.457 1,368.06 2,316.458 1,508.03 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,360,366 8,437.021 1,109.44 7,653.939 1,222.95 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Argentina 702,953 422.402 1,664.18 383.197 1,834.44 Sweden 129,466 127.063 1,018.91 115.270 1,123.15 France 714,656 560.808 1,274.33 508.757 1,404.71 Federal Republic of Germany 2,197,908 1,213.895 1,810.62 1,101.228 1,995.87 Italy 282,830 151.817 1,862.95 137.727 2,053.56 Japan 721,323 440.759 1,636.55 399.850 1,803.98 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,749,136 2,916.746 1,628.23 2,646.029 1,794.82 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 771,543 376.120 2,051.32 341.211 2,261.19 Denmark 2,133 0.611 3,486.53 0.555 3,843.24 United Kingdom 21,242 12.427 1,709.28 11.274 1,884.16 Federal Republic of Germany 66,537 3.369 19,745.30 3.057 21,765.46 Israel 10,550 4.152 2,540.70 3.767 2,800.64 India 26,000 2.287 11,367.14 2.075 12,530.12 China 34,127 21.861 1,561.09 19.832 1,720.80 Taiwan 4,040 2.794 1,445.77 2.535 1,593.69 Japan 809,552 207.553 3,900.46 188.289 4,299.52 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,745,724 631.177 2,765.82 572.595 3,048.79 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 2,018,533 2,877.803 701.41 2,610.700 773.18 Finland 193,074 107.554 1,795.12 97.572 1,978.78 United Kingdom 2,128 1.599 1,330.45 1.451 1,466.57 Netherlands 31,785 10.021 3,171.80 9.091 3,496.32 Federal Republic of Germany 22,144 5.492 4,031.45 4.983 4,443.91 Austria 2,067 2.278 907.18 2.067 1,000.00 Taiwan 221,265 128.827 1,717.53 116.870 1,893.26 Japan 188,332 94.341 1,996.28 85.585 2,200.53 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,679,328 3,227.918 830.05 2,928.319 914.97 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 164,142 95.504 1,718.69 86.640 1,894.53 CATEGORY TOTAL 164,142 95.504 1,718.69 86.640 1,894.53 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 1,145,272 2,074.485 552.08 1,881.942 608.56 Mexico 1,004,916 1,097.243 915.85 995.403 1,009.56 Venezuela 4,583 0.625 7,332.68 0.567 8,082.89 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/11/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Sweden 195,119 171.096 1,140.40 155.216 1,257.08 United Kingdom 202,156 10.120 19,975.26 9.181 22,018.95 Netherlands 34,832 5.706 6,103.74 5.177 6,728.22 France 15,281 1.235 12,366.36 1.121 13,631.58 Federal Republic of Germany 597,895 436.209 1,370.66 395.723 1,510.89 Austria 250,942 78.272 3,205.99 71.008 3,534.00 Italy 786,559 984.023 799.33 892.691 881.11 China 42,584 43.410 980.97 39.381 1,081.33 Korea, South 979,665 1,141.781 858.01 1,035.807 945.80 Taiwan 170,769 280.860 608.02 254.792 670.23 Japan 3,112,099 3,635.190 856.10 3,297.790 943.69 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,542,672 9,960.260 857.68 9,035.799 945.43 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 1,744,112 4,154.911 419.77 3,769.273 462.72 Sweden 1,172,947 2,712.798 432.38 2,461.010 476.61 United Kingdom 14,900 3.205 4,648.23 2.908 5,123.80 Netherlands 781,631 2,660.758 293.76 2,413.800 323.82 Belgium 14,044 47.597 295.06 43.180 325.24 France 101,880 195.638 520.76 177.480 574.04 Spain 9,142 7.314 1,249.77 6.636 1,377.64 Japan 269,644 537.049 502.08 487.203 553.45 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,108,300 10,319.273 398.12 9,361.490 438.85 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 1,289,037 2,797.517 460.78 2,537.866 507.92 Sweden 509,225 852.409 597.39 773.293 658.51 Netherlands 410,532 1,169.166 351.13 1,060.650 387.06 Belgium 57,000 185.100 307.94 167.920 339.45 France 633,777 1,449.867 437.13 1,315.298 481.85 Federal Republic of Germany 1,445,475 1,954.158 739.69 1,772.783 815.37 Korea, South 2,378,083 6,749.218 352.35 6,122.790 388.40 Japan 313,232 419.696 746.33 380.742 822.69 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,036,361 15,577.133 451.71 14,131.342 497.93 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 5,838,403 11,360.345 513.93 10,305.935 566.51 Mexico 15,176 26.137 580.61 23.712 640.01 Dominican Republic 50,940 82.060 620.76 74.444 684.27 Brazil 320,769 519.184 617.83 470.996 681.04 Netherlands 44,247 120.140 368.29 108.990 405.97 France 491,935 994.326 494.74 902.038 545.36 Federal Republic of Germany 5,561,230 14,160.926 392.72 12,846.580 432.90 Spain 662,049 1,369.402 483.46 1,242.301 532.92 Japan 14,785 30.313 487.74 27.500 537.64 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/11/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 12,999,534 28,662.837 453.53 26,002.496 499.93 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 1,433,620 1,379.644 1,039.12 1,251.593 1,145.44 France 2,450 0.424 5,773.00 0.385 6,363.64 Federal Republic of Germany 1,596,489 3,532.278 451.97 3,204.430 498.21 Japan 547,193 831.156 658.35 754.013 725.71 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,579,752 5,743.504 623.27 5,210.421 687.04 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 Mexico 3,291 4.470 736.08 4.056 811.39 Sweden 225,752 405.775 556.35 368.113 613.27 United Kingdom 331,230 541.772 611.38 491.488 673.93 Federal Republic of Germany 282,098 515.219 547.53 467.399 603.55 Czech Republic 48,811 76.864 635.03 69.730 700.00 Italy 196,015 400.307 489.66 363.153 539.76 Japan 996,074 2,155.334 462.14 1,955.287 509.43 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,083,271 4,099.743 508.15 3,719.226 560.14 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 214,206 580.147 369.23 526.301 407.00 Federal Republic of Germany 101,243 207.129 488.79 187.905 538.80 Austria 3,929 1.331 2,950.60 1.208 3,252.48 Taiwan 25,045 18.420 1,359.61 16.711 1,498.71 CATEGORY TOTAL 344,423 807.029 426.78 732.125 470.44 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 190,065 141.382 1,344.33 128.260 1,481.87 Sweden 704,328 225.654 3,121.27 204.710 3,440.61 Norway 4,970 0.496 10,019.35 0.450 11,044.44 United Kingdom 43,090 15.925 2,705.79 14.447 2,982.63 France 564,378 89.399 6,312.98 81.102 6,958.87 Federal Republic of Germany 1,690,248 1,384.416 1,220.91 1,255.922 1,345.82 Switzerland 27,646 23.501 1,176.36 21.320 1,296.72 Korea, South 17,902 11.849 1,510.74 10.750 1,665.30 Taiwan 59,703 38.617 1,546.02 35.033 1,704.19 Japan 297,468 114.425 2,599.67 103.805 2,865.64 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,599,798 2,045.667 1,759.72 1,855.799 1,939.76 GRAND TOTAL 183,799,547 358,374.779 512.87 325,112.222 565.34 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/11/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Canada 19,327 51.905 372.35 47.088 410.44 China 4,122 0.634 6,492.04 0.576 7,156.25 CATEGORY TOTAL 23,449 52.540 446.30 47.664 491.96 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 1,013,261 4,269.747 237.31 3,873.451 261.59 Mexico 47,584,207 214,013.826 222.34 194,150.132 245.09 Brazil 50,621,806 232,729.411 217.51 211,128.630 239.77 Finland 1,162,688 5,789.006 200.84 5,251.700 221.39 United Kingdom 368,991 616.783 598.25 559.537 659.46 Netherlands 939,368 4,644.708 202.24 4,213.610 222.94 Belgium 1,449,582 5,599.557 258.87 5,079.835 285.36 France 267,069 1,379.129 193.65 1,251.126 213.46 Federal Republic of Germany 11,645,057 44,289.480 262.93 40,178.752 289.83 Switzerland 3,612 13.271 272.16 12.040 300.00 Russia 40,139,638 190,507.589 210.70 172,825.627 232.26 Italy 4,452,844 21,043.729 211.60 19,090.556 233.25 India 24,770 56.131 441.28 50.922 486.43 China 12,757,935 60,678.366 210.26 55,046.504 231.77 Japan 5,664,127 26,682.176 212.28 24,205.670 234.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 178,094,955 812,312.918 219.24 736,918.092 241.68 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 14,814,733 40,073.632 369.69 36,354.198 407.51 Mexico 3,755,493 13,555.636 277.04 12,297.470 305.39 Trinidad and Tobago 10,806,139 40,644.591 265.87 36,872.164 293.07 Brazil 4,588,681 18,344.096 250.14 16,641.489 275.74 Argentina 1,666,700 7,781.685 214.18 7,059.428 236.10 Finland 23,470 22.209 1,056.76 20.148 1,164.88 United Kingdom 361,473 1,337.692 270.22 1,213.535 297.87 Belgium 1,127,269 4,520.128 249.39 4,100.593 274.90 Luxembourg 1,273,033 5,369.570 237.08 4,871.194 261.34 France 260,462 849.367 306.65 770.533 338.03 Federal Republic of Germany 652,871 2,021.219 323.01 1,833.620 356.06 Belarus 1,192,012 6,569.893 181.44 5,960.109 200.00 Spain 999,963 3,945.639 253.43 3,579.425 279.36 Italy 2,670,563 10,799.601 247.28 9,797.236 272.58 Turkey 9,190,640 39,226.855 234.29 35,586.015 258.27 Malaysia 1,366,102 5,867.741 232.82 5,323.127 256.64 China 3,536,565 17,378.394 203.50 15,765.419 224.32 Japan 2,950,741 8,911.155 331.13 8,084.067 365.01 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/11/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Australia 20,584 85.799 239.91 77.836 264.45 Egypt 718,586 3,399.593 211.37 3,084.060 233.00 South Africa 392,370 1,690.598 232.09 1,533.686 255.83 CATEGORY TOTAL 62,368,450 232,395.104 268.37 210,825.352 295.83 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 3,765,998 12,633.348 298.10 11,460.784 328.60 Mexico 741,829 2,592.212 286.18 2,351.616 315.45 Brazil 930,643 4,684.575 198.66 4,249.777 218.99 Norway 618,075 1,237.404 499.49 1,122.555 550.60 United Kingdom 2,004,860 5,873.767 341.32 5,328.594 376.25 Luxembourg 1,047,541 2,373.765 441.30 2,153.444 486.45 France 13,313 22.576 589.69 20.481 650.02 Federal Republic of Germany 865,241 1,482.955 583.46 1,345.315 643.15 Poland 446,761 1,328.626 336.26 1,205.310 370.66 Spain 132,080 276.338 477.96 250.690 526.87 Thailand 7,679 11.418 672.49 10.359 741.29 China 10,140 29.140 347.97 26.436 383.57 Korea, South 1,134,445 5,235.984 216.66 4,750.007 238.83 Taiwan 3,702 1.104 3,351.70 1.002 3,694.61 Japan 525,645 1,170.728 448.99 1,062.067 494.93 South Africa 162,018 528.479 306.57 479.429 337.94 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,409,970 39,482.427 314.32 35,817.866 346.47 STEEL PILING...........................5 Canada 1,007,578 1,930.325 521.97 1,751.162 575.38 United Kingdom 75,194 137.923 545.19 125.122 600.97 Luxembourg 3,894,593 7,598.877 512.52 6,893.588 564.96 China 4,202 1.719 2,443.58 1.560 2,693.59 Taiwan 6,227 9.463 658.01 8.585 725.33 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,987,794 9,678.309 515.36 8,780.017 568.08 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 3,505,934 10,156.764 345.18 9,214.064 380.50 Norway 34,815 101.363 343.47 91.955 378.61 United Kingdom 3,928 13.120 299.37 11.903 330.00 Belgium 369,676 1,227.279 301.22 1,113.370 332.03 Federal Republic of Germany 29,515 66.235 445.61 60.088 491.20 Czech Republic 376,026 1,062.794 353.81 964.151 390.01 Hungary 274,136 781.110 350.96 708.612 386.86 Russia 1,539,384 7,465.368 206.20 6,772.470 227.30 Romania 104,138 420.362 247.73 381.347 273.08 Thailand 885,423 3,308.512 267.62 3,001.433 295.00 China 941,816 3,386.753 278.09 3,072.412 306.54 Korea, South 3,139,133 13,289.246 236.22 12,055.805 260.38 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/11/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Australia 205,522 931.829 220.56 845.342 243.12 South Africa 820,329 3,187.023 257.40 2,891.220 283.73 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,229,775 45,397.765 269.39 41,184.172 296.95 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 6,166,053 16,126.416 382.36 14,629.643 421.48 Mexico 1,342,361 4,170.841 321.84 3,783.725 354.77 Venezuela 330,487 1,139.993 289.90 1,034.185 319.56 Brazil 68,873 248.022 277.69 225.002 306.10 Finland 89,382 408.087 219.03 370.211 241.44 Netherlands 2,083,224 8,233.026 253.03 7,468.878 278.92 Belgium 66,858 243.743 274.30 221.120 302.36 France 488,440 1,900.577 257.00 1,724.175 283.29 Federal Republic of Germany 423,757 1,594.846 265.70 1,446.821 292.89 Hungary 210,995 704.892 299.33 639.468 329.95 Russia 4,278,468 18,997.558 225.21 17,234.300 248.25 Italy 135,946 571.926 237.70 518.843 262.02 Romania 861,808 3,374.681 255.37 3,061.460 281.50 Bulgaria 882,106 4,051.480 217.72 3,675.442 240.00 Turkey 1,722,982 8,398.639 205.15 7,619.120 226.14 India 262,042 1,137.210 230.43 1,031.660 254.00 Japan 129,014 260.035 496.14 235.900 546.90 New Zealand 361,599 1,588.474 227.64 1,441.040 250.93 South Africa 564,883 2,242.872 251.86 2,034.700 277.62 CATEGORY TOTAL 20,469,278 75,393.324 271.50 68,395.693 299.28 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Canada 5,277 11.049 477.58 10.024 526.44 Federal Republic of Germany 601,961 1,182.635 509.00 1,072.869 561.08 Czech Republic 1,450,808 4,530.428 320.24 4,109.937 353.00 Korea, South 95,625 270.415 353.62 245.317 389.80 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,153,671 5,994.529 359.27 5,438.147 396.03 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 Canada 101,036 260.401 388.00 236.232 427.70 Federal Republic of Germany 139,813 155.624 898.40 141.180 990.32 Austria 114,869 205.183 559.84 186.139 617.11 Spain 141,518 387.735 364.99 351.748 402.33 Korea, South 2,665 23.375 114.01 21.206 125.67 Japan 178,269 382.409 466.17 346.916 513.87 CATEGORY TOTAL 678,170 1,414.729 479.36 1,283.421 528.41 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 Canada 968,697 931.398 1,040.05 844.951 1,146.45 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/11/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Brazil 11,997 19.168 625.88 17.389 689.92 Australia 168,464 283.945 593.30 257.591 654.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,149,158 1,234.512 930.86 1,119.931 1,026.10 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 15,816,701 41,041.549 385.38 37,232.278 424.81 Mexico 1,226,713 3,388.492 362.02 3,073.990 399.06 Brazil 371,518 1,525.905 243.47 1,384.279 268.38 Argentina 1,689,139 5,618.744 300.63 5,097.241 331.38 United Kingdom 4,531,327 13,090.220 346.16 11,875.252 381.58 France 567,627 1,509.850 375.95 1,369.714 414.41 Federal Republic of Germany 1,227,775 3,387.822 362.41 3,073.382 399.49 Czech Republic 1,087,321 3,611.699 301.06 3,276.480 331.86 Russia 339,950 1,346.655 252.44 1,221.666 278.27 Belarus 1,107,408 5,816.889 190.38 5,276.995 209.86 Spain 1,146,965 3,864.195 296.82 3,505.540 327.19 India 211,726 407.662 519.37 369.825 572.50 Korea, South 2,551 5.295 481.73 4.804 531.02 Japan 731,171 1,545.273 473.17 1,401.849 521.58 South Africa 1,640,551 5,855.201 280.19 5,311.751 308.85 CATEGORY TOTAL 31,698,443 92,015.461 344.49 83,475.046 379.74 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 3,291,172 9,435.479 348.81 8,559.725 384.50 Mexico 273,542 979.181 279.36 888.299 307.94 Brazil 714,834 3,435.730 208.06 3,116.843 229.35 Argentina 33,897 181.968 186.28 165.079 205.34 Korea, South 15,929 38.116 417.90 34.579 460.66 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,329,374 14,070.476 307.69 12,764.525 339.17 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 Canada 17,111 47.877 357.39 43.434 393.95 Mexico 3,266,261 14,631.711 223.23 13,273.669 246.07 Dominican Republic 1,596,000 6,643.136 240.25 6,026.554 264.83 Brazil 2,624,065 13,144.537 199.63 11,924.527 220.06 United Kingdom 20,090 73.818 272.15 66.967 300.00 Federal Republic of Germany 36,006 88.460 407.03 80.250 448.67 Turkey 2,196,753 10,858.768 202.30 9,850.912 223.00 India 71,097 278.141 255.61 252.326 281.77 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,827,383 45,766.452 214.73 41,518.639 236.70 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 5,457,176 8,077.629 675.59 7,327.904 744.71 Mexico 36,370 44.589 815.66 40.451 899.11 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/11/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Dominican Republic 7,606 13.522 562.49 12.267 620.04 Trinidad and Tobago 54,226 94.916 571.30 86.107 629.75 Brazil 55,183 100.095 551.30 90.805 607.71 Argentina 8,790 21.685 405.34 19.673 446.81 Sweden 31,490 19.299 1,631.67 17.508 1,798.61 United Kingdom 1,284,516 2,114.451 607.49 1,918.199 669.65 Belgium 136,689 262.967 519.79 238.560 572.98 France 133,504 64.643 2,065.22 58.644 2,276.52 Federal Republic of Germany 374,142 778.491 480.60 706.236 529.77 Czech Republic 451,073 1,162.695 387.95 1,054.780 427.65 Russia 15,533 68.486 226.80 62.130 250.01 Ukraine 73,061 338.383 215.91 306.976 238.00 Spain 565,193 1,419.322 398.21 1,287.588 438.95 Italy 133,813 220.070 608.05 199.645 670.25 Romania 5,220 2.851 1,830.50 2.587 2,017.78 India 10,232 19.499 524.72 17.690 578.41 China 3,990 7.330 544.31 6.650 600.00 Korea, South 37,480 110.936 337.85 100.640 372.42 Japan 89,017 75.262 1,182.75 68.277 1,303.76 South Africa 481,992 1,327.842 362.99 1,204.599 400.13 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,446,296 16,344.974 577.93 14,827.916 637.06 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 14,627,341 24,081.713 607.40 21,846.569 669.55 Mexico 1,507,309 2,550.020 591.10 2,313.340 651.57 Guatemala 229,087 239.182 957.79 216.983 1,055.78 Dominican Republic 10,400 29.400 353.73 26.672 389.92 Colombia 747,332 1,107.689 674.68 1,004.879 743.70 Peru 7,347 16.790 437.57 15.232 482.34 Chile 264,629 674.396 392.39 611.802 432.54 Brazil 17,895 32.678 547.62 29.645 603.64 Argentina 724,562 2,247.657 322.36 2,039.041 355.34 Sweden 4,383 0.303 14,458.88 0.275 15,938.18 Norway 4,649 1.015 4,579.26 0.921 5,047.77 United Kingdom 2,272,194 109.838 20,686.65 99.644 22,803.12 Netherlands 202,114 225.903 894.69 204.936 986.23 France 18,851 32.219 585.08 29.229 644.94 Federal Republic of Germany 552,564 626.968 881.33 568.776 971.50 Slovakia 18,719 39.306 476.24 35.658 524.96 Ukraine 799,721 3,407.872 234.67 3,091.571 258.68 Spain 680,052 1,189.479 571.72 1,079.078 630.22 Italy 75,978 66.498 1,142.56 60.326 1,259.46 Romania 506,906 1,174.436 431.62 1,065.431 475.78 Turkey 3,226,195 9,445.166 341.57 8,568.513 376.52 United Arab Emirates 4,707 15.915 295.76 14.438 326.01 Oman 300,980 994.911 302.52 902.569 333.47 India 3,043,445 8,289.781 367.13 7,520.365 404.69 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/11/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Thailand 4,241,142 15,185.482 279.29 13,776.042 307.86 Malaysia 115,127 304.808 377.70 276.518 416.35 Indonesia 846,363 2,642.125 320.33 2,396.897 353.11 Philippines 17,208 28.890 595.63 26.209 656.57 China 299,912 563.306 532.41 511.023 586.89 Korea, South 4,712,041 13,617.352 346.03 12,353.458 381.43 Taiwan 2,055,876 6,093.786 337.37 5,528.192 371.89 Japan 972,227 2,130.889 456.25 1,933.111 502.93 Australia 2,222 6.327 351.18 5.740 387.11 South Africa 1,414,434 4,864.831 290.75 4,413.302 320.49 CATEGORY TOTAL 44,523,912 102,036.944 436.35 92,566.385 480.99 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 395,236 695.938 567.92 631.345 626.02 Mexico 225,212 399.328 563.98 362.265 621.68 Colombia 1,684,078 3,004.096 560.59 2,725.271 617.95 Venezuela 3,277,952 7,855.759 417.27 7,126.627 459.96 Brazil 724,963 1,664.863 435.45 1,510.339 480.00 Sweden 565,426 1,395.118 405.29 1,265.631 446.75 United Kingdom 395,394 988.931 399.82 897.144 440.73 Ireland 2,635 0.192 13,659.61 0.175 15,057.14 Federal Republic of Germany 1,988,840 4,018.211 494.96 3,645.261 545.60 Austria 1,108,133 1,548.594 715.57 1,404.862 788.78 Ukraine 500,047 1,714.342 291.68 1,555.226 321.53 Romania 1,217,615 2,479.661 491.04 2,249.512 541.28 Turkey 1,508,888 3,931.094 383.83 3,566.230 423.10 India 1,112,343 1,855.112 599.61 1,682.930 660.96 China 229,377 441.281 519.80 400.324 572.98 Korea, South 586,266 1,822.057 321.76 1,652.943 354.68 Japan 219,773 414.638 530.03 376.154 584.26 South Africa 890,899 2,191.447 406.53 1,988.048 448.13 CATEGORY TOTAL 16,633,077 36,420.671 456.69 33,040.287 503.42 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 27,921 48.096 580.53 43.632 639.92 Brazil 3,322,621 5,489.547 605.26 4,980.035 667.19 Argentina 119,791 361.036 331.80 327.527 365.74 United Kingdom 343,023 788.250 435.17 715.089 479.69 Federal Republic of Germany 611,860 1,040.379 588.11 943.817 648.28 Russia 407,247 1,086.938 374.67 986.054 413.01 Italy 3,643 5.330 683.39 4.836 753.31 Indonesia 904,223 3,818.907 236.78 3,464.456 261.00 China 24,522 41.266 594.24 37.436 655.04 Korea, South 1,501,412 4,922.368 305.02 4,465.499 336.22 Taiwan 2,271 7.312 310.55 6.634 342.33 Japan 10,810,230 21,472.729 503.44 19,479.738 554.95 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/11/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 18,078,764 39,082.164 462.58 35,454.753 509.91 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 1,269,980 1,778.939 713.90 1,613.827 786.94 Mexico 1,414,472 2,624.864 538.87 2,381.238 594.01 Colombia 205,146 650.258 315.48 589.905 347.76 Venezuela 555,656 1,595.263 348.32 1,447.199 383.95 Argentina 249,976 489.176 511.01 443.774 563.30 France 16,829 28.654 587.31 25.995 647.39 Federal Republic of Germany 289,715 429.892 673.92 389.992 742.87 Austria 9,297 15.757 590.00 14.295 650.37 Slovakia 60,763 153.890 394.85 139.607 435.24 Ukraine 231,512 688.568 336.22 624.659 370.62 Italy 59,314 56.852 1,043.29 51.576 1,150.03 Romania 2,268,701 5,083.343 446.30 4,611.533 491.96 India 13,898 17.641 787.81 16.004 868.41 Indonesia 5,747 24.270 236.79 22.018 261.01 China 2,070,717 5,293.927 391.15 4,802.572 431.17 Korea, South 687,177 2,063.996 332.94 1,872.427 367.00 Japan 9,795 18.837 519.98 17.089 573.18 South Africa 392,290 997.161 393.41 904.610 433.66 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,810,985 22,011.298 445.72 19,968.320 491.33 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Canada 113,768 176.952 642.93 160.529 708.71 Mexico 279,375 590.468 473.14 535.664 521.55 Venezuela 140,788 412.746 341.10 374.437 376.00 Argentina 581,071 1,735.513 334.81 1,574.432 369.07 United Kingdom 97,004 275.150 352.55 249.612 388.62 Federal Republic of Germany 20,069 5.943 3,376.54 5.392 3,722.00 Ukraine 435,294 159.961 2,721.24 145.115 2,999.65 India 23,814 81.173 293.37 73.639 323.39 Indonesia 489,169 2,065.960 236.78 1,874.208 261.00 China 249,599 802.143 311.16 727.693 343.00 Korea, South 1,735,166 6,392.928 271.42 5,799.569 299.19 Taiwan 44,335 145.474 304.76 131.972 335.94 South Africa 334,309 1,100.693 303.73 998.533 334.80 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,543,761 13,945.110 325.83 12,650.795 359.17 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 7,440,836 8,516.864 873.66 7,726.372 963.04 Mexico 8,260,197 15,281.913 540.52 13,863.523 595.82 Venezuela 334,381 799.123 418.43 724.953 461.25 Brazil 100,032 197.109 507.49 178.815 559.42 Argentina 229,469 430.325 533.24 390.385 587.80 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/11/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Sweden 302,282 58.416 5,174.56 52.995 5,703.97 Denmark 4,057 8.438 480.79 7.655 529.98 United Kingdom 76,039 54.138 1,404.52 49.114 1,548.21 France 498,741 609.391 818.42 552.831 902.16 Federal Republic of Germany 1,153,867 1,504.991 766.69 1,365.306 845.13 Austria 81,992 24.939 3,287.60 22.625 3,623.96 Czech Republic 24,584 20.394 1,205.40 18.502 1,328.72 Slovakia 22,297 22.545 988.97 20.453 1,090.16 Switzerland 187,391 160.744 1,165.77 145.825 1,285.04 Poland 38,986 19.290 2,021.00 17.500 2,227.77 Ukraine 292,225 863.301 338.50 783.174 373.13 Spain 1,115,071 2,497.637 446.45 2,265.819 492.13 Italy 361,980 398.507 908.34 361.520 1,001.27 Romania 292,029 726.923 401.73 659.454 442.83 Turkey 543,497 1,758.608 309.05 1,595.383 340.67 India 243,934 402.051 606.72 364.735 668.80 Thailand 10,274 3.910 2,626.95 3.548 2,895.72 China 333,741 1,060.295 314.76 961.884 346.97 Korea, South 1,053,064 2,301.941 457.47 2,088.287 504.27 Taiwan 63,051 34.938 1,804.61 31.696 1,989.24 Japan 1,750,896 2,087.850 838.61 1,894.067 924.41 Australia 37,163 101.985 364.39 92.520 401.68 South Africa 662,674 2,124.024 311.99 1,926.883 343.91 CATEGORY TOTAL 25,514,750 42,070.607 606.47 38,165.824 668.52 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 141,424 40.451 3,496.14 36.697 3,853.83 Mexico 164,443 150.168 1,095.05 136.231 1,207.09 Brazil 116,265 113.715 1,022.42 103.161 1,127.02 Argentina 318,370 508.819 625.70 461.593 689.72 Netherlands 14,482 1.904 7,602.92 1.728 8,380.79 France 367,511 458.233 802.02 415.703 884.07 Federal Republic of Germany 1,788,478 2,372.305 753.90 2,152.120 831.03 Czech Republic 2,738 3.312 826.58 3.005 911.15 Italy 63,588 89.617 709.55 81.300 782.14 Romania 456,218 885.662 515.11 803.460 567.82 India 21,613 25.151 859.31 22.817 947.23 Korea, South 90,923 194.915 466.48 176.824 514.20 Japan 34,312 61.813 555.09 56.076 611.88 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,580,365 4,906.072 729.78 4,450.715 804.45 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 757,740 695.322 1,089.77 630.786 1,201.26 Mexico 461,256 452.386 1,019.61 410.398 1,123.92 United Kingdom 4,850 0.198 24,443.60 0.180 26,944.44 Federal Republic of Germany 42,616 45.339 939.94 41.131 1,036.10 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/11/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Italy 17,096 4.414 3,872.47 4.005 4,268.66 India 80,057 86.098 929.83 78.107 1,024.97 China 4,594 9.795 469.01 8.886 516.99 Korea, South 15,779 18.803 839.16 17.058 925.02 Taiwan 4,451 0.211 21,030.63 0.192 23,182.29 Japan 7,074 2.998 2,359.35 2.720 2,600.74 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,395,513 1,315.567 1,060.77 1,193.463 1,169.30 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 8,683,780 17,086.543 508.22 15,500.656 560.22 Mexico 1,244,864 1,178.145 1,056.63 1,068.796 1,164.73 Argentina 70,837 284.828 248.70 258.392 274.15 Sweden 25,800 1.708 15,100.24 1.550 16,645.16 United Kingdom 2,590 5.386 480.79 4.887 529.98 Belgium 13,272 7.870 1,686.30 7.140 1,858.82 Federal Republic of Germany 250,952 314.019 799.16 284.874 880.92 Italy 13,288 19.814 670.64 17.975 739.25 Turkey 261,911 770.153 340.08 698.672 374.87 China 100,094 337.347 296.71 306.037 327.07 Korea, South 1,562,730 5,298.915 294.92 4,807.097 325.09 Japan 450,347 1,349.412 333.74 1,224.167 367.88 Australia 9,887 27.028 365.80 24.520 403.22 South Africa 6,347 21.847 290.51 19.820 320.23 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,696,699 26,703.024 475.48 24,224.583 524.12 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 115,149 252.172 456.63 228.767 503.35 Mexico 73,697 134.086 549.62 121.641 605.86 Japan 70,267 191.552 366.83 173.774 404.36 Algeria 6,985 20.825 335.40 18.893 369.71 CATEGORY TOTAL 266,098 598.637 444.51 543.075 489.98 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 11,559,262 20,054.027 576.41 18,192.713 635.38 Mexico 2,195,266 3,554.156 617.66 3,224.277 680.86 Dominican Republic 182,411 496.500 367.39 450.418 404.98 Trinidad and Tobago 506,054 1,218.320 415.37 1,105.242 457.87 Colombia 33,018 19.417 1,700.45 17.615 1,874.43 Venezuela 311,320 619.247 502.74 561.772 554.18 Ecuador 20,183 41.413 487.35 37.570 537.21 Chile 141,991 327.923 433.00 297.487 477.30 Brazil 570,100 1,282.530 444.51 1,163.492 489.99 Argentina 290,375 826.771 351.22 750.035 387.15 Sweden 666,051 411.417 1,618.92 373.232 1,784.55 Finland 100,462 197.443 508.81 179.118 560.87 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/11/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE United Kingdom 722,000 1,029.675 701.19 934.106 772.93 Netherlands 46,378 63.135 734.57 57.276 809.73 Belgium 1,394,466 1,703.792 818.45 1,545.655 902.18 Luxembourg 413,882 258.903 1,598.60 234.873 1,762.15 France 2,065,741 2,437.699 847.41 2,211.444 934.11 Federal Republic of Germany 598,922 687.757 870.83 623.923 959.93 Austria 240,611 124.906 1,926.33 113.313 2,123.42 Czech Republic 188,926 528.872 357.22 479.785 393.77 Slovakia 4,722 19.017 248.30 17.252 273.71 Lithuania 8,284 21.453 386.14 19.462 425.65 Russia 74,155 204.990 361.75 185.964 398.76 Belarus 392,822 504.908 778.01 458.045 857.61 Spain 41,047 105.572 388.80 95.774 428.58 Italy 407,789 525.316 776.27 476.559 855.69 Greece 753,952 1,271.666 592.88 1,153.637 653.54 Turkey 17,052 50.194 339.72 45.536 374.47 Israel 96,519 216.669 445.47 196.559 491.04 India 359,606 822.143 437.40 745.836 482.15 Malaysia 3,020 6.096 495.34 5.531 546.01 China 1,358,936 2,870.299 473.45 2,603.893 521.89 Korea, South 1,261,019 1,874.456 672.74 1,700.479 741.57 Taiwan 624,249 1,175.504 531.05 1,066.400 585.38 Japan 2,292,551 3,565.278 643.02 3,234.367 708.81 Australia 78,765 195.499 402.89 177.354 444.11 Egypt 3,749 8.025 467.11 7.281 514.90 South Africa 1,272,118 3,386.210 375.68 3,071.919 414.11 CATEGORY TOTAL 31,297,774 52,707.214 593.80 47,815.194 654.56 BLACK PLATE...........................28 Canada 75,444 222.522 339.04 201.869 373.73 Chile 1,209,422 3,391.513 356.60 3,076.730 393.09 Belgium 26,979 40.936 659.04 37.137 726.47 France 87,408 96.501 905.77 87.545 998.44 Federal Republic of Germany 232,977 233.066 999.62 211.434 1,101.89 Japan 1,222,557 1,795.700 680.82 1,629.033 750.48 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,854,787 5,780.241 493.89 5,243.748 544.42 TIN PLATE.............................29 Canada 4,409,659 7,994.813 551.56 7,252.775 608.00 Chile 23,945 55.556 431.00 50.400 475.10 Brazil 2,100,908 3,858.474 544.49 3,500.350 600.20 Norway 322,984 779.730 414.23 707.360 456.60 United Kingdom 52,385 82.492 635.03 74.836 700.00 Netherlands 764,718 1,370.122 558.14 1,242.955 615.24 France 308,978 605.930 509.92 549.691 562.09 Federal Republic of Germany 1,571,933 3,005.683 522.99 2,726.711 576.49 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/11/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Korea, South 809,336 2,197.215 368.35 1,993.281 406.03 Japan 269,527 519.466 518.85 471.252 571.94 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,634,373 20,469.486 519.52 18,569.611 572.68 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A Canada 1,141,649 2,071.865 551.02 1,879.565 607.40 Netherlands 406,014 823.461 493.06 747.032 543.50 Federal Republic of Germany 832,564 1,846.645 450.85 1,675.249 496.98 Russia 2,604 3.424 760.32 3.107 838.11 Korea, South 260,019 686.530 378.74 622.810 417.49 Japan 755,908 1,410.549 535.90 1,279.629 590.72 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,398,758 6,842.476 496.71 6,207.392 547.53 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 16,417,571 47,228.521 347.62 42,845.006 383.19 Mexico 13,582,565 38,545.417 352.38 34,967.824 388.43 Venezuela 1,811,894 6,211.133 291.72 5,634.647 321.56 Brazil 14,704 56.173 261.76 50.960 288.54 Sweden 189,517 218.766 866.30 198.462 954.93 Netherlands 12,564,607 43,756.091 287.15 39,694.870 316.53 Belgium 673,853 2,471.116 272.69 2,241.760 300.59 France 3,967,129 14,658.991 270.63 13,298.417 298.32 Federal Republic of Germany 1,106,622 3,598.364 307.53 3,264.382 339.00 Austria 786,230 2,114.607 371.81 1,918.340 409.85 Hungary 719,884 2,938.550 244.98 2,665.809 270.04 Russia 4,979,903 21,470.813 231.94 19,478.000 255.67 Italy 942,643 3,960.721 238.00 3,593.107 262.35 Romania 1,183,164 4,601.398 257.13 4,174.320 283.44 Bulgaria 1,973,367 8,213.334 240.26 7,451.014 264.85 Turkey 3,154,973 14,667.483 215.10 13,306.121 237.11 India 72,718 315.580 230.43 286.290 254.00 Thailand 37,947 89.358 424.66 81.065 468.11 Korea, South 20,009,155 62,957.533 317.82 57,114.130 350.34 Japan 566,537 1,127.520 502.46 1,022.870 553.87 Australia 14,004,908 58,613.565 238.94 53,173.347 263.38 New Zealand 1,677,478 7,377.694 227.37 6,692.934 250.63 Egypt 7,044,017 21,383.488 329.41 19,398.780 363.12 South Africa 5,647,739 19,203.641 294.10 17,421.255 324.19 CATEGORY TOTAL 113,129,125 385,779.870 293.25 349,973.710 323.25 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 10,798,384 24,714.195 436.93 22,420.347 481.63 Mexico 16,091,417 39,178.812 410.72 35,542.431 452.74 El Salvador 2,753,627 8,404.355 327.64 7,624.305 361.16 Chile 3,781,170 11,284.192 335.09 10,236.850 369.37 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/11/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Sweden 255,524 762.984 334.90 692.168 369.16 Finland 12,562 43.750 287.13 39.690 316.50 Netherlands 1,369,853 4,139.303 330.94 3,755.114 364.80 Belgium 1,701,684 5,750.877 295.90 5,217.110 326.17 Luxembourg 964,742 3,312.830 291.21 3,005.350 321.01 France 1,356,281 4,266.635 317.88 3,870.628 350.40 Federal Republic of Germany 435,538 1,432.475 304.05 1,299.520 335.15 Austria 69,638 210.420 330.95 190.890 364.81 Czech Republic 408,442 1,312.268 311.25 1,190.470 343.09 Italy 142,185 527.378 269.61 478.430 297.19 Bulgaria 885,905 3,487.648 254.01 3,163.942 280.00 Turkey 2,381,221 6,193.235 384.49 5,618.410 423.82 Indonesia 2,964,052 9,646.948 307.25 8,751.567 338.69 China 8,507 10.756 790.88 9.758 871.80 Korea, South 204,071 656.964 310.63 595.988 342.41 Japan 1,116,815 2,243.999 497.69 2,035.723 548.61 CATEGORY TOTAL 47,701,618 127,580.032 373.90 115,738.691 412.15 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 22,106,157 43,912.895 503.41 39,837.120 554.91 Mexico 14,220,989 23,272.117 611.07 21,112.116 673.59 Guatemala 10,280 22.073 465.71 20.025 513.36 Costa Rica 346,142 833.092 415.49 755.769 458.00 Colombia 393,943 835.980 471.23 758.389 519.45 Venezuela 890,771 1,677.706 530.95 1,521.990 585.27 Brazil 7,761,022 18,237.096 425.56 16,544.420 469.10 Argentina 1,482,280 3,548.464 417.72 3,219.114 460.46 Sweden 21,973 50.415 435.84 45.736 480.43 Finland 189,838 459.013 413.58 416.410 455.89 Netherlands 507,334 1,253.928 404.60 1,137.545 445.99 France 602,084 1,146.677 525.07 1,040.249 578.79 Federal Republic of Germany 479,791 1,278.140 375.38 1,159.510 413.79 Austria 7,938 9.716 816.93 8.815 900.51 Italy 278,078 540.174 514.79 490.038 567.46 Turkey 2,968,034 8,873.383 334.49 8,049.800 368.71 India 29,309,463 69,066.226 424.37 62,655.844 467.78 Indonesia 830,014 2,339.351 354.81 2,122.225 391.11 Korea, South 5,051,424 10,053.458 502.46 9,120.347 553.86 Taiwan 677,759 1,461.987 463.59 1,326.293 511.02 Japan 1,040,981 1,325.253 785.50 1,202.250 865.86 New Zealand 191,226 334.634 571.45 303.575 629.91 South Africa 3,616,267 6,981.745 517.96 6,333.735 570.95 CATEGORY TOTAL 92,983,788 197,513.534 470.77 179,181.315 518.94 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 32,248 89.491 360.35 81.185 397.22 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/11/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Mexico 4,396 15.883 276.77 14.409 305.09 Brazil 328,618 547.059 600.70 496.284 662.16 Argentina 1,031,439 2,259.476 456.49 2,049.763 503.20 Finland 5,203 9.171 567.32 8.320 625.36 Luxembourg 10,836 30.594 354.18 27.755 390.42 Federal Republic of Germany 1,532,511 3,605.692 425.03 3,271.030 468.51 Spain 794,637 2,021.593 393.07 1,833.959 433.29 Korea, South 421,049 1,087.650 387.12 986.700 426.72 Japan 241,691 387.640 623.49 351.662 687.28 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,402,628 10,054.252 437.89 9,121.067 482.69 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 Canada 7,309,498 8,988.530 813.20 8,154.260 896.40 Mexico 4,216,307 6,723.322 627.12 6,099.297 691.28 Argentina 256,564 490.118 523.47 444.628 577.03 Sweden 2,225 0.881 2,523.11 0.800 2,781.25 United Kingdom 695,819 1,934.517 359.69 1,754.965 396.49 Belgium 205,325 214.697 956.35 194.770 1,054.19 Luxembourg 352,081 899.441 391.44 815.960 431.49 Federal Republic of Germany 239,306 136.645 1,751.29 123.963 1,930.46 Switzerland 2,240 1.234 1,814.37 1.120 2,000.00 Korea, South 3,169,205 7,704.927 411.32 6,989.795 453.40 Taiwan 225,059 431.483 521.59 391.435 574.96 Japan 666,425 463.489 1,437.84 420.471 1,584.95 CATEGORY TOTAL 17,340,054 27,989.290 619.52 25,391.464 682.91 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 2,829,441 7,074.323 399.96 6,417.720 440.88 Mexico 455,862 937.238 486.39 850.249 536.15 United Kingdom 155,245 271.866 571.03 246.633 629.46 Federal Republic of Germany 102,665 231.810 442.88 210.295 488.20 Japan 20,051 37.335 537.05 33.870 592.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,563,264 8,552.574 416.63 7,758.767 459.26 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 3,496,389 6,540.310 534.59 5,933.272 589.29 Mexico 569,898 799.089 713.18 724.922 786.15 Brazil 38,113 47.001 810.89 42.639 893.85 Sweden 829,215 213.404 3,885.66 193.597 4,283.20 United Kingdom 1,295,988 763.806 1,696.75 692.914 1,870.34 France 296,400 278.328 1,064.93 252.495 1,173.88 Federal Republic of Germany 2,030,973 1,274.645 1,593.36 1,156.339 1,756.38 Austria 276,598 47.399 5,835.48 43.000 6,432.51 Switzerland 169,311 136.705 1,238.51 124.017 1,365.22 Italy 126,797 37.689 3,364.29 34.191 3,708.49 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/11/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE India 47,593 73.923 643.82 67.062 709.69 Japan 290,643 269.018 1,080.38 244.050 1,190.92 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,467,918 10,481.321 903.31 9,508.498 995.73 GRAND TOTAL 823,684,177 2,534,393.920 325.00 2,299,164.137 358.25 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/11/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Canada 2,338,202 1,815.810 1,287.69 1,647.276 1,419.44 Sweden 110,002 54.318 2,025.13 49.277 2,232.32 United Kingdom 110,284 44.460 2,480.49 40.334 2,734.27 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,558,488 1,914.589 1,336.31 1,736.887 1,473.03 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 4,892,197 3,674.670 1,331.33 3,333.606 1,467.54 Brazil 28,387 18.648 1,522.18 16.918 1,677.92 Sweden 3,962,183 3,269.716 1,211.78 2,966.238 1,335.76 United Kingdom 4,222,997 4,381.391 963.85 3,974.733 1,062.46 Federal Republic of Germany 91,114 68.268 1,334.65 61.932 1,471.19 Spain 1,742,387 1,030.853 1,690.24 935.175 1,863.17 Italy 99,244 56.757 1,748.55 51.490 1,927.44 India 51,900 66.566 779.67 60.388 859.44 China 27,984 5.291 5,288.89 4.800 5,830.00 Korea, South 15,006 7.414 2,023.97 6.726 2,231.04 Japan 3,637 0.082 43,992.42 0.075 48,493.33 CATEGORY TOTAL 15,137,036 12,579.662 1,203.29 11,412.081 1,326.40 WIRE RODS..............................3 Sweden 761,976 398.928 1,910.06 361.902 2,105.48 United Kingdom 854,123 533.026 1,602.40 483.554 1,766.34 France 488,065 337.828 1,444.71 306.473 1,592.52 Federal Republic of Germany 95,824 32.835 2,918.29 29.788 3,216.87 Spain 531,901 398.630 1,334.32 361.632 1,470.83 Italy 215,926 170.093 1,269.46 154.306 1,399.34 India 1,137,341 793.003 1,434.22 719.401 1,580.96 China 255,700 271.876 940.50 246.642 1,036.73 Korea, South 221,273 188.224 1,175.58 170.754 1,295.86 Taiwan 1,298,208 837.513 1,550.07 759.780 1,708.66 Japan 189,725 69.142 2,743.97 62.725 3,024.71 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,050,062 4,031.103 1,500.84 3,656.957 1,654.40 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 France 11,879 2.268 5,236.37 2.058 5,772.11 Federal Republic of Germany 79,461 13.674 5,811.03 12.405 6,405.56 Italy 459,371 222.559 2,064.03 201.903 2,275.21 India 12,110 5.514 2,195.88 5.003 2,420.55 Japan 71,718 19.612 3,656.78 17.792 4,030.91 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/11/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 634,539 263.629 2,406.93 239.161 2,653.19 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 139,474 86.503 1,612.34 78.475 1,777.30 Brazil 21,137 16.507 1,280.48 14.975 1,411.49 Sweden 44,395 28.071 1,581.50 25.466 1,743.30 Finland 2,899 1.668 1,737.07 1.514 1,914.80 United Kingdom 3,870 0.712 5,434.68 0.646 5,990.71 Belgium 2,062,270 1,180.665 1,746.70 1,071.082 1,925.41 France 553,506 205.424 2,694.45 186.358 2,970.12 Federal Republic of Germany 219,774 132.074 1,664.02 119.816 1,834.26 Spain 69,892 39.203 1,782.79 35.565 1,965.19 Italy 133,457 90.241 1,478.88 81.866 1,630.19 Korea, South 35,576 17.835 1,994.69 16.180 2,198.76 Taiwan 1,313,976 856.545 1,534.04 777.045 1,690.99 Japan 525,359 333.363 1,575.94 302.422 1,737.17 South Africa 189,215 189.208 1,000.04 171.647 1,102.35 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,314,800 3,178.025 1,672.36 2,883.057 1,843.46 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 72,325 40.418 1,789.41 36.667 1,972.48 Mexico 24,245 28.191 860.01 25.575 948.00 Brazil 346,055 291.500 1,187.15 264.445 1,308.61 Sweden 548,714 319.136 1,719.37 289.516 1,895.28 Finland 31,875 21.681 1,470.16 19.669 1,620.57 United Kingdom 8,606 1.196 7,195.61 1.085 7,931.80 Belgium 509,358 374.861 1,358.79 340.069 1,497.81 Federal Republic of Germany 1,013,315 926.974 1,093.14 840.937 1,204.98 Japan 54,561 72.366 753.95 65.650 831.09 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,609,054 2,076.327 1,256.57 1,883.613 1,385.13 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 272,197 199.603 1,363.69 181.077 1,503.21 Mexico 155,762 80.392 1,937.52 72.931 2,135.74 Trinidad and Tobago 55,232 32.598 1,694.30 29.573 1,867.65 Brazil 71,605 41.113 1,741.62 37.298 1,919.81 United Kingdom 76,980 31.839 2,417.78 28.884 2,665.14 Belgium 6,752 2.601 2,595.47 2.360 2,861.02 France 226,525 47.989 4,720.34 43.535 5,203.28 Federal Republic of Germany 75,886 47.193 1,607.98 42.813 1,772.50 Austria 121,034 68.874 1,757.31 62.482 1,937.10 Spain 110,767 69.909 1,584.43 63.421 1,746.54 Portugal 427,216 189.500 2,254.43 171.912 2,485.09 Italy 320,120 197.579 1,620.21 179.241 1,785.98 India 60,030 36.242 1,656.33 32.879 1,825.79 Taiwan 175,740 102.124 1,720.84 92.646 1,896.90 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/11/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 2,155,846 1,147.563 1,878.63 1,041.052 2,070.83 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 3,980 0.184 21,620.34 0.167 23,832.34 France 12,904 4.043 3,191.47 3.668 3,517.99 Italy 1,230,935 751.292 1,638.42 681.561 1,806.05 India 1,354,593 699.664 1,936.06 634.725 2,134.14 Japan 26,913 7.311 3,680.85 6.633 4,057.44 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,629,325 1,462.495 1,797.83 1,326.754 1,981.77 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 1,157,641 376.894 3,071.53 341.913 3,385.78 Brazil 39,151 24.032 1,629.08 21.802 1,795.75 Sweden 272,973 110.280 2,475.26 100.045 2,728.50 Norway 373,780 147.773 2,529.41 134.058 2,788.20 Denmark 380,119 227.483 1,670.97 206.370 1,841.93 United Kingdom 159,174 73.894 2,154.07 67.036 2,374.46 France 1,636,118 711.796 2,298.58 645.731 2,533.75 Federal Republic of Germany 726,406 368.568 1,970.88 334.360 2,172.53 Austria 178,228 69.991 2,546.43 63.495 2,806.96 Switzerland 173,826 77.947 2,230.03 70.713 2,458.19 Latvia 63,528 35.009 1,814.60 31.760 2,000.25 Russia 53,244 39.555 1,346.06 35.884 1,483.78 Spain 245,287 143.666 1,707.34 130.332 1,882.02 Italy 1,717,110 797.996 2,151.78 723.930 2,371.93 Slovenia 104,367 72.501 1,439.52 65.772 1,586.80 Saudi Arabia 135,814 66.738 2,035.02 60.544 2,243.23 United Arab Emirates 32,806 18.543 1,769.18 16.822 1,950.18 India 1,955,822 1,209.960 1,616.43 1,097.658 1,781.81 China 119,809 68.644 1,745.36 62.273 1,923.93 Korea, South 684,219 478.771 1,429.11 434.334 1,575.33 Taiwan 1,262,535 720.797 1,751.58 653.897 1,930.79 Japan 180,121 48.467 3,716.32 43.969 4,096.55 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,652,078 5,889.314 1,978.51 5,342.698 2,180.94 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D Canada 7,266,658 1,475.080 4,926.28 1,338.171 5,430.29 Mexico 33,510 2.603 12,870.35 2.362 14,187.13 Brazil 87,406 50.397 1,734.33 45.720 1,911.77 Sweden 1,587,538 442.955 3,583.96 401.843 3,950.64 Norway 2,260 0.303 7,455.41 0.275 8,218.18 Finland 94,228 57.014 1,652.69 51.723 1,821.78 Denmark 3,244 0.165 19,619.39 0.150 21,626.67 United Kingdom 208,987 16.343 12,786.80 14.827 14,095.03 Ireland 34,211 4.133 8,276.19 3.750 9,122.93 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/11/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Netherlands 2,400 1.599 1,500.51 1.451 1,654.03 France 2,682,244 686.380 3,907.81 622.674 4,307.62 Federal Republic of Germany 521,143 116.040 4,491.05 105.270 4,950.54 Austria 1,009,568 288.082 3,504.44 261.344 3,862.99 Switzerland 29,018 1.816 15,973.72 1.648 17,608.01 Spain 2,462,840 574.125 4,289.72 520.838 4,728.61 Italy 1,397,199 464.735 3,006.44 421.601 3,314.03 India 112,748 44.007 2,562.01 39.923 2,824.14 Thailand 183,667 83.579 2,197.51 75.822 2,422.34 Malaysia 5,635 1.683 3,347.73 1.527 3,690.24 Singapore 109,225 11.261 9,699.22 10.216 10,691.56 China 838,616 350.000 2,396.04 317.515 2,641.19 Korea, South 1,046,574 387.302 2,702.21 351.355 2,978.68 Taiwan 1,859,592 964.243 1,928.55 874.747 2,125.86 Japan 1,113,145 334.662 3,326.17 303.601 3,666.47 South Africa 276,294 193.953 1,424.53 175.952 1,570.28 CATEGORY TOTAL 22,967,950 6,552.472 3,505.23 5,944.305 3,863.86 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 86,277 39.669 2,174.87 35.988 2,397.38 Brazil 9,187 2.947 3,116.79 2.674 3,435.68 Sweden 1,813,700 456.925 3,969.36 414.516 4,375.46 Denmark 162,362 21.845 7,432.25 19.818 8,192.65 United Kingdom 195,789 82.709 2,367.18 75.033 2,609.37 Netherlands 11,407 0.119 95,817.22 0.108 105,620.37 Belgium 35,539 5.202 6,830.60 4.720 7,529.45 France 667,782 183.637 3,636.42 166.593 4,008.46 Federal Republic of Germany 336,722 51.222 6,573.75 46.468 7,246.32 Switzerland 69,597 15.691 4,435.36 14.235 4,889.15 Spain 11,337 5.557 2,039.82 5.042 2,248.51 Italy 71,054 19.090 3,721.87 17.319 4,102.66 India 1,132,625 756.303 1,497.58 686.107 1,650.80 Thailand 32,806 19.597 1,673.95 17.779 1,845.21 China 339,412 184.675 1,837.88 167.535 2,025.92 Korea, South 1,370,783 683.353 2,005.96 619.928 2,211.20 Taiwan 581,786 191.361 3,040.25 173.600 3,351.30 Japan 334,602 58.202 5,748.98 52.800 6,337.16 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,262,767 2,778.113 2,614.28 2,520.263 2,881.75 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 26,601 20.234 1,314.67 18.356 1,449.17 Brazil 25,692 36.519 703.51 33.130 775.49 Finland 49,376 47.685 1,035.44 43.260 1,141.38 Belgium 248,118 197.009 1,259.42 178.724 1,388.27 Federal Republic of Germany 42,405 49.432 857.84 44.844 945.61 Austria 4,178 0.822 5,080.72 0.746 5,600.54 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/11/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Italy 107,196 97.120 1,103.75 88.106 1,216.67 China 30,162 20.248 1,489.60 18.369 1,642.01 Japan 173,117 79.881 2,167.18 72.467 2,388.91 South Africa 151,891 176.947 858.40 160.524 946.22 CATEGORY TOTAL 858,736 725.900 1,182.99 658.526 1,304.03 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 4,108,899 2,464.018 1,667.56 2,235.321 1,838.17 Mexico 10,169,252 7,349.099 1,383.74 6,666.993 1,525.31 Brazil 1,027,400 771.520 1,331.66 699.912 1,467.90 Sweden 788,801 293.280 2,689.58 266.060 2,964.75 Finland 426,995 238.115 1,793.22 216.015 1,976.69 United Kingdom 363,091 117.905 3,079.51 106.962 3,394.58 Belgium 2,489,515 1,721.092 1,446.47 1,561.349 1,594.46 France 1,435,212 1,017.156 1,411.00 922.749 1,555.37 Federal Republic of Germany 3,332,525 2,589.372 1,287.00 2,349.040 1,418.68 Switzerland 395,791 44.948 8,805.35 40.777 9,706.23 Spain 315,362 271.394 1,162.01 246.205 1,280.89 Italy 2,064,631 2,101.252 982.57 1,906.225 1,083.10 Thailand 79,929 37.970 2,105.05 34.446 2,320.41 China 554,604 381.685 1,453.04 346.259 1,601.70 Korea, South 60,279 32.030 1,881.90 29.058 2,074.44 Taiwan 3,274,397 2,118.743 1,545.44 1,922.092 1,703.56 Japan 408,083 177.192 2,303.05 160.746 2,538.68 South Africa 2,381,001 1,994.200 1,193.96 1,809.109 1,316.12 CATEGORY TOTAL 33,675,767 23,720.980 1,419.66 21,519.318 1,564.91 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Finland 47,577 45.948 1,035.44 41.684 1,141.37 Japan 2,758 0.975 2,827.14 0.885 3,116.38 CATEGORY TOTAL 50,335 46.924 1,072.69 42.569 1,182.43 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 910,785 448.713 2,029.77 407.066 2,237.44 Mexico 1,049,714 724.325 1,449.23 657.097 1,597.50 Sweden 1,381,025 225.072 6,135.92 204.182 6,763.70 Finland 822,900 556.930 1,477.56 505.239 1,628.73 United Kingdom 132,821 6.565 20,230.56 5.956 22,300.37 Belgium 55,257 44.059 1,254.15 39.970 1,382.46 France 533,154 263.509 2,023.28 239.052 2,230.28 Federal Republic of Germany 796,916 85.735 9,295.05 77.778 10,246.03 Poland 3,578 0.004 811,476.98 0.004 894,500.00 Spain 23,555 16.205 1,453.56 14.701 1,602.27 Thailand 7,252 7.673 945.11 6.961 1,041.80 Korea, South 154,913 114.179 1,356.75 103.582 1,495.56 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/11/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Taiwan 83,352 55.484 1,502.25 50.335 1,655.95 Japan 2,545,494 331.159 7,686.61 300.423 8,473.03 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,500,716 2,879.617 2,952.03 2,612.346 3,254.05 GRAND TOTAL 122,057,499 69,246.721 1,762.65 62,819.587 1,942.98