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RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 31/12/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Canada 1,783,285 1,285.747 1,386.96 1,166.411 1,528.87 Mexico 296,332 506.864 584.64 459.820 644.45 Sweden 24,994 39.506 632.65 35.840 697.38 United Kingdom 31,995 12.886 2,482.92 11.690 2,736.95 Belgium 396,703 1,070.862 370.45 971.470 408.35 Italy 190,676 298.428 638.93 270.730 704.30 Taiwan 17,088 2.028 8,424.99 1.840 9,286.96 Japan 22,759 18.166 1,252.83 16.480 1,381.01 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,763,832 3,234.490 854.49 2,934.281 941.91 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 4,416,187 10,839.320 407.42 9,833.269 449.11 Mexico 31,853,350 137,632.367 231.44 124,858.019 255.12 Brazil 58,822,857 254,199.921 231.40 230,606.355 255.08 Argentina 6,412,474 31,312.105 204.79 28,405.872 225.74 Sweden 4,200,813 3,623.608 1,159.29 3,287.283 1,277.90 Finland 1,452,782 7,398.270 196.37 6,711.600 216.46 United Kingdom 4,443,164 4,332.487 1,025.55 3,930.368 1,130.47 Netherlands 1,305,870 6,480.243 201.52 5,878.780 222.13 Belgium 383,357 1,354.084 283.11 1,228.405 312.08 France 167,937 655.601 256.16 594.752 282.36 Federal Republic of Germany 905,436 3,068.368 295.09 2,783.578 325.28 Switzerland 7,224 26.543 272.16 24.080 300.00 Russia 21,867,179 105,969.657 206.35 96,134.083 227.47 Spain 11,300,854 11,256.984 1,003.90 10,212.167 1,106.61 Italy 2,936,175 12,869.052 228.16 11,674.611 251.50 India 32,210 30.256 1,064.57 27.448 1,173.49 China 60,243 8.688 6,933.72 7.882 7,643.11 Korea, South 19,634 1.274 15,408.02 1.156 16,984.43 Taiwan 15,000 2.397 6,256.45 2.175 6,896.55 Japan 56,105 100.702 557.13 91.356 614.14 Australia 18,396,909 79,898.858 230.25 72,483.046 253.81 South Africa 9,729,916 45,083.913 215.82 40,899.450 237.90 CATEGORY TOTAL 178,785,676 716,144.709 249.65 649,675.735 275.19 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 11,858,155 34,690.373 341.83 31,470.586 376.80 Mexico 2,029,015 7,277.028 278.82 6,601.611 307.35 Trinidad and Tobago 7,826,014 31,133.286 251.37 28,243.650 277.09 Venezuela 1,790,349 7,210.203 248.31 6,540.988 273.71 Brazil 2,422,078 9,592.858 252.49 8,702.497 278.32 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 31/12/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Argentina 85,452 337.615 253.10 306.280 279.00 Sweden 734,163 398.055 1,844.37 361.110 2,033.07 United Kingdom 1,134,255 3,299.609 343.75 2,993.356 378.92 Netherlands 211,044 469.971 449.06 426.351 495.00 Belgium 282,683 1,169.361 241.74 1,060.827 266.47 France 2,002,543 3,967.577 504.73 3,599.327 556.37 Federal Republic of Germany 1,412,776 4,360.969 323.96 3,956.206 357.10 Czech Republic 329,715 1,427.808 230.92 1,295.286 254.55 Spain 2,158,107 5,896.336 366.01 5,349.068 403.45 Italy 3,276,358 11,851.645 276.45 10,751.635 304.73 Turkey 103,499 479.091 216.03 434.625 238.13 India 813,077 537.550 1,512.56 487.658 1,667.31 Malaysia 26,690 103.374 258.19 93.780 284.60 China 1,448,815 6,154.922 235.39 5,583.653 259.47 Korea, South 199,651 166.386 1,199.93 150.943 1,322.69 Taiwan 1,708,006 1,176.067 1,452.30 1,066.911 1,600.89 Japan 3,542,476 10,842.134 326.73 9,835.822 360.16 Egypt 703,886 3,066.805 229.52 2,782.160 253.00 South Africa 46,190 199.498 231.53 180.982 255.22 CATEGORY TOTAL 46,144,997 145,808.531 316.48 132,275.312 348.86 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 3,085,839 9,464.804 326.03 8,586.329 359.39 Mexico 409,480 1,498.676 273.23 1,359.577 301.18 Brazil 240,425 1,190.620 201.93 1,080.113 222.59 United Kingdom 3,300,186 7,495.204 440.31 6,799.537 485.35 Belgium 6,934 3.246 2,135.97 2.945 2,354.50 Luxembourg 1,294,505 2,569.311 503.83 2,330.841 555.38 France 16,444 5.347 3,075.19 4.851 3,389.82 Federal Republic of Germany 1,380,264 2,957.820 466.65 2,683.290 514.39 Austria 2,881 0.435 6,616.71 0.395 7,293.67 Poland 1,329,723 5,277.524 251.96 4,787.691 277.74 Spain 1,834,281 6,990.273 262.40 6,341.471 289.25 Italy 1,780,718 3,597.923 494.93 3,263.982 545.57 Turkey 12,547 10.363 1,210.64 9.402 1,334.50 Saudi Arabia 8,713 28.979 300.66 26.290 331.42 India 185,879 96.619 1,923.82 87.652 2,120.65 Thailand 10,153 31.235 325.05 28.336 358.31 China 6,866 22.522 304.85 20.432 336.04 Korea, South 187,299 833.393 224.74 756.042 247.74 Japan 250,521 339.214 738.53 307.730 814.09 South Africa 123,062 363.423 338.62 329.692 373.26 CATEGORY TOTAL 15,466,720 42,776.939 361.57 38,806.598 398.56 STEEL PILING...........................5 Canada 989,883 1,745.897 566.98 1,583.852 624.98 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 31/12/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Mexico 2,901 0.595 4,873.60 0.540 5,372.22 United Kingdom 186,478 337.589 552.38 306.256 608.90 Luxembourg 8,580,176 17,232.889 497.90 15,633.419 548.84 Federal Republic of Germany 702,523 1,439.486 488.04 1,305.881 537.97 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,461,961 20,756.458 504.03 18,829.948 555.60 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 8,577,550 22,730.343 377.36 20,620.627 415.97 Brazil 99,941 69.478 1,438.44 63.030 1,585.61 Sweden 467,435 624.563 748.42 566.595 824.99 United Kingdom 497,120 544.216 913.46 493.705 1,006.92 Belgium 2,029,102 1,388.916 1,460.92 1,260.004 1,610.39 France 1,115,540 837.360 1,332.21 759.641 1,468.51 Federal Republic of Germany 2,030,986 2,942.392 690.25 2,669.294 760.87 Austria 116,825 182.063 641.67 165.165 707.32 Czech Republic 4,946,318 15,352.346 322.19 13,927.418 355.15 Hungary 565,497 1,828.290 309.30 1,658.598 340.95 Switzerland 2,083 0.931 2,236.29 0.845 2,465.09 Poland 233,091 536.338 434.60 486.558 479.06 Russia 848,275 3,678.591 230.60 3,337.163 254.19 Italy 104,695 78.666 1,330.87 71.365 1,467.04 Romania 2,461,171 9,364.944 262.81 8,495.737 289.69 Bulgaria 1,208,205 4,869.689 248.11 4,417.709 273.49 Turkey 83,706 329.473 254.06 298.893 280.05 Thailand 4,792 9.996 479.35 9.069 528.39 China 441,073 1,567.744 281.34 1,422.234 310.13 Korea, South 436,149 1,116.773 390.54 1,013.120 430.50 Taiwan 152,880 95.645 1,598.41 86.768 1,761.94 Japan 875,058 1,104.695 792.13 1,002.163 873.17 Australia 225,511 1,029.487 219.05 933.936 241.46 South Africa 947,298 2,039.720 464.43 1,850.404 511.94 CATEGORY TOTAL 28,470,301 72,322.669 393.66 65,610.041 433.93 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 8,467,544 23,642.435 358.15 21,448.063 394.79 Mexico 2,147,429 6,932.154 309.78 6,288.747 341.47 Venezuela 255,171 831.577 306.85 754.395 338.25 Brazil 183,166 169.348 1,081.60 153.630 1,192.25 Sweden 2,761,225 4,019.682 686.93 3,646.596 757.21 Finland 26,113 19.003 1,374.09 17.240 1,514.68 Netherlands 3,131,718 11,462.310 273.22 10,398.436 301.17 Belgium 525,448 1,181.236 444.83 1,071.600 490.34 France 920,768 3,089.965 297.99 2,803.170 328.47 Federal Republic of Germany 1,851,939 1,724.670 1,073.79 1,564.595 1,183.65 Czech Republic 880,994 3,245.975 271.41 2,944.700 299.18 Slovakia 968,847 3,595.859 269.43 3,262.110 297.00 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 31/12/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Hungary 283,406 915.333 309.62 830.377 341.30 Russia 2,739,577 10,830.051 252.96 9,824.860 278.84 Italy 37,719 158.770 237.57 144.034 261.88 Romania 2,128,406 10,907.466 195.13 9,895.090 215.10 Bulgaria 1,560,269 6,191.409 252.01 5,616.754 277.79 Turkey 1,466,875 6,144.671 238.72 5,574.354 263.15 India 296,916 1,278.493 232.24 1,159.830 256.00 Japan 281,693 388.173 725.69 352.145 799.93 New Zealand 44,790 204.236 219.30 185.280 241.74 Egypt 2,095,798 6,791.933 308.57 6,161.540 340.14 South Africa 56,678 223.355 253.76 202.625 279.72 CATEGORY TOTAL 33,112,489 103,948.115 318.55 94,300.171 351.14 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Canada 2,405 4.075 590.15 3.697 650.53 Luxembourg 34,731 69.607 498.95 63.147 550.00 France 1,643,791 4,467.490 367.95 4,052.840 405.59 Federal Republic of Germany 917,727 1,856.480 494.34 1,684.171 544.91 Taiwan 2,624 0.555 4,723.12 0.504 5,206.35 Japan 5,368,261 12,383.114 433.51 11,233.776 477.87 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,969,539 18,781.323 424.33 17,038.135 467.75 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 Canada 189,774 483.335 392.63 438.475 432.80 Luxembourg 19,571 40.883 478.70 37.089 527.68 Federal Republic of Germany 22,954 39.488 581.29 35.823 640.76 Austria 158,100 267.894 590.16 243.030 650.54 Spain 108,296 296.484 365.27 268.966 402.64 Japan 249,470 597.547 417.49 542.086 460.20 CATEGORY TOTAL 748,165 1,725.633 433.56 1,565.469 477.92 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 Canada 192,932 318.233 606.26 288.697 668.29 Brazil 46,478 81.254 572.00 73.713 630.53 Austria 5,799 3.272 1,771.90 2.969 1,953.18 Poland 10,870 18.849 576.67 17.100 635.67 China 36,900 29.927 1,232.97 27.150 1,359.12 Australia 14,039 23.914 587.05 21.695 647.11 CATEGORY TOTAL 307,018 475.453 645.74 431.324 711.80 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 25,112,834 61,610.759 407.60 55,892.357 449.31 Mexico 1,988,083 6,563.084 302.92 5,953.932 333.91 Trinidad and Tobago 436,310 1,792.589 243.40 1,626.210 268.30 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 31/12/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Venezuela 20,775 19.557 1,062.27 17.742 1,170.95 Brazil 125,503 165.747 757.19 150.364 834.66 Argentina 1,550,687 5,714.125 271.38 5,183.769 299.14 Sweden 621,704 313.759 1,981.47 284.638 2,184.19 United Kingdom 6,733,239 18,019.057 373.67 16,346.619 411.90 Belgium 7,993 3.305 2,417.85 2.999 2,665.22 France 652,696 694.837 939.35 630.346 1,035.46 Federal Republic of Germany 2,417,800 5,153.431 469.16 4,675.116 517.16 Austria 377,796 117.415 3,217.59 106.518 3,546.78 Hungary 311,395 173.084 1,799.09 157.020 1,983.16 Latvia 2,134,488 11,046.334 193.23 10,021.069 213.00 Spain 2,507,982 6,904.880 363.22 6,264.004 400.38 Portugal 170,129 88.710 1,917.80 80.477 2,114.01 Italy 427,205 270.956 1,576.65 245.808 1,737.96 Turkey 1,787,981 5,362.021 333.45 4,864.345 367.57 India 237,825 487.875 487.47 442.593 537.34 China 38,623 41.689 926.45 37.820 1,021.23 Korea, South 324,668 661.394 490.88 600.007 541.11 Taiwan 602,763 327.677 1,839.50 297.264 2,027.70 Japan 2,073,856 3,386.951 612.31 3,072.592 674.95 South Africa 507,775 1,751.355 289.93 1,588.803 319.60 CATEGORY TOTAL 51,170,110 130,670.604 391.60 118,542.412 431.66 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 2,699,472 7,015.098 384.81 6,363.992 424.18 Mexico 789,297 2,872.980 274.73 2,606.325 302.84 Brazil 718,749 4,076.306 176.32 3,697.964 194.36 Argentina 200,134 769.706 260.01 698.266 286.62 Netherlands 2,051 2.339 876.83 2.122 966.54 France 7,898 1.726 4,575.32 1.566 5,043.42 Federal Republic of Germany 13,663 33.280 410.53 30.192 452.54 Austria 69,183 21.558 3,209.01 19.558 3,537.32 Switzerland 12,489 26.605 469.42 24.136 517.44 Italy 1,875,684 1,137.764 1,648.57 1,032.163 1,817.24 Turkey 27,474 126.045 217.97 114.347 240.27 India 1,528,889 799.616 1,912.03 725.400 2,107.65 Korea, South 25,626 72.300 354.44 65.590 390.70 Taiwan 8,123 0.729 11,131.52 0.662 12,270.39 Japan 31,921 6.330 5,042.36 5.743 5,558.24 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,010,653 16,962.390 472.26 15,388.026 520.58 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 Canada 54,754 108.041 506.78 98.014 558.63 Mexico 4,777,057 21,664.257 220.50 19,653.489 243.06 Dominican Republic 1,697,297 6,919.530 245.29 6,277.294 270.39 Brazil 1,304,089 6,255.865 208.46 5,675.227 229.79 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 31/12/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Argentina 692,948 3,524.199 196.63 3,197.101 216.74 Czech Republic 835,110 3,967.887 210.47 3,599.608 232.00 Latvia 9,062 43.148 210.02 39.144 231.50 Turkey 2,182,553 11,157.955 195.61 10,122.330 215.62 India 28,186 100.432 280.65 91.111 309.36 Egypt 1,625,583 7,110.911 228.60 6,450.912 251.99 CATEGORY TOTAL 13,206,639 60,852.229 217.03 55,204.230 239.23 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 7,860,980 8,454.091 929.84 7,669.425 1,024.98 Mexico 57,132 61.909 922.84 56.163 1,017.25 Dominican Republic 10,535 18.730 562.45 16.992 620.00 Trinidad and Tobago 56,541 103.311 547.28 93.723 603.28 Colombia 149,149 231.601 643.99 210.105 709.88 Brazil 113,555 117.090 969.80 106.223 1,069.02 Sweden 299,145 112.155 2,667.23 101.746 2,940.12 Norway 109,340 25.456 4,295.12 23.094 4,734.56 Denmark 578,591 329.360 1,756.71 298.791 1,936.44 United Kingdom 2,258,986 2,925.977 772.04 2,654.403 851.03 Belgium 64,267 119.544 537.60 108.449 592.60 France 2,144,018 1,853.109 1,156.98 1,681.113 1,275.36 Federal Republic of Germany 1,054,858 772.807 1,364.97 701.079 1,504.62 Austria 4,005 1.268 3,156.63 1.151 3,479.58 Switzerland 354,417 147.148 2,408.57 133.491 2,654.99 Latvia 31,176 18.933 1,646.62 17.176 1,815.09 Poland 135,061 196.729 686.53 178.470 756.77 Russia 625,985 383.996 1,630.18 348.356 1,796.97 Ukraine 529,722 1,692.055 313.06 1,535.007 345.09 Spain 759,137 1,518.254 500.01 1,377.338 551.16 Italy 2,894,857 1,691.809 1,711.10 1,534.784 1,886.17 Slovenia 68,015 49.433 1,375.90 44.845 1,516.67 Romania 5,659 4.310 1,312.98 3.910 1,447.31 Saudi Arabia 179,607 89.795 2,000.18 81.461 2,204.82 United Arab Emirates 22,009 14.550 1,512.59 13.200 1,667.35 India 1,575,793 984.843 1,600.04 893.435 1,763.75 China 87,164 42.506 2,050.62 38.561 2,260.42 Korea, South 265,621 287.846 922.79 261.130 1,017.20 Taiwan 1,514,493 864.934 1,750.99 784.656 1,930.14 Japan 250,470 134.268 1,865.45 121.806 2,056.30 South Africa 91,078 250.310 363.86 227.078 401.09 CATEGORY TOTAL 24,151,366 23,498.141 1,027.80 21,317.161 1,132.95 TOOL STEEL............................17 Canada 504,893 439.512 1,148.76 398.719 1,266.29 Brazil 966,908 761.183 1,270.27 690.534 1,400.23 Sweden 2,349,928 2,255.965 1,041.65 2,046.578 1,148.22 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 31/12/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE United Kingdom 1,166,494 338.810 3,442.91 307.364 3,795.15 Netherlands 250,990 368.891 680.39 334.653 750.00 France 1,103,668 1,140.264 967.91 1,034.431 1,066.93 Federal Republic of Germany 2,555,838 2,269.287 1,126.27 2,058.664 1,241.50 Austria 1,488,452 604.195 2,463.53 548.117 2,715.57 Czech Republic 56,093 38.954 1,439.96 35.339 1,587.28 Hungary 17,784 18.754 948.24 17.014 1,045.26 Switzerland 410,210 314.081 1,306.06 284.930 1,439.69 Russia 330,430 215.307 1,534.69 195.324 1,691.70 Ukraine 128,297 42.976 2,985.25 38.988 3,290.68 Spain 140,272 132.878 1,055.64 120.545 1,163.65 Slovenia 554,217 481.025 1,152.16 436.379 1,270.04 India 57,600 43.190 1,333.62 39.182 1,470.06 China 220,506 120.747 1,826.18 109.540 2,013.02 Korea, South 160,736 209.930 765.66 190.446 844.00 Taiwan 746,302 517.702 1,441.57 469.652 1,589.05 Japan 3,581,110 5,014.476 714.15 4,549.058 787.22 CATEGORY TOTAL 16,790,728 15,328.138 1,095.42 13,905.457 1,207.49 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 11,617,317 19,731.214 588.78 17,899.862 649.02 Mexico 1,452,121 2,345.246 619.18 2,127.572 682.52 Guatemala 289,935 399.017 726.62 361.983 800.96 Colombia 265,651 414.570 640.79 376.092 706.35 Venezuela 1,923,015 5,323.168 361.25 4,829.099 398.21 Peru 2,780 6.005 462.92 5.448 510.28 Chile 166,541 381.773 436.23 346.339 480.86 Argentina 512,979 1,352.364 379.32 1,226.845 418.13 Sweden 50,610 99.722 507.51 90.467 559.43 Norway 5,634 1.576 3,574.18 1.430 3,939.86 United Kingdom 62,069 9.138 6,792.29 8.290 7,487.21 Netherlands 38,479 41.540 926.30 37.685 1,021.07 France 89,439 125.416 713.14 113.776 786.10 Federal Republic of Germany 1,270,813 1,344.070 945.50 1,219.321 1,042.23 Czech Republic 175,194 313.675 558.52 284.562 615.66 Slovakia 45,584 84.233 541.16 76.415 596.53 Poland 109,440 186.816 585.82 169.477 645.75 Ukraine 25,372 36.334 698.29 32.962 769.73 Spain 468,691 454.647 1,030.89 412.449 1,136.36 Italy 449,212 433.770 1,035.60 393.510 1,141.55 Romania 22,712 22.900 991.77 20.775 1,093.24 Turkey 1,942,734 5,286.361 367.50 4,795.708 405.10 United Arab Emirates 125,617 454.194 276.57 412.038 304.87 Oman 958,190 2,692.325 355.90 2,442.437 392.31 India 3,784,434 9,632.660 392.88 8,738.605 433.07 Pakistan 1,115,934 3,486.270 320.09 3,162.692 352.84 Thailand 1,312,348 3,949.233 332.30 3,582.685 366.30 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 31/12/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Malaysia 78,021 183.899 424.26 166.831 467.66 Indonesia 467,702 1,332.201 351.07 1,208.553 386.99 Philippines 1,086,273 3,160.819 343.67 2,867.448 378.83 China 1,578,636 4,236.701 372.61 3,843.472 410.73 Korea, South 3,445,468 10,114.173 340.66 9,175.426 375.51 Taiwan 1,616,454 4,577.365 353.14 4,152.517 389.27 Japan 331,992 264.586 1,254.76 240.029 1,383.13 South Africa 557,026 1,764.972 315.60 1,601.157 347.89 CATEGORY TOTAL 37,444,417 84,242.968 444.48 76,423.957 489.96 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 694,018 1,177.068 589.62 1,067.819 649.94 Mexico 297,396 370.636 802.39 336.236 884.49 Colombia 1,136,211 2,392.115 474.98 2,170.091 523.58 Venezuela 438,192 1,073.192 408.31 973.584 450.08 Brazil 94,411 769.081 122.76 697.699 135.32 Argentina 168,717 197.776 853.07 179.420 940.35 Sweden 5,797 0.675 8,579.04 0.613 9,456.77 United Kingdom 1,003,667 341.533 2,938.71 309.834 3,239.37 France 615,107 822.312 748.02 745.990 824.55 Federal Republic of Germany 1,818,144 2,220.347 818.86 2,014.266 902.63 Austria 4,759,944 7,956.799 598.22 7,218.289 659.43 Czech Republic 984,146 2,191.766 449.02 1,988.338 494.96 Poland 116,761 212.255 550.10 192.555 606.38 Ukraine 391,843 988.081 396.57 896.373 437.14 Spain 284,481 384.340 740.18 348.668 815.91 China 6,396,261 10,669.857 599.47 9,679.535 660.80 Korea, South 2,281,979 6,482.578 352.02 5,880.898 388.03 Taiwan 38,488 127.415 302.07 115.589 332.97 Japan 14,977,348 7,606.961 1,968.90 6,900.921 2,170.34 South Africa 546,371 1,350.642 404.53 1,225.283 445.91 CATEGORY TOTAL 37,049,282 47,335.440 782.70 42,942.001 862.77 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 9,255,558 14,790.883 625.76 13,418.068 689.78 Mexico 42,948 35.297 1,216.76 32.021 1,341.24 United Kingdom 335,165 736.998 454.77 668.594 501.30 Federal Republic of Germany 1,120,277 1,135.246 986.81 1,029.879 1,087.78 Czech Republic 318,315 565.474 562.92 512.990 620.51 Poland 149,055 254.938 584.67 231.276 644.49 Spain 43,740 50.596 864.49 45.900 952.94 Italy 578,674 726.965 796.01 659.492 877.45 India 1,719,949 4,441.320 387.26 4,029.099 426.88 Indonesia 15,630 66.012 236.77 59.886 261.00 China 464,182 1,163.103 399.09 1,055.150 439.92 Korea, South 960,055 2,852.818 336.53 2,588.034 370.96 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 31/12/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 15,421,523 28,576.072 539.67 25,923.784 594.88 CATEGORY TOTAL 30,425,071 55,395.727 549.23 50,254.173 605.42 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 244,640 342.999 713.24 311.164 786.21 Mexico 963,760 1,695.650 568.37 1,538.269 626.52 Colombia 171,760 496.663 345.83 450.566 381.21 Venezuela 147,459 421.103 350.17 382.019 386.00 Brazil 475,883 988.251 481.54 896.527 530.81 Argentina 1,123,507 1,848.080 607.93 1,676.551 670.13 France 627,100 1,135.638 552.20 1,030.234 608.70 Federal Republic of Germany 20,047 2.313 8,664.29 2.099 9,550.74 Austria 571,648 886.163 645.08 803.914 711.08 Czech Republic 1,234,857 3,374.884 365.90 3,061.645 403.33 Slovakia 203,613 579.853 351.15 526.034 387.07 Ukraine 1,254,394 3,464.233 362.10 3,142.701 399.15 Spain 12,958 8.499 1,524.48 7.711 1,680.46 Italy 1,078,719 1,805.326 597.52 1,637.765 658.65 India 76,342 237.773 321.07 215.705 353.92 Indonesia 8,682 36.669 236.76 33.266 260.99 China 586,175 1,496.159 391.79 1,357.293 431.87 Korea, South 524,495 1,683.567 311.54 1,527.307 343.41 Japan 451,297 725.231 622.28 657.919 685.95 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,777,336 21,229.064 460.56 19,258.689 507.68 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Canada 31,374 44.650 702.66 40.506 774.55 Mexico 10,705 23.934 447.26 21.713 493.02 Venezuela 431,574 1,265.235 341.10 1,147.803 376.00 Sweden 82,392 7.958 10,352.46 7.220 11,411.63 Poland 478,619 1,768.272 270.67 1,604.150 298.36 Indonesia 23,323 98.501 236.78 89.359 261.00 China 903,861 2,974.135 303.91 2,698.091 335.00 Korea, South 1,676,987 5,605.943 299.14 5,085.628 329.75 Japan 242,425 677.654 357.74 614.758 394.34 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,881,260 12,466.286 311.34 11,309.228 343.19 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 7,453,567 8,310.560 896.88 7,539.216 988.64 Mexico 7,476,157 13,998.693 534.06 12,699.405 588.70 Guatemala 32,495 89.367 363.61 81.073 400.81 Dominican Republic 120,250 401.973 299.15 364.664 329.76 Venezuela 326,273 785.890 415.16 712.948 457.64 Brazil 19,792 35.437 558.51 32.148 615.65 Argentina 1,059,570 1,187.629 892.17 1,077.400 983.45 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 31/12/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Sweden 595,346 425.611 1,398.80 386.108 1,541.92 United Kingdom 306,839 223.705 1,371.62 202.942 1,511.95 Netherlands 41,181 41.484 992.69 37.634 1,094.25 Belgium 67,726 46.851 1,445.55 42.503 1,593.44 France 926,433 1,057.164 876.34 959.044 966.00 Federal Republic of Germany 2,419,068 2,288.818 1,056.91 2,076.382 1,165.04 Austria 145,789 67.691 2,153.72 61.409 2,374.07 Czech Republic 127,538 275.643 462.69 250.060 510.03 Slovakia 23,851 21.884 1,089.87 19.853 1,201.38 Switzerland 368,992 282.573 1,305.83 256.346 1,439.43 Poland 47,458 25.270 1,878.00 22.925 2,070.14 Ukraine 72,593 203.002 357.60 184.161 394.18 Spain 571,279 977.080 584.68 886.393 644.50 Italy 414,327 442.127 937.12 401.091 1,033.00 Romania 27,912 19.688 1,417.69 17.861 1,562.73 Turkey 2,505,086 8,374.927 299.12 7,597.609 329.72 India 409,610 440.386 930.11 399.512 1,025.28 Thailand 2,396 0.690 3,472.23 0.626 3,827.48 China 273,789 323.586 846.11 293.553 932.67 Korea, South 877,243 2,202.587 398.28 1,998.154 439.03 Taiwan 138,835 91.153 1,523.09 82.693 1,678.92 Japan 4,952,263 3,944.630 1,255.44 3,578.510 1,383.89 South Africa 424,018 1,143.781 370.72 1,037.621 408.64 CATEGORY TOTAL 32,227,676 47,729.894 675.21 43,299.844 744.29 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 38,596 57.578 670.32 52.234 738.91 Mexico 250,626 258.711 968.75 234.699 1,067.86 Chile 93,666 239.319 391.38 217.107 431.43 Brazil 93,459 135.898 687.71 123.285 758.07 Argentina 349,301 332.680 1,049.96 301.803 1,157.38 Sweden 53,230 48.667 1,093.76 44.150 1,205.66 United Kingdom 142,909 107.225 1,332.79 97.273 1,469.15 Netherlands 72,458 35.072 2,065.97 31.817 2,277.34 France 2,420,181 2,203.839 1,098.17 1,999.290 1,210.52 Federal Republic of Germany 3,998,227 2,961.018 1,350.29 2,686.192 1,488.44 Slovakia 314,568 624.996 503.31 566.987 554.81 Italy 478,378 226.869 2,108.60 205.813 2,324.33 Romania 27,794 40.969 678.41 37.167 747.81 India 28,444 5.114 5,561.20 4.640 6,130.17 China 10,151 5.263 1,928.55 4.775 2,125.86 Korea, South 18,356 0.408 44,884.87 0.371 49,477.09 Japan 1,397,641 799.498 1,748.15 725.293 1,927.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,787,985 8,083.131 1,210.91 7,332.896 1,334.80 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 31/12/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 6,462,192 1,248.589 5,175.59 1,132.702 5,705.11 Brazil 2,985 0.361 8,255.94 0.328 9,100.61 Sweden 1,174,104 245.912 4,774.48 223.088 5,262.96 Finland 94,985 52.144 1,821.56 47.305 2,007.93 United Kingdom 30,350 2.724 11,137.97 2.472 12,277.51 Ireland 13,719 1.724 7,957.59 1.564 8,771.74 Netherlands 6,862 2.385 2,876.67 2.164 3,170.98 France 2,390,233 705.077 3,390.03 639.636 3,736.86 Federal Republic of Germany 627,053 179.024 3,502.62 162.408 3,860.97 Austria 857,177 186.613 4,593.33 169.293 5,063.27 Switzerland 25,403 0.135 187,359.52 0.123 206,528.46 Spain 1,196,633 267.962 4,465.67 243.092 4,922.55 Italy 873,918 462.930 1,887.79 419.964 2,080.94 India 337,311 78.384 4,303.30 71.109 4,743.58 Malaysia 404,290 250.300 1,615.22 227.069 1,780.47 Singapore 222,547 110.475 2,014.44 100.222 2,220.54 China 1,010,478 368.644 2,741.06 334.429 3,021.50 Korea, South 1,844,931 713.822 2,584.58 647.569 2,849.01 Taiwan 3,532,559 1,893.783 1,865.34 1,718.012 2,056.19 Japan 2,447,995 853.424 2,868.44 774.214 3,161.91 South Africa 378,440 245.893 1,539.04 223.071 1,696.50 CATEGORY TOTAL 23,934,165 7,870.317 3,041.07 7,139.834 3,352.20 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 1,577,393 1,280.857 1,231.51 1,161.975 1,357.51 Mexico 371,038 286.079 1,296.98 259.527 1,429.67 Brazil 261,632 63.660 4,109.79 57.752 4,530.27 United Kingdom 13,256 7.249 1,828.44 6.577 2,015.51 France 5,262 0.098 53,636.04 0.089 59,123.60 Federal Republic of Germany 194,746 54.776 3,555.31 49.692 3,919.06 India 19,682 19.870 990.53 18.026 1,091.87 China 31,336 28.499 1,099.54 25.854 1,212.04 Taiwan 8,434 2.007 4,201.65 1.821 4,631.52 Japan 241,307 73.766 3,271.22 66.920 3,605.90 Algeria 27,822 5.390 5,161.49 4.890 5,689.57 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,751,908 1,822.255 1,510.17 1,653.123 1,664.67 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 9,489,183 18,240.887 520.21 16,547.859 573.44 Mexico 951,923 1,016.416 936.55 922.078 1,032.37 Finland 334,597 167.754 1,994.57 152.184 2,198.63 United Kingdom 19,275 26.573 725.35 24.107 799.56 Belgium 6,561 4.864 1,348.75 4.413 1,486.74 Federal Republic of Germany 90,517 105.903 854.71 96.074 942.16 Austria 11,156 0.881 12,650.69 0.800 13,945.00 Italy 10,074 7.460 1,350.32 6.768 1,488.48 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 31/12/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Turkey 1,048,773 3,603.457 291.05 3,269.003 320.82 China 33,006 30.214 1,092.40 27.410 1,204.16 Korea, South 800,614 2,669.486 299.91 2,421.718 330.60 Taiwan 397,134 119.281 3,329.40 108.210 3,670.03 Japan 739,358 1,886.170 391.99 1,711.106 432.09 South Africa 90,082 279.522 322.27 253.579 355.24 CATEGORY TOTAL 14,022,253 28,158.875 497.97 25,545.309 548.92 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 211,427 453.834 465.87 411.712 513.53 Mexico 33,900 66.805 507.44 60.605 559.36 Korea, South 13,968 41.618 335.62 37.756 369.95 Japan 22,791 51.395 443.45 46.625 488.82 CATEGORY TOTAL 282,086 613.654 459.68 556.698 506.71 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 10,520,331 18,330.569 573.92 16,629.218 632.64 Mexico 2,885,486 4,290.252 672.57 3,892.053 741.38 Honduras 106,835 256.502 416.51 232.695 459.12 Dominican Republic 172,724 544.721 317.09 494.163 349.53 Trinidad and Tobago 374,743 890.186 420.97 807.564 464.04 Colombia 29,583 19.846 1,490.63 18.004 1,643.13 Venezuela 429,732 803.100 535.09 728.561 589.84 Ecuador 61,325 124.895 491.01 113.303 541.25 Chile 28,562 69.543 410.71 63.089 452.73 Brazil 365,759 770.873 474.47 699.325 523.02 Argentina 258,481 742.539 348.10 673.621 383.72 Sweden 2,278,259 777.290 2,931.03 705.146 3,230.90 Finland 39,874 76.159 523.56 69.091 577.12 Denmark 151,123 17.869 8,457.01 16.211 9,322.25 United Kingdom 1,099,654 1,134.920 968.93 1,029.583 1,068.06 Netherlands 96,996 79.742 1,216.37 72.341 1,340.82 Belgium 1,585,122 1,802.259 879.52 1,634.983 969.50 Luxembourg 384,615 406.002 947.32 368.319 1,044.24 France 3,065,830 2,817.899 1,087.98 2,556.356 1,199.30 Federal Republic of Germany 1,475,092 1,165.306 1,265.84 1,057.149 1,395.35 Austria 365,544 140.271 2,605.98 127.252 2,872.60 Czech Republic 205,988 547.985 375.90 497.124 414.36 Slovakia 4,987 19.775 252.18 17.940 277.98 Switzerland 282,748 59.107 4,783.66 53.621 5,273.08 Russia 223,957 670.446 334.04 608.219 368.22 Belarus 271,563 323.678 838.99 293.636 924.83 Spain 29,652 25.876 1,145.89 23.475 1,263.13 Italy 1,489,155 1,684.451 884.06 1,528.109 974.51 Greece 791,682 1,379.035 574.08 1,251.040 632.82 Bulgaria 23,201 31.149 744.84 28.258 821.04 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 31/12/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Turkey 38,825 40.858 950.24 37.066 1,047.46 Israel 195,375 327.552 596.47 297.151 657.49 India 1,573,625 1,645.541 956.30 1,492.811 1,054.14 Thailand 149,242 110.278 1,353.32 100.043 1,491.78 China 3,393,295 6,583.898 515.39 5,972.814 568.12 Korea, South 4,510,708 4,149.548 1,087.04 3,764.408 1,198.25 Taiwan 1,235,375 1,527.959 808.51 1,386.142 891.23 Japan 6,803,526 8,424.236 807.61 7,642.341 890.24 Australia 127,717 275.277 463.96 249.728 511.42 New Zealand 24,789 37.670 658.05 34.174 725.38 Egypt 10,253 18.611 550.90 16.884 607.26 South Africa 1,080,773 3,081.192 350.76 2,795.212 386.65 CATEGORY TOTAL 48,242,106 66,224.886 728.46 60,078.223 802.99 BLACK PLATE...........................28 Canada 49,633 142.030 349.45 128.848 385.21 Chile 2,243,201 6,236.919 359.66 5,658.040 396.46 Netherlands 49,706 96.734 513.84 87.756 566.41 Belgium 36,706 37.858 969.55 34.345 1,068.74 France 313,954 498.383 629.94 452.126 694.39 Federal Republic of Germany 558,796 528.800 1,056.72 479.720 1,164.84 Turkey 28,118 71.198 394.93 64.590 435.33 Japan 1,887,141 2,360.046 799.62 2,140.999 881.43 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,167,255 9,971.972 518.18 9,046.424 571.19 TIN PLATE.............................29 Canada 4,996,161 9,050.765 552.02 8,210.719 608.49 Venezuela 18,936 39.765 476.19 36.075 524.91 Argentina 151,531 320.865 472.26 291.084 520.57 Norway 113,482 275.324 412.18 249.770 454.35 United Kingdom 38,441 59.961 641.10 54.396 706.69 Netherlands 1,828,787 3,931.383 465.18 3,566.492 512.77 France 345,860 666.041 519.28 604.223 572.40 Federal Republic of Germany 2,006,099 3,839.537 522.48 3,483.171 575.94 Taiwan 159,304 318.121 500.76 288.595 552.00 Japan 128,475 273.612 469.55 248.217 517.59 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,787,076 18,775.378 521.27 17,032.742 574.60 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A Canada 2,432,873 4,475.318 543.62 4,059.942 599.24 Brazil 341,641 586.222 582.78 531.812 642.41 Netherlands 974,913 1,926.305 506.11 1,747.515 557.89 Federal Republic of Germany 1,420,444 3,147.175 451.34 2,855.070 497.52 Taiwan 23,556 94.203 250.05 85.460 275.64 Japan 727,777 1,325.440 549.08 1,202.420 605.26 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 31/12/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 5,921,204 11,554.665 512.45 10,482.219 564.88 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 12,681,425 34,949.193 362.85 31,705.384 399.98 Mexico 12,821,517 37,805.636 339.14 34,296.706 373.84 Venezuela 2,319,969 8,509.776 272.62 7,719.942 300.52 Sweden 1,046,306 2,196.480 476.36 1,992.614 525.09 Finland 54,273 232.786 233.15 211.180 257.00 United Kingdom 13,424 8.109 1,655.30 7.357 1,824.66 Netherlands 10,735,824 37,559.664 285.83 34,073.564 315.08 Belgium 3,036,931 10,042.356 302.41 9,110.275 333.35 France 4,367,016 14,601.498 299.08 13,246.260 329.68 Federal Republic of Germany 698,342 1,970.310 354.43 1,787.436 390.69 Austria 820,788 2,247.105 365.26 2,038.540 402.64 Czech Republic 848,838 3,134.046 270.84 2,843.160 298.55 Slovakia 2,180,419 8,096.784 269.29 7,345.281 296.85 Hungary 783,286 2,726.234 287.31 2,473.199 316.71 Russia 12,484,278 49,558.302 251.91 44,958.548 277.68 Italy 1,131,444 4,389.000 257.79 3,981.635 284.17 Greece 162,904 603.085 270.12 547.110 297.75 Romania 464,107 1,952.633 237.68 1,771.400 262.00 Bulgaria 937,524 3,710.924 252.64 3,366.495 278.49 Turkey 6,782,165 29,292.077 231.54 26,573.333 255.22 India 79,155 340.834 232.24 309.200 256.00 Korea, South 29,862,279 96,853.949 308.32 87,864.450 339.87 Japan 1,195,861 1,965.604 608.39 1,783.167 670.64 New Zealand 118,442 538.401 219.99 488.430 242.50 Egypt 10,468,911 32,185.553 325.27 29,198.251 358.55 South Africa 3,544,962 11,481.470 308.76 10,415.818 340.34 CATEGORY TOTAL 119,640,390 396,951.819 301.40 360,108.735 332.23 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 13,975,560 25,222.446 554.09 22,881.425 610.78 Mexico 21,664,827 37,357.697 579.93 33,890.343 639.26 El Salvador 2,565,175 7,193.286 356.61 6,525.642 393.09 Colombia 8,781 25.132 349.39 22.800 385.13 Chile 2,852,040 8,774.604 325.03 7,960.190 358.29 Brazil 2,455,509 1,829.663 1,342.06 1,659.843 1,479.36 Sweden 1,900,982 2,193.823 866.52 1,990.204 955.17 Finland 923,614 2,293.013 402.79 2,080.187 444.01 United Kingdom 140,641 37.744 3,726.16 34.241 4,107.39 Netherlands 4,524,395 13,419.636 337.15 12,174.093 371.64 Belgium 5,611,313 12,129.047 462.63 11,003.290 509.97 Luxembourg 1,680,762 4,165.448 403.50 3,778.832 444.78 France 3,572,340 7,215.879 495.07 6,546.138 545.72 Federal Republic of Germany 5,336,935 6,567.145 812.67 5,957.616 895.82 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 31/12/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Austria 135,226 329.169 410.81 298.618 452.84 Czech Republic 1,735,662 5,502.394 315.44 4,991.690 347.71 Slovakia 2,905,788 8,150.333 356.52 7,393.860 393.00 Switzerland 131,837 12.256 10,756.41 11.119 11,856.91 Poland 2,312,982 7,163.059 322.90 6,498.220 355.94 Spain 321,307 306.056 1,049.83 277.650 1,157.24 Italy 4,760,311 14,811.880 321.38 13,437.116 354.27 Greece 1,314,297 4,734.932 277.57 4,295.460 305.97 Turkey 6,529,258 17,174.672 380.17 15,580.605 419.06 India 65,360 43.191 1,513.25 39.183 1,668.07 Thailand 79,710 73.801 1,080.05 66.952 1,190.55 Indonesia 2,147,309 6,664.437 322.20 6,045.878 355.17 China 729,626 517.443 1,410.06 469.417 1,554.32 Korea, South 5,304,278 18,886.882 280.84 17,133.896 309.58 Taiwan 3,213,179 2,044.810 1,571.38 1,855.021 1,732.15 Japan 2,421,459 3,081.785 785.73 2,795.750 866.12 Australia 46,508 13.626 3,412.99 12.362 3,762.17 Morocco 3,829,020 11,117.798 344.40 10,085.900 379.64 Egypt 671,575 1,857.217 361.60 1,684.840 398.60 South Africa 1,529,251 1,933.963 790.73 1,754.463 871.63 CATEGORY TOTAL 107,396,817 232,844.287 461.24 211,232.843 508.43 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 23,878,914 46,698.518 511.34 42,364.194 563.66 Mexico 10,630,881 17,132.461 620.51 15,542.312 684.00 Guatemala 168,099 281.607 596.93 255.470 658.00 Costa Rica 231,116 522.871 442.01 474.341 487.24 Dominican Republic 8,640 18.612 464.20 16.885 511.70 Colombia 336,974 670.982 502.21 608.705 553.59 Venezuela 2,851,462 5,534.218 515.24 5,020.560 567.96 Brazil 6,805,926 16,098.815 422.76 14,604.604 466.01 Argentina 1,591,435 3,745.289 424.92 3,397.670 468.39 Sweden 10,795 18.096 596.52 16.417 657.55 Finland 455,098 1,101.814 413.04 999.550 455.30 Netherlands 762,146 1,899.597 401.21 1,723.286 442.26 Belgium 323,556 991.749 326.25 899.700 359.63 Luxembourg 430,819 791.494 544.31 718.032 600.00 France 724,558 1,424.584 508.61 1,292.362 560.65 Federal Republic of Germany 6,730,455 16,675.322 403.62 15,127.602 444.91 Kazakhstan 3,023,475 8,391.959 360.28 7,613.060 397.14 Spain 1,211,409 2,377.065 509.62 2,156.438 561.76 Italy 1,326,750 2,913.897 455.32 2,643.444 501.90 Turkey 3,404,981 8,329.568 408.78 7,556.460 450.61 India 44,290,886 99,208.931 446.44 90,000.854 492.12 Korea, South 4,636,232 9,828.064 471.73 8,915.873 520.00 Taiwan 8,171,603 20,994.658 389.22 19,046.039 429.04 Japan 725,258 948.487 764.65 860.454 842.88 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 31/12/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE New Zealand 258,903 417.153 620.64 378.435 684.14 Morocco 365,524 808.761 451.96 733.696 498.20 South Africa 5,771,841 11,630.792 496.26 10,551.280 547.03 CATEGORY TOTAL 129,127,736 279,455.375 462.07 253,517.723 509.34 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 1,478,206 1,386.973 1,065.78 1,258.242 1,174.82 Brazil 60,757 165.181 367.82 149.850 405.45 Argentina 809,242 1,718.154 470.99 1,558.684 519.18 United Kingdom 11,634 6.663 1,745.94 6.045 1,924.57 Luxembourg 44,283 117.197 377.85 106.320 416.51 Federal Republic of Germany 3,338,848 7,831.471 426.34 7,104.593 469.96 Spain 386,925 759.944 509.15 689.410 561.24 India 801,264 1,622.535 493.83 1,471.940 544.36 Korea, South 469,254 1,131.665 414.66 1,026.630 457.08 Japan 256,691 329.312 779.48 298.747 859.23 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,657,104 15,069.099 508.13 13,670.461 560.12 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 Canada 7,659,006 9,692.432 790.20 8,792.829 871.05 Mexico 3,213,537 5,121.180 627.50 4,645.858 691.70 Chile 254,497 536.836 474.07 487.010 522.57 Argentina 1,352,615 2,572.565 525.78 2,333.793 579.58 Finland 108,804 210.331 517.30 190.810 570.22 United Kingdom 139,875 319.048 438.41 289.436 483.27 Belgium 188,924 172.588 1,094.65 156.570 1,206.64 Luxembourg 414,517 1,046.276 396.18 949.166 436.72 France 26,636 18.264 1,458.37 16.569 1,607.58 Federal Republic of Germany 238,329 89.871 2,651.89 81.530 2,923.21 Austria 20,779 16.762 1,239.59 15.207 1,366.41 Turkey 716,893 1,146.866 625.09 1,040.420 689.04 Korea, South 2,920,254 7,164.584 407.60 6,499.604 449.30 Taiwan 429,758 795.683 540.11 721.832 595.37 Japan 468,524 454.338 1,031.22 412.169 1,136.73 CATEGORY TOTAL 18,152,948 29,357.631 618.34 26,632.803 681.60 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 Sweden 124,065 271.653 456.70 246.440 503.43 United Kingdom 712,911 953.239 747.88 864.765 824.40 France 230,648 229.268 1,006.02 207.989 1,108.94 Federal Republic of Germany 150,150 228.804 656.24 207.568 723.38 Russia 144,043 119.143 1,208.99 108.085 1,332.68 Italy 3,137 1.894 1,655.52 1.719 1,824.90 Japan 940,773 1,901.176 494.84 1,724.719 545.46 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 31/12/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 2,305,727 3,705.181 622.30 3,361.285 685.97 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 3,117,471 7,758.146 401.83 7,038.074 442.94 Mexico 287,256 588.871 487.81 534.215 537.72 Federal Republic of Germany 418,463 643.535 650.26 583.806 716.78 Hungary 293,163 1,124.396 260.73 1,020.036 287.40 Turkey 202,875 707.350 286.81 641.698 316.15 Japan 28,989 16.060 1,804.97 14.570 1,989.64 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,348,217 10,838.361 401.19 9,832.399 442.23 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 4,149,584 5,929.925 699.77 5,379.539 771.36 Mexico 1,292,399 1,222.456 1,057.21 1,108.994 1,165.38 Netherlands Antilles 6,248 3.349 1,865.12 3.039 2,055.94 Brazil 27,345 23.646 1,156.39 21.452 1,274.71 Sweden 2,947,519 746.332 3,949.34 677.062 4,353.40 Finland 670,106 478.991 1,398.99 434.534 1,542.13 Denmark 13,180 2.204 5,978.35 2.000 6,590.00 United Kingdom 1,292,096 777.519 1,661.82 705.354 1,831.84 Belgium 269,924 152.350 1,771.73 138.210 1,953.00 France 1,260,673 636.527 1,980.55 577.448 2,183.18 Federal Republic of Germany 3,977,640 2,747.740 1,447.60 2,492.709 1,595.71 Austria 343,062 75.190 4,562.55 68.212 5,029.35 Switzerland 108,058 91.376 1,182.56 82.895 1,303.55 Spain 20,194 26.732 755.42 24.251 832.71 Italy 69,672 18.461 3,773.91 16.748 4,160.02 India 446,715 802.599 556.59 728.106 613.53 China 3,300 0.352 9,355.35 0.320 10,312.50 Korea, South 344,160 236.548 1,454.93 214.593 1,603.78 Taiwan 62,405 43.695 1,428.18 39.640 1,574.29 Japan 1,720,038 612.763 2,807.02 555.890 3,094.21 CATEGORY TOTAL 19,024,318 14,628.764 1,300.47 13,270.996 1,433.53 GRAND TOTAL 1,115,914,531 2,777,610.871 401.75 2,519,806.906 442.86 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 31/12/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Mexico 296,332 506.864 584.64 459.820 644.45 Belgium 396,703 1,070.862 370.45 971.470 408.35 Italy 190,676 298.428 638.93 270.730 704.30 CATEGORY TOTAL 883,711 1,876.155 471.02 1,702.020 519.21 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 265,476 326.740 812.50 296.414 895.63 Mexico 2,631,022 12,786.071 205.77 11,599.332 226.83 Brazil 20,761,248 82,571.133 251.43 74,907.293 277.16 Finland 162,060 815.710 198.67 740.000 219.00 United Kingdom 128,059 147.492 868.24 133.803 957.07 Italy 13,744 7.275 1,889.14 6.600 2,082.42 CATEGORY TOTAL 23,961,609 96,654.422 247.91 87,683.442 273.27 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 390,251 1,413.051 276.18 1,281.899 304.43 United Kingdom 1,616,765 3,694.730 437.59 3,351.804 482.36 Federal Republic of Germany 181,079 265.996 680.76 241.308 750.41 Italy 1,630,357 3,534.031 461.33 3,206.020 508.53 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,818,452 8,907.809 428.66 8,081.031 472.52 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 5,436,025 13,534.890 401.63 12,278.650 442.72 Sweden 384,586 571.158 673.34 518.146 742.23 United Kingdom 459,487 510.470 900.12 463.091 992.22 Belgium 182,804 165.292 1,105.94 149.951 1,219.09 France 763,272 672.209 1,135.47 609.818 1,251.64 Federal Republic of Germany 1,532,061 2,499.417 612.97 2,267.434 675.68 Austria 23,372 42.925 544.48 38.941 600.19 Poland 233,091 536.338 434.60 486.558 479.06 Romania 8,821 19.602 450.00 17.783 496.04 Japan 483,331 871.946 554.31 791.017 611.02 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,506,850 19,424.250 489.43 17,621.389 539.51 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 2,873,486 7,492.208 383.53 6,796.819 422.77 Sweden 1,333,916 3,238.478 411.90 2,937.899 454.04 Netherlands 1,094,176 3,634.438 301.06 3,297.108 331.86 France 229,719 409.034 561.61 371.070 619.07 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 31/12/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 68,543 117.952 581.11 107.005 640.56 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,599,840 14,892.112 376.03 13,509.901 414.50 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Japan 19,127 32.546 587.68 29.526 647.80 CATEGORY TOTAL 19,127 32.546 587.68 29.526 647.80 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 11,606,434 29,685.119 390.98 26,929.895 430.99 Mexico 1,477,103 5,129.948 287.94 4,653.812 317.40 Trinidad and Tobago 436,310 1,792.589 243.40 1,626.210 268.30 Venezuela 20,775 19.557 1,062.27 17.742 1,170.95 Brazil 42,580 60.004 709.62 54.435 782.22 Argentina 5,664 0.509 11,121.85 0.462 12,259.74 Sweden 599,815 308.973 1,941.32 280.296 2,139.93 United Kingdom 413,130 559.450 738.46 507.525 814.01 France 342,762 288.255 1,189.09 261.501 1,310.75 Federal Republic of Germany 842,580 1,135.921 741.76 1,030.491 817.65 Austria 91,050 38.860 2,342.97 35.254 2,582.69 Latvia 2,134,488 11,046.334 193.23 10,021.069 213.00 Spain 110,020 192.289 572.16 174.442 630.70 Italy 33,981 11.344 2,995.24 10.292 3,301.69 Turkey 1,164,842 3,229.556 360.68 2,929.805 397.58 China 20,848 19.643 1,061.34 17.820 1,169.92 Korea, South 164,216 263.129 624.09 238.707 687.94 Taiwan 11,878 8.062 1,473.28 7.314 1,624.01 Japan 2,065,407 3,377.355 611.55 3,063.886 674.11 CATEGORY TOTAL 21,583,883 57,166.904 377.56 51,860.958 416.19 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 25,988 64.908 400.38 58.884 441.34 Mexico 431,933 1,593.048 271.14 1,445.190 298.88 Austria 69,183 21.558 3,209.01 19.558 3,537.32 CATEGORY TOTAL 527,104 1,679.516 313.84 1,523.632 345.95 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 1,630,346 1,184.739 1,376.12 1,074.778 1,516.91 Colombia 14,183 20.795 682.04 18.865 751.82 Brazil 30,574 27.412 1,115.34 24.868 1,229.45 Sweden 32,083 20.762 1,545.27 18.835 1,703.37 United Kingdom 590,636 658.025 897.59 596.951 989.42 France 539,309 788.050 684.36 714.908 754.38 Federal Republic of Germany 206,232 101.768 2,026.48 92.323 2,233.81 Poland 135,061 196.729 686.53 178.470 756.77 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 31/12/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Ukraine 416,074 1,181.058 352.29 1,071.439 388.33 Italy 42,460 31.347 1,354.49 28.438 1,493.07 India 23,229 31.679 733.25 28.739 808.27 Korea, South 39,448 37.737 1,045.32 34.235 1,152.27 Taiwan 19,963 21.816 915.02 19.792 1,008.64 Japan 3,841 3.632 1,057.51 3.295 1,165.71 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,723,439 4,305.556 864.80 3,905.936 953.28 TOOL STEEL............................17 Canada 504,893 439.512 1,148.76 398.719 1,266.29 Brazil 966,908 761.183 1,270.27 690.534 1,400.23 Sweden 2,349,928 2,255.965 1,041.65 2,046.578 1,148.22 United Kingdom 1,166,494 338.810 3,442.91 307.364 3,795.15 Netherlands 250,990 368.891 680.39 334.653 750.00 France 1,103,668 1,140.264 967.91 1,034.431 1,066.93 Federal Republic of Germany 2,555,838 2,269.287 1,126.27 2,058.664 1,241.50 Austria 1,488,452 604.195 2,463.53 548.117 2,715.57 Czech Republic 56,093 38.954 1,439.96 35.339 1,587.28 Hungary 17,784 18.754 948.24 17.014 1,045.26 Switzerland 410,210 314.081 1,306.06 284.930 1,439.69 Russia 330,430 215.307 1,534.69 195.324 1,691.70 Ukraine 128,297 42.976 2,985.25 38.988 3,290.68 Spain 140,272 132.878 1,055.64 120.545 1,163.65 Slovenia 554,217 481.025 1,152.16 436.379 1,270.04 India 57,600 43.190 1,333.62 39.182 1,470.06 China 220,506 120.747 1,826.18 109.540 2,013.02 Korea, South 160,736 209.930 765.66 190.446 844.00 Taiwan 746,302 517.702 1,441.57 469.652 1,589.05 Japan 3,581,110 5,014.476 714.15 4,549.058 787.22 CATEGORY TOTAL 16,790,728 15,328.138 1,095.42 13,905.457 1,207.49 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 87,368 24.635 3,546.42 22.349 3,909.26 Mexico 270,410 273.811 987.58 248.398 1,088.62 Argentina 83,081 99.166 837.80 89.962 923.51 United Kingdom 32,696 0.253 128,962.26 0.230 142,156.52 France 2,211 0.125 17,594.61 0.114 19,394.74 Federal Republic of Germany 164,857 121.713 1,354.46 110.417 1,493.04 Spain 163,665 98.094 1,668.44 88.990 1,839.14 Italy 130,239 70.517 1,846.92 63.972 2,035.88 India 12,600 0.709 17,749.27 0.644 19,565.22 Japan 162,220 132.897 1,220.64 120.563 1,345.52 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,109,347 821.926 1,349.69 745.639 1,487.78 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 31/12/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 119,852 209.727 571.46 190.262 629.93 Mexico 240,847 307.875 782.29 279.300 862.32 Argentina 168,717 197.776 853.07 179.420 940.35 United Kingdom 43,223 1.864 23,188.21 1.691 25,560.62 France 615,107 822.312 748.02 745.990 824.55 Federal Republic of Germany 1,608,132 2,176.257 738.94 1,974.268 814.55 Austria 3,243,750 5,645.426 574.58 5,121.446 633.37 Spain 284,481 384.340 740.18 348.668 815.91 China 234,260 393.045 596.01 356.565 656.99 Japan 14,373,844 6,461.462 2,224.55 5,861.742 2,452.15 CATEGORY TOTAL 20,932,213 16,600.089 1,260.97 15,059.352 1,389.98 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 9,246,854 14,780.763 625.60 13,408.887 689.61 United Kingdom 30,453 21.651 1,406.50 19.642 1,550.40 Federal Republic of Germany 3,329 0.780 4,265.56 0.708 4,701.98 Japan 240,480 545.200 441.09 494.598 486.21 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,521,116 15,348.396 620.33 13,923.835 683.80 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Argentina 461,850 663.612 695.96 602.019 767.17 Federal Republic of Germany 20,047 2.313 8,664.29 2.099 9,550.74 Spain 12,958 8.499 1,524.48 7.711 1,680.46 CATEGORY TOTAL 494,855 674.425 733.74 611.829 808.81 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 1,028,896 1,021.918 1,006.83 927.069 1,109.84 Mexico 809,788 903.891 895.89 819.997 987.55 Dominican Republic 120,250 401.973 299.15 364.664 329.76 Argentina 857,600 818.166 1,048.20 742.228 1,155.44 Sweden 460,803 348.862 1,320.87 316.483 1,456.01 United Kingdom 208,559 169.792 1,228.32 154.033 1,353.99 Netherlands 3,941 4.262 924.55 3.867 1,019.14 France 472,374 424.313 1,113.27 384.931 1,227.17 Federal Republic of Germany 1,343,844 1,169.178 1,149.39 1,060.661 1,266.99 Switzerland 141,903 82.385 1,722.42 74.739 1,898.65 Poland 5,610 6.069 924.32 5.506 1,018.89 Spain 46,926 45.647 1,028.00 41.411 1,133.18 Italy 217,343 183.183 1,186.48 166.181 1,307.87 India 216,946 227.046 955.51 205.973 1,053.27 China 160,229 31.851 5,030.54 28.895 5,545.22 Korea, South 4,000 0.088 45,359.25 0.080 50,000.00 Taiwan 52,405 34.788 1,506.37 31.560 1,660.49 Japan 3,641,445 2,944.898 1,236.53 2,671.568 1,363.04 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 31/12/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 9,792,862 8,818.318 1,110.51 7,999.846 1,224.13 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Argentina 112,915 73.050 1,545.72 66.270 1,703.86 Sweden 49,969 46.808 1,067.52 42.464 1,176.74 United Kingdom 20,420 19.403 1,052.36 17.603 1,160.03 Netherlands 57,998 27.983 2,072.60 25.386 2,284.65 France 1,688,713 1,175.377 1,436.74 1,066.285 1,583.74 Federal Republic of Germany 2,850,889 1,639.277 1,739.11 1,487.128 1,917.04 Italy 381,942 155.483 2,456.48 141.052 2,707.81 Korea, South 18,356 0.408 44,884.87 0.371 49,477.09 Japan 725,060 629.551 1,151.71 571.120 1,269.54 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,906,262 3,767.345 1,567.75 3,417.679 1,728.15 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 810,089 414.466 1,954.53 375.998 2,154.50 Mexico 3,000 0.330 9,071.85 0.300 10,000.00 United Kingdom 13,256 7.249 1,828.44 6.577 2,015.51 Federal Republic of Germany 190,259 54.676 3,479.70 49.602 3,835.71 China 21,504 6.012 3,576.84 5.454 3,942.79 Taiwan 5,278 1.806 2,921.37 1.639 3,220.26 Japan 239,177 73.688 3,245.79 66.849 3,577.87 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,282,563 558.231 2,297.55 506.419 2,532.61 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 2,002,637 3,095.050 647.05 2,807.783 713.24 Finland 334,597 167.754 1,994.57 152.184 2,198.63 United Kingdom 11,159 15.440 722.73 14.007 796.67 Federal Republic of Germany 27,294 20.300 1,344.52 18.416 1,482.08 Austria 11,156 0.881 12,650.69 0.800 13,945.00 Italy 10,074 7.460 1,350.32 6.768 1,488.48 China 2,153 1.829 1,176.61 1.660 1,296.99 Taiwan 197,861 102.778 1,925.12 93.239 2,122.08 Japan 135,125 104.262 1,296.01 94.585 1,428.61 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,732,056 3,515.757 777.09 3,189.442 856.59 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 38,222 64.464 592.92 58.481 653.58 CATEGORY TOTAL 38,222 64.464 592.92 58.481 653.58 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 761,805 1,511.884 503.88 1,371.559 555.43 Mexico 793,695 794.655 998.79 720.900 1,100.98 Venezuela 9,900 19.047 519.74 17.280 572.92 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 31/12/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Sweden 163,033 195.983 831.87 177.793 916.98 United Kingdom 100,586 5.616 17,909.74 5.095 19,742.10 Netherlands 33,046 17.481 1,890.34 15.859 2,083.74 Federal Republic of Germany 570,660 474.984 1,201.43 430.899 1,324.35 Austria 158,386 31.422 5,040.53 28.506 5,556.23 Italy 1,019,420 1,284.335 793.73 1,165.130 874.94 Thailand 35,257 47.619 740.38 43.200 816.13 Korea, South 1,017,924 1,227.004 829.60 1,113.120 914.48 Taiwan 93,082 175.859 529.30 159.537 583.45 Japan 3,786,253 4,272.136 886.27 3,875.618 976.94 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,543,047 10,058.032 849.38 9,124.496 936.28 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 1,587,113 3,988.478 397.92 3,618.288 438.64 Sweden 642,009 1,449.285 442.98 1,314.770 488.31 United Kingdom 5,960 1.281 4,649.03 1.163 5,124.68 Netherlands 806,781 2,749.300 293.45 2,494.124 323.47 Belgium 336,892 1,097.878 306.86 995.979 338.25 France 722,910 1,239.041 583.44 1,124.040 643.14 Federal Republic of Germany 9,881 8.950 1,103.93 8.120 1,216.87 Japan 918,925 1,761.309 521.73 1,597.834 575.11 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,030,471 12,295.527 409.13 11,154.318 450.99 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 595,312 1,295.292 459.60 1,175.070 506.62 Sweden 105,093 203.348 516.81 184.475 569.69 Netherlands 998,153 2,261.852 441.30 2,051.919 486.45 France 318,756 736.950 432.53 668.550 476.79 Federal Republic of Germany 1,203,585 2,645.150 455.02 2,399.641 501.57 Korea, South 149,996 383.945 390.67 348.310 430.64 Japan 1,502,414 2,021.363 743.27 1,833.751 819.31 Australia 46,508 13.626 3,412.99 12.362 3,762.17 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,919,817 9,561.531 514.54 8,674.078 567.19 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 4,686,424 9,047.910 517.96 8,208.129 570.95 Dominican Republic 8,640 18.612 464.20 16.885 511.70 Brazil 2,079,431 4,634.434 448.69 4,204.289 494.60 Finland 125,352 299.817 418.09 271.990 460.87 France 285,847 602.329 474.57 546.424 523.12 Federal Republic of Germany 5,332,500 13,617.751 391.58 12,353.820 431.65 Spain 1,183,250 2,320.658 509.88 2,105.267 562.04 Italy 383,008 1,041.843 367.63 945.145 405.24 Japan 110,284 187.026 589.67 169.668 650.00 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 31/12/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 14,194,736 31,770.385 446.79 28,821.617 492.50 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 1,434,037 1,325.889 1,081.57 1,202.827 1,192.22 Federal Republic of Germany 1,331,227 3,003.434 443.23 2,724.671 488.58 Japan 177,750 283.238 627.56 256.950 691.77 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,943,014 4,612.563 638.04 4,184.448 703.32 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 Sweden 124,065 271.653 456.70 246.440 503.43 United Kingdom 712,911 953.239 747.88 864.765 824.40 France 230,648 229.268 1,006.02 207.989 1,108.94 Federal Republic of Germany 150,150 228.804 656.24 207.568 723.38 Russia 144,043 119.143 1,208.99 108.085 1,332.68 Italy 3,137 1.894 1,655.52 1.719 1,824.90 Japan 940,773 1,901.176 494.84 1,724.719 545.46 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,305,727 3,705.181 622.30 3,361.285 685.97 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 28,340 57.001 497.18 51.711 548.05 Federal Republic of Germany 81,005 150.809 537.14 136.812 592.09 Japan 11,104 9.248 1,200.64 8.390 1,323.48 CATEGORY TOTAL 120,449 217.059 554.91 196.913 611.69 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 162,999 122.129 1,334.64 110.794 1,471.19 Sweden 715,397 297.063 2,408.23 269.492 2,654.61 United Kingdom 58,692 25.206 2,328.44 22.867 2,566.67 France 435,540 64.811 6,720.11 58.796 7,407.65 Federal Republic of Germany 1,602,374 1,614.902 992.24 1,465.015 1,093.76 Austria 33,011 10.898 3,028.94 9.887 3,338.83 Switzerland 2,803 1.749 1,602.29 1.587 1,766.23 Korea, South 2,931 1.808 1,620.33 1.641 1,786.11 Taiwan 13,540 8.846 1,530.63 8.025 1,687.23 Japan 274,178 69.526 3,943.53 63.073 4,346.99 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,301,465 2,216.942 1,489.20 2,011.177 1,641.56 GRAND TOTAL 179,582,965 344,873.589 520.72 312,864.146 574.00 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 31/12/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Canada 15,379 20.521 749.40 18.617 826.07 CATEGORY TOTAL 15,379 20.521 749.40 18.617 826.07 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 2,170,475 9,073.569 239.21 8,231.406 263.68 Mexico 29,222,328 124,846.296 234.07 113,258.687 258.01 Brazil 38,033,542 171,610.250 221.63 155,682.244 244.30 Argentina 6,412,474 31,312.105 204.79 28,405.872 225.74 Finland 1,290,722 6,582.560 196.08 5,971.600 216.14 United Kingdom 273,472 525.297 520.60 476.542 573.87 Netherlands 1,305,870 6,480.243 201.52 5,878.780 222.13 Belgium 383,357 1,354.084 283.11 1,228.405 312.08 France 167,937 655.601 256.16 594.752 282.36 Federal Republic of Germany 866,194 3,046.020 284.37 2,763.304 313.46 Switzerland 7,224 26.543 272.16 24.080 300.00 Russia 21,867,179 105,969.657 206.35 96,134.083 227.47 Italy 2,664,645 12,722.064 209.45 11,541.266 230.88 India 10,969 29.027 377.89 26.333 416.55 Japan 37,242 95.935 388.20 87.031 427.92 Australia 18,396,909 79,898.858 230.25 72,483.046 253.81 South Africa 9,729,916 45,083.913 215.82 40,899.450 237.90 CATEGORY TOTAL 132,840,455 599,312.029 221.65 543,686.881 244.33 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 11,858,155 34,690.373 341.83 31,470.586 376.80 Mexico 2,029,015 7,277.028 278.82 6,601.611 307.35 Trinidad and Tobago 7,826,014 31,133.286 251.37 28,243.650 277.09 Venezuela 1,790,349 7,210.203 248.31 6,540.988 273.71 Brazil 2,422,078 9,592.858 252.49 8,702.497 278.32 Argentina 85,452 337.615 253.10 306.280 279.00 United Kingdom 853,401 3,091.885 276.01 2,804.912 304.25 Netherlands 211,044 469.971 449.06 426.351 495.00 Belgium 282,683 1,169.361 241.74 1,060.827 266.47 France 1,228,889 3,449.630 356.24 3,129.453 392.68 Federal Republic of Germany 1,253,155 4,252.292 294.70 3,857.616 324.85 Czech Republic 329,715 1,427.808 230.92 1,295.286 254.55 Spain 1,391,444 5,308.881 262.10 4,816.138 288.91 Italy 2,871,800 11,525.920 249.16 10,456.142 274.65 Turkey 103,499 479.091 216.03 434.625 238.13 Malaysia 26,690 103.374 258.19 93.780 284.60 China 1,322,149 6,024.064 219.48 5,464.941 241.93 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 31/12/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 3,406,858 10,797.848 315.51 9,795.646 347.79 Egypt 703,886 3,066.805 229.52 2,782.160 253.00 South Africa 46,190 199.498 231.53 180.982 255.22 CATEGORY TOTAL 40,042,466 141,607.799 282.77 128,464.471 311.70 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 2,639,631 8,048.690 327.96 7,301.651 361.51 Mexico 409,480 1,498.676 273.23 1,359.577 301.18 Brazil 240,425 1,190.620 201.93 1,080.113 222.59 United Kingdom 1,683,421 3,800.474 442.95 3,447.733 488.27 Belgium 6,934 3.246 2,135.97 2.945 2,354.50 Luxembourg 1,294,505 2,569.311 503.83 2,330.841 555.38 Federal Republic of Germany 1,144,727 2,682.592 426.72 2,433.608 470.38 Austria 2,881 0.435 6,616.71 0.395 7,293.67 Poland 1,329,723 5,277.524 251.96 4,787.691 277.74 Spain 1,834,281 6,990.273 262.40 6,341.471 289.25 Italy 12,682 5.568 2,277.30 5.052 2,510.29 Turkey 12,547 10.363 1,210.64 9.402 1,334.50 Saudi Arabia 8,713 28.979 300.66 26.290 331.42 Thailand 10,153 31.235 325.05 28.336 358.31 China 6,866 22.522 304.85 20.432 336.04 Korea, South 187,299 833.393 224.74 756.042 247.74 Japan 153,689 311.592 493.24 282.672 543.70 South Africa 123,062 363.423 338.62 329.692 373.26 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,101,019 33,668.924 329.71 30,543.943 363.44 STEEL PILING...........................5 Canada 989,883 1,745.897 566.98 1,583.852 624.98 Mexico 2,901 0.595 4,873.60 0.540 5,372.22 United Kingdom 186,478 337.589 552.38 306.256 608.90 Luxembourg 8,580,176 17,232.889 497.90 15,633.419 548.84 Federal Republic of Germany 702,523 1,439.486 488.04 1,305.881 537.97 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,461,961 20,756.458 504.03 18,829.948 555.60 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 3,055,129 9,149.648 333.91 8,300.424 368.07 United Kingdom 3,826 12.780 299.37 11.594 330.00 Belgium 34,601 107.243 322.64 97.290 355.65 Federal Republic of Germany 156,480 273.978 571.14 248.549 629.57 Austria 41,854 126.454 330.98 114.718 364.84 Czech Republic 4,946,318 15,352.346 322.19 13,927.418 355.15 Hungary 565,497 1,828.290 309.30 1,658.598 340.95 Russia 848,275 3,678.591 230.60 3,337.163 254.19 Romania 2,452,350 9,345.341 262.41 8,477.954 289.26 Bulgaria 1,208,205 4,869.689 248.11 4,417.709 273.49 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 31/12/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Turkey 83,706 329.473 254.06 298.893 280.05 Thailand 4,792 9.996 479.35 9.069 528.39 China 441,073 1,567.744 281.34 1,422.234 310.13 Korea, South 263,638 1,004.749 262.39 911.494 289.24 Australia 225,511 1,029.487 219.05 933.936 241.46 South Africa 407,741 1,554.282 262.33 1,410.022 289.17 CATEGORY TOTAL 14,738,996 50,240.100 293.37 45,577.065 323.39 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 5,419,135 16,042.900 337.79 14,553.879 372.35 Mexico 2,147,429 6,932.154 309.78 6,288.747 341.47 Venezuela 255,171 831.577 306.85 754.395 338.25 Netherlands 2,037,542 7,827.871 260.29 7,101.328 286.92 Belgium 278,943 1,007.060 276.99 913.590 305.33 France 691,049 2,680.930 257.76 2,432.100 284.14 Federal Republic of Germany 107,248 261.205 410.59 236.962 452.60 Czech Republic 880,994 3,245.975 271.41 2,944.700 299.18 Slovakia 968,847 3,595.859 269.43 3,262.110 297.00 Hungary 283,406 915.333 309.62 830.377 341.30 Russia 2,739,577 10,830.051 252.96 9,824.860 278.84 Italy 37,719 158.770 237.57 144.034 261.88 Romania 2,128,406 10,907.466 195.13 9,895.090 215.10 Bulgaria 1,560,269 6,191.409 252.01 5,616.754 277.79 Turkey 1,466,875 6,144.671 238.72 5,574.354 263.15 India 296,916 1,278.493 232.24 1,159.830 256.00 New Zealand 44,790 204.236 219.30 185.280 241.74 Egypt 2,095,798 6,791.933 308.57 6,161.540 340.14 South Africa 52,522 213.275 246.26 193.480 271.46 CATEGORY TOTAL 23,492,636 86,061.178 272.98 78,073.410 300.90 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Canada 2,405 4.075 590.15 3.697 650.53 Luxembourg 34,731 69.607 498.95 63.147 550.00 France 1,643,791 4,467.490 367.95 4,052.840 405.59 Federal Republic of Germany 917,727 1,856.480 494.34 1,684.171 544.91 Taiwan 2,624 0.555 4,723.12 0.504 5,206.35 Japan 5,349,134 12,350.568 433.11 11,204.250 477.42 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,950,412 18,748.776 424.05 17,008.609 467.43 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 Canada 189,774 483.335 392.63 438.475 432.80 Luxembourg 19,571 40.883 478.70 37.089 527.68 Federal Republic of Germany 22,954 39.488 581.29 35.823 640.76 Austria 158,100 267.894 590.16 243.030 650.54 Spain 108,296 296.484 365.27 268.966 402.64 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 31/12/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 249,470 597.547 417.49 542.086 460.20 CATEGORY TOTAL 748,165 1,725.633 433.56 1,565.469 477.92 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 Canada 192,932 318.233 606.26 288.697 668.29 Brazil 46,478 81.254 572.00 73.713 630.53 Austria 5,799 3.272 1,771.90 2.969 1,953.18 Poland 10,870 18.849 576.67 17.100 635.67 China 36,900 29.927 1,232.97 27.150 1,359.12 Australia 14,039 23.914 587.05 21.695 647.11 CATEGORY TOTAL 307,018 475.453 645.74 431.324 711.80 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 12,977,621 31,543.965 411.41 28,616.212 453.51 Mexico 497,431 1,410.792 352.59 1,279.850 388.66 Brazil 14,150 62.676 225.76 56.859 248.86 Argentina 1,545,023 5,713.616 270.41 5,183.307 298.08 Sweden 2,097 1.797 1,166.38 1.631 1,285.71 United Kingdom 6,267,842 17,447.097 359.25 15,827.745 396.00 France 143,988 377.218 381.71 342.207 420.76 Federal Republic of Germany 1,390,022 3,919.931 354.60 3,556.103 390.88 Spain 1,921,177 6,358.696 302.13 5,768.514 333.05 Turkey 623,139 2,132.464 292.22 1,934.540 322.11 India 237,825 487.875 487.47 442.593 537.34 Korea, South 160,452 398.264 402.88 361.300 444.10 Taiwan 5,700 0.496 11,491.01 0.450 12,666.67 Japan 4,379 9.088 481.81 8.245 531.11 South Africa 507,775 1,751.355 289.93 1,588.803 319.60 CATEGORY TOTAL 26,298,621 71,615.336 367.22 64,968.359 404.79 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 2,673,484 6,950.189 384.66 6,305.108 424.02 Mexico 357,364 1,279.931 279.21 1,161.135 307.77 Brazil 718,749 4,076.306 176.32 3,697.964 194.36 Argentina 200,134 769.706 260.01 698.266 286.62 Netherlands 2,051 2.339 876.83 2.122 966.54 Federal Republic of Germany 13,663 33.280 410.53 30.192 452.54 Switzerland 12,489 26.605 469.42 24.136 517.44 Turkey 27,474 126.045 217.97 114.347 240.27 Korea, South 25,626 72.300 354.44 65.590 390.70 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,031,034 13,336.706 302.25 12,098.860 333.17 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 Canada 54,754 108.041 506.78 98.014 558.63 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 31/12/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Mexico 4,777,057 21,664.257 220.50 19,653.489 243.06 Dominican Republic 1,697,297 6,919.530 245.29 6,277.294 270.39 Brazil 1,304,089 6,255.865 208.46 5,675.227 229.79 Argentina 692,948 3,524.199 196.63 3,197.101 216.74 Czech Republic 835,110 3,967.887 210.47 3,599.608 232.00 Latvia 9,062 43.148 210.02 39.144 231.50 Turkey 2,182,553 11,157.955 195.61 10,122.330 215.62 India 28,186 100.432 280.65 91.111 309.36 Egypt 1,625,583 7,110.911 228.60 6,450.912 251.99 CATEGORY TOTAL 13,206,639 60,852.229 217.03 55,204.230 239.23 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 4,650,781 6,772.933 686.67 6,144.304 756.93 Mexico 57,132 61.909 922.84 56.163 1,017.25 Dominican Republic 10,535 18.730 562.45 16.992 620.00 Trinidad and Tobago 56,541 103.311 547.28 93.723 603.28 Brazil 39,970 68.821 580.78 62.434 640.20 Sweden 39,145 4.965 7,882.74 4.505 8,689.23 United Kingdom 1,326,445 2,081.835 637.15 1,888.610 702.34 Belgium 64,267 119.544 537.60 108.449 592.60 France 245,291 489.211 501.40 443.805 552.70 Federal Republic of Germany 166,467 347.934 478.44 315.641 527.39 Switzerland 4,548 3.832 1,186.62 3.477 1,308.02 Russia 283,885 121.449 2,337.48 110.177 2,576.63 Ukraine 113,648 510.996 222.40 463.568 245.16 Spain 557,131 1,397.778 398.58 1,268.044 439.36 Italy 148,775 266.094 559.11 241.397 616.31 Romania 5,659 4.310 1,312.98 3.910 1,447.31 India 5,000 4.183 1,195.24 3.795 1,317.52 China 7,970 0.697 11,422.22 0.633 12,590.84 Korea, South 46,725 128.462 363.73 116.539 400.94 Japan 65,191 70.481 924.93 63.940 1,019.57 South Africa 91,078 250.310 363.86 227.078 401.09 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,986,184 12,827.795 622.57 11,637.184 686.26 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 11,529,949 19,706.579 585.08 17,877.513 644.94 Mexico 1,181,711 2,071.434 570.48 1,879.174 628.85 Guatemala 289,935 399.017 726.62 361.983 800.96 Colombia 265,651 414.570 640.79 376.092 706.35 Venezuela 1,923,015 5,323.168 361.25 4,829.099 398.21 Peru 2,780 6.005 462.92 5.448 510.28 Chile 166,541 381.773 436.23 346.339 480.86 Argentina 429,898 1,253.198 343.04 1,136.883 378.14 Sweden 50,610 99.722 507.51 90.467 559.43 Norway 5,634 1.576 3,574.18 1.430 3,939.86 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 31/12/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE United Kingdom 29,373 8.884 3,306.05 8.060 3,644.29 Netherlands 38,479 41.540 926.30 37.685 1,021.07 France 87,228 125.290 696.20 113.662 767.43 Federal Republic of Germany 1,105,956 1,222.357 904.77 1,108.904 997.34 Czech Republic 175,194 313.675 558.52 284.562 615.66 Slovakia 45,584 84.233 541.16 76.415 596.53 Poland 109,440 186.816 585.82 169.477 645.75 Ukraine 25,372 36.334 698.29 32.962 769.73 Spain 305,026 356.552 855.49 323.459 943.01 Italy 318,973 363.253 878.10 329.538 967.94 Romania 22,712 22.900 991.77 20.775 1,093.24 Turkey 1,942,734 5,286.361 367.50 4,795.708 405.10 United Arab Emirates 125,617 454.194 276.57 412.038 304.87 Oman 958,190 2,692.325 355.90 2,442.437 392.31 India 3,771,834 9,631.950 391.60 8,737.961 431.66 Pakistan 1,115,934 3,486.270 320.09 3,162.692 352.84 Thailand 1,312,348 3,949.233 332.30 3,582.685 366.30 Malaysia 78,021 183.899 424.26 166.831 467.66 Indonesia 467,702 1,332.201 351.07 1,208.553 386.99 Philippines 1,086,273 3,160.819 343.67 2,867.448 378.83 China 1,578,636 4,236.701 372.61 3,843.472 410.73 Korea, South 3,445,468 10,114.173 340.66 9,175.426 375.51 Taiwan 1,616,454 4,577.365 353.14 4,152.517 389.27 Japan 169,772 131.688 1,289.19 119.466 1,421.09 South Africa 557,026 1,764.972 315.60 1,601.157 347.89 CATEGORY TOTAL 36,335,070 83,421.042 435.56 75,678.318 480.13 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 574,166 967.340 593.55 877.557 654.28 Mexico 56,549 62.761 901.02 56.936 993.20 Colombia 1,136,211 2,392.115 474.98 2,170.091 523.58 Venezuela 438,192 1,073.192 408.31 973.584 450.08 Brazil 94,411 769.081 122.76 697.699 135.32 Sweden 5,797 0.675 8,579.04 0.613 9,456.77 United Kingdom 960,444 339.669 2,827.58 308.143 3,116.88 Federal Republic of Germany 210,012 44.090 4,763.23 39.998 5,250.56 Austria 1,516,194 2,311.373 655.97 2,096.843 723.08 Czech Republic 984,146 2,191.766 449.02 1,988.338 494.96 Poland 116,761 212.255 550.10 192.555 606.38 Ukraine 391,843 988.081 396.57 896.373 437.14 China 6,162,001 10,276.812 599.60 9,322.970 660.95 Korea, South 2,281,979 6,482.578 352.02 5,880.898 388.03 Taiwan 38,488 127.415 302.07 115.589 332.97 Japan 603,504 1,145.498 526.85 1,039.179 580.75 South Africa 546,371 1,350.642 404.53 1,225.283 445.91 CATEGORY TOTAL 16,117,069 30,735.350 524.38 27,882.649 578.03 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 31/12/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 8,704 10.120 860.05 9.181 948.04 Mexico 42,948 35.297 1,216.76 32.021 1,341.24 United Kingdom 304,712 715.346 425.96 648.952 469.54 Federal Republic of Germany 1,116,948 1,134.466 984.56 1,029.171 1,085.29 Czech Republic 318,315 565.474 562.92 512.990 620.51 Poland 149,055 254.938 584.67 231.276 644.49 Spain 43,740 50.596 864.49 45.900 952.94 Italy 578,674 726.965 796.01 659.492 877.45 India 1,719,949 4,441.320 387.26 4,029.099 426.88 Indonesia 15,630 66.012 236.77 59.886 261.00 China 464,182 1,163.103 399.09 1,055.150 439.92 Korea, South 960,055 2,852.818 336.53 2,588.034 370.96 Japan 15,181,043 28,030.871 541.58 25,429.186 596.99 CATEGORY TOTAL 20,903,955 40,047.331 521.98 36,330.338 575.39 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 244,640 342.999 713.24 311.164 786.21 Mexico 963,760 1,695.650 568.37 1,538.269 626.52 Colombia 171,760 496.663 345.83 450.566 381.21 Venezuela 147,459 421.103 350.17 382.019 386.00 Brazil 475,883 988.251 481.54 896.527 530.81 Argentina 661,657 1,184.468 558.61 1,074.532 615.76 France 627,100 1,135.638 552.20 1,030.234 608.70 Austria 571,648 886.163 645.08 803.914 711.08 Czech Republic 1,234,857 3,374.884 365.90 3,061.645 403.33 Slovakia 203,613 579.853 351.15 526.034 387.07 Ukraine 1,254,394 3,464.233 362.10 3,142.701 399.15 Italy 1,078,719 1,805.326 597.52 1,637.765 658.65 India 76,342 237.773 321.07 215.705 353.92 Indonesia 8,682 36.669 236.76 33.266 260.99 China 586,175 1,496.159 391.79 1,357.293 431.87 Korea, South 524,495 1,683.567 311.54 1,527.307 343.41 Japan 451,297 725.231 622.28 657.919 685.95 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,282,481 20,554.638 451.60 18,646.860 497.80 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Canada 31,374 44.650 702.66 40.506 774.55 Mexico 10,705 23.934 447.26 21.713 493.02 Venezuela 431,574 1,265.235 341.10 1,147.803 376.00 Sweden 82,392 7.958 10,352.46 7.220 11,411.63 Poland 478,619 1,768.272 270.67 1,604.150 298.36 Indonesia 23,323 98.501 236.78 89.359 261.00 China 903,861 2,974.135 303.91 2,698.091 335.00 Korea, South 1,676,987 5,605.943 299.14 5,085.628 329.75 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 31/12/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 242,425 677.654 357.74 614.758 394.34 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,881,260 12,466.286 311.34 11,309.228 343.19 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 6,424,671 7,288.642 881.46 6,612.147 971.65 Mexico 6,666,369 13,094.802 509.09 11,879.408 561.17 Guatemala 32,495 89.367 363.61 81.073 400.81 Venezuela 326,273 785.890 415.16 712.948 457.64 Brazil 19,792 35.437 558.51 32.148 615.65 Argentina 201,970 369.463 546.66 335.172 602.59 Sweden 134,543 76.748 1,753.04 69.625 1,932.39 United Kingdom 98,280 53.912 1,822.94 48.909 2,009.45 Netherlands 37,240 37.221 1,000.49 33.767 1,102.85 Belgium 67,726 46.851 1,445.55 42.503 1,593.44 France 454,059 632.851 717.48 574.113 790.89 Federal Republic of Germany 1,075,224 1,119.640 960.33 1,015.721 1,058.58 Austria 145,789 67.691 2,153.72 61.409 2,374.07 Czech Republic 127,538 275.643 462.69 250.060 510.03 Slovakia 23,851 21.884 1,089.87 19.853 1,201.38 Switzerland 227,089 200.187 1,134.38 181.607 1,250.44 Poland 41,848 19.201 2,179.45 17.419 2,402.43 Ukraine 72,593 203.002 357.60 184.161 394.18 Spain 524,353 931.432 562.95 844.982 620.55 Italy 196,984 258.943 760.72 234.910 838.55 Romania 27,912 19.688 1,417.69 17.861 1,562.73 Turkey 2,505,086 8,374.927 299.12 7,597.609 329.72 India 192,664 213.340 903.08 193.539 995.48 Thailand 2,396 0.690 3,472.23 0.626 3,827.48 China 113,560 291.735 389.26 264.658 429.08 Korea, South 873,243 2,202.498 396.48 1,998.074 437.04 Taiwan 86,430 56.364 1,533.41 51.133 1,690.30 Japan 1,310,818 999.732 1,311.17 906.942 1,445.32 South Africa 424,018 1,143.781 370.72 1,037.621 408.64 CATEGORY TOTAL 22,434,814 38,911.576 576.56 35,299.998 635.55 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 38,596 57.578 670.32 52.234 738.91 Mexico 250,626 258.711 968.75 234.699 1,067.86 Chile 93,666 239.319 391.38 217.107 431.43 Brazil 93,459 135.898 687.71 123.285 758.07 Argentina 236,386 259.630 910.47 235.533 1,003.62 Sweden 3,261 1.858 1,754.64 1.686 1,934.16 United Kingdom 122,489 87.821 1,394.76 79.670 1,537.45 Netherlands 14,460 7.088 2,039.79 6.431 2,248.48 France 731,468 1,028.461 711.23 933.005 783.99 Federal Republic of Germany 1,147,338 1,321.741 868.05 1,199.064 956.86 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 31/12/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Slovakia 314,568 624.996 503.31 566.987 554.81 Italy 96,436 71.386 1,350.89 64.761 1,489.11 Romania 27,794 40.969 678.41 37.167 747.81 India 28,444 5.114 5,561.20 4.640 6,130.17 China 10,151 5.263 1,928.55 4.775 2,125.86 Japan 672,581 169.946 3,957.60 154.173 4,362.51 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,881,723 4,315.786 899.42 3,915.217 991.45 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 767,304 866.391 885.63 785.977 976.24 Mexico 368,038 285.748 1,287.98 259.227 1,419.75 Brazil 261,632 63.660 4,109.79 57.752 4,530.27 France 5,262 0.098 53,636.04 0.089 59,123.60 Federal Republic of Germany 4,487 0.099 45,228.21 0.090 49,855.56 India 19,682 19.870 990.53 18.026 1,091.87 China 9,832 22.487 437.23 20.400 481.96 Taiwan 3,156 0.200 15,731.19 0.182 17,340.66 Japan 2,130 0.078 27,215.55 0.071 30,000.00 Algeria 27,822 5.390 5,161.49 4.890 5,689.57 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,469,345 1,264.024 1,162.43 1,146.704 1,281.36 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 7,486,546 15,145.836 494.30 13,740.076 544.87 Mexico 951,923 1,016.416 936.55 922.078 1,032.37 United Kingdom 8,116 11.133 728.98 10.100 803.56 Belgium 6,561 4.864 1,348.75 4.413 1,486.74 Federal Republic of Germany 63,223 85.603 738.56 77.658 814.12 Turkey 1,048,773 3,603.457 291.05 3,269.003 320.82 China 30,853 28.384 1,086.97 25.750 1,198.17 Korea, South 800,614 2,669.486 299.91 2,421.718 330.60 Taiwan 199,273 16.502 12,075.18 14.971 13,310.60 Japan 604,233 1,781.908 339.09 1,616.521 373.79 South Africa 90,082 279.522 322.27 253.579 355.24 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,290,197 24,643.118 458.15 22,355.867 505.02 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 173,205 389.370 444.83 353.231 490.34 Mexico 33,900 66.805 507.44 60.605 559.36 Korea, South 13,968 41.618 335.62 37.756 369.95 Japan 22,791 51.395 443.45 46.625 488.82 CATEGORY TOTAL 243,864 549.190 444.04 498.217 489.47 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 9,606,697 16,751.815 573.47 15,196.996 632.14 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 31/12/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Mexico 2,091,791 3,495.596 598.41 3,171.153 659.63 Honduras 106,835 256.502 416.51 232.695 459.12 Dominican Republic 172,724 544.721 317.09 494.163 349.53 Trinidad and Tobago 374,743 890.186 420.97 807.564 464.04 Colombia 29,583 19.846 1,490.63 18.004 1,643.13 Venezuela 419,832 784.052 535.46 711.281 590.25 Ecuador 61,325 124.895 491.01 113.303 541.25 Chile 28,562 69.543 410.71 63.089 452.73 Brazil 326,338 759.057 429.93 688.606 473.91 Argentina 258,481 742.539 348.10 673.621 383.72 Sweden 359,070 205.986 1,743.17 186.868 1,921.52 Finland 39,874 76.159 523.56 69.091 577.12 United Kingdom 825,177 1,049.589 786.19 952.172 866.63 Netherlands 42,284 61.993 682.07 56.240 751.85 Belgium 1,566,048 1,800.618 869.73 1,633.494 958.71 Luxembourg 384,615 406.002 947.32 368.319 1,044.24 France 2,193,474 2,588.130 847.51 2,347.913 934.22 Federal Republic of Germany 514,821 600.438 857.41 544.709 945.13 Austria 207,158 108.848 1,903.17 98.746 2,097.89 Czech Republic 205,988 547.985 375.90 497.124 414.36 Slovakia 4,987 19.775 252.18 17.940 277.98 Russia 223,957 670.446 334.04 608.219 368.22 Belarus 271,563 323.678 838.99 293.636 924.83 Spain 10,293 21.363 481.79 19.381 531.09 Italy 251,864 318.656 790.39 289.080 871.26 Greece 791,682 1,379.035 574.08 1,251.040 632.82 Bulgaria 23,201 31.149 744.84 28.258 821.04 Turkey 38,825 40.858 950.24 37.066 1,047.46 Israel 140,159 305.197 459.24 276.871 506.22 India 468,700 959.371 488.55 870.327 538.53 China 3,037,145 6,421.615 472.96 5,825.593 521.35 Korea, South 1,444,646 1,996.985 723.41 1,811.635 797.43 Taiwan 524,744 1,115.974 470.21 1,012.395 518.32 Japan 2,572,330 4,076.854 630.96 3,698.461 695.51 Australia 98,277 254.993 385.41 231.326 424.84 New Zealand 24,789 37.670 658.05 34.174 725.38 Egypt 10,253 18.611 550.90 16.884 607.26 South Africa 1,080,773 3,081.192 350.76 2,795.212 386.65 CATEGORY TOTAL 30,833,608 52,957.940 582.23 48,042.649 641.80 BLACK PLATE...........................28 Canada 49,633 142.030 349.45 128.848 385.21 Chile 2,243,201 6,236.919 359.66 5,658.040 396.46 Netherlands 49,706 96.734 513.84 87.756 566.41 Belgium 36,706 37.858 969.55 34.345 1,068.74 France 313,954 498.383 629.94 452.126 694.39 Federal Republic of Germany 558,796 528.800 1,056.72 479.720 1,164.84 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 31/12/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Turkey 28,118 71.198 394.93 64.590 435.33 Japan 1,887,141 2,360.046 799.62 2,140.999 881.43 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,167,255 9,971.972 518.18 9,046.424 571.19 TIN PLATE.............................29 Canada 4,996,161 9,050.765 552.02 8,210.719 608.49 Venezuela 18,936 39.765 476.19 36.075 524.91 Argentina 151,531 320.865 472.26 291.084 520.57 Norway 113,482 275.324 412.18 249.770 454.35 United Kingdom 38,441 59.961 641.10 54.396 706.69 Netherlands 1,828,787 3,931.383 465.18 3,566.492 512.77 France 345,860 666.041 519.28 604.223 572.40 Federal Republic of Germany 2,006,099 3,839.537 522.48 3,483.171 575.94 Taiwan 159,304 318.121 500.76 288.595 552.00 Japan 128,475 273.612 469.55 248.217 517.59 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,787,076 18,775.378 521.27 17,032.742 574.60 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A Canada 2,432,873 4,475.318 543.62 4,059.942 599.24 Brazil 341,641 586.222 582.78 531.812 642.41 Netherlands 974,913 1,926.305 506.11 1,747.515 557.89 Federal Republic of Germany 1,420,444 3,147.175 451.34 2,855.070 497.52 Taiwan 23,556 94.203 250.05 85.460 275.64 Japan 727,777 1,325.440 549.08 1,202.420 605.26 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,921,204 11,554.665 512.45 10,482.219 564.88 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 11,066,605 30,941.782 357.66 28,069.921 394.25 Mexico 12,821,517 37,805.636 339.14 34,296.706 373.84 Venezuela 2,319,969 8,509.776 272.62 7,719.942 300.52 Sweden 404,297 747.194 541.09 677.844 596.45 Finland 54,273 232.786 233.15 211.180 257.00 Netherlands 9,929,043 34,810.364 285.23 31,579.440 314.41 Belgium 2,554,251 8,817.396 289.68 7,999.010 319.32 France 3,644,106 13,362.456 272.71 12,122.220 300.61 Federal Republic of Germany 657,030 1,932.009 340.08 1,752.690 374.87 Austria 816,643 2,246.289 363.55 2,037.800 400.75 Czech Republic 848,838 3,134.046 270.84 2,843.160 298.55 Slovakia 2,180,419 8,096.784 269.29 7,345.281 296.85 Hungary 783,286 2,726.234 287.31 2,473.199 316.71 Russia 12,484,278 49,558.302 251.91 44,958.548 277.68 Italy 1,055,206 4,315.126 244.54 3,914.618 269.56 Greece 162,904 603.085 270.12 547.110 297.75 Romania 464,107 1,952.633 237.68 1,771.400 262.00 Bulgaria 937,524 3,710.924 252.64 3,366.495 278.49 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 31/12/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Turkey 6,782,165 29,292.077 231.54 26,573.333 255.22 India 79,155 340.834 232.24 309.200 256.00 Korea, South 29,862,279 96,853.949 308.32 87,864.450 339.87 New Zealand 118,442 538.401 219.99 488.430 242.50 Egypt 10,468,911 32,185.553 325.27 29,198.251 358.55 South Africa 3,268,717 11,136.824 293.51 10,103.160 323.53 CATEGORY TOTAL 113,763,965 383,850.471 296.38 348,223.388 326.70 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 9,327,725 21,648.874 430.86 19,639.534 474.95 Mexico 12,975,868 31,041.994 418.01 28,160.832 460.78 El Salvador 2,565,175 7,193.286 356.61 6,525.642 393.09 Colombia 8,781 25.132 349.39 22.800 385.13 Chile 2,852,040 8,774.604 325.03 7,960.190 358.29 Sweden 578,092 1,578.883 366.14 1,432.339 403.60 Finland 728,768 2,182.046 333.98 1,979.520 368.15 Netherlands 3,526,242 11,157.783 316.03 10,122.174 348.37 Belgium 4,618,656 11,416.745 404.55 10,357.100 445.94 Luxembourg 1,680,762 4,165.448 403.50 3,778.832 444.78 France 2,031,376 5,721.365 355.05 5,190.337 391.38 Federal Republic of Germany 266,537 782.399 340.67 709.781 375.52 Austria 109,826 328.389 334.44 297.910 368.65 Czech Republic 1,735,662 5,502.394 315.44 4,991.690 347.71 Slovakia 2,905,788 8,150.333 356.52 7,393.860 393.00 Poland 2,312,982 7,163.059 322.90 6,498.220 355.94 Italy 3,906,592 14,095.378 277.15 12,787.116 305.51 Greece 1,314,297 4,734.932 277.57 4,295.460 305.97 Turkey 6,529,258 17,174.672 380.17 15,580.605 419.06 Indonesia 2,147,309 6,664.437 322.20 6,045.878 355.17 Korea, South 5,017,269 18,417.955 272.41 16,708.493 300.28 Japan 428,057 835.476 512.35 757.932 564.77 Morocco 3,829,020 11,117.798 344.40 10,085.900 379.64 Egypt 671,575 1,857.217 361.60 1,684.840 398.60 South Africa 353,325 1,004.388 351.78 911.166 387.77 CATEGORY TOTAL 72,420,982 202,735.000 357.22 183,918.151 393.77 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 19,192,490 37,650.607 509.75 34,156.066 561.91 Mexico 10,630,881 17,132.461 620.51 15,542.312 684.00 Guatemala 168,099 281.607 596.93 255.470 658.00 Costa Rica 231,116 522.871 442.01 474.341 487.24 Colombia 336,974 670.982 502.21 608.705 553.59 Venezuela 2,851,462 5,534.218 515.24 5,020.560 567.96 Brazil 4,726,495 11,464.381 412.28 10,400.315 454.46 Argentina 1,591,435 3,745.289 424.92 3,397.670 468.39 Sweden 10,795 18.096 596.52 16.417 657.55 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 31/12/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Finland 329,746 801.997 411.16 727.560 453.22 Netherlands 762,146 1,899.597 401.21 1,723.286 442.26 Belgium 323,556 991.749 326.25 899.700 359.63 Luxembourg 430,819 791.494 544.31 718.032 600.00 France 438,711 822.255 533.55 745.938 588.13 Federal Republic of Germany 1,397,955 3,057.570 457.21 2,773.782 503.99 Kazakhstan 3,023,475 8,391.959 360.28 7,613.060 397.14 Spain 28,159 56.406 499.22 51.171 550.29 Italy 943,742 1,872.053 504.12 1,698.299 555.70 Turkey 3,404,981 8,329.568 408.78 7,556.460 450.61 India 44,290,886 99,208.931 446.44 90,000.854 492.12 Korea, South 4,636,232 9,828.064 471.73 8,915.873 520.00 Taiwan 8,171,603 20,994.658 389.22 19,046.039 429.04 Japan 614,974 761.461 807.62 690.786 890.25 New Zealand 258,903 417.153 620.64 378.435 684.14 Morocco 365,524 808.761 451.96 733.696 498.20 South Africa 5,771,841 11,630.792 496.26 10,551.280 547.03 CATEGORY TOTAL 114,933,000 247,684.990 464.03 224,696.107 511.50 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 44,169 61.084 723.08 55.415 797.06 Brazil 60,757 165.181 367.82 149.850 405.45 Argentina 809,242 1,718.154 470.99 1,558.684 519.18 United Kingdom 11,634 6.663 1,745.94 6.045 1,924.57 Luxembourg 44,283 117.197 377.85 106.320 416.51 Federal Republic of Germany 2,007,621 4,828.036 415.83 4,379.922 458.37 Spain 386,925 759.944 509.15 689.410 561.24 India 801,264 1,622.535 493.83 1,471.940 544.36 Korea, South 469,254 1,131.665 414.66 1,026.630 457.08 Japan 78,941 46.073 1,713.38 41.797 1,888.68 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,714,090 10,456.536 450.83 9,486.013 496.95 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 Canada 7,659,006 9,692.432 790.20 8,792.829 871.05 Mexico 3,213,537 5,121.180 627.50 4,645.858 691.70 Chile 254,497 536.836 474.07 487.010 522.57 Argentina 1,352,615 2,572.565 525.78 2,333.793 579.58 Finland 108,804 210.331 517.30 190.810 570.22 United Kingdom 139,875 319.048 438.41 289.436 483.27 Belgium 188,924 172.588 1,094.65 156.570 1,206.64 Luxembourg 414,517 1,046.276 396.18 949.166 436.72 France 26,636 18.264 1,458.37 16.569 1,607.58 Federal Republic of Germany 238,329 89.871 2,651.89 81.530 2,923.21 Austria 20,779 16.762 1,239.59 15.207 1,366.41 Turkey 716,893 1,146.866 625.09 1,040.420 689.04 Korea, South 2,920,254 7,164.584 407.60 6,499.604 449.30 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 31/12/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Taiwan 429,758 795.683 540.11 721.832 595.37 Japan 468,524 454.338 1,031.22 412.169 1,136.73 CATEGORY TOTAL 18,152,948 29,357.631 618.34 26,632.803 681.60 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 3,089,131 7,701.144 401.13 6,986.363 442.17 Mexico 287,256 588.871 487.81 534.215 537.72 Federal Republic of Germany 327,351 490.560 667.30 445.029 735.57 Hungary 293,163 1,124.396 260.73 1,020.036 287.40 Turkey 202,875 707.350 286.81 641.698 316.15 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,199,776 10,612.323 395.75 9,627.341 436.23 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 3,039,824 5,375.351 565.51 4,876.438 623.37 Mexico 461,168 649.638 709.88 589.342 782.51 Netherlands Antilles 6,248 3.349 1,865.12 3.039 2,055.94 Brazil 27,345 23.646 1,156.39 21.452 1,274.71 Sweden 891,242 233.276 3,820.54 211.625 4,211.42 United Kingdom 1,088,307 717.275 1,517.28 650.702 1,672.51 Belgium 16,930 18.969 892.48 17.209 983.79 France 260,686 325.247 801.50 295.060 883.50 Federal Republic of Germany 1,717,235 1,035.029 1,659.12 938.963 1,828.86 Austria 310,051 64.292 4,822.52 58.325 5,315.92 Switzerland 105,255 89.626 1,174.37 81.308 1,294.52 Italy 66,906 17.762 3,766.67 16.114 4,152.04 India 446,715 802.599 556.59 728.106 613.53 Korea, South 9,019 19.276 467.88 17.487 515.75 Japan 361,170 369.085 978.55 334.829 1,078.67 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,808,101 9,744.428 903.91 8,839.999 996.39 GRAND TOTAL 807,762,768 2,355,858.630 342.87 2,137,199.602 377.95 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 31/12/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Canada 1,767,906 1,265.225 1,397.30 1,147.794 1,540.26 Sweden 24,994 39.506 632.65 35.840 697.38 United Kingdom 31,995 12.886 2,482.92 11.690 2,736.95 Taiwan 17,088 2.028 8,424.99 1.840 9,286.96 Japan 22,759 18.166 1,252.83 16.480 1,381.01 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,864,742 1,337.813 1,393.87 1,213.644 1,536.48 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 1,980,236 1,439.010 1,376.11 1,305.449 1,516.90 Brazil 28,067 18.538 1,513.97 16.818 1,668.87 Sweden 4,200,813 3,623.608 1,159.29 3,287.283 1,277.90 United Kingdom 4,041,633 3,659.697 1,104.36 3,320.023 1,217.35 Federal Republic of Germany 39,242 22.348 1,755.93 20.274 1,935.58 Spain 11,300,854 11,256.984 1,003.90 10,212.167 1,106.61 Italy 257,786 139.712 1,845.12 126.745 2,033.89 India 21,241 1.229 17,282.08 1.115 19,050.22 China 60,243 8.688 6,933.72 7.882 7,643.11 Korea, South 19,634 1.274 15,408.02 1.156 16,984.43 Taiwan 15,000 2.397 6,256.45 2.175 6,896.55 Japan 18,863 4.767 3,956.59 4.325 4,361.39 CATEGORY TOTAL 21,983,612 20,178.257 1,089.47 18,305.412 1,200.94 WIRE RODS..............................3 Sweden 734,163 398.055 1,844.37 361.110 2,033.07 United Kingdom 280,854 207.723 1,352.05 188.444 1,490.38 France 773,654 517.947 1,493.69 469.874 1,646.51 Federal Republic of Germany 159,621 108.676 1,468.77 98.590 1,619.04 Spain 766,663 587.454 1,305.06 532.930 1,438.58 Italy 404,558 325.725 1,242.02 295.493 1,369.10 India 813,077 537.550 1,512.56 487.658 1,667.31 China 126,666 130.857 967.97 118.712 1,067.00 Korea, South 199,651 166.386 1,199.93 150.943 1,322.69 Taiwan 1,708,006 1,176.067 1,452.30 1,066.911 1,600.89 Japan 135,618 44.286 3,062.29 40.176 3,375.60 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,102,531 4,200.731 1,452.73 3,810.841 1,601.36 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 55,957 3.063 18,266.77 2.779 20,135.66 France 16,444 5.347 3,075.19 4.851 3,389.82 Federal Republic of Germany 54,458 9.230 5,899.63 8.374 6,503.22 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 31/12/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Italy 137,679 58.323 2,360.62 52.910 2,602.14 India 185,879 96.619 1,923.82 87.652 2,120.65 Japan 96,832 27.621 3,505.65 25.058 3,864.31 CATEGORY TOTAL 547,249 200.206 2,733.43 181.624 3,013.09 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 86,396 45.804 1,886.20 41.553 2,079.18 Brazil 99,941 69.478 1,438.44 63.030 1,585.61 Sweden 82,849 53.405 1,551.31 48.449 1,710.02 United Kingdom 33,807 20.965 1,612.47 19.020 1,777.44 Belgium 1,811,697 1,116.379 1,622.83 1,012.763 1,788.87 France 352,268 165.151 2,133.00 149.823 2,351.23 Federal Republic of Germany 342,445 168.996 2,026.34 153.311 2,233.66 Austria 51,599 12.683 4,068.30 11.506 4,484.53 Switzerland 2,083 0.931 2,236.29 0.845 2,465.09 Italy 104,695 78.666 1,330.87 71.365 1,467.04 Korea, South 172,511 112.023 1,539.95 101.626 1,697.51 Taiwan 152,880 95.645 1,598.41 86.768 1,761.94 Japan 391,727 232.748 1,683.05 211.146 1,855.24 South Africa 539,557 485.437 1,111.49 440.382 1,225.20 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,224,455 2,658.318 1,589.15 2,411.587 1,751.73 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 174,923 107.326 1,629.82 97.365 1,796.57 Brazil 183,166 169.348 1,081.60 153.630 1,192.25 Sweden 1,427,309 781.204 1,827.06 708.697 2,013.99 Finland 26,113 19.003 1,374.09 17.240 1,514.68 Belgium 246,505 174.176 1,415.26 158.010 1,560.06 Federal Republic of Germany 1,744,691 1,463.464 1,192.16 1,327.633 1,314.14 Japan 213,150 270.220 788.80 245.140 869.50 South Africa 4,156 10.080 412.28 9.145 454.46 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,020,013 2,994.824 1,342.32 2,716.860 1,479.65 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 528,779 381.675 1,385.42 346.250 1,527.16 Mexico 13,549 22.343 606.39 20.270 668.43 Brazil 68,773 43.067 1,596.87 39.070 1,760.25 Sweden 19,792 2.988 6,623.02 2.711 7,300.63 United Kingdom 52,267 12.510 4,177.97 11.349 4,605.43 Belgium 7,993 3.305 2,417.85 2.999 2,665.22 France 165,946 29.363 5,651.46 26.638 6,229.67 Federal Republic of Germany 185,198 97.578 1,897.93 88.522 2,092.11 Austria 286,746 78.555 3,650.25 71.264 4,023.71 Hungary 311,395 173.084 1,799.09 157.020 1,983.16 Spain 476,785 353.894 1,347.25 321.048 1,485.09 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 31/12/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Portugal 170,129 88.710 1,917.80 80.477 2,114.01 Italy 393,224 259.611 1,514.66 235.516 1,669.63 China 17,775 22.046 806.26 20.000 888.75 Taiwan 585,185 319.119 1,833.75 289.500 2,021.36 Japan 4,070 0.508 8,009.20 0.461 8,828.63 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,287,606 1,888.363 1,740.98 1,713.095 1,919.10 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A France 7,898 1.726 4,575.32 1.566 5,043.42 Italy 1,875,684 1,137.764 1,648.57 1,032.163 1,817.24 India 1,528,889 799.616 1,912.03 725.400 2,107.65 Taiwan 8,123 0.729 11,131.52 0.662 12,270.39 Japan 31,921 6.330 5,042.36 5.743 5,558.24 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,452,515 1,946.167 1,774.01 1,765.534 1,955.51 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 1,579,853 496.418 3,182.51 450.343 3,508.11 Colombia 134,966 210.805 640.24 191.240 705.74 Brazil 43,011 20.856 2,062.20 18.921 2,273.19 Sweden 227,917 86.427 2,637.08 78.406 2,906.88 Norway 109,340 25.456 4,295.12 23.094 4,734.56 Denmark 578,591 329.360 1,756.71 298.791 1,936.44 United Kingdom 341,905 186.116 1,837.05 168.842 2,025.00 France 1,359,418 575.847 2,360.73 522.400 2,602.25 Federal Republic of Germany 682,159 323.103 2,111.27 293.115 2,327.27 Austria 4,005 1.268 3,156.63 1.151 3,479.58 Switzerland 349,869 143.315 2,441.24 130.014 2,691.01 Latvia 31,176 18.933 1,646.62 17.176 1,815.09 Russia 342,100 262.547 1,303.00 238.179 1,436.31 Spain 202,006 120.475 1,676.73 109.294 1,848.28 Italy 2,703,622 1,394.367 1,938.96 1,264.949 2,137.34 Slovenia 68,015 49.433 1,375.90 44.845 1,516.67 Saudi Arabia 179,607 89.795 2,000.18 81.461 2,204.82 United Arab Emirates 22,009 14.550 1,512.59 13.200 1,667.35 India 1,547,564 948.980 1,630.76 860.901 1,797.61 China 79,194 41.808 1,894.21 37.928 2,088.01 Korea, South 179,448 121.646 1,475.16 110.356 1,626.08 Taiwan 1,494,530 843.118 1,772.62 764.864 1,953.98 Japan 181,438 60.154 3,016.21 54.571 3,324.81 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,441,743 6,364.788 1,954.78 5,774.041 2,154.77 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D Canada 6,462,192 1,248.589 5,175.59 1,132.702 5,705.11 Brazil 2,985 0.361 8,255.94 0.328 9,100.61 Sweden 1,174,104 245.912 4,774.48 223.088 5,262.96 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 31/12/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Finland 94,985 52.144 1,821.56 47.305 2,007.93 United Kingdom 30,350 2.724 11,137.97 2.472 12,277.51 Ireland 13,719 1.724 7,957.59 1.564 8,771.74 Netherlands 6,862 2.385 2,876.67 2.164 3,170.98 France 2,390,233 705.077 3,390.03 639.636 3,736.86 Federal Republic of Germany 627,053 179.024 3,502.62 162.408 3,860.97 Austria 857,177 186.613 4,593.33 169.293 5,063.27 Switzerland 25,403 0.135 187,359.52 0.123 206,528.46 Spain 1,196,633 267.962 4,465.67 243.092 4,922.55 Italy 873,918 462.930 1,887.79 419.964 2,080.94 India 337,311 78.384 4,303.30 71.109 4,743.58 Malaysia 404,290 250.300 1,615.22 227.069 1,780.47 Singapore 222,547 110.475 2,014.44 100.222 2,220.54 China 1,010,478 368.644 2,741.06 334.429 3,021.50 Korea, South 1,844,931 713.822 2,584.58 647.569 2,849.01 Taiwan 3,532,559 1,893.783 1,865.34 1,718.012 2,056.19 Japan 2,447,995 853.424 2,868.44 774.214 3,161.91 South Africa 378,440 245.893 1,539.04 223.071 1,696.50 CATEGORY TOTAL 23,934,165 7,870.317 3,041.07 7,139.834 3,352.20 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 151,829 66.869 2,270.53 60.663 2,502.83 Brazil 39,421 11.815 3,336.33 10.719 3,677.68 Sweden 1,756,156 375.320 4,679.09 340.485 5,157.81 Denmark 151,123 17.869 8,457.01 16.211 9,322.25 United Kingdom 173,891 79.714 2,181.42 72.316 2,404.60 Netherlands 21,666 0.266 81,219.30 0.242 89,528.93 Belgium 19,074 1.641 11,620.98 1.489 12,809.94 France 872,356 229.769 3,796.67 208.443 4,185.11 Federal Republic of Germany 389,611 89.883 4,334.62 81.541 4,778.10 Switzerland 282,748 59.107 4,783.66 53.621 5,273.08 Spain 19,359 4.512 4,289.74 4.094 4,728.63 Italy 217,871 81.459 2,674.59 73.899 2,948.23 Israel 55,216 22.354 2,469.98 20.280 2,722.68 India 1,104,925 686.170 1,610.28 622.484 1,775.03 Thailand 113,985 62.658 1,819.14 56.843 2,005.26 China 356,150 162.283 2,194.62 147.221 2,419.15 Korea, South 2,048,138 925.558 2,212.87 839.653 2,439.27 Taiwan 617,549 236.126 2,615.34 214.210 2,882.91 Japan 444,943 75.245 5,913.18 68.262 6,518.17 Australia 29,440 20.284 1,451.34 18.402 1,599.83 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,865,451 3,208.913 2,762.76 2,911.078 3,045.42 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 27,707 18.932 1,463.49 17.175 1,613.22 United Kingdom 7,464 6.827 1,093.19 6.194 1,205.04 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 31/12/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Belgium 145,788 127.081 1,147.21 115.286 1,264.58 Federal Republic of Germany 31,431 29.350 1,070.90 26.626 1,180.46 Austria 4,145 0.815 5,081.46 0.740 5,601.35 Italy 76,238 73.873 1,032.01 67.017 1,137.59 Japan 276,936 204.294 1,355.57 185.333 1,494.26 South Africa 276,245 344.646 801.53 312.658 883.54 CATEGORY TOTAL 845,954 805.821 1,049.80 731.029 1,157.21 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 4,052,523 2,278.279 1,778.76 2,066.821 1,960.75 Mexico 8,688,959 6,315.702 1,375.77 5,729.511 1,516.53 Brazil 2,455,509 1,829.663 1,342.06 1,659.843 1,479.36 Sweden 1,217,797 411.591 2,958.75 373.390 3,261.46 Finland 194,846 110.966 1,755.90 100.667 1,935.55 United Kingdom 140,641 37.744 3,726.16 34.241 4,107.39 Belgium 992,657 712.302 1,393.59 646.190 1,536.17 France 1,222,208 757.564 1,613.34 687.251 1,778.40 Federal Republic of Germany 3,866,813 3,139.595 1,231.63 2,848.194 1,357.64 Austria 25,400 0.780 32,545.90 0.708 35,875.71 Switzerland 131,837 12.256 10,756.41 11.119 11,856.91 Spain 321,307 306.056 1,049.83 277.650 1,157.24 Italy 853,719 716.502 1,191.51 650.000 1,313.41 India 65,360 43.191 1,513.25 39.183 1,668.07 Thailand 79,710 73.801 1,080.05 66.952 1,190.55 China 729,626 517.443 1,410.06 469.417 1,554.32 Korea, South 137,013 84.980 1,612.29 77.093 1,777.24 Taiwan 3,213,179 2,044.810 1,571.38 1,855.021 1,732.15 Japan 490,988 224.945 2,182.70 204.067 2,406.01 South Africa 1,175,926 929.575 1,265.01 843.297 1,394.44 CATEGORY TOTAL 30,056,018 20,547.754 1,462.74 18,640.615 1,612.39 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Federal Republic of Germany 10,107 2.166 4,666.12 1.965 5,143.51 Japan 17,885 6.812 2,625.41 6.180 2,894.01 CATEGORY TOTAL 27,992 8.978 3,117.73 8.145 3,436.71 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 946,761 432.444 2,189.32 392.307 2,413.32 Mexico 831,231 572.818 1,451.13 519.652 1,599.59 Sweden 1,340,880 215.992 6,208.00 195.945 6,843.14 Finland 670,106 478.991 1,398.99 434.534 1,542.13 Denmark 13,180 2.204 5,978.35 2.000 6,590.00 United Kingdom 145,097 35.036 4,141.26 31.785 4,564.95 Belgium 252,994 133.380 1,896.78 121.001 2,090.84 France 564,447 246.467 2,290.14 223.592 2,524.45 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 31/12/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Federal Republic of Germany 658,031 97.809 6,727.70 88.731 7,416.02 Spain 20,194 26.732 755.42 24.251 832.71 Italy 2,766 0.698 3,957.84 0.634 4,362.78 China 3,300 0.352 9,355.35 0.320 10,312.50 Korea, South 332,210 215.463 1,541.84 195.465 1,699.59 Taiwan 48,865 34.849 1,402.17 31.615 1,545.63 Japan 1,084,690 174.151 6,228.41 157.988 6,865.65 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,914,752 2,667.394 2,592.32 2,419.820 2,857.55 GRAND TOTAL 128,568,798 76,878.651 1,672.36 69,743.159 1,843.46