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RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/12/02 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 309,755 824.793 375.55 748.240 413.98 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 2,676,884 2,988.421 895.75 2,711.051 987.40 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 4,416,187 10,839.320 407.42 9,833.269 449.11 Mexico 21,769,675 93,328.001 233.26 84,665.763 257.12 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 3,390,746 2,816.143 1,204.04 2,554.763 1,327.23 Finland 1,452,782 7,398.270 196.37 6,711.600 216.46 United Kingdom 4,423,811 4,295.793 1,029.80 3,897.079 1,135.16 Netherlands 1,305,870 6,480.243 201.52 5,878.780 222.13 Belgium 260,166 954.099 272.68 865.545 300.58 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 2,799,199 12,153.266 230.32 11,025.261 253.89 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 50,965 75.453 675.45 68.450 744.56 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 167,607,274 669,855.163 250.21 607,682.554 275.81 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 11,632,563 34,032.423 341.81 30,873.704 376.78 Mexico 1,497,114 5,344.026 280.15 4,848.021 308.81 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 - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/12/02 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 2,622,861 8,044.703 326.04 7,298.034 359.39 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 44,467,889 140,420.148 316.68 127,387.052 349.08 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 3,026,175 9,367.281 323.06 8,497.857 356.11 Mexico 386,207 1,412.290 273.46 1,281.209 301.44 Brazil 159,296 784.709 203.00 711.877 223.77 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 9,610 7.931 1,211.68 7.195 1,335.65 Saudi Arabia 8,713 28.979 300.66 26.290 331.42 India 143,878 76.262 1,886.62 69.184 2,079.64 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 210,575 328.809 640.42 298.291 705.94 South Africa 123,062 363.423 338.62 329.692 373.26 CATEGORY TOTAL 15,217,770 42,153.924 361.00 38,241.408 397.94 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 - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/12/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 10,459,060 20,755.863 503.91 18,829.408 555.46 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 431,600 602.463 716.39 546.546 789.69 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 2,002,499 2,900.185 690.47 2,631.005 761.12 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 470,158 1,439.089 326.71 1,305.520 360.13 Switzerland 2,083 0.931 2,236.29 0.845 2,465.09 Poland 233,091 532.841 437.45 483.386 482.20 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 686,026 2,902.340 236.37 2,632.960 260.55 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 26,535,495 65,403.061 405.72 59,332.676 447.23 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 8,443,153 23,602.435 357.72 21,411.775 394.32 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 2,685,663 3,915.205 685.96 3,551.816 756.14 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 Hungary 283,406 915.333 309.62 830.377 341.30 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/12/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Russia 1,856,127 7,935.647 233.90 7,199.100 257.83 Italy 25,642 109.188 234.84 99.054 258.87 Romania 2,128,406 10,907.466 195.13 9,895.090 215.10 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 256,562 351.670 729.55 319.030 804.19 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 30,531,609 94,631.739 322.64 85,848.494 355.65 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 872,738 1,739.045 501.85 1,577.636 553.19 Taiwan 2,624 0.555 4,723.12 0.504 5,206.35 Japan 5,368,261 12,374.950 433.80 11,226.369 478.18 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,924,550 18,655.724 424.78 16,924.193 468.24 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 131,170 217.589 602.83 197.394 664.51 Spain 93,008 251.689 369.53 228.329 407.34 Japan 235,082 571.612 411.26 518.558 453.34 CATEGORY TOTAL 691,559 1,604.598 430.99 1,455.668 475.08 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 25,026,806 61,398.233 407.61 55,699.556 449.32 Mexico 1,958,039 6,444.953 303.81 5,846.765 334.89 Trinidad and Tobago 436,310 1,792.589 243.40 1,626.210 268.30 Venezuela 6,030 5.522 1,091.88 5.010 1,203.59 Brazil 125,503 165.747 757.19 150.364 834.66 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/12/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Argentina 1,550,687 5,714.125 271.38 5,183.769 299.14 Sweden 619,607 311.961 1,986.16 283.007 2,189.37 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 98,259 58.709 1,673.66 53.260 1,844.89 Latvia 2,134,488 11,046.334 193.23 10,021.069 213.00 Spain 2,431,811 6,843.596 355.34 6,208.408 391.70 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 1,603,016 2,849.024 562.65 2,584.592 620.22 South Africa 507,775 1,751.355 289.93 1,588.803 319.60 CATEGORY TOTAL 50,277,049 129,610.526 387.91 117,580.725 427.60 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 2,490,281 6,496.208 383.34 5,893.263 422.56 Mexico 736,729 2,685.078 274.38 2,435.863 302.45 Brazil 664,025 3,811.190 174.23 3,457.455 192.06 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 1,484,841 777.489 1,909.79 705.327 2,105.18 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 20,933 6.319 3,312.42 5.733 3,651.32 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,639,134 15,968.345 478.39 14,486.243 527.34 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 1,386,547 5,798.479 239.12 5,260.294 263.59 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/12/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 11,591,800 53,475.314 216.77 48,512.003 238.95 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 7,819,938 8,405.734 930.31 7,625.556 1,025.49 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 46,766 86.326 541.73 78.314 597.16 Colombia 149,149 231.601 643.99 210.105 709.88 Brazil 113,555 117.090 969.80 106.223 1,069.02 Sweden 291,700 110.190 2,647.24 99.963 2,918.08 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 2,140,242 1,843.794 1,160.78 1,672.663 1,279.54 Federal Republic of Germany 915,495 753.440 1,215.09 683.510 1,339.40 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 342,485 1,051.733 325.64 954.117 358.95 Spain 759,137 1,518.254 500.01 1,377.338 551.16 Italy 2,891,672 1,690.431 1,710.61 1,533.534 1,885.63 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 1,552,564 953.163 1,628.85 864.696 1,795.50 China 87,164 42.506 2,050.62 38.561 2,260.42 Korea, South 243,805 271.628 897.57 246.417 989.40 Taiwan 1,484,427 848.603 1,749.26 769.840 1,928.23 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 23,684,432 22,696.223 1,043.54 20,589.673 1,150.31 TOOL STEEL............................17 Canada 502,597 437.786 1,148.04 397.153 1,265.50 Brazil 966,908 761.183 1,270.27 690.534 1,400.23 Sweden 1,643,555 953.037 1,724.54 864.581 1,900.98 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/12/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Federal Republic of Germany 2,555,838 2,268.579 1,126.62 2,058.021 1,241.89 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 153,607 99.199 1,548.47 89.992 1,706.90 Korea, South 138,042 158.979 868.30 144.224 957.14 Taiwan 704,852 495.316 1,423.03 449.344 1,568.62 Japan 2,668,171 3,878.793 687.89 3,518.783 758.27 CATEGORY TOTAL 15,038,077 12,792.206 1,175.57 11,604.898 1,295.84 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 Peru 2,780 6.005 462.92 5.448 510.28 Chile 29,991 64.822 462.66 58.806 510.00 Argentina 455,767 1,240.787 367.32 1,125.624 404.90 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 Slovakia 45,584 84.233 541.16 76.415 596.53 Ukraine 25,372 36.334 698.29 32.962 769.73 Spain 154,914 175.741 881.49 159.430 971.67 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 1,434,840 3,613.880 397.04 3,278.458 437.66 United Arab Emirates 125,617 454.194 276.57 412.038 304.87 Oman 736,323 2,113.681 348.36 1,917.500 384.00 India 3,721,468 9,437.346 394.33 8,561.419 434.68 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 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/12/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 32,769,958 71,679.441 457.17 65,026.514 503.95 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 150,457 165.897 906.93 150.500 999.71 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 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 10,973,654 3,897.793 2,815.35 3,536.020 3,103.39 South Africa 546,371 1,350.642 404.53 1,225.283 445.91 CATEGORY TOTAL 32,910,567 43,382.138 758.62 39,355.625 836.24 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 304,712 715.346 425.96 648.952 469.54 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 Italy 578,674 726.965 796.01 659.492 877.45 Indonesia 15,630 66.012 236.77 59.886 261.00 Korea, South 960,055 2,852.818 336.53 2,588.034 370.96 Japan 15,385,313 28,495.462 539.92 25,850.656 595.16 CATEGORY TOTAL 28,130,537 49,638.446 566.71 45,031.254 624.69 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 50,341 72.513 694.23 65.783 765.26 France 627,100 1,135.638 552.20 1,030.234 608.70 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/12/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 26,566 69.172 384.06 62.752 423.35 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 577,490 1,478.039 390.71 1,340.855 430.69 Korea, South 521,954 1,677.376 311.17 1,521.691 343.01 Japan 2,111,919 3,261.329 647.56 2,958.629 713.82 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,176,519 21,454.604 474.33 19,463.295 522.86 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 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,638,835 11,788.631 308.67 10,694.470 340.25 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 7,453,567 8,310.560 896.88 7,539.216 988.64 Mexico 7,439,107 13,936.086 533.80 12,642.609 588.42 Guatemala 32,495 89.367 363.61 81.073 400.81 Dominican Republic 114,065 380.262 299.96 344.968 330.65 Venezuela 263,759 616.195 428.04 559.003 471.84 Brazil 19,792 35.437 558.51 32.148 615.65 Argentina 465,080 409.678 1,135.23 371.654 1,251.38 Sweden 550,922 390.096 1,412.27 353.890 1,556.76 United Kingdom 306,839 223.705 1,371.62 202.942 1,511.95 Netherlands 31,369 32.410 967.88 29.402 1,066.90 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 104,346 42.504 2,454.97 38.559 2,706.14 Slovakia 23,851 21.884 1,089.87 19.853 1,201.38 Switzerland 364,057 282.330 1,289.47 256.126 1,421.40 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 262,864 521.318 504.23 472.932 555.82 Italy 331,563 363.718 911.59 329.960 1,004.86 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/12/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Romania 27,912 19.688 1,417.69 17.861 1,562.73 Turkey 1,267,776 4,506.708 281.31 4,088.418 310.09 India 381,878 406.747 938.86 368.995 1,034.91 Thailand 2,396 0.690 3,472.23 0.626 3,827.48 China 249,303 318.956 781.62 289.353 861.59 Korea, South 852,038 2,191.564 388.78 1,988.154 428.56 Taiwan 138,835 91.153 1,523.09 82.693 1,678.92 Japan 4,881,668 3,875.147 1,259.74 3,515.476 1,388.62 South Africa 424,018 1,143.781 370.72 1,037.621 408.64 CATEGORY TOTAL 29,522,778 41,831.100 705.76 37,948.547 777.97 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 183,295 140.875 1,301.11 127.800 1,434.23 Sweden 47,670 45.082 1,057.40 40.898 1,165.58 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 193,526 291.367 664.20 264.324 732.15 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 Japan 1,397,641 799.498 1,748.15 725.293 1,927.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,466,870 7,548.440 1,254.15 6,847.832 1,382.46 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D Canada 6,140,945 1,211.832 5,067.49 1,099.356 5,585.95 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 2,385,739 704.400 3,386.90 639.022 3,733.42 Federal Republic of Germany 627,053 179.024 3,502.62 162.408 3,860.97 Austria 846,515 184.301 4,593.09 167.196 5,063.01 Switzerland 25,403 0.135 187,359.52 0.123 206,528.46 Spain 805,645 212.817 3,785.61 193.065 4,172.92 Italy 731,625 435.638 1,679.43 395.205 1,851.25 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/12/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE China 1,000,256 366.457 2,729.53 332.445 3,008.79 Korea, South 1,840,143 712.818 2,581.50 646.658 2,845.62 Taiwan 3,503,560 1,878.410 1,865.17 1,704.066 2,056.00 Japan 2,030,196 739.451 2,745.54 670.819 3,026.44 South Africa 378,440 245.893 1,539.04 223.071 1,696.50 CATEGORY TOTAL 22,602,673 7,615.596 2,967.95 6,908.755 3,271.60 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 134,896 45.252 2,980.99 41.052 3,285.98 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 2,692,058 1,812.731 1,485.08 1,644.483 1,637.02 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 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 708,715 1,808.139 391.96 1,640.317 432.06 South Africa 90,082 279.522 322.27 253.579 355.24 CATEGORY TOTAL 13,991,610 28,080.843 498.26 25,474.520 549.24 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 271,814 475.501 571.64 431.368 630.12 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 342,473 635.321 539.05 576.354 594.21 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/12/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 10,505,369 18,307.777 573.82 16,608.541 632.53 Mexico 2,881,209 4,289.347 671.71 3,891.232 740.44 Honduras 106,835 256.502 416.51 232.695 459.12 Dominican Republic 483,474 1,665.771 290.24 1,511.163 319.94 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 417,863 783.766 533.15 711.021 587.69 Ecuador 61,325 124.895 491.01 113.303 541.25 Chile 28,562 69.543 410.71 63.089 452.73 Brazil 341,548 705.073 484.41 639.632 533.98 Argentina 258,481 742.539 348.10 673.621 383.72 Sweden 2,264,900 773.421 2,928.42 701.636 3,228.03 Finland 39,874 76.159 523.56 69.091 577.12 Denmark 136,548 14.201 9,615.33 12.883 10,599.08 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 177,664 533.768 332.85 484.227 366.90 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 1,439,411 1,663.494 865.29 1,509.097 953.82 Greece 791,682 1,379.035 574.08 1,251.040 632.82 Bulgaria 23,201 31.149 744.84 28.258 821.04 Israel 184,110 305.571 602.51 277.210 664.15 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 3,335,220 6,505.111 512.71 5,901.340 565.16 Korea, South 4,413,896 4,024.147 1,096.85 3,650.646 1,209.07 Taiwan 1,213,775 1,508.718 804.51 1,368.687 886.82 Japan 6,608,109 7,933.257 832.96 7,196.932 918.18 Australia 127,717 275.277 463.96 249.728 511.42 New Zealand 7,240 14.669 493.54 13.308 544.03 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 47,934,023 66,271.683 723.30 60,120.677 797.30 BLACK PLATE...........................28 Canada 49,633 142.030 349.45 128.848 385.21 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/12/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 15,717 16.485 953.41 14.955 1,050.95 France 289,624 481.272 601.79 436.603 663.36 Federal Republic of Germany 254,168 258.973 981.44 234.937 1,081.86 Turkey 28,118 71.198 394.93 64.590 435.33 Japan 1,443,723 1,854.514 778.49 1,682.388 858.14 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,373,890 9,158.128 477.60 8,308.117 526.46 TIN PLATE.............................29 Canada 4,970,074 9,004.035 551.98 8,168.326 608.46 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 1,463,265 3,130.545 467.42 2,839.984 515.24 France 345,860 666.041 519.28 604.223 572.40 Federal Republic of Germany 1,965,426 3,776.786 520.40 3,426.244 573.64 Taiwan 159,304 318.121 500.76 288.595 552.00 Japan 5,171 6.980 740.73 6.333 816.52 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,231,490 17,598.428 524.56 15,965.030 578.23 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 482,823 759.163 635.99 688.702 701.06 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,676,250 10,988.388 516.57 9,968.501 569.42 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 835,596 3,089.612 270.45 2,802.850 298.12 Slovakia 2,180,419 8,096.784 269.29 7,345.281 296.85 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/12/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Hungary 609,567 2,017.002 302.21 1,829.794 333.13 Russia 7,814,149 32,143.388 243.10 29,160.000 267.97 Italy 692,904 2,511.521 275.89 2,278.415 304.12 Greece 162,904 603.085 270.12 547.110 297.75 Romania 464,107 1,952.633 237.68 1,771.400 262.00 Turkey 6,544,470 28,372.217 230.66 25,738.850 254.26 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 1,179,636 1,947.063 605.85 1,766.347 667.84 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 113,153,316 372,256.436 303.97 337,705.454 335.07 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 1,416,643 3,699.394 382.94 3,356.035 422.12 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 2,451,028 1,829.497 1,339.73 1,659.693 1,476.80 Sweden 1,653,937 2,144.864 771.11 1,945.789 850.01 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 4,236,264 12,758.873 332.02 11,574.659 365.99 Belgium 5,611,313 12,129.047 462.63 11,003.290 509.97 Luxembourg 1,127,080 3,016.366 373.65 2,736.402 411.88 France 3,018,246 5,583.864 540.53 5,065.598 595.83 Federal Republic of Germany 5,336,935 6,567.145 812.67 5,957.616 895.82 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 303,997 283.205 1,073.41 256.920 1,183.24 Italy 3,558,017 10,426.214 341.26 9,458.505 376.17 Greece 933,365 3,402.773 274.30 3,086.945 302.36 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 570,556 402.152 1,418.75 364.827 1,563.91 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 2,042,254 2,496.089 818.18 2,264.415 901.89 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/12/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Egypt 258,989 718.293 360.56 651.625 397.45 South Africa 1,220,792 1,106.113 1,103.68 1,003.450 1,216.59 CATEGORY TOTAL 101,740,996 217,450.971 467.88 197,268.259 515.75 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 23,848,847 46,648.698 511.24 42,318.998 563.55 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 3,773,308 9,686.477 389.54 8,787.427 429.40 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 France 684,690 1,329.378 515.05 1,205.992 567.74 Federal Republic of Germany 6,257,018 15,709.851 398.29 14,251.742 439.04 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 757,593 1,815.991 417.18 1,647.440 459.86 Turkey 2,383,737 6,048.281 394.12 5,486.910 434.44 India 40,902,903 92,249.805 443.39 83,687.639 488.76 Korea, South 4,636,232 9,828.064 471.73 8,915.873 520.00 Taiwan 6,806,356 18,353.060 370.86 16,649.621 408.80 Japan 589,877 717.073 822.62 650.518 906.78 New Zealand 258,903 417.153 620.64 378.435 684.14 South Africa 3,832,558 7,607.952 503.76 6,901.820 555.30 CATEGORY TOTAL 116,337,108 253,098.112 459.65 229,606.809 506.68 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 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 6,855,840 13,446.563 509.86 12,198.521 562.02 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/12/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 7,659,006 9,692.432 790.20 8,792.829 871.05 Mexico 3,199,386 5,099.812 627.35 4,626.473 691.54 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 Korea, South 2,911,214 7,145.400 407.42 6,482.200 449.11 Taiwan 333,327 614.031 542.85 557.040 598.39 Japan 443,782 435.506 1,019.00 395.085 1,123.26 CATEGORY TOTAL 17,291,691 27,969.728 618.23 25,373.718 681.48 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 924,537 1,868.925 494.69 1,695.461 545.30 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,289,491 3,672.930 623.34 3,332.027 687.12 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 3,109,837 7,748.495 401.35 7,029.319 442.41 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 33,955 11.449 2,965.58 10.387 3,268.99 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,345,549 10,824.099 401.47 9,819.461 442.54 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 4,136,570 5,908.493 700.11 5,360.097 771.73 Mexico 1,292,399 1,222.456 1,057.21 1,108.994 1,165.38 Brazil 27,345 23.646 1,156.39 21.452 1,274.71 Sweden 2,751,858 703.979 3,909.00 638.640 4,308.93 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 1,244,941 725.305 1,716.44 657.986 1,892.05 Belgium 262,826 142.980 1,838.19 129.710 2,026.26 France 1,260,673 636.527 1,980.55 577.448 2,183.18 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/12/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Federal Republic of Germany 3,864,291 2,690.007 1,436.54 2,440.334 1,583.51 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 6,172 8.148 757.46 7.392 834.96 Italy 69,672 18.461 3,773.91 16.748 4,160.02 India 407,797 519.368 785.18 471.163 865.51 China 3,300 0.352 9,355.35 0.320 10,312.50 Korea, South 331,392 226.055 1,465.98 205.074 1,615.96 Taiwan 62,405 43.695 1,428.18 39.640 1,574.29 Japan 1,596,623 493.007 3,238.54 447.249 3,569.87 CATEGORY TOTAL 18,452,670 14,010.249 1,317.08 12,709.888 1,451.84 GRAND TOTAL 1,048,576,792 2,593,699.733 404.28 2,352,965.482 445.64 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/12/02 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 309,755 824.793 375.55 748.240 413.98 Italy 190,676 298.428 638.93 270.730 704.30 CATEGORY TOTAL 796,763 1,630.086 488.79 1,478.790 538.79 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 265,476 326.740 812.50 296.414 895.63 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 21,330,587 83,868.351 254.33 76,084.110 280.36 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 233,091 532.841 437.45 483.386 482.20 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 19,420.754 489.52 17,618.217 539.60 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 2,873,486 7,492.208 383.53 6,796.819 422.77 Sweden 1,294,227 3,148.827 411.02 2,856.569 453.07 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 Japan 43,412 81.449 532.99 73.890 587.52 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/12/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 5,535,020 14,765.958 374.85 13,395.456 413.20 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Japan 19,127 24.382 784.47 22.119 864.73 CATEGORY TOTAL 19,127 24.382 784.47 22.119 864.73 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 11,527,410 29,482.656 390.99 26,746.224 430.99 Mexico 1,447,059 5,011.816 288.73 4,546.645 318.27 Trinidad and Tobago 436,310 1,792.589 243.40 1,626.210 268.30 Venezuela 6,030 5.522 1,091.88 5.010 1,203.59 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 1,594,567 2,839.427 561.58 2,575.886 619.04 CATEGORY TOTAL 20,989,230 56,294.348 372.85 51,069.388 410.99 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 25,988 64.908 400.38 58.884 441.34 Mexico 379,365 1,405.146 269.98 1,274.728 297.60 Austria 69,183 21.558 3,209.01 19.558 3,537.32 CATEGORY TOTAL 474,536 1,491.614 318.14 1,353.170 350.68 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 535,533 778.736 687.69 706.458 758.05 Federal Republic of Germany 66,869 82.402 811.50 74.754 894.52 Poland 135,061 196.729 686.53 178.470 756.77 Ukraine 286,354 799.350 358.23 725.159 394.88 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/12/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Italy 42,460 31.347 1,354.49 28.438 1,493.07 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 3,427,351 3,863.487 887.11 3,504.898 977.87 TOOL STEEL............................17 Canada 502,597 437.786 1,148.04 397.153 1,265.50 Brazil 966,908 761.183 1,270.27 690.534 1,400.23 Sweden 1,643,555 953.037 1,724.54 864.581 1,900.98 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 2,268.579 1,126.62 2,058.021 1,241.89 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 153,607 99.199 1,548.47 89.992 1,706.90 Korea, South 138,042 158.979 868.30 144.224 957.14 Taiwan 704,852 495.316 1,423.03 449.344 1,568.62 Japan 2,668,171 3,878.793 687.89 3,518.783 758.27 CATEGORY TOTAL 15,038,077 12,792.206 1,175.57 11,604.898 1,295.84 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 72,123 88.267 817.10 80.075 900.69 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 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 934,724 712.932 1,311.10 646.762 1,445.24 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 119,852 209.727 571.46 190.262 629.93 Mexico 240,847 307.875 782.29 279.300 862.32 Argentina 150,457 165.897 906.93 150.500 999.71 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/12/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 10,580,985 3,154.415 3,354.34 2,861.638 3,697.53 CATEGORY TOTAL 17,121,094 13,261.162 1,291.07 12,030.328 1,423.16 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 9,246,854 14,780.763 625.60 13,408.887 689.61 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 9,490,663 15,326.744 619.22 13,904.193 682.58 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 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 Japan 1,660,622 2,536.097 654.79 2,300.710 721.79 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,693,627 2,546.911 664.97 2,310.520 733.01 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 114,065 380.262 299.96 344.968 330.65 Argentina 451,846 397.474 1,136.79 360.583 1,253.10 Sweden 416,379 313.348 1,328.81 284.265 1,464.76 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 3,819 1.194 3,196.07 1.084 3,523.06 Italy 139,870 111.935 1,249.56 101.546 1,377.41 India 216,946 227.046 955.51 205.973 1,053.27 China 135,743 27.221 4,986.60 24.695 5,496.78 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 3,570,850 2,875.415 1,241.86 2,608.534 1,368.91 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,120,838 8,150.587 1,119.04 7,394.091 1,233.53 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Argentina 100,402 63.934 1,570.40 58.000 1,731.07 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/12/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Sweden 44,409 43.223 1,027.42 39.212 1,132.54 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 Japan 725,060 629.551 1,151.71 571.120 1,269.54 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,869,833 3,754.235 1,563.52 3,405.786 1,723.49 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 130,409 45.152 2,888.17 40.962 3,183.66 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 1,222,713 548.707 2,228.35 497.779 2,456.34 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 98,609 86.131 1,144.87 78.137 1,262.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 98,609 86.131 1,144.87 78.137 1,262.00 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 761,805 1,511.884 503.88 1,371.559 555.43 Mexico 789,418 793.751 994.54 720.079 1,096.29 Venezuela 9,900 19.047 519.74 17.280 572.92 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/12/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 1,006,838 1,212.025 830.71 1,099.531 915.70 Taiwan 93,082 175.859 529.30 159.537 583.45 Japan 3,717,533 4,150.227 895.74 3,765.024 987.39 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,458,964 9,920.239 852.70 8,999.492 939.94 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 754,178 1,741.813 432.98 1,580.147 477.28 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 1,196,395 1,543.390 775.17 1,400.141 854.48 Australia 46,508 13.626 3,412.99 12.362 3,762.17 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,369,823 8,563.519 510.28 7,768.696 562.49 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 581,305 1,041.241 558.28 944.599 615.40 Finland 125,352 299.817 418.09 271.990 460.87 France 245,979 507.122 485.05 460.054 534.67 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 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,546,458 27,894.959 449.78 25,305.889 495.79 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/12/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 924,537 1,868.925 494.69 1,695.461 545.30 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,289,491 3,672.930 623.34 3,332.027 687.12 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 666,479 278.538 2,392.77 252.686 2,637.58 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 242,630 56.297 4,309.80 51.072 4,750.74 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,220,999 2,185.188 1,474.01 1,982.370 1,624.82 GRAND TOTAL 168,199,819 320,324.155 525.09 290,593.268 578.82 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/12/02 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 21,769,675 93,328.001 233.26 84,665.763 257.12 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 254,119 488.602 520.09 443.253 573.30 Netherlands 1,305,870 6,480.243 201.52 5,878.780 222.13 Belgium 260,166 954.099 272.68 865.545 300.58 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 2,532,505 12,008.048 210.90 10,893.521 232.48 India 10,969 29.027 377.89 26.333 416.55 Japan 32,102 70.685 454.15 64.125 500.62 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 125,107,978 566,617.789 220.80 514,027.157 243.39 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 11,632,563 34,032.423 341.81 30,873.704 376.78 Mexico 1,497,114 5,344.026 280.15 4,848.021 308.81 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 - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/12/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 2,487,243 8,000.416 310.89 7,257.858 342.70 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 38,365,358 136,219.416 281.64 123,576.211 310.46 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 2,579,967 7,951.166 324.48 7,213.179 357.67 Mexico 386,207 1,412.290 273.46 1,281.209 301.44 Brazil 159,296 784.709 203.00 711.877 223.77 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 9,610 7.931 1,211.68 7.195 1,335.65 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 10,934,016 33,076.671 330.57 30,006.660 364.39 STEEL PILING...........................5 Canada 989,883 1,745.897 566.98 1,583.852 624.98 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 10,459,060 20,755.863 503.91 18,829.408 555.46 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 127,993 231.771 552.24 210.260 608.74 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 470,158 1,439.089 326.71 1,305.520 360.13 Russia 848,275 3,678.591 230.60 3,337.163 254.19 Romania 677,205 2,882.738 234.92 2,615.177 258.95 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/12/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 12,840,025 43,346.088 296.22 39,322.921 326.53 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 5,394,744 16,002.900 337.11 14,517.591 371.60 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 1,856,127 7,935.647 233.90 7,199.100 257.83 Italy 25,642 109.188 234.84 99.054 258.87 Romania 2,128,406 10,907.466 195.13 9,895.090 215.10 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 21,012,449 76,885.782 273.29 69,749.628 301.26 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 872,738 1,739.045 501.85 1,577.636 553.19 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 7,905,423 18,631.342 424.31 16,902.074 467.72 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 131,170 217.589 602.83 197.394 664.51 Spain 93,008 251.689 369.53 228.329 407.34 Japan 235,082 571.612 411.26 518.558 453.34 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/12/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 691,559 1,604.598 430.99 1,455.668 475.08 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 12,970,617 31,533.901 411.32 28,607.082 453.41 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 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 26,289,520 71,603.474 367.15 64,957.598 404.72 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 2,464,293 6,431.300 383.17 5,834.379 422.37 Mexico 357,364 1,279.931 279.21 1,161.135 307.77 Brazil 664,025 3,811.190 174.23 3,457.455 192.06 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 3,767,119 12,552.700 300.10 11,387.622 330.81 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 1,386,547 5,798.479 239.12 5,260.294 263.59 Argentina 692,948 3,524.199 196.63 3,197.101 216.74 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/12/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 11,591,800 53,475.314 216.77 48,512.003 238.95 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 4,622,239 6,729.690 686.84 6,105.074 757.11 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 46,766 86.326 541.73 78.314 597.16 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 56,131 252.382 222.40 228.958 245.16 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 7,890,350 12,508.953 630.78 11,347.935 695.31 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 Peru 2,780 6.005 462.92 5.448 510.28 Chile 29,991 64.822 462.66 58.806 510.00 Argentina 383,644 1,152.520 332.87 1,045.549 366.93 Norway 5,634 1.576 3,574.18 1.430 3,939.86 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 Slovakia 45,584 84.233 541.16 76.415 596.53 Ukraine 25,372 36.334 698.29 32.962 769.73 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/12/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Spain 154,914 175.741 881.49 159.430 971.67 Italy 318,973 363.253 878.10 329.538 967.94 Romania 22,712 22.900 991.77 20.775 1,093.24 Turkey 1,434,840 3,613.880 397.04 3,278.458 437.66 United Arab Emirates 125,617 454.194 276.57 412.038 304.87 Oman 736,323 2,113.681 348.36 1,917.500 384.00 India 3,708,868 9,436.636 393.03 8,560.775 433.24 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 31,835,234 70,966.508 448.60 64,379.752 494.49 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 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 392,669 743.378 528.22 674.382 582.26 South Africa 546,371 1,350.642 404.53 1,225.283 445.91 CATEGORY TOTAL 15,789,473 30,120.975 524.20 27,325.297 577.83 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 Italy 578,674 726.965 796.01 659.492 877.45 Indonesia 15,630 66.012 236.77 59.886 261.00 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/12/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Korea, South 960,055 2,852.818 336.53 2,588.034 370.96 Japan 15,144,833 27,950.261 541.85 25,356.058 597.29 CATEGORY TOTAL 18,639,874 34,311.701 543.25 31,127.061 598.83 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 50,341 72.513 694.23 65.783 765.26 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 26,566 69.172 384.06 62.752 423.35 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 577,490 1,478.039 390.71 1,340.855 430.69 Korea, South 521,954 1,677.376 311.17 1,521.691 343.01 Japan 451,297 725.231 622.28 657.919 685.95 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,482,892 18,907.692 448.65 17,152.775 494.55 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 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,638,835 11,788.631 308.67 10,694.470 340.25 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 6,424,671 7,288.642 881.46 6,612.147 971.65 Mexico 6,629,319 13,032.195 508.69 11,822.612 560.73 Guatemala 32,495 89.367 363.61 81.073 400.81 Venezuela 263,759 616.195 428.04 559.003 471.84 Brazil 19,792 35.437 558.51 32.148 615.65 Argentina 13,234 12.203 1,084.43 11.071 1,195.38 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 27,428 28.147 974.44 25.535 1,074.13 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/12/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 104,346 42.504 2,454.97 38.559 2,706.14 Slovakia 23,851 21.884 1,089.87 19.853 1,201.38 Switzerland 222,154 199.944 1,111.08 181.387 1,224.75 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 259,045 520.123 498.05 471.848 549.00 Italy 191,693 251.783 761.34 228.414 839.23 Romania 27,912 19.688 1,417.69 17.861 1,562.73 Turkey 1,267,776 4,506.708 281.31 4,088.418 310.09 India 164,932 179.700 917.81 163.022 1,011.72 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 848,038 2,191.475 386.97 1,988.074 426.56 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 20,401,940 33,680.512 605.75 30,554.456 667.72 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 82,893 76.941 1,077.35 69.800 1,187.58 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 Slovakia 193,526 291.367 664.20 264.324 732.15 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 Japan 672,581 169.946 3,957.60 154.173 4,362.51 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,597,037 3,794.205 948.03 3,442.046 1,045.03 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/12/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 573,590 1,703.877 336.64 1,545.732 371.08 South Africa 90,082 279.522 322.27 253.579 355.24 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,259,554 24,565.086 458.36 22,285.078 505.25 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 9,591,735 16,729.023 573.36 15,176.319 632.02 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 483,474 1,665.771 290.24 1,511.163 319.94 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 407,963 764.718 533.48 693.741 588.06 Ecuador 61,325 124.895 491.01 113.303 541.25 Chile 28,562 69.543 410.71 63.089 452.73 Brazil 302,127 693.257 435.81 628.913 480.40 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/12/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 177,664 533.768 332.85 484.227 366.90 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 Israel 128,894 283.216 455.11 256.930 501.67 India 468,700 959.371 488.55 870.327 538.53 China 2,979,070 6,342.828 469.68 5,754.119 517.73 Korea, South 1,358,920 1,886.563 720.32 1,711.462 794.01 Taiwan 524,744 1,115.974 470.21 1,012.395 518.32 Japan 2,445,633 3,707.783 659.59 3,363.646 727.08 Australia 98,277 254.993 385.41 231.326 424.84 New Zealand 7,240 14.669 493.54 13.308 544.03 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 30,708,886 53,190.266 577.34 48,253.412 636.41 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 15,717 16.485 953.41 14.955 1,050.95 France 289,624 481.272 601.79 436.603 663.36 Federal Republic of Germany 254,168 258.973 981.44 234.937 1,081.86 Turkey 28,118 71.198 394.93 64.590 435.33 Japan 1,443,723 1,854.514 778.49 1,682.388 858.14 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,373,890 9,158.128 477.60 8,308.117 526.46 TIN PLATE.............................29 Canada 4,970,074 9,004.035 551.98 8,168.326 608.46 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 1,463,265 3,130.545 467.42 2,839.984 515.24 France 345,860 666.041 519.28 604.223 572.40 Federal Republic of Germany 1,965,426 3,776.786 520.40 3,426.244 573.64 Taiwan 159,304 318.121 500.76 288.595 552.00 Japan 5,171 6.980 740.73 6.333 816.52 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/12/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 9,231,490 17,598.428 524.56 15,965.030 578.23 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 482,823 759.163 635.99 688.702 701.06 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,676,250 10,988.388 516.57 9,968.501 569.42 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 835,596 3,089.612 270.45 2,802.850 298.12 Slovakia 2,180,419 8,096.784 269.29 7,345.281 296.85 Hungary 609,567 2,017.002 302.21 1,829.794 333.13 Russia 7,814,149 32,143.388 243.10 29,160.000 267.97 Italy 616,666 2,437.648 252.98 2,211.398 278.86 Greece 162,904 603.085 270.12 547.110 297.75 Romania 464,107 1,952.633 237.68 1,771.400 262.00 Turkey 6,544,470 28,372.217 230.66 25,738.850 254.26 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 107,293,116 359,173.628 298.72 325,836.927 329.28 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 1,416,643 3,699.394 382.94 3,356.035 422.12 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 3,482,086 11,017.060 316.06 9,994.512 348.40 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/12/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Belgium 4,618,656 11,416.745 404.55 10,357.100 445.94 Luxembourg 1,127,080 3,016.366 373.65 2,736.402 411.88 France 1,477,282 4,089.350 361.25 3,709.797 398.21 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 2,704,298 9,709.711 278.51 8,808.505 307.01 Greece 933,365 3,402.773 274.30 3,086.945 302.36 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 354,871 727.753 487.63 660.207 537.51 Morocco 3,829,020 11,117.798 344.40 10,085.900 379.64 Egypt 258,989 718.293 360.56 651.625 397.45 South Africa 44,866 176.538 254.14 160.153 280.14 CATEGORY TOTAL 67,743,061 188,526.963 359.33 171,028.833 396.09 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 19,162,423 37,600.787 509.63 34,110.870 561.77 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 3,192,003 8,645.235 369.22 7,842.828 407.00 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 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 France 438,711 822.255 533.55 745.938 588.13 Federal Republic of Germany 924,518 2,092.100 441.91 1,897.922 487.12 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 374,585 774.147 483.87 702.295 533.37 Turkey 2,383,737 6,048.281 394.12 5,486.910 434.44 India 40,902,903 92,249.805 443.39 83,687.639 488.76 Korea, South 4,636,232 9,828.064 471.73 8,915.873 520.00 Taiwan 6,806,356 18,353.060 370.86 16,649.621 408.80 Japan 589,877 717.073 822.62 650.518 906.78 New Zealand 258,903 417.153 620.64 378.435 684.14 South Africa 3,832,558 7,607.952 503.76 6,901.820 555.30 CATEGORY TOTAL 103,790,650 225,203.152 460.88 204,300.921 508.03 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/12/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 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 3,912,826 8,834.000 442.93 8,014.073 488.24 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 Canada 7,659,006 9,692.432 790.20 8,792.829 871.05 Mexico 3,199,386 5,099.812 627.35 4,626.473 691.54 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 Korea, South 2,911,214 7,145.400 407.42 6,482.200 449.11 Taiwan 333,327 614.031 542.85 557.040 598.39 Japan 443,782 435.506 1,019.00 395.085 1,123.26 CATEGORY TOTAL 17,291,691 27,969.728 618.23 25,373.718 681.48 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 3,081,497 7,691.494 400.64 6,977.608 441.63 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 4,192,142 10,602.673 395.39 9,618.586 435.84 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 3,026,810 5,353.920 565.34 4,856.996 623.19 Mexico 461,168 649.638 709.88 589.342 782.51 Brazil 27,345 23.646 1,156.39 21.452 1,274.71 Sweden 869,193 228.711 3,800.38 207.484 4,189.20 United Kingdom 1,041,152 665.061 1,565.50 603.334 1,725.66 Belgium 16,930 18.969 892.48 17.209 983.79 France 260,686 325.247 801.50 295.060 883.50 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/12/02 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Federal Republic of Germany 1,603,886 977.295 1,641.15 886.588 1,809.05 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 407,797 519.368 785.18 471.163 865.51 Korea, South 9,019 19.276 467.88 17.487 515.75 Japan 269,303 262.558 1,025.69 238.189 1,130.63 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,475,501 9,215.376 919.71 8,360.051 1,013.81 GRAND TOTAL 755,224,605 2,198,183.237 343.57 1,994,158.850 378.72 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/12/02 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 3,390,746 2,816.143 1,204.04 2,554.763 1,327.23 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 252,950 137.943 1,833.73 125.140 2,021.34 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 21,168,709 19,369.022 1,092.92 17,571.287 1,204.73 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 - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/12/02 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 143,878 76.262 1,886.62 69.184 2,079.64 Japan 56,886 17.216 3,304.06 15.619 3,642.10 CATEGORY TOTAL 465,302 169.443 2,746.05 153.717 3,027.00 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 47,014 31.305 1,501.77 28.400 1,655.42 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 4,188,620 2,636.218 1,588.87 2,391.538 1,751.43 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 1,391,436 766.378 1,815.60 695.247 2,001.35 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 3,984,140 2,979.998 1,336.96 2,703.410 1,473.75 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 98,259 58.709 1,673.66 53.260 1,844.89 Spain 400,614 292.610 1,369.10 265.452 1,509.18 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/12/02 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 2,998,299 1,712.703 1,750.62 1,553.739 1,929.73 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 1,484,841 777.489 1,909.79 705.327 2,105.18 Taiwan 8,123 0.729 11,131.52 0.662 12,270.39 Japan 20,933 6.319 3,312.42 5.733 3,651.32 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,397,479 1,924.029 1,765.81 1,745.451 1,946.48 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 1,567,353 491.304 3,190.19 445.704 3,516.58 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 220,472 84.462 2,610.30 76.623 2,877.36 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 2,700,437 1,392.989 1,938.59 1,263.699 2,136.93 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 157,632 105.428 1,495.16 95.643 1,648.13 Taiwan 1,464,464 826.786 1,771.27 750.048 1,952.49 Japan 181,438 60.154 3,016.21 54.571 3,324.81 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,366,731 6,323.781 1,955.59 5,736.840 2,155.67 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D Canada 6,140,945 1,211.832 5,067.49 1,099.356 5,585.95 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 - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/12/02 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 2,385,739 704.400 3,386.90 639.022 3,733.42 Federal Republic of Germany 627,053 179.024 3,502.62 162.408 3,860.97 Austria 846,515 184.301 4,593.09 167.196 5,063.01 Switzerland 25,403 0.135 187,359.52 0.123 206,528.46 Spain 805,645 212.817 3,785.61 193.065 4,172.92 Italy 731,625 435.638 1,679.43 395.205 1,851.25 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 1,000,256 366.457 2,729.53 332.445 3,008.79 Korea, South 1,840,143 712.818 2,581.50 646.658 2,845.62 Taiwan 3,503,560 1,878.410 1,865.17 1,704.066 2,056.00 Japan 2,030,196 739.451 2,745.54 670.819 3,026.44 South Africa 378,440 245.893 1,539.04 223.071 1,696.50 CATEGORY TOTAL 22,602,673 7,615.596 2,967.95 6,908.755 3,271.60 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 1,742,797 371.451 4,691.86 336.975 5,171.89 Denmark 136,548 14.201 9,615.33 12.883 10,599.08 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 168,127 60.502 2,778.84 54.887 3,063.15 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 595,949 216.885 2,747.76 196.755 3,028.89 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 8,766,173 3,161.177 2,773.07 2,867.773 3,056.79 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 - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/12/02 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 260,711 185.753 1,403.53 168.513 1,547.13 South Africa 276,245 344.646 801.53 312.658 883.54 CATEGORY TOTAL 829,729 787.280 1,053.92 714.209 1,161.75 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 2,451,028 1,829.497 1,339.73 1,659.693 1,476.80 Sweden 970,752 362.632 2,676.96 328.975 2,950.84 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 303,997 283.205 1,073.41 256.920 1,183.24 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 570,556 402.152 1,418.75 364.827 1,563.91 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 29,628,112 20,360.488 1,455.18 18,470.730 1,604.06 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Federal Republic of Germany 10,107 2.166 4,666.12 1.965 5,143.51 Japan 22,851 2.201 10,380.61 1.997 11,442.66 CATEGORY TOTAL 32,958 4.367 7,546.44 3.962 8,318.53 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 1,216,186 196.729 6,182.02 178.470 6,814.51 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 245,896 124.011 1,982.85 112.501 2,185.72 France 564,447 246.467 2,290.14 223.592 2,524.45 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/12/02 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 6,172 8.148 757.46 7.392 834.96 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 319,442 204.970 1,558.48 185.946 1,717.93 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 6,756,170 2,609.684 2,588.88 2,367.467 2,853.75 GRAND TOTAL 125,152,368 75,192.340 1,664.43 68,213.363 1,834.72