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RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/03/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Canada 3,301,138 2,680.892 1,231.36 2,432.065 1,357.34 Mexico 206,565 350.138 589.95 317.640 650.31 Sweden 48,118 81.030 593.82 73.510 654.58 Belgium 182,976 528.894 345.96 479.805 381.35 Federal Republic of Germany 133,044 20.116 6,613.82 18.249 7,290.48 China 22,275 1.273 17,495.71 1.155 19,285.71 Australia 89,106 5.065 17,592.08 4.595 19,391.95 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,983,222 3,667.409 1,086.11 3,327.019 1,197.23 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 5,995,983 9,154.670 654.96 8,304.980 721.97 Mexico 30,741,828 136,504.311 225.21 123,834.663 248.25 Brazil 13,639,523 60,096.991 226.96 54,519.089 250.18 Sweden 6,965,717 5,702.524 1,221.51 5,173.245 1,346.49 Finland 1,044,438 5,721.049 182.56 5,190.050 201.24 United Kingdom 3,258,783 3,177.023 1,025.73 2,882.148 1,130.68 Belgium 302,744 964.648 313.84 875.115 345.95 Federal Republic of Germany 4,840,360 20,628.136 234.65 18,713.536 258.66 Czech Republic 4,690 0.282 16,619.91 0.256 18,320.31 Russia 132,825 247.859 535.89 224.854 590.72 Spain 135,073 82.381 1,639.61 74.735 1,807.36 Italy 256,184 111.710 2,293.29 101.342 2,527.92 India 54,842 79.181 692.61 71.832 763.48 Korea, South 348,728 1,133.224 307.73 1,028.044 339.22 Japan 20,925 0.695 30,083.75 0.631 33,161.65 Australia 8,350,678 36,357.700 229.68 32,983.160 253.18 South Africa 51,274 146.339 350.38 132.757 386.22 CATEGORY TOTAL 76,144,595 280,108.729 271.84 254,110.437 299.65 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 10,203,104 29,106.780 350.54 26,405.235 386.40 Mexico 626,515 2,199.852 284.80 1,995.673 313.94 Trinidad and Tobago 293,620 1,086.107 270.34 985.300 298.00 Brazil 2,287,026 8,616.441 265.43 7,816.706 292.58 Sweden 640,450 325.902 1,965.16 295.654 2,166.21 Finland 21,736 20.782 1,045.86 18.854 1,152.86 United Kingdom 631,331 895.972 704.63 812.813 776.72 Netherlands 39,948 81.801 488.35 74.209 538.32 Luxembourg 37,849 121.003 312.79 109.773 344.79 France 441,019 604.292 729.81 548.205 804.48 Federal Republic of Germany 2,036,275 5,666.536 359.35 5,140.597 396.12 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/03/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Austria 9,751 4.850 2,010.45 4.400 2,216.14 Belarus 1,890,322 8,728.580 216.57 7,918.437 238.72 Spain 714,811 1,795.072 398.21 1,628.463 438.95 Italy 92,275 65.789 1,402.59 59.683 1,546.09 Turkey 2,403,500 11,443.249 210.04 10,381.144 231.53 India 404,645 244.748 1,653.31 222.032 1,822.46 China 16,691 19.049 876.21 17.281 965.86 Korea, South 175,588 150.949 1,163.22 136.939 1,282.24 Taiwan 613,145 426.254 1,438.45 386.692 1,585.62 Japan 2,771,562 8,165.981 339.40 7,408.056 374.13 CATEGORY TOTAL 26,351,163 79,769.998 330.34 72,366.146 364.14 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 1,738,082 4,293.859 404.78 3,895.325 446.20 Mexico 516,738 1,842.839 280.40 1,671.796 309.09 Brazil 234,209 1,115.128 210.03 1,011.628 231.52 Norway 177,642 371.581 478.07 337.093 526.98 United Kingdom 2,868,453 7,384.152 388.46 6,698.792 428.20 Luxembourg 1,106,728 3,407.564 324.79 3,091.291 358.01 Federal Republic of Germany 291,502 427.054 682.59 387.417 752.42 Austria 8,937 0.785 11,370.99 0.713 12,534.36 Poland 117,207 299.304 391.60 271.525 431.66 Spain 1,281,090 5,303.778 241.54 4,811.508 266.26 Italy 8,495 3.405 2,494.83 3.089 2,750.08 Turkey 417,886 1,372.178 304.54 1,244.820 335.70 India 50,252 23.661 2,123.82 21.465 2,341.11 China 13,709 32.165 426.20 29.180 469.81 Korea, South 975,197 4,515.869 215.95 4,096.729 238.04 Japan 132,861 135.358 981.55 122.795 1,081.97 South Africa 16,108 48.399 332.82 43.907 366.87 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,955,096 30,577.085 325.57 27,739.073 358.88 STEEL PILING...........................5 Canada 975,414 1,730.783 563.57 1,570.141 621.23 United Kingdom 56,348 106.321 529.98 96.453 584.20 Luxembourg 1,380,523 2,706.191 510.14 2,455.016 562.33 Federal Republic of Germany 982,359 2,112.175 465.09 1,916.134 512.68 Japan 40,316 97.061 415.36 88.053 457.86 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,434,960 6,752.533 508.69 6,125.797 560.74 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 7,282,599 18,856.305 386.22 17,106.157 425.73 Mexico 4,370 24.030 181.85 21.800 200.46 Brazil 1,051,206 2,471.943 425.25 2,242.510 468.76 Sweden 1,384,434 1,970.296 702.65 1,787.423 774.54 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/03/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Norway 58,954 125.121 471.18 113.508 519.38 United Kingdom 129,655 287.893 450.36 261.173 496.43 Netherlands 5,112 2.358 2,167.07 2.140 2,388.79 Belgium 1,267,680 1,422.589 891.11 1,290.552 982.28 France 1,179,056 726.501 1,622.92 659.071 1,788.97 Federal Republic of Germany 318,637 424.560 750.51 385.155 827.30 Austria 79,699 143.797 554.24 130.451 610.95 Czech Republic 2,256,483 8,151.059 276.83 7,394.519 305.16 Hungary 308,445 1,160.292 265.83 1,052.600 293.03 Italy 217,856 189.130 1,151.88 171.576 1,269.73 Thailand 253,933 982.150 258.55 890.992 285.00 Korea, South 936,056 1,930.947 484.77 1,751.727 534.36 Taiwan 90,833 56.709 1,601.72 51.446 1,765.60 Japan 1,006,850 2,030.015 495.98 1,841.600 546.73 Australia 66,689 319.322 208.84 289.685 230.21 Egypt 36,604 112.079 326.59 101.677 360.00 South Africa 182,894 289.757 631.20 262.864 695.77 CATEGORY TOTAL 18,118,045 41,676.864 434.73 37,808.626 479.20 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 5,241,067 14,793.912 354.27 13,420.815 390.52 Mexico 592,500 2,184.142 271.27 1,981.421 299.03 Venezuela 265,719 963.789 275.70 874.335 303.91 Sweden 1,000,504 743.040 1,346.50 674.075 1,484.26 Finland 61,205 39.109 1,564.95 35.480 1,725.06 United Kingdom 4,132 1.624 2,543.07 1.474 2,803.26 Netherlands 78,624 320.265 245.50 290.540 270.61 Belgium 917,020 591.101 1,551.38 536.238 1,710.10 France 700,609 2,687.467 260.69 2,438.030 287.37 Federal Republic of Germany 789,293 598.802 1,318.12 543.225 1,452.98 Hungary 440,240 1,676.857 262.54 1,521.220 289.40 Bulgaria 459,762 1,842.909 249.48 1,671.860 275.00 Turkey 823,992 3,294.300 250.13 2,988.540 275.72 Japan 210,963 303.774 694.47 275.580 765.52 New Zealand 164,815 731.361 225.35 663.480 248.41 Egypt 1,079,438 3,389.716 318.44 3,075.100 351.03 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,829,883 34,162.175 375.56 30,991.413 413.98 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Canada 64,808 90.000 720.09 81.647 793.76 Austria 40,426 44.524 907.95 40.392 1,000.84 Czech Republic 377,852 994.320 380.01 902.033 418.89 Poland 7,587 0.509 14,897.86 0.462 16,422.08 Japan 6,992,698 14,594.518 479.13 13,239.928 528.15 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,483,371 15,723.873 475.92 14,264.462 524.62 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/03/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 Canada 161,542 371.633 434.68 337.140 479.15 Federal Republic of Germany 16,441 70.660 232.68 64.102 256.48 Austria 52,353 83.449 627.36 75.704 691.55 Japan 11,507 13.453 855.30 12.205 942.81 CATEGORY TOTAL 241,843 539.196 448.52 489.151 494.41 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 Canada 144,477 373.218 387.11 338.578 426.72 Brazil 12,079 19.488 619.79 17.680 683.20 Australia 435,198 732.740 593.93 664.731 654.70 CATEGORY TOTAL 591,754 1,125.447 525.79 1,020.989 579.59 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 25,094,847 58,264.223 430.71 52,856.429 474.77 Mexico 2,084,632 6,358.597 327.84 5,768.424 361.39 Dominican Republic 56,760 220.462 257.46 200.000 283.80 Trinidad and Tobago 15,413 22.046 699.12 20.000 770.65 Colombia 68,959 109.564 629.39 99.395 693.79 Brazil 484,072 1,078.513 448.83 978.411 494.75 Argentina 1,928,905 6,824.697 282.64 6,191.263 311.55 Sweden 702,359 425.477 1,650.75 385.987 1,819.64 United Kingdom 5,093,872 12,901.517 394.83 11,704.063 435.22 Ireland 2,106 0.144 14,584.21 0.131 16,076.34 France 542,585 462.404 1,173.40 419.486 1,293.45 Federal Republic of Germany 733,963 759.860 965.92 689.334 1,064.74 Austria 397,045 163.553 2,427.62 148.373 2,675.99 Ukraine 216,258 171.796 1,258.80 155.851 1,387.59 Spain 116,371 97.438 1,194.30 88.395 1,316.49 Portugal 50,801 19.597 2,592.15 17.779 2,857.36 Italy 11,647 4.968 2,344.35 4.507 2,584.20 Turkey 342,888 738.140 464.53 669.630 512.06 India 266,140 476.624 558.38 432.387 615.51 Malaysia 6,770 20.347 332.72 18.459 366.76 China 51,090 57.328 891.17 52.008 982.35 Korea, South 175,914 50.988 3,450.07 46.256 3,803.05 Taiwan 219,960 108.507 2,027.15 98.436 2,234.55 Japan 3,384,660 6,322.871 535.30 5,736.014 590.07 South Africa 1,115,566 4,006.036 278.47 3,634.216 306.96 CATEGORY TOTAL 43,163,583 99,665.707 433.08 90,415.234 477.39 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 4,437,572 9,730.804 456.03 8,827.640 502.69 Mexico 763,896 2,769.419 275.83 2,512.376 304.05 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/03/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Brazil 189,657 925.890 204.84 839.954 225.79 Argentina 156,258 678.254 230.38 615.302 253.95 Italy 6,196 2.432 2,546.86 2.207 2,807.43 India 1,637,324 855.943 1,912.89 776.499 2,108.60 China 215,112 132.298 1,625.96 120.019 1,792.32 Korea, South 54,142 164.788 328.55 149.494 362.17 Taiwan 14,770 15.732 938.84 14.272 1,034.89 Japan 19,510 4.485 4,349.76 4.069 4,794.79 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,494,437 15,280.049 490.47 13,861.832 540.65 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 Canada 22,143 60.631 365.21 55.004 402.57 Mexico 6,922,114 31,644.391 218.75 28,707.317 241.13 Dominican Republic 672,901 2,689.735 250.17 2,440.088 275.77 Brazil 1,216,522 5,893.485 206.42 5,346.482 227.54 Argentina 460,496 2,396.264 192.17 2,173.855 211.83 Federal Republic of Germany 55,630 148.594 374.37 134.803 412.68 Romania 2,039,747 10,180.635 200.36 9,235.720 220.85 India 2,223 6.900 322.15 6.260 355.11 Thailand 90,301 315.999 285.76 286.670 315.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,482,077 53,336.639 215.28 48,386.199 237.30 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 7,934,290 9,052.622 876.46 8,212.403 966.14 Trinidad and Tobago 52,625 93.729 561.46 85.030 618.90 Colombia 13,497 20.728 651.12 18.805 717.73 Brazil 92,075 68.981 1,334.78 62.579 1,471.34 Sweden 208,270 90.977 2,289.26 82.533 2,523.48 Denmark 330,035 183.637 1,797.21 166.593 1,981.09 United Kingdom 2,270,615 2,944.169 771.22 2,670.906 850.13 Belgium 28,253 49.145 574.89 44.584 633.70 France 1,192,495 1,266.877 941.29 1,149.292 1,037.59 Federal Republic of Germany 1,324,708 986.603 1,342.70 895.032 1,480.07 Austria 10,756 1.218 8,830.48 1.105 9,733.94 Switzerland 265,742 143.822 1,847.70 130.474 2,036.74 Latvia 35,394 20.989 1,686.30 19.041 1,858.83 Poland 61,978 60.820 1,019.04 55.175 1,123.30 Russia 818,864 3,364.236 243.40 3,051.985 268.31 Ukraine 535,153 1,755.825 304.79 1,592.859 335.97 Spain 397,251 935.960 424.43 849.089 467.86 Italy 2,037,175 1,093.735 1,862.59 992.220 2,053.15 Saudi Arabia 92,585 44.393 2,085.56 40.273 2,298.93 India 1,461,925 966.732 1,512.23 877.005 1,666.95 Indonesia 30,124 20.265 1,486.43 18.385 1,638.51 China 28,757 19.299 1,490.06 17.508 1,642.51 Korea, South 29,326 18.273 1,604.88 16.577 1,769.08 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/03/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Taiwan 793,290 459.804 1,725.28 417.128 1,901.79 Japan 167,501 164.381 1,018.98 149.124 1,123.23 CATEGORY TOTAL 20,212,684 23,827.229 848.30 21,615.705 935.09 TOOL STEEL............................17 Canada 918,725 763.651 1,203.07 692.773 1,326.16 Brazil 873,008 688.239 1,268.46 624.361 1,398.24 Sweden 1,263,219 697.063 1,812.20 632.366 1,997.61 United Kingdom 1,598,336 342.362 4,668.55 310.586 5,146.19 Belgium 339,806 289.480 1,173.85 262.612 1,293.95 France 1,863,681 1,583.196 1,177.16 1,436.252 1,297.60 Federal Republic of Germany 1,215,379 952.186 1,276.41 863.809 1,407.00 Austria 1,382,252 615.347 2,246.30 558.234 2,476.12 Hungary 26,434 18.801 1,405.99 17.056 1,549.84 Switzerland 494,022 346.234 1,426.84 314.099 1,572.82 Ukraine 6,117 1.836 3,330.88 1.666 3,671.67 Spain 10,007 12.989 770.38 11.784 849.20 Italy 31,186 8.818 3,536.43 8.000 3,898.25 Slovenia 516,635 428.633 1,205.31 388.850 1,328.62 India 64,369 48.366 1,330.87 43.877 1,467.03 China 236,909 152.285 1,555.69 138.151 1,714.86 Korea, South 352,557 441.435 798.66 400.464 880.37 Taiwan 585,471 347.339 1,685.59 315.101 1,858.04 Japan 3,646,372 5,715.432 637.99 5,184.955 703.26 Australia 139,120 53.867 2,582.62 48.868 2,846.85 CATEGORY TOTAL 15,563,605 13,507.569 1,152.21 12,253.864 1,270.10 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 12,919,285 24,036.787 537.48 21,805.813 592.47 Mexico 3,532,843 7,346.488 480.89 6,664.624 530.09 Guatemala 2,088 1.927 1,083.02 1.749 1,193.83 Dominican Republic 53,966 109.877 491.15 99.679 541.40 Colombia 23,541 64.783 363.38 58.771 400.55 Chile 17,179 45.775 375.29 41.527 413.68 Brazil 124,423 338.243 367.85 306.849 405.49 Argentina 434,474 1,138.010 381.78 1,032.386 420.84 Sweden 2,218 0.154 14,372.40 0.140 15,842.86 Norway 2,267 0.556 4,072.45 0.505 4,489.11 United Kingdom 41,992 12.267 3,423.00 11.129 3,773.21 Netherlands 275,276 499.839 550.73 453.447 607.07 France 6,040 8.646 698.55 7.844 770.02 Federal Republic of Germany 887,410 766.277 1,158.08 695.155 1,276.56 Czech Republic 230,539 39.192 5,882.20 35.555 6,484.01 Switzerland 18,000 0.823 21,859.88 0.747 24,096.39 Ukraine 143,542 107.567 1,334.43 97.584 1,470.96 Spain 447,857 469.528 953.84 425.949 1,051.43 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/03/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Italy 556,279 571.878 972.72 518.800 1,072.24 Romania 3,327 4.071 817.06 3.694 900.65 Turkey 5,304,810 14,064.415 377.18 12,759.027 415.77 United Arab Emirates 111,917 538.506 207.83 488.525 229.09 Oman 536,405 1,495.120 358.77 1,356.351 395.48 India 3,391,887 8,576.054 395.51 7,780.068 435.97 Pakistan 25,894 77.179 335.50 70.016 369.83 Thailand 3,782,164 10,511.946 359.80 9,536.280 396.61 Indonesia 1,810,414 4,508.252 401.58 4,089.819 442.66 China 2,627,272 7,481.756 351.16 6,787.337 387.08 Korea, South 2,971,787 7,759.552 382.98 7,039.350 422.17 Taiwan 1,387,977 4,055.756 342.22 3,679.321 377.24 Japan 124,277 143.192 867.90 129.902 956.70 CATEGORY TOTAL 41,797,350 94,774.432 441.02 85,977.943 486.14 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 451,292 629.685 716.69 571.241 790.02 Mexico 606,264 1,161.729 521.86 1,053.904 575.26 Colombia 187,378 335.440 558.60 304.307 615.75 Brazil 811,657 1,694.234 479.07 1,536.984 528.08 Sweden 562,511 1,371.001 410.29 1,243.752 452.27 United Kingdom 175,032 32.297 5,419.33 29.300 5,973.79 Federal Republic of Germany 1,028,848 1,701.752 604.58 1,543.804 666.44 Austria 5,523,332 8,649.134 638.60 7,846.365 703.94 Ukraine 2,687,716 5,809.957 462.61 5,270.706 509.93 Spain 346,300 634.071 546.15 575.220 602.03 Turkey 1,555,264 4,280.813 363.31 3,883.490 400.48 India 358,165 685.517 522.47 621.891 575.93 China 3,938,203 7,109.241 553.96 6,449.397 610.63 Korea, South 1,353,677 3,755.972 360.41 3,407.362 397.28 Taiwan 94,926 275.556 344.49 249.981 379.73 Japan 5,605,724 2,239.823 2,502.75 2,031.934 2,758.81 CATEGORY TOTAL 25,286,289 40,366.229 626.42 36,619.638 690.51 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A United Kingdom 6,480,056 8,799.920 736.38 7,983.156 811.72 Belgium 239,116 42.912 5,572.12 38.930 6,142.20 France 46,897 33.278 1,409.22 30.190 1,553.40 Federal Republic of Germany 246,194 268.553 916.74 243.628 1,010.53 Ukraine 710,241 1,963.479 361.73 1,781.239 398.73 Italy 3,473,078 3,691.038 940.95 3,348.455 1,037.22 India 183,760 530.653 346.29 481.401 381.72 China 24,522 41.266 594.24 37.436 655.04 Korea, South 1,595,136 4,812.115 331.48 4,365.479 365.40 Taiwan 15,541 48.123 322.94 43.657 355.98 Japan 790,660 1,498.783 527.53 1,359.674 581.51 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/03/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 13,805,201 21,730.126 635.30 19,713.245 700.30 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 2,302,504 3,295.331 698.72 2,989.475 770.20 Mexico 1,212,922 2,409.006 503.49 2,185.415 555.01 Brazil 392,961 888.631 442.21 806.153 487.45 Argentina 209,916 544.153 385.77 493.648 425.23 United Kingdom 8,916 0.274 32,483.78 0.249 35,807.23 France 83,871 151.727 552.77 137.645 609.33 Federal Republic of Germany 8,136 2.034 3,998.30 1.846 4,407.37 Austria 708,755 1,097.432 645.83 995.574 711.91 Czech Republic 7,499 1.860 4,030.20 1.688 4,442.54 Ukraine 323,345 94.290 3,429.24 85.539 3,780.09 Italy 1,339,700 2,336.111 573.47 2,119.285 632.15 India 40,311 50.381 800.12 45.705 881.98 China 1,072,931 2,777.618 386.28 2,519.814 425.80 Korea, South 1,034,491 2,890.999 357.83 2,622.671 394.44 Taiwan 92,873 273.185 339.96 247.830 374.74 Japan 841,448 931.651 903.18 845.180 995.58 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,680,579 17,744.690 545.55 16,097.717 601.36 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Canada 2,757 5.435 507.22 4.931 559.12 Mexico 308,256 666.990 462.16 605.084 509.44 Brazil 119,846 149.265 802.91 135.411 885.05 Argentina 289,814 889.417 325.85 806.866 359.18 China 568,892 1,908.124 298.14 1,731.022 328.65 Korea, South 991,514 3,007.607 329.67 2,728.456 363.40 Taiwan 376,374 1,109.197 339.32 1,006.247 374.04 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,657,453 7,736.037 343.52 7,018.017 378.66 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 7,441,662 8,951.120 831.37 8,120.322 916.42 Mexico 6,304,598 12,384.509 509.07 11,235.041 561.15 Dominican Republic 218,112 563.273 387.22 510.993 426.84 Brazil 57,067 92.005 620.26 83.466 683.72 Argentina 143,186 307.222 466.07 278.708 513.75 Sweden 614,295 476.622 1,288.85 432.385 1,420.71 Denmark 14,920 3.487 4,277.88 3.164 4,715.55 United Kingdom 300,740 230.626 1,304.01 209.221 1,437.43 Netherlands 38,691 41.755 926.61 37.880 1,021.41 Belgium 37,711 46.735 806.90 42.398 889.45 France 483,904 437.875 1,105.12 397.234 1,218.18 Federal Republic of Germany 1,972,742 2,027.651 972.92 1,839.455 1,072.46 Austria 105,663 63.661 1,659.76 57.753 1,829.57 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/03/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Czech Republic 2,624 1.332 1,968.94 1.209 2,170.39 Slovakia 33,347 17.049 1,955.90 15.467 2,156.01 Switzerland 500,739 305.565 1,638.73 277.204 1,806.39 Poland 41,584 21.219 1,959.71 19.250 2,160.21 Ukraine 61,631 235.336 261.88 213.494 288.68 Spain 829,095 1,309.660 633.06 1,188.104 697.83 Italy 654,675 768.822 851.53 697.464 938.65 Romania 195,028 275.182 708.72 249.641 781.23 Turkey 7,512 6.420 1,169.92 5.825 1,289.61 Saudi Arabia 6,066 19.567 310.01 17.751 341.73 India 291,081 308.175 944.53 279.572 1,041.17 China 434,135 610.356 711.28 553.706 784.05 Korea, South 460,890 1,185.302 388.84 1,075.289 428.62 Taiwan 53,283 29.302 1,818.36 26.583 2,004.40 Japan 3,298,684 2,605.368 1,266.11 2,363.551 1,395.65 South Africa 41,812 122.855 340.33 111.453 375.15 CATEGORY TOTAL 24,645,477 33,448.065 736.83 30,343.583 812.21 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 127,857 32.317 3,956.27 29.318 4,361.04 Mexico 313,130 312.871 1,000.83 283.832 1,103.22 Chile 30,190 80.625 374.45 73.142 412.76 Argentina 158,791 139.112 1,141.46 126.201 1,258.24 Sweden 33,940 35.054 968.20 31.801 1,067.26 United Kingdom 39,348 36.162 1,088.09 32.806 1,199.41 France 661,077 580.482 1,138.84 526.605 1,255.36 Federal Republic of Germany 1,727,830 1,272.347 1,357.99 1,154.255 1,496.92 Czech Republic 2,107 0.137 15,291.51 0.125 16,856.00 Slovakia 99,353 136.114 729.92 123.481 804.60 Spain 114,992 45.957 2,502.14 41.692 2,758.13 Italy 668,734 472.451 1,415.46 428.601 1,560.27 Romania 17,595 20.538 856.69 18.632 944.34 China 2,835 3.043 931.50 2.761 1,026.80 Korea, South 37,514 86.138 435.51 78.144 480.06 Japan 822,629 601.927 1,366.66 546.060 1,506.48 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,857,922 3,855.284 1,260.07 3,497.456 1,388.99 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D Canada 6,249,028 1,352.434 4,620.58 1,226.908 5,093.31 Mexico 124,881 45.299 2,756.79 41.095 3,038.84 Sweden 514,007 130.618 3,935.18 118.495 4,337.79 Norway 7,023 0.310 22,592.77 0.282 24,904.26 Finland 110,216 67.563 1,631.28 61.293 1,798.18 Denmark 6,696 2.023 3,308.56 1.836 3,647.06 United Kingdom 28,653 3.128 9,159.12 2.838 10,096.19 Ireland 101,629 18.041 5,633.06 16.367 6,209.38 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/03/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Netherlands 37,743 6.791 5,557.52 6.161 6,126.12 France 1,754,102 505.994 3,466.64 459.031 3,821.31 Federal Republic of Germany 975,314 208.282 4,682.64 188.951 5,161.73 Austria 620,876 149.511 4,152.68 135.635 4,577.55 Switzerland 9,661 0.288 33,451.58 0.262 36,874.05 Poland 3,116 0.558 5,575.52 0.507 6,145.96 Ukraine 133,082 39.534 3,366.23 35.865 3,710.64 Spain 1,576,830 311.625 5,060.02 282.702 5,577.71 Italy 218,628 93.802 2,330.73 85.096 2,569.19 India 171,241 72.830 2,351.22 66.071 2,591.77 Thailand 66,423 38.123 1,742.31 34.585 1,920.57 Malaysia 185,762 94.438 1,967.02 85.673 2,168.27 Singapore 203,564 92.238 2,206.94 83.677 2,432.74 China 1,896,726 674.334 2,812.74 611.746 3,100.51 Korea, South 1,714,664 654.278 2,620.69 593.552 2,888.82 Taiwan 2,262,850 1,313.599 1,722.63 1,191.678 1,898.88 Japan 1,663,795 366.956 4,534.04 332.897 4,997.93 South Africa 39,813 27.432 1,451.33 24.886 1,599.82 CATEGORY TOTAL 20,676,323 6,270.043 3,297.64 5,688.089 3,635.02 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 1,863,312 964.556 1,931.78 875.031 2,129.42 Mexico 50,532 78.369 644.79 71.096 710.76 United Kingdom 21,519 12.684 1,696.51 11.507 1,870.08 France 2,980 1.642 1,814.37 1.490 2,000.00 Federal Republic of Germany 38,618 1.365 28,275.76 1.239 31,168.68 India 35,319 40.256 877.35 36.520 967.11 Korea, South 2,195 1.849 1,186.69 1.678 1,308.10 Taiwan 5,992 1.674 3,578.57 1.519 3,944.70 Japan 234,618 52.882 4,436.61 47.974 4,890.52 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,255,085 1,155.281 1,951.98 1,048.054 2,151.69 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 9,552,355 20,683.656 461.83 18,763.903 509.08 Mexico 1,181,895 1,245.119 949.22 1,129.554 1,046.34 Finland 491,163 241.169 2,036.59 218.785 2,244.96 United Kingdom 29,671 40.200 738.08 36.469 813.60 Netherlands 11,006 2.369 4,643.94 2.150 5,119.07 France 38,507 61.125 629.97 55.452 694.42 Federal Republic of Germany 82,671 53.078 1,557.52 48.152 1,716.88 Austria 5,466 3.768 1,450.33 3.419 1,598.71 Ukraine 4,500 9.920 453.59 9.000 500.00 Turkey 819,539 2,513.685 326.03 2,280.378 359.39 China 36,708 40.242 912.18 36.507 1,005.51 Korea, South 996,509 3,139.972 317.36 2,848.536 349.83 Taiwan 82,849 48.443 1,710.23 43.947 1,885.20 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/03/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 324,677 673.649 481.97 611.125 531.28 Australia 2,421 12.468 194.17 11.311 214.04 South Africa 12,226 31.984 382.25 29.016 421.35 CATEGORY TOTAL 13,672,163 28,800.855 474.71 26,127.704 523.28 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 248,155 306.475 809.71 278.030 892.55 Mexico 57,667 87.088 662.17 79.005 729.92 Algeria 3,634 8.270 439.39 7.503 484.34 CATEGORY TOTAL 309,456 401.834 770.11 364.538 848.90 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 11,186,253 19,757.414 566.18 17,923.630 624.11 Mexico 3,084,149 4,500.548 685.28 4,082.830 755.39 Honduras 34,012 90.001 377.90 81.648 416.57 Dominican Republic 46,952 86.566 542.38 78.532 597.87 Trinidad and Tobago 286,745 671.011 427.33 608.732 471.05 Venezuela 382,308 756.001 505.70 685.833 557.44 Ecuador 22,737 42.064 540.53 38.160 595.83 Chile 69,434 157.494 440.87 142.877 485.97 Brazil 904,662 1,999.651 452.41 1,814.054 498.70 Argentina 188,161 508.971 369.69 461.731 407.51 Sweden 1,761,167 683.713 2,575.88 620.255 2,839.42 Finland 10,180 19.775 514.78 17.940 567.45 Denmark 41,909 2.608 16,068.98 2.366 17,713.02 United Kingdom 932,805 517.791 1,801.51 469.733 1,985.82 Netherlands 79,910 66.076 1,209.35 59.944 1,333.08 Belgium 1,416,725 1,751.568 808.83 1,588.997 891.58 Luxembourg 279,519 190.209 1,469.53 172.555 1,619.88 France 2,499,637 2,291.205 1,090.97 2,078.547 1,202.59 Federal Republic of Germany 1,313,098 867.346 1,513.93 786.844 1,668.82 Austria 322,986 123.983 2,605.07 112.476 2,871.60 Czech Republic 322,517 891.680 361.70 808.919 398.70 Belarus 420,837 502.541 837.42 455.898 923.09 Spain 47,648 129.345 368.38 117.340 406.07 Italy 1,126,415 1,392.948 808.66 1,263.662 891.39 Greece 389,467 698.705 557.41 633.855 614.44 Israel 232,610 394.122 590.20 357.542 650.58 India 1,539,302 1,459.086 1,054.98 1,323.661 1,162.91 Thailand 95,084 73.148 1,299.88 66.359 1,432.87 China 2,240,788 3,832.786 584.64 3,477.046 644.45 Korea, South 3,263,406 3,455.589 944.38 3,134.859 1,041.01 Taiwan 1,019,248 1,091.700 933.63 990.374 1,029.15 Japan 6,182,900 7,325.403 844.04 6,645.496 930.39 Australia 93,826 206.398 454.59 187.242 501.09 New Zealand 20,182 37.868 532.95 34.354 587.47 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/03/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE South Africa 438,609 1,132.195 387.40 1,027.111 427.03 CATEGORY TOTAL 42,296,188 57,707.526 732.94 52,351.402 807.93 BLACK PLATE...........................28 Canada 284,233 854.390 332.67 775.090 366.71 Chile 176,821 458.616 385.55 416.050 425.00 Netherlands 25,724 50.238 512.03 45.576 564.42 France 241,109 284.066 848.78 257.701 935.62 Federal Republic of Germany 509,479 459.475 1,108.83 416.829 1,222.27 Thailand 210,668 458.616 459.36 416.050 506.35 Japan 896,454 1,713.540 523.16 1,554.498 576.68 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,344,488 4,278.944 547.91 3,881.794 603.97 TIN PLATE.............................29 Canada 3,668,830 6,397.092 573.52 5,803.346 632.19 Venezuela 12,993 25.661 506.32 23.280 558.12 Chile 159,263 328.085 485.43 297.634 535.10 Brazil 1,724,929 2,991.321 576.64 2,713.682 635.64 Norway 230,705 498.393 462.90 452.135 510.26 United Kingdom 41,040 64.627 635.02 58.629 699.99 Netherlands 2,236,384 4,889.503 457.38 4,435.684 504.18 France 372,515 760.147 490.06 689.594 540.19 Federal Republic of Germany 4,231,246 7,695.265 549.85 6,981.029 606.11 Korea, South 242,952 647.329 375.31 587.248 413.71 Taiwan 28,438 28.754 988.98 26.086 1,090.16 Japan 87,723 139.305 629.72 126.376 694.14 New Zealand 14,820 20.006 740.74 18.150 816.53 CATEGORY TOTAL 13,051,838 24,485.494 533.04 22,212.873 587.58 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A Canada 1,963,072 3,414.676 574.89 3,097.743 633.71 Netherlands 1,624,706 3,455.743 470.15 3,134.999 518.25 France 26,356 55.187 477.57 50.065 526.44 Federal Republic of Germany 26,698 68.144 391.78 61.820 431.87 Korea, South 41,909 110.649 378.75 100.380 417.50 Japan 420,185 627.977 669.11 569.692 737.57 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,102,926 7,732.379 530.62 7,014.699 584.90 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 9,438,737 27,491.015 343.34 24,939.437 378.47 Mexico 6,306,820 20,007.774 315.22 18,150.753 347.47 Venezuela 651,266 2,368.778 274.94 2,148.920 303.07 Sweden 285,702 240.337 1,188.75 218.031 1,310.37 Finland 51,125 40.520 1,261.69 36.760 1,390.78 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/03/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Netherlands 3,618,631 13,166.025 274.85 11,944.021 302.97 France 2,808,569 8,740.952 321.31 7,929.661 354.19 Federal Republic of Germany 129,152 310.194 416.36 281.404 458.96 Austria 591,529 1,446.256 409.01 1,312.022 450.85 Slovakia 30,880 109.803 281.23 99.612 310.00 Hungary 1,082,953 4,062.429 266.58 3,685.375 293.85 Italy 50,566 157.781 320.48 143.137 353.27 Bulgaria 349,313 1,400.188 249.48 1,270.230 275.00 Turkey 2,988,747 11,910.933 250.92 10,805.420 276.60 Korea, South 19,337,337 63,159.376 306.17 57,297.239 337.49 Japan 799,273 1,517.501 526.70 1,376.655 580.59 Australia 5,321,354 19,398.692 274.32 17,598.203 302.38 New Zealand 1,649,781 7,184.203 229.64 6,517.402 253.13 Egypt 9,977,459 29,926.984 333.39 27,149.311 367.50 South Africa 100,013 116.372 859.42 105.571 947.35 CATEGORY TOTAL 65,569,207 212,756.124 308.19 193,009.164 339.72 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 15,425,953 25,478.237 605.46 23,113.475 667.40 Mexico 12,695,362 16,006.714 793.13 14,521.051 874.27 El Salvador 1,538,999 4,232.278 363.63 3,839.460 400.84 Dominican Republic 23,059 56.586 407.50 51.334 449.20 Venezuela 1,587,529 4,110.964 386.17 3,729.405 425.68 Chile 392,231 1,096.490 357.71 994.720 394.31 Brazil 1,515,569 1,134.007 1,336.47 1,028.755 1,473.21 Argentina 2,335,786 6,210.932 376.08 5,634.465 414.55 Sweden 1,089,338 616.224 1,767.76 559.030 1,948.62 Finland 221,292 225.751 980.25 204.798 1,080.54 United Kingdom 54,922 13.961 3,933.71 12.666 4,336.18 Netherlands 989,057 2,298.569 430.29 2,085.228 474.32 Belgium 1,572,415 912.690 1,722.84 827.979 1,899.10 Luxembourg 825,783 1,798.310 459.20 1,631.400 506.18 France 4,580,277 8,549.309 535.75 7,755.805 590.56 Federal Republic of Germany 5,043,770 5,957.171 846.67 5,404.257 933.30 Austria 143,043 376.880 379.55 341.900 418.38 Czech Republic 1,016,600 2,868.543 354.40 2,602.300 390.65 Slovakia 2,390,276 7,039.093 339.57 6,385.760 374.31 Italy 3,071,348 3,805.381 807.11 3,452.185 889.68 Slovenia 3,463 1.735 1,995.92 1.574 2,200.13 Greece 88,928 285.658 311.31 259.145 343.16 Bulgaria 1,789,019 5,975.926 299.37 5,421.271 330.00 Turkey 4,964,074 13,873.415 357.81 12,585.754 394.42 India 286,898 673.353 426.07 610.856 469.67 Thailand 9,296,880 21,077.997 441.07 19,121.643 486.20 China 635,064 457.703 1,387.50 415.222 1,529.46 Korea, South 1,583,341 4,220.357 375.17 3,828.645 413.55 Taiwan 2,675,998 1,781.259 1,502.31 1,615.932 1,656.01 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/03/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 2,221,934 2,740.885 810.66 2,486.490 893.60 New Zealand 96,272 328.609 292.97 298.110 322.94 South Africa 505,005 1,258.243 401.36 1,141.460 442.42 CATEGORY TOTAL 80,659,485 145,463.246 554.50 131,962.075 611.23 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 27,150,118 51,116.782 531.14 46,372.378 585.48 Mexico 8,506,986 14,393.921 591.01 13,057.950 651.48 Guatemala 150,416 229.379 655.75 208.090 722.84 Costa Rica 359,637 831.099 432.72 753.961 477.00 Venezuela 920,861 1,927.270 477.81 1,748.391 526.69 Brazil 4,459,883 12,361.789 360.78 11,214.430 397.69 Argentina 1,242,579 2,787.865 445.71 2,529.110 491.31 Sweden 34,658 48.853 709.43 44.319 782.01 Netherlands 87,720 207.896 421.94 188.601 465.11 France 405,850 826.415 491.10 749.712 541.34 Federal Republic of Germany 8,548,998 21,231.676 402.65 19,261.058 443.85 Slovakia 42,437 98.160 432.32 89.050 476.55 Spain 1,565,550 2,850.547 549.21 2,585.974 605.40 Turkey 3,250,910 7,250.472 448.37 6,577.520 494.25 India 11,414,617 26,280.669 434.34 23,841.429 478.77 Indonesia 513,159 1,051.830 487.87 954.205 537.79 Korea, South 4,608,386 8,589.609 536.51 7,792.365 591.40 Taiwan 2,838,040 5,964.340 475.83 5,410.760 524.52 Japan 464,113 662.070 701.00 600.620 772.72 New Zealand 33,577 53.445 628.25 48.485 692.52 South Africa 1,120,698 2,374.038 472.06 2,153.692 520.36 CATEGORY TOTAL 77,719,193 161,138.136 482.31 146,182.100 531.66 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 1,482,611 1,370.125 1,082.10 1,242.957 1,192.81 Brazil 845,516 2,093.475 403.88 1,899.170 445.20 Argentina 73,999 168.036 440.38 152.440 485.43 France 2,100 0.810 2,591.96 0.735 2,857.14 Federal Republic of Germany 1,102,824 2,397.096 460.07 2,174.610 507.14 India 1,460,587 3,029.823 482.07 2,748.610 531.39 Thailand 1,763,760 3,562.927 495.03 3,232.234 545.68 Korea, South 197,831 479.174 412.86 434.700 455.10 Japan 267,276 397.339 672.66 360.460 741.49 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,196,504 13,498.807 533.12 12,245.916 587.67 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 Canada 9,334,052 12,441.898 750.21 11,287.104 826.97 Mexico 5,272,491 8,972.889 587.60 8,140.071 647.72 Argentina 860,757 1,589.691 541.46 1,442.144 596.86 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/03/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE United Kingdom 194,428 525.578 369.93 476.797 407.78 Belgium 459,134 951.388 482.59 863.085 531.97 Luxembourg 252,731 553.882 456.29 502.474 502.97 Federal Republic of Germany 356,720 174.567 2,043.45 158.365 2,252.52 Austria 13,103 11.496 1,139.79 10.429 1,256.40 Switzerland 51,983 17.696 2,937.47 16.054 3,238.01 Korea, South 2,224,255 5,241.729 424.34 4,755.218 467.75 Taiwan 1,822,050 3,388.118 537.78 3,073.650 592.80 Japan 915,033 614.008 1,490.26 557.019 1,642.73 Australia 5,950 6.702 887.79 6.080 978.62 CATEGORY TOTAL 21,762,687 34,489.646 630.99 31,288.490 695.55 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 Sweden 133,958 283.282 472.88 256.990 521.26 United Kingdom 526,199 521.050 1,009.88 472.689 1,113.20 France 1,688,138 1,472.849 1,146.17 1,336.147 1,263.44 Federal Republic of Germany 73,776 145.956 505.46 132.410 557.18 Russia 744,433 890.292 836.17 807.660 921.72 Italy 48,622 109.790 442.86 99.600 488.17 Japan 308,389 275.258 1,120.36 249.710 1,234.99 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,523,515 3,698.480 952.69 3,355.206 1,050.16 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 3,043,233 8,383.074 363.02 7,604.999 400.16 Mexico 273,252 560.873 487.19 508.816 537.03 Finland 26,001 20.604 1,261.92 18.692 1,391.02 United Kingdom 46,746 67.723 690.24 61.438 760.86 France 6,563 2.848 2,304.12 2.584 2,539.86 Federal Republic of Germany 53,688 104.351 514.49 94.666 567.13 Japan 15,170 5.815 2,608.41 5.276 2,875.28 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,464,653 9,145.291 378.85 8,296.471 417.61 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 3,483,760 4,926.586 707.13 4,469.325 779.48 Mexico 2,165,807 1,944.871 1,113.60 1,764.358 1,227.53 Brazil 40,971 54.413 752.96 49.363 829.99 Sweden 2,588,809 717.281 3,609.20 650.707 3,978.46 Finland 1,025,736 600.508 1,708.11 544.772 1,882.87 United Kingdom 1,367,436 892.727 1,531.75 809.869 1,688.47 Belgium 373,812 272.481 1,371.88 247.191 1,512.24 France 1,011,561 463.456 2,182.64 420.441 2,405.95 Federal Republic of Germany 4,264,535 2,107.445 2,023.56 1,911.843 2,230.59 Austria 413,906 85.723 4,828.39 77.767 5,322.39 Switzerland 160,771 96.183 1,671.51 87.256 1,842.52 Italy 53,982 12.738 4,237.77 11.556 4,671.34 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/03/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE India 166,126 289.269 574.29 262.421 633.05 Indonesia 112,645 56.484 1,994.26 51.242 2,198.29 China 113,935 83.039 1,372.06 75.332 1,512.44 Korea, South 446,861 303.336 1,473.15 275.182 1,623.87 Taiwan 101,289 72.085 1,405.12 65.395 1,548.88 Japan 3,078,010 649.597 4,738.33 589.305 5,223.12 CATEGORY TOTAL 20,969,952 13,628.229 1,538.71 12,363.325 1,696.14 GRAND TOTAL 759,354,252 1,644,025.697 461.89 1,491,435.446 509.14 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/03/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Canada 34,194 32.095 1,065.37 29.117 1,174.37 Mexico 206,565 350.138 589.95 317.640 650.31 Sweden 5,151 5.732 898.64 5.200 990.58 Belgium 182,976 528.894 345.96 479.805 381.35 Federal Republic of Germany 70,448 15.212 4,630.78 13.801 5,104.56 CATEGORY TOTAL 499,334 932.073 535.72 845.563 590.53 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 409,538 458.251 893.70 415.719 985.13 Mexico 6,332,059 25,889.904 244.58 23,486.933 269.60 Brazil 9,516,996 42,609.725 223.35 38,654.904 246.20 Finland 303,742 1,609.704 188.69 1,460.300 208.00 United Kingdom 38,428 55.526 692.06 50.373 762.87 Federal Republic of Germany 1,133,731 4,015.379 282.35 3,642.692 311.23 Russia 132,825 247.859 535.89 224.854 590.72 Italy 114,350 56.630 2,019.24 51.374 2,225.83 Korea, South 314,743 1,100.066 286.11 997.964 315.39 South Africa 34,829 126.706 274.88 114.946 303.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 18,331,241 76,169.755 240.66 69,100.059 265.29 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 162,915 484.514 336.24 439.544 370.65 United Kingdom 1,759,414 4,085.605 430.64 3,706.400 474.70 Austria 2,200 0.131 16,771.49 0.119 18,487.39 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,924,529 4,570.250 421.10 4,146.063 464.18 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 4,015,214 8,997.485 446.26 8,162.384 491.92 Brazil 856,818 2,320.910 369.17 2,105.495 406.94 Sweden 975,124 1,773.106 549.95 1,608.536 606.22 United Kingdom 129,655 287.893 450.36 261.173 496.43 Belgium 171,619 223.621 767.45 202.866 845.97 France 248,849 259.816 957.79 235.702 1,055.78 Federal Republic of Germany 180,870 367.726 491.86 333.596 542.18 Austria 40,839 87.260 468.01 79.161 515.90 Japan 828,388 1,921.685 431.07 1,743.324 475.18 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,447,376 16,239.506 458.60 14,732.237 505.52 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/03/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 1,038,043 2,381.014 435.97 2,160.021 480.57 Sweden 112,564 281.486 399.89 255.360 440.81 France 76,317 126.644 602.61 114.890 664.26 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,226,924 2,789.145 439.89 2,530.271 484.90 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Canada 64,808 90.000 720.09 81.647 793.76 Austria 40,426 44.524 907.95 40.392 1,000.84 CATEGORY TOTAL 105,234 134.524 782.26 122.039 862.30 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 10,373,474 25,098.680 413.31 22,769.146 455.59 Mexico 1,302,915 4,401.656 296.01 3,993.117 326.29 Colombia 68,959 109.564 629.39 99.395 693.79 Brazil 158,977 421.152 377.48 382.063 416.10 Sweden 691,911 423.891 1,632.28 384.548 1,799.28 United Kingdom 820,413 1,272.556 644.70 1,154.444 710.66 Ireland 2,106 0.144 14,584.21 0.131 16,076.34 France 499,137 452.876 1,102.15 410.843 1,214.91 Federal Republic of Germany 226,219 215.420 1,050.13 195.426 1,157.57 Austria 163,168 67.290 2,424.83 61.045 2,672.91 Ukraine 4,974 1.728 2,877.77 1.568 3,172.19 Spain 16,669 25.389 656.53 23.033 723.70 Turkey 326,589 679.795 480.42 616.700 529.58 China 20,641 40.309 512.07 36.568 564.46 Korea, South 22,035 16.181 1,361.70 14.680 1,501.02 Taiwan 16,845 11.802 1,427.25 10.707 1,573.27 Japan 2,698,511 5,322.304 507.02 4,828.315 558.89 CATEGORY TOTAL 17,413,543 38,560.744 451.59 34,981.729 497.79 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 208,631 313.691 665.08 284.576 733.13 Mexico 324,286 1,167.447 277.77 1,059.091 306.19 China 7,088 11.023 643.01 10.000 708.80 Taiwan 14,770 15.732 938.84 14.272 1,034.89 CATEGORY TOTAL 554,775 1,507.894 367.91 1,367.939 405.56 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 1,018,161 747.503 1,362.08 678.124 1,501.44 Colombia 13,497 20.728 651.12 18.805 717.73 Brazil 2,367 2.109 1,121.89 1.914 1,236.68 United Kingdom 556,414 646.751 860.32 586.723 948.34 France 469,637 794.969 590.76 721.184 651.20 Federal Republic of Germany 198,666 44.522 4,462.16 40.390 4,918.69 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/03/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Austria 7,362 0.677 10,859.67 0.615 11,970.73 Poland 61,978 60.820 1,019.04 55.175 1,123.30 Russia 103,023 319.084 322.87 289.469 355.90 Ukraine 449,538 1,374.364 327.09 1,246.803 360.55 Italy 30,856 20.629 1,495.70 18.715 1,648.73 Taiwan 10,563 11.051 955.77 10.026 1,053.56 Japan 16,786 3.705 4,529.45 3.362 4,992.86 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,938,848 4,046.919 726.19 3,671.305 800.49 TOOL STEEL............................17 Canada 918,725 763.651 1,203.07 692.773 1,326.16 Brazil 873,008 688.239 1,268.46 624.361 1,398.24 Sweden 1,263,219 697.063 1,812.20 632.366 1,997.61 United Kingdom 1,598,336 342.362 4,668.55 310.586 5,146.19 Belgium 339,806 289.480 1,173.85 262.612 1,293.95 France 1,863,681 1,583.196 1,177.16 1,436.252 1,297.60 Federal Republic of Germany 1,215,379 952.186 1,276.41 863.809 1,407.00 Austria 1,382,252 615.347 2,246.30 558.234 2,476.12 Hungary 26,434 18.801 1,405.99 17.056 1,549.84 Switzerland 494,022 346.234 1,426.84 314.099 1,572.82 Ukraine 6,117 1.836 3,330.88 1.666 3,671.67 Spain 10,007 12.989 770.38 11.784 849.20 Italy 31,186 8.818 3,536.43 8.000 3,898.25 Slovenia 516,635 428.633 1,205.31 388.850 1,328.62 India 64,369 48.366 1,330.87 43.877 1,467.03 China 236,909 152.285 1,555.69 138.151 1,714.86 Korea, South 352,557 441.435 798.66 400.464 880.37 Taiwan 585,471 347.339 1,685.59 315.101 1,858.04 Japan 3,646,372 5,715.432 637.99 5,184.955 703.26 Australia 139,120 53.867 2,582.62 48.868 2,846.85 CATEGORY TOTAL 15,563,605 13,507.569 1,152.21 12,253.864 1,270.10 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 104,121 28.426 3,662.83 25.788 4,037.58 Mexico 659,596 604.704 1,090.77 548.579 1,202.37 Argentina 66,977 46.128 1,451.97 41.847 1,600.52 Federal Republic of Germany 95,894 96.989 988.71 87.987 1,089.87 Czech Republic 230,539 39.192 5,882.20 35.555 6,484.01 Spain 123,050 113.403 1,085.06 102.878 1,196.08 Italy 4,833 3.720 1,299.09 3.375 1,432.00 Japan 59,126 66.116 894.27 59.980 985.76 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,344,136 998.681 1,345.91 905.989 1,483.61 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 75,809 46.540 1,628.88 42.221 1,795.53 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/03/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Mexico 29,795 53.819 553.61 48.824 610.25 United Kingdom 175,032 32.297 5,419.33 29.300 5,973.79 Federal Republic of Germany 709,243 1,102.791 643.13 1,000.436 708.93 Austria 2,641,077 4,238.243 623.15 3,844.871 686.91 Spain 346,300 634.071 546.15 575.220 602.03 China 2,510,630 3,521.685 712.91 3,194.820 785.84 Taiwan 4,355 1.236 3,521.20 1.122 3,881.46 Japan 5,009,231 1,122.125 4,464.06 1,017.975 4,920.78 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,501,472 10,752.811 1,069.62 9,754.789 1,179.06 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Japan 118,540 134.492 881.38 122.010 971.56 CATEGORY TOTAL 118,540 134.492 881.38 122.010 971.56 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 1,184,508 1,619.090 731.59 1,468.815 806.44 Japan 841,448 931.651 903.18 845.180 995.58 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,025,956 2,550.742 794.26 2,313.995 875.52 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 837,699 912.177 918.35 827.514 1,012.31 Mexico 982,241 1,140.256 861.42 1,034.424 949.55 Sweden 531,954 427.531 1,244.25 387.850 1,371.55 United Kingdom 243,827 195.487 1,247.28 177.343 1,374.89 France 311,429 278.837 1,116.88 252.957 1,231.15 Federal Republic of Germany 1,086,361 1,233.530 880.69 1,119.040 970.80 Austria 16,698 18.124 921.31 16.442 1,015.57 Switzerland 213,856 84.807 2,521.67 76.936 2,779.66 Spain 280,005 246.551 1,135.68 223.668 1,251.88 Italy 237,875 268.405 886.25 243.493 976.93 India 167,031 184.076 907.40 166.991 1,000.24 China 182,733 40.337 4,530.05 36.594 4,993.52 Japan 1,897,683 1,792.944 1,058.42 1,626.532 1,166.70 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,989,392 6,823.066 1,024.38 6,189.784 1,129.18 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 4,924 0.771 6,381.40 0.700 7,034.29 Argentina 125,250 100.461 1,246.75 91.137 1,374.30 Sweden 33,940 35.054 968.20 31.801 1,067.26 France 468,471 358.981 1,305.00 325.663 1,438.51 Federal Republic of Germany 1,028,086 366.627 2,804.17 332.599 3,091.07 Czech Republic 2,107 0.137 15,291.51 0.125 16,856.00 Spain 114,992 45.957 2,502.14 41.692 2,758.13 Italy 668,734 472.451 1,415.46 428.601 1,560.27 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/03/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 755,876 505.682 1,494.76 458.748 1,647.69 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,202,380 1,886.126 1,697.86 1,711.066 1,871.57 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 941,980 271.192 3,473.47 246.022 3,828.84 United Kingdom 21,519 12.684 1,696.51 11.507 1,870.08 Federal Republic of Germany 38,618 1.365 28,275.76 1.239 31,168.68 Japan 173,069 39.337 4,399.64 35.686 4,849.77 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,175,186 324.579 3,620.64 294.454 3,991.07 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 780,148 1,470.230 530.63 1,333.771 584.92 Finland 491,163 241.169 2,036.59 218.785 2,244.96 Netherlands 11,006 2.369 4,643.94 2.150 5,119.07 Federal Republic of Germany 69,681 45.399 1,534.83 41.186 1,691.86 Ukraine 4,500 9.920 453.59 9.000 500.00 China 28,954 26.672 1,085.53 24.197 1,196.59 Korea, South 2,850 8.377 340.19 7.600 375.00 Taiwan 82,849 48.443 1,710.23 43.947 1,885.20 Japan 125,414 90.528 1,385.36 82.126 1,527.09 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,596,565 1,943.111 821.65 1,762.762 905.72 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 164,806 149.160 1,104.89 135.316 1,217.93 CATEGORY TOTAL 164,806 149.160 1,104.89 135.316 1,217.93 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 564,404 899.778 627.27 816.266 691.45 Mexico 860,949 899.674 956.96 816.171 1,054.86 Brazil 13,395 31.619 423.63 28.685 466.97 Sweden 105,535 110.395 955.97 100.149 1,053.78 United Kingdom 344,094 18.292 18,810.30 16.595 20,734.80 Netherlands 24,130 1.931 12,494.51 1.752 13,772.83 France 77,268 8.624 8,959.15 7.824 9,875.77 Federal Republic of Germany 528,270 345.688 1,528.17 313.603 1,684.52 Austria 86,838 24.384 3,561.24 22.121 3,925.59 Italy 624,730 849.104 735.75 770.295 811.03 Israel 49,257 1.904 25,859.50 1.728 28,505.21 India 7,611 0.055 138,091.70 0.050 152,220.00 Thailand 25,848 33.510 771.35 30.400 850.26 China 30,494 28.715 1,061.95 26.050 1,170.60 Korea, South 631,402 848.331 744.29 769.594 820.44 Taiwan 165,706 252.068 657.38 228.673 724.64 Japan 3,230,542 3,428.390 942.29 3,110.184 1,038.70 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/03/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 7,370,473 7,782.469 947.06 7,060.140 1,043.96 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 1,132,069 2,709.359 417.84 2,457.890 460.59 Sweden 216,613 169.200 1,280.22 153.496 1,411.20 Netherlands 25,832 70.211 367.92 63.695 405.56 France 542,948 912.459 595.04 827.770 655.92 Federal Republic of Germany 10,164 11.481 885.24 10.416 975.81 Japan 678,124 1,289.596 525.84 1,169.903 579.64 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,605,750 5,162.309 504.76 4,683.170 556.41 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 1,180,712 2,367.276 498.76 2,147.558 549.79 Mexico 144,372 110.341 1,308.41 100.100 1,442.28 Dominican Republic 23,059 56.586 407.50 51.334 449.20 Sweden 58,279 87.444 666.47 79.328 734.66 Netherlands 909,370 2,043.653 444.97 1,853.972 490.50 France 695,873 1,608.094 432.73 1,458.839 477.00 Federal Republic of Germany 1,386,446 2,676.104 518.08 2,427.722 571.09 Thailand 3,379,700 8,258.655 409.23 7,492.128 451.10 Korea, South 835,789 2,287.868 365.31 2,075.520 402.69 Japan 1,157,199 1,245.856 928.84 1,130.222 1,023.87 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,770,799 20,741.880 471.07 18,816.723 519.26 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 5,371,825 9,683.234 554.76 8,784.485 611.51 Brazil 514,578 1,054.455 488.00 956.586 537.93 Sweden 4,945 10.482 471.72 9.510 519.98 France 37,186 55.065 675.30 49.955 744.39 Federal Republic of Germany 8,386,275 20,820.119 402.80 18,887.700 444.01 Spain 1,555,657 2,832.232 549.27 2,569.359 605.47 Taiwan 748,271 1,370.911 545.82 1,243.670 601.66 Japan 58,732 109.790 534.95 99.600 589.68 CATEGORY TOTAL 16,677,469 35,936.292 464.08 32,600.865 511.57 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 1,422,016 1,270.173 1,119.55 1,152.282 1,234.09 France 2,100 0.810 2,591.96 0.735 2,857.14 Federal Republic of Germany 409,042 843.686 484.83 765.380 534.43 Japan 179,889 286.016 628.95 259.470 693.29 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,013,047 2,400.686 838.53 2,177.867 924.32 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/03/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Sweden 133,958 283.282 472.88 256.990 521.26 United Kingdom 526,199 521.050 1,009.88 472.689 1,113.20 France 1,688,138 1,472.849 1,146.17 1,336.147 1,263.44 Federal Republic of Germany 73,776 145.956 505.46 132.410 557.18 Russia 744,433 890.292 836.17 807.660 921.72 Italy 48,622 109.790 442.86 99.600 488.17 Japan 308,389 275.258 1,120.36 249.710 1,234.99 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,523,515 3,698.480 952.69 3,355.206 1,050.16 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 274,677 737.449 372.47 669.003 410.58 France 6,563 2.848 2,304.12 2.584 2,539.86 Japan 3,018 0.908 3,322.68 0.824 3,662.62 CATEGORY TOTAL 284,258 741.206 383.51 672.411 422.74 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 170,348 184.640 922.59 167.503 1,016.98 Sweden 548,152 235.120 2,331.36 213.298 2,569.89 United Kingdom 37,256 7.808 4,771.05 7.084 5,259.18 France 541,990 88.551 6,120.59 80.333 6,746.79 Federal Republic of Germany 1,958,676 1,143.837 1,712.37 1,037.672 1,887.57 Switzerland 53,621 45.071 1,189.69 40.888 1,311.41 Korea, South 8,663 5.480 1,580.64 4.972 1,742.36 Japan 168,362 31.769 5,299.45 28.821 5,841.64 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,487,068 1,742.280 2,001.44 1,580.571 2,206.21 GRAND TOTAL 139,856,221 262,226.765 533.34 237,888.187 587.91 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/03/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Canada 3,896 15.950 244.26 14.470 269.25 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,896 15.950 244.26 14.470 269.25 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 1,233,497 5,370.460 229.68 4,872.001 253.18 Mexico 24,409,769 110,614.406 220.67 100,347.730 243.25 Brazil 4,122,527 17,487.265 235.74 15,864.185 259.86 Finland 740,696 4,111.344 180.16 3,729.750 198.59 United Kingdom 204,823 343.579 596.14 311.690 657.14 Belgium 302,744 964.648 313.84 875.115 345.95 Federal Republic of Germany 3,678,459 16,607.323 221.50 15,065.915 244.16 India 13,043 31.647 412.14 28.710 454.30 Australia 8,350,678 36,357.700 229.68 32,983.160 253.18 CATEGORY TOTAL 43,056,236 191,888.376 224.38 174,078.256 247.34 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 10,203,104 29,106.780 350.54 26,405.235 386.40 Mexico 626,515 2,199.852 284.80 1,995.673 313.94 Trinidad and Tobago 293,620 1,086.107 270.34 985.300 298.00 Brazil 2,287,026 8,616.441 265.43 7,816.706 292.58 Finland 21,736 20.782 1,045.86 18.854 1,152.86 United Kingdom 135,338 540.807 250.25 490.612 275.86 Netherlands 39,948 81.801 488.35 74.209 538.32 Luxembourg 37,849 121.003 312.79 109.773 344.79 France 226,913 455.404 498.27 413.136 549.25 Federal Republic of Germany 1,961,182 5,592.620 350.67 5,073.541 386.55 Belarus 1,890,322 8,728.580 216.57 7,918.437 238.72 Spain 536,158 1,656.227 323.72 1,502.505 356.84 Turkey 2,403,500 11,443.249 210.04 10,381.144 231.53 Japan 2,709,627 8,137.247 332.99 7,381.989 367.06 CATEGORY TOTAL 23,372,838 77,786.906 300.47 70,567.114 331.21 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 1,575,167 3,809.345 413.50 3,455.781 455.81 Mexico 516,738 1,842.839 280.40 1,671.796 309.09 Brazil 234,209 1,115.128 210.03 1,011.628 231.52 Norway 177,642 371.581 478.07 337.093 526.98 United Kingdom 1,109,039 3,298.546 336.22 2,992.392 370.62 Luxembourg 1,106,728 3,407.564 324.79 3,091.291 358.01 Federal Republic of Germany 241,642 416.674 579.93 378.001 639.26 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/03/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Austria 6,737 0.654 10,289.07 0.594 11,341.75 Poland 117,207 299.304 391.60 271.525 431.66 Spain 1,281,090 5,303.778 241.54 4,811.508 266.26 Turkey 417,886 1,372.178 304.54 1,244.820 335.70 China 13,709 32.165 426.20 29.180 469.81 Korea, South 975,197 4,515.869 215.95 4,096.729 238.04 Japan 91,031 123.318 738.18 111.873 813.70 South Africa 16,108 48.399 332.82 43.907 366.87 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,880,130 25,957.349 303.58 23,548.118 334.64 STEEL PILING...........................5 Canada 975,414 1,730.783 563.57 1,570.141 621.23 United Kingdom 56,348 106.321 529.98 96.453 584.20 Luxembourg 1,380,523 2,706.191 510.14 2,455.016 562.33 Federal Republic of Germany 982,359 2,112.175 465.09 1,916.134 512.68 Japan 40,316 97.061 415.36 88.053 457.86 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,434,960 6,752.533 508.69 6,125.797 560.74 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 3,244,588 9,843.849 329.61 8,930.193 363.33 Mexico 4,370 24.030 181.85 21.800 200.46 Norway 58,954 125.121 471.18 113.508 519.38 Belgium 240,483 689.958 348.55 625.920 384.21 Federal Republic of Germany 36,741 2.751 13,353.72 2.496 14,719.95 Austria 18,075 54.770 330.01 49.687 363.78 Czech Republic 2,256,483 8,151.059 276.83 7,394.519 305.16 Hungary 308,445 1,160.292 265.83 1,052.600 293.03 Thailand 253,933 982.150 258.55 890.992 285.00 Korea, South 423,466 1,591.168 266.14 1,443.484 293.36 Australia 66,689 319.322 208.84 289.685 230.21 Egypt 36,604 112.079 326.59 101.677 360.00 South Africa 30,871 120.061 257.13 108.918 283.43 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,979,702 23,176.616 301.15 21,025.479 331.96 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 4,173,131 12,391.626 336.77 11,241.498 371.23 Mexico 592,500 2,184.142 271.27 1,981.421 299.03 Venezuela 265,719 963.789 275.70 874.335 303.91 Netherlands 78,624 320.265 245.50 290.540 270.61 France 624,292 2,560.822 243.79 2,323.140 268.73 Hungary 440,240 1,676.857 262.54 1,521.220 289.40 Bulgaria 459,762 1,842.909 249.48 1,671.860 275.00 Turkey 823,992 3,294.300 250.13 2,988.540 275.72 Japan 46,687 95.515 488.79 86.650 538.80 New Zealand 164,815 731.361 225.35 663.480 248.41 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/03/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Egypt 1,079,438 3,389.716 318.44 3,075.100 351.03 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,749,200 29,451.307 297.07 26,717.784 327.47 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Czech Republic 377,852 994.320 380.01 902.033 418.89 Poland 7,587 0.509 14,897.86 0.462 16,422.08 Japan 6,992,698 14,594.518 479.13 13,239.928 528.15 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,378,137 15,589.348 473.28 14,142.423 521.70 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 Canada 161,542 371.633 434.68 337.140 479.15 Federal Republic of Germany 16,441 70.660 232.68 64.102 256.48 Austria 52,353 83.449 627.36 75.704 691.55 Japan 11,507 13.453 855.30 12.205 942.81 CATEGORY TOTAL 241,843 539.196 448.52 489.151 494.41 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 Canada 144,477 373.218 387.11 338.578 426.72 Brazil 12,079 19.488 619.79 17.680 683.20 Australia 435,198 732.740 593.93 664.731 654.70 CATEGORY TOTAL 591,754 1,125.447 525.79 1,020.989 579.59 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 14,330,392 32,859.832 436.11 29,809.947 480.73 Mexico 713,331 1,919.494 371.62 1,741.337 409.65 Dominican Republic 56,760 220.462 257.46 200.000 283.80 Brazil 235,192 603.476 389.73 547.465 429.60 Argentina 1,928,905 6,824.697 282.64 6,191.263 311.55 United Kingdom 4,171,758 11,582.616 360.17 10,507.576 397.02 Federal Republic of Germany 300,661 418.502 718.42 379.659 791.92 Ukraine 7,046 17.899 393.65 16.238 433.92 Turkey 16,299 58.345 279.35 52.930 307.94 India 251,641 465.347 540.76 422.156 596.09 Malaysia 6,770 20.347 332.72 18.459 366.76 Korea, South 14,691 17.773 826.56 16.124 911.13 Taiwan 11,400 0.992 11,491.01 0.900 12,666.67 Japan 683,807 1,000.364 683.56 907.516 753.49 South Africa 1,115,566 4,006.036 278.47 3,634.216 306.96 CATEGORY TOTAL 23,844,219 60,016.188 397.30 54,445.786 437.94 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 4,228,941 9,417.113 449.07 8,543.064 495.01 Mexico 439,610 1,601.972 274.42 1,453.285 302.49 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/03/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Brazil 189,657 925.890 204.84 839.954 225.79 Argentina 156,258 678.254 230.38 615.302 253.95 Italy 3,600 1.455 2,474.14 1.320 2,727.27 Korea, South 54,142 164.788 328.55 149.494 362.17 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,072,208 12,789.474 396.59 11,602.419 437.17 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 Canada 22,143 60.631 365.21 55.004 402.57 Mexico 6,922,114 31,644.391 218.75 28,707.317 241.13 Dominican Republic 672,901 2,689.735 250.17 2,440.088 275.77 Brazil 1,216,522 5,893.485 206.42 5,346.482 227.54 Argentina 460,496 2,396.264 192.17 2,173.855 211.83 Federal Republic of Germany 55,630 148.594 374.37 134.803 412.68 Romania 2,039,747 10,180.635 200.36 9,235.720 220.85 India 2,223 6.900 322.15 6.260 355.11 Thailand 90,301 315.999 285.76 286.670 315.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,482,077 53,336.639 215.28 48,386.199 237.30 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 5,422,215 7,783.393 696.64 7,060.978 767.91 Trinidad and Tobago 52,625 93.729 561.46 85.030 618.90 Brazil 12,412 26.681 465.19 24.205 512.79 Sweden 7,223 2.752 2,624.19 2.497 2,892.67 United Kingdom 1,307,535 2,082.662 627.82 1,889.360 692.05 Belgium 28,253 49.145 574.89 44.584 633.70 France 237,763 299.093 794.95 271.333 876.28 Federal Republic of Germany 385,245 607.072 634.59 550.727 699.52 Switzerland 13,023 9.167 1,420.50 8.317 1,565.83 Russia 715,841 3,045.151 235.08 2,762.516 259.13 Ukraine 85,615 381.461 224.44 346.056 247.40 Spain 397,251 935.960 424.43 849.089 467.86 Italy 119,384 195.712 610.00 177.547 672.41 Korea, South 4,780 10.273 465.27 9.320 512.88 Japan 85,081 142.581 596.72 129.348 657.77 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,874,246 15,664.839 566.51 14,210.907 624.47 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 12,815,164 24,008.361 533.78 21,780.025 588.39 Mexico 2,873,247 6,741.783 426.18 6,116.045 469.79 Guatemala 2,088 1.927 1,083.02 1.749 1,193.83 Dominican Republic 53,966 109.877 491.15 99.679 541.40 Colombia 23,541 64.783 363.38 58.771 400.55 Chile 17,179 45.775 375.29 41.527 413.68 Brazil 124,423 338.243 367.85 306.849 405.49 Argentina 367,497 1,091.882 336.57 990.539 371.01 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/03/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Sweden 2,218 0.154 14,372.40 0.140 15,842.86 Norway 2,267 0.556 4,072.45 0.505 4,489.11 United Kingdom 41,992 12.267 3,423.00 11.129 3,773.21 Netherlands 275,276 499.839 550.73 453.447 607.07 France 6,040 8.646 698.55 7.844 770.02 Federal Republic of Germany 791,516 669.287 1,182.62 607.168 1,303.62 Switzerland 18,000 0.823 21,859.88 0.747 24,096.39 Ukraine 143,542 107.567 1,334.43 97.584 1,470.96 Spain 324,807 356.124 912.06 323.071 1,005.37 Italy 551,446 568.158 970.58 515.425 1,069.89 Romania 3,327 4.071 817.06 3.694 900.65 Turkey 5,304,810 14,064.415 377.18 12,759.027 415.77 United Arab Emirates 111,917 538.506 207.83 488.525 229.09 Oman 536,405 1,495.120 358.77 1,356.351 395.48 India 3,391,887 8,576.054 395.51 7,780.068 435.97 Pakistan 25,894 77.179 335.50 70.016 369.83 Thailand 3,782,164 10,511.946 359.80 9,536.280 396.61 Indonesia 1,810,414 4,508.252 401.58 4,089.819 442.66 China 2,627,272 7,481.756 351.16 6,787.337 387.08 Korea, South 2,971,787 7,759.552 382.98 7,039.350 422.17 Taiwan 1,387,977 4,055.756 342.22 3,679.321 377.24 Japan 65,151 77.075 845.28 69.922 931.77 CATEGORY TOTAL 40,453,214 93,775.750 431.38 85,071.954 475.52 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 375,483 583.144 643.89 529.020 709.77 Mexico 576,469 1,107.910 520.32 1,005.080 573.56 Colombia 187,378 335.440 558.60 304.307 615.75 Brazil 811,657 1,694.234 479.07 1,536.984 528.08 Sweden 562,511 1,371.001 410.29 1,243.752 452.27 Federal Republic of Germany 319,605 598.960 533.60 543.368 588.19 Austria 2,882,255 4,410.890 653.44 4,001.494 720.29 Ukraine 2,687,716 5,809.957 462.61 5,270.706 509.93 Turkey 1,555,264 4,280.813 363.31 3,883.490 400.48 India 358,165 685.517 522.47 621.891 575.93 China 1,427,573 3,587.556 397.92 3,254.577 438.64 Korea, South 1,353,677 3,755.972 360.41 3,407.362 397.28 Taiwan 90,571 274.320 330.17 248.859 363.95 Japan 596,493 1,117.698 533.68 1,013.959 588.28 CATEGORY TOTAL 13,784,817 29,613.418 465.49 26,864.849 513.12 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A United Kingdom 6,480,056 8,799.920 736.38 7,983.156 811.72 Belgium 239,116 42.912 5,572.12 38.930 6,142.20 France 46,897 33.278 1,409.22 30.190 1,553.40 Federal Republic of Germany 246,194 268.553 916.74 243.628 1,010.53 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/03/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Ukraine 710,241 1,963.479 361.73 1,781.239 398.73 Italy 3,473,078 3,691.038 940.95 3,348.455 1,037.22 India 183,760 530.653 346.29 481.401 381.72 China 24,522 41.266 594.24 37.436 655.04 Korea, South 1,595,136 4,812.115 331.48 4,365.479 365.40 Taiwan 15,541 48.123 322.94 43.657 355.98 Japan 672,120 1,364.290 492.65 1,237.664 543.06 CATEGORY TOTAL 13,686,661 21,595.633 633.77 19,591.235 698.61 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 1,117,996 1,676.240 666.97 1,520.660 735.20 Mexico 1,212,922 2,409.006 503.49 2,185.415 555.01 Brazil 392,961 888.631 442.21 806.153 487.45 Argentina 209,916 544.153 385.77 493.648 425.23 United Kingdom 8,916 0.274 32,483.78 0.249 35,807.23 France 83,871 151.727 552.77 137.645 609.33 Federal Republic of Germany 8,136 2.034 3,998.30 1.846 4,407.37 Austria 708,755 1,097.432 645.83 995.574 711.91 Czech Republic 7,499 1.860 4,030.20 1.688 4,442.54 Ukraine 323,345 94.290 3,429.24 85.539 3,780.09 Italy 1,339,700 2,336.111 573.47 2,119.285 632.15 India 40,311 50.381 800.12 45.705 881.98 China 1,072,931 2,777.618 386.28 2,519.814 425.80 Korea, South 1,034,491 2,890.999 357.83 2,622.671 394.44 Taiwan 92,873 273.185 339.96 247.830 374.74 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,654,623 15,193.948 503.79 13,783.722 555.34 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Canada 2,757 5.435 507.22 4.931 559.12 Mexico 308,256 666.990 462.16 605.084 509.44 Brazil 119,846 149.265 802.91 135.411 885.05 Argentina 289,814 889.417 325.85 806.866 359.18 China 568,892 1,908.124 298.14 1,731.022 328.65 Korea, South 991,514 3,007.607 329.67 2,728.456 363.40 Taiwan 376,374 1,109.197 339.32 1,006.247 374.04 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,657,453 7,736.037 343.52 7,018.017 378.66 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 6,603,963 8,038.942 821.50 7,292.808 905.54 Mexico 5,322,357 11,244.252 473.34 10,200.617 521.77 Dominican Republic 218,112 563.273 387.22 510.993 426.84 Brazil 57,067 92.005 620.26 83.466 683.72 Argentina 143,186 307.222 466.07 278.708 513.75 Sweden 82,341 49.091 1,677.30 44.535 1,848.91 Denmark 14,920 3.487 4,277.88 3.164 4,715.55 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/03/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE United Kingdom 56,913 35.139 1,619.63 31.878 1,785.34 Netherlands 38,691 41.755 926.61 37.880 1,021.41 Belgium 37,711 46.735 806.90 42.398 889.45 France 172,475 159.038 1,084.49 144.277 1,195.44 Federal Republic of Germany 886,381 794.121 1,116.18 720.415 1,230.38 Austria 88,965 45.537 1,953.66 41.311 2,153.54 Czech Republic 2,624 1.332 1,968.94 1.209 2,170.39 Slovakia 33,347 17.049 1,955.90 15.467 2,156.01 Switzerland 286,883 220.757 1,299.54 200.268 1,432.50 Poland 41,584 21.219 1,959.71 19.250 2,160.21 Ukraine 61,631 235.336 261.88 213.494 288.68 Spain 549,090 1,063.108 516.49 964.436 569.34 Italy 416,800 500.417 832.90 453.971 918.12 Romania 195,028 275.182 708.72 249.641 781.23 Turkey 7,512 6.420 1,169.92 5.825 1,289.61 Saudi Arabia 6,066 19.567 310.01 17.751 341.73 India 124,050 124.099 999.60 112.581 1,101.87 China 251,402 570.018 441.04 517.112 486.17 Korea, South 460,890 1,185.302 388.84 1,075.289 428.62 Taiwan 53,283 29.302 1,818.36 26.583 2,004.40 Japan 1,401,001 812.424 1,724.47 737.019 1,900.90 South Africa 41,812 122.855 340.33 111.453 375.15 CATEGORY TOTAL 17,656,085 26,624.998 663.14 24,153.799 730.99 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 122,933 31.545 3,896.95 28.618 4,295.65 Mexico 313,130 312.871 1,000.83 283.832 1,103.22 Chile 30,190 80.625 374.45 73.142 412.76 Argentina 33,541 38.651 867.78 35.064 956.57 United Kingdom 39,348 36.162 1,088.09 32.806 1,199.41 France 192,606 221.500 869.55 200.942 958.52 Federal Republic of Germany 699,744 905.720 772.58 821.656 851.63 Slovakia 99,353 136.114 729.92 123.481 804.60 Romania 17,595 20.538 856.69 18.632 944.34 China 2,835 3.043 931.50 2.761 1,026.80 Korea, South 37,514 86.138 435.51 78.144 480.06 Japan 66,753 96.244 693.57 87.312 764.53 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,655,542 1,969.157 840.74 1,786.390 926.75 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 921,332 693.363 1,328.79 629.009 1,464.74 Mexico 50,532 78.369 644.79 71.096 710.76 France 2,980 1.642 1,814.37 1.490 2,000.00 India 35,319 40.256 877.35 36.520 967.11 Korea, South 2,195 1.849 1,186.69 1.678 1,308.10 Taiwan 5,992 1.674 3,578.57 1.519 3,944.70 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/03/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 61,549 13.545 4,543.97 12.288 5,008.87 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,079,899 830.701 1,299.98 753.600 1,432.99 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 8,772,207 19,213.426 456.57 17,430.132 503.28 Mexico 1,181,895 1,245.119 949.22 1,129.554 1,046.34 United Kingdom 29,671 40.200 738.08 36.469 813.60 France 38,507 61.125 629.97 55.452 694.42 Federal Republic of Germany 12,990 7.678 1,691.69 6.966 1,864.77 Austria 5,466 3.768 1,450.33 3.419 1,598.71 Turkey 819,539 2,513.685 326.03 2,280.378 359.39 China 7,754 13.569 571.43 12.310 629.89 Korea, South 993,659 3,131.595 317.30 2,840.936 349.76 Japan 199,263 583.121 341.72 528.999 376.68 Australia 2,421 12.468 194.17 11.311 214.04 South Africa 12,226 31.984 382.25 29.016 421.35 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,075,598 26,857.743 449.61 24,364.942 495.61 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 83,349 157.315 529.82 142.714 584.03 Mexico 57,667 87.088 662.17 79.005 729.92 Algeria 3,634 8.270 439.39 7.503 484.34 CATEGORY TOTAL 144,650 252.673 572.48 229.222 631.05 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 10,528,823 18,812.081 559.68 17,066.038 616.95 Mexico 2,223,200 3,600.874 617.41 3,266.659 680.57 Honduras 34,012 90.001 377.90 81.648 416.57 Dominican Republic 46,952 86.566 542.38 78.532 597.87 Trinidad and Tobago 286,745 671.011 427.33 608.732 471.05 Venezuela 382,308 756.001 505.70 685.833 557.44 Ecuador 22,737 42.064 540.53 38.160 595.83 Chile 69,434 157.494 440.87 142.877 485.97 Brazil 846,798 1,955.420 433.05 1,773.928 477.36 Argentina 188,161 508.971 369.69 461.731 407.51 Sweden 453,315 255.750 1,772.49 232.013 1,953.83 Finland 10,180 19.775 514.78 17.940 567.45 United Kingdom 564,269 489.450 1,152.86 444.022 1,270.81 Netherlands 55,780 64.145 869.58 58.192 958.55 Belgium 1,397,145 1,748.972 798.84 1,586.642 880.57 Luxembourg 279,519 190.209 1,469.53 172.555 1,619.88 France 1,771,380 2,080.315 851.50 1,887.231 938.61 Federal Republic of Germany 469,113 454.230 1,032.76 412.071 1,138.43 Austria 236,148 99.599 2,370.98 90.355 2,613.56 Czech Republic 322,517 891.680 361.70 808.919 398.70 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/03/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Belarus 420,837 502.541 837.42 455.898 923.09 Spain 45,034 128.851 349.50 116.892 385.26 Italy 417,980 524.920 796.27 476.200 877.74 Greece 389,467 698.705 557.41 633.855 614.44 Israel 183,353 392.217 467.48 355.814 515.31 India 338,420 755.017 448.23 684.941 494.09 China 1,684,068 3,551.291 474.21 3,221.678 522.73 Korea, South 1,353,828 2,024.086 668.86 1,836.221 737.29 Taiwan 379,814 682.333 556.64 619.003 613.59 Japan 2,466,194 3,809.001 647.46 3,455.469 713.71 Australia 82,140 203.457 403.72 184.574 445.02 New Zealand 20,182 37.868 532.95 34.354 587.47 South Africa 438,609 1,132.195 387.40 1,027.111 427.03 CATEGORY TOTAL 28,408,462 47,417.106 599.12 43,016.088 660.41 BLACK PLATE...........................28 Canada 284,233 854.390 332.67 775.090 366.71 Chile 176,821 458.616 385.55 416.050 425.00 Netherlands 25,724 50.238 512.03 45.576 564.42 France 241,109 284.066 848.78 257.701 935.62 Federal Republic of Germany 509,479 459.475 1,108.83 416.829 1,222.27 Thailand 210,668 458.616 459.36 416.050 506.35 Japan 896,454 1,713.540 523.16 1,554.498 576.68 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,344,488 4,278.944 547.91 3,881.794 603.97 TIN PLATE.............................29 Canada 3,668,830 6,397.092 573.52 5,803.346 632.19 Venezuela 12,993 25.661 506.32 23.280 558.12 Chile 159,263 328.085 485.43 297.634 535.10 Brazil 1,724,929 2,991.321 576.64 2,713.682 635.64 Norway 230,705 498.393 462.90 452.135 510.26 United Kingdom 41,040 64.627 635.02 58.629 699.99 Netherlands 2,236,384 4,889.503 457.38 4,435.684 504.18 France 372,515 760.147 490.06 689.594 540.19 Federal Republic of Germany 4,231,246 7,695.265 549.85 6,981.029 606.11 Korea, South 242,952 647.329 375.31 587.248 413.71 Taiwan 28,438 28.754 988.98 26.086 1,090.16 Japan 87,723 139.305 629.72 126.376 694.14 New Zealand 14,820 20.006 740.74 18.150 816.53 CATEGORY TOTAL 13,051,838 24,485.494 533.04 22,212.873 587.58 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A Canada 1,963,072 3,414.676 574.89 3,097.743 633.71 Netherlands 1,624,706 3,455.743 470.15 3,134.999 518.25 France 26,356 55.187 477.57 50.065 526.44 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/03/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Federal Republic of Germany 26,698 68.144 391.78 61.820 431.87 Korea, South 41,909 110.649 378.75 100.380 417.50 Japan 420,185 627.977 669.11 569.692 737.57 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,102,926 7,732.379 530.62 7,014.699 584.90 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 8,216,756 24,761.181 331.84 22,462.972 365.79 Mexico 6,306,820 20,007.774 315.22 18,150.753 347.47 Venezuela 651,266 2,368.778 274.94 2,148.920 303.07 Sweden 69,089 71.137 971.20 64.535 1,070.57 Netherlands 3,592,799 13,095.814 274.35 11,880.326 302.42 France 2,265,621 7,828.492 289.41 7,101.891 319.02 Federal Republic of Germany 100,571 294.052 342.02 266.760 377.01 Austria 572,750 1,444.909 396.39 1,310.800 436.95 Slovakia 30,880 109.803 281.23 99.612 310.00 Hungary 1,082,953 4,062.429 266.58 3,685.375 293.85 Italy 36,291 146.227 248.18 132.655 273.57 Bulgaria 349,313 1,400.188 249.48 1,270.230 275.00 Turkey 2,988,747 11,910.933 250.92 10,805.420 276.60 Korea, South 19,337,337 63,159.376 306.17 57,297.239 337.49 Japan 115,065 223.548 514.72 202.800 567.38 Australia 5,321,354 19,398.692 274.32 17,598.203 302.38 New Zealand 1,649,781 7,184.203 229.64 6,517.402 253.13 Egypt 9,977,459 29,926.984 333.39 27,149.311 367.50 CATEGORY TOTAL 62,664,852 207,394.527 302.15 188,145.204 333.07 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 8,487,283 19,578.996 433.49 17,761.772 477.84 Mexico 3,211,002 8,918.707 360.03 8,090.918 396.86 El Salvador 1,538,999 4,232.278 363.63 3,839.460 400.84 Venezuela 1,587,529 4,110.964 386.17 3,729.405 425.68 Chile 392,231 1,096.490 357.71 994.720 394.31 Argentina 2,335,786 6,210.932 376.08 5,634.465 414.55 Sweden 21,853 34.961 625.05 31.717 689.00 Finland 43,944 128.860 341.02 116.900 375.91 Netherlands 79,687 254.916 312.60 231.256 344.58 Luxembourg 825,783 1,798.310 459.20 1,631.400 506.18 France 1,832,359 5,447.267 336.38 4,941.679 370.80 Federal Republic of Germany 268,485 797.149 336.81 723.162 371.27 Austria 143,043 376.880 379.55 341.900 418.38 Czech Republic 1,016,600 2,868.543 354.40 2,602.300 390.65 Slovakia 2,390,276 7,039.093 339.57 6,385.760 374.31 Italy 246,229 924.848 266.24 839.009 293.48 Greece 88,928 285.658 311.31 259.145 343.16 Bulgaria 1,789,019 5,975.926 299.37 5,421.271 330.00 Turkey 4,964,074 13,873.415 357.81 12,585.754 394.42 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/03/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE India 226,164 633.718 356.88 574.900 393.40 Thailand 5,154,244 12,297.572 419.13 11,156.173 462.01 China 2,040 2.579 790.88 2.340 871.79 Korea, South 609,961 1,847.551 330.15 1,676.071 363.92 Japan 708,064 1,366.110 518.31 1,239.315 571.33 New Zealand 96,272 328.609 292.97 298.110 322.94 South Africa 505,005 1,258.243 401.36 1,141.460 442.42 CATEGORY TOTAL 38,564,860 101,688.588 379.24 92,250.362 418.05 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 21,778,293 41,433.547 525.62 37,587.893 579.40 Mexico 8,506,986 14,393.921 591.01 13,057.950 651.48 Guatemala 150,416 229.379 655.75 208.090 722.84 Costa Rica 359,637 831.099 432.72 753.961 477.00 Venezuela 920,861 1,927.270 477.81 1,748.391 526.69 Brazil 3,945,305 11,307.334 348.92 10,257.844 384.61 Argentina 1,242,579 2,787.865 445.71 2,529.110 491.31 Sweden 29,713 38.370 774.37 34.809 853.60 Netherlands 87,720 207.896 421.94 188.601 465.11 France 368,664 771.349 477.95 699.757 526.85 Federal Republic of Germany 162,723 411.556 395.38 373.358 435.84 Slovakia 42,437 98.160 432.32 89.050 476.55 Spain 9,893 18.314 540.16 16.615 595.43 Turkey 3,250,910 7,250.472 448.37 6,577.520 494.25 India 11,414,617 26,280.669 434.34 23,841.429 478.77 Indonesia 513,159 1,051.830 487.87 954.205 537.79 Korea, South 4,608,386 8,589.609 536.51 7,792.365 591.40 Taiwan 2,089,769 4,593.429 454.95 4,167.090 501.49 Japan 405,381 552.279 734.01 501.020 809.11 New Zealand 33,577 53.445 628.25 48.485 692.52 South Africa 1,120,698 2,374.038 472.06 2,153.692 520.36 CATEGORY TOTAL 61,041,724 125,201.844 487.55 113,581.235 537.43 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 60,595 99.952 606.24 90.675 668.27 Brazil 845,516 2,093.475 403.88 1,899.170 445.20 Argentina 73,999 168.036 440.38 152.440 485.43 Federal Republic of Germany 693,782 1,553.409 446.62 1,409.230 492.31 India 1,460,587 3,029.823 482.07 2,748.610 531.39 Thailand 1,763,760 3,562.927 495.03 3,232.234 545.68 Korea, South 197,831 479.174 412.86 434.700 455.10 Japan 87,387 111.322 784.99 100.990 865.30 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,183,457 11,098.121 467.06 10,068.049 514.84 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/03/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 9,334,052 12,441.898 750.21 11,287.104 826.97 Mexico 5,272,491 8,972.889 587.60 8,140.071 647.72 Argentina 860,757 1,589.691 541.46 1,442.144 596.86 United Kingdom 194,428 525.578 369.93 476.797 407.78 Belgium 459,134 951.388 482.59 863.085 531.97 Luxembourg 252,731 553.882 456.29 502.474 502.97 Federal Republic of Germany 356,720 174.567 2,043.45 158.365 2,252.52 Austria 13,103 11.496 1,139.79 10.429 1,256.40 Switzerland 51,983 17.696 2,937.47 16.054 3,238.01 Korea, South 2,224,255 5,241.729 424.34 4,755.218 467.75 Taiwan 1,822,050 3,388.118 537.78 3,073.650 592.80 Japan 915,033 614.008 1,490.26 557.019 1,642.73 Australia 5,950 6.702 887.79 6.080 978.62 CATEGORY TOTAL 21,762,687 34,489.646 630.99 31,288.490 695.55 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 2,768,556 7,645.624 362.11 6,935.996 399.16 Mexico 273,252 560.873 487.19 508.816 537.03 United Kingdom 46,746 67.723 690.24 61.438 760.86 Federal Republic of Germany 44,126 102.448 430.71 92.940 474.78 Japan 3,419 4.322 791.04 3.921 871.97 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,136,099 8,380.992 374.19 7,603.111 412.48 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 2,396,387 4,317.889 554.99 3,917.125 611.77 Mexico 531,481 746.211 712.24 676.952 785.11 Brazil 40,971 54.413 752.96 49.363 829.99 Sweden 703,999 194.238 3,624.41 176.210 3,995.23 United Kingdom 1,298,942 882.236 1,472.33 800.352 1,622.96 France 247,937 228.343 1,085.81 207.150 1,196.90 Federal Republic of Germany 1,286,278 793.800 1,620.40 720.124 1,786.19 Austria 404,609 83.756 4,830.75 75.983 5,324.99 Switzerland 107,150 51.111 2,096.38 46.368 2,310.86 Italy 53,982 12.738 4,237.77 11.556 4,671.34 India 152,512 284.105 536.82 257.736 591.74 Korea, South 3,400 0.551 6,168.86 0.500 6,800.00 Taiwan 56,045 37.820 1,481.88 34.310 1,633.49 Japan 236,688 221.846 1,066.90 201.256 1,176.05 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,520,381 7,909.064 950.86 7,174.985 1,048.14 GRAND TOTAL 509,591,762 1,318,616.949 386.46 1,196,229.512 426.00 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/03/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Canada 3,263,048 2,632.845 1,239.36 2,388.478 1,366.16 Sweden 42,967 75.298 570.62 68.310 629.00 Federal Republic of Germany 62,596 4.903 12,766.67 4.448 14,072.84 China 22,275 1.273 17,495.71 1.155 19,285.71 Australia 89,106 5.065 17,592.08 4.595 19,391.95 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,479,992 2,719.385 1,279.70 2,466.986 1,410.62 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 4,352,948 3,325.958 1,308.78 3,017.260 1,442.68 Sweden 6,965,717 5,702.524 1,221.51 5,173.245 1,346.49 United Kingdom 3,015,532 2,777.917 1,085.54 2,520.085 1,196.60 Federal Republic of Germany 28,170 5.433 5,184.70 4.929 5,715.16 Czech Republic 4,690 0.282 16,619.91 0.256 18,320.31 Spain 135,073 82.381 1,639.61 74.735 1,807.36 Italy 141,834 55.080 2,575.04 49.968 2,838.50 India 41,799 47.533 879.35 43.122 969.32 Korea, South 33,985 33.157 1,024.96 30.080 1,129.82 Japan 20,925 0.695 30,083.75 0.631 33,161.65 South Africa 16,445 19.633 837.61 17.811 923.31 CATEGORY TOTAL 14,757,118 12,050.598 1,224.60 10,932.122 1,349.89 WIRE RODS..............................3 Sweden 640,450 325.902 1,965.16 295.654 2,166.21 United Kingdom 495,993 355.165 1,396.51 322.201 1,539.39 France 214,106 148.888 1,438.03 135.069 1,585.16 Federal Republic of Germany 75,093 73.916 1,015.92 67.056 1,119.86 Austria 9,751 4.850 2,010.45 4.400 2,216.14 Spain 178,653 138.844 1,286.71 125.958 1,418.35 Italy 92,275 65.789 1,402.59 59.683 1,546.09 India 404,645 244.748 1,653.31 222.032 1,822.46 China 16,691 19.049 876.21 17.281 965.86 Korea, South 175,588 150.949 1,163.22 136.939 1,282.24 Taiwan 613,145 426.254 1,438.45 386.692 1,585.62 Japan 61,935 28.733 2,155.46 26.067 2,375.99 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,978,325 1,983.092 1,501.86 1,799.032 1,655.52 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Federal Republic of Germany 49,860 10.379 4,803.76 9.416 5,295.24 Italy 8,495 3.405 2,494.83 3.089 2,750.08 India 50,252 23.661 2,123.82 21.465 2,341.11 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/03/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 41,830 12.039 3,474.41 10.922 3,829.88 CATEGORY TOTAL 150,437 49.484 3,040.06 44.892 3,351.09 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 22,797 14.969 1,522.91 13.580 1,678.72 Brazil 194,388 151.033 1,287.06 137.015 1,418.74 Sweden 409,310 197.189 2,075.72 178.887 2,288.09 Netherlands 5,112 2.358 2,167.07 2.140 2,388.79 Belgium 855,578 509.009 1,680.87 461.766 1,852.84 France 930,207 466.684 1,993.23 423.369 2,197.15 Federal Republic of Germany 101,026 54.082 1,867.99 49.063 2,059.11 Austria 20,785 1.767 11,762.84 1.603 12,966.31 Italy 217,856 189.130 1,151.88 171.576 1,269.73 Korea, South 512,590 339.779 1,508.60 308.243 1,662.94 Taiwan 90,833 56.709 1,601.72 51.446 1,765.60 Japan 178,462 108.330 1,647.38 98.276 1,815.93 South Africa 152,023 169.696 895.85 153.946 987.51 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,690,967 2,260.740 1,632.64 2,050.910 1,799.67 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 29,893 21.270 1,405.39 19.296 1,549.18 Sweden 887,940 461.554 1,923.80 418.715 2,120.63 Finland 61,205 39.109 1,564.95 35.480 1,725.06 United Kingdom 4,132 1.624 2,543.07 1.474 2,803.26 Belgium 917,020 591.101 1,551.38 536.238 1,710.10 Federal Republic of Germany 789,293 598.802 1,318.12 543.225 1,452.98 Japan 164,276 208.259 788.80 188.930 869.51 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,853,759 1,921.722 1,485.00 1,743.358 1,636.93 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 390,981 305.710 1,278.93 277.336 1,409.77 Mexico 68,386 37.445 1,826.28 33.970 2,013.13 Trinidad and Tobago 15,413 22.046 699.12 20.000 770.65 Brazil 89,903 53.884 1,668.45 48.883 1,839.15 Sweden 10,448 1.586 6,586.71 1.439 7,260.60 United Kingdom 101,701 46.344 2,194.46 42.043 2,418.98 France 43,448 9.527 4,560.38 8.643 5,026.96 Federal Republic of Germany 207,083 125.937 1,644.33 114.249 1,812.56 Austria 233,877 96.262 2,429.57 87.328 2,678.14 Ukraine 204,238 152.168 1,342.18 138.045 1,479.50 Spain 99,702 72.049 1,383.80 65.362 1,525.38 Portugal 50,801 19.597 2,592.15 17.779 2,857.36 Italy 11,647 4.968 2,344.35 4.507 2,584.20 India 14,499 11.277 1,285.63 10.231 1,417.16 China 30,449 17.019 1,789.05 15.440 1,972.09 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/03/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Korea, South 139,188 17.032 8,171.71 15.452 9,007.77 Taiwan 191,715 95.712 2,003.03 86.829 2,207.96 Japan 2,342 0.201 11,609.99 0.183 12,797.81 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,905,821 1,088.773 1,750.43 987.719 1,929.52 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Italy 2,596 0.977 2,655.08 0.887 2,926.72 India 1,637,324 855.943 1,912.89 776.499 2,108.60 China 208,024 121.275 1,715.31 110.019 1,890.80 Japan 19,510 4.485 4,349.76 4.069 4,794.79 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,867,454 982.681 1,900.37 891.474 2,094.79 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 1,493,914 521.724 2,863.41 473.301 3,156.37 Brazil 77,296 40.190 1,923.25 36.460 2,120.02 Sweden 201,047 88.224 2,278.81 80.036 2,511.96 Denmark 330,035 183.637 1,797.21 166.593 1,981.09 United Kingdom 406,666 214.755 1,893.62 194.823 2,087.36 France 485,095 172.814 2,807.02 156.775 3,094.21 Federal Republic of Germany 740,797 335.008 2,211.28 303.915 2,437.51 Austria 3,394 0.540 6,283.64 0.490 6,926.53 Switzerland 252,719 134.655 1,876.79 122.157 2,068.80 Latvia 35,394 20.989 1,686.30 19.041 1,858.83 Italy 1,886,935 877.393 2,150.61 795.958 2,370.65 Saudi Arabia 92,585 44.393 2,085.56 40.273 2,298.93 India 1,461,925 966.732 1,512.23 877.005 1,666.95 Indonesia 30,124 20.265 1,486.43 18.385 1,638.51 China 28,757 19.299 1,490.06 17.508 1,642.51 Korea, South 24,546 7.999 3,068.45 7.257 3,382.39 Taiwan 782,727 448.753 1,744.23 407.102 1,922.68 Japan 65,634 18.093 3,627.52 16.414 3,998.66 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,399,590 4,115.470 2,040.98 3,733.493 2,249.79 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D Canada 6,249,028 1,352.434 4,620.58 1,226.908 5,093.31 Mexico 124,881 45.299 2,756.79 41.095 3,038.84 Sweden 514,007 130.618 3,935.18 118.495 4,337.79 Norway 7,023 0.310 22,592.77 0.282 24,904.26 Finland 110,216 67.563 1,631.28 61.293 1,798.18 Denmark 6,696 2.023 3,308.56 1.836 3,647.06 United Kingdom 28,653 3.128 9,159.12 2.838 10,096.19 Ireland 101,629 18.041 5,633.06 16.367 6,209.38 Netherlands 37,743 6.791 5,557.52 6.161 6,126.12 France 1,754,102 505.994 3,466.64 459.031 3,821.31 Federal Republic of Germany 975,314 208.282 4,682.64 188.951 5,161.73 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/03/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Austria 620,876 149.511 4,152.68 135.635 4,577.55 Switzerland 9,661 0.288 33,451.58 0.262 36,874.05 Poland 3,116 0.558 5,575.52 0.507 6,145.96 Ukraine 133,082 39.534 3,366.23 35.865 3,710.64 Spain 1,576,830 311.625 5,060.02 282.702 5,577.71 Italy 218,628 93.802 2,330.73 85.096 2,569.19 India 171,241 72.830 2,351.22 66.071 2,591.77 Thailand 66,423 38.123 1,742.31 34.585 1,920.57 Malaysia 185,762 94.438 1,967.02 85.673 2,168.27 Singapore 203,564 92.238 2,206.94 83.677 2,432.74 China 1,896,726 674.334 2,812.74 611.746 3,100.51 Korea, South 1,714,664 654.278 2,620.69 593.552 2,888.82 Taiwan 2,262,850 1,313.599 1,722.63 1,191.678 1,898.88 Japan 1,663,795 366.956 4,534.04 332.897 4,997.93 South Africa 39,813 27.432 1,451.33 24.886 1,599.82 CATEGORY TOTAL 20,676,323 6,270.043 3,297.64 5,688.089 3,635.02 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 93,026 45.554 2,042.10 41.326 2,251.03 Brazil 44,469 12.611 3,526.06 11.441 3,886.81 Sweden 1,202,317 317.568 3,786.01 288.093 4,173.36 Denmark 41,909 2.608 16,068.98 2.366 17,713.02 United Kingdom 24,442 10.048 2,432.36 9.116 2,681.22 Belgium 19,580 2.595 7,542.54 2.355 8,314.23 France 650,989 202.265 3,218.49 183.492 3,547.78 Federal Republic of Germany 315,715 67.428 4,682.23 61.170 5,161.27 Spain 2,614 0.493 5,293.26 0.448 5,834.82 Italy 83,705 18.923 4,423.37 17.167 4,875.92 India 1,193,271 704.012 1,694.96 638.670 1,868.37 Thailand 69,236 39.638 1,746.71 35.959 1,925.42 China 526,226 252.779 2,081.76 229.318 2,294.74 Korea, South 1,278,176 583.171 2,191.77 529.044 2,416.01 Taiwan 473,728 157.297 3,011.67 142.698 3,319.79 Japan 486,164 88.011 5,523.85 79.843 6,089.00 Australia 11,686 2.940 3,973.52 2.668 4,380.06 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,517,253 2,507.949 2,598.64 2,275.174 2,864.51 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 89,912 20.475 4,391.21 18.575 4,840.48 Finland 51,125 40.520 1,261.69 36.760 1,390.78 Federal Republic of Germany 18,417 4.660 3,951.66 4.228 4,355.96 Austria 18,779 1.347 13,941.10 1.222 15,367.43 Italy 14,275 11.554 1,235.46 10.482 1,361.86 Japan 6,084 4.356 1,396.59 3.952 1,539.47 South Africa 100,013 116.372 859.42 105.571 947.35 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/03/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 298,605 199.286 1,498.37 180.790 1,651.67 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 5,757,958 3,531.964 1,630.24 3,204.145 1,797.03 Mexico 9,339,988 6,977.665 1,338.55 6,330.033 1,475.50 Brazil 1,515,569 1,134.007 1,336.47 1,028.755 1,473.21 Sweden 1,009,206 493.818 2,043.68 447.985 2,252.77 Finland 177,348 96.890 1,830.39 87.898 2,017.66 United Kingdom 54,922 13.961 3,933.71 12.666 4,336.18 Belgium 1,572,415 912.690 1,722.84 827.979 1,899.10 France 2,052,045 1,493.947 1,373.57 1,355.287 1,514.10 Federal Republic of Germany 3,388,839 2,483.917 1,364.31 2,253.373 1,503.90 Italy 2,825,119 2,880.532 980.76 2,613.176 1,081.11 Slovenia 3,463 1.735 1,995.92 1.574 2,200.13 India 60,734 39.634 1,532.34 35.956 1,689.12 Thailand 762,936 521.770 1,462.21 473.342 1,611.81 China 633,024 455.124 1,390.88 412.882 1,533.18 Korea, South 137,591 84.937 1,619.91 77.054 1,785.64 Taiwan 2,675,998 1,781.259 1,502.31 1,615.932 1,656.01 Japan 356,671 128.918 2,766.64 116.953 3,049.70 CATEGORY TOTAL 32,323,826 23,032.777 1,403.38 20,894.990 1,546.97 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Finland 26,001 20.604 1,261.92 18.692 1,391.02 Federal Republic of Germany 9,562 1.902 5,025.78 1.726 5,539.98 Japan 8,733 0.585 14,919.86 0.531 16,446.33 CATEGORY TOTAL 44,296 23.092 1,918.21 20.949 2,114.47 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 917,025 424.055 2,162.51 384.697 2,383.76 Mexico 1,634,326 1,198.659 1,363.46 1,087.406 1,502.96 Sweden 1,336,658 287.922 4,642.42 261.199 5,117.39 Finland 1,025,736 600.508 1,708.11 544.772 1,882.87 United Kingdom 31,238 2.681 11,647.61 2.433 12,839.29 Belgium 373,812 272.481 1,371.88 247.191 1,512.24 France 221,634 146.561 1,512.23 132.958 1,666.95 Federal Republic of Germany 1,019,581 169.807 6,004.33 154.047 6,618.64 Austria 9,297 1.966 4,727.63 1.784 5,211.32 India 13,614 5.164 2,636.16 4.685 2,905.87 Indonesia 112,645 56.484 1,994.26 51.242 2,198.29 China 113,935 83.039 1,372.06 75.332 1,512.44 Korea, South 434,798 297.304 1,462.47 269.710 1,612.09 Taiwan 45,244 34.265 1,320.40 31.085 1,455.49 Japan 2,672,960 395.980 6,750.22 359.228 7,440.85 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,962,503 3,976.883 2,505.10 3,607.769 2,761.40 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/03/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE GRAND TOTAL 109,906,269 63,181.983 1,739.52 57,317.747 1,917.49