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RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 29/04/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Canada 3,661,463 3,057.497 1,197.54 2,773.716 1,320.06 Mexico 329,176 712.159 462.22 646.060 509.51 Trinidad and Tobago 54,843 20.899 2,624.09 18.960 2,892.56 Sweden 59,083 44.853 1,317.26 40.690 1,452.03 United Kingdom 183,184 75.283 2,433.26 68.296 2,682.21 Netherlands 4,754 1.726 2,754.00 1.566 3,035.76 Belgium 475,792 628.085 757.53 569.790 835.03 Federal Republic of Germany 451,782 71.255 6,340.30 64.642 6,988.99 Italy 234,531 314.619 745.44 285.418 821.71 China 8,380 3.905 2,145.70 3.543 2,365.23 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,462,988 4,930.285 1,108.05 4,472.681 1,221.41 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 8,265,692 13,563.286 609.42 12,304.410 671.77 Mexico 29,682,228 131,533.659 225.66 119,325.362 248.75 Brazil 48,354,911 213,916.906 226.05 194,062.208 249.17 Argentina 8,447,193 41,007.257 205.99 37,201.169 227.07 Sweden 4,511,733 3,568.411 1,264.35 3,237.209 1,393.71 Finland 1,065,798 5,714.325 186.51 5,183.950 205.60 United Kingdom 4,913,213 4,344.567 1,130.89 3,941.326 1,246.59 Belgium 107,257 326.485 328.52 296.183 362.13 France 429,008 115.494 3,714.53 104.775 4,094.56 Federal Republic of Germany 720,522 1,801.173 400.03 1,633.998 440.96 Switzerland 4,464 16.402 272.16 14.880 300.00 Russia 4,459,802 21,868.240 203.94 19,838.540 224.80 Ukraine 2,080,014 9,665.128 215.21 8,768.060 237.23 Spain 73,996 44.587 1,659.57 40.449 1,829.37 Italy 265,843 606.799 438.11 550.479 482.93 India 19,196 49.466 388.06 44.875 427.77 Korea, South 16,491 1.176 14,020.98 1.067 15,455.48 Taiwan 4,224 2.910 1,451.50 2.640 1,600.00 Japan 357,348 976.061 366.11 885.468 403.57 Australia 21,858 20.712 1,055.31 18.790 1,163.28 South Africa 8,973,827 43,007.843 208.66 39,016.070 230.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 122,774,618 492,150.895 249.47 446,471.908 274.99 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 11,216,685 34,303.857 326.98 31,119.945 360.43 Mexico 401,328 1,453.068 276.19 1,318.202 304.45 Trinidad and Tobago 601,198 2,740.973 219.34 2,486.570 241.78 Venezuela 3,366,034 14,576.461 230.92 13,223.547 254.55 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 29/04/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Argentina 5,710,192 24,989.864 228.50 22,670.430 251.88 Sweden 969,429 478.590 2,025.59 434.170 2,232.83 Finland 23,433 22.337 1,049.06 20.264 1,156.39 United Kingdom 1,503,517 2,292.110 655.95 2,079.368 723.06 Belgium 24,451 85.263 286.77 77.350 316.11 France 983,624 1,082.628 908.55 982.144 1,001.51 Federal Republic of Germany 965,700 2,616.878 369.03 2,373.993 406.78 Czech Republic 54,303 222.236 244.35 201.610 269.35 Spain 3,034,611 6,987.839 434.27 6,339.263 478.70 Italy 1,312,252 3,096.075 423.84 2,808.713 467.21 Turkey 26,866,181 125,845.282 213.49 114,164.952 235.33 India 366,122 284.702 1,285.98 258.278 1,417.55 China 20,539,171 91,276.832 225.02 82,804.973 248.04 Korea, South 227,794 195.146 1,167.30 177.034 1,286.72 Taiwan 753,571 530.185 1,421.34 480.976 1,566.75 Japan 3,865,051 11,932.236 323.92 10,824.746 357.06 Egypt 526,665 1,872.737 281.23 1,698.919 310.00 South Africa 2,907,162 12,347.243 235.45 11,201.234 259.54 CATEGORY TOTAL 86,218,474 339,232.551 254.16 307,746.681 280.16 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 1,976,707 4,608.697 428.91 4,180.941 472.79 Mexico 321,690 1,080.356 297.76 980.083 328.23 Brazil 1,116,234 5,375.789 207.64 4,876.836 228.88 United Kingdom 3,662,487 11,150.954 328.45 10,115.979 362.05 Belgium 13,186 21.083 625.41 19.127 689.39 Luxembourg 1,064,203 2,493.445 426.80 2,262.016 470.47 France 27,389 6.808 4,022.49 6.177 4,434.03 Federal Republic of Germany 1,212,913 1,832.260 661.98 1,662.199 729.70 Austria 18,008 4.069 4,424.86 3.692 4,877.57 Poland 49,114 69.669 704.96 63.203 777.08 Russia 921,933 4,278.976 215.46 3,881.823 237.50 Spain 57,176 122.359 467.28 111.003 515.09 Italy 30,000 17.844 1,681.22 16.188 1,853.22 Turkey 11,337 7.801 1,453.26 7.077 1,601.95 India 189,409 113.719 1,665.57 103.165 1,835.98 China 23,732 34.127 695.39 30.960 766.54 Korea, South 648,166 2,965.876 218.54 2,690.599 240.90 Japan 550,957 1,837.717 299.81 1,667.150 330.48 South Africa 453,076 2,157.925 209.96 1,957.638 231.44 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,347,717 38,179.485 323.41 34,635.856 356.50 STEEL PILING...........................5 Canada 597,173 1,238.784 482.06 1,123.807 531.38 Luxembourg 3,827,042 7,410.459 516.44 6,722.658 569.28 Federal Republic of Germany 60,712 134.309 452.03 121.844 498.28 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 29/04/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Romania 6,212 9.441 657.96 8.565 725.28 Taiwan 3,046 4.629 657.93 4.200 725.24 Japan 126,163 290.064 434.95 263.142 479.45 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,620,348 9,087.689 508.42 8,244.216 560.44 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 8,630,456 22,489.114 383.76 20,401.787 423.02 Mexico 4,648 0.811 5,729.07 0.736 6,315.22 Sweden 3,106,461 5,408.797 574.33 4,906.780 633.10 Finland 7,672 3.429 2,237.20 3.111 2,466.09 United Kingdom 183,013 141.383 1,294.44 128.261 1,426.88 Belgium 1,431,153 1,599.220 894.91 1,450.789 986.47 France 649,600 422.645 1,536.98 383.418 1,694.23 Federal Republic of Germany 1,115,744 1,914.631 582.75 1,736.925 642.37 Austria 9,966 2.244 4,440.57 2.036 4,894.89 Czech Republic 2,144,337 6,447.584 332.58 5,849.152 366.61 Hungary 76,574 281.360 272.16 255.246 300.00 Poland 166,198 369.715 449.53 335.400 495.52 Russia 340,652 1,508.041 225.89 1,368.073 249.00 Ukraine 420,884 1,536.609 273.90 1,393.989 301.93 Spain 13,115 10.297 1,273.57 9.342 1,403.87 Italy 104,264 96.971 1,075.20 87.971 1,185.21 Romania 6,445,097 23,643.229 272.60 21,448.783 300.49 Bulgaria 256,617 1,096.401 234.05 994.639 258.00 Turkey 31,979 114.580 279.10 103.946 307.65 Thailand 10,764 41.630 258.56 37.767 285.01 China 4,624 6.161 750.42 5.590 827.19 Korea, South 67,172 272.033 246.93 246.785 272.19 Taiwan 533,865 406.794 1,312.37 369.038 1,446.64 Japan 2,581,661 5,737.560 449.96 5,205.029 495.99 Australia 40,328 186.213 216.57 168.930 238.73 South Africa 1,201,604 1,907.613 629.90 1,730.558 694.34 CATEGORY TOTAL 29,578,448 75,645.079 391.02 68,624.081 431.02 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 6,253,303 18,409.097 339.69 16,700.457 374.44 Mexico 272,765 924.235 295.12 838.453 325.32 Venezuela 418,663 1,606.370 260.63 1,457.275 287.29 Sweden 932,591 546.726 1,705.77 495.982 1,880.29 Belgium 458,345 301.065 1,522.41 273.122 1,678.17 France 1,791,809 6,323.508 283.36 5,736.592 312.35 Federal Republic of Germany 1,688,975 1,360.156 1,241.75 1,233.914 1,368.79 Hungary 152,829 606.700 251.90 550.390 277.67 Russia 79,772 319.780 249.46 290.100 274.98 Slovenia 9,017 8.532 1,056.72 7.741 1,164.84 Bulgaria 762,768 2,920.760 261.15 2,649.670 287.87 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 29/04/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Turkey 1,889,466 6,706.405 281.74 6,083.950 310.57 Japan 353,943 589.992 599.91 535.232 661.29 New Zealand 46,575 213.264 218.39 193.470 240.73 CATEGORY TOTAL 15,110,821 40,836.596 370.03 37,046.348 407.89 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 France 37,033 72.533 510.57 65.801 562.80 Federal Republic of Germany 2,603 0.826 3,148.54 0.750 3,470.67 India 6,220 1.801 3,453.30 1.634 3,806.61 Japan 10,004,367 24,186.767 413.63 21,941.873 455.95 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,050,223 24,261.929 414.24 22,010.058 456.62 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 Canada 86,732 238.477 363.69 216.343 400.90 France 34,173 8.598 3,974.52 7.800 4,381.15 Federal Republic of Germany 39,413 79.165 497.85 71.818 548.79 Austria 295,890 464.734 636.69 421.600 701.83 Spain 70,005 198.705 352.30 180.263 388.35 China 48,103 76.606 627.93 69.496 692.17 Korea, South 14,798 48.400 305.74 43.908 337.02 Japan 351,599 823.881 426.76 747.413 470.42 CATEGORY TOTAL 940,713 1,938.569 485.26 1,758.641 534.91 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 Canada 331,112 521.178 635.31 472.805 700.31 Brazil 12,107 19.535 619.75 17.722 683.16 China 9,460 21.947 431.04 19.910 475.14 Australia 253,334 409.297 618.95 371.309 682.27 South Africa 2,459 2.074 1,185.32 1.882 1,306.59 CATEGORY TOTAL 608,472 974.032 624.69 883.628 688.61 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 28,583,370 68,752.663 415.74 62,371.385 458.28 Mexico 1,860,169 5,702.305 326.21 5,173.046 359.59 Trinidad and Tobago 144,204 333.630 432.23 302.665 476.45 Colombia 127,737 197.170 647.85 178.870 714.13 Brazil 534,045 1,279.482 417.39 1,160.727 460.10 Argentina 1,547,858 5,347.553 289.45 4,851.220 319.07 Sweden 464,483 233.699 1,987.52 212.009 2,190.86 United Kingdom 3,876,945 9,166.334 422.95 8,315.561 466.23 Netherlands 154,606 233.165 663.07 211.524 730.91 Belgium 56,959 183.074 311.13 166.082 342.96 France 312,249 185.558 1,682.75 168.336 1,854.92 Federal Republic of Germany 528,825 706.725 748.27 641.131 824.83 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 29/04/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Austria 257,813 143.633 1,794.94 130.302 1,978.58 Czech Republic 7,780,111 14,978.974 519.40 13,588.701 572.54 Spain 396,594 517.672 766.11 469.625 844.49 Portugal 228,530 81.544 2,802.52 73.976 3,089.25 Italy 1,166,711 471.083 2,476.65 427.360 2,730.04 Turkey 3,199,980 9,366.398 341.64 8,497.056 376.60 India 142,177 281.920 504.32 255.754 555.91 China 39,419 42.312 931.62 38.385 1,026.94 Korea, South 46,017 43.383 1,060.70 39.357 1,169.22 Taiwan 189,505 103.886 1,824.16 94.244 2,010.79 Japan 6,338,903 11,907.767 532.33 10,802.548 586.80 South Africa 529,457 1,940.890 272.79 1,760.747 300.70 CATEGORY TOTAL 58,506,667 132,200.831 442.56 119,930.611 487.84 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 3,716,042 8,011.381 463.85 7,267.805 511.30 Mexico 609,855 1,990.899 306.32 1,806.114 337.66 Brazil 323,452 1,585.498 204.01 1,438.340 224.88 Argentina 47,448 214.936 220.75 194.987 243.34 United Kingdom 28,964 10.447 2,772.28 9.478 3,055.92 France 69,873 18.161 3,847.28 16.476 4,240.90 Federal Republic of Germany 36,455 54.339 670.87 49.296 739.51 Austria 50,272 7.479 6,721.59 6.785 7,409.29 Italy 13,070 22.603 578.22 20.506 637.37 Turkey 80,577 356.264 226.17 323.198 249.31 India 1,548,636 804.045 1,926.06 729.418 2,123.11 Japan 38,801 11.628 3,336.78 10.549 3,678.17 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,563,445 13,087.685 501.50 11,872.952 552.81 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 Mexico 6,745,779 28,779.324 234.40 26,108.171 258.38 Dominican Republic 1,459,596 5,517.693 264.53 5,005.569 291.59 Brazil 454,663 2,165.311 209.98 1,964.338 231.46 Paraguay 1,351,791 7,158.407 188.84 6,494.000 208.16 Uruguay 959,636 4,852.373 197.77 4,402.000 218.00 Argentina 1,099,317 5,351.664 205.42 4,854.950 226.43 Federal Republic of Germany 67,388 277.512 242.83 251.755 267.67 Romania 2,345,851 11,812.913 198.58 10,716.498 218.90 Bulgaria 126,290 605.266 208.65 549.089 230.00 India 2,829,291 13,573.302 208.45 12,313.496 229.77 Thailand 17,371 60.789 285.76 55.147 314.99 CATEGORY TOTAL 17,456,973 80,154.558 217.79 72,715.013 240.07 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 8,595,191 9,692.975 886.74 8,793.322 977.47 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 29/04/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Mexico 20,967 35.090 597.50 31.834 658.64 Dominican Republic 16,439 29.226 562.47 26.514 620.01 Trinidad and Tobago 105,051 199.516 526.53 180.998 580.40 Colombia 228,539 360.444 634.05 326.990 698.92 Venezuela 8,854 10.805 819.36 9.803 903.19 Brazil 83,511 63.213 1,321.10 57.346 1,456.27 Argentina 40,110 85.634 468.39 77.686 516.31 Sweden 219,354 100.997 2,171.89 91.623 2,394.09 Denmark 297,727 169.514 1,756.35 153.781 1,936.05 United Kingdom 2,232,879 2,817.465 792.51 2,555.962 873.60 Netherlands 7,245 3.083 2,349.86 2.797 2,590.28 Belgium 66,659 100.803 661.28 91.447 728.94 France 2,339,568 2,006.867 1,165.78 1,820.600 1,285.05 Federal Republic of Germany 837,772 588.991 1,422.38 534.324 1,567.91 Austria 115,299 29.983 3,845.36 27.201 4,238.78 Switzerland 448,310 184.728 2,426.86 167.583 2,675.15 Latvia 117,037 52.787 2,217.14 47.888 2,443.97 Russia 29,031 17.641 1,645.62 16.004 1,813.98 Ukraine 395,000 1,295.416 304.92 1,175.182 336.12 Spain 845,687 1,600.939 528.24 1,452.348 582.29 Italy 1,558,372 994.005 1,567.77 901.747 1,728.17 Slovenia 83,609 52.258 1,599.92 47.408 1,763.61 Romania 96,278 42.601 2,259.99 38.647 2,491.22 Saudi Arabia 43,887 21.974 1,997.17 19.935 2,201.50 United Arab Emirates 80,725 36.281 2,224.97 32.914 2,452.60 India 1,712,612 1,092.892 1,567.04 991.456 1,727.37 China 173,669 95.780 1,813.19 86.891 1,998.70 Korea, South 236,104 157.200 1,501.93 142.610 1,655.59 Taiwan 569,839 319.640 1,782.75 289.973 1,965.15 Japan 306,397 223.531 1,370.71 202.784 1,510.95 South Africa 190,426 529.894 359.37 480.712 396.13 CATEGORY TOTAL 22,102,148 23,012.186 960.45 20,876.310 1,058.72 TOOL STEEL............................17 Canada 1,298,518 1,100.190 1,180.27 998.076 1,301.02 Colombia 18,845 26.449 712.48 23.995 785.37 Brazil 1,562,532 1,236.162 1,264.02 1,121.428 1,393.34 Sweden 1,805,473 1,066.981 1,692.13 967.950 1,865.25 United Kingdom 1,242,412 248.184 5,006.01 225.149 5,518.18 Netherlands 96,200 125.774 764.86 114.101 843.11 Belgium 61,369 44.203 1,388.32 40.101 1,530.36 France 2,215,204 1,311.484 1,689.08 1,189.759 1,861.89 Federal Republic of Germany 2,449,065 2,022.376 1,210.98 1,834.670 1,334.88 Austria 1,294,216 591.011 2,189.83 536.157 2,413.88 Hungary 25,433 19.927 1,276.27 18.078 1,406.85 Switzerland 435,286 316.361 1,375.92 286.998 1,516.69 Russia 438,090 289.853 1,511.42 262.951 1,666.05 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 29/04/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Ukraine 76,175 4.667 16,321.40 4.234 17,991.26 Spain 131,288 119.361 1,099.92 108.283 1,212.45 Slovenia 851,133 783.458 1,086.38 710.742 1,197.53 India 30,154 22.525 1,338.65 20.435 1,475.61 China 240,238 175.990 1,365.06 159.656 1,504.72 Korea, South 216,207 298.520 724.26 270.813 798.36 Taiwan 345,395 218.618 1,579.90 198.327 1,741.54 Japan 4,838,247 7,600.187 636.60 6,894.776 701.73 CATEGORY TOTAL 19,671,480 17,622.292 1,116.28 15,986.679 1,230.49 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 16,410,228 32,248.803 508.86 29,255.631 560.93 Mexico 2,944,909 5,139.294 573.02 4,662.291 631.64 Guatemala 186,933 412.466 453.21 374.183 499.58 Dominican Republic 73,412 164.086 447.40 148.857 493.17 Colombia 9,220 37.840 243.66 34.328 268.59 Venezuela 253,805 773.214 328.25 701.449 361.83 Chile 461,942 1,130.532 408.61 1,025.602 450.41 Brazil 44,481 73.745 603.17 66.901 664.88 Argentina 451,549 1,383.855 326.30 1,255.413 359.68 Sweden 36,647 59.969 611.10 54.403 673.62 Norway 5,830 1.510 3,860.50 1.370 4,255.47 United Kingdom 45,195 9.236 4,893.21 8.379 5,393.84 France 38,899 45.621 852.65 41.387 939.88 Federal Republic of Germany 906,047 962.047 941.79 872.755 1,038.15 Czech Republic 337,980 319.842 1,056.71 290.156 1,164.82 Slovakia 10,159 14.980 678.15 13.590 747.53 Poland 6,726 11.641 577.76 10.561 636.87 Ukraine 77,816 195.354 398.33 177.223 439.09 Spain 1,080,829 659.843 1,638.01 598.600 1,805.59 Italy 437,019 457.389 955.46 414.937 1,053.22 Romania 8,888 13.561 655.37 12.303 722.43 Turkey 394,404 946.973 416.49 859.080 459.10 Oman 345,896 995.853 347.34 903.423 382.87 India 2,453,781 6,047.154 405.77 5,485.888 447.29 Thailand 667,803 1,748.873 381.85 1,586.552 420.91 Indonesia 361,336 1,199.402 301.26 1,088.080 332.09 Philippines 1,582,012 4,120.977 383.89 3,738.489 423.17 China 1,438,461 3,742.586 384.35 3,395.218 423.67 Korea, South 1,762,652 4,430.352 397.86 4,019.149 438.56 Taiwan 8,584 3.939 2,178.87 3.574 2,401.79 Japan 2,581,937 1,659.556 1,555.80 1,505.525 1,714.97 South Africa 742,469 2,241.168 331.29 2,033.154 365.18 CATEGORY TOTAL 36,167,849 71,251.675 507.61 64,638.451 559.54 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 29/04/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 553,919 753.812 734.82 683.847 810.00 Mexico 690,262 1,341.307 514.62 1,216.814 567.27 Colombia 1,457,753 2,645.199 551.09 2,399.685 607.48 Venezuela 90,466 248.064 364.69 225.040 402.00 Brazil 380,091 682.522 556.89 619.174 613.87 Sweden 14,101 13.634 1,034.22 12.369 1,140.03 United Kingdom 271,650 32.409 8,381.92 29.401 9,239.48 Federal Republic of Germany 6,074,412 7,461.555 814.09 6,769.011 897.39 Austria 7,840,423 12,355.773 634.56 11,208.972 699.48 Czech Republic 202,883 16.477 12,312.85 14.948 13,572.58 Russia 738,161 2,245.308 328.76 2,036.910 362.39 Ukraine 481,690 1,444.984 333.35 1,310.868 367.46 Spain 1,880,981 3,610.102 521.03 3,275.031 574.34 Italy 2,400 5.070 473.31 4.600 521.74 Romania 932,768 1,554.433 600.07 1,410.159 661.46 India 538,507 1,374.548 391.77 1,246.970 431.85 China 891,560 1,594.085 559.29 1,446.130 616.51 Korea, South 1,636,485 4,342.527 376.85 3,939.476 415.41 Japan 10,309,241 4,354.567 2,367.45 3,950.398 2,609.67 South Africa 82,730 44.560 1,856.56 40.425 2,046.51 CATEGORY TOTAL 35,070,483 46,120.943 760.40 41,840.228 838.20 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 1,141,813 1,775.742 643.01 1,610.927 708.79 Brazil 190,121 353.710 537.50 320.881 592.50 Argentina 152,631 438.236 348.28 397.562 383.92 United Kingdom 16,360 19.678 831.37 17.852 916.42 France 2,579 3.373 764.59 3.060 842.81 Federal Republic of Germany 1,083,361 2,649.792 408.85 2,403.852 450.68 Czech Republic 38,595 68.497 563.45 62.140 621.10 Italy 728,464 877.503 830.16 796.058 915.09 Korea, South 2,119,926 6,346.752 334.02 5,757.679 368.19 Japan 4,640,450 10,360.712 447.89 9,399.083 493.71 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,114,300 22,894.000 441.79 20,769.094 486.99 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 2,661,532 4,184.615 636.03 3,796.220 701.10 Mexico 1,513,362 3,456.468 437.83 3,135.656 482.63 Colombia 483,430 1,407.938 343.36 1,277.261 378.49 Brazil 66,380 214.841 308.97 194.901 340.58 Argentina 961,973 2,024.814 475.09 1,836.881 523.70 United Kingdom 8,240 22.046 373.76 20.000 412.00 France 325,325 551.035 590.39 499.891 650.79 Federal Republic of Germany 690,906 640.728 1,078.31 581.259 1,188.64 Austria 861,379 1,594.889 540.09 1,446.860 595.34 Czech Republic 5,772 12.125 476.02 11.000 524.73 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 29/04/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Slovakia 345,621 982.261 351.86 891.093 387.86 Italy 1,328,291 2,628.901 505.26 2,384.900 556.96 Romania 1,475,675 3,474.873 424.67 3,152.353 468.12 China 114,284 274.048 417.02 248.613 459.69 Korea, South 1,159,397 3,491.156 332.10 3,167.125 366.07 Japan 3,310,760 5,496.258 602.37 4,986.123 663.99 CATEGORY TOTAL 15,312,327 30,457.002 502.75 27,630.136 554.19 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Canada 43,808 91.331 479.66 82.855 528.73 Mexico 304,989 644.392 473.30 584.583 521.72 Venezuela 63,199 195.141 323.86 177.029 357.00 Argentina 45,940 127.864 359.29 115.997 396.04 Norway 6,301 0.176 35,726.08 0.160 39,381.25 Denmark 6,855 5.416 1,265.52 4.914 1,394.99 United Kingdom 3,994 0.066 60,388.28 0.060 66,566.67 Federal Republic of Germany 17,985 1.868 9,625.79 1.695 10,610.62 Greece 1,413,552 3,058.279 462.21 2,774.425 509.49 Korea, South 2,723,358 8,327.537 327.03 7,554.617 360.49 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,629,981 12,452.074 371.82 11,296.335 409.87 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 8,484,745 10,090.912 840.83 9,154.324 926.86 Mexico 7,627,580 14,614.007 521.94 13,257.608 575.34 Dominican Republic 159,058 371.692 427.93 337.194 471.71 Brazil 210,832 260.514 809.29 236.335 892.09 Argentina 354,047 669.239 529.03 607.124 583.15 Sweden 740,284 487.627 1,518.14 442.368 1,673.46 Denmark 3,713 7.722 480.78 7.006 529.97 United Kingdom 243,731 176.000 1,384.83 159.665 1,526.51 Netherlands 160,174 163.264 981.07 148.111 1,081.45 Belgium 83,166 57.216 1,453.53 51.906 1,602.24 France 708,403 836.494 846.87 758.855 933.52 Federal Republic of Germany 2,739,240 3,051.637 897.63 2,768.400 989.47 Austria 104,809 64.973 1,613.10 58.943 1,778.14 Czech Republic 123,612 264.686 467.01 240.120 514.79 Slovakia 10,377 23.851 435.06 21.638 479.57 Switzerland 237,403 150.946 1,572.77 136.936 1,733.68 Poland 27,297 13.227 2,063.62 12.000 2,274.75 Spain 1,136,992 1,830.634 621.09 1,660.724 684.64 Italy 828,880 966.828 857.32 877.092 945.03 Romania 78,633 110.414 712.16 100.166 785.03 Turkey 2,824,101 3,579.644 788.93 3,247.400 869.65 Saudi Arabia 20,122 26.054 772.31 23.636 851.33 India 774,755 816.063 949.38 740.321 1,046.51 China 301,796 599.843 503.12 544.169 554.60 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 29/04/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Korea, South 1,237,898 2,698.729 458.70 2,448.247 505.63 Taiwan 100,259 54.403 1,842.88 49.354 2,031.43 Japan 5,323,848 3,967.808 1,341.76 3,599.536 1,479.04 Australia 39,708 96.151 412.97 87.227 455.23 South Africa 251,778 689.703 365.05 625.689 402.40 CATEGORY TOTAL 34,937,241 46,740.294 747.48 42,402.094 823.95 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 98,356 33.209 2,961.70 30.127 3,264.71 Mexico 336,880 380.597 885.14 345.272 975.69 Argentina 247,989 193.237 1,283.34 175.302 1,414.64 Sweden 97,713 102.803 950.48 93.262 1,047.73 United Kingdom 19,655 18.020 1,090.70 16.348 1,202.29 France 689,237 814.306 846.41 738.727 933.01 Federal Republic of Germany 3,535,694 2,618.975 1,350.03 2,375.895 1,488.15 Slovakia 190,949 895.424 213.25 812.316 235.07 Spain 115,418 30.804 3,746.84 27.945 4,130.18 Italy 383,704 313.823 1,222.67 284.696 1,347.77 Romania 12,631 22.161 569.94 20.105 628.25 India 24,024 22.982 1,045.34 20.849 1,152.29 China 19,183 20.724 925.62 18.801 1,020.32 Korea, South 36,343 62.082 585.40 56.320 645.29 Japan 218,923 286.034 765.37 259.486 843.68 South Africa 61,256 160.008 382.83 145.157 422.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,087,955 5,975.195 1,018.87 5,420.608 1,123.11 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D Canada 7,436,538 1,443.719 5,150.96 1,309.721 5,677.96 Mexico 182,106 74.782 2,435.13 67.842 2,684.27 Brazil 35,504 21.676 1,637.87 19.665 1,805.44 Sweden 659,820 185.740 3,552.38 168.501 3,915.82 Norway 67,598 23.819 2,837.89 21.609 3,128.23 Finland 99,453 55.880 1,779.74 50.694 1,961.83 Denmark 3,188 1.159 2,749.15 1.052 3,030.42 United Kingdom 159,830 23.177 6,896.00 21.026 7,601.54 Ireland 124,289 23.805 5,221.02 21.596 5,755.19 Netherlands 23,751 1.469 16,163.95 1.333 17,817.70 France 2,441,457 568.685 4,293.16 515.903 4,732.40 Federal Republic of Germany 540,081 155.730 3,468.06 141.276 3,822.88 Austria 723,461 174.086 4,155.75 157.929 4,580.93 Czech Republic 939,133 72.803 12,899.61 66.046 14,219.38 Switzerland 22,551 0.202 111,184.40 0.184 122,559.78 Spain 2,013,346 459.879 4,377.98 417.196 4,825.90 Italy 392,820 219.704 1,787.94 199.313 1,970.87 India 144,800 47.312 3,060.52 42.921 3,373.64 Thailand 180,868 104.359 1,733.13 94.673 1,910.45 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 29/04/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Malaysia 218,547 127.534 1,713.64 115.697 1,888.96 Singapore 197,057 90.982 2,165.88 82.538 2,387.47 Indonesia 4,104 0.723 5,675.44 0.656 6,256.10 China 2,032,709 866.103 2,346.96 785.716 2,587.08 Korea, South 1,461,870 538.651 2,713.94 488.657 2,991.61 Hong Kong 32,144 7.083 4,537.90 6.426 5,002.18 Taiwan 3,088,901 1,680.033 1,838.60 1,524.101 2,026.70 Japan 1,417,074 286.134 4,952.47 259.577 5,459.17 Australia 2,459 0.209 11,740.88 0.190 12,942.11 South Africa 468,108 324.149 1,444.11 294.064 1,591.86 CATEGORY TOTAL 25,113,567 7,579.602 3,313.31 6,876.102 3,652.30 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 1,574,044 842.969 1,867.26 764.729 2,058.30 Mexico 65,025 88.452 735.14 80.243 810.35 United Kingdom 5,328 2.096 2,541.26 1.902 2,801.26 France 4,377 2.412 1,813.96 2.189 1,999.54 Federal Republic of Germany 47,949 4.817 9,953.92 4.370 10,972.31 India 96,799 97.265 995.20 88.238 1,097.02 Vietnam 43,776 63.647 687.79 57.740 758.16 Taiwan 10,413 2.543 4,094.72 2.307 4,513.65 Japan 200,388 34.805 5,757.37 31.575 6,346.41 South Africa 11,559 40.821 283.16 37.033 312.13 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,059,658 1,179.832 1,745.72 1,070.326 1,924.33 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 10,900,581 24,282.909 448.90 22,029.091 494.83 Mexico 1,530,162 1,764.737 867.08 1,600.943 955.79 Brazil 2,700 0.486 5,554.19 0.441 6,122.45 Finland 509,885 245.806 2,074.33 222.992 2,286.56 United Kingdom 38,709 50.211 770.92 45.551 849.79 Netherlands 10,622 2.369 4,481.92 2.150 4,940.47 Belgium 2,324 2.157 1,077.31 1.957 1,187.53 France 9,567 21.195 451.38 19.228 497.56 Federal Republic of Germany 37,823 25.420 1,487.90 23.061 1,640.13 Austria 110,743 143.325 772.67 130.023 851.72 Switzerland 72,819 18.943 3,844.07 17.185 4,237.36 Ukraine 2,400 1.224 1,959.72 1.111 2,160.22 Italy 79,980 62.870 1,272.14 57.035 1,402.30 Turkey 1,310,855 5,075.473 258.27 4,604.393 284.70 Korea, South 1,164,012 3,661.633 317.89 3,321.779 350.42 Taiwan 477,281 263.348 1,812.35 238.906 1,997.78 Japan 338,702 367.672 921.21 333.547 1,015.46 CATEGORY TOTAL 16,599,165 35,989.785 461.22 32,649.393 508.41 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 29/04/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 148,331 287.433 516.05 260.755 568.85 Mexico 81,678 93.471 873.83 84.796 963.23 Netherlands 8,395 24.493 342.75 22.220 377.81 Korea, South 5,007 8.491 589.68 7.703 650.01 South Africa 19,638 64.609 303.95 58.613 335.05 CATEGORY TOTAL 263,049 478.498 549.74 434.087 605.98 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 13,136,536 23,566.231 557.43 21,378.932 614.46 Mexico 3,265,533 4,696.038 695.38 4,260.176 766.53 Honduras 74,091 158.344 467.91 143.648 515.78 Dominican Republic 522,477 1,797.247 290.71 1,630.436 320.45 Trinidad and Tobago 322,333 751.457 428.94 681.711 472.83 Colombia 50,366 35.818 1,406.15 32.494 1,550.01 Venezuela 419,511 910.893 460.55 826.349 507.67 Ecuador 62,096 126.557 490.65 114.811 540.85 Chile 83,707 171.379 488.43 155.473 538.40 Brazil 987,347 2,054.647 480.54 1,863.945 529.71 Argentina 233,775 668.797 349.55 606.723 385.31 Sweden 1,938,847 736.218 2,633.52 667.886 2,902.96 Finland 10,573 18.697 565.48 16.962 623.33 Denmark 61,816 1.333 46,345.91 1.210 51,087.60 United Kingdom 1,026,638 791.716 1,296.72 718.233 1,429.39 Netherlands 90,610 86.151 1,051.76 78.155 1,159.36 Belgium 1,499,318 1,908.504 785.60 1,731.367 865.97 Luxembourg 117,261 136.233 860.74 123.589 948.80 France 2,370,233 1,926.161 1,230.55 1,747.385 1,356.45 Federal Republic of Germany 1,224,681 957.613 1,278.89 868.733 1,409.73 Austria 691,527 216.369 3,196.05 196.287 3,523.04 Czech Republic 201,748 506.484 398.33 459.475 439.08 Switzerland 273,778 72.999 3,750.41 66.224 4,134.12 Russia 334,448 967.098 345.83 877.337 381.21 Belarus 296,020 389.965 759.09 353.771 836.76 Spain 106,833 228.514 467.51 207.305 515.34 Italy 1,927,227 2,278.407 845.87 2,066.937 932.41 Greece 135,052 229.285 589.01 208.004 649.28 Turkey 46,674 84.797 550.42 76.927 606.73 Israel 440,255 1,001.485 439.60 908.533 484.58 India 1,556,347 1,232.993 1,262.25 1,118.553 1,391.39 Thailand 144,429 75.097 1,923.23 68.127 2,120.00 China 2,664,313 5,485.452 485.71 4,976.320 535.40 Korea, South 3,688,385 3,369.874 1,094.52 3,057.100 1,206.50 Hong Kong 32,610 6.748 4,832.29 6.122 5,326.69 Taiwan 1,323,601 1,946.466 680.00 1,765.805 749.57 Japan 8,034,411 9,596.749 837.20 8,706.027 922.86 Australia 148,274 322.408 459.90 292.484 506.95 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 29/04/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE South Africa 1,126,139 2,957.842 380.73 2,683.310 419.68 CATEGORY TOTAL 50,669,820 72,469.084 699.19 65,742.866 770.73 BLACK PLATE...........................28 Canada 169,743 444.657 381.74 403.387 420.79 Chile 188,944 512.541 368.64 464.970 406.36 Norway 10,648 18.474 576.35 16.760 635.32 Netherlands 22,332 40.878 546.31 37.084 602.20 Belgium 21,421 21.637 990.01 19.629 1,091.29 France 120,657 134.680 895.88 122.180 987.53 Federal Republic of Germany 565,903 508.675 1,112.50 461.463 1,226.32 Japan 2,478,358 3,506.850 706.72 3,181.362 779.02 South Africa 77,509 223.989 346.04 203.200 381.44 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,655,515 5,412.385 675.40 4,910.035 744.50 TIN PLATE.............................29 Canada 6,271,432 10,102.376 620.79 9,164.724 684.30 Venezuela 213,546 425.062 502.39 385.610 553.79 Brazil 1,944,052 3,399.028 571.94 3,083.548 630.46 Norway 122,015 292.375 417.32 265.239 460.02 Netherlands 1,124,436 2,473.898 454.52 2,244.284 501.02 Belgium 14,401 33.289 432.60 30.200 476.85 France 225,989 448.682 503.67 407.038 555.20 Federal Republic of Germany 5,006,901 9,441.750 530.29 8,565.414 584.55 Korea, South 25,350 69.971 362.29 63.477 399.36 Taiwan 46,350 104.377 444.06 94.690 489.49 Japan 44,204 73.132 604.43 66.345 666.27 CATEGORY TOTAL 15,038,676 26,863.946 559.81 24,370.569 617.08 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A Canada 1,842,942 2,994.398 615.46 2,716.473 678.43 United Kingdom 32,187 60.714 530.14 55.079 584.38 Netherlands 90,448 226.657 399.05 205.620 439.88 Federal Republic of Germany 1,253,619 2,689.078 466.19 2,439.492 513.89 Japan 837,846 1,366.651 613.06 1,239.806 675.79 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,057,042 7,337.500 552.92 6,656.470 609.49 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 13,943,743 41,826.295 333.37 37,944.188 367.48 Mexico 2,230,909 7,353.535 303.38 6,671.017 334.42 Venezuela 236,143 922.601 255.95 836.970 282.14 Brazil 243,799 107.464 2,268.65 97.490 2,500.76 Sweden 147,301 146.616 1,004.67 133.008 1,107.46 Finland 25,823 20.183 1,279.42 18.310 1,410.32 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 29/04/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Netherlands 2,618,753 9,586.523 273.17 8,696.750 301.12 Belgium 10,137 25.298 400.70 22.950 441.70 France 2,677,715 7,463.906 358.76 6,771.144 395.46 Federal Republic of Germany 91,208 277.299 328.92 251.562 362.57 Austria 2,001,111 3,974.814 503.45 3,605.892 554.96 Hungary 421,530 1,629.904 258.62 1,478.625 285.08 Russia 575,327 2,282.224 252.09 2,070.400 277.88 Italy 64,700 58.145 1,112.72 52.749 1,226.56 Bulgaria 3,354,186 12,134.627 276.41 11,008.352 304.69 Turkey 9,074,125 29,021.333 312.67 26,327.718 344.66 Korea, South 19,467,792 62,988.588 309.07 57,142.302 340.69 Japan 1,900,850 3,226.817 589.08 2,927.320 649.35 Australia 8,727,904 32,839.766 265.77 29,791.743 292.96 New Zealand 1,373,177 6,211.943 221.05 5,635.382 243.67 South Africa 64,287 62.406 1,030.14 56.614 1,135.53 CATEGORY TOTAL 69,250,520 222,160.294 311.71 201,540.486 343.61 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 16,978,076 27,071.163 627.16 24,558.553 691.33 Mexico 9,222,377 9,192.959 1,003.20 8,339.715 1,105.84 Dominican Republic 105,621 182.600 578.43 165.652 637.61 Colombia 16,194 43.535 371.97 39.495 410.03 Venezuela 968,890 2,697.955 359.12 2,447.545 395.86 Chile 1,055,906 3,055.859 345.53 2,772.230 380.89 Brazil 491,823 331.792 1,482.32 300.997 1,633.98 Argentina 455,813 1,264.981 360.33 1,147.572 397.20 Sweden 4,828,050 7,041.445 685.66 6,387.894 755.81 Norway 47,998 83.455 575.13 75.710 633.97 Finland 277,351 149.138 1,859.69 135.296 2,049.96 United Kingdom 297,634 45.540 6,535.54 41.314 7,204.19 Netherlands 731,325 1,702.564 429.54 1,544.541 473.49 Belgium 2,249,710 2,782.277 808.59 2,524.040 891.31 Luxembourg 588,633 1,003.510 586.57 910.370 646.59 France 3,172,025 3,513.367 902.84 3,187.274 995.22 Federal Republic of Germany 3,715,043 3,148.765 1,179.84 2,856.513 1,300.55 Austria 283,842 697.956 406.68 633.176 448.28 Czech Republic 804,679 2,240.259 359.19 2,032.330 395.94 Poland 3,089,848 9,082.535 340.20 8,239.540 375.00 Italy 4,162,787 4,263.218 976.44 3,867.528 1,076.34 Bulgaria 2,333,494 7,291.189 320.04 6,614.458 352.79 Turkey 3,192,193 8,241.527 387.33 7,476.590 426.96 India 568,096 1,541.300 368.58 1,398.245 406.29 Thailand 4,138,902 8,978.550 460.98 8,145.206 508.14 China 1,132,011 835.184 1,355.40 757.667 1,494.07 Korea, South 1,109,044 3,090.358 358.87 2,803.527 395.59 Hong Kong 2,880 0.272 10,577.70 0.247 11,659.92 Taiwan 2,923,688 1,947.382 1,501.34 1,766.636 1,654.95 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 29/04/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 5,415,503 7,533.689 718.84 6,834.450 792.38 South Africa 4,810,752 9,517.684 505.45 8,634.301 557.17 CATEGORY TOTAL 79,170,188 128,572.025 615.77 116,638.612 678.76 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 25,311,651 47,605.359 531.70 43,186.868 586.10 Mexico 9,861,849 17,450.143 565.14 15,830.508 622.96 Guatemala 97,622 165.142 591.14 149.815 651.62 Dominican Republic 8,710 43.541 200.04 39.500 220.51 Colombia 317,933 657.983 483.19 596.913 532.63 Venezuela 2,423,705 4,947.627 489.87 4,488.413 539.99 Brazil 495,899 1,016.214 487.99 921.895 537.91 Argentina 2,133,995 4,783.199 446.14 4,339.247 491.79 Sweden 43,790 54.885 797.85 49.791 879.48 United Kingdom 59,893 46.029 1,301.20 41.757 1,434.32 Belgium 310,182 677.072 458.12 614.230 504.99 France 1,024,535 1,620.956 632.06 1,470.507 696.72 Federal Republic of Germany 1,631,637 4,038.217 404.05 3,663.410 445.39 Estonia 6,696,699 17,920.968 373.68 16,257.634 411.91 Poland 120,251 276.437 435.00 250.780 479.51 Spain 1,863,930 3,340.971 557.90 3,030.879 614.98 Italy 124,097 185.182 670.13 167.995 738.69 Bulgaria 2,327,322 5,786.140 402.22 5,249.100 443.38 Turkey 2,140,850 4,957.417 431.85 4,497.295 476.03 India 10,936,597 24,023.657 455.24 21,793.902 501.82 Indonesia 1,453,244 2,795.207 519.91 2,535.770 573.10 Korea, South 2,665,239 4,798.552 555.43 4,353.175 612.25 Taiwan 1,035,801 2,031.461 509.88 1,842.911 562.05 Japan 760,593 1,161.713 654.72 1,053.889 721.70 Tunisia 2,997,832 7,123.265 420.85 6,462.120 463.91 South Africa 3,631,486 7,771.909 467.26 7,050.560 515.06 CATEGORY TOTAL 80,475,342 165,279.259 486.91 149,938.864 536.72 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 2,061,408 1,813.712 1,136.57 1,645.373 1,252.85 Argentina 1,079,233 2,272.030 475.01 2,061.152 523.61 Federal Republic of Germany 873,543 1,947.827 448.47 1,767.040 494.35 Spain 46,695 36.109 1,293.15 32.758 1,425.45 Thailand 2,381,160 4,763.675 499.86 4,321.535 551.00 Korea, South 627,065 1,560.795 401.76 1,415.930 442.86 Japan 515,505 823.199 626.22 746.794 690.29 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,584,609 13,217.350 573.84 11,990.582 632.55 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 Canada 10,717,960 12,759.518 840.00 11,575.244 925.94 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 29/04/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Mexico 2,232,003 3,710.975 601.46 3,366.541 663.00 Chile 79,569 177.190 449.06 160.745 495.00 Argentina 463,846 882.834 525.41 800.894 579.16 Finland 65,116 129.466 502.96 117.450 554.41 United Kingdom 316,242 813.885 388.56 738.345 428.31 Belgium 131,569 123.937 1,061.58 112.434 1,170.19 Luxembourg 726,078 1,725.450 420.80 1,565.303 463.86 France 27,520 11.395 2,414.95 10.338 2,662.02 Federal Republic of Germany 269,825 130.228 2,071.94 118.141 2,283.92 Austria 19,214 15.704 1,223.46 14.247 1,348.63 Switzerland 66,166 16.878 3,920.12 15.312 4,321.19 Italy 303,333 499.017 607.86 452.701 670.05 Korea, South 2,002,030 4,503.645 444.54 4,085.640 490.02 Taiwan 352,106 705.782 498.89 640.275 549.93 Japan 1,950,287 1,714.635 1,137.44 1,555.492 1,253.81 CATEGORY TOTAL 19,722,864 27,920.547 706.39 25,329.102 778.66 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 Sweden 19,323 36.963 522.75 33.533 576.24 United Kingdom 1,004,511 1,600.576 627.59 1,452.019 691.80 France 2,111,738 1,961.649 1,076.51 1,779.579 1,186.65 Federal Republic of Germany 1,030,214 1,282.596 803.23 1,163.552 885.40 Russia 1,153,597 1,596.168 722.73 1,448.020 796.67 Italy 65,853 136.510 482.40 123.840 531.76 Korea, South 233,965 546.338 428.24 495.630 472.06 Japan 1,207,739 2,410.096 501.12 2,186.403 552.39 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,826,940 9,570.899 713.30 8,682.576 786.28 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 2,136,610 5,907.561 361.67 5,359.251 398.68 Mexico 189,268 401.156 471.81 363.923 520.08 Finland 30,176 23.391 1,290.07 21.220 1,422.05 United Kingdom 12,403 17.883 693.53 16.224 764.48 France 4,357 7.921 550.04 7.186 606.32 Federal Republic of Germany 570,890 834.475 684.13 757.024 754.12 Thailand 3,895 2.238 1,739.78 2.031 1,917.77 Japan 59,528 37.521 1,586.50 34.039 1,748.82 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,007,127 7,232.150 415.80 6,560.898 458.34 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 2,962,915 4,491.824 659.62 4,074.916 727.11 Mexico 1,377,517 1,411.663 975.81 1,280.640 1,075.65 Brazil 238,798 232.192 1,028.45 210.642 1,133.67 Sweden 3,405,743 920.536 3,699.74 835.097 4,078.26 Finland 553,652 367.358 1,507.12 333.262 1,661.31 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 29/04/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Denmark 12,247 2.729 4,487.19 2.476 4,946.28 United Kingdom 1,258,007 705.520 1,783.09 640.038 1,965.52 Belgium 565,008 320.466 1,763.08 290.722 1,943.46 France 2,615,304 892.844 2,929.18 809.975 3,228.87 Federal Republic of Germany 3,998,258 2,740.909 1,458.73 2,486.512 1,607.98 Austria 192,386 60.752 3,166.70 55.114 3,490.69 Switzerland 173,312 131.187 1,321.11 119.011 1,456.27 Spain 10,141 18.076 561.00 16.399 618.39 Italy 90,839 26.025 3,490.38 23.610 3,847.48 India 65,629 131.766 498.07 119.537 549.03 Thailand 8,846 5.299 1,669.08 4.808 1,839.85 Indonesia 122,282 58.418 2,093.22 52.996 2,307.38 China 91,710 68.938 1,330.32 62.540 1,466.42 Korea, South 318,343 247.791 1,284.72 224.793 1,416.16 Taiwan 156,026 112.618 1,385.44 102.166 1,527.18 Japan 3,387,190 991.568 3,415.99 899.536 3,765.49 CATEGORY TOTAL 21,604,153 13,938.491 1,549.96 12,644.790 1,708.54 GRAND TOTAL 959,431,906 2,274,407.509 421.84 2,063,308.367 465.00 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 29/04/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Mexico 329,176 712.159 462.22 646.060 509.51 Belgium 108,056 325.887 331.57 295.640 365.50 Federal Republic of Germany 393,432 30.524 12,889.23 27.691 14,207.94 Italy 234,531 314.619 745.44 285.418 821.71 China 4,680 0.100 46,655.23 0.091 51,428.57 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,069,875 1,383.290 773.43 1,254.900 852.56 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 549,358 523.101 1,050.19 474.550 1,157.64 Mexico 9,240,615 37,628.993 245.57 34,136.458 270.70 Brazil 8,238,448 36,663.480 224.70 33,260.559 247.69 Finland 166,336 811.300 205.02 736.000 226.00 United Kingdom 59,514 38.557 1,543.50 34.979 1,701.42 France 429,008 115.494 3,714.53 104.775 4,094.56 Federal Republic of Germany 635,930 1,510.160 421.10 1,369.995 464.18 Italy 103,210 54.208 1,903.95 49.177 2,098.75 Japan 197,115 643.485 306.32 583.760 337.66 South Africa 1,593,967 7,639.224 208.66 6,930.190 230.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 21,213,501 85,628.006 247.74 77,680.443 273.09 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 85,160 226.102 376.64 205.117 415.18 United Kingdom 1,608,045 3,598.169 446.91 3,264.205 492.63 Korea, South 6,731 2.084 3,229.12 1.891 3,559.49 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,699,936 3,826.356 444.27 3,471.213 489.72 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 4,141,641 9,074.777 456.39 8,232.502 503.08 Sweden 3,059,049 5,382.951 568.28 4,883.333 626.43 United Kingdom 64,368 15.432 4,170.98 14.000 4,597.71 Belgium 507,264 407.786 1,243.94 369.938 1,371.21 France 383,229 351.836 1,089.22 319.181 1,200.66 Federal Republic of Germany 694,976 1,514.693 458.82 1,374.107 505.77 Poland 166,198 369.715 449.53 335.400 495.52 Spain 13,115 10.297 1,273.57 9.342 1,403.87 Japan 2,057,967 5,429.211 379.05 4,925.299 417.84 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,087,807 22,556.702 491.55 20,463.102 541.84 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 29/04/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 1,023,718 2,727.034 375.40 2,473.925 413.80 France 129,241 218.202 592.30 197.950 652.90 Japan 156,907 253.090 619.96 229.600 683.39 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,309,866 3,198.327 409.55 2,901.475 451.45 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 France 37,033 72.533 510.57 65.801 562.80 India 6,220 1.801 3,453.30 1.634 3,806.61 Japan 812,194 1,839.009 441.65 1,668.322 486.83 CATEGORY TOTAL 855,447 1,913.344 447.10 1,735.757 492.84 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 13,611,361 34,003.767 400.29 30,847.708 441.24 Mexico 1,372,959 4,524.337 303.46 4,104.411 334.51 Trinidad and Tobago 58,856 251.955 233.60 228.570 257.50 Colombia 127,737 197.170 647.85 178.870 714.13 Brazil 318,091 820.619 387.62 744.454 427.28 Sweden 453,058 230.440 1,966.05 209.052 2,167.20 United Kingdom 665,748 965.272 689.70 875.681 760.26 Netherlands 154,606 233.165 663.07 211.524 730.91 Belgium 54,606 182.476 299.25 165.540 329.87 France 219,553 171.903 1,277.19 155.948 1,407.86 Federal Republic of Germany 156,549 264.304 592.31 239.773 652.91 Austria 71,793 43.712 1,642.40 39.655 1,810.44 Czech Republic 4,340,408 7,879.961 550.82 7,148.583 607.17 Spain 223,494 390.758 571.95 354.490 630.47 Italy 937,363 297.972 3,145.81 270.316 3,467.66 Turkey 1,836,820 4,632.985 396.47 4,202.975 437.03 China 37,343 37.164 1,004.81 33.715 1,107.61 Korea, South 34,246 27.647 1,238.68 25.081 1,365.42 Taiwan 4,002 2.749 1,455.72 2.494 1,604.65 Japan 5,573,642 10,335.118 539.29 9,375.864 594.47 CATEGORY TOTAL 30,252,235 65,493.481 461.91 59,414.704 509.17 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 197,129 443.869 444.11 402.672 489.55 Mexico 237,834 764.465 311.11 693.512 342.94 Austria 50,272 7.479 6,721.59 6.785 7,409.29 CATEGORY TOTAL 485,235 1,215.814 399.10 1,102.969 439.94 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 1,236,913 937.275 1,319.69 850.282 1,454.71 Colombia 228,539 360.444 634.05 326.990 698.92 Brazil 20,526 18.357 1,118.10 16.654 1,232.50 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 29/04/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE United Kingdom 650,851 773.317 841.63 701.542 927.74 Belgium 60,008 85.133 704.87 77.232 776.98 France 533,053 1,120.365 475.78 1,016.379 524.46 Federal Republic of Germany 17,233 15.511 1,110.97 14.072 1,224.63 Austria 38,624 6.110 6,321.33 5.543 6,968.07 Switzerland 28,079 21.448 1,309.12 19.458 1,443.06 Ukraine 329,372 1,003.751 328.14 910.588 361.71 Spain 376,228 577.355 651.64 523.768 718.31 Italy 76,376 53.422 1,429.66 48.464 1,575.93 Romania 42,228 15.669 2,694.94 14.215 2,970.66 India 12,384 14.228 870.36 12.908 959.41 Korea, South 3,335 1.283 2,599.19 1.164 2,865.12 Taiwan 18,758 18.573 1,009.91 16.850 1,113.23 Japan 68,809 33.245 2,069.71 30.160 2,281.47 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,741,316 5,055.494 740.05 4,586.269 815.76 TOOL STEEL............................17 Canada 1,298,518 1,100.190 1,180.27 998.076 1,301.02 Colombia 18,845 26.449 712.48 23.995 785.37 Brazil 1,562,532 1,236.162 1,264.02 1,121.428 1,393.34 Sweden 1,805,473 1,066.981 1,692.13 967.950 1,865.25 United Kingdom 1,242,412 248.184 5,006.01 225.149 5,518.18 Netherlands 96,200 125.774 764.86 114.101 843.11 Belgium 61,369 44.203 1,388.32 40.101 1,530.36 France 2,215,204 1,311.484 1,689.08 1,189.759 1,861.89 Federal Republic of Germany 2,449,065 2,022.376 1,210.98 1,834.670 1,334.88 Austria 1,294,216 591.011 2,189.83 536.157 2,413.88 Hungary 25,433 19.927 1,276.27 18.078 1,406.85 Switzerland 435,286 316.361 1,375.92 286.998 1,516.69 Russia 438,090 289.853 1,511.42 262.951 1,666.05 Ukraine 76,175 4.667 16,321.40 4.234 17,991.26 Spain 131,288 119.361 1,099.92 108.283 1,212.45 Slovenia 851,133 783.458 1,086.38 710.742 1,197.53 India 30,154 22.525 1,338.65 20.435 1,475.61 China 240,238 175.990 1,365.06 159.656 1,504.72 Korea, South 216,207 298.520 724.26 270.813 798.36 Taiwan 345,395 218.618 1,579.90 198.327 1,741.54 Japan 4,838,247 7,600.187 636.60 6,894.776 701.73 CATEGORY TOTAL 19,671,480 17,622.292 1,116.28 15,986.679 1,230.49 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 109,109 35.407 3,081.54 32.121 3,396.81 Mexico 983,073 950.774 1,033.97 862.528 1,139.76 Argentina 11,208 12.072 928.39 10.952 1,023.37 France 3,373 0.523 6,441.97 0.475 7,101.05 Federal Republic of Germany 168,082 130.386 1,289.10 118.285 1,420.99 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 29/04/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Czech Republic 172,028 29.846 5,763.82 27.076 6,353.52 Spain 58,781 45.238 1,299.35 41.040 1,432.29 Italy 37,203 33.709 1,103.63 30.581 1,216.54 Japan 275,122 250.352 1,098.94 227.116 1,211.37 South Africa 21,474 56.092 382.83 50.886 422.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,839,453 1,544.403 1,191.04 1,401.060 1,312.90 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 13,175 0.325 40,515.80 0.295 44,661.02 Mexico 31,902 24.352 1,310.02 22.092 1,444.05 Brazil 263,371 395.533 665.86 358.822 733.99 United Kingdom 271,650 32.409 8,381.92 29.401 9,239.48 Federal Republic of Germany 5,081,196 5,812.966 874.11 5,273.436 963.55 Austria 3,361,221 5,393.692 623.18 4,893.077 686.93 Czech Republic 202,883 16.477 12,312.85 14.948 13,572.58 Spain 1,880,981 3,610.102 521.03 3,275.031 574.34 China 889,420 1,592.775 558.41 1,444.942 615.54 Japan 10,073,729 3,912.767 2,574.58 3,549.604 2,837.99 CATEGORY TOTAL 22,069,528 20,791.402 1,061.47 18,861.648 1,170.07 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 1,141,813 1,775.742 643.01 1,610.927 708.79 Federal Republic of Germany 12,198 1.725 7,070.83 1.565 7,794.25 Japan 703,378 1,040.677 675.88 944.087 745.04 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,857,389 2,818.145 659.08 2,556.579 726.51 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 1,916,459 2,912.791 657.95 2,642.441 725.26 Federal Republic of Germany 3,237 1.393 2,323.23 1.264 2,560.92 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,919,696 2,914.185 658.74 2,643.705 726.14 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 1,075,201 912.713 1,178.03 828.000 1,298.55 Mexico 1,505,782 1,732.211 869.28 1,571.436 958.22 Brazil 61,041 44.803 1,362.42 40.645 1,501.81 Argentina 201,315 209.638 960.30 190.181 1,058.54 Sweden 515,952 408.301 1,263.65 370.405 1,392.94 United Kingdom 243,731 176.000 1,384.83 159.665 1,526.51 France 248,426 224.616 1,106.00 203.769 1,219.16 Federal Republic of Germany 1,535,683 1,834.531 837.10 1,664.259 922.74 Austria 17,686 19.011 930.28 17.247 1,025.45 Switzerland 103,526 59.538 1,738.82 54.012 1,916.72 Spain 59,162 55.043 1,074.81 49.935 1,184.78 Italy 239,740 257.140 932.33 233.274 1,027.72 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 29/04/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Saudi Arabia 20,122 26.054 772.31 23.636 851.33 India 547,289 586.938 932.45 532.462 1,027.85 China 62,178 46.922 1,325.13 42.567 1,460.71 Korea, South 5,080 0.263 19,282.43 0.239 21,255.23 Taiwan 46,567 33.264 1,399.90 30.177 1,543.13 Japan 4,243,425 3,171.796 1,337.86 2,877.406 1,474.74 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,731,906 9,798.789 1,095.23 8,889.315 1,207.28 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Mexico 11,119 11.758 945.63 10.667 1,042.37 Argentina 130,464 67.824 1,923.56 61.529 2,120.37 Sweden 95,295 97.774 974.64 88.700 1,074.35 France 469,274 524.838 894.13 476.126 985.61 Federal Republic of Germany 2,488,393 962.769 2,584.62 873.410 2,849.05 Italy 218,110 175.289 1,244.28 159.020 1,371.59 Korea, South 5,798 1.267 4,573.79 1.150 5,041.74 Japan 114,628 94.159 1,217.38 85.420 1,341.93 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,533,081 1,935.682 1,825.24 1,756.022 2,011.98 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 436,081 131.754 3,309.79 119.526 3,648.42 United Kingdom 5,328 2.096 2,541.26 1.902 2,801.26 Federal Republic of Germany 9,560 1.563 6,116.14 1.418 6,741.89 Taiwan 4,365 0.909 4,799.83 0.825 5,290.91 Japan 31,041 5.081 6,108.44 4.610 6,733.41 CATEGORY TOTAL 486,375 141.405 3,439.57 128.281 3,791.48 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 235,608 268.876 876.27 243.921 965.92 Brazil 2,700 0.486 5,554.19 0.441 6,122.45 Finland 509,885 245.806 2,074.33 222.992 2,286.56 Netherlands 10,622 2.369 4,481.92 2.150 4,940.47 France 9,567 21.195 451.38 19.228 497.56 Federal Republic of Germany 37,823 25.420 1,487.90 23.061 1,640.13 Switzerland 10,758 2.029 5,301.19 1.841 5,843.56 Ukraine 2,400 1.224 1,959.72 1.111 2,160.22 Italy 65,920 41.849 1,575.18 37.965 1,736.34 Taiwan 477,281 263.348 1,812.35 238.906 1,997.78 Japan 253,319 192.529 1,315.74 174.660 1,450.35 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,615,883 1,065.136 1,517.07 966.276 1,672.28 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 592,589 1,027.823 576.55 932.426 635.53 Mexico 948,431 1,043.555 908.85 946.698 1,001.83 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 29/04/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Venezuela 19,564 27.219 718.75 24.693 792.29 Brazil 24,815 57.383 432.45 52.057 476.69 Sweden 166,753 177.530 939.29 161.053 1,035.39 United Kingdom 232,501 12.241 18,993.37 11.105 20,936.61 Netherlands 30,610 3.057 10,010.43 2.774 11,034.61 France 110,924 13.527 8,199.85 12.272 9,038.79 Federal Republic of Germany 349,692 431.144 811.08 391.128 894.06 Austria 255,996 74.207 3,449.73 67.320 3,802.67 Italy 1,300,665 1,530.378 849.90 1,388.336 936.85 Turkey 35,251 51.956 678.47 47.134 747.89 China 11,491 12.097 949.84 10.975 1,047.02 Korea, South 1,103,773 1,269.609 869.38 1,151.771 958.33 Taiwan 128,941 213.398 604.23 193.592 666.05 Japan 4,070,157 4,782.011 851.14 4,338.169 938.22 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,382,153 10,727.142 874.62 9,731.503 964.10 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 1,695,767 4,642.117 365.30 4,211.259 402.67 Sweden 50,415 60.147 838.19 54.565 923.94 Netherlands 118,581 325.341 364.48 295.145 401.77 France 1,110,058 2,001.864 554.51 1,816.061 611.24 Austria 447,238 90.323 4,951.52 81.940 5,458.12 Japan 1,361,244 2,509.112 542.52 2,276.229 598.03 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,783,303 9,628.905 496.76 8,735.199 547.59 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 1,106,768 2,254.362 490.94 2,045.124 541.17 Mexico 196,313 102.209 1,920.69 92.723 2,117.20 Dominican Republic 105,621 182.600 578.43 165.652 637.61 Sweden 793,904 1,271.563 624.35 1,153.543 688.23 Netherlands 642,953 1,409.337 456.21 1,278.530 502.88 France 288,798 192.293 1,501.86 174.446 1,655.52 Federal Republic of Germany 1,040,040 1,018.409 1,021.24 923.886 1,125.72 Korea, South 300,430 730.380 411.33 662.590 453.42 Japan 1,783,829 2,624.506 679.68 2,380.913 749.22 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,258,656 9,785.663 639.57 8,877.407 705.01 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 5,832,129 10,963.477 531.96 9,945.902 586.39 Brazil 495,899 1,016.214 487.99 921.895 537.91 Sweden 10,885 13.331 816.50 12.094 900.03 France 222,684 270.223 824.07 245.143 908.38 Federal Republic of Germany 1,617,478 3,998.214 404.55 3,627.120 445.94 Spain 1,833,697 3,284.858 558.23 2,979.974 615.34 Italy 124,097 185.182 670.13 167.995 738.69 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 29/04/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 423,897 689.867 614.46 625.837 677.33 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,560,766 20,421.369 517.14 18,525.960 570.05 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 2,052,034 1,801.587 1,139.01 1,634.373 1,255.55 Federal Republic of Germany 638,514 1,403.418 454.97 1,273.160 501.52 Japan 425,136 674.918 629.91 612.276 694.35 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,115,684 3,879.924 803.03 3,519.809 885.19 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 Sweden 19,323 36.963 522.75 33.533 576.24 United Kingdom 1,004,511 1,600.576 627.59 1,452.019 691.80 France 2,111,738 1,961.649 1,076.51 1,779.579 1,186.65 Federal Republic of Germany 1,030,214 1,282.596 803.23 1,163.552 885.40 Russia 1,153,597 1,596.168 722.73 1,448.020 796.67 Italy 65,853 136.510 482.40 123.840 531.76 Korea, South 233,965 546.338 428.24 495.630 472.06 Japan 1,207,739 2,410.096 501.12 2,186.403 552.39 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,826,940 9,570.899 713.30 8,682.576 786.28 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 100,404 210.908 476.05 191.333 524.76 France 4,357 7.921 550.04 7.186 606.32 Federal Republic of Germany 125,096 162.716 768.80 147.614 847.45 Japan 37,857 31.529 1,200.69 28.603 1,323.53 CATEGORY TOTAL 267,714 413.075 648.10 374.736 714.41 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 56,029 33.531 1,670.95 30.419 1,841.91 Sweden 905,901 368.327 2,459.50 334.141 2,711.13 United Kingdom 41,644 21.751 1,914.50 19.733 2,110.37 Belgium 131,631 23.206 5,672.05 21.053 6,252.36 France 1,379,531 226.136 6,100.42 205.148 6,724.56 Federal Republic of Germany 1,285,120 1,517.809 846.69 1,376.934 933.32 Switzerland 22,851 12.983 1,760.07 11.778 1,940.14 Japan 284,553 89.248 3,188.32 80.965 3,514.52 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,107,260 2,292.995 1,791.22 2,080.171 1,974.48 GRAND TOTAL 180,742,485 315,622.237 572.65 286,327.758 631.24 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 29/04/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Canada 2,443 10.000 244.30 9.072 269.29 China 3,700 3.805 972.36 3.452 1,071.84 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,143 13.805 444.97 12.524 490.50 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 1,686,150 8,515.833 198.00 7,725.436 218.26 Mexico 20,438,668 93,904.632 217.65 85,188.874 239.92 Brazil 40,116,463 177,253.426 226.32 160,801.649 249.48 Argentina 8,447,193 41,007.257 205.99 37,201.169 227.07 Finland 899,462 4,903.024 183.45 4,447.950 202.22 United Kingdom 328,106 575.492 570.13 522.078 628.46 Belgium 105,203 326.460 322.25 296.160 355.22 Federal Republic of Germany 77,123 290.051 265.89 263.130 293.10 Switzerland 4,464 16.402 272.16 14.880 300.00 Russia 4,459,802 21,868.240 203.94 19,838.540 224.80 Ukraine 2,080,014 9,665.128 215.21 8,768.060 237.23 Italy 138,651 534.731 259.29 485.100 285.82 India 19,196 49.466 388.06 44.875 427.77 Japan 143,233 331.973 431.46 301.161 475.60 Australia 21,858 20.712 1,055.31 18.790 1,163.28 South Africa 7,379,860 35,368.618 208.66 32,085.880 230.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 86,345,446 394,631.451 218.80 358,003.732 241.19 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 11,216,685 34,303.857 326.98 31,119.945 360.43 Mexico 401,328 1,453.068 276.19 1,318.202 304.45 Trinidad and Tobago 601,198 2,740.973 219.34 2,486.570 241.78 Venezuela 3,366,034 14,576.461 230.92 13,223.547 254.55 Argentina 5,710,192 24,989.864 228.50 22,670.430 251.88 Finland 23,433 22.337 1,049.06 20.264 1,156.39 United Kingdom 475,403 1,563.073 304.15 1,417.997 335.26 Belgium 24,451 85.263 286.77 77.350 316.11 France 324,535 665.310 487.79 603.560 537.70 Federal Republic of Germany 867,893 2,544.402 341.10 2,308.244 376.00 Czech Republic 54,303 222.236 244.35 201.610 269.35 Spain 1,716,842 5,993.724 286.44 5,437.417 315.75 Italy 840,508 2,722.784 308.69 2,470.069 340.28 Turkey 26,866,181 125,845.282 213.49 114,164.952 235.33 China 20,330,840 91,044.249 223.31 82,593.977 246.15 Japan 3,835,246 11,920.095 321.75 10,813.732 354.66 Egypt 526,665 1,872.737 281.23 1,698.919 310.00 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 29/04/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE South Africa 2,907,162 12,347.243 235.45 11,201.234 259.54 CATEGORY TOTAL 80,088,899 334,912.967 239.13 303,828.019 263.60 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 1,891,547 4,382.594 431.60 3,975.824 475.76 Mexico 321,690 1,080.356 297.76 980.083 328.23 Brazil 1,116,234 5,375.789 207.64 4,876.836 228.88 United Kingdom 2,054,442 7,552.785 272.01 6,851.774 299.84 Belgium 13,186 21.083 625.41 19.127 689.39 Luxembourg 1,064,203 2,493.445 426.80 2,262.016 470.47 Federal Republic of Germany 1,123,802 1,812.989 619.86 1,644.717 683.28 Austria 18,008 4.069 4,424.86 3.692 4,877.57 Poland 49,114 69.669 704.96 63.203 777.08 Russia 921,933 4,278.976 215.46 3,881.823 237.50 Spain 57,176 122.359 467.28 111.003 515.09 Italy 30,000 17.844 1,681.22 16.188 1,853.22 Turkey 11,337 7.801 1,453.26 7.077 1,601.95 India 8,605 23.319 369.01 21.155 406.76 China 23,732 34.127 695.39 30.960 766.54 Korea, South 641,435 2,963.792 216.42 2,688.708 238.57 Japan 490,970 1,820.422 269.70 1,651.460 297.29 South Africa 453,076 2,157.925 209.96 1,957.638 231.44 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,290,490 34,219.353 300.72 31,043.284 331.49 STEEL PILING...........................5 Canada 597,173 1,238.784 482.06 1,123.807 531.38 Luxembourg 3,827,042 7,410.459 516.44 6,722.658 569.28 Federal Republic of Germany 60,712 134.309 452.03 121.844 498.28 Romania 6,212 9.441 657.96 8.565 725.28 Taiwan 3,046 4.629 657.93 4.200 725.24 Japan 126,163 290.064 434.95 263.142 479.45 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,620,348 9,087.689 508.42 8,244.216 560.44 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 4,279,495 13,305.098 321.64 12,070.186 354.55 Mexico 2,498 0.746 3,347.34 0.677 3,689.81 Belgium 284,381 835.518 340.36 757.970 375.19 Federal Republic of Germany 175,152 337.638 518.76 306.301 571.83 Czech Republic 2,144,337 6,447.584 332.58 5,849.152 366.61 Hungary 76,574 281.360 272.16 255.246 300.00 Russia 340,652 1,508.041 225.89 1,368.073 249.00 Ukraine 420,884 1,536.609 273.90 1,393.989 301.93 Romania 6,445,097 23,643.229 272.60 21,448.783 300.49 Bulgaria 256,617 1,096.401 234.05 994.639 258.00 Turkey 31,979 114.580 279.10 103.946 307.65 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 29/04/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Thailand 10,764 41.630 258.56 37.767 285.01 China 4,624 6.161 750.42 5.590 827.19 Korea, South 67,172 272.033 246.93 246.785 272.19 Australia 40,328 186.213 216.57 168.930 238.73 South Africa 379,437 1,153.468 328.95 1,046.409 362.61 CATEGORY TOTAL 14,959,991 50,766.319 294.68 46,054.443 324.83 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 5,213,370 15,672.102 332.65 14,217.496 366.69 Mexico 256,758 902.152 284.61 818.419 313.72 Venezuela 418,663 1,606.370 260.63 1,457.275 287.29 France 1,659,173 6,104.522 271.79 5,537.931 299.60 Federal Republic of Germany 9,609 39.694 242.08 36.010 266.84 Hungary 152,829 606.700 251.90 550.390 277.67 Russia 79,772 319.780 249.46 290.100 274.98 Bulgaria 762,768 2,920.760 261.15 2,649.670 287.87 Turkey 1,889,466 6,706.405 281.74 6,083.950 310.57 Japan 112,097 229.335 488.79 208.050 538.80 New Zealand 46,575 213.264 218.39 193.470 240.73 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,601,080 35,321.087 300.13 32,042.761 330.84 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Federal Republic of Germany 2,603 0.826 3,148.54 0.750 3,470.67 Japan 9,192,173 22,347.758 411.32 20,273.551 453.41 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,194,776 22,348.585 411.43 20,274.301 453.52 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 Canada 86,732 238.477 363.69 216.343 400.90 France 34,173 8.598 3,974.52 7.800 4,381.15 Federal Republic of Germany 39,413 79.165 497.85 71.818 548.79 Austria 295,890 464.734 636.69 421.600 701.83 Spain 70,005 198.705 352.30 180.263 388.35 China 48,103 76.606 627.93 69.496 692.17 Korea, South 14,798 48.400 305.74 43.908 337.02 Japan 351,599 823.881 426.76 747.413 470.42 CATEGORY TOTAL 940,713 1,938.569 485.26 1,758.641 534.91 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 Canada 331,112 521.178 635.31 472.805 700.31 Brazil 12,107 19.535 619.75 17.722 683.16 China 9,460 21.947 431.04 19.910 475.14 Australia 253,334 409.297 618.95 371.309 682.27 South Africa 2,459 2.074 1,185.32 1.882 1,306.59 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 29/04/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 608,472 974.032 624.69 883.628 688.61 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 14,693,725 34,545.939 425.34 31,339.558 468.86 Mexico 385,964 1,123.056 343.67 1,018.820 378.83 Brazil 121,622 403.731 301.24 366.259 332.07 Argentina 1,547,858 5,347.553 289.45 4,851.220 319.07 United Kingdom 3,106,924 8,138.960 381.73 7,383.543 420.79 Federal Republic of Germany 212,531 332.796 638.62 301.908 703.96 Czech Republic 3,439,703 7,099.012 484.53 6,440.118 534.11 Italy 17,717 43.397 408.24 39.370 450.01 Turkey 1,363,160 4,733.412 287.99 4,294.081 317.45 India 142,177 281.920 504.32 255.754 555.91 China 2,076 5.147 403.28 4.670 444.54 Korea, South 11,771 15.736 748.00 14.276 824.53 Japan 756,474 1,571.566 481.35 1,425.702 530.60 South Africa 529,457 1,940.890 272.79 1,760.747 300.70 CATEGORY TOTAL 26,331,159 65,583.123 401.49 59,496.026 442.57 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 3,500,263 7,565.793 462.64 6,863.574 509.98 Mexico 372,021 1,226.433 303.34 1,112.602 334.37 Brazil 323,452 1,585.498 204.01 1,438.340 224.88 Argentina 47,448 214.936 220.75 194.987 243.34 Federal Republic of Germany 31,797 53.788 591.15 48.796 651.63 Italy 8,209 20.311 404.16 18.426 445.51 Turkey 80,577 356.264 226.17 323.198 249.31 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,363,767 11,023.025 395.88 9,999.923 436.38 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 Mexico 6,745,779 28,779.324 234.40 26,108.171 258.38 Dominican Republic 1,459,596 5,517.693 264.53 5,005.569 291.59 Brazil 454,663 2,165.311 209.98 1,964.338 231.46 Paraguay 1,351,791 7,158.407 188.84 6,494.000 208.16 Uruguay 959,636 4,852.373 197.77 4,402.000 218.00 Argentina 1,099,317 5,351.664 205.42 4,854.950 226.43 Federal Republic of Germany 67,388 277.512 242.83 251.755 267.67 Romania 2,345,851 11,812.913 198.58 10,716.498 218.90 Bulgaria 126,290 605.266 208.65 549.089 230.00 India 2,829,291 13,573.302 208.45 12,313.496 229.77 Thailand 17,371 60.789 285.76 55.147 314.99 CATEGORY TOTAL 17,456,973 80,154.558 217.79 72,715.013 240.07 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 5,455,857 8,111.677 672.59 7,358.792 741.41 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 29/04/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Mexico 20,967 35.090 597.50 31.834 658.64 Dominican Republic 16,439 29.226 562.47 26.514 620.01 Trinidad and Tobago 105,051 199.516 526.53 180.998 580.40 Venezuela 8,854 10.805 819.36 9.803 903.19 Brazil 12,581 18.909 665.34 17.154 733.41 Argentina 40,110 85.634 468.39 77.686 516.31 Sweden 59,472 27.520 2,161.02 24.966 2,382.12 Denmark 3,659 2.813 1,300.70 2.552 1,433.78 United Kingdom 1,295,715 1,902.264 681.14 1,725.706 750.83 Belgium 6,651 15.669 424.46 14.215 467.89 France 219,080 228.304 959.60 207.114 1,057.77 Federal Republic of Germany 232,695 330.775 703.48 300.075 775.46 Switzerland 20,317 16.259 1,249.58 14.750 1,377.42 Ukraine 65,628 291.664 225.01 264.594 248.03 Spain 469,459 1,023.583 458.64 928.580 505.57 Italy 157,776 241.101 654.40 218.724 721.35 Romania 54,050 26.931 2,006.93 24.432 2,212.26 China 9,372 18.904 495.75 17.150 546.47 Japan 161,010 167.496 961.28 151.950 1,059.62 South Africa 190,426 529.894 359.37 480.712 396.13 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,605,169 13,314.044 646.32 12,078.301 712.45 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 16,301,119 32,213.396 506.04 29,223.510 557.81 Mexico 1,961,836 4,188.520 468.38 3,799.763 516.30 Guatemala 186,933 412.466 453.21 374.183 499.58 Dominican Republic 73,412 164.086 447.40 148.857 493.17 Colombia 9,220 37.840 243.66 34.328 268.59 Venezuela 253,805 773.214 328.25 701.449 361.83 Chile 461,942 1,130.532 408.61 1,025.602 450.41 Brazil 44,481 73.745 603.17 66.901 664.88 Argentina 440,341 1,371.783 321.00 1,244.461 353.84 Sweden 36,647 59.969 611.10 54.403 673.62 Norway 5,830 1.510 3,860.50 1.370 4,255.47 United Kingdom 45,195 9.236 4,893.21 8.379 5,393.84 France 35,526 45.097 787.76 40.912 868.35 Federal Republic of Germany 737,965 831.660 887.34 754.470 978.12 Czech Republic 165,952 289.995 572.26 263.080 630.80 Slovakia 10,159 14.980 678.15 13.590 747.53 Poland 6,726 11.641 577.76 10.561 636.87 Ukraine 77,816 195.354 398.33 177.223 439.09 Spain 1,022,048 614.604 1,662.94 557.560 1,833.07 Italy 399,816 423.679 943.67 384.356 1,040.22 Romania 8,888 13.561 655.37 12.303 722.43 Turkey 394,404 946.973 416.49 859.080 459.10 Oman 345,896 995.853 347.34 903.423 382.87 India 2,453,781 6,047.154 405.77 5,485.888 447.29 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 29/04/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Thailand 667,803 1,748.873 381.85 1,586.552 420.91 Indonesia 361,336 1,199.402 301.26 1,088.080 332.09 Philippines 1,582,012 4,120.977 383.89 3,738.489 423.17 China 1,438,461 3,742.586 384.35 3,395.218 423.67 Korea, South 1,762,652 4,430.352 397.86 4,019.149 438.56 Taiwan 8,584 3.939 2,178.87 3.574 2,401.79 Japan 2,306,815 1,409.204 1,636.96 1,278.409 1,804.44 South Africa 720,995 2,185.075 329.96 1,982.268 363.72 CATEGORY TOTAL 34,328,396 69,707.271 492.47 63,237.391 542.85 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 540,744 753.486 717.66 683.552 791.08 Mexico 658,360 1,316.955 499.91 1,194.722 551.06 Colombia 1,457,753 2,645.199 551.09 2,399.685 607.48 Venezuela 90,466 248.064 364.69 225.040 402.00 Brazil 116,720 286.988 406.71 260.352 448.32 Sweden 14,101 13.634 1,034.22 12.369 1,140.03 Federal Republic of Germany 993,216 1,648.588 602.46 1,495.575 664.10 Austria 4,479,202 6,962.080 643.37 6,315.895 709.20 Russia 738,161 2,245.308 328.76 2,036.910 362.39 Ukraine 481,690 1,444.984 333.35 1,310.868 367.46 Italy 2,400 5.070 473.31 4.600 521.74 Romania 932,768 1,554.433 600.07 1,410.159 661.46 India 538,507 1,374.548 391.77 1,246.970 431.85 China 2,140 1.309 1,634.15 1.188 1,801.35 Korea, South 1,636,485 4,342.527 376.85 3,939.476 415.41 Japan 235,512 441.799 533.07 400.794 587.61 South Africa 82,730 44.560 1,856.56 40.425 2,046.51 CATEGORY TOTAL 13,000,955 25,329.541 513.27 22,978.580 565.79 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Brazil 190,121 353.710 537.50 320.881 592.50 Argentina 152,631 438.236 348.28 397.562 383.92 United Kingdom 16,360 19.678 831.37 17.852 916.42 France 2,579 3.373 764.59 3.060 842.81 Federal Republic of Germany 1,071,163 2,648.067 404.51 2,402.287 445.89 Czech Republic 38,595 68.497 563.45 62.140 621.10 Italy 728,464 877.503 830.16 796.058 915.09 Korea, South 2,119,926 6,346.752 334.02 5,757.679 368.19 Japan 3,937,072 9,320.035 422.43 8,454.996 465.65 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,256,911 20,075.855 411.29 18,212.515 453.36 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 745,073 1,271.823 585.83 1,153.779 645.77 Mexico 1,513,362 3,456.468 437.83 3,135.656 482.63 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 29/04/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Colombia 483,430 1,407.938 343.36 1,277.261 378.49 Brazil 66,380 214.841 308.97 194.901 340.58 Argentina 961,973 2,024.814 475.09 1,836.881 523.70 United Kingdom 8,240 22.046 373.76 20.000 412.00 France 325,325 551.035 590.39 499.891 650.79 Federal Republic of Germany 687,669 639.334 1,075.60 579.995 1,185.65 Austria 861,379 1,594.889 540.09 1,446.860 595.34 Czech Republic 5,772 12.125 476.02 11.000 524.73 Slovakia 345,621 982.261 351.86 891.093 387.86 Italy 1,328,291 2,628.901 505.26 2,384.900 556.96 Romania 1,475,675 3,474.873 424.67 3,152.353 468.12 China 114,284 274.048 417.02 248.613 459.69 Korea, South 1,159,397 3,491.156 332.10 3,167.125 366.07 Japan 3,310,760 5,496.258 602.37 4,986.123 663.99 CATEGORY TOTAL 13,392,631 27,542.817 486.25 24,986.431 536.00 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Canada 43,808 91.331 479.66 82.855 528.73 Mexico 304,989 644.392 473.30 584.583 521.72 Venezuela 63,199 195.141 323.86 177.029 357.00 Argentina 45,940 127.864 359.29 115.997 396.04 Norway 6,301 0.176 35,726.08 0.160 39,381.25 Denmark 6,855 5.416 1,265.52 4.914 1,394.99 United Kingdom 3,994 0.066 60,388.28 0.060 66,566.67 Federal Republic of Germany 17,985 1.868 9,625.79 1.695 10,610.62 Greece 1,413,552 3,058.279 462.21 2,774.425 509.49 Korea, South 2,723,358 8,327.537 327.03 7,554.617 360.49 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,629,981 12,452.074 371.82 11,296.335 409.87 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 7,409,544 9,178.198 807.30 8,326.324 889.89 Mexico 6,121,798 12,881.795 475.23 11,686.172 523.85 Dominican Republic 159,058 371.692 427.93 337.194 471.71 Brazil 149,791 215.711 694.41 195.690 765.45 Argentina 152,732 459.600 332.31 416.943 366.31 Sweden 224,332 79.325 2,827.99 71.963 3,117.32 Denmark 3,713 7.722 480.78 7.006 529.97 Netherlands 160,174 163.264 981.07 148.111 1,081.45 Belgium 83,166 57.216 1,453.53 51.906 1,602.24 France 459,977 611.877 751.75 555.086 828.66 Federal Republic of Germany 1,203,557 1,217.106 988.87 1,104.141 1,090.04 Austria 87,123 45.961 1,895.55 41.696 2,089.48 Czech Republic 123,612 264.686 467.01 240.120 514.79 Slovakia 10,377 23.851 435.06 21.638 479.57 Switzerland 133,877 91.408 1,464.61 82.924 1,614.45 Poland 27,297 13.227 2,063.62 12.000 2,274.75 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 29/04/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Spain 1,077,830 1,775.590 607.03 1,610.789 669.13 Italy 589,140 709.687 830.14 643.818 915.07 Romania 78,633 110.414 712.16 100.166 785.03 Turkey 2,824,101 3,579.644 788.93 3,247.400 869.65 India 227,466 229.125 992.76 207.859 1,094.33 China 239,618 552.921 433.37 501.602 477.71 Korea, South 1,232,818 2,698.466 456.86 2,448.008 503.60 Taiwan 53,692 21.139 2,539.95 19.177 2,799.81 Japan 1,080,423 796.011 1,357.30 722.130 1,496.16 Australia 39,708 96.151 412.97 87.227 455.23 South Africa 251,778 689.703 365.05 625.689 402.40 CATEGORY TOTAL 24,205,335 36,941.504 655.23 33,512.779 722.27 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 98,356 33.209 2,961.70 30.127 3,264.71 Mexico 325,761 368.838 883.21 334.605 973.57 Argentina 117,525 125.413 937.10 113.773 1,032.98 Sweden 2,418 5.028 480.84 4.562 530.03 United Kingdom 19,655 18.020 1,090.70 16.348 1,202.29 France 219,963 289.467 759.89 262.601 837.63 Federal Republic of Germany 1,047,301 1,656.205 632.35 1,502.485 697.05 Slovakia 190,949 895.424 213.25 812.316 235.07 Spain 115,418 30.804 3,746.84 27.945 4,130.18 Italy 165,594 138.534 1,195.33 125.676 1,317.63 Romania 12,631 22.161 569.94 20.105 628.25 India 24,024 22.982 1,045.34 20.849 1,152.29 China 19,183 20.724 925.62 18.801 1,020.32 Korea, South 30,545 60.814 502.27 55.170 553.65 Japan 104,295 191.874 543.56 174.066 599.17 South Africa 61,256 160.008 382.83 145.157 422.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,554,874 4,039.513 632.47 3,664.586 697.18 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 1,137,963 711.214 1,600.03 645.203 1,763.73 Mexico 65,025 88.452 735.14 80.243 810.35 France 4,377 2.412 1,813.96 2.189 1,999.54 Federal Republic of Germany 38,389 3.254 11,797.40 2.952 13,004.40 India 96,799 97.265 995.20 88.238 1,097.02 Vietnam 43,776 63.647 687.79 57.740 758.16 Taiwan 6,048 1.633 3,702.20 1.482 4,080.97 Japan 169,347 29.723 5,697.35 26.965 6,280.25 South Africa 11,559 40.821 283.16 37.033 312.13 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,573,283 1,038.426 1,515.06 942.045 1,670.07 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 29/04/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 10,664,973 24,014.032 444.11 21,785.170 489.55 Mexico 1,530,162 1,764.737 867.08 1,600.943 955.79 United Kingdom 38,709 50.211 770.92 45.551 849.79 Belgium 2,324 2.157 1,077.31 1.957 1,187.53 Austria 110,743 143.325 772.67 130.023 851.72 Switzerland 62,061 16.913 3,669.24 15.344 4,044.64 Italy 14,060 21.021 668.85 19.070 737.28 Turkey 1,310,855 5,075.473 258.27 4,604.393 284.70 Korea, South 1,164,012 3,661.633 317.89 3,321.779 350.42 Japan 85,383 175.142 487.50 158.887 537.38 CATEGORY TOTAL 14,983,282 34,924.648 429.02 31,683.117 472.91 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 148,331 287.433 516.05 260.755 568.85 Mexico 81,678 93.471 873.83 84.796 963.23 Netherlands 8,395 24.493 342.75 22.220 377.81 Korea, South 5,007 8.491 589.68 7.703 650.01 South Africa 19,638 64.609 303.95 58.613 335.05 CATEGORY TOTAL 263,049 478.498 549.74 434.087 605.98 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 12,543,947 22,538.408 556.56 20,446.506 613.50 Mexico 2,317,102 3,652.483 634.39 3,313.478 699.30 Honduras 74,091 158.344 467.91 143.648 515.78 Dominican Republic 522,477 1,797.247 290.71 1,630.436 320.45 Trinidad and Tobago 322,333 751.457 428.94 681.711 472.83 Colombia 50,366 35.818 1,406.15 32.494 1,550.01 Venezuela 399,947 883.674 452.60 801.656 498.90 Ecuador 62,096 126.557 490.65 114.811 540.85 Chile 83,707 171.379 488.43 155.473 538.40 Brazil 924,293 1,986.771 465.22 1,802.369 512.82 Argentina 233,775 668.797 349.55 606.723 385.31 Sweden 538,914 258.291 2,086.46 234.318 2,299.93 Finland 10,573 18.697 565.48 16.962 623.33 United Kingdom 603,280 710.603 848.97 644.649 935.83 Netherlands 60,000 83.093 722.08 75.381 795.96 Belgium 1,478,334 1,906.432 775.45 1,729.487 854.78 Luxembourg 117,261 136.233 860.74 123.589 948.80 France 1,738,297 1,753.332 991.42 1,590.597 1,092.86 Federal Republic of Germany 479,270 444.462 1,078.31 403.210 1,188.64 Austria 435,531 142.161 3,063.63 128.967 3,377.07 Czech Republic 201,748 506.484 398.33 459.475 439.08 Switzerland 5,660 0.073 76,636.82 0.067 84,477.61 Russia 334,448 967.098 345.83 877.337 381.21 Belarus 296,020 389.965 759.09 353.771 836.76 Spain 106,833 228.514 467.51 207.305 515.34 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 29/04/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Italy 495,452 699.889 707.90 634.929 780.33 Greece 135,052 229.285 589.01 208.004 649.28 Turkey 11,423 32.841 347.83 29.793 383.41 Israel 440,255 1,001.485 439.60 908.533 484.58 India 160,004 404.123 395.93 366.615 436.44 Thailand 75,960 35.732 2,125.80 32.416 2,343.29 China 2,418,613 5,345.872 452.43 4,849.695 498.71 Korea, South 1,089,407 1,382.660 787.91 1,254.329 868.52 Hong Kong 32,610 6.748 4,832.29 6.122 5,326.69 Taiwan 846,053 1,622.921 521.31 1,472.290 574.65 Japan 3,154,661 4,664.173 676.36 4,231.268 745.56 Australia 137,543 319.707 430.21 290.034 474.23 South Africa 1,126,139 2,957.842 380.73 2,683.310 419.68 CATEGORY TOTAL 34,063,475 59,019.668 577.15 53,541.758 636.20 BLACK PLATE...........................28 Canada 169,743 444.657 381.74 403.387 420.79 Chile 188,944 512.541 368.64 464.970 406.36 Norway 10,648 18.474 576.35 16.760 635.32 Netherlands 22,332 40.878 546.31 37.084 602.20 Belgium 21,421 21.637 990.01 19.629 1,091.29 France 120,657 134.680 895.88 122.180 987.53 Federal Republic of Germany 565,903 508.675 1,112.50 461.463 1,226.32 Japan 2,478,358 3,506.850 706.72 3,181.362 779.02 South Africa 77,509 223.989 346.04 203.200 381.44 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,655,515 5,412.385 675.40 4,910.035 744.50 TIN PLATE.............................29 Canada 6,271,432 10,102.376 620.79 9,164.724 684.30 Venezuela 213,546 425.062 502.39 385.610 553.79 Brazil 1,944,052 3,399.028 571.94 3,083.548 630.46 Norway 122,015 292.375 417.32 265.239 460.02 Netherlands 1,124,436 2,473.898 454.52 2,244.284 501.02 Belgium 14,401 33.289 432.60 30.200 476.85 France 225,989 448.682 503.67 407.038 555.20 Federal Republic of Germany 5,006,901 9,441.750 530.29 8,565.414 584.55 Korea, South 25,350 69.971 362.29 63.477 399.36 Taiwan 46,350 104.377 444.06 94.690 489.49 Japan 44,204 73.132 604.43 66.345 666.27 CATEGORY TOTAL 15,038,676 26,863.946 559.81 24,370.569 617.08 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A Canada 1,842,942 2,994.398 615.46 2,716.473 678.43 United Kingdom 32,187 60.714 530.14 55.079 584.38 Netherlands 90,448 226.657 399.05 205.620 439.88 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 29/04/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Federal Republic of Germany 1,253,619 2,689.078 466.19 2,439.492 513.89 Japan 837,846 1,366.651 613.06 1,239.806 675.79 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,057,042 7,337.500 552.92 6,656.470 609.49 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 12,212,953 37,175.590 328.52 33,725.138 362.13 Mexico 2,230,909 7,353.535 303.38 6,671.017 334.42 Venezuela 236,143 922.601 255.95 836.970 282.14 Sweden 96,886 86.468 1,120.48 78.443 1,235.11 Netherlands 2,500,172 9,261.181 269.96 8,401.605 297.58 Belgium 10,137 25.298 400.70 22.950 441.70 France 1,567,657 5,462.042 287.01 4,955.083 316.37 Federal Republic of Germany 80,431 275.398 292.05 249.837 321.93 Austria 1,529,898 3,879.870 394.32 3,519.760 434.66 Hungary 421,530 1,629.904 258.62 1,478.625 285.08 Russia 575,327 2,282.224 252.09 2,070.400 277.88 Bulgaria 3,354,186 12,134.627 276.41 11,008.352 304.69 Turkey 9,074,125 29,021.333 312.67 26,327.718 344.66 Korea, South 19,467,792 62,988.588 309.07 57,142.302 340.69 Japan 295,516 583.398 506.54 529.250 558.37 Australia 8,727,904 32,839.766 265.77 29,791.743 292.96 New Zealand 1,373,177 6,211.943 221.05 5,635.382 243.67 CATEGORY TOTAL 63,754,743 212,133.771 300.54 192,444.575 331.29 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 9,614,351 21,297.967 451.42 19,321.197 497.61 Mexico 1,333,993 3,705.918 359.96 3,361.954 396.79 Colombia 16,194 43.535 371.97 39.495 410.03 Venezuela 968,890 2,697.955 359.12 2,447.545 395.86 Chile 1,055,906 3,055.859 345.53 2,772.230 380.89 Argentina 455,813 1,264.981 360.33 1,147.572 397.20 Sweden 2,890,818 5,293.082 546.15 4,801.805 602.03 Norway 47,998 83.455 575.13 75.710 633.97 Netherlands 88,372 293.226 301.38 266.011 332.21 Belgium 715,970 1,964.362 364.48 1,782.040 401.77 Luxembourg 588,633 1,003.510 586.57 910.370 646.59 France 732,911 1,778.241 412.15 1,613.194 454.32 Federal Republic of Germany 55,176 119.597 461.35 108.497 508.55 Austria 251,025 684.854 366.54 621.290 404.04 Czech Republic 804,679 2,240.259 359.19 2,032.330 395.94 Poland 3,089,848 9,082.535 340.20 8,239.540 375.00 Bulgaria 2,333,494 7,291.189 320.04 6,614.458 352.79 Turkey 3,192,193 8,241.527 387.33 7,476.590 426.96 India 535,902 1,520.390 352.48 1,379.275 388.54 Thailand 3,229,047 8,214.631 393.08 7,452.190 433.30 China 4,468 5.649 790.89 5.125 871.80 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 29/04/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Korea, South 747,646 2,341.253 319.34 2,123.950 352.01 Taiwan 151,222 89.950 1,681.16 81.602 1,853.17 Japan 2,192,697 4,342.739 504.91 3,939.668 556.57 South Africa 2,932,151 7,898.289 371.24 7,165.210 409.22 CATEGORY TOTAL 38,029,397 94,554.967 402.19 85,778.848 443.34 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 19,479,522 36,641.882 531.62 33,240.966 586.01 Mexico 9,861,849 17,450.143 565.14 15,830.508 622.96 Guatemala 97,622 165.142 591.14 149.815 651.62 Dominican Republic 8,710 43.541 200.04 39.500 220.51 Colombia 317,933 657.983 483.19 596.913 532.63 Venezuela 2,423,705 4,947.627 489.87 4,488.413 539.99 Argentina 2,133,995 4,783.199 446.14 4,339.247 491.79 Sweden 32,905 41.553 791.86 37.697 872.88 United Kingdom 59,893 46.029 1,301.20 41.757 1,434.32 Belgium 310,182 677.072 458.12 614.230 504.99 France 801,851 1,350.732 593.64 1,225.364 654.38 Federal Republic of Germany 14,159 40.002 353.95 36.290 390.16 Estonia 6,696,699 17,920.968 373.68 16,257.634 411.91 Poland 120,251 276.437 435.00 250.780 479.51 Spain 30,233 56.113 538.79 50.905 593.91 Bulgaria 2,327,322 5,786.140 402.22 5,249.100 443.38 Turkey 2,140,850 4,957.417 431.85 4,497.295 476.03 India 10,936,597 24,023.657 455.24 21,793.902 501.82 Indonesia 1,453,244 2,795.207 519.91 2,535.770 573.10 Korea, South 2,665,239 4,798.552 555.43 4,353.175 612.25 Taiwan 1,035,801 2,031.461 509.88 1,842.911 562.05 Japan 336,696 471.846 713.57 428.052 786.58 Tunisia 2,997,832 7,123.265 420.85 6,462.120 463.91 South Africa 3,631,486 7,771.909 467.26 7,050.560 515.06 CATEGORY TOTAL 69,914,576 144,857.889 482.64 131,412.904 532.02 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 9,374 12.125 773.09 11.000 852.18 Argentina 1,079,233 2,272.030 475.01 2,061.152 523.61 Federal Republic of Germany 235,029 544.409 431.71 493.880 475.88 Spain 46,695 36.109 1,293.15 32.758 1,425.45 Thailand 2,381,160 4,763.675 499.86 4,321.535 551.00 Korea, South 627,065 1,560.795 401.76 1,415.930 442.86 Japan 90,369 148.280 609.45 134.518 671.80 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,468,925 9,337.426 478.60 8,470.773 527.57 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 Canada 10,717,960 12,759.518 840.00 11,575.244 925.94 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 29/04/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Mexico 2,232,003 3,710.975 601.46 3,366.541 663.00 Chile 79,569 177.190 449.06 160.745 495.00 Argentina 463,846 882.834 525.41 800.894 579.16 Finland 65,116 129.466 502.96 117.450 554.41 United Kingdom 316,242 813.885 388.56 738.345 428.31 Belgium 131,569 123.937 1,061.58 112.434 1,170.19 Luxembourg 726,078 1,725.450 420.80 1,565.303 463.86 France 27,520 11.395 2,414.95 10.338 2,662.02 Federal Republic of Germany 269,825 130.228 2,071.94 118.141 2,283.92 Austria 19,214 15.704 1,223.46 14.247 1,348.63 Switzerland 66,166 16.878 3,920.12 15.312 4,321.19 Italy 303,333 499.017 607.86 452.701 670.05 Korea, South 2,002,030 4,503.645 444.54 4,085.640 490.02 Taiwan 352,106 705.782 498.89 640.275 549.93 Japan 1,950,287 1,714.635 1,137.44 1,555.492 1,253.81 CATEGORY TOTAL 19,722,864 27,920.547 706.39 25,329.102 778.66 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 2,033,447 5,695.294 357.04 5,166.686 393.57 Mexico 189,268 401.156 471.81 363.923 520.08 United Kingdom 12,403 17.883 693.53 16.224 764.48 Federal Republic of Germany 432,917 662.003 653.95 600.560 720.86 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,668,035 6,776.338 393.73 6,147.393 434.01 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 2,322,929 4,216.909 550.86 3,825.517 607.22 Mexico 517,425 761.668 679.33 690.974 748.83 Brazil 207,969 210.437 988.27 190.906 1,089.38 Sweden 1,042,500 313.766 3,322.54 284.644 3,662.47 Denmark 2,753 1.011 2,720.57 0.918 2,998.91 United Kingdom 1,120,359 666.453 1,681.07 604.597 1,853.07 Belgium 22,667 18.814 1,204.78 17.068 1,328.04 France 262,095 176.067 1,488.60 159.726 1,640.90 Federal Republic of Germany 1,763,643 1,050.543 1,678.79 953.037 1,850.55 Austria 178,741 52.666 3,393.85 47.778 3,741.07 Switzerland 145,375 116.646 1,246.29 105.820 1,373.80 Spain 10,141 18.076 561.00 16.399 618.39 Italy 72,766 13.311 5,466.40 12.076 6,025.67 India 65,629 131.766 498.07 119.537 549.03 Taiwan 7,893 5.805 1,359.49 5.267 1,498.58 Japan 599,733 530.035 1,131.50 480.840 1,247.26 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,342,618 8,283.981 1,007.08 7,515.104 1,110.11 GRAND TOTAL 655,317,989 1,889,317.191 346.85 1,713,960.208 382.34 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 29/04/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Canada 3,659,020 3,047.497 1,200.66 2,764.644 1,323.50 Trinidad and Tobago 54,843 20.899 2,624.09 18.960 2,892.56 Sweden 59,083 44.853 1,317.26 40.690 1,452.03 United Kingdom 183,184 75.283 2,433.26 68.296 2,682.21 Netherlands 4,754 1.726 2,754.00 1.566 3,035.76 Belgium 367,736 302.198 1,216.87 274.150 1,341.37 Federal Republic of Germany 58,350 40.731 1,432.55 36.951 1,579.12 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,386,970 3,533.190 1,241.65 3,205.257 1,368.68 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 6,030,184 4,524.351 1,332.83 4,104.424 1,469.19 Mexico 2,945 0.033 89,055.33 0.030 98,166.67 Sweden 4,511,733 3,568.411 1,264.35 3,237.209 1,393.71 United Kingdom 4,525,593 3,730.516 1,213.13 3,384.269 1,337.24 Belgium 2,054 0.025 81,015.56 0.023 89,304.35 Federal Republic of Germany 7,469 0.962 7,761.47 0.873 8,555.56 Spain 73,996 44.587 1,659.57 40.449 1,829.37 Italy 23,982 17.859 1,342.80 16.202 1,480.19 Korea, South 16,491 1.176 14,020.98 1.067 15,455.48 Taiwan 4,224 2.910 1,451.50 2.640 1,600.00 Japan 17,000 0.602 28,194.05 0.547 31,078.61 CATEGORY TOTAL 15,215,671 11,891.436 1,279.55 10,787.733 1,410.46 WIRE RODS..............................3 Sweden 969,429 478.590 2,025.59 434.170 2,232.83 United Kingdom 1,028,114 729.036 1,410.24 661.371 1,554.52 France 659,089 417.317 1,579.35 378.584 1,740.93 Federal Republic of Germany 97,807 72.475 1,349.51 65.749 1,487.58 Spain 1,317,769 994.114 1,325.57 901.846 1,461.19 Italy 471,744 373.291 1,263.74 338.644 1,393.04 India 366,122 284.702 1,285.98 258.278 1,417.55 China 208,331 232.583 895.73 210.996 987.37 Korea, South 227,794 195.146 1,167.30 177.034 1,286.72 Taiwan 753,571 530.185 1,421.34 480.976 1,566.75 Japan 29,805 12.140 2,454.93 11.014 2,706.10 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,129,575 4,319.584 1,419.02 3,918.662 1,564.20 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 France 27,389 6.808 4,022.49 6.177 4,434.03 Federal Republic of Germany 89,111 19.270 4,624.19 17.482 5,097.30 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 29/04/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE India 180,804 90.400 2,000.03 82.010 2,204.66 Japan 59,987 17.295 3,468.41 15.690 3,823.26 CATEGORY TOTAL 357,291 133.775 2,670.83 121.359 2,944.08 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 209,320 109.237 1,916.18 99.099 2,112.23 Mexico 2,150 0.065 33,058.44 0.059 36,440.68 Sweden 47,412 25.845 1,834.41 23.447 2,022.09 Finland 7,672 3.429 2,237.20 3.111 2,466.09 United Kingdom 118,645 125.951 941.99 114.261 1,038.37 Belgium 639,508 355.915 1,796.80 322.881 1,980.63 France 266,371 70.809 3,761.82 64.237 4,146.69 Federal Republic of Germany 245,616 62.299 3,942.52 56.517 4,345.88 Austria 9,966 2.244 4,440.57 2.036 4,894.89 Italy 104,264 96.971 1,075.20 87.971 1,185.21 Taiwan 533,865 406.794 1,312.37 369.038 1,446.64 Japan 523,694 308.349 1,698.38 279.730 1,872.14 South Africa 822,167 754.144 1,090.20 684.149 1,201.74 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,530,650 2,322.057 1,520.48 2,106.536 1,676.05 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 16,215 9.960 1,627.93 9.036 1,794.49 Mexico 16,007 22.083 724.83 20.034 798.99 Sweden 932,591 546.726 1,705.77 495.982 1,880.29 Belgium 458,345 301.065 1,522.41 273.122 1,678.17 France 3,395 0.783 4,331.78 0.711 4,774.96 Federal Republic of Germany 1,679,366 1,320.462 1,271.80 1,197.904 1,401.92 Slovenia 9,017 8.532 1,056.72 7.741 1,164.84 Japan 84,939 107.565 789.65 97.582 870.44 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,199,875 2,317.181 1,380.93 2,102.112 1,522.22 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 278,284 202.956 1,371.15 184.119 1,511.44 Mexico 101,246 54.911 1,843.80 49.815 2,032.44 Trinidad and Tobago 85,348 81.675 1,044.96 74.095 1,151.87 Brazil 94,332 55.130 1,711.05 50.014 1,886.11 Sweden 11,425 3.259 3,505.10 2.957 3,863.71 United Kingdom 104,273 62.100 1,679.09 56.337 1,850.88 Belgium 2,353 0.597 3,938.39 0.542 4,341.33 France 92,696 13.655 6,788.22 12.388 7,482.73 Federal Republic of Germany 159,745 109.624 1,457.20 99.450 1,606.28 Austria 186,020 99.921 1,861.67 90.647 2,052.14 Spain 173,100 126.914 1,363.91 115.135 1,503.45 Portugal 228,530 81.544 2,802.52 73.976 3,089.25 Italy 211,631 129.713 1,631.53 117.674 1,798.45 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 29/04/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Taiwan 185,503 101.137 1,834.17 91.750 2,021.83 Japan 8,787 1.082 8,117.55 0.982 8,948.07 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,923,273 1,124.226 1,710.75 1,019.881 1,885.78 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 18,650 1.718 10,852.47 1.559 11,962.80 United Kingdom 28,964 10.447 2,772.28 9.478 3,055.92 France 69,873 18.161 3,847.28 16.476 4,240.90 Federal Republic of Germany 4,658 0.551 8,451.34 0.500 9,316.00 Italy 4,861 2.292 2,120.11 2.080 2,337.02 India 1,548,636 804.045 1,926.06 729.418 2,123.11 Japan 38,801 11.628 3,336.78 10.549 3,678.17 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,714,443 848.845 2,019.73 770.060 2,226.38 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 1,902,421 644.022 2,953.96 584.248 3,256.19 Brazil 50,404 25.946 1,942.64 23.538 2,141.39 Sweden 159,882 73.476 2,175.95 66.657 2,398.58 Denmark 294,068 166.701 1,764.04 151.229 1,944.52 United Kingdom 286,313 141.882 2,017.95 128.714 2,224.41 Netherlands 7,245 3.083 2,349.86 2.797 2,590.28 France 1,587,435 658.197 2,411.79 597.107 2,658.54 Federal Republic of Germany 587,844 242.703 2,422.07 220.177 2,669.87 Austria 76,675 23.873 3,211.67 21.658 3,540.26 Switzerland 399,914 147.020 2,720.12 133.375 2,998.42 Latvia 117,037 52.787 2,217.14 47.888 2,443.97 Russia 29,031 17.641 1,645.62 16.004 1,813.98 Italy 1,324,220 699.481 1,893.15 634.559 2,086.84 Slovenia 83,609 52.258 1,599.92 47.408 1,763.61 Saudi Arabia 43,887 21.974 1,997.17 19.935 2,201.50 United Arab Emirates 80,725 36.281 2,224.97 32.914 2,452.60 India 1,700,228 1,078.664 1,576.23 978.548 1,737.50 China 164,297 76.876 2,137.16 69.741 2,355.82 Korea, South 232,769 155.917 1,492.90 141.446 1,645.64 Taiwan 551,081 301.066 1,830.43 273.123 2,017.70 Japan 76,578 22.789 3,360.28 20.674 3,704.07 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,755,663 4,642.647 2,101.31 4,211.740 2,316.30 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D Canada 7,436,538 1,443.719 5,150.96 1,309.721 5,677.96 Mexico 182,106 74.782 2,435.13 67.842 2,684.27 Brazil 35,504 21.676 1,637.87 19.665 1,805.44 Sweden 659,820 185.740 3,552.38 168.501 3,915.82 Norway 67,598 23.819 2,837.89 21.609 3,128.23 Finland 99,453 55.880 1,779.74 50.694 1,961.83 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 29/04/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Denmark 3,188 1.159 2,749.15 1.052 3,030.42 United Kingdom 159,830 23.177 6,896.00 21.026 7,601.54 Ireland 124,289 23.805 5,221.02 21.596 5,755.19 Netherlands 23,751 1.469 16,163.95 1.333 17,817.70 France 2,441,457 568.685 4,293.16 515.903 4,732.40 Federal Republic of Germany 540,081 155.730 3,468.06 141.276 3,822.88 Austria 723,461 174.086 4,155.75 157.929 4,580.93 Czech Republic 939,133 72.803 12,899.61 66.046 14,219.38 Switzerland 22,551 0.202 111,184.40 0.184 122,559.78 Spain 2,013,346 459.879 4,377.98 417.196 4,825.90 Italy 392,820 219.704 1,787.94 199.313 1,970.87 India 144,800 47.312 3,060.52 42.921 3,373.64 Thailand 180,868 104.359 1,733.13 94.673 1,910.45 Malaysia 218,547 127.534 1,713.64 115.697 1,888.96 Singapore 197,057 90.982 2,165.88 82.538 2,387.47 Indonesia 4,104 0.723 5,675.44 0.656 6,256.10 China 2,032,709 866.103 2,346.96 785.716 2,587.08 Korea, South 1,461,870 538.651 2,713.94 488.657 2,991.61 Hong Kong 32,144 7.083 4,537.90 6.426 5,002.18 Taiwan 3,088,901 1,680.033 1,838.60 1,524.101 2,026.70 Japan 1,417,074 286.134 4,952.47 259.577 5,459.17 Australia 2,459 0.209 11,740.88 0.190 12,942.11 South Africa 468,108 324.149 1,444.11 294.064 1,591.86 CATEGORY TOTAL 25,113,567 7,579.602 3,313.31 6,876.102 3,652.30 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Brazil 38,239 10.492 3,644.27 9.519 4,017.12 Sweden 1,233,180 300.396 4,105.18 272.515 4,525.18 Denmark 61,816 1.333 46,345.91 1.210 51,087.60 United Kingdom 190,857 68.871 2,771.21 62.479 3,054.74 Belgium 20,984 2.072 10,125.73 1.880 11,161.70 France 521,012 159.301 3,270.60 144.516 3,605.22 Federal Republic of Germany 395,719 82.006 4,825.46 74.395 5,319.16 Switzerland 268,118 72.925 3,676.60 66.157 4,052.75 Italy 131,110 48.140 2,723.51 43.672 3,002.15 India 1,396,343 828.869 1,684.64 751.938 1,856.99 Thailand 68,469 39.364 1,739.35 35.711 1,917.31 China 234,209 127.482 1,837.19 115.650 2,025.15 Korea, South 1,495,205 717.604 2,083.61 651.000 2,296.78 Taiwan 348,607 110.146 3,164.95 99.923 3,488.76 Japan 809,593 150.564 5,377.05 136.590 5,927.18 Australia 10,731 2.700 3,973.47 2.450 4,380.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,224,192 2,722.272 2,653.74 2,469.605 2,925.24 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 35,023 8.588 4,078.08 7.791 4,495.32 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 29/04/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Brazil 243,799 107.464 2,268.65 97.490 2,500.76 Finland 25,823 20.183 1,279.42 18.310 1,410.32 Federal Republic of Germany 10,777 1.901 5,667.67 1.725 6,247.54 Austria 23,975 4.620 5,188.40 4.192 5,719.23 Italy 64,700 58.145 1,112.72 52.749 1,226.56 Japan 244,090 134.306 1,817.41 121.841 2,003.35 South Africa 64,287 62.406 1,030.14 56.614 1,135.53 CATEGORY TOTAL 712,474 397.616 1,791.86 360.712 1,975.19 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 6,256,957 3,518.832 1,778.13 3,192.232 1,960.06 Mexico 7,692,071 5,384.831 1,428.47 4,885.038 1,574.62 Brazil 491,823 331.792 1,482.32 300.997 1,633.98 Sweden 1,143,328 476.800 2,397.92 432.546 2,643.25 Finland 277,351 149.138 1,859.69 135.296 2,049.96 United Kingdom 297,634 45.540 6,535.54 41.314 7,204.19 Belgium 1,533,740 817.914 1,875.18 742.000 2,067.04 France 2,150,316 1,542.831 1,393.75 1,399.634 1,536.34 Federal Republic of Germany 2,619,827 2,010.758 1,302.90 1,824.130 1,436.21 Austria 32,817 13.102 2,504.72 11.886 2,760.98 Italy 4,162,787 4,263.218 976.44 3,867.528 1,076.34 India 32,194 20.910 1,539.58 18.970 1,697.10 Thailand 909,855 763.919 1,191.04 693.016 1,312.89 China 1,127,543 829.535 1,359.25 752.542 1,498.31 Korea, South 60,968 18.724 3,255.98 16.987 3,589.10 Hong Kong 2,880 0.272 10,577.70 0.247 11,659.92 Taiwan 2,772,466 1,857.431 1,492.63 1,685.034 1,645.35 Japan 1,438,977 566.443 2,540.37 513.869 2,800.28 South Africa 1,878,601 1,619.395 1,160.06 1,469.091 1,278.75 CATEGORY TOTAL 34,882,135 24,231.393 1,439.54 21,982.357 1,586.82 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 2,759 1.358 2,031.59 1.232 2,239.45 Finland 30,176 23.391 1,290.07 21.220 1,422.05 Federal Republic of Germany 12,877 9.755 1,319.98 8.850 1,455.03 Thailand 3,895 2.238 1,739.78 2.031 1,917.77 Japan 21,671 5.992 3,616.56 5.436 3,986.57 CATEGORY TOTAL 71,378 42.735 1,670.23 38.769 1,841.11 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 583,957 241.384 2,419.20 218.980 2,666.71 Mexico 860,092 649.995 1,323.23 589.666 1,458.61 Brazil 30,829 21.755 1,417.09 19.736 1,562.07 Sweden 1,457,342 238.443 6,111.91 216.312 6,737.22 Finland 553,652 367.358 1,507.12 333.262 1,661.31 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 29/04/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Denmark 9,494 1.717 5,528.12 1.558 6,093.71 United Kingdom 96,004 17.315 5,544.52 15.708 6,111.79 Belgium 410,710 278.444 1,475.01 252.601 1,625.92 France 973,678 490.639 1,984.51 445.101 2,187.54 Federal Republic of Germany 949,495 172.556 5,502.50 156.541 6,065.47 Austria 13,645 8.086 1,687.37 7.336 1,860.01 Switzerland 5,086 1.557 3,265.35 1.413 3,599.43 Italy 18,073 12.714 1,421.50 11.534 1,566.93 Thailand 8,846 5.299 1,669.08 4.808 1,839.85 Indonesia 122,282 58.418 2,093.22 52.996 2,307.38 China 91,710 68.938 1,330.32 62.540 1,466.42 Korea, South 318,343 247.791 1,284.72 224.793 1,416.16 Taiwan 148,133 106.812 1,386.85 96.899 1,528.74 Japan 2,502,904 372.284 6,723.09 337.731 7,410.94 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,154,275 3,361.513 2,723.26 3,049.515 3,001.88 GRAND TOTAL 123,371,432 69,468.080 1,775.94 63,020.400 1,957.64