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RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/05/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Canada 3,496,668 2,905.223 1,203.58 2,635.575 1,326.72 Mexico 388,012 1,003.400 386.70 910.270 426.26 Venezuela 3,396,200 2,840.504 1,195.63 2,576.863 1,317.96 Sweden 60,309 105.689 570.62 95.880 629.01 United Kingdom 89,532 29.981 2,986.22 27.199 3,291.74 Belgium 477,285 1,306.078 365.43 1,184.855 402.82 France 91,118 14.763 6,171.95 13.393 6,803.40 Federal Republic of Germany 574,783 40.763 14,100.45 36.980 15,543.08 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,573,907 8,246.405 1,039.71 7,481.015 1,146.09 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 7,359,544 17,660.080 416.73 16,020.960 459.37 Mexico 28,417,240 129,296.245 219.78 117,295.614 242.27 Brazil 15,203,420 65,878.848 230.78 59,764.303 254.39 Sweden 5,068,053 3,605.222 1,405.75 3,270.604 1,549.58 Finland 1,252,038 6,390.703 195.92 5,797.550 215.96 United Kingdom 5,426,115 4,873.408 1,113.41 4,421.083 1,227.33 Netherlands 416,977 2,402.579 173.55 2,179.584 191.31 Belgium 2,804,766 8,989.351 312.01 8,155.005 343.93 France 84,961 22.872 3,714.47 20.750 4,094.51 Federal Republic of Germany 5,550,133 17,768.008 312.37 16,118.871 344.33 Switzerland 6,180 4.258 1,451.31 3.863 1,599.79 Russia 98,028 450.238 217.72 408.450 240.00 Ukraine 4,324,712 19,947.000 216.81 18,095.620 238.99 Spain 1,975,021 1,685.263 1,171.94 1,528.846 1,291.84 Italy 170,673 140.980 1,210.62 127.895 1,334.48 India 34,450 82.807 416.02 75.122 458.59 China 6,499 15.897 408.81 14.422 450.63 Korea, South 312,336 626.990 498.15 568.796 549.12 Taiwan 17,236 2.325 7,410.54 2.110 8,168.72 Japan 120,113 211.643 567.52 192.000 625.59 Australia 7,659,290 39,203.740 195.37 35,565.045 215.36 CATEGORY TOTAL 86,307,785 319,258.469 270.34 289,626.493 298.00 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 11,939,135 35,857.274 332.96 32,529.181 367.03 Mexico 696,808 2,343.253 297.37 2,125.764 327.79 Trinidad and Tobago 2,567,916 11,155.244 230.20 10,119.870 253.75 Venezuela 3,925,793 16,530.485 237.49 14,996.208 261.79 Brazil 6,195,054 23,232.660 266.65 21,076.321 293.93 Argentina 1,471,979 6,598.770 223.07 5,986.306 245.89 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/05/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Sweden 912,944 449.683 2,030.19 407.946 2,237.90 Finland 112,586 107.275 1,049.50 97.319 1,156.88 United Kingdom 1,796,268 4,389.332 409.23 3,981.937 451.10 Luxembourg 114,525 277.913 412.09 252.119 454.25 France 646,900 589.657 1,097.08 534.928 1,209.32 Federal Republic of Germany 4,521,847 13,347.072 338.79 12,108.264 373.45 Czech Republic 1,969,190 7,975.550 246.90 7,235.300 272.16 Spain 1,321,154 1,026.535 1,287.00 931.258 1,418.68 Italy 1,087,416 2,826.562 384.71 2,564.215 424.07 India 293,063 186.549 1,570.97 169.235 1,731.69 Malaysia 2,764,799 12,183.534 226.93 11,052.720 250.15 China 2,563,446 11,807.173 217.11 10,711.291 239.32 Korea, South 305,637 254.729 1,199.85 231.087 1,322.61 Taiwan 774,918 507.035 1,528.33 459.975 1,684.70 Japan 2,638,725 7,973.086 330.95 7,233.064 364.81 South Africa 956,279 3,943.197 242.51 3,577.210 267.33 CATEGORY TOTAL 49,576,382 163,562.579 303.10 148,381.518 334.11 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 1,900,846 4,231.997 449.16 3,839.205 495.11 Mexico 339,043 873.112 388.32 792.075 428.04 Brazil 311,095 1,583.494 196.46 1,436.522 216.56 Norway 685,889 1,440.468 476.16 1,306.771 524.87 United Kingdom 2,851,371 6,909.366 412.68 6,268.074 454.90 Belgium 2,937 5.671 517.86 5.145 570.85 Luxembourg 1,692,419 4,251.163 398.11 3,856.592 438.84 France 26,772 25.328 1,056.97 22.978 1,165.11 Federal Republic of Germany 1,810,655 2,748.815 658.70 2,493.684 726.10 Austria 69,088 16.641 4,151.53 15.097 4,576.27 Poland 473,422 1,801.123 262.85 1,633.952 289.74 Russia 611,946 2,993.365 204.43 2,715.536 225.35 Spain 97,014 214.648 451.97 194.726 498.21 Italy 48,379 25.012 1,934.19 22.691 2,132.08 Turkey 11,800 49.919 236.38 45.286 260.57 India 133,208 68.783 1,936.64 62.399 2,134.78 Korea, South 655,581 2,898.662 226.17 2,629.623 249.31 Taiwan 31,968 30.467 1,049.24 27.640 1,156.58 Japan 132,911 67.168 1,978.78 60.934 2,181.23 South Africa 1,509,029 7,197.573 209.66 6,529.531 231.11 CATEGORY TOTAL 13,395,373 37,432.785 357.85 33,958.461 394.46 STEEL PILING...........................5 Canada 374,738 781.847 479.30 709.280 528.34 United Kingdom 508,240 1,607.609 316.15 1,458.399 348.49 Luxembourg 718,213 1,004.125 715.26 910.928 788.44 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/05/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 1,601,191 3,393.582 471.83 3,078.607 520.10 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 8,171,858 20,792.647 393.02 18,862.778 433.23 Sweden 4,475,272 7,088.324 631.36 6,430.422 695.95 Norway 84,432 174.834 482.93 158.607 532.33 Finland 237,327 429.645 552.38 389.768 608.89 United Kingdom 479,689 471.660 1,017.02 427.883 1,121.08 Belgium 1,696,183 1,158.501 1,464.12 1,050.975 1,613.91 France 746,975 528.530 1,413.31 479.475 1,557.90 Federal Republic of Germany 681,679 1,063.408 641.03 964.708 706.62 Austria 47,855 77.276 619.27 70.104 682.63 Czech Republic 254,592 770.706 330.34 699.173 364.13 Hungary 65,235 273.847 238.22 248.430 262.59 Russia 514,476 2,130.990 241.43 1,933.203 266.13 Italy 355,499 290.504 1,223.73 263.541 1,348.93 China 443,047 1,598.030 277.25 1,449.709 305.61 Korea, South 1,050,098 1,955.324 537.05 1,773.841 591.99 Taiwan 218,467 142.581 1,532.22 129.348 1,688.99 Japan 746,841 773.558 965.46 701.761 1,064.24 Australia 225,448 984.499 229.00 893.123 252.43 South Africa 1,542,211 4,558.232 338.34 4,135.160 372.95 CATEGORY TOTAL 22,037,184 45,263.104 486.87 41,062.009 536.68 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 8,919,182 26,815.037 332.62 24,326.200 366.65 Mexico 175,525 598.212 293.42 542.689 323.44 Venezuela 307,401 1,217.750 252.43 1,104.725 278.26 Sweden 949,182 450.932 2,104.93 409.079 2,320.29 Netherlands 350,330 1,384.877 252.97 1,256.340 278.85 Belgium 873,091 496.549 1,758.32 450.462 1,938.21 France 2,685,850 8,886.125 302.25 8,061.360 333.18 Federal Republic of Germany 571,550 433.527 1,318.37 393.290 1,453.25 Hungary 84,948 367.212 231.33 333.130 255.00 Italy 4,239 1.674 2,531.64 1.519 2,790.65 Bulgaria 1,422,064 5,827.351 244.03 5,286.486 269.00 Turkey 41,726 138.538 301.19 125.680 332.00 Japan 44,299 64.796 683.67 58.782 753.62 New Zealand 195,619 955.472 204.74 866.790 225.68 South Africa 43,903 181.065 242.47 164.260 267.28 CATEGORY TOTAL 16,668,909 47,819.124 348.58 43,380.792 384.25 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Canada 8,076 5.235 1,542.41 4.750 1,700.21 Luxembourg 42,494 84.779 501.23 76.911 552.51 France 1,829,657 5,406.881 338.39 4,905.042 373.02 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/05/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Federal Republic of Germany 31,487 46.799 672.80 42.456 741.64 Austria 4,327 5.736 754.30 5.204 831.48 Japan 2,915,337 7,047.910 413.65 6,393.759 455.97 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,831,378 12,597.344 383.52 11,428.122 422.76 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 Canada 134,697 354.853 379.58 321.918 418.42 France 3,644 0.551 6,611.56 0.500 7,288.00 Austria 68,653 106.253 646.12 96.392 712.23 Spain 44,089 121.772 362.06 110.470 399.10 Korea, South 254,356 840.189 302.74 762.207 333.71 Japan 169,467 431.135 393.07 391.120 433.29 CATEGORY TOTAL 674,906 1,854.756 363.88 1,682.607 401.11 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 Canada 86,853 133.186 652.11 120.825 718.83 Australia 373,938 608.283 614.74 551.826 677.64 CATEGORY TOTAL 460,791 741.470 621.46 672.651 685.04 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 28,363,146 67,322.075 421.31 61,073.577 464.41 Mexico 1,979,758 6,033.214 328.14 5,473.242 361.72 Trinidad and Tobago 376,241 1,348.384 279.03 1,223.234 307.58 Colombia 119,343 182.669 653.33 165.715 720.17 Brazil 172,378 436.678 394.75 396.148 435.14 Argentina 1,096,313 3,465.876 316.32 3,144.191 348.68 Sweden 594,372 329.389 1,804.47 298.817 1,989.08 United Kingdom 3,802,959 9,194.215 413.63 8,340.854 455.94 Belgium 3,337 1.695 1,968.32 1.538 2,169.70 Luxembourg 5,285 13.529 390.62 12.274 430.58 France 581,890 481.462 1,208.59 436.776 1,332.24 Federal Republic of Germany 2,801,048 4,936.675 567.40 4,478.478 625.45 Austria 1,059,986 518.061 2,046.06 469.978 2,255.39 Switzerland 26,250 0.722 36,356.65 0.655 40,076.34 Spain 904,357 1,037.451 871.71 941.160 960.90 Italy 487,246 278.982 1,746.51 253.089 1,925.20 Slovenia 13,198 9.828 1,342.87 8.916 1,480.26 Turkey 238,591 1,006.600 237.03 913.173 261.28 India 380,114 643.939 590.29 584.172 650.69 Malaysia 146,380 621.649 235.47 563.951 259.56 Korea, South 18,263 14.596 1,251.16 13.242 1,379.17 Taiwan 266,371 151.471 1,758.55 137.413 1,938.47 Japan 4,527,045 7,268.715 622.81 6,594.070 686.53 South Africa 667,630 2,398.883 278.31 2,176.231 306.78 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/05/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 48,631,501 107,696.770 451.56 97,700.894 497.76 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 4,064,610 8,177.183 497.07 7,418.218 547.92 Mexico 849,456 2,779.758 305.59 2,521.755 336.85 Brazil 323,633 1,672.593 193.49 1,517.352 213.29 United Kingdom 88,352 46.160 1,914.02 41.876 2,109.85 Austria 109,380 33.050 3,309.47 29.983 3,648.07 Italy 86,389 57.642 1,498.71 52.292 1,652.05 India 1,600,293 849.581 1,883.62 770.728 2,076.34 Korea, South 20,269 56.212 360.58 50.995 397.47 Taiwan 16,817 2.156 7,799.66 1.956 8,597.65 Japan 20,224 4.944 4,089.81 4.486 4,508.25 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,179,423 13,679.283 524.84 12,409.641 578.54 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 Canada 12,935 19.938 648.74 18.088 715.11 Mexico 3,347,706 12,569.481 266.34 11,402.845 293.59 Dominican Republic 1,224,500 4,255.747 287.73 3,860.750 317.17 Venezuela 272,218 1,106.356 246.05 1,003.670 271.22 Brazil 2,091,999 9,254.750 226.05 8,395.771 249.17 Sweden 51,843 19.769 2,622.31 17.935 2,890.60 Federal Republic of Germany 2,660 9.843 270.23 8.930 297.87 Bulgaria 301,976 1,375.465 219.54 1,247.802 242.01 India 16,782 47.197 355.57 42.817 391.95 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,322,619 28,658.551 255.51 25,998.608 281.65 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 8,331,418 9,182.269 907.34 8,330.017 1,000.17 Mexico 51,433 56.278 913.90 51.055 1,007.40 Dominican Republic 10,448 18.576 562.44 16.852 619.99 Trinidad and Tobago 78,159 130.282 599.92 118.190 661.30 Colombia 177,714 280.543 633.46 254.505 698.27 Brazil 172,965 121.383 1,424.95 110.117 1,570.74 Sweden 185,204 91.820 2,017.03 83.298 2,223.39 Denmark 441,576 245.475 1,798.86 222.692 1,982.90 United Kingdom 2,415,847 2,844.288 849.37 2,580.296 936.27 Netherlands 33,760 28.255 1,194.81 25.633 1,317.05 Belgium 41,832 73.141 571.93 66.353 630.45 France 2,100,048 3,047.838 689.03 2,764.953 759.52 Federal Republic of Germany 1,174,193 698.305 1,681.49 633.492 1,853.52 Austria 20,991 6.721 3,122.78 6.098 3,442.28 Hungary 4,410 2.579 1,709.69 2.340 1,884.62 Switzerland 442,954 141.541 3,129.51 128.404 3,449.69 Latvia 224,111 104.463 2,145.35 94.768 2,364.84 Poland 18,796 26.014 722.52 23.600 796.44 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/05/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Russia 178,140 131.262 1,357.13 119.079 1,495.98 Ukraine 729,916 2,442.485 298.84 2,215.786 329.42 Spain 714,712 1,422.727 502.35 1,290.677 553.75 Italy 2,774,844 1,529.215 1,814.55 1,387.281 2,000.20 Slovenia 47,943 39.807 1,204.36 36.113 1,327.58 Romania 79,152 30.963 2,556.27 28.090 2,817.80 Saudi Arabia 357,157 176.989 2,017.96 160.562 2,224.42 United Arab Emirates 116,751 74.149 1,574.54 67.267 1,735.64 India 1,838,486 1,159.527 1,585.55 1,051.906 1,747.77 China 31,314 18.981 1,649.69 17.220 1,818.47 Korea, South 270,415 237.636 1,137.94 215.580 1,254.36 Taiwan 1,357,724 797.496 1,702.48 723.477 1,876.67 Japan 349,089 367.385 950.20 333.287 1,047.41 Australia 2,531 1.076 2,350.14 0.977 2,590.58 South Africa 17,904 49.118 364.50 44.560 401.80 CATEGORY TOTAL 24,791,937 25,578.603 969.25 23,204.525 1,068.41 TOOL STEEL............................17 Canada 970,237 883.009 1,098.78 801.053 1,211.20 Mexico 9,322 3.194 2,918.14 2.898 3,216.70 Brazil 825,887 611.286 1,351.06 554.550 1,489.29 Sweden 1,303,766 916.084 1,423.19 831.058 1,568.80 United Kingdom 1,092,477 276.954 3,944.61 251.249 4,348.18 Netherlands 47,443 60.437 784.99 54.828 865.31 Belgium 92,332 123.186 749.53 111.753 826.21 France 2,248,867 1,152.113 1,951.95 1,045.180 2,151.66 Federal Republic of Germany 2,540,970 1,701.092 1,493.73 1,543.206 1,646.55 Austria 1,588,068 646.784 2,455.33 586.753 2,706.54 Czech Republic 5,963 3.044 1,958.56 2.762 2,158.94 Hungary 12,850 9.910 1,296.56 8.991 1,429.21 Switzerland 383,972 271.210 1,415.77 246.038 1,560.62 Russia 592,196 481.637 1,229.55 436.934 1,355.34 Ukraine 797,794 648.176 1,230.83 588.016 1,356.76 Spain 106,612 126.580 842.25 114.832 928.42 Italy 15,945 0.176 90,406.65 0.160 99,656.25 Slovenia 1,491,790 1,402.336 1,063.79 1,272.179 1,172.63 India 62,761 47.006 1,335.14 42.644 1,471.74 China 196,695 194.815 1,009.65 176.734 1,112.94 Korea, South 242,128 312.195 775.57 283.219 854.91 Taiwan 433,384 300.804 1,440.75 272.885 1,588.16 Japan 3,921,337 6,286.996 623.72 5,703.469 687.54 CATEGORY TOTAL 18,982,796 16,459.036 1,153.34 14,931.391 1,271.33 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 14,538,262 28,634.922 507.71 25,977.172 559.66 Mexico 1,928,536 3,699.885 521.24 3,356.481 574.57 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/05/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Guatemala 5,673 0.985 5,756.67 0.894 6,345.64 Dominican Republic 63,698 166.202 383.26 150.776 422.47 Colombia 186,248 400.701 464.81 363.510 512.36 Venezuela 1,357,560 4,316.430 314.51 3,915.801 346.69 Peru 973,756 2,444.989 398.27 2,218.058 439.01 Chile 70,161 117.671 596.24 106.750 657.25 Argentina 274,127 851.739 321.84 772.685 354.77 Sweden 129,005 30.313 4,255.69 27.500 4,691.09 Norway 30,042 3.599 8,347.21 3.265 9,201.23 United Kingdom 23,340 7.222 3,231.64 6.552 3,562.27 Netherlands 2,803 1.848 1,516.30 1.677 1,671.44 France 154,149 247.339 623.23 224.383 686.99 Federal Republic of Germany 1,174,669 1,015.360 1,156.90 921.120 1,275.26 Czech Republic 300,282 59.436 5,052.14 53.920 5,569.03 Switzerland 25,487 8.544 2,983.02 7.751 3,288.22 Poland 80,392 153.506 523.70 139.259 577.28 Ukraine 107,725 269.446 399.80 244.438 440.70 Spain 426,605 413.645 1,031.33 375.253 1,136.85 Italy 391,463 401.205 975.72 363.968 1,075.54 Romania 3,334 1.666 2,000.37 1.512 2,205.03 Turkey 1,973,567 5,343.925 369.31 4,847.929 407.09 Oman 34,559 97.702 353.72 88.634 389.91 India 3,057,002 7,542.102 405.32 6,842.082 446.79 Indonesia 808,164 2,189.243 369.15 1,986.049 406.92 China 3,211,789 8,887.017 361.40 8,062.169 398.38 Korea, South 2,041,895 5,135.251 397.62 4,658.623 438.30 Taiwan 3,054,730 9,151.799 333.78 8,302.375 367.93 Japan 1,046,928 1,994.520 524.90 1,809.399 578.61 South Africa 347,528 1,061.017 327.54 962.539 361.05 CATEGORY TOTAL 37,823,479 84,649.243 446.83 76,792.524 492.54 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 1,768,599 2,586.418 683.80 2,346.360 753.76 Mexico 888,806 1,801.802 493.29 1,634.568 543.76 Colombia 469,141 972.982 482.17 882.675 531.50 Venezuela 1,089,163 2,858.299 381.05 2,593.006 420.04 Brazil 977,302 2,098.145 465.79 1,903.406 513.45 Argentina 146,733 209.914 699.01 190.431 770.53 Finland 5,268 2.691 1,957.02 2.442 2,157.25 United Kingdom 163,772 221.291 740.07 200.752 815.79 Federal Republic of Germany 4,923,827 6,598.702 746.18 5,986.244 822.52 Austria 3,573,680 5,666.609 630.66 5,140.663 695.18 Czech Republic 1,128,538 2,629.239 429.23 2,385.207 473.14 Russia 93,930 217.287 432.28 197.120 476.51 Spain 1,327,373 2,529.003 524.86 2,294.274 578.56 Israel 9,000 7.026 1,280.93 6.374 1,411.99 India 564,587 1,276.887 442.16 1,158.373 487.40 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/05/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE China 11,110,649 23,760.131 467.62 21,554.835 515.46 Korea, South 1,139,977 1,915.408 595.16 1,737.630 656.05 Japan 7,984,123 2,807.900 2,843.45 2,547.285 3,134.37 South Africa 1,215,174 2,959.452 410.61 2,684.771 452.62 CATEGORY TOTAL 38,579,642 61,119.194 631.22 55,446.416 695.80 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 7,432,402 12,578.010 590.90 11,410.582 651.36 Brazil 1,146,128 1,969.359 581.98 1,786.573 641.52 Argentina 62,773 180.354 348.05 163.615 383.66 United Kingdom 43,870 21.444 2,045.76 19.454 2,255.06 Federal Republic of Germany 5,971,734 14,470.751 412.68 13,127.649 454.90 Czech Republic 80,420 142.517 564.28 129.290 622.01 Poland 109,421 186.350 587.18 169.054 647.25 Italy 427,237 483.026 884.50 438.194 975.00 India 603,627 1,492.788 404.36 1,354.235 445.73 Indonesia 345,999 1,059.438 326.59 961.107 360.00 Korea, South 1,565,363 4,658.532 336.02 4,226.151 370.40 Japan 8,500,577 16,643.818 510.73 15,099.022 562.99 CATEGORY TOTAL 26,289,551 53,886.391 487.87 48,884.926 537.78 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 2,112,270 3,298.340 640.40 2,992.205 705.92 Mexico 1,763,306 3,775.480 467.04 3,425.059 514.83 Colombia 577,718 1,710.886 337.67 1,552.091 372.22 Venezuela 14,083 43.483 323.87 39.448 357.00 United Kingdom 35,389 13.402 2,640.38 12.159 2,910.52 France 85,441 162.381 526.17 147.310 580.01 Federal Republic of Germany 7,754 1.328 5,837.60 1.205 6,434.85 Austria 368,569 698.135 527.93 633.338 581.95 Czech Republic 1,077,033 2,874.812 374.64 2,607.987 412.97 Russia 102,822 275.335 373.44 249.780 411.65 Italy 368,406 643.998 572.06 584.226 630.59 India 35,819 70.008 511.64 63.511 563.98 Malaysia 7,658 12.763 599.98 11.579 661.37 China 593,529 1,388.052 427.60 1,259.220 471.35 Korea, South 654,589 2,019.355 324.16 1,831.929 357.32 Japan 777,553 784.997 990.52 712.138 1,091.86 South Africa 222,935 581.275 383.53 527.324 422.77 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,804,874 18,354.039 479.72 16,650.509 528.81 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Canada 11,353 16.882 672.45 15.316 741.25 Mexico 339,775 737.217 460.89 668.793 508.04 Colombia 213,688 613.124 348.52 556.217 384.18 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/05/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Venezuela 36,873 113.853 323.86 103.286 357.00 Argentina 202,717 572.729 353.95 519.572 390.16 India 399,247 1,130.762 353.08 1,025.811 389.20 China 595,460 1,898.936 313.58 1,722.687 345.66 Korea, South 2,340,373 7,301.627 320.53 6,623.927 353.32 Taiwan 48,803 144.385 338.01 130.984 372.59 South Africa 400,571 1,227.121 326.43 1,113.226 359.83 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,588,860 13,756.641 333.57 12,479.819 367.70 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 8,202,882 10,217.448 802.83 9,269.116 884.97 Mexico 7,745,863 14,791.456 523.67 13,418.587 577.25 Dominican Republic 196,523 521.196 377.06 472.822 415.64 Colombia 4,341 7.547 575.16 6.847 634.00 Venezuela 98,416 189.804 518.51 172.188 571.56 Brazil 130,102 188.912 688.69 171.379 759.15 Argentina 438,667 1,276.050 343.77 1,157.614 378.94 Sweden 892,792 715.867 1,247.15 649.424 1,374.74 Denmark 4,155 0.572 7,262.72 0.519 8,005.78 United Kingdom 399,332 269.696 1,480.67 244.665 1,632.16 Ireland 2,144 0.001 1,945,004.63 0.001 2,144,000.00 Netherlands 124,867 127.767 977.30 115.909 1,077.28 Belgium 41,466 23.508 1,763.84 21.327 1,944.30 France 941,230 1,038.389 906.43 942.011 999.17 Federal Republic of Germany 2,641,217 2,528.221 1,044.69 2,293.565 1,151.58 Austria 62,447 74.249 841.04 67.358 927.09 Czech Republic 6,296 4.372 1,439.79 3.967 1,587.09 Slovakia 4,462 1.247 3,575.85 1.132 3,941.70 Switzerland 325,751 224.378 1,451.79 203.553 1,600.33 Poland 45,235 30.608 1,477.83 27.768 1,629.03 Ukraine 11,367 29.321 387.67 26.600 427.33 Spain 561,195 458.279 1,224.57 415.744 1,349.86 Italy 494,354 551.682 896.08 500.478 987.76 Romania 141,546 168.950 837.80 153.269 923.51 Turkey 688,286 1,990.213 345.84 1,805.492 381.22 Saudi Arabia 11,569 6.059 1,909.26 5.497 2,104.60 India 833,937 900.081 926.51 816.540 1,021.31 Malaysia 10,882 27.389 397.31 24.847 437.96 China 317,000 778.156 407.37 705.932 449.05 Korea, South 697,647 1,554.521 448.79 1,410.239 494.70 Taiwan 54,842 30.249 1,812.98 27.442 1,998.47 Japan 4,134,484 2,846.053 1,452.71 2,581.897 1,601.34 Australia 43,049 9.609 4,479.63 8.718 4,937.94 South Africa 217,203 577.621 376.03 524.010 414.50 CATEGORY TOTAL 30,525,549 42,159.490 724.05 38,246.457 798.13 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/05/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 23,987 9.972 2,405.29 9.047 2,651.38 Mexico 376,022 427.729 879.11 388.030 969.05 Argentina 691,098 616.684 1,120.67 559.447 1,235.32 Sweden 86,935 82.472 1,054.11 74.818 1,161.95 United Kingdom 20,185 15.206 1,327.40 13.795 1,463.21 Netherlands 28,776 40.304 713.96 36.564 787.00 France 1,434,565 1,191.995 1,203.50 1,081.360 1,326.63 Federal Republic of Germany 1,647,828 1,213.996 1,357.36 1,101.319 1,496.23 Slovakia 81,263 104.600 776.89 94.892 856.37 Italy 458,921 326.758 1,404.47 296.430 1,548.16 Romania 20,838 21.439 971.92 19.450 1,071.36 India 23,052 0.482 47,745.27 0.438 52,630.14 Malaysia 7,023 0.028 245,044.62 0.026 270,115.38 China 7,719 7.637 1,010.62 6.929 1,114.01 Korea, South 23,062 55.263 417.31 50.134 460.01 Taiwan 21,328 1.618 13,180.14 1.468 14,528.61 Japan 364,302 306.277 1,189.45 277.850 1,311.15 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,316,904 4,422.468 1,202.25 4,011.997 1,325.25 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D Canada 7,103,688 1,446.426 4,911.20 1,312.176 5,413.67 Mexico 102,716 37.825 2,715.50 34.315 2,993.33 Brazil 64,437 39.184 1,644.43 35.548 1,812.68 Sweden 962,537 252.070 3,818.52 228.675 4,209.19 Finland 73,436 34.329 2,139.17 31.143 2,358.03 Denmark 2,253 0.159 14,095.78 0.145 15,537.93 United Kingdom 155,901 13.123 11,879.97 11.905 13,095.42 Ireland 55,652 4.060 13,704.30 3.684 15,106.41 Netherlands 2,504 0.009 252,399.03 0.009 278,222.22 France 1,973,109 534.219 3,693.44 484.636 4,071.32 Federal Republic of Germany 1,282,582 242.744 5,283.67 220.214 5,824.25 Austria 643,243 142.758 4,505.83 129.508 4,966.82 Slovakia 4,591 0.784 5,849.56 0.712 6,448.03 Switzerland 30,869 2.128 14,502.28 1.931 15,986.02 Spain 1,287,386 314.355 4,095.31 285.179 4,514.31 Italy 251,642 117.689 2,138.19 106.766 2,356.95 India 176,986 62.789 2,818.70 56.962 3,107.09 Thailand 95,520 63.414 1,506.27 57.529 1,660.38 Malaysia 403,487 236.583 1,705.47 214.625 1,879.96 Singapore 162,506 72.422 2,243.85 65.701 2,473.42 China 1,176,570 481.862 2,441.72 437.138 2,691.53 Korea, South 1,084,758 438.902 2,471.52 398.166 2,724.39 Hong Kong 27,823 7.853 3,542.54 7.125 3,904.98 Taiwan 3,315,231 1,792.352 1,849.65 1,625.995 2,038.89 Japan 2,000,759 589.011 3,396.81 534.342 3,744.34 South Africa 109,252 71.915 1,519.16 65.241 1,674.59 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/05/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 22,549,438 6,998.980 3,221.82 6,349.370 3,551.44 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 1,582,207 1,434.531 1,102.94 1,301.385 1,215.79 Mexico 27,068 24.438 1,107.61 22.170 1,220.93 Federal Republic of Germany 51,911 4.677 11,098.96 4.243 12,234.50 India 217,266 237.529 914.69 215.483 1,008.27 Vietnam 31,239 43.336 720.85 39.314 794.60 China 5,522 5.186 1,064.71 4.705 1,173.65 Taiwan 9,195 1.604 5,729.10 1.456 6,315.25 Japan 258,841 89.374 2,896.15 81.079 3,192.45 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,183,249 1,840.677 1,186.11 1,669.835 1,307.46 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 11,482,854 25,645.603 447.75 23,265.307 493.56 Mexico 1,321,136 1,747.892 755.85 1,585.662 833.18 Argentina 12,303 3.818 3,222.03 3.464 3,551.67 Finland 273,321 126.107 2,167.36 114.403 2,389.11 United Kingdom 28,141 8.644 3,255.43 7.842 3,588.50 Netherlands 31,202 19.560 1,595.15 17.745 1,758.35 Belgium 22,599 15.069 1,499.63 13.671 1,653.06 Federal Republic of Germany 166,045 164.001 1,012.46 148.780 1,116.04 Austria 104,184 142.599 730.61 129.364 805.36 Italy 283,579 266.430 1,064.36 241.702 1,173.26 Greece 3,893,992 8,584.780 453.59 7,787.984 500.00 Turkey 542,030 1,722.744 314.63 1,562.848 346.82 China 69,269 187.654 369.13 170.237 406.90 Korea, South 1,125,616 3,460.988 325.23 3,139.757 358.50 Taiwan 233,493 131.538 1,775.09 119.330 1,956.70 Japan 265,854 240.881 1,103.67 218.524 1,216.59 Australia 3,904 11.548 338.04 10.477 372.63 South Africa 174,799 480.240 363.98 435.667 401.22 CATEGORY TOTAL 20,034,321 42,960.106 466.35 38,972.764 514.06 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 296,579 437.694 677.59 397.070 746.92 Mexico 50,701 64.132 790.57 58.180 871.45 CATEGORY TOTAL 347,280 501.827 692.03 455.250 762.83 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 12,116,482 21,781.236 556.28 19,759.611 613.19 Mexico 2,986,081 4,502.898 663.15 4,084.962 730.99 Dominican Republic 275,073 899.203 305.91 815.744 337.21 Trinidad and Tobago 215,333 490.954 438.60 445.387 483.47 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/05/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Venezuela 434,359 849.706 511.19 770.841 563.49 Ecuador 117,557 283.248 415.03 256.959 457.49 Chile 110,245 243.169 453.37 220.600 499.75 Brazil 637,649 1,272.128 501.25 1,154.056 552.53 Argentina 309,961 870.458 356.09 789.667 392.52 Sweden 2,072,049 699.866 2,960.64 634.908 3,263.54 Finland 20,615 37.020 556.86 33.584 613.83 Denmark 30,513 0.101 300,879.74 0.092 331,663.04 United Kingdom 1,234,912 1,343.215 919.37 1,218.545 1,013.43 Netherlands 99,252 64.681 1,534.48 58.678 1,691.47 Belgium 1,497,979 1,795.540 834.28 1,628.887 919.63 Luxembourg 560,171 300.872 1,861.82 272.947 2,052.31 France 3,075,659 2,589.436 1,187.77 2,349.098 1,309.29 Federal Republic of Germany 1,812,991 1,121.771 1,616.19 1,017.654 1,781.54 Austria 348,454 140.608 2,478.18 127.558 2,731.73 Czech Republic 80,257 133.057 603.17 120.708 664.89 Switzerland 141,375 39.360 3,591.82 35.707 3,959.31 Russia 139,022 424.878 327.20 385.443 360.68 Belarus 286,723 378.433 757.66 343.309 835.17 Georgia 15,028 23.199 647.78 21.046 714.05 Spain 209,192 285.886 731.73 259.352 806.59 Italy 2,202,076 2,501.046 880.46 2,268.912 970.54 Greece 422,322 710.731 594.21 644.765 655.00 Turkey 17,932 18.192 985.68 16.504 1,086.52 Israel 322,510 718.839 448.65 652.120 494.56 India 1,925,402 1,472.966 1,307.16 1,336.253 1,440.90 Thailand 89,095 46.693 1,908.07 42.360 2,103.28 Singapore 9,618 7.392 1,301.12 6.706 1,434.24 China 4,271,821 8,368.161 510.48 7,591.471 562.71 Korea, South 4,182,324 4,110.969 1,017.36 3,729.410 1,121.44 Hong Kong 61,664 13.224 4,662.89 11.997 5,139.95 Taiwan 1,413,907 1,582.340 893.55 1,435.476 984.97 Japan 7,058,493 7,918.308 891.41 7,183.371 982.62 Australia 107,065 238.379 449.14 216.254 495.09 South Africa 833,909 2,280.593 365.65 2,068.920 403.06 CATEGORY TOTAL 51,745,070 70,558.774 733.36 64,009.862 808.39 BLACK PLATE...........................28 Canada 115,680 333.379 346.99 302.437 382.49 Belgium 10,320 11.494 897.79 10.428 989.64 Luxembourg 15,589 19.114 815.58 17.340 899.02 France 342,892 614.909 557.63 557.837 614.68 Federal Republic of Germany 668,933 642.046 1,041.88 582.455 1,148.47 Japan 906,427 1,217.479 744.51 1,104.479 820.68 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,059,841 2,838.424 725.70 2,574.976 799.95 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/05/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE TIN PLATE.............................29 Canada 5,820,970 10,000.105 582.09 9,071.946 641.65 Brazil 2,309,844 4,012.136 575.71 3,639.750 634.62 Netherlands 761,873 1,539.877 494.76 1,396.954 545.38 France 73,544 136.846 537.42 124.145 592.40 Federal Republic of Germany 4,196,905 7,672.482 547.01 6,960.361 602.97 Spain 3,540 1.543 2,293.88 1.400 2,528.57 China 9,771 17.862 547.00 16.205 602.96 Taiwan 129,579 241.915 535.64 219.462 590.44 CATEGORY TOTAL 13,306,026 23,622.770 563.27 21,430.223 620.90 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A Canada 2,423,026 4,282.685 565.77 3,885.188 623.66 Mexico 2,161 3.001 719.95 2.723 793.61 Netherlands 643,322 1,401.793 458.93 1,271.686 505.88 France 260,063 497.885 522.34 451.674 575.78 Federal Republic of Germany 651,491 1,372.468 474.69 1,245.083 523.25 Japan 695,490 1,118.992 621.53 1,015.133 685.12 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,675,553 8,676.826 538.86 7,871.487 593.99 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 14,285,094 43,556.225 327.97 39,513.554 361.52 Mexico 1,452,944 4,591.397 316.45 4,165.247 348.83 Venezuela 612,421 2,408.136 254.31 2,184.625 280.33 Brazil 855,610 43.485 19,675.95 39.449 21,689.02 Sweden 147,292 73.050 2,016.31 66.270 2,222.60 Netherlands 7,062,121 26,288.621 268.64 23,848.643 296.12 Belgium 6,992 4.049 1,726.47 3.674 1,903.10 France 3,320,790 11,162.069 297.51 10,126.062 327.94 Federal Republic of Germany 429,626 1,037.708 414.01 941.394 456.37 Austria 1,671,565 4,070.809 410.62 3,692.977 452.63 Hungary 199,319 838.296 237.77 760.490 262.09 Russia 134,823 669.102 201.50 607.000 222.11 Italy 280,287 259.729 1,079.15 235.623 1,189.56 Bulgaria 949,975 3,892.811 244.03 3,531.500 269.00 Turkey 1,085,115 3,949.040 274.78 3,582.510 302.89 Korea, South 19,406,767 63,133.649 307.39 57,273.900 338.84 Japan 1,113,992 2,087.100 533.75 1,893.386 588.36 Australia 4,406,446 16,507.118 266.94 14,975.010 294.25 New Zealand 1,720,045 8,063.691 213.31 7,315.260 235.13 South Africa 2,944,827 11,750.454 250.61 10,659.836 276.25 CATEGORY TOTAL 62,086,051 204,386.548 303.77 185,416.410 334.85 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 15,827,359 24,296.536 651.42 22,041.453 718.07 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/05/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Mexico 12,563,113 12,538.047 1,002.00 11,374.329 1,104.51 El Salvador 1,246,483 3,315.745 375.93 3,007.995 414.39 Dominican Republic 93,715 213.691 438.55 193.858 483.42 Colombia 3,728 7.348 507.35 6.666 559.26 Venezuela 110,236 307.445 358.55 278.910 395.24 Brazil 1,132,967 860.045 1,317.33 780.220 1,452.11 Argentina 3,104,042 8,932.002 347.52 8,102.979 383.07 Sweden 1,787,158 1,097.996 1,627.65 996.086 1,794.18 Finland 630,845 351.497 1,794.74 318.873 1,978.36 United Kingdom 135,566 48.520 2,794.00 44.017 3,079.86 Netherlands 374,339 1,146.330 326.55 1,039.934 359.96 Belgium 7,034,309 17,295.761 406.71 15,690.455 448.32 Luxembourg 225,361 340.261 662.32 308.680 730.08 France 4,952,379 6,518.833 759.70 5,913.788 837.43 Federal Republic of Germany 4,827,555 7,708.364 626.27 6,992.913 690.35 Austria 24,048 12.769 1,883.29 11.584 2,075.97 Czech Republic 1,172,334 3,045.255 384.97 2,762.610 424.36 Italy 2,370,993 2,108.028 1,124.74 1,912.372 1,239.82 Turkey 831,861 2,126.104 391.26 1,928.770 431.29 India 7,996 22.035 362.87 19.990 400.00 Thailand 117,799 83.215 1,415.59 75.492 1,560.42 China 976,255 710.850 1,373.36 644.873 1,513.87 Korea, South 1,018,737 1,528.673 666.42 1,386.790 734.60 Taiwan 3,281,372 2,069.379 1,585.68 1,877.310 1,747.91 Japan 2,752,880 3,448.893 798.19 3,128.784 879.86 Australia 50,466 17.619 2,864.24 15.984 3,157.28 New Zealand 9,968 34.116 292.18 30.950 322.07 South Africa 4,425,001 9,438.799 468.81 8,562.737 516.77 CATEGORY TOTAL 71,088,865 109,624.169 648.48 99,449.402 714.82 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 26,181,678 49,375.518 530.26 44,792.729 584.51 Mexico 10,424,804 17,575.721 593.14 15,944.431 653.82 Guatemala 177,437 282.081 629.03 255.900 693.38 Costa Rica 203,598 406.428 500.94 368.706 552.20 Colombia 322,396 635.452 507.35 576.473 559.26 Venezuela 4,056,250 8,436.874 480.78 7,653.806 529.97 Brazil 750,681 1,654.552 453.71 1,500.985 500.13 Argentina 1,172,900 2,540.051 461.76 2,304.297 509.01 Sweden 8,772 17.433 503.18 15.815 554.66 United Kingdom 62,438 40.024 1,559.98 36.310 1,719.58 Netherlands 135,609 338.057 401.14 306.681 442.18 Belgium 75,481 121.254 622.50 110.000 686.19 France 861,111 1,579.112 545.31 1,432.547 601.10 Federal Republic of Germany 10,475,381 26,305.774 398.22 23,864.204 438.96 Austria 22,702 28.574 794.50 25.922 875.78 Spain 2,464,386 4,581.588 537.89 4,156.348 592.92 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/05/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Bulgaria 884,843 2,177.168 406.42 1,975.095 448.00 Turkey 160,878 376.461 427.34 341.520 471.06 India 11,744,960 25,229.747 465.52 22,888.048 513.15 Korea, South 5,983,783 10,419.021 574.31 9,451.980 633.07 Taiwan 2,983,899 5,441.062 548.40 4,936.050 604.51 Japan 1,159,555 1,838.340 630.76 1,667.715 695.30 CATEGORY TOTAL 80,313,542 159,400.302 503.85 144,605.562 555.40 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 821,627 909.868 903.02 825.419 995.41 Brazil 86,687 244.150 355.06 221.490 391.38 Argentina 468,919 1,068.445 438.88 969.278 483.78 Belgium 6,448 17.277 373.20 15.674 411.38 France 6,408 7.815 819.92 7.090 903.81 Federal Republic of Germany 3,451,724 7,878.593 438.11 7,147.342 482.94 Korea, South 128,122 318.578 402.17 289.010 443.31 Taiwan 120,283 278.009 432.66 252.206 476.92 Japan 255,248 381.147 669.68 345.771 738.20 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,345,466 11,103.887 481.40 10,073.280 530.66 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 Canada 9,099,162 12,231.488 743.91 11,096.223 820.02 Mexico 3,690,223 6,201.547 595.05 5,625.951 655.93 United Kingdom 175,438 394.956 444.20 358.299 489.64 Belgium 300,327 301.379 996.51 273.407 1,098.46 Luxembourg 534,125 1,224.441 436.22 1,110.795 480.85 France 28,343 12.510 2,265.60 11.349 2,497.40 Federal Republic of Germany 423,531 514.879 822.58 467.091 906.74 Switzerland 61,837 19.472 3,175.64 17.665 3,500.54 Korea, South 564,566 947.822 595.65 859.850 656.59 Taiwan 248,163 407.033 609.69 369.255 672.06 Japan 2,548,192 2,810.552 906.65 2,549.691 999.41 Australia 50,063 23.143 2,163.20 20.995 2,384.52 CATEGORY TOTAL 17,723,970 25,089.227 706.44 22,760.571 778.71 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 Sweden 174,766 358.897 486.95 325.586 536.77 United Kingdom 59,943 51.891 1,155.16 47.075 1,273.35 France 777,939 764.560 1,017.50 693.598 1,121.60 Federal Republic of Germany 739,354 747.929 988.53 678.510 1,089.67 Russia 632,356 805.965 784.59 731.160 864.87 Japan 920,596 2,093.340 439.77 1,899.047 484.77 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,304,954 4,822.584 685.31 4,374.976 755.42 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/05/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 2,392,394 6,741.212 354.89 6,115.527 391.20 Mexico 249,341 554.195 449.92 502.758 495.95 Federal Republic of Germany 175,170 359.964 486.63 326.554 536.42 Austria 11,700 2.225 5,257.09 2.019 5,794.95 Slovenia 23,437 18.166 1,290.15 16.480 1,422.15 Japan 48,256 28.640 1,684.90 25.982 1,857.29 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,900,298 7,704.404 376.45 6,989.320 414.96 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 3,310,422 4,948.101 669.03 4,488.843 737.48 Mexico 1,205,570 1,174.586 1,026.38 1,065.567 1,131.39 Chile 22,589 46.829 482.37 42.483 531.72 Brazil 143,137 144.191 992.69 130.808 1,094.25 Sweden 4,340,302 1,136.997 3,817.34 1,031.467 4,207.89 Finland 1,360,153 917.170 1,482.99 832.043 1,634.71 Denmark 13,420 1.479 9,071.85 1.342 10,000.00 United Kingdom 1,609,115 979.029 1,643.58 888.161 1,811.74 Belgium 569,231 368.885 1,543.11 334.647 1,700.99 France 1,772,168 586.039 3,023.98 531.646 3,333.36 Federal Republic of Germany 4,701,015 2,630.169 1,787.34 2,386.050 1,970.21 Austria 300,377 67.308 4,462.71 61.061 4,919.29 Switzerland 123,162 138.214 891.09 125.386 982.26 Italy 89,710 44.747 2,004.82 40.594 2,209.93 India 175,231 334.010 524.63 303.009 578.30 China 106,314 77.981 1,363.32 70.744 1,502.80 Korea, South 701,706 495.636 1,415.77 449.634 1,560.62 Taiwan 125,116 78.787 1,588.01 71.475 1,750.49 Japan 3,483,282 842.602 4,133.96 764.396 4,556.91 Australia 7,000 3.449 2,029.50 3.129 2,237.14 CATEGORY TOTAL 24,159,020 15,016.215 1,608.86 13,622.485 1,773.47 GRAND TOTAL 846,787,885 1,805,735.063 468.94 1,638,135.756 516.92 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/05/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Canada 60,439 83.296 725.59 75.565 799.83 Mexico 388,012 1,003.400 386.70 910.270 426.26 Belgium 477,285 1,306.078 365.43 1,184.855 402.82 France 36,550 2.279 16,033.66 2.068 17,674.08 Federal Republic of Germany 554,613 37.517 14,782.92 34.035 16,295.37 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,516,899 2,432.572 623.58 2,206.793 687.38 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 1,836,209 5,782.990 317.52 5,246.242 350.00 Mexico 1,204,918 4,527.460 266.14 4,107.244 293.36 Brazil 8,291,865 34,879.916 237.73 31,642.537 262.05 Finland 236,949 1,120.995 211.37 1,016.950 233.00 United Kingdom 58,850 140.226 419.68 127.211 462.62 France 84,961 22.872 3,714.47 20.750 4,094.51 Federal Republic of Germany 991,463 750.851 1,320.45 681.161 1,455.55 Italy 30,475 13.404 2,273.56 12.160 2,506.17 Korea, South 305,353 626.524 487.38 568.374 537.24 CATEGORY TOTAL 13,041,043 47,865.241 272.45 43,422.629 300.33 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 100,513 254.149 395.49 230.561 435.95 United Kingdom 1,557,360 3,433.428 453.59 3,114.755 499.99 Federal Republic of Germany 266,192 233.089 1,142.02 211.455 1,258.86 Austria 58,121 15.535 3,741.06 14.094 4,123.81 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,982,186 3,936.203 503.58 3,570.865 555.10 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 4,504,024 9,710.775 463.82 8,809.470 511.27 Sweden 4,388,130 7,042.436 623.10 6,388.793 686.85 Finland 223,312 419.775 531.98 380.814 586.41 United Kingdom 479,689 471.660 1,017.02 427.883 1,121.08 Belgium 638,555 600.976 1,062.53 545.197 1,171.24 France 418,217 381.370 1,096.61 345.974 1,208.81 Federal Republic of Germany 528,474 974.929 542.06 884.441 597.52 Austria 36,947 74.370 496.79 67.468 547.62 Japan 318,236 515.158 617.74 467.344 680.95 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,535,584 20,191.453 571.31 18,317.384 629.76 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/05/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 2,471,141 7,007.737 352.63 6,357.314 388.71 Netherlands 39,580 128.948 306.94 116.980 338.35 France 820,216 2,529.773 324.23 2,294.973 357.40 Japan 6,379 5.590 1,140.96 5.072 1,257.69 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,337,316 9,672.050 345.05 8,774.339 380.35 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Canada 8,076 5.235 1,542.41 4.750 1,700.21 Federal Republic of Germany 31,487 46.799 672.80 42.456 741.64 Japan 43,238 51.024 847.39 46.289 934.09 CATEGORY TOTAL 82,801 103.060 803.42 93.495 885.62 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 13,659,995 33,811.206 404.01 30,673.019 445.34 Mexico 1,190,656 3,864.388 308.11 3,505.715 339.63 Trinidad and Tobago 293,386 1,291.302 227.20 1,171.450 250.45 Colombia 119,343 182.669 653.33 165.715 720.17 Brazil 99,354 94.078 1,056.07 85.347 1,164.12 Sweden 564,233 314.353 1,794.90 285.177 1,978.54 United Kingdom 757,935 1,077.998 703.09 977.944 775.03 Luxembourg 5,285 13.529 390.62 12.274 430.58 France 334,235 437.245 764.41 396.663 842.62 Federal Republic of Germany 1,313,060 1,569.974 836.36 1,424.257 921.93 Austria 132,167 81.448 1,622.70 73.889 1,788.72 Spain 468,057 708.999 660.17 643.194 727.71 Slovenia 13,198 9.828 1,342.87 8.916 1,480.26 India 7,054 10.834 651.06 9.829 717.67 Korea, South 18,263 14.596 1,251.16 13.242 1,379.17 Taiwan 52,968 41.934 1,263.12 38.042 1,392.36 Japan 3,445,386 5,100.545 675.49 4,627.138 744.60 CATEGORY TOTAL 22,474,575 48,624.934 462.20 44,111.811 509.49 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 255,373 522.815 488.46 474.290 538.43 Mexico 441,902 1,400.981 315.42 1,270.949 347.69 United Kingdom 22,391 23.125 968.24 20.979 1,067.31 Austria 109,380 33.050 3,309.47 29.983 3,648.07 CATEGORY TOTAL 829,046 1,979.972 418.72 1,796.201 461.56 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 1,586,814 1,198.241 1,324.29 1,087.027 1,459.77 Colombia 177,714 280.543 633.46 254.505 698.27 Brazil 29,315 28.350 1,034.03 25.719 1,139.82 United Kingdom 875,078 798.600 1,095.76 724.478 1,207.87 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/05/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE France 1,474,226 2,725.548 540.89 2,472.577 596.23 Federal Republic of Germany 126,555 94.072 1,345.29 85.341 1,482.93 Austria 11,922 2.608 4,571.20 2.366 5,038.88 Poland 18,796 26.014 722.52 23.600 796.44 Ukraine 574,739 1,782.380 322.46 1,616.949 355.45 Italy 49,339 31.862 1,548.51 28.905 1,706.94 Slovenia 16,009 16.492 970.67 14.962 1,069.98 Romania 58,837 23.809 2,471.11 21.600 2,723.94 Taiwan 13,379 14.741 907.59 13.373 1,000.45 Japan 46,680 38.730 1,205.24 35.136 1,328.55 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,059,403 7,061.997 716.43 6,406.538 789.72 TOOL STEEL............................17 Canada 970,237 883.009 1,098.78 801.053 1,211.20 Mexico 9,322 3.194 2,918.14 2.898 3,216.70 Brazil 825,887 611.286 1,351.06 554.550 1,489.29 Sweden 1,303,766 916.084 1,423.19 831.058 1,568.80 United Kingdom 1,092,477 276.954 3,944.61 251.249 4,348.18 Netherlands 47,443 60.437 784.99 54.828 865.31 Belgium 92,332 123.186 749.53 111.753 826.21 France 2,248,867 1,152.113 1,951.95 1,045.180 2,151.66 Federal Republic of Germany 2,540,970 1,701.092 1,493.73 1,543.206 1,646.55 Austria 1,588,068 646.784 2,455.33 586.753 2,706.54 Czech Republic 5,963 3.044 1,958.56 2.762 2,158.94 Hungary 12,850 9.910 1,296.56 8.991 1,429.21 Switzerland 383,972 271.210 1,415.77 246.038 1,560.62 Russia 592,196 481.637 1,229.55 436.934 1,355.34 Ukraine 797,794 648.176 1,230.83 588.016 1,356.76 Spain 106,612 126.580 842.25 114.832 928.42 Italy 15,945 0.176 90,406.65 0.160 99,656.25 Slovenia 1,491,790 1,402.336 1,063.79 1,272.179 1,172.63 India 62,761 47.006 1,335.14 42.644 1,471.74 China 196,695 194.815 1,009.65 176.734 1,112.94 Korea, South 242,128 312.195 775.57 283.219 854.91 Taiwan 433,384 300.804 1,440.75 272.885 1,588.16 Japan 3,921,337 6,286.996 623.72 5,703.469 687.54 CATEGORY TOTAL 18,982,796 16,459.036 1,153.34 14,931.391 1,271.33 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 125,266 110.161 1,137.11 99.937 1,253.45 Mexico 61,809 86.033 718.43 78.048 791.94 Sweden 93,174 2.084 44,699.13 1.891 49,272.34 United Kingdom 2,489 1.748 1,423.70 1.586 1,569.36 Federal Republic of Germany 221,918 80.963 2,740.96 73.449 3,021.39 Czech Republic 296,703 53.109 5,586.64 48.180 6,158.22 Spain 51,189 39.855 1,284.38 36.156 1,415.78 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/05/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Italy 134,082 126.571 1,059.34 114.824 1,167.72 Japan 55,194 51.470 1,072.35 46.693 1,182.06 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,041,824 551.997 1,887.37 500.764 2,080.47 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 595,465 676.532 880.17 613.740 970.22 Argentina 146,733 209.914 699.01 190.431 770.53 United Kingdom 69,928 4.861 14,384.95 4.410 15,856.69 Federal Republic of Germany 3,662,467 4,456.578 821.81 4,042.941 905.89 Austria 1,456,257 2,387.720 609.89 2,166.104 672.29 Spain 1,062,521 2,053.060 517.53 1,862.506 570.48 Israel 9,000 7.026 1,280.93 6.374 1,411.99 China 4,310,521 8,135.944 529.81 7,380.807 584.02 Korea, South 599,094 579.287 1,034.19 525.521 1,140.00 Japan 7,746,046 2,358.728 3,283.99 2,139.803 3,619.98 CATEGORY TOTAL 19,658,032 20,869.654 941.94 18,932.637 1,038.31 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 7,432,402 12,578.010 590.90 11,410.582 651.36 Federal Republic of Germany 7,474 4.986 1,498.74 4.524 1,652.08 Japan 17,980 30.115 597.04 27.320 658.13 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,457,856 12,613.112 591.28 11,442.426 651.77 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 1,904,769 2,894.850 657.99 2,626.165 725.30 United Kingdom 5,604 0.579 9,665.14 0.526 10,653.99 Federal Republic of Germany 3,536 0.250 14,131.30 0.227 15,577.09 Malaysia 7,658 12.763 599.98 11.579 661.37 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,921,567 2,908.444 660.69 2,638.497 728.28 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 1,011,760 907.688 1,114.66 823.441 1,228.70 Mexico 1,357,829 1,582.089 858.25 1,435.248 946.06 Argentina 35,841 38.076 941.30 34.542 1,037.61 Sweden 713,963 560.238 1,274.39 508.240 1,404.78 United Kingdom 399,332 269.696 1,480.67 244.665 1,632.16 Ireland 2,144 0.001 1,945,004.63 0.001 2,144,000.00 France 286,721 237.094 1,209.31 215.089 1,333.03 Federal Republic of Germany 1,095,478 1,016.846 1,077.33 922.468 1,187.55 Austria 18,372 42.492 432.35 38.549 476.59 Czech Republic 6,296 4.372 1,439.79 3.967 1,587.09 Switzerland 100,190 57.811 1,733.04 52.446 1,910.35 Spain 50,891 47.387 1,073.94 42.989 1,183.81 Italy 163,063 157.749 1,033.68 143.108 1,139.44 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/05/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Saudi Arabia 11,569 6.059 1,909.26 5.497 2,104.60 India 521,725 563.631 925.65 511.318 1,020.35 Korea, South 15,400 0.184 83,656.58 0.167 92,215.57 Japan 2,625,697 2,074.870 1,265.48 1,882.291 1,394.95 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,416,271 7,566.291 1,112.34 6,864.026 1,226.14 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Argentina 369,911 221.827 1,667.56 201.239 1,838.17 Sweden 86,935 82.472 1,054.11 74.818 1,161.95 United Kingdom 2,563 0.821 3,120.96 0.745 3,440.27 France 1,011,506 595.599 1,698.30 540.319 1,872.05 Federal Republic of Germany 1,181,422 614.224 1,923.44 557.215 2,120.23 Italy 426,217 297.259 1,433.82 269.669 1,580.52 Japan 361,542 302.944 1,193.43 274.827 1,315.53 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,440,096 2,115.149 1,626.41 1,918.832 1,792.81 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 453,931 125.816 3,607.88 114.139 3,977.00 Federal Republic of Germany 51,911 4.677 11,098.96 4.243 12,234.50 CATEGORY TOTAL 505,842 130.493 3,876.37 118.382 4,272.96 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 465,946 365.874 1,273.51 331.916 1,403.81 Finland 273,321 126.107 2,167.36 114.403 2,389.11 Netherlands 13,646 2.921 4,671.49 2.650 5,149.43 Federal Republic of Germany 17,569 18.275 961.36 16.579 1,059.71 Italy 139,001 86.352 1,609.69 78.338 1,774.38 Taiwan 233,493 131.538 1,775.09 119.330 1,956.70 Japan 213,433 156.942 1,359.94 142.376 1,499.08 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,356,409 888.012 1,527.47 805.592 1,683.74 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 115,725 70.314 1,645.83 63.788 1,814.21 CATEGORY TOTAL 115,725 70.314 1,645.83 63.788 1,814.21 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 564,201 880.821 640.54 799.068 706.07 Mexico 742,570 779.878 952.16 707.494 1,049.58 Sweden 152,065 156.091 974.20 141.604 1,073.88 United Kingdom 268,669 14.107 19,044.58 12.798 20,993.05 Netherlands 50,393 3.917 12,863.19 3.554 14,179.23 Belgium 7,199 3.040 2,367.96 2.758 2,610.22 France 48,161 6.251 7,704.27 5.671 8,492.51 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/05/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Federal Republic of Germany 556,913 305.765 1,821.37 277.386 2,007.72 Austria 141,554 34.220 4,136.57 31.044 4,559.79 Italy 1,302,460 1,678.336 776.04 1,522.562 855.44 Turkey 17,932 18.192 985.68 16.504 1,086.52 Singapore 9,618 7.392 1,301.12 6.706 1,434.24 China 78,361 68.718 1,140.33 62.340 1,256.99 Korea, South 1,149,432 1,423.351 807.55 1,291.243 890.17 Taiwan 192,126 302.516 635.09 274.438 700.07 Japan 3,791,422 4,253.574 891.35 3,858.779 982.54 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,073,076 9,936.175 913.14 9,013.949 1,006.56 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 2,143,119 6,171.112 347.28 5,598.341 382.81 Sweden 147,292 73.050 2,016.31 66.270 2,222.60 Netherlands 264,631 930.766 284.32 844.377 313.40 France 624,616 1,161.598 537.72 1,053.785 592.74 Federal Republic of Germany 29,870 77.558 385.13 70.360 424.53 Austria 224,797 453.931 495.22 411.800 545.89 Italy 50,332 37.131 1,355.51 33.685 1,494.20 Japan 786,599 1,541.191 510.38 1,398.146 562.60 South Africa 20,841 92.826 224.52 84.211 247.49 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,292,097 10,539.167 407.25 9,560.975 448.92 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 747,179 1,527.280 489.22 1,385.526 539.27 Mexico 275,966 149.956 1,840.31 136.038 2,028.59 Dominican Republic 93,715 213.691 438.55 193.858 483.42 Sweden 58,420 60.935 958.71 55.280 1,056.80 United Kingdom 55,587 15.867 3,503.14 14.395 3,861.55 Netherlands 13,829 41.279 335.01 37.448 369.29 France 945,579 2,032.288 465.28 1,843.662 512.88 Federal Republic of Germany 2,162,465 5,116.409 422.65 4,641.530 465.89 Korea, South 134,083 330.406 405.81 299.740 447.33 Japan 1,529,699 1,802.946 848.44 1,635.606 935.25 Australia 50,466 17.619 2,864.24 15.984 3,157.28 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,066,988 11,308.682 536.49 10,259.067 591.38 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 4,702,930 8,975.742 523.96 8,142.659 577.57 Brazil 747,218 1,644.687 454.32 1,492.036 500.80 France 138,891 213.274 651.23 193.479 717.86 Federal Republic of Germany 9,022,077 22,660.961 398.13 20,557.684 438.87 Spain 2,464,386 4,581.588 537.89 4,156.348 592.92 Japan 638,312 1,014.530 629.17 920.367 693.54 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/05/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 17,713,814 39,090.784 453.15 35,462.573 499.51 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 691,775 652.595 1,060.04 592.025 1,168.49 France 6,408 7.815 819.92 7.090 903.81 Federal Republic of Germany 912,085 1,873.709 486.78 1,699.801 536.58 Japan 121,606 204.436 594.83 185.462 655.69 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,731,874 2,738.557 632.40 2,484.378 697.11 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 Sweden 174,766 358.897 486.95 325.586 536.77 United Kingdom 59,943 51.891 1,155.16 47.075 1,273.35 France 777,939 764.560 1,017.50 693.598 1,121.60 Federal Republic of Germany 739,354 747.929 988.53 678.510 1,089.67 Russia 632,356 805.965 784.59 731.160 864.87 Japan 920,596 2,093.340 439.77 1,899.047 484.77 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,304,954 4,822.584 685.31 4,374.976 755.42 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 136,131 354.024 384.52 321.166 423.86 Federal Republic of Germany 132,147 316.644 417.34 287.255 460.03 Japan 30,551 24.074 1,269.02 21.840 1,398.86 CATEGORY TOTAL 298,829 694.743 430.13 630.261 474.14 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 93,485 77.359 1,208.46 70.179 1,332.09 Sweden 922,092 370.610 2,488.04 336.212 2,742.59 United Kingdom 53,321 15.634 3,410.56 14.183 3,759.50 France 689,472 83.411 8,265.87 75.670 9,111.56 Federal Republic of Germany 2,538,797 1,345.984 1,886.20 1,221.057 2,079.18 Korea, South 2,525 1.575 1,602.97 1.429 1,766.97 Taiwan 11,947 7.189 1,661.78 6.522 1,831.80 Japan 260,070 97.046 2,679.85 88.039 2,954.03 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,571,709 1,998.810 2,287.21 1,813.291 2,521.22 GRAND TOTAL 169,808,612 287,169.498 591.32 260,515.860 651.82 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/05/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Venezuela 3,396,200 2,840.504 1,195.63 2,576.863 1,317.96 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,396,200 2,840.504 1,195.63 2,576.863 1,317.96 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 1,670,347 8,906.010 187.55 8,079.399 206.74 Mexico 27,212,322 124,768.785 218.10 113,188.370 240.42 Brazil 6,911,555 30,998.932 222.96 28,121.766 245.77 Finland 1,015,089 5,269.707 192.63 4,780.600 212.34 United Kingdom 349,009 602.663 579.11 546.727 638.36 Netherlands 416,977 2,402.579 173.55 2,179.584 191.31 Belgium 2,182,125 8,484.052 257.20 7,696.605 283.52 Federal Republic of Germany 4,403,204 16,899.374 260.55 15,330.859 287.21 Russia 98,028 450.238 217.72 408.450 240.00 Ukraine 4,324,712 19,947.000 216.81 18,095.620 238.99 Italy 28,000 74.097 377.88 67.220 416.54 India 34,450 82.807 416.02 75.122 458.59 China 4,022 14.778 272.15 13.407 299.99 Japan 95,172 210.830 451.42 191.262 497.60 Australia 7,659,290 39,203.740 195.37 35,565.045 215.36 CATEGORY TOTAL 56,404,302 258,315.599 218.35 234,340.036 240.69 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 11,939,135 35,857.274 332.96 32,529.181 367.03 Mexico 696,808 2,343.253 297.37 2,125.764 327.79 Trinidad and Tobago 2,567,916 11,155.244 230.20 10,119.870 253.75 Venezuela 3,925,793 16,530.485 237.49 14,996.208 261.79 Brazil 6,195,054 23,232.660 266.65 21,076.321 293.93 Argentina 1,471,979 6,598.770 223.07 5,986.306 245.89 Finland 112,586 107.275 1,049.50 97.319 1,156.88 United Kingdom 1,271,294 4,022.176 316.07 3,648.858 348.41 Luxembourg 114,525 277.913 412.09 252.119 454.25 France 70,532 199.550 353.45 181.029 389.62 Federal Republic of Germany 4,447,835 13,292.023 334.62 12,058.324 368.86 Czech Republic 1,969,190 7,975.550 246.90 7,235.300 272.16 Spain 4,383 15.585 281.22 14.139 309.99 Italy 683,929 2,485.425 275.18 2,254.741 303.33 Malaysia 2,764,799 12,183.534 226.93 11,052.720 250.15 China 2,471,174 11,706.074 211.10 10,619.575 232.70 Japan 2,622,337 7,961.703 329.37 7,222.738 363.07 South Africa 956,279 3,943.197 242.51 3,577.210 267.33 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/05/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 44,285,548 159,887.699 276.98 145,047.722 305.32 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 1,800,333 3,977.847 452.59 3,608.644 498.89 Mexico 339,043 873.112 388.32 792.075 428.04 Brazil 311,095 1,583.494 196.46 1,436.522 216.56 Norway 685,889 1,440.468 476.16 1,306.771 524.87 United Kingdom 1,294,011 3,475.938 372.28 3,153.319 410.36 Belgium 2,937 5.671 517.86 5.145 570.85 Luxembourg 1,692,419 4,251.163 398.11 3,856.592 438.84 France 12,394 20.700 598.74 18.779 659.99 Federal Republic of Germany 1,397,179 2,488.007 561.57 2,257.083 619.02 Austria 10,967 1.105 9,919.34 1.003 10,934.20 Poland 473,422 1,801.123 262.85 1,633.952 289.74 Russia 611,946 2,993.365 204.43 2,715.536 225.35 Spain 97,014 214.648 451.97 194.726 498.21 Italy 4,926 10.846 454.15 9.840 500.61 Turkey 11,800 49.919 236.38 45.286 260.57 Korea, South 655,581 2,898.662 226.17 2,629.623 249.31 Taiwan 31,968 30.467 1,049.24 27.640 1,156.58 Japan 28,227 31.814 887.23 28.862 978.00 South Africa 1,509,029 7,197.573 209.66 6,529.531 231.11 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,970,180 33,345.931 328.98 30,250.929 362.64 STEEL PILING...........................5 Canada 374,738 781.847 479.30 709.280 528.34 United Kingdom 508,240 1,607.609 316.15 1,458.399 348.49 Luxembourg 718,213 1,004.125 715.26 910.928 788.44 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,601,191 3,393.582 471.83 3,078.607 520.10 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 3,620,686 11,051.055 327.63 10,025.352 361.15 Norway 84,432 174.834 482.93 158.607 532.33 Federal Republic of Germany 11,071 22.497 492.11 20.409 542.46 Czech Republic 254,592 770.706 330.34 699.173 364.13 Hungary 65,235 273.847 238.22 248.430 262.59 Russia 514,476 2,130.990 241.43 1,933.203 266.13 China 443,047 1,598.030 277.25 1,449.709 305.61 Korea, South 374,918 1,498.360 250.22 1,359.290 275.82 Australia 225,448 984.499 229.00 893.123 252.43 South Africa 1,273,992 4,336.459 293.79 3,933.971 323.84 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,867,897 22,841.280 300.68 20,721.267 331.44 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 6,435,053 19,799.913 325.00 17,962.184 358.26 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/05/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Mexico 175,525 598.212 293.42 542.689 323.44 Venezuela 307,401 1,217.750 252.43 1,104.725 278.26 Netherlands 310,750 1,255.929 247.43 1,139.360 272.74 France 1,858,075 6,354.795 292.39 5,764.975 322.30 Hungary 84,948 367.212 231.33 333.130 255.00 Bulgaria 1,422,064 5,827.351 244.03 5,286.486 269.00 Turkey 41,726 138.538 301.19 125.680 332.00 Japan 13,653 27.932 488.78 25.340 538.79 New Zealand 195,619 955.472 204.74 866.790 225.68 South Africa 43,903 181.065 242.47 164.260 267.28 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,888,717 36,724.173 296.50 33,315.619 326.84 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Luxembourg 42,494 84.779 501.23 76.911 552.51 France 1,829,657 5,406.881 338.39 4,905.042 373.02 Austria 4,327 5.736 754.30 5.204 831.48 Japan 2,872,099 6,996.886 410.48 6,347.470 452.48 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,748,577 12,494.284 380.06 11,334.627 418.94 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 Canada 134,697 354.853 379.58 321.918 418.42 France 3,644 0.551 6,611.56 0.500 7,288.00 Austria 68,653 106.253 646.12 96.392 712.23 Spain 44,089 121.772 362.06 110.470 399.10 Korea, South 254,356 840.189 302.74 762.207 333.71 Japan 169,467 431.135 393.07 391.120 433.29 CATEGORY TOTAL 674,906 1,854.756 363.88 1,682.607 401.11 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 Canada 86,853 133.186 652.11 120.825 718.83 Australia 373,938 608.283 614.74 551.826 677.64 CATEGORY TOTAL 460,791 741.470 621.46 672.651 685.04 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 14,282,143 33,260.634 429.40 30,173.549 473.33 Mexico 789,102 2,168.826 363.84 1,967.527 401.06 Brazil 65,347 337.169 193.81 305.875 213.64 Argentina 1,096,313 3,465.876 316.32 3,144.191 348.68 United Kingdom 3,003,608 8,091.045 371.23 7,340.075 409.21 Federal Republic of Germany 1,291,891 3,238.326 398.94 2,937.761 439.75 Turkey 238,591 1,006.600 237.03 913.173 261.28 India 280,053 572.640 489.06 519.491 539.09 Malaysia 146,380 621.649 235.47 563.951 259.56 Japan 1,081,659 2,168.170 498.88 1,966.932 549.92 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/05/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE South Africa 667,630 2,398.883 278.31 2,176.231 306.78 CATEGORY TOTAL 22,942,717 57,329.823 400.19 52,008.756 441.13 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 3,794,361 7,652.467 495.83 6,942.204 546.56 Mexico 407,554 1,378.777 295.59 1,250.806 325.83 Brazil 323,633 1,672.593 193.49 1,517.352 213.29 Italy 4,720 11.739 402.06 10.650 443.19 Korea, South 20,269 56.212 360.58 50.995 397.47 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,550,537 10,771.790 422.45 9,772.007 465.67 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 Canada 12,935 19.938 648.74 18.088 715.11 Mexico 3,347,706 12,569.481 266.34 11,402.845 293.59 Dominican Republic 1,224,500 4,255.747 287.73 3,860.750 317.17 Venezuela 272,218 1,106.356 246.05 1,003.670 271.22 Brazil 2,091,999 9,254.750 226.05 8,395.771 249.17 Sweden 51,843 19.769 2,622.31 17.935 2,890.60 Federal Republic of Germany 2,660 9.843 270.23 8.930 297.87 Bulgaria 301,976 1,375.465 219.54 1,247.802 242.01 India 16,782 47.197 355.57 42.817 391.95 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,322,619 28,658.551 255.51 25,998.608 281.65 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 4,985,172 7,392.302 674.37 6,706.186 743.37 Mexico 51,433 56.278 913.90 51.055 1,007.40 Dominican Republic 10,448 18.576 562.44 16.852 619.99 Trinidad and Tobago 78,159 130.282 599.92 118.190 661.30 Brazil 4,627 10.136 456.45 9.196 503.15 Sweden 21,367 14.083 1,517.21 12.776 1,672.43 United Kingdom 1,167,398 1,890.070 617.65 1,714.644 680.84 Netherlands 19,749 22.292 885.92 20.223 976.56 Belgium 41,832 73.141 571.93 66.353 630.45 France 33,948 50.104 677.54 45.454 746.86 Federal Republic of Germany 337,225 291.686 1,156.12 264.614 1,274.40 Hungary 4,410 2.579 1,709.69 2.340 1,884.62 Switzerland 7,320 5.544 1,320.20 5.030 1,455.27 Ukraine 155,177 660.104 235.08 598.837 259.13 Spain 575,618 1,342.522 428.76 1,217.916 472.63 Italy 208,309 351.886 591.98 319.226 652.54 Romania 20,315 7.153 2,839.67 6.490 3,130.20 India 9,852 23.451 420.10 21.275 463.08 Korea, South 37,217 99.815 372.86 90.551 411.01 Japan 198,707 295.007 673.57 267.626 742.48 South Africa 17,904 49.118 364.50 44.560 401.80 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/05/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 7,986,187 12,786.139 624.60 11,599.394 688.50 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 14,412,996 28,524.760 505.28 25,877.235 556.98 Mexico 1,866,727 3,613.852 516.55 3,278.433 569.40 Guatemala 5,673 0.985 5,756.67 0.894 6,345.64 Dominican Republic 63,698 166.202 383.26 150.776 422.47 Colombia 186,248 400.701 464.81 363.510 512.36 Venezuela 1,357,560 4,316.430 314.51 3,915.801 346.69 Peru 973,756 2,444.989 398.27 2,218.058 439.01 Chile 70,161 117.671 596.24 106.750 657.25 Argentina 274,127 851.739 321.84 772.685 354.77 Sweden 35,831 28.229 1,269.29 25.609 1,399.16 Norway 30,042 3.599 8,347.21 3.265 9,201.23 United Kingdom 20,851 5.474 3,809.04 4.966 4,198.75 Netherlands 2,803 1.848 1,516.30 1.677 1,671.44 France 154,149 247.339 623.23 224.383 686.99 Federal Republic of Germany 952,751 934.397 1,019.64 847.671 1,123.96 Czech Republic 3,579 6.327 565.65 5.740 623.52 Switzerland 25,487 8.544 2,983.02 7.751 3,288.22 Poland 80,392 153.506 523.70 139.259 577.28 Ukraine 107,725 269.446 399.80 244.438 440.70 Spain 375,416 373.790 1,004.35 339.097 1,107.11 Italy 257,381 274.634 937.18 249.144 1,033.06 Romania 3,334 1.666 2,000.37 1.512 2,205.03 Turkey 1,973,567 5,343.925 369.31 4,847.929 407.09 Oman 34,559 97.702 353.72 88.634 389.91 India 3,057,002 7,542.102 405.32 6,842.082 446.79 Indonesia 808,164 2,189.243 369.15 1,986.049 406.92 China 3,211,789 8,887.017 361.40 8,062.169 398.38 Korea, South 2,041,895 5,135.251 397.62 4,658.623 438.30 Taiwan 3,054,730 9,151.799 333.78 8,302.375 367.93 Japan 991,734 1,943.050 510.40 1,762.706 562.62 South Africa 347,528 1,061.017 327.54 962.539 361.05 CATEGORY TOTAL 36,781,655 84,097.246 437.37 76,291.760 482.12 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 1,173,134 1,909.886 614.24 1,732.620 677.09 Mexico 888,806 1,801.802 493.29 1,634.568 543.76 Colombia 469,141 972.982 482.17 882.675 531.50 Venezuela 1,089,163 2,858.299 381.05 2,593.006 420.04 Brazil 977,302 2,098.145 465.79 1,903.406 513.45 Finland 5,268 2.691 1,957.02 2.442 2,157.25 United Kingdom 93,844 216.429 433.60 196.342 477.96 Federal Republic of Germany 1,261,360 2,142.124 588.84 1,943.303 649.08 Austria 2,117,423 3,278.889 645.77 2,974.559 711.84 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/05/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Czech Republic 1,128,538 2,629.239 429.23 2,385.207 473.14 Russia 93,930 217.287 432.28 197.120 476.51 Spain 264,852 475.942 556.48 431.768 613.41 India 564,587 1,276.887 442.16 1,158.373 487.40 China 6,800,128 15,624.186 435.23 14,174.028 479.76 Korea, South 540,883 1,336.121 404.82 1,212.109 446.23 Japan 238,077 449.171 530.04 407.482 584.26 South Africa 1,215,174 2,959.452 410.61 2,684.771 452.62 CATEGORY TOTAL 18,921,610 40,249.540 470.11 36,513.779 518.20 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Brazil 1,146,128 1,969.359 581.98 1,786.573 641.52 Argentina 62,773 180.354 348.05 163.615 383.66 United Kingdom 43,870 21.444 2,045.76 19.454 2,255.06 Federal Republic of Germany 5,964,260 14,465.765 412.30 13,123.125 454.48 Czech Republic 80,420 142.517 564.28 129.290 622.01 Poland 109,421 186.350 587.18 169.054 647.25 Italy 427,237 483.026 884.50 438.194 975.00 India 603,627 1,492.788 404.36 1,354.235 445.73 Indonesia 345,999 1,059.438 326.59 961.107 360.00 Korea, South 1,565,363 4,658.532 336.02 4,226.151 370.40 Japan 8,482,597 16,613.702 510.58 15,071.702 562.82 CATEGORY TOTAL 18,831,695 41,273.279 456.27 37,442.500 502.95 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 207,501 403.489 514.27 366.040 566.88 Mexico 1,763,306 3,775.480 467.04 3,425.059 514.83 Colombia 577,718 1,710.886 337.67 1,552.091 372.22 Venezuela 14,083 43.483 323.87 39.448 357.00 United Kingdom 29,785 12.823 2,322.75 11.633 2,560.39 France 85,441 162.381 526.17 147.310 580.01 Federal Republic of Germany 4,218 1.078 3,912.58 0.978 4,312.88 Austria 368,569 698.135 527.93 633.338 581.95 Czech Republic 1,077,033 2,874.812 374.64 2,607.987 412.97 Russia 102,822 275.335 373.44 249.780 411.65 Italy 368,406 643.998 572.06 584.226 630.59 India 35,819 70.008 511.64 63.511 563.98 China 593,529 1,388.052 427.60 1,259.220 471.35 Korea, South 654,589 2,019.355 324.16 1,831.929 357.32 Japan 777,553 784.997 990.52 712.138 1,091.86 South Africa 222,935 581.275 383.53 527.324 422.77 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,883,307 15,445.594 445.65 14,012.012 491.24 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Canada 11,353 16.882 672.45 15.316 741.25 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/05/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Mexico 339,775 737.217 460.89 668.793 508.04 Colombia 213,688 613.124 348.52 556.217 384.18 Venezuela 36,873 113.853 323.86 103.286 357.00 Argentina 202,717 572.729 353.95 519.572 390.16 India 399,247 1,130.762 353.08 1,025.811 389.20 China 595,460 1,898.936 313.58 1,722.687 345.66 Korea, South 2,340,373 7,301.627 320.53 6,623.927 353.32 Taiwan 48,803 144.385 338.01 130.984 372.59 South Africa 400,571 1,227.121 326.43 1,113.226 359.83 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,588,860 13,756.641 333.57 12,479.819 367.70 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 7,191,122 9,309.760 772.43 8,445.675 851.46 Mexico 6,388,034 13,209.366 483.60 11,983.339 533.08 Dominican Republic 196,523 521.196 377.06 472.822 415.64 Colombia 4,341 7.547 575.16 6.847 634.00 Venezuela 98,416 189.804 518.51 172.188 571.56 Brazil 130,102 188.912 688.69 171.379 759.15 Argentina 402,826 1,237.974 325.39 1,123.072 358.68 Sweden 178,829 155.628 1,149.07 141.184 1,266.64 Denmark 4,155 0.572 7,262.72 0.519 8,005.78 Netherlands 124,867 127.767 977.30 115.909 1,077.28 Belgium 41,466 23.508 1,763.84 21.327 1,944.30 France 654,509 801.294 816.81 726.922 900.38 Federal Republic of Germany 1,545,739 1,511.375 1,022.74 1,371.097 1,127.37 Austria 44,075 31.756 1,387.91 28.809 1,529.90 Slovakia 4,462 1.247 3,575.85 1.132 3,941.70 Switzerland 225,561 166.566 1,354.18 151.107 1,492.72 Poland 45,235 30.608 1,477.83 27.768 1,629.03 Ukraine 11,367 29.321 387.67 26.600 427.33 Spain 510,304 410.891 1,241.94 372.755 1,369.01 Italy 331,291 393.932 840.98 357.370 927.03 Romania 141,546 168.950 837.80 153.269 923.51 Turkey 688,286 1,990.213 345.84 1,805.492 381.22 India 312,212 336.449 927.96 305.222 1,022.90 Malaysia 10,882 27.389 397.31 24.847 437.96 China 317,000 778.156 407.37 705.932 449.05 Korea, South 682,247 1,554.337 438.93 1,410.072 483.84 Taiwan 54,842 30.249 1,812.98 27.442 1,998.47 Japan 1,508,787 771.183 1,956.46 699.606 2,156.62 Australia 43,049 9.609 4,479.63 8.718 4,937.94 South Africa 217,203 577.621 376.03 524.010 414.50 CATEGORY TOTAL 22,109,278 34,593.198 639.12 31,382.431 704.51 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 23,987 9.972 2,405.29 9.047 2,651.38 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/05/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Mexico 376,022 427.729 879.11 388.030 969.05 Argentina 321,187 394.856 813.43 358.208 896.65 United Kingdom 17,622 14.385 1,225.01 13.050 1,350.34 Netherlands 28,776 40.304 713.96 36.564 787.00 France 423,059 596.395 709.36 541.041 781.94 Federal Republic of Germany 466,406 599.771 777.64 544.104 857.20 Slovakia 81,263 104.600 776.89 94.892 856.37 Italy 32,704 29.498 1,108.65 26.761 1,222.08 Romania 20,838 21.439 971.92 19.450 1,071.36 India 23,052 0.482 47,745.27 0.438 52,630.14 Malaysia 7,023 0.028 245,044.62 0.026 270,115.38 China 7,719 7.637 1,010.62 6.929 1,114.01 Korea, South 23,062 55.263 417.31 50.134 460.01 Taiwan 21,328 1.618 13,180.14 1.468 14,528.61 Japan 2,760 3.332 828.26 3.023 913.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,876,808 2,307.318 813.42 2,093.165 896.64 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 1,128,276 1,308.714 862.13 1,187.246 950.33 Mexico 27,068 24.438 1,107.61 22.170 1,220.93 India 217,266 237.529 914.69 215.483 1,008.27 Vietnam 31,239 43.336 720.85 39.314 794.60 China 5,522 5.186 1,064.71 4.705 1,173.65 Taiwan 9,195 1.604 5,729.10 1.456 6,315.25 Japan 258,841 89.374 2,896.15 81.079 3,192.45 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,677,407 1,710.183 980.83 1,551.453 1,081.18 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 11,016,908 25,279.729 435.80 22,933.391 480.39 Mexico 1,321,136 1,747.892 755.85 1,585.662 833.18 Argentina 12,303 3.818 3,222.03 3.464 3,551.67 United Kingdom 28,141 8.644 3,255.43 7.842 3,588.50 Netherlands 17,556 16.639 1,055.09 15.095 1,163.03 Belgium 22,599 15.069 1,499.63 13.671 1,653.06 Federal Republic of Germany 148,476 145.726 1,018.87 132.201 1,123.11 Austria 104,184 142.599 730.61 129.364 805.36 Italy 144,578 180.077 802.86 163.364 885.01 Greece 3,893,992 8,584.780 453.59 7,787.984 500.00 Turkey 542,030 1,722.744 314.63 1,562.848 346.82 China 69,269 187.654 369.13 170.237 406.90 Korea, South 1,125,616 3,460.988 325.23 3,139.757 358.50 Japan 52,421 83.938 624.51 76.148 688.41 Australia 3,904 11.548 338.04 10.477 372.63 South Africa 174,799 480.240 363.98 435.667 401.22 CATEGORY TOTAL 18,677,912 42,072.093 443.95 38,167.172 489.37 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/05/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 180,854 367.380 492.28 333.282 542.65 Mexico 50,701 64.132 790.57 58.180 871.45 CATEGORY TOTAL 231,555 431.512 536.61 391.462 591.51 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 11,454,820 20,866.535 548.96 18,929.808 605.12 Mexico 2,243,511 3,723.020 602.61 3,377.468 664.26 Dominican Republic 275,073 899.203 305.91 815.744 337.21 Trinidad and Tobago 215,333 490.954 438.60 445.387 483.47 Venezuela 434,359 849.706 511.19 770.841 563.49 Ecuador 117,557 283.248 415.03 256.959 457.49 Chile 110,245 243.169 453.37 220.600 499.75 Brazil 547,142 1,246.344 439.00 1,130.665 483.91 Argentina 309,961 870.458 356.09 789.667 392.52 Sweden 453,106 208.581 2,172.32 189.222 2,394.57 Finland 20,615 37.020 556.86 33.584 613.83 United Kingdom 714,266 1,224.193 583.46 1,110.570 643.15 Netherlands 42,034 59.664 704.50 54.127 776.58 Belgium 1,379,663 1,777.019 776.39 1,612.085 855.83 Luxembourg 560,171 300.872 1,861.82 272.947 2,052.31 France 2,088,500 2,317.935 901.02 2,102.796 993.20 Federal Republic of Germany 748,042 751.995 994.74 682.199 1,096.52 Austria 206,900 106.388 1,944.76 96.514 2,143.73 Czech Republic 80,257 133.057 603.17 120.708 664.89 Switzerland 4,025 0.045 89,059.01 0.041 98,170.73 Russia 139,022 424.878 327.20 385.443 360.68 Belarus 286,723 378.433 757.66 343.309 835.17 Georgia 15,028 23.199 647.78 21.046 714.05 Spain 122,822 243.048 505.34 220.490 557.04 Italy 527,164 705.418 747.31 639.945 823.76 Greece 422,322 710.731 594.21 644.765 655.00 Israel 322,510 718.839 448.65 652.120 494.56 India 254,583 421.588 603.87 382.459 665.65 Thailand 37,693 19.250 1,958.00 17.464 2,158.33 China 3,453,113 7,998.985 431.69 7,256.560 475.86 Korea, South 1,424,791 1,940.931 734.08 1,760.784 809.18 Hong Kong 61,664 13.224 4,662.89 11.997 5,139.95 Taiwan 594,728 1,080.936 550.20 980.609 606.49 Japan 2,532,690 3,547.617 713.91 3,218.345 786.95 Australia 96,489 235.718 409.34 213.840 451.22 South Africa 833,909 2,280.593 365.65 2,068.920 403.06 CATEGORY TOTAL 33,130,831 57,132.809 579.89 51,830.028 639.22 BLACK PLATE...........................28 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/05/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 115,680 333.379 346.99 302.437 382.49 Belgium 10,320 11.494 897.79 10.428 989.64 Luxembourg 15,589 19.114 815.58 17.340 899.02 France 342,892 614.909 557.63 557.837 614.68 Federal Republic of Germany 668,933 642.046 1,041.88 582.455 1,148.47 Japan 906,427 1,217.479 744.51 1,104.479 820.68 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,059,841 2,838.424 725.70 2,574.976 799.95 TIN PLATE.............................29 Canada 5,820,970 10,000.105 582.09 9,071.946 641.65 Brazil 2,309,844 4,012.136 575.71 3,639.750 634.62 Netherlands 761,873 1,539.877 494.76 1,396.954 545.38 France 73,544 136.846 537.42 124.145 592.40 Federal Republic of Germany 4,196,905 7,672.482 547.01 6,960.361 602.97 Spain 3,540 1.543 2,293.88 1.400 2,528.57 China 9,771 17.862 547.00 16.205 602.96 Taiwan 129,579 241.915 535.64 219.462 590.44 CATEGORY TOTAL 13,306,026 23,622.770 563.27 21,430.223 620.90 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A Canada 2,423,026 4,282.685 565.77 3,885.188 623.66 Mexico 2,161 3.001 719.95 2.723 793.61 Netherlands 643,322 1,401.793 458.93 1,271.686 505.88 France 260,063 497.885 522.34 451.674 575.78 Federal Republic of Germany 651,491 1,372.468 474.69 1,245.083 523.25 Japan 695,490 1,118.992 621.53 1,015.133 685.12 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,675,553 8,676.826 538.86 7,871.487 593.99 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 12,111,117 37,364.671 324.13 33,896.669 357.30 Mexico 1,452,944 4,591.397 316.45 4,165.247 348.83 Venezuela 612,421 2,408.136 254.31 2,184.625 280.33 Netherlands 6,797,490 25,357.855 268.06 23,004.266 295.49 France 2,696,174 10,000.470 269.60 9,072.277 297.19 Federal Republic of Germany 289,648 904.141 320.36 820.224 353.13 Austria 1,444,331 3,616.638 399.36 3,280.960 440.22 Hungary 199,319 838.296 237.77 760.490 262.09 Russia 134,823 669.102 201.50 607.000 222.11 Bulgaria 949,975 3,892.811 244.03 3,531.500 269.00 Turkey 1,085,115 3,949.040 274.78 3,582.510 302.89 Korea, South 19,406,767 63,133.649 307.39 57,273.900 338.84 Japan 244,469 494.104 494.77 448.244 545.39 Australia 4,406,446 16,507.118 266.94 14,975.010 294.25 New Zealand 1,720,045 8,063.691 213.31 7,315.260 235.13 South Africa 2,882,666 11,619.034 248.10 10,540.614 273.48 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/05/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 56,433,750 193,410.160 291.78 175,458.796 321.64 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 9,060,771 19,579.029 462.78 17,761.802 510.13 Mexico 1,995,662 5,487.965 363.64 4,978.600 400.85 El Salvador 1,246,483 3,315.745 375.93 3,007.995 414.39 Colombia 3,728 7.348 507.35 6.666 559.26 Venezuela 110,236 307.445 358.55 278.910 395.24 Argentina 3,104,042 8,932.002 347.52 8,102.979 383.07 Sweden 147,478 380.525 387.56 345.207 427.22 Netherlands 360,510 1,105.051 326.24 1,002.486 359.62 Belgium 5,873,989 16,677.755 352.20 15,129.810 388.24 Luxembourg 225,361 340.261 662.32 308.680 730.08 France 949,335 2,470.237 384.31 2,240.962 423.63 Federal Republic of Germany 299,147 928.991 322.01 842.767 354.96 Czech Republic 1,172,334 3,045.255 384.97 2,762.610 424.36 Turkey 831,861 2,126.104 391.26 1,928.770 431.29 India 7,996 22.035 362.87 19.990 400.00 China 30,541 32.083 951.91 29.106 1,049.30 Korea, South 376,362 854.216 440.59 774.932 485.67 Taiwan 142,882 84.890 1,683.14 77.011 1,855.35 Japan 724,824 1,374.192 527.45 1,246.647 581.42 New Zealand 9,968 34.116 292.18 30.950 322.07 South Africa 3,262,507 8,504.868 383.60 7,715.489 422.85 CATEGORY TOTAL 29,936,017 75,610.122 395.93 68,592.369 436.43 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 21,478,748 40,399.776 531.66 36,650.071 586.05 Mexico 10,424,804 17,575.721 593.14 15,944.431 653.82 Guatemala 177,437 282.081 629.03 255.900 693.38 Costa Rica 203,598 406.428 500.94 368.706 552.20 Colombia 322,396 635.452 507.35 576.473 559.26 Venezuela 4,056,250 8,436.874 480.78 7,653.806 529.97 Brazil 3,463 9.864 351.05 8.949 386.97 Argentina 1,172,900 2,540.051 461.76 2,304.297 509.01 Sweden 8,772 17.433 503.18 15.815 554.66 United Kingdom 62,438 40.024 1,559.98 36.310 1,719.58 Netherlands 135,609 338.057 401.14 306.681 442.18 Belgium 75,481 121.254 622.50 110.000 686.19 France 722,220 1,365.838 528.77 1,239.068 582.87 Federal Republic of Germany 1,453,304 3,644.813 398.73 3,306.520 439.53 Austria 22,702 28.574 794.50 25.922 875.78 Bulgaria 884,843 2,177.168 406.42 1,975.095 448.00 Turkey 160,878 376.461 427.34 341.520 471.06 India 11,744,960 25,229.747 465.52 22,888.048 513.15 Korea, South 5,983,783 10,419.021 574.31 9,451.980 633.07 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/05/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Taiwan 2,983,899 5,441.062 548.40 4,936.050 604.51 Japan 521,243 823.809 632.72 747.348 697.46 CATEGORY TOTAL 62,599,728 120,309.518 520.32 109,142.990 573.56 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 129,852 257.272 504.72 233.394 556.36 Brazil 86,687 244.150 355.06 221.490 391.38 Argentina 468,919 1,068.445 438.88 969.278 483.78 Belgium 6,448 17.277 373.20 15.674 411.38 Federal Republic of Germany 2,539,639 6,004.884 422.93 5,447.541 466.20 Korea, South 128,122 318.578 402.17 289.010 443.31 Taiwan 120,283 278.009 432.66 252.206 476.92 Japan 133,642 176.710 756.28 160.309 833.65 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,613,592 8,365.330 431.97 7,588.902 476.17 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 Canada 9,099,162 12,231.488 743.91 11,096.223 820.02 Mexico 3,690,223 6,201.547 595.05 5,625.951 655.93 United Kingdom 175,438 394.956 444.20 358.299 489.64 Belgium 300,327 301.379 996.51 273.407 1,098.46 Luxembourg 534,125 1,224.441 436.22 1,110.795 480.85 France 28,343 12.510 2,265.60 11.349 2,497.40 Federal Republic of Germany 423,531 514.879 822.58 467.091 906.74 Switzerland 61,837 19.472 3,175.64 17.665 3,500.54 Korea, South 564,566 947.822 595.65 859.850 656.59 Taiwan 248,163 407.033 609.69 369.255 672.06 Japan 2,548,192 2,810.552 906.65 2,549.691 999.41 Australia 50,063 23.143 2,163.20 20.995 2,384.52 CATEGORY TOTAL 17,723,970 25,089.227 706.44 22,760.571 778.71 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 2,256,263 6,387.187 353.25 5,794.361 389.39 Mexico 249,341 554.195 449.92 502.758 495.95 Federal Republic of Germany 14,508 31.933 454.31 28.970 500.79 Japan 4,294 1.444 2,973.63 1.310 3,277.86 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,524,406 6,974.761 361.93 6,327.399 398.96 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 2,599,067 4,605.995 564.28 4,178.490 622.01 Mexico 437,906 603.755 725.30 547.718 799.51 Brazil 143,137 144.191 992.69 130.808 1,094.25 Sweden 1,036,972 268.899 3,856.35 243.942 4,250.90 United Kingdom 1,537,768 959.029 1,603.46 870.017 1,767.51 Belgium 50,593 56.672 892.73 51.412 984.07 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/05/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE France 132,153 70.778 1,867.14 64.209 2,058.17 Federal Republic of Germany 1,423,132 1,072.676 1,326.71 973.116 1,462.45 Austria 289,771 66.426 4,362.29 60.261 4,808.60 Switzerland 123,162 138.214 891.09 125.386 982.26 Italy 89,710 44.747 2,004.82 40.594 2,209.93 India 175,231 334.010 524.63 303.009 578.30 China 10,691 8.794 1,215.68 7.978 1,340.06 Korea, South 2,009 1.474 1,362.13 1.338 1,501.49 Japan 372,346 359.935 1,034.48 326.528 1,140.32 Australia 7,000 3.449 2,029.50 3.129 2,237.14 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,430,648 8,739.049 964.71 7,927.935 1,063.41 GRAND TOTAL 548,114,818 1,448,691.201 378.35 1,314,230.922 417.06 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/05/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Canada 3,436,229 2,821.927 1,217.69 2,560.010 1,342.27 Sweden 60,309 105.689 570.62 95.880 629.01 United Kingdom 89,532 29.981 2,986.22 27.199 3,291.74 France 54,568 12.483 4,371.15 11.325 4,818.37 Federal Republic of Germany 20,170 3.246 6,213.22 2.945 6,848.90 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,660,808 2,973.328 1,231.22 2,697.359 1,357.18 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 3,852,988 2,971.079 1,296.83 2,695.319 1,429.51 Sweden 5,068,053 3,605.222 1,405.75 3,270.604 1,549.58 United Kingdom 5,018,256 4,130.519 1,214.92 3,747.145 1,339.22 Belgium 622,641 505.299 1,232.22 458.400 1,358.29 Federal Republic of Germany 155,466 117.783 1,319.94 106.851 1,454.98 Switzerland 6,180 4.258 1,451.31 3.863 1,599.79 Spain 1,975,021 1,685.263 1,171.94 1,528.846 1,291.84 Italy 112,198 53.478 2,098.00 48.515 2,312.65 China 2,477 1.118 2,213.89 1.015 2,440.39 Korea, South 6,983 0.465 15,011.55 0.422 16,547.39 Taiwan 17,236 2.325 7,410.54 2.110 8,168.72 Japan 24,941 0.813 30,658.67 0.738 33,795.39 CATEGORY TOTAL 16,862,440 13,077.628 1,289.41 11,863.828 1,421.33 WIRE RODS..............................3 Sweden 912,944 449.683 2,030.19 407.946 2,237.90 United Kingdom 524,974 367.156 1,429.84 333.079 1,576.12 France 576,368 390.106 1,477.46 353.899 1,628.62 Federal Republic of Germany 74,012 55.049 1,344.46 49.940 1,482.02 Spain 1,316,771 1,010.950 1,302.51 917.119 1,435.77 Italy 403,487 341.136 1,182.77 309.474 1,303.78 India 293,063 186.549 1,570.97 169.235 1,731.69 China 92,272 101.099 912.68 91.716 1,006.06 Korea, South 305,637 254.729 1,199.85 231.087 1,322.61 Taiwan 774,918 507.035 1,528.33 459.975 1,684.70 Japan 16,388 11.382 1,439.76 10.326 1,587.06 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,290,834 3,674.880 1,439.73 3,333.796 1,587.03 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 France 14,378 4.628 3,106.34 4.199 3,424.15 Federal Republic of Germany 147,284 27.718 5,313.52 25.146 5,857.15 Italy 43,453 14.165 3,067.46 12.851 3,381.29 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/05/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE India 133,208 68.783 1,936.64 62.399 2,134.78 Japan 104,684 35.353 2,961.08 32.072 3,264.03 CATEGORY TOTAL 443,007 150.649 2,940.65 136.667 3,241.51 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 47,148 30.816 1,529.97 27.956 1,686.51 Sweden 87,142 45.888 1,899.01 41.629 2,093.30 Finland 14,015 9.870 1,419.95 8.954 1,565.22 Belgium 1,057,628 557.524 1,897.01 505.778 2,091.09 France 328,758 147.159 2,234.02 133.501 2,462.59 Federal Republic of Germany 142,134 65.982 2,154.13 59.858 2,374.52 Austria 10,908 2.905 3,754.01 2.636 4,138.09 Italy 355,499 290.504 1,223.73 263.541 1,348.93 Korea, South 675,180 456.964 1,477.53 414.551 1,628.70 Taiwan 218,467 142.581 1,532.22 129.348 1,688.99 Japan 428,605 258.400 1,658.69 234.417 1,828.39 South Africa 268,219 221.772 1,209.43 201.189 1,333.17 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,633,703 2,230.369 1,629.19 2,023.358 1,795.88 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 12,988 7.387 1,758.06 6.702 1,937.93 Sweden 949,182 450.932 2,104.93 409.079 2,320.29 Belgium 873,091 496.549 1,758.32 450.462 1,938.21 France 7,559 1.556 4,856.52 1.412 5,353.40 Federal Republic of Germany 571,550 433.527 1,318.37 393.290 1,453.25 Italy 4,239 1.674 2,531.64 1.519 2,790.65 Japan 24,267 31.272 775.98 28.370 855.38 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,442,876 1,422.900 1,716.83 1,290.834 1,892.48 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 421,008 250.234 1,682.45 227.009 1,854.59 Trinidad and Tobago 82,855 57.082 1,451.51 51.784 1,600.01 Brazil 7,677 5.429 1,413.82 4.926 1,558.47 Sweden 30,139 15.035 2,004.52 13.640 2,209.60 United Kingdom 41,416 25.171 1,645.37 22.835 1,813.71 Belgium 3,337 1.695 1,968.32 1.538 2,169.70 France 247,655 44.217 5,600.90 40.113 6,173.93 Federal Republic of Germany 196,097 128.375 1,527.53 116.460 1,683.81 Austria 927,819 436.613 2,125.04 396.089 2,342.45 Switzerland 26,250 0.722 36,356.65 0.655 40,076.34 Spain 436,300 328.451 1,328.36 297.966 1,464.26 Italy 487,246 278.982 1,746.51 253.089 1,925.20 India 93,007 60.463 1,538.22 54.852 1,695.60 Taiwan 213,403 109.537 1,948.21 99.371 2,147.54 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/05/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 3,214,209 1,742.011 1,845.11 1,580.327 2,033.89 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 14,876 1.900 7,827.89 1.724 8,628.77 United Kingdom 65,961 23.034 2,863.51 20.897 3,156.48 Italy 81,669 45.902 1,779.19 41.642 1,961.22 India 1,600,293 849.581 1,883.62 770.728 2,076.34 Taiwan 16,817 2.156 7,799.66 1.956 8,597.65 Japan 20,224 4.944 4,089.81 4.486 4,508.25 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,799,840 927.520 1,940.48 841.433 2,139.02 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 1,759,432 591.724 2,973.39 536.804 3,277.61 Brazil 139,023 82.895 1,677.08 75.202 1,848.66 Sweden 163,837 77.737 2,107.58 70.522 2,323.20 Denmark 441,576 245.475 1,798.86 222.692 1,982.90 United Kingdom 373,371 155.617 2,399.28 141.174 2,644.76 Netherlands 14,011 5.963 2,349.46 5.410 2,589.83 France 591,874 272.184 2,174.53 246.922 2,397.01 Federal Republic of Germany 710,413 312.545 2,272.99 283.537 2,505.54 Austria 9,069 4.113 2,204.52 3.732 2,430.06 Switzerland 435,634 135.996 3,203.27 123.374 3,531.00 Latvia 224,111 104.463 2,145.35 94.768 2,364.84 Russia 178,140 131.262 1,357.13 119.079 1,495.98 Spain 139,094 80.205 1,734.23 72.761 1,911.66 Italy 2,517,196 1,145.466 2,197.53 1,039.150 2,422.36 Slovenia 31,934 23.314 1,369.68 21.151 1,509.81 Saudi Arabia 357,157 176.989 2,017.96 160.562 2,224.42 United Arab Emirates 116,751 74.149 1,574.54 67.267 1,735.64 India 1,828,634 1,136.075 1,609.61 1,030.631 1,774.29 China 31,314 18.981 1,649.69 17.220 1,818.47 Korea, South 233,198 137.820 1,692.04 125.029 1,865.15 Taiwan 1,344,345 782.755 1,717.45 710.104 1,893.17 Japan 103,702 33.648 3,081.96 30.525 3,397.28 Australia 2,531 1.076 2,350.14 0.977 2,590.58 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,746,347 5,730.466 2,049.81 5,198.593 2,259.52 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D Canada 7,103,688 1,446.426 4,911.20 1,312.176 5,413.67 Mexico 102,716 37.825 2,715.50 34.315 2,993.33 Brazil 64,437 39.184 1,644.43 35.548 1,812.68 Sweden 962,537 252.070 3,818.52 228.675 4,209.19 Finland 73,436 34.329 2,139.17 31.143 2,358.03 Denmark 2,253 0.159 14,095.78 0.145 15,537.93 United Kingdom 155,901 13.123 11,879.97 11.905 13,095.42 Ireland 55,652 4.060 13,704.30 3.684 15,106.41 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/05/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Netherlands 2,504 0.009 252,399.03 0.009 278,222.22 France 1,973,109 534.219 3,693.44 484.636 4,071.32 Federal Republic of Germany 1,282,582 242.744 5,283.67 220.214 5,824.25 Austria 643,243 142.758 4,505.83 129.508 4,966.82 Slovakia 4,591 0.784 5,849.56 0.712 6,448.03 Switzerland 30,869 2.128 14,502.28 1.931 15,986.02 Spain 1,287,386 314.355 4,095.31 285.179 4,514.31 Italy 251,642 117.689 2,138.19 106.766 2,356.95 India 176,986 62.789 2,818.70 56.962 3,107.09 Thailand 95,520 63.414 1,506.27 57.529 1,660.38 Malaysia 403,487 236.583 1,705.47 214.625 1,879.96 Singapore 162,506 72.422 2,243.85 65.701 2,473.42 China 1,176,570 481.862 2,441.72 437.138 2,691.53 Korea, South 1,084,758 438.902 2,471.52 398.166 2,724.39 Hong Kong 27,823 7.853 3,542.54 7.125 3,904.98 Taiwan 3,315,231 1,792.352 1,849.65 1,625.995 2,038.89 Japan 2,000,759 589.011 3,396.81 534.342 3,744.34 South Africa 109,252 71.915 1,519.16 65.241 1,674.59 CATEGORY TOTAL 22,549,438 6,998.980 3,221.82 6,349.370 3,551.44 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 97,461 33.879 2,876.69 30.735 3,171.01 Brazil 90,507 25.784 3,510.18 23.391 3,869.31 Sweden 1,466,878 335.192 4,376.22 304.082 4,823.96 Denmark 30,513 0.101 300,879.74 0.092 331,663.04 United Kingdom 251,977 104.914 2,401.73 95.177 2,647.46 Netherlands 6,825 1.099 6,210.17 0.997 6,845.54 Belgium 111,117 15.480 7,177.70 14.044 7,912.06 France 938,998 265.250 3,540.05 240.631 3,902.23 Federal Republic of Germany 508,036 64.010 7,936.81 58.069 8,748.83 Switzerland 137,350 39.315 3,493.58 35.666 3,851.01 Spain 86,370 42.838 2,016.20 38.862 2,222.48 Italy 372,452 117.291 3,175.44 106.405 3,500.32 India 1,670,819 1,051.377 1,589.17 953.794 1,751.76 Thailand 51,402 27.443 1,873.04 24.896 2,064.67 China 740,347 300.458 2,464.06 272.571 2,716.16 Korea, South 1,608,101 746.686 2,153.65 677.383 2,373.99 Taiwan 627,053 198.888 3,152.78 180.429 3,475.34 Japan 734,381 117.117 6,270.48 106.247 6,912.02 Australia 10,576 2.660 3,974.48 2.414 4,381.11 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,541,163 3,489.789 2,734.02 3,165.885 3,013.74 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 30,858 20.441 1,509.59 18.544 1,664.04 Brazil 855,610 43.485 19,675.95 39.449 21,689.02 Belgium 6,992 4.049 1,726.47 3.674 1,903.10 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/05/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Federal Republic of Germany 110,108 56.008 1,965.92 50.810 2,167.05 Austria 2,437 0.239 10,188.06 0.217 11,230.41 Italy 229,955 222.598 1,033.05 201.938 1,138.74 Japan 82,924 51.804 1,600.72 46.996 1,764.49 South Africa 41,320 38.593 1,070.66 35.011 1,180.20 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,360,204 437.219 3,111.03 396.639 3,429.32 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 6,019,409 3,190.225 1,886.83 2,894.125 2,079.87 Mexico 10,291,485 6,900.126 1,491.49 6,259.691 1,644.09 Brazil 1,132,967 860.045 1,317.33 780.220 1,452.11 Sweden 1,581,260 656.535 2,408.49 595.599 2,654.91 Finland 630,845 351.497 1,794.74 318.873 1,978.36 United Kingdom 79,979 32.652 2,449.39 29.622 2,699.99 Belgium 1,160,320 618.005 1,877.52 560.645 2,069.62 France 3,057,465 2,016.307 1,516.37 1,829.164 1,671.51 Federal Republic of Germany 2,365,943 1,662.964 1,422.73 1,508.616 1,568.29 Austria 24,048 12.769 1,883.29 11.584 2,075.97 Italy 2,370,993 2,108.028 1,124.74 1,912.372 1,239.82 Thailand 117,799 83.215 1,415.59 75.492 1,560.42 China 945,714 678.766 1,393.28 615.767 1,535.83 Korea, South 508,292 344.051 1,477.37 312.118 1,628.53 Taiwan 3,138,490 1,984.489 1,581.51 1,800.299 1,743.32 Japan 498,357 271.753 1,833.85 246.531 2,021.48 South Africa 1,162,494 933.930 1,244.73 847.248 1,372.08 CATEGORY TOTAL 35,085,860 22,705.364 1,545.27 20,597.966 1,703.37 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Federal Republic of Germany 28,515 11.385 2,504.44 10.329 2,760.67 Austria 11,700 2.225 5,257.09 2.019 5,794.95 Slovenia 23,437 18.166 1,290.15 16.480 1,422.15 Japan 13,411 3.121 4,296.00 2.832 4,735.52 CATEGORY TOTAL 77,063 34.899 2,208.16 31.660 2,434.08 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 617,870 264.746 2,333.82 240.174 2,572.59 Mexico 767,664 570.830 1,344.82 517.849 1,482.41 Chile 22,589 46.829 482.37 42.483 531.72 Sweden 2,381,238 497.487 4,786.53 451.313 5,276.25 Finland 1,360,153 917.170 1,482.99 832.043 1,634.71 Denmark 13,420 1.479 9,071.85 1.342 10,000.00 United Kingdom 18,026 4.366 4,128.48 3.961 4,550.87 Belgium 518,638 312.213 1,661.17 283.235 1,831.12 France 950,543 431.849 2,201.10 391.767 2,426.30 Federal Republic of Germany 739,086 211.508 3,494.36 191.877 3,851.87 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/05/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Austria 10,606 0.881 12,027.01 0.800 13,257.50 China 95,623 69.187 1,382.08 62.766 1,523.48 Korea, South 697,172 492.586 1,415.33 446.867 1,560.13 Taiwan 113,169 71.598 1,580.61 64.953 1,742.32 Japan 2,850,866 385.620 7,392.93 349.829 8,149.31 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,156,663 4,278.354 2,607.70 3,881.259 2,874.50 GRAND TOTAL 128,864,455 69,874.363 1,844.23 63,388.974 2,032.92