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RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 27/09/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Canada 4,011,699 3,501.512 1,145.70 3,176.520 1,262.92 Mexico 196,076 442.599 443.01 401.520 488.33 Sweden 35,967 22.861 1,573.23 20.740 1,734.19 Finland 4,843 1.999 2,421.99 1.814 2,669.79 United Kingdom 101,602 40.206 2,526.99 36.475 2,785.52 Belgium 40,433 77.580 521.17 70.380 574.50 France 50,804 1.245 40,786.40 1.130 44,959.29 Federal Republic of Germany 26,064 6.426 4,055.72 5.830 4,470.67 Austria 34,391 62.556 549.76 56.750 606.01 Slovakia 2,421 0.004 549,073.72 0.004 605,250.00 China 26,292 38.255 687.27 34.705 757.59 Hong Kong 2,150 0.090 23,785.95 0.082 26,219.51 Taiwan 17,367 14.484 1,199.02 13.140 1,321.69 Japan 2,883 6.135 469.89 5.566 517.97 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,552,992 4,215.960 1,079.94 3,824.656 1,190.43 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 13,640,528 35,609.978 383.05 32,304.838 422.24 Mexico 22,928,677 94,837.066 241.77 86,034.764 266.50 Colombia 7,678 0.639 12,009.25 0.580 13,237.93 Venezuela 6,506,588 34,151.981 190.52 30,982.165 210.01 Brazil 63,500,427 263,983.655 240.55 239,482.011 265.16 Sweden 4,631,642 3,176.828 1,457.95 2,881.971 1,607.11 United Kingdom 7,048,029 5,897.773 1,195.03 5,350.372 1,317.30 Belgium 108,487 238.457 454.95 216.325 501.50 Federal Republic of Germany 6,689,434 25,566.629 261.65 23,193.663 288.42 Russia 11,674,356 61,805.543 188.89 56,069.062 208.21 Spain 239,739 216.340 1,108.16 196.261 1,221.53 Italy 357,838 210.113 1,703.07 190.612 1,877.31 India 25,474 57.158 445.68 51.853 491.27 China 7,844 28.822 272.15 26.147 300.00 Korea, South 261,010 535.392 487.51 485.700 537.39 Japan 39,738 13.931 2,852.49 12.638 3,144.33 Australia 2,897 3.259 888.78 2.957 979.71 South Africa 5,351 3.686 1,451.66 3.344 1,600.18 CATEGORY TOTAL 137,675,737 526,337.257 261.57 477,485.263 288.34 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 13,577,382 43,346.327 313.23 39,323.138 345.28 Mexico 119,048 402.537 295.74 365.176 326.00 Trinidad and Tobago 650,481 2,604.496 249.75 2,362.760 275.31 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 27/09/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Venezuela 3,449,094 14,085.658 244.87 12,778.298 269.92 Brazil 812,557 3,245.397 250.37 2,944.176 275.99 Argentina 815,030 3,578.577 227.75 3,246.432 251.05 Sweden 970,711 503.198 1,929.08 456.494 2,126.45 Finland 44,163 42.487 1,039.44 38.544 1,145.78 United Kingdom 1,807,920 3,801.725 475.55 3,448.868 524.21 Luxembourg 32,869 92.993 353.46 84.362 389.62 France 384,092 256.385 1,498.10 232.589 1,651.38 Federal Republic of Germany 2,192,919 5,829.641 376.17 5,288.563 414.65 Czech Republic 1,143,189 4,187.614 272.99 3,798.941 300.92 Spain 856,846 2,469.560 346.96 2,240.348 382.46 Italy 3,224,261 9,478.724 340.16 8,598.957 374.96 Turkey 6,582,628 26,634.942 247.14 24,162.820 272.43 India 126,075 114.616 1,099.98 103.978 1,212.52 China 10,453,353 45,781.534 228.33 41,532.321 251.69 Taiwan 992,964 568.099 1,747.87 515.371 1,926.70 Japan 2,462,076 6,956.456 353.93 6,310.793 390.14 Egypt 3,058,499 12,556.490 243.58 11,391.060 268.50 South Africa 871,689 2,752.096 316.74 2,496.661 349.14 CATEGORY TOTAL 54,627,846 189,289.561 288.59 171,720.650 318.12 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 3,402,665 8,036.952 423.38 7,291.003 466.69 Mexico 463,854 1,418.108 327.09 1,286.487 360.56 Brazil 1,470,701 5,988.754 245.58 5,432.908 270.70 Norway 487,775 1,195.891 407.88 1,084.895 449.61 United Kingdom 2,445,808 5,878.320 416.07 5,332.724 458.64 Luxembourg 3,108,365 6,376.905 487.44 5,785.033 537.31 France 44,789 12.529 3,574.55 11.367 3,940.27 Federal Republic of Germany 1,869,401 3,562.632 524.72 3,231.967 578.41 Austria 58,128 15.522 3,744.70 14.082 4,127.82 Poland 77,290 129.168 598.36 117.180 659.58 Ukraine 3,079 9.791 314.45 8.883 346.62 Spain 892,205 2,876.847 310.13 2,609.833 341.86 Italy 538,987 1,041.052 517.73 944.427 570.70 India 26,152 10.997 2,377.94 9.977 2,621.23 China 8,968 18.298 490.10 16.600 540.24 Korea, South 553,882 1,818.564 304.57 1,649.774 335.73 Japan 9,890 14.429 685.41 13.090 755.54 South Africa 144,092 470.292 306.39 426.642 337.74 CATEGORY TOTAL 15,606,031 38,875.060 401.44 35,266.872 442.51 STEEL PILING...........................5 Canada 847,402 1,625.920 521.18 1,475.011 574.51 United Kingdom 172,126 559.775 307.49 507.820 338.95 Luxembourg 2,640,376 5,245.630 503.35 4,758.757 554.85 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 27/09/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Federal Republic of Germany 1,425,166 3,091.237 461.03 2,804.324 508.20 China 4,419 6.716 657.94 6.093 725.26 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,089,489 10,529.280 483.37 9,552.005 532.82 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 10,418,417 25,395.512 410.25 23,038.428 452.22 Mexico 3,703 0.330 11,197.69 0.300 12,343.33 Brazil 266,886 638.002 418.32 578.786 461.11 Sweden 2,117,024 3,394.713 623.62 3,079.633 687.43 Norway 153,710 359.285 427.82 325.938 471.59 Finland 240,348 457.012 525.91 414.595 579.72 United Kingdom 188,418 181.359 1,038.92 164.527 1,145.21 Belgium 1,408,180 1,001.621 1,405.90 908.656 1,549.74 France 1,140,817 660.804 1,726.41 599.472 1,903.04 Federal Republic of Germany 904,744 1,001.052 903.79 908.140 996.26 Austria 42,729 14.170 3,015.41 12.855 3,323.92 Czech Republic 814,671 2,455.111 331.83 2,227.240 365.78 Slovakia 46,690 144.341 323.47 130.944 356.56 Switzerland 2,367 2.885 820.21 2.618 904.13 Russia 21,042 55.047 382.25 49.938 421.36 Ukraine 308,401 881.119 350.01 799.338 385.82 Italy 155,982 112.685 1,384.22 102.227 1,525.84 Romania 3,330,196 11,982.328 277.93 10,870.189 306.36 Turkey 13,335 39.313 339.19 35.665 373.90 China 638,486 2,244.441 284.47 2,036.124 313.58 Korea, South 399,086 316.060 1,262.69 286.725 1,391.88 Taiwan 542,364 322.179 1,683.42 292.276 1,855.66 Japan 1,223,524 1,639.710 746.18 1,487.521 822.53 Australia 94,240 460.458 204.67 417.721 225.61 South Africa 726,322 2,054.690 353.49 1,863.984 389.66 CATEGORY TOTAL 25,201,682 55,814.238 451.53 50,633.840 497.72 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 7,424,187 23,206.315 319.92 21,052.421 352.65 Mexico 40,480 165.534 244.54 150.170 269.56 Venezuela 647,368 2,558.449 253.03 2,320.987 278.92 Brazil 176,033 262.383 670.90 238.030 739.54 Sweden 2,102,413 1,840.964 1,142.02 1,670.095 1,258.86 Netherlands 561,164 2,029.010 276.57 1,840.688 304.87 Belgium 937,079 580.077 1,615.44 526.238 1,780.71 France 1,085,730 3,584.432 302.90 3,251.743 333.89 Federal Republic of Germany 2,823,507 3,540.077 797.58 3,211.505 879.18 Hungary 40,351 174.429 231.33 158.240 255.00 Turkey 6,272 10.820 579.65 9.816 638.96 Japan 40,760 83.389 488.79 75.650 538.80 New Zealand 366,013 1,996.439 183.33 1,811.140 202.09 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 27/09/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 16,251,357 40,032.323 405.96 36,316.723 447.49 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Luxembourg 50,719 101.651 498.95 92.217 550.00 Federal Republic of Germany 6,821 2.862 2,382.71 2.597 2,626.49 Austria 48,557 54.404 892.52 49.355 983.83 Poland 8,772 3.242 2,704.90 2.942 2,981.65 Spain 10,048 22.930 438.20 20.802 483.03 Japan 1,038,461 1,717.648 604.58 1,558.225 666.44 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,163,378 1,902.740 611.42 1,726.138 673.98 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 Canada 100,107 247.896 403.83 224.888 445.14 Mexico 4,615 2.196 2,100.68 1.993 2,315.60 Luxembourg 49,239 89.947 547.42 81.599 603.43 Austria 211,265 242.758 870.27 220.227 959.31 Spain 76,154 203.519 374.18 184.630 412.47 Italy 82,267 7.937 10,364.03 7.201 11,424.39 Japan 232,149 382.965 606.19 347.421 668.21 CATEGORY TOTAL 755,796 1,177.222 642.02 1,067.959 707.70 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 Canada 120,135 72.547 1,655.95 65.814 1,825.37 Brazil 11,965 19.305 619.76 17.514 683.17 CATEGORY TOTAL 132,100 91.853 1,438.16 83.328 1,585.30 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 23,075,865 53,973.303 427.54 48,963.771 471.28 Mexico 2,754,704 8,171.864 337.10 7,413.393 371.58 Dominican Republic 9,593 32.045 299.36 29.071 329.99 Trinidad and Tobago 747,409 3,182.052 234.88 2,886.710 258.91 Brazil 204,530 209.851 974.64 190.374 1,074.36 Argentina 911,720 3,080.522 295.96 2,794.604 326.24 Sweden 1,154,952 718.373 1,607.73 651.698 1,772.22 United Kingdom 7,410,610 17,997.581 411.76 16,327.136 453.88 Netherlands 22,623 20.374 1,110.39 18.483 1,223.99 France 634,434 419.808 1,511.25 380.844 1,665.86 Federal Republic of Germany 1,605,033 2,985.815 537.55 2,708.687 592.55 Austria 369,291 191.479 1,928.62 173.707 2,125.94 Czech Republic 4,253,886 9,254.343 459.66 8,395.402 506.69 Switzerland 11,775 14.752 798.18 13.383 879.85 Russia 7,992 20.540 389.09 18.634 428.89 Spain 387,723 636.986 608.68 577.865 670.96 Portugal 347,423 144.561 2,403.29 131.144 2,649.17 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 27/09/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Italy 1,546,419 2,485.011 622.30 2,254.365 685.97 Turkey 652,678 2,057.866 317.16 1,866.866 349.61 India 180,042 342.298 525.98 310.528 579.79 China 117,105 119.251 982.00 108.183 1,082.47 Korea, South 26,317 34.309 767.05 31.125 845.53 Taiwan 484,323 269.572 1,796.63 244.552 1,980.45 Japan 4,609,392 9,337.766 493.63 8,471.082 544.13 South Africa 438,845 1,665.821 263.44 1,511.208 290.39 CATEGORY TOTAL 51,964,684 117,366.155 442.76 106,472.815 488.06 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 3,537,440 8,011.938 441.52 7,268.310 486.69 Mexico 1,292,021 4,143.305 311.83 3,758.745 343.74 Brazil 421,881 1,938.960 217.58 1,758.996 239.84 France 169,788 48.954 3,468.27 44.411 3,823.11 Federal Republic of Germany 101,798 26.091 3,901.55 23.670 4,300.72 Austria 58,239 15.898 3,663.15 14.423 4,037.93 Switzerland 4,094 1.005 4,072.39 0.912 4,489.04 Italy 121,747 87.017 1,399.11 78.941 1,542.25 Turkey 33,672 113.264 297.29 102.752 327.70 India 922,667 506.385 1,822.07 459.385 2,008.48 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,663,347 14,892.822 447.42 13,510.545 493.20 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 Canada 5,802 23.038 251.84 20.900 277.61 Mexico 6,413,177 23,634.824 271.34 21,441.158 299.11 Dominican Republic 1,886,595 6,481.702 291.06 5,880.103 320.84 Trinidad and Tobago 600,340 2,251.900 266.59 2,042.890 293.87 Brazil 1,631,245 6,614.539 246.62 6,000.611 271.85 Federal Republic of Germany 164,061 395.242 415.09 358.558 457.56 Romania 1,930,039 7,680.518 251.29 6,967.651 277.00 Bulgaria 83,191 331.057 251.29 300.330 277.00 Turkey 5,557,811 22,572.213 246.22 20,477.173 271.41 India 4,295,456 16,503.454 260.28 14,971.686 286.91 Japan 2,853,196 11,741.130 243.01 10,651.377 267.87 Egypt 4,940,510 19,858.346 248.79 18,015.194 274.24 CATEGORY TOTAL 30,361,423 118,087.966 257.11 107,127.631 283.41 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 6,433,304 7,430.437 865.80 6,740.781 954.39 Trinidad and Tobago 79,545 141.711 561.31 128.559 618.74 Colombia 89,602 124.258 721.10 112.725 794.87 Brazil 81,930 62.935 1,301.81 57.094 1,435.00 Sweden 325,449 127.526 2,552.01 115.690 2,813.11 Norway 24,363 11.329 2,150.39 10.278 2,370.40 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 27/09/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Denmark 185,958 104.547 1,778.69 94.844 1,960.67 United Kingdom 2,375,896 2,952.374 804.74 2,678.350 887.07 France 1,895,554 1,965.373 964.48 1,782.957 1,063.15 Federal Republic of Germany 837,143 513.088 1,631.58 465.466 1,798.51 Austria 104,210 49.057 2,124.25 44.504 2,341.59 Czech Republic 64,518 32.672 1,974.69 29.640 2,176.72 Switzerland 491,899 196.928 2,497.85 178.651 2,753.41 Latvia 226,636 125.179 1,810.49 113.561 1,995.72 Poland 252,193 335.999 750.57 304.814 827.37 Russia 170,832 126.176 1,353.92 114.465 1,492.44 Ukraine 310,316 1,035.233 299.75 939.148 330.42 Spain 261,440 552.312 473.35 501.050 521.78 Italy 2,683,295 1,315.147 2,040.30 1,193.082 2,249.04 Slovenia 52,444 31.573 1,661.01 28.643 1,830.95 Romania 64,095 46.481 1,378.95 42.167 1,520.03 India 1,440,675 888.374 1,621.70 805.920 1,787.62 China 243,354 106.839 2,277.76 96.923 2,510.80 Korea, South 88,656 86.023 1,030.61 78.039 1,136.05 Taiwan 986,875 589.169 1,675.03 534.486 1,846.40 Japan 315,696 212.983 1,482.26 193.215 1,633.91 South Africa 126,480 328.343 385.21 297.868 424.62 CATEGORY TOTAL 20,212,358 19,492.077 1,036.95 17,682.920 1,143.04 TOOL STEEL............................17 Canada 1,115,594 977.559 1,141.20 886.827 1,257.96 Colombia 31,399 43.232 726.28 39.220 800.59 Brazil 999,101 724.815 1,378.42 657.542 1,519.45 Sweden 2,684,219 1,674.095 1,603.38 1,518.714 1,767.43 United Kingdom 1,550,896 290.090 5,346.24 263.166 5,893.22 Netherlands 488,398 562.914 867.62 510.668 956.39 Belgium 76,252 89.502 851.96 81.195 939.12 France 2,371,604 1,789.081 1,325.60 1,623.028 1,461.22 Federal Republic of Germany 3,633,787 2,658.100 1,367.06 2,411.389 1,506.93 Austria 1,903,393 850.696 2,237.45 771.739 2,466.37 Switzerland 281,046 194.261 1,446.74 176.231 1,594.76 Russia 247,262 139.879 1,767.67 126.897 1,948.53 Ukraine 260,079 172.553 1,507.24 156.538 1,661.44 Spain 95,440 88.559 1,077.69 80.340 1,187.95 Italy 203,073 4.113 49,363.55 3.732 54,413.99 Slovenia 787,211 631.379 1,246.81 572.778 1,374.37 India 48,279 27.404 1,761.71 24.861 1,941.96 China 583,259 264.544 2,204.77 239.991 2,430.34 Korea, South 214,437 194.204 1,104.18 176.179 1,217.15 Taiwan 467,202 298.436 1,565.50 270.737 1,725.67 Japan 3,787,954 5,507.349 687.80 4,996.185 758.17 CATEGORY TOTAL 21,829,885 17,182.776 1,270.45 15,587.957 1,400.43 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 27/09/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 15,754,019 30,502.420 516.48 27,671.338 569.33 Mexico 3,470,428 8,056.986 430.74 7,309.177 474.80 Guatemala 399,159 996.996 400.36 904.460 441.32 Dominican Republic 128,935 291.082 442.95 264.066 488.27 Colombia 164,260 298.685 549.94 270.963 606.21 Venezuela 24,801 43.930 564.55 39.853 622.31 Chile 66,684 111.683 597.08 101.318 658.17 Brazil 29,052 49.508 586.81 44.913 646.85 Argentina 744,357 2,079.581 357.94 1,886.565 394.56 Sweden 14,498 9.200 1,575.70 8.347 1,736.91 Norway 31,301 6.950 4,503.70 6.305 4,964.47 Denmark 82,738 17.255 4,794.86 15.654 5,285.42 United Kingdom 42,673 5.734 7,441.81 5.202 8,203.19 France 16,883 18.701 902.75 16.966 995.11 Federal Republic of Germany 983,211 1,012.472 971.10 918.500 1,070.45 Czech Republic 181,326 30.864 5,874.87 28.000 6,475.93 Slovakia 33,572 48.064 698.48 43.603 769.95 Switzerland 9,540 0.308 30,909.09 0.280 34,071.43 Ukraine 103,040 133.191 773.63 120.829 852.78 Spain 763,518 1,298.866 587.83 1,178.312 647.98 Italy 197,102 130.288 1,512.81 118.196 1,667.59 Romania 15,595 15.926 979.20 14.448 1,079.39 Turkey 5,559,145 13,931.089 399.05 12,638.075 439.87 Israel 4,539 0.007 588,244.67 0.007 648,428.57 United Arab Emirates 95,470 304.205 313.83 275.971 345.94 Oman 314,116 857.710 366.23 778.102 403.70 India 1,096,753 2,714.606 404.02 2,462.650 445.35 Indonesia 1,306,810 3,450.009 378.78 3,129.797 417.54 Philippines 254,738 611.297 416.72 554.560 459.35 China 6,372,249 17,478.106 364.58 15,855.876 401.89 Korea, South 1,734,506 4,277.576 405.49 3,880.553 446.97 Taiwan 116,239 227.345 511.29 206.244 563.60 Japan 123,983 127.265 974.21 115.453 1,073.88 South Africa 902,905 2,154.989 418.98 1,954.974 461.85 CATEGORY TOTAL 41,138,145 91,292.908 450.62 82,819.557 496.72 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 1,170,390 2,003.431 584.19 1,817.483 643.96 Mexico 1,810,631 3,720.854 486.62 3,375.503 536.40 Colombia 2,014,432 3,812.930 528.32 3,459.033 582.37 Venezuela 1,824,278 4,866.494 374.86 4,414.811 413.22 Brazil 1,069,547 2,252.526 474.82 2,043.458 523.40 Argentina 140,085 201.093 696.62 182.429 767.89 Sweden 594,632 1,426.789 416.76 1,294.362 459.40 Finland 2,353 1.653 1,423.07 1.500 1,568.67 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 27/09/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE United Kingdom 483,865 763.094 634.08 692.268 698.96 Federal Republic of Germany 5,637,106 8,059.853 699.41 7,311.778 770.96 Austria 7,178,273 10,819.937 663.43 9,815.685 731.31 Czech Republic 348,874 849.314 410.77 770.485 452.80 Switzerland 3,699 0.159 23,142.60 0.145 25,510.34 Ukraine 34,191 87.292 391.69 79.190 431.76 Spain 1,747,998 3,109.733 562.11 2,821.104 619.61 Italy 24,939 19.744 1,263.08 17.912 1,392.31 Romania 761,375 1,379.134 552.07 1,251.130 608.55 Turkey 882,932 2,248.769 392.63 2,040.050 432.80 Indonesia 1,189,122 1,777.498 668.99 1,612.520 737.43 China 3,733,338 8,074.978 462.33 7,325.499 509.64 Korea, South 4,308,452 10,829.941 397.83 9,824.760 438.53 Japan 8,030,742 4,438.472 1,809.35 4,026.516 1,994.46 South Africa 639,922 1,434.086 446.22 1,300.982 491.88 CATEGORY TOTAL 43,631,176 72,177.784 604.50 65,478.603 666.34 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 2,004,934 4,751.918 421.92 4,310.869 465.09 Mexico 3,647,481 5,694.760 640.50 5,166.201 706.03 Argentina 164,478 407.713 403.42 369.872 444.69 United Kingdom 9,031,025 12,965.196 696.56 11,761.832 767.82 Netherlands 3,000 16.534 181.44 15.000 200.00 Federal Republic of Germany 491,382 311.254 1,578.72 282.365 1,740.24 Czech Republic 205,282 354.362 579.30 321.472 638.57 Italy 67,042 66.348 1,010.46 60.190 1,113.84 Indonesia 44,888 136.309 329.31 123.658 363.00 Korea, South 739,344 2,098.179 352.37 1,903.437 388.43 Japan 3,788,119 7,558.901 501.15 6,857.322 552.42 CATEGORY TOTAL 20,186,975 34,361.478 587.49 31,172.218 647.60 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 3,771,561 5,983.628 630.31 5,428.258 694.80 Mexico 3,257,221 5,401.006 603.08 4,899.712 664.78 Colombia 28,978 83.081 348.79 75.370 384.48 Brazil 265,708 871.552 304.87 790.659 336.06 Argentina 696,021 1,270.098 548.01 1,152.214 604.07 United Kingdom 9,607 0.276 34,722.42 0.251 38,274.90 France 193,664 356.239 543.63 323.175 599.25 Federal Republic of Germany 2,159,060 4,193.119 514.91 3,803.935 567.59 Austria 731,823 1,244.909 587.85 1,129.363 648.00 Czech Republic 688,683 1,698.548 405.45 1,540.898 446.94 Slovakia 134,066 431.097 310.99 391.085 342.81 Ukraine 278,783 791.356 352.28 717.907 388.33 Spain 3,743 11.639 321.58 10.559 354.48 Italy 750,330 1,263.662 593.77 1,146.376 654.52 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 27/09/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Romania 803,258 1,699.736 472.58 1,541.975 520.93 India 18,422 21.690 849.32 19.677 936.22 China 2,195,788 5,054.148 434.45 4,585.048 478.90 Korea, South 1,706,283 5,136.657 332.18 4,659.899 366.16 Hong Kong 4,718 0.424 11,117.14 0.385 12,254.55 Taiwan 70,083 204.275 343.08 185.316 378.18 Japan 4,048,051 6,189.946 653.97 5,615.427 720.88 South Africa 474,177 1,194.123 397.09 1,083.291 437.72 CATEGORY TOTAL 22,290,028 43,101.219 517.16 39,100.780 570.07 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Canada 5,819,565 11,482.702 506.81 10,416.935 558.66 Mexico 414,136 831.510 498.05 754.334 549.01 Brazil 98,697 67.905 1,453.44 61.603 1,602.15 Argentina 438,491 1,226.227 357.59 1,112.415 394.18 Federal Republic of Germany 1,924,833 3,854.056 499.43 3,496.342 550.53 Korea, South 1,404,696 4,214.690 333.29 3,823.504 367.38 Taiwan 345,858 1,012.381 341.63 918.417 376.58 Japan 21,872 55.880 391.41 50.694 431.45 South Africa 194,820 539.943 360.82 489.829 397.73 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,662,968 23,285.298 457.93 21,124.073 504.78 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 7,844,875 10,745.947 730.03 9,748.562 804.72 Mexico 8,784,865 16,882.560 520.35 15,315.606 573.59 Dominican Republic 315,923 827.018 382.00 750.259 421.09 Colombia 14,688 16.213 905.89 14.709 998.57 Venezuela 96,895 174.013 556.83 157.862 613.80 Brazil 125,555 197.825 634.68 179.464 699.61 Argentina 590,245 750.690 786.27 681.015 866.71 Sweden 1,045,078 858.358 1,217.53 778.690 1,342.10 Norway 2,334 0.029 78,421.10 0.027 86,444.44 Finland 19,685 3.744 5,256.97 3.397 5,794.82 Denmark 2,329 0.529 4,401.74 0.480 4,852.08 United Kingdom 558,417 410.509 1,360.30 372.408 1,499.48 Netherlands 84,752 83.419 1,015.97 75.677 1,119.92 Belgium 5,750 0.110 52,163.14 0.100 57,500.00 France 1,212,601 1,076.847 1,126.07 976.900 1,241.27 Federal Republic of Germany 2,760,353 2,305.225 1,197.43 2,091.266 1,319.94 Austria 175,394 78.221 2,242.29 70.961 2,471.70 Switzerland 507,073 337.560 1,502.17 306.230 1,655.86 Ukraine 2,477 7.661 323.32 6.950 356.40 Spain 525,107 727.402 721.89 659.889 795.75 Italy 434,266 394.414 1,101.04 357.807 1,213.69 Romania 30,523 45.361 672.89 41.151 741.73 Turkey 113,900 241.381 471.87 218.978 520.14 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 27/09/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Saudi Arabia 33,372 19.672 1,696.34 17.847 1,869.89 India 731,819 809.440 904.11 734.312 996.60 China 1,339,753 2,991.896 447.79 2,714.204 493.61 Korea, South 437,371 839.553 520.96 761.630 574.26 Taiwan 134,502 97.347 1,381.67 88.312 1,523.03 Japan 2,993,845 2,181.998 1,372.07 1,979.476 1,512.44 Australia 45,962 99.522 461.83 90.285 509.08 CATEGORY TOTAL 30,969,709 43,204.477 716.82 39,194.454 790.16 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 376,979 2,155.333 174.91 1,955.286 192.80 Mexico 305,808 335.634 911.13 304.483 1,004.35 Argentina 542,841 528.973 1,026.22 479.877 1,131.21 Sweden 31,976 28.720 1,113.34 26.055 1,227.25 United Kingdom 6,000 0.202 29,582.12 0.184 32,608.70 Netherlands 20,394 12.332 1,653.66 11.188 1,822.85 France 1,493,761 1,416.991 1,054.18 1,285.473 1,162.03 Federal Republic of Germany 1,369,561 1,803.010 759.60 1,635.664 837.31 Slovakia 6,505 14.776 440.23 13.405 485.27 Italy 625,768 305.631 2,047.46 277.264 2,256.94 Romania 500,590 849.164 589.51 770.349 649.82 India 34,167 41.061 832.10 37.250 917.23 China 147,766 152.943 966.15 138.748 1,065.00 Korea, South 108,466 256.796 422.38 232.962 465.60 Japan 410,524 389.435 1,054.15 353.290 1,162.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,981,106 8,291.007 721.40 7,521.478 795.20 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D Canada 6,950,898 1,619.001 4,293.32 1,468.734 4,732.58 Mexico 193,836 84.711 2,288.19 76.849 2,522.30 Brazil 66,221 42.421 1,561.03 38.484 1,720.74 Argentina 35,587 15.713 2,264.75 14.255 2,496.46 Sweden 972,262 199.992 4,861.50 181.430 5,358.88 Norway 116,521 56.096 2,077.15 50.890 2,289.66 Finland 93,215 43.156 2,159.93 39.151 2,380.91 Denmark 24,166 3.492 6,920.15 3.168 7,628.16 United Kingdom 275,118 25.361 10,847.66 23.008 11,957.49 Ireland 24,198 3.812 6,346.36 3.459 6,995.66 Netherlands 56,079 3.301 16,986.32 2.995 18,724.21 France 1,506,346 442.588 3,403.49 401.510 3,751.70 Federal Republic of Germany 971,142 120.860 8,035.22 109.643 8,857.31 Austria 639,237 157.828 4,050.19 143.180 4,464.57 Czech Republic 928,035 52.318 17,738.02 47.463 19,552.81 Switzerland 71,368 1.615 44,163.70 1.466 48,682.13 Russia 2,800 0.099 28,223.53 0.090 31,111.11 Spain 933,328 201.201 4,638.77 182.527 5,113.37 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 27/09/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Italy 422,945 163.329 2,589.52 148.170 2,854.46 India 288,016 99.765 2,886.92 90.506 3,182.29 Thailand 141,437 95.220 1,485.36 86.383 1,637.32 Malaysia 213,894 118.330 1,807.59 107.348 1,992.53 Singapore 178,554 86.745 2,058.37 78.694 2,268.97 China 2,319,318 902.924 2,568.67 819.120 2,831.48 Korea, South 2,745,803 1,288.667 2,130.73 1,169.060 2,348.73 Taiwan 3,512,749 1,899.795 1,849.01 1,723.466 2,038.19 Japan 2,740,357 616.111 4,447.83 558.927 4,902.89 South Africa 556,527 316.721 1,757.15 287.325 1,936.93 CATEGORY TOTAL 26,979,957 8,661.189 3,115.04 7,857.301 3,433.74 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 2,024,629 1,168.514 1,732.65 1,060.059 1,909.92 Mexico 400,162 303.061 1,320.40 274.933 1,455.49 Federal Republic of Germany 18,365 0.653 28,095.20 0.593 30,969.65 India 73,028 84.235 866.95 76.417 955.65 Vietnam 30,350 43.752 693.67 39.692 764.64 China 14,175 18.957 747.72 17.198 824.22 Korea, South 32,461 24.925 1,302.32 22.612 1,435.57 Japan 235,982 88.923 2,653.77 80.670 2,925.28 South Africa 11,246 39.683 283.39 36.000 312.39 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,840,398 1,772.707 1,602.29 1,608.174 1,766.23 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 9,591,159 22,436.053 427.49 20,353.651 471.23 Mexico 2,027,922 2,183.683 928.67 1,981.005 1,023.68 Colombia 20,007 21.881 914.31 19.851 1,007.86 Argentina 97,637 301.957 323.35 273.931 356.43 Finland 388,289 171.043 2,270.12 155.168 2,502.38 Netherlands 5,843 1.184 4,930.87 1.075 5,435.35 France 11,590 10.130 1,144.10 9.190 1,261.15 Federal Republic of Germany 153,968 68.766 2,238.99 62.384 2,468.07 Austria 118,891 161.780 734.89 146.765 810.08 Switzerland 4,556 1.322 3,444.28 1.200 3,796.67 Spain 3,231 8.327 387.97 7.555 427.66 Italy 69,178 38.770 1,784.30 35.172 1,966.85 Turkey 450,579 1,180.989 381.53 1,071.376 420.56 Malaysia 9,520 10.494 907.18 9.520 1,000.00 China 42,077 25.888 1,625.29 23.486 1,791.58 Korea, South 304,369 735.552 413.80 667.282 456.13 Taiwan 278,770 153.123 1,820.56 138.911 2,006.82 Japan 288,254 241.680 1,192.71 219.249 1,314.73 CATEGORY TOTAL 13,865,840 27,752.631 499.62 25,176.771 550.74 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 27/09/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 124,118 270.545 458.77 245.435 505.71 Mexico 148,613 166.949 890.17 151.454 981.24 Brazil 172,205 339.566 507.13 308.050 559.02 Korea, South 35,526 10.015 3,547.07 9.086 3,909.97 Japan 63,456 183.790 345.26 166.732 380.59 CATEGORY TOTAL 543,918 970.868 560.24 880.757 617.56 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 11,151,124 19,892.190 560.58 18,045.897 617.93 Mexico 3,289,385 5,077.172 647.88 4,605.935 714.16 Dominican Republic 18,544 44.059 420.89 39.970 463.95 Trinidad and Tobago 39,485 62.626 630.48 56.814 694.99 Colombia 21,230 15.098 1,406.11 13.697 1,549.97 Venezuela 450,109 882.612 509.97 800.693 562.15 Ecuador 207,037 475.350 435.55 431.231 480.11 Chile 191,616 419.418 456.86 380.490 503.60 Brazil 432,691 739.712 584.94 671.056 644.79 Argentina 310,336 899.260 345.10 815.796 380.41 Sweden 1,496,605 598.209 2,501.81 542.687 2,757.77 Denmark 55,328 8.885 6,226.61 8.061 6,863.66 United Kingdom 1,077,143 708.550 1,520.21 642.786 1,675.74 Netherlands 222,370 275.073 808.40 249.543 891.11 Belgium 1,115,446 1,268.128 879.60 1,150.427 969.59 Luxembourg 380,866 490.809 776.00 445.255 855.39 France 2,462,709 2,093.834 1,176.17 1,899.495 1,296.51 Federal Republic of Germany 1,324,758 881.508 1,502.83 799.691 1,656.59 Austria 548,573 209.830 2,614.36 190.355 2,881.84 Czech Republic 129,764 287.813 450.86 261.100 496.99 Switzerland 220,615 39.894 5,529.91 36.192 6,095.68 Russia 160,912 493.811 325.86 447.978 359.20 Belarus 357,124 461.719 773.47 418.865 852.60 Spain 59,056 62.222 949.12 56.447 1,046.22 Portugal 11,208 1.892 5,921.80 1.717 6,527.66 Italy 2,062,981 2,322.616 888.21 2,107.043 979.09 Greece 563,767 978.218 576.32 887.425 635.28 Turkey 90,194 142.588 632.55 129.354 697.26 Israel 124,509 181.945 684.32 165.058 754.33 India 1,249,859 994.043 1,257.35 901.781 1,385.99 Thailand 162,941 103.688 1,571.44 94.065 1,732.22 Singapore 5,700 1.918 2,971.81 1.740 3,275.86 Indonesia 4,743 0.674 7,030.68 0.612 7,750.00 China 3,194,766 5,965.442 535.55 5,411.760 590.34 Korea, South 3,461,104 3,650.809 948.04 3,311.960 1,045.03 Taiwan 1,396,114 1,299.984 1,073.95 1,179.326 1,183.82 Japan 5,131,514 6,001.980 854.97 5,444.907 942.44 Australia 228,097 460.400 495.43 417.668 546.12 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 27/09/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE South Africa 894,515 2,332.713 383.47 2,116.203 422.70 CATEGORY TOTAL 44,304,838 60,826.711 728.38 55,181.080 802.90 BLACK PLATE...........................28 Canada 217,643 507.211 429.10 460.135 473.00 Netherlands 24,307 44.447 546.87 40.322 602.82 Belgium 11,447 19.753 579.49 17.920 638.78 France 341,701 663.321 515.14 601.755 567.84 Federal Republic of Germany 174,260 153.928 1,132.08 139.642 1,247.91 China 5,717 17.662 323.68 16.023 356.80 Japan 1,304,926 2,084.120 626.13 1,890.683 690.19 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,080,001 3,490.445 595.91 3,166.480 656.88 TIN PLATE.............................29 Canada 5,402,662 9,250.333 584.05 8,391.764 643.81 Venezuela 25,675 57.942 443.11 52.565 488.44 Brazil 2,588,552 4,455.893 580.93 4,042.320 640.36 Netherlands 759,341 1,423.198 533.55 1,291.104 588.13 France 296,825 348.419 851.92 316.081 939.08 Federal Republic of Germany 5,963,163 10,785.936 552.86 9,784.840 609.43 Korea, South 108,804 232.885 467.20 211.270 515.00 Taiwan 19,605 52.745 371.69 47.850 409.72 Japan 9,054 14.136 640.49 12.824 706.02 CATEGORY TOTAL 15,173,681 26,621.491 569.98 24,150.618 628.29 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A Canada 2,083,426 3,425.027 608.29 3,107.134 670.53 Netherlands 162,975 292.873 556.47 265.690 613.40 Federal Republic of Germany 732,700 1,518.203 482.61 1,377.291 531.99 Japan 743,512 1,160.806 640.51 1,053.066 706.05 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,722,613 6,396.910 581.94 5,803.181 641.48 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 11,898,066 37,631.220 316.18 34,138.479 348.52 Mexico 1,657,476 4,693.244 353.16 4,257.641 389.29 Venezuela 441,055 1,536.291 287.09 1,393.701 316.46 Sweden 185,021 236.909 780.98 214.921 860.88 United Kingdom 126,352 29.624 4,265.10 26.875 4,701.47 Netherlands 5,326,505 19,010.347 280.19 17,245.902 308.86 Belgium 552,804 675.532 818.32 612.833 902.05 France 3,853,030 11,481.237 335.59 10,415.606 369.93 Federal Republic of Germany 140,697 172.149 817.30 156.171 900.92 Austria 491,506 1,145.409 429.11 1,039.098 473.01 Slovakia 23,804 73.588 323.48 66.758 356.57 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 27/09/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Hungary 117,171 462.562 253.31 419.630 279.22 Italy 102,675 65.653 1,563.89 59.560 1,723.89 Korea, South 9,805,867 32,317.158 303.43 29,317.641 334.47 Japan 378,735 612.393 618.45 555.554 681.72 Australia 13,996,514 54,387.864 257.35 49,339.855 283.68 New Zealand 1,776,572 9,228.139 192.52 8,371.630 212.21 South Africa 188,269 177.527 1,060.51 161.050 1,169.01 CATEGORY TOTAL 51,062,119 173,936.854 293.57 157,792.905 323.60 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 16,001,426 26,102.214 613.03 23,679.537 675.75 Mexico 17,319,597 19,529.867 886.83 17,717.203 977.56 El Salvador 1,202,053 3,468.680 346.54 3,146.735 382.00 Dominican Republic 54,082 147.990 365.44 134.255 402.83 Venezuela 314,484 902.175 348.58 818.440 384.25 Brazil 957,296 861.382 1,111.35 781.433 1,225.05 Argentina 38,883 123.469 314.92 112.010 347.14 Sweden 1,675,992 1,370.750 1,222.68 1,243.524 1,347.78 Finland 412,140 244.463 1,685.89 221.774 1,858.38 United Kingdom 548,620 207.848 2,639.52 188.557 2,909.57 Netherlands 935,738 2,207.702 423.85 2,002.795 467.22 Belgium 2,680,304 5,297.737 505.93 4,806.028 557.70 Luxembourg 1,291,070 2,408.906 535.96 2,185.324 590.79 France 2,821,380 3,433.342 821.76 3,114.677 905.83 Federal Republic of Germany 3,234,621 2,524.153 1,281.47 2,289.874 1,412.58 Austria 71,510 23.086 3,097.44 20.944 3,414.34 Switzerland 119,497 10.592 11,281.70 9.609 12,435.95 Italy 2,815,734 2,528.296 1,113.69 2,293.633 1,227.63 India 192,087 53.855 3,566.70 48.857 3,931.62 Thailand 239,313 173.710 1,377.65 157.588 1,518.60 China 1,324,995 772.900 1,714.31 701.164 1,889.71 Korea, South 1,012,096 2,372.720 426.56 2,152.496 470.20 Taiwan 2,560,648 1,532.296 1,671.12 1,390.076 1,842.09 Japan 3,509,824 4,802.344 730.86 4,356.615 805.63 Australia 63,502 18.437 3,444.22 16.726 3,796.60 New Zealand 62,019 242.420 255.83 219.920 282.01 South Africa 621,805 1,616.748 384.60 1,466.690 423.95 CATEGORY TOTAL 62,080,716 82,978.096 748.16 75,276.484 824.70 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 17,282,309 32,609.608 529.98 29,582.948 584.20 Mexico 10,902,971 17,246.275 632.19 15,645.562 696.87 Guatemala 528,373 823.382 641.71 746.960 707.36 Colombia 411,145 1,066.300 385.58 967.332 425.03 Venezuela 172,435 338.131 509.96 306.748 562.14 Brazil 832,998 1,676.066 497.00 1,520.502 547.84 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 27/09/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Argentina 406,262 913.090 444.93 828.342 490.45 Sweden 41,544 54.108 767.80 49.086 846.35 Finland 100,646 194.513 517.42 176.460 570.36 Belgium 140,987 233.006 605.08 211.380 666.98 Luxembourg 46,930 83.433 562.48 75.690 620.03 France 171,379 398.891 429.64 361.868 473.60 Federal Republic of Germany 5,689,270 13,953.193 407.74 12,658.128 449.46 Austria 12,881 15.033 856.83 13.638 944.49 Slovakia 37,975 67.491 562.67 61.227 620.23 Spain 2,590,450 4,688.723 552.49 4,253.540 609.01 India 7,943,858 16,207.513 490.13 14,703.213 540.28 Korea, South 5,569,771 10,147.507 548.88 9,205.667 605.04 Taiwan 1,977,218 3,231.502 611.86 2,931.571 674.46 Japan 854,944 1,251.657 683.05 1,135.485 752.93 New Zealand 35,760 48.931 730.82 44.390 805.59 South Africa 4,222,598 8,574.048 492.49 7,778.248 542.87 CATEGORY TOTAL 59,972,704 113,822.412 526.90 103,257.985 580.80 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 592,280 663.796 892.26 602.186 983.55 United Kingdom 20,607 25.239 816.45 22.897 899.99 Belgium 61,441 149.605 410.69 135.720 452.70 Luxembourg 683,746 1,666.380 410.32 1,511.715 452.30 Federal Republic of Germany 1,295,440 2,818.179 459.67 2,556.610 506.70 Spain 96,231 183.159 525.39 166.160 579.15 Korea, South 1,361,683 3,310.270 411.35 3,003.028 453.44 Japan 304,765 420.956 723.98 381.885 798.05 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,416,193 9,237.587 478.07 8,380.201 526.98 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 Canada 8,556,228 11,569.709 739.54 10,495.867 815.20 Mexico 3,283,401 5,350.090 613.71 4,853.522 676.50 Finland 173,687 314.908 551.55 285.680 607.98 United Kingdom 29,375 64.369 456.35 58.395 503.04 Belgium 774,843 543.913 1,424.57 493.430 1,570.32 Luxembourg 1,364,866 3,477.509 392.48 3,154.744 432.64 Federal Republic of Germany 285,241 136.568 2,088.63 123.893 2,302.32 China 3,323 0.194 17,128.27 0.176 18,880.68 Korea, South 2,961,168 6,720.393 440.62 6,096.640 485.70 Taiwan 129,123 229.468 562.71 208.170 620.28 Japan 1,439,699 1,244.803 1,156.57 1,129.267 1,274.90 New Zealand 12,700 17.377 730.81 15.765 805.58 CATEGORY TOTAL 19,013,654 29,669.305 640.85 26,915.549 706.42 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 27/09/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 18,609 11.354 1,638.85 10.301 1,806.52 Sweden 68,841 131.186 524.76 119.010 578.45 United Kingdom 471,169 605.161 778.58 548.993 858.24 France 373,728 453.328 824.41 411.253 908.75 Federal Republic of Germany 288,745 593.958 486.14 538.830 535.87 Russia 1,894,379 2,230.785 849.20 2,023.735 936.08 Japan 1,782,278 4,075.826 437.28 3,697.529 482.02 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,897,749 8,101.601 604.54 7,349.651 666.39 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 2,723,606 8,064.627 337.72 7,316.109 372.28 Mexico 194,004 422.124 459.59 382.945 506.61 United Kingdom 158,607 312.095 508.20 283.128 560.20 Federal Republic of Germany 114,574 167.091 685.70 151.583 755.85 Italy 6,638 2.064 3,215.11 1.873 3,544.05 Slovenia 28,897 21.219 1,361.81 19.250 1,501.14 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,226,326 8,989.222 358.91 8,154.888 395.63 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 3,477,367 4,725.932 735.81 4,287.295 811.09 Mexico 1,059,723 886.963 1,194.78 804.640 1,317.02 Chile 30,839 48.189 639.95 43.717 705.42 Brazil 217,106 138.794 1,564.23 125.912 1,724.27 Sweden 3,302,094 844.274 3,911.16 765.913 4,311.32 Finland 975,039 550.973 1,769.67 499.835 1,950.72 Denmark 8,720 2.204 3,955.33 2.000 4,360.00 United Kingdom 709,357 352.188 2,014.14 319.500 2,220.21 Belgium 25,100 19.422 1,292.30 17.620 1,424.52 France 1,216,004 366.583 3,317.13 332.559 3,656.51 Federal Republic of Germany 3,832,763 2,452.740 1,562.65 2,225.089 1,722.52 Austria 517,419 114.752 4,508.99 104.102 4,970.31 Switzerland 142,245 118.819 1,197.15 107.791 1,319.64 Italy 62,333 12.834 4,856.79 11.643 5,353.69 India 302,931 555.539 545.29 503.977 601.08 Indonesia 6,011 1.520 3,954.38 1.379 4,358.96 China 435,215 303.212 1,435.35 275.070 1,582.20 Korea, South 582,173 350.448 1,661.22 317.922 1,831.18 Taiwan 283,094 181.846 1,556.78 164.968 1,716.05 Japan 3,300,647 767.384 4,301.16 696.160 4,741.22 CATEGORY TOTAL 20,486,180 12,794.625 1,601.16 11,607.092 1,764.97 GRAND TOTAL 901,615,099 2,047,024.135 440.45 1,857,029.581 485.51 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 27/09/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Canada 17,342 21.349 812.29 19.368 895.39 Mexico 196,076 442.599 443.01 401.520 488.33 Sweden 35,967 22.861 1,573.23 20.740 1,734.19 Belgium 40,433 77.580 521.17 70.380 574.50 France 50,804 1.245 40,786.40 1.130 44,959.29 Federal Republic of Germany 5,294 4.850 1,091.51 4.400 1,203.18 CATEGORY TOTAL 345,916 570.487 606.35 517.538 668.39 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 5,550,357 19,731.074 281.30 17,899.735 310.08 Mexico 3,048,027 10,275.160 296.64 9,321.471 326.99 Brazil 27,085,440 102,093.176 265.30 92,617.398 292.44 United Kingdom 117,948 175.761 671.07 159.448 739.73 Federal Republic of Germany 1,237,830 3,076.662 402.33 2,791.102 443.49 Russia 604,628 1,050.617 575.50 953.104 634.38 Italy 66,477 51.599 1,288.33 46.810 1,420.15 Korea, South 261,010 535.392 487.51 485.700 537.39 CATEGORY TOTAL 37,971,717 136,989.443 277.19 124,274.768 305.55 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 192,991 470.704 410.00 427.016 451.95 United Kingdom 1,227,452 2,677.535 458.43 2,429.020 505.33 Luxembourg 309,288 678.946 455.54 615.930 502.15 Federal Republic of Germany 45,969 61.134 751.94 55.460 828.87 Austria 58,128 15.522 3,744.70 14.082 4,127.82 Italy 514,657 1,027.552 500.86 932.180 552.10 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,348,485 4,931.395 476.23 4,473.688 524.96 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 6,848,197 14,747.115 464.38 13,378.362 511.89 Brazil 264,360 636.530 415.31 577.451 457.81 Sweden 2,042,890 3,350.099 609.80 3,039.160 672.19 Finland 240,348 457.012 525.91 414.595 579.72 United Kingdom 188,418 181.359 1,038.92 164.527 1,145.21 Belgium 601,950 410.470 1,466.49 372.373 1,616.52 France 409,974 363.743 1,127.10 329.983 1,242.41 Federal Republic of Germany 150,151 293.750 511.15 266.486 563.45 Ukraine 308,401 881.119 350.01 799.338 385.82 Japan 712,037 1,408.517 505.52 1,277.786 557.24 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 27/09/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 11,766,726 22,729.720 517.68 20,620.061 570.64 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 1,941,671 5,218.605 372.07 4,734.241 410.13 Sweden 468,487 979.921 478.09 888.970 527.00 Netherlands 160,228 539.537 296.97 489.460 327.36 France 152,444 271.675 561.13 246.460 618.53 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,722,830 7,009.740 388.44 6,359.131 428.18 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Federal Republic of Germany 6,821 2.862 2,382.71 2.597 2,626.49 Austria 48,557 54.404 892.52 49.355 983.83 Poland 8,772 3.242 2,704.90 2.942 2,981.65 Japan 1,038,461 1,717.648 604.58 1,558.225 666.44 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,102,611 1,778.158 620.09 1,613.119 683.53 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 9,799,575 23,796.552 411.81 21,587.875 453.94 Mexico 1,880,606 5,566.097 337.87 5,049.480 372.44 Trinidad and Tobago 745,392 3,176.540 234.66 2,881.710 258.66 Brazil 137,627 163.402 842.26 148.236 928.43 Sweden 1,148,228 716.794 1,601.89 650.265 1,765.78 United Kingdom 1,121,464 1,901.118 589.90 1,724.666 650.25 Netherlands 22,623 20.374 1,110.39 18.483 1,223.99 France 503,508 397.497 1,266.69 360.604 1,396.29 Federal Republic of Germany 668,777 1,029.314 649.73 933.779 716.20 Austria 182,012 113.664 1,601.30 103.115 1,765.14 Czech Republic 3,844,145 7,973.701 482.10 7,233.622 531.43 Switzerland 11,775 14.752 798.18 13.383 879.85 Russia 7,992 20.540 389.09 18.634 428.89 Spain 385,443 634.912 607.08 575.983 669.19 Italy 803,219 2,081.447 385.89 1,888.258 425.38 Turkey 64,930 138.075 470.25 125.260 518.36 China 67,620 99.441 680.00 90.212 749.57 Taiwan 9,856 7.594 1,297.71 6.890 1,430.48 Japan 3,710,666 7,513.547 493.86 6,816.178 544.39 CATEGORY TOTAL 25,115,458 55,365.370 453.63 50,226.633 500.04 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 199,674 442.917 450.82 401.808 496.94 Mexico 390,797 1,166.357 335.06 1,058.102 369.34 Federal Republic of Germany 101,798 26.091 3,901.55 23.670 4,300.72 Austria 58,239 15.898 3,663.15 14.423 4,037.93 CATEGORY TOTAL 750,508 1,651.265 454.50 1,498.003 501.01 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 27/09/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 805,640 578.133 1,393.52 524.474 1,536.09 Colombia 89,602 124.258 721.10 112.725 794.87 Brazil 16,504 15.852 1,041.11 14.381 1,147.63 Sweden 16,180 19.574 826.57 17.758 911.14 United Kingdom 474,676 402.131 1,180.40 364.808 1,301.17 France 774,863 1,170.865 661.79 1,062.192 729.49 Federal Republic of Germany 85,836 86.585 991.34 78.549 1,092.77 Czech Republic 16,013 19.995 800.81 18.140 882.75 Poland 95,933 96.193 997.30 87.265 1,099.33 Ukraine 204,555 586.186 348.96 531.780 384.66 Italy 6,784 6.058 1,119.79 5.496 1,234.35 Romania 2,228 0.275 8,084.83 0.250 8,912.00 Korea, South 12,490 37.018 337.40 33.583 371.91 Taiwan 9,636 9.801 983.09 8.892 1,083.67 Japan 27,465 34.963 785.54 31.718 865.91 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,638,405 3,187.895 827.63 2,892.011 912.31 TOOL STEEL............................17 Canada 1,115,594 977.559 1,141.20 886.827 1,257.96 Colombia 31,399 43.232 726.28 39.220 800.59 Brazil 999,101 724.815 1,378.42 657.542 1,519.45 Sweden 2,684,219 1,674.095 1,603.38 1,518.714 1,767.43 United Kingdom 1,550,896 290.090 5,346.24 263.166 5,893.22 Netherlands 488,398 562.914 867.62 510.668 956.39 Belgium 76,252 89.502 851.96 81.195 939.12 France 2,371,604 1,789.081 1,325.60 1,623.028 1,461.22 Federal Republic of Germany 3,633,787 2,658.100 1,367.06 2,411.389 1,506.93 Austria 1,903,393 850.696 2,237.45 771.739 2,466.37 Switzerland 281,046 194.261 1,446.74 176.231 1,594.76 Russia 247,262 139.879 1,767.67 126.897 1,948.53 Ukraine 260,079 172.553 1,507.24 156.538 1,661.44 Spain 95,440 88.559 1,077.69 80.340 1,187.95 Italy 203,073 4.113 49,363.55 3.732 54,413.99 Slovenia 787,211 631.379 1,246.81 572.778 1,374.37 India 48,279 27.404 1,761.71 24.861 1,941.96 China 583,259 264.544 2,204.77 239.991 2,430.34 Korea, South 214,437 194.204 1,104.18 176.179 1,217.15 Taiwan 467,202 298.436 1,565.50 270.737 1,725.67 Japan 3,787,954 5,507.349 687.80 4,996.185 758.17 CATEGORY TOTAL 21,829,885 17,182.776 1,270.45 15,587.957 1,400.43 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 38,048 6.403 5,941.91 5.809 6,549.84 Mexico 68,336 135.672 503.68 123.080 555.22 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 27/09/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Argentina 12,066 12.393 973.59 11.243 1,073.20 Sweden 8,097 0.037 216,043.44 0.034 238,147.06 France 2,260 0.142 15,893.32 0.129 17,519.38 Federal Republic of Germany 178,078 137.933 1,291.04 125.131 1,423.13 Czech Republic 181,326 30.864 5,874.87 28.000 6,475.93 Spain 87,394 92.849 941.24 84.232 1,037.54 Italy 93,520 27.447 3,407.23 24.900 3,755.82 India 4,309 5.509 782.12 4.998 862.14 China 42,480 75.006 566.35 68.045 624.29 Japan 69,038 61.395 1,124.48 55.697 1,239.53 CATEGORY TOTAL 784,952 585.655 1,340.30 531.298 1,477.42 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 251,609 388.982 646.84 352.879 713.02 Brazil 288,000 553.496 520.33 502.124 573.56 Argentina 140,085 201.093 696.62 182.429 767.89 United Kingdom 122,929 8.549 14,378.46 7.756 15,849.54 Federal Republic of Germany 3,365,119 3,892.968 864.41 3,531.643 952.85 Austria 2,471,614 3,740.503 660.77 3,393.329 728.37 Spain 1,747,998 3,109.733 562.11 2,821.104 619.61 Italy 3,600 0.024 148,448.45 0.022 163,636.36 Romania 761,375 1,379.134 552.07 1,251.130 608.55 Indonesia 1,189,122 1,777.498 668.99 1,612.520 737.43 China 1,543,460 3,242.090 476.07 2,941.176 524.78 Japan 7,566,663 2,848.177 2,656.67 2,583.824 2,928.47 CATEGORY TOTAL 19,451,574 21,142.254 920.03 19,179.936 1,014.16 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 2,004,934 4,751.918 421.92 4,310.869 465.09 Mexico 2,701 0.661 4,083.84 0.600 4,501.67 Italy 13,629 2.425 5,620.01 2.200 6,195.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,021,264 4,755.004 425.08 4,313.669 468.57 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 170,822 251.896 678.14 228.517 747.52 Federal Republic of Germany 6,584 1.105 5,955.04 1.003 6,564.31 Hong Kong 4,718 0.424 11,117.14 0.385 12,254.55 Japan 822,688 927.034 887.44 840.992 978.24 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,004,812 1,180.461 851.20 1,070.897 938.29 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 1,116,048 1,570.998 710.41 1,425.186 783.09 Mexico 1,525,988 1,819.868 838.52 1,650.957 924.31 Brazil 76,750 135.426 566.73 122.857 624.71 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 27/09/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Argentina 371,354 390.344 951.35 354.115 1,048.68 Sweden 815,664 675.090 1,208.23 612.432 1,331.84 Norway 2,334 0.029 78,421.10 0.027 86,444.44 United Kingdom 554,455 409.251 1,354.80 371.267 1,493.41 France 738,728 472.238 1,564.31 428.408 1,724.36 Federal Republic of Germany 1,765,908 1,513.919 1,166.45 1,373.405 1,285.79 Switzerland 82,065 52.198 1,572.16 47.354 1,733.01 Spain 65,741 83.093 791.17 75.381 872.12 Italy 110,562 94.123 1,174.65 85.387 1,294.83 Saudi Arabia 33,372 19.672 1,696.34 17.847 1,869.89 India 403,448 464.877 867.86 421.730 956.65 China 435,627 774.741 562.29 702.834 619.81 Japan 2,173,060 1,684.137 1,290.31 1,527.824 1,422.32 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,271,104 10,160.012 1,010.93 9,217.011 1,114.36 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Argentina 235,289 154.297 1,524.91 139.976 1,680.92 Sweden 31,976 28.720 1,113.34 26.055 1,227.25 France 1,028,544 703.164 1,462.74 637.900 1,612.39 Federal Republic of Germany 369,190 294.701 1,252.76 267.349 1,380.93 Italy 625,768 305.631 2,047.46 277.264 2,256.94 Japan 366,579 309.026 1,186.24 280.344 1,307.60 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,657,346 1,795.541 1,479.97 1,628.888 1,631.39 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 1,406,072 680.979 2,064.78 617.774 2,276.03 Federal Republic of Germany 18,365 0.653 28,095.20 0.593 30,969.65 Japan 10,538 0.440 23,899.79 0.400 26,345.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,434,975 682.073 2,103.84 618.767 2,319.09 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 509,604 433.424 1,175.76 393.196 1,296.06 Finland 388,289 171.043 2,270.12 155.168 2,502.38 Netherlands 5,843 1.184 4,930.87 1.075 5,435.35 France 7,590 8.366 907.18 7.590 1,000.00 Federal Republic of Germany 20,661 4.612 4,479.77 4.184 4,938.10 Spain 3,231 8.327 387.97 7.555 427.66 Italy 69,178 38.770 1,784.30 35.172 1,966.85 China 42,077 25.888 1,625.29 23.486 1,791.58 Taiwan 278,770 153.123 1,820.56 138.911 2,006.82 Japan 266,309 189.288 1,406.89 171.720 1,550.83 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,591,552 1,034.030 1,539.17 938.057 1,696.65 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 27/09/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Brazil 172,205 339.566 507.13 308.050 559.02 CATEGORY TOTAL 172,205 339.566 507.13 308.050 559.02 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 524,092 873.146 600.23 792.105 661.64 Mexico 693,056 778.050 890.76 705.836 981.89 Venezuela 11,245 15.628 719.52 14.178 793.13 Brazil 24,792 55.925 443.30 50.735 488.66 Sweden 178,352 208.755 854.36 189.380 941.77 United Kingdom 297,247 15.425 19,269.55 13.994 21,241.03 Netherlands 111,751 102.933 1,085.66 93.380 1,196.73 France 27,494 2.632 10,444.78 2.388 11,513.40 Federal Republic of Germany 318,970 248.067 1,285.82 225.043 1,417.37 Austria 194,408 42.376 4,587.68 38.443 5,057.05 Czech Republic 23,462 21.261 1,103.50 19.288 1,216.40 Italy 1,348,170 1,614.902 834.83 1,465.015 920.24 Turkey 90,194 142.588 632.55 129.354 697.26 Thailand 12,665 17.636 718.09 16.000 791.56 China 139,585 145.617 958.57 132.102 1,056.65 Korea, South 966,844 1,261.490 766.43 1,144.405 844.84 Taiwan 82,017 125.554 653.24 113.901 720.07 Japan 2,378,156 2,605.967 912.58 2,364.095 1,005.95 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,422,500 8,277.960 896.66 7,509.642 988.40 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 1,328,128 3,909.243 339.74 3,546.407 374.50 Sweden 113,133 114.818 985.32 104.162 1,086.13 United Kingdom 126,352 29.624 4,265.10 26.875 4,701.47 Netherlands 494,094 1,631.476 302.85 1,480.051 333.84 Belgium 179,221 449.500 398.71 407.780 439.50 France 1,092,515 1,755.022 622.51 1,592.130 686.20 Federal Republic of Germany 15,074 20.526 734.38 18.621 809.52 Austria 111,032 224.033 495.60 203.240 546.31 Japan 187,442 389.953 480.68 353.760 529.86 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,646,991 8,524.199 427.84 7,733.026 471.61 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 981,734 2,109.191 465.46 1,913.427 513.08 Mexico 306,216 170.514 1,795.84 154.688 1,979.57 Dominican Republic 54,082 147.990 365.44 134.255 402.83 Brazil 157,589 342.885 459.60 311.061 506.62 Sweden 51,134 70.845 721.77 64.270 795.61 Netherlands 719,686 1,535.156 468.80 1,392.671 516.77 France 334,050 593.688 562.67 538.585 620.24 Federal Republic of Germany 2,047,996 1,498.445 1,366.75 1,359.367 1,506.58 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 27/09/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Austria 65,210 22.837 2,855.37 20.718 3,147.50 Korea, South 601,561 1,544.723 389.43 1,401.350 429.27 Japan 2,003,515 2,790.361 718.01 2,531.374 791.47 Australia 51,014 15.961 3,196.07 14.480 3,523.07 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,373,787 10,842.602 680.08 9,836.246 749.65 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 1,708,061 3,344.955 510.64 3,034.493 562.88 Brazil 832,998 1,676.066 497.00 1,520.502 547.84 France 131,627 258.096 509.99 234.141 562.17 Federal Republic of Germany 5,523,895 13,600.730 406.15 12,338.379 447.70 Spain 2,577,871 4,665.198 552.57 4,232.198 609.11 Japan 367,761 584.230 629.48 530.005 693.88 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,142,213 24,129.276 461.77 21,889.718 509.02 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 509,854 479.683 1,062.90 435.162 1,171.64 Federal Republic of Germany 677,898 1,374.879 493.06 1,247.270 543.51 Japan 266,877 373.063 715.37 338.438 788.56 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,454,629 2,227.627 652.99 2,020.870 719.80 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 Canada 18,609 11.354 1,638.85 10.301 1,806.52 Sweden 68,841 131.186 524.76 119.010 578.45 United Kingdom 471,169 605.161 778.58 548.993 858.24 France 373,728 453.328 824.41 411.253 908.75 Federal Republic of Germany 288,745 593.958 486.14 538.830 535.87 Russia 1,894,379 2,230.785 849.20 2,023.735 936.08 Japan 1,782,278 4,075.826 437.28 3,697.529 482.02 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,897,749 8,101.601 604.54 7,349.651 666.39 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 209,690 502.048 417.67 455.451 460.40 Federal Republic of Germany 72,710 116.910 621.93 106.059 685.56 CATEGORY TOTAL 282,400 618.958 456.25 561.510 502.93 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 19,445 9.112 2,133.81 8.267 2,352.12 Brazil 47,551 6.355 7,481.37 5.766 8,246.79 Sweden 516,493 302.308 1,708.49 274.250 1,883.29 United Kingdom 17,820 3.930 4,533.38 3.566 4,997.20 France 477,971 62.626 7,632.06 56.814 8,412.91 Federal Republic of Germany 2,103,361 1,446.196 1,454.41 1,311.968 1,603.21 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 27/09/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Korea, South 2,399 1.386 1,730.00 1.258 1,907.00 Taiwan 15,326 8.723 1,756.83 7.914 1,936.57 Japan 203,330 64.884 3,133.74 58.862 3,454.35 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,403,696 1,905.526 1,786.22 1,728.665 1,968.97 GRAND TOTAL 185,606,290 357,698.607 518.89 324,498.810 571.98 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 27/09/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A China 15,214 34.544 440.42 31.338 485.48 Hong Kong 2,150 0.090 23,785.95 0.082 26,219.51 Japan 2,883 6.135 469.89 5.566 517.97 CATEGORY TOTAL 20,247 40.770 496.61 36.986 547.42 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 2,562,222 12,057.216 212.51 10,938.126 234.25 Mexico 19,878,366 84,561.850 235.07 76,713.242 259.13 Venezuela 6,506,588 34,151.981 190.52 30,982.165 210.01 Brazil 36,414,987 161,890.478 224.94 146,864.613 247.95 United Kingdom 356,379 582.359 611.96 528.308 674.57 Belgium 108,487 238.457 454.95 216.325 501.50 Federal Republic of Germany 5,447,964 22,487.459 242.27 20,400.286 267.05 Russia 11,069,728 60,754.926 182.20 55,115.958 200.84 Spain 65,792 112.041 587.21 101.642 647.29 India 25,474 57.158 445.68 51.853 491.27 China 7,844 28.822 272.15 26.147 300.00 Japan 2,311 8.491 272.17 7.703 300.01 Australia 2,897 3.259 888.78 2.957 979.71 CATEGORY TOTAL 82,449,039 376,934.502 218.74 341,949.325 241.11 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 13,577,382 43,346.327 313.23 39,323.138 345.28 Mexico 119,048 402.537 295.74 365.176 326.00 Trinidad and Tobago 650,481 2,604.496 249.75 2,362.760 275.31 Venezuela 3,449,094 14,085.658 244.87 12,778.298 269.92 Brazil 812,557 3,245.397 250.37 2,944.176 275.99 Argentina 815,030 3,578.577 227.75 3,246.432 251.05 Finland 44,163 42.487 1,039.44 38.544 1,145.78 United Kingdom 1,020,186 3,244.035 314.48 2,942.940 346.66 Luxembourg 32,869 92.993 353.46 84.362 389.62 France 3,151 9.550 329.93 8.664 363.69 Federal Republic of Germany 2,012,900 5,744.698 350.39 5,211.504 386.24 Czech Republic 1,143,189 4,187.614 272.99 3,798.941 300.92 Spain 856,846 2,469.560 346.96 2,240.348 382.46 Italy 2,383,075 8,878.081 268.42 8,054.062 295.88 Turkey 6,582,628 26,634.942 247.14 24,162.820 272.43 China 10,419,764 45,743.206 227.79 41,497.551 251.09 Japan 2,388,444 6,930.893 344.61 6,287.603 379.87 Egypt 3,058,499 12,556.490 243.58 11,391.060 268.50 South Africa 871,689 2,752.096 316.74 2,496.661 349.14 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 27/09/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 50,240,995 186,549.646 269.32 169,235.040 296.87 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 3,209,674 7,566.248 424.21 6,863.987 467.61 Mexico 463,854 1,418.108 327.09 1,286.487 360.56 Brazil 1,470,701 5,988.754 245.58 5,432.908 270.70 Norway 487,775 1,195.891 407.88 1,084.895 449.61 United Kingdom 1,218,356 3,200.784 380.64 2,903.704 419.59 Luxembourg 2,799,077 5,697.959 491.24 5,169.103 541.50 Federal Republic of Germany 1,794,009 3,496.330 513.11 3,171.819 565.61 Poland 77,290 129.168 598.36 117.180 659.58 Ukraine 3,079 9.791 314.45 8.883 346.62 Spain 892,205 2,876.847 310.13 2,609.833 341.86 China 8,968 18.298 490.10 16.600 540.24 Korea, South 553,882 1,818.564 304.57 1,649.774 335.73 Japan 5,450 13.200 412.87 11.975 455.11 South Africa 144,092 470.292 306.39 426.642 337.74 CATEGORY TOTAL 13,128,412 33,900.241 387.27 30,753.790 426.89 STEEL PILING...........................5 Canada 847,402 1,625.920 521.18 1,475.011 574.51 United Kingdom 172,126 559.775 307.49 507.820 338.95 Luxembourg 2,640,376 5,245.630 503.35 4,758.757 554.85 Federal Republic of Germany 1,425,166 3,091.237 461.03 2,804.324 508.20 China 4,419 6.716 657.94 6.093 725.26 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,089,489 10,529.280 483.37 9,552.005 532.82 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 3,419,997 10,555.850 323.99 9,576.109 357.14 Mexico 3,703 0.330 11,197.69 0.300 12,343.33 Norway 153,710 359.285 427.82 325.938 471.59 Belgium 79,878 214.630 372.16 194.710 410.24 Federal Republic of Germany 236,954 408.994 579.36 371.034 638.63 Czech Republic 814,671 2,455.111 331.83 2,227.240 365.78 Slovakia 46,690 144.341 323.47 130.944 356.56 Russia 21,042 55.047 382.25 49.938 421.36 Romania 3,330,196 11,982.328 277.93 10,870.189 306.36 Turkey 13,335 39.313 339.19 35.665 373.90 China 638,486 2,244.441 284.47 2,036.124 313.58 Korea, South 19,139 67.783 282.36 61.492 311.24 Australia 94,240 460.458 204.67 417.721 225.61 South Africa 560,513 1,894.173 295.91 1,718.366 326.19 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,432,554 30,882.091 305.44 28,015.770 336.69 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 27/09/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 5,383,217 17,934.159 300.17 16,269.600 330.88 Mexico 40,480 165.534 244.54 150.170 269.56 Venezuela 647,368 2,558.449 253.03 2,320.987 278.92 Netherlands 400,936 1,489.473 269.18 1,351.228 296.72 France 933,286 3,312.756 281.72 3,005.283 310.55 Federal Republic of Germany 693,856 2,183.026 317.84 1,980.409 350.36 Hungary 40,351 174.429 231.33 158.240 255.00 Turkey 6,272 10.820 579.65 9.816 638.96 Japan 40,760 83.389 488.79 75.650 538.80 New Zealand 366,013 1,996.439 183.33 1,811.140 202.09 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,552,539 29,908.478 285.96 27,132.523 315.21 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Luxembourg 50,719 101.651 498.95 92.217 550.00 Spain 10,048 22.930 438.20 20.802 483.03 CATEGORY TOTAL 60,767 124.582 487.77 113.019 537.67 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 Canada 100,107 247.896 403.83 224.888 445.14 Mexico 4,615 2.196 2,100.68 1.993 2,315.60 Luxembourg 49,239 89.947 547.42 81.599 603.43 Austria 211,265 242.758 870.27 220.227 959.31 Spain 76,154 203.519 374.18 184.630 412.47 Italy 82,267 7.937 10,364.03 7.201 11,424.39 Japan 232,149 382.965 606.19 347.421 668.21 CATEGORY TOTAL 755,796 1,177.222 642.02 1,067.959 707.70 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 Canada 120,135 72.547 1,655.95 65.814 1,825.37 Brazil 11,965 19.305 619.76 17.514 683.17 CATEGORY TOTAL 132,100 91.853 1,438.16 83.328 1,585.30 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 13,019,156 29,936.537 434.89 27,157.978 479.39 Mexico 874,098 2,605.767 335.45 2,363.913 369.77 Dominican Republic 9,593 32.045 299.36 29.071 329.99 Brazil 3,023 8.778 344.35 7.964 379.58 Argentina 911,720 3,080.522 295.96 2,794.604 326.24 United Kingdom 6,238,017 16,069.984 388.18 14,578.449 427.89 Federal Republic of Germany 759,626 1,834.763 414.02 1,664.470 456.38 Czech Republic 409,741 1,280.642 319.95 1,161.780 352.68 Spain 2,280 2.074 1,099.03 1.882 1,211.48 Turkey 587,748 1,919.791 306.15 1,741.606 337.47 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 27/09/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE India 161,916 317.386 510.15 287.928 562.35 Korea, South 26,317 34.309 767.05 31.125 845.53 Japan 859,650 1,822.658 471.65 1,653.488 519.90 South Africa 438,845 1,665.821 263.44 1,511.208 290.39 CATEGORY TOTAL 24,301,730 60,611.084 400.95 54,985.466 441.97 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 3,330,815 7,565.190 440.28 6,863.027 485.33 Mexico 901,224 2,976.948 302.73 2,700.643 333.71 Brazil 421,881 1,938.960 217.58 1,758.996 239.84 Italy 11,728 24.056 487.51 21.824 537.39 Turkey 33,672 113.264 297.29 102.752 327.70 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,699,320 12,618.420 372.42 11,447.242 410.52 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 Canada 5,802 23.038 251.84 20.900 277.61 Mexico 6,413,177 23,634.824 271.34 21,441.158 299.11 Dominican Republic 1,886,595 6,481.702 291.06 5,880.103 320.84 Trinidad and Tobago 600,340 2,251.900 266.59 2,042.890 293.87 Brazil 1,631,245 6,614.539 246.62 6,000.611 271.85 Federal Republic of Germany 164,061 395.242 415.09 358.558 457.56 Romania 1,930,039 7,680.518 251.29 6,967.651 277.00 Bulgaria 83,191 331.057 251.29 300.330 277.00 Turkey 5,557,811 22,572.213 246.22 20,477.173 271.41 India 4,295,456 16,503.454 260.28 14,971.686 286.91 Japan 2,853,196 11,741.130 243.01 10,651.377 267.87 Egypt 4,940,510 19,858.346 248.79 18,015.194 274.24 CATEGORY TOTAL 30,361,423 118,087.966 257.11 107,127.631 283.41 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 4,337,876 6,392.848 678.55 5,799.496 747.97 Trinidad and Tobago 79,545 141.711 561.31 128.559 618.74 Brazil 3,743 12.083 309.76 10.962 341.45 Sweden 39,374 18.515 2,126.54 16.797 2,344.11 United Kingdom 1,631,207 2,410.237 676.78 2,186.531 746.03 France 330,889 461.813 716.50 418.950 789.81 Federal Republic of Germany 148,256 158.356 936.21 143.659 1,032.00 Switzerland 15,395 15.218 1,011.60 13.806 1,115.09 Poland 116,079 217.056 534.79 196.910 589.50 Ukraine 105,761 449.046 235.52 407.368 259.62 Spain 258,819 551.166 469.58 500.010 517.63 Italy 89,908 120.977 743.18 109.749 819.21 Romania 61,867 46.205 1,338.95 41.917 1,475.94 India 17,756 22.430 791.59 20.349 872.57 Korea, South 8,218 21.263 386.48 19.290 426.02 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 27/09/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 71,934 113.144 635.77 102.643 700.82 South Africa 126,480 328.343 385.21 297.868 424.62 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,443,107 11,480.419 648.33 10,414.864 714.66 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 15,715,971 30,496.016 515.35 27,665.529 568.07 Mexico 3,402,092 7,921.313 429.49 7,186.097 473.43 Guatemala 399,159 996.996 400.36 904.460 441.32 Dominican Republic 128,935 291.082 442.95 264.066 488.27 Colombia 164,260 298.685 549.94 270.963 606.21 Venezuela 24,801 43.930 564.55 39.853 622.31 Chile 66,684 111.683 597.08 101.318 658.17 Brazil 29,052 49.508 586.81 44.913 646.85 Argentina 732,291 2,067.188 354.24 1,875.322 390.49 Sweden 6,401 9.163 698.53 8.313 770.00 Norway 31,301 6.950 4,503.70 6.305 4,964.47 Denmark 82,738 17.255 4,794.86 15.654 5,285.42 United Kingdom 42,673 5.734 7,441.81 5.202 8,203.19 France 14,623 18.559 787.89 16.837 868.50 Federal Republic of Germany 805,133 874.539 920.64 793.369 1,014.83 Slovakia 33,572 48.064 698.48 43.603 769.95 Switzerland 9,540 0.308 30,909.09 0.280 34,071.43 Ukraine 103,040 133.191 773.63 120.829 852.78 Spain 676,124 1,206.016 560.63 1,094.080 617.98 Italy 103,582 102.841 1,007.20 93.296 1,110.25 Romania 15,595 15.926 979.20 14.448 1,079.39 Turkey 5,559,145 13,931.089 399.05 12,638.075 439.87 Israel 4,539 0.007 588,244.67 0.007 648,428.57 United Arab Emirates 95,470 304.205 313.83 275.971 345.94 Oman 314,116 857.710 366.23 778.102 403.70 India 1,092,444 2,709.096 403.25 2,457.652 444.51 Indonesia 1,306,810 3,450.009 378.78 3,129.797 417.54 Philippines 254,738 611.297 416.72 554.560 459.35 China 6,329,769 17,403.099 363.72 15,787.831 400.93 Korea, South 1,734,506 4,277.576 405.49 3,880.553 446.97 Taiwan 116,239 227.345 511.29 206.244 563.60 Japan 54,945 65.869 834.15 59.756 919.49 South Africa 902,905 2,154.989 418.98 1,954.974 461.85 CATEGORY TOTAL 40,353,193 90,707.253 444.87 82,288.259 490.39 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 918,781 1,614.449 569.10 1,464.604 627.32 Mexico 1,810,631 3,720.854 486.62 3,375.503 536.40 Colombia 2,014,432 3,812.930 528.32 3,459.033 582.37 Venezuela 1,824,278 4,866.494 374.86 4,414.811 413.22 Brazil 781,547 1,699.029 460.00 1,541.334 507.06 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 27/09/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Sweden 594,632 1,426.789 416.76 1,294.362 459.40 Finland 2,353 1.653 1,423.07 1.500 1,568.67 United Kingdom 360,936 754.545 478.35 684.512 527.29 Federal Republic of Germany 2,271,987 4,166.884 545.25 3,780.135 601.03 Austria 4,706,659 7,079.433 664.84 6,422.356 732.86 Czech Republic 348,874 849.314 410.77 770.485 452.80 Switzerland 3,699 0.159 23,142.60 0.145 25,510.34 Ukraine 34,191 87.292 391.69 79.190 431.76 Italy 21,339 19.720 1,082.08 17.890 1,192.79 Turkey 882,932 2,248.769 392.63 2,040.050 432.80 China 2,189,878 4,832.887 453.12 4,384.323 499.48 Korea, South 4,308,452 10,829.941 397.83 9,824.760 438.53 Japan 464,079 1,590.295 291.82 1,442.692 321.68 South Africa 639,922 1,434.086 446.22 1,300.982 491.88 CATEGORY TOTAL 24,179,602 51,035.529 473.78 46,298.667 522.25 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Mexico 3,644,780 5,694.098 640.10 5,165.601 705.59 Argentina 164,478 407.713 403.42 369.872 444.69 United Kingdom 9,031,025 12,965.196 696.56 11,761.832 767.82 Netherlands 3,000 16.534 181.44 15.000 200.00 Federal Republic of Germany 491,382 311.254 1,578.72 282.365 1,740.24 Czech Republic 205,282 354.362 579.30 321.472 638.57 Italy 53,413 63.923 835.58 57.990 921.07 Indonesia 44,888 136.309 329.31 123.658 363.00 Korea, South 739,344 2,098.179 352.37 1,903.437 388.43 Japan 3,788,119 7,558.901 501.15 6,857.322 552.42 CATEGORY TOTAL 18,165,711 29,606.474 613.57 26,858.549 676.35 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 3,600,739 5,731.731 628.21 5,199.741 692.48 Mexico 3,257,221 5,401.006 603.08 4,899.712 664.78 Colombia 28,978 83.081 348.79 75.370 384.48 Brazil 265,708 871.552 304.87 790.659 336.06 Argentina 696,021 1,270.098 548.01 1,152.214 604.07 United Kingdom 9,607 0.276 34,722.42 0.251 38,274.90 France 193,664 356.239 543.63 323.175 599.25 Federal Republic of Germany 2,152,476 4,192.013 513.47 3,802.932 566.00 Austria 731,823 1,244.909 587.85 1,129.363 648.00 Czech Republic 688,683 1,698.548 405.45 1,540.898 446.94 Slovakia 134,066 431.097 310.99 391.085 342.81 Ukraine 278,783 791.356 352.28 717.907 388.33 Spain 3,743 11.639 321.58 10.559 354.48 Italy 750,330 1,263.662 593.77 1,146.376 654.52 Romania 803,258 1,699.736 472.58 1,541.975 520.93 India 18,422 21.690 849.32 19.677 936.22 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 27/09/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE China 2,195,788 5,054.148 434.45 4,585.048 478.90 Korea, South 1,706,283 5,136.657 332.18 4,659.899 366.16 Taiwan 70,083 204.275 343.08 185.316 378.18 Japan 3,225,363 5,262.912 612.85 4,774.435 675.55 South Africa 474,177 1,194.123 397.09 1,083.291 437.72 CATEGORY TOTAL 21,285,216 41,920.758 507.75 38,029.883 559.70 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Canada 5,819,565 11,482.702 506.81 10,416.935 558.66 Mexico 414,136 831.510 498.05 754.334 549.01 Brazil 98,697 67.905 1,453.44 61.603 1,602.15 Argentina 438,491 1,226.227 357.59 1,112.415 394.18 Federal Republic of Germany 1,924,833 3,854.056 499.43 3,496.342 550.53 Korea, South 1,404,696 4,214.690 333.29 3,823.504 367.38 Taiwan 345,858 1,012.381 341.63 918.417 376.58 Japan 21,872 55.880 391.41 50.694 431.45 South Africa 194,820 539.943 360.82 489.829 397.73 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,662,968 23,285.298 457.93 21,124.073 504.78 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 6,728,827 9,174.948 733.39 8,323.376 808.43 Mexico 7,258,877 15,062.692 481.91 13,664.649 531.22 Dominican Republic 315,923 827.018 382.00 750.259 421.09 Colombia 14,688 16.213 905.89 14.709 998.57 Venezuela 96,895 174.013 556.83 157.862 613.80 Brazil 48,805 62.398 782.15 56.607 862.17 Argentina 218,891 360.345 607.45 326.900 669.60 Sweden 229,414 183.268 1,251.80 166.258 1,379.87 Finland 19,685 3.744 5,256.97 3.397 5,794.82 Denmark 2,329 0.529 4,401.74 0.480 4,852.08 United Kingdom 3,962 1.257 3,150.10 1.141 3,472.39 Netherlands 84,752 83.419 1,015.97 75.677 1,119.92 Belgium 5,750 0.110 52,163.14 0.100 57,500.00 France 473,873 604.608 783.77 548.492 863.96 Federal Republic of Germany 994,445 791.306 1,256.71 717.861 1,385.29 Austria 175,394 78.221 2,242.29 70.961 2,471.70 Switzerland 425,008 285.361 1,489.37 258.876 1,641.74 Ukraine 2,477 7.661 323.32 6.950 356.40 Spain 459,366 644.309 712.96 584.508 785.90 Italy 323,704 300.291 1,077.97 272.420 1,188.25 Romania 30,523 45.361 672.89 41.151 741.73 Turkey 113,900 241.381 471.87 218.978 520.14 India 328,371 344.562 953.01 312.582 1,050.51 China 904,126 2,217.155 407.79 2,011.370 449.51 Korea, South 437,371 839.553 520.96 761.630 574.26 Taiwan 134,502 97.347 1,381.67 88.312 1,523.03 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 27/09/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 820,785 497.860 1,648.62 451.652 1,817.30 Australia 45,962 99.522 461.83 90.285 509.08 CATEGORY TOTAL 20,698,605 33,044.465 626.39 29,977.443 690.47 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 376,979 2,155.333 174.91 1,955.286 192.80 Mexico 305,808 335.634 911.13 304.483 1,004.35 Argentina 307,552 374.676 820.85 339.901 904.83 United Kingdom 6,000 0.202 29,582.12 0.184 32,608.70 Netherlands 20,394 12.332 1,653.66 11.188 1,822.85 France 465,217 713.826 651.72 647.573 718.40 Federal Republic of Germany 1,000,371 1,508.308 663.24 1,368.315 731.10 Slovakia 6,505 14.776 440.23 13.405 485.27 Romania 500,590 849.164 589.51 770.349 649.82 India 34,167 41.061 832.10 37.250 917.23 China 147,766 152.943 966.15 138.748 1,065.00 Korea, South 108,466 256.796 422.38 232.962 465.60 Japan 43,945 80.409 546.52 72.946 602.43 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,323,760 6,495.466 511.70 5,892.590 564.06 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 618,557 487.535 1,268.74 442.285 1,398.55 Mexico 400,162 303.061 1,320.40 274.933 1,455.49 India 73,028 84.235 866.95 76.417 955.65 Vietnam 30,350 43.752 693.67 39.692 764.64 China 14,175 18.957 747.72 17.198 824.22 Korea, South 32,461 24.925 1,302.32 22.612 1,435.57 Japan 225,444 88.482 2,547.89 80.270 2,808.57 South Africa 11,246 39.683 283.39 36.000 312.39 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,405,423 1,090.634 1,288.63 989.407 1,420.47 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 9,081,555 22,002.629 412.75 19,960.455 454.98 Mexico 2,027,922 2,183.683 928.67 1,981.005 1,023.68 Colombia 20,007 21.881 914.31 19.851 1,007.86 Argentina 97,637 301.957 323.35 273.931 356.43 France 4,000 1.763 2,267.96 1.600 2,500.00 Federal Republic of Germany 133,307 64.154 2,077.91 58.200 2,290.50 Austria 118,891 161.780 734.89 146.765 810.08 Switzerland 4,556 1.322 3,444.28 1.200 3,796.67 Turkey 450,579 1,180.989 381.53 1,071.376 420.56 Malaysia 9,520 10.494 907.18 9.520 1,000.00 Korea, South 304,369 735.552 413.80 667.282 456.13 Japan 21,945 52.391 418.86 47.529 461.72 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 27/09/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 12,274,288 26,718.601 459.39 24,238.714 506.39 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 124,118 270.545 458.77 245.435 505.71 Mexico 148,613 166.949 890.17 151.454 981.24 Korea, South 35,526 10.015 3,547.07 9.086 3,909.97 Japan 63,456 183.790 345.26 166.732 380.59 CATEGORY TOTAL 371,713 631.301 588.80 572.707 649.05 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 10,578,205 19,009.619 556.47 17,245.242 613.40 Mexico 2,596,329 4,299.122 603.92 3,900.099 665.71 Dominican Republic 18,544 44.059 420.89 39.970 463.95 Trinidad and Tobago 39,485 62.626 630.48 56.814 694.99 Colombia 21,230 15.098 1,406.11 13.697 1,549.97 Venezuela 438,864 866.984 506.20 786.515 557.99 Ecuador 207,037 475.350 435.55 431.231 480.11 Chile 191,616 419.418 456.86 380.490 503.60 Brazil 328,611 662.820 495.78 601.301 546.50 Argentina 310,336 899.260 345.10 815.796 380.41 Sweden 262,225 167.282 1,567.56 151.756 1,727.94 Denmark 3,112 1.807 1,721.44 1.640 1,897.56 United Kingdom 697,968 666.137 1,047.78 604.310 1,154.98 Netherlands 98,652 169.128 583.30 153.431 642.97 Belgium 1,015,851 1,257.794 807.64 1,141.052 890.28 Luxembourg 380,866 490.809 776.00 445.255 855.39 France 1,803,033 1,903.293 947.32 1,726.639 1,044.24 Federal Republic of Germany 563,576 577.572 975.77 523.965 1,075.60 Austria 354,165 167.454 2,115.00 151.912 2,331.38 Czech Republic 106,302 266.552 398.80 241.812 439.61 Switzerland 42,107 0.970 43,407.77 0.880 47,848.86 Russia 160,912 493.811 325.86 447.978 359.20 Belarus 357,124 461.719 773.47 418.865 852.60 Spain 21,626 56.169 385.01 50.956 424.41 Portugal 2,224 0.483 4,595.85 0.439 5,066.06 Italy 499,907 625.710 798.94 567.635 880.68 Greece 563,767 978.218 576.32 887.425 635.28 Israel 124,509 181.945 684.32 165.058 754.33 India 157,958 333.107 474.20 302.190 522.71 Thailand 16,219 10.494 1,545.55 9.520 1,703.68 Singapore 5,700 1.918 2,971.81 1.740 3,275.86 Indonesia 4,743 0.674 7,030.68 0.612 7,750.00 China 2,459,119 5,564.195 441.95 5,047.755 487.17 Korea, South 1,052,033 1,708.121 615.90 1,549.582 678.91 Taiwan 573,099 916.449 625.35 831.389 689.33 Japan 2,154,964 3,316.265 649.82 3,008.466 716.30 Australia 175,753 440.441 399.04 399.562 439.86 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 27/09/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE South Africa 894,515 2,332.713 383.47 2,116.203 422.70 CATEGORY TOTAL 29,282,286 49,845.601 587.46 45,219.182 647.56 BLACK PLATE...........................28 Canada 217,643 507.211 429.10 460.135 473.00 Netherlands 24,307 44.447 546.87 40.322 602.82 Belgium 11,447 19.753 579.49 17.920 638.78 France 341,701 663.321 515.14 601.755 567.84 Federal Republic of Germany 174,260 153.928 1,132.08 139.642 1,247.91 China 5,717 17.662 323.68 16.023 356.80 Japan 1,304,926 2,084.120 626.13 1,890.683 690.19 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,080,001 3,490.445 595.91 3,166.480 656.88 TIN PLATE.............................29 Canada 5,402,662 9,250.333 584.05 8,391.764 643.81 Venezuela 25,675 57.942 443.11 52.565 488.44 Brazil 2,588,552 4,455.893 580.93 4,042.320 640.36 Netherlands 759,341 1,423.198 533.55 1,291.104 588.13 France 296,825 348.419 851.92 316.081 939.08 Federal Republic of Germany 5,963,163 10,785.936 552.86 9,784.840 609.43 Korea, South 108,804 232.885 467.20 211.270 515.00 Taiwan 19,605 52.745 371.69 47.850 409.72 Japan 9,054 14.136 640.49 12.824 706.02 CATEGORY TOTAL 15,173,681 26,621.491 569.98 24,150.618 628.29 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A Canada 2,083,426 3,425.027 608.29 3,107.134 670.53 Netherlands 162,975 292.873 556.47 265.690 613.40 Federal Republic of Germany 732,700 1,518.203 482.61 1,377.291 531.99 Japan 743,512 1,160.806 640.51 1,053.066 706.05 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,722,613 6,396.910 581.94 5,803.181 641.48 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 10,569,938 33,721.977 313.44 30,592.072 345.51 Mexico 1,657,476 4,693.244 353.16 4,257.641 389.29 Venezuela 441,055 1,536.291 287.09 1,393.701 316.46 Sweden 71,888 122.090 588.81 110.759 649.05 Netherlands 4,832,411 17,378.870 278.06 15,765.851 306.51 France 2,760,515 9,726.214 283.82 8,823.476 312.86 Federal Republic of Germany 27,218 112.280 242.41 101.859 267.21 Austria 376,663 920.539 409.18 835.100 451.04 Slovakia 23,804 73.588 323.48 66.758 356.57 Hungary 117,171 462.562 253.31 419.630 279.22 Korea, South 9,805,867 32,317.158 303.43 29,317.641 334.47 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 27/09/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 89,159 168.995 527.58 153.310 581.56 Australia 13,996,514 54,387.864 257.35 49,339.855 283.68 New Zealand 1,776,572 9,228.139 192.52 8,371.630 212.21 CATEGORY TOTAL 46,546,251 164,849.819 282.36 149,549.283 311.24 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 8,609,656 20,565.154 418.65 18,656.400 461.49 Mexico 3,678,406 10,280.498 357.80 9,326.314 394.41 El Salvador 1,202,053 3,468.680 346.54 3,146.735 382.00 Venezuela 314,484 902.175 348.58 818.440 384.25 Argentina 38,883 123.469 314.92 112.010 347.14 Sweden 305,738 763.490 400.45 692.627 441.42 Netherlands 216,052 672.546 321.24 610.124 354.11 Belgium 1,754,110 4,759.062 368.58 4,317.350 406.29 Luxembourg 1,291,070 2,408.906 535.96 2,185.324 590.79 France 874,304 1,753.959 498.47 1,591.166 549.47 Federal Republic of Germany 163,234 480.724 339.56 436.106 374.30 China 4,080 5.158 790.88 4.680 871.79 Korea, South 351,845 806.053 436.50 731.240 481.16 Japan 908,671 1,663.107 546.37 1,508.746 602.27 New Zealand 62,019 242.420 255.83 219.920 282.01 South Africa 543,058 1,566.777 346.61 1,421.357 382.07 CATEGORY TOTAL 20,317,663 50,462.187 402.63 45,778.539 443.83 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 15,574,248 29,264.653 532.19 26,548.455 586.63 Mexico 10,902,971 17,246.275 632.19 15,645.562 696.87 Guatemala 528,373 823.382 641.71 746.960 707.36 Colombia 411,145 1,066.300 385.58 967.332 425.03 Venezuela 172,435 338.131 509.96 306.748 562.14 Argentina 406,262 913.090 444.93 828.342 490.45 Sweden 41,544 54.108 767.80 49.086 846.35 Finland 100,646 194.513 517.42 176.460 570.36 Belgium 140,987 233.006 605.08 211.380 666.98 Luxembourg 46,930 83.433 562.48 75.690 620.03 France 39,752 140.794 282.34 127.727 311.23 Federal Republic of Germany 165,375 352.462 469.20 319.749 517.20 Austria 12,881 15.033 856.83 13.638 944.49 Slovakia 37,975 67.491 562.67 61.227 620.23 Spain 12,579 23.525 534.70 21.342 589.40 India 7,943,858 16,207.513 490.13 14,703.213 540.28 Korea, South 5,569,771 10,147.507 548.88 9,205.667 605.04 Taiwan 1,977,218 3,231.502 611.86 2,931.571 674.46 Japan 487,183 667.427 729.94 605.480 804.62 New Zealand 35,760 48.931 730.82 44.390 805.59 South Africa 4,222,598 8,574.048 492.49 7,778.248 542.87 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 27/09/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 48,830,491 89,693.135 544.42 81,368.267 600.12 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 82,426 184.112 447.69 167.024 493.50 United Kingdom 20,607 25.239 816.45 22.897 899.99 Belgium 61,441 149.605 410.69 135.720 452.70 Luxembourg 683,746 1,666.380 410.32 1,511.715 452.30 Federal Republic of Germany 617,542 1,443.299 427.87 1,309.340 471.64 Spain 96,231 183.159 525.39 166.160 579.15 Korea, South 1,361,683 3,310.270 411.35 3,003.028 453.44 Japan 37,888 47.892 791.11 43.447 872.05 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,961,564 7,009.960 422.48 6,359.331 465.70 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 Canada 8,556,228 11,569.709 739.54 10,495.867 815.20 Mexico 3,283,401 5,350.090 613.71 4,853.522 676.50 Finland 173,687 314.908 551.55 285.680 607.98 United Kingdom 29,375 64.369 456.35 58.395 503.04 Belgium 774,843 543.913 1,424.57 493.430 1,570.32 Luxembourg 1,364,866 3,477.509 392.48 3,154.744 432.64 Federal Republic of Germany 285,241 136.568 2,088.63 123.893 2,302.32 China 3,323 0.194 17,128.27 0.176 18,880.68 Korea, South 2,961,168 6,720.393 440.62 6,096.640 485.70 Taiwan 129,123 229.468 562.71 208.170 620.28 Japan 1,439,699 1,244.803 1,156.57 1,129.267 1,274.90 New Zealand 12,700 17.377 730.81 15.765 805.58 CATEGORY TOTAL 19,013,654 29,669.305 640.85 26,915.549 706.42 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 2,513,916 7,562.578 332.42 6,860.658 366.42 Mexico 194,004 422.124 459.59 382.945 506.61 United Kingdom 153,697 311.977 492.65 283.021 543.06 Federal Republic of Germany 21,263 47.859 444.28 43.417 489.74 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,882,880 8,344.539 345.48 7,570.041 380.83 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 2,408,978 4,249.130 566.93 3,854.747 624.94 Mexico 295,870 385.450 767.60 349.675 846.13 Brazil 110,295 92.298 1,194.98 83.732 1,317.24 Sweden 882,273 205.015 4,303.45 185.987 4,743.73 United Kingdom 593,105 332.186 1,785.46 301.355 1,968.13 France 98,819 58.515 1,688.78 53.084 1,861.56 Federal Republic of Germany 1,498,409 974.424 1,537.74 883.983 1,695.07 Austria 517,419 114.752 4,508.99 104.102 4,970.31 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 27/09/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Switzerland 142,245 118.819 1,197.15 107.791 1,319.64 Italy 54,914 12.668 4,334.57 11.493 4,778.04 India 302,931 555.539 545.29 503.977 601.08 Korea, South 34,431 20.400 1,687.76 18.507 1,860.43 Taiwan 251,470 162.567 1,546.86 147.479 1,705.12 Japan 706,862 373.731 1,891.36 339.044 2,084.87 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,898,021 7,655.501 1,031.68 6,944.956 1,137.23 GRAND TOTAL 588,097,102 1,621,511.239 362.68 1,471,010.666 399.79 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 27/09/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Canada 3,994,357 3,480.163 1,147.75 3,157.152 1,265.18 Finland 4,843 1.999 2,421.99 1.814 2,669.79 United Kingdom 101,602 40.206 2,526.99 36.475 2,785.52 Federal Republic of Germany 20,770 1.576 13,176.39 1.430 14,524.48 Austria 34,391 62.556 549.76 56.750 606.01 Slovakia 2,421 0.004 549,073.72 0.004 605,250.00 China 11,078 3.711 2,984.79 3.367 3,290.17 Taiwan 17,367 14.484 1,199.02 13.140 1,321.69 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,186,829 3,604.702 1,161.49 3,270.132 1,280.32 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 5,527,949 3,821.686 1,446.47 3,466.977 1,594.46 Mexico 2,284 0.056 40,627.66 0.051 44,784.31 Colombia 7,678 0.639 12,009.25 0.580 13,237.93 Sweden 4,631,642 3,176.828 1,457.95 2,881.971 1,607.11 United Kingdom 6,573,702 5,139.652 1,279.02 4,662.616 1,409.87 Federal Republic of Germany 3,640 2.507 1,451.50 2.275 1,600.00 Spain 173,947 104.299 1,667.76 94.619 1,838.39 Italy 291,361 158.514 1,838.07 143.802 2,026.13 Japan 37,427 5.439 6,880.08 4.935 7,583.99 South Africa 5,351 3.686 1,451.66 3.344 1,600.18 CATEGORY TOTAL 17,254,981 12,413.311 1,390.04 11,261.170 1,532.25 WIRE RODS..............................3 Sweden 970,711 503.198 1,929.08 456.494 2,126.45 United Kingdom 787,734 557.689 1,412.49 505.928 1,557.01 France 380,941 246.834 1,543.30 223.925 1,701.20 Federal Republic of Germany 180,019 84.942 2,119.29 77.059 2,336.12 Italy 841,186 600.643 1,400.47 544.895 1,543.76 India 126,075 114.616 1,099.98 103.978 1,212.52 China 33,589 38.327 876.37 34.770 966.03 Taiwan 992,964 568.099 1,747.87 515.371 1,926.70 Japan 73,632 25.562 2,880.46 23.190 3,175.16 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,386,851 2,739.915 1,601.09 2,485.610 1,764.90 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 France 44,789 12.529 3,574.55 11.367 3,940.27 Federal Republic of Germany 29,423 5.167 5,693.71 4.688 6,276.24 Italy 24,330 13.500 1,802.22 12.247 1,986.61 India 26,152 10.997 2,377.94 9.977 2,621.23 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 27/09/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 4,440 1.229 3,612.47 1.115 3,982.06 CATEGORY TOTAL 129,134 43.424 2,973.76 39.394 3,278.01 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 150,223 92.546 1,623.21 83.957 1,789.28 Brazil 2,526 1.471 1,716.52 1.335 1,892.13 Sweden 74,134 44.613 1,661.68 40.473 1,831.69 Belgium 726,352 376.519 1,929.12 341.573 2,126.49 France 730,843 297.060 2,460.25 269.489 2,711.96 Federal Republic of Germany 517,639 298.307 1,735.25 270.620 1,912.79 Austria 42,729 14.170 3,015.41 12.855 3,323.92 Switzerland 2,367 2.885 820.21 2.618 904.13 Italy 155,982 112.685 1,384.22 102.227 1,525.84 Korea, South 379,947 248.276 1,530.34 225.233 1,686.91 Taiwan 542,364 322.179 1,683.42 292.276 1,855.66 Japan 511,487 231.193 2,212.38 209.735 2,438.73 South Africa 165,809 160.516 1,032.97 145.618 1,138.66 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,002,402 2,202.427 1,817.27 1,998.009 2,003.20 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 99,299 53.550 1,854.31 48.580 2,044.03 Brazil 176,033 262.383 670.90 238.030 739.54 Sweden 1,633,926 861.042 1,897.61 781.125 2,091.76 Belgium 937,079 580.077 1,615.44 526.238 1,780.71 Federal Republic of Germany 2,129,651 1,357.050 1,569.32 1,231.096 1,729.88 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,975,988 3,114.104 1,597.89 2,825.069 1,761.37 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 257,134 240.213 1,070.44 217.918 1,179.96 Trinidad and Tobago 2,017 5.511 365.96 5.000 403.40 Brazil 63,880 37.670 1,695.76 34.174 1,869.26 Sweden 6,724 1.579 4,256.74 1.433 4,692.25 United Kingdom 51,129 26.478 1,930.95 24.021 2,128.51 France 130,926 22.310 5,868.29 20.240 6,468.68 Federal Republic of Germany 176,630 121.737 1,450.91 110.438 1,599.36 Austria 187,279 77.814 2,406.74 70.592 2,652.98 Portugal 347,423 144.561 2,403.29 131.144 2,649.17 Italy 743,200 403.563 1,841.59 366.107 2,030.01 India 18,126 24.912 727.59 22.600 802.04 China 49,485 19.809 2,498.03 17.971 2,753.60 Taiwan 474,467 261.977 1,811.10 237.662 1,996.39 Japan 39,076 1.560 25,034.72 1.416 27,596.05 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,547,496 1,389.701 1,833.13 1,260.716 2,020.67 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 27/09/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 6,951 3.830 1,814.63 3.475 2,000.29 France 169,788 48.954 3,468.27 44.411 3,823.11 Switzerland 4,094 1.005 4,072.39 0.912 4,489.04 Italy 110,019 62.960 1,747.42 57.117 1,926.20 India 922,667 506.385 1,822.07 459.385 2,008.48 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,213,519 623.136 1,947.44 565.300 2,146.68 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 1,289,788 459.455 2,807.21 416.811 3,094.42 Brazil 61,683 34.999 1,762.40 31.751 1,942.71 Sweden 269,895 89.436 3,017.74 81.135 3,326.49 Norway 24,363 11.329 2,150.39 10.278 2,370.40 Denmark 185,958 104.547 1,778.69 94.844 1,960.67 United Kingdom 270,013 140.005 1,928.59 127.011 2,125.90 France 789,802 332.693 2,373.96 301.815 2,616.84 Federal Republic of Germany 603,051 268.145 2,248.97 243.258 2,479.06 Austria 104,210 49.057 2,124.25 44.504 2,341.59 Czech Republic 48,505 12.676 3,826.35 11.500 4,217.83 Switzerland 476,504 181.710 2,622.33 164.845 2,890.62 Latvia 226,636 125.179 1,810.49 113.561 1,995.72 Poland 40,181 22.750 1,766.15 20.639 1,946.85 Russia 170,832 126.176 1,353.92 114.465 1,492.44 Spain 2,621 1.146 2,286.28 1.040 2,520.19 Italy 2,586,603 1,188.111 2,177.07 1,077.837 2,399.81 Slovenia 52,444 31.573 1,661.01 28.643 1,830.95 India 1,422,919 865.943 1,643.20 785.571 1,811.32 China 243,354 106.839 2,277.76 96.923 2,510.80 Korea, South 67,948 27.740 2,449.39 25.166 2,699.99 Taiwan 977,239 579.368 1,686.73 525.594 1,859.30 Japan 216,297 64.875 3,334.04 58.854 3,675.15 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,130,846 4,823.762 2,100.20 4,376.045 2,315.07 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D Canada 6,950,898 1,619.001 4,293.32 1,468.734 4,732.58 Mexico 193,836 84.711 2,288.19 76.849 2,522.30 Brazil 66,221 42.421 1,561.03 38.484 1,720.74 Argentina 35,587 15.713 2,264.75 14.255 2,496.46 Sweden 972,262 199.992 4,861.50 181.430 5,358.88 Norway 116,521 56.096 2,077.15 50.890 2,289.66 Finland 93,215 43.156 2,159.93 39.151 2,380.91 Denmark 24,166 3.492 6,920.15 3.168 7,628.16 United Kingdom 275,118 25.361 10,847.66 23.008 11,957.49 Ireland 24,198 3.812 6,346.36 3.459 6,995.66 Netherlands 56,079 3.301 16,986.32 2.995 18,724.21 France 1,506,346 442.588 3,403.49 401.510 3,751.70 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 27/09/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Federal Republic of Germany 971,142 120.860 8,035.22 109.643 8,857.31 Austria 639,237 157.828 4,050.19 143.180 4,464.57 Czech Republic 928,035 52.318 17,738.02 47.463 19,552.81 Switzerland 71,368 1.615 44,163.70 1.466 48,682.13 Russia 2,800 0.099 28,223.53 0.090 31,111.11 Spain 933,328 201.201 4,638.77 182.527 5,113.37 Italy 422,945 163.329 2,589.52 148.170 2,854.46 India 288,016 99.765 2,886.92 90.506 3,182.29 Thailand 141,437 95.220 1,485.36 86.383 1,637.32 Malaysia 213,894 118.330 1,807.59 107.348 1,992.53 Singapore 178,554 86.745 2,058.37 78.694 2,268.97 China 2,319,318 902.924 2,568.67 819.120 2,831.48 Korea, South 2,745,803 1,288.667 2,130.73 1,169.060 2,348.73 Taiwan 3,512,749 1,899.795 1,849.01 1,723.466 2,038.19 Japan 2,740,357 616.111 4,447.83 558.927 4,902.89 South Africa 556,527 316.721 1,757.15 287.325 1,936.93 CATEGORY TOTAL 26,979,957 8,661.189 3,115.04 7,857.301 3,433.74 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 48,827 9.424 5,180.72 8.550 5,710.76 Brazil 79,288 20.965 3,781.75 19.020 4,168.66 Sweden 1,056,028 222.171 4,753.20 201.551 5,239.51 Denmark 52,216 7.077 7,377.29 6.421 8,132.07 United Kingdom 81,928 26.986 3,035.86 24.482 3,346.46 Netherlands 11,967 3.011 3,973.75 2.732 4,380.31 Belgium 99,595 10.334 9,637.45 9.375 10,623.47 France 632,182 187.908 3,364.30 170.468 3,708.51 Federal Republic of Germany 442,212 55.868 7,915.24 50.683 8,725.06 Switzerland 178,508 38.924 4,585.97 35.312 5,055.17 Spain 37,430 6.052 6,183.93 5.491 6,816.61 Portugal 8,984 1.408 6,377.27 1.278 7,029.73 Italy 214,904 82.004 2,620.65 74.393 2,888.77 India 1,091,901 660.935 1,652.05 599.591 1,821.08 Thailand 134,057 75.557 1,774.23 68.545 1,955.75 China 596,062 255.629 2,331.74 231.903 2,570.31 Korea, South 1,442,227 681.198 2,117.19 617.973 2,333.80 Taiwan 740,998 257.980 2,872.30 234.036 3,166.17 Japan 598,394 79.747 7,503.58 72.346 8,271.28 Australia 52,344 19.958 2,622.65 18.106 2,890.98 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,600,052 2,703.148 2,811.56 2,452.256 3,099.21 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Belgium 373,583 226.032 1,652.79 205.053 1,821.89 Federal Republic of Germany 98,405 39.342 2,501.23 35.691 2,757.14 Austria 3,811 0.835 4,561.06 0.758 5,027.70 Italy 102,675 65.653 1,563.89 59.560 1,723.89 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 27/09/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 102,134 53.444 1,911.03 48.484 2,106.55 South Africa 188,269 177.527 1,060.51 161.050 1,169.01 CATEGORY TOTAL 868,877 562.835 1,543.75 510.596 1,701.69 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 6,410,036 3,427.867 1,869.98 3,109.710 2,061.30 Mexico 13,334,975 9,078.854 1,468.79 8,236.201 1,619.07 Brazil 799,707 518.496 1,542.36 470.372 1,700.16 Sweden 1,319,120 536.414 2,459.14 486.627 2,710.74 Finland 412,140 244.463 1,685.89 221.774 1,858.38 United Kingdom 548,620 207.848 2,639.52 188.557 2,909.57 Belgium 926,194 538.675 1,719.39 488.678 1,895.31 France 1,613,026 1,085.694 1,485.71 984.926 1,637.71 Federal Republic of Germany 1,023,391 544.983 1,877.84 494.401 2,069.96 Austria 6,300 0.249 25,288.79 0.226 27,876.11 Switzerland 119,497 10.592 11,281.70 9.609 12,435.95 Italy 2,815,734 2,528.296 1,113.69 2,293.633 1,227.63 India 192,087 53.855 3,566.70 48.857 3,931.62 Thailand 239,313 173.710 1,377.65 157.588 1,518.60 China 1,320,915 767.741 1,720.52 696.484 1,896.55 Korea, South 58,690 21.942 2,674.71 19.906 2,948.36 Taiwan 2,560,648 1,532.296 1,671.12 1,390.076 1,842.09 Japan 597,638 348.875 1,713.04 316.495 1,888.30 Australia 12,488 2.475 5,044.05 2.246 5,560.11 South Africa 78,747 49.971 1,575.85 45.333 1,737.08 CATEGORY TOTAL 34,389,266 21,673.307 1,586.71 19,661.699 1,749.05 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 United Kingdom 4,910 0.117 41,628.77 0.107 45,887.85 Federal Republic of Germany 20,601 2.322 8,869.92 2.107 9,777.41 Italy 6,638 2.064 3,215.11 1.873 3,544.05 Slovenia 28,897 21.219 1,361.81 19.250 1,501.14 CATEGORY TOTAL 61,046 25.724 2,373.06 23.337 2,615.85 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 1,048,944 467.689 2,242.82 424.281 2,472.29 Mexico 763,853 501.512 1,523.10 454.965 1,678.93 Chile 30,839 48.189 639.95 43.717 705.42 Brazil 59,260 40.139 1,476.35 36.414 1,627.40 Sweden 1,903,328 336.950 5,648.70 305.676 6,226.62 Finland 975,039 550.973 1,769.67 499.835 1,950.72 Denmark 8,720 2.204 3,955.33 2.000 4,360.00 United Kingdom 98,432 16.070 6,124.98 14.579 6,751.63 Belgium 25,100 19.422 1,292.30 17.620 1,424.52 France 639,214 245.441 2,604.34 222.661 2,870.79 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 27/09/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Federal Republic of Germany 230,993 32.119 7,191.76 29.138 7,927.55 Italy 7,419 0.165 44,869.37 0.150 49,460.00 Indonesia 6,011 1.520 3,954.38 1.379 4,358.96 China 435,215 303.212 1,435.35 275.070 1,582.20 Korea, South 545,343 328.661 1,659.28 298.157 1,829.05 Taiwan 16,298 10.554 1,544.16 9.575 1,702.14 Japan 2,390,455 328.768 7,270.93 298.254 8,014.83 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,184,463 3,233.597 2,840.32 2,933.471 3,130.92 GRAND TOTAL 127,911,707 67,814.288 1,886.21 61,520.105 2,079.19