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RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Canada 1,944,026 1,604.347 1,211.72 1,455.440 1,335.70 Mexico 184,523 246.135 749.68 223.290 826.38 Sweden 4,480 9.533 469.90 8.649 517.98 United Kingdom 95,007 35.476 2,678.01 32.184 2,951.99 Federal Republic of Germany 42,839 34.599 1,238.15 31.388 1,364.82 Austria 108,992 173.119 629.58 157.051 693.99 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,379,867 2,103.211 1,131.54 1,908.002 1,247.31 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 5,179,208 11,231.917 461.12 10,189.427 508.29 Mexico 18,910,694 87,598.248 215.88 79,467.817 237.97 Brazil 33,714,711 155,080.979 217.40 140,687.138 239.64 Sweden 2,947,327 1,844.214 1,598.15 1,673.044 1,761.66 Finland 1,475,755 7,055.672 209.16 6,400.800 230.56 United Kingdom 4,887,417 4,452.565 1,097.66 4,039.301 1,209.97 Belgium 213,840 508.562 420.48 461.360 463.50 Federal Republic of Germany 4,730,227 17,353.288 272.58 15,742.643 300.47 Russia 250,468 833.235 300.60 755.899 331.35 Spain 5,585,997 4,631.687 1,206.04 4,201.797 1,329.43 Italy 39,420 14.883 2,648.59 13.502 2,919.57 India 82,642 98.948 835.20 89.765 920.65 Korea, South 1,719,715 5,513.007 311.94 5,001.318 343.85 Taiwan 13,637 1.166 11,693.08 1.058 12,889.41 Japan 134,279 274.271 489.58 248.815 539.67 CATEGORY TOTAL 79,885,337 296,492.650 269.43 268,973.684 297.00 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 12,162,992 38,172.450 318.63 34,629.474 351.23 Mexico 31,702 85.613 370.29 77.667 408.18 Trinidad and Tobago 3,927,691 16,373.903 239.88 14,854.160 264.42 Venezuela 263,612 1,074.958 245.23 975.186 270.32 Brazil 5,469,175 21,153.783 258.54 19,190.395 285.00 Argentina 1,626,091 6,420.426 253.27 5,824.515 279.18 Sweden 430,211 203.112 2,118.09 184.261 2,334.79 United Kingdom 1,498,220 2,961.341 505.93 2,686.485 557.69 Netherlands 25,022 32.119 779.04 29.138 858.74 France 783,042 443.394 1,766.02 402.241 1,946.70 Federal Republic of Germany 1,206,101 3,449.241 349.67 3,129.100 385.45 Austria 4,427 1.730 2,558.03 1.570 2,819.75 Spain 1,170,622 3,677.792 318.29 3,336.438 350.86 Italy 1,561,502 2,618.071 596.43 2,375.075 657.45 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Turkey 7,989,949 33,279.661 240.09 30,190.810 264.65 India 193,538 142.749 1,355.79 129.500 1,494.50 Malaysia 3,062,438 11,076.020 276.49 10,048.000 304.78 China 154,795 203.937 759.03 185.009 836.69 Korea, South 52,021 40.154 1,295.51 36.428 1,428.05 Taiwan 989,152 537.501 1,840.28 487.613 2,028.56 Japan 3,392,423 9,513.682 356.58 8,630.670 393.07 New Zealand 1,508,566 6,082.155 248.03 5,517.640 273.41 Egypt 1,494,798 6,577.776 227.25 5,967.260 250.50 South Africa 976,285 3,900.097 250.32 3,538.110 275.93 CATEGORY TOTAL 49,974,375 168,021.677 297.43 152,426.745 327.86 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 4,066,614 9,806.025 414.71 8,895.879 457.13 Mexico 734,411 2,222.185 330.49 2,015.933 364.30 Brazil 1,093,232 4,723.808 231.43 4,285.368 255.11 Norway 23,880 55.625 429.30 50.463 473.22 United Kingdom 3,179,446 10,466.972 303.76 9,495.480 334.84 Luxembourg 1,769,531 3,859.228 458.52 3,501.034 505.43 France 74,625 51.922 1,437.25 47.103 1,584.29 Federal Republic of Germany 1,305,888 1,797.215 726.62 1,630.407 800.96 Austria 54,294 14.788 3,671.34 13.416 4,046.96 Poland 157,459 376.676 418.02 341.715 460.79 Russia 3,092 1.396 2,213.90 1.267 2,440.41 Ukraine 14,094 35.567 396.26 32.266 436.81 Spain 7,816,125 26,955.545 289.96 24,453.666 319.63 Italy 222,985 312.031 714.62 283.070 787.74 India 199,630 82.550 2,418.26 74.889 2,665.68 Korea, South 147,795 325.433 454.15 295.228 500.61 Taiwan 20,276 31.117 651.60 28.229 718.27 Japan 12,125 3.111 3,896.43 2.823 4,295.08 South Africa 57,841 57.689 1,002.63 52.335 1,105.21 CATEGORY TOTAL 20,953,343 61,178.889 342.49 55,500.571 377.53 STEEL PILING...........................5 Canada 685,016 1,467.975 466.64 1,331.725 514.38 United Kingdom 259,501 763.602 339.84 692.729 374.61 Luxembourg 2,669,554 5,225.558 510.86 4,740.548 563.13 Federal Republic of Germany 262,826 419.771 626.12 380.810 690.18 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,876,897 7,876.907 492.19 7,145.812 542.54 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 9,213,719 22,396.453 411.39 20,317.727 453.48 Sweden 1,566,356 2,494.385 627.95 2,262.869 692.20 Finland 231,115 446.691 517.39 405.232 570.33 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE United Kingdom 165,718 253.309 654.21 229.799 721.14 Belgium 1,212,326 672.669 1,802.26 610.236 1,986.65 France 984,642 495.149 1,988.58 449.192 2,192.03 Federal Republic of Germany 385,888 506.376 762.06 459.377 840.02 Austria 87,973 27.703 3,175.54 25.132 3,500.44 Czech Republic 135,374 428.493 315.93 388.723 348.25 Slovakia 134,271 451.589 297.33 409.675 327.75 Hungary 43,937 179.379 244.94 162.730 270.00 Poland 41,200 88.449 465.80 80.240 513.46 Spain 260,426 296.056 879.65 268.578 969.65 Italy 16,068 7.598 2,114.70 6.893 2,331.06 Romania 2,483,872 8,715.116 285.01 7,906.223 314.17 China 528,689 1,793.151 294.84 1,626.720 325.00 Korea, South 259,055 176.223 1,470.04 159.867 1,620.44 Taiwan 887,379 562.032 1,578.88 509.867 1,740.41 Japan 689,373 1,156.909 595.87 1,049.531 656.84 Australia 339,919 1,629.988 208.54 1,478.701 229.88 South Africa 723,465 1,309.060 552.66 1,187.560 609.20 CATEGORY TOTAL 20,390,765 44,086.787 462.51 39,994.872 509.83 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 7,435,770 22,949.090 324.01 20,819.071 357.16 Mexico 266,206 925.449 287.65 839.554 317.08 Venezuela 872,714 3,570.623 244.42 3,239.216 269.42 Sweden 294,555 146.486 2,010.81 132.890 2,216.53 Belgium 1,249,501 747.926 1,670.62 678.508 1,841.54 France 855,856 2,665.077 321.14 2,417.718 353.99 Federal Republic of Germany 2,286,608 3,391.858 674.15 3,077.043 743.12 Hungary 85,728 370.056 231.66 335.710 255.36 Turkey 9,187 15.423 595.65 13.992 656.59 Japan 10,982 9.746 1,126.75 8.842 1,242.03 New Zealand 58,672 296.224 198.07 268.730 218.33 CATEGORY TOTAL 13,425,779 35,087.963 382.63 31,831.274 421.78 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Canada 19,385 23.043 841.22 20.905 927.29 Mexico 2,100 0.371 5,653.08 0.337 6,231.45 Luxembourg 60,569 118.327 511.88 107.345 564.25 Federal Republic of Germany 30,110 3.254 9,253.16 2.952 10,199.86 Austria 9,243 8.730 1,058.73 7.920 1,167.05 Switzerland 7,156 3.290 2,174.81 2.985 2,397.32 Italy 3,586 0.735 4,877.31 0.667 5,376.31 Japan 5,399,456 12,347.434 437.29 11,201.407 482.03 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,531,605 12,505.186 442.34 11,344.518 487.60 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 Canada 158,968 433.990 366.29 393.710 403.77 Belgium 4,127 5.394 765.01 4.894 843.28 Luxembourg 86,159 146.407 588.49 132.819 648.69 Austria 220,837 389.040 567.64 352.932 625.72 Spain 99,039 179.689 551.17 163.012 607.56 Korea, South 143,680 398.941 360.15 361.914 397.00 Japan 47,452 83.949 565.24 76.158 623.07 CATEGORY TOTAL 760,262 1,637.415 464.31 1,485.439 511.81 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 Canada 542,804 873.823 621.18 792.720 684.74 Australia 122,519 203.270 602.74 184.404 664.41 CATEGORY TOTAL 665,323 1,077.094 617.70 977.124 680.90 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 23,991,454 57,428.840 417.76 52,098.582 460.50 Mexico 2,164,095 6,064.438 356.85 5,501.568 393.36 Trinidad and Tobago 27,616 19.025 1,451.50 17.260 1,600.00 Colombia 2,378 4.387 542.03 3.980 597.49 Brazil 624,064 1,293.283 482.54 1,173.247 531.91 Argentina 1,308,106 4,153.901 314.91 3,768.357 347.13 Sweden 399,567 219.869 1,817.29 199.462 2,003.22 United Kingdom 5,720,400 14,778.069 387.09 13,406.443 426.69 Netherlands 148,860 178.894 832.11 162.290 917.25 Belgium 2,968 0.559 5,300.25 0.508 5,842.52 France 251,031 146.065 1,718.62 132.508 1,894.46 Federal Republic of Germany 1,519,221 2,248.505 675.66 2,039.810 744.79 Austria 486,271 257.866 1,885.74 233.933 2,078.68 Czech Republic 2,922,793 6,162.910 474.26 5,590.900 522.78 Russia 388,690 1,547.104 251.24 1,403.510 276.94 Spain 733,672 1,396.514 525.36 1,266.897 579.11 Portugal 97,167 29.041 3,345.80 26.346 3,688.11 Italy 1,376,844 2,783.394 494.66 2,525.054 545.27 Turkey 3,395,367 10,521.892 322.70 9,545.303 355.71 India 310,859 281.145 1,105.69 255.051 1,218.81 China 123,425 250.133 493.44 226.917 543.92 Taiwan 521,257 285.701 1,824.48 259.184 2,011.15 Japan 4,679,938 9,277.406 504.44 8,416.324 556.05 South Africa 628,365 2,061.644 304.79 1,870.293 335.97 CATEGORY TOTAL 51,824,408 121,390.595 426.92 110,123.727 470.60 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 4,304,859 8,110.048 530.81 7,357.314 585.11 Mexico 1,562,196 4,979.782 313.71 4,517.584 345.80 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Brazil 907,645 3,908.914 232.20 3,546.109 255.96 France 8,163 4.181 1,952.37 3.793 2,152.12 Federal Republic of Germany 9,331 2.098 4,445.87 1.904 4,900.74 Austria 12,432 3.537 3,514.53 3.209 3,874.10 Italy 21,782 10.897 1,998.82 9.886 2,203.32 Turkey 431,137 1,629.119 264.64 1,477.913 291.72 India 778,623 401.992 1,936.91 364.682 2,135.07 China 51,393 166.622 308.44 151.157 340.00 Japan 17,058 4.217 4,044.63 3.826 4,458.44 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,104,619 19,221.412 421.65 17,437.377 464.78 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 Canada 40,829 140.788 290.00 127.721 319.67 Mexico 2,488,853 9,190.826 270.80 8,337.780 298.50 Dominican Republic 1,630,767 5,705.332 285.83 5,175.792 315.08 Trinidad and Tobago 9,336 28.660 325.75 26.000 359.08 Venezuela 513,111 2,151.910 238.44 1,952.181 262.84 Brazil 6,102,708 24,328.963 250.84 22,070.871 276.51 Uruguay 814,296 3,425.982 237.68 3,108.000 262.00 Federal Republic of Germany 111,479 218.040 511.28 197.803 563.59 Turkey 6,054,435 25,022.999 241.95 22,700.490 266.71 India 42,038 139.000 302.43 126.099 333.37 Japan 2,017,969 7,988.899 252.60 7,247.410 278.44 Egypt 12,164,900 43,954.398 276.76 39,874.771 305.08 CATEGORY TOTAL 31,990,721 122,295.803 261.58 110,944.918 288.35 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 6,263,785 7,678.051 815.80 6,965.413 899.27 Mexico 18,349 25.452 720.92 23.090 794.67 Trinidad and Tobago 54,693 92.978 588.23 84.349 648.41 Colombia 454,842 719.360 632.29 652.593 696.98 Brazil 67,303 67.188 1,001.71 60.952 1,104.20 Sweden 346,857 146.781 2,363.08 133.158 2,604.85 Denmark 2,548 1.947 1,308.15 1.767 1,441.99 United Kingdom 2,003,151 2,114.779 947.22 1,918.496 1,044.13 France 1,585,579 1,870.189 847.82 1,696.608 934.56 Federal Republic of Germany 921,363 592.349 1,555.44 537.371 1,714.58 Austria 209,827 112.216 1,869.84 101.801 2,061.15 Switzerland 228,763 92.341 2,477.35 83.771 2,730.81 Latvia 145,717 82.483 1,766.62 74.828 1,947.36 Poland 53,426 89.959 593.89 81.610 654.65 Russia 975,227 2,766.959 352.45 2,510.144 388.51 Spain 746,239 1,349.809 552.85 1,224.527 609.41 Italy 1,451,009 740.420 1,959.71 671.698 2,160.21 Slovenia 81,353 48.244 1,686.25 43.767 1,858.77 Romania 2,635 0.440 5,976.08 0.400 6,587.50 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Saudi Arabia 134,229 67.152 1,998.86 60.920 2,203.37 United Arab Emirates 83,241 31.693 2,626.43 28.752 2,895.14 India 1,135,413 680.705 1,667.99 617.526 1,838.65 China 244,222 117.849 2,072.33 106.911 2,284.35 Korea, South 23,654 7.695 3,073.85 6.981 3,388.34 Taiwan 892,625 495.155 1,802.72 449.198 1,987.15 Japan 302,044 151.592 1,992.48 137.522 2,196.33 Australia 4,120 1.753 2,349.22 1.591 2,589.57 Egypt 20,930 34.878 600.09 31.641 661.48 South Africa 89,781 233.284 384.86 211.632 424.23 CATEGORY TOTAL 18,542,925 20,413.716 908.36 18,519.017 1,001.29 TOOL STEEL............................17 Canada 576,796 487.710 1,182.66 442.444 1,303.66 Mexico 2,743 0.003 829,469.48 0.003 914,333.33 Brazil 896,042 635.334 1,410.35 576.366 1,554.64 Sweden 1,386,976 575.657 2,409.38 522.228 2,655.88 United Kingdom 950,954 266.479 3,568.59 241.746 3,933.69 Netherlands 61,766 78.684 784.99 71.381 865.30 France 2,040,032 1,443.702 1,413.06 1,309.705 1,557.63 Federal Republic of Germany 2,717,384 1,516.501 1,791.88 1,375.747 1,975.21 Austria 1,875,430 849.038 2,208.89 770.235 2,434.88 Switzerland 247,716 164.232 1,508.33 148.989 1,662.65 Russia 537,437 249.423 2,154.72 226.273 2,375.17 Ukraine 25,313 31.319 808.21 28.413 890.90 Spain 179,241 119.501 1,499.91 108.410 1,653.36 Italy 32,062 1.521 21,076.93 1.380 23,233.33 Slovenia 899,285 750.422 1,198.37 680.772 1,320.98 India 26,302 20.671 1,272.37 18.753 1,402.55 China 435,773 214.145 2,034.93 194.270 2,243.13 Korea, South 190,748 127.946 1,490.84 116.071 1,643.37 Taiwan 936,029 646.464 1,447.92 586.463 1,596.06 Japan 4,958,069 7,153.095 693.14 6,489.181 764.05 CATEGORY TOTAL 18,976,098 15,331.856 1,237.69 13,908.830 1,364.32 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 15,121,880 28,105.864 538.03 25,497.219 593.08 Mexico 2,925,068 6,446.544 453.74 5,848.208 500.16 Guatemala 733,531 1,812.015 404.82 1,643.833 446.23 Dominican Republic 92,251 264.822 348.35 240.243 383.99 Colombia 375,446 1,108.785 338.61 1,005.874 373.25 Venezuela 698,497 1,952.172 357.80 1,770.982 394.41 Chile 143,060 250.641 570.78 227.378 629.17 Argentina 465,532 1,478.016 314.97 1,340.834 347.20 Sweden 3,138 0.132 23,722.89 0.120 26,150.00 Norway 3,388 0.579 5,843.24 0.526 6,441.06 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Denmark 40,259 6.262 6,428.86 5.681 7,086.60 United Kingdom 33,685 14.690 2,292.98 13.327 2,527.58 Netherlands 9,920 0.723 13,718.41 0.656 15,121.95 France 38,728 41.457 934.15 37.610 1,029.73 Federal Republic of Germany 801,596 639.387 1,253.69 580.043 1,381.96 Czech Republic 223,186 46.451 4,804.72 42.140 5,296.30 Slovakia 89,209 140.846 633.38 127.774 698.18 Russia 8,439 29.410 286.94 26.681 316.29 Ukraine 157,780 115.490 1,366.18 104.771 1,505.95 Spain 849,410 1,224.501 693.68 1,110.849 764.65 Italy 231,180 165.925 1,393.28 150.525 1,535.82 Romania 18,427 26.475 696.01 24.018 767.22 Turkey 172,120 410.960 418.82 372.817 461.67 United Arab Emirates 146,352 394.156 371.30 357.573 409.29 Oman 486,580 1,453.792 334.70 1,318.859 368.94 India 3,665,751 8,948.407 409.65 8,117.861 451.57 Pakistan 148,624 408.378 363.94 370.475 401.17 Thailand 4,243,896 11,045.851 384.21 10,020.631 423.52 Indonesia 1,059,054 2,807.079 377.28 2,546.540 415.88 Philippines 9,621 23.939 401.88 21.718 443.00 China 4,363,048 11,391.155 383.02 10,333.885 422.21 Korea, South 1,200,106 2,686.426 446.73 2,437.086 492.43 Taiwan 6,825 1.102 6,191.54 1.000 6,825.00 Japan 89,509 78.088 1,146.25 70.841 1,263.52 South Africa 518,508 1,326.236 390.96 1,203.142 430.96 CATEGORY TOTAL 39,173,604 84,846.773 461.70 76,971.720 508.94 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 1,429,344 2,453.306 582.62 2,225.603 642.23 Mexico 1,033,764 2,284.367 452.54 2,072.344 498.84 Colombia 3,820,007 7,261.191 526.09 6,587.244 579.91 Venezuela 3,795,783 9,923.490 382.50 9,002.442 421.64 Brazil 1,648,365 3,068.256 537.23 2,783.476 592.20 Argentina 14,173 51.279 276.39 46.520 304.66 United Kingdom 557,379 998.660 558.13 905.970 615.23 Ireland 2,131 0.238 8,950.05 0.216 9,865.74 France 525,094 650.184 807.61 589.838 890.23 Federal Republic of Germany 3,330,235 5,733.553 580.83 5,201.394 640.26 Austria 2,419,669 3,467.046 697.90 3,145.253 769.31 Switzerland 27,461 67.268 408.23 61.025 450.00 Spain 2,256,841 4,117.630 548.09 3,735.453 604.17 Italy 26,349 22.763 1,157.49 20.651 1,275.92 Romania 2,535 1.373 1,845.68 1.246 2,034.51 India 668,947 1,247.714 536.14 1,131.908 590.99 Indonesia 543,498 731.146 743.35 663.285 819.40 China 2,222,984 4,045.502 549.50 3,670.019 605.71 Korea, South 4,341,848 9,957.233 436.05 9,033.053 480.66 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 9,033,537 3,798.117 2,378.42 3,445.595 2,621.76 Australia 83,105 1.097 75,694.39 0.996 83,438.76 South Africa 409,784 910.404 450.11 825.905 496.16 CATEGORY TOTAL 38,192,833 60,791.829 628.26 55,149.436 692.53 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 4,943,748 10,450.316 473.07 9,480.370 521.47 Brazil 1,315,723 2,230.606 589.85 2,023.573 650.20 United Kingdom 12,140,538 17,515.075 693.15 15,889.414 764.06 Federal Republic of Germany 159,444 172.340 925.17 156.345 1,019.82 Korea, South 585,308 1,508.351 388.04 1,368.354 427.75 Taiwan 8,325 24.021 346.56 21.792 382.02 Japan 6,091,407 11,592.024 525.48 10,516.111 579.25 CATEGORY TOTAL 25,244,493 43,492.737 580.43 39,455.959 639.81 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 1,850,032 2,137.823 865.38 1,939.401 953.92 Mexico 2,069,290 4,013.125 515.63 3,640.647 568.39 Colombia 410,160 1,208.563 339.38 1,096.391 374.10 Brazil 296,344 516.061 574.24 468.163 632.99 Argentina 7,514,990 8,754.470 858.42 7,941.924 946.24 Norway 13,303 22.171 599.99 20.114 661.38 United Kingdom 15,681 21.945 714.53 19.909 787.63 France 449,627 858.321 523.84 778.656 577.44 Federal Republic of Germany 658,417 946.373 695.73 858.536 766.91 Austria 540,686 975.245 554.41 884.728 611.13 Slovakia 256,034 696.637 367.53 631.979 405.13 Hungary 2,264 0.192 11,736.38 0.175 12,937.14 Italy 1,773,340 1,715.833 1,033.52 1,556.578 1,139.26 Turkey 111,847 327.375 341.65 296.990 376.60 China 680,368 1,644.446 413.74 1,491.817 456.07 Korea, South 626,285 1,844.495 339.54 1,673.299 374.28 Hong Kong 2,876 0.199 14,414.72 0.181 15,889.50 Taiwan 130,995 391.188 334.86 354.880 369.12 Japan 1,363,130 2,163.377 630.09 1,962.584 694.56 CATEGORY TOTAL 18,765,669 28,237.847 664.56 25,616.952 732.55 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Canada 847,976 1,654.825 512.43 1,501.233 564.85 Mexico 804,500 1,623.604 495.50 1,472.910 546.20 Colombia 429,612 1,257.596 341.61 1,140.873 376.56 Venezuela 118,133 329.670 358.34 299.072 395.00 Switzerland 11,652 0.170 68,196.90 0.155 75,174.19 China 525,926 1,494.160 351.99 1,355.480 388.00 Korea, South 1,075,218 3,254.793 330.35 2,952.700 364.15 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Taiwan 756,670 2,086.776 362.60 1,893.092 399.70 South Africa 617,880 1,714.118 360.47 1,555.023 397.34 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,187,567 13,415.717 386.68 12,170.538 426.24 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 7,038,287 9,666.951 728.08 8,769.713 802.57 Mexico 7,942,580 16,159.989 491.50 14,660.100 541.78 Dominican Republic 180,157 477.914 376.96 433.557 415.53 Venezuela 161,234 284.638 566.45 258.220 624.41 Brazil 223,165 439.706 507.53 398.895 559.46 Argentina 73,069 68.996 1,059.02 62.593 1,167.37 Sweden 458,014 370.298 1,236.88 335.929 1,363.43 Finland 5,756 0.978 5,880.36 0.888 6,481.98 Denmark 5,966 5.511 1,082.45 5.000 1,193.20 United Kingdom 276,013 200.512 1,376.54 181.902 1,517.37 Belgium 43,820 38.461 1,139.31 34.892 1,255.88 France 981,499 949.230 1,033.99 861.128 1,139.78 Federal Republic of Germany 2,308,814 2,066.170 1,117.44 1,874.399 1,231.76 Austria 92,160 41.895 2,199.76 38.007 2,424.82 Czech Republic 147,064 14.134 10,404.29 12.823 11,468.77 Hungary 4,251 1.302 3,262.64 1.182 3,596.45 Switzerland 470,267 298.219 1,576.92 270.540 1,738.25 Spain 521,974 563.040 927.06 510.782 1,021.91 Italy 666,507 666.528 999.97 604.665 1,102.27 Romania 164,668 215.366 764.60 195.377 842.82 Turkey 1,086,363 3,354.098 323.89 3,042.788 357.03 Israel 147,000 16.534 8,890.41 15.000 9,800.00 India 504,708 550.410 916.97 499.324 1,010.78 Singapore 3,336 0.008 378,296.14 0.008 417,000.00 China 192,393 317.747 605.49 288.256 667.44 Korea, South 241,142 452.867 532.48 410.835 586.96 Taiwan 105,938 64.078 1,653.25 58.131 1,822.40 Japan 2,777,085 2,092.157 1,327.38 1,897.974 1,463.18 Australia 29,185 68.460 426.31 62.106 469.92 CATEGORY TOTAL 26,852,415 39,446.214 680.73 35,785.014 750.38 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 125,142 429.630 291.28 389.754 321.08 Mexico 358,169 360.856 992.55 327.364 1,094.10 Brazil 112,261 169.351 662.89 153.633 730.71 Argentina 427,689 357.988 1,194.70 324.762 1,316.93 Sweden 81,021 64.696 1,252.32 58.692 1,380.44 Netherlands 5,929 2.083 2,845.87 1.890 3,137.04 France 1,473,233 1,441.599 1,021.94 1,307.797 1,126.50 Federal Republic of Germany 1,072,606 1,163.236 922.09 1,055.271 1,016.43 Slovakia 488,200 704.160 693.31 638.804 764.24 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Italy 508,049 396.586 1,281.06 359.777 1,412.12 Romania 87,499 107.187 816.32 97.239 899.83 India 33,905 16.997 1,994.69 15.420 2,198.77 China 66,852 100.073 668.03 90.785 736.38 Taiwan 15,162 1.069 14,180.14 0.970 15,630.93 Japan 467,565 324.992 1,438.70 294.828 1,585.89 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,323,282 5,640.509 943.76 5,116.986 1,040.32 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D Canada 6,301,679 1,453.016 4,336.96 1,318.155 4,780.68 Mexico 213,265 90.720 2,350.80 82.300 2,591.31 Brazil 263,164 161.382 1,630.68 146.404 1,797.52 Sweden 757,593 152.096 4,980.99 137.980 5,490.60 Finland 128,652 65.454 1,965.53 59.379 2,166.62 Denmark 3,026 0.203 14,838.60 0.185 16,356.76 United Kingdom 168,642 29.387 5,738.54 26.660 6,325.66 Netherlands 24,305 1.682 14,448.97 1.526 15,927.26 France 1,560,520 378.945 4,118.06 343.774 4,539.38 Federal Republic of Germany 1,244,621 118.603 10,494.00 107.595 11,567.65 Austria 656,029 114.596 5,724.70 103.960 6,310.40 Switzerland 20,857 0.100 207,924.81 0.091 229,197.80 Ukraine 31,958 9.720 3,287.80 8.818 3,624.18 Spain 1,064,228 246.164 4,323.23 223.317 4,765.55 Italy 597,347 288.529 2,070.31 261.750 2,282.13 India 119,434 43.726 2,731.39 39.668 3,010.84 Thailand 41,003 21.596 1,898.60 19.592 2,092.84 Malaysia 160,707 96.348 1,667.97 87.406 1,838.63 Singapore 207,826 94.648 2,195.76 85.864 2,420.41 China 1,432,389 609.827 2,348.84 553.226 2,589.16 Korea, South 2,744,812 1,011.857 2,712.65 917.942 2,990.18 Taiwan 3,423,348 1,747.375 1,959.14 1,585.193 2,159.58 Japan 3,481,209 1,291.388 2,695.71 1,171.528 2,971.51 South Africa 235,434 148.222 1,588.39 134.465 1,750.89 CATEGORY TOTAL 24,882,048 8,175.595 3,043.45 7,416.778 3,354.83 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 1,626,928 835.588 1,947.05 758.033 2,146.25 Mexico 298,629 181.431 1,645.96 164.592 1,814.36 United Kingdom 50,027 5.765 8,677.58 5.230 9,565.39 France 15,771 9.934 1,587.57 9.012 1,750.00 Federal Republic of Germany 37,145 2.065 17,981.53 1.874 19,821.24 India 195,823 227.864 859.38 206.715 947.31 Vietnam 30,220 30.193 1,000.88 27.391 1,103.28 Singapore 5,214 1.940 2,687.54 1.760 2,962.50 Taiwan 2,787 2.599 1,072.23 2.358 1,181.93 Japan 243,906 79.445 3,070.09 72.072 3,384.20 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE South Africa 14,369 50.701 283.40 45.996 312.40 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,520,819 1,427.529 1,765.86 1,295.033 1,946.53 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 9,827,273 23,818.424 412.59 21,607.717 454.80 Mexico 2,122,776 2,056.360 1,032.30 1,865.499 1,137.91 Colombia 15,052 21.507 699.86 19.511 771.46 Finland 262,682 123.091 2,134.03 111.667 2,352.37 United Kingdom 4,429 2.912 1,520.79 2.642 1,676.38 Netherlands 22,644 5.509 4,110.10 4.998 4,530.61 Federal Republic of Germany 255,843 229.403 1,115.26 208.111 1,229.36 Austria 94,093 131.608 714.95 119.393 788.09 Spain 5,417 6.318 857.33 5.732 945.05 Greece 3,762,624 9,870.274 381.21 8,954.165 420.21 Turkey 1,176,244 3,749.723 313.69 3,401.693 345.78 China 40,226 24.283 1,656.49 22.030 1,825.96 Korea, South 25,131 46.093 545.22 41.815 601.00 Taiwan 276,889 157.148 1,761.95 142.563 1,942.22 Japan 307,896 567.760 542.30 515.064 597.78 Australia 2,250 5.380 418.19 4.881 460.97 CATEGORY TOTAL 18,201,469 40,815.799 445.94 37,027.481 491.57 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 279,747 520.903 537.04 472.556 591.99 Mexico 108,690 110.815 980.82 100.530 1,081.17 Brazil 68,671 139.267 493.09 126.341 543.54 Korea, South 583,099 1,445.807 403.30 1,311.615 444.57 Japan 61,322 156.776 391.14 142.225 431.16 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,101,529 2,373.569 464.08 2,153.267 511.56 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 11,345,926 20,556.971 551.93 18,648.976 608.39 Mexico 3,095,396 4,538.773 681.99 4,117.507 751.76 Honduras 25,398 67.501 376.26 61.236 414.76 Dominican Republic 65,108 151.899 428.63 137.801 472.48 Trinidad and Tobago 111,835 243.393 459.48 220.803 506.49 Colombia 23,199 16.498 1,406.15 14.967 1,550.01 Venezuela 339,916 669.144 507.99 607.038 559.96 Ecuador 45,334 85.332 531.27 77.412 585.62 Chile 136,287 302.037 451.23 274.004 497.39 Brazil 204,860 364.356 562.25 330.539 619.78 Argentina 244,198 692.938 352.41 628.623 388.46 Sweden 1,337,947 281.895 4,746.26 255.731 5,231.85 Norway 26,867 2.082 12,902.77 1.889 14,222.87 Denmark 47,014 1.591 29,536.28 1.444 32,558.17 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE United Kingdom 853,417 537.528 1,587.67 487.638 1,750.10 Netherlands 73,054 117.415 622.18 106.518 685.84 Belgium 874,129 798.147 1,095.20 724.067 1,207.25 Luxembourg 342,487 403.883 847.98 366.397 934.74 France 2,009,521 1,799.028 1,117.00 1,632.052 1,231.28 Federal Republic of Germany 1,415,239 910.335 1,554.63 825.843 1,713.69 Austria 760,885 189.022 4,025.38 171.478 4,437.22 Czech Republic 17,435 33.914 514.08 30.767 566.68 Switzerland 254,624 62.892 4,048.57 57.055 4,462.78 Poland 222,316 296.612 749.52 269.082 826.20 Belarus 307,921 377.547 815.58 342.505 899.03 Spain 137,904 232.838 592.27 211.228 652.87 Italy 1,674,781 1,970.459 849.94 1,787.571 936.90 Greece 548,959 1,022.371 536.95 927.480 591.88 Turkey 56,490 79.369 711.73 72.003 784.55 Israel 110,048 252.580 435.70 229.137 480.27 India 1,886,105 1,331.237 1,416.81 1,207.679 1,561.76 Thailand 86,545 54.370 1,591.77 49.324 1,754.62 Indonesia 16,434 9.323 1,762.67 8.458 1,943.01 China 2,312,130 2,965.515 779.67 2,690.271 859.44 Korea, South 2,664,123 3,330.514 799.91 3,021.393 881.75 Taiwan 1,165,628 1,083.526 1,075.77 982.959 1,185.84 Japan 5,934,581 6,275.890 945.62 5,693.394 1,042.36 Australia 106,314 125.993 843.81 114.299 930.14 New Zealand 18,576 44.075 421.45 39.985 464.57 South Africa 755,582 1,833.616 412.07 1,663.429 454.23 CATEGORY TOTAL 41,654,513 54,112.427 769.78 49,089.982 848.53 BLACK PLATE...........................28 Canada 160,183 350.365 457.19 317.846 503.96 Chile 197,006 586.484 335.91 532.050 370.28 Belgium 13,311 16.173 823.03 14.672 907.24 France 9,189 17.791 516.49 16.140 569.33 Federal Republic of Germany 583,455 520.409 1,121.15 472.108 1,235.85 Japan 1,771,616 1,955.290 906.06 1,773.810 998.76 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,734,760 3,446.514 793.49 3,126.626 874.67 TIN PLATE.............................29 Canada 4,064,497 6,935.507 586.04 6,291.788 646.00 Brazil 2,047,651 3,550.844 576.67 3,221.273 635.67 Argentina 243,050 533.075 455.94 483.598 502.59 Norway 89,837 208.518 430.83 189.165 474.91 Netherlands 705,856 1,394.619 506.13 1,265.178 557.91 France 72,815 61.133 1,191.09 55.459 1,312.95 Federal Republic of Germany 5,213,438 9,566.203 544.99 8,678.316 600.74 Japan 2,728 3.682 740.74 3.341 816.52 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 12,439,872 22,253.584 559.01 20,188.118 616.20 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A Canada 1,071,170 1,865.679 574.14 1,692.516 632.89 Netherlands 627,392 1,294.508 484.66 1,174.359 534.24 France 20,648 38.381 537.97 34.819 593.01 Federal Republic of Germany 420,769 864.670 486.62 784.416 536.41 Japan 772,679 1,032.739 748.18 936.886 824.73 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,912,658 5,095.979 571.56 4,622.996 630.04 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 11,793,049 35,300.977 334.07 32,024.517 368.25 Mexico 2,505,826 8,516.513 294.23 7,726.053 324.33 Venezuela 510,490 2,352.209 217.03 2,133.889 239.23 Brazil 218,589 337.385 647.89 306.071 714.18 Sweden 746,464 1,536.067 485.96 1,393.497 535.68 Netherlands 20,803 81.401 255.56 73.846 281.71 Belgium 459,485 1,101.572 417.12 999.330 459.79 France 3,224,623 10,136.252 318.13 9,195.456 350.68 Federal Republic of Germany 61,912 62.929 983.83 57.089 1,084.48 Austria 1,307,906 3,050.531 428.75 2,767.396 472.61 Slovakia 183,822 588.047 312.60 533.468 344.58 Hungary 246,936 1,054.360 234.20 956.500 258.17 Italy 75,564 49.910 1,513.99 45.278 1,668.89 India 152,514 95.877 1,590.71 86.979 1,753.46 Korea, South 18,308,619 62,867.158 291.23 57,032.143 321.02 Taiwan 56,021 36.209 1,547.12 32.849 1,705.41 Japan 1,168,097 2,132.382 547.79 1,934.465 603.83 Australia 5,245,290 23,234.456 225.75 21,077.950 248.85 New Zealand 382,775 1,998.941 191.49 1,813.410 211.08 South Africa 161,028 157.015 1,025.56 142.442 1,130.48 CATEGORY TOTAL 46,829,813 154,690.199 302.73 140,332.628 333.71 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 11,025,983 21,375.707 515.82 19,391.721 568.59 Mexico 17,714,807 21,174.145 836.62 19,208.867 922.22 Dominican Republic 29,162 79.695 365.92 72.299 403.35 Venezuela 155,955 462.733 337.03 419.785 371.51 Brazil 2,038,517 1,342.005 1,519.01 1,217.447 1,674.42 Argentina 4,195,400 13,906.407 301.69 12,615.684 332.55 Sweden 483,324 410.501 1,177.40 372.401 1,297.86 Finland 579,122 188.250 3,076.34 170.778 3,391.08 United Kingdom 264,235 100.250 2,635.74 90.946 2,905.41 Netherlands 204,355 448.164 455.98 406.568 502.63 Belgium 1,904,602 2,110.125 902.60 1,914.274 994.95 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Luxembourg 1,007,312 2,296.334 438.66 2,083.200 483.54 France 2,337,290 3,090.895 756.19 2,804.014 833.55 Federal Republic of Germany 1,954,645 2,556.500 764.58 2,319.219 842.80 Austria 91,072 28.128 3,237.68 25.518 3,568.93 Switzerland 252,712 23.150 10,915.94 21.002 12,032.76 Italy 3,469,197 2,557.736 1,356.35 2,320.340 1,495.12 India 173,048 91.176 1,897.94 82.714 2,092.12 Thailand 418,271 209.983 1,991.92 190.494 2,195.72 China 1,359,948 1,411.020 963.80 1,280.057 1,062.41 Korea, South 304,656 149.808 2,033.64 135.904 2,241.70 Taiwan 3,034,255 1,859.650 1,631.63 1,687.047 1,798.56 Japan 5,158,983 7,880.292 654.67 7,148.883 721.65 Australia 49,344 14.461 3,412.16 13.119 3,761.26 South Africa 149,945 109.591 1,368.21 99.420 1,508.20 CATEGORY TOTAL 58,356,140 83,876.719 695.74 76,091.701 766.92 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 16,120,406 31,376.255 513.78 28,464.068 566.34 Mexico 9,505,422 16,689.689 569.54 15,140.636 627.81 Guatemala 426,321 601.762 708.45 545.910 780.94 Colombia 92,842 241.503 384.43 219.088 423.77 Venezuela 994,074 1,916.636 518.66 1,738.744 571.72 Brazil 1,090,556 2,113.433 516.01 1,917.275 568.81 Argentina 2,312,752 5,637.858 410.22 5,114.581 452.19 Sweden 7,273 13.581 535.50 12.321 590.29 United Kingdom 10,177 10.976 927.14 9.958 1,021.99 Belgium 411,712 776.892 529.95 704.785 584.17 France 48,287 71.452 675.79 64.821 744.93 Federal Republic of Germany 4,682,081 11,779.932 397.46 10,686.578 438.13 Austria 33,953 39.500 859.56 35.834 947.51 Estonia 1,787,437 4,608.257 387.88 4,180.542 427.56 Spain 1,009,722 1,687.570 598.33 1,530.939 659.54 India 2,027,487 4,315.672 469.80 3,915.113 517.86 Indonesia 130,323 300.038 434.35 272.190 478.79 Korea, South 443,189 896.827 494.17 813.588 544.73 Taiwan 4,001,420 6,128.420 652.93 5,559.611 719.73 Japan 564,363 926.069 609.42 840.116 671.77 Australia 6,292 6.935 907.18 6.292 1,000.00 New Zealand 29,092 44.136 659.14 40.040 726.57 South Africa 1,351,188 3,166.066 426.77 2,872.208 470.44 CATEGORY TOTAL 47,086,369 93,349.469 504.41 84,685.238 556.02 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 905,830 895.741 1,011.26 812.603 1,114.73 Argentina 1,571,054 3,583.976 438.35 3,251.330 483.20 Belgium 175,433 429.614 408.35 389.740 450.13 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Luxembourg 530,043 1,290.012 410.88 1,170.280 452.92 Federal Republic of Germany 2,696,389 6,265.881 430.33 5,684.314 474.36 Spain 101,032 199.231 507.11 180.740 558.99 Korea, South 156,318 362.132 431.66 328.521 475.82 Japan 607,440 989.810 613.69 897.941 676.48 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,743,539 14,016.401 481.12 12,715.469 530.34 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 Canada 7,761,950 10,341.817 750.54 9,381.942 827.33 Mexico 5,454,093 9,356.488 582.92 8,488.066 642.56 Brazil 2,679 5.129 522.32 4.653 575.76 United Kingdom 94,796 249.723 379.60 226.545 418.44 Belgium 47,121 24.428 1,928.95 22.161 2,126.30 Luxembourg 302,942 707.383 428.26 641.728 472.07 France 38,333 13.576 2,823.57 12.316 3,112.46 Federal Republic of Germany 254,866 149.028 1,710.19 135.196 1,885.16 Austria 17,991 15.261 1,178.85 13.845 1,299.46 Poland 25,240 41.050 614.86 37.240 677.77 China 8,860 0.369 23,993.01 0.335 26,447.76 Korea, South 1,821,353 4,007.771 454.46 3,635.790 500.95 Hong Kong 8,586 14.113 608.33 12.804 670.57 Taiwan 161,540 347.746 464.53 315.470 512.06 Japan 1,654,045 1,219.879 1,355.91 1,106.656 1,494.63 CATEGORY TOTAL 17,654,395 26,493.766 666.36 24,034.747 734.54 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 Sweden 527,438 819.358 643.72 743.310 709.58 United Kingdom 143,977 99.044 1,453.65 89.852 1,602.38 France 264,199 277.117 953.38 251.397 1,050.92 Federal Republic of Germany 366,304 605.050 605.41 548.893 667.35 Russia 4,556,216 5,351.385 851.41 4,854.697 938.52 Korea, South 4,161 12.412 335.24 11.260 369.54 Japan 1,497,376 3,196.860 468.39 2,900.144 516.31 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,359,671 10,361.230 710.31 9,399.553 782.98 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 2,709,831 7,897.837 343.11 7,164.800 378.21 Mexico 238,264 479.725 496.67 435.200 547.48 Federal Republic of Germany 422,703 762.852 554.11 692.048 610.80 Austria 8,827 1.658 5,320.75 1.505 5,865.12 Slovenia 61,496 45.216 1,360.03 41.020 1,499.17 Japan 61,350 19.675 3,118.15 17.849 3,437.17 Australia 6,251 9.844 634.96 8.931 699.92 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,508,722 9,216.811 380.69 8,361.353 419.64 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 2,490,557 3,433.295 725.41 3,114.634 799.63 Mexico 2,052,122 1,949.078 1,052.87 1,768.175 1,160.59 Chile 25,691 21.504 1,194.65 19.509 1,316.88 Brazil 113,637 149.398 760.63 135.532 838.45 Argentina 3,504 1.151 3,041.89 1.045 3,353.11 Sweden 2,682,739 549.522 4,881.94 498.519 5,381.42 Finland 188,745 116.661 1,617.88 105.834 1,783.41 Denmark 13,420 2.204 6,087.21 2.000 6,710.00 United Kingdom 1,008,292 552.300 1,825.62 501.039 2,012.40 Belgium 48,915 26.265 1,862.30 23.828 2,052.84 France 857,876 307.378 2,790.95 278.849 3,076.49 Federal Republic of Germany 5,037,296 4,226.886 1,191.73 3,834.568 1,313.65 Austria 264,063 45.487 5,805.12 41.266 6,399.05 Switzerland 113,491 117.585 965.18 106.672 1,063.92 Spain 19,922 2.744 7,258.21 2.490 8,000.80 Italy 95,860 21.081 4,547.07 19.125 5,012.29 India 352,062 492.910 714.25 447.161 787.33 Thailand 4,059 3.701 1,096.56 3.358 1,208.76 Indonesia 353,866 177.467 1,993.97 160.996 2,197.98 China 3,881 0.443 8,758.17 0.402 9,654.23 Korea, South 526,283 392.375 1,341.27 355.957 1,478.50 Taiwan 250,763 143.983 1,741.60 130.620 1,919.79 Japan 2,842,481 738.803 3,847.41 670.231 4,241.05 Australia 4,346 5.596 776.57 5.077 856.02 CATEGORY TOTAL 19,353,871 13,477.832 1,435.98 12,226.887 1,582.89 GRAND TOTAL 799,362,375 1,747,776.229 457.36 1,585,556.372 504.15 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Canada 55,709 86.058 647.34 78.071 713.57 Mexico 184,523 246.135 749.68 223.290 826.38 CATEGORY TOTAL 240,232 332.193 723.17 301.361 797.16 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 1,404,370 4,061.456 345.78 3,684.492 381.16 Mexico 813,264 3,376.928 240.83 3,063.499 265.47 Brazil 762,904 2,470.534 308.80 2,241.232 340.39 United Kingdom 119,301 120.851 987.17 109.635 1,088.17 Federal Republic of Germany 1,558,179 5,442.295 286.31 4,937.169 315.60 Russia 88,738 158.219 560.86 143.534 618.24 Italy 36,000 13.778 2,612.69 12.500 2,880.00 Korea, South 1,719,715 5,513.007 311.94 5,001.318 343.85 Japan 102,314 271.219 377.24 246.046 415.83 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,604,785 21,428.292 308.23 19,439.425 339.76 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 270,483 647.274 417.88 587.198 460.63 United Kingdom 596,376 1,328.873 448.78 1,205.534 494.70 Luxembourg 326,936 767.697 425.87 696.444 469.44 Austria 54,294 14.788 3,671.34 13.416 4,046.96 Spain 7,668,635 26,592.813 288.37 24,124.601 317.88 Italy 182,788 292.609 624.68 265.451 688.59 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,099,512 29,644.057 306.96 26,892.644 338.36 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 5,748,329 11,529.180 498.59 10,459.100 549.60 Sweden 1,465,457 2,433.085 602.30 2,207.259 663.93 Finland 231,115 446.691 517.39 405.232 570.33 United Kingdom 165,718 253.309 654.21 229.799 721.14 Belgium 160,620 115.916 1,385.65 105.158 1,527.42 France 217,797 197.086 1,105.08 178.794 1,218.14 Federal Republic of Germany 223,893 448.878 498.78 407.216 549.81 Austria 4,551 2.380 1,911.39 2.160 2,106.94 Poland 41,200 88.449 465.80 80.240 513.46 Spain 260,426 296.056 879.65 268.578 969.65 Japan 559,576 1,080.488 517.89 980.203 570.88 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,078,682 16,891.526 537.47 15,323.739 592.46 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 2,061,559 5,730.224 359.77 5,198.374 396.58 France 392,320 863.482 454.35 783.338 500.83 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,453,879 6,593.706 372.15 5,981.712 410.23 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Canada 19,385 23.043 841.22 20.905 927.29 Mexico 2,100 0.371 5,653.08 0.337 6,231.45 Austria 9,243 8.730 1,058.73 7.920 1,167.05 Japan 117,230 203.340 576.52 184.467 635.51 CATEGORY TOTAL 147,958 235.485 628.31 213.629 692.59 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 10,769,709 27,469.833 392.06 24,920.221 432.17 Mexico 1,252,597 3,718.823 336.83 3,373.661 371.29 Colombia 2,378 4.387 542.03 3.980 597.49 Brazil 402,146 568.386 707.52 515.632 779.91 Sweden 387,114 214.516 1,804.59 194.606 1,989.22 United Kingdom 901,003 1,541.770 584.40 1,398.671 644.19 Netherlands 148,860 178.894 832.11 162.290 917.25 France 168,118 136.095 1,235.29 123.464 1,361.68 Federal Republic of Germany 437,860 695.783 629.31 631.204 693.69 Austria 217,382 139.088 1,562.90 126.179 1,722.81 Czech Republic 2,461,101 4,688.034 524.97 4,252.915 578.69 Spain 417,652 664.435 628.58 602.766 692.89 Italy 901,265 2,529.175 356.35 2,294.430 392.81 Turkey 1,221,958 2,706.912 451.42 2,455.670 497.61 India 14,253 21.438 664.82 19.449 732.84 China 8,993 22.042 407.98 19.997 449.72 Taiwan 8,686 6.196 1,401.85 5.621 1,545.28 Japan 3,871,371 7,608.623 508.81 6,902.429 560.87 CATEGORY TOTAL 23,592,446 52,914.438 445.86 48,003.185 491.48 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 292,373 516.667 565.88 468.713 623.78 Mexico 212,241 649.739 326.66 589.434 360.08 Austria 12,432 3.537 3,514.53 3.209 3,874.10 CATEGORY TOTAL 517,046 1,169.944 441.94 1,061.356 487.16 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 831,764 593.990 1,400.30 538.859 1,543.57 Colombia 454,842 719.360 632.29 652.593 696.98 Brazil 49,704 45.060 1,103.06 40.878 1,215.91 United Kingdom 636,670 571.886 1,113.28 518.807 1,227.18 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE France 890,449 1,307.044 681.27 1,185.731 750.97 Federal Republic of Germany 266,590 219.353 1,215.35 198.994 1,339.69 Poland 15,090 16.997 887.77 15.420 978.60 Russia 921,043 2,742.009 335.90 2,487.510 370.27 Spain 367,866 522.056 704.65 473.602 776.74 Italy 96,191 58.218 1,652.24 52.815 1,821.28 Romania 2,635 0.440 5,976.08 0.400 6,587.50 Taiwan 28,490 31.690 899.01 28.749 990.99 Japan 77,269 58.634 1,317.82 53.192 1,452.64 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,638,603 6,886.743 673.56 6,247.550 742.47 TOOL STEEL............................17 Canada 576,796 487.710 1,182.66 442.444 1,303.66 Mexico 2,743 0.003 829,469.48 0.003 914,333.33 Brazil 896,042 635.334 1,410.35 576.366 1,554.64 Sweden 1,386,976 575.657 2,409.38 522.228 2,655.88 United Kingdom 950,954 266.479 3,568.59 241.746 3,933.69 Netherlands 61,766 78.684 784.99 71.381 865.30 France 2,040,032 1,443.702 1,413.06 1,309.705 1,557.63 Federal Republic of Germany 2,717,384 1,516.501 1,791.88 1,375.747 1,975.21 Austria 1,875,430 849.038 2,208.89 770.235 2,434.88 Switzerland 247,716 164.232 1,508.33 148.989 1,662.65 Russia 537,437 249.423 2,154.72 226.273 2,375.17 Ukraine 25,313 31.319 808.21 28.413 890.90 Spain 179,241 119.501 1,499.91 108.410 1,653.36 Italy 32,062 1.521 21,076.93 1.380 23,233.33 Slovenia 899,285 750.422 1,198.37 680.772 1,320.98 India 26,302 20.671 1,272.37 18.753 1,402.55 China 435,773 214.145 2,034.93 194.270 2,243.13 Korea, South 190,748 127.946 1,490.84 116.071 1,643.37 Taiwan 936,029 646.464 1,447.92 586.463 1,596.06 Japan 4,958,069 7,153.095 693.14 6,489.181 764.05 CATEGORY TOTAL 18,976,098 15,331.856 1,237.69 13,908.830 1,364.32 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 29,481 10.104 2,917.50 9.167 3,215.99 Mexico 162,664 272.680 596.54 247.372 657.57 France 16,008 17.091 936.62 15.505 1,032.44 Federal Republic of Germany 161,384 130.658 1,235.16 118.531 1,361.53 Czech Republic 223,186 46.451 4,804.72 42.140 5,296.30 Spain 138,050 132.622 1,040.93 120.313 1,147.42 Italy 82,840 24.229 3,418.92 21.981 3,768.71 India 10,206 0.677 15,054.85 0.615 16,595.12 Japan 73,396 58.629 1,251.86 53.188 1,379.94 CATEGORY TOTAL 897,215 693.146 1,294.41 628.812 1,426.84 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 476,758 798.057 597.40 723.986 658.52 Brazil 1,176,175 1,961.569 599.61 1,779.506 660.96 Argentina 14,173 51.279 276.39 46.520 304.66 United Kingdom 101,194 9.137 11,075.12 8.289 12,208.23 France 525,094 650.184 807.61 589.838 890.23 Federal Republic of Germany 2,143,573 3,421.918 626.42 3,104.313 690.51 Austria 815,971 1,267.095 643.97 1,149.490 709.85 Switzerland 27,461 67.268 408.23 61.025 450.00 Spain 2,256,841 4,117.630 548.09 3,735.453 604.17 India 609,299 1,126.675 540.79 1,022.103 596.12 Indonesia 42,651 10.929 3,902.41 9.915 4,301.66 China 617,923 485.456 1,272.87 440.399 1,403.10 Japan 8,771,131 3,318.349 2,643.22 3,010.357 2,913.65 Australia 83,105 1.097 75,694.39 0.996 83,438.76 CATEGORY TOTAL 17,661,349 17,286.650 1,021.68 15,682.190 1,126.20 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 4,926,855 10,426.307 472.54 9,458.590 520.89 Korea, South 42,128 23.021 1,829.92 20.885 2,017.14 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,968,983 10,449.329 475.53 9,479.475 524.18 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 300,761 512.153 587.25 464.618 647.33 Argentina 7,514,990 8,754.470 858.42 7,941.924 946.24 Norway 13,303 22.171 599.99 20.114 661.38 United Kingdom 13,114 21.857 599.97 19.829 661.35 France 8,225 0.434 18,938.06 0.394 20,875.63 Federal Republic of Germany 2,406 4.010 599.97 3.638 661.35 China 4,330 0.628 6,891.42 0.570 7,596.49 Hong Kong 2,876 0.199 14,414.72 0.181 15,889.50 Japan 47,660 12.136 3,927.02 11.010 4,328.79 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,907,665 9,328.062 847.73 8,462.278 934.46 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 904,528 1,289.158 701.64 1,169.505 773.43 Mexico 1,224,115 1,636.784 747.88 1,484.866 824.39 Brazil 193,107 402.883 479.31 365.490 528.35 Sweden 332,677 240.692 1,382.16 218.353 1,523.57 United Kingdom 276,013 200.512 1,376.54 181.902 1,517.37 France 706,040 617.391 1,143.59 560.088 1,260.59 Federal Republic of Germany 1,435,748 1,462.758 981.53 1,326.993 1,081.96 Czech Republic 147,064 14.134 10,404.29 12.823 11,468.77 Switzerland 98,244 57.141 1,719.31 51.838 1,895.21 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Spain 135,185 128.528 1,051.79 116.599 1,159.40 Italy 215,103 210.093 1,023.84 190.594 1,128.59 Turkey 49,021 5.250 9,336.79 4.763 10,292.04 India 267,906 311.656 859.62 282.730 947.57 Singapore 3,336 0.008 378,296.14 0.008 417,000.00 China 10,812 5.091 2,123.51 4.619 2,340.77 Korea, South 2,037 0.260 7,830.24 0.236 8,631.36 Taiwan 19,599 15.531 1,261.88 14.090 1,390.99 Japan 2,275,275 1,763.870 1,289.93 1,600.157 1,421.91 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,295,810 8,361.749 992.11 7,585.654 1,093.62 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 3,899 0.015 252,651.02 0.014 278,500.00 Argentina 227,258 156.109 1,455.76 141.620 1,604.70 Sweden 81,021 64.696 1,252.32 58.692 1,380.44 France 1,007,269 817.544 1,232.07 741.664 1,358.12 Federal Republic of Germany 311,114 233.510 1,332.34 211.837 1,468.65 Italy 471,271 357.511 1,318.20 324.329 1,453.06 Japan 467,565 324.992 1,438.70 294.828 1,585.89 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,569,397 1,954.379 1,314.69 1,772.984 1,449.19 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 764,651 274.000 2,790.69 248.569 3,076.21 United Kingdom 50,027 5.765 8,677.58 5.230 9,565.39 France 15,771 9.934 1,587.57 9.012 1,750.00 Federal Republic of Germany 37,145 2.065 17,981.53 1.874 19,821.24 Singapore 5,214 1.940 2,687.54 1.760 2,962.50 Taiwan 2,787 2.599 1,072.23 2.358 1,181.93 Japan 2,832 1.190 2,378.84 1.080 2,622.22 CATEGORY TOTAL 878,427 297.494 2,952.75 269.883 3,254.84 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 145,417 323.377 449.68 293.363 495.69 Finland 256,692 118.006 2,175.23 107.054 2,397.78 United Kingdom 4,429 2.912 1,520.79 2.642 1,676.38 Netherlands 22,644 5.509 4,110.10 4.998 4,530.61 Federal Republic of Germany 89,615 59.521 1,505.59 53.997 1,659.63 Spain 5,417 6.318 857.33 5.732 945.05 China 40,226 24.283 1,656.49 22.030 1,825.96 Taiwan 276,889 157.148 1,761.95 142.563 1,942.22 Japan 303,036 562.403 538.82 510.204 593.95 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,144,365 1,259.481 908.60 1,142.583 1,001.56 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 18,434 32.782 562.31 29.740 619.84 Brazil 68,671 139.267 493.09 126.341 543.54 CATEGORY TOTAL 87,105 172.049 506.28 156.081 558.08 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 527,829 941.710 560.50 854.306 617.85 Mexico 582,232 570.438 1,020.67 517.493 1,125.10 Sweden 28,142 24.119 1,166.77 21.881 1,286.14 United Kingdom 271,505 30.703 8,842.73 27.854 9,747.43 France 121,022 14.805 8,174.32 13.431 9,010.65 Federal Republic of Germany 454,573 374.965 1,212.31 340.163 1,336.34 Austria 163,598 35.993 4,545.18 32.653 5,010.20 Poland 222,316 296.612 749.52 269.082 826.20 Italy 1,107,324 1,227.623 902.01 1,113.682 994.29 Turkey 56,490 79.369 711.73 72.003 784.55 Thailand 12,737 17.196 740.69 15.600 816.47 China 185,694 175.504 1,058.06 159.215 1,166.31 Korea, South 550,035 708.475 776.36 642.718 855.80 Taiwan 73,112 132.677 551.05 120.363 607.43 Japan 3,093,832 3,054.137 1,013.00 2,770.668 1,116.64 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,450,441 7,684.333 969.56 6,971.112 1,068.76 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 1,515,809 3,980.575 380.80 3,611.118 419.76 Sweden 746,464 1,536.067 485.96 1,393.497 535.68 Netherlands 7,016 32.568 215.42 29.546 237.46 Belgium 427,159 1,077.486 396.44 977.480 437.00 France 1,007,900 1,778.366 566.76 1,613.307 624.74 Federal Republic of Germany 22,424 58.218 385.17 52.815 424.58 Austria 433,556 875.455 495.23 794.200 545.90 Japan 844,680 1,647.403 512.73 1,494.500 565.19 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,005,008 10,986.141 455.57 9,966.463 502.18 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 514,568 1,138.151 452.11 1,032.514 498.36 Mexico 226,060 127.047 1,779.33 115.256 1,961.37 Dominican Republic 29,162 79.695 365.92 72.299 403.35 Brazil 29,989 65.250 459.60 59.194 506.62 Argentina 61,883 212.382 291.38 192.670 321.19 Sweden 25,711 39.705 647.55 36.020 713.80 United Kingdom 63,727 43.843 1,453.52 39.774 1,602.23 Netherlands 192,896 411.770 468.46 373.552 516.38 France 674,491 1,461.542 461.49 1,325.889 508.71 Federal Republic of Germany 666,851 1,260.800 528.91 1,143.779 583.02 Austria 76,372 27.621 2,764.93 25.058 3,047.81 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 3,067,880 4,895.713 626.65 4,441.318 690.76 Australia 49,344 14.461 3,412.16 13.119 3,761.26 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,678,934 9,777.985 580.79 8,870.442 640.21 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 1,980,150 3,916.226 505.63 3,552.742 557.36 Brazil 1,071,760 2,059.921 520.29 1,868.730 573.52 France 10,680 22.728 469.89 20.619 517.97 Federal Republic of Germany 4,307,686 10,900.729 395.17 9,888.978 435.60 Spain 985,388 1,642.059 600.09 1,489.652 661.49 Taiwan 57,811 115.865 498.95 105.111 550.00 Japan 526,234 862.884 609.85 782.796 672.25 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,939,709 19,520.415 457.97 17,708.628 504.82 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 845,624 818.140 1,033.59 742.205 1,139.34 Federal Republic of Germany 751,893 1,542.562 487.43 1,399.390 537.30 Korea, South 3,282 5.424 605.04 4.921 666.94 Japan 487,178 804.645 605.46 729.962 667.40 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,087,977 3,170.773 658.51 2,876.478 725.88 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 Sweden 527,438 819.358 643.72 743.310 709.58 United Kingdom 143,977 99.044 1,453.65 89.852 1,602.38 France 264,199 277.117 953.38 251.397 1,050.92 Federal Republic of Germany 366,304 605.050 605.41 548.893 667.35 Russia 4,556,216 5,351.385 851.41 4,854.697 938.52 Korea, South 4,161 12.412 335.24 11.260 369.54 Japan 1,497,376 3,196.860 468.39 2,900.144 516.31 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,359,671 10,361.230 710.31 9,399.553 782.98 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 138,218 359.387 384.59 326.031 423.94 Japan 22,868 18.341 1,246.80 16.639 1,374.36 CATEGORY TOTAL 161,086 377.728 426.46 342.670 470.09 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 2,003 0.373 5,360.15 0.339 5,908.55 Mexico 252,571 480.424 525.72 435.834 579.51 Brazil 15,783 26.283 600.49 23.844 661.93 Sweden 308,523 96.969 3,181.66 87.969 3,507.18 United Kingdom 2,180 0.982 2,219.60 0.891 2,446.69 France 187,226 25.501 7,341.63 23.135 8,092.76 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Federal Republic of Germany 2,287,422 1,837.847 1,244.62 1,667.268 1,371.96 Japan 213,564 72.698 2,937.67 65.951 3,238.22 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,269,272 2,541.081 1,286.57 2,305.231 1,418.20 GRAND TOTAL 159,711,655 265,650.279 601.21 240,993.948 662.72 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Canada 2,166 4.609 469.86 4.182 517.93 Sweden 4,480 9.533 469.90 8.649 517.98 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,646 14.143 469.89 12.831 517.96 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 1,115,081 5,276.832 211.32 4,787.063 232.94 Mexico 18,097,430 84,221.320 214.88 76,404.318 236.86 Brazil 32,951,807 152,610.445 215.92 138,445.906 238.01 Finland 1,475,755 7,055.672 209.16 6,400.800 230.56 United Kingdom 646,004 1,151.022 561.24 1,044.190 618.67 Belgium 213,840 508.562 420.48 461.360 463.50 Federal Republic of Germany 3,118,263 11,902.191 261.99 10,797.490 288.80 Russia 161,730 675.016 239.59 612.365 264.11 Spain 102,646 200.989 510.70 182.335 562.95 India 3,352 8.870 377.89 8.047 416.55 CATEGORY TOTAL 57,885,908 263,610.922 219.59 239,143.874 242.05 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 12,162,992 38,172.450 318.63 34,629.474 351.23 Mexico 31,702 85.613 370.29 77.667 408.18 Trinidad and Tobago 3,927,691 16,373.903 239.88 14,854.160 264.42 Venezuela 263,612 1,074.958 245.23 975.186 270.32 Brazil 5,469,175 21,153.783 258.54 19,190.395 285.00 Argentina 1,626,091 6,420.426 253.27 5,824.515 279.18 United Kingdom 781,802 2,464.320 317.25 2,235.595 349.71 Netherlands 25,022 32.119 779.04 29.138 858.74 Federal Republic of Germany 1,206,101 3,449.241 349.67 3,129.100 385.45 Spain 1,170,622 3,677.792 318.29 3,336.438 350.86 Italy 533,265 1,881.838 283.37 1,707.176 312.37 Turkey 7,989,949 33,279.661 240.09 30,190.810 264.65 Malaysia 3,062,438 11,076.020 276.49 10,048.000 304.78 Japan 3,373,425 9,506.804 354.84 8,624.430 391.15 New Zealand 1,508,566 6,082.155 248.03 5,517.640 273.41 Egypt 1,494,798 6,577.776 227.25 5,967.260 250.50 South Africa 976,285 3,900.097 250.32 3,538.110 275.93 CATEGORY TOTAL 45,603,536 165,208.964 276.04 149,875.094 304.28 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 3,796,131 9,158.750 414.48 8,308.681 456.89 Mexico 734,411 2,222.185 330.49 2,015.933 364.30 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Brazil 1,093,232 4,723.808 231.43 4,285.368 255.11 Norway 23,880 55.625 429.30 50.463 473.22 United Kingdom 2,583,070 9,138.098 282.67 8,289.946 311.59 Luxembourg 1,442,595 3,091.530 466.63 2,804.590 514.37 France 74,625 51.922 1,437.25 47.103 1,584.29 Federal Republic of Germany 1,087,638 1,755.530 619.55 1,592.591 682.94 Poland 157,459 376.676 418.02 341.715 460.79 Russia 3,092 1.396 2,213.90 1.267 2,440.41 Ukraine 14,094 35.567 396.26 32.266 436.81 Spain 147,490 362.731 406.61 329.065 448.21 Korea, South 147,795 325.433 454.15 295.228 500.61 Taiwan 20,276 31.117 651.60 28.229 718.27 South Africa 57,841 57.689 1,002.63 52.335 1,105.21 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,383,629 31,388.063 362.67 28,474.780 399.78 STEEL PILING...........................5 Canada 685,016 1,467.975 466.64 1,331.725 514.38 United Kingdom 259,501 763.602 339.84 692.729 374.61 Luxembourg 2,669,554 5,225.558 510.86 4,740.548 563.13 Federal Republic of Germany 262,826 419.771 626.12 380.810 690.18 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,876,897 7,876.907 492.19 7,145.812 542.54 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 3,391,972 10,800.655 314.05 9,798.193 346.18 Federal Republic of Germany 38,893 2.751 14,135.88 2.496 15,582.13 Czech Republic 135,374 428.493 315.93 388.723 348.25 Slovakia 134,271 451.589 297.33 409.675 327.75 Hungary 43,937 179.379 244.94 162.730 270.00 Romania 2,483,872 8,715.116 285.01 7,906.223 314.17 China 528,689 1,793.151 294.84 1,626.720 325.00 Korea, South 2,274 4.461 509.75 4.047 561.90 Australia 339,919 1,629.988 208.54 1,478.701 229.88 South Africa 327,406 957.623 341.89 868.742 376.87 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,426,607 24,963.210 297.50 22,646.250 327.94 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 5,301,809 17,182.893 308.55 15,588.063 340.12 Mexico 226,202 881.352 256.65 799.550 282.91 Venezuela 872,714 3,570.623 244.42 3,239.216 269.42 France 463,536 1,801.595 257.29 1,634.380 283.62 Federal Republic of Germany 725,352 2,349.311 308.75 2,131.260 340.34 Hungary 85,728 370.056 231.66 335.710 255.36 Turkey 9,187 15.423 595.65 13.992 656.59 Japan 3,708 5.676 653.17 5.150 720.00 New Zealand 58,672 296.224 198.07 268.730 218.33 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 7,746,908 26,473.157 292.63 24,016.051 322.57 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Luxembourg 60,569 118.327 511.88 107.345 564.25 Federal Republic of Germany 30,110 3.254 9,253.16 2.952 10,199.86 Switzerland 7,156 3.290 2,174.81 2.985 2,397.32 Italy 3,586 0.735 4,877.31 0.667 5,376.31 Japan 5,282,226 12,144.094 434.96 11,016.940 479.46 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,383,647 12,269.701 438.78 11,130.889 483.67 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 Canada 158,968 433.990 366.29 393.710 403.77 Belgium 4,127 5.394 765.01 4.894 843.28 Luxembourg 86,159 146.407 588.49 132.819 648.69 Austria 220,837 389.040 567.64 352.932 625.72 Spain 99,039 179.689 551.17 163.012 607.56 Korea, South 143,680 398.941 360.15 361.914 397.00 Japan 47,452 83.949 565.24 76.158 623.07 CATEGORY TOTAL 760,262 1,637.415 464.31 1,485.439 511.81 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 Canada 542,804 873.823 621.18 792.720 684.74 Australia 122,519 203.270 602.74 184.404 664.41 CATEGORY TOTAL 665,323 1,077.094 617.70 977.124 680.90 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 13,030,516 29,842.062 436.65 27,072.271 481.32 Mexico 805,262 2,289.921 351.65 2,077.382 387.63 Brazil 150,633 682.528 220.70 619.180 243.28 Argentina 1,308,106 4,153.901 314.91 3,768.357 347.13 United Kingdom 4,798,924 13,228.416 362.77 12,000.621 399.89 Federal Republic of Germany 712,610 1,306.451 545.45 1,185.193 601.26 Czech Republic 461,692 1,474.875 313.04 1,337.985 345.07 Russia 388,690 1,547.104 251.24 1,403.510 276.94 Spain 316,020 732.078 431.67 664.131 475.84 Italy 4,676 2.132 2,192.25 1.935 2,416.54 Turkey 2,173,409 7,814.980 278.11 7,089.633 306.56 India 112,325 207.467 541.41 188.211 596.80 China 98,478 215.556 456.85 195.550 503.59 Japan 793,509 1,668.472 475.59 1,513.613 524.25 South Africa 628,365 2,061.644 304.79 1,870.293 335.97 CATEGORY TOTAL 25,783,215 67,227.594 383.52 60,987.865 422.76 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 4,012,486 7,593.380 528.42 6,888.601 582.48 Mexico 1,349,955 4,330.042 311.76 3,928.150 343.66 Brazil 907,645 3,908.914 232.20 3,546.109 255.96 Federal Republic of Germany 9,331 2.098 4,445.87 1.904 4,900.74 Turkey 431,137 1,629.119 264.64 1,477.913 291.72 China 51,393 166.622 308.44 151.157 340.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,761,947 17,630.179 383.54 15,993.834 422.78 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 Canada 40,829 140.788 290.00 127.721 319.67 Mexico 2,488,853 9,190.826 270.80 8,337.780 298.50 Dominican Republic 1,630,767 5,705.332 285.83 5,175.792 315.08 Trinidad and Tobago 9,336 28.660 325.75 26.000 359.08 Venezuela 513,111 2,151.910 238.44 1,952.181 262.84 Brazil 6,102,708 24,328.963 250.84 22,070.871 276.51 Uruguay 814,296 3,425.982 237.68 3,108.000 262.00 Federal Republic of Germany 111,479 218.040 511.28 197.803 563.59 Turkey 6,054,435 25,022.999 241.95 22,700.490 266.71 India 42,038 139.000 302.43 126.099 333.37 Japan 2,017,969 7,988.899 252.60 7,247.410 278.44 Egypt 12,164,900 43,954.398 276.76 39,874.771 305.08 CATEGORY TOTAL 31,990,721 122,295.803 261.58 110,944.918 288.35 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 4,531,211 6,767.037 669.60 6,138.955 738.11 Mexico 18,349 25.452 720.92 23.090 794.67 Trinidad and Tobago 54,693 92.978 588.23 84.349 648.41 Brazil 11,943 18.909 631.60 17.154 696.22 United Kingdom 1,058,462 1,482.439 714.00 1,344.847 787.05 France 283,781 378.993 748.78 343.817 825.38 Federal Republic of Germany 186,449 191.579 973.22 173.798 1,072.79 Austria 41,779 36.422 1,147.06 33.042 1,264.42 Switzerland 17,125 20.818 822.60 18.886 906.76 Poland 38,336 72.961 525.42 66.190 579.18 Spain 367,269 822.467 446.55 746.130 492.23 Italy 52,293 91.354 572.42 82.875 630.99 Japan 68,169 48.027 1,419.37 43.570 1,564.59 Egypt 20,930 34.878 600.09 31.641 661.48 South Africa 89,781 233.284 384.86 211.632 424.23 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,840,570 10,317.604 663.00 9,359.976 730.83 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 15,092,399 28,095.760 537.18 25,488.052 592.14 Mexico 2,762,404 6,173.863 447.44 5,600.836 493.21 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Guatemala 733,531 1,812.015 404.82 1,643.833 446.23 Dominican Republic 92,251 264.822 348.35 240.243 383.99 Colombia 375,446 1,108.785 338.61 1,005.874 373.25 Venezuela 698,497 1,952.172 357.80 1,770.982 394.41 Chile 143,060 250.641 570.78 227.378 629.17 Argentina 465,532 1,478.016 314.97 1,340.834 347.20 Sweden 3,138 0.132 23,722.89 0.120 26,150.00 Norway 3,388 0.579 5,843.24 0.526 6,441.06 Denmark 40,259 6.262 6,428.86 5.681 7,086.60 United Kingdom 33,685 14.690 2,292.98 13.327 2,527.58 Netherlands 9,920 0.723 13,718.41 0.656 15,121.95 France 22,720 24.366 932.42 22.105 1,027.82 Federal Republic of Germany 640,212 508.729 1,258.45 461.512 1,387.21 Slovakia 89,209 140.846 633.38 127.774 698.18 Russia 8,439 29.410 286.94 26.681 316.29 Ukraine 157,780 115.490 1,366.18 104.771 1,505.95 Spain 711,360 1,091.878 651.50 990.536 718.16 Italy 148,340 141.695 1,046.89 128.544 1,154.00 Romania 18,427 26.475 696.01 24.018 767.22 Turkey 172,120 410.960 418.82 372.817 461.67 United Arab Emirates 146,352 394.156 371.30 357.573 409.29 Oman 486,580 1,453.792 334.70 1,318.859 368.94 India 3,655,545 8,947.729 408.54 8,117.246 450.34 Pakistan 148,624 408.378 363.94 370.475 401.17 Thailand 4,243,896 11,045.851 384.21 10,020.631 423.52 Indonesia 1,059,054 2,807.079 377.28 2,546.540 415.88 Philippines 9,621 23.939 401.88 21.718 443.00 China 4,363,048 11,391.155 383.02 10,333.885 422.21 Korea, South 1,200,106 2,686.426 446.73 2,437.086 492.43 Taiwan 6,825 1.102 6,191.54 1.000 6,825.00 Japan 16,113 19.459 828.04 17.653 912.76 South Africa 518,508 1,326.236 390.96 1,203.142 430.96 CATEGORY TOTAL 38,276,389 84,153.627 454.84 76,342.908 501.37 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 952,586 1,655.248 575.49 1,501.617 634.37 Mexico 1,033,764 2,284.367 452.54 2,072.344 498.84 Colombia 3,820,007 7,261.191 526.09 6,587.244 579.91 Venezuela 3,795,783 9,923.490 382.50 9,002.442 421.64 Brazil 472,190 1,106.687 426.67 1,003.970 470.32 United Kingdom 456,185 989.523 461.01 897.681 508.18 Ireland 2,131 0.238 8,950.05 0.216 9,865.74 Federal Republic of Germany 1,186,662 2,311.635 513.34 2,097.081 565.86 Austria 1,603,698 2,199.951 728.97 1,995.763 803.55 Italy 26,349 22.763 1,157.49 20.651 1,275.92 Romania 2,535 1.373 1,845.68 1.246 2,034.51 India 59,648 121.039 492.80 109.805 543.22 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Indonesia 500,847 720.216 695.41 653.370 766.56 China 1,605,061 3,560.045 450.85 3,229.620 496.98 Korea, South 4,341,848 9,957.233 436.05 9,033.053 480.66 Japan 262,406 479.767 546.94 435.238 602.90 South Africa 409,784 910.404 450.11 825.905 496.16 CATEGORY TOTAL 20,531,484 43,505.179 471.93 39,467.246 520.22 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 16,893 24.008 703.63 21.780 775.62 Brazil 1,315,723 2,230.606 589.85 2,023.573 650.20 United Kingdom 12,140,538 17,515.075 693.15 15,889.414 764.06 Federal Republic of Germany 159,444 172.340 925.17 156.345 1,019.82 Korea, South 543,180 1,485.329 365.70 1,347.469 403.11 Taiwan 8,325 24.021 346.56 21.792 382.02 Japan 6,091,407 11,592.024 525.48 10,516.111 579.25 CATEGORY TOTAL 20,275,510 33,043.408 613.60 29,976.484 676.38 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 1,549,271 1,625.669 953.00 1,474.783 1,050.51 Mexico 2,069,290 4,013.125 515.63 3,640.647 568.39 Colombia 410,160 1,208.563 339.38 1,096.391 374.10 Brazil 296,344 516.061 574.24 468.163 632.99 United Kingdom 2,567 0.088 29,109.30 0.080 32,087.50 France 441,402 857.886 514.52 778.262 567.16 Federal Republic of Germany 656,011 942.363 696.13 854.898 767.36 Austria 540,686 975.245 554.41 884.728 611.13 Slovakia 256,034 696.637 367.53 631.979 405.13 Hungary 2,264 0.192 11,736.38 0.175 12,937.14 Italy 1,773,340 1,715.833 1,033.52 1,556.578 1,139.26 Turkey 111,847 327.375 341.65 296.990 376.60 China 676,038 1,643.817 411.26 1,491.247 453.34 Korea, South 626,285 1,844.495 339.54 1,673.299 374.28 Taiwan 130,995 391.188 334.86 354.880 369.12 Japan 1,315,470 2,151.241 611.49 1,951.574 674.06 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,858,004 18,909.785 574.20 17,154.674 632.95 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Canada 847,976 1,654.825 512.43 1,501.233 564.85 Mexico 804,500 1,623.604 495.50 1,472.910 546.20 Colombia 429,612 1,257.596 341.61 1,140.873 376.56 Venezuela 118,133 329.670 358.34 299.072 395.00 Switzerland 11,652 0.170 68,196.90 0.155 75,174.19 China 525,926 1,494.160 351.99 1,355.480 388.00 Korea, South 1,075,218 3,254.793 330.35 2,952.700 364.15 Taiwan 756,670 2,086.776 362.60 1,893.092 399.70 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE South Africa 617,880 1,714.118 360.47 1,555.023 397.34 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,187,567 13,415.717 386.68 12,170.538 426.24 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 6,133,759 8,377.792 732.14 7,600.208 807.05 Mexico 6,718,465 14,523.205 462.60 13,175.234 509.93 Dominican Republic 180,157 477.914 376.96 433.557 415.53 Venezuela 161,234 284.638 566.45 258.220 624.41 Brazil 30,058 36.822 816.29 33.405 899.81 Argentina 73,069 68.996 1,059.02 62.593 1,167.37 Sweden 125,337 129.605 967.07 117.576 1,066.01 Finland 5,756 0.978 5,880.36 0.888 6,481.98 Denmark 5,966 5.511 1,082.45 5.000 1,193.20 Belgium 43,820 38.461 1,139.31 34.892 1,255.88 France 275,459 331.839 830.10 301.040 915.02 Federal Republic of Germany 873,066 603.411 1,446.88 547.406 1,594.91 Austria 92,160 41.895 2,199.76 38.007 2,424.82 Hungary 4,251 1.302 3,262.64 1.182 3,596.45 Switzerland 372,023 241.077 1,543.17 218.702 1,701.05 Spain 386,789 434.512 890.17 394.183 981.24 Italy 451,404 456.435 988.98 414.071 1,090.16 Romania 164,668 215.366 764.60 195.377 842.82 Turkey 1,037,342 3,348.848 309.76 3,038.025 341.45 Israel 147,000 16.534 8,890.41 15.000 9,800.00 India 236,802 238.753 991.82 216.594 1,093.30 China 181,581 312.656 580.77 283.637 640.19 Korea, South 239,105 452.607 528.28 410.599 582.33 Taiwan 86,339 48.546 1,778.47 44.041 1,960.42 Japan 501,810 328.286 1,528.57 297.817 1,684.96 Australia 29,185 68.460 426.31 62.106 469.92 CATEGORY TOTAL 18,556,605 31,084.464 596.97 28,199.360 658.05 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 121,243 429.614 282.21 389.740 311.09 Mexico 358,169 360.856 992.55 327.364 1,094.10 Brazil 112,261 169.351 662.89 153.633 730.71 Argentina 200,431 201.879 992.83 183.142 1,094.40 Netherlands 5,929 2.083 2,845.87 1.890 3,137.04 France 465,964 624.054 746.67 566.133 823.06 Federal Republic of Germany 761,492 929.726 819.05 843.434 902.85 Slovakia 488,200 704.160 693.31 638.804 764.24 Italy 36,778 39.074 941.22 35.448 1,037.52 Romania 87,499 107.187 816.32 97.239 899.83 India 33,905 16.997 1,994.69 15.420 2,198.77 China 66,852 100.073 668.03 90.785 736.38 Taiwan 15,162 1.069 14,180.14 0.970 15,630.93 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 2,753,885 3,686.130 747.09 3,344.002 823.53 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 862,277 561.587 1,535.43 509.464 1,692.52 Mexico 298,629 181.431 1,645.96 164.592 1,814.36 India 195,823 227.864 859.38 206.715 947.31 Vietnam 30,220 30.193 1,000.88 27.391 1,103.28 Japan 241,074 78.255 3,080.61 70.992 3,395.79 South Africa 14,369 50.701 283.40 45.996 312.40 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,642,392 1,130.034 1,453.40 1,025.150 1,602.10 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 9,681,856 23,495.046 412.08 21,314.354 454.24 Mexico 2,122,776 2,056.360 1,032.30 1,865.499 1,137.91 Colombia 15,052 21.507 699.86 19.511 771.46 Finland 5,990 5.084 1,177.98 4.613 1,298.50 Federal Republic of Germany 166,228 169.881 978.49 154.114 1,078.60 Austria 94,093 131.608 714.95 119.393 788.09 Greece 3,762,624 9,870.274 381.21 8,954.165 420.21 Turkey 1,176,244 3,749.723 313.69 3,401.693 345.78 Korea, South 25,131 46.093 545.22 41.815 601.00 Japan 4,860 5.357 907.18 4.860 1,000.00 Australia 2,250 5.380 418.19 4.881 460.97 CATEGORY TOTAL 17,057,104 39,556.317 431.21 35,884.898 475.33 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 261,313 488.120 535.34 442.816 590.12 Mexico 108,690 110.815 980.82 100.530 1,081.17 Korea, South 583,099 1,445.807 403.30 1,311.615 444.57 Japan 61,322 156.776 391.14 142.225 431.16 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,014,424 2,201.520 460.78 1,997.186 507.93 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 10,805,614 19,613.021 550.94 17,792.639 607.31 Mexico 2,507,324 3,967.232 632.01 3,599.014 696.67 Honduras 25,398 67.501 376.26 61.236 414.76 Dominican Republic 65,108 151.899 428.63 137.801 472.48 Trinidad and Tobago 111,835 243.393 459.48 220.803 506.49 Colombia 23,199 16.498 1,406.15 14.967 1,550.01 Venezuela 339,916 669.144 507.99 607.038 559.96 Ecuador 45,334 85.332 531.27 77.412 585.62 Chile 136,287 302.037 451.23 274.004 497.39 Brazil 204,860 364.356 562.25 330.539 619.78 Argentina 244,198 692.938 352.41 628.623 388.46 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Sweden 162,788 78.434 2,075.45 71.155 2,287.79 Norway 26,867 2.082 12,902.77 1.889 14,222.87 United Kingdom 455,426 463.542 982.49 420.519 1,083.01 Netherlands 56,092 114.618 489.38 103.980 539.45 Belgium 840,102 794.406 1,057.52 720.674 1,165.72 Luxembourg 342,487 403.883 847.98 366.397 934.74 France 1,388,782 1,637.015 848.36 1,485.076 935.16 Federal Republic of Germany 542,303 477.648 1,135.36 433.316 1,251.52 Austria 597,287 153.028 3,903.11 138.825 4,302.45 Czech Republic 17,435 33.914 514.08 30.767 566.68 Switzerland 4,737 0.044 107,433.38 0.040 118,425.00 Belarus 307,921 377.547 815.58 342.505 899.03 Spain 117,970 231.143 510.38 209.690 562.59 Italy 501,113 728.968 687.43 661.309 757.76 Greece 548,959 1,022.371 536.95 927.480 591.88 Israel 110,048 252.580 435.70 229.137 480.27 India 189,379 348.648 543.18 316.289 598.75 Thailand 37,018 17.461 2,119.95 15.841 2,336.85 Indonesia 3,900 3.306 1,179.34 3.000 1,300.00 China 1,525,867 2,564.020 595.11 2,326.041 655.99 Korea, South 1,305,288 2,320.955 562.39 2,105.536 619.93 Taiwan 447,641 741.104 604.02 672.319 665.82 Japan 2,226,569 3,124.916 712.52 2,834.877 785.42 Australia 79,617 119.274 667.51 108.204 735.80 New Zealand 18,576 44.075 421.45 39.985 464.57 South Africa 755,582 1,833.616 412.07 1,663.429 454.23 CATEGORY TOTAL 27,118,827 44,061.967 615.47 39,972.356 678.44 BLACK PLATE...........................28 Canada 160,183 350.365 457.19 317.846 503.96 Chile 197,006 586.484 335.91 532.050 370.28 Belgium 13,311 16.173 823.03 14.672 907.24 France 9,189 17.791 516.49 16.140 569.33 Federal Republic of Germany 583,455 520.409 1,121.15 472.108 1,235.85 Japan 1,771,616 1,955.290 906.06 1,773.810 998.76 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,734,760 3,446.514 793.49 3,126.626 874.67 TIN PLATE.............................29 Canada 4,064,497 6,935.507 586.04 6,291.788 646.00 Brazil 2,047,651 3,550.844 576.67 3,221.273 635.67 Argentina 243,050 533.075 455.94 483.598 502.59 Norway 89,837 208.518 430.83 189.165 474.91 Netherlands 705,856 1,394.619 506.13 1,265.178 557.91 France 72,815 61.133 1,191.09 55.459 1,312.95 Federal Republic of Germany 5,213,438 9,566.203 544.99 8,678.316 600.74 Japan 2,728 3.682 740.74 3.341 816.52 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 12,439,872 22,253.584 559.01 20,188.118 616.20 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A Canada 1,071,170 1,865.679 574.14 1,692.516 632.89 Netherlands 627,392 1,294.508 484.66 1,174.359 534.24 France 20,648 38.381 537.97 34.819 593.01 Federal Republic of Germany 420,769 864.670 486.62 784.416 536.41 Japan 772,679 1,032.739 748.18 936.886 824.73 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,912,658 5,095.979 571.56 4,622.996 630.04 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 10,274,562 31,319.741 328.05 28,412.800 361.62 Mexico 2,505,826 8,516.513 294.23 7,726.053 324.33 Venezuela 510,490 2,352.209 217.03 2,133.889 239.23 Netherlands 13,787 48.832 282.33 44.300 311.22 France 2,216,723 8,357.886 265.23 7,582.149 292.36 Austria 868,060 2,173.625 399.36 1,971.880 440.22 Slovakia 183,822 588.047 312.60 533.468 344.58 Hungary 246,936 1,054.360 234.20 956.500 258.17 Korea, South 18,306,163 62,862.078 291.21 57,027.534 321.01 Japan 212,799 415.270 512.43 376.727 564.86 Australia 5,245,290 23,234.456 225.75 21,077.950 248.85 New Zealand 382,775 1,998.941 191.49 1,813.410 211.08 CATEGORY TOTAL 40,967,233 142,921.962 286.64 129,656.660 315.97 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 8,565,534 19,159.438 447.07 17,381.155 492.81 Mexico 4,357,206 12,194.566 357.31 11,062.728 393.86 Venezuela 155,955 462.733 337.03 419.785 371.51 Argentina 4,133,517 13,694.024 301.85 12,423.014 332.73 Sweden 131,087 213.300 614.56 193.503 677.44 Netherlands 11,459 36.393 314.86 33.016 347.07 Belgium 474,056 1,253.118 378.30 1,136.810 417.01 Luxembourg 1,007,312 2,296.334 438.66 2,083.200 483.54 France 474,770 908.680 522.48 824.341 575.94 Federal Republic of Germany 205,271 667.530 307.51 605.574 338.97 China 180,748 551.932 327.48 500.705 360.99 Japan 1,274,584 2,576.014 494.79 2,336.922 545.41 CATEGORY TOTAL 20,971,499 54,014.069 388.26 49,000.753 427.98 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 14,140,256 27,460.028 514.94 24,911.326 567.62 Mexico 9,505,422 16,689.689 569.54 15,140.636 627.81 Guatemala 426,321 601.762 708.45 545.910 780.94 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Colombia 92,842 241.503 384.43 219.088 423.77 Venezuela 994,074 1,916.636 518.66 1,738.744 571.72 Brazil 18,796 53.511 351.25 48.545 387.19 Argentina 2,312,752 5,637.858 410.22 5,114.581 452.19 Sweden 7,273 13.581 535.50 12.321 590.29 United Kingdom 10,177 10.976 927.14 9.958 1,021.99 Belgium 411,712 776.892 529.95 704.785 584.17 France 37,607 48.724 771.83 44.202 850.80 Federal Republic of Germany 374,395 879.203 425.83 797.600 469.40 Austria 33,953 39.500 859.56 35.834 947.51 Estonia 1,787,437 4,608.257 387.88 4,180.542 427.56 Spain 24,334 45.511 534.68 41.287 589.39 India 2,027,487 4,315.672 469.80 3,915.113 517.86 Indonesia 130,323 300.038 434.35 272.190 478.79 Korea, South 443,189 896.827 494.17 813.588 544.73 Taiwan 3,943,609 6,012.555 655.90 5,454.500 723.00 Japan 38,129 63.184 603.46 57.320 665.20 Australia 6,292 6.935 907.18 6.292 1,000.00 New Zealand 29,092 44.136 659.14 40.040 726.57 South Africa 1,351,188 3,166.066 426.77 2,872.208 470.44 CATEGORY TOTAL 38,146,660 73,829.053 516.69 66,976.610 569.55 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 60,206 77.600 775.85 70.398 855.22 Argentina 1,571,054 3,583.976 438.35 3,251.330 483.20 Belgium 175,433 429.614 408.35 389.740 450.13 Luxembourg 530,043 1,290.012 410.88 1,170.280 452.92 Federal Republic of Germany 1,944,496 4,723.318 411.68 4,284.924 453.80 Spain 101,032 199.231 507.11 180.740 558.99 Korea, South 153,036 356.707 429.02 323.600 472.92 Japan 120,262 185.165 649.49 167.979 715.93 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,655,562 10,845.628 429.26 9,838.991 473.17 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 Canada 7,761,950 10,341.817 750.54 9,381.942 827.33 Mexico 5,454,093 9,356.488 582.92 8,488.066 642.56 Brazil 2,679 5.129 522.32 4.653 575.76 United Kingdom 94,796 249.723 379.60 226.545 418.44 Belgium 47,121 24.428 1,928.95 22.161 2,126.30 Luxembourg 302,942 707.383 428.26 641.728 472.07 France 38,333 13.576 2,823.57 12.316 3,112.46 Federal Republic of Germany 254,866 149.028 1,710.19 135.196 1,885.16 Austria 17,991 15.261 1,178.85 13.845 1,299.46 Poland 25,240 41.050 614.86 37.240 677.77 China 8,860 0.369 23,993.01 0.335 26,447.76 Korea, South 1,821,353 4,007.771 454.46 3,635.790 500.95 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Hong Kong 8,586 14.113 608.33 12.804 670.57 Taiwan 161,540 347.746 464.53 315.470 512.06 Japan 1,654,045 1,219.879 1,355.91 1,106.656 1,494.63 CATEGORY TOTAL 17,654,395 26,493.766 666.36 24,034.747 734.54 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 2,571,613 7,538.450 341.13 6,838.769 376.03 Mexico 238,264 479.725 496.67 435.200 547.48 Federal Republic of Germany 405,410 754.634 537.23 684.593 592.19 Australia 6,251 9.844 634.96 8.931 699.92 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,221,538 8,782.655 366.81 7,967.493 404.34 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 1,830,254 3,112.673 588.00 2,823.771 648.16 Mexico 278,846 443.500 628.74 402.337 693.07 Chile 25,691 21.504 1,194.65 19.509 1,316.88 Brazil 97,854 123.114 794.82 111.688 876.14 Sweden 840,923 236.184 3,560.45 214.263 3,924.72 United Kingdom 880,112 516.172 1,705.07 468.264 1,879.52 France 292,035 140.417 2,079.76 127.385 2,292.54 Federal Republic of Germany 2,292,067 2,317.052 989.22 2,101.995 1,090.42 Austria 264,063 45.487 5,805.12 41.266 6,399.05 Switzerland 113,491 117.585 965.18 106.672 1,063.92 Spain 19,922 2.744 7,258.21 2.490 8,000.80 Italy 95,860 21.081 4,547.07 19.125 5,012.29 India 217,906 424.676 513.11 385.260 565.61 Korea, South 33,631 20.254 1,660.38 18.375 1,830.26 Taiwan 168,450 93.768 1,796.45 85.065 1,980.25 Japan 380,853 297.101 1,281.90 269.526 1,413.05 Australia 4,346 5.596 776.57 5.077 856.02 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,836,304 7,938.918 987.07 7,202.068 1,088.06 GRAND TOTAL 526,928,488 1,422,361.047 370.46 1,290,344.601 408.36 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Canada 1,886,151 1,513.679 1,246.07 1,373.187 1,373.56 United Kingdom 95,007 35.476 2,678.01 32.184 2,951.99 Federal Republic of Germany 42,839 34.599 1,238.15 31.388 1,364.82 Austria 108,992 173.119 629.58 157.051 693.99 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,132,989 1,756.874 1,214.08 1,593.810 1,338.30 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 2,659,757 1,893.629 1,404.58 1,717.872 1,548.29 Sweden 2,947,327 1,844.214 1,598.15 1,673.044 1,761.66 United Kingdom 4,122,112 3,180.691 1,295.98 2,885.476 1,428.57 Federal Republic of Germany 53,785 8.800 6,111.34 7.984 6,736.60 Spain 5,483,351 4,430.697 1,237.58 4,019.462 1,364.20 Italy 3,420 1.104 3,096.38 1.002 3,413.17 India 79,290 90.078 880.23 81.718 970.29 Taiwan 13,637 1.166 11,693.08 1.058 12,889.41 Japan 31,965 3.052 10,472.43 2.769 11,543.88 CATEGORY TOTAL 15,394,644 11,453.435 1,344.11 10,390.385 1,481.62 WIRE RODS..............................3 Sweden 430,211 203.112 2,118.09 184.261 2,334.79 United Kingdom 716,418 497.021 1,441.42 450.890 1,588.90 France 783,042 443.394 1,766.02 402.241 1,946.70 Austria 4,427 1.730 2,558.03 1.570 2,819.75 Italy 1,028,237 736.232 1,396.62 667.899 1,539.51 India 193,538 142.749 1,355.79 129.500 1,494.50 China 154,795 203.937 759.03 185.009 836.69 Korea, South 52,021 40.154 1,295.51 36.428 1,428.05 Taiwan 989,152 537.501 1,840.28 487.613 2,028.56 Japan 18,998 6.878 2,761.97 6.240 3,044.55 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,370,839 2,812.712 1,553.96 2,551.651 1,712.95 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Federal Republic of Germany 218,250 41.684 5,235.70 37.816 5,771.37 Italy 40,197 19.421 2,069.70 17.619 2,281.46 India 199,630 82.550 2,418.26 74.889 2,665.68 Japan 12,125 3.111 3,896.43 2.823 4,295.08 CATEGORY TOTAL 470,202 146.769 3,203.68 133.147 3,531.45 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 73,418 66.617 1,102.09 60.434 1,214.85 Sweden 100,899 61.299 1,646.00 55.610 1,814.40 Belgium 1,051,706 556.753 1,889.00 505.078 2,082.26 France 766,845 298.062 2,572.76 270.398 2,835.99 Federal Republic of Germany 123,102 54.746 2,248.59 49.665 2,478.65 Austria 83,422 25.322 3,294.41 22.972 3,631.46 Italy 16,068 7.598 2,114.70 6.893 2,331.06 Korea, South 256,781 171.762 1,494.98 155.820 1,647.93 Taiwan 887,379 562.032 1,578.88 509.867 1,740.41 Japan 129,797 76.421 1,698.45 69.328 1,872.22 South Africa 396,059 351.436 1,126.97 318.818 1,242.27 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,885,476 2,232.050 1,740.77 2,024.883 1,918.86 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 72,402 35.972 2,012.69 32.634 2,218.61 Mexico 40,004 44.096 907.18 40.004 1,000.00 Sweden 294,555 146.486 2,010.81 132.890 2,216.53 Belgium 1,249,501 747.926 1,670.62 678.508 1,841.54 Federal Republic of Germany 1,561,256 1,042.547 1,497.54 945.783 1,650.75 Japan 7,274 4.069 1,787.34 3.692 1,970.21 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,224,992 2,021.099 1,595.66 1,833.511 1,758.92 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 191,229 116.944 1,635.22 106.090 1,802.52 Mexico 106,236 55.694 1,907.49 50.525 2,102.64 Trinidad and Tobago 27,616 19.025 1,451.50 17.260 1,600.00 Brazil 71,285 42.367 1,682.55 38.435 1,854.69 Sweden 12,453 5.352 2,326.44 4.856 2,564.46 United Kingdom 20,473 7.882 2,597.23 7.151 2,862.96 Belgium 2,968 0.559 5,300.25 0.508 5,842.52 France 82,913 9.969 8,316.83 9.044 9,167.74 Federal Republic of Germany 368,751 246.270 1,497.34 223.413 1,650.54 Austria 268,889 118.778 2,263.79 107.754 2,495.40 Portugal 97,167 29.041 3,345.80 26.346 3,688.11 Italy 470,903 252.086 1,868.02 228.689 2,059.14 India 184,281 52.239 3,527.61 47.391 3,888.52 China 15,954 12.533 1,272.93 11.370 1,403.17 Taiwan 512,571 279.505 1,833.85 253.563 2,021.47 Japan 15,058 0.310 48,441.11 0.282 53,397.16 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,448,747 1,248.562 1,961.25 1,132.677 2,161.91 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A France 8,163 4.181 1,952.37 3.793 2,152.12 Italy 21,782 10.897 1,998.82 9.886 2,203.32 India 778,623 401.992 1,936.91 364.682 2,135.07 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 17,058 4.217 4,044.63 3.826 4,458.44 CATEGORY TOTAL 825,626 421.288 1,959.76 382.187 2,160.27 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 900,810 317.023 2,841.46 287.599 3,132.17 Brazil 5,656 3.218 1,757.20 2.920 1,936.99 Sweden 346,857 146.781 2,363.08 133.158 2,604.85 Denmark 2,548 1.947 1,308.15 1.767 1,441.99 United Kingdom 308,019 60.452 5,095.19 54.842 5,616.48 France 411,349 184.152 2,233.75 167.060 2,462.28 Federal Republic of Germany 468,324 181.417 2,581.47 164.579 2,845.59 Austria 168,048 75.793 2,217.17 68.759 2,444.01 Switzerland 211,638 71.523 2,959.00 64.885 3,261.74 Latvia 145,717 82.483 1,766.62 74.828 1,947.36 Russia 54,184 24.949 2,171.73 22.634 2,393.92 Spain 11,104 5.285 2,100.81 4.795 2,315.75 Italy 1,302,525 590.847 2,204.50 536.008 2,430.05 Slovenia 81,353 48.244 1,686.25 43.767 1,858.77 Saudi Arabia 134,229 67.152 1,998.86 60.920 2,203.37 United Arab Emirates 83,241 31.693 2,626.43 28.752 2,895.14 India 1,135,413 680.705 1,667.99 617.526 1,838.65 China 244,222 117.849 2,072.33 106.911 2,284.35 Korea, South 23,654 7.695 3,073.85 6.981 3,388.34 Taiwan 864,135 463.465 1,864.51 420.449 2,055.27 Japan 156,606 44.930 3,485.54 40.760 3,842.15 Australia 4,120 1.753 2,349.22 1.591 2,589.57 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,063,752 3,209.368 2,200.98 2,911.491 2,426.16 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D Canada 6,301,679 1,453.016 4,336.96 1,318.155 4,780.68 Mexico 213,265 90.720 2,350.80 82.300 2,591.31 Brazil 263,164 161.382 1,630.68 146.404 1,797.52 Sweden 757,593 152.096 4,980.99 137.980 5,490.60 Finland 128,652 65.454 1,965.53 59.379 2,166.62 Denmark 3,026 0.203 14,838.60 0.185 16,356.76 United Kingdom 168,642 29.387 5,738.54 26.660 6,325.66 Netherlands 24,305 1.682 14,448.97 1.526 15,927.26 France 1,560,520 378.945 4,118.06 343.774 4,539.38 Federal Republic of Germany 1,244,621 118.603 10,494.00 107.595 11,567.65 Austria 656,029 114.596 5,724.70 103.960 6,310.40 Switzerland 20,857 0.100 207,924.81 0.091 229,197.80 Ukraine 31,958 9.720 3,287.80 8.818 3,624.18 Spain 1,064,228 246.164 4,323.23 223.317 4,765.55 Italy 597,347 288.529 2,070.31 261.750 2,282.13 India 119,434 43.726 2,731.39 39.668 3,010.84 Thailand 41,003 21.596 1,898.60 19.592 2,092.84 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Malaysia 160,707 96.348 1,667.97 87.406 1,838.63 Singapore 207,826 94.648 2,195.76 85.864 2,420.41 China 1,432,389 609.827 2,348.84 553.226 2,589.16 Korea, South 2,744,812 1,011.857 2,712.65 917.942 2,990.18 Taiwan 3,423,348 1,747.375 1,959.14 1,585.193 2,159.58 Japan 3,481,209 1,291.388 2,695.71 1,171.528 2,971.51 South Africa 235,434 148.222 1,588.39 134.465 1,750.89 CATEGORY TOTAL 24,882,048 8,175.595 3,043.45 7,416.778 3,354.83 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 12,483 2.238 5,575.77 2.031 6,146.23 Mexico 5,840 1.102 5,297.96 1.000 5,840.00 Sweden 1,147,017 179.340 6,395.75 162.695 7,050.11 Denmark 47,014 1.591 29,536.28 1.444 32,558.17 United Kingdom 126,486 43.282 2,922.35 39.265 3,221.34 Netherlands 16,962 2.797 6,062.91 2.538 6,683.22 Belgium 34,027 3.740 9,097.78 3.393 10,028.59 France 499,717 147.208 3,394.63 133.545 3,741.94 Federal Republic of Germany 418,363 57.721 7,247.97 52.364 7,989.52 Switzerland 249,887 62.848 3,976.04 57.015 4,382.83 Spain 19,934 1.695 11,758.01 1.538 12,960.99 Italy 66,344 13.867 4,784.28 12.580 5,273.77 India 1,696,726 982.589 1,726.79 891.390 1,903.46 Thailand 36,790 19.712 1,866.32 17.883 2,057.26 Indonesia 12,534 6.016 2,083.30 5.458 2,296.45 China 600,569 225.990 2,657.50 205.015 2,929.39 Korea, South 808,800 301.084 2,686.29 273.139 2,961.13 Taiwan 644,875 209.744 3,074.58 190.277 3,389.14 Japan 614,180 96.836 6,342.42 87.849 6,991.31 Australia 26,697 6.718 3,973.60 6.095 4,380.15 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,085,245 2,366.125 2,994.45 2,146.514 3,300.81 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 2,678 0.660 4,055.83 0.599 4,470.78 Brazil 218,589 337.385 647.89 306.071 714.18 Belgium 32,326 24.085 1,342.14 21.850 1,479.45 Federal Republic of Germany 39,488 4.711 8,381.59 4.274 9,239.12 Austria 6,290 1.450 4,336.01 1.316 4,779.64 Italy 75,564 49.910 1,513.99 45.278 1,668.89 India 152,514 95.877 1,590.71 86.979 1,753.46 Korea, South 2,456 5.080 483.41 4.609 532.87 Taiwan 56,021 36.209 1,547.12 32.849 1,705.41 Japan 110,618 69.707 1,586.88 63.238 1,749.23 South Africa 161,028 157.015 1,025.56 142.442 1,130.48 CATEGORY TOTAL 857,572 782.095 1,096.51 709.505 1,208.69 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 1,945,881 1,078.117 1,804.89 978.052 1,989.55 Mexico 13,131,541 8,852.530 1,483.37 8,030.883 1,635.13 Brazil 2,008,528 1,276.755 1,573.15 1,158.253 1,734.10 Sweden 326,526 157.495 2,073.23 142.878 2,285.35 Finland 579,122 188.250 3,076.34 170.778 3,391.08 United Kingdom 200,508 56.407 3,554.64 51.172 3,918.31 Belgium 1,430,546 857.007 1,669.23 777.464 1,840.02 France 1,188,029 720.673 1,648.50 653.784 1,817.16 Federal Republic of Germany 1,082,523 628.169 1,723.30 569.866 1,899.61 Austria 14,700 0.507 28,990.48 0.460 31,956.52 Switzerland 252,712 23.150 10,915.94 21.002 12,032.76 Italy 3,469,197 2,557.736 1,356.35 2,320.340 1,495.12 India 173,048 91.176 1,897.94 82.714 2,092.12 Thailand 418,271 209.983 1,991.92 190.494 2,195.72 China 1,179,200 859.088 1,372.62 779.352 1,513.05 Korea, South 304,656 149.808 2,033.64 135.904 2,241.70 Taiwan 3,034,255 1,859.650 1,631.63 1,687.047 1,798.56 Japan 816,519 408.563 1,998.51 370.643 2,202.98 South Africa 149,945 109.591 1,368.21 99.420 1,508.20 CATEGORY TOTAL 31,705,707 20,084.664 1,578.60 18,220.506 1,740.11 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Federal Republic of Germany 17,293 8.217 2,104.35 7.455 2,319.65 Austria 8,827 1.658 5,320.75 1.505 5,865.12 Slovenia 61,496 45.216 1,360.03 41.020 1,499.17 Japan 38,482 1.333 28,851.48 1.210 31,803.31 CATEGORY TOTAL 126,098 56.427 2,234.70 51.190 2,463.33 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 658,300 320.247 2,055.60 290.524 2,265.91 Mexico 1,520,705 1,025.153 1,483.39 930.004 1,635.16 Argentina 3,504 1.151 3,041.89 1.045 3,353.11 Sweden 1,533,293 216.369 7,086.46 196.287 7,811.49 Finland 188,745 116.661 1,617.88 105.834 1,783.41 Denmark 13,420 2.204 6,087.21 2.000 6,710.00 United Kingdom 126,000 35.146 3,585.04 31.884 3,951.83 Belgium 48,915 26.265 1,862.30 23.828 2,052.84 France 378,615 141.458 2,676.51 128.329 2,950.35 Federal Republic of Germany 457,807 71.986 6,359.63 65.305 7,010.29 India 134,156 68.234 1,966.11 61.901 2,167.27 Thailand 4,059 3.701 1,096.56 3.358 1,208.76 Indonesia 353,866 177.467 1,993.97 160.996 2,197.98 China 3,881 0.443 8,758.17 0.402 9,654.23 Korea, South 492,652 372.120 1,323.91 337.582 1,459.36 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Taiwan 82,313 50.215 1,639.19 45.555 1,806.89 Japan 2,248,064 369.003 6,092.26 334.754 6,715.57 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,248,295 2,997.831 2,751.42 2,719.588 3,032.92 GRAND TOTAL 112,722,232 59,764.902 1,886.09 54,217.823 2,079.06