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RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - 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 1,944,026 1,604.347 1,211.72 1,455.440 1,335.70 Mexico 187,017 246.234 759.51 223.380 837.21 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 Slovakia 7,899 7.508 1,051.95 6.812 1,159.57 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,281,268 1,937.700 1,177.31 1,757.853 1,297.76 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 5,163,406 11,195.065 461.22 10,155.995 508.41 Mexico 8,811,157 43,503.323 202.54 39,465.562 223.26 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 4,735,072 4,113.033 1,151.24 3,731.282 1,269.02 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 5,208,644 4,382.098 1,188.62 3,975.374 1,310.23 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 690,710 2,214.256 311.94 2,008.740 343.85 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 68,211,295 248,472.999 274.52 225,410.977 302.61 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 11,815,104 37,039.078 318.99 33,601.296 351.63 Mexico 31,702 85.613 370.29 77.667 408.18 Trinidad and Tobago 1,763,164 7,380.115 238.91 6,695.130 263.35 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 1,253,069 4,727.874 265.04 4,289.057 292.15 Sweden 430,211 203.112 2,118.09 184.261 2,334.79 United Kingdom 1,471,634 2,929.040 502.43 2,657.182 553.83 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 1,373,241 2,487.509 552.05 2,256.631 608.54 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 27/09/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Turkey 6,797,365 28,328.257 239.95 25,698.970 264.50 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 114,716 131.221 874.22 119.042 963.66 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 2,100,671 5,829.448 360.36 5,288.388 397.22 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 388,056 1,648.673 235.37 1,495.652 259.46 CATEGORY TOTAL 43,761,447 145,079.322 301.64 131,613.785 332.50 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 3,643,863 8,717.284 418.00 7,908.190 460.77 Mexico 721,829 2,181.755 330.85 1,979.256 364.70 Brazil 1,090,501 4,714.952 231.29 4,277.334 254.95 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 1,709,335 3,765.772 453.91 3,416.252 500.35 France 74,625 51.922 1,437.25 47.103 1,584.29 Federal Republic of Germany 1,298,778 1,777.415 730.71 1,612.445 805.47 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 7,813,087 26,946.185 289.95 24,445.175 319.62 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 141,091 313.802 449.62 284.677 495.62 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 20,438,231 59,906.617 341.17 54,346.385 376.07 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 2,477,069 4,804.918 515.53 4,358.950 568.27 Federal Republic of Germany 262,826 419.771 626.12 380.810 690.18 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,684,412 7,456.267 494.14 6,764.214 544.69 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 8,924,342 21,890.576 407.68 19,858.803 449.39 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 - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 27/09/03 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 1,114,630 617.401 1,805.36 560.097 1,990.07 France 972,324 492.649 1,973.66 446.924 2,175.59 Federal Republic of Germany 385,888 506.376 762.06 459.377 840.02 Austria 75,407 24.133 3,124.51 21.894 3,444.19 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 86.163 478.16 78.166 527.08 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 673,128 1,146.609 587.06 1,040.187 647.12 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 19,962,563 43,506.986 458.84 39,468.885 505.78 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 7,225,099 22,286.805 324.19 20,218.256 357.36 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 1,233,656 737.675 1,672.36 669.208 1,843.46 France 855,856 2,665.077 321.14 2,417.718 353.99 Federal Republic of Germany 2,208,278 3,348.687 659.45 3,037.879 726.91 Hungary 85,728 370.056 231.66 335.710 255.36 Turkey 5,002 8.203 609.75 7.442 672.13 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 13,116,748 34,365.035 381.69 31,175.445 420.74 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Canada 10,160 19.171 529.96 17.392 584.18 Mexico 2,100 0.371 5,653.08 0.337 6,231.45 Luxembourg 11,659 22.949 508.04 20.819 560.02 Federal Republic of Germany 3,173 0.125 25,249.98 0.114 27,833.33 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 5,446,533 12,402.807 439.14 11,251.641 484.07 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 27/09/03 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 11,026 22.098 498.96 20.047 550.01 Austria 220,837 389.040 567.64 352.932 625.72 Spain 61,119 162.251 376.69 147.192 415.23 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 647,209 1,495.667 432.72 1,356.847 476.99 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 Canada 500,861 802.583 624.06 728.092 687.91 Australia 122,519 203.270 602.74 184.404 664.41 CATEGORY TOTAL 623,380 1,005.854 619.75 912.496 683.16 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 23,226,249 55,937.060 415.22 50,745.262 457.70 Mexico 1,975,975 5,479.207 360.63 4,970.655 397.53 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 357,195 201.841 1,769.68 183.108 1,950.73 United Kingdom 5,578,625 14,711.930 379.19 13,346.443 417.99 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 1,455,868 2,112.237 689.25 1,916.190 759.77 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 572,024 465.607 1,228.55 422.392 1,354.25 Turkey 3,214,099 9,855.295 326.13 8,940.576 359.50 India 293,086 256.610 1,142.14 232.793 1,259.00 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 4,508,172 8,922.222 505.27 8,094.106 556.97 South Africa 269,093 885.963 303.73 803.733 334.80 CATEGORY TOTAL 49,088,684 114,553.366 428.52 103,921.095 472.36 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 4,061,896 7,619.302 533.11 6,912.117 587.65 Mexico 1,419,884 4,498.925 315.61 4,081.358 347.89 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 27/09/03 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 316,893 1,196.951 264.75 1,085.856 291.84 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 7,605,100 17,817.641 426.83 16,163.897 470.50 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 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 31,981,385 122,267.143 261.57 110,918.918 288.33 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 6,087,843 7,506.422 811.02 6,809.714 893.99 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 1,959,423 2,079.957 942.05 1,886.906 1,038.43 France 1,582,586 1,865.225 848.47 1,692.105 935.28 Federal Republic of Germany 877,753 552.569 1,588.49 501.283 1,751.01 Austria 192,480 96.836 1,987.67 87.849 2,191.03 Switzerland 223,858 89.570 2,499.24 81.257 2,754.94 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 1,405,527 717.304 1,959.46 650.728 2,159.93 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 Saudi Arabia 134,229 67.152 1,998.86 60.920 2,203.37 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 27/09/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 844,716 480.788 1,756.94 436.164 1,936.69 Japan 282,228 144.327 1,955.47 130.932 2,155.53 Australia 4,120 1.753 2,349.22 1.591 2,589.57 Egypt 10,893 17.705 615.24 16.062 678.18 South Africa 89,781 233.284 384.86 211.632 424.23 CATEGORY TOTAL 18,131,156 20,082.450 902.84 18,218.498 995.21 TOOL STEEL............................17 Canada 574,478 484.022 1,186.88 439.098 1,308.31 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 1,286,826 482.237 2,668.45 437.479 2,941.46 United Kingdom 937,229 254.105 3,688.34 230.521 4,065.70 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 2,517,858 1,419.696 1,773.52 1,287.927 1,954.97 Austria 1,843,211 828.124 2,225.77 751.262 2,453.49 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 96,690 70.168 1,377.96 63.656 1,518.95 Taiwan 931,154 643.846 1,446.24 584.088 1,594.20 Japan 4,843,628 7,037.915 688.22 6,384.691 758.63 CATEGORY TOTAL 18,414,786 14,929.079 1,233.48 13,543.437 1,359.68 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 14,732,905 27,656.256 532.72 25,089.341 587.22 Mexico 2,852,083 6,300.727 452.66 5,715.925 498.97 Guatemala 336,486 734.637 458.03 666.452 504.89 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 27/09/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 365,423 46.451 7,866.78 42.140 8,671.64 Slovakia 89,209 140.846 633.38 127.774 698.18 Ukraine 157,780 115.490 1,366.18 104.771 1,505.95 Spain 344,375 291.197 1,182.62 264.170 1,303.61 Italy 186,349 140.059 1,330.50 127.060 1,466.62 Romania 15,886 22.853 695.14 20.732 766.26 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 618,421 1,648.219 375.21 1,495.240 413.59 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 1,144,180 2,568.714 445.43 2,330.299 491.00 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 37,399,431 80,905.196 462.26 73,395.980 509.56 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 299,223 564.435 530.13 512.047 584.37 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 20,236 49.569 408.23 44.969 450.00 Spain 781,609 1,491.945 523.89 1,353.471 577.48 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 Indonesia 42,651 10.929 3,902.41 9.915 4,301.66 China 1,766,460 3,797.408 465.18 3,444.952 512.77 Korea, South 4,341,848 9,957.233 436.05 9,033.053 480.66 Japan 6,784,471 2,877.981 2,357.37 2,610.862 2,598.56 South Africa 409,784 910.404 450.11 825.905 496.16 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 27/09/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 31,448,220 52,577.126 598.14 47,697.180 659.33 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 4,933,548 10,430.473 472.99 9,462.369 521.39 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 536,922 1,469.053 365.49 1,332.703 402.88 Taiwan 8,325 24.021 346.56 21.792 382.02 Japan 5,148,448 9,693.341 531.13 8,793.654 585.47 CATEGORY TOTAL 24,242,948 41,534.913 583.68 37,679.850 643.39 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 Norway 13,303 22.171 599.99 20.114 661.38 United Kingdom 2,567 0.088 29,109.30 0.080 32,087.50 France 445,250 858.100 518.88 778.456 571.97 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 202,456 553.426 365.82 502.060 403.25 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 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 11,067,763 18,990.713 582.80 17,228.090 642.43 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 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 27/09/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 7,005,209 9,613.603 728.68 8,721.317 803.23 Mexico 7,926,400 16,139.339 491.12 14,641.367 541.37 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 53,254 50.285 1,059.04 45.618 1,167.39 Sweden 437,004 354.022 1,234.40 321.164 1,360.69 Finland 5,756 0.978 5,880.36 0.888 6,481.98 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 2,275,554 2,052.907 1,108.45 1,862.367 1,221.86 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 146,050 49.631 2,942.68 45.025 3,243.75 Italy 621,518 644.178 964.82 584.389 1,063.53 Romania 34,945 35.757 977.27 32.439 1,077.25 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 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 239,105 452.607 528.28 410.599 582.33 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 24,840 60.073 413.49 54.498 455.80 CATEGORY TOTAL 26,117,067 38,589.190 676.80 35,007.535 746.04 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 121,243 429.614 282.21 389.740 311.09 Mexico 332,101 336.932 985.66 305.660 1,086.50 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 454,139 643.930 705.26 584.164 777.42 Italy 443,255 373.924 1,185.41 339.219 1,306.69 India 33,905 16.997 1,994.69 15.420 2,198.77 China 66,852 100.073 668.03 90.785 736.38 Japan 467,565 324.992 1,438.70 294.828 1,585.89 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,091,799 5,425.421 938.51 4,921.861 1,034.53 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 27/09/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D Canada 6,230,475 1,436.131 4,338.37 1,302.837 4,782.24 Mexico 213,265 90.720 2,350.80 82.300 2,591.31 Brazil 194,070 115.092 1,686.21 104.410 1,858.73 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 22,049 1.545 14,267.13 1.402 15,726.82 France 1,162,994 300.160 3,874.58 272.301 4,270.99 Federal Republic of Germany 845,809 60.893 13,889.89 55.242 15,310.98 Austria 656,029 114.596 5,724.70 103.960 6,310.40 Switzerland 18,579 0.057 324,126.73 0.052 357,288.46 Spain 1,009,938 236.903 4,263.08 214.915 4,699.24 Italy 593,950 287.537 2,065.64 260.850 2,276.98 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 1,309,527 545.532 2,400.46 494.899 2,646.05 Korea, South 2,656,155 957.974 2,772.68 869.060 3,056.35 Taiwan 3,323,378 1,694.706 1,961.03 1,537.412 2,161.67 Japan 3,444,549 1,284.557 2,681.51 1,165.331 2,955.85 South Africa 235,434 148.222 1,588.39 134.465 1,750.89 CATEGORY TOTAL 23,503,084 7,778.093 3,021.70 7,056.170 3,330.86 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 1,616,552 824.459 1,960.74 747.937 2,161.35 Mexico 277,084 167.652 1,652.73 152.092 1,821.82 United Kingdom 50,027 5.765 8,677.58 5.230 9,565.39 France 15,771 0.099 158,969.05 0.090 175,233.33 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 0.194 26,875.36 0.176 29,625.00 Taiwan 2,787 2.599 1,072.23 2.358 1,181.93 Japan 243,906 78.374 3,112.07 71.100 3,430.46 South Africa 14,369 50.701 283.40 45.996 312.40 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,488,898 1,389.968 1,790.61 1,260.959 1,973.81 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 9,707,291 23,509.868 412.90 21,327.800 455.15 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 27/09/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 CATEGORY TOTAL 18,079,237 40,501.863 446.38 36,742.683 492.05 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 304,522 528.528 576.17 479.473 635.12 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 1,057,633 2,241.927 471.75 2,033.843 520.02 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 11,194,506 20,331.967 550.59 18,444.856 606.92 Mexico 3,078,874 4,517.078 681.61 4,097.826 751.34 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 69,342 158.722 436.87 143.991 481.57 Colombia 23,199 16.498 1,406.15 14.967 1,550.01 Venezuela 317,278 627.722 505.44 569.460 557.16 Ecuador 45,334 85.332 531.27 77.412 585.62 Chile 136,287 302.037 451.23 274.004 497.39 Brazil 187,391 342.436 547.23 310.653 603.22 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 Denmark 47,014 1.591 29,536.28 1.444 32,558.17 United Kingdom 853,417 537.528 1,587.67 487.638 1,750.10 Netherlands 19,837 5.641 3,516.18 5.118 3,875.93 Belgium 811,461 718.629 1,129.18 651.930 1,244.71 Luxembourg 342,487 403.883 847.98 366.397 934.74 France 1,927,958 1,668.382 1,155.58 1,513.532 1,273.81 Federal Republic of Germany 1,348,602 890.503 1,514.43 807.851 1,669.37 Austria 504,333 161.001 3,132.48 146.058 3,452.96 Czech Republic 17,435 33.914 514.08 30.767 566.68 Switzerland 177,484 43.166 4,111.61 39.160 4,532.28 Poland 173,790 230.471 754.06 209.080 831.21 Belarus 285,550 358.973 795.46 325.655 876.85 Spain 115,352 193.596 595.84 175.628 656.80 Italy 1,641,459 1,952.462 840.71 1,771.245 926.73 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 27/09/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Greece 538,200 1,001.032 537.64 908.122 592.65 Turkey 28,233 41.245 684.52 37.417 754.55 Israel 89,382 196.609 454.62 178.361 501.13 India 1,855,259 1,311.946 1,414.13 1,190.178 1,558.81 Thailand 74,021 50.882 1,454.74 46.160 1,603.57 Indonesia 16,434 9.323 1,762.67 8.458 1,943.01 China 2,185,609 2,759.921 791.91 2,503.759 872.93 Korea, South 2,476,817 3,014.258 821.70 2,734.490 905.77 Taiwan 1,151,583 1,080.375 1,065.91 980.100 1,174.96 Japan 5,712,270 5,903.964 967.53 5,355.988 1,066.52 Australia 84,952 120.617 704.31 109.422 776.37 New Zealand 18,576 44.075 421.45 39.985 464.57 South Africa 739,002 1,789.631 412.94 1,623.527 455.18 CATEGORY TOTAL 39,961,379 52,099.660 767.02 47,264.030 845.49 BLACK PLATE...........................28 Canada 160,183 350.365 457.19 317.846 503.96 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 439,367 393.829 1,115.63 357.276 1,229.77 Japan 1,771,616 1,955.290 906.06 1,773.810 998.76 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,393,666 2,733.449 875.69 2,479.744 965.29 TIN PLATE.............................29 Canada 3,962,108 6,751.496 586.85 6,124.856 646.89 Brazil 1,024,106 1,735.784 590.00 1,574.678 650.36 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 8,597 16.688 515.13 15.140 567.83 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 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,249,720 20,210.069 556.64 18,334.272 613.59 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A Canada 1,037,687 1,798.543 576.96 1,631.612 635.99 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 2,879,175 5,028.844 572.53 4,562.092 631.11 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 11,117,887 33,146.934 335.41 30,070.402 369.73 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 27/09/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 67,679 48.980 1,381.77 44.434 1,523.14 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 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 46,090,745 152,499.016 302.24 138,344.820 333.16 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 10,759,722 20,888.048 515.11 18,949.324 567.82 Mexico 17,680,267 21,151.140 835.90 19,187.997 921.42 Dominican Republic 29,162 79.695 365.92 72.299 403.35 Venezuela 155,955 462.733 337.03 419.785 371.51 Brazil 1,104,183 756.956 1,458.71 686.700 1,607.96 Argentina 2,238,631 7,249.124 308.81 6,576.297 340.41 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 178,551 81.731 2,184.59 74.146 2,408.10 Netherlands 204,355 448.164 455.98 406.568 502.63 Belgium 1,827,679 2,063.894 885.55 1,872.334 976.15 Luxembourg 604,817 1,598.758 378.30 1,450.370 417.01 France 2,113,222 2,851.663 741.05 2,586.986 816.87 Federal Republic of Germany 1,896,602 2,538.020 747.28 2,302.454 823.73 Austria 91,072 28.128 3,237.68 25.518 3,568.93 Switzerland 183,282 16.394 11,179.36 14.873 12,323.14 Italy 3,354,702 2,477.934 1,353.83 2,247.945 1,492.34 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 280,753 139.890 2,006.94 126.907 2,212.27 Taiwan 2,988,393 1,841.440 1,622.86 1,670.527 1,788.89 Japan 5,034,777 7,743.418 650.20 7,024.713 716.72 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 27/09/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 53,939,127 74,852.126 720.61 67,904.726 794.34 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 15,803,471 30,715.700 514.51 27,864.823 567.15 Mexico 9,448,246 16,585.179 569.68 15,045.826 627.96 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 1,006,041 1,943.402 517.67 1,763.026 570.63 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 17,566 20.325 864.23 18.439 952.65 Spain 998,022 1,665.690 599.16 1,511.089 660.47 India 2,027,487 4,315.672 469.80 3,915.113 517.86 Korea, South 443,189 896.827 494.17 813.588 544.73 Taiwan 3,774,750 5,744.347 657.12 5,211.186 724.36 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 44,455,226 87,080.950 510.50 78,998.532 562.73 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 858,225 851.820 1,007.52 772.759 1,110.60 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 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 590,468 966.220 611.11 876.541 673.63 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,678,962 13,948.891 478.82 12,654.225 527.80 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 Canada 7,736,862 10,297.636 751.32 9,341.861 828.19 Mexico 5,442,623 9,334.726 583.05 8,468.324 642.70 Brazil 2,679 5.129 522.32 4.653 575.76 United Kingdom 94,796 249.723 379.60 226.545 418.44 Belgium 36,171 22.224 1,627.51 20.162 1,794.02 Luxembourg 289,339 674.777 428.79 612.148 472.66 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 27/09/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Austria 17,991 15.261 1,178.85 13.845 1,299.46 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 28,153 60.494 465.38 54.880 512.99 Japan 939,417 676.640 1,388.35 613.838 1,530.40 CATEGORY TOTAL 16,720,029 25,521.472 655.14 23,152.697 722.16 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 1,394,519 2,980.648 467.86 2,704.000 515.72 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,256,814 10,145.018 715.31 9,203.409 788.49 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 2,685,561 7,839.144 342.58 7,111.554 377.63 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 38,482 1.333 28,851.48 1.210 31,803.31 Australia 6,251 9.844 634.96 8.931 699.92 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,461,584 9,139.776 378.74 8,291.468 417.49 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 2,446,298 3,343.760 731.60 3,033.409 806.45 Mexico 2,023,157 1,891.822 1,069.42 1,716.233 1,178.84 Brazil 93,637 130.112 719.66 118.036 793.29 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 691,502 231.239 2,990.41 209.777 3,296.37 Federal Republic of Germany 4,851,375 4,162.671 1,165.45 3,776.313 1,284.69 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 27/09/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Thailand 4,059 3.701 1,096.56 3.358 1,208.76 Indonesia 142,219 69.508 2,046.07 63.057 2,255.40 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 163,240 93.769 1,740.87 85.066 1,918.98 Japan 2,386,704 626.317 3,810.69 568.186 4,200.57 Australia 4,346 5.596 776.57 5.077 856.02 CATEGORY TOTAL 17,993,558 12,811.002 1,404.54 11,621.949 1,548.24 GRAND TOTAL 742,157,829 1,614,699.353 459.63 1,464,831.025 506.65 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - 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 55,709 86.058 647.34 78.071 713.57 Mexico 187,017 246.234 759.51 223.380 837.21 CATEGORY TOTAL 242,726 332.292 730.46 301.451 805.19 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 1,404,370 4,061.456 345.78 3,684.492 381.16 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 690,710 2,214.256 311.94 2,008.740 343.85 Japan 102,314 271.219 377.24 246.046 415.83 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,762,516 14,752.611 322.83 13,383.348 355.85 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 244,148 581.903 419.57 527.894 462.49 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 9,073,177 29,578.685 306.75 26,833.340 338.13 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 5,472,398 11,059.054 494.83 10,032.608 545.46 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 62,924 60.648 1,037.53 55.019 1,143.68 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 86.163 478.16 78.166 527.08 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 8,705,055 16,363.844 531.97 14,845.034 586.40 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 27/09/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 2,053,685 5,708.652 359.75 5,178.804 396.56 France 392,320 863.482 454.35 783.338 500.83 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,446,005 6,572.134 372.18 5,962.142 410.26 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Canada 10,160 19.171 529.96 17.392 584.18 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 138,733 231.613 598.99 210.116 660.27 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 10,549,779 26,913.957 391.98 24,415.938 432.09 Mexico 1,107,419 3,279.802 337.65 2,975.388 372.19 Colombia 2,378 4.387 542.03 3.980 597.49 Brazil 402,146 568.386 707.52 515.632 779.91 Sweden 344,742 196.489 1,754.51 178.252 1,934.01 United Kingdom 759,228 1,475.631 514.51 1,338.671 567.15 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 374,507 559.515 669.34 507.584 737.82 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 104,740 214.399 488.53 194.500 538.51 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 3,748,485 7,354.680 509.67 6,672.056 561.82 CATEGORY TOTAL 22,060,427 49,130.389 449.02 44,570.352 494.96 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 287,236 501.996 572.19 455.404 630.73 Mexico 175,921 537.519 327.28 487.630 360.77 Austria 12,432 3.537 3,514.53 3.209 3,874.10 CATEGORY TOTAL 475,589 1,043.054 455.96 946.243 502.61 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 625,751 554.900 1,127.68 503.397 1,243.06 France 890,449 1,307.044 681.27 1,185.731 750.97 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 27/09/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Federal Republic of Germany 222,980 179.573 1,241.72 162.906 1,368.76 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 71,260 41.127 1,732.67 37.310 1,909.94 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 4,559,143 6,812.884 669.19 6,180.547 737.66 TOOL STEEL............................17 Canada 574,478 484.022 1,186.88 439.098 1,308.31 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 1,286,826 482.237 2,668.45 437.479 2,941.46 United Kingdom 937,229 254.105 3,688.34 230.521 4,065.70 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 2,517,858 1,419.696 1,773.52 1,287.927 1,954.97 Austria 1,843,211 828.124 2,225.77 751.262 2,453.49 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 96,690 70.168 1,377.96 63.656 1,518.95 Taiwan 931,154 643.846 1,446.24 584.088 1,594.20 Japan 4,843,628 7,037.915 688.22 6,384.691 758.63 CATEGORY TOTAL 18,414,786 14,929.079 1,233.48 13,543.437 1,359.68 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 29,481 10.104 2,917.50 9.167 3,215.99 Mexico 89,679 126.863 706.89 115.089 779.21 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 365,423 46.451 7,866.78 42.140 8,671.64 Spain 70,984 74.883 947.93 67.933 1,044.91 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 899,401 489.590 1,837.05 444.149 2,025.00 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 27/09/03 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 299,223 564.435 530.13 512.047 584.37 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 20,236 49.569 408.23 44.969 450.00 Spain 781,609 1,491.945 523.89 1,353.471 577.48 Indonesia 42,651 10.929 3,902.41 9.915 4,301.66 China 161,399 237.362 679.97 215.332 749.54 Japan 6,522,065 2,398.214 2,719.55 2,175.624 2,997.79 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,889,773 10,898.850 1,090.92 9,887.274 1,202.53 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 4,926,855 10,426.307 472.54 9,458.590 520.89 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,926,855 10,426.307 472.54 9,458.590 520.89 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 300,761 512.153 587.25 464.618 647.33 Norway 13,303 22.171 599.99 20.114 661.38 France 3,848 0.213 17,994.06 0.194 19,835.05 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 375,184 551.513 680.28 500.325 749.88 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 888,301 1,265.331 702.03 1,147.890 773.86 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 311,667 224.417 1,388.78 203.588 1,530.87 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 Italy 187,326 193.047 970.36 175.130 1,069.64 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 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 27/09/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 8,044,553 8,170.562 984.58 7,412.212 1,085.31 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 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 406,477 334.850 1,213.91 303.771 1,338.10 Japan 467,565 324.992 1,438.70 294.828 1,585.89 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,500,704 1,931.703 1,294.56 1,752.412 1,427.01 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 0.099 158,969.05 0.090 175,233.33 Federal Republic of Germany 37,145 2.065 17,981.53 1.874 19,821.24 Singapore 5,214 0.194 26,875.36 0.176 29,625.00 Taiwan 2,787 2.599 1,072.23 2.358 1,181.93 Japan 2,832 0.119 23,788.41 0.108 26,222.22 CATEGORY TOTAL 878,427 284.842 3,083.90 258.405 3,399.42 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 Canada 43,209 40.407 1,069.33 36.657 1,178.74 CATEGORY TOTAL 43,209 40.407 1,069.33 36.657 1,178.74 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 527,829 941.710 560.50 854.306 617.85 Mexico 565,710 548.743 1,030.92 497.812 1,136.39 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 27/09/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Austria 163,598 35.993 4,545.18 32.653 5,010.20 Poland 173,790 230.471 754.06 209.080 831.21 Italy 1,088,964 1,211.830 898.61 1,099.354 990.55 Turkey 28,233 41.245 684.52 37.417 754.55 Thailand 12,737 17.196 740.69 15.600 816.47 China 168,304 157.190 1,070.70 142.601 1,180.24 Korea, South 545,547 701.575 777.60 636.459 857.16 Taiwan 73,112 132.677 551.05 120.363 607.43 Japan 2,963,855 2,849.130 1,040.27 2,584.688 1,146.70 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,186,921 7,312.358 982.85 6,633.662 1,083.40 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 1,433,045 3,635.032 394.23 3,297.647 434.57 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 4,922,244 10,640.599 462.59 9,652.992 509.92 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 498,953 1,109.116 449.87 1,006.174 495.89 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 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 Japan 3,020,486 4,781.495 631.70 4,337.701 696.33 Australia 49,344 14.461 3,412.16 13.119 3,761.26 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,554,042 9,422.350 589.45 8,547.815 649.76 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 1,925,744 3,799.345 506.86 3,446.709 558.72 Brazil 987,245 1,889.891 522.38 1,714.481 575.83 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 27/09/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 8,800,788 19,233.503 457.58 17,448.346 504.39 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 798,019 774.220 1,030.74 702.361 1,136.19 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 470,206 781.055 602.01 708.562 663.61 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,023,400 3,103.263 652.02 2,815.234 718.73 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 1,394,519 2,980.648 467.86 2,704.000 515.72 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,256,814 10,145.018 715.31 9,203.409 788.49 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 135,093 352.350 383.41 319.647 422.63 CATEGORY TOTAL 135,093 352.350 383.41 319.647 422.63 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 2,003 0.373 5,360.15 0.339 5,908.55 Mexico 232,896 442.764 526.00 401.669 579.82 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 Federal Republic of Germany 2,287,422 1,837.847 1,244.62 1,667.268 1,371.96 Japan 177,363 55.984 3,168.09 50.788 3,492.22 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,213,396 2,486.706 1,292.23 2,255.903 1,424.44 GRAND TOTAL 140,673,326 236,496.002 594.82 214,545.625 655.68 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - 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 2,166 4.609 469.86 4.182 517.93 Sweden 4,480 9.533 469.90 8.649 517.98 Slovakia 7,899 7.508 1,051.95 6.812 1,159.57 CATEGORY TOTAL 14,545 21.652 671.74 19.643 740.47 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 1,099,279 5,239.979 209.79 4,753.631 231.25 Mexico 8,811,157 43,503.323 202.54 39,465.562 223.26 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 493,659 811.489 608.34 736.171 670.58 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 86,856 159.203 545.57 144.427 601.38 India 3,352 8.870 377.89 8.047 416.55 CATEGORY TOTAL 48,415,698 222,474.754 217.62 201,825.759 239.89 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 11,815,104 37,039.078 318.99 33,601.296 351.63 Mexico 31,702 85.613 370.29 77.667 408.18 Trinidad and Tobago 1,763,164 7,380.115 238.91 6,695.130 263.35 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 1,253,069 4,727.874 265.04 4,289.057 292.15 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 6,797,365 28,328.257 239.95 25,698.970 264.50 Malaysia 3,062,438 11,076.020 276.49 10,048.000 304.78 Japan 2,081,673 5,822.569 357.52 5,282.148 394.10 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 388,056 1,648.673 235.37 1,495.652 259.46 CATEGORY TOTAL 39,645,534 142,502.189 278.21 129,275.848 306.67 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 3,399,715 8,135.381 417.89 7,380.296 460.65 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 27/09/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Mexico 721,829 2,181.755 330.85 1,979.256 364.70 Brazil 1,090,501 4,714.952 231.29 4,277.334 254.95 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 1,382,399 2,998.074 461.10 2,719.808 508.27 France 74,625 51.922 1,437.25 47.103 1,584.29 Federal Republic of Germany 1,080,528 1,735.730 622.52 1,574.629 686.21 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 144,452 353.372 408.78 320.574 450.60 Korea, South 141,091 313.802 449.62 284.677 495.62 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 10,894,852 30,181.162 360.98 27,379.898 397.91 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 2,477,069 4,804.918 515.53 4,358.950 568.27 Federal Republic of Germany 262,826 419.771 626.12 380.810 690.18 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,684,412 7,456.267 494.14 6,764.214 544.69 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 3,381,256 10,775.523 313.79 9,775.393 345.89 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 7,415,891 24,938.077 297.37 22,623.450 327.80 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 5,099,012 16,542.180 308.24 15,006.818 339.78 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 5,002 8.203 609.75 7.442 672.13 Japan 3,708 5.676 653.17 5.150 720.00 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 27/09/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE New Zealand 58,672 296.224 198.07 268.730 218.33 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,539,926 25,825.224 291.96 23,428.256 321.83 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Luxembourg 11,659 22.949 508.04 20.819 560.02 Federal Republic of Germany 3,173 0.125 25,249.98 0.114 27,833.33 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 5,307,800 12,171.194 436.10 11,041.525 480.71 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 11,026 22.098 498.96 20.047 550.01 Austria 220,837 389.040 567.64 352.932 625.72 Spain 61,119 162.251 376.69 147.192 415.23 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 647,209 1,495.667 432.72 1,356.847 476.99 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 Canada 500,861 802.583 624.06 728.092 687.91 Australia 122,519 203.270 602.74 184.404 664.41 CATEGORY TOTAL 623,380 1,005.854 619.75 912.496 683.16 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 12,485,241 28,906.159 431.92 26,223.234 476.11 Mexico 762,320 2,143.710 355.61 1,944.742 391.99 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 1,992,141 7,148.383 278.68 6,484.906 307.20 India 94,552 182.931 516.87 165.953 569.75 China 98,478 215.556 456.85 195.550 503.59 Japan 759,687 1,567.541 484.64 1,422.050 534.22 South Africa 269,093 885.963 303.73 803.733 334.80 CATEGORY TOTAL 24,602,863 64,177.736 383.36 58,221.080 422.58 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 27/09/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 3,774,660 7,117.305 530.35 6,456.713 584.61 Mexico 1,243,963 3,961.405 314.02 3,593.728 346.15 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 316,893 1,196.951 264.75 1,085.856 291.84 China 51,393 166.622 308.44 151.157 340.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,303,885 16,353.298 385.48 14,835.467 424.92 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 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 31,981,385 122,267.143 261.57 110,918.918 288.33 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 4,410,913 6,615.022 666.80 6,001.049 735.02 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 1,050,923 1,465.094 717.31 1,329.112 790.70 France 280,788 374.029 750.71 339.314 827.52 Federal Republic of Germany 186,449 191.579 973.22 173.798 1,072.79 Austria 24,432 21.043 1,161.04 19.090 1,279.83 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 48,353 40.763 1,186.18 36.980 1,307.54 Egypt 10,893 17.705 615.24 16.062 678.18 South Africa 89,781 233.284 384.86 211.632 424.23 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,662,540 10,103.464 659.43 9,165.711 726.90 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 14,703,424 27,646.151 531.84 25,080.174 586.26 Mexico 2,762,404 6,173.863 447.44 5,600.836 493.21 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 27/09/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Guatemala 336,486 734.637 458.03 666.452 504.89 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 Ukraine 157,780 115.490 1,366.18 104.771 1,505.95 Spain 273,391 216.314 1,263.86 196.237 1,393.17 Italy 103,509 115.829 893.63 105.079 985.06 Romania 15,886 22.853 695.14 20.732 766.26 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 618,421 1,648.219 375.21 1,495.240 413.59 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 1,144,180 2,568.714 445.43 2,330.299 491.00 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 36,500,030 80,415.605 453.89 72,951.831 500.33 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 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 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 27/09/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 19,558,447 41,678.275 469.27 37,809.906 517.28 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 6,693 4.165 1,606.72 3.779 1,771.10 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 536,922 1,469.053 365.49 1,332.703 402.88 Taiwan 8,325 24.021 346.56 21.792 382.02 Japan 5,148,448 9,693.341 531.13 8,793.654 585.47 CATEGORY TOTAL 19,316,093 31,108.605 620.92 28,221.260 684.45 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 202,456 553.426 365.82 502.060 403.25 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 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 10,692,579 18,439.199 579.88 16,727.765 639.21 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 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 27/09/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 6,116,908 8,348.271 732.72 7,573.427 807.68 Mexico 6,702,285 14,502.555 462.15 13,156.501 509.43 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 53,254 50.285 1,059.04 45.618 1,167.39 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 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 839,806 590.148 1,423.04 535.374 1,568.63 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 146,050 49.631 2,942.68 45.025 3,243.75 Italy 434,192 451.130 962.45 409.259 1,060.92 Romania 34,945 35.757 977.27 32.439 1,077.25 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 24,840 60.073 413.49 54.498 455.80 CATEGORY TOTAL 18,072,514 30,418.628 594.13 27,595.323 654.91 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 121,243 429.614 282.21 389.740 311.09 Mexico 332,101 336.932 985.66 305.660 1,086.50 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 454,139 643.930 705.26 584.164 777.42 Italy 36,778 39.074 941.22 35.448 1,037.52 India 33,905 16.997 1,994.69 15.420 2,198.77 China 66,852 100.073 668.03 90.785 736.38 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,591,095 3,493.718 741.64 3,169.449 817.52 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 851,901 550.458 1,547.62 499.368 1,705.96 Mexico 277,084 167.652 1,652.73 152.092 1,821.82 India 195,823 227.864 859.38 206.715 947.31 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 27/09/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 1,610,471 1,105.126 1,457.27 1,002.554 1,606.37 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 9,561,874 23,186.491 412.39 21,034.437 454.58 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 CATEGORY TOTAL 16,934,872 39,242.381 431.55 35,600.100 475.70 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 10,654,194 19,388.017 549.52 17,588.519 605.75 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 69,342 158.722 436.87 143.991 481.57 Colombia 23,199 16.498 1,406.15 14.967 1,550.01 Venezuela 317,278 627.722 505.44 569.460 557.16 Ecuador 45,334 85.332 531.27 77.412 585.62 Chile 136,287 302.037 451.23 274.004 497.39 Brazil 187,391 342.436 547.23 310.653 603.22 Argentina 244,198 692.938 352.41 628.623 388.46 Sweden 162,788 78.434 2,075.45 71.155 2,287.79 United Kingdom 455,426 463.542 982.49 420.519 1,083.01 Netherlands 2,875 2.843 1,010.91 2.580 1,114.34 Belgium 777,434 714.889 1,087.49 648.537 1,198.75 Luxembourg 342,487 403.883 847.98 366.397 934.74 France 1,320,256 1,510.369 874.13 1,370.185 963.56 Federal Republic of Germany 542,303 477.648 1,135.36 433.316 1,251.52 Austria 340,735 125.007 2,725.71 113.405 3,004.59 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 27/09/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 285,550 358.973 795.46 325.655 876.85 Spain 95,418 191.901 497.22 174.090 548.10 Italy 501,113 728.968 687.43 661.309 757.76 Greece 538,200 1,001.032 537.64 908.122 592.65 Israel 89,382 196.609 454.62 178.361 501.13 India 189,379 348.648 543.18 316.289 598.75 Thailand 24,494 13.973 1,752.83 12.677 1,932.16 Indonesia 3,900 3.306 1,179.34 3.000 1,300.00 China 1,416,736 2,376.740 596.08 2,156.143 657.07 Korea, South 1,160,218 2,029.136 571.78 1,840.802 630.28 Taiwan 445,524 740.954 601.28 672.183 662.80 Japan 2,134,235 2,957.997 721.51 2,683.451 795.33 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 739,002 1,789.631 412.94 1,623.527 455.18 CATEGORY TOTAL 25,962,873 42,512.143 610.72 38,566.379 673.20 BLACK PLATE...........................28 Canada 160,183 350.365 457.19 317.846 503.96 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 439,367 393.829 1,115.63 357.276 1,229.77 Japan 1,771,616 1,955.290 906.06 1,773.810 998.76 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,393,666 2,733.449 875.69 2,479.744 965.29 TIN PLATE.............................29 Canada 3,962,108 6,751.496 586.85 6,124.856 646.89 Brazil 1,024,106 1,735.784 590.00 1,574.678 650.36 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 8,597 16.688 515.13 15.140 567.83 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 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,249,720 20,210.069 556.64 18,334.272 613.59 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A Canada 1,037,687 1,798.543 576.96 1,631.612 635.99 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 27/09/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 2,879,175 5,028.844 572.53 4,562.092 631.11 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 9,682,164 29,511.242 328.08 26,772.156 361.65 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 40,374,835 141,113.462 286.12 128,016.016 315.39 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 8,351,717 18,724.065 446.04 16,986.191 491.68 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 2,238,631 7,249.124 308.81 6,576.297 340.41 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 604,817 1,598.758 378.30 1,450.370 417.01 France 337,258 704.752 478.55 639.341 527.51 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 18,322,789 46,232.292 396.32 41,941.242 436.87 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 13,877,727 26,916.355 515.59 24,418.114 568.34 Mexico 9,448,246 16,585.179 569.68 15,045.826 627.96 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 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 17,566 20.325 864.23 18.439 952.65 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 27/09/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Spain 12,634 23.630 534.65 21.437 589.35 India 2,027,487 4,315.672 469.80 3,915.113 517.86 Korea, South 443,189 896.827 494.17 813.588 544.73 Taiwan 3,716,939 5,628.482 660.38 5,106.075 727.94 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 35,654,438 67,847.447 525.51 61,550.186 579.27 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 7,736,862 10,297.636 751.32 9,341.861 828.19 Mexico 5,442,623 9,334.726 583.05 8,468.324 642.70 Brazil 2,679 5.129 522.32 4.653 575.76 United Kingdom 94,796 249.723 379.60 226.545 418.44 Belgium 36,171 22.224 1,627.51 20.162 1,794.02 Luxembourg 289,339 674.777 428.79 612.148 472.66 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 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 28,153 60.494 465.38 54.880 512.99 Japan 939,417 676.640 1,388.35 613.838 1,530.40 CATEGORY TOTAL 16,720,029 25,521.472 655.14 23,152.697 722.16 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 2,550,468 7,486.793 340.66 6,791.907 375.52 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 3,200,393 8,730.998 366.56 7,920.631 404.06 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 27/09/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 1,785,995 3,023.138 590.78 2,742.546 651.22 Mexico 278,846 443.500 628.74 402.337 693.07 Brazil 77,854 103.828 749.83 94.192 826.55 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 2,106,146 2,252.837 934.89 2,043.740 1,030.54 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 102,884 58.221 1,767.10 52.818 1,947.90 Japan 249,565 255.096 978.31 231.420 1,078.41 Australia 4,346 5.596 776.57 5.077 856.02 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,363,579 7,666.826 960.45 6,955.230 1,058.71 GRAND TOTAL 493,995,071 1,320,935.100 373.97 1,198,332.504 412.24 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - 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 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 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,023,997 1,583.755 1,277.97 1,436.759 1,408.72 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 5,121,788 4,222.895 1,212.86 3,830.947 1,336.95 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 15,033,081 11,245.633 1,336.79 10,201.870 1,473.56 WIRE RODS..............................3 Sweden 430,211 203.112 2,118.09 184.261 2,334.79 United Kingdom 689,832 464.719 1,484.40 421.587 1,636.27 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 839,976 605.670 1,386.85 549.455 1,528.74 India 193,538 142.749 1,355.79 129.500 1,494.50 China 114,716 131.221 874.22 119.042 963.66 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 4,115,913 2,577.133 1,597.09 2,337.937 1,760.49 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 Canada 70,688 55.999 1,262.29 50.802 1,391.44 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 27/09/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 754,527 295.562 2,552.85 268.130 2,814.03 Federal Republic of Germany 123,102 54.746 2,248.59 49.665 2,478.65 Austria 70,856 21.753 3,257.30 19.734 3,590.55 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 113,552 66.121 1,717.34 59.984 1,893.04 South Africa 396,059 351.436 1,126.97 318.818 1,242.27 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,841,617 2,205.064 1,742.18 2,000.401 1,920.42 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 1,233,656 737.675 1,672.36 669.208 1,843.46 Federal Republic of Germany 1,482,926 999.376 1,483.85 906.619 1,635.67 Japan 7,274 4.069 1,787.34 3.692 1,970.21 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,130,817 1,967.676 1,591.12 1,785.047 1,753.91 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 462,608 249.074 1,857.30 225.957 2,047.33 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 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,425,394 1,245.239 1,947.73 1,129.663 2,147.01 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 Japan 17,058 4.217 4,044.63 3.826 4,458.44 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 27/09/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 825,626 421.288 1,959.76 382.187 2,160.27 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 845,166 297.410 2,841.75 269.806 3,132.50 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 282,749 59.962 4,715.44 54.397 5,197.88 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 206,733 68.752 3,006.93 62.371 3,314.57 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 1,281,974 584.823 2,192.07 530.543 2,416.34 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 816,226 449.098 1,817.48 407.415 2,003.43 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 6,909,473 3,166.101 2,182.33 2,872.240 2,405.60 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D Canada 6,230,475 1,436.131 4,338.37 1,302.837 4,782.24 Mexico 213,265 90.720 2,350.80 82.300 2,591.31 Brazil 194,070 115.092 1,686.21 104.410 1,858.73 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 22,049 1.545 14,267.13 1.402 15,726.82 France 1,162,994 300.160 3,874.58 272.301 4,270.99 Federal Republic of Germany 845,809 60.893 13,889.89 55.242 15,310.98 Austria 656,029 114.596 5,724.70 103.960 6,310.40 Switzerland 18,579 0.057 324,126.73 0.052 357,288.46 Spain 1,009,938 236.903 4,263.08 214.915 4,699.24 Italy 593,950 287.537 2,065.64 260.850 2,276.98 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 1,309,527 545.532 2,400.46 494.899 2,646.05 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 27/09/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Korea, South 2,656,155 957.974 2,772.68 869.060 3,056.35 Taiwan 3,323,378 1,694.706 1,961.03 1,537.412 2,161.67 Japan 3,444,549 1,284.557 2,681.51 1,165.331 2,955.85 South Africa 235,434 148.222 1,588.39 134.465 1,750.89 CATEGORY TOTAL 23,503,084 7,778.093 3,021.70 7,056.170 3,330.86 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 486,680 143.207 3,398.42 129.916 3,746.11 Federal Republic of Germany 351,726 37.888 9,283.15 34.372 10,232.92 Switzerland 172,747 43.122 4,005.97 39.120 4,415.82 Spain 19,934 1.695 11,758.01 1.538 12,960.99 Italy 51,382 11.664 4,404.93 10.582 4,855.60 India 1,665,880 963.297 1,729.35 873.889 1,906.28 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 771,052 283.546 2,719.32 257.229 2,997.53 Taiwan 632,947 206.742 3,061.52 187.554 3,374.75 Japan 614,180 96.836 6,342.42 87.849 6,991.31 Australia 5,335 1.342 3,973.59 1.218 4,380.13 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,811,585 2,275.157 2,993.90 2,063.989 3,300.20 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 67,679 48.980 1,381.77 44.434 1,523.14 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 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 793,666 744.955 1,065.39 675.812 1,174.39 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 1,909,052 1,054.866 1,809.76 956.959 1,994.92 Mexico 13,097,001 8,829.525 1,483.32 8,010.013 1,635.08 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 27/09/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Brazil 1,074,194 691.706 1,552.96 627.506 1,711.85 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 114,824 37.888 3,030.57 34.372 3,340.63 Belgium 1,353,623 810.776 1,669.54 735.524 1,840.35 France 1,101,473 685.368 1,607.13 621.756 1,771.55 Federal Republic of Germany 1,024,480 609.689 1,680.33 553.101 1,852.25 Austria 14,700 0.507 28,990.48 0.460 31,956.52 Switzerland 183,282 16.394 11,179.36 14.873 12,323.14 Italy 3,354,702 2,477.934 1,353.83 2,247.945 1,492.34 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 280,753 139.890 2,006.94 126.907 2,212.27 Taiwan 2,988,393 1,841.440 1,622.86 1,670.527 1,788.89 Japan 739,707 385.908 1,916.80 350.090 2,112.91 South Africa 149,945 109.591 1,368.21 99.420 1,508.20 CATEGORY TOTAL 30,062,296 19,197.483 1,565.95 17,415.669 1,726.16 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 1,511,415 1,005.557 1,503.06 912.227 1,656.84 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 212,241 65.319 3,249.27 59.257 3,581.70 Federal Republic of Germany 457,807 71.986 6,359.63 65.305 7,010.29 Thailand 4,059 3.701 1,096.56 3.358 1,208.76 Indonesia 142,219 69.508 2,046.07 63.057 2,255.40 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 Taiwan 60,356 35.547 1,697.91 32.248 1,871.62 Japan 1,959,776 315.236 6,216.84 285.978 6,852.89 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,416,583 2,657.468 2,790.84 2,410.816 3,076.38 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 27/09/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE GRAND TOTAL 107,489,432 57,268.249 1,876.95 51,952.897 2,068.98