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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 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 1,944,026 1,604.347 1,211.72 1,455.440 1,335.70 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 5,163,406 11,195.065 461.22 10,155.995 508.41 WIRE RODS..............................3 11,815,104 37,039.078 318.99 33,601.296 351.63 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 3,643,863 8,717.284 418.00 7,908.190 460.77 STEEL PILING...........................5 685,016 1,467.975 466.64 1,331.725 514.38 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 8,924,342 21,890.576 407.68 19,858.803 449.39 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 7,225,099 22,286.805 324.19 20,218.256 357.36 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 10,160 19.171 529.96 17.392 584.18 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 158,968 433.990 366.29 393.710 403.77 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 500,861 802.583 624.06 728.092 687.91 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 23,226,249 55,937.060 415.22 50,745.262 457.70 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 4,061,896 7,619.302 533.11 6,912.117 587.65 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 40,829 140.788 290.00 127.721 319.67 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 6,087,843 7,506.422 811.02 6,809.714 893.99 TOOL STEEL............................17 574,478 484.022 1,186.88 439.098 1,308.31 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 14,732,905 27,656.256 532.72 25,089.341 587.22 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,429,344 2,453.306 582.62 2,225.603 642.23 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 4,933,548 10,430.473 472.99 9,462.369 521.39 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,850,032 2,137.823 865.38 1,939.401 953.92 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 847,976 1,654.825 512.43 1,501.233 564.85 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 7,005,209 9,613.603 728.68 8,721.317 803.23 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 121,243 429.614 282.21 389.740 311.09 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 6,230,475 1,436.131 4,338.37 1,302.837 4,782.24 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 1,616,552 824.459 1,960.74 747.937 2,161.35 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 9,707,291 23,509.868 412.90 21,327.800 455.15 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 304,522 528.528 576.17 479.473 635.12 WIRE DRAWN............................23 11,194,506 20,331.967 550.59 18,444.856 606.92 BLACK PLATE...........................28 160,183 350.365 457.19 317.846 503.96 TIN PLATE.............................29 3,962,108 6,751.496 586.85 6,124.856 646.89 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 1,037,687 1,798.543 576.96 1,631.612 635.99 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 11,117,887 33,146.934 335.41 30,070.402 369.73 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 10,759,722 20,888.048 515.11 18,949.324 567.82 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 15,803,471 30,715.700 514.51 27,864.823 567.15 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 858,225 851.820 1,007.52 772.759 1,110.60 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 7,736,862 10,297.636 751.32 9,341.861 828.19 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 2,685,561 7,839.144 342.58 7,111.554 377.63 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,446,298 3,343.760 731.60 3,033.409 806.45 COUNTRY TOTAL 190,603,747 394,134.785 483.60 357,553.164 533.08 Mexico INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 187,017 246.234 759.51 223.380 837.21 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 8,811,157 43,503.323 202.54 39,465.562 223.26 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 27/09/03 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE WIRE RODS..............................3 31,702 85.613 370.29 77.667 408.18 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 721,829 2,181.755 330.85 1,979.256 364.70 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 266,206 925.449 287.65 839.554 317.08 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 2,100 0.371 5,653.08 0.337 6,231.45 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,975,975 5,479.207 360.63 4,970.655 397.53 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 1,419,884 4,498.925 315.61 4,081.358 347.89 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 2,488,853 9,190.826 270.80 8,337.780 298.50 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 18,349 25.452 720.92 23.090 794.67 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,743 0.003 829,469.48 0.003 914,333.33 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,852,083 6,300.727 452.66 5,715.925 498.97 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,033,764 2,284.367 452.54 2,072.344 498.84 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,069,290 4,013.125 515.63 3,640.647 568.39 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 804,500 1,623.604 495.50 1,472.910 546.20 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 7,926,400 16,139.339 491.12 14,641.367 541.37 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 332,101 336.932 985.66 305.660 1,086.50 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 213,265 90.720 2,350.80 82.300 2,591.31 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 277,084 167.652 1,652.73 152.092 1,821.82 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 2,122,776 2,056.360 1,032.30 1,865.499 1,137.91 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 108,690 110.815 980.82 100.530 1,081.17 WIRE DRAWN............................23 3,078,874 4,517.078 681.61 4,097.826 751.34 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,505,826 8,516.513 294.23 7,726.053 324.33 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 17,680,267 21,151.140 835.90 19,187.997 921.42 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 9,448,246 16,585.179 569.68 15,045.826 627.96 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 5,442,623 9,334.726 583.05 8,468.324 642.70 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 238,264 479.725 496.67 435.200 547.48 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,023,157 1,891.822 1,069.42 1,716.233 1,178.84 COUNTRY TOTAL 74,083,025 161,736.994 458.05 146,725.375 504.91 Guatemala STANDARD PIPE.........................18 336,486 734.637 458.03 666.452 504.89 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 426,321 601.762 708.45 545.910 780.94 COUNTRY TOTAL 762,807 1,336.399 570.79 1,212.362 629.19 Honduras WIRE DRAWN............................23 25,398 67.501 376.26 61.236 414.76 COUNTRY TOTAL 25,398 67.501 376.26 61.236 414.76 Dominican Republic BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 1,630,767 5,705.332 285.83 5,175.792 315.08 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 92,251 264.822 348.35 240.243 383.99 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 180,157 477.914 376.96 433.557 415.53 WIRE DRAWN............................23 65,108 151.899 428.63 137.801 472.48 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 29,162 79.695 365.92 72.299 403.35 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,997,445 6,679.665 299.03 6,059.692 329.63 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 27/09/03 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Trinidad and Tobago WIRE RODS..............................3 1,763,164 7,380.115 238.91 6,695.130 263.35 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 27,616 19.025 1,451.50 17.260 1,600.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 54,693 92.978 588.23 84.349 648.41 WIRE DRAWN............................23 69,342 158.722 436.87 143.991 481.57 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,914,815 7,650.843 250.28 6,940.730 275.88 Colombia BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,378 4.387 542.03 3.980 597.49 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 454,842 719.360 632.29 652.593 696.98 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 375,446 1,108.785 338.61 1,005.874 373.25 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 3,820,007 7,261.191 526.09 6,587.244 579.91 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 410,160 1,208.563 339.38 1,096.391 374.10 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 429,612 1,257.596 341.61 1,140.873 376.56 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 15,052 21.507 699.86 19.511 771.46 WIRE DRAWN............................23 23,199 16.498 1,406.15 14.967 1,550.01 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 92,842 241.503 384.43 219.088 423.77 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,623,538 11,839.394 474.99 10,740.521 523.58 Venezuela WIRE RODS..............................3 263,612 1,074.958 245.23 975.186 270.32 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 872,714 3,570.623 244.42 3,239.216 269.42 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 513,111 2,151.910 238.44 1,952.181 262.84 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 698,497 1,952.172 357.80 1,770.982 394.41 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 3,795,783 9,923.490 382.50 9,002.442 421.64 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 118,133 329.670 358.34 299.072 395.00 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 161,234 284.638 566.45 258.220 624.41 WIRE DRAWN............................23 317,278 627.722 505.44 569.460 557.16 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 510,490 2,352.209 217.03 2,133.889 239.23 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 155,955 462.733 337.03 419.785 371.51 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 994,074 1,916.636 518.66 1,738.744 571.72 COUNTRY TOTAL 8,400,881 24,646.766 340.85 22,359.177 375.72 Ecuador WIRE DRAWN............................23 45,334 85.332 531.27 77.412 585.62 COUNTRY TOTAL 45,334 85.332 531.27 77.412 585.62 Chile STANDARD PIPE.........................18 143,060 250.641 570.78 227.378 629.17 WIRE DRAWN............................23 136,287 302.037 451.23 274.004 497.39 COUNTRY TOTAL 279,347 552.678 505.44 501.382 557.15 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 27/09/03 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Brazil BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 33,714,711 155,080.979 217.40 140,687.138 239.64 WIRE RODS..............................3 5,469,175 21,153.783 258.54 19,190.395 285.00 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,090,501 4,714.952 231.29 4,277.334 254.95 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 624,064 1,293.283 482.54 1,173.247 531.91 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 907,645 3,908.914 232.20 3,546.109 255.96 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 6,102,708 24,328.963 250.84 22,070.871 276.51 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 67,303 67.188 1,001.71 60.952 1,104.20 TOOL STEEL............................17 896,042 635.334 1,410.35 576.366 1,554.64 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 299,223 564.435 530.13 512.047 584.37 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 1,315,723 2,230.606 589.85 2,023.573 650.20 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 296,344 516.061 574.24 468.163 632.99 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 223,165 439.706 507.53 398.895 559.46 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 112,261 169.351 662.89 153.633 730.71 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 194,070 115.092 1,686.21 104.410 1,858.73 WIRE DRAWN............................23 187,391 342.436 547.23 310.653 603.22 TIN PLATE.............................29 1,024,106 1,735.784 590.00 1,574.678 650.36 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 218,589 337.385 647.89 306.071 714.18 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,104,183 756.956 1,458.71 686.700 1,607.96 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,006,041 1,943.402 517.67 1,763.026 570.63 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 2,679 5.129 522.32 4.653 575.76 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 93,637 130.112 719.66 118.036 793.29 COUNTRY TOTAL 54,949,561 220,469.861 249.24 200,006.950 274.74 Uruguay BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 814,296 3,425.982 237.68 3,108.000 262.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 814,296 3,425.982 237.68 3,108.000 262.00 Argentina WIRE RODS..............................3 1,253,069 4,727.874 265.04 4,289.057 292.15 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,308,106 4,153.901 314.91 3,768.357 347.13 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 465,532 1,478.016 314.97 1,340.834 347.20 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 53,254 50.285 1,059.04 45.618 1,167.39 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 427,689 357.988 1,194.70 324.762 1,316.93 WIRE DRAWN............................23 244,198 692.938 352.41 628.623 388.46 TIN PLATE.............................29 243,050 533.075 455.94 483.598 502.59 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,238,631 7,249.124 308.81 6,576.297 340.41 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 2,312,752 5,637.858 410.22 5,114.581 452.19 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,571,054 3,583.976 438.35 3,251.330 483.20 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 3,504 1.151 3,041.89 1.045 3,353.11 COUNTRY TOTAL 10,120,839 28,466.191 355.54 25,824.102 391.91 Sweden INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 4,480 9.533 469.90 8.649 517.98 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 2,947,327 1,844.214 1,598.15 1,673.044 1,761.66 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 27/09/03 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE WIRE RODS..............................3 430,211 203.112 2,118.09 184.261 2,334.79 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,566,356 2,494.385 627.95 2,262.869 692.20 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 294,555 146.486 2,010.81 132.890 2,216.53 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 357,195 201.841 1,769.68 183.108 1,950.73 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 346,857 146.781 2,363.08 133.158 2,604.85 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,286,826 482.237 2,668.45 437.479 2,941.46 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 3,138 0.132 23,722.89 0.120 26,150.00 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 437,004 354.022 1,234.40 321.164 1,360.69 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 81,021 64.696 1,252.32 58.692 1,380.44 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 757,593 152.096 4,980.99 137.980 5,490.60 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,337,947 281.895 4,746.26 255.731 5,231.85 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 746,464 1,536.067 485.96 1,393.497 535.68 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 483,324 410.501 1,177.40 372.401 1,297.86 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 7,273 13.581 535.50 12.321 590.29 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 527,438 819.358 643.72 743.310 709.58 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,682,739 549.522 4,881.94 498.519 5,381.42 COUNTRY TOTAL 14,297,748 9,710.470 1,472.41 8,809.193 1,623.05 Norway STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 23,880 55.625 429.30 50.463 473.22 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 3,388 0.579 5,843.24 0.526 6,441.06 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 13,303 22.171 599.99 20.114 661.38 TIN PLATE.............................29 89,837 208.518 430.83 189.165 474.91 COUNTRY TOTAL 130,408 286.896 454.55 260.268 501.05 Finland BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 1,475,755 7,055.672 209.16 6,400.800 230.56 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 231,115 446.691 517.39 405.232 570.33 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 5,756 0.978 5,880.36 0.888 6,481.98 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 128,652 65.454 1,965.53 59.379 2,166.62 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 262,682 123.091 2,134.03 111.667 2,352.37 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 579,122 188.250 3,076.34 170.778 3,391.08 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 188,745 116.661 1,617.88 105.834 1,783.41 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,871,827 7,996.801 359.12 7,254.578 395.86 Denmark BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 2,548 1.947 1,308.15 1.767 1,441.99 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 40,259 6.262 6,428.86 5.681 7,086.60 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 3,026 0.203 14,838.60 0.185 16,356.76 WIRE DRAWN............................23 47,014 1.591 29,536.28 1.444 32,558.17 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 13,420 2.204 6,087.21 2.000 6,710.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 106,267 12.210 8,703.06 11.077 9,593.48 United Kingdom IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 27/09/03 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 95,007 35.476 2,678.01 32.184 2,951.99 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 4,735,072 4,113.033 1,151.24 3,731.282 1,269.02 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,471,634 2,929.040 502.43 2,657.182 553.83 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 3,179,446 10,466.972 303.76 9,495.480 334.84 STEEL PILING...........................5 259,501 763.602 339.84 692.729 374.61 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 165,718 253.309 654.21 229.799 721.14 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 5,578,625 14,711.930 379.19 13,346.443 417.99 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,959,423 2,079.957 942.05 1,886.906 1,038.43 TOOL STEEL............................17 937,229 254.105 3,688.34 230.521 4,065.70 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 33,685 14.690 2,292.98 13.327 2,527.58 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 557,379 998.660 558.13 905.970 615.23 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 12,140,538 17,515.075 693.15 15,889.414 764.06 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,567 0.088 29,109.30 0.080 32,087.50 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 276,013 200.512 1,376.54 181.902 1,517.37 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 168,642 29.387 5,738.54 26.660 6,325.66 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 50,027 5.765 8,677.58 5.230 9,565.39 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 4,429 2.912 1,520.79 2.642 1,676.38 WIRE DRAWN............................23 853,417 537.528 1,587.67 487.638 1,750.10 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 178,551 81.731 2,184.59 74.146 2,408.10 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 10,177 10.976 927.14 9.958 1,021.99 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 94,796 249.723 379.60 226.545 418.44 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 143,977 99.044 1,453.65 89.852 1,602.38 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,008,292 552.300 1,825.62 501.039 2,012.40 COUNTRY TOTAL 33,904,145 55,905.828 606.45 50,716.929 668.50 Ireland OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,131 0.238 8,950.05 0.216 9,865.74 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,131 0.238 8,950.05 0.216 9,865.74 Netherlands WIRE RODS..............................3 25,022 32.119 779.04 29.138 858.74 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 148,860 178.894 832.11 162.290 917.25 TOOL STEEL............................17 61,766 78.684 784.99 71.381 865.30 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 9,920 0.723 13,718.41 0.656 15,121.95 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 5,929 2.083 2,845.87 1.890 3,137.04 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 22,049 1.545 14,267.13 1.402 15,726.82 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 22,644 5.509 4,110.10 4.998 4,530.61 WIRE DRAWN............................23 19,837 5.641 3,516.18 5.118 3,875.93 TIN PLATE.............................29 705,856 1,394.619 506.13 1,265.178 557.91 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 627,392 1,294.508 484.66 1,174.359 534.24 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 20,803 81.401 255.56 73.846 281.71 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 204,355 448.164 455.98 406.568 502.63 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,874,433 3,523.894 531.92 3,196.824 586.34 Belgium IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 27/09/03 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 213,840 508.562 420.48 461.360 463.50 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,114,630 617.401 1,805.36 560.097 1,990.07 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,233,656 737.675 1,672.36 669.208 1,843.46 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 4,127 5.394 765.01 4.894 843.28 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,968 0.559 5,300.25 0.508 5,842.52 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 43,820 38.461 1,139.31 34.892 1,255.88 WIRE DRAWN............................23 811,461 718.629 1,129.18 651.930 1,244.71 BLACK PLATE...........................28 13,311 16.173 823.03 14.672 907.24 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 459,485 1,101.572 417.12 999.330 459.79 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,827,679 2,063.894 885.55 1,872.334 976.15 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 411,712 776.892 529.95 704.785 584.17 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 175,433 429.614 408.35 389.740 450.13 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 36,171 22.224 1,627.51 20.162 1,794.02 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 48,915 26.265 1,862.30 23.828 2,052.84 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,397,208 7,063.322 905.69 6,407.740 998.36 Luxembourg STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,709,335 3,765.772 453.91 3,416.252 500.35 STEEL PILING...........................5 2,477,069 4,804.918 515.53 4,358.950 568.27 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 11,659 22.949 508.04 20.819 560.02 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 11,026 22.098 498.96 20.047 550.01 WIRE DRAWN............................23 342,487 403.883 847.98 366.397 934.74 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 604,817 1,598.758 378.30 1,450.370 417.01 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 530,043 1,290.012 410.88 1,170.280 452.92 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 289,339 674.777 428.79 612.148 472.66 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,975,775 12,583.169 474.90 11,415.263 523.49 France WIRE RODS..............................3 783,042 443.394 1,766.02 402.241 1,946.70 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 74,625 51.922 1,437.25 47.103 1,584.29 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 972,324 492.649 1,973.66 446.924 2,175.59 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 855,856 2,665.077 321.14 2,417.718 353.99 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 251,031 146.065 1,718.62 132.508 1,894.46 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 8,163 4.181 1,952.37 3.793 2,152.12 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,582,586 1,865.225 848.47 1,692.105 935.28 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,040,032 1,443.702 1,413.06 1,309.705 1,557.63 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 38,728 41.457 934.15 37.610 1,029.73 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 525,094 650.184 807.61 589.838 890.23 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 445,250 858.100 518.88 778.456 571.97 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 981,499 949.230 1,033.99 861.128 1,139.78 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 1,473,233 1,441.599 1,021.94 1,307.797 1,126.50 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,162,994 300.160 3,874.58 272.301 4,270.99 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 15,771 0.099 158,969.05 0.090 175,233.33 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,927,958 1,668.382 1,155.58 1,513.532 1,273.81 BLACK PLATE...........................28 9,189 17.791 516.49 16.140 569.33 TIN PLATE.............................29 8,597 16.688 515.13 15.140 567.83 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 27/09/03 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 20,648 38.381 537.97 34.819 593.01 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 3,224,623 10,136.252 318.13 9,195.456 350.68 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,113,222 2,851.663 741.05 2,586.986 816.87 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 48,287 71.452 675.79 64.821 744.93 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 38,333 13.576 2,823.57 12.316 3,112.46 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 264,199 277.117 953.38 251.397 1,050.92 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 691,502 231.239 2,990.41 209.777 3,296.37 COUNTRY TOTAL 19,556,786 26,675.596 733.13 24,199.701 808.14 Federal Republic of Germany INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 42,839 34.599 1,238.15 31.388 1,364.82 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 4,730,227 17,353.288 272.58 15,742.643 300.47 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,206,101 3,449.241 349.67 3,129.100 385.45 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,298,778 1,777.415 730.71 1,612.445 805.47 STEEL PILING...........................5 262,826 419.771 626.12 380.810 690.18 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 385,888 506.376 762.06 459.377 840.02 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,208,278 3,348.687 659.45 3,037.879 726.91 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 3,173 0.125 25,249.98 0.114 27,833.33 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,455,868 2,112.237 689.25 1,916.190 759.77 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 9,331 2.098 4,445.87 1.904 4,900.74 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 111,479 218.040 511.28 197.803 563.59 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 877,753 552.569 1,588.49 501.283 1,751.01 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,517,858 1,419.696 1,773.52 1,287.927 1,954.97 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 801,596 639.387 1,253.69 580.043 1,381.96 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 3,330,235 5,733.553 580.83 5,201.394 640.26 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 159,444 172.340 925.17 156.345 1,019.82 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 658,417 946.373 695.73 858.536 766.91 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,275,554 2,052.907 1,108.45 1,862.367 1,221.86 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 1,072,606 1,163.236 922.09 1,055.271 1,016.43 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 845,809 60.893 13,889.89 55.242 15,310.98 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 37,145 2.065 17,981.53 1.874 19,821.24 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 255,843 229.403 1,115.26 208.111 1,229.36 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,348,602 890.503 1,514.43 807.851 1,669.37 BLACK PLATE...........................28 439,367 393.829 1,115.63 357.276 1,229.77 TIN PLATE.............................29 5,213,438 9,566.203 544.99 8,678.316 600.74 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 420,769 864.670 486.62 784.416 536.41 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 61,912 62.929 983.83 57.089 1,084.48 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,896,602 2,538.020 747.28 2,302.454 823.73 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 4,682,081 11,779.932 397.46 10,686.578 438.13 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 2,696,389 6,265.881 430.33 5,684.314 474.36 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 254,866 149.028 1,710.19 135.196 1,885.16 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 366,304 605.050 605.41 548.893 667.35 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 422,703 762.852 554.11 692.048 610.80 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 4,851,375 4,162.671 1,165.45 3,776.313 1,284.69 COUNTRY TOTAL 47,201,456 80,235.883 588.28 72,788.790 648.47 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 27/09/03 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Austria WIRE RODS..............................3 4,427 1.730 2,558.03 1.570 2,819.75 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 54,294 14.788 3,671.34 13.416 4,046.96 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 75,407 24.133 3,124.51 21.894 3,444.19 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 9,243 8.730 1,058.73 7.920 1,167.05 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 220,837 389.040 567.64 352.932 625.72 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 486,271 257.866 1,885.74 233.933 2,078.68 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 12,432 3.537 3,514.53 3.209 3,874.10 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 192,480 96.836 1,987.67 87.849 2,191.03 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,843,211 828.124 2,225.77 751.262 2,453.49 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,419,669 3,467.046 697.90 3,145.253 769.31 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 540,686 975.245 554.41 884.728 611.13 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 92,160 41.895 2,199.76 38.007 2,424.82 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 656,029 114.596 5,724.70 103.960 6,310.40 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 94,093 131.608 714.95 119.393 788.09 WIRE DRAWN............................23 504,333 161.001 3,132.48 146.058 3,452.96 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,307,906 3,050.531 428.75 2,767.396 472.61 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 91,072 28.128 3,237.68 25.518 3,568.93 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 17,566 20.325 864.23 18.439 952.65 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 17,991 15.261 1,178.85 13.845 1,299.46 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 8,827 1.658 5,320.75 1.505 5,865.12 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 264,063 45.487 5,805.12 41.266 6,399.05 COUNTRY TOTAL 8,912,997 9,677.577 920.99 8,779.353 1,015.22 Czech Republic PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 135,374 428.493 315.93 388.723 348.25 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,922,793 6,162.910 474.26 5,590.900 522.78 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 365,423 46.451 7,866.78 42.140 8,671.64 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 147,064 14.134 10,404.29 12.823 11,468.77 WIRE DRAWN............................23 17,435 33.914 514.08 30.767 566.68 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,588,089 6,685.905 536.66 6,065.353 591.57 Slovakia INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 7,899 7.508 1,051.95 6.812 1,159.57 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 134,271 451.589 297.33 409.675 327.75 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 89,209 140.846 633.38 127.774 698.18 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 202,456 553.426 365.82 502.060 403.25 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 454,139 643.930 705.26 584.164 777.42 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 183,822 588.047 312.60 533.468 344.58 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,071,796 2,385.349 449.32 2,163.953 495.30 Hungary PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 43,937 179.379 244.94 162.730 270.00 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 85,728 370.056 231.66 335.710 255.36 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,264 0.192 11,736.38 0.175 12,937.14 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 27/09/03 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 4,251 1.302 3,262.64 1.182 3,596.45 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 246,936 1,054.360 234.20 956.500 258.17 COUNTRY TOTAL 383,116 1,605.292 238.66 1,456.297 263.08 Switzerland RAILS STANDARD.........................7 7,156 3.290 2,174.81 2.985 2,397.32 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 223,858 89.570 2,499.24 81.257 2,754.94 TOOL STEEL............................17 247,716 164.232 1,508.33 148.989 1,662.65 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 20,236 49.569 408.23 44.969 450.00 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 11,652 0.170 68,196.90 0.155 75,174.19 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 470,267 298.219 1,576.92 270.540 1,738.25 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 18,579 0.057 324,126.73 0.052 357,288.46 WIRE DRAWN............................23 177,484 43.166 4,111.61 39.160 4,532.28 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 183,282 16.394 11,179.36 14.873 12,323.14 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 113,491 117.585 965.18 106.672 1,063.92 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,473,721 782.257 1,883.93 709.652 2,076.68 Latvia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 145,717 82.483 1,766.62 74.828 1,947.36 COUNTRY TOTAL 145,717 82.483 1,766.62 74.828 1,947.36 Poland STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 157,459 376.676 418.02 341.715 460.79 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 41,200 86.163 478.16 78.166 527.08 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 53,426 89.959 593.89 81.610 654.65 WIRE DRAWN............................23 173,790 230.471 754.06 209.080 831.21 COUNTRY TOTAL 425,875 783.270 543.71 710.571 599.34 Russia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 250,468 833.235 300.60 755.899 331.35 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 3,092 1.396 2,213.90 1.267 2,440.41 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 388,690 1,547.104 251.24 1,403.510 276.94 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 975,227 2,766.959 352.45 2,510.144 388.51 TOOL STEEL............................17 537,437 249.423 2,154.72 226.273 2,375.17 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 4,556,216 5,351.385 851.41 4,854.697 938.52 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,711,130 10,749.505 624.32 9,751.790 688.19 Belarus WIRE DRAWN............................23 285,550 358.973 795.46 325.655 876.85 COUNTRY TOTAL 285,550 358.973 795.46 325.655 876.85 Ukraine IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 27/09/03 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 14,094 35.567 396.26 32.266 436.81 TOOL STEEL............................17 25,313 31.319 808.21 28.413 890.90 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 157,780 115.490 1,366.18 104.771 1,505.95 COUNTRY TOTAL 197,187 182.377 1,081.20 165.450 1,191.82 Spain BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 5,208,644 4,382.098 1,188.62 3,975.374 1,310.23 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,170,622 3,677.792 318.29 3,336.438 350.86 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 7,813,087 26,946.185 289.95 24,445.175 319.62 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 260,426 296.056 879.65 268.578 969.65 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 61,119 162.251 376.69 147.192 415.23 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 733,672 1,396.514 525.36 1,266.897 579.11 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 746,239 1,349.809 552.85 1,224.527 609.41 TOOL STEEL............................17 179,241 119.501 1,499.91 108.410 1,653.36 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 344,375 291.197 1,182.62 264.170 1,303.61 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 781,609 1,491.945 523.89 1,353.471 577.48 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 146,050 49.631 2,942.68 45.025 3,243.75 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,009,938 236.903 4,263.08 214.915 4,699.24 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 5,417 6.318 857.33 5.732 945.05 WIRE DRAWN............................23 115,352 193.596 595.84 175.628 656.80 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 998,022 1,665.690 599.16 1,511.089 660.47 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 101,032 199.231 507.11 180.740 558.99 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 19,922 2.744 7,258.21 2.490 8,000.80 COUNTRY TOTAL 19,694,767 42,467.469 463.76 38,525.851 511.21 Portugal BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 97,167 29.041 3,345.80 26.346 3,688.11 COUNTRY TOTAL 97,167 29.041 3,345.80 26.346 3,688.11 Italy BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 39,420 14.883 2,648.59 13.502 2,919.57 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,373,241 2,487.509 552.05 2,256.631 608.54 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 222,985 312.031 714.62 283.070 787.74 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 16,068 7.598 2,114.70 6.893 2,331.06 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 3,586 0.735 4,877.31 0.667 5,376.31 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 572,024 465.607 1,228.55 422.392 1,354.25 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 21,782 10.897 1,998.82 9.886 2,203.32 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,405,527 717.304 1,959.46 650.728 2,159.93 TOOL STEEL............................17 32,062 1.521 21,076.93 1.380 23,233.33 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 186,349 140.059 1,330.50 127.060 1,466.62 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 26,349 22.763 1,157.49 20.651 1,275.92 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,773,340 1,715.833 1,033.52 1,556.578 1,139.26 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 621,518 644.178 964.82 584.389 1,063.53 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 443,255 373.924 1,185.41 339.219 1,306.69 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 593,950 287.537 2,065.64 260.850 2,276.98 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 27/09/03 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,641,459 1,952.462 840.71 1,771.245 926.73 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 67,679 48.980 1,381.77 44.434 1,523.14 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,354,702 2,477.934 1,353.83 2,247.945 1,492.34 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 95,860 21.081 4,547.07 19.125 5,012.29 COUNTRY TOTAL 12,491,156 11,702.844 1,067.36 10,616.645 1,176.56 Slovenia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 81,353 48.244 1,686.25 43.767 1,858.77 TOOL STEEL............................17 899,285 750.422 1,198.37 680.772 1,320.98 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 61,496 45.216 1,360.03 41.020 1,499.17 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,042,134 843.884 1,234.93 765.559 1,361.27 Greece STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 3,762,624 9,870.274 381.21 8,954.165 420.21 WIRE DRAWN............................23 538,200 1,001.032 537.64 908.122 592.65 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,300,824 10,871.307 395.61 9,862.287 436.09 Romania PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,483,872 8,715.116 285.01 7,906.223 314.17 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 2,635 0.440 5,976.08 0.400 6,587.50 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 15,886 22.853 695.14 20.732 766.26 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,535 1.373 1,845.68 1.246 2,034.51 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 34,945 35.757 977.27 32.439 1,077.25 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,539,873 8,775.541 289.43 7,961.040 319.04 Turkey WIRE RODS..............................3 6,797,365 28,328.257 239.95 25,698.970 264.50 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 5,002 8.203 609.75 7.442 672.13 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 3,214,099 9,855.295 326.13 8,940.576 359.50 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 316,893 1,196.951 264.75 1,085.856 291.84 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 6,054,435 25,022.999 241.95 22,700.490 266.71 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 172,120 410.960 418.82 372.817 461.67 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,037,342 3,348.848 309.76 3,038.025 341.45 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 1,176,244 3,749.723 313.69 3,401.693 345.78 WIRE DRAWN............................23 28,233 41.245 684.52 37.417 754.55 COUNTRY TOTAL 18,801,733 71,962.484 261.27 65,283.286 288.00 Israel MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 147,000 16.534 8,890.41 15.000 9,800.00 WIRE DRAWN............................23 89,382 196.609 454.62 178.361 501.13 COUNTRY TOTAL 236,382 213.143 1,109.03 193.361 1,222.49 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 27/09/03 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Saudi Arabia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 134,229 67.152 1,998.86 60.920 2,203.37 COUNTRY TOTAL 134,229 67.152 1,998.86 60.920 2,203.37 United Arab Emirates BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 83,241 31.693 2,626.43 28.752 2,895.14 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 146,352 394.156 371.30 357.573 409.29 COUNTRY TOTAL 229,593 425.850 539.14 386.325 594.30 Oman STANDARD PIPE.........................18 486,580 1,453.792 334.70 1,318.859 368.94 COUNTRY TOTAL 486,580 1,453.792 334.70 1,318.859 368.94 India BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 82,642 98.948 835.20 89.765 920.65 WIRE RODS..............................3 193,538 142.749 1,355.79 129.500 1,494.50 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 199,630 82.550 2,418.26 74.889 2,665.68 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 293,086 256.610 1,142.14 232.793 1,259.00 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 778,623 401.992 1,936.91 364.682 2,135.07 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 42,038 139.000 302.43 126.099 333.37 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,135,413 680.705 1,667.99 617.526 1,838.65 TOOL STEEL............................17 26,302 20.671 1,272.37 18.753 1,402.55 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 3,665,751 8,948.407 409.65 8,117.861 451.57 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 59,648 121.039 492.80 109.805 543.22 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 504,708 550.410 916.97 499.324 1,010.78 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 33,905 16.997 1,994.69 15.420 2,198.77 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 119,434 43.726 2,731.39 39.668 3,010.84 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 195,823 227.864 859.38 206.715 947.31 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,855,259 1,311.946 1,414.13 1,190.178 1,558.81 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 152,514 95.877 1,590.71 86.979 1,753.46 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 173,048 91.176 1,897.94 82.714 2,092.12 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 2,027,487 4,315.672 469.80 3,915.113 517.86 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 217,906 424.676 513.11 385.260 565.61 COUNTRY TOTAL 11,756,755 17,971.024 654.21 16,303.044 721.14 Pakistan STANDARD PIPE.........................18 148,624 408.378 363.94 370.475 401.17 COUNTRY TOTAL 148,624 408.378 363.94 370.475 401.17 Thailand STANDARD PIPE.........................18 4,243,896 11,045.851 384.21 10,020.631 423.52 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 41,003 21.596 1,898.60 19.592 2,092.84 WIRE DRAWN............................23 74,021 50.882 1,454.74 46.160 1,603.57 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 27/09/03 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 418,271 209.983 1,991.92 190.494 2,195.72 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 4,059 3.701 1,096.56 3.358 1,208.76 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,781,250 11,332.016 421.92 10,280.235 465.09 Vietnam PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 30,220 30.193 1,000.88 27.391 1,103.28 COUNTRY TOTAL 30,220 30.193 1,000.88 27.391 1,103.28 Malaysia WIRE RODS..............................3 3,062,438 11,076.020 276.49 10,048.000 304.78 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 160,707 96.348 1,667.97 87.406 1,838.63 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,223,145 11,172.369 288.49 10,135.406 318.01 Singapore MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 3,336 0.008 378,296.14 0.008 417,000.00 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 207,826 94.648 2,195.76 85.864 2,420.41 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 5,214 0.194 26,875.36 0.176 29,625.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 216,376 94.851 2,281.20 86.048 2,514.60 Indonesia STANDARD PIPE.........................18 618,421 1,648.219 375.21 1,495.240 413.59 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 42,651 10.929 3,902.41 9.915 4,301.66 WIRE DRAWN............................23 16,434 9.323 1,762.67 8.458 1,943.01 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 142,219 69.508 2,046.07 63.057 2,255.40 COUNTRY TOTAL 819,725 1,737.980 471.65 1,576.670 519.91 Philippines STANDARD PIPE.........................18 9,621 23.939 401.88 21.718 443.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,621 23.939 401.88 21.718 443.00 China WIRE RODS..............................3 114,716 131.221 874.22 119.042 963.66 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 528,689 1,793.151 294.84 1,626.720 325.00 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 123,425 250.133 493.44 226.917 543.92 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 51,393 166.622 308.44 151.157 340.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 244,222 117.849 2,072.33 106.911 2,284.35 TOOL STEEL............................17 435,773 214.145 2,034.93 194.270 2,243.13 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 4,363,048 11,391.155 383.02 10,333.885 422.21 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,766,460 3,797.408 465.18 3,444.952 512.77 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 680,368 1,644.446 413.74 1,491.817 456.07 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 525,926 1,494.160 351.99 1,355.480 388.00 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 192,393 317.747 605.49 288.256 667.44 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 27/09/03 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 66,852 100.073 668.03 90.785 736.38 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,309,527 545.532 2,400.46 494.899 2,646.05 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 40,226 24.283 1,656.49 22.030 1,825.96 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,185,609 2,759.921 791.91 2,503.759 872.93 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,359,948 1,411.020 963.80 1,280.057 1,062.41 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 8,860 0.369 23,993.01 0.335 26,447.76 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 3,881 0.443 8,758.17 0.402 9,654.23 COUNTRY TOTAL 14,001,316 26,159.685 535.22 23,731.674 589.98 Korea, South BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 690,710 2,214.256 311.94 2,008.740 343.85 WIRE RODS..............................3 52,021 40.154 1,295.51 36.428 1,428.05 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 141,091 313.802 449.62 284.677 495.62 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 259,055 176.223 1,470.04 159.867 1,620.44 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 143,680 398.941 360.15 361.914 397.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 23,654 7.695 3,073.85 6.981 3,388.34 TOOL STEEL............................17 96,690 70.168 1,377.96 63.656 1,518.95 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,144,180 2,568.714 445.43 2,330.299 491.00 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 4,341,848 9,957.233 436.05 9,033.053 480.66 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 536,922 1,469.053 365.49 1,332.703 402.88 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 626,285 1,844.495 339.54 1,673.299 374.28 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 1,075,218 3,254.793 330.35 2,952.700 364.15 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 239,105 452.607 528.28 410.599 582.33 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 2,656,155 957.974 2,772.68 869.060 3,056.35 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 25,131 46.093 545.22 41.815 601.00 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 583,099 1,445.807 403.30 1,311.615 444.57 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,476,817 3,014.258 821.70 2,734.490 905.77 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 18,308,619 62,867.158 291.23 57,032.143 321.02 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 280,753 139.890 2,006.94 126.907 2,212.27 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 443,189 896.827 494.17 813.588 544.73 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 156,318 362.132 431.66 328.521 475.82 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 1,821,353 4,007.771 454.46 3,635.790 500.95 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 4,161 12.412 335.24 11.260 369.54 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 526,283 392.375 1,341.27 355.957 1,478.50 COUNTRY TOTAL 36,652,337 96,910.842 378.21 87,916.062 416.90 Hong Kong LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,876 0.199 14,414.72 0.181 15,889.50 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 8,586 14.113 608.33 12.804 670.57 COUNTRY TOTAL 11,462 14.313 800.78 12.985 882.71 Taiwan BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 13,637 1.166 11,693.08 1.058 12,889.41 WIRE RODS..............................3 989,152 537.501 1,840.28 487.613 2,028.56 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 20,276 31.117 651.60 28.229 718.27 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 27/09/03 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 887,379 562.032 1,578.88 509.867 1,740.41 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 521,257 285.701 1,824.48 259.184 2,011.15 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 844,716 480.788 1,756.94 436.164 1,936.69 TOOL STEEL............................17 931,154 643.846 1,446.24 584.088 1,594.20 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 6,825 1.102 6,191.54 1.000 6,825.00 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 8,325 24.021 346.56 21.792 382.02 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 130,995 391.188 334.86 354.880 369.12 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 756,670 2,086.776 362.60 1,893.092 399.70 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 105,938 64.078 1,653.25 58.131 1,822.40 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 3,323,378 1,694.706 1,961.03 1,537.412 2,161.67 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 2,787 2.599 1,072.23 2.358 1,181.93 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 276,889 157.148 1,761.95 142.563 1,942.22 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,151,583 1,080.375 1,065.91 980.100 1,174.96 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,988,393 1,841.440 1,622.86 1,670.527 1,788.89 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 3,774,750 5,744.347 657.12 5,211.186 724.36 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 28,153 60.494 465.38 54.880 512.99 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 163,240 93.769 1,740.87 85.066 1,918.98 COUNTRY TOTAL 16,925,497 15,784.200 1,072.31 14,319.190 1,182.01 Japan BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 134,279 274.271 489.58 248.815 539.67 WIRE RODS..............................3 2,100,671 5,829.448 360.36 5,288.388 397.22 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 12,125 3.111 3,896.43 2.823 4,295.08 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 673,128 1,146.609 587.06 1,040.187 647.12 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 10,982 9.746 1,126.75 8.842 1,242.03 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 5,399,456 12,347.434 437.29 11,201.407 482.03 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 47,452 83.949 565.24 76.158 623.07 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 4,508,172 8,922.222 505.27 8,094.106 556.97 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 17,058 4.217 4,044.63 3.826 4,458.44 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 2,017,969 7,988.899 252.60 7,247.410 278.44 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 282,228 144.327 1,955.47 130.932 2,155.53 TOOL STEEL............................17 4,843,628 7,037.915 688.22 6,384.691 758.63 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 89,509 78.088 1,146.25 70.841 1,263.52 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 6,784,471 2,877.981 2,357.37 2,610.862 2,598.56 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 5,148,448 9,693.341 531.13 8,793.654 585.47 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,363,130 2,163.377 630.09 1,962.584 694.56 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,777,085 2,092.157 1,327.38 1,897.974 1,463.18 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 467,565 324.992 1,438.70 294.828 1,585.89 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 3,444,549 1,284.557 2,681.51 1,165.331 2,955.85 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 243,906 78.374 3,112.07 71.100 3,430.46 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 307,896 567.760 542.30 515.064 597.78 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 61,322 156.776 391.14 142.225 431.16 WIRE DRAWN............................23 5,712,270 5,903.964 967.53 5,355.988 1,066.52 BLACK PLATE...........................28 1,771,616 1,955.290 906.06 1,773.810 998.76 TIN PLATE.............................29 2,728 3.682 740.74 3.341 816.52 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 772,679 1,032.739 748.18 936.886 824.73 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,168,097 2,132.382 547.79 1,934.465 603.83 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 27/09/03 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 5,034,777 7,743.418 650.20 7,024.713 716.72 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 564,363 926.069 609.42 840.116 671.77 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 590,468 966.220 611.11 876.541 673.63 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 939,417 676.640 1,388.35 613.838 1,530.40 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 1,394,519 2,980.648 467.86 2,704.000 515.72 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 38,482 1.333 28,851.48 1.210 31,803.31 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,386,704 626.317 3,810.69 568.186 4,200.57 COUNTRY TOTAL 61,111,149 88,058.270 693.99 79,885.142 764.99 Australia PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 339,919 1,629.988 208.54 1,478.701 229.88 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 122,519 203.270 602.74 184.404 664.41 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 4,120 1.753 2,349.22 1.591 2,589.57 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 24,840 60.073 413.49 54.498 455.80 WIRE DRAWN............................23 84,952 120.617 704.31 109.422 776.37 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 5,245,290 23,234.456 225.75 21,077.950 248.85 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 49,344 14.461 3,412.16 13.119 3,761.26 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 6,292 6.935 907.18 6.292 1,000.00 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 6,251 9.844 634.96 8.931 699.92 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 4,346 5.596 776.57 5.077 856.02 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,887,873 25,286.997 232.84 22,939.985 256.66 New Zealand WIRE RODS..............................3 1,508,566 6,082.155 248.03 5,517.640 273.41 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 58,672 296.224 198.07 268.730 218.33 WIRE DRAWN............................23 18,576 44.075 421.45 39.985 464.57 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 382,775 1,998.941 191.49 1,813.410 211.08 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 29,092 44.136 659.14 40.040 726.57 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,997,681 8,465.533 235.98 7,679.805 260.12 Egypt WIRE RODS..............................3 1,494,798 6,577.776 227.25 5,967.260 250.50 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 12,164,900 43,954.398 276.76 39,874.771 305.08 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 10,893 17.705 615.24 16.062 678.18 COUNTRY TOTAL 13,670,591 50,549.880 270.44 45,858.093 298.11 South Africa WIRE RODS..............................3 388,056 1,648.673 235.37 1,495.652 259.46 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 57,841 57.689 1,002.63 52.335 1,105.21 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 723,465 1,309.060 552.66 1,187.560 609.20 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 269,093 885.963 303.73 803.733 334.80 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 89,781 233.284 384.86 211.632 424.23 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 518,508 1,326.236 390.96 1,203.142 430.96 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 409,784 910.404 450.11 825.905 496.16 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 27/09/03 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 617,880 1,714.118 360.47 1,555.023 397.34 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 235,434 148.222 1,588.39 134.465 1,750.89 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 14,369 50.701 283.40 45.996 312.40 WIRE DRAWN............................23 739,002 1,789.631 412.94 1,623.527 455.18 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 161,028 157.015 1,025.56 142.442 1,130.48 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 149,945 109.591 1,368.21 99.420 1,508.20 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,351,188 3,166.066 426.77 2,872.208 470.44 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,725,374 13,506.660 423.89 12,253.040 467.26 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 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 55,709 86.058 647.34 78.071 713.57 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 1,404,370 4,061.456 345.78 3,684.492 381.16 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 244,148 581.903 419.57 527.894 462.49 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 5,472,398 11,059.054 494.83 10,032.608 545.46 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,053,685 5,708.652 359.75 5,178.804 396.56 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 10,160 19.171 529.96 17.392 584.18 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 10,549,779 26,913.957 391.98 24,415.938 432.09 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 287,236 501.996 572.19 455.404 630.73 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 831,764 593.990 1,400.30 538.859 1,543.57 TOOL STEEL............................17 574,478 484.022 1,186.88 439.098 1,308.31 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 29,481 10.104 2,917.50 9.167 3,215.99 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 476,758 798.057 597.40 723.986 658.52 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 4,926,855 10,426.307 472.54 9,458.590 520.89 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 300,761 512.153 587.25 464.618 647.33 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 888,301 1,265.331 702.03 1,147.890 773.86 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 764,651 274.000 2,790.69 248.569 3,076.21 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 145,417 323.377 449.68 293.363 495.69 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 43,209 40.407 1,069.33 36.657 1,178.74 WIRE DRAWN............................23 527,829 941.710 560.50 854.306 617.85 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,433,045 3,635.032 394.23 3,297.647 434.57 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 498,953 1,109.116 449.87 1,006.174 495.89 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,925,744 3,799.345 506.86 3,446.709 558.72 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 798,019 774.220 1,030.74 702.361 1,136.19 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 135,093 352.350 383.41 319.647 422.63 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,003 0.373 5,360.15 0.339 5,908.55 COUNTRY TOTAL 34,379,846 74,272.153 462.89 67,378.583 510.25 Mexico INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 187,017 246.234 759.51 223.380 837.21 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 2,100 0.371 5,653.08 0.337 6,231.45 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,107,419 3,279.802 337.65 2,975.388 372.19 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 175,921 537.519 327.28 487.630 360.77 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,743 0.003 829,469.48 0.003 914,333.33 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 89,679 126.863 706.89 115.089 779.21 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,224,115 1,636.784 747.88 1,484.866 824.39 WIRE DRAWN............................23 565,710 548.743 1,030.92 497.812 1,136.39 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 226,060 127.047 1,779.33 115.256 1,961.37 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 232,896 442.764 526.00 401.669 579.82 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,813,660 6,946.135 549.03 6,301.430 605.21 Dominican Republic IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 27/09/03 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 29,162 79.695 365.92 72.299 403.35 COUNTRY TOTAL 29,162 79.695 365.92 72.299 403.35 Colombia BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,378 4.387 542.03 3.980 597.49 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 454,842 719.360 632.29 652.593 696.98 COUNTRY TOTAL 457,220 723.747 631.74 656.573 696.37 Brazil BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 762,904 2,470.534 308.80 2,241.232 340.39 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 402,146 568.386 707.52 515.632 779.91 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 49,704 45.060 1,103.06 40.878 1,215.91 TOOL STEEL............................17 896,042 635.334 1,410.35 576.366 1,554.64 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 299,223 564.435 530.13 512.047 584.37 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 193,107 402.883 479.31 365.490 528.35 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 29,989 65.250 459.60 59.194 506.62 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 987,245 1,889.891 522.38 1,714.481 575.83 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 15,783 26.283 600.49 23.844 661.93 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,636,143 6,668.060 545.31 6,049.164 601.10 Argentina PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 227,258 156.109 1,455.76 141.620 1,604.70 COUNTRY TOTAL 227,258 156.109 1,455.76 141.620 1,604.70 Sweden PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,465,457 2,433.085 602.30 2,207.259 663.93 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 344,742 196.489 1,754.51 178.252 1,934.01 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,286,826 482.237 2,668.45 437.479 2,941.46 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 311,667 224.417 1,388.78 203.588 1,530.87 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 81,021 64.696 1,252.32 58.692 1,380.44 WIRE DRAWN............................23 28,142 24.119 1,166.77 21.881 1,286.14 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 746,464 1,536.067 485.96 1,393.497 535.68 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 25,711 39.705 647.55 36.020 713.80 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 527,438 819.358 643.72 743.310 709.58 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 308,523 96.969 3,181.66 87.969 3,507.18 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,125,991 5,917.147 866.29 5,367.947 954.93 Norway LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 13,303 22.171 599.99 20.114 661.38 COUNTRY TOTAL 13,303 22.171 599.99 20.114 661.38 Finland IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 27/09/03 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 231,115 446.691 517.39 405.232 570.33 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 256,692 118.006 2,175.23 107.054 2,397.78 COUNTRY TOTAL 487,807 564.698 863.84 512.286 952.22 United Kingdom BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 119,301 120.851 987.17 109.635 1,088.17 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 596,376 1,328.873 448.78 1,205.534 494.70 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 165,718 253.309 654.21 229.799 721.14 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 759,228 1,475.631 514.51 1,338.671 567.15 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 625,751 554.900 1,127.68 503.397 1,243.06 TOOL STEEL............................17 937,229 254.105 3,688.34 230.521 4,065.70 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 101,194 9.137 11,075.12 8.289 12,208.23 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 276,013 200.512 1,376.54 181.902 1,517.37 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 50,027 5.765 8,677.58 5.230 9,565.39 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 4,429 2.912 1,520.79 2.642 1,676.38 WIRE DRAWN............................23 271,505 30.703 8,842.73 27.854 9,747.43 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 63,727 43.843 1,453.52 39.774 1,602.23 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 143,977 99.044 1,453.65 89.852 1,602.38 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,180 0.982 2,219.60 0.891 2,446.69 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,116,655 4,380.573 939.75 3,973.991 1,035.90 Netherlands BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 148,860 178.894 832.11 162.290 917.25 TOOL STEEL............................17 61,766 78.684 784.99 71.381 865.30 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 22,644 5.509 4,110.10 4.998 4,530.61 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 7,016 32.568 215.42 29.546 237.46 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 192,896 411.770 468.46 373.552 516.38 COUNTRY TOTAL 433,182 707.426 612.33 641.767 674.98 Belgium PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 62,924 60.648 1,037.53 55.019 1,143.68 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 427,159 1,077.486 396.44 977.480 437.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 490,083 1,138.135 430.60 1,032.499 474.66 Luxembourg STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 326,936 767.697 425.87 696.444 469.44 COUNTRY TOTAL 326,936 767.697 425.87 696.444 469.44 France PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 217,797 197.086 1,105.08 178.794 1,218.14 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 392,320 863.482 454.35 783.338 500.83 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 168,118 136.095 1,235.29 123.464 1,361.68 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 890,449 1,307.044 681.27 1,185.731 750.97 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 27/09/03 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE TOOL STEEL............................17 2,040,032 1,443.702 1,413.06 1,309.705 1,557.63 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 16,008 17.091 936.62 15.505 1,032.44 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 525,094 650.184 807.61 589.838 890.23 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 3,848 0.213 17,994.06 0.194 19,835.05 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 706,040 617.391 1,143.59 560.088 1,260.59 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 1,007,269 817.544 1,232.07 741.664 1,358.12 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 15,771 0.099 158,969.05 0.090 175,233.33 WIRE DRAWN............................23 121,022 14.805 8,174.32 13.431 9,010.65 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,007,900 1,778.366 566.76 1,613.307 624.74 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 674,491 1,461.542 461.49 1,325.889 508.71 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 10,680 22.728 469.89 20.619 517.97 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 264,199 277.117 953.38 251.397 1,050.92 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 187,226 25.501 7,341.63 23.135 8,092.76 COUNTRY TOTAL 8,248,264 9,629.997 856.52 8,736.189 944.15 Federal Republic of Germany BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 1,558,179 5,442.295 286.31 4,937.169 315.60 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 223,893 448.878 498.78 407.216 549.81 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 374,507 559.515 669.34 507.584 737.82 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 222,980 179.573 1,241.72 162.906 1,368.76 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,517,858 1,419.696 1,773.52 1,287.927 1,954.97 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 161,384 130.658 1,235.16 118.531 1,361.53 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,143,573 3,421.918 626.42 3,104.313 690.51 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,406 4.010 599.97 3.638 661.35 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,435,748 1,462.758 981.53 1,326.993 1,081.96 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 311,114 233.510 1,332.34 211.837 1,468.65 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 37,145 2.065 17,981.53 1.874 19,821.24 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 89,615 59.521 1,505.59 53.997 1,659.63 WIRE DRAWN............................23 454,573 374.965 1,212.31 340.163 1,336.34 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 22,424 58.218 385.17 52.815 424.58 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 666,851 1,260.800 528.91 1,143.779 583.02 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 4,307,686 10,900.729 395.17 9,888.978 435.60 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 751,893 1,542.562 487.43 1,399.390 537.30 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 366,304 605.050 605.41 548.893 667.35 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,287,422 1,837.847 1,244.62 1,667.268 1,371.96 COUNTRY TOTAL 17,935,555 29,944.577 598.96 27,165.271 660.24 Austria STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 54,294 14.788 3,671.34 13.416 4,046.96 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 4,551 2.380 1,911.39 2.160 2,106.94 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 9,243 8.730 1,058.73 7.920 1,167.05 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 217,382 139.088 1,562.90 126.179 1,722.81 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 12,432 3.537 3,514.53 3.209 3,874.10 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,843,211 828.124 2,225.77 751.262 2,453.49 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 815,971 1,267.095 643.97 1,149.490 709.85 WIRE DRAWN............................23 163,598 35.993 4,545.18 32.653 5,010.20 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 27/09/03 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 433,556 875.455 495.23 794.200 545.90 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 76,372 27.621 2,764.93 25.058 3,047.81 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,630,610 3,202.816 1,133.57 2,905.547 1,249.54 Czech Republic BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,461,101 4,688.034 524.97 4,252.915 578.69 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 365,423 46.451 7,866.78 42.140 8,671.64 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 147,064 14.134 10,404.29 12.823 11,468.77 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,973,588 4,748.621 626.20 4,307.878 690.27 Switzerland TOOL STEEL............................17 247,716 164.232 1,508.33 148.989 1,662.65 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 20,236 49.569 408.23 44.969 450.00 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 98,244 57.141 1,719.31 51.838 1,895.21 COUNTRY TOTAL 366,196 270.943 1,351.56 245.796 1,489.84 Poland PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 41,200 86.163 478.16 78.166 527.08 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 15,090 16.997 887.77 15.420 978.60 WIRE DRAWN............................23 173,790 230.471 754.06 209.080 831.21 COUNTRY TOTAL 230,080 333.632 689.62 302.666 760.18 Russia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 88,738 158.219 560.86 143.534 618.24 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 921,043 2,742.009 335.90 2,487.510 370.27 TOOL STEEL............................17 537,437 249.423 2,154.72 226.273 2,375.17 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 4,556,216 5,351.385 851.41 4,854.697 938.52 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,103,434 8,501.037 717.96 7,712.014 791.42 Ukraine TOOL STEEL............................17 25,313 31.319 808.21 28.413 890.90 COUNTRY TOTAL 25,313 31.319 808.21 28.413 890.90 Spain STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 7,668,635 26,592.813 288.37 24,124.601 317.88 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 260,426 296.056 879.65 268.578 969.65 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 417,652 664.435 628.58 602.766 692.89 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 367,866 522.056 704.65 473.602 776.74 TOOL STEEL............................17 179,241 119.501 1,499.91 108.410 1,653.36 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 70,984 74.883 947.93 67.933 1,044.91 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 781,609 1,491.945 523.89 1,353.471 577.48 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 5,417 6.318 857.33 5.732 945.05 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 27/09/03 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 985,388 1,642.059 600.09 1,489.652 661.49 COUNTRY TOTAL 10,737,218 31,410.070 341.84 28,494.745 376.81 Italy BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 36,000 13.778 2,612.69 12.500 2,880.00 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 182,788 292.609 624.68 265.451 688.59 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 104,740 214.399 488.53 194.500 538.51 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 71,260 41.127 1,732.67 37.310 1,909.94 TOOL STEEL............................17 32,062 1.521 21,076.93 1.380 23,233.33 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 82,840 24.229 3,418.92 21.981 3,768.71 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 187,326 193.047 970.36 175.130 1,069.64 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 406,477 334.850 1,213.91 303.771 1,338.10 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,088,964 1,211.830 898.61 1,099.354 990.55 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,192,457 2,327.394 942.02 2,111.377 1,038.40 Slovenia TOOL STEEL............................17 899,285 750.422 1,198.37 680.772 1,320.98 COUNTRY TOTAL 899,285 750.422 1,198.37 680.772 1,320.98 Romania BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 2,635 0.440 5,976.08 0.400 6,587.50 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,635 0.440 5,976.08 0.400 6,587.50 Turkey BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,221,958 2,706.912 451.42 2,455.670 497.61 WIRE DRAWN............................23 28,233 41.245 684.52 37.417 754.55 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,250,191 2,748.157 454.92 2,493.087 501.46 India BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 14,253 21.438 664.82 19.449 732.84 TOOL STEEL............................17 26,302 20.671 1,272.37 18.753 1,402.55 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 10,206 0.677 15,054.85 0.615 16,595.12 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 267,906 311.656 859.62 282.730 947.57 COUNTRY TOTAL 318,667 354.444 899.06 321.547 991.04 Thailand WIRE DRAWN............................23 12,737 17.196 740.69 15.600 816.47 COUNTRY TOTAL 12,737 17.196 740.69 15.600 816.47 Singapore MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 3,336 0.008 378,296.14 0.008 417,000.00 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 27/09/03 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 5,214 0.194 26,875.36 0.176 29,625.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 8,550 0.202 42,154.52 0.184 46,467.39 Indonesia OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 42,651 10.929 3,902.41 9.915 4,301.66 COUNTRY TOTAL 42,651 10.929 3,902.41 9.915 4,301.66 China BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 8,993 22.042 407.98 19.997 449.72 TOOL STEEL............................17 435,773 214.145 2,034.93 194.270 2,243.13 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 161,399 237.362 679.97 215.332 749.54 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 4,330 0.628 6,891.42 0.570 7,596.49 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 10,812 5.091 2,123.51 4.619 2,340.77 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 40,226 24.283 1,656.49 22.030 1,825.96 WIRE DRAWN............................23 168,304 157.190 1,070.70 142.601 1,180.24 COUNTRY TOTAL 829,837 660.746 1,255.91 599.419 1,384.40 Korea, South BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 690,710 2,214.256 311.94 2,008.740 343.85 TOOL STEEL............................17 96,690 70.168 1,377.96 63.656 1,518.95 WIRE DRAWN............................23 545,547 701.575 777.60 636.459 857.16 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 3,282 5.424 605.04 4.921 666.94 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 4,161 12.412 335.24 11.260 369.54 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,340,390 3,003.837 446.23 2,725.036 491.88 Hong Kong LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,876 0.199 14,414.72 0.181 15,889.50 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,876 0.199 14,414.72 0.181 15,889.50 Taiwan BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 8,686 6.196 1,401.85 5.621 1,545.28 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 28,490 31.690 899.01 28.749 990.99 TOOL STEEL............................17 931,154 643.846 1,446.24 584.088 1,594.20 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 19,599 15.531 1,261.88 14.090 1,390.99 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 2,787 2.599 1,072.23 2.358 1,181.93 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 276,889 157.148 1,761.95 142.563 1,942.22 WIRE DRAWN............................23 73,112 132.677 551.05 120.363 607.43 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 57,811 115.865 498.95 105.111 550.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,398,528 1,105.555 1,265.00 1,002.943 1,394.42 Japan BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 102,314 271.219 377.24 246.046 415.83 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 27/09/03 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 559,576 1,080.488 517.89 980.203 570.88 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 117,230 203.340 576.52 184.467 635.51 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 3,748,485 7,354.680 509.67 6,672.056 561.82 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 77,269 58.634 1,317.82 53.192 1,452.64 TOOL STEEL............................17 4,843,628 7,037.915 688.22 6,384.691 758.63 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 73,396 58.629 1,251.86 53.188 1,379.94 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 6,522,065 2,398.214 2,719.55 2,175.624 2,997.79 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 47,660 12.136 3,927.02 11.010 4,328.79 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,275,275 1,763.870 1,289.93 1,600.157 1,421.91 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 467,565 324.992 1,438.70 294.828 1,585.89 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 2,832 0.119 23,788.41 0.108 26,222.22 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 303,036 562.403 538.82 510.204 593.95 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,963,855 2,849.130 1,040.27 2,584.688 1,146.70 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 844,680 1,647.403 512.73 1,494.500 565.19 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,020,486 4,781.495 631.70 4,337.701 696.33 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 526,234 862.884 609.85 782.796 672.25 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 470,206 781.055 602.01 708.562 663.61 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 1,394,519 2,980.648 467.86 2,704.000 515.72 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 177,363 55.984 3,168.09 50.788 3,492.22 COUNTRY TOTAL 28,537,674 35,085.246 813.38 31,828.809 896.60 Australia SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 49,344 14.461 3,412.16 13.119 3,761.26 COUNTRY TOTAL 49,344 14.461 3,412.16 13.119 3,761.26 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 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 2,166 4.609 469.86 4.182 517.93 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 1,099,279 5,239.979 209.79 4,753.631 231.25 WIRE RODS..............................3 11,815,104 37,039.078 318.99 33,601.296 351.63 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 3,399,715 8,135.381 417.89 7,380.296 460.65 STEEL PILING...........................5 685,016 1,467.975 466.64 1,331.725 514.38 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 3,381,256 10,775.523 313.79 9,775.393 345.89 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 5,099,012 16,542.180 308.24 15,006.818 339.78 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 158,968 433.990 366.29 393.710 403.77 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 500,861 802.583 624.06 728.092 687.91 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 12,485,241 28,906.159 431.92 26,223.234 476.11 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 3,774,660 7,117.305 530.35 6,456.713 584.61 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 40,829 140.788 290.00 127.721 319.67 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 4,410,913 6,615.022 666.80 6,001.049 735.02 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 14,703,424 27,646.151 531.84 25,080.174 586.26 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 952,586 1,655.248 575.49 1,501.617 634.37 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 6,693 4.165 1,606.72 3.779 1,771.10 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,549,271 1,625.669 953.00 1,474.783 1,050.51 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 847,976 1,654.825 512.43 1,501.233 564.85 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 6,116,908 8,348.271 732.72 7,573.427 807.68 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 121,243 429.614 282.21 389.740 311.09 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 851,901 550.458 1,547.62 499.368 1,705.96 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 9,561,874 23,186.491 412.39 21,034.437 454.58 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 261,313 488.120 535.34 442.816 590.12 WIRE DRAWN............................23 10,654,194 19,388.017 549.52 17,588.519 605.75 BLACK PLATE...........................28 160,183 350.365 457.19 317.846 503.96 TIN PLATE.............................29 3,962,108 6,751.496 586.85 6,124.856 646.89 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 1,037,687 1,798.543 576.96 1,631.612 635.99 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 9,682,164 29,511.242 328.08 26,772.156 361.65 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 8,351,717 18,724.065 446.04 16,986.191 491.68 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 13,877,727 26,916.355 515.59 24,418.114 568.34 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 60,206 77.600 775.85 70.398 855.22 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 7,736,862 10,297.636 751.32 9,341.861 828.19 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 2,550,468 7,486.793 340.66 6,791.907 375.52 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,785,995 3,023.138 590.78 2,742.546 651.22 COUNTRY TOTAL 141,685,520 313,134.852 452.47 284,071.240 498.77 Mexico BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 8,811,157 43,503.323 202.54 39,465.562 223.26 WIRE RODS..............................3 31,702 85.613 370.29 77.667 408.18 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 721,829 2,181.755 330.85 1,979.256 364.70 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 226,202 881.352 256.65 799.550 282.91 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 762,320 2,143.710 355.61 1,944.742 391.99 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 27/09/03 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 1,243,963 3,961.405 314.02 3,593.728 346.15 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 2,488,853 9,190.826 270.80 8,337.780 298.50 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 18,349 25.452 720.92 23.090 794.67 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,762,404 6,173.863 447.44 5,600.836 493.21 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,033,764 2,284.367 452.54 2,072.344 498.84 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,069,290 4,013.125 515.63 3,640.647 568.39 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 804,500 1,623.604 495.50 1,472.910 546.20 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 6,702,285 14,502.555 462.15 13,156.501 509.43 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 332,101 336.932 985.66 305.660 1,086.50 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 277,084 167.652 1,652.73 152.092 1,821.82 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 2,122,776 2,056.360 1,032.30 1,865.499 1,137.91 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 108,690 110.815 980.82 100.530 1,081.17 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,507,324 3,967.232 632.01 3,599.014 696.67 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,505,826 8,516.513 294.23 7,726.053 324.33 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 4,357,206 12,194.566 357.31 11,062.728 393.86 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 9,448,246 16,585.179 569.68 15,045.826 627.96 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 5,442,623 9,334.726 583.05 8,468.324 642.70 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 238,264 479.725 496.67 435.200 547.48 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 278,846 443.500 628.74 402.337 693.07 COUNTRY TOTAL 55,295,604 144,764.162 381.97 131,327.876 421.05 Guatemala STANDARD PIPE.........................18 336,486 734.637 458.03 666.452 504.89 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 426,321 601.762 708.45 545.910 780.94 COUNTRY TOTAL 762,807 1,336.399 570.79 1,212.362 629.19 Honduras WIRE DRAWN............................23 25,398 67.501 376.26 61.236 414.76 COUNTRY TOTAL 25,398 67.501 376.26 61.236 414.76 Dominican Republic BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 1,630,767 5,705.332 285.83 5,175.792 315.08 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 92,251 264.822 348.35 240.243 383.99 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 180,157 477.914 376.96 433.557 415.53 WIRE DRAWN............................23 65,108 151.899 428.63 137.801 472.48 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,968,283 6,599.969 298.23 5,987.393 328.74 Trinidad and Tobago WIRE RODS..............................3 1,763,164 7,380.115 238.91 6,695.130 263.35 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 54,693 92.978 588.23 84.349 648.41 WIRE DRAWN............................23 69,342 158.722 436.87 143.991 481.57 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,887,199 7,631.817 247.28 6,923.470 272.58 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 27/09/03 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Colombia STANDARD PIPE.........................18 375,446 1,108.785 338.61 1,005.874 373.25 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 3,820,007 7,261.191 526.09 6,587.244 579.91 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 410,160 1,208.563 339.38 1,096.391 374.10 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 429,612 1,257.596 341.61 1,140.873 376.56 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 15,052 21.507 699.86 19.511 771.46 WIRE DRAWN............................23 23,199 16.498 1,406.15 14.967 1,550.01 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 92,842 241.503 384.43 219.088 423.77 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,166,318 11,115.646 464.78 10,083.948 512.33 Venezuela WIRE RODS..............................3 263,612 1,074.958 245.23 975.186 270.32 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 872,714 3,570.623 244.42 3,239.216 269.42 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 513,111 2,151.910 238.44 1,952.181 262.84 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 698,497 1,952.172 357.80 1,770.982 394.41 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 3,795,783 9,923.490 382.50 9,002.442 421.64 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 118,133 329.670 358.34 299.072 395.00 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 161,234 284.638 566.45 258.220 624.41 WIRE DRAWN............................23 317,278 627.722 505.44 569.460 557.16 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 510,490 2,352.209 217.03 2,133.889 239.23 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 155,955 462.733 337.03 419.785 371.51 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 994,074 1,916.636 518.66 1,738.744 571.72 COUNTRY TOTAL 8,400,881 24,646.766 340.85 22,359.177 375.72 Ecuador WIRE DRAWN............................23 45,334 85.332 531.27 77.412 585.62 COUNTRY TOTAL 45,334 85.332 531.27 77.412 585.62 Chile STANDARD PIPE.........................18 143,060 250.641 570.78 227.378 629.17 WIRE DRAWN............................23 136,287 302.037 451.23 274.004 497.39 COUNTRY TOTAL 279,347 552.678 505.44 501.382 557.15 Brazil BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 32,951,807 152,610.445 215.92 138,445.906 238.01 WIRE RODS..............................3 5,469,175 21,153.783 258.54 19,190.395 285.00 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,090,501 4,714.952 231.29 4,277.334 254.95 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 150,633 682.528 220.70 619.180 243.28 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 907,645 3,908.914 232.20 3,546.109 255.96 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 6,102,708 24,328.963 250.84 22,070.871 276.51 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 11,943 18.909 631.60 17.154 696.22 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 1,315,723 2,230.606 589.85 2,023.573 650.20 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 296,344 516.061 574.24 468.163 632.99 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 30,058 36.822 816.29 33.405 899.81 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 27/09/03 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 112,261 169.351 662.89 153.633 730.71 WIRE DRAWN............................23 187,391 342.436 547.23 310.653 603.22 TIN PLATE.............................29 1,024,106 1,735.784 590.00 1,574.678 650.36 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 18,796 53.511 351.25 48.545 387.19 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 2,679 5.129 522.32 4.653 575.76 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 77,854 103.828 749.83 94.192 826.55 COUNTRY TOTAL 49,749,624 212,612.030 233.99 192,878.444 257.93 Uruguay BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 814,296 3,425.982 237.68 3,108.000 262.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 814,296 3,425.982 237.68 3,108.000 262.00 Argentina WIRE RODS..............................3 1,253,069 4,727.874 265.04 4,289.057 292.15 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,308,106 4,153.901 314.91 3,768.357 347.13 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 465,532 1,478.016 314.97 1,340.834 347.20 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 53,254 50.285 1,059.04 45.618 1,167.39 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 200,431 201.879 992.83 183.142 1,094.40 WIRE DRAWN............................23 244,198 692.938 352.41 628.623 388.46 TIN PLATE.............................29 243,050 533.075 455.94 483.598 502.59 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,238,631 7,249.124 308.81 6,576.297 340.41 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 2,312,752 5,637.858 410.22 5,114.581 452.19 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,571,054 3,583.976 438.35 3,251.330 483.20 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,890,077 28,308.930 349.36 25,681.437 385.11 Sweden INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 4,480 9.533 469.90 8.649 517.98 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 3,138 0.132 23,722.89 0.120 26,150.00 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 125,337 129.605 967.07 117.576 1,066.01 WIRE DRAWN............................23 162,788 78.434 2,075.45 71.155 2,287.79 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 131,087 213.300 614.56 193.503 677.44 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 7,273 13.581 535.50 12.321 590.29 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 840,923 236.184 3,560.45 214.263 3,924.72 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,275,026 680.772 1,872.91 617.587 2,064.53 Norway STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 23,880 55.625 429.30 50.463 473.22 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 3,388 0.579 5,843.24 0.526 6,441.06 TIN PLATE.............................29 89,837 208.518 430.83 189.165 474.91 COUNTRY TOTAL 117,105 264.724 442.37 240.154 487.62 Finland BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 1,475,755 7,055.672 209.16 6,400.800 230.56 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 27/09/03 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 5,756 0.978 5,880.36 0.888 6,481.98 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 5,990 5.084 1,177.98 4.613 1,298.50 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,487,501 7,061.736 210.64 6,406.301 232.19 Denmark STANDARD PIPE.........................18 40,259 6.262 6,428.86 5.681 7,086.60 COUNTRY TOTAL 40,259 6.262 6,428.86 5.681 7,086.60 United Kingdom BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 493,659 811.489 608.34 736.171 670.58 WIRE RODS..............................3 781,802 2,464.320 317.25 2,235.595 349.71 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,583,070 9,138.098 282.67 8,289.946 311.59 STEEL PILING...........................5 259,501 763.602 339.84 692.729 374.61 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 4,798,924 13,228.416 362.77 12,000.621 399.89 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,050,923 1,465.094 717.31 1,329.112 790.70 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 33,685 14.690 2,292.98 13.327 2,527.58 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 456,185 989.523 461.01 897.681 508.18 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 12,140,538 17,515.075 693.15 15,889.414 764.06 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,567 0.088 29,109.30 0.080 32,087.50 WIRE DRAWN............................23 455,426 463.542 982.49 420.519 1,083.01 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 10,177 10.976 927.14 9.958 1,021.99 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 94,796 249.723 379.60 226.545 418.44 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 880,112 516.172 1,705.07 468.264 1,879.52 COUNTRY TOTAL 24,041,365 47,630.816 504.74 43,209.962 556.38 Ireland OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,131 0.238 8,950.05 0.216 9,865.74 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,131 0.238 8,950.05 0.216 9,865.74 Netherlands WIRE RODS..............................3 25,022 32.119 779.04 29.138 858.74 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 9,920 0.723 13,718.41 0.656 15,121.95 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 5,929 2.083 2,845.87 1.890 3,137.04 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,875 2.843 1,010.91 2.580 1,114.34 TIN PLATE.............................29 705,856 1,394.619 506.13 1,265.178 557.91 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 627,392 1,294.508 484.66 1,174.359 534.24 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 13,787 48.832 282.33 44.300 311.22 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 11,459 36.393 314.86 33.016 347.07 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,402,240 2,812.124 498.64 2,551.117 549.66 Belgium BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 213,840 508.562 420.48 461.360 463.50 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 4,127 5.394 765.01 4.894 843.28 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 27/09/03 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 43,820 38.461 1,139.31 34.892 1,255.88 WIRE DRAWN............................23 777,434 714.889 1,087.49 648.537 1,198.75 BLACK PLATE...........................28 13,311 16.173 823.03 14.672 907.24 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 474,056 1,253.118 378.30 1,136.810 417.01 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 411,712 776.892 529.95 704.785 584.17 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 175,433 429.614 408.35 389.740 450.13 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 36,171 22.224 1,627.51 20.162 1,794.02 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,149,904 3,765.331 570.97 3,415.852 629.39 Luxembourg STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,382,399 2,998.074 461.10 2,719.808 508.27 STEEL PILING...........................5 2,477,069 4,804.918 515.53 4,358.950 568.27 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 11,659 22.949 508.04 20.819 560.02 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 11,026 22.098 498.96 20.047 550.01 WIRE DRAWN............................23 342,487 403.883 847.98 366.397 934.74 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 604,817 1,598.758 378.30 1,450.370 417.01 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 530,043 1,290.012 410.88 1,170.280 452.92 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 289,339 674.777 428.79 612.148 472.66 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,648,839 11,815.472 478.09 10,718.819 527.00 France STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 74,625 51.922 1,437.25 47.103 1,584.29 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 463,536 1,801.595 257.29 1,634.380 283.62 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 280,788 374.029 750.71 339.314 827.52 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 22,720 24.366 932.42 22.105 1,027.82 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 441,402 857.886 514.52 778.262 567.16 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 275,459 331.839 830.10 301.040 915.02 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 465,964 624.054 746.67 566.133 823.06 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,320,256 1,510.369 874.13 1,370.185 963.56 BLACK PLATE...........................28 9,189 17.791 516.49 16.140 569.33 TIN PLATE.............................29 8,597 16.688 515.13 15.140 567.83 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 20,648 38.381 537.97 34.819 593.01 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,216,723 8,357.886 265.23 7,582.149 292.36 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 337,258 704.752 478.55 639.341 527.51 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 37,607 48.724 771.83 44.202 850.80 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 38,333 13.576 2,823.57 12.316 3,112.46 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 292,035 140.417 2,079.76 127.385 2,292.54 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,305,140 14,914.283 422.76 13,530.014 466.01 Federal Republic of Germany BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 3,118,263 11,902.191 261.99 10,797.490 288.80 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,206,101 3,449.241 349.67 3,129.100 385.45 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,080,528 1,735.730 622.52 1,574.629 686.21 STEEL PILING...........................5 262,826 419.771 626.12 380.810 690.18 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 38,893 2.751 14,135.88 2.496 15,582.13 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 27/09/03 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 725,352 2,349.311 308.75 2,131.260 340.34 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 3,173 0.125 25,249.98 0.114 27,833.33 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 712,610 1,306.451 545.45 1,185.193 601.26 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 9,331 2.098 4,445.87 1.904 4,900.74 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 111,479 218.040 511.28 197.803 563.59 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 186,449 191.579 973.22 173.798 1,072.79 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 640,212 508.729 1,258.45 461.512 1,387.21 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,186,662 2,311.635 513.34 2,097.081 565.86 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 159,444 172.340 925.17 156.345 1,019.82 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 656,011 942.363 696.13 854.898 767.36 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 839,806 590.148 1,423.04 535.374 1,568.63 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 761,492 929.726 819.05 843.434 902.85 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 166,228 169.881 978.49 154.114 1,078.60 WIRE DRAWN............................23 542,303 477.648 1,135.36 433.316 1,251.52 BLACK PLATE...........................28 439,367 393.829 1,115.63 357.276 1,229.77 TIN PLATE.............................29 5,213,438 9,566.203 544.99 8,678.316 600.74 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 420,769 864.670 486.62 784.416 536.41 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 205,271 667.530 307.51 605.574 338.97 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 374,395 879.203 425.83 797.600 469.40 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,944,496 4,723.318 411.68 4,284.924 453.80 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 254,866 149.028 1,710.19 135.196 1,885.16 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 405,410 754.634 537.23 684.593 592.19 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,106,146 2,252.837 934.89 2,043.740 1,030.54 COUNTRY TOTAL 23,771,321 47,931.024 495.95 43,482.306 546.69 Austria RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 220,837 389.040 567.64 352.932 625.72 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 24,432 21.043 1,161.04 19.090 1,279.83 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,603,698 2,199.951 728.97 1,995.763 803.55 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 540,686 975.245 554.41 884.728 611.13 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 92,160 41.895 2,199.76 38.007 2,424.82 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 94,093 131.608 714.95 119.393 788.09 WIRE DRAWN............................23 340,735 125.007 2,725.71 113.405 3,004.59 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 868,060 2,173.625 399.36 1,971.880 440.22 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 17,566 20.325 864.23 18.439 952.65 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 17,991 15.261 1,178.85 13.845 1,299.46 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 264,063 45.487 5,805.12 41.266 6,399.05 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,084,321 6,138.492 665.36 5,568.748 733.44 Czech Republic PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 135,374 428.493 315.93 388.723 348.25 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 461,692 1,474.875 313.04 1,337.985 345.07 WIRE DRAWN............................23 17,435 33.914 514.08 30.767 566.68 COUNTRY TOTAL 614,501 1,937.284 317.20 1,757.475 349.65 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 27/09/03 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Slovakia INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 7,899 7.508 1,051.95 6.812 1,159.57 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 134,271 451.589 297.33 409.675 327.75 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 89,209 140.846 633.38 127.774 698.18 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 202,456 553.426 365.82 502.060 403.25 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 454,139 643.930 705.26 584.164 777.42 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 183,822 588.047 312.60 533.468 344.58 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,071,796 2,385.349 449.32 2,163.953 495.30 Hungary PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 43,937 179.379 244.94 162.730 270.00 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 85,728 370.056 231.66 335.710 255.36 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,264 0.192 11,736.38 0.175 12,937.14 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 4,251 1.302 3,262.64 1.182 3,596.45 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 246,936 1,054.360 234.20 956.500 258.17 COUNTRY TOTAL 383,116 1,605.292 238.66 1,456.297 263.08 Switzerland RAILS STANDARD.........................7 7,156 3.290 2,174.81 2.985 2,397.32 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 17,125 20.818 822.60 18.886 906.76 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 11,652 0.170 68,196.90 0.155 75,174.19 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 372,023 241.077 1,543.17 218.702 1,701.05 WIRE DRAWN............................23 4,737 0.044 107,433.38 0.040 118,425.00 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 113,491 117.585 965.18 106.672 1,063.92 COUNTRY TOTAL 526,184 382.986 1,373.90 347.440 1,514.46 Poland STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 157,459 376.676 418.02 341.715 460.79 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 38,336 72.961 525.42 66.190 579.18 COUNTRY TOTAL 195,795 449.638 435.45 407.905 480.00 Russia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 161,730 675.016 239.59 612.365 264.11 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 3,092 1.396 2,213.90 1.267 2,440.41 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 388,690 1,547.104 251.24 1,403.510 276.94 COUNTRY TOTAL 553,512 2,223.517 248.94 2,017.142 274.40 Belarus WIRE DRAWN............................23 285,550 358.973 795.46 325.655 876.85 COUNTRY TOTAL 285,550 358.973 795.46 325.655 876.85 Ukraine IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 27/09/03 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 14,094 35.567 396.26 32.266 436.81 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 157,780 115.490 1,366.18 104.771 1,505.95 COUNTRY TOTAL 171,874 151.057 1,137.81 137.037 1,254.22 Spain BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 86,856 159.203 545.57 144.427 601.38 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,170,622 3,677.792 318.29 3,336.438 350.86 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 144,452 353.372 408.78 320.574 450.60 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 61,119 162.251 376.69 147.192 415.23 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 316,020 732.078 431.67 664.131 475.84 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 367,269 822.467 446.55 746.130 492.23 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 273,391 216.314 1,263.86 196.237 1,393.17 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 146,050 49.631 2,942.68 45.025 3,243.75 WIRE DRAWN............................23 95,418 191.901 497.22 174.090 548.10 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 12,634 23.630 534.65 21.437 589.35 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 101,032 199.231 507.11 180.740 558.99 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 19,922 2.744 7,258.21 2.490 8,000.80 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,794,785 6,590.619 424.05 5,978.911 467.44 Italy WIRE RODS..............................3 533,265 1,881.838 283.37 1,707.176 312.37 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 3,586 0.735 4,877.31 0.667 5,376.31 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 4,676 2.132 2,192.25 1.935 2,416.54 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 52,293 91.354 572.42 82.875 630.99 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 103,509 115.829 893.63 105.079 985.06 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 26,349 22.763 1,157.49 20.651 1,275.92 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,773,340 1,715.833 1,033.52 1,556.578 1,139.26 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 434,192 451.130 962.45 409.259 1,060.92 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 36,778 39.074 941.22 35.448 1,037.52 WIRE DRAWN............................23 501,113 728.968 687.43 661.309 757.76 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 95,860 21.081 4,547.07 19.125 5,012.29 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,564,961 5,070.743 703.05 4,600.102 774.97 Greece STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 3,762,624 9,870.274 381.21 8,954.165 420.21 WIRE DRAWN............................23 538,200 1,001.032 537.64 908.122 592.65 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,300,824 10,871.307 395.61 9,862.287 436.09 Romania PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,483,872 8,715.116 285.01 7,906.223 314.17 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 15,886 22.853 695.14 20.732 766.26 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,535 1.373 1,845.68 1.246 2,034.51 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 34,945 35.757 977.27 32.439 1,077.25 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 27/09/03 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 2,537,238 8,775.101 289.14 7,960.640 318.72 Turkey WIRE RODS..............................3 6,797,365 28,328.257 239.95 25,698.970 264.50 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 5,002 8.203 609.75 7.442 672.13 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,992,141 7,148.383 278.68 6,484.906 307.20 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 316,893 1,196.951 264.75 1,085.856 291.84 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 6,054,435 25,022.999 241.95 22,700.490 266.71 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 172,120 410.960 418.82 372.817 461.67 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,037,342 3,348.848 309.76 3,038.025 341.45 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 1,176,244 3,749.723 313.69 3,401.693 345.78 COUNTRY TOTAL 17,551,542 69,214.327 253.58 62,790.199 279.53 Israel MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 147,000 16.534 8,890.41 15.000 9,800.00 WIRE DRAWN............................23 89,382 196.609 454.62 178.361 501.13 COUNTRY TOTAL 236,382 213.143 1,109.03 193.361 1,222.49 United Arab Emirates STANDARD PIPE.........................18 146,352 394.156 371.30 357.573 409.29 COUNTRY TOTAL 146,352 394.156 371.30 357.573 409.29 Oman STANDARD PIPE.........................18 486,580 1,453.792 334.70 1,318.859 368.94 COUNTRY TOTAL 486,580 1,453.792 334.70 1,318.859 368.94 India BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 3,352 8.870 377.89 8.047 416.55 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 94,552 182.931 516.87 165.953 569.75 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 42,038 139.000 302.43 126.099 333.37 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 3,655,545 8,947.729 408.54 8,117.246 450.34 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 59,648 121.039 492.80 109.805 543.22 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 236,802 238.753 991.82 216.594 1,093.30 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 33,905 16.997 1,994.69 15.420 2,198.77 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 195,823 227.864 859.38 206.715 947.31 WIRE DRAWN............................23 189,379 348.648 543.18 316.289 598.75 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 2,027,487 4,315.672 469.80 3,915.113 517.86 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 217,906 424.676 513.11 385.260 565.61 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,756,437 14,972.184 451.27 13,582.541 497.44 Pakistan STANDARD PIPE.........................18 148,624 408.378 363.94 370.475 401.17 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 27/09/03 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 148,624 408.378 363.94 370.475 401.17 Thailand STANDARD PIPE.........................18 4,243,896 11,045.851 384.21 10,020.631 423.52 WIRE DRAWN............................23 24,494 13.973 1,752.83 12.677 1,932.16 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,268,390 11,059.825 385.94 10,033.308 425.42 Vietnam PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 30,220 30.193 1,000.88 27.391 1,103.28 COUNTRY TOTAL 30,220 30.193 1,000.88 27.391 1,103.28 Malaysia WIRE RODS..............................3 3,062,438 11,076.020 276.49 10,048.000 304.78 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,062,438 11,076.020 276.49 10,048.000 304.78 Indonesia STANDARD PIPE.........................18 618,421 1,648.219 375.21 1,495.240 413.59 WIRE DRAWN............................23 3,900 3.306 1,179.34 3.000 1,300.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 622,321 1,651.526 376.82 1,498.240 415.37 Philippines STANDARD PIPE.........................18 9,621 23.939 401.88 21.718 443.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,621 23.939 401.88 21.718 443.00 China PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 528,689 1,793.151 294.84 1,626.720 325.00 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 98,478 215.556 456.85 195.550 503.59 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 51,393 166.622 308.44 151.157 340.00 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 4,363,048 11,391.155 383.02 10,333.885 422.21 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,605,061 3,560.045 450.85 3,229.620 496.98 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 676,038 1,643.817 411.26 1,491.247 453.34 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 525,926 1,494.160 351.99 1,355.480 388.00 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 181,581 312.656 580.77 283.637 640.19 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 66,852 100.073 668.03 90.785 736.38 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,416,736 2,376.740 596.08 2,156.143 657.07 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 180,748 551.932 327.48 500.705 360.99 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 8,860 0.369 23,993.01 0.335 26,447.76 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,703,410 23,606.281 411.05 21,415.264 453.11 Korea, South STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 141,091 313.802 449.62 284.677 495.62 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,274 4.461 509.75 4.047 561.90 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 27/09/03 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 143,680 398.941 360.15 361.914 397.00 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,144,180 2,568.714 445.43 2,330.299 491.00 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 4,341,848 9,957.233 436.05 9,033.053 480.66 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 536,922 1,469.053 365.49 1,332.703 402.88 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 626,285 1,844.495 339.54 1,673.299 374.28 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 1,075,218 3,254.793 330.35 2,952.700 364.15 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 239,105 452.607 528.28 410.599 582.33 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 25,131 46.093 545.22 41.815 601.00 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 583,099 1,445.807 403.30 1,311.615 444.57 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,160,218 2,029.136 571.78 1,840.802 630.28 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 18,306,163 62,862.078 291.21 57,027.534 321.01 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 443,189 896.827 494.17 813.588 544.73 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 153,036 356.707 429.02 323.600 472.92 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 1,821,353 4,007.771 454.46 3,635.790 500.95 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 33,631 20.254 1,660.38 18.375 1,830.26 COUNTRY TOTAL 30,776,423 91,928.780 334.79 83,396.410 369.04 Hong Kong SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 8,586 14.113 608.33 12.804 670.57 COUNTRY TOTAL 8,586 14.113 608.33 12.804 670.57 Taiwan STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 20,276 31.117 651.60 28.229 718.27 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 6,825 1.102 6,191.54 1.000 6,825.00 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 8,325 24.021 346.56 21.792 382.02 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 130,995 391.188 334.86 354.880 369.12 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 756,670 2,086.776 362.60 1,893.092 399.70 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 86,339 48.546 1,778.47 44.041 1,960.42 WIRE DRAWN............................23 445,524 740.954 601.28 672.183 662.80 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 3,716,939 5,628.482 660.38 5,106.075 727.94 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 28,153 60.494 465.38 54.880 512.99 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 102,884 58.221 1,767.10 52.818 1,947.90 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,302,930 9,070.906 584.61 8,228.990 644.42 Japan WIRE RODS..............................3 2,081,673 5,822.569 357.52 5,282.148 394.10 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 3,708 5.676 653.17 5.150 720.00 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 5,282,226 12,144.094 434.96 11,016.940 479.46 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 47,452 83.949 565.24 76.158 623.07 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 759,687 1,567.541 484.64 1,422.050 534.22 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 2,017,969 7,988.899 252.60 7,247.410 278.44 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 48,353 40.763 1,186.18 36.980 1,307.54 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 16,113 19.459 828.04 17.653 912.76 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 262,406 479.767 546.94 435.238 602.90 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 5,148,448 9,693.341 531.13 8,793.654 585.47 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 27/09/03 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,315,470 2,151.241 611.49 1,951.574 674.06 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 501,810 328.286 1,528.57 297.817 1,684.96 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 241,074 78.255 3,080.61 70.992 3,395.79 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 4,860 5.357 907.18 4.860 1,000.00 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 61,322 156.776 391.14 142.225 431.16 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,134,235 2,957.997 721.51 2,683.451 795.33 BLACK PLATE...........................28 1,771,616 1,955.290 906.06 1,773.810 998.76 TIN PLATE.............................29 2,728 3.682 740.74 3.341 816.52 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 772,679 1,032.739 748.18 936.886 824.73 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 212,799 415.270 512.43 376.727 564.86 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,274,584 2,576.014 494.79 2,336.922 545.41 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 38,129 63.184 603.46 57.320 665.20 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 120,262 185.165 649.49 167.979 715.93 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 939,417 676.640 1,388.35 613.838 1,530.40 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 249,565 255.096 978.31 231.420 1,078.41 COUNTRY TOTAL 25,308,585 50,687.062 499.31 45,982.543 550.40 Australia PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 339,919 1,629.988 208.54 1,478.701 229.88 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 122,519 203.270 602.74 184.404 664.41 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 24,840 60.073 413.49 54.498 455.80 WIRE DRAWN............................23 79,617 119.274 667.51 108.204 735.80 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 5,245,290 23,234.456 225.75 21,077.950 248.85 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 6,292 6.935 907.18 6.292 1,000.00 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 6,251 9.844 634.96 8.931 699.92 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 4,346 5.596 776.57 5.077 856.02 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,829,074 25,269.440 230.68 22,924.057 254.28 New Zealand WIRE RODS..............................3 1,508,566 6,082.155 248.03 5,517.640 273.41 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 58,672 296.224 198.07 268.730 218.33 WIRE DRAWN............................23 18,576 44.075 421.45 39.985 464.57 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 382,775 1,998.941 191.49 1,813.410 211.08 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 29,092 44.136 659.14 40.040 726.57 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,997,681 8,465.533 235.98 7,679.805 260.12 Egypt WIRE RODS..............................3 1,494,798 6,577.776 227.25 5,967.260 250.50 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 12,164,900 43,954.398 276.76 39,874.771 305.08 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 10,893 17.705 615.24 16.062 678.18 COUNTRY TOTAL 13,670,591 50,549.880 270.44 45,858.093 298.11 South Africa WIRE RODS..............................3 388,056 1,648.673 235.37 1,495.652 259.46 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 27/09/03 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 57,841 57.689 1,002.63 52.335 1,105.21 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 327,406 957.623 341.89 868.742 376.87 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 269,093 885.963 303.73 803.733 334.80 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 89,781 233.284 384.86 211.632 424.23 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 518,508 1,326.236 390.96 1,203.142 430.96 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 409,784 910.404 450.11 825.905 496.16 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 617,880 1,714.118 360.47 1,555.023 397.34 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 14,369 50.701 283.40 45.996 312.40 WIRE DRAWN............................23 739,002 1,789.631 412.94 1,623.527 455.18 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,351,188 3,166.066 426.77 2,872.208 470.44 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,782,908 12,740.394 375.41 11,557.895 413.82 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 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 1,886,151 1,513.679 1,246.07 1,373.187 1,373.56 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 2,659,757 1,893.629 1,404.58 1,717.872 1,548.29 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 70,688 55.999 1,262.29 50.802 1,391.44 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 72,402 35.972 2,012.69 32.634 2,218.61 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 191,229 116.944 1,635.22 106.090 1,802.52 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 845,166 297.410 2,841.75 269.806 3,132.50 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 6,230,475 1,436.131 4,338.37 1,302.837 4,782.24 WIRE DRAWN............................23 12,483 2.238 5,575.77 2.031 6,146.23 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,678 0.660 4,055.83 0.599 4,470.78 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,909,052 1,054.866 1,809.76 956.959 1,994.92 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 658,300 320.247 2,055.60 290.524 2,265.91 COUNTRY TOTAL 14,538,381 6,727.779 2,160.95 6,103.341 2,382.04 Mexico PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 40,004 44.096 907.18 40.004 1,000.00 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 106,236 55.694 1,907.49 50.525 2,102.64 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 213,265 90.720 2,350.80 82.300 2,591.31 WIRE DRAWN............................23 5,840 1.102 5,297.96 1.000 5,840.00 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 13,097,001 8,829.525 1,483.32 8,010.013 1,635.08 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,511,415 1,005.557 1,503.06 912.227 1,656.84 COUNTRY TOTAL 14,973,761 10,026.696 1,493.39 9,096.069 1,646.18 Trinidad and Tobago BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 27,616 19.025 1,451.50 17.260 1,600.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 27,616 19.025 1,451.50 17.260 1,600.00 Brazil BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 71,285 42.367 1,682.55 38.435 1,854.69 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 5,656 3.218 1,757.20 2.920 1,936.99 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 194,070 115.092 1,686.21 104.410 1,858.73 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 218,589 337.385 647.89 306.071 714.18 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,074,194 691.706 1,552.96 627.506 1,711.85 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,563,794 1,189.770 1,314.37 1,079.342 1,448.84 Argentina STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 3,504 1.151 3,041.89 1.045 3,353.11 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,504 1.151 3,041.89 1.045 3,353.11 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 27/09/03 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Sweden BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 2,947,327 1,844.214 1,598.15 1,673.044 1,761.66 WIRE RODS..............................3 430,211 203.112 2,118.09 184.261 2,334.79 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 100,899 61.299 1,646.00 55.610 1,814.40 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 294,555 146.486 2,010.81 132.890 2,216.53 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 12,453 5.352 2,326.44 4.856 2,564.46 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 346,857 146.781 2,363.08 133.158 2,604.85 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 757,593 152.096 4,980.99 137.980 5,490.60 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,147,017 179.340 6,395.75 162.695 7,050.11 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 326,526 157.495 2,073.23 142.878 2,285.35 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,533,293 216.369 7,086.46 196.287 7,811.49 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,896,731 3,112.550 2,537.06 2,823.659 2,796.63 Finland STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 128,652 65.454 1,965.53 59.379 2,166.62 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 579,122 188.250 3,076.34 170.778 3,391.08 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 188,745 116.661 1,617.88 105.834 1,783.41 COUNTRY TOTAL 896,519 370.366 2,420.63 335.991 2,668.28 Denmark BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 2,548 1.947 1,308.15 1.767 1,441.99 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 3,026 0.203 14,838.60 0.185 16,356.76 WIRE DRAWN............................23 47,014 1.591 29,536.28 1.444 32,558.17 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 13,420 2.204 6,087.21 2.000 6,710.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 66,008 5.948 11,097.38 5.396 12,232.77 United Kingdom INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 95,007 35.476 2,678.01 32.184 2,951.99 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 4,122,112 3,180.691 1,295.98 2,885.476 1,428.57 WIRE RODS..............................3 689,832 464.719 1,484.40 421.587 1,636.27 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 20,473 7.882 2,597.23 7.151 2,862.96 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 282,749 59.962 4,715.44 54.397 5,197.88 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 168,642 29.387 5,738.54 26.660 6,325.66 WIRE DRAWN............................23 126,486 43.282 2,922.35 39.265 3,221.34 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 114,824 37.888 3,030.57 34.372 3,340.63 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 126,000 35.146 3,585.04 31.884 3,951.83 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,746,125 3,894.438 1,475.47 3,532.976 1,626.43 Netherlands STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 22,049 1.545 14,267.13 1.402 15,726.82 WIRE DRAWN............................23 16,962 2.797 6,062.91 2.538 6,683.22 COUNTRY TOTAL 39,011 4.343 8,982.28 3.940 9,901.27 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 27/09/03 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Belgium PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,051,706 556.753 1,889.00 505.078 2,082.26 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,233,656 737.675 1,672.36 669.208 1,843.46 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,968 0.559 5,300.25 0.508 5,842.52 WIRE DRAWN............................23 34,027 3.740 9,097.78 3.393 10,028.59 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 32,326 24.085 1,342.14 21.850 1,479.45 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,353,623 810.776 1,669.54 735.524 1,840.35 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 48,915 26.265 1,862.30 23.828 2,052.84 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,757,221 2,159.856 1,739.57 1,959.389 1,917.55 France WIRE RODS..............................3 783,042 443.394 1,766.02 402.241 1,946.70 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 754,527 295.562 2,552.85 268.130 2,814.03 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 82,913 9.969 8,316.83 9.044 9,167.74 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 8,163 4.181 1,952.37 3.793 2,152.12 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 411,349 184.152 2,233.75 167.060 2,462.28 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,162,994 300.160 3,874.58 272.301 4,270.99 WIRE DRAWN............................23 486,680 143.207 3,398.42 129.916 3,746.11 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,101,473 685.368 1,607.13 621.756 1,771.55 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 212,241 65.319 3,249.27 59.257 3,581.70 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,003,382 2,131.316 2,347.56 1,933.498 2,587.74 Federal Republic of Germany INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 42,839 34.599 1,238.15 31.388 1,364.82 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 53,785 8.800 6,111.34 7.984 6,736.60 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 218,250 41.684 5,235.70 37.816 5,771.37 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 123,102 54.746 2,248.59 49.665 2,478.65 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,482,926 999.376 1,483.85 906.619 1,635.67 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 368,751 246.270 1,497.34 223.413 1,650.54 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 468,324 181.417 2,581.47 164.579 2,845.59 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 845,809 60.893 13,889.89 55.242 15,310.98 WIRE DRAWN............................23 351,726 37.888 9,283.15 34.372 10,232.92 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 39,488 4.711 8,381.59 4.274 9,239.12 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,024,480 609.689 1,680.33 553.101 1,852.25 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 17,293 8.217 2,104.35 7.455 2,319.65 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 457,807 71.986 6,359.63 65.305 7,010.29 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,494,580 2,360.282 2,327.93 2,141.213 2,566.11 Austria WIRE RODS..............................3 4,427 1.730 2,558.03 1.570 2,819.75 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 70,856 21.753 3,257.30 19.734 3,590.55 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 268,889 118.778 2,263.79 107.754 2,495.40 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 168,048 75.793 2,217.17 68.759 2,444.01 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 656,029 114.596 5,724.70 103.960 6,310.40 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 6,290 1.450 4,336.01 1.316 4,779.64 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 27/09/03 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 14,700 0.507 28,990.48 0.460 31,956.52 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 8,827 1.658 5,320.75 1.505 5,865.12 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,198,066 336.268 3,562.82 305.058 3,927.34 Switzerland BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 206,733 68.752 3,006.93 62.371 3,314.57 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 18,579 0.057 324,126.73 0.052 357,288.46 WIRE DRAWN............................23 172,747 43.122 4,005.97 39.120 4,415.82 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 183,282 16.394 11,179.36 14.873 12,323.14 COUNTRY TOTAL 581,341 128.326 4,530.17 116.416 4,993.65 Latvia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 145,717 82.483 1,766.62 74.828 1,947.36 COUNTRY TOTAL 145,717 82.483 1,766.62 74.828 1,947.36 Russia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 54,184 24.949 2,171.73 22.634 2,393.92 COUNTRY TOTAL 54,184 24.949 2,171.73 22.634 2,393.92 Spain BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 5,121,788 4,222.895 1,212.86 3,830.947 1,336.95 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 11,104 5.285 2,100.81 4.795 2,315.75 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,009,938 236.903 4,263.08 214.915 4,699.24 WIRE DRAWN............................23 19,934 1.695 11,758.01 1.538 12,960.99 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,162,764 4,466.779 1,379.69 4,052.195 1,520.85 Portugal BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 97,167 29.041 3,345.80 26.346 3,688.11 COUNTRY TOTAL 97,167 29.041 3,345.80 26.346 3,688.11 Italy BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 3,420 1.104 3,096.38 1.002 3,413.17 WIRE RODS..............................3 839,976 605.670 1,386.85 549.455 1,528.74 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 40,197 19.421 2,069.70 17.619 2,281.46 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 16,068 7.598 2,114.70 6.893 2,331.06 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 462,608 249.074 1,857.30 225.957 2,047.33 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 21,782 10.897 1,998.82 9.886 2,203.32 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,281,974 584.823 2,192.07 530.543 2,416.34 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 593,950 287.537 2,065.64 260.850 2,276.98 WIRE DRAWN............................23 51,382 11.664 4,404.93 10.582 4,855.60 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 67,679 48.980 1,381.77 44.434 1,523.14 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,354,702 2,477.934 1,353.83 2,247.945 1,492.34 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 27/09/03 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 6,733,738 4,304.707 1,564.27 3,905.166 1,724.32 Slovenia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 81,353 48.244 1,686.25 43.767 1,858.77 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 61,496 45.216 1,360.03 41.020 1,499.17 COUNTRY TOTAL 142,849 93.461 1,528.42 84.787 1,684.80 Saudi Arabia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 134,229 67.152 1,998.86 60.920 2,203.37 COUNTRY TOTAL 134,229 67.152 1,998.86 60.920 2,203.37 United Arab Emirates BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 83,241 31.693 2,626.43 28.752 2,895.14 COUNTRY TOTAL 83,241 31.693 2,626.43 28.752 2,895.14 India BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 79,290 90.078 880.23 81.718 970.29 WIRE RODS..............................3 193,538 142.749 1,355.79 129.500 1,494.50 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 199,630 82.550 2,418.26 74.889 2,665.68 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 184,281 52.239 3,527.61 47.391 3,888.52 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 778,623 401.992 1,936.91 364.682 2,135.07 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,135,413 680.705 1,667.99 617.526 1,838.65 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 119,434 43.726 2,731.39 39.668 3,010.84 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,665,880 963.297 1,729.35 873.889 1,906.28 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 152,514 95.877 1,590.71 86.979 1,753.46 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 173,048 91.176 1,897.94 82.714 2,092.12 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,681,651 2,644.395 1,770.40 2,398.956 1,951.54 Thailand STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 41,003 21.596 1,898.60 19.592 2,092.84 WIRE DRAWN............................23 36,790 19.712 1,866.32 17.883 2,057.26 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 418,271 209.983 1,991.92 190.494 2,195.72 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 4,059 3.701 1,096.56 3.358 1,208.76 COUNTRY TOTAL 500,123 254.994 1,961.31 231.327 2,161.97 Malaysia STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 160,707 96.348 1,667.97 87.406 1,838.63 COUNTRY TOTAL 160,707 96.348 1,667.97 87.406 1,838.63 Singapore STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 207,826 94.648 2,195.76 85.864 2,420.41 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 27/09/03 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 207,826 94.648 2,195.76 85.864 2,420.41 Indonesia WIRE DRAWN............................23 12,534 6.016 2,083.30 5.458 2,296.45 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 142,219 69.508 2,046.07 63.057 2,255.40 COUNTRY TOTAL 154,753 75.524 2,049.03 68.515 2,258.67 China WIRE RODS..............................3 114,716 131.221 874.22 119.042 963.66 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 15,954 12.533 1,272.93 11.370 1,403.17 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 244,222 117.849 2,072.33 106.911 2,284.35 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,309,527 545.532 2,400.46 494.899 2,646.05 WIRE DRAWN............................23 600,569 225.990 2,657.50 205.015 2,929.39 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,179,200 859.088 1,372.62 779.352 1,513.05 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 3,881 0.443 8,758.17 0.402 9,654.23 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,468,069 1,892.658 1,832.38 1,716.991 2,019.85 Korea, South WIRE RODS..............................3 52,021 40.154 1,295.51 36.428 1,428.05 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 256,781 171.762 1,494.98 155.820 1,647.93 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 23,654 7.695 3,073.85 6.981 3,388.34 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 2,656,155 957.974 2,772.68 869.060 3,056.35 WIRE DRAWN............................23 771,052 283.546 2,719.32 257.229 2,997.53 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,456 5.080 483.41 4.609 532.87 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 280,753 139.890 2,006.94 126.907 2,212.27 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 492,652 372.120 1,323.91 337.582 1,459.36 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,535,524 1,978.224 2,292.72 1,794.616 2,527.29 Taiwan BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 13,637 1.166 11,693.08 1.058 12,889.41 WIRE RODS..............................3 989,152 537.501 1,840.28 487.613 2,028.56 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 887,379 562.032 1,578.88 509.867 1,740.41 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 512,571 279.505 1,833.85 253.563 2,021.47 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 816,226 449.098 1,817.48 407.415 2,003.43 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 3,323,378 1,694.706 1,961.03 1,537.412 2,161.67 WIRE DRAWN............................23 632,947 206.742 3,061.52 187.554 3,374.75 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,988,393 1,841.440 1,622.86 1,670.527 1,788.89 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 60,356 35.547 1,697.91 32.248 1,871.62 COUNTRY TOTAL 10,224,039 5,607.739 1,823.20 5,087.257 2,009.74 Japan BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 31,965 3.052 10,472.43 2.769 11,543.88 WIRE RODS..............................3 18,998 6.878 2,761.97 6.240 3,044.55 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 27/09/03 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 12,125 3.111 3,896.43 2.823 4,295.08 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 113,552 66.121 1,717.34 59.984 1,893.04 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 7,274 4.069 1,787.34 3.692 1,970.21 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 17,058 4.217 4,044.63 3.826 4,458.44 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 156,606 44.930 3,485.54 40.760 3,842.15 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 3,444,549 1,284.557 2,681.51 1,165.331 2,955.85 WIRE DRAWN............................23 614,180 96.836 6,342.42 87.849 6,991.31 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 110,618 69.707 1,586.88 63.238 1,749.23 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 739,707 385.908 1,916.80 350.090 2,112.91 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 38,482 1.333 28,851.48 1.210 31,803.31 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,959,776 315.236 6,216.84 285.978 6,852.89 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,264,890 2,285.961 3,178.05 2,073.790 3,503.19 Australia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 4,120 1.753 2,349.22 1.591 2,589.57 WIRE DRAWN............................23 5,335 1.342 3,973.59 1.218 4,380.13 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,455 3.096 3,053.55 2.809 3,365.97 South Africa PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 396,059 351.436 1,126.97 318.818 1,242.27 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 235,434 148.222 1,588.39 134.465 1,750.89 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 161,028 157.015 1,025.56 142.442 1,130.48 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 149,945 109.591 1,368.21 99.420 1,508.20 COUNTRY TOTAL 942,466 766.265 1,229.95 695.145 1,355.78 GRAND TOTAL 107,489,432 57,268.249 1,876.95 51,952.897 2,068.98