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RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 23/10/03 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 1,565,270 6,465.335 242.10 5,865.255 266.87 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 10,305,242 25,293.326 407.43 22,945.726 449.11 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 21,250,066 64,099.309 331.52 58,149.932 365.44 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 13,951,219 33,062.846 421.96 29,994.118 465.13 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 35,784,286 60,903.154 587.56 55,250.428 647.67 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 6,197,646 10,445.198 593.35 9,475.727 654.05 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 31,134,974 65,912.164 472.37 59,794.527 520.70 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 5,721,100 8,047.199 710.94 7,300.299 783.68 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 119,348 449.195 265.69 407.503 292.88 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 41,896,485 74,752.705 560.47 67,814.532 617.81 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 4,555,476 1,183.908 3,847.83 1,074.024 4,241.50 Stainless Steel Bar 2,005,285 867.480 2,311.62 786.965 2,548.12 Stainless Steel Wire 37,460 6.036 6,205.83 5.476 6,840.76 COUNTRY TOTAL 174,523,857 351,487.860 496.53 318,864.512 547.33 Mexico Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 27,115,494 129,688.194 209.08 117,651.184 230.47 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 2,228,833 7,416.361 300.53 6,728.012 331.28 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 4,615,216 12,681.626 363.93 11,504.581 401.16 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 15,870,519 27,623.808 574.52 25,059.905 633.30 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 5,760,351 15,883.480 362.66 14,409.255 399.77 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 11,484 21.825 526.17 19.800 580.00 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 6,787,175 25,149.605 269.87 22,815.345 297.48 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 12,111,164 23,788.051 509.13 21,580.163 561.22 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 2,035,061 1,156.977 1,758.95 1,049.593 1,938.90 Stainless Steel Bar 37,752 20.095 1,878.66 18.230 2,070.87 Stainless Steel Wire 13,080 3.034 4,310.20 2.753 4,751.18 COUNTRY TOTAL 76,586,129 243,433.061 314.61 220,838.821 346.80 Guatemala Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 173,782 154.302 1,126.24 139.981 1,241.47 COUNTRY TOTAL 173,782 154.302 1,126.24 139.981 1,241.47 Dominican Republic Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 7,197 16.012 449.47 14.526 495.46 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 1,314,899 4,541.990 289.50 4,120.426 319.12 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 380,565 1,048.672 362.90 951.340 400.03 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,702,661 5,606.675 303.68 5,086.292 334.75 Trinidad and Tobago Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 53,101 101.731 521.97 92.289 575.38 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 18,672 25.738 725.44 23.350 799.66 Stainless Steel Bar 27,618 19.026 1,451.52 17.261 1,600.02 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 23/10/03 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 99,391 146.497 678.45 132.900 747.86 Colombia Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 29,069 86.641 335.51 78.600 369.83 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 584,980 1,527.061 383.08 1,385.327 422.27 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 4,733 8.835 535.71 8.015 590.52 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 208,577 320.673 650.43 290.910 716.98 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 285,575 753.305 379.10 683.387 417.88 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,112,934 2,696.516 412.73 2,446.239 454.96 Venezuela Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 4,965,626 21,213.917 234.07 19,244.948 258.02 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 961,553 3,147.384 305.51 2,855.260 336.77 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 944,846 2,091.527 451.75 1,897.402 497.97 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 2,330,894 9,408.394 247.75 8,535.154 273.09 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 254,721 622.389 409.26 564.622 451.14 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 117,840 179.290 657.26 162.650 724.50 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,575,480 36,662.903 261.18 33,260.036 287.90 Chile Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 82,389 230.504 357.43 209.110 394.00 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 43,874 85.928 510.59 77.953 562.83 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 174,286 310.661 561.02 281.827 618.41 COUNTRY TOTAL 300,549 627.093 479.27 568.890 528.31 Brazil Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 18,339,648 87,973.710 208.47 79,808.430 229.80 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 587,722 1,388.736 423.21 1,259.841 466.50 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 11,230 17.024 659.65 15.444 727.14 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 913,531 1,809.450 504.87 1,641.506 556.52 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 171,558 668.933 256.47 606.846 282.70 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 25,829 29.689 869.97 26.934 958.97 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 2,285,122 9,104.870 250.98 8,259.802 276.66 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 276,563 487.545 567.26 442.294 625.29 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 8,022 4.459 1,798.67 4.046 1,982.70 Stainless Steel Bar 165,753 99.275 1,669.63 90.061 1,840.45 Stainless Steel Wire 82,011 22.188 3,696.12 20.129 4,074.27 COUNTRY TOTAL 22,866,989 101,605.883 225.06 92,175.333 248.08 Argentina Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 573,358 1,930.359 297.02 1,751.193 327.41 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 1,186,605 2,985.478 397.46 2,708.381 438.12 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 52,717 116.835 451.21 105.991 497.37 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 1,057,409 3,316.029 318.88 3,008.252 351.50 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 2,134,366 6,301.560 338.70 5,716.681 373.36 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,004,455 14,650.262 341.59 13,290.498 376.54 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 23/10/03 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Sweden Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 73,315 85.489 857.59 77.555 945.33 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 942,850 1,837.685 513.06 1,667.121 565.56 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 1,026,837 718.775 1,428.59 652.062 1,574.75 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 523,968 198.057 2,645.53 179.675 2,916.20 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 629,843 314.138 2,004.98 284.982 2,210.12 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 373,202 381.539 978.15 346.127 1,078.22 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 29,977 16.697 1,795.27 15.148 1,978.94 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 45,520 4.843 9,398.06 4.394 10,359.58 Stainless Steel Bar 317,588 116.153 2,734.20 105.373 3,013.94 Stainless Steel Rod 861,437 397.808 2,165.46 360.886 2,387.01 Stainless Steel Wire 1,236,670 312.676 3,955.12 283.655 4,359.77 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,061,207 4,383.866 1,382.62 3,976.978 1,524.07 Norway Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 512,884 1,181.243 434.19 1,071.606 478.61 Stainless Steel Bar 25,694 10.456 2,457.22 9.486 2,708.62 COUNTRY TOTAL 538,578 1,191.699 451.94 1,081.092 498.18 Finland Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 236,521 1,128.656 209.56 1,023.900 231.00 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 25,390 36.838 689.23 33.419 759.75 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 39,823 105.105 378.89 95.350 417.65 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 348,029 150.702 2,309.38 136.715 2,545.65 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 13,406 1.520 8,819.23 1.379 9,721.54 COUNTRY TOTAL 663,169 1,422.822 466.09 1,290.763 513.78 Denmark Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 99,908 34.704 2,878.86 31.483 3,173.40 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 95,174 14.399 6,609.54 13.063 7,285.77 Stainless Steel Bar 648,263 330.492 1,961.50 299.818 2,162.19 Stainless Steel Wire 127,155 18.694 6,801.88 16.959 7,497.79 COUNTRY TOTAL 970,500 398.290 2,436.66 361.323 2,685.96 United Kingdom Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 281,770 436.215 645.94 395.728 712.03 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 63,433 80.190 791.02 72.748 871.96 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 944,731 781.622 1,208.68 709.076 1,332.34 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 36,840 13.978 2,635.49 12.681 2,905.13 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 2,028,254 4,456.557 455.12 4,042.922 501.68 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 1,639,883 2,426.099 675.93 2,200.921 745.09 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 412,898 791.685 521.54 718.205 574.90 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 856,562 41.106 20,837.74 37.291 22,969.67 Stainless Steel Bar 393,659 150.399 2,617.43 136.440 2,885.22 Stainless Steel Rod 709,358 487.492 1,455.12 442.246 1,603.99 Stainless Steel Wire 109,029 30.906 3,527.69 28.038 3,888.62 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 23/10/03 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 7,476,417 9,696.253 771.06 8,796.296 849.95 Netherlands Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 4,924,731 17,258.051 285.36 15,656.245 314.55 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 127,000 377.238 336.66 342.225 371.10 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 8,873 9.171 967.48 8.320 1,066.47 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 2,765,555 5,320.511 519.79 4,826.688 572.97 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 150,531 192.427 782.28 174.567 862.31 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 66,183 65.918 1,004.02 59.800 1,106.74 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 2,945 0.007 381,665.69 0.007 420,714.29 Stainless Steel Wire 23,299 3.227 7,218.75 2.928 7,957.31 COUNTRY TOTAL 8,069,117 23,226.552 347.41 21,070.780 382.95 Belgium Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 173,388 130.617 1,327.45 118.494 1,463.26 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 94,010 285.245 329.58 258.770 363.30 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 436,401 1,145.527 380.96 1,039.205 419.94 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 603,440 703.639 857.60 638.331 945.34 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 17,173 24.452 702.30 22.183 774.15 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 129,191 133.000 971.36 120.656 1,070.74 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 14,860 0.036 408,508.15 0.033 450,303.03 Stainless Steel Rod 3,310 2.240 1,477.02 2.033 1,628.14 Stainless Steel Wire 127,891 16.599 7,704.42 15.059 8,492.66 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,599,664 2,441.358 655.24 2,214.764 722.27 Luxembourg Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 154,202 565.444 272.71 512.963 300.61 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 281,393 442.897 635.35 401.790 700.35 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 137,268 291.108 471.54 264.089 519.78 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 5,985 2.580 2,319.31 2.341 2,556.60 COUNTRY TOTAL 578,848 1,302.031 444.57 1,181.183 490.06 France Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 96,805 80.516 1,202.31 73.043 1,325.32 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 5,857,901 18,900.579 309.93 17,146.322 341.64 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 1,243,509 1,713.874 725.55 1,554.801 799.79 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 337,745 749.485 450.64 679.922 496.74 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 465,155 789.541 589.15 716.260 649.42 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 359,745 405.276 887.65 367.661 978.47 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 461,999 677.489 681.93 614.608 751.70 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 18,761 8.513 2,203.77 7.723 2,429.24 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 385,883 266.736 1,446.68 241.979 1,594.70 Stainless Steel Bar 718,434 331.089 2,169.91 300.359 2,391.92 Stainless Steel Rod 244,049 155.023 1,574.27 140.635 1,735.34 Stainless Steel Wire 677,607 183.722 3,688.22 166.670 4,065.56 COUNTRY TOTAL 10,867,593 24,261.846 447.93 22,009.983 493.76 Federal Republic of Germany IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 23/10/03 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 494,900 1,099.770 450.00 997.695 496.04 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 481,835 903.167 533.49 819.340 588.08 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 767,019 1,843.406 416.09 1,672.311 458.66 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 5,227,005 4,381.106 1,193.08 3,974.474 1,315.14 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 5,891,360 12,203.577 482.76 11,070.902 532.15 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 5,182,876 9,635.729 537.88 8,741.389 592.91 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 1,396,697 2,257.460 618.70 2,047.934 682.00 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 292,793 265.655 1,102.15 240.999 1,214.91 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 22,967 83.412 275.34 75.671 303.51 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 2,539,483 4,842.155 524.45 4,392.731 578.11 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 520,728 104.884 4,964.76 95.150 5,472.71 Stainless Steel Bar 614,409 222.020 2,767.35 201.414 3,050.48 Stainless Steel Rod 21,325 14.438 1,477.00 13.098 1,628.11 Stainless Steel Wire 340,879 74.805 4,556.90 67.862 5,023.12 COUNTRY TOTAL 23,794,276 37,931.590 627.29 34,410.970 691.47 Austria Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 396,133 985.774 401.85 894.280 442.96 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 195,991 32.115 6,102.63 29.135 6,727.00 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 100,323 49.215 2,038.42 44.648 2,246.98 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 189,554 272.026 696.82 246.778 768.12 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 28,558 4.178 6,833.92 3.791 7,533.10 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 143,254 166.156 862.16 150.735 950.37 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 197,111 51.279 3,843.86 46.520 4,237.12 Stainless Steel Bar 252,561 105.680 2,389.85 95.872 2,634.36 Stainless Steel Rod 5,460 2.134 2,558.49 1.936 2,820.25 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,508,945 1,668.562 904.34 1,513.695 996.86 Czech Republic Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 443,250 1,593.132 278.23 1,445.266 306.69 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 2,164,018 5,221.559 414.44 4,736.920 456.84 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,607,268 6,814.691 382.60 6,182.186 421.74 Slovakia Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 69,053 252.632 273.33 229.184 301.30 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 77,958 282.628 275.83 256.396 304.05 COUNTRY TOTAL 147,011 535.260 274.65 485.580 302.75 Hungary Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 12,296 46.991 261.66 42.630 288.44 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 42,904 163.938 261.71 148.723 288.48 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 3,483 0.185 18,807.89 0.168 20,732.14 COUNTRY TOTAL 58,683 211.115 277.97 191.521 306.41 Switzerland Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 93,650 85.477 1,095.61 77.544 1,207.70 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 47,598 10.986 4,332.32 9.967 4,775.56 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 23/10/03 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 3,514 2.362 1,487.56 2.143 1,639.76 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 34,031 56.863 598.46 51.586 659.69 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 654,473 325.268 2,012.10 295.079 2,217.96 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 46,085 0.941 48,955.06 0.854 53,963.70 Stainless Steel Bar 185,304 73.396 2,524.71 66.584 2,783.01 Stainless Steel Wire 126,043 30.882 4,081.39 28.016 4,498.96 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,190,698 586.179 2,031.29 531.773 2,239.11 Latvia Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 6,794,555 26,389.349 257.47 23,940.022 283.82 Stainless Steel Bar 287,182 148.594 1,932.65 134.803 2,130.38 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,081,737 26,537.944 266.85 24,074.825 294.16 Poland Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 168,597 368.708 457.26 334.487 504.05 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 7,886 4.002 1,970.27 3.631 2,171.85 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 312,039 416.001 750.09 377.390 826.83 COUNTRY TOTAL 488,522 788.712 619.39 715.508 682.76 Russia Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 12,273,085 61,084.185 200.92 55,414.657 221.48 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 9,370 28.108 333.35 25.500 367.45 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 38,554 91.183 422.82 82.720 466.08 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 509,353 1,490.990 341.62 1,352.604 376.57 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 37,701 121.364 310.64 110.100 342.43 Stainless Steel Bar 27,883 20.519 1,358.85 18.615 1,497.88 COUNTRY TOTAL 12,895,946 62,836.352 205.23 57,004.196 226.23 Spain Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 2,504,945 4,346.170 576.36 3,942.781 635.32 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 362,850 1,161.885 312.29 1,054.045 344.25 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 183,096 409.479 447.14 371.474 492.89 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 34,251 20.176 1,697.55 18.304 1,871.23 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 100,473 111.714 899.37 101.346 991.39 Stainless Steel Wire 25,224 4.164 6,056.86 3.778 6,676.55 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,210,839 6,053.592 530.40 5,491.728 584.67 Italy Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 20,011 5.377 3,721.54 4.878 4,102.30 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 331,724 544.393 609.35 493.866 671.69 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 29,106 47.673 610.52 43.249 672.99 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 212,505 230.032 923.80 208.682 1,018.32 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 1,161,652 470.547 2,468.72 426.874 2,721.30 Stainless Steel Bar 1,407,018 571.105 2,463.68 518.098 2,715.74 Stainless Steel Rod 83,932 87.911 954.73 79.752 1,052.41 Stainless Steel Wire 107,551 33.870 3,175.34 30.727 3,500.21 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 23/10/03 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 3,353,499 1,990.912 1,684.40 1,806.126 1,856.74 Slovenia Stainless Steel Bar 20,889 12.494 1,671.83 11.335 1,842.88 COUNTRY TOTAL 20,889 12.494 1,671.83 11.335 1,842.88 Romania Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 287,960 793.554 362.87 719.901 400.00 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 20,172 9.606 2,099.80 8.715 2,314.63 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 220,395 747.518 294.84 678.138 325.00 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 292,199 318.143 918.45 288.615 1,012.42 COUNTRY TOTAL 820,726 1,868.823 439.17 1,695.369 484.10 Turkey Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 3,328,467 13,578.180 245.13 12,317.922 270.21 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 3,969,754 13,051.902 304.15 11,840.490 335.27 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 10,112,924 42,765.996 236.47 38,796.670 260.66 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 3,423,084 10,299.100 332.37 9,343.189 366.37 COUNTRY TOTAL 20,834,229 79,695.179 261.42 72,298.271 288.17 Israel Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 213,741 29.045 7,358.73 26.350 8,111.61 COUNTRY TOTAL 213,741 29.045 7,358.73 26.350 8,111.61 Saudi Arabia Stainless Steel Bar 317,476 157.084 2,021.05 142.505 2,227.82 COUNTRY TOTAL 317,476 157.084 2,021.05 142.505 2,227.82 United Arab Emirates Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 76,115 184.505 412.53 167.381 454.74 Stainless Steel Bar 27,197 16.828 1,616.08 15.267 1,781.42 COUNTRY TOTAL 103,312 201.334 513.14 182.648 565.63 Oman Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 366,837 1,075.761 341.00 975.915 375.89 COUNTRY TOTAL 366,837 1,075.761 341.00 975.915 375.89 India Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 255,092 476.856 534.95 432.597 589.68 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 4,328,626 10,822.757 399.96 9,818.243 440.88 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 219,134 438.939 499.24 398.199 550.31 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 16,383 15.162 1,080.51 13.755 1,191.06 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 7,590 22.963 330.53 20.832 364.34 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 1,099,797 2,254.267 487.87 2,045.038 537.79 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 1,399,011 1,852.698 755.12 1,680.740 832.38 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 23/10/03 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Stainless Steel Bar 3,681,672 2,003.413 1,837.70 1,817.467 2,025.72 Stainless Steel Rod 242,343 168.220 1,440.63 152.607 1,588.02 Stainless Steel Wire 1,607,249 893.221 1,799.38 810.317 1,983.48 COUNTRY TOTAL 12,856,897 18,948.500 678.52 17,189.795 747.94 Thailand Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 1,308,486 3,483.335 375.64 3,160.030 414.07 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 7,539 14.374 524.48 13.040 578.14 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 558,308 589.437 947.19 534.729 1,044.10 Stainless Steel Wire 34,173 19.519 1,750.69 17.708 1,929.81 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,908,506 4,106.667 464.73 3,725.507 512.28 Vietnam Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 15,787 8.701 1,814.26 7.894 1,999.87 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 63,086 73.858 854.15 67.003 941.54 COUNTRY TOTAL 78,873 82.559 955.34 74.897 1,053.09 Malaysia Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 334,168 338.015 988.62 306.643 1,089.76 COUNTRY TOTAL 334,168 338.015 988.62 306.643 1,089.76 Singapore Stainless Steel Bar 12,931 1.035 12,492.87 0.939 13,771.03 COUNTRY TOTAL 12,931 1.035 12,492.87 0.939 13,771.03 Indonesia Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 1,622,038 4,860.857 333.69 4,409.697 367.83 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,622,038 4,860.857 333.69 4,409.697 367.83 Philippines Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 3,428,543 8,330.279 411.58 7,557.105 453.68 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,428,543 8,330.279 411.58 7,557.105 453.68 China Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 2,970 5.253 565.33 4.766 623.16 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 7,813 9.878 790.88 8.962 871.79 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 29,919 105.110 284.64 95.355 313.76 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 30,710 46.750 656.90 42.411 724.10 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 2,346,838 6,425.595 365.23 5,829.204 402.60 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 2,378,634 1,717.194 1,385.19 1,557.813 1,526.91 Stainless Steel Bar 124,873 56.579 2,207.04 51.328 2,432.84 Stainless Steel Rod 113,670 129.347 878.80 117.342 968.71 Stainless Steel Wire 551,855 223.859 2,465.18 203.082 2,717.40 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,587,282 8,719.569 640.77 7,910.263 706.33 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 23/10/03 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Korea, South Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 1,834,320 7,197.917 254.84 6,529.843 280.91 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 18,148,648 62,241.449 291.58 56,464.509 321.42 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 354,190 757.034 467.87 686.770 515.73 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 5,316,228 10,268.046 517.74 9,315.018 570.72 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 46,413 108.853 426.38 98.750 470.01 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 27,332 18.286 1,494.68 16.589 1,647.60 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 13,148 16.536 795.07 15.002 876.42 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 4,580,848 12,357.866 370.68 11,210.871 408.61 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 1,048,077 420.956 2,489.75 381.885 2,744.48 Stainless Steel Bar 74,342 41.547 1,789.34 37.691 1,972.41 Stainless Steel Rod 110,894 81.761 1,356.31 74.173 1,495.07 Stainless Steel Wire 1,169,095 472.613 2,473.68 428.748 2,726.76 COUNTRY TOTAL 32,723,535 93,982.869 348.19 85,259.849 383.81 Hong Kong Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 9,648 2.460 3,921.38 2.232 4,322.58 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,648 2.460 3,921.38 2.232 4,322.58 Taiwan Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 8,896 4.682 1,899.79 4.248 2,094.16 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 257,841 150.065 1,718.19 136.137 1,893.98 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 1,585,421 2,837.434 558.75 2,574.078 615.92 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 3,331 0.974 3,418.36 0.884 3,768.10 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 16,053 17.381 923.58 15.768 1,018.07 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 1,028,091 2,095.201 490.69 1,900.735 540.89 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 650,130 241.355 2,693.66 218.954 2,969.25 Stainless Steel Bar 1,468,731 772.584 1,901.06 700.877 2,095.56 Stainless Steel Rod 506,096 302.945 1,670.58 274.828 1,841.50 Stainless Steel Wire 775,537 302.943 2,560.00 274.826 2,821.92 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,300,127 6,725.568 936.74 6,101.335 1,032.58 Japan Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 987,048 1,921.977 513.56 1,743.589 566.10 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 2,045,228 4,178.619 489.45 3,790.781 539.53 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 2,889,948 4,620.295 625.49 4,191.463 689.48 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 4,623,685 6,540.938 706.88 5,933.841 779.21 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 1,100,894 1,782.396 617.65 1,616.963 680.84 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 5,266,060 8,682.788 606.49 7,876.895 668.55 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 281,671 239.115 1,177.97 216.922 1,298.49 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 2,871,174 11,540.751 248.79 10,469.597 274.24 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 12,651,164 17,857.620 708.45 16,200.165 780.93 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 1,293,983 291.657 4,436.66 264.587 4,890.58 Stainless Steel Bar 222,196 61.767 3,597.27 56.035 3,965.31 Stainless Steel Rod 125,371 54.698 2,292.02 49.622 2,526.52 Stainless Steel Wire 497,531 80.551 6,176.57 73.075 6,808.50 COUNTRY TOTAL 34,855,953 57,853.177 602.49 52,483.535 664.13 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 23/10/03 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Australia Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 7,612,299 39,141.341 194.48 35,508.438 214.38 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 185,487 868.804 213.50 788.166 235.34 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 6,439,403 28,295.176 227.58 25,668.960 250.86 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 65,504 18.125 3,613.95 16.443 3,983.70 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 62,920 138.589 454.00 125.726 500.45 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 13,517 1.343 10,059.41 1.219 11,088.60 Stainless Steel Bar 16,858 7.174 2,349.57 6.509 2,589.95 COUNTRY TOTAL 14,395,988 68,470.555 210.25 62,115.461 231.76 New Zealand Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 734,872 4,034.127 182.16 3,659.700 200.80 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 152,789 231.523 659.93 210.035 727.45 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 11,550 0.562 20,545.07 0.510 22,647.06 COUNTRY TOTAL 899,211 4,266.213 210.77 3,870.245 232.34 Egypt Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 17,970 29.586 607.38 26.840 669.52 COUNTRY TOTAL 17,970 29.586 607.38 26.840 669.52 South Africa Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 94,725 370.129 255.92 335.776 282.11 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 72,353 195.697 369.72 177.534 407.54 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 32,802 115.742 283.40 105.000 312.40 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 8,900 17.811 499.69 16.158 550.81 Stainless Steel Bar 68,006 35.972 1,890.48 32.634 2,083.90 COUNTRY TOTAL 276,786 735.353 376.40 667.102 414.91 GRAND TOTAL 523,094,410 1,331,843.688 392.76 1,208,228.611 432.94