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RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 23/10/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Canada 4,142,226 3,762.632 1,100.89 3,413.404 1,213.52 Mexico 152,706 266.483 573.04 241.750 631.67 Sweden 87,318 68.826 1,268.68 62.438 1,398.48 United Kingdom 70,050 26.444 2,648.95 23.990 2,919.97 Belgium 2,119 0.293 7,226.79 0.266 7,966.17 India 28,732 47.399 606.17 43.000 668.19 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,483,151 4,172.079 1,074.56 3,784.848 1,184.50 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 8,942,518 17,310.763 516.59 15,704.065 569.44 Mexico 27,155,978 129,766.623 209.27 117,722.334 230.68 Brazil 19,291,981 90,791.564 212.49 82,364.745 234.23 Sweden 3,548,927 2,394.333 1,482.22 2,172.103 1,633.87 Finland 1,369,141 6,770.339 202.23 6,141.950 222.92 United Kingdom 6,919,801 5,481.682 1,262.35 4,972.900 1,391.50 France 96,064 251.701 381.66 228.340 420.71 Federal Republic of Germany 5,189,460 17,446.883 297.44 15,827.551 327.88 Russia 12,606,341 62,416.269 201.97 56,623.103 222.64 Spain 145,778 124.651 1,169.48 113.082 1,289.14 Italy 463,388 237.470 1,951.35 215.430 2,150.99 India 20,500 47.178 434.52 42.800 478.97 China 3,510 0.427 8,206.75 0.388 9,046.39 Taiwan 2,150 0.077 27,863.54 0.070 30,714.29 Japan 47,029 3.344 14,061.97 3.034 15,500.66 Australia 7,612,299 39,141.341 194.48 35,508.438 214.38 CATEGORY TOTAL 93,414,865 372,184.653 250.99 337,640.333 276.67 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 11,081,688 33,702.348 328.81 30,574.265 362.45 Mexico 351,939 946.266 371.92 858.439 409.98 Trinidad and Tobago 5,304,844 22,114.695 239.88 20,062.120 264.42 Venezuela 4,082,148 16,015.240 254.89 14,528.786 280.97 Brazil 3,690,284 13,050.547 282.77 11,839.261 311.70 Argentina 1,504,385 6,528.995 230.42 5,923.007 253.99 Sweden 861,437 397.808 2,165.46 360.886 2,387.01 Finland 44,143 42.241 1,045.01 38.321 1,151.93 United Kingdom 1,162,844 2,018.168 576.19 1,830.852 635.14 Netherlands 342,258 806.611 424.32 731.746 467.73 Belgium 3,310 2.240 1,477.02 2.033 1,628.14 France 258,045 255.312 1,010.70 231.616 1,114.11 Federal Republic of Germany 563,303 1,267.490 444.42 1,149.848 489.89 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 23/10/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Austria 5,460 2.134 2,558.49 1.936 2,820.25 Spain 393,891 1,094.865 359.76 993.246 396.57 Italy 83,932 87.911 954.73 79.752 1,052.41 Turkey 12,845,380 52,930.020 242.69 48,017.320 267.52 India 242,343 168.220 1,440.63 152.607 1,588.02 Malaysia 2,128,516 7,952.501 267.65 7,214.390 295.04 China 8,076,760 34,363.230 235.04 31,173.807 259.09 Korea, South 120,087 107.759 1,114.40 97.758 1,228.41 Taiwan 506,096 302.945 1,670.58 274.828 1,841.50 Japan 3,168,326 9,407.464 336.79 8,534.311 371.25 New Zealand 1,530,616 6,155.632 248.65 5,584.297 274.09 Egypt 460,324 2,025.628 227.25 1,837.620 250.50 South Africa 1,221,373 4,697.399 260.01 4,261.410 286.61 CATEGORY TOTAL 60,033,732 216,443.683 277.36 196,354.462 305.74 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 4,564,639 10,496.252 434.88 9,522.043 479.38 Mexico 507,663 1,542.417 329.13 1,399.258 362.81 Brazil 2,878,238 11,655.800 246.94 10,573.967 272.20 Norway 512,884 1,181.243 434.19 1,071.606 478.61 United Kingdom 747,263 1,600.197 466.98 1,451.675 514.76 Luxembourg 999,855 2,387.185 418.84 2,165.619 461.69 France 23,073 39.802 579.69 36.108 639.00 Federal Republic of Germany 967,140 1,427.134 677.68 1,294.675 747.01 Poland 72,051 166.683 432.26 151.213 476.49 Russia 3,284 1.413 2,323.87 1.282 2,561.62 Spain 553,582 1,723.995 321.10 1,563.983 353.96 Italy 324,571 519.881 624.32 471.629 688.19 Turkey 62,184 234.955 264.66 213.148 291.74 India 450,145 176.183 2,554.98 159.831 2,816.38 China 10,964 22.487 487.57 20.400 537.45 Korea, South 1,045,813 3,972.002 263.30 3,603.341 290.23 Japan 91,698 39.192 2,339.67 35.555 2,579.05 South Africa 22,239 56.978 390.31 51.690 430.24 CATEGORY TOTAL 13,837,286 37,243.807 371.53 33,787.023 409.54 STEEL PILING...........................5 Canada 867,955 1,568.440 553.39 1,422.866 610.00 United Kingdom 296,915 966.034 307.35 876.372 338.80 Luxembourg 3,409,003 7,550.807 451.48 6,849.979 497.67 Federal Republic of Germany 759,319 1,213.902 625.52 1,101.234 689.52 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,333,192 11,299.184 472.00 10,250.451 520.29 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 10,339,611 25,310.526 408.51 22,961.330 450.31 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 23/10/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Brazil 613,129 1,398.284 438.49 1,268.503 483.35 Sweden 201,716 149.297 1,351.11 135.440 1,489.34 Finland 25,390 36.838 689.23 33.419 759.75 United Kingdom 391,018 445.420 877.86 404.079 967.68 Belgium 568,929 340.892 1,668.94 309.253 1,839.69 France 334,395 161.508 2,070.45 146.518 2,282.28 Federal Republic of Germany 773,388 1,037.543 745.40 941.244 821.67 Austria 194,027 42.782 4,535.15 38.812 4,999.15 Czech Republic 443,250 1,593.132 278.23 1,445.266 306.69 Slovakia 69,053 252.632 273.33 229.184 301.30 Hungary 12,296 46.991 261.66 42.630 288.44 Poland 168,597 368.708 457.26 334.487 504.05 Russia 9,370 28.108 333.35 25.500 367.45 Italy 152,796 115.038 1,328.22 104.361 1,464.11 Romania 287,960 793.554 362.87 719.901 400.00 Korea, South 2,067,070 7,347.818 281.32 6,665.831 310.10 Taiwan 438,407 262.184 1,672.13 237.850 1,843.21 Japan 1,252,225 2,044.013 612.63 1,854.298 675.31 Australia 185,487 868.804 213.50 788.166 235.34 South Africa 211,505 191.917 1,102.06 174.105 1,214.81 CATEGORY TOTAL 18,739,619 42,836.000 437.47 38,860.177 482.23 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 7,463,993 22,977.076 324.85 20,844.459 358.08 Mexico 207,873 560.067 371.16 508.085 409.13 Venezuela 2,477,653 10,573.245 234.33 9,591.890 258.31 Brazil 2,130,830 1,683.072 1,266.04 1,526.858 1,395.57 Sweden 1,339,158 655.801 2,042.02 594.933 2,250.94 Netherlands 1,250,410 4,674.848 267.48 4,240.952 294.84 Belgium 440,813 298.014 1,479.17 270.354 1,630.50 Luxembourg 36,350 129.596 280.49 117.568 309.18 France 1,442,963 4,635.323 311.30 4,205.096 343.15 Federal Republic of Germany 1,348,549 1,930.424 698.58 1,751.252 770.05 Austria 28,232 62.919 448.70 57.080 494.60 Hungary 18,052 69.058 261.40 62.649 288.15 Turkey 4,551 7.850 579.70 7.122 639.01 Japan 89,360 172.643 517.60 156.620 570.55 New Zealand 97,468 520.092 187.41 471.820 206.58 CATEGORY TOTAL 18,376,255 48,950.035 375.41 44,406.738 413.82 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 United Kingdom 2,230 0.049 44,956.06 0.045 49,555.56 Czech Republic 413,304 1,189.530 347.45 1,079.124 383.00 Spain 30,318 64.481 470.18 58.497 518.28 China 17,555 17.931 979.01 16.267 1,079.18 Japan 619,316 1,096.601 564.76 994.820 622.54 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 23/10/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 1,082,723 2,368.594 457.12 2,148.753 503.88 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 Canada 152,038 372.509 408.15 337.935 449.90 Mexico 7,633 4.730 1,613.74 4.291 1,778.84 United Kingdom 4,689 3.977 1,178.99 3.608 1,299.61 Austria 18,184 34.122 532.91 30.955 587.43 Spain 3,974 12.614 315.03 11.444 347.26 Korea, South 140,299 389.555 360.15 353.399 397.00 Japan 53,231 112.485 473.23 102.045 521.64 CATEGORY TOTAL 380,048 929.994 408.66 843.677 450.47 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 Canada 189,828 348.202 545.17 315.884 600.94 Brazil 12,865 23.009 559.11 20.874 616.32 Switzerland 73,800 20.282 3,638.60 18.400 4,010.87 India 7,690 21.043 365.44 19.090 402.83 Australia 30,630 51.333 596.69 46.569 657.73 CATEGORY TOTAL 314,813 463.871 678.66 420.817 748.10 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 25,550,616 56,227.012 454.42 51,008.302 500.91 Mexico 2,181,279 6,199.183 351.87 5,623.806 387.87 Trinidad and Tobago 27,618 19.026 1,451.52 17.261 1,600.02 Colombia 4,733 8.835 535.71 8.015 590.52 Brazil 136,444 94.167 1,448.96 85.427 1,597.20 Argentina 1,057,409 3,316.029 318.88 3,008.252 351.50 Sweden 625,731 313.587 1,995.39 284.482 2,199.55 United Kingdom 1,478,995 3,220.887 459.19 2,921.941 506.17 France 240,271 191.201 1,256.64 173.455 1,385.21 Federal Republic of Germany 874,165 1,577.889 554.01 1,431.438 610.69 Austria 189,253 76.796 2,464.33 69.669 2,716.46 Czech Republic 2,164,018 5,221.559 414.44 4,736.920 456.84 Latvia 6,794,555 26,389.349 257.47 23,940.022 283.82 Russia 506,069 1,489.577 339.74 1,351.322 374.50 Spain 38,428 56.054 685.54 50.852 755.68 Italy 298,521 111.698 2,672.57 101.331 2,946.00 Turkey 1,450,991 3,251.831 446.21 2,950.013 491.86 India 219,134 438.939 499.24 398.199 550.31 China 65,514 67.903 964.81 61.601 1,063.52 Taiwan 129,005 71.907 1,794.05 65.233 1,977.60 Japan 4,831,331 9,525.865 507.18 8,641.722 559.07 South Africa 94,725 370.129 255.92 335.776 282.11 CATEGORY TOTAL 48,958,805 118,239.432 414.06 107,265.039 456.43 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 23/10/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 3,181,467 6,707.125 474.34 6,084.604 522.87 Mexico 959,294 2,927.330 327.70 2,655.630 361.23 Brazil 133,935 629.949 212.61 571.481 234.36 Austria 98,758 27.486 3,593.01 24.935 3,960.62 Switzerland 31,643 9.230 3,428.00 8.374 3,778.72 Italy 50,845 29.289 1,735.95 26.571 1,913.55 Turkey 2,340,219 9,244.941 253.14 8,386.872 279.03 India 1,480,266 822.559 1,799.58 746.214 1,983.70 Japan 43,790 12.252 3,574.06 11.115 3,939.72 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,320,217 20,410.165 407.65 18,515.796 449.36 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 Canada 119,348 449.195 265.69 407.503 292.88 Mexico 6,787,175 25,149.605 269.87 22,815.345 297.48 Dominican Republic 1,314,899 4,541.990 289.50 4,120.426 319.12 Trinidad and Tobago 18,672 25.738 725.44 23.350 799.66 Venezuela 2,330,894 9,408.394 247.75 8,535.154 273.09 Brazil 2,285,122 9,104.870 250.98 8,259.802 276.66 Federal Republic of Germany 22,967 83.412 275.34 75.671 303.51 Switzerland 34,031 56.863 598.46 51.586 659.69 Turkey 10,112,924 42,765.996 236.47 38,796.670 260.66 India 7,590 22.963 330.53 20.832 364.34 Japan 2,871,174 11,540.751 248.79 10,469.597 274.24 CATEGORY TOTAL 25,904,796 103,149.783 251.14 93,575.936 276.83 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 7,439,628 8,708.160 854.33 7,899.913 941.74 Mexico 11,484 21.825 526.17 19.800 580.00 Trinidad and Tobago 53,101 101.731 521.97 92.289 575.38 Colombia 208,577 320.673 650.43 290.910 716.98 Brazil 79,304 65.574 1,209.38 59.488 1,333.11 Sweden 323,151 119.907 2,695.01 108.778 2,970.74 Norway 25,694 10.456 2,457.22 9.486 2,708.62 Denmark 648,263 330.492 1,961.50 299.818 2,162.19 United Kingdom 1,998,265 2,558.800 780.94 2,321.305 860.84 Belgium 17,173 24.452 702.30 22.183 774.15 France 1,180,433 1,008.578 1,170.39 914.967 1,290.14 Federal Republic of Germany 569,745 366.317 1,555.33 332.318 1,714.46 Austria 182,662 277.602 658.00 251.837 725.32 Switzerland 204,773 77.514 2,641.74 70.320 2,912.02 Latvia 287,182 148.594 1,932.65 134.803 2,130.38 Poland 312,039 416.001 750.09 377.390 826.83 Russia 65,584 141.883 462.24 128.715 509.53 Spain 183,096 409.479 447.14 371.474 492.89 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 23/10/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Italy 1,035,767 473.951 2,185.38 429.962 2,408.97 Slovenia 20,889 12.494 1,671.83 11.335 1,842.88 Romania 20,172 9.606 2,099.80 8.715 2,314.63 Saudi Arabia 317,476 157.084 2,021.05 142.505 2,227.82 United Arab Emirates 27,197 16.828 1,616.08 15.267 1,781.42 India 1,755,055 1,018.794 1,722.68 924.235 1,898.93 Singapore 12,931 1.035 12,492.87 0.939 13,771.03 China 84,019 34.158 2,459.69 30.988 2,711.34 Korea, South 87,490 58.084 1,506.26 52.693 1,660.37 Taiwan 1,355,779 718.058 1,888.12 651.412 2,081.29 Japan 366,567 266.891 1,373.47 242.120 1,513.99 Australia 16,858 7.174 2,349.57 6.509 2,589.95 Egypt 17,970 29.586 607.38 26.840 669.52 South Africa 140,359 231.670 605.86 210.168 667.84 CATEGORY TOTAL 19,048,683 18,143.468 1,049.89 16,459.482 1,157.31 TOOL STEEL............................17 Canada 567,226 459.416 1,234.67 416.776 1,360.99 Brazil 830,561 588.273 1,411.86 533.673 1,556.31 Sweden 1,217,636 698.757 1,742.57 633.902 1,920.86 United Kingdom 1,069,166 199.426 5,361.20 180.917 5,909.70 Netherlands 171,017 210.883 810.96 191.310 893.93 Belgium 25,139 21.434 1,172.83 19.445 1,292.83 France 1,025,106 561.940 1,824.23 509.784 2,010.86 Federal Republic of Germany 1,605,671 1,020.786 1,572.97 926.042 1,733.91 Austria 1,431,426 647.187 2,211.76 587.119 2,438.05 Czech Republic 15,876 4.143 3,831.46 3.759 4,223.46 Switzerland 200,788 134.455 1,493.34 121.976 1,646.13 Poland 4,843 3.813 1,269.80 3.460 1,399.71 Russia 353,882 174.847 2,023.95 158.619 2,231.02 Ukraine 2,857 1.016 2,811.09 0.922 3,098.70 Spain 21,398 27.654 773.75 25.088 852.92 Italy 37,288 54.255 687.26 49.220 757.58 Slovenia 1,033,248 895.111 1,154.32 812.032 1,272.42 Israel 32,377 11.473 2,821.78 10.409 3,110.48 India 22,213 17.493 1,269.77 15.870 1,399.68 China 564,520 206.914 2,728.27 187.710 3,007.41 Korea, South 251,246 200.211 1,254.90 181.629 1,383.29 Taiwan 561,681 432.123 1,299.82 392.016 1,432.80 Japan 3,048,920 3,685.213 827.34 3,343.170 911.98 Australia 2,230 0.302 7,383.29 0.274 8,138.69 CATEGORY TOTAL 14,096,315 10,257.138 1,374.29 9,305.122 1,514.90 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 19,693,320 35,776.659 550.45 32,456.049 606.77 Mexico 2,581,062 5,835.324 442.32 5,293.719 487.57 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 23/10/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Guatemala 173,782 154.302 1,126.24 139.981 1,241.47 Dominican Republic 33,047 88.456 373.60 80.246 411.82 Colombia 267,506 734.070 364.41 665.938 401.70 Venezuela 216,524 554.733 390.32 503.246 430.25 Chile 174,286 310.661 561.02 281.827 618.41 Argentina 1,709,097 5,028.232 339.90 4,561.537 374.68 Sweden 8,230 2.469 3,333.09 2.240 3,674.11 Norway 19,381 4.469 4,335.92 4.055 4,779.53 United Kingdom 47,919 27.684 1,730.89 25.115 1,907.98 Netherlands 2,302 3.056 753.10 2.773 830.15 France 30,862 20.862 1,479.32 18.926 1,630.67 Federal Republic of Germany 1,123,939 919.629 1,222.17 834.274 1,347.21 Czech Republic 30,027 52.106 576.26 47.270 635.22 Poland 78,281 127.823 612.41 115.960 675.07 Ukraine 116,124 312.259 371.88 283.277 409.93 Spain 273,112 319.789 854.04 290.108 941.41 Italy 181,112 153.684 1,178.47 139.420 1,299.04 Romania 856,733 1,464.947 584.82 1,328.978 644.66 Turkey 3,008,862 9,048.276 332.53 8,208.461 366.56 United Arab Emirates 76,115 184.505 412.53 167.381 454.74 Oman 366,837 1,075.761 341.00 975.915 375.89 India 784,747 1,902.215 412.54 1,725.661 454.75 Indonesia 234,702 639.152 367.21 579.830 404.78 Philippines 3,428,543 8,330.279 411.58 7,557.105 453.68 China 2,515,201 6,756.963 372.24 6,129.816 410.32 Korea, South 1,997,574 4,601.624 434.10 4,174.525 478.52 Taiwan 23,546 4.497 5,235.44 4.080 5,771.08 Japan 1,736,013 3,006.476 577.42 2,727.430 636.50 South Africa 15,305 54.003 283.41 48.991 312.40 CATEGORY TOTAL 41,804,091 87,494.981 477.79 79,374.134 526.67 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 1,724,460 3,610.066 477.68 3,274.998 526.55 Mexico 1,004,467 2,100.023 478.31 1,905.110 527.25 Colombia 1,709,408 3,266.231 523.36 2,963.076 576.90 Venezuela 1,875,289 4,802.789 390.46 4,357.019 430.41 Brazil 623,721 978.138 637.66 887.353 702.90 United Kingdom 334,636 755.288 443.06 685.186 488.39 France 159,188 297.705 534.72 270.074 589.42 Federal Republic of Germany 6,677,713 9,262.941 720.91 8,403.202 794.66 Austria 5,598,114 8,748.071 639.93 7,936.119 705.40 Czech Republic 646,674 1,595.284 405.37 1,447.218 446.84 Spain 317,137 545.354 581.52 494.737 641.02 Italy 3,500 0.147 23,695.13 0.134 26,119.40 Romania 558,032 1,149.047 485.65 1,042.399 535.33 Turkey 2,695,794 7,218.329 373.47 6,548.360 411.67 India 747,115 1,716.326 435.30 1,557.026 479.83 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 23/10/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE China 5,204,566 11,567.977 449.91 10,494.296 495.94 Korea, South 7,449,995 18,040.719 412.95 16,366.270 455.20 Japan 3,558,175 2,170.582 1,639.27 1,969.120 1,806.99 CATEGORY TOTAL 40,887,984 77,825.027 525.38 70,601.697 579.14 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 133,393 321.863 414.44 291.990 456.84 Brazil 171,780 340.521 504.46 308.916 556.07 Argentina 520,992 1,265.470 411.70 1,148.016 453.82 United Kingdom 407,305 789.687 515.78 716.393 568.55 Belgium 113,376 120.744 938.97 109.538 1,035.04 Federal Republic of Germany 1,959,431 4,599.059 426.05 4,172.198 469.64 Czech Republic 124,399 210.293 591.55 190.775 652.07 Italy 205,898 214.505 959.87 194.596 1,058.08 Romania 81,013 159.753 507.11 144.926 559.00 Indonesia 1,387,336 4,221.704 328.62 3,829.867 362.24 Korea, South 1,267,643 3,583.229 353.77 3,250.652 389.97 Taiwan 518,681 1,815.073 285.76 1,646.607 315.00 Japan 9,713,182 14,243.921 681.92 12,921.872 751.69 CATEGORY TOTAL 16,604,429 31,885.829 520.75 28,926.346 574.02 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 4,338,570 6,208.800 698.78 5,632.531 770.27 Mexico 2,297,583 4,263.423 538.91 3,867.714 594.04 Colombia 211,346 613.872 344.28 556.896 379.51 Venezuela 495,470 1,382.688 358.34 1,254.354 395.00 Brazil 174,624 519.942 335.85 471.684 370.21 Argentina 954,646 1,912.402 499.19 1,734.903 550.26 Netherlands 3,892 2.204 1,765.38 2.000 1,946.00 France 209,687 408.520 513.28 370.604 565.80 Federal Republic of Germany 63,195 66.764 946.53 60.568 1,043.37 Austria 140,031 243.652 574.72 221.038 633.52 Czech Republic 668,790 1,739.123 384.56 1,577.707 423.90 Slovakia 285,313 786.908 362.57 713.872 399.67 Spain 2,627 0.731 3,589.12 0.664 3,956.33 Italy 3,509,919 4,118.058 852.32 3,735.841 939.53 Romania 1,035,614 2,129.445 486.33 1,931.801 536.09 Turkey 222,191 639.401 347.50 580.055 383.05 China 508,879 1,178.364 431.85 1,068.995 476.03 Korea, South 1,241,384 3,659.276 339.24 3,319.641 373.95 Japan 1,274,604 1,952.081 652.95 1,770.899 719.75 CATEGORY TOTAL 17,638,365 31,825.666 554.22 28,871.767 610.92 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Canada 60,874 81.440 747.46 73.882 823.94 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 23/10/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Mexico 454,031 1,025.686 442.66 930.487 487.95 Colombia 30,153 89.060 338.57 80.794 373.21 Venezuela 28,046 78.267 358.34 71.003 395.00 Brazil 97,946 259.675 377.19 235.574 415.78 Argentina 197,571 538.308 367.02 488.345 404.57 Ireland 21,681 0.317 68,294.02 0.288 75,281.25 Federal Republic of Germany 281,806 684.607 411.63 621.066 453.75 Turkey 64,572 189.498 340.75 171.910 375.62 China 1,089,737 3,096.987 351.87 2,809.541 387.87 Korea, South 3,097,186 9,174.845 337.57 8,323.282 372.11 Taiwan 17,394 49.163 353.80 44.600 390.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,440,997 15,267.858 356.37 13,850.772 392.83 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 10,117,059 12,777.969 791.76 11,591.982 872.76 Mexico 9,798,238 19,168.275 511.17 17,389.172 563.47 Dominican Republic 351,316 960.258 365.86 871.132 403.29 Colombia 13,927 14.824 939.43 13.449 1,035.54 Venezuela 38,197 67.655 564.58 61.376 622.34 Brazil 942,438 1,980.142 475.94 1,796.356 524.64 Argentina 1,437,574 1,710.266 840.56 1,551.528 926.55 Sweden 557,702 445.970 1,250.53 404.578 1,378.48 Finland 3,376 0.001 3,062,656.55 0.001 3,376,000.00 Denmark 99,908 34.704 2,878.86 31.483 3,173.40 United Kingdom 449,238 333.365 1,347.58 302.424 1,485.46 Netherlands 66,329 62.922 1,054.14 57.082 1,162.00 Belgium 9,674 7.184 1,346.44 6.518 1,484.20 France 286,623 279.171 1,026.69 253.260 1,131.73 Federal Republic of Germany 1,684,385 1,498.543 1,124.01 1,359.456 1,239.01 Austria 90,578 74.545 1,215.06 67.627 1,339.38 Czech Republic 25,148 53.947 466.16 48.940 513.85 Slovakia 7,129 1.786 3,989.71 1.621 4,397.90 Switzerland 929,003 509.284 1,824.13 462.015 2,010.76 Spain 164,204 116.439 1,410.21 105.632 1,554.49 Italy 433,912 352.687 1,230.30 319.953 1,356.17 Romania 472,705 844.097 560.01 765.753 617.31 Turkey 357,622 682.969 523.63 619.580 577.20 Israel 297,524 35.003 8,499.74 31.755 9,369.36 India 219,912 258.238 851.59 234.270 938.71 China 255,468 314.694 811.80 285.486 894.85 Korea, South 788,062 1,792.959 439.53 1,626.546 484.50 Taiwan 134,239 78.239 1,715.74 70.978 1,891.28 Japan 4,195,021 3,051.408 1,374.78 2,768.192 1,515.44 Australia 62,920 138.589 454.00 125.726 500.45 CATEGORY TOTAL 34,289,431 47,646.148 719.67 43,223.871 793.30 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 23/10/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 113,444 150.092 755.83 136.162 833.15 Mexico 458,721 480.942 953.80 436.304 1,051.38 Brazil 80,836 126.178 640.65 114.467 706.19 Argentina 1,276,519 992.377 1,286.32 900.270 1,417.93 Sweden 17,161 13.125 1,307.48 11.907 1,441.25 Finland 3,110 0.084 36,640.85 0.077 40,389.61 France 487,107 384.128 1,268.08 348.476 1,397.82 Federal Republic of Germany 717,207 609.322 1,177.06 552.768 1,297.48 Slovakia 146,185 158.115 924.55 143.440 1,019.14 Italy 310,402 147.570 2,103.41 133.874 2,318.61 Romania 108,887 100.788 1,080.35 91.434 1,190.88 India 28,852 36.149 798.14 32.794 879.80 China 93,368 94.221 990.95 85.476 1,092.33 Korea, South 34,357 9.512 3,611.61 8.630 3,981.11 Japan 1,126,286 925.890 1,216.44 839.954 1,340.89 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,002,442 4,228.501 1,183.03 3,836.033 1,304.07 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D Canada 7,852,245 1,636.134 4,799.27 1,484.277 5,290.28 Mexico 137,822 53.548 2,573.80 48.578 2,837.13 British Virgin Islands 124,909 65.039 1,920.51 59.003 2,116.99 Brazil 173,924 100.079 1,737.85 90.791 1,915.65 Sweden 723,695 136.147 5,315.52 123.511 5,859.36 Finland 118,016 59.022 1,999.52 53.544 2,204.09 United Kingdom 106,046 26.065 4,068.48 23.646 4,484.73 Netherlands 11,981 0.471 25,394.82 0.428 27,992.99 France 1,119,331 282.927 3,956.24 256.668 4,361.01 Federal Republic of Germany 428,933 95.468 4,492.91 86.608 4,952.58 Austria 472,143 94.210 5,011.60 85.466 5,524.34 Switzerland 9,100 2.982 3,050.77 2.706 3,362.90 Ukraine 102,860 30.187 3,407.33 27.386 3,755.93 Spain 157,394 34.077 4,618.65 30.915 5,091.19 Italy 146,889 70.217 2,091.92 63.700 2,305.95 India 103,472 42.488 2,435.29 38.545 2,684.45 Thailand 168,625 73.722 2,287.29 66.880 2,521.31 Malaysia 243,694 130.256 1,870.87 118.167 2,062.28 Singapore 39,947 14.148 2,823.48 12.835 3,112.35 China 1,393,914 530.898 2,625.58 481.623 2,894.20 Korea, South 2,860,310 1,258.505 2,272.78 1,141.697 2,505.31 Taiwan 3,109,022 1,542.707 2,015.30 1,399.521 2,221.49 Japan 6,849,606 2,072.008 3,305.78 1,879.695 3,644.00 South Africa 118,405 67.454 1,755.32 61.194 1,934.91 CATEGORY TOTAL 26,572,283 8,418.772 3,156.31 7,637.384 3,479.24 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 23/10/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 2,338,851 1,537.667 1,521.04 1,394.949 1,676.66 Mexico 388,839 236.447 1,644.50 214.502 1,812.75 Brazil 6,191 5.266 1,175.47 4.778 1,295.73 Argentina 69,896 216.283 323.17 196.209 356.23 United Kingdom 2,593 1.020 2,540.31 0.926 2,800.22 Federal Republic of Germany 37,110 5.554 6,681.02 5.039 7,364.56 Romania 220,395 747.518 294.84 678.138 325.00 India 214,341 246.433 869.77 223.561 958.76 Vietnam 15,787 8.701 1,814.26 7.894 1,999.87 Japan 248,331 71.587 3,468.92 64.943 3,823.83 South Africa 17,497 61.739 283.40 56.009 312.40 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,559,831 3,138.222 1,134.35 2,846.948 1,250.40 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 10,474,315 24,670.556 424.57 22,380.759 468.01 Mexico 1,249,654 1,362.726 917.02 1,236.245 1,010.85 Colombia 4,142 4.409 939.39 4.000 1,035.50 Argentina 82,916 212.818 389.61 193.066 429.47 Finland 348,029 150.702 2,309.38 136.715 2,545.65 United Kingdom 3,000 0.976 3,071.73 0.886 3,386.00 Netherlands 10,969 2.673 4,103.47 2.425 4,523.30 Belgium 6,141 5.070 1,211.09 4.600 1,335.00 Federal Republic of Germany 212,566 96.470 2,203.42 87.517 2,428.85 Austria 66,986 95.601 700.68 86.728 772.37 Switzerland 14,015 4.474 3,132.35 4.059 3,452.82 Turkey 181,600 578.678 313.82 524.968 345.93 China 61,117 37.847 1,614.81 34.335 1,780.02 Korea, South 667,883 2,467.427 270.68 2,238.413 298.37 Taiwan 439,665 242.721 1,811.40 220.193 1,996.73 Japan 274,428 214.416 1,279.89 194.515 1,410.83 CATEGORY TOTAL 14,097,426 30,147.570 467.61 27,349.424 515.46 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 272,953 503.649 541.95 456.903 597.40 Mexico 124,335 132.010 941.86 119.758 1,038.22 Japan 47,719 124.076 384.59 112.560 423.94 CATEGORY TOTAL 445,007 759.735 585.74 689.221 645.67 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 12,631,082 22,741.196 555.43 20,630.472 612.25 Mexico 3,298,649 4,941.924 667.48 4,483.240 735.77 Honduras 9,850 22.083 446.03 20.034 491.66 Dominican Republic 36,003 88.082 408.74 79.907 450.56 Trinidad and Tobago 303,252 595.489 509.25 540.219 561.35 Colombia 26,153 18.599 1,406.13 16.873 1,549.99 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 23/10/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Venezuela 340,647 679.510 501.31 616.442 552.60 Chile 71,340 131.006 544.55 118.847 600.27 Brazil 717,753 1,441.836 497.80 1,308.012 548.74 Argentina 131,465 365.766 359.42 331.818 396.20 Sweden 1,666,172 554.014 3,007.45 502.594 3,315.15 Finland 10,619 19.415 546.95 17.613 602.91 Denmark 127,155 18.694 6,801.88 16.959 7,497.79 United Kingdom 1,052,894 1,034.000 1,018.27 938.030 1,122.45 Netherlands 133,042 85.603 1,554.17 77.658 1,713.18 Belgium 1,176,414 1,111.359 1,058.54 1,008.209 1,166.84 Luxembourg 97,366 177.577 548.30 161.096 604.40 France 2,011,528 1,622.476 1,239.79 1,471.886 1,366.63 Federal Republic of Germany 904,720 604.543 1,496.53 548.433 1,649.65 Austria 497,146 103.837 4,787.72 94.200 5,277.56 Czech Republic 46,574 58.660 793.96 53.216 875.19 Switzerland 132,659 31.225 4,248.46 28.327 4,683.13 Poland 101,213 112.290 901.35 101.868 993.57 Belarus 372,732 480.589 775.57 435.984 854.92 Spain 106,376 147.202 722.65 133.540 796.59 Italy 945,555 1,014.850 931.72 920.657 1,027.04 Greece 496,112 859.359 577.30 779.598 636.37 Turkey 94,245 148.734 633.64 134.930 698.47 Israel 168,396 327.421 514.31 297.032 566.93 India 1,757,613 1,187.786 1,479.74 1,077.542 1,631.13 Thailand 96,195 53.001 1,814.95 48.082 2,000.64 Indonesia 5,545 1.869 2,966.00 1.696 3,269.46 China 3,379,628 6,573.586 514.12 5,963.459 566.72 Korea, South 2,745,350 2,815.328 975.14 2,554.024 1,074.91 Taiwan 1,437,524 1,402.915 1,024.67 1,272.704 1,129.50 Japan 5,253,073 5,819.200 902.71 5,279.091 995.07 Australia 52,220 106.270 491.39 96.407 541.66 South Africa 683,765 1,707.210 400.52 1,548.756 441.49 CATEGORY TOTAL 43,118,025 59,204.523 728.29 53,709.455 802.80 BLACK PLATE...........................28 Canada 189,494 462.906 409.36 419.942 451.24 Chile 82,389 230.504 357.43 209.110 394.00 France 211,675 343.880 615.55 311.963 678.53 Federal Republic of Germany 364,681 336.228 1,084.62 305.021 1,195.59 Japan 1,101,134 2,004.367 549.37 1,818.332 605.57 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,949,373 3,377.886 577.10 3,064.368 636.14 TIN PLATE.............................29 Canada 4,735,356 8,157.640 580.48 7,400.489 639.87 Chile 43,874 85.928 510.59 77.953 562.83 Argentina 52,717 116.835 451.21 105.991 497.37 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 23/10/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Netherlands 1,758,009 3,274.361 536.90 2,970.452 591.83 France 465,155 789.541 589.15 716.260 649.42 Federal Republic of Germany 4,744,130 8,727.945 543.56 7,917.861 599.17 Korea, South 46,413 108.853 426.38 98.750 470.01 Japan 338,745 527.108 642.65 478.185 708.40 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,184,399 21,788.214 559.22 19,765.941 616.43 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A Canada 1,462,290 2,287.557 639.24 2,075.238 704.64 Netherlands 1,007,546 2,046.149 492.41 1,856.236 542.79 Federal Republic of Germany 438,746 907.783 483.32 823.528 532.76 Japan 762,149 1,255.287 607.15 1,138.778 669.27 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,670,731 6,496.778 565.01 5,893.780 622.81 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 11,571,491 34,479.009 335.61 31,278.840 369.95 Mexico 1,825,201 6,401.418 285.12 5,807.271 314.30 Venezuela 2,487,973 10,640.672 233.82 9,653.058 257.74 Brazil 836,618 866.113 965.95 785.725 1,064.77 Sweden 938,645 1,828.889 513.23 1,659.141 565.74 Netherlands 3,674,321 12,583.203 292.00 11,415.293 321.88 Belgium 5,778,965 5,034.934 1,147.77 4,567.617 1,265.20 Luxembourg 117,852 435.848 270.40 395.395 298.06 France 4,765,316 14,888.965 320.06 13,507.046 352.80 Federal Republic of Germany 79,937 172.319 463.89 156.326 511.35 Austria 375,811 924.864 406.34 839.023 447.92 Slovakia 77,958 282.628 275.83 256.396 304.05 Hungary 24,852 94.880 261.93 86.074 288.73 Italy 318,010 261.473 1,216.22 237.205 1,340.65 Turkey 3,323,916 13,570.330 244.94 12,310.800 270.00 China 2,970 5.253 565.33 4.766 623.16 Korea, South 18,148,648 62,241.449 291.58 56,464.509 321.42 Taiwan 213,224 128.204 1,663.16 116.305 1,833.32 Japan 1,983,656 3,999.185 496.02 3,628.001 546.76 Australia 6,439,403 28,295.176 227.58 25,668.960 250.86 New Zealand 637,404 3,514.035 181.39 3,187.880 199.95 South Africa 270,131 241.354 1,119.23 218.953 1,233.74 CATEGORY TOTAL 63,892,302 200,890.209 318.05 182,244.584 350.59 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 18,397,660 34,534.774 532.73 31,329.429 587.23 Mexico 17,817,069 21,045.057 846.62 19,091.760 933.23 Dominican Republic 7,197 16.012 449.47 14.526 495.46 Colombia 29,069 86.641 335.51 78.600 369.83 Venezuela 961,553 3,147.384 305.51 2,855.260 336.77 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 23/10/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Brazil 1,931,820 1,437.177 1,344.18 1,303.786 1,481.70 Argentina 573,358 1,930.359 297.02 1,751.193 327.41 Sweden 472,859 234.991 2,012.24 213.181 2,218.11 Finland 525,867 334.943 1,570.02 303.856 1,730.65 United Kingdom 802,227 198.895 4,033.41 180.435 4,446.07 Netherlands 135,873 386.409 351.63 350.545 387.61 Belgium 1,307,330 1,449.215 902.09 1,314.707 994.39 Luxembourg 306,326 480.387 637.66 435.800 702.91 France 2,320,930 2,917.045 795.64 2,646.300 877.05 Federal Republic of Germany 2,749,847 2,364.093 1,163.17 2,144.670 1,282.18 Austria 91,385 30.981 2,949.66 28.106 3,251.44 Italy 1,672,955 1,210.583 1,381.94 1,098.223 1,523.33 Slovenia 88,629 44.407 1,995.80 40.286 2,200.00 India 32,205 20.828 1,546.22 18.895 1,704.42 Thailand 1,431,839 3,566.423 401.48 3,235.406 442.55 China 1,259,861 924.838 1,362.25 839.000 1,501.62 Korea, South 669,032 1,394.432 479.79 1,265.008 528.88 Taiwan 2,313,765 1,417.143 1,632.70 1,285.611 1,799.74 Japan 3,104,983 3,196.499 971.37 2,899.816 1,070.75 Australia 65,504 18.125 3,613.95 16.443 3,983.70 South Africa 204,623 138.709 1,475.19 125.835 1,626.12 CATEGORY TOTAL 59,273,766 82,526.361 718.24 74,866.677 791.72 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 24,664,783 46,089.405 535.15 41,811.617 589.90 Mexico 9,368,547 16,694.061 561.19 15,144.602 618.61 Colombia 584,980 1,527.061 383.08 1,385.327 422.27 Venezuela 944,846 2,091.527 451.75 1,897.402 497.97 Brazil 671,846 1,261.486 532.58 1,144.402 587.07 Argentina 588,869 1,467.011 401.41 1,330.851 442.48 Sweden 51,684 57.383 900.68 52.057 992.83 France 21,976 38.201 575.26 34.656 634.12 Federal Republic of Germany 3,388,386 8,505.010 398.40 7,715.618 439.16 Austria 15,128 18.351 824.36 16.648 908.70 Spain 2,461,154 4,261.006 577.60 3,865.521 636.69 India 4,328,626 10,822.757 399.96 9,818.243 440.88 Korea, South 3,570,734 6,295.315 567.20 5,711.016 625.24 Taiwan 1,391,674 2,411.145 577.18 2,187.355 636.24 Japan 2,107,528 3,918.136 537.89 3,554.475 592.92 New Zealand 152,789 231.523 659.93 210.035 727.45 CATEGORY TOTAL 54,313,550 105,689.385 513.90 95,879.825 566.48 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 1,483,330 1,407.571 1,053.82 1,276.928 1,161.64 Brazil 64,085 183.016 350.16 166.030 385.98 Argentina 597,736 1,518.466 393.64 1,377.530 433.92 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 23/10/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Belgium 97,423 244.768 398.02 222.050 438.74 Federal Republic of Germany 1,262,086 2,812.418 448.75 2,551.384 494.67 Spain 43,791 85.164 514.19 77.260 566.80 Thailand 7,539 14.374 524.48 13.040 578.14 China 24,381 104.879 232.47 95.145 256.25 Korea, South 263,398 607.174 433.81 550.820 478.19 Japan 805,713 1,283.709 627.64 1,164.562 691.86 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,649,482 8,261.544 562.79 7,494.749 620.37 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 Canada 7,565,028 10,045.581 753.07 9,113.201 830.12 Mexico 6,032,622 10,629.748 567.52 9,643.148 625.59 Belgium 506,017 458.871 1,102.74 416.281 1,215.57 Luxembourg 112,335 253.618 442.93 230.079 488.25 Federal Republic of Germany 417,586 290.801 1,435.98 263.811 1,582.90 China 5,538 0.231 23,923.76 0.210 26,371.43 Korea, South 1,235,533 2,747.058 449.77 2,492.090 495.78 Hong Kong 9,648 2.460 3,921.38 2.232 4,322.58 Taiwan 183,886 420.041 437.78 381.055 482.57 Japan 328,762 166.140 1,978.82 150.720 2,181.28 CATEGORY TOTAL 16,396,955 25,014.552 655.50 22,692.827 722.56 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 Sweden 275,189 416.563 660.62 377.900 728.21 United Kingdom 381,473 505.505 754.64 458.587 831.84 Belgium 119,856 222.782 538.00 202.105 593.04 France 313,338 326.675 959.17 296.355 1,057.31 Federal Republic of Germany 201,310 317.155 634.74 287.719 699.68 Russia 470,594 519.766 905.40 471.524 998.03 Japan 222,606 408.213 545.32 370.325 601.11 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,984,366 2,716.661 730.44 2,464.515 805.18 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 2,248,049 6,659.125 337.59 6,041.059 372.13 Mexico 240,229 503.895 476.74 457.126 525.52 United Kingdom 63,433 80.190 791.02 72.748 871.96 Federal Republic of Germany 273,564 354.151 772.45 321.281 851.48 Slovenia 36,795 22.568 1,630.35 20.474 1,797.16 Thailand 23,753 14.521 1,635.67 13.174 1,803.02 Taiwan 8,896 4.682 1,899.79 4.248 2,094.16 Japan 54,596 43.437 1,256.88 39.406 1,385.47 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,949,315 7,682.574 383.90 6,969.516 423.17 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 23/10/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 3,622,086 4,728.612 765.99 4,289.726 844.36 Mexico 2,762,224 2,544.487 1,085.57 2,308.321 1,196.64 Chile 13,825 22.506 614.25 20.418 677.10 Brazil 22,062 19.897 1,108.76 18.051 1,222.20 Argentina 2,842 0.933 3,043.94 0.847 3,355.37 Sweden 2,154,180 474.243 4,542.35 430.227 5,007.08 Finland 470,657 268.714 1,751.51 243.774 1,930.71 Denmark 15,784 1.257 12,549.52 1.141 13,833.48 United Kingdom 802,588 410.294 1,956.13 372.213 2,156.26 Belgium 28,904 2.860 10,104.54 2.595 11,138.34 France 577,399 190.952 3,023.79 173.229 3,333.15 Federal Republic of Germany 4,277,266 2,910.473 1,469.61 2,640.338 1,619.97 Austria 195,991 32.115 6,102.63 29.135 6,727.00 Switzerland 93,650 85.477 1,095.61 77.544 1,207.70 Italy 38,191 18.149 2,104.24 16.465 2,319.53 India 293,593 496.668 591.12 450.570 651.60 Thailand 11,069 7.177 1,542.26 6.511 1,700.05 Indonesia 205,213 81.931 2,504.69 74.327 2,760.95 Korea, South 396,579 300.430 1,320.04 272.546 1,455.09 Taiwan 189,362 106.583 1,776.65 96.691 1,958.42 Japan 2,944,448 906.414 3,248.45 822.286 3,580.81 CATEGORY TOTAL 19,117,913 13,610.184 1,404.68 12,346.955 1,548.39 GRAND TOTAL 822,166,963 1,882,989.082 436.63 1,708,219.442 481.30 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 23/10/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Canada 177,741 269.565 659.36 244.546 726.82 Mexico 152,706 266.483 573.04 241.750 631.67 CATEGORY TOTAL 330,447 536.049 616.45 486.296 679.52 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 634,704 1,051.426 603.66 953.838 665.42 Mexico 3,964,648 16,960.578 233.76 15,386.382 257.67 Brazil 8,001,981 34,975.549 228.79 31,729.294 252.20 United Kingdom 16,308 6.627 2,460.81 6.012 2,712.57 France 96,064 251.701 381.66 228.340 420.71 Federal Republic of Germany 1,605,651 4,295.636 373.79 3,896.937 412.03 Italy 83,156 30.820 2,698.06 27.960 2,974.11 CATEGORY TOTAL 14,402,512 57,572.339 250.16 52,228.763 275.76 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 259,601 620.001 418.71 562.456 461.55 United Kingdom 425,014 877.986 484.08 796.496 533.60 Federal Republic of Germany 34,848 45.131 772.14 40.943 851.13 Spain 313,322 1,099.062 285.08 997.053 314.25 Italy 288,209 487.574 591.11 442.320 651.58 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,320,994 3,129.756 422.08 2,839.268 465.26 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 6,101,904 12,417.674 491.39 11,265.128 541.66 Brazil 587,722 1,388.736 423.21 1,259.841 466.50 Sweden 73,315 85.489 857.59 77.555 945.33 Finland 25,390 36.838 689.23 33.419 759.75 United Kingdom 281,770 436.215 645.94 395.728 712.03 Belgium 158,399 93.645 1,691.47 84.954 1,864.53 France 96,805 80.516 1,202.31 73.043 1,325.32 Federal Republic of Germany 479,797 898.929 533.74 815.495 588.35 Poland 168,597 368.708 457.26 334.487 504.05 Romania 287,960 793.554 362.87 719.901 400.00 Japan 987,048 1,921.977 513.56 1,743.589 566.10 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,248,707 18,522.286 499.33 16,803.140 550.42 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 1,747,424 4,785.241 365.17 4,341.099 402.53 Sweden 4,205 8.796 478.03 7.980 526.94 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 23/10/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Netherlands 534,202 1,889.816 282.67 1,714.413 311.59 France 288,389 512.342 562.88 464.789 620.47 Austria 28,232 62.919 448.70 57.080 494.60 Japan 89,360 172.643 517.60 156.620 570.55 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,691,812 7,431.759 362.20 6,741.981 399.26 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 United Kingdom 2,230 0.049 44,956.06 0.045 49,555.56 Japan 514,207 953.591 539.23 865.084 594.40 CATEGORY TOTAL 516,437 953.641 541.54 865.129 596.95 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 10,183,397 22,811.964 446.41 20,694.672 492.08 Mexico 1,551,600 4,564.786 339.91 4,141.106 374.68 Colombia 4,733 8.835 535.71 8.015 590.52 Brazil 3,445 4.739 726.80 4.300 801.16 Sweden 625,731 313.587 1,995.39 284.482 2,199.55 United Kingdom 397,494 613.383 648.04 556.452 714.34 France 216,755 187.890 1,153.63 170.451 1,271.66 Federal Republic of Germany 586,581 1,094.763 535.81 993.153 590.63 Austria 66,816 33.815 1,975.89 30.677 2,178.05 Czech Republic 1,418,061 2,880.167 492.35 2,612.845 542.73 Latvia 6,794,555 26,389.349 257.47 23,940.022 283.82 Russia 503,194 1,479.136 340.19 1,341.850 375.00 Spain 38,428 56.054 685.54 50.852 755.68 Turkey 381,319 549.546 693.88 498.540 764.87 China 28,680 43.144 664.74 39.140 732.75 Japan 4,120,248 8,107.946 508.17 7,355.407 560.17 CATEGORY TOTAL 26,921,037 69,139.110 389.37 62,721.964 429.21 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 81,180 192.728 421.22 174.840 464.31 Mexico 489,616 1,463.002 334.67 1,327.214 368.91 Austria 98,758 27.486 3,593.01 24.935 3,960.62 CATEGORY TOTAL 669,554 1,683.216 397.78 1,526.989 438.48 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 760,284 564.945 1,345.77 512.510 1,483.45 Colombia 208,577 320.673 650.43 290.910 716.98 Brazil 13,217 10.780 1,226.00 9.780 1,351.43 Sweden 5,563 3.753 1,482.14 3.405 1,633.77 United Kingdom 704,699 1,064.503 662.00 965.702 729.73 Belgium 17,173 24.452 702.30 22.183 774.15 France 459,361 674.398 681.14 611.804 750.83 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 23/10/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Federal Republic of Germany 143,527 100.620 1,426.43 91.281 1,572.36 Austria 28,558 4.178 6,833.92 3.791 7,533.10 Poland 259,803 322.811 804.81 292.850 887.15 Romania 2,898 0.606 4,780.04 0.550 5,269.09 India 16,383 15.162 1,080.51 13.755 1,191.06 Korea, South 13,148 16.536 795.07 15.002 876.42 Taiwan 16,053 17.381 923.58 15.768 1,018.07 Japan 200,814 131.677 1,525.04 119.456 1,681.07 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,850,058 3,272.482 870.92 2,968.747 960.02 TOOL STEEL............................17 Canada 567,226 459.416 1,234.67 416.776 1,360.99 Brazil 830,561 588.273 1,411.86 533.673 1,556.31 Sweden 1,217,636 698.757 1,742.57 633.902 1,920.86 United Kingdom 1,069,166 199.426 5,361.20 180.917 5,909.70 Netherlands 171,017 210.883 810.96 191.310 893.93 Belgium 25,139 21.434 1,172.83 19.445 1,292.83 France 1,025,106 561.940 1,824.23 509.784 2,010.86 Federal Republic of Germany 1,605,671 1,020.786 1,572.97 926.042 1,733.91 Austria 1,431,426 647.187 2,211.76 587.119 2,438.05 Czech Republic 15,876 4.143 3,831.46 3.759 4,223.46 Switzerland 200,788 134.455 1,493.34 121.976 1,646.13 Poland 4,843 3.813 1,269.80 3.460 1,399.71 Russia 353,882 174.847 2,023.95 158.619 2,231.02 Ukraine 2,857 1.016 2,811.09 0.922 3,098.70 Spain 21,398 27.654 773.75 25.088 852.92 Italy 37,288 54.255 687.26 49.220 757.58 Slovenia 1,033,248 895.111 1,154.32 812.032 1,272.42 Israel 32,377 11.473 2,821.78 10.409 3,110.48 India 22,213 17.493 1,269.77 15.870 1,399.68 China 564,520 206.914 2,728.27 187.710 3,007.41 Korea, South 251,246 200.211 1,254.90 181.629 1,383.29 Taiwan 561,681 432.123 1,299.82 392.016 1,432.80 Japan 3,048,920 3,685.213 827.34 3,343.170 911.98 Australia 2,230 0.302 7,383.29 0.274 8,138.69 CATEGORY TOTAL 14,096,315 10,257.138 1,374.29 9,305.122 1,514.90 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 75,991 30.482 2,492.96 27.653 2,748.02 Mexico 27,299 13.329 2,048.07 12.092 2,257.61 Argentina 167,578 251.716 665.74 228.353 733.86 France 6,010 6.129 980.43 5.561 1,080.74 Federal Republic of Germany 348,994 377.809 923.73 342.743 1,018.24 Spain 67,095 76.327 879.04 69.243 968.98 Italy 2,455 0.009 247,459.91 0.009 272,777.78 Romania 115,018 171.726 669.77 155.788 738.30 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 23/10/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE India 25,689 13.212 1,944.32 11.986 2,143.25 Japan 186,362 114.758 1,623.95 104.107 1,790.10 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,022,491 1,055.501 968.73 957.535 1,067.84 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 1,064,398 2,228.082 477.72 2,021.283 526.60 Brazil 298,950 440.130 679.23 399.280 748.72 United Kingdom 5,549 0.112 49,352.64 0.102 54,401.96 France 37,436 3.955 9,465.27 3.588 10,433.67 Federal Republic of Germany 5,593,109 7,686.283 727.67 6,972.881 802.12 Austria 2,809,583 4,413.803 636.54 4,004.136 701.67 Spain 317,137 545.354 581.52 494.737 641.02 Romania 166,285 332.868 499.55 301.973 550.66 China 2,283,001 4,959.237 460.35 4,498.946 507.45 Japan 3,372,863 1,771.010 1,904.49 1,606.634 2,099.34 CATEGORY TOTAL 15,948,311 22,380.837 712.59 20,303.560 785.49 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 133,393 321.863 414.44 291.990 456.84 Japan 630,549 902.708 698.51 818.924 769.97 CATEGORY TOTAL 763,942 1,224.572 623.84 1,110.914 687.67 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 2,677,079 4,414.169 606.47 4,004.468 668.52 Federal Republic of Germany 32,697 28.779 1,136.14 26.108 1,252.37 China 6,430 0.513 12,517.60 0.466 13,798.28 Japan 1,250,748 1,931.873 647.43 1,752.567 713.67 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,966,954 6,375.335 622.23 5,783.609 685.90 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 1,127,088 1,757.306 641.37 1,594.202 706.99 Mexico 1,072,556 1,375.558 779.72 1,247.886 859.50 Brazil 86,423 168.510 512.86 152.870 565.34 Argentina 1,282,050 1,428.484 897.49 1,295.900 989.31 Sweden 519,088 428.550 1,211.26 388.775 1,335.19 Finland 3,376 0.001 3,062,656.55 0.001 3,376,000.00 United Kingdom 449,238 333.365 1,347.58 302.424 1,485.46 France 137,284 119.251 1,151.22 108.183 1,269.00 Federal Republic of Germany 1,016,533 915.915 1,109.85 830.905 1,223.40 Austria 14,310 3.990 3,586.14 3.620 3,953.04 Switzerland 78,009 45.223 1,724.97 41.026 1,901.45 Italy 153,453 27.747 5,530.36 25.172 6,096.18 Romania 100,379 149.755 670.29 135.856 738.86 Turkey 125,000 10.824 11,547.67 9.820 12,729.12 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 23/10/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE India 50,437 54.675 922.48 49.601 1,016.85 China 78,316 26.620 2,941.91 24.150 3,242.90 Korea, South 43,607 11.826 3,687.17 10.729 4,064.40 Taiwan 66,674 35.088 1,900.15 31.832 2,094.56 Japan 3,449,945 2,635.186 1,309.18 2,390.602 1,443.13 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,853,766 9,527.884 1,034.20 8,643.554 1,140.01 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Argentina 880,695 516.807 1,704.11 468.840 1,878.46 Sweden 14,161 12.932 1,095.01 11.732 1,207.04 France 273,991 111.843 2,449.77 101.463 2,700.40 Federal Republic of Germany 312,009 220.417 1,415.54 199.959 1,560.36 Italy 310,402 147.570 2,103.41 133.874 2,318.61 India 11,404 15.970 714.08 14.488 787.13 China 3,660 0.008 415,037.14 0.008 457,500.00 Japan 1,036,230 761.381 1,360.99 690.714 1,500.23 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,842,552 1,786.932 1,590.74 1,621.078 1,753.49 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 1,264,916 338.176 3,740.40 306.789 4,123.08 Mexico 74,776 34.009 2,198.67 30.853 2,423.62 Brazil 6,191 5.266 1,175.47 4.778 1,295.73 United Kingdom 2,593 1.020 2,540.31 0.926 2,800.22 Federal Republic of Germany 16,418 5.129 3,200.98 4.653 3,528.48 Japan 19,365 2.177 8,895.01 1.975 9,805.06 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,384,259 385.780 3,588.21 349.974 3,955.32 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 278,105 347.742 799.74 315.467 881.57 Finland 348,029 150.702 2,309.38 136.715 2,545.65 Netherlands 10,969 2.673 4,103.47 2.425 4,523.30 Federal Republic of Germany 130,785 50.835 2,572.72 46.117 2,835.94 China 58,892 35.241 1,671.07 31.971 1,842.04 Taiwan 439,665 242.721 1,811.40 220.193 1,996.73 Japan 267,373 200.697 1,332.22 182.070 1,468.52 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,533,818 1,030.614 1,488.26 934.958 1,640.52 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 8,392 14.156 592.78 12.843 653.43 Japan 7,882 21.285 370.30 19.310 408.18 CATEGORY TOTAL 16,274 35.442 459.16 32.153 506.14 WIRE DRAWN............................23 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 23/10/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 554,469 963.590 575.42 874.155 634.29 Mexico 891,721 1,038.199 858.91 941.839 946.79 Venezuela 5,250 7.150 734.19 6.487 809.31 Brazil 25,715 57.565 446.70 52.223 492.41 Sweden 87,016 87.673 992.50 79.536 1,094.05 United Kingdom 291,211 16.865 17,266.81 15.300 19,033.40 Netherlands 100,178 79.334 1,262.73 71.971 1,391.92 France 88,352 9.257 9,544.13 8.398 10,520.60 Federal Republic of Germany 167,664 135.525 1,237.14 122.947 1,363.71 Austria 113,976 26.261 4,340.05 23.824 4,784.08 Switzerland 4,481 0.321 13,921.56 0.292 15,345.89 Poland 101,213 112.290 901.35 101.868 993.57 Italy 508,810 530.562 959.00 481.318 1,057.12 Turkey 82,146 125.983 652.04 114.290 718.75 India 7,697 0.037 205,370.67 0.034 226,382.35 China 49,111 41.734 1,176.75 37.861 1,297.14 Korea, South 612,704 830.847 737.44 753.732 812.89 Taiwan 79,252 121.045 654.73 109.811 721.71 Japan 2,672,337 2,702.876 988.70 2,452.009 1,089.86 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,443,303 6,887.123 935.56 6,247.895 1,031.28 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 1,336,469 3,564.752 374.91 3,233.890 413.27 Sweden 837,528 1,765.013 474.52 1,601.194 523.06 Netherlands 849,145 2,825.742 300.50 2,563.471 331.25 Belgium 79,739 230.416 346.07 209.030 381.47 France 1,049,132 1,738.923 603.32 1,577.525 665.05 Japan 1,906,039 3,962.714 480.99 3,594.915 530.20 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,058,052 14,087.562 430.03 12,780.025 474.03 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 1,194,803 2,551.337 468.30 2,314.535 516.22 Mexico 368,808 199.746 1,846.38 181.207 2,035.29 Dominican Republic 7,197 16.012 449.47 14.526 495.46 Brazil 166,768 362.072 460.59 328.467 507.72 Sweden 20,266 33.543 604.17 30.430 665.99 Netherlands 57,996 158.220 366.55 143.535 404.05 Luxembourg 24,933 37.489 665.06 34.010 733.11 France 319,227 711.134 448.90 645.131 494.83 Federal Republic of Germany 808,453 596.083 1,356.27 540.758 1,495.04 Austria 85,195 30.864 2,760.27 28.000 3,042.68 Korea, South 244,294 617.261 395.77 559.970 436.26 Japan 1,696,366 1,930.670 878.64 1,751.475 968.54 Australia 65,504 18.125 3,613.95 16.443 3,983.70 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,059,810 7,262.561 696.70 6,588.487 767.98 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 23/10/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 2,397,923 4,673.908 513.04 4,240.100 565.53 Brazil 671,846 1,261.486 532.58 1,144.402 587.07 France 21,976 38.201 575.26 34.656 634.12 Federal Republic of Germany 3,221,953 8,112.144 397.18 7,359.216 437.81 Spain 1,997,938 3,394.664 588.55 3,079.589 648.77 Taiwan 56,520 121.066 466.85 109.830 514.61 Japan 1,744,367 3,446.952 506.06 3,127.024 557.84 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,112,523 21,048.426 480.44 19,094.817 529.60 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 1,452,491 1,335.332 1,087.74 1,211.394 1,199.02 Federal Republic of Germany 255,724 513.544 497.96 465.880 548.91 Japan 707,245 1,156.919 611.32 1,049.540 673.86 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,415,460 3,005.797 803.60 2,726.814 885.82 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 Sweden 275,189 416.563 660.62 377.900 728.21 United Kingdom 381,473 505.505 754.64 458.587 831.84 Belgium 119,856 222.782 538.00 202.105 593.04 France 313,338 326.675 959.17 296.355 1,057.31 Federal Republic of Germany 201,310 317.155 634.74 287.719 699.68 Russia 470,594 519.766 905.40 471.524 998.03 Japan 222,606 408.213 545.32 370.325 601.11 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,984,366 2,716.661 730.44 2,464.515 805.18 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 88,518 264.087 335.18 239.576 369.48 Federal Republic of Germany 89,849 112.850 796.18 102.376 877.64 Japan 46,610 39.191 1,189.29 35.554 1,310.96 CATEGORY TOTAL 224,977 416.129 540.64 377.506 595.96 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 67,337 63.153 1,066.24 57.292 1,175.33 Mexico 397,518 771.315 515.38 699.726 568.11 Brazil 10,832 2.873 3,769.32 2.607 4,154.97 Sweden 472,284 140.674 3,357.28 127.618 3,700.76 United Kingdom 36,840 13.978 2,635.49 12.681 2,905.13 France 233,971 27.419 8,532.86 24.875 9,405.87 Federal Republic of Germany 2,356,323 1,548.304 1,521.87 1,404.599 1,677.58 Korea, South 2,269 1.236 1,834.58 1.122 2,022.28 Taiwan 9,861 6.247 1,578.29 5.668 1,739.77 Japan 19,410 2.614 7,423.47 2.372 8,182.97 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 23/10/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 3,606,645 2,577.820 1,399.11 2,338.560 1,542.25 GRAND TOTAL 146,285,376 274,302.765 533.30 248,843.352 587.86 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 23/10/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Canada 2,280 4.852 469.87 4.402 517.95 Belgium 2,119 0.293 7,226.79 0.266 7,966.17 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,399 5.145 854.91 4.668 942.37 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 2,607,957 12,303.854 211.96 11,161.872 233.65 Mexico 23,191,330 112,806.045 205.59 102,335.952 226.62 Brazil 11,290,000 55,816.014 202.27 50,635.451 222.97 Finland 1,369,141 6,770.339 202.23 6,141.950 222.92 United Kingdom 248,107 391.545 633.66 355.204 698.49 Federal Republic of Germany 3,574,415 13,147.071 271.88 11,926.826 299.70 Russia 12,606,341 62,416.269 201.97 56,623.103 222.64 Spain 39,560 65.382 605.06 59.314 666.96 India 20,500 47.178 434.52 42.800 478.97 Australia 7,612,299 39,141.341 194.48 35,508.438 214.38 CATEGORY TOTAL 62,559,650 302,905.042 206.53 274,790.910 227.66 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 11,081,688 33,702.348 328.81 30,574.265 362.45 Mexico 351,939 946.266 371.92 858.439 409.98 Trinidad and Tobago 5,304,844 22,114.695 239.88 20,062.120 264.42 Venezuela 4,082,148 16,015.240 254.89 14,528.786 280.97 Brazil 3,690,284 13,050.547 282.77 11,839.261 311.70 Argentina 1,504,385 6,528.995 230.42 5,923.007 253.99 Finland 44,143 42.241 1,045.01 38.321 1,151.93 United Kingdom 494,590 1,554.440 318.18 1,410.165 350.73 Netherlands 342,258 806.611 424.32 731.746 467.73 France 37,512 103.600 362.08 93.985 399.13 Federal Republic of Germany 541,978 1,253.052 432.53 1,136.750 476.78 Spain 393,891 1,094.865 359.76 993.246 396.57 Turkey 12,845,380 52,930.020 242.69 48,017.320 267.52 Malaysia 2,128,516 7,952.501 267.65 7,214.390 295.04 China 7,963,090 34,233.882 232.61 31,056.465 256.41 Korea, South 9,193 25.998 353.60 23.585 389.78 Japan 3,042,955 9,352.766 325.35 8,484.689 358.64 New Zealand 1,530,616 6,155.632 248.65 5,584.297 274.09 Egypt 460,324 2,025.628 227.25 1,837.620 250.50 South Africa 1,221,373 4,697.399 260.01 4,261.410 286.61 CATEGORY TOTAL 57,071,107 214,586.735 265.96 194,669.867 293.17 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 23/10/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 4,305,038 9,876.251 435.90 8,959.587 480.50 Mexico 507,663 1,542.417 329.13 1,399.258 362.81 Brazil 2,878,238 11,655.800 246.94 10,573.967 272.20 Norway 512,884 1,181.243 434.19 1,071.606 478.61 United Kingdom 322,249 722.211 446.20 655.179 491.85 Luxembourg 999,855 2,387.185 418.84 2,165.619 461.69 France 23,073 39.802 579.69 36.108 639.00 Federal Republic of Germany 745,673 1,320.429 564.72 1,197.874 622.50 Poland 72,051 166.683 432.26 151.213 476.49 Russia 3,284 1.413 2,323.87 1.282 2,561.62 Spain 240,260 624.933 384.46 566.930 423.79 Italy 10,803 20.195 534.92 18.321 589.65 Turkey 62,184 234.955 264.66 213.148 291.74 China 10,964 22.487 487.57 20.400 537.45 Korea, South 1,045,813 3,972.002 263.30 3,603.341 290.23 Japan 12,370 17.746 697.05 16.099 768.37 South Africa 22,239 56.978 390.31 51.690 430.24 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,774,641 33,842.735 347.92 30,701.622 383.52 STEEL PILING...........................5 Canada 867,955 1,568.440 553.39 1,422.866 610.00 United Kingdom 296,915 966.034 307.35 876.372 338.80 Luxembourg 3,409,003 7,550.807 451.48 6,849.979 497.67 Federal Republic of Germany 759,319 1,213.902 625.52 1,101.234 689.52 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,333,192 11,299.184 472.00 10,250.451 520.29 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 4,191,847 12,868.627 325.74 11,674.226 359.07 Belgium 14,989 36.971 405.42 33.540 446.90 Federal Republic of Germany 2,038 4.238 480.84 3.845 530.04 Czech Republic 443,250 1,593.132 278.23 1,445.266 306.69 Slovakia 69,053 252.632 273.33 229.184 301.30 Hungary 12,296 46.991 261.66 42.630 288.44 Russia 9,370 28.108 333.35 25.500 367.45 Korea, South 1,834,320 7,197.917 254.84 6,529.843 280.91 Australia 185,487 868.804 213.50 788.166 235.34 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,762,650 22,897.424 295.35 20,772.200 325.56 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 5,702,005 18,183.907 313.57 16,496.168 345.66 Mexico 163,403 511.047 319.74 463.615 352.45 Venezuela 2,477,653 10,573.245 234.33 9,591.890 258.31 Netherlands 716,208 2,785.031 257.16 2,526.539 283.47 Luxembourg 36,350 129.596 280.49 117.568 309.18 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 23/10/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE France 1,154,574 4,122.981 280.03 3,740.307 308.68 Federal Republic of Germany 421,773 1,318.584 319.87 1,196.200 352.59 Hungary 18,052 69.058 261.40 62.649 288.15 Turkey 4,551 7.850 579.70 7.122 639.01 New Zealand 97,468 520.092 187.41 471.820 206.58 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,792,037 38,221.397 282.36 34,673.878 311.24 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Czech Republic 413,304 1,189.530 347.45 1,079.124 383.00 Spain 30,318 64.481 470.18 58.497 518.28 China 17,555 17.931 979.01 16.267 1,079.18 Japan 105,109 143.009 734.98 129.736 810.18 CATEGORY TOTAL 566,286 1,414.952 400.22 1,283.624 441.16 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 Canada 152,038 372.509 408.15 337.935 449.90 Mexico 7,633 4.730 1,613.74 4.291 1,778.84 United Kingdom 4,689 3.977 1,178.99 3.608 1,299.61 Austria 18,184 34.122 532.91 30.955 587.43 Spain 3,974 12.614 315.03 11.444 347.26 Korea, South 140,299 389.555 360.15 353.399 397.00 Japan 53,231 112.485 473.23 102.045 521.64 CATEGORY TOTAL 380,048 929.994 408.66 843.677 450.47 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 Canada 189,828 348.202 545.17 315.884 600.94 Brazil 12,865 23.009 559.11 20.874 616.32 Switzerland 73,800 20.282 3,638.60 18.400 4,010.87 India 7,690 21.043 365.44 19.090 402.83 Australia 30,630 51.333 596.69 46.569 657.73 CATEGORY TOTAL 314,813 463.871 678.66 420.817 748.10 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 15,074,917 33,193.498 454.15 30,112.644 500.62 Mexico 591,927 1,614.301 366.68 1,464.470 404.19 Brazil 20,721 26.036 795.84 23.620 877.27 Argentina 1,057,409 3,316.029 318.88 3,008.252 351.50 United Kingdom 999,898 2,555.889 391.21 2,318.665 431.24 Federal Republic of Germany 166,633 425.963 391.19 386.428 431.21 Czech Republic 745,957 2,341.391 318.60 2,124.075 351.19 Russia 2,875 10.441 275.35 9.472 303.53 Italy 16,993 8.878 1,914.05 8.054 2,109.88 Turkey 1,069,672 2,702.285 395.84 2,451.473 436.34 India 219,134 438.939 499.24 398.199 550.31 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 23/10/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE China 2,030 3.605 563.00 3.271 620.61 Japan 696,901 1,417.625 491.60 1,286.049 541.89 South Africa 94,725 370.129 255.92 335.776 282.11 CATEGORY TOTAL 20,759,792 48,425.016 428.70 43,930.448 472.56 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 3,100,287 6,514.397 475.91 5,909.764 524.60 Mexico 469,678 1,464.327 320.75 1,328.416 353.56 Brazil 133,935 629.949 212.61 571.481 234.36 Switzerland 31,643 9.230 3,428.00 8.374 3,778.72 Italy 3,742 9.209 406.31 8.355 447.88 Turkey 2,340,219 9,244.941 253.14 8,386.872 279.03 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,079,504 17,872.057 340.17 16,213.262 374.97 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 Canada 119,348 449.195 265.69 407.503 292.88 Mexico 6,787,175 25,149.605 269.87 22,815.345 297.48 Dominican Republic 1,314,899 4,541.990 289.50 4,120.426 319.12 Trinidad and Tobago 18,672 25.738 725.44 23.350 799.66 Venezuela 2,330,894 9,408.394 247.75 8,535.154 273.09 Brazil 2,285,122 9,104.870 250.98 8,259.802 276.66 Federal Republic of Germany 22,967 83.412 275.34 75.671 303.51 Switzerland 34,031 56.863 598.46 51.586 659.69 Turkey 10,112,924 42,765.996 236.47 38,796.670 260.66 India 7,590 22.963 330.53 20.832 364.34 Japan 2,871,174 11,540.751 248.79 10,469.597 274.24 CATEGORY TOTAL 25,904,796 103,149.783 251.14 93,575.936 276.83 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 4,973,361 7,499.034 663.20 6,803.012 731.05 Mexico 11,484 21.825 526.17 19.800 580.00 Trinidad and Tobago 53,101 101.731 521.97 92.289 575.38 Brazil 12,612 18.909 666.98 17.154 735.22 United Kingdom 940,406 1,371.746 685.55 1,244.428 755.69 France 2,638 3.090 853.48 2.804 940.80 Federal Republic of Germany 149,266 165.035 904.45 149.718 996.98 Austria 23,980 210.724 113.80 191.166 125.44 Switzerland 19,469 4.118 4,727.51 3.736 5,211.19 Poland 52,236 93.189 560.54 84.540 617.89 Russia 37,701 121.364 310.64 110.100 342.43 Spain 183,096 409.479 447.14 371.474 492.89 Italy 29,106 47.673 610.52 43.249 672.99 Romania 17,274 9.000 1,919.25 8.165 2,115.62 Japan 80,857 107.437 752.59 97.466 829.59 Egypt 17,970 29.586 607.38 26.840 669.52 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 23/10/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE South Africa 72,353 195.697 369.72 177.534 407.54 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,676,910 10,409.646 641.42 9,443.475 707.04 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 19,617,329 35,746.177 548.80 32,428.396 604.94 Mexico 2,553,763 5,821.995 438.64 5,281.627 483.52 Guatemala 173,782 154.302 1,126.24 139.981 1,241.47 Dominican Republic 33,047 88.456 373.60 80.246 411.82 Colombia 267,506 734.070 364.41 665.938 401.70 Venezuela 216,524 554.733 390.32 503.246 430.25 Chile 174,286 310.661 561.02 281.827 618.41 Argentina 1,541,519 4,776.516 322.73 4,333.184 355.75 Sweden 8,230 2.469 3,333.09 2.240 3,674.11 Norway 19,381 4.469 4,335.92 4.055 4,779.53 United Kingdom 47,919 27.684 1,730.89 25.115 1,907.98 Netherlands 2,302 3.056 753.10 2.773 830.15 France 24,852 14.732 1,686.90 13.365 1,859.48 Federal Republic of Germany 774,945 541.820 1,430.26 491.531 1,576.59 Czech Republic 30,027 52.106 576.26 47.270 635.22 Poland 78,281 127.823 612.41 115.960 675.07 Ukraine 116,124 312.259 371.88 283.277 409.93 Spain 206,017 243.461 846.20 220.865 932.77 Italy 178,657 153.674 1,162.57 139.411 1,281.51 Romania 741,715 1,293.220 573.54 1,173.190 632.22 Turkey 3,008,862 9,048.276 332.53 8,208.461 366.56 United Arab Emirates 76,115 184.505 412.53 167.381 454.74 Oman 366,837 1,075.761 341.00 975.915 375.89 India 759,058 1,889.002 401.83 1,713.675 442.94 Indonesia 234,702 639.152 367.21 579.830 404.78 Philippines 3,428,543 8,330.279 411.58 7,557.105 453.68 China 2,515,201 6,756.963 372.24 6,129.816 410.32 Korea, South 1,997,574 4,601.624 434.10 4,174.525 478.52 Taiwan 23,546 4.497 5,235.44 4.080 5,771.08 Japan 1,549,651 2,891.717 535.89 2,623.323 590.72 South Africa 15,305 54.003 283.41 48.991 312.40 CATEGORY TOTAL 40,781,600 86,439.479 471.79 78,416.599 520.06 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 660,062 1,381.983 477.62 1,253.715 526.48 Mexico 1,004,467 2,100.023 478.31 1,905.110 527.25 Colombia 1,709,408 3,266.231 523.36 2,963.076 576.90 Venezuela 1,875,289 4,802.789 390.46 4,357.019 430.41 Brazil 324,771 538.008 603.65 488.073 665.41 United Kingdom 329,087 755.175 435.78 685.084 480.36 France 121,752 293.750 414.47 266.486 456.88 Federal Republic of Germany 1,084,604 1,576.658 687.91 1,430.321 758.29 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 23/10/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Austria 2,788,531 4,334.268 643.37 3,931.983 709.19 Czech Republic 646,674 1,595.284 405.37 1,447.218 446.84 Italy 3,500 0.147 23,695.13 0.134 26,119.40 Romania 391,747 816.179 479.98 740.426 529.08 Turkey 2,695,794 7,218.329 373.47 6,548.360 411.67 India 747,115 1,716.326 435.30 1,557.026 479.83 China 2,921,565 6,608.740 442.08 5,995.350 487.31 Korea, South 7,449,995 18,040.719 412.95 16,366.270 455.20 Japan 185,312 399.572 463.78 362.486 511.23 CATEGORY TOTAL 24,939,673 55,444.189 449.82 50,298.137 495.84 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Brazil 171,780 340.521 504.46 308.916 556.07 Argentina 520,992 1,265.470 411.70 1,148.016 453.82 United Kingdom 407,305 789.687 515.78 716.393 568.55 Belgium 113,376 120.744 938.97 109.538 1,035.04 Federal Republic of Germany 1,959,431 4,599.059 426.05 4,172.198 469.64 Czech Republic 124,399 210.293 591.55 190.775 652.07 Italy 205,898 214.505 959.87 194.596 1,058.08 Romania 81,013 159.753 507.11 144.926 559.00 Indonesia 1,387,336 4,221.704 328.62 3,829.867 362.24 Korea, South 1,267,643 3,583.229 353.77 3,250.652 389.97 Taiwan 518,681 1,815.073 285.76 1,646.607 315.00 Japan 9,082,633 13,341.212 680.80 12,102.948 750.45 CATEGORY TOTAL 15,840,487 30,661.256 516.63 27,815.432 569.49 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 1,661,491 1,794.631 925.81 1,628.063 1,020.53 Mexico 2,297,583 4,263.423 538.91 3,867.714 594.04 Colombia 211,346 613.872 344.28 556.896 379.51 Venezuela 495,470 1,382.688 358.34 1,254.354 395.00 Brazil 174,624 519.942 335.85 471.684 370.21 Argentina 954,646 1,912.402 499.19 1,734.903 550.26 Netherlands 3,892 2.204 1,765.38 2.000 1,946.00 France 209,687 408.520 513.28 370.604 565.80 Federal Republic of Germany 30,498 37.985 802.88 34.460 885.03 Austria 140,031 243.652 574.72 221.038 633.52 Czech Republic 668,790 1,739.123 384.56 1,577.707 423.90 Slovakia 285,313 786.908 362.57 713.872 399.67 Spain 2,627 0.731 3,589.12 0.664 3,956.33 Italy 3,509,919 4,118.058 852.32 3,735.841 939.53 Romania 1,035,614 2,129.445 486.33 1,931.801 536.09 Turkey 222,191 639.401 347.50 580.055 383.05 China 502,449 1,177.851 426.58 1,068.529 470.22 Korea, South 1,241,384 3,659.276 339.24 3,319.641 373.95 Japan 23,856 20.207 1,180.55 18.332 1,301.33 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 23/10/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 13,671,411 25,450.330 537.18 23,088.158 592.14 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Canada 60,874 81.440 747.46 73.882 823.94 Mexico 454,031 1,025.686 442.66 930.487 487.95 Colombia 30,153 89.060 338.57 80.794 373.21 Venezuela 28,046 78.267 358.34 71.003 395.00 Brazil 97,946 259.675 377.19 235.574 415.78 Argentina 197,571 538.308 367.02 488.345 404.57 Ireland 21,681 0.317 68,294.02 0.288 75,281.25 Federal Republic of Germany 281,806 684.607 411.63 621.066 453.75 Turkey 64,572 189.498 340.75 171.910 375.62 China 1,089,737 3,096.987 351.87 2,809.541 387.87 Korea, South 3,097,186 9,174.845 337.57 8,323.282 372.11 Taiwan 17,394 49.163 353.80 44.600 390.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,440,997 15,267.858 356.37 13,850.772 392.83 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 8,989,971 11,020.662 815.74 9,997.780 899.20 Mexico 8,725,682 17,792.717 490.41 16,141.286 540.58 Dominican Republic 351,316 960.258 365.86 871.132 403.29 Colombia 13,927 14.824 939.43 13.449 1,035.54 Venezuela 38,197 67.655 564.58 61.376 622.34 Brazil 856,015 1,811.632 472.51 1,643.486 520.85 Argentina 155,524 281.781 551.93 255.628 608.40 Sweden 38,614 17.419 2,216.67 15.803 2,443.46 Denmark 99,908 34.704 2,878.86 31.483 3,173.40 Netherlands 66,329 62.922 1,054.14 57.082 1,162.00 Belgium 9,674 7.184 1,346.44 6.518 1,484.20 France 149,339 159.919 933.84 145.077 1,029.38 Federal Republic of Germany 667,852 582.627 1,146.28 528.551 1,263.55 Austria 76,268 70.555 1,080.96 64.007 1,191.56 Czech Republic 25,148 53.947 466.16 48.940 513.85 Slovakia 7,129 1.786 3,989.71 1.621 4,397.90 Switzerland 850,994 464.060 1,833.80 420.989 2,021.42 Spain 164,204 116.439 1,410.21 105.632 1,554.49 Italy 280,459 324.940 863.11 294.781 951.41 Romania 372,326 694.342 536.23 629.897 591.09 Turkey 232,622 672.145 346.09 609.760 381.50 Israel 297,524 35.003 8,499.74 31.755 9,369.36 India 169,475 203.562 832.54 184.669 917.72 China 177,152 288.073 614.95 261.336 677.87 Korea, South 744,455 1,781.132 417.97 1,615.817 460.73 Taiwan 67,565 43.151 1,565.78 39.146 1,725.97 Japan 745,076 416.221 1,790.09 377.590 1,973.24 Australia 62,920 138.589 454.00 125.726 500.45 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 23/10/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 24,435,665 38,118.263 641.05 34,580.317 706.64 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 113,444 150.092 755.83 136.162 833.15 Mexico 458,721 480.942 953.80 436.304 1,051.38 Brazil 80,836 126.178 640.65 114.467 706.19 Argentina 395,824 475.570 832.31 431.430 917.47 Sweden 3,000 0.192 15,551.74 0.175 17,142.86 Finland 3,110 0.084 36,640.85 0.077 40,389.61 France 213,116 272.285 782.69 247.013 862.77 Federal Republic of Germany 405,198 388.905 1,041.89 352.809 1,148.49 Slovakia 146,185 158.115 924.55 143.440 1,019.14 Romania 108,887 100.788 1,080.35 91.434 1,190.88 India 17,448 20.178 864.67 18.306 953.13 China 89,708 94.212 952.19 85.468 1,049.61 Korea, South 34,357 9.512 3,611.61 8.630 3,981.11 Japan 90,056 164.508 547.42 149.240 603.43 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,159,890 2,441.569 884.63 2,214.955 975.14 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 1,073,935 1,199.490 895.33 1,088.160 986.93 Mexico 314,063 202.438 1,551.40 183.649 1,710.13 Argentina 69,896 216.283 323.17 196.209 356.23 Federal Republic of Germany 20,692 0.425 48,630.76 0.386 53,606.22 Romania 220,395 747.518 294.84 678.138 325.00 India 214,341 246.433 869.77 223.561 958.76 Vietnam 15,787 8.701 1,814.26 7.894 1,999.87 Japan 228,966 69.410 3,298.73 62.968 3,636.23 South Africa 17,497 61.739 283.40 56.009 312.40 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,175,572 2,752.441 790.42 2,496.974 871.28 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 10,196,210 24,322.814 419.20 22,065.292 462.09 Mexico 1,249,654 1,362.726 917.02 1,236.245 1,010.85 Colombia 4,142 4.409 939.39 4.000 1,035.50 Argentina 82,916 212.818 389.61 193.066 429.47 United Kingdom 3,000 0.976 3,071.73 0.886 3,386.00 Belgium 6,141 5.070 1,211.09 4.600 1,335.00 Federal Republic of Germany 81,781 45.635 1,792.04 41.400 1,975.39 Austria 66,986 95.601 700.68 86.728 772.37 Switzerland 14,015 4.474 3,132.35 4.059 3,452.82 Turkey 181,600 578.678 313.82 524.968 345.93 China 2,225 2.605 853.84 2.364 941.20 Korea, South 667,883 2,467.427 270.68 2,238.413 298.37 Japan 7,055 13.718 514.28 12.445 566.89 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 23/10/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 12,563,608 29,116.956 431.49 26,414.466 475.63 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 264,561 489.492 540.48 444.060 595.78 Mexico 124,335 132.010 941.86 119.758 1,038.22 Japan 39,837 102.790 387.56 93.250 427.21 CATEGORY TOTAL 428,733 724.293 591.93 657.068 652.49 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 12,039,153 21,771.569 552.98 19,750.841 609.55 Mexico 2,393,848 3,900.690 613.70 3,538.648 676.49 Honduras 9,850 22.083 446.03 20.034 491.66 Dominican Republic 36,003 88.082 408.74 79.907 450.56 Trinidad and Tobago 303,252 595.489 509.25 540.219 561.35 Colombia 26,153 18.599 1,406.13 16.873 1,549.99 Venezuela 335,397 672.360 498.84 609.955 549.87 Chile 71,340 131.006 544.55 118.847 600.27 Brazil 610,027 1,362.081 447.86 1,235.660 493.69 Argentina 131,465 365.766 359.42 331.818 396.20 Sweden 342,486 153.665 2,228.78 139.403 2,456.81 Finland 10,619 19.415 546.95 17.613 602.91 United Kingdom 652,654 986.228 661.77 894.692 729.47 Netherlands 9,565 3.041 3,145.06 2.759 3,466.84 Belgium 1,048,523 1,094.760 957.77 993.150 1,055.75 Luxembourg 97,366 177.577 548.30 161.096 604.40 France 1,245,569 1,429.496 871.33 1,296.818 960.48 Federal Republic of Germany 396,177 394.212 1,004.98 357.624 1,107.80 Austria 383,170 77.576 4,939.27 70.376 5,444.61 Czech Republic 46,574 58.660 793.96 53.216 875.19 Switzerland 2,135 0.020 101,938.95 0.019 112,368.42 Belarus 372,732 480.589 775.57 435.984 854.92 Spain 81,152 143.038 567.35 129.762 625.39 Italy 329,194 450.417 730.86 408.612 805.64 Greece 496,112 859.359 577.30 779.598 636.37 Turkey 12,099 22.751 531.78 20.640 586.19 Israel 168,396 327.421 514.31 297.032 566.93 India 142,667 294.527 484.39 267.191 533.95 Thailand 62,022 33.481 1,852.42 30.374 2,041.94 Indonesia 5,545 1.869 2,966.00 1.696 3,269.46 China 2,778,662 6,307.992 440.50 5,722.516 485.57 Korea, South 963,551 1,511.868 637.32 1,371.544 702.53 Taiwan 582,735 978.926 595.28 888.067 656.18 Japan 2,083,205 3,035.772 686.22 2,754.007 756.43 Australia 52,220 106.270 491.39 96.407 541.66 South Africa 683,765 1,707.210 400.52 1,548.756 441.49 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 23/10/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 29,005,383 49,583.882 584.98 44,981.754 644.83 BLACK PLATE...........................28 Canada 189,494 462.906 409.36 419.942 451.24 Chile 82,389 230.504 357.43 209.110 394.00 France 211,675 343.880 615.55 311.963 678.53 Federal Republic of Germany 364,681 336.228 1,084.62 305.021 1,195.59 Japan 1,101,134 2,004.367 549.37 1,818.332 605.57 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,949,373 3,377.886 577.10 3,064.368 636.14 TIN PLATE.............................29 Canada 4,735,356 8,157.640 580.48 7,400.489 639.87 Chile 43,874 85.928 510.59 77.953 562.83 Argentina 52,717 116.835 451.21 105.991 497.37 Netherlands 1,758,009 3,274.361 536.90 2,970.452 591.83 France 465,155 789.541 589.15 716.260 649.42 Federal Republic of Germany 4,744,130 8,727.945 543.56 7,917.861 599.17 Korea, South 46,413 108.853 426.38 98.750 470.01 Japan 338,745 527.108 642.65 478.185 708.40 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,184,399 21,788.214 559.22 19,765.941 616.43 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A Canada 1,462,290 2,287.557 639.24 2,075.238 704.64 Netherlands 1,007,546 2,046.149 492.41 1,856.236 542.79 Federal Republic of Germany 438,746 907.783 483.32 823.528 532.76 Japan 762,149 1,255.287 607.15 1,138.778 669.27 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,670,731 6,496.778 565.01 5,893.780 622.81 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 10,227,610 30,913.306 330.85 28,044.088 364.70 Mexico 1,825,201 6,401.418 285.12 5,807.271 314.30 Venezuela 2,487,973 10,640.672 233.82 9,653.058 257.74 Sweden 101,117 63.875 1,583.03 57.947 1,744.99 Netherlands 2,825,176 9,757.460 289.54 8,851.822 319.16 Belgium 14,271 54.828 260.28 49.740 286.91 Luxembourg 117,852 435.848 270.40 395.395 298.06 France 3,365,806 12,526.332 268.70 11,363.701 296.19 Federal Republic of Germany 71,682 170.670 420.00 154.830 462.97 Austria 367,901 922.854 398.66 837.200 439.44 Slovakia 77,958 282.628 275.83 256.396 304.05 Hungary 24,852 94.880 261.93 86.074 288.73 Turkey 3,323,916 13,570.330 244.94 12,310.800 270.00 China 2,970 5.253 565.33 4.766 623.16 Korea, South 18,148,648 62,241.449 291.58 56,464.509 321.42 Australia 6,439,403 28,295.176 227.58 25,668.960 250.86 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 23/10/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE New Zealand 637,404 3,514.035 181.39 3,187.880 199.95 CATEGORY TOTAL 50,059,740 179,891.023 278.28 163,194.437 306.75 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 12,164,514 29,161.911 417.14 26,455.249 459.81 Mexico 4,095,406 11,709.533 349.75 10,622.713 385.53 Colombia 29,069 86.641 335.51 78.600 369.83 Venezuela 961,553 3,147.384 305.51 2,855.260 336.77 Argentina 573,358 1,930.359 297.02 1,751.193 327.41 Sweden 63,335 102.322 618.98 92.825 682.31 Finland 39,823 105.105 378.89 95.350 417.65 Netherlands 77,877 228.189 341.28 207.010 376.20 Belgium 316,545 922.744 343.05 837.100 378.14 Luxembourg 281,393 442.897 635.35 401.790 700.35 France 673,251 1,278.438 526.62 1,159.780 580.50 Federal Republic of Germany 542,752 933.878 581.18 847.201 640.64 Thailand 1,308,486 3,483.335 375.64 3,160.030 414.07 China 7,813 9.878 790.88 8.962 871.79 Korea, South 324,423 736.641 440.41 668.270 485.47 Taiwan 90,176 56.665 1,591.38 51.406 1,754.19 Japan 482,323 875.383 550.98 794.135 607.36 CATEGORY TOTAL 22,032,097 55,211.312 399.05 50,086.874 439.88 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 22,266,860 41,415.496 537.65 37,571.517 592.65 Mexico 9,368,547 16,694.061 561.19 15,144.602 618.61 Colombia 584,980 1,527.061 383.08 1,385.327 422.27 Venezuela 944,846 2,091.527 451.75 1,897.402 497.97 Argentina 588,869 1,467.011 401.41 1,330.851 442.48 Sweden 51,684 57.383 900.68 52.057 992.83 Federal Republic of Germany 166,433 392.865 423.64 356.402 466.98 Austria 15,128 18.351 824.36 16.648 908.70 Spain 463,216 866.341 534.68 785.932 589.38 India 4,328,626 10,822.757 399.96 9,818.243 440.88 Korea, South 3,570,734 6,295.315 567.20 5,711.016 625.24 Taiwan 1,335,154 2,290.078 583.02 2,077.525 642.67 Japan 363,161 471.183 770.74 427.451 849.60 New Zealand 152,789 231.523 659.93 210.035 727.45 CATEGORY TOTAL 44,201,027 84,640.958 522.22 76,785.008 575.65 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 30,839 72.238 426.90 65.534 470.58 Brazil 64,085 183.016 350.16 166.030 385.98 Argentina 597,736 1,518.466 393.64 1,377.530 433.92 Belgium 97,423 244.768 398.02 222.050 438.74 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 23/10/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Federal Republic of Germany 1,006,362 2,298.873 437.76 2,085.504 482.55 Spain 43,791 85.164 514.19 77.260 566.80 Thailand 7,539 14.374 524.48 13.040 578.14 China 24,381 104.879 232.47 95.145 256.25 Korea, South 263,398 607.174 433.81 550.820 478.19 Japan 98,468 126.790 776.62 115.022 856.08 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,234,022 5,255.747 425.06 4,767.935 468.55 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 Canada 7,565,028 10,045.581 753.07 9,113.201 830.12 Mexico 6,032,622 10,629.748 567.52 9,643.148 625.59 Belgium 506,017 458.871 1,102.74 416.281 1,215.57 Luxembourg 112,335 253.618 442.93 230.079 488.25 Federal Republic of Germany 417,586 290.801 1,435.98 263.811 1,582.90 China 5,538 0.231 23,923.76 0.210 26,371.43 Korea, South 1,235,533 2,747.058 449.77 2,492.090 495.78 Hong Kong 9,648 2.460 3,921.38 2.232 4,322.58 Taiwan 183,886 420.041 437.78 381.055 482.57 Japan 328,762 166.140 1,978.82 150.720 2,181.28 CATEGORY TOTAL 16,396,955 25,014.552 655.50 22,692.827 722.56 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 2,159,531 6,395.038 337.69 5,801.483 372.24 Mexico 240,229 503.895 476.74 457.126 525.52 United Kingdom 63,433 80.190 791.02 72.748 871.96 Federal Republic of Germany 183,715 241.301 761.35 218.905 839.25 Taiwan 8,896 4.682 1,899.79 4.248 2,094.16 Japan 3,219 4.069 790.96 3.692 871.89 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,659,023 7,229.178 367.82 6,558.202 405.45 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 2,406,216 4,184.132 575.08 3,795.782 633.92 Mexico 222,834 301.030 740.24 273.090 815.97 Brazil 11,230 17.024 659.65 15.444 727.14 Sweden 668,047 166.346 4,016.00 150.907 4,426.88 United Kingdom 723,724 390.408 1,853.76 354.173 2,043.42 France 121,154 64.284 1,884.65 58.318 2,077.47 Federal Republic of Germany 1,871,396 1,345.243 1,391.12 1,220.385 1,533.45 Austria 195,991 32.115 6,102.63 29.135 6,727.00 Switzerland 93,650 85.477 1,095.61 77.544 1,207.70 Italy 20,011 5.377 3,721.54 4.878 4,102.30 India 255,092 476.856 534.95 432.597 589.68 Korea, South 29,767 20.392 1,459.69 18.500 1,609.03 Taiwan 167,665 93.399 1,795.13 84.731 1,978.79 Japan 792,070 601.315 1,317.23 545.504 1,452.00 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 23/10/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 7,578,847 7,783.404 973.72 7,060.988 1,073.34 GRAND TOTAL 549,389,058 1,539,112.566 356.95 1,396,259.826 393.47 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 23/10/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Canada 3,962,205 3,488.214 1,135.88 3,164.456 1,252.10 Sweden 87,318 68.826 1,268.68 62.438 1,398.48 United Kingdom 70,050 26.444 2,648.95 23.990 2,919.97 India 28,732 47.399 606.17 43.000 668.19 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,148,305 3,630.884 1,142.51 3,293.884 1,259.40 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 5,699,857 3,955.483 1,441.00 3,588.355 1,588.43 Sweden 3,548,927 2,394.333 1,482.22 2,172.103 1,633.87 United Kingdom 6,655,386 5,083.510 1,309.21 4,611.684 1,443.16 Federal Republic of Germany 9,394 4.175 2,249.76 3.788 2,479.94 Spain 106,218 59.269 1,792.13 53.768 1,975.49 Italy 380,232 206.650 1,839.98 187.470 2,028.23 China 3,510 0.427 8,206.75 0.388 9,046.39 Taiwan 2,150 0.077 27,863.54 0.070 30,714.29 Japan 47,029 3.344 14,061.97 3.034 15,500.66 CATEGORY TOTAL 16,452,703 11,707.270 1,405.34 10,620.660 1,549.12 WIRE RODS..............................3 Sweden 861,437 397.808 2,165.46 360.886 2,387.01 United Kingdom 668,254 463.727 1,441.05 420.687 1,588.48 Belgium 3,310 2.240 1,477.02 2.033 1,628.14 France 220,533 151.712 1,453.63 137.631 1,602.35 Federal Republic of Germany 21,325 14.438 1,477.00 13.098 1,628.11 Austria 5,460 2.134 2,558.49 1.936 2,820.25 Italy 83,932 87.911 954.73 79.752 1,052.41 India 242,343 168.220 1,440.63 152.607 1,588.02 China 113,670 129.347 878.80 117.342 968.71 Korea, South 110,894 81.761 1,356.31 74.173 1,495.07 Taiwan 506,096 302.945 1,670.58 274.828 1,841.50 Japan 125,371 54.698 2,292.02 49.622 2,526.52 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,962,625 1,856.947 1,595.43 1,684.595 1,758.66 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Federal Republic of Germany 186,619 61.572 3,030.86 55.858 3,340.95 Italy 25,559 12.112 2,110.19 10.988 2,326.08 India 450,145 176.183 2,554.98 159.831 2,816.38 Japan 79,328 21.446 3,698.87 19.456 4,077.30 CATEGORY TOTAL 741,651 271.315 2,733.54 246.133 3,013.21 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 23/10/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 45,860 24.224 1,893.13 21.976 2,086.82 Brazil 25,407 9.548 2,660.92 8.662 2,933.16 Sweden 128,401 63.807 2,012.33 57.885 2,218.21 United Kingdom 109,248 9.205 11,867.82 8.351 13,082.03 Belgium 395,541 210.275 1,881.06 190.759 2,073.51 France 237,590 80.992 2,933.49 73.475 3,233.62 Federal Republic of Germany 291,553 134.376 2,169.68 121.904 2,391.66 Austria 194,027 42.782 4,535.15 38.812 4,999.15 Italy 152,796 115.038 1,328.22 104.361 1,464.11 Korea, South 232,750 149.901 1,552.69 135.988 1,711.55 Taiwan 438,407 262.184 1,672.13 237.850 1,843.21 Japan 265,177 122.035 2,172.95 110.709 2,395.26 South Africa 211,505 191.917 1,102.06 174.105 1,214.81 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,728,262 1,416.289 1,926.34 1,284.837 2,123.43 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 14,564 7.927 1,837.07 7.192 2,025.03 Mexico 44,470 49.019 907.18 44.470 1,000.00 Brazil 2,130,830 1,683.072 1,266.04 1,526.858 1,395.57 Sweden 1,334,953 647.004 2,063.28 586.953 2,274.38 Belgium 440,813 298.014 1,479.17 270.354 1,630.50 Federal Republic of Germany 926,776 611.839 1,514.74 555.052 1,669.71 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,892,406 3,296.878 1,483.95 2,990.879 1,635.78 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 292,302 221.549 1,319.36 200.986 1,454.34 Mexico 37,752 20.095 1,878.66 18.230 2,070.87 Trinidad and Tobago 27,618 19.026 1,451.52 17.261 1,600.02 Brazil 112,278 63.390 1,771.21 57.507 1,952.42 United Kingdom 81,603 51.614 1,581.01 46.824 1,742.76 France 23,516 3.311 7,101.65 3.004 7,828.23 Federal Republic of Germany 120,951 57.162 2,115.91 51.857 2,332.39 Austria 122,437 42.981 2,848.61 38.992 3,140.05 Italy 281,528 102.820 2,738.06 93.277 3,018.19 China 34,804 21.153 1,645.32 19.190 1,813.65 Taiwan 129,005 71.907 1,794.05 65.233 1,977.60 Japan 14,182 0.293 48,367.28 0.266 53,315.79 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,277,976 675.305 1,892.44 612.627 2,086.06 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Italy 47,103 20.079 2,345.80 18.216 2,585.80 India 1,480,266 822.559 1,799.58 746.214 1,983.70 Japan 43,790 12.252 3,574.06 11.115 3,939.72 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 23/10/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 1,571,159 854.891 1,837.85 775.545 2,025.88 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 1,705,983 644.180 2,648.30 584.391 2,919.25 Brazil 53,475 35.884 1,490.19 32.554 1,642.66 Sweden 317,588 116.153 2,734.20 105.373 3,013.94 Norway 25,694 10.456 2,457.22 9.486 2,708.62 Denmark 648,263 330.492 1,961.50 299.818 2,162.19 United Kingdom 353,160 122.549 2,881.78 111.175 3,176.61 France 718,434 331.089 2,169.91 300.359 2,391.92 Federal Republic of Germany 276,952 100.661 2,751.31 91.319 3,032.80 Austria 130,124 62.699 2,075.36 56.880 2,287.69 Switzerland 185,304 73.396 2,524.71 66.584 2,783.01 Latvia 287,182 148.594 1,932.65 134.803 2,130.38 Russia 27,883 20.519 1,358.85 18.615 1,497.88 Italy 1,006,661 426.277 2,361.51 386.713 2,603.12 Slovenia 20,889 12.494 1,671.83 11.335 1,842.88 Saudi Arabia 317,476 157.084 2,021.05 142.505 2,227.82 United Arab Emirates 27,197 16.828 1,616.08 15.267 1,781.42 India 1,738,672 1,003.632 1,732.38 910.480 1,909.62 Singapore 12,931 1.035 12,492.87 0.939 13,771.03 China 84,019 34.158 2,459.69 30.988 2,711.34 Korea, South 74,342 41.547 1,789.34 37.691 1,972.41 Taiwan 1,339,726 700.677 1,912.04 635.644 2,107.67 Japan 84,896 27.776 3,056.45 25.198 3,369.16 Australia 16,858 7.174 2,349.57 6.509 2,589.95 South Africa 68,006 35.972 1,890.48 32.634 2,083.90 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,521,715 4,461.339 2,134.27 4,047.260 2,352.63 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D Canada 7,852,245 1,636.134 4,799.27 1,484.277 5,290.28 Mexico 137,822 53.548 2,573.80 48.578 2,837.13 British Virgin Islands 124,909 65.039 1,920.51 59.003 2,116.99 Brazil 173,924 100.079 1,737.85 90.791 1,915.65 Sweden 723,695 136.147 5,315.52 123.511 5,859.36 Finland 118,016 59.022 1,999.52 53.544 2,204.09 United Kingdom 106,046 26.065 4,068.48 23.646 4,484.73 Netherlands 11,981 0.471 25,394.82 0.428 27,992.99 France 1,119,331 282.927 3,956.24 256.668 4,361.01 Federal Republic of Germany 428,933 95.468 4,492.91 86.608 4,952.58 Austria 472,143 94.210 5,011.60 85.466 5,524.34 Switzerland 9,100 2.982 3,050.77 2.706 3,362.90 Ukraine 102,860 30.187 3,407.33 27.386 3,755.93 Spain 157,394 34.077 4,618.65 30.915 5,091.19 Italy 146,889 70.217 2,091.92 63.700 2,305.95 India 103,472 42.488 2,435.29 38.545 2,684.45 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 23/10/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Thailand 168,625 73.722 2,287.29 66.880 2,521.31 Malaysia 243,694 130.256 1,870.87 118.167 2,062.28 Singapore 39,947 14.148 2,823.48 12.835 3,112.35 China 1,393,914 530.898 2,625.58 481.623 2,894.20 Korea, South 2,860,310 1,258.505 2,272.78 1,141.697 2,505.31 Taiwan 3,109,022 1,542.707 2,015.30 1,399.521 2,221.49 Japan 6,849,606 2,072.008 3,305.78 1,879.695 3,644.00 South Africa 118,405 67.454 1,755.32 61.194 1,934.91 CATEGORY TOTAL 26,572,283 8,418.772 3,156.31 7,637.384 3,479.24 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 37,460 6.036 6,205.83 5.476 6,840.76 Mexico 13,080 3.034 4,310.20 2.753 4,751.18 Brazil 82,011 22.188 3,696.12 20.129 4,074.27 Sweden 1,236,670 312.676 3,955.12 283.655 4,359.77 Denmark 127,155 18.694 6,801.88 16.959 7,497.79 United Kingdom 109,029 30.906 3,527.69 28.038 3,888.62 Netherlands 23,299 3.227 7,218.75 2.928 7,957.31 Belgium 127,891 16.599 7,704.42 15.059 8,492.66 France 677,607 183.722 3,688.22 166.670 4,065.56 Federal Republic of Germany 340,879 74.805 4,556.90 67.862 5,023.12 Switzerland 126,043 30.882 4,081.39 28.016 4,498.96 Spain 25,224 4.164 6,056.86 3.778 6,676.55 Italy 107,551 33.870 3,175.34 30.727 3,500.21 India 1,607,249 893.221 1,799.38 810.317 1,983.48 Thailand 34,173 19.519 1,750.69 17.708 1,929.81 China 551,855 223.859 2,465.18 203.082 2,717.40 Korea, South 1,169,095 472.613 2,473.68 428.748 2,726.76 Taiwan 775,537 302.943 2,560.00 274.826 2,821.92 Japan 497,531 80.551 6,176.57 73.075 6,808.50 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,669,339 2,733.517 2,805.67 2,479.806 3,092.72 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 7,412 0.950 7,800.53 0.862 8,598.61 Brazil 836,618 866.113 965.95 785.725 1,064.77 Belgium 5,684,955 4,749.689 1,196.91 4,308.847 1,319.37 France 350,378 623.709 561.76 565.820 619.24 Federal Republic of Germany 8,255 1.649 5,005.89 1.496 5,518.05 Austria 7,910 2.009 3,936.28 1.823 4,339.00 Italy 318,010 261.473 1,216.22 237.205 1,340.65 Taiwan 213,224 128.204 1,663.16 116.305 1,833.32 Japan 77,617 36.471 2,128.18 33.086 2,345.92 South Africa 270,131 241.354 1,119.23 218.953 1,233.74 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,774,510 6,911.624 1,124.85 6,270.122 1,239.93 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 23/10/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 5,038,343 2,821.524 1,785.68 2,559.645 1,968.38 Mexico 13,352,855 9,135.777 1,461.60 8,287.840 1,611.14 Brazil 1,765,052 1,075.104 1,641.75 975.319 1,809.72 Sweden 389,258 99.126 3,926.88 89.926 4,328.65 Finland 486,044 229.838 2,114.72 208.506 2,331.08 United Kingdom 802,227 198.895 4,033.41 180.435 4,446.07 Belgium 990,785 526.471 1,881.93 477.607 2,074.48 France 1,328,452 927.472 1,432.34 841.389 1,578.88 Federal Republic of Germany 1,398,642 834.130 1,676.77 756.711 1,848.32 Austria 6,190 0.116 52,976.18 0.106 58,396.23 Italy 1,672,955 1,210.583 1,381.94 1,098.223 1,523.33 Slovenia 88,629 44.407 1,995.80 40.286 2,200.00 India 32,205 20.828 1,546.22 18.895 1,704.42 Thailand 123,353 83.087 1,484.61 75.376 1,636.50 China 1,252,048 914.960 1,368.42 830.038 1,508.42 Korea, South 100,315 40.529 2,475.09 36.768 2,728.32 Taiwan 2,223,589 1,360.477 1,634.42 1,234.205 1,801.64 Japan 926,294 390.445 2,372.40 354.206 2,615.13 South Africa 204,623 138.709 1,475.19 125.835 1,626.12 CATEGORY TOTAL 32,181,859 20,052.487 1,604.88 18,191.316 1,769.08 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Slovenia 36,795 22.568 1,630.35 20.474 1,797.16 Thailand 23,753 14.521 1,635.67 13.174 1,803.02 Japan 4,767 0.176 27,028.44 0.160 29,793.75 CATEGORY TOTAL 65,315 37.266 1,752.63 33.808 1,931.94 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 1,148,533 481.326 2,386.18 436.652 2,630.32 Mexico 2,141,872 1,472.141 1,454.94 1,335.505 1,603.79 Chile 13,825 22.506 614.25 20.418 677.10 Argentina 2,842 0.933 3,043.94 0.847 3,355.37 Sweden 1,013,849 167.222 6,062.86 151.702 6,683.16 Finland 470,657 268.714 1,751.51 243.774 1,930.71 Denmark 15,784 1.257 12,549.52 1.141 13,833.48 United Kingdom 42,024 5.907 7,113.93 5.359 7,841.76 Belgium 28,904 2.860 10,104.54 2.595 11,138.34 France 222,274 99.247 2,239.59 90.036 2,468.72 Federal Republic of Germany 49,547 16.924 2,927.46 15.354 3,226.98 Italy 18,180 12.772 1,423.37 11.587 1,569.00 India 38,501 19.811 1,943.33 17.973 2,142.16 Thailand 11,069 7.177 1,542.26 6.511 1,700.05 Indonesia 205,213 81.931 2,504.69 74.327 2,760.95 Korea, South 364,543 278.800 1,307.54 252.924 1,441.31 Taiwan 11,836 6.935 1,706.52 6.292 1,881.12 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 23/10/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 2,132,968 302.485 7,051.48 274.410 7,772.92 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,932,421 3,248.959 2,441.53 2,947.407 2,691.32 GRAND TOTAL 126,492,529 69,573.750 1,818.11 63,116.263 2,004.12