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RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/11/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Canada 1,488,289 1,252.570 1,188.19 1,136.313 1,309.75 Mexico 153,235 324.848 471.71 294.698 519.97 Sweden 245,643 169.235 1,451.49 153.528 1,599.99 United Kingdom 90,024 35.534 2,533.45 32.236 2,792.65 Belgium 84,379 7.958 10,602.13 7.220 11,686.84 Federal Republic of Germany 26,098 17.158 1,520.99 15.566 1,676.60 Italy 3,533 0.008 400,635.57 0.008 441,625.00 Slovenia 67,190 59.733 1,124.84 54.189 1,239.92 China 2,658 1.786 1,487.54 1.621 1,639.73 New Zealand 31,894 2.371 13,451.31 2.151 14,827.52 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,192,943 1,871.205 1,171.94 1,697.530 1,291.84 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 8,379,859 27,118.206 309.01 24,601.230 340.63 Mexico 20,264,425 92,199.002 219.79 83,641.552 242.28 Brazil 24,885,970 121,018.453 205.64 109,786.125 226.68 Sweden 5,168,912 3,397.065 1,521.58 3,081.767 1,677.26 Finland 2,291,630 11,082.965 206.77 10,054.300 227.93 United Kingdom 7,748,561 5,972.246 1,297.43 5,417.932 1,430.17 Netherlands 9,884 35.273 280.21 32.000 308.88 France 513,174 367.732 1,395.51 333.601 1,538.29 Federal Republic of Germany 5,999,842 21,954.156 273.29 19,916.481 301.25 Spain 7,699,522 5,565.643 1,383.40 5,049.068 1,524.94 Italy 218,221 90.770 2,404.09 82.346 2,650.05 India 43,735 48.146 908.37 43.678 1,001.31 China 44,311 4.457 9,940.23 4.044 10,957.22 Korea, South 97,220 77.499 1,254.47 70.306 1,382.81 Taiwan 13,637 2.158 6,318.33 1.958 6,964.76 Japan 6,421,597 27,806.077 230.94 25,225.256 254.57 Australia 29,372 46.784 627.82 42.442 692.05 CATEGORY TOTAL 89,829,872 316,786.639 283.57 287,384.086 312.58 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 16,400,435 49,874.798 328.83 45,245.669 362.48 Mexico 36,501 95.952 380.41 87.047 419.33 Trinidad and Tobago 2,750,794 11,048.459 248.98 10,022.997 274.45 Venezuela 34,627 112.762 307.08 102.296 338.50 Brazil 3,918,270 13,884.367 282.21 12,595.690 311.08 Sweden 651,714 347.340 1,876.30 315.102 2,068.26 United Kingdom 1,696,814 3,078.836 551.12 2,793.074 607.51 Luxembourg 13,727 38.824 353.57 35.221 389.74 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/11/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE France 186,441 167.271 1,114.60 151.746 1,228.64 Federal Republic of Germany 2,247,667 5,711.937 393.50 5,181.784 433.76 Czech Republic 410,104 1,424.119 287.97 1,291.940 317.43 Spain 971,422 3,047.166 318.80 2,764.344 351.41 Italy 322,315 223.808 1,440.14 203.036 1,587.48 Turkey 6,992,827 28,501.452 245.35 25,856.090 270.45 India 1,439,863 5,821.649 247.33 5,281.313 272.63 China 261,202 273.226 955.99 247.867 1,053.80 Korea, South 158,865 119.971 1,324.19 108.836 1,459.67 Taiwan 213,721 139.378 1,533.39 126.442 1,690.27 Japan 2,576,102 7,442.328 346.14 6,751.569 381.56 South Africa 2,647,625 11,260.169 235.13 10,215.057 259.19 CATEGORY TOTAL 43,931,036 142,613.822 308.04 129,377.119 339.56 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 3,716,583 8,349.914 445.10 7,574.917 490.64 Mexico 953,265 2,237.013 426.13 2,029.385 469.73 Brazil 244,056 828.223 294.67 751.352 324.82 Norway 907,111 1,876.293 483.46 1,702.145 532.92 United Kingdom 4,537,688 9,295.379 488.17 8,432.629 538.11 Belgium 78,223 268.611 291.21 243.680 321.01 Luxembourg 2,461,025 5,817.767 423.02 5,277.791 466.30 France 7,400 2.059 3,593.77 1.868 3,961.46 Federal Republic of Germany 978,524 1,581.415 618.76 1,434.636 682.07 Switzerland 2,357 3.931 599.45 3.567 660.78 Poland 1,784,519 5,815.550 306.85 5,275.780 338.25 Spain 2,884,897 10,343.239 278.92 9,383.232 307.45 Italy 598,594 985.862 607.18 894.360 669.30 Turkey 53,544 190.125 281.62 172.479 310.44 India 474,498 217.291 2,183.69 197.124 2,407.10 Korea, South 202,857 824.729 245.97 748.182 271.13 Taiwan 14,020 20.616 680.04 18.703 749.61 Japan 44,545 12.725 3,500.57 11.544 3,858.71 South Africa 9,770 21.291 458.88 19.315 505.82 CATEGORY TOTAL 19,953,476 48,692.040 409.79 44,172.689 451.72 STEEL PILING...........................5 Canada 748,233 1,429.128 523.56 1,296.484 577.12 United Kingdom 661,309 2,124.438 311.29 1,927.259 343.13 Luxembourg 3,364,036 6,739.454 499.16 6,113.932 550.22 Spain 3,829 1.969 1,943.82 1.787 2,142.70 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,777,407 10,294.991 464.05 9,339.462 511.53 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 9,316,488 23,082.229 403.62 20,939.852 444.92 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/11/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Mexico 32,832 89.758 365.78 81.428 403.20 Sweden 824,867 916.307 900.21 831.260 992.31 Norway 171,877 373.470 460.22 338.807 507.30 United Kingdom 175,101 157.091 1,114.64 142.511 1,228.68 Netherlands 7,644 2.344 3,260.24 2.127 3,593.79 Belgium 1,916,334 2,033.632 942.32 1,844.881 1,038.73 France 1,091,543 729.049 1,497.21 661.383 1,650.39 Federal Republic of Germany 1,112,222 1,009.942 1,101.27 916.205 1,213.94 Austria 24,157 8.794 2,746.91 7.978 3,027.95 Czech Republic 3,349,953 12,422.770 269.66 11,269.751 297.25 Hungary 10,591 40.547 261.20 36.784 287.92 Poland 257,530 577.440 445.99 523.845 491.61 Ukraine 395,944 1,285.351 308.04 1,166.052 339.56 Spain 37,000 41.371 894.33 37.532 985.83 Italy 482,329 336.440 1,433.62 305.214 1,580.30 Korea, South 443,105 286.788 1,545.06 260.170 1,703.14 Taiwan 533,503 332.296 1,605.51 301.454 1,769.77 Japan 2,044,585 3,588.681 569.73 3,255.598 628.02 Australia 5,608 27.435 204.41 24.889 225.32 South Africa 1,549,826 3,883.765 399.05 3,523.294 439.88 CATEGORY TOTAL 23,783,039 51,225.511 464.28 46,471.015 511.78 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 7,058,279 21,083.141 334.78 19,126.310 369.04 Mexico 212,084 799.699 265.20 725.475 292.34 Venezuela 315,982 1,322.882 238.86 1,200.099 263.30 Sweden 1,715,553 1,803.534 951.22 1,636.139 1,048.54 Netherlands 1,290,552 4,568.012 282.52 4,144.032 311.42 Belgium 948,467 725.708 1,306.95 658.352 1,440.67 France 1,292,024 4,659.151 277.31 4,226.712 305.68 Federal Republic of Germany 2,569,963 1,897.704 1,354.25 1,721.569 1,492.80 Hungary 90,674 416.464 217.72 377.810 240.00 Japan 122,065 281.993 432.87 255.820 477.15 New Zealand 55,165 316.517 174.29 287.140 192.12 CATEGORY TOTAL 15,670,808 37,874.808 413.75 34,359.458 456.08 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Canada 12,020 11.784 1,019.96 10.691 1,124.31 Luxembourg 63,303 129.188 490.00 117.198 540.14 Federal Republic of Germany 12,671 0.985 12,857.88 0.894 14,173.38 Japan 1,060,491 2,274.035 466.35 2,062.971 514.06 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,148,485 2,415.994 475.37 2,191.754 524.00 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 Canada 209,180 490.489 426.47 444.965 470.10 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/11/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Luxembourg 33,461 66.505 503.13 60.333 554.61 Federal Republic of Germany 119,582 57.740 2,071.04 52.381 2,282.93 Austria 75,703 48.258 1,568.71 43.779 1,729.21 Poland 125,843 379.459 331.64 344.240 365.57 Spain 232,070 534.175 434.45 484.596 478.89 Japan 51,218 104.057 492.21 94.399 542.57 CATEGORY TOTAL 847,057 1,680.685 503.99 1,524.693 555.56 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 Canada 143,712 120.920 1,188.49 109.697 1,310.08 Brazil 38,420 65.564 585.99 59.479 645.94 Poland 10,980 19.014 577.44 17.250 636.52 China 13,717 18.399 745.50 16.692 821.77 CATEGORY TOTAL 206,829 223.899 923.76 203.118 1,018.27 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 27,186,893 67,324.843 403.82 61,076.088 445.13 Mexico 3,608,847 10,454.715 345.19 9,484.361 380.51 Trinidad and Tobago 487,157 1,895.417 257.02 1,719.494 283.31 Colombia 7,352 9.565 768.57 8.678 847.20 Brazil 396,977 387.150 1,025.38 351.217 1,130.29 Argentina 955,279 2,913.237 327.91 2,642.845 361.46 Sweden 901,975 462.350 1,950.85 419.437 2,150.44 United Kingdom 5,643,000 14,907.074 378.55 13,523.474 417.27 Netherlands 187,739 220.457 851.59 199.996 938.71 France 453,708 507.262 894.42 460.181 985.93 Federal Republic of Germany 463,546 488.464 948.99 443.128 1,046.08 Austria 387,991 193.092 2,009.35 175.171 2,214.93 Czech Republic 3,768,320 7,913.165 476.21 7,178.705 524.93 Latvia 1,707,063 6,637.440 257.19 6,021.386 283.50 Russia 145,736 482.396 302.11 437.623 333.02 Spain 359,523 597.689 601.52 542.215 663.06 Portugal 161,038 59.598 2,702.04 54.067 2,978.49 Italy 472,178 238.962 1,975.95 216.783 2,178.11 Turkey 2,056,931 5,632.952 365.16 5,110.130 402.52 India 351,344 443.824 791.63 402.631 872.62 Malaysia 6,706 20.257 331.04 18.377 364.91 China 41,375 39.015 1,060.48 35.394 1,168.98 Korea, South 35,499 35.714 993.96 32.400 1,095.65 Taiwan 433,648 253.897 1,707.96 230.332 1,882.71 Japan 5,706,265 11,585.064 492.55 10,509.797 542.95 South Africa 395,641 1,501.250 263.54 1,361.912 290.50 CATEGORY TOTAL 56,321,731 135,204.861 416.57 122,655.822 459.19 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/11/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 5,307,573 11,100.549 478.14 10,070.252 527.05 Mexico 1,086,437 3,218.058 337.61 2,919.374 372.15 Brazil 29,723 138.342 214.85 125.502 236.83 France 63,996 11.361 5,632.70 10.307 6,208.98 Federal Republic of Germany 34,831 1.728 20,151.89 1.568 22,213.65 Austria 216,671 59.663 3,631.54 54.126 4,003.09 Italy 459,465 255.919 1,795.35 232.166 1,979.04 Turkey 274,774 974.179 282.06 883.761 310.91 India 1,633,366 914.703 1,785.68 829.805 1,968.37 Korea, South 16,546 44.549 371.40 40.415 409.40 Japan 95,498 28.427 3,359.35 25.789 3,703.05 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,218,880 16,747.482 550.46 15,193.065 606.78 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 Canada 248,321 913.958 271.70 829.129 299.50 Mexico 7,396,284 27,275.974 271.16 24,744.355 298.91 Dominican Republic 1,615,057 5,570.646 289.92 5,053.607 319.59 Trinidad and Tobago 736,954 2,701.698 272.77 2,450.940 300.68 Brazil 1,187,484 4,756.802 249.64 4,315.300 275.18 Argentina 621,122 2,622.385 236.85 2,378.989 261.09 Federal Republic of Germany 213,034 427.220 498.65 387.568 549.67 Switzerland 21,737 37.776 575.42 34.270 634.29 Romania 3,747,866 16,303.736 229.88 14,790.505 253.40 Bulgaria 1,548,571 6,096.453 254.01 5,530.611 280.00 Turkey 1,778,060 7,185.539 247.45 6,518.614 272.77 India 14,557 46.749 311.39 42.410 343.24 Japan 1,359,782 5,460.886 249.00 4,954.034 274.48 CATEGORY TOTAL 20,488,829 79,399.827 258.05 72,030.332 284.45 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 7,808,340 9,370.603 833.28 8,500.871 918.53 Mexico 45,755 62.117 736.59 56.352 811.95 Trinidad and Tobago 19,803 31.954 619.72 28.989 683.12 Colombia 37,799 54.313 695.95 49.272 767.15 Brazil 56,641 45.300 1,250.34 41.096 1,378.26 Sweden 220,326 104.076 2,116.95 94.417 2,333.54 Denmark 429,135 229.982 1,865.94 208.637 2,056.85 United Kingdom 1,473,073 1,771.749 831.42 1,607.305 916.49 Belgium 14,040 24.603 570.65 22.320 629.03 France 1,917,973 1,485.833 1,290.84 1,347.926 1,422.91 Federal Republic of Germany 680,856 407.200 1,672.04 369.406 1,843.11 Austria 188,416 111.531 1,689.35 101.180 1,862.19 Switzerland 414,372 133.748 3,098.13 121.335 3,415.11 Latvia 100,320 51.452 1,949.76 46.677 2,149.24 Poland 270,282 334.016 809.19 303.015 891.98 Russia 446,986 1,605.075 278.48 1,456.100 306.97 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/11/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Spain 518,441 965.219 537.12 875.633 592.08 Italy 1,991,413 936.535 2,126.36 849.611 2,343.91 Slovenia 63,014 41.855 1,505.50 37.971 1,659.53 Romania 2,504 0.992 2,523.99 0.900 2,782.22 Saudi Arabia 134,904 67.622 1,994.96 61.346 2,199.07 United Arab Emirates 53,897 35.150 1,533.32 31.888 1,690.20 India 1,318,772 780.087 1,690.54 707.684 1,863.50 China 100,351 45.464 2,207.22 41.245 2,433.05 Korea, South 57,390 28.308 2,027.31 25.681 2,234.73 Taiwan 1,139,889 648.876 1,756.71 588.651 1,936.44 Japan 367,944 209.365 1,757.43 189.933 1,937.23 Australia 8,905 3.789 2,349.76 3.438 2,590.17 Egypt 11,983 19.895 602.29 18.049 663.91 South Africa 181,789 339.288 535.80 307.797 590.61 CATEGORY TOTAL 20,075,313 19,946.014 1,006.48 18,094.725 1,109.46 TOOL STEEL............................17 Canada 668,555 566.293 1,180.58 513.733 1,301.37 Mexico 35,234 18.680 1,886.10 16.947 2,079.07 Colombia 78,920 107.898 731.43 97.884 806.26 Brazil 1,097,874 740.469 1,482.67 671.743 1,634.37 Sweden 1,561,669 1,125.224 1,387.87 1,020.787 1,529.87 Denmark 2,824 3.561 792.91 3.231 874.03 United Kingdom 1,065,968 246.315 4,327.65 223.454 4,770.41 Netherlands 417,126 501.164 832.31 454.649 917.47 France 1,322,389 1,258.249 1,050.98 1,141.465 1,158.50 Federal Republic of Germany 1,946,863 1,202.567 1,618.92 1,090.951 1,784.56 Austria 2,108,717 808.660 2,607.67 733.605 2,874.46 Switzerland 213,665 134.033 1,594.12 121.593 1,757.21 Poland 13,740 22.046 623.24 20.000 687.00 Russia 94,604 87.533 1,080.78 79.409 1,191.35 Ukraine 137,435 35.878 3,830.62 32.548 4,222.53 Spain 150,517 161.768 930.45 146.754 1,025.64 Slovenia 1,029,703 841.235 1,224.04 763.156 1,349.27 India 30,124 20.383 1,477.83 18.492 1,629.03 China 720,516 319.596 2,254.46 289.933 2,485.11 Korea, South 152,670 81.808 1,866.20 74.215 2,057.13 Taiwan 708,834 496.272 1,428.32 450.211 1,574.45 Japan 3,650,006 5,285.648 690.55 4,795.061 761.20 CATEGORY TOTAL 17,207,953 14,065.291 1,223.43 12,759.821 1,348.60 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 16,792,427 30,635.985 548.13 27,792.506 604.21 Mexico 3,019,583 7,195.869 419.63 6,527.985 462.56 Guatemala 368,226 719.999 511.43 653.173 563.75 Dominican Republic 114,494 317.263 360.88 287.817 397.80 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/11/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Colombia 197,121 460.263 428.28 417.544 472.10 Venezuela 150,054 437.970 342.61 397.320 377.67 Chile 10,021 5.243 1,911.06 4.757 2,106.58 Argentina 631,936 1,414.119 446.88 1,282.868 492.60 Sweden 57,354 89.879 638.12 81.537 703.41 Norway 18,835 3.940 4,779.53 3.575 5,268.53 Finland 5,545 0.059 93,154.46 0.054 102,685.19 Denmark 25,641 4.238 6,049.71 3.845 6,668.66 United Kingdom 18,866 14.901 1,266.09 13.518 1,395.62 Netherlands 6,062 3.996 1,516.65 3.626 1,671.81 France 6,988 1.150 6,072.23 1.044 6,693.49 Federal Republic of Germany 680,163 447.398 1,520.26 405.873 1,675.80 Czech Republic 121,159 28.010 4,325.43 25.411 4,767.97 Poland 179,525 295.638 607.24 268.199 669.37 Ukraine 24,016 57.661 416.50 52.310 459.11 Spain 496,863 498.926 995.86 452.619 1,097.75 Italy 207,424 223.005 930.13 202.307 1,025.29 Romania 1,150,254 3,535.594 325.34 3,207.438 358.62 Turkey 855,188 2,237.988 382.12 2,030.270 421.22 United Arab Emirates 100,307 243.119 412.58 220.554 454.80 Oman 274,199 790.994 346.65 717.578 382.12 India 2,247,811 5,758.503 390.35 5,224.028 430.28 Pakistan 151,868 414.739 366.18 376.245 403.64 Thailand 4,150,196 10,393.202 399.32 9,428.557 440.17 China 2,547,253 6,749.381 377.41 6,122.938 416.02 Korea, South 782,645 1,795.987 435.77 1,629.293 480.36 Taiwan 20,765 3.664 5,667.18 3.324 6,246.99 Japan 220,752 57.822 3,817.73 52.456 4,208.33 South Africa 685,500 1,856.771 369.19 1,684.435 406.96 CATEGORY TOTAL 36,319,041 76,693.292 473.56 69,575.004 522.01 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 4,577,593 8,210.162 557.55 7,448.136 614.60 Mexico 638,594 1,305.590 489.12 1,184.412 539.17 Colombia 2,200,214 4,143.471 531.01 3,758.895 585.34 Venezuela 2,209,773 5,340.934 413.74 4,845.216 456.07 Sweden 805,718 1,706.341 472.19 1,547.967 520.50 United Kingdom 147,438 5.353 27,538.30 4.857 30,355.78 Federal Republic of Germany 4,643,256 6,432.157 721.88 5,835.157 795.74 Austria 7,331,933 11,364.759 645.15 10,309.939 711.15 Czech Republic 1,831,898 4,307.478 425.28 3,907.680 468.79 Spain 241,708 425.142 568.53 385.683 626.70 Romania 51,163 116.776 438.13 105.938 482.95 Turkey 371,155 915.061 405.61 830.130 447.10 India 746,184 1,355.014 550.68 1,229.249 607.02 China 11,202,219 19,909.335 562.66 18,061.450 620.23 Korea, South 4,005,280 9,667.538 414.30 8,770.246 456.69 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/11/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Taiwan 6,575 0.524 12,530.97 0.476 13,813.03 Japan 4,900,327 2,345.588 2,089.17 2,127.883 2,302.91 South Africa 1,808,421 3,999.865 452.12 3,628.618 498.38 CATEGORY TOTAL 47,719,449 81,551.097 585.15 73,981.932 645.01 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 2,382,232 5,178.588 460.02 4,697.938 507.08 Sweden 34,890 10.044 3,473.63 9.112 3,829.02 United Kingdom 59,336 98.707 601.13 89.546 662.63 Federal Republic of Germany 1,888,917 4,688.001 402.93 4,252.885 444.15 Czech Republic 530,369 885.205 599.15 803.045 660.45 Italy 53,848 45.995 1,170.74 41.726 1,290.51 Romania 689,874 1,851.548 372.59 1,679.697 410.71 India 1,104,731 2,618.885 421.83 2,375.814 464.99 Indonesia 215,938 655.733 329.31 594.872 363.00 China 844,666 2,018.367 418.49 1,831.033 461.31 Korea, South 314,704 949.086 331.59 860.997 365.51 Taiwan 19,391 60.543 320.28 54.924 353.05 Japan 436,145 929.704 469.12 843.414 517.12 South Africa 29,581 85.046 347.82 77.153 383.41 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,604,622 20,075.459 428.61 18,212.156 472.47 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 805,024 793.237 1,014.86 719.613 1,118.69 Mexico 3,431,385 6,391.683 536.85 5,798.439 591.78 Colombia 268,895 753.891 356.68 683.919 393.17 Venezuela 306,313 840.718 364.35 762.687 401.62 Brazil 5,305 11.899 445.82 10.795 491.43 Argentina 59,305 126.700 468.07 114.941 515.96 Netherlands 7,410 2.539 2,917.64 2.304 3,216.15 France 8,279 12.415 666.84 11.263 735.06 Federal Republic of Germany 97,526 198.498 491.32 180.075 541.59 Austria 302,346 496.588 608.85 450.498 671.14 Czech Republic 373,551 507.782 735.65 460.653 810.92 Poland 15,290 36.639 417.31 33.239 460.00 Turkey 46,997 137.171 342.61 124.440 377.67 India 223,696 561.983 398.05 509.823 438.77 China 800,207 2,059.919 388.47 1,868.728 428.21 Korea, South 532,450 1,523.340 349.53 1,381.952 385.29 Taiwan 88,969 271.790 327.34 246.564 360.84 Japan 11,208 18.679 600.01 16.946 661.40 South Africa 419,181 1,045.489 400.94 948.452 441.96 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,803,337 15,790.969 494.16 14,325.331 544.72 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/11/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 117,828 223.901 526.25 203.120 580.09 Mexico 705,197 1,577.979 446.90 1,431.519 492.62 Venezuela 712,440 1,980.767 359.68 1,796.923 396.48 Argentina 25,645 69.465 369.18 63.018 406.95 Turkey 562,459 1,633.029 344.43 1,481.460 379.67 Indonesia 22,094 67.093 329.30 60.866 362.99 Korea, South 592,760 1,449.225 409.02 1,314.716 450.87 Taiwan 530,240 1,587.502 334.01 1,440.158 368.18 Japan 79,469 207.096 383.73 187.875 422.99 South Africa 27,083 96.074 281.90 87.157 310.74 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,375,215 8,892.135 379.57 8,066.812 418.41 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 10,882,805 13,628.535 798.53 12,363.603 880.23 Mexico 10,580,246 20,812.649 508.36 18,880.923 560.37 Dominican Republic 158,174 442.153 357.74 401.115 394.34 Brazil 59,135 38.559 1,533.59 34.981 1,690.49 Argentina 1,125,442 1,481.722 759.55 1,344.196 837.26 Sweden 1,385,991 1,157.507 1,197.39 1,050.073 1,319.90 Denmark 13,219 5.849 2,259.67 5.307 2,490.86 United Kingdom 425,757 299.580 1,421.18 271.775 1,566.58 Ireland 4,516 0.004 1,024,211.86 0.004 1,129,000.00 Belgium 83,633 105.248 794.62 95.480 875.92 France 591,232 479.477 1,233.08 434.975 1,359.23 Federal Republic of Germany 3,699,757 3,347.384 1,105.27 3,036.697 1,218.35 Austria 140,675 80.971 1,737.34 73.456 1,915.09 Czech Republic 7,726 16.865 458.10 15.300 504.97 Slovakia 24,877 16.195 1,536.08 14.692 1,693.23 Switzerland 1,048,438 539.684 1,942.69 489.594 2,141.44 Spain 723,845 967.766 747.95 877.943 824.48 Italy 687,348 690.223 995.83 626.160 1,097.72 Romania 92,148 158.324 582.02 143.630 641.57 Turkey 1,478,694 4,319.097 342.36 3,918.220 377.39 India 393,232 439.428 894.87 398.643 986.43 Malaysia 3,475 0.500 6,943.76 0.454 7,654.19 China 388,827 398.080 976.75 361.133 1,076.69 Korea, South 675,508 1,763.979 382.95 1,600.256 422.12 Taiwan 186,871 94.356 1,980.47 85.599 2,183.10 Japan 1,972,211 1,501.805 1,313.23 1,362.415 1,447.58 Australia 31,406 65.243 481.37 59.188 530.61 CATEGORY TOTAL 36,865,188 52,851.195 697.53 47,945.812 768.89 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 89,019 18.893 4,711.59 17.140 5,193.64 Mexico 499,861 498.413 1,002.90 452.153 1,105.51 Argentina 1,070,111 999.897 1,070.22 907.092 1,179.72 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/11/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Sweden 48,245 49.125 982.07 44.566 1,082.55 Netherlands 40,076 0.771 51,937.64 0.700 57,251.43 France 344,367 402.772 854.99 365.389 942.47 Federal Republic of Germany 2,381,429 1,551.001 1,535.41 1,407.045 1,692.50 Italy 190,419 163.867 1,162.03 148.658 1,280.92 Israel 697,500 110.232 6,327.55 100.001 6,974.93 India 77,443 152.103 509.15 137.986 561.24 China 49,172 37.934 1,296.22 34.414 1,428.84 Korea, South 2,931,275 2,379.206 1,232.04 2,158.380 1,358.09 Taiwan 8,352 1.631 5,119.47 1.480 5,643.24 Japan 945,536 537.901 1,757.82 487.976 1,937.67 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,372,805 6,903.751 1,357.64 6,262.980 1,496.54 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D Canada 8,512,828 1,795.156 4,742.11 1,628.539 5,227.28 Mexico 197,721 90.510 2,184.50 82.110 2,408.00 Brazil 757,220 473.525 1,599.11 429.575 1,762.72 Sweden 451,026 63.883 7,060.15 57.954 7,782.48 Norway 7,052 1.058 6,664.03 0.960 7,345.83 Finland 296,796 149.459 1,985.80 135.587 2,188.97 United Kingdom 128,366 9.929 12,927.59 9.008 14,250.22 Ireland 10,715 2.464 4,347.27 2.236 4,792.04 Netherlands 36,505 2.582 14,134.35 2.343 15,580.45 Belgium 28,673 2.182 13,137.23 1.980 14,481.31 France 1,109,819 116.465 9,529.14 105.656 10,504.08 Federal Republic of Germany 972,165 103.073 9,431.74 93.507 10,396.71 Austria 602,734 92.357 6,526.12 83.785 7,193.82 Czech Republic 2,864,520 250.934 11,415.41 227.644 12,583.33 Switzerland 16,380 0.944 17,339.20 0.857 19,113.19 Ukraine 83,004 27.346 3,035.31 24.808 3,345.86 Spain 935,066 265.404 3,523.17 240.771 3,883.63 Italy 467,574 201.061 2,325.53 182.400 2,563.45 Israel 125,681 6.135 20,484.35 5.566 22,580.13 India 287,166 115.905 2,477.58 105.148 2,731.06 Malaysia 221,322 129.225 1,712.69 117.231 1,887.91 Singapore 141,002 69.552 2,027.27 63.097 2,234.69 China 878,175 377.797 2,324.46 342.732 2,562.28 Korea, South 1,053,990 424.750 2,481.44 385.327 2,735.31 Taiwan 3,354,829 1,720.097 1,950.37 1,560.447 2,149.92 Japan 3,329,081 930.692 3,576.99 844.310 3,942.96 Australia 66,551 22.046 3,018.70 20.000 3,327.55 South Africa 491,616 282.668 1,739.19 256.433 1,917.13 CATEGORY TOTAL 27,427,577 7,727.212 3,549.48 7,010.011 3,912.63 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 1,750,456 881.162 1,986.53 799.377 2,189.78 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/11/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Mexico 390,419 255.209 1,529.80 231.522 1,686.31 United Kingdom 78,211 4.021 19,449.52 3.648 21,439.42 Federal Republic of Germany 51,251 4.004 12,797.73 3.633 14,107.07 India 194,028 231.598 837.78 210.103 923.49 Vietnam 15,607 8.602 1,814.25 7.804 1,999.87 Philippines 3,055 0.403 7,572.27 0.366 8,346.99 Taiwan 3,244 2.200 1,474.40 1.996 1,625.25 Japan 306,717 104.757 2,927.89 95.034 3,227.44 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,792,988 1,491.959 1,872.03 1,353.483 2,063.56 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 11,418,166 25,191.241 453.26 22,853.116 499.63 Mexico 1,941,590 2,055.607 944.53 1,864.816 1,041.17 Sweden 28,897 19.400 1,489.48 17.600 1,641.88 Finland 548,366 275.070 1,993.55 249.540 2,197.51 United Kingdom 3,415 2.393 1,427.01 2.171 1,573.01 Netherlands 13,200 3.169 4,165.16 2.875 4,591.30 Belgium 2,220 2.343 947.30 2.126 1,044.21 Federal Republic of Germany 1,147,695 324.366 3,538.27 294.260 3,900.28 Austria 70,378 91.962 765.29 83.427 843.59 Italy 25,496 12.570 2,028.20 11.404 2,235.71 Romania 156,435 306.374 510.60 277.938 562.84 Turkey 430,541 1,255.676 342.88 1,139.131 377.96 India 2,760 0.241 11,433.02 0.219 12,602.74 China 10,135 7.866 1,288.44 7.136 1,420.26 Korea, South 483,492 1,752.777 275.84 1,590.093 304.07 Taiwan 263,310 148.362 1,774.78 134.592 1,956.36 Japan 350,690 241.981 1,449.24 219.522 1,597.52 Australia 19,573 48.791 401.16 44.263 442.20 South Africa 3,720 14.440 257.61 13.100 283.97 CATEGORY TOTAL 16,920,079 31,754.635 532.84 28,807.329 587.35 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 99,643 204.122 488.15 185.177 538.10 Mexico 114,498 116.272 984.74 105.481 1,085.48 Korea, South 3,160 8.308 380.35 7.537 419.26 CATEGORY TOTAL 217,301 328.703 661.08 298.195 728.72 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 14,026,654 24,959.862 561.97 22,643.213 619.46 Mexico 3,909,164 6,145.603 636.09 5,575.199 701.17 Trinidad and Tobago 223,283 1,206.829 185.02 1,094.818 203.95 Venezuela 451,463 864.519 522.21 784.279 575.64 Ecuador 28,298 58.292 485.45 52.882 535.12 Chile 193,168 377.289 511.99 342.271 564.37 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/11/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Brazil 581,364 1,215.443 478.31 1,102.632 527.25 Argentina 205,680 587.121 350.32 532.628 386.16 Sweden 1,369,676 507.135 2,700.81 460.066 2,977.13 Denmark 55,215 2.959 18,655.58 2.685 20,564.25 United Kingdom 952,944 845.580 1,126.97 767.098 1,242.27 Netherlands 15,663 2.211 7,083.37 2.006 7,808.08 Belgium 774,002 864.797 895.01 784.531 986.58 Luxembourg 440,652 586.377 751.48 531.953 828.37 France 2,017,461 1,532.860 1,316.14 1,390.588 1,450.80 Federal Republic of Germany 1,324,595 790.554 1,675.53 717.179 1,846.95 Austria 531,685 179.171 2,967.46 162.542 3,271.06 Czech Republic 6,657 19.569 340.18 17.753 374.98 Switzerland 118,903 26.991 4,405.25 24.486 4,855.96 Lithuania 11,409 22.680 503.04 20.575 554.51 Poland 301,435 339.039 889.08 307.572 980.05 Russia 110,213 333.618 330.36 302.654 364.16 Belarus 232,623 303.820 765.66 275.621 844.00 Spain 172,525 247.166 698.01 224.226 769.42 Italy 1,317,538 1,551.411 849.25 1,407.417 936.14 Greece 906,388 1,540.263 588.46 1,397.304 648.67 Turkey 113,601 161.308 704.25 146.337 776.30 Israel 274,265 545.097 503.15 494.504 554.63 India 1,629,677 1,062.132 1,534.34 963.551 1,691.32 Thailand 123,533 97.610 1,265.57 88.551 1,395.05 Malaysia 5,304 6.912 767.30 6.271 845.80 Indonesia 7,254 2.638 2,748.84 2.394 3,030.08 China 2,585,063 3,878.526 666.51 3,518.541 734.70 Korea, South 3,545,151 4,133.313 857.70 3,749.680 945.45 Hong Kong 9,574 22.046 434.27 20.000 478.70 Taiwan 1,566,938 1,563.122 1,002.44 1,418.041 1,105.00 Japan 6,049,715 7,062.842 856.56 6,407.305 944.19 South Africa 946,910 2,427.565 390.07 2,202.251 429.97 CATEGORY TOTAL 47,135,643 66,074.289 713.37 59,941.604 786.36 BLACK PLATE...........................28 Canada 220,007 478.696 459.60 434.266 506.62 Chile 79,797 223.251 357.43 202.530 394.00 Netherlands 24,327 44.259 549.64 40.152 605.87 France 19,882 20.723 959.40 18.800 1,057.55 Federal Republic of Germany 272,338 266.793 1,020.78 242.031 1,125.22 Japan 1,558,981 2,436.573 639.83 2,210.423 705.29 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,175,332 3,470.297 626.84 3,148.202 690.98 TIN PLATE.............................29 Canada 7,227,929 12,368.755 584.37 11,220.749 644.16 Brazil 1,523,616 2,676.375 569.28 2,427.968 627.53 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/11/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Norway 37,798 89.744 421.17 81.415 464.26 Netherlands 3,742,010 7,158.087 522.77 6,493.710 576.25 France 113,836 213.098 534.19 193.320 588.85 Federal Republic of Germany 4,760,545 8,652.273 550.21 7,849.213 606.50 Korea, South 34,191 69.125 494.62 62.710 545.22 Japan 431,723 658.529 655.59 597.408 722.66 CATEGORY TOTAL 17,871,648 31,885.991 560.49 28,926.493 617.83 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A Canada 2,005,500 3,335.076 601.34 3,025.531 662.86 Netherlands 254,389 588.813 432.04 534.163 476.24 France 174,787 341.382 512.00 309.697 564.38 Federal Republic of Germany 498,402 1,063.742 468.54 965.011 516.47 Korea, South 2,382 2.808 848.08 2.548 934.85 Japan 841,493 1,473.509 571.08 1,336.746 629.51 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,776,953 6,805.333 555.00 6,173.696 611.78 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 10,475,133 30,381.912 344.78 27,562.015 380.06 Mexico 3,056,054 10,243.118 298.35 9,292.403 328.88 Venezuela 195,353 822.671 237.46 746.315 261.76 Sweden 1,400,801 2,755.819 508.31 2,500.038 560.31 United Kingdom 66,752 15.763 4,234.71 14.300 4,667.97 Netherlands 7,781,828 26,951.263 288.74 24,449.782 318.28 Belgium 250,130 702.028 356.30 636.870 392.75 France 2,781,389 10,613.929 262.05 9,628.798 288.86 Federal Republic of Germany 151,131 442.349 341.66 401.293 376.61 Austria 1,640,125 3,940.955 416.17 3,575.176 458.75 Slovakia 5,546 20.377 272.17 18.486 300.01 Hungary 213,533 980.748 217.72 889.720 240.00 Italy 256,027 176.784 1,448.25 160.376 1,596.42 India 37,458 21.898 1,710.53 19.866 1,885.53 Korea, South 8,747,081 29,966.428 291.90 27,185.094 321.76 Japan 890,094 1,700.744 523.36 1,542.890 576.90 Australia 6,382,054 27,635.245 230.94 25,070.280 254.57 New Zealand 690,489 3,913.314 176.45 3,550.100 194.50 South Africa 35,116 33.102 1,060.83 30.030 1,169.36 CATEGORY TOTAL 45,056,094 151,318.455 297.76 137,273.832 328.22 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 19,921,760 34,272.624 581.27 31,091.611 640.74 Mexico 20,099,547 26,143.090 768.83 23,716.619 847.49 Chile 498,032 1,574.375 316.34 1,428.250 348.70 Brazil 1,765,176 1,353.135 1,304.51 1,227.544 1,437.97 Argentina 1,021,431 3,579.374 285.37 3,247.155 314.56 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/11/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Sweden 2,815,399 2,877.877 978.29 2,610.767 1,078.38 Finland 508,351 244.091 2,082.63 221.436 2,295.70 United Kingdom 97,855 27.814 3,518.11 25.233 3,878.06 Netherlands 702,566 1,447.552 485.35 1,313.198 535.00 Belgium 4,161,933 9,114.157 456.64 8,268.227 503.36 Luxembourg 386,605 676.135 571.79 613.380 630.29 France 2,198,122 2,768.039 794.11 2,511.124 875.35 Federal Republic of Germany 3,013,343 2,727.878 1,104.65 2,474.690 1,217.66 Austria 81,099 29.319 2,766.06 26.598 3,049.06 Switzerland 59,946 11.387 5,263.97 10.331 5,802.54 Italy 4,822,125 3,464.495 1,391.87 3,142.938 1,534.27 Turkey 19,940 58.026 343.63 52.641 378.79 India 92,977 59.321 1,567.33 53.816 1,727.68 Thailand 189,398 114.603 1,652.63 103.967 1,821.71 China 562,278 377.868 1,488.02 342.797 1,640.27 Korea, South 217,459 79.420 2,738.07 72.049 3,018.21 Taiwan 2,325,639 1,446.649 1,607.60 1,312.379 1,772.08 Japan 3,284,171 4,383.631 749.19 3,976.765 825.84 New Zealand 190,503 776.434 245.36 704.370 270.46 South Africa 2,399,026 6,862.569 349.58 6,225.620 385.35 CATEGORY TOTAL 71,434,681 104,469.877 683.78 94,773.505 753.74 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 23,387,389 43,670.236 535.55 39,616.983 590.34 Mexico 10,174,083 18,680.046 544.65 16,946.258 600.37 Guatemala 270,788 380.245 712.14 344.953 785.00 Colombia 566,847 1,450.825 390.71 1,316.167 430.68 Venezuela 438,004 977.935 447.89 887.168 493.71 Brazil 730,963 1,504.728 485.78 1,365.067 535.48 Argentina 614,391 1,715.092 358.23 1,555.906 394.88 Sweden 30,181 43.054 701.00 39.058 772.72 Finland 13,074 25.000 522.95 22.680 576.46 Belgium 25,907 59.723 433.78 54.180 478.17 Luxembourg 520,284 984.859 528.28 893.450 582.33 France 138,406 330.540 418.73 299.861 461.57 Federal Republic of Germany 2,590,271 6,476.925 399.92 5,875.770 440.84 Austria 19,865 27.686 717.49 25.117 790.90 Spain 2,828,318 4,842.261 584.09 4,392.827 643.85 India 6,246,897 15,009.682 416.19 13,616.559 458.77 Taiwan 1,706,104 2,870.299 594.40 2,603.893 655.21 Japan 247,438 388.222 637.36 352.190 702.57 New Zealand 58,037 86.090 674.14 78.100 743.11 South Africa 1,307,064 3,266.420 400.15 2,963.248 441.09 CATEGORY TOTAL 51,914,311 102,789.877 505.05 93,249.435 556.73 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/11/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 1,493,622 1,453.438 1,027.65 1,318.538 1,132.79 Brazil 92,575 257.532 359.47 233.630 396.25 Argentina 123,334 290.154 425.06 263.224 468.55 Belgium 10,857 26.708 406.49 24.230 448.08 Luxembourg 103,324 248.527 415.75 225.460 458.28 Federal Republic of Germany 596,082 1,204.074 495.05 1,092.318 545.70 Spain 430,275 649.075 662.90 588.832 730.73 Thailand 351,935 669.119 525.97 607.015 579.78 Japan 249,609 361.128 691.19 327.610 761.91 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,451,613 5,159.760 668.95 4,680.857 737.39 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 Canada 7,362,012 9,575.734 768.82 8,686.963 847.48 Mexico 4,685,646 8,527.042 549.50 7,735.605 605.72 Argentina 37,299 90.296 413.07 81.916 455.33 United Kingdom 28,139 25.444 1,105.89 23.083 1,219.04 Belgium 408,658 405.431 1,007.96 367.801 1,111.08 Luxembourg 573,307 1,433.713 399.88 1,300.643 440.79 Federal Republic of Germany 499,871 347.453 1,438.67 315.205 1,585.86 Italy 13,976 0.747 18,700.32 0.678 20,613.57 China 3,236 0.060 53,375.47 0.055 58,836.36 Korea, South 163,225 363.057 449.58 329.360 495.58 Taiwan 18,830 38.652 487.16 35.065 537.00 Japan 888,032 537.027 1,653.61 487.183 1,822.79 Australia 157,680 178.549 883.12 161.977 973.47 CATEGORY TOTAL 14,839,911 21,523.210 689.48 19,525.534 760.03 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 Sweden 16,266 5.641 2,883.21 5.118 3,178.19 United Kingdom 505,568 575.030 879.20 521.659 969.15 Belgium 154,802 266.615 580.62 241.870 640.02 France 799,677 957.373 835.28 868.515 920.74 Federal Republic of Germany 677,724 806.720 840.10 731.845 926.05 Russia 3,008,176 3,740.458 804.23 3,393.288 886.51 Japan 333,367 552.468 603.41 501.191 665.15 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,495,580 6,904.309 795.96 6,263.486 877.40 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 1,816,593 5,011.814 362.46 4,546.643 399.55 Mexico 221,360 466.022 475.00 422.769 523.60 United Kingdom 9,757 14.239 685.20 12.918 755.30 Federal Republic of Germany 5,451 1.115 4,886.43 1.012 5,386.36 Japan 19,036 13.608 1,398.88 12.345 1,542.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,072,197 5,506.800 376.30 4,995.687 414.80 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/11/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 3,687,274 4,996.144 738.02 4,532.427 813.53 Mexico 1,590,398 1,232.540 1,290.34 1,118.142 1,422.36 Chile 15,009 27.392 547.93 24.850 603.98 Brazil 163,827 148.813 1,100.89 135.001 1,213.52 Sweden 2,510,408 526.119 4,771.55 477.288 5,259.73 Finland 74,495 43.102 1,728.32 39.102 1,905.15 United Kingdom 934,127 462.649 2,019.08 419.709 2,225.65 Netherlands 9,925 11.990 827.71 10.878 912.39 France 1,231,593 357.116 3,448.71 323.971 3,801.55 Federal Republic of Germany 5,388,283 2,695.960 1,998.65 2,445.735 2,203.13 Austria 245,163 42.502 5,768.15 38.558 6,358.29 Switzerland 36,670 21.464 1,708.43 19.472 1,883.22 Italy 68,791 18.329 3,753.08 16.628 4,137.06 India 109,228 170.606 640.23 154.772 705.73 China 22,643 18.529 1,221.97 16.810 1,347.00 Korea, South 621,973 436.994 1,423.30 396.435 1,568.92 Taiwan 375,807 293.435 1,280.72 266.200 1,411.75 Japan 3,164,447 656.429 4,820.70 595.503 5,313.91 CATEGORY TOTAL 20,250,061 12,160.122 1,665.28 11,031.481 1,835.66 GRAND TOTAL 808,545,284 1,701,171.816 475.29 1,543,277.547 523.91 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/11/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Canada 53,332 60.627 879.67 55.000 969.67 Mexico 149,735 321.522 465.71 291.680 513.35 Belgium 84,379 7.958 10,602.13 7.220 11,686.84 CATEGORY TOTAL 287,446 390.107 736.84 353.900 812.22 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 479,192 757.938 632.23 687.590 696.92 Mexico 3,102,720 12,060.523 257.26 10,941.126 283.58 United Kingdom 115,078 132.262 870.07 119.987 959.09 France 508,804 364.721 1,395.05 330.870 1,537.78 Federal Republic of Germany 1,323,781 4,222.605 313.50 3,830.684 345.57 Italy 129,445 43.442 2,979.71 39.410 3,284.57 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,659,020 17,581.493 321.87 15,949.667 354.80 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 251,866 552.359 455.98 501.092 502.63 United Kingdom 2,119,611 4,500.389 470.98 4,082.686 519.17 Luxembourg 236,086 544.098 433.90 493.598 478.30 Federal Republic of Germany 14,912 21.820 683.40 19.795 753.32 Spain 2,801,309 10,182.688 275.11 9,237.582 303.25 Italy 598,594 985.862 607.18 894.360 669.30 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,022,378 16,787.218 358.75 15,229.113 395.45 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 5,806,394 12,454.239 466.22 11,298.299 513.92 Sweden 518,915 757.708 684.85 687.382 754.92 United Kingdom 161,408 150.906 1,069.59 136.900 1,179.02 Belgium 425,704 222.200 1,915.85 201.577 2,111.87 France 657,225 526.160 1,249.10 477.325 1,376.89 Federal Republic of Germany 426,393 600.305 710.29 544.588 782.96 Poland 257,530 577.440 445.99 523.845 491.61 Spain 37,000 41.371 894.33 37.532 985.83 Japan 1,448,052 3,283.118 441.06 2,978.396 486.19 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,738,621 18,613.451 523.20 16,885.844 576.73 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 1,272,054 3,599.869 353.36 3,265.748 389.51 Sweden 541,150 1,181.060 458.19 1,071.440 505.07 Netherlands 822,226 2,771.289 296.69 2,514.072 327.05 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/11/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE France 171,370 570.895 300.18 517.908 330.89 Japan 92,765 222.049 417.77 201.440 460.51 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,899,565 8,345.164 347.45 7,570.608 383.00 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Canada 12,020 11.784 1,019.96 10.691 1,124.31 Japan 197,152 275.027 716.84 249.501 790.19 CATEGORY TOTAL 209,172 286.812 729.30 260.192 803.91 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 12,189,443 30,288.835 402.44 27,477.577 443.61 Mexico 1,609,034 4,739.568 339.49 4,299.665 374.22 Trinidad and Tobago 459,539 1,876.390 244.91 1,702.233 269.96 Colombia 7,352 9.565 768.57 8.678 847.20 Brazil 383,318 344.184 1,113.70 312.239 1,227.64 Sweden 896,739 460.580 1,946.97 417.832 2,146.17 United Kingdom 658,532 1,234.877 533.28 1,120.262 587.84 Netherlands 182,488 218.311 835.91 198.049 921.43 France 453,708 507.262 894.42 460.181 985.93 Federal Republic of Germany 28,846 58.844 490.21 53.383 540.36 Austria 92,214 53.287 1,730.49 48.342 1,907.53 Czech Republic 3,247,421 6,340.784 512.15 5,752.265 564.55 Latvia 1,707,063 6,637.440 257.19 6,021.386 283.50 Russia 43,077 129.295 333.17 117.295 367.25 Spain 353,990 594.669 595.27 539.475 656.17 Turkey 1,306,480 2,990.855 436.82 2,713.259 481.52 India 59,409 80.976 733.65 73.461 808.71 China 41,375 39.015 1,060.48 35.394 1,168.98 Korea, South 35,499 35.714 993.96 32.400 1,095.65 Taiwan 35,314 24.655 1,432.30 22.367 1,578.84 Japan 4,916,999 9,974.625 492.95 9,048.831 543.38 CATEGORY TOTAL 28,707,840 66,639.741 430.79 60,454.574 474.87 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 114,569 242.186 473.06 219.708 521.46 Mexico 283,355 815.725 347.37 740.014 382.90 Austria 216,671 59.663 3,631.54 54.126 4,003.09 CATEGORY TOTAL 614,595 1,117.575 549.94 1,013.848 606.20 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 865,513 629.791 1,374.29 571.337 1,514.89 Colombia 37,799 54.313 695.95 49.272 767.15 Brazil 8,936 7.723 1,156.93 7.007 1,275.30 Sweden 3,148 3.289 957.04 2.984 1,054.96 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/11/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE United Kingdom 429,678 547.966 784.13 497.107 864.36 France 528,819 760.169 695.66 689.614 766.83 Federal Republic of Germany 16,775 11.635 1,441.65 10.556 1,589.14 Switzerland 7,414 0.249 29,760.48 0.226 32,805.31 Poland 229,743 269.928 851.13 244.875 938.21 Russia 6,692 18.080 370.13 16.402 408.00 Spain 208,762 294.097 709.84 266.801 782.46 Italy 10,071 7.992 1,260.00 7.251 1,388.91 Taiwan 10,378 10.570 981.83 9.589 1,082.28 Japan 121,951 128.508 948.97 116.581 1,046.06 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,485,679 2,744.315 905.76 2,489.602 998.42 TOOL STEEL............................17 Canada 668,555 566.293 1,180.58 513.733 1,301.37 Mexico 35,234 18.680 1,886.10 16.947 2,079.07 Colombia 78,920 107.898 731.43 97.884 806.26 Brazil 1,097,874 740.469 1,482.67 671.743 1,634.37 Sweden 1,561,669 1,125.224 1,387.87 1,020.787 1,529.87 Denmark 2,824 3.561 792.91 3.231 874.03 United Kingdom 1,065,968 246.315 4,327.65 223.454 4,770.41 Netherlands 417,126 501.164 832.31 454.649 917.47 France 1,322,389 1,258.249 1,050.98 1,141.465 1,158.50 Federal Republic of Germany 1,946,863 1,202.567 1,618.92 1,090.951 1,784.56 Austria 2,108,717 808.660 2,607.67 733.605 2,874.46 Switzerland 213,665 134.033 1,594.12 121.593 1,757.21 Poland 13,740 22.046 623.24 20.000 687.00 Russia 94,604 87.533 1,080.78 79.409 1,191.35 Ukraine 137,435 35.878 3,830.62 32.548 4,222.53 Spain 150,517 161.768 930.45 146.754 1,025.64 Slovenia 1,029,703 841.235 1,224.04 763.156 1,349.27 India 30,124 20.383 1,477.83 18.492 1,629.03 China 720,516 319.596 2,254.46 289.933 2,485.11 Korea, South 152,670 81.808 1,866.20 74.215 2,057.13 Taiwan 708,834 496.272 1,428.32 450.211 1,574.45 Japan 3,650,006 5,285.648 690.55 4,795.061 761.20 CATEGORY TOTAL 17,207,953 14,065.291 1,223.43 12,759.821 1,348.60 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 127,937 35.017 3,653.56 31.767 4,027.36 Mexico 68,392 136.020 502.81 123.396 554.25 Argentina 179,599 214.147 838.67 194.271 924.48 Federal Republic of Germany 56,690 48.913 1,158.97 44.374 1,277.55 Czech Republic 121,159 28.010 4,325.43 25.411 4,767.97 Spain 62,982 58.046 1,085.02 52.659 1,196.03 Italy 8,229 6.069 1,355.83 5.506 1,494.55 Taiwan 2,025 0.028 70,655.75 0.026 77,884.62 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/11/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 44,867 34.670 1,294.08 31.453 1,426.48 CATEGORY TOTAL 671,880 560.925 1,197.81 508.863 1,320.36 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 3,404,471 5,884.643 578.53 5,338.460 637.73 United Kingdom 116,763 4.289 27,223.24 3.891 30,008.48 Federal Republic of Germany 2,677,310 3,535.945 757.17 3,207.757 834.64 Austria 3,680,050 5,753.102 639.66 5,219.128 705.11 Spain 241,708 425.142 568.53 385.683 626.70 India 597,818 1,065.655 560.99 966.747 618.38 China 6,486,119 10,002.978 648.42 9,074.552 714.76 Taiwan 6,575 0.524 12,530.97 0.476 13,813.03 Japan 4,671,174 1,927.288 2,423.70 1,748.407 2,671.67 CATEGORY TOTAL 21,881,988 28,599.570 765.12 25,945.101 843.40 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 2,372,660 5,169.788 458.95 4,689.955 505.90 Sweden 34,890 10.044 3,473.63 9.112 3,829.02 Japan 207,334 437.467 473.94 396.864 522.43 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,614,884 5,617.300 465.51 5,095.931 513.13 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 165,245 312.921 528.07 283.878 582.10 Mexico 2,660 0.625 4,255.93 0.567 4,691.36 Federal Republic of Germany 14,854 24.756 600.00 22.459 661.38 India 3,192 3.968 804.37 3.600 886.67 Japan 11,208 18.679 600.01 16.946 661.40 CATEGORY TOTAL 197,159 360.951 546.22 327.450 602.10 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 1,294,241 1,833.599 705.85 1,663.414 778.06 Mexico 1,888,631 2,426.449 778.35 2,201.239 857.99 Brazil 42,614 19.036 2,238.49 17.270 2,467.52 Argentina 757,107 797.982 948.78 723.918 1,045.85 Sweden 1,170,471 985.262 1,187.98 893.815 1,309.52 United Kingdom 421,788 297.983 1,415.48 270.326 1,560.29 Ireland 4,516 0.004 1,024,211.86 0.004 1,129,000.00 France 424,708 298.005 1,425.17 270.346 1,570.98 Federal Republic of Germany 2,309,135 2,206.933 1,046.31 2,002.097 1,153.36 Switzerland 91,494 53.340 1,715.27 48.390 1,890.76 Spain 201,531 201.855 998.39 183.120 1,100.54 Italy 168,030 186.138 902.72 168.862 995.07 India 228,096 260.526 875.52 236.346 965.09 Malaysia 3,475 0.500 6,943.76 0.454 7,654.19 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/11/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE China 199,445 75.486 2,642.14 68.480 2,912.46 Korea, South 13,570 10.915 1,243.23 9.902 1,370.43 Taiwan 75,668 45.134 1,676.51 40.945 1,848.04 Japan 1,257,805 1,063.493 1,182.71 964.785 1,303.72 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,552,325 10,762.648 980.46 9,763.713 1,080.77 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Argentina 456,256 367.660 1,240.97 333.536 1,367.94 Sweden 45,749 49.042 932.84 44.491 1,028.28 Federal Republic of Germany 2,238,924 1,386.236 1,615.11 1,257.573 1,780.35 Italy 57,386 39.025 1,470.49 35.403 1,620.94 Israel 697,500 110.232 6,327.55 100.001 6,974.93 India 19,786 26.829 737.48 24.339 812.93 Taiwan 6,092 1.499 4,063.66 1.360 4,479.41 Japan 894,363 499.250 1,791.41 452.913 1,974.69 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,416,056 2,479.776 1,780.83 2,249.616 1,963.03 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 845,658 310.523 2,723.33 281.702 3,001.96 United Kingdom 78,211 4.021 19,449.52 3.648 21,439.42 Federal Republic of Germany 51,251 4.004 12,797.73 3.633 14,107.07 Philippines 3,055 0.403 7,572.27 0.366 8,346.99 Taiwan 3,244 2.200 1,474.40 1.996 1,625.25 CATEGORY TOTAL 981,419 321.152 3,055.93 291.345 3,368.58 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 321,388 231.761 1,386.72 210.251 1,528.59 Finland 548,366 275.070 1,993.55 249.540 2,197.51 Netherlands 13,200 3.169 4,165.16 2.875 4,591.30 Federal Republic of Germany 1,041,511 224.376 4,641.80 203.551 5,116.71 Austria 2,093 2.307 907.18 2.093 1,000.00 Italy 8,843 4.001 2,209.98 3.630 2,436.09 India 2,760 0.241 11,433.02 0.219 12,602.74 China 4,125 3.137 1,314.88 2.846 1,449.40 Taiwan 263,310 148.362 1,774.78 134.592 1,956.36 Japan 328,360 221.258 1,484.06 200.722 1,635.89 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,533,956 1,113.685 2,275.29 1,010.319 2,508.08 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 820,253 1,427.821 574.48 1,295.298 633.25 Mexico 1,176,220 1,627.368 722.77 1,476.324 796.72 Venezuela 2,100 2.549 823.64 2.313 907.91 Sweden 153,845 139.457 1,103.17 126.514 1,216.03 United Kingdom 172,562 10.275 16,793.14 9.322 18,511.26 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/11/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Netherlands 3,208 0.244 13,109.23 0.222 14,450.45 France 40,956 2.668 15,346.83 2.421 16,916.98 Federal Republic of Germany 373,784 308.627 1,211.12 279.982 1,335.03 Austria 172,249 40.846 4,217.02 37.055 4,648.47 Poland 301,435 339.039 889.08 307.572 980.05 Italy 816,754 1,019.041 801.49 924.459 883.49 Turkey 113,601 161.308 704.25 146.337 776.30 Thailand 36,664 50.926 719.94 46.200 793.59 China 82,181 73.782 1,113.83 66.934 1,227.79 Korea, South 829,950 1,154.136 719.11 1,047.015 792.68 Taiwan 167,292 277.554 602.74 251.793 664.40 Japan 3,015,433 3,332.845 904.76 3,023.507 997.33 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,278,487 9,968.493 830.47 9,043.268 915.43 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 1,610,637 4,174.397 385.84 3,786.951 425.31 Sweden 1,287,626 2,638.715 487.97 2,393.803 537.90 United Kingdom 66,752 15.763 4,234.71 14.300 4,667.97 Netherlands 477,177 1,549.764 307.90 1,405.923 339.40 Belgium 74,436 261.335 284.83 237.080 313.97 France 231,629 793.100 292.05 719.489 321.94 Austria 364,030 737.291 493.74 668.860 544.25 Japan 634,485 1,417.415 447.64 1,285.858 493.43 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,746,772 11,587.784 409.64 10,512.264 451.55 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 1,106,058 2,394.963 461.83 2,172.675 509.08 Brazil 207,270 450.003 460.60 408.236 507.72 Sweden 479,050 738.561 648.63 670.012 714.99 Netherlands 591,344 1,113.073 531.27 1,009.764 585.63 France 341,057 673.106 506.69 610.632 558.53 Federal Republic of Germany 465,715 951.329 489.54 863.032 539.63 Austria 81,099 29.319 2,766.06 26.598 3,049.06 Japan 2,362,855 3,113.983 758.79 2,824.959 836.42 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,634,448 9,464.340 595.33 8,585.908 656.24 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 3,031,387 6,222.944 487.13 5,645.362 536.97 Brazil 730,963 1,504.728 485.78 1,365.067 535.48 France 131,370 319.987 410.55 290.288 452.55 Federal Republic of Germany 2,408,390 6,022.939 399.87 5,463.920 440.78 Spain 2,771,788 4,739.833 584.79 4,299.906 644.62 Japan 137,968 267.674 515.43 242.830 568.17 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,211,866 19,078.107 482.85 17,307.373 532.25 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/11/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 1,391,751 1,295.731 1,074.10 1,175.468 1,184.00 Federal Republic of Germany 259,394 521.007 497.87 472.650 548.81 Japan 216,026 319.659 675.80 289.990 744.94 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,867,171 2,136.397 873.98 1,938.108 963.40 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 Sweden 16,266 5.641 2,883.21 5.118 3,178.19 United Kingdom 505,568 575.030 879.20 521.659 969.15 Belgium 154,802 266.615 580.62 241.870 640.02 France 799,677 957.373 835.28 868.515 920.74 Federal Republic of Germany 677,724 806.720 840.10 731.845 926.05 Russia 3,008,176 3,740.458 804.23 3,393.288 886.51 Japan 333,367 552.468 603.41 501.191 665.15 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,495,580 6,904.309 795.96 6,263.486 877.40 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 289,382 693.630 417.20 629.251 459.88 Japan 3,946 1.796 2,196.17 1.630 2,420.86 CATEGORY TOTAL 293,328 695.427 421.80 630.881 464.95 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 214,253 306.486 699.06 278.040 770.58 Mexico 20,095 38.464 522.44 34.894 575.89 Sweden 269,884 83.791 3,220.92 76.014 3,550.45 United Kingdom 49,585 22.685 2,185.75 20.580 2,409.38 Netherlands 9,925 11.990 827.71 10.878 912.39 France 565,992 66.574 8,501.69 60.395 9,371.50 Federal Republic of Germany 3,441,499 1,534.307 2,243.03 1,391.901 2,472.52 Korea, South 2,724 0.962 2,830.67 0.873 3,120.27 Japan 49,560 5.896 8,405.33 5.349 9,265.28 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,623,517 2,071.158 2,232.33 1,878.924 2,460.73 GRAND TOTAL 157,833,105 258,293.203 611.06 234,319.719 673.58 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/11/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Canada 3,420 7.278 469.87 6.603 517.95 Mexico 3,500 3.326 1,052.07 3.018 1,159.71 Sweden 6,463 13.754 469.88 12.478 517.95 Italy 3,533 0.008 400,635.57 0.008 441,625.00 Slovenia 67,190 59.733 1,124.84 54.189 1,239.92 CATEGORY TOTAL 84,106 84.101 1,000.05 76.296 1,102.36 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 5,290,854 24,500.387 215.95 22,226.384 238.04 Mexico 17,140,990 80,115.892 213.95 72,679.936 235.84 Brazil 24,885,970 121,018.453 205.64 109,786.125 226.68 Finland 2,291,630 11,082.965 206.77 10,054.300 227.93 United Kingdom 110,713 210.855 525.07 191.285 578.79 Netherlands 9,884 35.273 280.21 32.000 308.88 Federal Republic of Germany 4,666,056 17,724.658 263.25 16,079.544 290.19 Spain 48,305 92.142 524.24 83.590 577.88 India 22,212 43.045 516.02 39.050 568.81 Japan 6,386,475 27,804.727 229.69 25,224.032 253.19 Australia 29,372 46.784 627.82 42.442 692.05 CATEGORY TOTAL 60,882,461 282,675.186 215.38 256,438.688 237.42 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 16,400,435 49,874.798 328.83 45,245.669 362.48 Mexico 36,501 95.952 380.41 87.047 419.33 Trinidad and Tobago 2,750,794 11,048.459 248.98 10,022.997 274.45 Venezuela 34,627 112.762 307.08 102.296 338.50 Brazil 3,918,270 13,884.367 282.21 12,595.690 311.08 United Kingdom 762,922 2,479.301 307.72 2,249.185 339.20 Luxembourg 13,727 38.824 353.57 35.221 389.74 France 25,919 72.906 355.51 66.140 391.88 Federal Republic of Germany 2,217,312 5,682.620 390.19 5,155.188 430.11 Czech Republic 410,104 1,424.119 287.97 1,291.940 317.43 Spain 934,572 3,026.694 308.78 2,745.772 340.37 Turkey 6,992,827 28,501.452 245.35 25,856.090 270.45 India 1,332,839 5,761.581 231.33 5,226.820 255.00 Japan 2,542,837 7,428.385 342.31 6,738.920 377.34 South Africa 2,647,625 11,260.169 235.13 10,215.057 259.19 CATEGORY TOTAL 41,021,311 140,692.397 291.57 127,634.032 321.40 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/11/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 3,464,717 7,797.555 444.33 7,073.825 489.79 Mexico 953,265 2,237.013 426.13 2,029.385 469.73 Brazil 244,056 828.223 294.67 751.352 324.82 Norway 907,111 1,876.293 483.46 1,702.145 532.92 United Kingdom 2,418,077 4,794.990 504.29 4,349.943 555.89 Belgium 78,223 268.611 291.21 243.680 321.01 Luxembourg 2,224,939 5,273.668 421.90 4,784.193 465.06 Federal Republic of Germany 863,670 1,537.096 561.88 1,394.431 619.37 Switzerland 2,357 3.931 599.45 3.567 660.78 Poland 1,784,519 5,815.550 306.85 5,275.780 338.25 Spain 83,588 160.551 520.63 145.650 573.90 Turkey 53,544 190.125 281.62 172.479 310.44 Korea, South 202,857 824.729 245.97 748.182 271.13 Taiwan 14,020 20.616 680.04 18.703 749.61 South Africa 9,770 21.291 458.88 19.315 505.82 CATEGORY TOTAL 13,304,713 31,650.247 420.37 28,712.630 463.37 STEEL PILING...........................5 Canada 748,233 1,429.128 523.56 1,296.484 577.12 United Kingdom 661,309 2,124.438 311.29 1,927.259 343.13 Luxembourg 3,364,036 6,739.454 499.16 6,113.932 550.22 Spain 3,829 1.969 1,943.82 1.787 2,142.70 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,777,407 10,294.991 464.05 9,339.462 511.53 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 3,440,928 10,589.517 324.94 9,606.651 358.18 Mexico 32,832 89.758 365.78 81.428 403.20 Norway 171,877 373.470 460.22 338.807 507.30 Belgium 495,836 1,290.045 384.36 1,170.310 423.68 Federal Republic of Germany 23,866 17.466 1,366.42 15.845 1,506.22 Czech Republic 3,349,953 12,422.770 269.66 11,269.751 297.25 Hungary 10,591 40.547 261.20 36.784 287.92 Ukraine 395,944 1,285.351 308.04 1,166.052 339.56 Australia 5,608 27.435 204.41 24.889 225.32 South Africa 1,210,280 3,665.753 330.16 3,325.517 363.94 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,137,715 29,802.117 306.61 27,036.034 337.98 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 5,630,773 17,407.007 323.48 15,791.376 356.57 Mexico 212,084 799.699 265.20 725.475 292.34 Venezuela 315,982 1,322.882 238.86 1,200.099 263.30 Netherlands 468,326 1,796.722 260.66 1,629.960 287.32 Belgium 39,715 162.601 244.25 147.510 269.24 France 1,120,654 4,088.255 274.12 3,708.804 302.16 Federal Republic of Germany 75,209 312.295 240.83 283.310 265.47 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/11/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Hungary 90,674 416.464 217.72 377.810 240.00 Japan 29,300 59.943 488.79 54.380 538.80 New Zealand 55,165 316.517 174.29 287.140 192.12 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,037,882 26,682.390 301.24 24,205.864 332.06 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Luxembourg 63,303 129.188 490.00 117.198 540.14 Federal Republic of Germany 12,671 0.985 12,857.88 0.894 14,173.38 Japan 863,339 1,999.007 431.88 1,813.470 476.07 CATEGORY TOTAL 939,313 2,129.182 441.16 1,931.562 486.30 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 Canada 209,180 490.489 426.47 444.965 470.10 Luxembourg 33,461 66.505 503.13 60.333 554.61 Federal Republic of Germany 119,582 57.740 2,071.04 52.381 2,282.93 Austria 75,703 48.258 1,568.71 43.779 1,729.21 Poland 125,843 379.459 331.64 344.240 365.57 Spain 232,070 534.175 434.45 484.596 478.89 Japan 51,218 104.057 492.21 94.399 542.57 CATEGORY TOTAL 847,057 1,680.685 503.99 1,524.693 555.56 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 Canada 143,712 120.920 1,188.49 109.697 1,310.08 Brazil 38,420 65.564 585.99 59.479 645.94 Poland 10,980 19.014 577.44 17.250 636.52 China 13,717 18.399 745.50 16.692 821.77 CATEGORY TOTAL 206,829 223.899 923.76 203.118 1,018.27 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 14,745,089 36,858.937 400.04 33,437.875 440.97 Mexico 1,944,102 5,684.238 342.02 5,156.656 377.01 Brazil 13,659 42.965 317.90 38.978 350.43 Argentina 955,279 2,913.237 327.91 2,642.845 361.46 United Kingdom 4,868,431 13,599.450 357.99 12,337.217 394.61 Federal Republic of Germany 285,663 352.515 810.36 319.797 893.26 Czech Republic 520,899 1,572.380 331.28 1,426.440 365.17 Russia 102,659 353.101 290.74 320.328 320.48 Turkey 750,451 2,642.097 284.04 2,396.871 313.10 India 164,815 305.318 539.81 276.980 595.04 Malaysia 6,706 20.257 331.04 18.377 364.91 Japan 773,256 1,610.126 480.25 1,460.683 529.38 South Africa 395,641 1,501.250 263.54 1,361.912 290.50 CATEGORY TOTAL 25,526,650 67,455.876 378.42 61,194.959 417.14 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/11/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 5,193,004 10,858.363 478.25 9,850.544 527.18 Mexico 803,082 2,402.332 334.29 2,179.360 368.49 Brazil 29,723 138.342 214.85 125.502 236.83 Federal Republic of Germany 2,169 0.350 6,187.69 0.318 6,820.75 Italy 2,012 4.695 428.46 4.260 472.30 Turkey 274,774 974.179 282.06 883.761 310.91 Korea, South 16,546 44.549 371.40 40.415 409.40 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,321,310 14,422.813 438.29 13,084.160 483.13 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 Canada 248,321 913.958 271.70 829.129 299.50 Mexico 7,396,284 27,275.974 271.16 24,744.355 298.91 Dominican Republic 1,615,057 5,570.646 289.92 5,053.607 319.59 Trinidad and Tobago 736,954 2,701.698 272.77 2,450.940 300.68 Brazil 1,187,484 4,756.802 249.64 4,315.300 275.18 Argentina 621,122 2,622.385 236.85 2,378.989 261.09 Federal Republic of Germany 213,034 427.220 498.65 387.568 549.67 Switzerland 21,737 37.776 575.42 34.270 634.29 Romania 3,747,866 16,303.736 229.88 14,790.505 253.40 Bulgaria 1,548,571 6,096.453 254.01 5,530.611 280.00 Turkey 1,778,060 7,185.539 247.45 6,518.614 272.77 India 14,557 46.749 311.39 42.410 343.24 Japan 1,359,782 5,460.886 249.00 4,954.034 274.48 CATEGORY TOTAL 20,488,829 79,399.827 258.05 72,030.332 284.45 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 5,377,857 8,053.540 667.76 7,306.051 736.08 Mexico 45,755 62.117 736.59 56.352 811.95 Trinidad and Tobago 19,803 31.954 619.72 28.989 683.12 Brazil 12,424 18.909 657.04 17.154 724.26 Sweden 32,769 18.856 1,737.84 17.106 1,915.64 United Kingdom 728,887 1,111.815 655.58 1,008.622 722.66 Belgium 14,040 24.603 570.65 22.320 629.03 France 153,509 154.693 992.34 140.336 1,093.87 Federal Republic of Germany 124,078 174.294 711.89 158.117 784.72 Austria 48,547 42.200 1,150.38 38.284 1,268.08 Switzerland 56,428 10.112 5,579.97 9.174 6,150.86 Poland 40,539 64.088 632.55 58.140 697.27 Russia 404,765 1,558.529 259.71 1,413.875 286.28 Spain 306,958 669.744 458.32 607.582 505.21 Italy 83,813 118.296 708.50 107.317 780.99 Romania 2,504 0.992 2,523.99 0.900 2,782.22 India 11,668 14.736 791.76 13.369 872.77 China 2,466 0.069 35,509.81 0.063 39,142.86 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/11/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Taiwan 9,240 16.975 544.31 15.400 600.00 Japan 38,791 20.694 1,874.43 18.774 2,066.21 Egypt 11,983 19.895 602.29 18.049 663.91 South Africa 181,789 339.288 535.80 307.797 590.61 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,708,613 12,526.409 615.39 11,363.771 678.35 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 16,664,490 30,600.967 544.57 27,760.739 600.29 Mexico 2,951,191 7,059.848 418.02 6,404.589 460.79 Guatemala 368,226 719.999 511.43 653.173 563.75 Dominican Republic 114,494 317.263 360.88 287.817 397.80 Colombia 197,121 460.263 428.28 417.544 472.10 Venezuela 150,054 437.970 342.61 397.320 377.67 Chile 10,021 5.243 1,911.06 4.757 2,106.58 Argentina 452,337 1,199.972 376.96 1,088.597 415.52 Sweden 57,354 89.879 638.12 81.537 703.41 Norway 18,835 3.940 4,779.53 3.575 5,268.53 Finland 5,545 0.059 93,154.46 0.054 102,685.19 Denmark 25,641 4.238 6,049.71 3.845 6,668.66 United Kingdom 18,866 14.901 1,266.09 13.518 1,395.62 Netherlands 6,062 3.996 1,516.65 3.626 1,671.81 France 6,988 1.150 6,072.23 1.044 6,693.49 Federal Republic of Germany 623,473 398.484 1,564.61 361.499 1,724.69 Poland 179,525 295.638 607.24 268.199 669.37 Ukraine 24,016 57.661 416.50 52.310 459.11 Spain 433,881 440.880 984.12 399.960 1,084.81 Italy 199,195 216.935 918.22 196.801 1,012.16 Romania 1,150,254 3,535.594 325.34 3,207.438 358.62 Turkey 855,188 2,237.988 382.12 2,030.270 421.22 United Arab Emirates 100,307 243.119 412.58 220.554 454.80 Oman 274,199 790.994 346.65 717.578 382.12 India 2,247,811 5,758.503 390.35 5,224.028 430.28 Pakistan 151,868 414.739 366.18 376.245 403.64 Thailand 4,150,196 10,393.202 399.32 9,428.557 440.17 China 2,547,253 6,749.381 377.41 6,122.938 416.02 Korea, South 782,645 1,795.987 435.77 1,629.293 480.36 Taiwan 18,740 3.635 5,154.84 3.298 5,682.23 Japan 175,885 23.151 7,597.02 21.003 8,374.28 South Africa 685,500 1,856.771 369.19 1,684.435 406.96 CATEGORY TOTAL 35,647,161 76,132.366 468.23 69,066.141 516.13 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 1,173,122 2,325.519 504.46 2,109.676 556.07 Mexico 638,594 1,305.590 489.12 1,184.412 539.17 Colombia 2,200,214 4,143.471 531.01 3,758.895 585.34 Venezuela 2,209,773 5,340.934 413.74 4,845.216 456.07 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/11/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Sweden 805,718 1,706.341 472.19 1,547.967 520.50 United Kingdom 30,675 1.064 28,807.35 0.966 31,754.66 Federal Republic of Germany 1,965,946 2,896.211 678.80 2,627.400 748.25 Austria 3,651,883 5,611.656 650.77 5,090.811 717.35 Czech Republic 1,831,898 4,307.478 425.28 3,907.680 468.79 Romania 51,163 116.776 438.13 105.938 482.95 Turkey 371,155 915.061 405.61 830.130 447.10 India 148,366 289.358 512.74 262.502 565.20 China 4,716,100 9,906.356 476.07 8,986.898 524.78 Korea, South 4,005,280 9,667.538 414.30 8,770.246 456.69 Japan 229,153 418.300 547.82 379.476 603.87 South Africa 1,808,421 3,999.865 452.12 3,628.618 498.38 CATEGORY TOTAL 25,837,461 52,951.527 487.95 48,036.831 537.87 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 9,572 8.799 1,087.76 7.983 1,199.05 United Kingdom 59,336 98.707 601.13 89.546 662.63 Federal Republic of Germany 1,888,917 4,688.001 402.93 4,252.885 444.15 Czech Republic 530,369 885.205 599.15 803.045 660.45 Italy 53,848 45.995 1,170.74 41.726 1,290.51 Romania 689,874 1,851.548 372.59 1,679.697 410.71 India 1,104,731 2,618.885 421.83 2,375.814 464.99 Indonesia 215,938 655.733 329.31 594.872 363.00 China 844,666 2,018.367 418.49 1,831.033 461.31 Korea, South 314,704 949.086 331.59 860.997 365.51 Taiwan 19,391 60.543 320.28 54.924 353.05 Japan 228,811 492.236 464.84 446.550 512.40 South Africa 29,581 85.046 347.82 77.153 383.41 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,989,738 14,458.159 414.28 13,116.225 456.67 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 639,779 480.315 1,332.00 435.735 1,468.28 Mexico 3,428,725 6,391.058 536.49 5,797.872 591.38 Colombia 268,895 753.891 356.68 683.919 393.17 Venezuela 306,313 840.718 364.35 762.687 401.62 Brazil 5,305 11.899 445.82 10.795 491.43 Argentina 59,305 126.700 468.07 114.941 515.96 Netherlands 7,410 2.539 2,917.64 2.304 3,216.15 France 8,279 12.415 666.84 11.263 735.06 Federal Republic of Germany 82,672 173.741 475.83 157.616 524.52 Austria 302,346 496.588 608.85 450.498 671.14 Czech Republic 373,551 507.782 735.65 460.653 810.92 Poland 15,290 36.639 417.31 33.239 460.00 Turkey 46,997 137.171 342.61 124.440 377.67 India 220,504 558.015 395.16 506.223 435.59 China 800,207 2,059.919 388.47 1,868.728 428.21 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/11/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Korea, South 532,450 1,523.340 349.53 1,381.952 385.29 Taiwan 88,969 271.790 327.34 246.564 360.84 South Africa 419,181 1,045.489 400.94 948.452 441.96 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,606,178 15,430.018 492.95 13,997.881 543.38 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Canada 117,828 223.901 526.25 203.120 580.09 Mexico 705,197 1,577.979 446.90 1,431.519 492.62 Venezuela 712,440 1,980.767 359.68 1,796.923 396.48 Argentina 25,645 69.465 369.18 63.018 406.95 Turkey 562,459 1,633.029 344.43 1,481.460 379.67 Indonesia 22,094 67.093 329.30 60.866 362.99 Korea, South 592,760 1,449.225 409.02 1,314.716 450.87 Taiwan 530,240 1,587.502 334.01 1,440.158 368.18 Japan 79,469 207.096 383.73 187.875 422.99 South Africa 27,083 96.074 281.90 87.157 310.74 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,375,215 8,892.135 379.57 8,066.812 418.41 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 9,588,564 11,794.936 812.94 10,700.189 896.11 Mexico 8,691,615 18,386.199 472.72 16,679.684 521.09 Dominican Republic 158,174 442.153 357.74 401.115 394.34 Brazil 16,521 19.523 846.23 17.711 932.81 Argentina 368,335 683.739 538.71 620.278 593.82 Sweden 215,520 172.244 1,251.24 156.258 1,379.26 Denmark 13,219 5.849 2,259.67 5.307 2,490.86 United Kingdom 3,969 1.597 2,484.90 1.449 2,739.13 Belgium 83,633 105.248 794.62 95.480 875.92 France 166,524 181.472 917.63 164.629 1,011.51 Federal Republic of Germany 1,390,622 1,140.450 1,219.36 1,034.600 1,344.12 Austria 140,675 80.971 1,737.34 73.456 1,915.09 Czech Republic 7,726 16.865 458.10 15.300 504.97 Slovakia 24,877 16.195 1,536.08 14.692 1,693.23 Switzerland 956,944 486.344 1,967.63 441.204 2,168.94 Spain 522,314 765.911 681.95 694.823 751.72 Italy 519,318 504.084 1,030.22 457.298 1,135.62 Romania 92,148 158.324 582.02 143.630 641.57 Turkey 1,478,694 4,319.097 342.36 3,918.220 377.39 India 165,136 178.901 923.05 162.297 1,017.49 China 189,382 322.594 587.06 292.653 647.12 Korea, South 661,938 1,753.064 377.59 1,590.354 416.22 Taiwan 111,203 49.222 2,259.19 44.654 2,490.33 Japan 714,406 438.311 1,629.90 397.630 1,796.66 Australia 31,406 65.243 481.37 59.188 530.61 CATEGORY TOTAL 26,312,863 42,088.547 625.18 38,182.099 689.14 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/11/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 89,019 18.893 4,711.59 17.140 5,193.64 Mexico 499,861 498.413 1,002.90 452.153 1,105.51 Argentina 613,855 632.237 970.93 573.556 1,070.26 Sweden 2,496 0.082 30,191.12 0.075 33,280.00 Netherlands 40,076 0.771 51,937.64 0.700 57,251.43 France 344,367 402.772 854.99 365.389 942.47 Federal Republic of Germany 142,505 164.764 864.90 149.472 953.39 Italy 133,033 124.842 1,065.61 113.255 1,174.63 India 57,657 125.274 460.25 113.647 507.33 China 49,172 37.934 1,296.22 34.414 1,428.84 Korea, South 2,931,275 2,379.206 1,232.04 2,158.380 1,358.09 Taiwan 2,260 0.132 17,085.32 0.120 18,833.33 Japan 51,173 38.650 1,324.00 35.063 1,459.46 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,956,749 4,423.975 1,120.43 4,013.364 1,235.06 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 904,798 570.638 1,585.59 517.675 1,747.81 Mexico 390,419 255.209 1,529.80 231.522 1,686.31 India 194,028 231.598 837.78 210.103 923.49 Vietnam 15,607 8.602 1,814.25 7.804 1,999.87 Japan 306,717 104.757 2,927.89 95.034 3,227.44 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,811,569 1,170.806 1,547.28 1,062.138 1,705.59 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 11,096,778 24,959.479 444.59 22,642.865 490.08 Mexico 1,941,590 2,055.607 944.53 1,864.816 1,041.17 Sweden 28,897 19.400 1,489.48 17.600 1,641.88 United Kingdom 3,415 2.393 1,427.01 2.171 1,573.01 Belgium 2,220 2.343 947.30 2.126 1,044.21 Federal Republic of Germany 106,184 99.989 1,061.95 90.709 1,170.60 Austria 68,285 89.655 761.64 81.334 839.56 Italy 16,653 8.569 1,943.32 7.774 2,142.14 Romania 156,435 306.374 510.60 277.938 562.84 Turkey 430,541 1,255.676 342.88 1,139.131 377.96 China 6,010 4.728 1,270.90 4.290 1,400.93 Korea, South 483,492 1,752.777 275.84 1,590.093 304.07 Japan 22,330 20.723 1,077.52 18.800 1,187.77 Australia 19,573 48.791 401.16 44.263 442.20 South Africa 3,720 14.440 257.61 13.100 283.97 CATEGORY TOTAL 14,386,123 30,640.949 469.51 27,797.010 517.54 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 99,643 204.122 488.15 185.177 538.10 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/11/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Mexico 114,498 116.272 984.74 105.481 1,085.48 Korea, South 3,160 8.308 380.35 7.537 419.26 CATEGORY TOTAL 217,301 328.703 661.08 298.195 728.72 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 13,153,290 23,511.402 559.44 21,329.192 616.68 Mexico 2,686,518 4,507.189 596.05 4,088.855 657.03 Trinidad and Tobago 223,283 1,206.829 185.02 1,094.818 203.95 Venezuela 449,363 861.969 521.32 781.966 574.66 Ecuador 28,298 58.292 485.45 52.882 535.12 Chile 193,168 377.289 511.99 342.271 564.37 Brazil 581,364 1,215.443 478.31 1,102.632 527.25 Argentina 205,680 587.121 350.32 532.628 386.16 Sweden 316,883 174.949 1,811.28 158.712 1,996.59 United Kingdom 653,115 789.280 827.48 716.023 912.14 Netherlands 5,061 0.105 47,825.66 0.096 52,718.75 Belgium 688,449 848.962 810.93 770.166 893.90 Luxembourg 440,652 586.377 751.48 531.953 828.37 France 1,122,751 1,312.102 855.69 1,190.320 943.23 Federal Republic of Germany 613,874 445.928 1,376.62 404.540 1,517.46 Austria 359,436 138.325 2,598.48 125.487 2,864.33 Czech Republic 6,657 19.569 340.18 17.753 374.98 Switzerland 2,270 0.020 108,384.73 0.019 119,473.68 Lithuania 11,409 22.680 503.04 20.575 554.51 Russia 110,213 333.618 330.36 302.654 364.16 Belarus 232,623 303.820 765.66 275.621 844.00 Spain 131,688 240.396 547.80 218.084 603.84 Italy 352,135 477.442 737.54 433.129 813.00 Greece 906,388 1,540.263 588.46 1,397.304 648.67 Israel 274,265 545.097 503.15 494.504 554.63 India 62,958 126.766 496.64 115.001 547.46 Thailand 26,900 16.705 1,610.25 15.155 1,774.99 Malaysia 5,304 6.912 767.30 6.271 845.80 Indonesia 7,254 2.638 2,748.84 2.394 3,030.08 China 1,801,643 3,485.269 516.93 3,161.784 569.82 Korea, South 1,384,368 2,419.337 572.21 2,194.787 630.75 Hong Kong 9,574 22.046 434.27 20.000 478.70 Taiwan 632,061 1,017.645 621.10 923.193 684.65 Japan 2,371,562 3,634.388 652.53 3,297.063 719.30 South Africa 946,910 2,427.565 390.07 2,202.251 429.97 CATEGORY TOTAL 30,997,367 53,263.759 581.96 48,320.083 641.50 BLACK PLATE...........................28 Canada 220,007 478.696 459.60 434.266 506.62 Chile 79,797 223.251 357.43 202.530 394.00 Netherlands 24,327 44.259 549.64 40.152 605.87 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/11/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE France 19,882 20.723 959.40 18.800 1,057.55 Federal Republic of Germany 272,338 266.793 1,020.78 242.031 1,125.22 Japan 1,558,981 2,436.573 639.83 2,210.423 705.29 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,175,332 3,470.297 626.84 3,148.202 690.98 TIN PLATE.............................29 Canada 7,227,929 12,368.755 584.37 11,220.749 644.16 Brazil 1,523,616 2,676.375 569.28 2,427.968 627.53 Norway 37,798 89.744 421.17 81.415 464.26 Netherlands 3,742,010 7,158.087 522.77 6,493.710 576.25 France 113,836 213.098 534.19 193.320 588.85 Federal Republic of Germany 4,760,545 8,652.273 550.21 7,849.213 606.50 Korea, South 34,191 69.125 494.62 62.710 545.22 Japan 431,723 658.529 655.59 597.408 722.66 CATEGORY TOTAL 17,871,648 31,885.991 560.49 28,926.493 617.83 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A Canada 2,005,500 3,335.076 601.34 3,025.531 662.86 Netherlands 254,389 588.813 432.04 534.163 476.24 France 174,787 341.382 512.00 309.697 564.38 Federal Republic of Germany 498,402 1,063.742 468.54 965.011 516.47 Korea, South 2,382 2.808 848.08 2.548 934.85 Japan 841,493 1,473.509 571.08 1,336.746 629.51 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,776,953 6,805.333 555.00 6,173.696 611.78 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 8,843,889 26,190.477 337.68 23,759.608 372.22 Mexico 3,056,054 10,243.118 298.35 9,292.403 328.88 Venezuela 195,353 822.671 237.46 746.315 261.76 Sweden 113,175 117.104 966.45 106.235 1,065.33 Netherlands 7,304,651 25,401.499 287.57 23,043.859 316.99 Belgium 123,987 414.733 298.96 376.240 329.54 France 2,549,760 9,820.829 259.63 8,909.309 286.19 Federal Republic of Germany 144,895 441.113 328.48 400.172 362.08 Austria 1,276,095 3,203.664 398.32 2,906.316 439.08 Slovakia 5,546 20.377 272.17 18.486 300.01 Hungary 213,533 980.748 217.72 889.720 240.00 Korea, South 8,747,081 29,966.428 291.90 27,185.094 321.76 Japan 91,848 184.028 499.10 166.948 550.16 Australia 6,382,054 27,635.245 230.94 25,070.280 254.57 New Zealand 690,489 3,913.314 176.45 3,550.100 194.50 CATEGORY TOTAL 39,738,410 139,355.352 285.16 126,421.085 314.33 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/11/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 11,966,305 28,290.450 422.98 25,664.672 466.26 Mexico 5,554,966 16,247.705 341.89 14,739.675 376.87 Chile 498,032 1,574.375 316.34 1,428.250 348.70 Argentina 1,021,431 3,579.374 285.37 3,247.155 314.56 Sweden 881,680 1,497.831 588.64 1,358.810 648.86 Finland 10,634 27.976 380.10 25.380 418.99 Netherlands 111,222 334.478 332.52 303.434 366.54 Belgium 2,462,245 8,190.523 300.62 7,430.320 331.38 Luxembourg 386,605 676.135 571.79 613.380 630.29 France 609,117 1,234.904 493.25 1,120.287 543.72 Federal Republic of Germany 177,497 451.149 393.43 409.276 433.69 Turkey 19,940 58.026 343.63 52.641 378.79 Thailand 2,024 6.137 329.77 5.568 363.51 Taiwan 79,556 47.925 1,660.00 43.477 1,829.84 Japan 583,047 1,026.203 568.16 930.956 626.29 New Zealand 190,503 776.434 245.36 704.370 270.46 South Africa 1,821,382 6,518.857 279.40 5,913.810 307.99 CATEGORY TOTAL 26,376,186 70,538.491 373.93 63,991.461 412.18 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 20,356,002 37,447.291 543.59 33,971.621 599.21 Mexico 10,174,083 18,680.046 544.65 16,946.258 600.37 Guatemala 270,788 380.245 712.14 344.953 785.00 Colombia 566,847 1,450.825 390.71 1,316.167 430.68 Venezuela 438,004 977.935 447.89 887.168 493.71 Argentina 614,391 1,715.092 358.23 1,555.906 394.88 Sweden 30,181 43.054 701.00 39.058 772.72 Finland 13,074 25.000 522.95 22.680 576.46 Belgium 25,907 59.723 433.78 54.180 478.17 Luxembourg 520,284 984.859 528.28 893.450 582.33 France 7,036 10.552 666.77 9.573 734.98 Federal Republic of Germany 181,881 453.986 400.63 411.850 441.62 Austria 19,865 27.686 717.49 25.117 790.90 Spain 56,530 102.427 551.90 92.921 608.37 India 6,246,897 15,009.682 416.19 13,616.559 458.77 Taiwan 1,706,104 2,870.299 594.40 2,603.893 655.21 Japan 109,470 120.548 908.10 109.360 1,001.01 New Zealand 58,037 86.090 674.14 78.100 743.11 South Africa 1,307,064 3,266.420 400.15 2,963.248 441.09 CATEGORY TOTAL 42,702,445 83,711.770 510.11 75,942.062 562.30 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 101,871 157.707 645.95 143.070 712.04 Brazil 92,575 257.532 359.47 233.630 396.25 Argentina 123,334 290.154 425.06 263.224 468.55 Belgium 10,857 26.708 406.49 24.230 448.08 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/11/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Luxembourg 103,324 248.527 415.75 225.460 458.28 Federal Republic of Germany 336,688 683.066 492.91 619.668 543.34 Spain 430,275 649.075 662.90 588.832 730.73 Thailand 351,935 669.119 525.97 607.015 579.78 Japan 33,583 41.468 809.84 37.620 892.69 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,584,442 3,023.362 524.07 2,742.749 577.68 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 Canada 7,362,012 9,575.734 768.82 8,686.963 847.48 Mexico 4,685,646 8,527.042 549.50 7,735.605 605.72 Argentina 37,299 90.296 413.07 81.916 455.33 United Kingdom 28,139 25.444 1,105.89 23.083 1,219.04 Belgium 408,658 405.431 1,007.96 367.801 1,111.08 Luxembourg 573,307 1,433.713 399.88 1,300.643 440.79 Federal Republic of Germany 499,871 347.453 1,438.67 315.205 1,585.86 Italy 13,976 0.747 18,700.32 0.678 20,613.57 China 3,236 0.060 53,375.47 0.055 58,836.36 Korea, South 163,225 363.057 449.58 329.360 495.58 Taiwan 18,830 38.652 487.16 35.065 537.00 Japan 888,032 537.027 1,653.61 487.183 1,822.79 Australia 157,680 178.549 883.12 161.977 973.47 CATEGORY TOTAL 14,839,911 21,523.210 689.48 19,525.534 760.03 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 1,523,561 4,316.836 352.93 3,916.169 389.04 Mexico 221,360 466.022 475.00 422.769 523.60 United Kingdom 9,757 14.239 685.20 12.918 755.30 Japan 8,924 11.281 791.06 10.234 872.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,763,602 4,808.379 366.78 4,362.090 404.30 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 2,290,607 4,148.205 552.19 3,763.190 608.69 Mexico 142,943 227.884 627.26 206.733 691.44 Chile 15,009 27.392 547.93 24.850 603.98 Brazil 84,774 97.165 872.47 88.147 961.73 Sweden 648,943 160.496 4,043.35 145.600 4,457.03 United Kingdom 699,443 423.809 1,650.37 384.474 1,819.22 France 96,674 30.050 3,217.09 27.261 3,546.24 Federal Republic of Germany 1,808,174 1,121.207 1,612.70 1,017.143 1,777.70 Austria 245,163 42.502 5,768.15 38.558 6,358.29 Switzerland 36,670 21.464 1,708.43 19.472 1,883.22 Italy 66,057 18.000 3,669.68 16.330 4,045.13 India 109,228 170.606 640.23 154.772 705.73 China 22,643 18.529 1,221.97 16.810 1,347.00 Korea, South 34,309 20.041 1,711.93 18.181 1,887.08 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/11/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Taiwan 225,085 188.519 1,193.96 171.022 1,316.12 Japan 402,081 269.821 1,490.17 244.778 1,642.64 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,927,803 6,985.698 991.71 6,337.321 1,093.18 GRAND TOTAL 514,178,653 1,371,608.964 374.87 1,244,303.073 413.23 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/11/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Canada 1,431,537 1,184.664 1,208.39 1,074.710 1,332.02 Sweden 239,180 155.480 1,538.32 141.050 1,695.71 United Kingdom 90,024 35.534 2,533.45 32.236 2,792.65 Federal Republic of Germany 26,098 17.158 1,520.99 15.566 1,676.60 China 2,658 1.786 1,487.54 1.621 1,639.73 New Zealand 31,894 2.371 13,451.31 2.151 14,827.52 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,821,391 1,396.996 1,303.79 1,267.334 1,437.18 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 2,609,813 1,859.880 1,403.22 1,687.256 1,546.78 Mexico 20,715 22.586 917.15 20.490 1,010.98 Sweden 5,168,912 3,397.065 1,521.58 3,081.767 1,677.26 United Kingdom 7,522,770 5,629.127 1,336.40 5,106.660 1,473.13 France 4,370 3.010 1,451.63 2.731 1,600.15 Federal Republic of Germany 10,005 6.892 1,451.53 6.253 1,600.03 Spain 7,651,217 5,473.501 1,397.87 4,965.478 1,540.88 Italy 88,776 47.328 1,875.73 42.936 2,067.64 India 21,523 5.101 4,218.96 4.628 4,650.61 China 44,311 4.457 9,940.23 4.044 10,957.22 Korea, South 97,220 77.499 1,254.47 70.306 1,382.81 Taiwan 13,637 2.158 6,318.33 1.958 6,964.76 Japan 35,122 1.349 26,031.17 1.224 28,694.44 CATEGORY TOTAL 23,288,391 16,529.959 1,408.86 14,995.731 1,553.00 WIRE RODS..............................3 Sweden 651,714 347.340 1,876.30 315.102 2,068.26 United Kingdom 933,892 599.534 1,557.69 543.889 1,717.06 France 160,522 94.364 1,701.09 85.606 1,875.13 Federal Republic of Germany 30,355 29.317 1,035.40 26.596 1,141.34 Spain 36,850 20.472 1,800.01 18.572 1,984.17 Italy 322,315 223.808 1,440.14 203.036 1,587.48 India 107,024 60.068 1,781.71 54.493 1,964.00 China 261,202 273.226 955.99 247.867 1,053.80 Korea, South 158,865 119.971 1,324.19 108.836 1,459.67 Taiwan 213,721 139.378 1,533.39 126.442 1,690.27 Japan 33,265 13.943 2,385.76 12.649 2,629.85 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,909,725 1,921.425 1,514.36 1,743.088 1,669.29 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 France 7,400 2.059 3,593.77 1.868 3,961.46 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/11/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Federal Republic of Germany 99,942 22.498 4,442.23 20.410 4,896.72 India 474,498 217.291 2,183.69 197.124 2,407.10 Japan 44,545 12.725 3,500.57 11.544 3,858.71 CATEGORY TOTAL 626,385 254.574 2,460.52 230.946 2,712.26 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 69,166 38.472 1,797.79 34.902 1,981.72 Sweden 305,952 158.598 1,929.10 143.878 2,126.47 United Kingdom 13,693 6.185 2,213.88 5.611 2,440.38 Netherlands 7,644 2.344 3,260.24 2.127 3,593.79 Belgium 994,794 521.386 1,907.98 472.994 2,103.19 France 434,318 202.889 2,140.67 184.058 2,359.68 Federal Republic of Germany 661,963 392.171 1,687.94 355.772 1,860.64 Austria 24,157 8.794 2,746.91 7.978 3,027.95 Italy 482,329 336.440 1,433.62 305.214 1,580.30 Korea, South 443,105 286.788 1,545.06 260.170 1,703.14 Taiwan 533,503 332.296 1,605.51 301.454 1,769.77 Japan 596,533 305.562 1,952.24 277.202 2,151.98 South Africa 339,546 218.011 1,557.47 197.777 1,716.81 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,906,703 2,809.941 1,746.19 2,549.137 1,924.85 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 155,452 76.264 2,038.33 69.186 2,246.87 Sweden 1,174,403 622.473 1,886.67 564.699 2,079.70 Belgium 908,752 563.106 1,613.82 510.842 1,778.93 Federal Republic of Germany 2,494,754 1,585.408 1,573.57 1,438.259 1,734.57 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,733,361 2,847.253 1,662.43 2,582.986 1,832.52 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 252,361 177.070 1,425.20 160.636 1,571.01 Mexico 55,711 30.908 1,802.43 28.040 1,986.84 Trinidad and Tobago 27,618 19.026 1,451.52 17.261 1,600.02 Sweden 5,236 1.769 2,959.51 1.605 3,262.31 United Kingdom 116,037 72.747 1,595.08 65.995 1,758.27 Netherlands 5,251 2.146 2,446.65 1.947 2,696.97 Federal Republic of Germany 149,037 77.104 1,932.92 69.948 2,130.68 Austria 295,777 139.805 2,115.64 126.829 2,332.09 Spain 5,533 3.020 1,831.92 2.740 2,019.34 Portugal 161,038 59.598 2,702.04 54.067 2,978.49 Italy 472,178 238.962 1,975.95 216.783 2,178.11 India 127,120 57.529 2,209.64 52.190 2,435.72 Taiwan 398,334 229.242 1,737.61 207.965 1,915.39 Japan 16,010 0.311 51,321.67 0.283 56,572.44 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,087,241 1,109.243 1,881.68 1,006.289 2,074.20 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/11/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A France 63,996 11.361 5,632.70 10.307 6,208.98 Federal Republic of Germany 32,662 1.377 23,704.38 1.250 26,129.60 Italy 457,453 251.223 1,820.90 227.906 2,007.20 India 1,633,366 914.703 1,785.68 829.805 1,968.37 Japan 95,498 28.427 3,359.35 25.789 3,703.05 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,282,975 1,207.093 1,891.30 1,095.057 2,084.80 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 1,564,970 687.272 2,277.07 623.483 2,510.04 Brazil 35,281 18.667 1,889.96 16.935 2,083.32 Sweden 184,409 81.931 2,250.77 74.327 2,481.05 Denmark 429,135 229.982 1,865.94 208.637 2,056.85 United Kingdom 314,508 111.968 2,808.90 101.576 3,096.28 France 1,235,645 570.970 2,164.11 517.976 2,385.53 Federal Republic of Germany 540,003 221.270 2,440.47 200.733 2,690.16 Austria 139,869 69.330 2,017.41 62.896 2,223.81 Switzerland 350,530 123.387 2,840.89 111.935 3,131.55 Latvia 100,320 51.452 1,949.76 46.677 2,149.24 Russia 35,529 28.464 1,248.17 25.823 1,375.87 Spain 2,721 1.377 1,974.76 1.250 2,176.80 Italy 1,897,529 810.245 2,341.92 735.043 2,581.52 Slovenia 63,014 41.855 1,505.50 37.971 1,659.53 Saudi Arabia 134,904 67.622 1,994.96 61.346 2,199.07 United Arab Emirates 53,897 35.150 1,533.32 31.888 1,690.20 India 1,307,104 765.351 1,707.85 694.315 1,882.58 China 97,885 45.395 2,156.28 41.182 2,376.89 Korea, South 57,390 28.308 2,027.31 25.681 2,234.73 Taiwan 1,120,271 621.330 1,803.02 563.662 1,987.49 Japan 207,202 60.161 3,444.07 54.578 3,796.44 Australia 8,905 3.789 2,349.76 3.438 2,590.17 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,881,021 4,675.288 2,113.46 4,241.352 2,329.69 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D Canada 8,512,828 1,795.156 4,742.11 1,628.539 5,227.28 Mexico 197,721 90.510 2,184.50 82.110 2,408.00 Brazil 757,220 473.525 1,599.11 429.575 1,762.72 Sweden 451,026 63.883 7,060.15 57.954 7,782.48 Norway 7,052 1.058 6,664.03 0.960 7,345.83 Finland 296,796 149.459 1,985.80 135.587 2,188.97 United Kingdom 128,366 9.929 12,927.59 9.008 14,250.22 Ireland 10,715 2.464 4,347.27 2.236 4,792.04 Netherlands 36,505 2.582 14,134.35 2.343 15,580.45 Belgium 28,673 2.182 13,137.23 1.980 14,481.31 France 1,109,819 116.465 9,529.14 105.656 10,504.08 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/11/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Federal Republic of Germany 972,165 103.073 9,431.74 93.507 10,396.71 Austria 602,734 92.357 6,526.12 83.785 7,193.82 Czech Republic 2,864,520 250.934 11,415.41 227.644 12,583.33 Switzerland 16,380 0.944 17,339.20 0.857 19,113.19 Ukraine 83,004 27.346 3,035.31 24.808 3,345.86 Spain 935,066 265.404 3,523.17 240.771 3,883.63 Italy 467,574 201.061 2,325.53 182.400 2,563.45 Israel 125,681 6.135 20,484.35 5.566 22,580.13 India 287,166 115.905 2,477.58 105.148 2,731.06 Malaysia 221,322 129.225 1,712.69 117.231 1,887.91 Singapore 141,002 69.552 2,027.27 63.097 2,234.69 China 878,175 377.797 2,324.46 342.732 2,562.28 Korea, South 1,053,990 424.750 2,481.44 385.327 2,735.31 Taiwan 3,354,829 1,720.097 1,950.37 1,560.447 2,149.92 Japan 3,329,081 930.692 3,576.99 844.310 3,942.96 Australia 66,551 22.046 3,018.70 20.000 3,327.55 South Africa 491,616 282.668 1,739.19 256.433 1,917.13 CATEGORY TOTAL 27,427,577 7,727.212 3,549.48 7,010.011 3,912.63 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 53,111 20.638 2,573.39 18.723 2,836.67 Mexico 46,426 11.045 4,203.29 10.020 4,633.33 Sweden 898,948 192.728 4,664.33 174.840 5,141.55 Denmark 55,215 2.959 18,655.58 2.685 20,564.25 United Kingdom 127,267 46.024 2,765.18 41.753 3,048.09 Netherlands 7,394 1.860 3,973.77 1.688 4,380.33 Belgium 85,553 15.834 5,402.88 14.365 5,955.66 France 853,754 218.088 3,914.71 197.847 4,315.22 Federal Republic of Germany 336,937 35.998 9,359.84 32.657 10,317.45 Switzerland 116,633 26.970 4,324.51 24.467 4,766.95 Spain 40,837 6.770 6,031.70 6.142 6,648.81 Italy 148,649 54.927 2,706.30 49.829 2,983.18 India 1,566,719 935.365 1,674.98 848.550 1,846.35 Thailand 59,969 29.978 2,000.40 27.196 2,205.07 China 701,239 319.475 2,194.97 289.823 2,419.54 Korea, South 1,330,833 559.839 2,377.17 507.878 2,620.38 Taiwan 767,585 267.922 2,864.95 243.055 3,158.07 Japan 662,720 95.608 6,931.57 86.735 7,640.74 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,859,789 2,842.036 2,765.55 2,578.253 3,048.49 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 20,607 17.037 1,209.52 15.456 1,333.27 Belgium 51,707 25.959 1,991.84 23.550 2,195.63 Federal Republic of Germany 6,236 1.235 5,046.57 1.121 5,562.89 Italy 256,027 176.784 1,448.25 160.376 1,596.42 India 37,458 21.898 1,710.53 19.866 1,885.53 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/11/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 163,761 99.300 1,649.14 90.084 1,817.87 South Africa 35,116 33.102 1,060.83 30.030 1,169.36 CATEGORY TOTAL 570,912 375.318 1,521.14 340.483 1,676.77 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 6,849,397 3,587.211 1,909.39 3,254.264 2,104.75 Mexico 14,544,581 9,895.384 1,469.83 8,976.944 1,620.22 Brazil 1,557,906 903.132 1,725.00 819.308 1,901.49 Sweden 1,454,669 641.484 2,267.66 581.945 2,499.67 Finland 497,717 216.114 2,303.02 196.056 2,538.65 United Kingdom 97,855 27.814 3,518.11 25.233 3,878.06 Belgium 1,699,688 923.634 1,840.22 837.907 2,028.49 France 1,247,948 860.028 1,451.05 780.205 1,599.51 Federal Republic of Germany 2,370,131 1,325.398 1,788.24 1,202.382 1,971.20 Switzerland 59,946 11.387 5,263.97 10.331 5,802.54 Italy 4,822,125 3,464.495 1,391.87 3,142.938 1,534.27 India 92,977 59.321 1,567.33 53.816 1,727.68 Thailand 187,374 108.466 1,727.49 98.399 1,904.23 China 562,278 377.868 1,488.02 342.797 1,640.27 Korea, South 217,459 79.420 2,738.07 72.049 3,018.21 Taiwan 2,246,083 1,398.724 1,605.81 1,268.902 1,770.10 Japan 338,269 243.445 1,389.51 220.850 1,531.67 South Africa 577,644 343.711 1,680.61 311.810 1,852.55 CATEGORY TOTAL 39,424,047 24,467.044 1,611.31 22,196.136 1,776.17 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 3,650 1.348 2,707.46 1.223 2,984.46 Federal Republic of Germany 5,451 1.115 4,886.43 1.012 5,386.36 Japan 6,166 0.530 11,629.32 0.481 12,819.13 CATEGORY TOTAL 15,267 2.993 5,099.41 2.716 5,621.13 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 1,182,414 541.451 2,183.78 491.197 2,407.21 Mexico 1,427,360 966.192 1,477.30 876.515 1,628.45 Brazil 79,053 51.647 1,530.62 46.854 1,687.22 Sweden 1,591,581 281.832 5,647.26 255.674 6,225.04 Finland 74,495 43.102 1,728.32 39.102 1,905.15 United Kingdom 185,099 16.154 11,458.14 14.655 12,630.43 France 568,927 260.492 2,184.04 236.315 2,407.49 Federal Republic of Germany 138,610 40.444 3,427.13 36.691 3,777.77 Italy 2,734 0.328 8,322.97 0.298 9,174.50 Korea, South 584,940 415.991 1,406.14 377.381 1,550.00 Taiwan 150,722 104.915 1,436.60 95.178 1,583.58 Japan 2,712,806 380.711 7,125.62 345.376 7,854.65 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/11/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 8,698,741 3,103.265 2,803.09 2,815.236 3,089.88 GRAND TOTAL 136,533,526 71,269.647 1,915.73 64,654.755 2,111.73