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RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 30/12/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Canada 17,619 26.402 667.32 23.952 735.60 Mexico 181,671 357.104 508.73 323.960 560.78 United Kingdom 90,062 35.552 2,533.19 32.253 2,792.36 Federal Republic of Germany 110,807 70.454 1,572.75 63.915 1,733.66 India 5,439 5.886 924.00 5.340 1,018.54 Taiwan 25,090 19.477 1,288.13 17.670 1,419.92 CATEGORY TOTAL 430,688 514.878 836.48 467.090 922.07 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 6,555,706 26,611.161 246.35 24,141.246 271.56 Mexico 42,795,192 181,788.297 235.41 164,915.616 259.50 Brazil 46,248,857 203,591.591 227.16 184,695.237 250.41 Sweden 2,461,802 1,362.965 1,806.21 1,236.462 1,991.00 Finland 1,147,302 5,577.087 205.72 5,059.450 226.76 United Kingdom 6,654,298 4,537.306 1,466.57 4,116.176 1,616.62 Belgium 389,320 973.924 399.74 883.530 440.64 France 313,098 785.473 398.61 712.570 439.39 Federal Republic of Germany 7,286,674 26,950.837 270.37 24,449.395 298.03 Belarus 80,759 312.356 258.55 283.365 285.00 Spain 24,357 45.537 534.88 41.311 589.60 Italy 189,935 67.166 2,827.84 60.932 3,117.16 India 43,899 47.656 921.16 43.233 1,015.40 China 99,238 45.066 2,202.02 40.884 2,427.31 Korea, South 9,193 7.980 1,151.90 7.240 1,269.75 Hong Kong 6,266 4.316 1,451.59 3.916 1,600.10 Taiwan 2,031 1.398 1,451.92 1.269 1,600.47 Japan 111,911 215.581 519.11 195.572 572.22 Australia 8,759,687 39,866.181 219.73 36,166.002 242.21 CATEGORY TOTAL 123,179,525 492,791.887 249.96 447,053.406 275.54 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 13,348,573 40,600.387 328.78 36,832.062 362.42 Mexico 55,824 191.954 290.82 174.138 320.57 Trinidad and Tobago 6,256,846 25,578.329 244.62 23,204.277 269.64 Brazil 519,359 1,618.107 320.97 1,467.923 353.81 Argentina 2,119,574 8,883.184 238.61 8,058.692 263.02 Sweden 724,898 379.500 1,910.14 344.277 2,105.57 Finland 45,379 43.486 1,043.53 39.450 1,150.29 United Kingdom 2,032,557 4,193.016 484.75 3,803.842 534.34 Luxembourg 7,361 20.903 352.15 18.963 388.18 France 567,834 312.408 1,817.60 283.412 2,003.56 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 30/12/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Federal Republic of Germany 1,221,367 2,896.464 421.68 2,627.629 464.82 Austria 7,458 3.465 2,151.97 3.144 2,372.14 Spain 189,007 442.224 427.40 401.179 471.13 Italy 810,950 1,659.369 488.71 1,505.355 538.71 Turkey 9,160,643 36,499.666 250.98 33,111.950 276.66 India 34,601 28.164 1,228.55 25.550 1,354.25 Malaysia 2,272,548 8,263.805 275.00 7,496.800 303.14 China 9,917,004 41,950.478 236.40 38,056.845 260.58 Korea, South 131,639 100.534 1,309.40 91.203 1,443.36 Taiwan 380,735 233.067 1,633.59 211.435 1,800.72 Japan 3,387,634 9,766.056 346.88 8,859.620 382.37 Egypt 289,668 1,274.668 227.25 1,156.360 250.50 South Africa 1,057,192 4,595.445 230.05 4,168.919 253.59 CATEGORY TOTAL 54,538,651 189,534.687 287.75 171,943.025 317.19 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 5,545,953 12,788.701 433.66 11,601.718 478.03 Mexico 815,322 2,219.217 367.39 2,013.241 404.98 Brazil 1,562,782 5,205.422 300.22 4,722.281 330.94 Norway 66,015 157.304 419.66 142.704 462.60 United Kingdom 1,299,353 4,458.150 291.46 4,044.367 321.27 Luxembourg 1,307,370 3,285.867 397.88 2,980.890 438.58 France 38,774 43.390 893.61 39.363 985.04 Federal Republic of Germany 1,956,218 3,561.048 549.34 3,230.530 605.54 Poland 114,159 256.330 445.36 232.539 490.92 Ukraine 2,462 7.343 335.26 6.662 369.56 Spain 1,087,486 4,003.594 271.63 3,632.001 299.42 Italy 112,065 38.772 2,890.31 35.174 3,186.02 Turkey 21,552 77.438 278.31 70.251 306.79 India 212,606 106.763 1,991.38 96.854 2,195.12 Korea, South 1,912,825 8,027.383 238.29 7,282.322 262.67 Japan 17,591 4.866 3,614.56 4.415 3,984.37 South Africa 6,800 9.755 697.05 8.850 768.36 CATEGORY TOTAL 16,079,333 44,251.351 363.36 40,144.162 400.54 STEEL PILING...........................5 Canada 1,228,754 2,153.985 570.46 1,954.063 628.82 United Kingdom 184,299 545.588 337.80 494.950 372.36 Luxembourg 2,918,448 6,154.752 474.18 5,583.499 522.69 Spain 6,551 3.538 1,851.39 3.210 2,040.81 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,338,052 8,857.864 489.74 8,035.722 539.85 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 10,004,613 24,136.220 414.51 21,896.017 456.91 Brazil 587,257 1,406.309 417.59 1,275.783 460.31 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 30/12/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Sweden 1,013,431 1,614.984 627.52 1,465.090 691.72 Norway 9,900 23.701 417.69 21.502 460.42 Finland 78,772 96.275 818.19 87.340 901.90 United Kingdom 248,220 232.070 1,069.59 210.531 1,179.02 Belgium 982,503 543.728 1,806.97 493.262 1,991.85 France 389,682 290.547 1,341.20 263.580 1,478.42 Federal Republic of Germany 1,995,890 2,712.299 735.87 2,460.557 811.15 Austria 305,623 421.023 725.91 381.946 800.17 Czech Republic 626,584 2,319.178 270.17 2,103.924 297.82 Hungary 12,615 36.860 342.24 33.439 377.25 Ukraine 7,770 23.307 333.37 21.144 367.48 Italy 344,902 221.134 1,559.69 200.610 1,719.27 Cyprus 3,650 10.058 362.87 9.125 400.00 China 35,000 23.999 1,458.36 21.772 1,607.57 Korea, South 37,924 153.137 247.65 138.924 272.98 Taiwan 586,595 380.834 1,540.29 345.487 1,697.88 Japan 783,156 814.105 961.98 738.544 1,060.41 Australia 26,723 121.714 219.55 110.418 242.02 South Africa 960,968 2,103.799 456.78 1,908.535 503.51 CATEGORY TOTAL 19,041,778 37,685.290 505.28 34,187.530 556.98 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 8,961,353 25,273.421 354.58 22,927.669 390.85 Mexico 577,750 1,982.377 291.44 1,798.383 321.26 Brazil 63,030 69.254 910.12 62.827 1,003.23 Sweden 1,322,489 1,595.626 828.82 1,447.528 913.62 Netherlands 1,007,577 3,403.056 296.08 3,087.202 326.37 Belgium 1,205,840 978.307 1,232.58 887.506 1,358.68 France 2,842,934 9,039.018 314.52 8,200.062 346.70 Federal Republic of Germany 3,588,767 2,295.992 1,563.06 2,082.890 1,722.97 Austria 57,101 129.499 440.94 117.480 486.05 Japan 103,446 205.018 504.57 185.990 556.19 New Zealand 288,392 1,596.653 180.62 1,448.460 199.10 CATEGORY TOTAL 20,018,679 46,568.227 429.88 42,245.997 473.86 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Canada 144,346 270.112 534.39 245.042 589.07 Luxembourg 102,449 207.830 492.94 188.541 543.38 Federal Republic of Germany 13,857 1.294 10,707.72 1.174 11,803.24 Spain 10,811 22.930 471.47 20.802 519.71 Japan 6,330,082 14,473.129 437.37 13,129.806 482.12 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,601,545 14,975.297 440.83 13,585.365 485.93 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 Canada 158,406 373.102 424.56 338.473 468.00 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 30/12/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Mexico 2,100 1.265 1,659.48 1.148 1,829.27 Federal Republic of Germany 212,039 160.821 1,318.47 145.895 1,453.37 Austria 106,453 170.914 622.84 155.051 686.57 Poland 31,529 92.384 341.28 83.810 376.20 Spain 72,892 160.747 453.46 145.828 499.85 Japan 52,666 83.315 632.12 75.583 696.80 CATEGORY TOTAL 636,085 1,042.552 610.12 945.788 672.55 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 Canada 453,876 771.004 588.68 699.444 648.91 Switzerland 33,825 9.094 3,719.46 8.250 4,100.00 Australia 229,723 368.304 623.73 334.120 687.55 CATEGORY TOTAL 717,424 1,148.403 624.71 1,041.814 688.63 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 26,519,249 64,364.704 412.02 58,390.694 454.17 Mexico 3,325,733 9,392.763 354.07 8,520.974 390.30 Trinidad and Tobago 463,619 1,674.401 276.89 1,518.992 305.21 Colombia 5,751 8.191 702.09 7.431 773.92 Brazil 245,343 467.426 524.88 424.042 578.58 Argentina 2,334,633 7,155.899 326.25 6,491.725 359.63 Sweden 825,432 486.208 1,697.69 441.081 1,871.38 United Kingdom 2,904,326 6,940.706 418.45 6,296.505 461.26 Netherlands 179,569 185.796 966.48 168.552 1,065.36 Luxembourg 33,406 78.596 425.03 71.302 468.51 France 187,103 246.222 759.90 223.369 837.64 Federal Republic of Germany 1,594,298 3,375.858 472.26 3,062.528 520.58 Austria 397,627 186.863 2,127.90 169.520 2,345.61 Switzerland 8,145 2.227 3,656.12 2.021 4,030.18 Latvia 2,133,228 8,221.963 259.45 7,458.842 286.00 Poland 5,763 5.071 1,136.30 4.601 1,252.55 Russia 719,436 2,837.304 253.56 2,573.960 279.51 Spain 446,955 872.629 512.19 791.636 564.60 Portugal 142,692 66.050 2,160.35 59.920 2,381.38 Italy 1,552,842 3,005.895 516.60 2,726.903 569.45 Turkey 315,256 1,061.611 296.96 963.078 327.34 India 320,339 403.309 794.28 365.876 875.54 Malaysia 212,916 790.235 269.43 716.890 297.00 China 85,963 79.763 1,077.73 72.360 1,187.99 Korea, South 50,117 77.219 649.02 70.052 715.43 Taiwan 52,661 33.813 1,557.40 30.675 1,716.74 Japan 6,272,937 12,376.067 506.86 11,227.383 558.72 South Africa 543,369 1,838.816 295.50 1,668.147 325.73 CATEGORY TOTAL 51,878,708 126,235.618 410.97 114,519.059 453.01 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 30/12/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 3,932,273 8,300.849 473.72 7,530.406 522.19 Mexico 1,623,127 5,180.851 313.29 4,699.991 345.35 Brazil 357,339 1,478.809 241.64 1,341.554 266.36 Argentina 316,138 886.446 356.64 804.171 393.12 France 8,504 1.974 4,307.48 1.791 4,748.19 Poland 3,518 5.061 695.01 4.592 766.11 Italy 802,488 498.908 1,608.49 452.602 1,773.05 Turkey 29,108 99.690 291.98 90.438 321.86 India 1,474,356 814.356 1,810.46 738.772 1,995.68 China 25,998 16.881 1,539.99 15.315 1,697.55 Korea, South 28,345 112.424 252.12 101.990 277.92 Japan 6,742 1.865 3,614.80 1.692 3,984.63 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,607,936 17,398.120 494.76 15,783.314 545.38 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 Canada 236,650 911.503 259.63 826.902 286.19 Mexico 6,002,334 21,585.628 278.07 19,582.158 306.52 Dominican Republic 1,124,289 4,000.089 281.07 3,628.821 309.82 Trinidad and Tobago 16,954 52.910 320.43 48.000 353.21 Venezuela 1,503,571 6,368.501 236.09 5,777.409 260.25 Brazil 4,420,338 17,190.498 257.14 15,594.962 283.45 Federal Republic of Germany 298,966 637.753 468.78 578.560 516.74 Bulgaria 2,370,881 9,129.649 259.69 8,282.281 286.26 India 20,816 63.570 327.45 57.670 360.95 Egypt 4,465,560 16,643.336 268.31 15,098.585 295.76 CATEGORY TOTAL 20,460,359 76,583.440 267.16 69,475.348 294.50 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 6,635,326 8,964.058 740.21 8,132.059 815.95 Mexico 115,139 164.118 701.56 148.886 773.34 Trinidad and Tobago 2,134 3.024 705.51 2.744 777.70 Colombia 262,646 397.279 661.11 360.406 728.75 Brazil 93,442 92.454 1,010.68 83.873 1,114.09 Sweden 270,808 99.969 2,708.90 90.691 2,986.05 Denmark 74,147 39.506 1,876.81 35.840 2,068.83 United Kingdom 2,125,794 2,916.147 728.97 2,645.485 803.56 Belgium 122,163 184.085 663.62 167.000 731.51 France 1,552,610 1,288.340 1,205.12 1,168.763 1,328.42 Federal Republic of Germany 872,376 645.633 1,351.19 585.709 1,489.44 Austria 69,532 18.256 3,808.62 16.562 4,198.29 Czech Republic 11,231 3.858 2,911.03 3.500 3,208.86 Switzerland 474,045 156.044 3,037.89 141.561 3,348.70 Latvia 153,523 83.201 1,845.20 75.479 2,033.98 Poland 37,185 19.174 1,939.27 17.395 2,137.68 Russia 113,183 274.577 412.21 249.093 454.38 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 30/12/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Spain 529,398 1,106.917 478.26 1,004.179 527.19 Italy 2,643,679 1,284.053 2,058.85 1,164.874 2,269.50 Slovenia 86,344 54.095 1,596.13 49.075 1,759.43 Romania 15,157 6.668 2,272.76 6.050 2,505.29 Saudi Arabia 90,208 45.207 1,995.40 41.012 2,199.55 United Arab Emirates 27,138 17.611 1,540.91 15.977 1,698.57 India 936,824 573.005 1,634.93 519.822 1,802.20 China 95,116 243.854 390.05 221.221 429.96 Korea, South 47,356 18.847 2,512.61 17.098 2,769.68 Taiwan 545,084 308.173 1,768.76 279.570 1,949.72 Japan 579,260 506.984 1,142.56 459.929 1,259.46 Egypt 18,304 29.354 623.55 26.630 687.35 South Africa 223,144 583.188 382.63 529.060 421.77 CATEGORY TOTAL 18,822,296 20,127.695 935.14 18,259.543 1,030.82 TOOL STEEL............................17 Canada 667,473 523.043 1,276.13 474.497 1,406.70 Mexico 2,233 0.330 6,752.48 0.300 7,443.33 Colombia 58,429 6.665 8,765.65 6.047 9,662.48 Brazil 1,271,762 910.549 1,396.70 826.037 1,539.59 Sweden 879,864 481.395 1,827.74 436.715 2,014.73 United Kingdom 1,435,092 430.946 3,330.09 390.948 3,670.80 Netherlands 74,653 94.127 793.11 85.391 874.25 France 1,913,347 1,670.109 1,145.64 1,515.098 1,262.85 Federal Republic of Germany 2,140,075 1,539.213 1,390.37 1,396.351 1,532.62 Austria 1,720,967 737.373 2,333.92 668.934 2,572.70 Switzerland 93,973 71.829 1,308.27 65.163 1,442.12 Poland 22,100 21.550 1,025.51 19.550 1,130.43 Russia 170,502 97.309 1,752.16 88.278 1,931.42 Ukraine 2,485 1.102 2,254.35 1.000 2,485.00 Spain 104,456 95.017 1,099.34 86.198 1,211.81 Slovenia 987,797 784.088 1,259.80 711.313 1,388.70 China 936,810 446.721 2,097.08 405.259 2,311.63 Korea, South 207,700 191.858 1,082.57 174.051 1,193.33 Taiwan 752,276 545.577 1,378.86 494.940 1,519.93 Japan 3,268,608 4,500.217 726.32 4,082.530 800.63 Australia 20,929 6.713 3,117.65 6.090 3,436.62 CATEGORY TOTAL 16,731,531 13,155.740 1,271.80 11,934.690 1,401.92 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 15,849,390 29,327.765 540.42 26,605.709 595.71 Mexico 2,591,938 5,686.191 455.83 5,158.428 502.47 Guatemala 326,322 744.070 438.56 675.010 483.43 Dominican Republic 15,511 40.871 379.51 37.078 418.33 Colombia 257,502 817.517 314.98 741.640 347.21 Venezuela 122,142 606.476 201.40 550.186 222.00 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 30/12/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Chile 70,481 111.244 633.57 100.919 698.39 Brazil 68,429 145.474 470.39 131.972 518.51 Argentina 490,578 1,083.971 452.57 983.363 498.88 Sweden 73,932 119.664 617.83 108.558 681.04 United Kingdom 130,359 30.359 4,293.80 27.542 4,733.10 Netherlands 22,862 36.776 621.65 33.363 685.25 France 17,092 24.741 690.83 22.445 761.51 Federal Republic of Germany 1,000,483 1,148.400 871.20 1,041.812 960.33 Czech Republic 106,445 14.482 7,350.08 13.138 8,102.07 Slovakia 72,850 119.663 608.79 108.557 671.08 Spain 243,357 215.284 1,130.40 195.303 1,246.05 Italy 180,218 204.006 883.39 185.072 973.77 Croatia 1,140,180 3,250.260 350.80 2,948.588 386.69 Turkey 3,196,010 8,061.944 396.43 7,313.675 436.99 United Arab Emirates 86,295 227.876 378.69 206.726 417.44 Oman 317,649 925.765 343.12 839.841 378.23 India 55,776 129.353 431.19 117.348 475.30 Indonesia 935,409 2,682.041 348.77 2,433.108 384.45 Philippines 2,593,579 6,636.966 390.78 6,020.956 430.76 China 5,040,102 13,628.405 369.82 12,363.485 407.66 Korea, South 2,103,600 5,018.472 419.17 4,552.683 462.06 Taiwan 966,432 2,640.016 366.07 2,394.983 403.52 Japan 101,330 104.434 970.28 94.741 1,069.55 South Africa 1,168,878 3,195.508 365.79 2,898.917 403.21 CATEGORY TOTAL 39,345,131 86,978.010 452.36 78,905.146 498.64 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 5,800,072 10,780.836 538.00 9,780.213 593.04 Mexico 421,816 879.555 479.58 797.920 528.64 Colombia 2,969,582 5,358.671 554.16 4,861.306 610.86 Venezuela 2,526,297 6,364.772 396.92 5,774.026 437.53 Brazil 4,027,469 6,931.722 581.02 6,288.355 640.46 Sweden 159,656 396.413 402.75 359.620 443.96 United Kingdom 243,102 131.190 1,853.05 119.014 2,042.63 Federal Republic of Germany 2,562,762 3,486.847 734.98 3,163.216 810.18 Austria 2,879,860 4,388.763 656.19 3,981.420 723.32 Spain 654,753 1,036.623 631.62 940.409 696.24 Italy 47,583 39.488 1,205.00 35.823 1,328.28 Turkey 1,592,669 4,302.882 370.14 3,903.510 408.01 India 142,730 230.737 618.58 209.322 681.87 Indonesia 2,496,765 3,155.717 791.19 2,862.820 872.13 China 3,320,607 6,329.499 524.62 5,742.027 578.30 Korea, South 5,997,806 14,456.979 414.87 13,115.155 457.32 Taiwan 505,004 1,469.808 343.58 1,333.388 378.74 Japan 13,810,491 5,155.390 2,678.84 4,676.893 2,952.92 CATEGORY TOTAL 50,159,024 74,895.900 669.72 67,944.437 738.24 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 30/12/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 120,880 315.359 383.31 286.089 422.53 Mexico 10,884 10.296 1,057.04 9.341 1,165.19 Brazil 1,711,772 3,666.743 466.84 3,326.415 514.60 Argentina 238,520 545.734 437.06 495.082 481.78 United Kingdom 59,703 22.930 2,603.68 20.802 2,870.06 France 476,474 640.514 743.89 581.065 820.00 Federal Republic of Germany 628,290 339.055 1,853.06 307.586 2,042.65 Czech Republic 19,855 32.970 602.21 29.910 663.82 Italy 421,514 396.478 1,063.15 359.679 1,171.92 Singapore 1,180,179 304.083 3,881.10 275.860 4,278.18 Korea, South 1,446,895 3,968.379 364.61 3,600.054 401.91 Taiwan 85,131 297.908 285.76 270.258 315.00 Japan 6,861,295 12,888.467 532.36 11,692.224 586.83 CATEGORY TOTAL 13,261,392 23,428.920 566.03 21,254.365 623.94 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 529,693 507.604 1,043.52 460.491 1,150.28 Mexico 2,912,045 5,259.857 553.64 4,771.664 610.28 Venezuela 240,782 650.528 370.13 590.150 408.00 Brazil 41,849 105.609 396.26 95.807 436.81 Argentina 108,160 220.217 491.15 199.778 541.40 United Kingdom 18,810 3.107 6,053.26 2.819 6,672.58 France 113,451 209.864 540.59 190.386 595.90 Federal Republic of Germany 1,540,423 1,135.492 1,356.61 1,030.102 1,495.41 Austria 909,983 1,775.946 512.39 1,611.112 564.82 Czech Republic 8,878 18.981 467.71 17.220 515.56 Slovakia 170,612 389.491 438.04 353.341 482.85 Italy 1,092,542 1,544.703 707.28 1,401.332 779.65 China 349,598 979.239 357.01 888.351 393.54 Korea, South 2,250,135 6,668.976 337.40 6,049.995 371.92 Japan 6,241,079 5,390.466 1,157.80 4,890.150 1,276.26 CATEGORY TOTAL 16,528,040 24,860.087 664.84 22,552.698 732.86 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Canada 57,456 56.484 1,017.20 51.242 1,121.27 Mexico 197,091 482.057 408.85 437.315 450.68 Venezuela 411,983 1,142.392 360.63 1,036.361 397.53 Federal Republic of Germany 27,600 11.253 2,452.57 10.209 2,703.50 Turkey 32,853 29.530 1,112.50 26.790 1,226.32 China 462,244 1,415.378 326.59 1,284.010 360.00 Korea, South 2,857,543 8,205.596 348.24 7,443.994 383.87 Taiwan 528,101 1,560.461 338.43 1,415.627 373.05 Japan 67,001 163.569 409.62 148.388 451.53 South Africa 21,972 65.434 335.79 59.361 370.14 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 30/12/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 4,663,844 13,132.158 355.15 11,913.297 391.48 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 8,587,413 11,160.551 769.44 10,124.685 848.17 Mexico 7,990,725 16,531.666 483.36 14,997.280 532.81 Dominican Republic 56,642 150.399 376.61 136.440 415.14 Colombia 31,228 45.817 681.57 41.565 751.31 Brazil 969,209 1,868.095 518.82 1,694.708 571.90 Argentina 675,371 791.045 853.77 717.625 941.12 Sweden 511,319 361.908 1,412.84 328.318 1,557.39 Norway 2,188 0.171 12,723.85 0.156 14,025.64 Denmark 28,543 14.449 1,975.42 13.108 2,177.53 United Kingdom 248,777 185.794 1,338.99 168.550 1,475.98 Netherlands 16,761 21.123 793.47 19.163 874.65 Belgium 19,770 17.329 1,140.83 15.721 1,257.55 France 689,301 791.813 870.53 718.321 959.60 Federal Republic of Germany 2,363,835 2,219.327 1,065.11 2,013.341 1,174.09 Austria 107,747 48.801 2,207.86 44.272 2,433.75 Slovakia 139,534 120.954 1,153.61 109.728 1,271.64 Hungary 2,613 0.270 9,675.41 0.245 10,665.31 Switzerland 1,024,481 485.181 2,111.54 440.149 2,327.58 Ukraine 65,873 300.291 219.36 272.420 241.81 Spain 180,663 125.557 1,438.89 113.904 1,586.10 Italy 536,272 489.076 1,096.50 443.683 1,208.68 Romania 92,362 128.904 716.52 116.940 789.82 Turkey 1,752,397 5,455.961 321.19 4,949.566 354.05 India 256,923 262.459 978.91 238.099 1,079.06 China 624,756 922.892 676.95 837.234 746.21 Korea, South 665,752 1,623.381 410.10 1,472.707 452.06 Hong Kong 23,339 44.356 526.16 40.240 580.00 Taiwan 149,922 86.259 1,738.04 78.253 1,915.86 Japan 3,209,882 2,672.001 1,201.30 2,424.000 1,324.21 Australia 42,114 89.025 473.05 80.763 521.45 South Africa 146,989 422.930 347.55 383.676 383.11 CATEGORY TOTAL 31,212,701 47,437.799 657.97 43,034.860 725.29 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 187,639 44.444 4,221.91 40.319 4,653.86 Mexico 486,835 499.622 974.41 453.250 1,074.10 Argentina 610,417 528.245 1,155.56 479.216 1,273.78 Sweden 15,420 14.707 1,048.48 13.342 1,155.75 United Kingdom 29,210 37.703 774.73 34.204 853.99 Netherlands 64,019 44.592 1,435.63 40.454 1,582.51 France 723,101 671.214 1,077.30 608.916 1,187.52 Federal Republic of Germany 2,735,481 2,448.497 1,117.21 2,221.240 1,231.51 Slovakia 167,113 275.628 606.30 250.046 668.33 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 30/12/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Ukraine 28,801 79.013 364.51 71.680 401.80 Spain 210,578 169.290 1,243.88 153.578 1,371.15 Italy 243,437 150.908 1,613.14 136.902 1,778.18 Romania 4,207 5.555 757.25 5.040 834.72 India 80,759 133.359 605.57 120.982 667.53 China 6,132 5.996 1,022.58 5.440 1,127.21 Korea, South 8,823 19.413 454.47 17.612 500.97 Japan 503,530 377.397 1,334.22 342.369 1,470.72 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,105,502 5,505.591 1,108.96 4,994.590 1,222.42 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D Canada 8,262,616 1,834.398 4,504.26 1,664.139 4,965.10 Mexico 112,373 56.904 1,974.76 51.623 2,176.80 Brazil 82,884 177.405 467.20 160.940 515.00 Sweden 635,866 88.421 7,191.27 80.215 7,927.02 Finland 173,286 84.847 2,042.33 76.972 2,251.29 Denmark 3,459 0.108 32,019.93 0.098 35,295.92 United Kingdom 276,854 12.180 22,729.21 11.050 25,054.66 Ireland 31,635 9.924 3,187.69 9.003 3,513.83 France 1,209,157 246.227 4,910.73 223.374 5,413.15 Federal Republic of Germany 1,075,191 302.941 3,549.17 274.824 3,912.29 Austria 319,518 74.796 4,271.85 67.854 4,708.90 Czech Republic 3,576,562 299.119 11,956.95 271.357 13,180.28 Slovakia 15,309 3.495 4,379.72 3.171 4,827.81 Switzerland 43,240 0.710 60,816.56 0.645 67,038.76 Spain 969,578 225.990 4,290.35 205.015 4,729.30 Italy 63,632 27.303 2,330.57 24.769 2,569.02 India 284,634 88.786 3,205.82 80.546 3,533.81 Thailand 71,102 44.832 1,585.96 40.671 1,748.22 Malaysia 502,993 271.069 1,855.59 245.910 2,045.44 Singapore 85,252 45.656 1,867.24 41.419 2,058.28 China 1,013,978 342.932 2,956.79 311.103 3,259.30 Korea, South 2,634,218 1,261.842 2,087.60 1,144.725 2,301.18 Taiwan 3,058,688 1,466.940 2,085.08 1,330.786 2,298.41 Japan 6,316,021 1,999.969 3,158.06 1,814.342 3,481.16 South Africa 600,706 380.485 1,578.79 345.171 1,740.31 CATEGORY TOTAL 31,418,752 9,347.290 3,361.27 8,479.722 3,705.16 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 2,968,329 1,398.974 2,121.79 1,269.129 2,338.87 Mexico 348,732 220.437 1,582.00 199.978 1,743.85 United Kingdom 38,587 2.035 18,952.65 1.847 20,891.72 Ireland 7,120 5.511 1,291.83 5.000 1,424.00 Federal Republic of Germany 137,529 24.096 5,707.42 21.860 6,291.35 Hungary 4,448 1.750 2,541.03 1.588 2,801.01 India 274,685 278.707 985.57 252.839 1,086.40 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 30/12/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Vietnam 43,280 23.855 1,814.29 21.641 1,999.91 Japan 239,123 75.739 3,157.16 68.710 3,480.18 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,061,833 2,031.109 1,999.81 1,842.592 2,204.41 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 10,739,663 23,054.000 465.85 20,914.243 513.51 Mexico 2,972,060 3,298.440 901.05 2,992.296 993.24 Finland 578,513 277.145 2,087.40 251.422 2,300.96 United Kingdom 41,798 54.217 770.94 49.185 849.81 Netherlands 15,814 3.666 4,313.36 3.326 4,754.66 Federal Republic of Germany 319,188 292.992 1,089.41 265.798 1,200.87 Austria 84,205 114.908 732.80 104.243 807.78 Turkey 1,050,054 3,145.869 333.79 2,853.886 367.94 China 34,208 54.113 632.15 49.091 696.83 Korea, South 483,766 1,453.933 332.73 1,318.987 366.77 Taiwan 284,267 153.244 1,854.99 139.021 2,044.78 Japan 347,338 276.250 1,257.33 250.610 1,385.97 Australia 55,309 136.036 406.58 123.410 448.17 CATEGORY TOTAL 17,006,183 32,314.817 526.27 29,315.518 580.11 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 112,830 234.532 481.09 212.764 530.31 Mexico 51,186 51.870 986.81 47.056 1,087.77 Japan 35,379 93.090 380.05 84.450 418.93 CATEGORY TOTAL 199,395 379.492 525.43 344.270 579.18 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 13,666,307 23,593.607 579.24 21,403.767 638.50 Mexico 3,586,482 5,614.687 638.77 5,093.560 704.12 Dominican Republic 8,909 22.010 404.75 19.968 446.16 Trinidad and Tobago 46,049 70.938 649.14 64.354 715.56 Colombia 30,689 21.090 1,455.11 19.133 1,603.98 Venezuela 282,996 559.303 505.98 507.392 557.75 Ecuador 9,546 19.540 488.52 17.727 538.50 Chile 50,428 87.650 575.33 79.515 634.19 Brazil 286,889 439.979 652.05 399.143 718.76 Argentina 138,378 373.500 370.49 338.834 408.39 Sweden 1,948,707 487.907 3,994.01 442.622 4,402.64 Denmark 50,099 3.148 15,913.54 2.856 17,541.67 United Kingdom 1,041,200 588.185 1,770.19 533.593 1,951.30 Ireland 3,426 0.019 172,667.54 0.018 190,333.33 Netherlands 12,552 3.175 3,952.44 2.881 4,356.82 Belgium 992,452 808.358 1,227.74 733.331 1,353.35 Luxembourg 318,978 296.289 1,076.58 268.789 1,186.72 France 2,156,360 1,835.995 1,174.49 1,665.588 1,294.65 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 30/12/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Federal Republic of Germany 1,351,025 929.358 1,453.72 843.100 1,602.45 Austria 447,488 169.254 2,643.88 153.545 2,914.38 Czech Republic 55,597 111.039 500.70 100.733 551.92 Switzerland 138,749 35.829 3,872.48 32.504 4,268.67 Poland 96,764 110.766 873.58 100.486 962.96 Russia 58,075 174.638 332.54 158.429 366.57 Belarus 213,365 269.427 791.92 244.421 872.94 Spain 156,087 214.032 729.27 194.167 803.88 Italy 1,797,915 1,881.826 955.41 1,707.165 1,053.16 Greece 362,632 646.275 561.11 586.291 618.52 Turkey 81,625 88.182 925.64 79.998 1,020.34 Israel 101,387 232.703 435.69 211.105 480.27 India 1,903,240 1,253.386 1,518.48 1,137.053 1,673.84 Thailand 61,193 74.537 820.97 67.619 904.97 Vietnam 9,805 5.002 1,960.10 4.538 2,160.64 Malaysia 13,809 23.689 582.91 21.491 642.55 Indonesia 3,348 1.180 2,835.91 1.071 3,126.05 China 2,782,027 4,534.984 613.46 4,114.070 676.22 Korea, South 3,573,632 3,679.621 971.20 3,338.097 1,070.56 Hong Kong 21,841 4.659 4,687.44 4.227 5,167.02 Taiwan 1,333,312 1,286.043 1,036.76 1,166.679 1,142.83 Japan 5,767,766 7,413.379 778.02 6,725.307 857.62 Australia 105,625 143.488 736.12 130.171 811.43 New Zealand 3,120 4.046 771.02 3.671 849.90 South Africa 825,736 2,143.927 385.15 1,944.939 424.56 CATEGORY TOTAL 45,895,610 60,256.671 761.67 54,663.948 839.60 BLACK PLATE...........................28 Canada 64,054 154.022 415.87 139.727 458.42 Belgium 122,466 365.537 335.03 331.610 369.31 France 469,195 865.838 541.90 785.476 597.34 Federal Republic of Germany 101,467 118.737 854.55 107.717 941.98 Japan 625,287 1,170.734 534.10 1,062.073 588.74 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,382,469 2,674.871 516.84 2,426.603 569.71 TIN PLATE.............................29 Canada 7,031,275 11,939.022 588.93 10,830.902 649.19 Norway 94,216 188.352 500.21 170.871 551.39 Netherlands 5,258,469 9,734.883 540.17 8,831.340 595.43 France 198,732 359.397 552.96 326.040 609.53 Federal Republic of Germany 5,901,439 10,785.509 547.16 9,784.452 603.14 Korea, South 94,626 200.433 472.11 181.830 520.41 Japan 219,790 345.922 635.37 313.816 700.38 CATEGORY TOTAL 18,798,547 33,553.521 560.26 30,439.251 617.58 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 30/12/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A Canada 1,334,368 2,191.862 608.78 1,988.425 671.07 Netherlands 2,657,153 5,324.460 499.05 4,830.271 550.10 France 53,012 103.534 512.02 93.925 564.41 Federal Republic of Germany 215,608 444.756 484.78 403.476 534.38 Japan 791,238 1,290.440 613.15 1,170.668 675.89 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,051,379 9,355.054 539.96 8,486.765 595.21 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 11,373,117 32,862.666 346.08 29,812.518 381.49 Mexico 1,856,961 6,777.886 273.97 6,148.797 302.00 Brazil 181,150 117.505 1,541.63 106.599 1,699.36 Sweden 470,576 604.734 778.15 548.606 857.77 Netherlands 2,265,022 7,666.795 295.43 6,955.202 325.66 Belgium 491,521 1,569.758 313.12 1,424.061 345.15 France 5,949,557 18,441.428 322.62 16,729.787 355.63 Federal Republic of Germany 5,871 13.977 420.04 12.680 463.01 Austria 1,036,023 2,489.542 416.15 2,258.476 458.73 Ukraine 5,500 11.122 494.50 10.090 545.09 Italy 49,668 34.718 1,430.60 31.496 1,576.96 India 71,817 44.247 1,623.06 40.141 1,789.12 Korea, South 9,605,375 31,809.311 301.97 28,856.930 332.86 Japan 1,198,264 2,503.822 478.57 2,271.430 527.54 New Zealand 1,082,434 6,030.589 179.49 5,470.860 197.85 South Africa 65,949 59.215 1,113.72 53.719 1,227.67 CATEGORY TOTAL 35,708,805 111,037.321 321.59 100,731.392 354.50 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 17,912,909 28,913.000 619.55 26,229.440 682.93 Mexico 19,398,667 23,390.081 829.35 21,219.131 914.21 Venezuela 21,672 27.264 794.88 24.734 876.20 Brazil 1,466,643 1,088.452 1,347.46 987.428 1,485.32 Argentina 1,830,162 6,111.228 299.48 5,544.015 330.11 Sweden 973,918 400.116 2,434.08 362.980 2,683.12 Norway 42,745 81.284 525.87 73.740 579.67 Finland 539,631 390.339 1,382.47 354.110 1,523.91 United Kingdom 199,381 52.107 3,826.35 47.271 4,217.83 Netherlands 801,273 1,279.571 626.20 1,160.808 690.27 Belgium 7,154,314 19,004.724 376.45 17,240.801 414.96 Luxembourg 360,303 1,027.585 350.63 932.210 386.50 France 1,229,116 1,685.690 729.15 1,529.233 803.75 Federal Republic of Germany 2,208,576 1,589.785 1,389.23 1,442.230 1,531.36 Switzerland 73,615 16.315 4,512.02 14.801 4,973.65 Spain 2,157 2.265 952.21 2.055 1,049.64 Italy 5,019,377 3,608.548 1,390.97 3,273.621 1,533.28 India 7,088 21.384 331.45 19.400 365.36 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 30/12/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE China 903,269 598.196 1,509.99 542.675 1,664.48 Korea, South 2,740,588 5,665.052 483.77 5,139.251 533.27 Taiwan 2,355,383 1,408.353 1,672.44 1,277.637 1,843.55 Japan 2,240,074 3,060.498 731.93 2,776.438 806.82 New Zealand 134,936 519.943 259.52 471.685 286.07 South Africa 3,164,154 8,355.278 378.70 7,579.783 417.45 CATEGORY TOTAL 70,779,951 108,297.069 653.57 98,245.477 720.44 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 18,181,597 33,204.347 547.57 30,122.486 603.59 Mexico 9,449,738 17,260.568 547.48 15,658.529 603.49 Colombia 263,306 687.875 382.78 624.030 421.94 Venezuela 51,228 114.836 446.09 104.178 491.74 Brazil 431,276 861.852 500.41 781.860 551.60 Argentina 2,128,689 5,605.170 379.77 5,084.927 418.63 Sweden 10,732 18.753 572.26 17.013 630.81 Finland 344,373 638.976 538.94 579.670 594.08 United Kingdom 68,758 42.117 1,632.54 38.208 1,799.57 Belgium 11,615 22.806 509.28 20.690 561.38 France 119,808 276.634 433.09 250.959 477.40 Federal Republic of Germany 2,013,621 4,987.278 403.75 4,524.384 445.06 Austria 61,075 69.670 876.63 63.204 966.32 Spain 1,970,051 3,442.457 572.28 3,122.946 630.83 India 4,368,664 11,526.794 379.00 10,456.935 417.78 Korea, South 3,291,208 5,935.536 554.49 5,384.630 611.22 Taiwan 4,063,054 7,312.773 555.61 6,634.038 612.46 Japan 870,616 1,608.205 541.36 1,458.940 596.75 Australia 32,530 56.449 576.27 51.210 635.23 New Zealand 148,785 233.993 635.85 212.275 700.91 South Africa 1,922,530 4,595.109 418.39 4,168.614 461.19 CATEGORY TOTAL 49,803,254 98,502.208 505.61 89,359.726 557.33 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 663,419 641.215 1,034.63 581.701 1,140.48 Argentina 262,294 697.964 375.80 633.183 414.25 Belgium 10,622 26.323 403.52 23.880 444.81 Federal Republic of Germany 748,962 1,478.490 506.57 1,341.264 558.40 Hungary 2,652 3.897 680.39 3.536 750.00 Spain 121,356 229.534 528.71 208.230 582.80 Korea, South 553,221 1,286.958 429.87 1,167.509 473.85 Taiwan 129,575 209.031 619.88 189.630 683.30 Japan 406,668 626.216 649.41 568.094 715.85 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,898,769 5,199.630 557.50 4,717.027 614.53 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 30/12/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 6,654,550 8,416.666 790.64 7,635.474 871.53 Mexico 4,160,952 7,118.626 584.52 6,457.911 644.32 Belgium 545,103 826.347 659.65 749.650 727.14 Luxembourg 610,756 1,298.651 470.30 1,178.117 518.42 France 25,243 8.416 2,999.35 7.635 3,306.22 Federal Republic of Germany 145,005 65.242 2,222.55 59.187 2,449.95 Austria 17,849 15.163 1,177.11 13.756 1,297.54 Korea, South 1,156,778 2,549.391 453.75 2,312.770 500.17 Taiwan 994,944 1,826.995 544.58 1,657.423 600.30 Japan 547,678 337.189 1,624.25 305.893 1,790.42 New Zealand 18,323 25.920 706.88 23.515 779.20 CATEGORY TOTAL 14,877,181 22,488.611 661.54 20,401.331 729.23 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 Canada 21,258 43.885 484.40 39.812 533.96 Sweden 411,458 784.779 524.30 711.940 577.94 United Kingdom 434,587 457.206 950.53 414.771 1,047.78 Belgium 163,411 282.670 578.10 256.434 637.24 France 292,605 301.735 969.74 273.730 1,068.95 Federal Republic of Germany 2,965,097 3,421.934 866.50 3,104.328 955.15 Russia 3,062,078 3,774.951 811.16 3,424.579 894.15 Japan 897,798 1,690.067 531.22 1,533.204 585.57 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,248,292 10,757.230 766.77 9,758.798 845.22 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 2,460,676 6,962.875 353.40 6,316.616 389.56 Mexico 402,103 839.652 478.89 761.720 527.89 Federal Republic of Germany 160,269 252.492 634.75 229.057 699.69 Italy 12,443 4.089 3,042.62 3.710 3,353.91 Slovenia 37,137 25.176 1,475.05 22.840 1,625.96 Taiwan 45,503 57.525 791.01 52.186 871.94 Japan 25,019 1.436 17,418.93 1.303 19,201.07 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,143,150 8,143.247 385.98 7,387.432 425.47 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 3,259,356 4,044.817 805.81 3,669.398 888.25 Mexico 1,213,353 866.154 1,400.85 785.762 1,544.17 Brazil 71,754 82.134 873.62 74.511 963.00 Sweden 2,325,265 528.871 4,396.66 479.784 4,846.48 Finland 314,113 182.789 1,718.44 165.824 1,894.26 United Kingdom 1,030,001 530.061 1,943.17 480.864 2,141.98 Belgium 20,574 18.755 1,096.94 17.015 1,209.17 France 601,274 219.337 2,741.31 198.980 3,021.78 Federal Republic of Germany 4,433,894 3,249.355 1,364.55 2,947.767 1,504.15 Austria 258,372 47.817 5,403.33 43.379 5,956.15 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 30/12/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Switzerland 143,587 137.533 1,044.02 124.768 1,150.83 Italy 101,329 23.457 4,319.74 21.280 4,761.70 India 154,067 257.604 598.08 233.695 659.27 Indonesia 110,142 47.700 2,309.04 43.273 2,545.28 China 474,968 203.644 2,332.34 184.743 2,570.97 Korea, South 484,662 288.392 1,680.57 261.625 1,852.51 Taiwan 113,067 72.123 1,567.69 65.429 1,728.09 Japan 2,730,012 728.049 3,749.76 660.476 4,133.40 CATEGORY TOTAL 17,839,790 11,528.600 1,547.44 10,458.573 1,705.76 GRAND TOTAL 850,471,584 1,892,976.271 449.28 1,717,279.670 495.24 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 30/12/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Canada 7,122 5.233 1,360.78 4.748 1,500.00 Mexico 181,671 357.104 508.73 323.960 560.78 India 5,439 5.886 924.00 5.340 1,018.54 CATEGORY TOTAL 194,232 368.224 527.48 334.048 581.45 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 1,915,506 6,536.829 293.03 5,930.114 323.01 Mexico 3,662,908 13,326.590 274.86 12,089.683 302.98 Brazil 14,548,095 57,741.846 251.95 52,382.537 277.73 United Kingdom 49,803 98.247 506.91 89.129 558.77 France 302,263 778.151 388.44 705.927 428.18 Federal Republic of Germany 1,945,088 4,908.316 396.28 4,452.751 436.83 Italy 79,480 29.078 2,733.25 26.380 3,012.89 Japan 85,267 212.580 401.10 192.850 442.14 CATEGORY TOTAL 22,588,410 83,631.642 270.09 75,869.371 297.73 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 936,547 2,309.697 405.48 2,095.323 446.97 Luxembourg 6,950 23.094 300.94 20.951 331.73 Federal Republic of Germany 44,090 64.685 681.60 58.682 751.34 Spain 1,058,528 3,956.012 267.57 3,588.835 294.95 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,046,115 6,353.490 322.05 5,763.791 354.99 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 6,417,627 13,614.913 471.37 12,351.245 519.59 Brazil 581,100 1,403.833 413.94 1,273.537 456.29 Sweden 1,010,818 1,613.934 626.31 1,464.137 690.38 Finland 45,393 75.325 602.63 68.334 664.28 United Kingdom 248,220 232.070 1,069.59 210.531 1,179.02 Belgium 247,909 167.991 1,475.73 152.399 1,626.71 France 288,810 242.445 1,191.24 219.943 1,313.11 Federal Republic of Germany 534,209 1,037.069 515.11 940.814 567.82 Austria 242,987 403.572 602.09 366.115 663.69 China 35,000 23.999 1,458.36 21.772 1,607.57 Japan 367,692 583.863 629.76 529.672 694.19 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,019,765 19,399.019 516.51 17,598.499 569.35 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 1,937,809 4,762.521 406.89 4,320.488 448.52 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 30/12/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Sweden 552,127 1,184.067 466.30 1,074.168 514.00 Netherlands 895,659 2,952.784 303.33 2,678.722 334.36 Belgium 7,113 20.711 343.44 18.789 378.57 France 490,010 980.436 499.79 889.437 550.92 Austria 57,101 129.499 440.94 117.480 486.05 Japan 54,736 104.895 521.81 95.160 575.20 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,994,555 10,134.916 394.14 9,194.244 434.46 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Canada 144,346 270.112 534.39 245.042 589.07 CATEGORY TOTAL 144,346 270.112 534.39 245.042 589.07 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 11,575,655 28,877.136 400.86 26,196.905 441.87 Mexico 2,616,502 7,586.633 344.88 6,882.480 380.17 Trinidad and Tobago 404,327 1,632.511 247.67 1,480.990 273.01 Colombia 5,751 8.191 702.09 7.431 773.92 Brazil 169,719 155.798 1,089.35 141.338 1,200.80 Sweden 807,197 480.883 1,678.57 436.250 1,850.31 United Kingdom 286,584 234.712 1,221.00 212.928 1,345.92 Netherlands 179,569 185.796 966.48 168.552 1,065.36 Luxembourg 33,406 78.596 425.03 71.302 468.51 France 181,861 240.997 754.62 218.629 831.82 Federal Republic of Germany 544,208 598.887 908.70 543.302 1,001.67 Austria 232,096 106.143 2,186.62 96.292 2,410.34 Switzerland 8,145 2.227 3,656.12 2.021 4,030.18 Latvia 2,133,228 8,221.963 259.45 7,458.842 286.00 Poland 5,763 5.071 1,136.30 4.601 1,252.55 Spain 119,620 187.944 636.47 170.500 701.58 Italy 938,161 2,689.577 348.81 2,439.944 384.50 India 12,344 18.782 657.22 17.039 724.46 China 85,963 79.763 1,077.73 72.360 1,187.99 Korea, South 30,296 41.993 721.44 38.096 795.25 Taiwan 25,620 17.471 1,466.38 15.850 1,616.40 Japan 4,943,491 10,128.321 488.09 9,188.261 538.02 CATEGORY TOTAL 25,339,506 61,579.405 411.49 55,863.913 453.59 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 239,820 627.461 382.21 569.224 421.31 Mexico 278,041 811.956 342.43 736.595 377.47 CATEGORY TOTAL 517,861 1,439.418 359.77 1,305.819 396.58 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 662,097 514.646 1,286.51 466.880 1,418.13 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 30/12/03 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Colombia 262,646 397.279 661.11 360.406 728.75 Brazil 13,173 11.013 1,196.11 9.991 1,318.49 Sweden 13,979 14.605 957.10 13.250 1,055.02 United Kingdom 1,033,559 1,376.680 750.76 1,248.904 827.57 Belgium 108,761 156.847 693.42 142.290 764.36 France 574,639 835.776 687.55 758.204 757.89 Federal Republic of Germany 125,157 112.418 1,113.32 101.984 1,227.22 Austria 22,947 1.638 14,008.87 1.486 15,442.13 Spain 93,693 129.098 725.75 117.116 800.00 Italy 52,905 35.896 1,473.81 32.565 1,624.60 Romania 2,299 0.551 4,171.24 0.500 4,598.00 India 13,637 14.460 943.08 13.118 1,039.56 Taiwan 44,275 43.919 1,008.10 39.843 1,111.24 Japan 250,066 294.612 848.80 267.268 935.64 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,273,833 3,939.444 831.04 3,573.805 916.06 TOOL STEEL............................17 Canada 667,473 523.043 1,276.13 474.497 1,406.70 Mexico 2,233 0.330 6,752.48 0.300 7,443.33 Colombia 58,429 6.665 8,765.65 6.047 9,662.48 Brazil 1,271,762 910.549 1,396.70 826.037 1,539.59 Sweden 879,864 481.395 1,827.74 436.715 2,014.73 United Kingdom 1,435,092 430.946 3,330.09 390.948 3,670.80 Netherlands 74,653 94.127 793.11 85.391 874.25 France 1,913,347 1,670.109 1,145.64 1,515.098 1,262.85 Federal Republic of Germany 2,140,075 1,539.213 1,390.37 1,396.351 1,532.62 Austria 1,720,967 737.373 2,333.92 668.934 2,572.70 Switzerland 93,973 71.829 1,308.27 65.163 1,442.12 Poland 22,100 21.550 1,025.51 19.550 1,130.43 Russia 170,502 97.309 1,752.16 88.278 1,931.42 Ukraine 2,485 1.102 2,254.35 1.000 2,485.00 Spain 104,456 95.017 1,099.34 86.198 1,211.81 Slovenia 987,797 784.088 1,259.80 711.313 1,388.70 China 936,810 446.721 2,097.08 405.259 2,311.63 Korea, South 207,700 191.858 1,082.57 174.051 1,193.33 Taiwan 752,276 545.577 1,378.86 494.940 1,519.93 Japan 3,268,608 4,500.217 726.32 4,082.530 800.63 Australia 20,929 6.713 3,117.65 6.090 3,436.62 CATEGORY TOTAL 16,731,531 13,155.740 1,271.80 11,934.690