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RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/01/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 27,577 31.986 862.14 29.018 950.34 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 4,042,715 17,084.283 236.63 15,498.606 260.84 WIRE RODS..............................3 13,316,723 38,830.048 342.95 35,226.037 378.04 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 5,797,238 13,586.989 426.68 12,325.913 470.33 STEEL PILING...........................5 1,053,342 1,946.534 541.14 1,765.867 596.50 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 8,690,596 22,152.125 392.31 20,096.076 432.45 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 7,437,934 21,655.072 343.47 19,645.157 378.61 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 51,844 90.096 575.43 81.734 634.30 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 233,605 456.626 511.59 414.245 563.93 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 26,934,413 64,583.811 417.05 58,589.464 459.71 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 2,676,892 5,206.452 514.15 4,723.216 566.75 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 109,423 447.789 244.36 406.228 269.36 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 5,781,018 7,771.646 743.86 7,050.321 819.97 TOOL STEEL............................17 836,978 662.248 1,263.84 600.782 1,393.15 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 14,632,636 27,229.939 537.37 24,702.593 592.35 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,757,500 4,670.302 590.43 4,236.828 650.84 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 5,399 11.579 466.24 10.505 513.95 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 293,694 187.101 1,569.70 169.736 1,730.30 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 16,040 45.077 355.83 40.894 392.23 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 7,297,342 9,223.820 791.14 8,367.712 872.08 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 95,180 24.374 3,904.93 22.112 4,304.45 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 6,430,238 1,354.305 4,748.00 1,228.606 5,233.77 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 1,539,091 603.123 2,551.87 547.145 2,812.95 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 9,778,823 19,637.071 497.98 17,814.457 548.93 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 34,590 74.806 462.40 67.863 509.70 WIRE DRAWN............................23 11,712,433 19,602.420 597.50 17,783.022 658.63 BLACK PLATE...........................28 58,772 161.018 365.00 146.074 402.34 TIN PLATE.............................29 4,510,297 7,728.570 583.59 7,011.243 643.29 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 1,039,022 1,677.170 619.51 1,521.504 682.89 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 13,038,124 38,168.048 341.60 34,625.481 376.55 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 13,690,539 24,975.179 548.17 22,657.108 604.25 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 16,290,543 31,072.712 524.27 28,188.699 577.91 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,587,062 1,505.043 1,054.50 1,365.353 1,162.38 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 5,383,323 7,102.155 757.98 6,442.969 835.53 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 1,630,307 4,254.801 383.17 3,859.892 422.37 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,687,123 3,849.687 698.01 3,492.379 769.42 COUNTRY TOTAL 191,498,376 397,664.028 481.56 360,754.840 530.83 Mexico INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 190,471 404.338 471.07 366.810 519.26 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 41,142,930 178,121.195 230.98 161,588.876 254.61 WIRE RODS..............................3 712,173 2,306.044 308.83 2,092.009 340.43 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/01/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 797,323 1,995.338 399.59 1,810.141 440.48 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 37,926 81.223 466.93 73.685 514.70 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 622,195 2,038.929 305.16 1,849.686 336.38 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 4,128,890 11,915.539 346.51 10,809.599 381.97 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 1,585,620 4,804.252 330.05 4,358.346 363.81 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 5,452,568 18,452.941 295.49 16,740.232 325.72 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 34,506 60.786 567.65 55.145 625.73 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,669 0.304 8,772.74 0.276 9,670.29 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 3,844,771 8,859.053 433.99 8,036.800 478.40 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 874,292 1,840.911 474.92 1,670.047 523.51 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,530,294 2,852.682 536.44 2,587.911 591.32 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 399,452 969.459 412.04 879.479 454.19 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 7,712,328 14,647.898 526.51 13,288.354 580.38 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 407,208 397.103 1,025.45 360.246 1,130.36 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 76,819 32.708 2,348.57 29.673 2,588.85 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 449,815 288.088 1,561.38 261.350 1,721.12 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 2,785,309 3,341.244 833.61 3,031.127 918.90 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 31,251 37.298 837.85 33.837 923.57 WIRE DRAWN............................23 3,905,504 6,040.234 646.58 5,479.610 712.73 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,265,231 4,067.961 311.02 3,690.394 342.84 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 16,176,313 19,071.911 848.17 17,301.752 934.95 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 11,425,795 19,540.355 584.73 17,726.717 644.55 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 5,255,665 9,334.030 563.06 8,467.692 620.67 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 205,952 434.039 474.50 393.754 523.05 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,446,961 1,260.702 1,147.74 1,143.690 1,265.17 COUNTRY TOTAL 112,500,231 313,196.579 359.20 284,127.238 395.95 Honduras WIRE DRAWN............................23 16,957 45.000 376.82 40.824 415.37 COUNTRY TOTAL 16,957 45.000 376.82 40.824 415.37 Dominican Republic BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 2,437,831 8,233.160 296.10 7,469.000 326.39 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 89,935 209.010 430.29 189.611 474.31 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 192,492 561.521 342.80 509.404 377.88 WIRE DRAWN............................23 45,461 83.072 547.25 75.362 603.24 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 115,163 262.978 437.92 238.570 482.72 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,880,882 9,349.743 308.12 8,481.947 339.65 Trinidad and Tobago WIRE RODS..............................3 3,528,795 13,437.931 262.60 12,190.690 289.47 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 118,733 81.800 1,451.50 74.208 1,600.00 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 17,172 26.455 649.09 24.000 715.50 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 6,560 17.636 371.95 16.000 410.00 WIRE DRAWN............................23 11,204 21.808 513.75 19.784 566.32 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/01/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 3,682,464 13,585.632 271.06 12,324.682 298.79 Colombia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 60,356 191.142 315.76 173.402 348.07 TOOL STEEL............................17 95,456 24.776 3,852.66 22.477 4,246.83 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 305,769 615.367 496.89 558.252 547.73 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,059,650 3,568.923 577.11 3,237.674 636.15 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 207,234 597.429 346.88 541.979 382.37 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 187,368 544.445 344.14 493.913 379.35 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 18,327 23.783 770.58 21.576 849.42 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 32,824 88.245 371.96 80.055 410.02 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 511,297 1,333.475 383.43 1,209.709 422.66 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,478,281 6,987.590 497.78 6,339.037 548.71 Venezuela MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 22,106 43.129 512.56 39.126 565.00 WIRE DRAWN............................23 231,489 407.499 568.07 369.677 626.19 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 19,995 68.500 291.89 62.143 321.76 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,588,364 3,738.966 424.81 3,391.934 468.28 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,861,954 4,258.095 437.27 3,862.880 482.01 Ecuador WIRE DRAWN............................23 17,062 39.081 436.58 35.454 481.24 COUNTRY TOTAL 17,062 39.081 436.58 35.454 481.24 Chile STANDARD PIPE.........................18 132,057 151.963 869.00 137.859 957.91 WIRE DRAWN............................23 124,546 284.594 437.63 258.180 482.40 BLACK PLATE...........................28 115,177 339.467 339.29 307.960 374.00 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 132,844 644.970 205.97 585.108 227.04 COUNTRY TOTAL 504,624 1,420.996 355.12 1,289.107 391.45 Brazil BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 15,499,593 78,035.231 198.62 70,792.391 218.94 WIRE RODS..............................3 671,987 2,174.467 309.04 1,972.644 340.65 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 4,638,668 18,254.996 254.10 16,560.659 280.10 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,233 1.309 1,705.17 1.188 1,879.63 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 3,312 2.048 1,617.11 1.858 1,782.56 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 280,826 538.202 521.79 488.249 575.17 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 543,443 2,363.638 229.92 2,144.257 253.44 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 832,415 3,309.600 251.52 3,002.420 277.25 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 193,055 129.718 1,488.26 117.679 1,640.52 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,400,864 974.481 1,437.55 884.035 1,584.63 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/01/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,100,907 1,717.571 640.97 1,558.155 706.55 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 858,379 1,688.914 508.24 1,532.158 560.24 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 54,159 157.028 344.90 142.454 380.19 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 125,730 367.137 342.46 333.062 377.50 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,019,281 2,164.535 470.90 1,963.634 519.08 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 97,870 105.641 926.44 95.836 1,021.22 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 11,993 9.031 1,327.95 8.193 1,463.81 WIRE DRAWN............................23 407,260 865.461 470.57 785.134 518.71 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 609,700 318.014 1,917.21 288.498 2,113.36 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 900,501 2,042.217 440.94 1,852.669 486.06 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 52,327 66.903 782.12 60.694 862.14 COUNTRY TOTAL 29,304,503 115,286.151 254.19 104,585.867 280.20 Argentina WIRE RODS..............................3 2,860 6.610 432.64 5.997 476.91 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 207,789 621.174 334.51 563.520 368.73 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 407,445 1,061.717 383.76 963.174 423.02 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 25,143 129.120 194.73 117.136 214.65 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 489,068 1,563.963 312.71 1,418.804 344.70 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 255,667 745.377 343.00 676.195 378.10 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 942,842 1,159.337 813.26 1,051.734 896.46 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 461,148 283.297 1,627.79 257.003 1,794.33 WIRE DRAWN............................23 150,986 435.044 347.06 394.666 382.57 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 282,856 907.543 311.67 823.310 343.56 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 42,907 105.926 405.06 96.095 446.51 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 3,644 1.064 3,422.13 0.966 3,772.26 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,272,355 7,020.177 466.14 6,368.600 513.83 Sweden INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 105,142 67.922 1,547.98 61.618 1,706.35 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 5,992,799 3,517.131 1,703.89 3,190.689 1,878.21 WIRE RODS..............................3 718,505 317.286 2,264.53 287.838 2,496.21 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,499,084 3,350.973 745.78 3,039.953 822.08 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,106,474 2,912.013 723.37 2,641.735 797.38 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 911,317 529.726 1,720.35 480.560 1,896.36 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 422,698 179.309 2,357.36 162.667 2,598.55 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,356,193 798.354 1,698.74 724.255 1,872.54 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 18,249 15.904 1,147.44 14.428 1,264.83 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,704 4.506 600.06 4.088 661.45 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 933,968 709.825 1,315.77 643.943 1,450.39 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 157,193 154.904 1,014.77 140.527 1,118.60 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 659,649 143.965 4,582.01 130.603 5,050.80 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,136,541 461.421 2,463.13 418.595 2,715.13 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,477,932 4,611.180 537.37 4,183.194 592.35 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 5,586,593 7,383.470 756.64 6,698.174 834.05 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 30,215 33.721 896.01 30.592 987.68 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/01/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 31,245 28.671 1,089.77 26.010 1,201.27 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,882,782 434.786 4,330.36 394.432 4,773.40 COUNTRY TOTAL 27,029,283 25,655.077 1,053.56 23,273.901 1,161.36 Norway STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 269,944 922.634 292.58 837.000 322.51 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,159 0.058 36,954.95 0.053 40,735.85 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 4,640 0.094 48,945.80 0.086 53,953.49 WIRE DRAWN............................23 6,019 1.514 3,974.05 1.374 4,380.64 COUNTRY TOTAL 282,762 924.302 305.92 838.513 337.22 Finland STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 266,657 129.586 2,057.75 117.559 2,268.28 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 710,362 311.699 2,279.00 282.769 2,512.16 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 603,029 208.753 2,888.71 189.378 3,184.26 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 14,239 23.966 594.12 21.742 654.91 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 389,857 204.890 1,902.75 185.874 2,097.43 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,984,144 878.896 2,257.54 797.322 2,488.51 Denmark BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 132,587 62.212 2,131.20 56.438 2,349.25 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 17,708 3.839 4,612.24 3.483 5,084.12 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 26,337 5.987 4,398.48 5.432 4,848.49 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 3,500 2.204 1,587.57 2.000 1,750.00 WIRE DRAWN............................23 34,733 0.124 278,842.98 0.113 307,371.68 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,850 0.179 21,427.38 0.163 23,619.63 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 13,420 1.736 7,729.79 1.575 8,520.63 COUNTRY TOTAL 232,135 76.284 3,043.02 69.204 3,354.36 United Kingdom INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 59,522 22.454 2,650.83 20.370 2,922.04 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 7,429,656 5,858.317 1,268.22 5,314.578 1,397.98 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,365,811 2,067.534 660.60 1,875.636 728.19 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,425,595 5,712.694 424.60 5,182.471 468.04 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 67,152 73.157 917.92 66.367 1,011.83 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 9,834,212 24,171.917 406.84 21,928.401 448.47 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 94,031 34.131 2,754.93 30.964 3,036.78 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 3,101,507 2,896.500 1,070.78 2,627.662 1,180.33 TOOL STEEL............................17 982,510 248.333 3,956.42 225.284 4,361.21 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 7,353 1.858 3,956.42 1.686 4,361.21 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 24,885 1.030 24,144.70 0.935 26,614.97 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 366,590 640.292 572.53 580.864 631.11 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 76,205 67.914 1,122.07 61.611 1,236.87 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 309,488 235.839 1,312.28 213.950 1,446.54 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/01/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 2,388 0.005 433,271.55 0.005 477,600.00 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 91,644 6.029 15,198.91 5.470 16,753.93 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 40,438 5.776 7,000.91 5.240 7,717.18 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 23,142 28.470 812.84 25.828 896.00 WIRE DRAWN............................23 988,073 779.932 1,266.87 707.543 1,396.48 TIN PLATE.............................29 3,469 5.463 634.99 4.956 699.96 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 326,896 72.544 4,506.16 65.811 4,967.19 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 130,929 320.505 408.51 290.758 450.30 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 504,902 626.704 805.65 568.537 888.07 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,226,734 688.708 1,781.21 624.786 1,963.45 COUNTRY TOTAL 29,483,132 44,566.117 661.56 40,429.713 729.24 Ireland STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 6,533 0.693 9,422.32 0.629 10,386.33 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,533 0.693 9,422.32 0.629 10,386.33 Netherlands PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 705,740 2,749.815 256.65 2,494.591 282.91 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 107,112 181.075 591.53 164.269 652.05 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 77,529 166.192 466.50 150.767 514.23 TOOL STEEL............................17 550,633 629.297 875.00 570.889 964.52 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 47,475 21.553 2,202.66 19.553 2,428.02 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,373,659 2,702.008 508.38 2,451.222 560.40 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,353 0.739 3,181.23 0.671 3,506.71 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 36,509 27.219 1,341.29 24.693 1,478.52 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 109,583 17.900 6,121.81 16.239 6,748.14 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 41,680 10.223 4,076.71 9.275 4,493.80 WIRE DRAWN............................23 82,065 67.944 1,207.83 61.638 1,331.40 TIN PLATE.............................29 713,044 1,113.407 640.42 1,010.067 705.94 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 137,321 244.117 562.52 221.460 620.07 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 4,970,294 17,317.758 287.01 15,710.411 316.37 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,331,893 3,212.067 414.65 2,913.939 457.08 COUNTRY TOTAL 10,286,890 28,461.321 361.43 25,819.684 398.41 Belgium PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,569,718 1,356.344 1,157.32 1,230.455 1,275.72 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,783,667 1,056.430 1,688.39 958.378 1,861.13 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 4,882 2.204 2,214.44 2.000 2,441.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 27,818 23.331 1,192.29 21.166 1,314.28 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 68,467 5.102 13,418.07 4.629 14,790.88 WIRE DRAWN............................23 944,413 1,016.476 929.10 922.132 1,024.16 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 649,164 2,492.374 260.46 2,261.045 287.11 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 9,253,425 21,352.294 433.37 19,370.481 477.71 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 173,515 171.833 1,009.78 155.885 1,113.10 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 104,186 45.448 2,292.41 41.230 2,526.95 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/01/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 14,579,255 27,521.840 529.73 24,967.401 583.93 Luxembourg WIRE RODS..............................3 185,997 537.398 346.11 487.520 381.52 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,848,475 7,826.050 363.97 7,099.676 401.21 STEEL PILING...........................5 2,536,673 5,063.537 500.97 4,593.565 552.22 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 329,407 674.048 488.70 611.487 538.70 WIRE DRAWN............................23 292,102 236.112 1,237.13 214.198 1,363.70 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 8,945 20.844 429.13 18.910 473.03 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 154,762 372.840 415.09 338.235 457.56 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,356,361 14,730.833 431.50 13,363.591 475.65 France INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 4,346 9.249 469.86 8.391 517.94 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 477,387 840.515 567.97 762.503 626.08 WIRE RODS..............................3 212,571 121.737 1,746.15 110.438 1,924.80 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 140,645 187.397 750.52 170.004 827.30 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,311,171 835.837 1,568.69 758.259 1,729.19 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,358,690 7,960.136 296.31 7,221.316 326.63 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 373,668 424.943 879.34 385.502 969.30 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 122,729 30.996 3,959.39 28.120 4,364.47 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 2,450,254 2,611.362 938.30 2,368.989 1,034.30 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,171,538 1,683.335 1,290.02 1,527.097 1,422.00 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 93,454 46.729 1,999.91 42.392 2,204.52 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 113,470 205.928 551.02 186.815 607.39 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 779,236 929.366 838.46 843.107 924.24 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 1,125,983 1,091.873 1,031.24 990.531 1,136.75 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,624,551 393.148 4,132.16 356.658 4,554.93 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 20,600 2.201 9,358.04 1.997 10,315.47 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,897,253 1,342.124 1,413.62 1,217.555 1,558.25 BLACK PLATE...........................28 244,985 590.787 414.67 535.954 457.10 TIN PLATE.............................29 773,875 1,248.848 619.67 1,132.937 683.07 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 5,611,675 20,373.330 275.44 18,482.380 303.62 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 4,363,012 3,619.466 1,205.43 3,283.526 1,328.76 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 244,337 645.752 378.38 585.817 417.09 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 4,639 0.558 8,300.65 0.507 9,149.90 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,870,110 1,694.210 1,694.07 1,536.962 1,867.39 COUNTRY TOTAL 29,390,179 46,889.837 626.79 42,537.757 690.92 Federal Republic of Germany INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 7,175 15.269 469.90 13.852 517.98 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 11,543,412 40,285.377 286.54 36,546.290 315.86 WIRE RODS..............................3 8,863,632 30,162.035 293.87 27,362.546 323.93 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,961,754 2,951.280 664.71 2,677.357 732.72 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 897,167 805.373 1,113.98 730.623 1,227.95 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/01/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 3,187,740 4,284.723 743.98 3,887.037 820.10 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 2,064 0.634 3,250.75 0.576 3,583.33 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,642,395 3,330.157 493.19 3,021.069 543.65 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 227,557 419.852 541.99 380.884 597.44 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 802,355 613.634 1,307.55 556.680 1,441.32 TOOL STEEL............................17 3,240,128 2,562.758 1,264.31 2,324.896 1,393.67 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,913,207 2,469.315 774.79 2,240.126 854.06 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 609,689 934.626 652.33 847.879 719.08 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 3,335,828 8,386.835 397.75 7,608.411 438.44 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 640,232 464.656 1,377.86 421.529 1,518.83 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,496,235 1,531.614 976.90 1,389.458 1,076.85 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 1,408,398 1,165.985 1,207.90 1,057.765 1,331.48 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,944,766 280.542 6,932.16 254.504 7,641.40 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 43,765 1.872 23,368.42 1.699 25,759.27 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 1,763,341 1,539.285 1,145.56 1,396.417 1,262.76 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,327,563 917.281 1,447.28 832.144 1,595.35 BLACK PLATE...........................28 86,587 99.985 866.00 90.705 954.60 TIN PLATE.............................29 4,059,820 7,030.729 577.44 6,378.172 636.52 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 71,448 118.282 604.05 107.304 665.85 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 40,739 126.027 323.26 114.330 356.33 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,757,532 5,142.589 730.67 4,665.280 805.42 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 4,730,918 11,806.103 400.72 10,710.320 441.72 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 466,584 904.439 515.88 820.494 568.66 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 133,484 61.946 2,154.82 56.197 2,375.29 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 489,757 685.420 714.54 621.803 787.64 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 335,864 453.996 739.79 411.859 815.48 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 5,575,224 4,067.598 1,370.64 3,690.064 1,510.87 COUNTRY TOTAL 66,606,360 133,620.232 498.48 121,218.270 549.47 Austria WIRE RODS..............................3 27,357 5.443 5,025.89 4.938 5,540.10 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 54,666 14.821 3,688.25 13.446 4,065.60 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 89,015 131.643 676.18 119.425 745.36 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 65,297 99.443 656.62 90.214 723.80 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 665,110 331.665 2,005.36 300.882 2,210.53 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 251,336 60.440 4,158.38 54.831 4,583.83 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 219,404 116.750 1,879.26 105.914 2,071.53 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,287,956 1,053.070 2,172.65 955.330 2,394.94 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 120,920 40.415 2,991.95 36.664 3,298.06 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 346,363 69.791 4,962.81 63.314 5,470.56 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 66,414 79.440 836.02 72.067 921.56 WIRE DRAWN............................23 836,497 227.246 3,681.00 206.155 4,057.61 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,754,150 3,967.966 442.08 3,599.680 487.31 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 21,300 0.853 24,965.17 0.774 27,519.38 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 58,615 64.617 907.11 58.620 999.91 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 281,982 47.939 5,882.04 43.490 6,483.84 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/01/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 7,146,382 6,311.550 1,132.27 5,725.744 1,248.11 Czech Republic PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 152,672 513.305 297.43 465.663 327.86 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,126,752 4,753.538 447.40 4,312.339 493.18 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 4,327 0.975 4,435.47 0.885 4,889.27 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,310 0.845 2,732.20 0.767 3,011.73 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 345,278 694.369 497.25 629.922 548.13 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,213,981 89.878 13,506.98 81.536 14,888.90 WIRE DRAWN............................23 68,315 128.206 532.85 116.307 587.37 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,913,635 6,181.119 633.16 5,607.419 697.94 Slovakia BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 312,001 359.379 868.16 326.024 956.99 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 153,626 268.533 572.09 243.610 630.62 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 152,087 352.596 431.33 319.870 475.47 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 16,848 16.488 1,021.81 14.958 1,126.35 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 21,205 23.693 894.99 21.494 986.55 COUNTRY TOTAL 655,767 1,020.691 642.47 925.956 708.21 Switzerland BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 4,536 16.666 272.16 15.120 300.00 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,448 0.448 5,456.48 0.407 6,014.74 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 22,856 18.704 1,221.98 16.968 1,347.01 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 419,842 138.266 3,036.48 125.433 3,347.14 TOOL STEEL............................17 91,462 69.950 1,307.53 63.458 1,441.30 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,545,129 749.660 2,061.10 680.081 2,271.98 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 7,418 0.141 52,574.21 0.128 57,953.13 WIRE DRAWN............................23 195,374 58.063 3,364.85 52.674 3,709.12 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 103,677 9.451 10,969.70 8.574 12,092.02 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 164,927 141.901 1,162.26 128.731 1,281.18 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,557,669 1,203.254 2,125.63 1,091.574 2,343.10 Latvia BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,406,046 9,273.463 259.45 8,412.747 286.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 337,777 167.287 2,019.14 151.761 2,225.72 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,743,823 9,440.751 290.64 8,564.508 320.37 Poland STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 149,941 392.121 382.38 355.727 421.51 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 23,582 54.079 436.06 49.060 480.68 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 15,559 44.996 345.78 40.820 381.16 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 41,804 33.576 1,245.04 30.460 1,372.42 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 43,433 33.256 1,305.99 30.170 1,439.61 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/01/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE TOOL STEEL............................17 17,647 5.813 3,035.47 5.274 3,346.04 WIRE DRAWN............................23 246,889 402.215 613.82 364.884 676.62 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 32,296 63.371 509.63 57.490 561.77 COUNTRY TOTAL 571,151 1,029.431 554.82 933.885 611.59 Russia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 229,292 645.990 354.95 586.033 391.26 TOOL STEEL............................17 10,073 4.599 2,189.81 4.173 2,413.85 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 7,011 10.645 658.62 9.657 726.00 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,050,180 2,247.934 467.18 2,039.292 514.97 WIRE DRAWN............................23 218,915 657.238 333.08 596.237 367.16 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 694,940 751.986 924.14 682.191 1,018.69 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,210,411 4,318.394 511.86 3,917.583 564.23 Belarus WIRE DRAWN............................23 232,207 302.426 767.81 274.357 846.37 COUNTRY TOTAL 232,207 302.426 767.81 274.357 846.37 Ukraine PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 548,313 1,867.265 293.64 1,693.955 323.69 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 144,576 339.048 426.42 307.580 470.04 TOOL STEEL............................17 170,861 41.201 4,147.00 37.377 4,571.29 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 216,881 573.897 377.91 520.631 416.57 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 136,179 328.019 415.16 297.574 457.63 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 12,987 34.083 381.04 30.920 420.02 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 114,913 305.406 376.26 277.060 414.76 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,344,710 3,488.921 385.42 3,165.097 424.86 Spain BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 8,801,916 6,375.321 1,380.62 5,783.596 1,521.88 WIRE RODS..............................3 7,111,733 23,008.227 309.10 20,872.719 340.72 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,243,038 4,438.218 280.08 4,026.285 308.73 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 128,001 267.808 477.96 242.952 526.86 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 138,736 297.981 465.59 270.324 513.22 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,694,872 3,895.142 435.12 3,533.615 479.64 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 627,269 1,162.286 539.69 1,054.409 594.90 TOOL STEEL............................17 337,371 324.025 1,041.19 293.951 1,147.71 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 362,291 272.073 1,331.59 246.821 1,467.83 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 532,601 748.231 711.81 678.784 784.64 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 626,170 550.488 1,137.48 499.395 1,253.86 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,156,199 279.045 4,143.40 253.146 4,567.32 WIRE DRAWN............................23 121,176 251.993 480.87 228.605 530.07 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,621,297 2,742.480 591.18 2,487.937 651.66 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 36,495 69.269 526.86 62.840 580.76 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/01/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 24,539,165 44,682.594 549.19 40,535.379 605.38 Portugal BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 129,821 60.692 2,139.01 55.059 2,357.85 COUNTRY TOTAL 129,821 60.692 2,139.01 55.059 2,357.85 Italy BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 2,387 0.098 24,330.91 0.089 26,820.22 WIRE RODS..............................3 195,610 130.127 1,503.21 118.050 1,657.01 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 546,419 489.206 1,116.95 443.801 1,231.23 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 94,882 55.393 1,712.88 50.252 1,888.12 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 814,484 423.685 1,922.38 384.361 2,119.06 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 931,965 545.704 1,707.82 495.055 1,882.55 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 2,282,859 1,116.917 2,043.89 1,013.251 2,253.00 TOOL STEEL............................17 34,020 0.451 75,274.23 0.410 82,975.61 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 394,011 229.781 1,714.72 208.454 1,890.16 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 67,216 55.567 1,209.63 50.410 1,333.39 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,835,007 4,513.313 628.14 4,094.410 692.41 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 764,951 526.834 1,451.98 477.936 1,600.53 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 492,829 334.932 1,471.43 303.846 1,621.97 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 97,073 33.897 2,863.75 30.751 3,156.74 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 53,207 1.482 35,887.43 1.345 39,559.11 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,700,278 1,861.917 913.19 1,689.104 1,006.62 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 36,999 28.893 1,280.52 26.212 1,411.53 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 5,526,343 3,825.630 1,444.56 3,470.555 1,592.35 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 60,067 22.344 2,688.17 20.271 2,963.20 COUNTRY TOTAL 16,930,607 14,196.181 1,192.62 12,878.563 1,314.63 Slovenia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 78,424 41.540 1,887.89 37.685 2,081.04 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,159,236 914.743 1,267.28 829.842 1,396.94 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 66,066 33.102 1,995.81 30.030 2,200.00 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 96,744 63.526 1,522.90 57.630 1,678.71 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,400,470 1,052.913 1,330.09 955.187 1,466.17 Greece WIRE DRAWN............................23 753,587 1,280.097 588.70 1,161.285 648.93 COUNTRY TOTAL 753,587 1,280.097 588.70 1,161.285 648.93 Romania BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 376,569 855.867 439.99 776.430 485.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 21,050 8.343 2,522.95 7.569 2,781.08 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 3,150,722 9,589.228 328.57 8,699.204 362.19 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/01/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 966,507 1,704.673 566.97 1,546.454 624.98 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,408,344 3,164.427 445.05 2,870.721 490.59 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 526,557 1,023.231 514.60 928.260 567.25 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 551,619 842.951 654.39 764.713 721.34 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,001,368 17,188.722 407.32 15,593.351 449.00 Bulgaria BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 2,899,497 10,879.733 266.50 9,869.931 293.77 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 3,020 0.275 10,958.79 0.250 12,080.00 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 5,000 0.457 10,929.94 0.415 12,048.19 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,907,517 10,880.466 267.22 9,870.596 294.56 Turkey WIRE RODS..............................3 6,209,177 24,432.833 254.13 22,165.100 280.13 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 3,999,616 10,420.627 383.82 9,453.437 423.09 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 302,320 1,032.207 292.89 936.403 322.85 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 142,182 10.491 13,551.73 9.518 14,938.22 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 776,813 2,275.992 341.31 2,064.746 376.23 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 51,022 5.823 8,761.38 5.283 9,657.77 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 1,560,435 4,174.216 373.83 3,786.787 412.07 WIRE DRAWN............................23 117,528 91.326 1,286.90 82.850 1,418.56 COUNTRY TOTAL 13,159,093 42,443.519 310.04 38,504.124 341.76 Israel STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 8,782 22.061 398.07 20.014 438.79 WIRE DRAWN............................23 230,194 464.038 496.07 420.969 546.82 COUNTRY TOTAL 238,976 486.100 491.62 440.983 541.92 United Arab Emirates BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 22,252 16.608 1,339.79 15.067 1,476.87 COUNTRY TOTAL 22,252 16.608 1,339.79 15.067 1,476.87 Oman STANDARD PIPE.........................18 645,704 1,976.256 326.73 1,792.830 360.16 COUNTRY TOTAL 645,704 1,976.256 326.73 1,792.830 360.16 Bahrain WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,100 0.012 173,189.86 0.011 190,909.09 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,100 0.012 173,189.86 0.011 190,909.09 India IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/01/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE WIRE RODS..............................3 74,189 51.299 1,446.20 46.538 1,594.16 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 154,374 69.979 2,206.00 63.484 2,431.70 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 8,500 1.932 4,398.79 1.753 4,848.83 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 432,921 562.996 768.96 510.742 847.63 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 1,394,964 768.775 1,814.53 697.422 2,000.17 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,087,116 591.539 1,837.77 536.636 2,025.80 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,626 5.180 506.87 4.700 558.72 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 972,611 2,645.603 367.63 2,400.052 405.25 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 152,833 188.227 811.96 170.757 895.03 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 853,347 2,247.076 379.76 2,038.514 418.61 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,550 4.250 599.93 3.856 661.31 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 36,132 117.467 307.59 106.565 339.06 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 431,982 439.365 983.19 398.586 1,083.79 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 29,968 36.316 825.18 32.946 909.61 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 74,470 27.757 2,682.90 25.181 2,957.39 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 242,653 258.032 940.40 234.083 1,036.61 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,192,329 1,474.408 1,486.92 1,337.561 1,639.05 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 76,852 43.083 1,783.78 39.085 1,966.28 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 70,892 42.179 1,680.70 38.265 1,852.66 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 8,174,892 17,837.436 458.30 16,181.855 505.19 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 174,980 310.551 563.45 281.728 621.10 COUNTRY TOTAL 16,641,181 27,723.462 600.26 25,150.309 661.67 Thailand STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,469,003 3,662.133 401.13 3,322.233 442.17 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 237,334 102.577 2,313.70 93.057 2,550.42 WIRE DRAWN............................23 158,572 107.675 1,472.68 97.682 1,623.35 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,315,456 3,615.049 363.88 3,279.519 401.11 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,046,412 2,098.612 498.62 1,903.830 549.64 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 24,562 52.690 466.16 47.800 513.85 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,251,339 9,638.740 441.07 8,744.121 486.19 Vietnam PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 31,181 45.092 691.49 40.907 762.24 COUNTRY TOTAL 31,181 45.092 691.49 40.907 762.24 Malaysia BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 20,452 61.527 332.40 55.817 366.41 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 600,145 329.557 1,821.06 298.970 2,007.38 WIRE DRAWN............................23 19,276 37.100 519.56 33.657 572.72 COUNTRY TOTAL 639,873 428.186 1,494.38 388.444 1,647.27 Singapore TOOL STEEL............................17 56,401 58.967 956.48 53.494 1,054.34 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/01/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STANDARD PIPE.........................18 12,014 2.082 5,769.68 1.889 6,359.98 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 30,937 16.216 1,907.80 14.711 2,102.98 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 224,231 103.844 2,159.30 94.206 2,380.22 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,400 5.244 648.26 4.758 714.59 COUNTRY TOTAL 326,983 186.354 1,754.63 169.058 1,934.15 Indonesia STANDARD PIPE.........................18 120,938 337.836 357.98 306.480 394.60 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 507,957 990.035 513.07 898.145 565.56 COUNTRY TOTAL 628,895 1,327.871 473.61 1,204.625 522.07 China BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 35,466 3.745 9,468.58 3.398 10,437.32 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,142,451 4,799.662 238.03 4,354.182 262.38 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 43,793 38.660 1,132.77 35.072 1,248.66 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 79,616 59.519 1,337.65 53.995 1,474.51 TOOL STEEL............................17 747,429 270.596 2,762.15 245.481 3,044.75 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,313,122 3,382.948 388.16 3,068.960 427.87 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 6,101,786 10,990.657 555.18 9,970.560 611.98 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 433,950 1,059.802 409.46 961.437 451.36 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 1,627,514 4,983.408 326.59 4,520.873 360.00 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 351,243 307.823 1,141.05 279.253 1,257.79 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,579,162 663.526 2,379.95 601.941 2,623.45 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 7,158 6.013 1,190.40 5.455 1,312.19 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,779,620 4,594.468 604.99 4,168.033 666.89 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,627,669 1,119.838 1,453.49 1,015.901 1,602.19 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 4,750 8.726 544.29 7.917 599.97 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 10,558 8.738 1,208.28 7.927 1,331.90 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 31,126 20.075 1,550.46 18.212 1,709.09 COUNTRY TOTAL 17,916,413 32,318.211 554.38 29,318.597 611.09 Korea, South BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 284,381 586.643 484.76 532.194 534.36 WIRE RODS..............................3 46,356 33.364 1,389.37 30.268 1,531.52 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,323,626 5,523.400 239.64 5,010.746 264.16 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 322,826 84.139 3,836.80 76.330 4,229.35 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 116,603 311.215 374.67 282.330 413.00 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 99,354 81.801 1,214.58 74.209 1,338.84 TOOL STEEL............................17 240,716 158.438 1,519.30 143.733 1,674.74 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 908,420 2,015.580 450.70 1,828.504 496.81 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,832,192 4,494.896 407.62 4,077.703 449.32 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 830,791 2,012.372 412.84 1,825.594 455.08 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 589,552 1,729.260 340.93 1,568.759 375.81 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 1,612,158 4,951.806 325.57 4,492.205 358.88 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 175,224 378.553 462.88 343.418 510.24 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/01/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 86,862 201.296 431.51 182.613 475.66 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 2,276,053 862.753 2,638.13 782.677 2,908.04 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 146,109 106.660 1,369.85 96.761 1,510.00 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 41,019 94.640 433.42 85.856 477.77 WIRE DRAWN............................23 3,319,721 3,451.199 961.90 3,130.876 1,060.32 TIN PLATE.............................29 242,965 427.564 568.25 387.880 626.39 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 9,708,567 32,043.133 302.98 29,069.050 333.98 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 185,656 91.229 2,035.04 82.762 2,243.25 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 458,892 1,018.193 450.69 923.690 496.80 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 1,307,216 3,040.548 429.93 2,758.340 473.91 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 659,423 452.029 1,458.81 410.074 1,608.06 COUNTRY TOTAL 26,814,682 64,150.721 418.00 58,196.572 460.76 Taiwan BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 2,514 6.028 417.02 5.469 459.68 WIRE RODS..............................3 46,690 35.889 1,300.95 32.558 1,434.06 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 337,060 199.301 1,691.21 180.803 1,864.24 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 127,739 71.479 1,787.08 64.845 1,969.91 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,573,512 889.512 1,768.96 806.952 1,949.94 TOOL STEEL............................17 714,957 545.177 1,311.42 494.577 1,445.59 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 4,095 0.921 4,443.69 0.836 4,898.33 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 601,575 1,260.975 477.07 1,143.938 525.88 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 31,797 81.608 389.63 74.034 429.49 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 64,092 182.225 351.72 165.312 387.70 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 429,883 1,280.032 335.84 1,161.226 370.20 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 190,938 112.809 1,692.57 102.339 1,865.74 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 3,716,002 1,763.715 2,106.92 1,600.016 2,322.48 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 459,372 226.261 2,030.27 205.261 2,237.99 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,599,298 1,588.091 1,007.06 1,440.693 1,110.09 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,109,498 1,156.530 1,823.99 1,049.187 2,010.60 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,883,455 3,163.372 595.39 2,869.764 656.31 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 99,914 165.743 602.82 150.360 664.50 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 335,355 219.239 1,529.63 198.891 1,686.12 COUNTRY TOTAL 14,327,746 12,948.914 1,106.48 11,747.061 1,219.69 Japan BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 202,682 626.240 323.65 568.116 356.76 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,035,798 3,047.627 339.87 2,764.762 374.64 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 157,297 47.025 3,344.92 42.661 3,687.14 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 791,692 975.925 811.22 885.345 894.22 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 212,029 355.825 595.88 322.800 656.84 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 7,122,191 16,192.051 439.86 14,689.186 484.86 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 4,605,360 9,602.518 479.60 8,711.261 528.67 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 158,368 43.723 3,622.06 39.665 3,992.64 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 259,297 252.260 1,027.89 228.847 1,133.06 TOOL STEEL............................17 3,142,602 3,434.365 915.05 3,115.605 1,008.67 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/01/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STANDARD PIPE.........................18 195,608 140.810 1,389.16 127.741 1,531.29 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,051,194 1,635.243 642.84 1,483.468 708.61 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 27,464 60.814 451.60 55.170 497.81 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 9,026 27.882 323.71 25.295 356.83 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 28,396 86.703 327.51 78.656 361.02 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 3,488,817 2,607.160 1,338.17 2,365.177 1,475.08 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 68,535 92.352 742.10 83.781 818.03 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 5,215,418 1,443.791 3,612.31 1,309.786 3,981.89 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 203,294 67.766 2,999.91 61.477 3,306.83 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 298,124 202.227 1,474.20 183.458 1,625.03 WIRE DRAWN............................23 5,872,770 7,017.006 836.93 6,365.723 922.56 BLACK PLATE...........................28 1,127,457 1,656.372 680.68 1,502.636 750.32 TIN PLATE.............................29 8,583 11.587 740.71 10.512 816.50 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 415,153 579.409 716.51 525.632 789.82 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,436,511 4,935.494 493.67 4,477.407 544.18 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,268,317 4,611.133 708.79 4,183.151 781.31 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 460,777 693.114 664.79 628.783 732.81 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 675,641 1,174.115 575.45 1,065.140 634.32 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 413,888 173.884 2,380.25 157.745 2,623.78 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 450,306 716.153 628.78 649.684 693.12 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 49,152 36.565 1,344.20 33.172 1,481.73 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 3,139,175 764.404 4,106.70 693.456 4,526.86 COUNTRY TOTAL 46,590,922 63,311.560 735.90 57,435.298 811.19 Australia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 8,719,654 39,713.915 219.56 36,027.868 242.03 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 16,781 7.626 2,200.24 6.919 2,425.35 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 306,298 508.054 602.88 460.899 664.57 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 102,448 168.251 608.90 152.635 671.20 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 49,031 121.332 404.10 110.071 445.45 WIRE DRAWN............................23 42,243 84.255 501.37 76.435 552.67 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 10,403,365 40,245.257 258.50 36,509.894 284.95 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 10,000 22.046 453.59 20.000 500.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 19,649,820 80,870.738 242.98 73,364.721 267.84 New Zealand WIRE DRAWN............................23 3,778 0.771 4,896.21 0.700 5,397.14 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 52,466 82.122 638.88 74.500 704.24 COUNTRY TOTAL 56,244 82.893 678.51 75.200 747.93 Egypt WIRE RODS..............................3 1,535,174 6,755.446 227.25 6,128.440 250.50 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 18,786 29.027 647.19 26.333 713.40 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,715,882 6,441.883 266.36 5,843.980 293.62 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/01/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 3,269,842 13,226.357 247.22 11,998.753 272.52 South Africa WIRE RODS..............................3 2,909,154 11,904.207 244.38 10,799.318 269.38 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 14,128 35.530 397.63 32.233 438.31 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 161,422 120.199 1,342.95 109.043 1,480.35 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 81,462 240.400 338.86 218.088 373.53 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 10,442 20.017 521.63 18.160 575.00 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 282,416 742.691 380.26 673.759 419.16 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 460,806 984.855 467.89 893.446 515.76 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 8,930 25.681 347.72 23.298 383.29 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 530,920 328.054 1,618.39 297.606 1,783.97 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 6,543 6.909 946.99 6.268 1,043.87 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,492,940 4,709.253 317.02 4,272.164 349.46 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 116,437 95.899 1,214.15 86.999 1,338.37 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 277,390 592.762 467.96 537.745 515.84 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,541,485 3,752.035 410.84 3,403.790 452.87 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,894,475 23,558.499 335.10 21,371.917 369.39 GRAND TOTAL 783,400,734 1,689,556.825 463.67 1,532,740.601 511.11 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/01/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 8,813 21.085 417.97 19.128 460.74 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 1,420,796 4,918.796 288.85 4,462.258 318.40 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 647,613 1,531.012 423.00 1,388.912 466.27 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 4,982,681 11,165.355 446.26 10,129.043 491.92 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,624,636 4,342.101 374.16 3,939.089 412.44 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 10,571,072 25,393.330 416.29 23,036.448 458.88 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 92,751 208.939 443.91 189.547 489.33 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 516,676 454.027 1,137.98 411.887 1,254.41 TOOL STEEL............................17 836,978 662.248 1,263.84 600.782 1,393.15 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 183,489 61.445 2,986.23 55.742 3,291.75 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,127,664 3,272.967 650.07 2,969.187 716.58 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 5,399 11.579 466.24 10.505 513.95 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 870,125 1,174.007 741.16 1,065.042 816.99 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 761,403 214.701 3,546.33 194.774 3,909.16 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 393,170 425.786 923.40 386.267 1,017.87 WIRE DRAWN............................23 716,253 926.312 773.23 840.337 852.34 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,632,898 4,529.696 360.49 4,109.273 397.37 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,065,977 2,343.184 454.93 2,125.702 501.47 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 2,019,248 4,433.120 455.49 4,021.660 502.09 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,354,543 1,224.695 1,106.02 1,111.025 1,219.18 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 51,032 185.255 275.47 168.061 303.65 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 335,114 494.160 678.15 448.295 747.53 COUNTRY TOTAL 32,218,331 67,993.809 473.84 61,682.964 522.32 Mexico INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 190,471 404.338 471.07 366.810 519.26 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 3,013,890 10,883.346 276.93 9,873.209 305.26 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 3,065,546 9,112.217 336.42 8,266.467 370.84 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 209,381 600.953 348.41 545.176 384.06 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,669 0.304 8,772.74 0.276 9,670.29 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 108,913 198.896 547.59 180.436 603.61 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 11,472 34.991 327.85 31.744 361.39 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,232,175 1,596.814 771.65 1,448.606 850.59 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 2,600 5.511 471.74 5.000 520.00 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,213,887 1,481.867 819.16 1,344.328 902.97 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 70,529 133.004 530.27 120.660 584.53 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,121,533 24,452.247 373.03 22,182.712 411.20 Dominican Republic SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 115,163 262.978 437.92 238.570 482.72 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/01/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 115,163 262.978 437.92 238.570 482.72 Colombia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 60,356 191.142 315.76 173.402 348.07 TOOL STEEL............................17 95,456 24.776 3,852.66 22.477 4,246.83 COUNTRY TOTAL 155,812 215.919 721.62 195.879 795.45 Venezuela WIRE DRAWN............................23 11,033 20.741 531.94 18.816 586.36 COUNTRY TOTAL 11,033 20.741 531.94 18.816 586.36 Brazil BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 1,389,189 4,030.474 344.67 3,656.386 379.93 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 168,329 223.251 753.99 202.530 831.13 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 11,803 10.002 1,180.02 9.074 1,300.75 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,400,864 974.481 1,437.55 884.035 1,584.63 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 759,296 1,195.318 635.22 1,084.375 700.22 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,416 2.356 1,025.14 2.138 1,130.03 WIRE DRAWN............................23 8,744 19.589 446.37 17.771 492.04 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 21,289 46.218 460.61 41.929 507.74 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 233,869 486.586 480.63 441.424 529.81 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 18,904 35.213 536.84 31.945 591.77 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,014,703 7,023.492 571.61 6,371.607 630.09 Argentina MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 777,494 865.827 897.98 785.466 989.85 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 378,236 195.154 1,938.14 177.041 2,136.43 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,155,730 1,060.982 1,089.30 962.507 1,200.75 Sweden PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,295,194 3,257.456 704.60 2,955.116 776.68 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,191,677 2,464.635 483.51 2,235.880 532.98 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 911,317 529.726 1,720.35 480.560 1,896.36 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 6,064 4.750 1,276.37 4.310 1,406.96 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,356,193 798.354 1,698.74 724.255 1,872.54 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,704 4.506 600.06 4.088 661.45 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 583,808 484.240 1,205.62 439.296 1,328.96 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 157,193 154.904 1,014.77 140.527 1,118.60 WIRE DRAWN............................23 112,278 109.186 1,028.32 99.052 1,133.53 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,345,502 4,525.069 518.34 4,105.075 571.37 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 123,492 211.764 583.16 192.110 642.82 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 31,245 28.671 1,089.77 26.010 1,201.27 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 423,632 137.706 3,076.35 124.925 3,391.09 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/01/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 9,540,299 12,710.973 750.56 11,531.204 827.35 Norway MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,159 0.058 36,954.95 0.053 40,735.85 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,159 0.058 36,954.95 0.053 40,735.85 Finland STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 710,362 311.699 2,279.00 282.769 2,512.16 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 14,239 23.966 594.12 21.742 654.91 COUNTRY TOTAL 724,601 335.665 2,158.70 304.511 2,379.56 United Kingdom BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 278,838 551.905 505.23 500.680 556.92 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,394,817 2,950.489 472.74 2,676.640 521.11 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 51,993 71.099 731.28 64.500 806.09 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 844,263 1,783.425 473.39 1,617.897 521.83 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,114,769 703.057 1,585.60 637.803 1,747.83 TOOL STEEL............................17 982,510 248.333 3,956.42 225.284 4,361.21 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 24,885 1.030 24,144.70 0.935 26,614.97 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 309,488 235.839 1,312.28 213.950 1,446.54 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 40,438 5.776 7,000.91 5.240 7,717.18 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 2,837 2.131 1,330.76 1.934 1,466.91 WIRE DRAWN............................23 216,989 10.579 20,509.39 9.598 22,607.73 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 504,902 626.704 805.65 568.537 888.07 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 4,466 1.037 4,305.51 0.941 4,746.01 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,771,195 7,191.409 802.51 6,523.939 884.62 Netherlands PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 369,362 1,249.768 295.54 1,133.771 325.78 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 107,112 181.075 591.53 164.269 652.05 TOOL STEEL............................17 550,633 629.297 875.00 570.889 964.52 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 41,680 10.223 4,076.71 9.275 4,493.80 WIRE DRAWN............................23 30,993 3.111 9,959.75 2.823 10,978.75 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 377,843 1,226.670 308.02 1,112.817 339.54 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 970,922 2,090.173 464.52 1,896.174 512.04 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,448,545 5,390.320 454.25 4,890.018 500.72 Belgium PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 26,375 20.683 1,275.15 18.764 1,405.62 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 639,527 2,487.618 257.08 2,256.730 283.39 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 15,413 43.739 352.38 39.680 388.43 COUNTRY TOTAL 681,315 2,552.041 266.97 2,315.174 294.28 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/01/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE France BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 477,387 840.515 567.97 762.503 626.08 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 786,831 630.744 1,247.46 572.202 1,375.09 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 512,415 1,715.510 298.70 1,556.285 329.26 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 280,048 251.207 1,114.81 227.892 1,228.86 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,574,384 2,072.813 759.54 1,880.425 837.25 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,171,538 1,683.335 1,290.02 1,527.097 1,422.00 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 62,805 2.872 21,863.30 2.606 24,100.15 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 329,744 268.561 1,227.82 243.635 1,353.43 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 740,002 648.807 1,140.56 588.588 1,257.25 WIRE DRAWN............................23 175,257 18.181 9,639.29 16.494 10,625.50 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 407,904 1,355.762 300.87 1,229.927 331.65 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 414,814 793.770 522.59 720.097 576.05 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 244,337 645.752 378.38 585.817 417.09 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 445,593 72.040 6,185.32 65.354 6,818.14 COUNTRY TOTAL 8,623,059 10,999.875 783.92 9,978.922 864.13 Federal Republic of Germany BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 830,656 1,582.434 524.92 1,435.561 578.63 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 191,639 277.475 690.65 251.722 761.31 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 235,869 436.455 540.42 395.946 595.71 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 848,555 1,416.382 599.10 1,284.921 660.39 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 109,496 70.820 1,546.11 64.247 1,704.30 TOOL STEEL............................17 3,240,128 2,562.758 1,264.31 2,324.896 1,393.67 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 269,361 307.846 874.98 279.274 964.50 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 603,226 918.794 656.54 833.517 723.71 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 635,939 462.138 1,376.08 419.245 1,516.87 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 454,765 461.958 984.43 419.082 1,085.15 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 699,364 340.596 2,053.35 308.984 2,263.43 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 23,514 1.416 16,600.43 1.285 18,298.83 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 65,518 66.019 992.40 59.892 1,093.94 WIRE DRAWN............................23 243,233 205.702 1,182.45 186.610 1,303.43 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,143,771 2,343.904 487.98 2,126.355 537.90 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 4,627,239 11,549.485 400.64 10,477.520 441.63 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 237,088 475.151 498.97 431.050 550.02 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 489,757 685.420 714.54 621.803 787.64 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 3,697 7.500 492.93 6.804 543.36 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 3,107,052 2,504.889 1,240.39 2,272.398 1,367.30 COUNTRY TOTAL 18,059,867 26,677.151 676.98 24,201.112 746.24 Austria STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 54,666 14.821 3,688.25 13.446 4,065.60 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 79,285 128.333 617.81 116.422 681.01 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 265,496 139.757 1,899.69 126.786 2,094.05 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 251,336 60.440 4,158.38 54.831 4,583.83 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,287,956 1,053.070 2,172.65 955.330 2,394.94 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/01/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE WIRE DRAWN............................23 281,042 68.823 4,083.49 62.436 4,501.28 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 373,451 754.090 495.23 684.100 545.90 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,593,232 2,219.338 1,619.06 2,013.351 1,784.70 Czech Republic BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,614,380 3,173.133 508.77 2,878.619 560.82 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,310 0.845 2,732.20 0.767 3,011.73 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,616,690 3,173.978 509.36 2,879.386 561.47 Slovakia BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 312,001 359.379 868.16 326.024 956.99 COUNTRY TOTAL 312,001 359.379 868.16 326.024 956.99 Switzerland BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 10,613 12.010 883.62 10.896 974.03 TOOL STEEL............................17 91,462 69.950 1,307.53 63.458 1,441.30 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 86,466 50.542 1,710.77 45.851 1,885.80 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 7,615 15.444 493.06 14.011 543.50 COUNTRY TOTAL 196,156 147.947 1,325.85 134.216 1,461.49 Latvia BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,406,046 9,273.463 259.45 8,412.747 286.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,406,046 9,273.463 259.45 8,412.747 286.00 Poland PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 23,582 54.079 436.06 49.060 480.68 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 32,560 20.736 1,570.16 18.812 1,730.81 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 4,410 4.905 899.03 4.450 991.01 TOOL STEEL............................17 17,647 5.813 3,035.47 5.274 3,346.04 WIRE DRAWN............................23 68,566 92.579 740.62 83.987 816.39 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 32,296 63.371 509.63 57.490 561.77 COUNTRY TOTAL 179,061 241.486 741.49 219.073 817.36 Russia TOOL STEEL............................17 10,073 4.599 2,189.81 4.173 2,413.85 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 735,764 1,442.826 509.95 1,308.911 562.12 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 694,940 751.986 924.14 682.191 1,018.69 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,440,777 2,199.413 655.07 1,995.275 722.09 Ukraine BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 144,576 339.048 426.42 307.580 470.04 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/01/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE TOOL STEEL............................17 170,861 41.201 4,147.00 37.377 4,571.29 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 162,211 432.856 374.75 392.681 413.09 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 112,151 302.836 370.33 274.729 408.22 COUNTRY TOTAL 589,799 1,115.943 528.52 1,012.367 582.59 Spain STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,205,269 4,380.719 275.13 3,974.123 303.28 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,335,058 3,134.426 425.93 2,843.505 469.51 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 269,093 381.991 704.45 346.537 776.52 TOOL STEEL............................17 337,371 324.025 1,041.19 293.951 1,147.71 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 56,705 68.623 826.32 62.254 910.87 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 88,882 23.413 3,796.25 21.240 4,184.65 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,367,000 2,358.535 579.60 2,139.628 638.90 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,659,378 10,671.735 436.61 9,681.238 481.28 Italy STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 246,599 355.649 693.38 322.640 764.32 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 44,276 88.713 499.09 80.480 550.15 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 40,701 29.437 1,382.64 26.705 1,524.10 TOOL STEEL............................17 34,020 0.451 75,274.23 0.410 82,975.61 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 198,269 60.653 3,268.88 55.024 3,603.32 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 280,478 116.118 2,415.45 105.341 2,662.57 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 187,521 49.745 3,769.64 45.128 4,155.31 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,035,531 1,142.197 906.61 1,036.184 999.37 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,067,395 1,842.966 1,121.78 1,671.912 1,236.55 Slovenia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 2,526 1.795 1,406.72 1.629 1,550.64 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,159,236 914.743 1,267.28 829.842 1,396.94 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,161,762 916.539 1,267.55 831.471 1,397.24 Romania BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 376,569 855.867 439.99 776.430 485.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 13,067 1.542 8,473.33 1.399 9,340.24 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 277,173 580.065 477.83 526.227 526.72 COUNTRY TOTAL 666,809 1,437.475 463.88 1,304.056 511.33 Bulgaria BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 3,020 0.275 10,958.79 0.250 12,080.00 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 5,000 0.457 10,929.94 0.415 12,048.19 COUNTRY TOTAL 8,020 0.733 10,940.79 0.665 12,060.15 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/01/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Turkey BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,786,938 3,574.370 499.93 3,242.615 551.08 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,649 6.444 411.07 5.846 453.13 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 51,022 5.823 8,761.38 5.283 9,657.77 WIRE DRAWN............................23 117,528 91.326 1,286.90 82.850 1,418.56 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,958,137 3,677.964 532.40 3,336.594 586.87 Bahrain WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,100 0.012 173,189.86 0.011 190,909.09 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,100 0.012 173,189.86 0.011 190,909.09 India BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 41,250 21.050 1,959.54 19.097 2,160.03 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,626 5.180 506.87 4.700 558.72 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 12,960 0.994 13,034.50 0.902 14,368.07 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 115,741 168.096 688.54 152.495 758.98 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,550 4.250 599.93 3.856 661.31 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 171,970 194.825 882.69 176.743 972.99 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 14,488 15.761 919.18 14.299 1,013.22 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 10,029 3.382 2,964.54 3.069 3,267.84 COUNTRY TOTAL 371,614 413.544 898.61 375.161 990.55 Thailand WIRE DRAWN............................23 26,614 34.392 773.84 31.200 853.01 COUNTRY TOTAL 26,614 34.392 773.84 31.200 853.01 Singapore TOOL STEEL............................17 56,401 58.967 956.48 53.494 1,054.34 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 12,014 2.082 5,769.68 1.889 6,359.98 COUNTRY TOTAL 68,415 61.049 1,120.65 55.383 1,235.31 China BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 22,462 21.467 1,046.33 19.475 1,153.38 TOOL STEEL............................17 747,429 270.596 2,762.15 245.481 3,044.75 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 3,707,573 5,731.553 646.87 5,199.579 713.05 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 212,244 134.361 1,579.65 121.891 1,741.26 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 7,158 6.013 1,190.40 5.455 1,312.19 WIRE DRAWN............................23 30,401 26.566 1,144.32 24.101 1,261.40 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,727,267 6,190.558 763.63 5,615.982 841.75 Korea, South BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 278,648 586.491 475.11 532.056 523.72 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/01/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 67,602 62.789 1,076.64 56.962 1,186.79 TOOL STEEL............................17 240,716 158.438 1,519.30 143.733 1,674.74 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 8,268 19.060 433.79 17.291 478.17 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,028,857 1,294.960 794.51 1,174.769 875.80 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 10,073 15.862 635.03 14.390 700.00 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 4,049 2.622 1,544.01 2.379 1,701.98 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,638,213 2,140.224 765.44 1,941.580 843.75 Taiwan BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 40,333 28.560 1,412.18 25.910 1,556.66 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 41,349 31.941 1,294.52 28.977 1,426.96 TOOL STEEL............................17 714,957 545.177 1,311.42 494.577 1,445.59 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 95,935 49.623 1,933.24 45.018 2,131.04 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 437,988 216.825 2,020.00 196.701 2,226.67 WIRE DRAWN............................23 219,480 374.833 585.54 340.043 645.45 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 27,018 52.525 514.38 47.650 567.01 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,602 1.685 1,543.82 1.529 1,701.77 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,579,662 1,301.173 1,214.03 1,180.405 1,338.24 Japan BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 116,819 421.346 277.25 382.239 305.62 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 487,300 801.675 607.85 727.268 670.04 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 212,029 355.825 595.88 322.800 656.84 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 3,419,632 7,327.296 466.70 6,647.213 514.45 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 136,894 115.618 1,184.02 104.887 1,305.16 TOOL STEEL............................17 3,142,602 3,434.365 915.05 3,115.605 1,008.67 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 121,158 80.636 1,502.53 73.152 1,656.25 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 245,909 121.504 2,023.87 110.227 2,230.93 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,304,305 1,684.268 1,368.13 1,527.943 1,508.11 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 39,294 41.199 953.74 37.376 1,051.32 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 5,381 1.057 5,090.26 0.959 5,611.05 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 273,555 179.456 1,524.35 162.800 1,680.31 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,341,730 2,339.575 1,000.92 2,122.428 1,103.33 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,300,094 4,852.303 474.02 4,401.937 522.52 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,393,319 1,943.856 716.78 1,763.437 790.12 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 142,498 271.406 525.04 246.216 578.75 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 561,949 926.670 606.42 840.662 668.46 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 450,306 716.153 628.78 649.684 693.12 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 44,033 36.389 1,210.05 33.012 1,333.85 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 162,106 65.938 2,458.46 59.818 2,709.99 COUNTRY TOTAL 17,900,913 25,716.544 696.09 23,329.663 767.30 South Africa STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 6,543 6.909 946.99 6.268 1,043.87 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/01/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 6,543 6.909 946.99 6.268 1,043.87 GRAND TOTAL 139,819,949 240,030.442 582.51 217,752.016 642.11 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/01/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 18,764 10.901 1,721.17 9.890 1,897.27 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 2,619,516 12,163.832 215.35 11,034.846 237.39 WIRE RODS..............................3 13,316,723 38,830.048 342.95 35,226.037 378.04 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 5,149,625 12,055.976 427.14 10,937.001 470.84 STEEL PILING...........................5 1,053,342 1,946.534 541.14 1,765.867 596.50 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 3,693,246 10,979.719 336.37 9,960.637 370.78 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 5,586,042 17,218.101 324.43 15,620.003 357.62 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 51,844 90.096 575.43 81.734 634.30 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 233,605 456.626 511.59 414.245 563.93 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 16,280,075 39,167.217 415.66 35,531.912 458.18 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 2,584,141 4,997.513 517.09 4,533.669 569.99 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 109,423 447.789 244.36 406.228 269.36 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 4,785,523 7,152.190 669.10 6,488.360 737.56 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 14,449,147 27,168.494 531.83 24,646.851 586.25 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 629,836 1,397.334 450.74 1,267.641 496.86 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 293,694 187.101 1,569.70 169.736 1,730.30 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 16,040 45.077 355.83 40.894 392.23 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 6,427,217 8,049.813 798.43 7,302.670 880.12 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 95,180 24.374 3,904.93 22.112 4,304.45 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 777,688 388.422 2,002.17 352.371 2,207.01 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 9,385,653 19,211.285 488.55 17,428.190 538.53 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 34,590 74.806 462.40 67.863 509.70 WIRE DRAWN............................23 10,731,472 18,587.939 577.34 16,862.700 636.40 BLACK PLATE...........................28 58,772 161.018 365.00 146.074 402.34 TIN PLATE.............................29 4,510,297 7,728.570 583.59 7,011.243 643.29 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 1,039,022 1,677.170 619.51 1,521.504 682.89 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 11,405,226 33,638.351 339.05 30,516.208 373.74 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 9,346,719 20,963.417 445.86 19,017.698 491.47 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 14,271,295 26,639.592 535.72 24,167.039 590.53 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 232,519 280.348 829.39 254.328 914.25 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 5,383,323 7,102.155 757.98 6,442.969 835.53 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 1,579,275 4,069.545 388.07 3,691.831 427.78 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,778,862 3,099.171 573.98 2,811.522 632.70 COUNTRY TOTAL 147,927,696 326,010.542 453.75 295,751.873 500.18 Mexico BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 38,122,040 167,237.414 227.95 151,715.273 251.27 WIRE RODS..............................3 712,173 2,306.044 308.83 2,092.009 340.43 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 797,323 1,995.338 399.59 1,810.141 440.48 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 37,926 81.223 466.93 73.685 514.70 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 622,195 2,038.929 305.16 1,849.686 336.38 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,063,344 2,803.322 379.32 2,543.132 418.12 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/01/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 1,376,239 4,203.299 327.42 3,813.170 360.92 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 5,452,568 18,452.941 295.49 16,740.232 325.72 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 34,506 60.786 567.65 55.145 625.73 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 3,735,858 8,660.156 431.38 7,856.364 475.52 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 862,820 1,805.919 477.77 1,638.303 526.65 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,530,294 2,852.682 536.44 2,587.911 591.32 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 399,452 969.459 412.04 879.479 454.19 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 6,480,153 13,051.084 496.52 11,839.748 547.32 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 407,208 397.103 1,025.45 360.246 1,130.36 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 449,815 288.088 1,561.38 261.350 1,721.12 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 2,782,709 3,335.733 834.21 3,026.127 919.56 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 31,251 37.298 837.85 33.837 923.57 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,653,934 4,558.276 582.22 4,135.200 641.79 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,265,231 4,067.961 311.02 3,690.394 342.84 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 4,012,768 11,548.280 347.48 10,476.427 383.03 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 11,425,795 19,540.355 584.73 17,726.717 644.55 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 5,255,665 9,334.030 563.06 8,467.692 620.67 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 205,952 434.039 474.50 393.754 523.05 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 385,385 512.001 752.70 464.480 829.71 COUNTRY TOTAL 90,102,604 280,571.772 321.14 254,530.501 354.00 Honduras WIRE DRAWN............................23 16,957 45.000 376.82 40.824 415.37 COUNTRY TOTAL 16,957 45.000 376.82 40.824 415.37 Dominican Republic BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 2,437,831 8,233.160 296.10 7,469.000 326.39 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 89,935 209.010 430.29 189.611 474.31 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 192,492 561.521 342.80 509.404 377.88 WIRE DRAWN............................23 45,461 83.072 547.25 75.362 603.24 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,765,719 9,086.765 304.37 8,243.377 335.51 Trinidad and Tobago WIRE RODS..............................3 3,528,795 13,437.931 262.60 12,190.690 289.47 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 17,172 26.455 649.09 24.000 715.50 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 6,560 17.636 371.95 16.000 410.00 WIRE DRAWN............................23 11,204 21.808 513.75 19.784 566.32 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,563,731 13,503.832 263.91 12,250.474 290.91 Colombia STANDARD PIPE.........................18 305,769 615.367 496.89 558.252 547.73 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,059,650 3,568.923 577.11 3,237.674 636.15 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 207,234 597.429 346.88 541.979 382.37 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 187,368 544.445 344.14 493.913 379.35 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/01/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 18,327 23.783 770.58 21.576 849.42 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 32,824 88.245 371.96 80.055 410.02 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 511,297 1,333.475 383.43 1,209.709 422.66 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,322,469 6,771.670 490.64 6,143.158 540.84 Venezuela MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 22,106 43.129 512.56 39.126 565.00 WIRE DRAWN............................23 220,456 386.757 570.01 350.861 628.33 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 19,995 68.500 291.89 62.143 321.76 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,588,364 3,738.966 424.81 3,391.934 468.28 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,850,921 4,237.354 436.81 3,844.064 481.50 Ecuador WIRE DRAWN............................23 17,062 39.081 436.58 35.454 481.24 COUNTRY TOTAL 17,062 39.081 436.58 35.454 481.24 Chile STANDARD PIPE.........................18 132,057 151.963 869.00 137.859 957.91 WIRE DRAWN............................23 124,546 284.594 437.63 258.180 482.40 BLACK PLATE...........................28 115,177 339.467 339.29 307.960 374.00 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 132,844 644.970 205.97 585.108 227.04 COUNTRY TOTAL 504,624 1,420.996 355.12 1,289.107 391.45 Brazil BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 14,110,404 74,004.756 190.67 67,136.005 210.18 WIRE RODS..............................3 671,987 2,174.467 309.04 1,972.644 340.65 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 4,638,668 18,254.996 254.10 16,560.659 280.10 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 72,426 292.714 247.43 265.546 272.74 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 543,443 2,363.638 229.92 2,144.257 253.44 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 832,415 3,309.600 251.52 3,002.420 277.25 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 49,188 72.108 682.14 65.416 751.93 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 341,611 522.252 654.11 473.780 721.03 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 858,379 1,688.914 508.24 1,532.158 560.24 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 54,159 157.028 344.90 142.454 380.19 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 125,730 367.137 342.46 333.062 377.50 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,016,865 2,162.178 470.30 1,961.496 518.41 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 97,870 105.641 926.44 95.836 1,021.22 WIRE DRAWN............................23 398,516 845.872 471.13 767.363 519.33 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 666,632 1,555.630 428.53 1,411.245 472.37 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 33,423 31.690 1,054.67 28.749 1,162.58 COUNTRY TOTAL 24,511,716 107,908.629 227.15 97,893.090 250.39 Argentina IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/01/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE WIRE RODS..............................3 2,860 6.610 432.64 5.997 476.91 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 207,789 621.174 334.51 563.520 368.73 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 407,445 1,061.717 383.76 963.174 423.02 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 25,143 129.120 194.73 117.136 214.65 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 489,068 1,563.963 312.71 1,418.804 344.70 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 255,667 745.377 343.00 676.195 378.10 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 165,348 293.510 563.35 266.268 620.98 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 82,912 88.142 940.65 79.962 1,036.89 WIRE DRAWN............................23 150,986 435.044 347.06 394.666 382.57 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 282,856 907.543 311.67 823.310 343.56 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 42,907 105.926 405.06 96.095 446.51 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,112,981 5,958.130 354.64 5,405.127 390.92 Sweden BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 34,882 24.871 1,402.49 22.563 1,545.98 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 18,249 15.904 1,147.44 14.428 1,264.83 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 350,160 225.584 1,552.23 204.647 1,711.04 WIRE DRAWN............................23 178,474 149.209 1,196.13 135.361 1,318.50 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 50,193 57.041 879.94 51.747 969.97 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,895,566 6,589.323 591.19 5,977.735 651.68 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 30,215 33.721 896.01 30.592 987.68 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 293,896 81.878 3,589.41 74.279 3,956.65 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,851,635 7,177.534 675.95 6,511.352 745.10 Norway STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 269,944 922.634 292.58 837.000 322.51 COUNTRY TOTAL 269,944 922.634 292.58 837.000 322.51 Denmark STANDARD PIPE.........................18 17,708 3.839 4,612.24 3.483 5,084.12 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 26,337 5.987 4,398.48 5.432 4,848.49 COUNTRY TOTAL 44,045 9.827 4,481.99 8.915 4,940.55 United Kingdom BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 172,558 363.873 474.22 330.101 522.74 WIRE RODS..............................3 424,216 1,535.578 276.26 1,393.054 304.52 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,030,778 2,762.205 373.17 2,505.831 411.35 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 8,283,602 22,007.085 376.41 19,964.498 414.92 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,531,195 2,002.279 764.73 1,816.438 842.97 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 7,353 1.858 3,956.42 1.686 4,361.21 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 366,590 640.292 572.53 580.864 631.11 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 76,205 67.914 1,122.07 61.611 1,236.87 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 2,388 0.005 433,271.55 0.005 477,600.00 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 20,305 26.338 770.92 23.894 849.79 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/01/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE WIRE DRAWN............................23 659,227 743.368 886.81 674.373 977.54 TIN PLATE.............................29 3,469 5.463 634.99 4.956 699.96 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 14,043 11.303 1,242.40 10.254 1,369.51 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 130,929 320.505 408.51 290.758 450.30 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,122,498 666.780 1,683.46 604.893 1,855.70 COUNTRY TOTAL 13,845,356 31,154.853 444.40 28,263.216 489.87 Netherlands PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 336,378 1,500.046 224.24 1,360.820 247.19 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 77,529 166.192 466.50 150.767 514.23 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 47,475 21.553 2,202.66 19.553 2,428.02 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,373,659 2,702.008 508.38 2,451.222 560.40 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,353 0.739 3,181.23 0.671 3,506.71 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 36,509 27.219 1,341.29 24.693 1,478.52 WIRE DRAWN............................23 51,072 64.832 787.75 58.815 868.35 TIN PLATE.............................29 713,044 1,113.407 640.42 1,010.067 705.94 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 137,321 244.117 562.52 221.460 620.07 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 4,592,451 16,091.088 285.40 14,597.594 314.60 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 360,971 1,121.893 321.75 1,017.765 354.67 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,728,762 23,053.100 335.26 20,913.427 369.56 Belgium PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 283,254 703.450 402.66 638.160 443.86 WIRE DRAWN............................23 856,119 1,009.318 848.21 915.639 935.00 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 6,221,393 19,666.429 316.35 17,841.090 348.71 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 173,515 171.833 1,009.78 155.885 1,113.10 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,534,281 21,551.033 349.60 19,550.774 385.37 Luxembourg WIRE RODS..............................3 185,997 537.398 346.11 487.520 381.52 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,848,475 7,826.050 363.97 7,099.676 401.21 STEEL PILING...........................5 2,536,673 5,063.537 500.97 4,593.565 552.22 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 329,407 674.048 488.70 611.487 538.70 WIRE DRAWN............................23 292,102 236.112 1,237.13 214.198 1,363.70 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 8,945 20.844 429.13 18.910 473.03 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 154,762 372.840 415.09 338.235 457.56 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,356,361 14,730.833 431.50 13,363.591 475.65 France INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 4,346 9.249 469.86 8.391 517.94 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 107,929 181.388 595.02 164.553 655.89 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,824,810 6,240.680 292.41 5,661.452 322.32 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 93,620 173.735 538.87 157.610 594.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 143,800 226.142 635.88 205.153 700.94 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/01/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STANDARD PIPE.........................18 30,649 43.856 698.85 39.786 770.35 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 113,470 205.928 551.02 186.815 607.39 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 449,492 660.804 680.22 599.472 749.81 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 385,981 443.066 871.16 401.943 960.29 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 20,600 2.201 9,358.04 1.997 10,315.47 WIRE DRAWN............................23 961,630 1,122.083 857.00 1,017.937 944.69 BLACK PLATE...........................28 244,985 590.787 414.67 535.954 457.10 TIN PLATE.............................29 773,875 1,248.848 619.67 1,132.937 683.07 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 5,203,771 19,017.568 273.63 17,252.453 301.62 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 164,147 339.467 483.54 307.960 533.01 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 39,940 25.478 1,567.58 23.114 1,727.96 COUNTRY TOTAL 10,563,045 30,531.288 345.97 27,697.527 381.37 Federal Republic of Germany INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 7,175 15.269 469.90 13.852 517.98 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 10,631,149 38,659.610 274.99 35,071.419 303.13 WIRE RODS..............................3 8,714,219 30,065.554 289.84 27,275.020 319.49 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,618,168 2,647.011 611.32 2,401.329 673.86 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 3,740 10.306 362.87 9.350 400.00 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 946,883 2,998.341 315.80 2,720.050 348.11 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 2,064 0.634 3,250.75 0.576 3,583.33 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 724,096 1,879.209 385.32 1,704.791 424.74 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 227,557 419.852 541.99 380.884 597.44 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 384,130 442.270 868.54 401.221 957.40 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,643,846 2,161.468 760.52 1,960.852 838.33 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 6,463 15.831 408.24 14.362 450.01 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 3,335,828 8,386.835 397.75 7,608.411 438.44 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 4,293 2.517 1,705.14 2.284 1,879.60 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,041,470 1,069.656 973.65 970.376 1,073.26 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 709,034 825.389 859.03 748.781 946.92 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 20,251 0.456 44,375.37 0.414 48,915.46 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 1,697,823 1,473.266 1,152.42 1,336.525 1,270.33 WIRE DRAWN............................23 678,358 639.699 1,060.43 580.326 1,168.93 BLACK PLATE...........................28 86,587 99.985 866.00 90.705 954.60 TIN PLATE.............................29 4,059,820 7,030.729 577.44 6,378.172 636.52 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 71,448 118.282 604.05 107.304 665.85 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 40,739 126.027 323.26 114.330 356.33 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 515,740 1,539.285 335.05 1,396.417 369.33 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 103,679 256.618 404.02 232.800 445.36 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 229,496 429.288 534.60 389.444 589.29 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 133,484 61.946 2,154.82 56.197 2,375.29 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 332,167 446.496 743.94 405.055 820.05 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,650,316 1,392.936 1,184.77 1,263.651 1,305.99 COUNTRY TOTAL 39,620,023 103,214.778 383.86 93,634.898 423.13 Austria IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/01/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 65,297 99.443 656.62 90.214 723.80 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 104,104 83.509 1,246.61 75.759 1,374.15 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 120,920 40.415 2,991.95 36.664 3,298.06 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 66,414 79.440 836.02 72.067 921.56 WIRE DRAWN............................23 551,973 158.170 3,489.73 143.490 3,846.77 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,380,699 3,213.875 429.61 2,915.580 473.56 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 58,615 64.617 907.11 58.620 999.91 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 281,982 47.939 5,882.04 43.490 6,483.84 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,630,004 3,787.412 694.41 3,435.884 765.45 Czech Republic PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 152,672 513.305 297.43 465.663 327.86 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 512,372 1,580.405 324.20 1,433.720 357.37 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 345,278 694.369 497.25 629.922 548.13 WIRE DRAWN............................23 63,100 126.756 497.80 114.992 548.73 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,073,422 2,914.837 368.26 2,644.297 405.94 Slovakia STANDARD PIPE.........................18 153,626 268.533 572.09 243.610 630.62 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 152,087 352.596 431.33 319.870 475.47 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 16,848 16.488 1,021.81 14.958 1,126.35 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 21,205 23.693 894.99 21.494 986.55 COUNTRY TOTAL 343,766 661.311 519.82 599.932 573.01 Switzerland BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 4,536 16.666 272.16 15.120 300.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 11,347 13.637 832.03 12.372 917.15 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,458,663 699.118 2,086.43 634.230 2,299.90 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 157,312 126.457 1,243.99 114.720 1,371.27 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,631,858 855.880 1,906.64 776.442 2,101.71 Poland STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 149,941 392.121 382.38 355.727 421.51 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 15,559 44.996 345.78 40.820 381.16 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 9,244 12.839 719.95 11.648 793.61 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 4,954 8.212 603.25 7.450 664.97 WIRE DRAWN............................23 178,323 309.635 575.91 280.897 634.83 COUNTRY TOTAL 358,021 767.805 466.29 696.542 514.00 Russia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 168,703 609.021 277.01 552.495 305.35 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 7,011 10.645 658.62 9.657 726.00 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 314,416 805.107 390.53 730.381 430.48 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/01/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE WIRE DRAWN............................23 218,915 657.238 333.08 596.237 367.16 COUNTRY TOTAL 709,045 2,082.011 340.56 1,888.770 375.40 Belarus WIRE DRAWN............................23 232,207 302.426 767.81 274.357 846.37 COUNTRY TOTAL 232,207 302.426 767.81 274.357 846.37 Ukraine PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 548,313 1,867.265 293.64 1,693.955 323.69 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 54,670 141.040 387.62 127.950 427.28 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 136,179 328.019 415.16 297.574 457.63 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 12,987 34.083 381.04 30.920 420.02 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,762 2.569 1,074.92 2.331 1,184.90 COUNTRY TOTAL 754,911 2,372.977 318.13 2,152.730 350.68 Spain BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 24,505 46.582 526.06 42.259 579.88 WIRE RODS..............................3 6,960,971 22,931.653 303.55 20,803.252 334.61 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 37,769 57.498 656.87 52.162 724.07 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 128,001 267.808 477.96 242.952 526.86 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 138,736 297.981 465.59 270.324 513.22 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 359,814 760.715 472.99 690.110 521.39 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 356,051 779.446 456.80 707.102 503.54 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 362,291 272.073 1,331.59 246.821 1,467.83 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 475,896 679.607 700.25 616.530 771.89 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 537,288 527.075 1,019.38 478.155 1,123.67 WIRE DRAWN............................23 116,442 251.318 463.33 227.992 510.73 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 254,297 383.944 662.33 348.309 730.09 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 36,495 69.269 526.86 62.840 580.76 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,788,556 27,324.975 358.23 24,788.808 394.88 Italy STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 41,438 19.782 2,094.72 17.946 2,309.04 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 6,037 6.106 988.57 5.540 1,089.71 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 193,722 310.988 622.92 282.124 686.66 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 195,742 169.127 1,157.36 153.430 1,275.77 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 67,216 55.567 1,209.63 50.410 1,333.39 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,835,007 4,513.313 628.14 4,094.410 692.41 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 484,473 410.715 1,179.58 372.595 1,300.27 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 305,308 285.187 1,070.55 258.718 1,180.08 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 53,207 1.482 35,887.43 1.345 39,559.11 WIRE DRAWN............................23 597,911 702.746 850.82 637.521 937.87 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 37,096 6.753 5,492.56 6.127 6,054.51 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/01/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 4,817,157 6,481.771 743.19 5,880.166 819.22 Greece WIRE DRAWN............................23 753,587 1,280.097 588.70 1,161.285 648.93 COUNTRY TOTAL 753,587 1,280.097 588.70 1,161.285 648.93 Romania BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 7,983 6.801 1,173.75 6.170 1,293.84 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 3,150,722 9,589.228 328.57 8,699.204 362.19 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 966,507 1,704.673 566.97 1,546.454 624.98 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,408,344 3,164.427 445.05 2,870.721 490.59 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 249,384 443.165 562.73 402.033 620.31 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 551,619 842.951 654.39 764.713 721.34 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,334,559 15,751.247 402.16 14,289.295 443.31 Bulgaria BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 2,899,497 10,879.733 266.50 9,869.931 293.77 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,899,497 10,879.733 266.50 9,869.931 293.77 Turkey WIRE RODS..............................3 6,209,177 24,432.833 254.13 22,165.100 280.13 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,212,678 6,846.257 323.20 6,210.822 356.26 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 302,320 1,032.207 292.89 936.403 322.85 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 142,182 10.491 13,551.73 9.518 14,938.22 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 774,164 2,269.548 341.11 2,058.900 376.01 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 1,560,435 4,174.216 373.83 3,786.787 412.07 COUNTRY TOTAL 11,200,956 38,765.555 288.94 35,167.530 318.50 Israel STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 8,782 22.061 398.07 20.014 438.79 WIRE DRAWN............................23 230,194 464.038 496.07 420.969 546.82 COUNTRY TOTAL 238,976 486.100 491.62 440.983 541.92 Oman STANDARD PIPE.........................18 645,704 1,976.256 326.73 1,792.830 360.16 COUNTRY TOTAL 645,704 1,976.256 326.73 1,792.830 360.16 India BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 228,623 467.154 489.39 423.796 539.46 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 959,651 2,644.609 362.87 2,399.150 400.00 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 37,092 20.130 1,842.59 18.262 2,031.10 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 853,347 2,247.076 379.76 2,038.514 418.61 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/01/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 36,132 117.467 307.59 106.565 339.06 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 260,012 244.539 1,063.27 221.843 1,172.05 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 15,480 20.554 753.11 18.647 830.16 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 232,624 254.649 913.51 231.014 1,006.97 WIRE DRAWN............................23 155,595 295.632 526.31 268.193 580.16 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 8,174,892 17,837.436 458.30 16,181.855 505.19 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 174,980 310.551 563.45 281.728 621.10 COUNTRY TOTAL 11,128,428 24,459.803 454.97 22,189.567 501.52 Thailand STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,469,003 3,662.133 401.13 3,322.233 442.17 WIRE DRAWN............................23 20,413 11.858 1,721.36 10.758 1,897.47 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,275,635 3,596.410 354.70 3,262.610 390.99 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,046,412 2,098.612 498.62 1,903.830 549.64 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 24,562 52.690 466.16 47.800 513.85 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,836,025 9,421.706 407.15 8,547.231 448.80 Vietnam PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 31,181 45.092 691.49 40.907 762.24 COUNTRY TOTAL 31,181 45.092 691.49 40.907 762.24 Malaysia BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 20,452 61.527 332.40 55.817 366.41 WIRE DRAWN............................23 19,276 37.100 519.56 33.657 572.72 COUNTRY TOTAL 39,728 98.628 402.81 89.474 444.02 Singapore LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 30,937 16.216 1,907.80 14.711 2,102.98 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,400 5.244 648.26 4.758 714.59 COUNTRY TOTAL 34,337 21.460 1,599.98 19.469 1,763.68 Indonesia STANDARD PIPE.........................18 120,938 337.836 357.98 306.480 394.60 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 507,957 990.035 513.07 898.145 565.56 COUNTRY TOTAL 628,895 1,327.871 473.61 1,204.625 522.07 China WIRE RODS..............................3 1,088,955 4,744.531 229.52 4,304.168 253.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 6,932 30.442 227.71 27.617 251.00 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,313,122 3,382.948 388.16 3,068.960 427.87 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,394,213 5,259.104 455.25 4,770.981 501.83 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 433,950 1,059.802 409.46 961.437 451.36 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/01/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 1,627,514 4,983.408 326.59 4,520.873 360.00 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 138,999 173.461 801.32 157.362 883.31 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,090,261 4,300.342 486.07 3,901.206 535.80 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,060 3.869 790.88 3.510 871.79 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 4,750 8.726 544.29 7.917 599.97 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 22,834 17.978 1,270.06 16.310 1,400.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,124,590 23,964.617 380.75 21,740.341 419.71 Korea, South STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,323,626 5,523.400 239.64 5,010.746 264.16 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 116,603 311.215 374.67 282.330 413.00 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 908,420 2,015.580 450.70 1,828.504 496.81 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,832,192 4,494.896 407.62 4,077.703 449.32 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 830,791 2,012.372 412.84 1,825.594 455.08 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 589,552 1,729.260 340.93 1,568.759 375.81 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 1,612,158 4,951.806 325.57 4,492.205 358.88 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 175,224 378.553 462.88 343.418 510.24 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 86,862 201.296 431.51 182.613 475.66 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 146,109 106.660 1,369.85 96.761 1,510.00 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 32,751 75.579 433.33 68.565 477.66 WIRE DRAWN............................23 856,233 1,522.736 562.30 1,381.404 619.83 TIN PLATE.............................29 242,965 427.564 568.25 387.880 626.39 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 9,708,567 32,043.133 302.98 29,069.050 333.98 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 458,892 1,018.193 450.69 923.690 496.80 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 1,307,216 3,040.548 429.93 2,758.340 473.91 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,217 1.078 2,056.47 0.978 2,266.87 COUNTRY TOTAL 20,230,378 59,853.877 338.00 54,298.540 372.58 Taiwan BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 2,514 6.028 417.02 5.469 459.68 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 4,095 0.921 4,443.69 0.836 4,898.33 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 601,575 1,260.975 477.07 1,143.938 525.88 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 31,797 81.608 389.63 74.034 429.49 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 64,092 182.225 351.72 165.312 387.70 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 429,883 1,280.032 335.84 1,161.226 370.20 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 95,003 63.185 1,503.56 57.321 1,657.39 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 21,384 9.435 2,266.27 8.560 2,498.13 WIRE DRAWN............................23 531,433 904.035 587.85 820.127 647.99 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,856,437 3,110.847 596.76 2,822.114 657.82 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 99,914 165.743 602.82 150.360 664.50 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 163,166 98.290 1,660.03 89.168 1,829.87 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,901,293 7,163.329 544.62 6,498.465 600.34 Japan BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 80,779 201.392 401.10 182.700 442.14 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/01/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE WIRE RODS..............................3 980,724 3,022.623 324.46 2,742.079 357.66 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 4,443 5.714 777.51 5.184 857.06 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 7,122,191 16,192.051 439.86 14,689.186 484.86 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,182,816 2,274.928 519.94 2,063.781 573.13 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 104,667 129.093 810.78 117.112 893.73 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 74,450 60.174 1,237.24 54.589 1,363.83 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 805,285 1,513.738 531.98 1,373.241 586.41 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 27,464 60.814 451.60 55.170 497.81 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 9,026 27.882 323.71 25.295 356.83 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 28,396 86.703 327.51 78.656 361.02 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,184,512 922.892 1,283.48 837.234 1,414.79 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 29,241 51.152 571.64 46.405 630.13 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 197,913 66.709 2,966.78 60.518 3,270.32 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 24,569 22.771 1,078.93 20.658 1,189.32 WIRE DRAWN............................23 3,130,696 4,611.306 678.92 4,183.308 748.38 BLACK PLATE...........................28 1,127,457 1,656.372 680.68 1,502.636 750.32 TIN PLATE.............................29 8,583 11.587 740.71 10.512 816.50 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 415,153 579.409 716.51 525.632 789.82 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,147,760 2,256.694 508.60 2,047.239 560.64 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 318,279 421.707 754.74 382.567 831.96 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 113,692 247.444 459.46 224.478 506.47 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 413,888 173.884 2,380.25 157.745 2,623.78 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 477,191 406.287 1,174.52 368.578 1,294.68 COUNTRY TOTAL 19,009,175 35,003.337 543.07 31,754.503 598.63 Australia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 8,719,654 39,713.915 219.56 36,027.868 242.03 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 16,781 7.626 2,200.24 6.919 2,425.35 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 306,298 508.054 602.88 460.899 664.57 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 102,448 168.251 608.90 152.635 671.20 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 49,031 121.332 404.10 110.071 445.45 WIRE DRAWN............................23 36,422 82.790 439.93 75.106 484.94 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 10,403,365 40,245.257 258.50 36,509.894 284.95 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 10,000 22.046 453.59 20.000 500.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 19,643,999 80,869.273 242.91 73,363.392 267.76 New Zealand SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 52,466 82.122 638.88 74.500 704.24 COUNTRY TOTAL 52,466 82.122 638.88 74.500 704.24 Egypt WIRE RODS..............................3 1,535,174 6,755.446 227.25 6,128.440 250.50 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 18,786 29.027 647.19 26.333 713.40 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,715,882 6,441.883 266.36 5,843.980 293.62 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/01/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 3,269,842 13,226.357 247.22 11,998.753 272.52 South Africa WIRE RODS..............................3 2,909,154 11,904.207 244.38 10,799.318 269.38 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 14,128 35.530 397.63 32.233 438.31 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 81,462 240.400 338.86 218.088 373.53 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 10,442 20.017 521.63 18.160 575.00 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 282,416 742.691 380.26 673.759 419.16 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 460,806 984.855 467.89 893.446 515.76 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 8,930 25.681 347.72 23.298 383.29 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,492,940 4,709.253 317.02 4,272.164 349.46 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 117,170 480.934 243.63 436.297 268.56 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,541,485 3,752.035 410.84 3,403.790 452.87 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,918,933 22,895.609 302.19 20,770.553 333.11 GRAND TOTAL 509,771,428 1,383,023.151 368.59 1,254,657.851 406.30 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/01/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 2,403 1.655 1,451.38 1.502 1,599.87 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 14,669 7.050 2,080.60 6.396 2,293.46 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 227,256 94.870 2,395.44 86.065 2,640.52 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 83,266 23.264 3,579.14 21.105 3,945.32 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 478,819 165.428 2,894.42 150.074 3,190.55 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 6,430,238 1,354.305 4,748.00 1,228.606 5,233.77 WIRE DRAWN............................23 264,708 88.168 3,002.30 79.985 3,309.47 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,277,843 1,668.576 1,964.45 1,513.708 2,165.44 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 573,147 256.355 2,235.75 232.562 2,464.49 COUNTRY TOTAL 11,352,349 3,659.675 3,102.01 3,320.003 3,419.38 Mexico BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 7,000 0.434 16,117.50 0.394 17,766.50 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 76,819 32.708 2,348.57 29.673 2,588.85 WIRE DRAWN............................23 37,683 0.090 416,895.76 0.082 459,548.78 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 12,163,545 7,523.630 1,616.71 6,825.325 1,782.12 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 991,047 615.695 1,609.64 558.550 1,774.32 COUNTRY TOTAL 13,276,094 8,172.560 1,624.47 7,414.024 1,790.67 Trinidad and Tobago BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 118,733 81.800 1,451.50 74.208 1,600.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 118,733 81.800 1,451.50 74.208 1,600.00 Brazil PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,233 1.309 1,705.17 1.188 1,879.63 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 3,312 2.048 1,617.11 1.858 1,782.56 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 40,071 22.236 1,802.00 20.173 1,986.37 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 132,064 47.607 2,774.00 43.189 3,057.82 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 11,993 9.031 1,327.95 8.193 1,463.81 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 588,411 271.795 2,164.90 246.569 2,386.39 COUNTRY TOTAL 778,084 354.029 2,197.80 321.170 2,422.65 Argentina STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 3,644 1.064 3,422.13 0.966 3,772.26 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,644 1.064 3,422.13 0.966 3,772.26 Sweden INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 105,142 67.922 1,547.98 61.618 1,706.35 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/01/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 5,992,799 3,517.131 1,703.89 3,190.689 1,878.21 WIRE RODS..............................3 718,505 317.286 2,264.53 287.838 2,496.21 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 203,890 93.516 2,180.25 84.837 2,403.31 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 914,797 447.378 2,044.79 405.855 2,254.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 381,752 149.687 2,550.33 135.794 2,811.26 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 659,649 143.965 4,582.01 130.603 5,050.80 WIRE DRAWN............................23 845,789 203.025 4,165.92 184.182 4,592.14 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 82,237 29.070 2,828.92 26.372 3,118.35 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,567,535 582.382 2,691.59 528.329 2,966.97 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,165,254 215.201 5,414.70 195.228 5,968.68 COUNTRY TOTAL 12,637,349 5,766.569 2,191.48 5,231.345 2,415.70 Norway STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 4,640 0.094 48,945.80 0.086 53,953.49 WIRE DRAWN............................23 6,019 1.514 3,974.05 1.374 4,380.64 COUNTRY TOTAL 10,659 1.609 6,623.07 1.460 7,300.68 Finland STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 266,657 129.586 2,057.75 117.559 2,268.28 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 603,029 208.753 2,888.71 189.378 3,184.26 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 389,857 204.890 1,902.75 185.874 2,097.43 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,259,543 543.230 2,318.61 492.811 2,555.83 Denmark BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 132,587 62.212 2,131.20 56.438 2,349.25 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 3,500 2.204 1,587.57 2.000 1,750.00 WIRE DRAWN............................23 34,733 0.124 278,842.98 0.113 307,371.68 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,850 0.179 21,427.38 0.163 23,619.63 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 13,420 1.736 7,729.79 1.575 8,520.63 COUNTRY TOTAL 188,090 66.457 2,830.24 60.289 3,119.81 United Kingdom INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 59,522 22.454 2,650.83 20.370 2,922.04 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 6,978,260 4,942.538 1,411.88 4,483.797 1,556.33 WIRE RODS..............................3 941,595 531.955 1,770.06 482.582 1,951.16 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 15,159 2.058 7,365.84 1.867 8,119.44 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 706,347 381.406 1,851.95 346.006 2,041.43 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 94,031 34.131 2,754.93 30.964 3,036.78 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 455,543 191.163 2,383.00 173.421 2,626.80 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 91,644 6.029 15,198.91 5.470 16,753.93 WIRE DRAWN............................23 111,857 25.983 4,304.90 23.572 4,745.33 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 312,853 61.241 5,108.55 55.557 5,631.21 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 99,770 20.890 4,775.74 18.952 5,264.35 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/01/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 9,866,581 6,219.853 1,586.30 5,642.558 1,748.60 Ireland STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 6,533 0.693 9,422.32 0.629 10,386.33 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,533 0.693 9,422.32 0.629 10,386.33 Netherlands STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 109,583 17.900 6,121.81 16.239 6,748.14 COUNTRY TOTAL 109,583 17.900 6,121.81 16.239 6,748.14 Belgium PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,260,089 632.209 1,993.15 573.531 2,197.07 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,783,667 1,056.430 1,688.39 958.378 1,861.13 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 4,882 2.204 2,214.44 2.000 2,441.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 27,818 23.331 1,192.29 21.166 1,314.28 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 68,467 5.102 13,418.07 4.629 14,790.88 WIRE DRAWN............................23 88,294 7.157 12,336.21 6.493 13,598.34 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 9,637 4.756 2,026.08 4.315 2,233.37 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,016,619 1,642.124 1,837.02 1,489.711 2,024.97 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 104,186 45.448 2,292.41 41.230 2,526.95 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,363,659 3,418.765 1,861.39 3,101.453 2,051.83 France WIRE RODS..............................3 212,571 121.737 1,746.15 110.438 1,924.80 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 32,716 6.008 5,444.77 5.451 6,001.83 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 524,340 205.092 2,556.60 186.057 2,818.17 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 21,465 3.945 5,440.83 3.579 5,997.49 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 122,729 30.996 3,959.39 28.120 4,364.47 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 732,070 312.407 2,343.32 283.411 2,583.07 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,624,551 393.148 4,132.16 356.658 4,554.93 WIRE DRAWN............................23 760,366 201.859 3,766.81 183.124 4,152.19 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,784,051 2,486.228 1,522.00 2,255.469 1,677.72 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 4,639 0.558 8,300.65 0.507 9,149.90 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,384,577 1,596.690 1,493.45 1,448.494 1,646.25 COUNTRY TOTAL 10,204,075 5,358.673 1,904.22 4,861.308 2,099.04 Federal Republic of Germany BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 81,607 43.331 1,883.30 39.310 2,075.99 WIRE RODS..............................3 149,413 96.480 1,548.63 87.526 1,707.07 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 151,947 26.792 5,671.19 24.306 6,251.42 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 657,558 358.611 1,833.62 325.327 2,021.22 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,240,857 1,286.382 1,741.98 1,166.987 1,920.21 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 69,744 34.565 2,017.75 31.357 2,224.19 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 308,729 100.543 3,070.59 91.212 3,384.74 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/01/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,944,766 280.542 6,932.16 254.504 7,641.40 WIRE DRAWN............................23 405,972 71.879 5,647.95 65.208 6,225.80 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,098,021 1,259.399 1,665.89 1,142.508 1,836.33 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 817,856 169.772 4,817.37 154.015 5,310.24 COUNTRY TOTAL 8,926,470 3,728.302 2,394.25 3,382.260 2,639.20 Austria WIRE RODS..............................3 27,357 5.443 5,025.89 4.938 5,540.10 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 9,730 3.310 2,939.36 3.003 3,240.09 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 399,614 191.907 2,082.32 174.096 2,295.37 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 115,300 33.240 3,468.69 30.155 3,823.58 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 346,363 69.791 4,962.81 63.314 5,470.56 WIRE DRAWN............................23 3,482 0.252 13,793.97 0.229 15,205.24 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 21,300 0.853 24,965.17 0.774 27,519.38 COUNTRY TOTAL 923,146 304.798 3,028.71 276.509 3,338.57 Czech Republic BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 4,327 0.975 4,435.47 0.885 4,889.27 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,213,981 89.878 13,506.98 81.536 14,888.90 WIRE DRAWN............................23 5,215 1.449 3,597.70 1.315 3,965.78 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,223,523 92.303 13,255.49 83.736 14,611.67 Switzerland STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,448 0.448 5,456.48 0.407 6,014.74 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 12,243 6.693 1,829.16 6.072 2,016.30 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 408,495 124.628 3,277.70 113.061 3,613.05 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 7,418 0.141 52,574.21 0.128 57,953.13 WIRE DRAWN............................23 195,374 58.063 3,364.85 52.674 3,709.12 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 103,677 9.451 10,969.70 8.574 12,092.02 COUNTRY TOTAL 729,655 199.425 3,658.78 180.916 4,033.11 Latvia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 337,777 167.287 2,019.14 151.761 2,225.72 COUNTRY TOTAL 337,777 167.287 2,019.14 151.761 2,225.72 Poland BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 34,069 20.139 1,691.67 18.270 1,864.75 COUNTRY TOTAL 34,069 20.139 1,691.67 18.270 1,864.75 Russia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 60,589 36.969 1,638.90 33.538 1,806.58 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/01/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 60,589 36.969 1,638.90 33.538 1,806.58 Spain BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 8,777,411 6,328.738 1,386.91 5,741.337 1,528.81 WIRE RODS..............................3 150,762 76.574 1,968.83 69.467 2,170.27 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 2,125 0.848 2,503.59 0.770 2,759.74 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,156,199 279.045 4,143.40 253.146 4,567.32 WIRE DRAWN............................23 4,734 0.675 7,005.90 0.613 7,722.68 COUNTRY TOTAL 10,091,231 6,685.883 1,509.33 6,065.333 1,663.76 Portugal BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 129,821 60.692 2,139.01 55.059 2,357.85 COUNTRY TOTAL 129,821 60.692 2,139.01 55.059 2,357.85 Italy BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 2,387 0.098 24,330.91 0.089 26,820.22 WIRE RODS..............................3 195,610 130.127 1,503.21 118.050 1,657.01 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 258,382 113.775 2,270.99 103.215 2,503.34 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 94,882 55.393 1,712.88 50.252 1,888.12 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 770,208 334.971 2,299.32 303.881 2,534.57 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 925,928 539.597 1,715.96 489.515 1,891.52 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 2,048,436 776.492 2,638.06 704.422 2,907.97 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 97,073 33.897 2,863.75 30.751 3,156.74 WIRE DRAWN............................23 66,836 16.974 3,937.44 15.399 4,340.28 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 36,999 28.893 1,280.52 26.212 1,411.53 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 5,526,343 3,825.630 1,444.56 3,470.555 1,592.35 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 22,971 15.591 1,473.34 14.144 1,624.08 COUNTRY TOTAL 10,046,055 5,871.443 1,711.00 5,326.485 1,886.06 Slovenia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 75,898 39.744 1,909.63 36.056 2,105.00 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 66,066 33.102 1,995.81 30.030 2,200.00 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 96,744 63.526 1,522.90 57.630 1,678.71 COUNTRY TOTAL 238,708 136.373 1,750.40 123.716 1,929.48 United Arab Emirates BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 22,252 16.608 1,339.79 15.067 1,476.87 COUNTRY TOTAL 22,252 16.608 1,339.79 15.067 1,476.87 India WIRE RODS..............................3 74,189 51.299 1,446.20 46.538 1,594.16 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 154,374 69.979 2,206.00 63.484 2,431.70 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 8,500 1.932 4,398.79 1.753 4,848.83 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/01/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 163,048 74.790 2,180.06 67.849 2,403.10 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 1,394,964 768.775 1,814.53 697.422 2,000.17 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,087,116 591.539 1,837.77 536.636 2,025.80 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 74,470 27.757 2,682.90 25.181 2,957.39 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,036,734 1,178.776 1,727.84 1,069.368 1,904.61 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 76,852 43.083 1,783.78 39.085 1,966.28 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 70,892 42.179 1,680.70 38.265 1,852.66 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,141,139 2,850.114 1,803.84 2,585.581 1,988.39 Thailand STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 237,334 102.577 2,313.70 93.057 2,550.42 WIRE DRAWN............................23 111,545 61.425 1,815.95 55.724 2,001.74 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 39,821 18.638 2,136.44 16.909 2,355.02 COUNTRY TOTAL 388,700 182.641 2,128.21 165.690 2,345.95 Malaysia STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 600,145 329.557 1,821.06 298.970 2,007.38 COUNTRY TOTAL 600,145 329.557 1,821.06 298.970 2,007.38 Singapore STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 224,231 103.844 2,159.30 94.206 2,380.22 COUNTRY TOTAL 224,231 103.844 2,159.30 94.206 2,380.22 China BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 35,466 3.745 9,468.58 3.398 10,437.32 WIRE RODS..............................3 53,496 55.130 970.34 50.014 1,069.62 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 21,331 17.192 1,240.70 15.597 1,367.63 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 72,684 29.076 2,499.73 26.378 2,755.48 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,579,162 663.526 2,379.95 601.941 2,623.45 WIRE DRAWN............................23 658,958 267.559 2,462.85 242.726 2,714.82 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,624,609 1,115.969 1,455.78 1,012.391 1,604.72 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 10,558 8.738 1,208.28 7.927 1,331.90 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 8,292 2.096 3,954.98 1.902 4,359.62 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,064,556 2,163.036 1,879.10 1,962.274 2,071.35 Korea, South BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 5,733 0.152 37,687.62 0.138 41,543.48 WIRE RODS..............................3 46,356 33.364 1,389.37 30.268 1,531.52 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 322,826 84.139 3,836.80 76.330 4,229.35 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 31,752 19.011 1,670.14 17.247 1,841.02 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 2,276,053 862.753 2,638.13 782.677 2,908.04 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,434,631 633.501 2,264.61 574.703 2,496.30 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 175,583 75.367 2,329.70 68.372 2,568.05 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/01/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 653,157 448.328 1,456.87 406.717 1,605.93 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,946,091 2,156.618 2,293.45 1,956.452 2,528.09 Taiwan WIRE RODS..............................3 46,690 35.889 1,300.95 32.558 1,434.06 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 337,060 199.301 1,691.21 180.803 1,864.24 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 87,406 42.918 2,036.56 38.935 2,244.92 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,532,163 857.570 1,786.63 777.975 1,969.42 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 3,716,002 1,763.715 2,106.92 1,600.016 2,322.48 WIRE DRAWN............................23 848,385 309.223 2,743.60 280.523 3,024.30 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,109,498 1,156.530 1,823.99 1,049.187 2,010.60 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 169,587 119.263 1,421.95 108.194 1,567.43 COUNTRY TOTAL 8,846,791 4,484.411 1,972.79 4,068.191 2,174.63 Japan BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 5,084 3.502 1,451.72 3.177 1,600.25 WIRE RODS..............................3 55,074 25.003 2,202.63 22.683 2,427.99 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 152,854 41.311 3,700.05 37.477 4,078.61 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 304,392 174.250 1,746.87 158.077 1,925.59 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,912 0.294 9,894.09 0.267 10,906.37 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 158,368 43.723 3,622.06 39.665 3,992.64 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 17,736 7.548 2,349.57 6.848 2,589.95 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 5,215,418 1,443.791 3,612.31 1,309.786 3,981.89 WIRE DRAWN............................23 400,344 66.124 6,054.41 59.987 6,673.85 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 136,417 83.191 1,639.80 75.470 1,807.57 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 727,238 410.583 1,771.23 372.475 1,952.45 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 5,119 0.176 29,024.25 0.160 31,993.75 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,499,878 292.178 8,555.99 265.060 9,431.37 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,680,834 2,591.678 3,735.35 2,351.132 4,117.52 Australia WIRE DRAWN............................23 5,821 1.464 3,973.46 1.329 4,379.98 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,821 1.464 3,973.46 1.329 4,379.98 New Zealand WIRE DRAWN............................23 3,778 0.771 4,896.21 0.700 5,397.14 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,778 0.771 4,896.21 0.700 5,397.14 South Africa PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 161,422 120.199 1,342.95 109.043 1,480.35 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 530,920 328.054 1,618.39 297.606 1,783.97 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 116,437 95.899 1,214.15 86.999 1,338.37 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 160,220 111.827 1,432.75 101.448 1,579.33 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 20/01/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 968,999 655.980 1,477.18 595.096 1,628.31 GRAND TOTAL 133,809,357 66,503.231 2,012.07 60,330.734 2,217.93