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RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - FINAL PREPARED 25/02/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Canada 17,215 29.128 591.00 26.425 651.47 Mexico 259,033 518.780 499.31 470.630 550.40 United Kingdom 66,306 25.960 2,554.11 23.551 2,815.42 Federal Republic of Germany 121,702 111.000 1,096.41 100.698 1,208.58 Japan 2,145 0.551 3,891.82 0.500 4,290.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 466,401 685.421 680.46 621.804 750.08 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 2,322,213 9,134.214 254.23 8,286.422 280.24 Mexico 41,204,063 176,744.877 233.13 160,340.301 256.98 Venezuela 3,245 1.851 1,752.27 1.680 1,931.55 Brazil 48,764,706 208,523.373 233.86 189,169.276 257.78 Sweden 2,645,361 1,550.812 1,705.79 1,406.874 1,880.31 Finland 1,537,157 7,112.551 216.12 6,452.400 238.23 United Kingdom 11,077,877 6,854.141 1,616.23 6,217.974 1,781.59 Netherlands 31,978 30.181 1,059.53 27.380 1,167.93 Belgium 76,675 271.036 282.90 245.880 311.84 France 779,406 784.672 993.29 711.843 1,094.91 Federal Republic of Germany 14,392,666 57,221.560 251.53 51,910.541 277.26 Russia 14,221,820 57,004.459 249.49 51,713.590 275.01 Ukraine 7,344,259 28,286.711 259.64 25,661.280 286.20 Spain 301,336 175.184 1,720.10 158.925 1,896.09 Italy 60,411 19.898 3,035.89 18.052 3,346.50 China 25,830 2.832 9,117.74 2.570 10,050.58 Korea, South 201,437 125.559 1,604.31 113.906 1,768.45 Hong Kong 23,250 1.169 19,879.41 1.061 21,913.29 Japan 12,502,881 54,211.373 230.63 49,179.745 254.23 Australia 8,956,509 40,643.188 220.37 36,870.891 242.92 CATEGORY TOTAL 166,473,080 648,699.651 256.63 588,490.591 282.88 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 16,184,198 44,174.458 366.37 40,074.406 403.85 Mexico 319,323 949.842 336.19 861.683 370.58 Trinidad and Tobago 4,539,678 16,989.766 267.20 15,412.861 294.54 Venezuela 4,244,340 16,723.742 253.79 15,171.528 279.76 Brazil 4,324,078 15,574.468 277.64 14,128.924 306.04 Argentina 798,525 3,499.140 228.21 3,174.368 251.55 Sweden 446,043 190.608 2,340.10 172.917 2,579.52 United Kingdom 1,340,029 3,356.042 399.29 3,044.551 440.14 Luxembourg 11,489 23.052 498.38 20.913 549.37 France 371,094 277.259 1,338.43 251.526 1,475.37 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - FINAL PREPARED 25/02/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Federal Republic of Germany 2,560,189 7,169.548 357.09 6,504.107 393.63 Belarus 1,503,906 5,970.527 251.89 5,416.373 277.66 Spain 3,731,914 12,172.231 306.59 11,042.466 337.96 Italy 792,420 2,445.541 324.03 2,218.559 357.18 Turkey 20,548,746 75,510.761 272.13 68,502.230 299.97 India 12,529 15.041 832.99 13.645 918.21 Malaysia 4,025,992 14,789.012 272.23 13,416.370 300.08 China 13,373,382 56,354.471 237.31 51,123.931 261.59 Taiwan 884,048 472.405 1,871.38 428.559 2,062.84 Japan 3,420,217 9,781.943 349.65 8,874.032 385.42 Egypt 923,453 4,063.603 227.25 3,686.440 250.50 South Africa 490,180 2,055.492 238.47 1,864.712 262.87 CATEGORY TOTAL 84,845,773 292,558.962 290.01 265,405.101 319.68 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 5,394,641 11,237.381 480.06 10,194.384 529.18 Mexico 610,015 1,650.316 369.64 1,497.142 407.45 Brazil 1,083,491 4,387.082 246.97 3,979.895 272.24 Norway 70,779 155.271 455.84 140.860 502.48 United Kingdom 2,216,983 6,224.383 356.18 5,646.667 392.62 Luxembourg 2,887,870 7,909.380 365.12 7,175.271 402.48 France 18,284 4.448 4,109.75 4.036 4,530.23 Federal Republic of Germany 1,993,685 5,072.842 393.01 4,602.007 433.22 Austria 2,749 1.102 2,493.85 1.000 2,749.00 Poland 61,641 201.875 305.34 183.138 336.58 Ukraine 15,203 90.540 167.91 82.137 185.09 Spain 12,917 24.918 518.36 22.606 571.40 Italy 771,770 1,064.025 725.33 965.268 799.54 India 143,246 77.933 1,838.06 70.700 2,026.11 China 39,420 6.062 6,502.04 5.500 7,167.27 Korea, South 550,272 2,246.633 244.93 2,038.112 269.99 Taiwan 16,958 23.357 726.00 21.190 800.28 South Africa 15,448 37.379 413.28 33.910 455.56 CATEGORY TOTAL 15,905,372 40,414.935 393.55 36,663.823 433.82 STEEL PILING...........................5 Canada 612,418 1,215.455 503.86 1,102.643 555.41 United Kingdom 37,115 62.625 592.65 56.813 653.28 Luxembourg 1,359,833 2,918.139 465.99 2,647.292 513.67 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,009,366 4,196.220 478.85 3,806.748 527.84 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 10,667,466 26,084.183 408.96 23,663.180 450.80 Sweden 2,332,551 2,995.564 778.67 2,717.531 858.33 United Kingdom 143,060 104.521 1,368.72 94.820 1,508.75 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - FINAL PREPARED 25/02/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Netherlands 6,532 1.898 3,441.19 1.722 3,793.26 Belgium 1,790,413 1,111.344 1,611.03 1,008.195 1,775.86 France 790,226 981.862 804.82 890.731 887.17 Federal Republic of Germany 1,992,576 3,526.145 565.09 3,198.866 622.90 Austria 26,132 7.408 3,527.24 6.721 3,888.11 Czech Republic 2,103,569 6,751.120 311.59 6,124.515 343.47 Slovakia 116,570 411.618 283.20 373.414 312.17 Poland 403,056 909.516 443.15 825.100 488.49 Ukraine 85,375 288.892 295.53 262.079 325.76 Portugal 2,540 0.503 5,042.12 0.457 5,557.99 Italy 101,185 63.646 1,589.80 57.739 1,752.46 Romania 2,342,619 7,996.190 292.97 7,254.024 322.94 Korea, South 466,152 277.862 1,677.63 252.073 1,849.27 Taiwan 686,237 412.169 1,664.94 373.914 1,835.28 Japan 1,107,622 1,773.709 624.47 1,609.083 688.36 Australia 94,806 367.959 257.65 333.807 284.01 South Africa 362,481 269.027 1,347.37 244.058 1,485.22 CATEGORY TOTAL 25,621,168 54,335.145 471.54 49,292.029 519.78 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 6,497,449 17,973.514 361.50 16,305.303 398.49 Mexico 1,666,516 5,256.124 317.06 4,768.277 349.50 Venezuela 1,185,082 5,012.347 236.43 4,547.126 260.62 Brazil 34,546 36.238 953.30 32.875 1,050.83 Sweden 695,376 301.508 2,306.32 273.524 2,542.29 Netherlands 385,928 1,281.105 301.25 1,162.200 332.07 Belgium 676,285 356.276 1,898.20 323.209 2,092.41 Luxembourg 162,794 555.191 293.22 503.661 323.22 France 3,139,159 11,258.294 278.83 10,213.356 307.36 Federal Republic of Germany 700,387 369.475 1,895.62 335.183 2,089.57 Bulgaria 303,133 1,224.314 247.59 1,110.680 272.93 Turkey 1,120,539 4,201.722 266.69 3,811.740 293.97 Korea, South 41,772 139.541 299.35 126.590 329.98 Japan 291,371 665.663 437.72 603.880 482.50 New Zealand 259,441 985.598 263.23 894.120 290.16 CATEGORY TOTAL 17,159,778 49,616.918 345.85 45,011.724 381.23 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Canada 9,288 20.476 453.59 18.576 500.00 Luxembourg 11,914 22.839 521.63 20.720 575.00 France 31,264 95.906 325.98 87.005 359.34 Federal Republic of Germany 14,044 52.541 267.29 47.665 294.64 Austria 486,668 570.616 852.88 517.655 940.14 Czech Republic 410,970 1,084.356 379.00 983.712 417.77 Japan 7,447,433 15,589.761 477.71 14,142.798 526.59 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - FINAL PREPARED 25/02/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 8,411,581 17,436.499 482.41 15,818.131 531.77 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 Canada 38,878 76.540 507.94 69.436 559.91 Austria 163,479 155.885 1,048.71 141.417 1,156.01 Hungary 2,807 5.439 516.00 4.935 568.79 Poland 90,991 256.199 355.16 232.420 391.49 Spain 33,394 67.271 496.40 61.028 547.19 China 11,820 12.906 915.79 11.709 1,009.48 Korea, South 29,220 59.655 489.81 54.119 539.92 Japan 133,694 314.048 425.71 284.900 469.27 CATEGORY TOTAL 504,283 947.947 531.97 859.964 586.40 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 Brazil 13,058 19.774 660.35 17.939 727.91 Switzerland 39,682 118.214 335.68 107.242 370.02 India 81,477 104.458 780.00 94.763 859.80 China 30,650 36.837 832.04 33.418 917.17 Australia 153,149 255.800 598.71 232.058 659.96 South Africa 2,169 0.792 2,736.70 0.719 3,016.69 CATEGORY TOTAL 320,185 535.876 597.50 486.139 658.63 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 27,793,771 61,889.697 449.09 56,145.405 495.03 Mexico 3,516,772 9,516.346 369.55 8,633.087 407.36 Dominican Republic 40,940 126.765 322.96 115.000 356.00 Trinidad and Tobago 87,639 242.564 361.30 220.051 398.27 Colombia 47,590 70.392 676.07 63.859 745.24 Brazil 1,036,803 3,117.256 332.60 2,827.928 366.63 Argentina 1,508,007 4,577.241 329.46 4,152.405 363.16 Sweden 521,442 305.066 1,709.27 276.752 1,884.15 United Kingdom 10,815,188 27,547.193 392.61 24,990.401 432.77 Netherlands 23,455 30.816 761.13 27.956 839.00 France 595,964 460.859 1,293.16 418.085 1,425.46 Federal Republic of Germany 181,158 205.557 881.30 186.479 971.47 Austria 311,183 144.979 2,146.40 131.523 2,366.00 Czech Republic 312,117 813.498 383.67 737.994 422.93 Slovakia 1,756,387 3,843.869 456.93 3,487.101 503.68 Switzerland 7,920 0.750 10,550.52 0.681 11,629.96 Latvia 4,457,517 17,180.311 259.45 15,585.721 286.00 Poland 29,489 20.383 1,446.68 18.492 1,594.69 Ukraine 5,915 4.975 1,188.75 4.514 1,310.37 Spain 1,257,880 2,023.822 621.54 1,835.981 685.13 Portugal 196,708 66.571 2,954.82 60.393 3,257.13 Italy 1,387,740 1,849.141 750.48 1,677.513 827.26 Turkey 609,130 2,229.987 273.15 2,023.011 301.10 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - FINAL PREPARED 25/02/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE India 470,573 567.486 829.22 514.815 914.06 China 2,234 1.755 1,272.22 1.593 1,402.39 Taiwan 128,426 63.730 2,015.15 57.815 2,221.33 Japan 6,335,265 9,035.210 701.18 8,196.607 772.91 South Africa 796,899 2,958.408 269.37 2,683.824 296.93 CATEGORY TOTAL 64,234,112 148,894.642 431.41 135,074.986 475.54 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 3,792,969 6,714.082 564.93 6,090.915 622.73 Mexico 920,669 2,618.330 351.62 2,375.310 387.60 Brazil 1,139,484 4,900.949 232.50 4,446.068 256.29 United Kingdom 29,935 18.739 1,597.45 17.000 1,760.88 France 25,227 7.435 3,392.97 6.745 3,740.10 Austria 8,112 1.288 6,295.20 1.169 6,939.26 Italy 995,037 507.089 1,962.25 460.024 2,163.01 India 833,718 516.467 1,614.27 468.532 1,779.43 China 127,245 351.977 361.51 319.309 398.50 Japan 22,399 4.861 4,607.72 4.410 5,079.14 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,894,795 15,641.222 504.74 14,189.482 556.38 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 Canada 31,515 48.906 644.40 44.367 710.33 Mexico 8,508,800 29,236.817 291.03 26,523.201 320.81 Dominican Republic 1,914,152 6,612.635 289.47 5,998.884 319.08 Brazil 3,042,480 9,409.939 323.33 8,536.556 356.41 Federal Republic of Germany 4,216,440 14,982.765 281.42 13,592.140 310.21 Switzerland 4,516 9.310 485.06 8.446 534.69 Romania 1,578,166 6,614.560 238.59 6,000.630 263.00 Bulgaria 6,674,169 24,708.158 270.12 22,414.871 297.76 India 8,580 23.172 370.26 21.022 408.14 CATEGORY TOTAL 25,978,818 91,646.266 283.47 83,140.117 312.47 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 6,881,814 8,773.442 784.39 7,959.135 864.64 Mexico 58,622 100.408 583.84 91.089 643.57 Colombia 185,710 328.460 565.40 297.974 623.24 Brazil 47,882 42.695 1,121.47 38.733 1,236.21 Sweden 419,294 185.591 2,259.23 168.366 2,490.37 Norway 28,305 10.350 2,734.60 9.390 3,014.38 United Kingdom 2,388,881 2,496.982 956.71 2,265.225 1,054.59 Netherlands 2,306 0.670 3,440.74 0.608 3,792.76 France 1,976,267 1,466.666 1,347.45 1,330.538 1,485.31 Federal Republic of Germany 1,007,573 663.140 1,519.40 601.591 1,674.85 Austria 183,650 117.694 1,560.39 106.771 1,720.04 Switzerland 36,389 18.498 1,967.08 16.782 2,168.34 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - FINAL PREPARED 25/02/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Latvia 242,096 128.183 1,888.67 116.286 2,081.90 Poland 290,039 360.830 803.81 327.340 886.05 Russia 68,347 41.989 1,627.73 38.092 1,794.26 Ukraine 3,384,632 3,211.029 1,054.06 2,912.998 1,161.91 Spain 215,482 372.297 578.79 337.743 638.01 Italy 3,245,838 1,253.182 2,590.08 1,136.868 2,855.07 Slovenia 21,253 13.999 1,518.14 12.700 1,673.46 Romania 60,246 27.279 2,208.43 24.748 2,434.38 India 1,356,608 771.231 1,759.01 699.650 1,938.98 China 141,916 87.638 1,619.34 79.504 1,785.02 Korea, South 120,787 85.181 1,418.00 77.275 1,563.08 Taiwan 1,105,093 582.753 1,896.33 528.665 2,090.35 Japan 511,222 318.521 1,604.98 288.958 1,769.19 Egypt 12,003 17.097 702.01 15.511 773.84 South Africa 86,541 385.182 224.68 349.432 247.66 CATEGORY TOTAL 24,078,796 21,861.000 1,101.45 19,831.972 1,214.14 TOOL STEEL............................17 Canada 778,001 615.789 1,263.42 558.635 1,392.68 Mexico 2,619 0.173 15,133.23 0.157 16,681.53 Colombia 120,454 21.853 5,511.93 19.825 6,075.86 Brazil 1,899,490 1,312.717 1,446.99 1,190.878 1,595.03 Sweden 1,555,308 938.535 1,657.17 851.425 1,826.71 United Kingdom 857,297 284.875 3,009.37 258.435 3,317.26 Netherlands 129,899 165.391 785.40 150.041 865.76 France 1,376,598 1,211.381 1,136.39 1,098.947 1,252.65 Federal Republic of Germany 1,400,060 827.715 1,691.48 750.891 1,864.53 Austria 785,999 349.884 2,246.45 317.410 2,476.29 Russia 45,580 50.394 904.47 45.717 997.00 Ukraine 188,406 131.456 1,433.22 119.255 1,579.86 Spain 297,851 184.094 1,617.92 167.008 1,783.45 Italy 88,382 91.909 961.62 83.379 1,060.00 Slovenia 823,232 613.485 1,341.89 556.545 1,479.18 China 971,137 502.747 1,931.66 456.085 2,129.29 Korea, South 93,984 54.171 1,734.92 49.144 1,912.42 Taiwan 420,990 308.237 1,365.80 279.628 1,505.54 Japan 3,848,873 4,478.399 859.43 4,062.737 947.36 South Africa 11,658 1.663 7,008.59 1.509 7,725.65 CATEGORY TOTAL 15,695,818 12,144.877 1,292.38 11,017.651 1,424.61 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 16,080,757 27,785.724 578.74 25,206.792 637.95 Mexico 2,848,233 5,683.645 501.13 5,156.118 552.40 Guatemala 125,160 291.764 428.98 264.684 472.87 Dominican Republic 13,505 56.120 240.64 50.912 265.26 Colombia 440,526 1,192.306 369.47 1,081.643 407.27 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - FINAL PREPARED 25/02/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Venezuela 77,379 195.547 395.70 177.398 436.19 Argentina 182,585 527.809 345.93 478.821 381.32 Sweden 6,892 7.103 970.25 6.444 1,069.52 Denmark 15,850 2.969 5,337.37 2.694 5,883.44 United Kingdom 4,009 0.031 125,410.51 0.029 138,241.38 France 105,043 42.197 2,489.31 38.281 2,744.00 Federal Republic of Germany 546,860 666.447 820.56 604.591 904.51 Czech Republic 67,190 110.297 609.17 100.060 671.50 Slovakia 96,961 173.489 558.89 157.387 616.07 Ukraine 444,412 1,170.798 379.58 1,062.131 418.42 Spain 599,991 732.261 819.37 664.297 903.20 Italy 453,686 312.334 1,452.57 283.345 1,601.18 Romania 766,693 2,274.215 337.12 2,063.134 371.62 Turkey 4,744,844 12,901.193 367.78 11,703.769 405.41 United Arab Emirates 46,693 122.498 381.17 111.129 420.17 Oman 333,611 910.933 366.23 826.385 403.70 India 3,680,863 9,276.456 396.80 8,415.462 437.39 Thailand 893,769 2,083.818 428.91 1,890.409 472.79 Indonesia 109,647 305.362 359.07 277.020 395.81 China 2,993,758 8,097.643 369.71 7,346.061 407.53 Korea, South 1,442,354 3,000.155 480.76 2,721.696 529.95 Taiwan 398,825 1,106.013 360.60 1,003.359 397.49 Japan 1,877,319 3,930.859 477.58 3,566.017 526.45 South Africa 325,156 852.411 381.45 773.295 420.48 CATEGORY TOTAL 39,722,571 83,812.412 473.95 76,033.363 522.44 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 3,009,802 4,760.399 632.26 4,318.563 696.95 Mexico 1,315,464 2,689.487 489.11 2,439.863 539.15 Colombia 3,644,374 6,180.109 589.69 5,606.503 650.03 Venezuela 2,556,605 6,591.838 387.84 5,980.017 427.52 Brazil 2,767,800 5,175.777 534.76 4,695.388 589.47 Sweden 1,792,255 2,900.578 617.90 2,631.361 681.11 United Kingdom 322,162 356.886 902.70 323.762 995.06 Ireland 5,822 5.629 1,034.19 5.107 1,140.00 France 91,740 87.617 1,047.05 79.485 1,154.18 Federal Republic of Germany 6,134,086 10,129.953 605.54 9,189.742 667.49 Austria 8,559,747 13,024.123 657.22 11,815.289 724.46 Czech Republic 942,174 2,074.229 454.23 1,881.710 500.70 Ukraine 1,057,155 2,559.754 412.99 2,322.171 455.24 Spain 548,037 973.835 562.76 883.449 620.34 Romania 231,692 525.764 440.68 476.966 485.76 India 304,620 590.320 516.02 535.530 568.82 China 6,519,423 14,016.985 465.11 12,715.999 512.69 Korea, South 10,442,068 25,037.806 417.05 22,713.922 459.72 Taiwan 3,882 0.465 8,345.24 0.422 9,199.05 Japan 11,288,347 4,461.291 2,530.29 4,047.217 2,789.16 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - FINAL PREPARED 25/02/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE South Africa 691,983 1,523.529 454.20 1,382.123 500.67 CATEGORY TOTAL 62,229,238 103,666.384 600.28 94,044.589 661.70 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 5,268,529 10,079.711 522.69 9,144.163 576.16 Argentina 260,047 633.820 410.29 574.992 452.26 United Kingdom 160,407 378.629 423.65 343.487 467.00 France 2,213,660 326.489 6,780.20 296.186 7,473.88 Federal Republic of Germany 5,223,482 13,016.234 401.31 11,808.133 442.36 Czech Republic 538,761 887.283 607.20 804.930 669.33 Poland 458,956 708.697 647.60 642.920 713.86 Italy 157,174 128.533 1,222.82 116.604 1,347.93 Romania 425,913 1,145.991 371.65 1,039.626 409.68 Korea, South 1,957,116 5,336.356 366.75 4,841.063 404.27 Japan 5,853,710 10,137.738 577.42 9,196.804 636.49 CATEGORY TOTAL 22,517,755 42,779.486 526.37 38,808.908 580.22 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 124,238 88.711 1,400.47 80.478 1,543.75 Mexico 3,289,953 5,925.254 555.24 5,375.302 612.05 Colombia 139,290 357.024 390.14 323.887 430.06 Venezuela 42,895 118.209 362.87 107.238 400.00 Brazil 76,793 147.319 521.27 133.646 574.60 Norway 3,276 5.459 600.03 4.953 661.42 United Kingdom 2,836 4.726 599.99 4.288 661.38 Federal Republic of Germany 2,975,281 2,268.011 1,311.85 2,057.506 1,446.06 Austria 1,013,586 1,907.106 531.48 1,730.098 585.85 Czech Republic 1,502,381 3,778.823 397.58 3,428.092 438.26 Slovakia 24,346 35.789 680.25 32.468 749.85 Ukraine 632,179 1,606.493 393.51 1,457.387 433.78 Italy 20,816 23.808 874.30 21.599 963.75 Romania 83,111 203.588 408.23 184.692 450.00 Turkey 738,713 2,048.589 360.60 1,858.450 397.49 China 2,642,410 5,807.490 455.00 5,268.468 501.55 Korea, South 1,928,282 5,713.705 337.48 5,183.388 372.01 Taiwan 46,273 134.950 342.89 122.425 377.97 CATEGORY TOTAL 15,286,659 30,175.063 506.60 27,374.365 558.43 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Canada 75,220 67.201 1,119.32 60.964 1,233.84 Mexico 777,409 1,654.169 469.97 1,500.638 518.05 Venezuela 26,264 74.828 350.99 67.883 386.90 Brazil 44,759 23.877 1,874.55 21.661 2,066.34 Argentina 161,428 528.491 305.45 479.440 336.70 France 8,758 13.452 651.03 12.204 717.63 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - FINAL PREPARED 25/02/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Turkey 320,272 913.661 350.54 828.860 386.40 China 1,874,503 5,634.161 332.70 5,111.227 366.74 Korea, South 2,685,647 8,151.036 329.49 7,394.498 363.20 Taiwan 515,694 1,507.890 342.00 1,367.936 376.99 Japan 1,030,644 2,499.955 412.26 2,267.922 454.44 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,520,598 21,068.726 356.96 19,113.233 393.48 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 8,158,615 10,457.366 780.18 9,486.766 860.00 Mexico 10,117,412 19,622.845 515.59 17,801.551 568.34 Dominican Republic 110,640 278.108 397.83 252.296 438.53 Colombia 32,697 11.516 2,839.03 10.448 3,129.50 Brazil 993,310 2,227.901 445.85 2,021.119 491.47 Argentina 107,652 99.582 1,081.03 90.340 1,191.63 Sweden 675,926 495.548 1,364.00 449.554 1,503.55 Denmark 16,278 3.256 4,999.04 2.954 5,510.49 United Kingdom 205,206 145.445 1,410.88 131.946 1,555.23 Netherlands 18,154 21.148 858.39 19.186 946.21 Belgium 30,037 25.342 1,185.26 22.990 1,306.52 France 562,488 721.182 779.95 654.246 859.75 Federal Republic of Germany 1,989,278 1,996.454 996.41 1,811.154 1,098.35 Austria 103,532 46.385 2,232.00 42.080 2,460.36 Czech Republic 132,667 292.024 454.30 264.920 500.78 Slovakia 3,806 3.681 1,033.76 3.340 1,139.52 Switzerland 1,586,154 751.649 2,110.23 681.885 2,326.13 Ukraine 40,024 103.132 388.08 93.560 427.79 Spain 792,565 1,512.079 524.16 1,371.736 577.78 Italy 637,478 593.488 1,074.12 538.404 1,184.01 Romania 435,871 778.984 559.54 706.683 616.78 Turkey 311,533 762.799 408.41 692.000 450.19 Israel 121,710 32.518 3,742.83 29.500 4,125.76 India 304,980 316.890 962.42 287.478 1,060.88 Thailand 11,136 4.776 2,331.51 4.333 2,570.04 China 682,430 764.273 892.91 693.337 984.27 Korea, South 449,398 1,095.791 410.11 994.086 452.07 Taiwan 146,785 73.954 1,984.81 67.090 2,187.88 Japan 3,752,538 2,971.985 1,262.64 2,696.141 1,391.82 Australia 25,533 55.805 457.53 50.626 504.35 CATEGORY TOTAL 32,555,833 46,265.920 703.67 41,971.749 775.66 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 73,051 27.574 2,649.24 25.015 2,920.29 Mexico 675,702 580.777 1,163.44 526.873 1,282.48 Brazil 120,704 142.881 844.78 129.620 931.21 Argentina 668,897 588.195 1,137.20 533.602 1,253.55 Sweden 187,620 202.138 928.18 183.377 1,023.14 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - FINAL PREPARED 25/02/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE France 440,974 504.267 874.48 457.464 963.95 Federal Republic of Germany 2,564,368 1,972.219 1,300.24 1,789.168 1,433.27 Slovakia 56,070 57.481 975.45 52.146 1,075.25 Spain 471,621 435.427 1,083.12 395.013 1,193.94 Italy 361,665 388.017 932.08 352.004 1,027.45 Romania 222,315 247.142 899.54 224.204 991.57 Turkey 84,622 9.219 9,178.36 8.364 10,117.41 India 62,029 32.218 1,925.27 29.228 2,122.25 China 95,470 55.410 1,722.94 50.268 1,899.22 Korea, South 89,222 158.649 562.39 143.924 619.92 Taiwan 28,563 2.678 10,663.34 2.430 11,754.32 Japan 513,615 398.404 1,289.18 361.427 1,421.08 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,716,508 5,802.705 1,157.48 5,264.127 1,275.90 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D Canada 7,993,413 1,669.612 4,787.59 1,514.647 5,277.41 Mexico 78,817 32.562 2,420.50 29.540 2,668.14 Brazil 46,408 22.150 2,095.08 20.095 2,309.43 Sweden 545,935 106.041 5,148.33 96.199 5,675.06 Finland 122,663 51.990 2,359.33 47.165 2,600.72 Denmark 3,971 0.422 9,405.83 0.383 10,368.15 United Kingdom 211,699 16.532 12,805.05 14.998 14,115.15 Ireland 3,960 0.910 4,349.22 0.826 4,794.19 Netherlands 17,313 2.638 6,560.61 2.394 7,231.83 France 1,806,847 467.072 3,868.45 423.721 4,264.24 Federal Republic of Germany 811,484 113.176 7,170.08 102.672 7,903.65 Austria 1,192,612 273.193 4,365.45 247.837 4,812.08 Switzerland 7,210 0.042 167,712.92 0.039 184,871.79 Spain 1,252,388 297.779 4,205.76 270.141 4,636.05 Italy 503,981 933.945 539.63 847.261 594.84 India 275,632 124.755 2,209.38 113.176 2,435.43 Thailand 156,285 71.611 2,182.40 64.965 2,405.68 Malaysia 497,640 236.569 2,103.57 214.612 2,318.79 Singapore 222,881 104.900 2,124.69 95.164 2,342.07 China 1,889,422 691.681 2,731.64 627.483 3,011.11 Korea, South 1,987,251 919.031 2,162.33 833.732 2,383.56 Taiwan 3,348,286 1,547.286 2,163.97 1,403.675 2,385.37 Japan 4,164,224 1,277.800 3,258.90 1,159.201 3,592.32 South Africa 381,592 216.994 1,758.53 196.854 1,938.45 CATEGORY TOTAL 27,521,914 9,178.701 2,998.45 8,326.780 3,305.23 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 1,638,122 621.668 2,635.04 563.968 2,904.64 Mexico 457,484 301.650 1,516.60 273.653 1,671.77 Federal Republic of Germany 56,958 13.085 4,352.75 11.871 4,798.08 India 207,657 203.298 1,021.44 184.429 1,125.95 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - FINAL PREPARED 25/02/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Vietnam 32,614 28.373 1,149.45 25.740 1,267.06 China 15,959 22.189 719.21 20.130 792.80 Korea, South 32,422 10.549 3,073.43 9.570 3,387.88 Taiwan 3,750 4.299 872.29 3.900 961.54 Japan 258,395 93.024 2,777.72 84.390 3,061.91 Australia 5,895 3.022 1,950.35 2.742 2,149.89 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,709,256 1,301.160 2,082.18 1,180.393 2,295.22 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 14,061,959 26,805.039 524.60 24,317.130 578.27 Mexico 2,501,236 3,155.344 792.70 2,862.481 873.80 Brazil 55,527 154.361 359.72 140.034 396.53 Argentina 836,914 2,575.163 324.99 2,336.150 358.24 Finland 549,506 217.113 2,530.96 196.962 2,789.91 Netherlands 12,773 3.637 3,511.36 3.300 3,870.61 Belgium 33,662 27.007 1,246.38 24.501 1,373.90 France 21,587 23.914 902.67 21.695 995.02 Federal Republic of Germany 311,078 322.745 963.85 292.790 1,062.46 Austria 70,297 83.655 840.32 75.891 926.29 Switzerland 10,054 3.700 2,716.96 3.357 2,994.94 Italy 87,464 27.968 3,127.18 25.373 3,447.13 Turkey 112,040 355.671 315.01 322.660 347.24 China 12,357 10.478 1,179.26 9.506 1,299.92 Korea, South 994,971 3,364.851 295.70 3,052.543 325.95 Taiwan 472,902 244.340 1,935.42 221.662 2,133.44 Japan 700,763 1,115.912 627.97 1,012.339 692.22 Australia 3,374 8.270 407.95 7.503 449.69 CATEGORY TOTAL 20,848,464 38,499.178 541.53 34,925.877 596.93 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 54,600 115.644 472.14 104.911 520.44 Mexico 157,353 168.230 935.34 152.616 1,031.04 CATEGORY TOTAL 211,953 283.874 746.64 257.527 823.03 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 15,284,685 25,509.191 599.18 23,141.556 660.49 Mexico 5,039,772 8,014.257 628.85 7,270.414 693.19 Honduras 13,020 22.046 590.58 20.000 651.00 Dominican Republic 28,021 66.157 423.55 60.017 466.88 Trinidad and Tobago 15,191 17.431 871.45 15.814 960.60 Venezuela 237,229 427.553 554.85 387.870 611.62 Ecuador 19,340 39.081 494.87 35.454 545.50 Chile 90,194 171.021 527.38 155.148 581.34 Brazil 392,476 762.511 514.71 691.739 567.38 Argentina 163,937 478.274 342.77 433.883 377.84 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - FINAL PREPARED 25/02/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Sweden 1,408,397 439.041 3,207.89 398.292 3,536.09 Denmark 28,651 1.160 24,683.53 1.053 27,208.93 United Kingdom 602,897 353.765 1,704.23 320.931 1,878.59 Netherlands 111,776 74.045 1,509.56 67.173 1,664.00 Belgium 712,502 724.270 983.75 657.047 1,084.40 Luxembourg 606,876 475.625 1,275.95 431.480 1,406.50 France 2,071,177 1,269.136 1,631.96 1,151.342 1,798.92 Federal Republic of Germany 963,792 542.223 1,777.48 491.897 1,959.34 Austria 308,095 118.568 2,598.45 107.564 2,864.29 Czech Republic 48,341 83.726 577.37 75.955 636.44 Switzerland 244,537 48.627 5,028.80 44.114 5,543.30 Lithuania 9,939 20.177 492.57 18.305 542.97 Poland 507,970 851.347 596.67 772.330 657.71 Russia 29,470 92.285 319.34 83.720 352.01 Belarus 285,574 364.827 782.76 330.966 862.85 Spain 62,713 107.566 583.01 97.583 642.66 Italy 1,383,351 1,473.874 938.58 1,337.077 1,034.61 Greece 727,166 1,157.253 628.35 1,049.843 692.64 Turkey 205,218 245.353 836.42 222.581 921.99 Israel 247,551 542.695 456.15 492.325 502.82 India 1,801,508 1,080.861 1,666.73 980.541 1,837.26 Thailand 193,499 169.429 1,142.06 153.704 1,258.91 Malaysia 9,557 16.793 569.08 15.235 627.31 Singapore 2,100 0.015 136,077.75 0.014 150,000.00 China 4,967,654 8,029.099 618.71 7,283.879 682.01 Korea, South 4,826,241 6,075.220 794.41 5,511.349 875.69 Hong Kong 61,612 51.027 1,207.44 46.291 1,330.97 Taiwan 1,291,704 1,092.737 1,182.08 991.315 1,303.02 Japan 5,812,496 6,202.691 937.09 5,626.989 1,032.97 Australia 150,832 169.676 888.94 153.928 979.89 South Africa 469,553 1,215.400 386.34 1,102.593 425.86 CATEGORY TOTAL 51,436,614 68,596.054 749.85 62,229.311 826.57 BLACK PLATE...........................28 Canada 22,568 50.975 442.72 46.244 488.02 Venezuela 20,459 70.746 289.19 64.180 318.78 Chile 373,324 1,083.472 344.56 982.910 379.82 France 362,332 815.272 444.43 739.603 489.90 Federal Republic of Germany 239,563 213.690 1,121.07 193.857 1,235.77 Japan 1,327,172 2,334.681 568.46 2,117.988 626.62 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,345,418 4,568.838 513.35 4,144.782 565.87 TIN PLATE.............................29 Canada 5,508,575 9,513.528 579.03 8,630.530 638.27 Chile 75,039 155.703 481.93 141.252 531.24 Netherlands 35,191 49.632 709.03 45.026 781.57 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - FINAL PREPARED 25/02/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Belgium 9,147 17.659 517.98 16.020 570.97 France 1,138,030 2,063.660 551.46 1,872.122 607.88 Federal Republic of Germany 3,040,104 5,572.723 545.53 5,055.491 601.35 Japan 707,915 1,110.958 637.21 1,007.845 702.40 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,514,001 18,483.866 568.82 16,768.286 627.02 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A Canada 2,254,117 3,735.833 603.38 3,389.092 665.11 Brazil 162,405 340.971 476.30 309.324 525.03 Netherlands 456,781 923.319 494.72 837.622 545.33 Federal Republic of Germany 663,534 1,082.272 613.09 981.821 675.82 Japan 829,564 1,370.270 605.40 1,243.089 667.34 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,366,401 7,452.667 585.88 6,760.948 645.83 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 13,445,869 36,644.368 366.93 33,243.221 404.47 Mexico 3,010,428 9,762.761 308.36 8,856.631 339.91 Venezuela 1,751,572 7,391.945 236.96 6,705.862 261.20 Brazil 17,368 11.618 1,494.88 10.540 1,647.82 Sweden 497,026 780.784 636.57 708.316 701.70 Finland 9,594 23.399 410.00 21.228 451.95 United Kingdom 17,880 4.299 4,159.09 3.900 4,584.62 Netherlands 451,824 1,459.748 309.52 1,324.262 341.19 Belgium 422,194 1,041.518 405.36 944.850 446.84 Luxembourg 602,331 2,421.546 248.74 2,196.791 274.19 France 8,128,349 23,999.583 338.69 21,772.062 373.34 Federal Republic of Germany 217,092 412.647 526.09 374.348 579.92 Austria 342,005 817.385 418.41 741.520 461.22 Slovakia 79,761 281.358 283.49 255.244 312.49 Russia 21,980 28.105 782.05 25.497 862.06 Spain 36,103 29.966 1,204.79 27.185 1,328.05 Bulgaria 481,077 1,960.169 245.43 1,778.236 270.54 Turkey 3,700,112 13,081.741 282.85 11,867.560 311.78 China 65,265 39.243 1,663.08 35.601 1,833.24 Korea, South 28,133,893 91,445.122 307.66 82,957.643 339.14 Japan 1,210,742 2,687.758 450.47 2,438.294 496.55 Australia 3,826,509 14,810.099 258.37 13,435.500 284.81 New Zealand 2,654,986 10,322.756 257.20 9,364.650 283.51 Egypt 3,224,849 10,594.893 304.38 9,611.528 335.52 South Africa 148,114 135.019 1,096.98 122.488 1,209.21 CATEGORY TOTAL 72,496,923 230,187.842 314.95 208,822.957 347.17 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 17,432,805 30,836.615 565.33 27,974.515 623.17 Mexico 18,276,289 22,280.900 820.27 20,212.899 904.19 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - FINAL PREPARED 25/02/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Dominican Republic 41,948 91.123 460.34 82.666 507.44 Colombia 7,747 22.955 337.48 20.825 372.00 Venezuela 1,438,555 4,638.684 310.12 4,208.145 341.85 Chile 1,838,470 6,138.560 299.50 5,568.810 330.14 Brazil 1,708,609 1,275.676 1,339.37 1,157.275 1,476.41 Argentina 208,221 626.151 332.54 568.035 366.56 Sweden 1,037,013 543.242 1,908.93 492.821 2,104.24 Finland 511,330 262.418 1,948.53 238.062 2,147.89 United Kingdom 92,178 21.823 4,223.79 19.798 4,655.92 Netherlands 706,772 1,295.233 545.67 1,175.016 601.50 Belgium 4,667,425 12,638.090 369.31 11,465.086 407.10 Luxembourg 410,389 1,144.641 358.53 1,038.402 395.21 France 3,596,068 4,364.199 823.99 3,959.136 908.30 Federal Republic of Germany 3,200,130 3,185.836 1,004.49 2,890.143 1,107.26 Switzerland 79,767 7.608 10,484.41 6.902 11,557.08 Italy 4,128,710 2,638.429 1,564.84 2,393.544 1,724.94 Thailand 41,204 35.358 1,165.31 32.077 1,284.53 China 3,004,726 1,674.991 1,793.88 1,519.527 1,977.41 Korea, South 976,709 1,874.895 520.94 1,700.877 574.24 Taiwan 3,003,167 1,627.217 1,845.58 1,476.187 2,034.41 Japan 4,207,072 6,711.010 626.89 6,088.128 691.03 New Zealand 58,008 171.056 339.12 155.180 373.81 South Africa 323,834 225.910 1,433.46 204.943 1,580.12 CATEGORY TOTAL 70,997,146 104,332.632 680.49 94,648.999 750.11 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 18,718,125 35,506.519 527.17 32,210.982 581.11 Mexico 13,151,061 23,827.671 551.92 21,616.106 608.39 Guatemala 178,793 280.557 637.28 254.518 702.48 Colombia 65,723 170.818 384.75 154.964 424.12 Venezuela 2,075,565 4,515.947 459.61 4,096.800 506.63 Brazil 846,057 1,699.586 497.80 1,541.839 548.73 Argentina 624,262 1,486.811 419.87 1,348.813 462.82 Sweden 31,324 33.201 943.45 30.120 1,039.97 United Kingdom 62,029 40.024 1,549.76 36.310 1,708.32 Luxembourg 477,269 948.285 503.30 860.270 554.79 France 261,800 738.326 354.59 669.799 390.86 Federal Republic of Germany 2,297,370 5,089.871 451.36 4,617.455 497.54 Austria 118,779 128.310 925.72 116.401 1,020.43 Spain 2,478,557 4,368.789 567.33 3,963.300 625.38 India 294,910 658.095 448.13 597.014 493.98 Indonesia 817,401 1,618.181 505.14 1,467.990 556.82 Korea, South 175,012 245.231 713.66 222.470 786.68 Taiwan 2,446,642 4,120.625 593.75 3,738.170 654.50 Japan 639,083 1,023.829 624.21 928.803 688.07 CATEGORY TOTAL 45,759,762 86,500.685 529.01 78,472.124 583.13 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - FINAL PREPARED 25/02/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 1,234,570 1,179.494 1,046.69 1,070.020 1,153.78 Argentina 429,208 1,049.609 408.92 952.190 450.76 Belgium 18,127 26.974 672.00 24.471 740.75 Federal Republic of Germany 414,952 841.352 493.20 763.262 543.66 Thailand 41,244 74.979 550.07 68.020 606.35 Korea, South 122,497 263.551 464.79 239.090 512.35 Japan 791,235 1,227.232 644.73 1,113.327 710.69 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,051,833 4,663.194 654.45 4,230.380 721.41 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 Canada 6,792,616 8,821.736 769.99 8,002.947 848.76 Mexico 6,028,426 11,096.582 543.27 10,066.653 598.85 Belgium 188,141 134.531 1,398.49 122.045 1,541.57 Luxembourg 1,239,162 2,474.210 500.83 2,244.567 552.07 France 429,174 871.395 492.51 790.517 542.90 Federal Republic of Germany 127,825 69.550 1,837.88 63.095 2,025.91 India 7,523 2.924 2,572.47 2.653 2,835.66 Korea, South 139,855 373.220 374.72 338.580 413.06 Taiwan 250,331 451.897 553.95 409.955 610.63 Japan 964,225 588.406 1,638.70 533.794 1,806.36 CATEGORY TOTAL 16,167,278 24,884.456 649.69 22,574.806 716.16 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 Sweden 257,886 402.568 640.60 365.204 706.14 United Kingdom 399,162 482.787 826.79 437.978 911.37 Federal Republic of Germany 686,564 852.762 805.11 773.613 887.48 Russia 1,792,265 2,180.282 822.03 1,977.920 906.14 Japan 803,737 1,476.369 544.40 1,339.340 600.10 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,939,614 5,394.770 730.27 4,894.055 804.98 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 2,123,976 5,433.400 390.91 4,929.099 430.91 Mexico 263,708 522.707 504.50 474.192 556.12 United Kingdom 39,405 57.465 685.71 52.132 755.87 France 3,563 0.313 11,381.34 0.284 12,545.77 Federal Republic of Germany 307,505 429.076 716.67 389.252 789.99 Korea, South 60,844 35.410 1,718.24 32.124 1,894.04 Taiwan 14,157 17.897 791.02 16.236 871.95 Japan 112,692 91.642 1,229.69 83.137 1,355.50 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,925,850 6,587.913 444.12 5,976.456 489.56 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - FINAL PREPARED 25/02/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 3,515,855 4,333.050 811.40 3,930.878 894.42 Mexico 1,348,866 1,030.204 1,309.32 934.586 1,443.28 Brazil 77,157 80.497 958.50 73.026 1,056.57 Sweden 1,960,148 468.071 4,187.71 424.627 4,616.16 Finland 239,430 103.390 2,315.79 93.794 2,552.72 United Kingdom 631,801 381.990 1,653.97 346.536 1,823.19 Belgium 250,442 110.220 2,272.20 99.990 2,504.67 France 1,076,822 558.620 1,927.65 506.772 2,124.86 Federal Republic of Germany 5,354,094 3,583.328 1,494.17 3,250.742 1,647.04 Austria 429,163 86.140 4,982.15 78.145 5,491.88 Switzerland 57,211 48.116 1,189.00 43.651 1,310.65 Italy 173,758 85.695 2,027.61 77.742 2,235.06 India 184,958 310.619 595.45 281.789 656.37 China 26,588 19.064 1,394.64 17.295 1,537.32 Korea, South 644,580 416.080 1,549.17 377.462 1,707.67 Taiwan 104,191 62.510 1,666.76 56.709 1,837.29 Japan 3,148,355 858.269 3,668.26 778.609 4,043.56 CATEGORY TOTAL 19,223,419 12,535.869 1,533.47 11,372.353 1,690.36 GRAND TOTAL 1,000,664,334 2,356,637.996 424.62 2,137,906.630 468.06 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY JANUARY - FINAL PREPARED 25/02/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Canada 12,915 20.510 629.67 18.607 694.09 Mexico 259,033 518.780 499.31 470.630 550.40 CATEGORY TOTAL 271,948 539.291 504.27 489.237 555.86 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 259,761 332.841 780.43 301.949 860.28 Mexico 5,913,756 21,690.558 272.64 19,677.349 300.54 Brazil 12,224,628 49,946.416 244.75 45,310.640 269.80 Finland 123,075 519.794 236.78 471.550 261.00 United Kingdom 26,137 45.597 573.22 41.365 631.86 France 779,406 784.672 993.29 711.843 1,094.91 Federal Republic of Germany 2,003,095 4,925.792 406.65 4,468.605 448.26 Italy 45,016 14.431 3,119.30 13.092 3,438.44 Japan 4,872 2.204 2,209.90 2.000 2,436.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 21,379,746 78,262.309 273.18 70,998.393 301.13 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 482,596 1,023.101 471.70 928.142 519.96 United Kingdom 852,338 1,829.249 465.95 1,659.468 513.62 Luxembourg 6,599 23.375 282.30 21.206 311.19 Federal Republic of Germany 83,324 182.355 456.93 165.430 503.68 Italy 552,473 971.846 568.48 881.645 626.64 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,977,330 4,029.928 490.66 3,655.891 540.86 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 5,999,516 13,454.370 445.92 12,205.603 491.54 Sweden 2,095,818 2,884.586 726.56 2,616.854 800.89 United Kingdom 132,915 103.405 1,285.38 93.808 1,416.88 Belgium 409,578 195.348 2,096.66 177.217 2,311.17 France 381,874 349.627 1,092.23 317.177 1,203.98 Federal Republic of Germany 1,463,154 3,198.924 457.39 2,902.016 504.19 Poland 403,056 909.516 443.15 825.100 488.49 Romania 288,088 765.980 376.10 694.886 414.58 Japan 721,249 1,565.860 460.61 1,420.525 507.73 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,895,248 23,427.620 507.74 21,253.186 559.69 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 1,012,011 2,809.863 360.16 2,549.066 397.01 Netherlands 341,826 1,108.505 308.37 1,005.620 339.92 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY JANUARY - FINAL PREPARED 25/02/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Luxembourg 89,370 278.590 320.79 252.733 353.61 France 431,064 855.899 503.64 776.459 555.17 Japan 170,313 398.716 427.15 361.710 470.86 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,044,584 5,451.576 375.04 4,945.588 413.42 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Canada 9,288 20.476 453.59 18.576 500.00 Austria 75,557 198.303 381.02 179.898 420.00 Japan 265,278 377.642 702.46 342.592 774.33 CATEGORY TOTAL 350,123 596.423 587.04 541.066 647.10 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 11,578,879 27,277.323 424.49 24,745.579 467.92 Mexico 2,496,373 6,939.338 359.74 6,295.264 396.55 Trinidad and Tobago 57,951 222.111 260.91 201.496 287.60 Colombia 47,590 70.392 676.07 63.859 745.24 Brazil 418,092 865.379 483.13 785.059 532.56 Sweden 501,464 300.943 1,666.31 273.011 1,836.79 United Kingdom 441,694 464.093 951.73 421.019 1,049.11 Netherlands 10,654 25.194 422.87 22.856 466.14 France 411,798 424.818 969.35 385.389 1,068.53 Federal Republic of Germany 113,514 145.379 780.81 131.886 860.70 Austria 118,375 53.732 2,203.06 48.745 2,428.45 Czech Republic 150,305 321.063 468.15 291.264 516.04 Slovakia 1,323,705 2,623.763 504.51 2,380.239 556.12 Switzerland 7,920 0.750 10,550.52 0.681 11,629.96 Latvia 4,457,517 17,180.311 259.45 15,585.721 286.00 Poland 29,489 20.383 1,446.68 18.492 1,594.69 Ukraine 5,915 4.975 1,188.75 4.514 1,310.37 Spain 1,257,880 2,023.822 621.54 1,835.981 685.13 Italy 541,353 1,505.132 359.67 1,365.434 396.47 Turkey 609,130 2,229.987 273.15 2,023.011 301.10 India 81,089 40.142 2,020.01 36.417 2,226.68 Taiwan 14,508 10.354 1,401.20 9.393 1,544.55 Japan 4,968,777 6,134.756 809.94 5,565.359 892.80 CATEGORY TOTAL 29,643,972 68,884.151 430.35 62,490.669 474.37 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 113,162 215.723 524.57 195.701 578.24 Mexico 504,470 1,374.553 367.01 1,246.974 404.56 United Kingdom 29,935 18.739 1,597.45 17.000 1,760.88 Austria 8,112 1.288 6,295.20 1.169 6,939.26 CATEGORY TOTAL 655,679 1,610.304 407.18 1,460.844 448.84 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY JANUARY - FINAL PREPARED 25/02/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 611,566 563.591 1,085.12 511.282 1,196.14 Colombia 185,710 328.460 565.40 297.974 623.24 Brazil 4,024 3.444 1,168.16 3.125 1,287.68 Sweden 6,535 6.826 957.28 6.193 1,055.22 United Kingdom 879,601 821.304 1,070.98 745.075 1,180.55 France 463,907 637.092 728.16 577.961 802.66 Federal Republic of Germany 138,045 145.632 947.90 132.116 1,044.88 Austria 5,521 2.092 2,638.87 1.898 2,908.85 Poland 273,516 335.620 814.96 304.470 898.33 Ukraine 1,656,673 792.503 2,090.43 718.947 2,304.30 Spain 44,158 66.679 662.24 60.491 729.99 Italy 72,018 21.259 3,387.62 19.286 3,734.21 Romania 11,542 2.971 3,883.80 2.696 4,281.16 Taiwan 30,810 23.201 1,327.93 21.048 1,463.80 Japan 118,458 111.082 1,066.40 100.772 1,175.51 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,502,084 3,861.763 1,165.81 3,503.334 1,285.09 TOOL STEEL............................17 Canada 778,001 615.789 1,263.42 558.635 1,392.68 Mexico 2,619 0.173 15,133.23 0.157 16,681.53 Colombia 120,454 21.853 5,511.93 19.825 6,075.86 Brazil 1,899,490 1,312.717 1,446.99 1,190.878 1,595.03 Sweden 1,555,308 938.535 1,657.17 851.425 1,826.71 United Kingdom 857,297 284.875 3,009.37 258.435 3,317.26 Netherlands 129,899 165.391 785.40 150.041 865.76 France 1,376,598 1,211.381 1,136.39 1,098.947 1,252.65 Federal Republic of Germany 1,400,060 827.715 1,691.48 750.891 1,864.53 Austria 785,999 349.884 2,246.45 317.410 2,476.29 Russia 45,580 50.394 904.47 45.717 997.00 Ukraine 188,406 131.456 1,433.22 119.255 1,579.86 Spain 297,851 184.094 1,617.92 167.008 1,783.45 Italy 88,382 91.909 961.62 83.379 1,060.00 Slovenia 823,232 613.485 1,341.89 556.545 1,479.18 China 971,137 502.747 1,931.66 456.085 2,129.29 Korea, South 93,984 54.171 1,734.92 49.144 1,912.42 Taiwan 420,990 308.237 1,365.80 279.628 1,505.54 Japan 3,848,873 4,478.399 859.43 4,062.737 947.36 South Africa 11,658 1.663 7,008.59 1.509 7,725.65 CATEGORY TOTAL 15,695,818 12,144.877 1,292.38 11,017.651 1,424.61 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 322,930 141.933 2,275.22 128.760 2,508.00 Mexico 148,260 296.043 500.81 268.566 552.04 Argentina 20,358 21.457 948.76 19.466 1,045.82 United Kingdom 4,009 0.031 125,410.51 0.029 138,241.38 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY JANUARY - FINAL PREPARED 25/02/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE France 74,099 5.240 14,139.99 4.754 15,586.66 Federal Republic of Germany 19,667 17.729 1,109.28 16.084 1,222.77 Spain 71,619 73.794 970.52 66.945 1,069.82 Italy 360,536 217.590 1,656.95 197.395 1,826.47 Romania 5,378 11.401 471.70 10.343 519.97 Japan 134,963 169.486 796.30 153.756 877.77 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,161,819 954.709 1,216.93 866.098 1,341.44 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 2,709,524 4,133.681 655.47 3,750.014 722.54 Venezuela 163,741 368.353 444.52 334.165 490.00 Brazil 494,444 678.398 728.84 615.433 803.41 United Kingdom 166,329 4.944 33,636.02 4.486 37,077.35 Ireland 5,822 5.629 1,034.19 5.107 1,140.00 Federal Republic of Germany 3,253,649 4,529.667 718.30 4,109.246 791.79 Austria 3,914,931 5,664.707 691.11 5,138.938 761.82 Czech Republic 179,128 335.315 534.21 304.193 588.86 Spain 380,317 680.790 558.64 617.603 615.80 China 2,305,298 4,688.671 491.67 4,253.492 541.98 Taiwan 3,882 0.465 8,345.24 0.422 9,199.05 Japan 11,284,572 4,457.642 2,531.51 4,043.906 2,790.51 CATEGORY TOTAL 24,861,637 25,548.267 973.12 23,177.005 1,072.69 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 5,268,529 10,079.711 522.69 9,144.163 576.16 Japan 2,068,865 2,602.722 794.88 2,361.151 876.21 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,337,394 12,682.434 578.55 11,505.314 637.74 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 5,556 4.784 1,161.36 4.340 1,280.18 Norway 3,276 5.459 600.03 4.953 661.42 United Kingdom 2,836 4.726 599.99 4.288 661.38 Federal Republic of Germany 1,762,167 2,112.819 834.04 1,916.718 919.37 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,773,835 2,127.789 833.65 1,930.299 918.94 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 861,704 1,055.687 816.25 957.704 899.76 Mexico 1,056,581 1,439.655 733.91 1,306.034 809.00 Argentina 2,160 1.196 1,806.01 1.085 1,990.78 Sweden 579,490 449.314 1,289.72 407.611 1,421.67 United Kingdom 202,585 144.390 1,403.03 130.989 1,546.58 France 291,806 229.033 1,274.07 207.776 1,404.43 Federal Republic of Germany 417,749 454.490 919.16 412.307 1,013.20 Switzerland 185,125 115.696 1,600.09 104.958 1,763.80 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY JANUARY - FINAL PREPARED 25/02/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Spain 137,586 150.155 916.29 136.219 1,010.04 Italy 161,258 165.656 973.45 150.281 1,073.04 Romania 361,200 682.253 529.42 618.930 583.59 India 154,448 175.655 879.27 159.352 969.23 China 409,474 341.611 1,198.65 309.905 1,321.29 Taiwan 118,979 65.065 1,828.62 59.026 2,015.70 Japan 2,769,436 2,316.670 1,195.44 2,101.649 1,317.74 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,709,581 7,786.533 990.12 7,063.826 1,091.42 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 21,402 6.346 3,372.52 5.757 3,717.56 Argentina 311,162 188.850 1,647.67 171.322 1,816.24 Sweden 187,620 202.138 928.18 183.377 1,023.14 France 217,009 151.971 1,427.96 137.866 1,574.06 Federal Republic of Germany 1,907,755 1,054.733 1,808.76 956.838 1,993.81 Slovakia 41,228 40.591 1,015.68 36.824 1,119.60 Spain 79,686 23.909 3,332.87 21.690 3,673.86 Italy 219,136 231.752 945.56 210.242 1,042.30 Turkey 84,622 9.219 9,178.36 8.364 10,117.41 Korea, South 9,897 1.763 5,611.51 1.600 6,185.63 Japan 475,188 330.376 1,438.32 299.713 1,585.48 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,554,705 2,241.651 1,585.75 2,033.593 1,747.99 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 1,071,592 295.910 3,621.33 268.446 3,991.83 Federal Republic of Germany 56,958 13.085 4,352.75 11.871 4,798.08 Taiwan 3,750 4.299 872.29 3.900 961.54 Japan 8,839 3.478 2,540.75 3.156 2,800.70 Australia 5,895 3.022 1,950.35 2.742 2,149.89 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,147,034 319.796 3,586.76 290.115 3,953.72 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 221,038 247.457 893.24 224.490 984.62 Mexico 3,605 4.536 794.75 4.115 876.06 Finland 549,506 217.113 2,530.96 196.962 2,789.91 Netherlands 12,773 3.637 3,511.36 3.300 3,870.61 Federal Republic of Germany 37,348 30.600 1,220.52 27.760 1,345.39 Italy 87,464 27.968 3,127.18 25.373 3,447.13 China 6,247 4.679 1,335.03 4.245 1,471.61 Taiwan 466,548 243.642 1,914.89 221.029 2,110.80 Japan 304,345 205.525 1,480.81 186.450 1,632.31 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,688,874 985.161 1,714.31 893.724 1,889.70 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY JANUARY - FINAL PREPARED 25/02/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 42,989 89.552 480.04 81.241 529.15 CATEGORY TOTAL 42,989 89.552 480.04 81.241 529.15 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 748,879 1,067.500 701.53 968.420 773.30 Mexico 1,047,810 1,232.378 850.23 1,117.995 937.22 Brazil 8,389 18.954 442.59 17.195 487.87 Sweden 39,620 40.037 989.58 36.321 1,090.83 United Kingdom 171,907 9.232 18,618.85 8.376 20,523.76 Netherlands 42,671 3.787 11,266.15 3.436 12,418.80 France 60,876 1.736 35,064.00 1.575 38,651.43 Federal Republic of Germany 199,617 174.956 1,140.95 158.718 1,257.68 Austria 66,315 11.169 5,937.03 10.133 6,544.46 Switzerland 3,763 0.028 131,297.58 0.026 144,730.77 Poland 440,940 758.658 581.21 688.244 640.67 Italy 850,215 930.270 913.94 843.927 1,007.45 Turkey 205,218 245.353 836.42 222.581 921.99 India 5,656 6.062 932.92 5.500 1,028.36 Thailand 89,749 120.372 745.59 109.200 821.88 China 90,636 97.249 932.00 88.223 1,027.35 Korea, South 1,629,274 2,095.308 777.58 1,900.832 857.14 Taiwan 104,883 110.711 947.35 100.436 1,044.28 Japan 2,617,296 2,649.260 987.93 2,403.369 1,089.01 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,423,714 9,573.027 879.94 8,684.507 969.97 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 1,331,651 3,378.798 394.12 3,065.195 434.44 Sweden 268,970 508.617 528.83 461.410 582.93 United Kingdom 17,880 4.299 4,159.09 3.900 4,584.62 Netherlands 63,240 192.481 328.55 174.616 362.17 Belgium 139,852 347.106 402.91 314.890 444.13 Luxembourg 12,047 43.665 275.89 39.613 304.12 France 3,058,974 5,191.937 589.18 4,710.048 649.46 Federal Republic of Germany 14,078 20.128 699.42 18.260 770.97 Austria 133,259 274.519 485.43 249.040 535.09 Spain 12,517 8.529 1,467.46 7.738 1,617.60 Japan 966,053 2,232.515 432.72 2,025.305 476.99 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,018,521 12,202.599 493.22 11,070.015 543.68 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 1,583,117 3,010.593 525.85 2,731.165 579.65 Dominican Republic 41,948 91.123 460.34 82.666 507.44 Brazil 95,833 208.063 460.60 188.752 507.72 Sweden 68,256 88.960 767.26 80.704 845.76 Netherlands 699,043 1,275.755 547.94 1,157.346 604.01 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY JANUARY - FINAL PREPARED 25/02/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Belgium 22,654 55.677 406.88 50.510 448.51 France 410,917 949.926 432.58 861.759 476.84 Federal Republic of Germany 663,523 1,268.729 522.98 1,150.972 576.49 Japan 2,590,872 4,277.684 605.67 3,880.651 667.64 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,176,163 11,226.513 550.14 10,184.525 606.43 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 2,998,386 6,216.741 482.31 5,639.735 531.65 Brazil 835,018 1,677.545 497.76 1,521.844 548.69 France 261,800 738.326 354.59 669.799 390.86 Federal Republic of Germany 2,125,334 4,798.337 442.93 4,352.980 488.25 Spain 2,260,610 3,987.689 566.90 3,617.572 624.90 Japan 266,995 545.293 489.64 494.682 539.73 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,748,143 17,963.934 486.98 16,296.612 536.81 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 1,079,809 967.868 1,115.66 878.036 1,229.80 Belgium 18,127 26.974 672.00 24.471 740.75 Federal Republic of Germany 143,191 312.990 457.49 283.940 504.30 Japan 648,653 1,006.487 644.47 913.070 710.41 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,889,780 2,314.320 816.56 2,099.517 900.10 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 Sweden 257,886 402.568 640.60 365.204 706.14 United Kingdom 399,162 482.787 826.79 437.978 911.37 Federal Republic of Germany 686,564 852.762 805.11 773.613 887.48 Russia 1,792,265 2,180.282 822.03 1,977.920 906.14 Japan 803,737 1,476.369 544.40 1,339.340 600.10 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,939,614 5,394.770 730.27 4,894.055 804.98 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 194,116 447.154 434.11 405.652 478.53 Federal Republic of Germany 16,157 25.143 642.59 22.810 708.33 Japan 53,270 44.224 1,204.53 40.120 1,327.77 CATEGORY TOTAL 263,543 516.523 510.23 468.582 562.43 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 88,555 145.609 608.17 132.095 670.39 Mexico 21,413 40.987 522.43 37.183 575.88 Sweden 359,760 112.545 3,196.56 102.100 3,523.60 United Kingdom 6,886 2.900 2,374.34 2.631 2,617.26 France 239,239 45.476 5,260.67 41.256 5,798.89 Federal Republic of Germany 2,782,538 2,195.526 1,267.37 1,991.749 1,397.03 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY JANUARY - FINAL PREPARED 25/02/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Korea, South 6,764 4.146 1,631.10 3.762 1,797.98 Japan 102,427 39.974 2,562.33 36.264 2,824.48 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,607,582 2,587.168 1,394.41 2,347.040 1,537.08 GRAND TOTAL 176,761,460 313,323.002 564.15 284,241.927 621.87 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JANUARY - FINAL PREPARED 25/02/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Canada 4,300 8.617 498.96 7.818 550.01 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,300 8.617 498.96 7.818 550.01 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 2,062,452 8,801.372 234.33 7,984.473 258.31 Mexico 35,290,307 155,054.319 227.60 140,662.952 250.89 Brazil 36,540,078 158,576.956 230.42 143,858.636 254.00 Finland 1,414,082 6,592.756 214.49 5,980.850 236.43 United Kingdom 15,611 25.180 619.97 22.843 683.40 Netherlands 2,454 9.016 272.16 8.180 300.00 Belgium 76,675 271.036 282.90 245.880 311.84 Federal Republic of Germany 12,310,956 52,286.151 235.45 47,433.212 259.54 Russia 14,221,820 57,004.459 249.49 51,713.590 275.01 Ukraine 7,344,259 28,286.711 259.64 25,661.280 286.20 Japan 12,482,722 54,205.041 230.29 49,174.000 253.85 Australia 8,956,509 40,643.188 220.37 36,870.891 242.92 CATEGORY TOTAL 130,717,925 561,756.190 232.70 509,616.787 256.50 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 16,184,198 44,174.458 366.37 40,074.406 403.85 Mexico 319,323 949.842 336.19 861.683 370.58 Trinidad and Tobago 4,539,678 16,989.766 267.20 15,412.861 294.54 Venezuela 4,244,340 16,723.742 253.79 15,171.528 279.76 Brazil 4,324,078 15,574.468 277.64 14,128.924 306.04 Argentina 798,525 3,499.140 228.21 3,174.368 251.55 United Kingdom 959,066 3,145.079 304.94 2,853.169 336.14 Luxembourg 11,489 23.052 498.38 20.913 549.37 France 34,776 95.193 365.32 86.358 402.70 Federal Republic of Germany 2,364,324 6,990.401 338.22 6,341.587 372.83 Belarus 1,503,906 5,970.527 251.89 5,416.373 277.66 Spain 3,652,722 12,138.367 300.92 11,011.745 331.71 Italy 627,699 2,337.677 268.51 2,120.706 295.99 Turkey 20,548,746 75,510.761 272.13 68,502.230 299.97 Malaysia 4,025,992 14,789.012 272.23 13,416.370 300.08 China 13,145,280 56,106.604 234.29 50,899.070 258.26 Japan 3,345,264 9,751.965 343.03 8,846.837 378.13 Egypt 923,453 4,063.603 227.25 3,686.440 250.50 South Africa 490,180 2,055.492 238.47 1,864.712 262.87 CATEGORY TOTAL 82,043,039 290,889.158 282.04 263,890.280 310.90 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JANUARY - FINAL PREPARED 25/02/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 4,912,045 10,214.280 480.90 9,266.242 530.10 Mexico 610,015 1,650.316 369.64 1,497.142 407.45 Brazil 1,083,491 4,387.082 246.97 3,979.895 272.24 Norway 70,779 155.271 455.84 140.860 502.48 United Kingdom 1,364,645 4,395.133 310.49 3,987.199 342.26 Luxembourg 2,881,271 7,886.004 365.37 7,154.065 402.75 Federal Republic of Germany 1,812,255 4,869.111 372.19 4,417.185 410.27 Austria 2,749 1.102 2,493.85 1.000 2,749.00 Poland 61,641 201.875 305.34 183.138 336.58 Ukraine 15,203 90.540 167.91 82.137 185.09 Spain 12,917 24.918 518.36 22.606 571.40 Italy 2,618 3.224 811.97 2.925 895.04 Korea, South 550,272 2,246.633 244.93 2,038.112 269.99 Taiwan 16,958 23.357 726.00 21.190 800.28 South Africa 15,448 37.379 413.28 33.910 455.56 CATEGORY TOTAL 13,412,307 36,186.231 370.65 32,827.606 408.57 STEEL PILING...........................5 Canada 612,418 1,215.455 503.86 1,102.643 555.41 United Kingdom 37,115 62.625 592.65 56.813 653.28 Luxembourg 1,359,833 2,918.139 465.99 2,647.292 513.67 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,009,366 4,196.220 478.85 3,806.748 527.84 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 4,622,332 12,608.705 366.60 11,438.428 404.11 Belgium 127,810 338.277 377.83 306.880 416.48 France 127,099 535.673 237.27 485.955 261.54 Federal Republic of Germany 62,296 66.288 939.77 60.136 1,035.92 Czech Republic 2,103,569 6,751.120 311.59 6,124.515 343.47 Slovakia 116,570 411.618 283.20 373.414 312.17 Ukraine 85,375 288.892 295.53 262.079 325.76 Romania 2,054,531 7,230.209 284.16 6,559.138 313.23 Australia 94,806 367.959 257.65 333.807 284.01 South Africa 10,299 12.073 853.02 10.953 940.29 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,404,687 28,610.818 328.71 25,955.305 362.34 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 5,143,276 15,024.889 342.32 13,630.354 377.34 Mexico 1,666,516 5,256.124 317.06 4,768.277 349.50 Venezuela 1,185,082 5,012.347 236.43 4,547.126 260.62 Brazil 14,698 22.961 640.13 20.830 705.62 Netherlands 44,102 172.599 255.52 156.580 281.66 Luxembourg 73,424 276.600 265.45 250.928 292.61 France 2,708,095 10,402.395 260.33 9,436.897 286.97 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JANUARY - FINAL PREPARED 25/02/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Federal Republic of Germany 4,218 10.290 409.91 9.335 451.85 Bulgaria 303,133 1,224.314 247.59 1,110.680 272.93 Turkey 1,120,539 4,201.722 266.69 3,811.740 293.97 Korea, South 41,772 139.541 299.35 126.590 329.98 Japan 42,382 86.707 488.79 78.660 538.80 New Zealand 259,441 985.598 263.23 894.120 290.16 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,606,678 42,816.092 294.44 38,842.117 324.56 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Luxembourg 11,914 22.839 521.63 20.720 575.00 France 31,264 95.906 325.98 87.005 359.34 Federal Republic of Germany 14,044 52.541 267.29 47.665 294.64 Austria 411,111 372.313 1,104.21 337.757 1,217.18 Czech Republic 410,970 1,084.356 379.00 983.712 417.77 Japan 7,182,155 15,212.118 472.13 13,800.206 520.44 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,061,458 16,840.076 478.71 15,277.065 527.68 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 Canada 38,878 76.540 507.94 69.436 559.91 Austria 163,479 155.885 1,048.71 141.417 1,156.01 Hungary 2,807 5.439 516.00 4.935 568.79 Poland 90,991 256.199 355.16 232.420 391.49 Spain 33,394 67.271 496.40 61.028 547.19 China 11,820 12.906 915.79 11.709 1,009.48 Korea, South 29,220 59.655 489.81 54.119 539.92 Japan 133,694 314.048 425.71 284.900 469.27 CATEGORY TOTAL 504,283 947.947 531.97 859.964 586.40 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 Brazil 13,058 19.774 660.35 17.939 727.91 Switzerland 39,682 118.214 335.68 107.242 370.02 India 81,477 104.458 780.00 94.763 859.80 China 30,650 36.837 832.04 33.418 917.17 Australia 153,149 255.800 598.71 232.058 659.96 South Africa 2,169 0.792 2,736.70 0.719 3,016.69 CATEGORY TOTAL 320,185 535.876 597.50 486.139 658.63 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 16,207,090 34,610.983 468.26 31,398.565 516.17 Mexico 1,020,399 2,577.008 395.96 2,337.823 436.47 Dominican Republic 40,940 126.765 322.96 115.000 356.00 Brazil 588,558 2,244.491 262.22 2,036.169 289.05 Argentina 1,508,007 4,577.241 329.46 4,152.405 363.16 United Kingdom 9,980,442 26,868.514 371.45 24,374.713 409.46 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JANUARY - FINAL PREPARED 25/02/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE France 6,521 13.479 483.79 12.228 533.28 Federal Republic of Germany 23,820 40.584 586.92 36.818 646.97 Czech Republic 161,812 492.435 328.60 446.730 362.21 Slovakia 432,682 1,220.106 354.63 1,106.862 390.91 India 214,016 454.482 470.90 412.300 519.08 China 2,234 1.755 1,272.22 1.593 1,402.39 Japan 1,353,164 2,898.212 466.90 2,629.215 514.66 South Africa 796,899 2,958.408 269.37 2,683.824 296.93 CATEGORY TOTAL 32,336,584 79,084.470 408.89 71,744.245 450.72 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 3,679,807 6,498.359 566.27 5,895.214 624.20 Mexico 416,199 1,243.777 334.63 1,128.336 368.86 Brazil 1,139,484 4,900.949 232.50 4,446.068 256.29 Italy 54,598 23.421 2,331.07 21.248 2,569.56 China 127,245 351.977 361.51 319.309 398.50 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,417,333 13,018.485 416.13 11,810.175 458.70 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 Canada 31,515 48.906 644.40 44.367 710.33 Mexico 8,508,800 29,236.817 291.03 26,523.201 320.81 Dominican Republic 1,914,152 6,612.635 289.47 5,998.884 319.08 Brazil 3,042,480 9,409.939 323.33 8,536.556 356.41 Federal Republic of Germany 4,216,440 14,982.765 281.42 13,592.140 310.21 Switzerland 4,516 9.310 485.06 8.446 534.69 Romania 1,578,166 6,614.560 238.59 6,000.630 263.00 Bulgaria 6,674,169 24,708.158 270.12 22,414.871 297.76 India 8,580 23.172 370.26 21.022 408.14 CATEGORY TOTAL 25,978,818 91,646.266 283.47 83,140.117 312.47 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 5,851,471 8,113.053 721.24 7,360.040 795.03 Mexico 56,243 100.110 561.81 90.819 619.29 Brazil 11,940 17.858 668.59 16.201 736.99 Sweden 44,281 21.879 2,023.83 19.849 2,230.89 United Kingdom 1,032,874 1,542.556 669.59 1,399.384 738.09 France 233,258 281.049 829.95 254.964 914.87 Federal Republic of Germany 255,846 331.676 771.37 300.892 850.29 Austria 96,426 73.917 1,304.51 67.057 1,437.97 Switzerland 9,442 11.537 818.35 10.467 902.07 Poland 16,523 25.209 655.42 22.870 722.47 Ukraine 1,727,959 2,418.526 714.47 2,194.051 787.57 Spain 171,324 305.617 560.58 277.252 617.94 Italy 38,796 42.684 908.90 38.723 1,001.89 Romania 48,704 24.308 2,003.61 22.052 2,208.60 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JANUARY - FINAL PREPARED 25/02/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE China 12,368 23.867 518.20 21.652 571.22 Korea, South 18,532 46.039 402.53 41.766 443.71 Japan 101,304 128.906 785.87 116.942 866.28 Egypt 12,003 17.097 702.01 15.511 773.84 South Africa 86,541 385.182 224.68 349.432 247.66 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,825,835 13,911.081 706.33 12,619.924 778.60 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 15,757,827 27,643.790 570.03 25,078.032 628.35 Mexico 2,699,973 5,387.602 501.15 4,887.552 552.42 Guatemala 125,160 291.764 428.98 264.684 472.87 Dominican Republic 13,505 56.120 240.64 50.912 265.26 Colombia 440,526 1,192.306 369.47 1,081.643 407.27 Venezuela 77,379 195.547 395.70 177.398 436.19 Argentina 162,227 506.352 320.38 459.355 353.16 Sweden 6,892 7.103 970.25 6.444 1,069.52 Denmark 15,850 2.969 5,337.37 2.694 5,883.44 France 30,944 36.957 837.29 33.527 922.96 Federal Republic of Germany 527,193 648.717 812.67 588.507 895.81 Czech Republic 67,190 110.297 609.17 100.060 671.50 Slovakia 96,961 173.489 558.89 157.387 616.07 Ukraine 444,412 1,170.798 379.58 1,062.131 418.42 Spain 528,372 658.467 802.43 597.352 884.52 Italy 93,150 94.743 983.18 85.950 1,083.77 Romania 761,315 2,262.814 336.45 2,052.791 370.87 Turkey 4,744,844 12,901.193 367.78 11,703.769 405.41 United Arab Emirates 46,693 122.498 381.17 111.129 420.17 Oman 333,611 910.933 366.23 826.385 403.70 India 3,680,863 9,276.456 396.80 8,415.462 437.39 Thailand 893,769 2,083.818 428.91 1,890.409 472.79 Indonesia 109,647 305.362 359.07 277.020 395.81 China 2,993,758 8,097.643 369.71 7,346.061 407.53 Korea, South 1,442,354 3,000.155 480.76 2,721.696 529.95 Taiwan 398,825 1,106.013 360.60 1,003.359 397.49 Japan 1,742,356 3,761.372 463.22 3,412.261 510.62 South Africa 325,156 852.411 381.45 773.295 420.48 CATEGORY TOTAL 38,560,752 82,857.703 465.39 75,167.265 513.00 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 300,278 626.717 479.13 568.549 528.15 Mexico 1,315,464 2,689.487 489.11 2,439.863 539.15 Colombia 3,644,374 6,180.109 589.69 5,606.503 650.03 Venezuela 2,392,864 6,223.484 384.49 5,645.852 423.83 Brazil 2,273,356 4,497.379 505.48 4,079.955 557.20 Sweden 1,792,255 2,900.578 617.90 2,631.361 681.11 United Kingdom 155,833 351.941 442.78 319.276 488.08 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JANUARY - FINAL PREPARED 25/02/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE France 91,740 87.617 1,047.05 79.485 1,154.18 Federal Republic of Germany 2,880,437 5,600.286 514.34 5,080.496 566.96 Austria 4,644,816 7,359.415 631.14 6,676.351 695.71 Czech Republic 763,046 1,738.914 438.81 1,577.517 483.70 Ukraine 1,057,155 2,559.754 412.99 2,322.171 455.24 Spain 167,720 293.044 572.34 265.846 630.89 Romania 231,692 525.764 440.68 476.966 485.76 India 304,620 590.320 516.02 535.530 568.82 China 4,214,125 9,328.314 451.76 8,462.507 497.98 Korea, South 10,442,068 25,037.806 417.05 22,713.922 459.72 Japan 3,775 3.649 1,034.32 3.311 1,140.14 South Africa 691,983 1,523.529 454.20 1,382.123 500.67 CATEGORY TOTAL 37,367,601 78,118.117 478.35 70,867.584 527.29 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Argentina 260,047 633.820 410.29 574.992 452.26 United Kingdom 160,407 378.629 423.65 343.487 467.00 France 2,213,660 326.489 6,780.20 296.186 7,473.88 Federal Republic of Germany 5,223,482 13,016.234 401.31 11,808.133 442.36 Czech Republic 538,761 887.283 607.20 804.930 669.33 Poland 458,956 708.697 647.60 642.920 713.86 Italy 157,174 128.533 1,222.82 116.604 1,347.93 Romania 425,913 1,145.991 371.65 1,039.626 409.68 Korea, South 1,957,116 5,336.356 366.75 4,841.063 404.27 Japan 3,784,845 7,535.015 502.30 6,835.653 553.69 CATEGORY TOTAL 15,180,361 30,097.052 504.38 27,303.594 555.98 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 118,682 83.927 1,414.10 76.138 1,558.77 Mexico 3,289,953 5,925.254 555.24 5,375.302 612.05 Colombia 139,290 357.024 390.14 323.887 430.06 Venezuela 42,895 118.209 362.87 107.238 400.00 Brazil 76,793 147.319 521.27 133.646 574.60 Federal Republic of Germany 1,213,114 155.192 7,816.85 140.788 8,616.60 Austria 1,013,586 1,907.106 531.48 1,730.098 585.85 Czech Republic 1,502,381 3,778.823 397.58 3,428.092 438.26 Slovakia 24,346 35.789 680.25 32.468 749.85 Ukraine 632,179 1,606.493 393.51 1,457.387 433.78 Italy 20,816 23.808 874.30 21.599 963.75 Romania 83,111 203.588 408.23 184.692 450.00 Turkey 738,713 2,048.589 360.60 1,858.450 397.49 China 2,642,410 5,807.490 455.00 5,268.468 501.55 Korea, South 1,928,282 5,713.705 337.48 5,183.388 372.01 Taiwan 46,273 134.950 342.89 122.425 377.97 CATEGORY TOTAL 13,512,824 28,047.273 481.79 25,444.066 531.08 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JANUARY - FINAL PREPARED 25/02/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Canada 75,220 67.201 1,119.32 60.964 1,233.84 Mexico 777,409 1,654.169 469.97 1,500.638 518.05 Venezuela 26,264 74.828 350.99 67.883 386.90 Brazil 44,759 23.877 1,874.55 21.661 2,066.34 Argentina 161,428 528.491 305.45 479.440 336.70 France 8,758 13.452 651.03 12.204 717.63 Turkey 320,272 913.661 350.54 828.860 386.40 China 1,874,503 5,634.161 332.70 5,111.227 366.74 Korea, South 2,685,647 8,151.036 329.49 7,394.498 363.20 Taiwan 515,694 1,507.890 342.00 1,367.936 376.99 Japan 1,030,644 2,499.955 412.26 2,267.922 454.44 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,520,598 21,068.726 356.96 19,113.233 393.48 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 7,296,911 9,401.678 776.13 8,529.062 855.53 Mexico 9,060,831 18,183.189 498.31 16,495.517 549.29 Dominican Republic 110,640 278.108 397.83 252.296 438.53 Colombia 32,697 11.516 2,839.03 10.448 3,129.50 Brazil 993,310 2,227.901 445.85 2,021.119 491.47 Argentina 105,492 98.386 1,072.22 89.255 1,181.92 Sweden 96,436 46.234 2,085.81 41.943 2,299.22 Denmark 16,278 3.256 4,999.04 2.954 5,510.49 United Kingdom 2,621 1.054 2,484.57 0.957 2,738.77 Netherlands 18,154 21.148 858.39 19.186 946.21 Belgium 30,037 25.342 1,185.26 22.990 1,306.52 France 270,682 492.148 550.00 446.470 606.27 Federal Republic of Germany 1,571,529 1,541.964 1,019.17 1,398.847 1,123.45 Austria 103,532 46.385 2,232.00 42.080 2,460.36 Czech Republic 132,667 292.024 454.30 264.920 500.78 Slovakia 3,806 3.681 1,033.76 3.340 1,139.52 Switzerland 1,401,029 635.952 2,203.04 576.927 2,428.43 Ukraine 40,024 103.132 388.08 93.560 427.79 Spain 654,979 1,361.923 480.92 1,235.517 530.13 Italy 476,220 427.832 1,113.10 388.123 1,226.98 Romania 74,671 96.731 771.94 87.753 850.92 Turkey 311,533 762.799 408.41 692.000 450.19 Israel 121,710 32.518 3,742.83 29.500 4,125.76 India 150,532 141.234 1,065.83 128.126 1,174.87 Thailand 11,136 4.776 2,331.51 4.333 2,570.04 China 272,956 422.661 645.80 383.432 711.88 Korea, South 449,398 1,095.791 410.11 994.086 452.07 Taiwan 27,806 8.889 3,128.12 8.064 3,448.16 Japan 983,102 655.315 1,500.20 594.492 1,653.68 Australia 25,533 55.805 457.53 50.626 504.35 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JANUARY - FINAL PREPARED 25/02/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 24,846,252 38,479.387 645.70 34,907.923 711.77 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 51,649 21.228 2,433.03 19.258 2,681.95 Mexico 675,702 580.777 1,163.44 526.873 1,282.48 Brazil 120,704 142.881 844.78 129.620 931.21 Argentina 357,735 399.345 895.80 362.280 987.45 France 223,965 352.296 635.73 319.598 700.77 Federal Republic of Germany 656,613 917.486 715.67 832.330 788.89 Slovakia 14,842 16.889 878.77 15.322 968.67 Spain 391,935 411.518 952.41 373.323 1,049.85 Italy 142,529 156.265 912.09 141.762 1,005.41 Romania 222,315 247.142 899.54 224.204 991.57 India 62,029 32.218 1,925.27 29.228 2,122.25 China 95,470 55.410 1,722.94 50.268 1,899.22 Korea, South 79,325 156.885 505.62 142.324 557.36 Taiwan 28,563 2.678 10,663.34 2.430 11,754.32 Japan 38,427 68.028 564.87 61.714 622.66 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,161,803 3,561.053 887.88 3,230.534 978.72 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 566,530 325.757 1,739.12 295.522 1,917.05 Mexico 457,484 301.650 1,516.60 273.653 1,671.77 India 207,657 203.298 1,021.44 184.429 1,125.95 Vietnam 32,614 28.373 1,149.45 25.740 1,267.06 China 15,959 22.189 719.21 20.130 792.80 Korea, South 32,422 10.549 3,073.43 9.570 3,387.88 Japan 249,556 89.545 2,786.93 81.234 3,072.06 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,562,222 981.363 1,591.89 890.278 1,754.76 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 13,840,921 26,557.582 521.17 24,092.640 574.49 Mexico 2,497,631 3,150.808 792.70 2,858.366 873.80 Brazil 55,527 154.361 359.72 140.034 396.53 Argentina 836,914 2,575.163 324.99 2,336.150 358.24 Belgium 33,662 27.007 1,246.38 24.501 1,373.90 France 21,587 23.914 902.67 21.695 995.02 Federal Republic of Germany 273,730 292.145 936.96 265.030 1,032.83 Austria 70,297 83.655 840.32 75.891 926.29 Switzerland 10,054 3.700 2,716.96 3.357 2,994.94 Turkey 112,040 355.671 315.01 322.660 347.24 China 6,110 5.799 1,053.58 5.261 1,161.38 Korea, South 994,971 3,364.851 295.70 3,052.543 325.95 Taiwan 6,354 0.697 9,106.25 0.633 10,037.91 Japan 396,418 910.386 435.44 825.889 479.99 Australia 3,374 8.270 407.95 7.503 449.69 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JANUARY - FINAL PREPARED 25/02/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 19,159,590 37,514.016 510.73 34,032.153 562.98 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 11,611 26.091 445.01 23.670 490.54 Mexico 157,353 168.230 935.34 152.616 1,031.04 CATEGORY TOTAL 168,964 194.321 869.51 176.286 958.47 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 14,075,625 24,252.758 580.37 22,001.739 639.75 Mexico 3,970,251 6,777.542 585.80 6,148.485 645.73 Honduras 13,020 22.046 590.58 20.000 651.00 Dominican Republic 28,021 66.157 423.55 60.017 466.88 Trinidad and Tobago 15,191 17.431 871.45 15.814 960.60 Venezuela 237,229 427.553 554.85 387.870 611.62 Ecuador 19,340 39.081 494.87 35.454 545.50 Chile 90,194 171.021 527.38 155.148 581.34 Brazil 373,266 740.633 503.98 671.892 555.54 Argentina 163,937 478.274 342.77 433.883 377.84 Sweden 272,724 170.874 1,596.05 155.015 1,759.34 United Kingdom 329,503 318.334 1,035.09 288.788 1,140.99 Netherlands 58,963 69.378 849.88 62.939 936.83 Belgium 634,384 712.809 889.98 646.650 981.03 Luxembourg 606,876 475.625 1,275.95 431.480 1,406.50 France 1,056,354 1,024.721 1,030.87 929.612 1,136.34 Federal Republic of Germany 561,716 358.719 1,565.89 325.425 1,726.10 Austria 236,830 107.220 2,208.81 97.269 2,434.79 Czech Republic 48,341 83.726 577.37 75.955 636.44 Switzerland 8,752 0.081 107,293.01 0.074 118,270.27 Lithuania 9,939 20.177 492.57 18.305 542.97 Poland 67,030 92.688 723.17 84.086 797.16 Russia 29,470 92.285 319.34 83.720 352.01 Belarus 285,574 364.827 782.76 330.966 862.85 Spain 55,498 106.428 521.46 96.550 574.81 Italy 446,804 520.973 857.63 472.619 945.38 Greece 727,166 1,157.253 628.35 1,049.843 692.64 Israel 247,551 542.695 456.15 492.325 502.82 India 36,546 86.038 424.76 78.053 468.22 Thailand 28,803 10.452 2,755.71 9.482 3,037.65 Malaysia 9,557 16.793 569.08 15.235 627.31 China 4,159,115 7,651.961 543.54 6,941.745 599.15 Korea, South 1,863,831 3,366.657 553.61 3,054.181 610.26 Hong Kong 61,612 51.027 1,207.44 46.291 1,330.97 Taiwan 419,247 750.172 558.87 680.545 616.05 Japan 2,602,648 3,467.825 750.51 3,145.959 827.30 Australia 100,716 150.752 668.09 136.760 736.44 South Africa 469,553 1,215.400 386.34 1,102.593 425.86 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JANUARY - FINAL PREPARED 25/02/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 34,421,177 55,978.402 614.90 50,782.767 677.81 BLACK PLATE...........................28 Canada 22,568 50.975 442.72 46.244 488.02 Venezuela 20,459 70.746 289.19 64.180 318.78 Chile 373,324 1,083.472 344.56 982.910 379.82 France 362,332 815.272 444.43 739.603 489.90 Federal Republic of Germany 239,563 213.690 1,121.07 193.857 1,235.77 Japan 1,327,172 2,334.681 568.46 2,117.988 626.62 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,345,418 4,568.838 513.35 4,144.782 565.87 TIN PLATE.............................29 Canada 5,508,575 9,513.528 579.03 8,630.530 638.27 Chile 75,039 155.703 481.93 141.252 531.24 Netherlands 35,191 49.632 709.03 45.026 781.57 Belgium 9,147 17.659 517.98 16.020 570.97 France 1,138,030 2,063.660 551.46 1,872.122 607.88 Federal Republic of Germany 3,040,104 5,572.723 545.53 5,055.491 601.35 Japan 707,915 1,110.958 637.21 1,007.845 702.40 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,514,001 18,483.866 568.82 16,768.286 627.02 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A Canada 2,254,117 3,735.833 603.38 3,389.092 665.11 Brazil 162,405 340.971 476.30 309.324 525.03 Netherlands 456,781 923.319 494.72 837.622 545.33 Federal Republic of Germany 663,534 1,082.272 613.09 981.821 675.82 Japan 829,564 1,370.270 605.40 1,243.089 667.34 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,366,401 7,452.667 585.88 6,760.948 645.83 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 12,109,443 33,263.099 364.05 30,175.785 401.30 Mexico 3,010,428 9,762.761 308.36 8,856.631 339.91 Venezuela 1,751,572 7,391.945 236.96 6,705.862 261.20 Sweden 122,846 232.858 527.56 211.246 581.53 Finland 9,594 23.399 410.00 21.228 451.95 Netherlands 388,584 1,267.267 306.63 1,149.646 338.00 Belgium 255,378 681.034 374.99 617.824 413.35 Luxembourg 590,284 2,377.881 248.24 2,157.178 273.64 France 5,069,375 18,807.645 269.54 17,062.014 297.11 Federal Republic of Germany 152,039 371.118 409.68 336.673 451.59 Austria 208,746 542.866 384.53 492.480 423.87 Slovakia 79,761 281.358 283.49 255.244 312.49 Russia 21,980 28.105 782.05 25.497 862.06 Bulgaria 481,077 1,960.169 245.43 1,778.236 270.54 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JANUARY - FINAL PREPARED 25/02/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Turkey 3,700,112 13,081.741 282.85 11,867.560 311.78 Korea, South 28,129,875 91,444.127 307.62 82,956.740 339.09 Japan 203,257 431.253 471.32 391.227 519.54 Australia 3,826,509 14,810.099 258.37 13,435.500 284.81 New Zealand 2,654,986 10,322.756 257.20 9,364.650 283.51 Egypt 3,224,849 10,594.893 304.38 9,611.528 335.52 CATEGORY TOTAL 65,990,695 217,676.383 303.16 197,472.749 334.18 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 11,878,893 25,926.488 458.18 23,520.121 505.05 Mexico 5,093,022 14,254.599 357.29 12,931.559 393.84 Colombia 7,747 22.955 337.48 20.825 372.00 Venezuela 1,438,555 4,638.684 310.12 4,208.145 341.85 Chile 1,838,470 6,138.560 299.50 5,568.810 330.14 Brazil 3,554 7.019 506.30 6.368 558.10 Argentina 208,221 626.151 332.54 568.035 366.56 Sweden 84,929 138.406 613.62 125.560 676.40 Netherlands 7,729 19.477 396.81 17.670 437.41 Belgium 3,889,149 12,195.869 318.89 11,063.910 351.52 Luxembourg 410,389 1,144.641 358.53 1,038.402 395.21 France 719,141 1,522.594 472.31 1,381.275 520.64 Federal Republic of Germany 237,834 549.679 432.68 498.661 476.95 Korea, South 805,589 1,821.816 442.19 1,652.725 487.43 Taiwan 108,139 213.208 507.20 193.420 559.09 Japan 978,353 1,867.931 523.76 1,694.559 577.35 New Zealand 58,008 171.056 339.12 155.180 373.81 CATEGORY TOTAL 27,767,722 71,259.142 389.67 64,645.225 429.54 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 15,719,739 29,289.777 536.70 26,571.247 591.61 Mexico 13,151,061 23,827.671 551.92 21,616.106 608.39 Guatemala 178,793 280.557 637.28 254.518 702.48 Colombia 65,723 170.818 384.75 154.964 424.12 Venezuela 2,075,565 4,515.947 459.61 4,096.800 506.63 Brazil 11,039 22.040 500.85 19.995 552.09 Argentina 624,262 1,486.811 419.87 1,348.813 462.82 Sweden 31,324 33.201 943.45 30.120 1,039.97 United Kingdom 62,029 40.024 1,549.76 36.310 1,708.32 Luxembourg 477,269 948.285 503.30 860.270 554.79 Federal Republic of Germany 172,036 291.533 590.11 264.475 650.48 Austria 118,779 128.310 925.72 116.401 1,020.43 Spain 217,947 381.099 571.89 345.728 630.40 India 294,910 658.095 448.13 597.014 493.98 Indonesia 817,401 1,618.181 505.14 1,467.990 556.82 Korea, South 175,012 245.231 713.66 222.470 786.68 Taiwan 2,446,642 4,120.625 593.75 3,738.170 654.50 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JANUARY - FINAL PREPARED 25/02/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 372,088 478.536 777.55 434.121 857.11 CATEGORY TOTAL 37,011,619 68,536.750 540.03 62,175.512 595.28 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 154,761 211.626 731.29 191.984 806.11 Argentina 429,208 1,049.609 408.92 952.190 450.76 Federal Republic of Germany 271,761 528.361 514.35 479.322 566.97 Thailand 41,244 74.979 550.07 68.020 606.35 Korea, South 122,497 263.551 464.79 239.090 512.35 Japan 142,582 220.745 645.91 200.257 712.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,162,053 2,348.873 494.73 2,130.863 545.34 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 Canada 6,792,616 8,821.736 769.99 8,002.947 848.76 Mexico 6,028,426 11,096.582 543.27 10,066.653 598.85 Belgium 188,141 134.531 1,398.49 122.045 1,541.57 Luxembourg 1,239,162 2,474.210 500.83 2,244.567 552.07 France 429,174 871.395 492.51 790.517 542.90 Federal Republic of Germany 127,825 69.550 1,837.88 63.095 2,025.91 India 7,523 2.924 2,572.47 2.653 2,835.66 Korea, South 139,855 373.220 374.72 338.580 413.06 Taiwan 250,331 451.897 553.95 409.955 610.63 Japan 964,225 588.406 1,638.70 533.794 1,806.36 CATEGORY TOTAL 16,167,278 24,884.456 649.69 22,574.806 716.16 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 1,929,860 4,986.245 387.04 4,523.447 426.63 Mexico 263,708 522.707 504.50 474.192 556.12 United Kingdom 39,405 57.465 685.71 52.132 755.87 Federal Republic of Germany 163,119 316.357 515.62 286.995 568.37 Taiwan 14,157 17.897 791.02 16.236 871.95 Japan 55,173 46.854 1,177.53 42.506 1,298.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,465,422 5,947.527 414.53 5,395.508 456.94 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 2,133,093 3,630.000 587.63 3,293.082 647.75 Mexico 280,157 370.993 755.15 336.560 832.41 Brazil 77,157 80.497 958.50 73.026 1,056.57 Sweden 723,134 221.168 3,269.60 200.641 3,604.12 United Kingdom 475,016 357.260 1,329.61 324.101 1,465.64 France 226,354 54.783 4,131.77 49.699 4,554.50 Federal Republic of Germany 1,834,314 1,195.489 1,534.36 1,084.530 1,691.34 Austria 421,835 83.895 5,028.08 76.109 5,542.51 Switzerland 57,211 48.116 1,189.00 43.651 1,310.65 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JANUARY - FINAL PREPARED 25/02/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Italy 108,913 43.756 2,489.09 39.695 2,743.75 India 184,958 310.619 595.45 281.789 656.37 China 21,356 17.437 1,224.72 15.819 1,350.02 Korea, South 38,873 12.208 3,184.20 11.075 3,509.98 Taiwan 7,466 6.881 1,084.90 6.243 1,195.90 Japan 354,017 366.178 966.79 332.192 1,065.70 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,943,854 6,799.287 1,021.26 6,168.212 1,125.75 GRAND TOTAL 702,839,405 1,985,302.747 354.02 1,801,036.864 390.24 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - FINAL PREPARED 25/02/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A United Kingdom 66,306 25.960 2,554.11 23.551 2,815.42 Federal Republic of Germany 121,702 111.000 1,096.41 100.698 1,208.58 Japan 2,145 0.551 3,891.82 0.500 4,290.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 190,153 137.512 1,382.81 124.749 1,524.28 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Venezuela 3,245 1.851 1,752.27 1.680 1,931.55 Sweden 2,645,361 1,550.812 1,705.79 1,406.874 1,880.31 United Kingdom 11,036,129 6,783.363 1,626.94 6,153.766 1,793.39 Netherlands 29,524 21.164 1,394.99 19.200 1,537.71 Federal Republic of Germany 78,615 9.616 8,174.96 8.724 9,011.35 Spain 301,336 175.184 1,720.10 158.925 1,896.09 Italy 15,395 5.467 2,815.75 4.960 3,103.83 China 25,830 2.832 9,117.74 2.570 10,050.58 Korea, South 201,437 125.559 1,604.31 113.906 1,768.45 Hong Kong 23,250 1.169 19,879.41 1.061 21,913.29 Japan 15,287 4.128 3,703.11 3.745 4,081.98 CATEGORY TOTAL 14,375,409 8,681.152 1,655.93 7,875.411 1,825.35 WIRE RODS..............................3 Sweden 446,043 190.608 2,340.10 172.917 2,579.52 United Kingdom 380,963 210.962 1,805.83 191.382 1,990.59 France 336,318 182.066 1,847.23 165.168 2,036.22 Federal Republic of Germany 195,865 179.147 1,093.32 162.520 1,205.17 Spain 79,192 33.864 2,338.52 30.721 2,577.78 Italy 164,721 107.864 1,527.11 97.853 1,683.35 India 12,529 15.041 832.99 13.645 918.21 China 228,102 247.866 920.26 224.861 1,014.41 Taiwan 884,048 472.405 1,871.38 428.559 2,062.84 Japan 74,953 29.977 2,500.32 27.195 2,756.13 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,802,734 1,669.803 1,678.48 1,514.821 1,850.21 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 France 18,284 4.448 4,109.75 4.036 4,530.23 Federal Republic of Germany 98,106 21.376 4,589.54 19.392 5,059.10 Italy 216,679 88.954 2,435.85 80.698 2,685.06 India 143,246 77.933 1,838.06 70.700 2,026.11 China 39,420 6.062 6,502.04 5.500 7,167.27 CATEGORY TOTAL 515,735 198.775 2,594.56 180.326 2,860.01 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - FINAL PREPARED 25/02/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 45,618 21.108 2,161.16 19.149 2,382.27 Sweden 236,733 110.977 2,133.16 100.677 2,351.41 United Kingdom 10,145 1.115 9,094.26 1.012 10,024.70 Netherlands 6,532 1.898 3,441.19 1.722 3,793.26 Belgium 1,253,025 577.718 2,168.92 524.098 2,390.82 France 281,253 96.561 2,912.69 87.599 3,210.69 Federal Republic of Germany 467,126 260.932 1,790.22 236.714 1,973.38 Austria 26,132 7.408 3,527.24 6.721 3,888.11 Portugal 2,540 0.503 5,042.12 0.457 5,557.99 Italy 101,185 63.646 1,589.80 57.739 1,752.46 Korea, South 466,152 277.862 1,677.63 252.073 1,849.27 Taiwan 686,237 412.169 1,664.94 373.914 1,835.28 Japan 386,373 207.849 1,858.91 188.558 2,049.09 South Africa 352,182 256.954 1,370.60 233.105 1,510.83 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,321,233 2,296.706 1,881.49 2,083.538 2,073.99 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 342,162 138.762 2,465.82 125.883 2,718.10 Brazil 19,848 13.277 1,494.88 12.045 1,647.82 Sweden 695,376 301.508 2,306.32 273.524 2,542.29 Belgium 676,285 356.276 1,898.20 323.209 2,092.41 Federal Republic of Germany 696,169 359.185 1,938.19 325.848 2,136.48 Japan 78,676 180.238 436.51 163.510 481.17 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,508,516 1,349.249 1,859.19 1,224.019 2,049.41 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 7,802 1.390 5,612.89 1.261 6,187.15 Trinidad and Tobago 29,688 20.453 1,451.50 18.555 1,600.00 Brazil 30,153 7.385 4,082.74 6.700 4,500.45 Sweden 19,978 4.123 4,844.62 3.741 5,340.28 United Kingdom 393,052 214.585 1,831.68 194.669 2,019.08 Netherlands 12,801 5.621 2,277.03 5.100 2,510.00 France 177,645 22.562 7,873.60 20.468 8,679.16 Federal Republic of Germany 43,824 19.593 2,236.65 17.775 2,465.49 Austria 192,808 91.247 2,113.03 82.778 2,329.22 Portugal 196,708 66.571 2,954.82 60.393 3,257.13 Italy 846,387 344.008 2,460.37 312.079 2,712.09 India 175,468 72.860 2,408.27 66.098 2,654.66 Taiwan 113,918 53.376 2,134.25 48.422 2,352.61 Japan 13,324 2.240 5,945.56 2.033 6,553.86 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,253,556 926.020 2,433.59 840.072 2,682.57 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - FINAL PREPARED 25/02/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE France 25,227 7.435 3,392.97 6.745 3,740.10 Italy 940,439 483.667 1,944.39 438.776 2,143.32 India 833,718 516.467 1,614.27 468.532 1,779.43 Japan 22,399 4.861 4,607.72 4.410 5,079.14 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,821,783 1,012.431 1,799.41 918.463 1,983.51 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 418,777 96.797 4,326.33 87.813 4,768.96 Mexico 2,379 0.297 7,993.31 0.270 8,811.11 Brazil 31,918 21.392 1,492.01 19.407 1,644.66 Sweden 368,478 156.885 2,348.71 142.324 2,589.01 Norway 28,305 10.350 2,734.60 9.390 3,014.38 United Kingdom 476,406 133.121 3,578.73 120.766 3,944.87 Netherlands 2,306 0.670 3,440.74 0.608 3,792.76 France 1,279,102 548.524 2,331.90 497.613 2,570.48 Federal Republic of Germany 613,682 185.830 3,302.37 168.583 3,640.24 Austria 81,703 41.684 1,960.01 37.816 2,160.54 Switzerland 26,947 6.961 3,871.09 6.315 4,267.14 Latvia 242,096 128.183 1,888.67 116.286 2,081.90 Russia 68,347 41.989 1,627.73 38.092 1,794.26 Italy 3,135,024 1,189.238 2,636.16 1,078.859 2,905.87 Slovenia 21,253 13.999 1,518.14 12.700 1,673.46 India 1,356,608 771.231 1,759.01 699.650 1,938.98 China 129,548 63.770 2,031.46 57.852 2,239.30 Korea, South 102,255 39.141 2,612.41 35.509 2,879.69 Taiwan 1,074,283 559.551 1,919.90 507.617 2,116.33 Japan 291,460 78.533 3,711.30 71.244 4,091.01 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,750,877 4,088.156 2,385.15 3,708.714 2,629.18 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D Canada 7,993,413 1,669.612 4,787.59 1,514.647 5,277.41 Mexico 78,817 32.562 2,420.50 29.540 2,668.14 Brazil 46,408 22.150 2,095.08 20.095 2,309.43 Sweden 545,935 106.041 5,148.33 96.199 5,675.06 Finland 122,663 51.990 2,359.33 47.165 2,600.72 Denmark 3,971 0.422 9,405.83 0.383 10,368.15 United Kingdom 211,699 16.532 12,805.05 14.998 14,115.15 Ireland 3,960 0.910 4,349.22 0.826 4,794.19 Netherlands 17,313 2.638 6,560.61 2.394 7,231.83 France 1,806,847 467.072 3,868.45 423.721 4,264.24 Federal Republic of Germany 811,484 113.176 7,170.08 102.672 7,903.65 Austria 1,192,612 273.193 4,365.45 247.837 4,812.08 Switzerland 7,210 0.042 167,712.92 0.039 184,871.79 Spain 1,252,388 297.779 4,205.76 270.141 4,636.05 Italy 503,981 933.945 539.63 847.261 594.84 India 275,632 124.755 2,209.38 113.176 2,435.43 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - FINAL PREPARED 25/02/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Thailand 156,285 71.611 2,182.40 64.965 2,405.68 Malaysia 497,640 236.569 2,103.57 214.612 2,318.79 Singapore 222,881 104.900 2,124.69 95.164 2,342.07 China 1,889,422 691.681 2,731.64 627.483 3,011.11 Korea, South 1,987,251 919.031 2,162.33 833.732 2,383.56 Taiwan 3,348,286 1,547.286 2,163.97 1,403.675 2,385.37 Japan 4,164,224 1,277.800 3,258.90 1,159.201 3,592.32 South Africa 381,592 216.994 1,758.53 196.854 1,938.45 CATEGORY TOTAL 27,521,914 9,178.701 2,998.45 8,326.780 3,305.23 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 460,181 188.932 2,435.69 171.397 2,684.88 Mexico 21,711 4.336 5,006.58 3.934 5,518.81 Brazil 10,821 2.923 3,701.60 2.652 4,080.32 Sweden 1,096,053 228.129 4,804.51 206.956 5,296.07 Denmark 28,651 1.160 24,683.53 1.053 27,208.93 United Kingdom 101,487 26.198 3,873.75 23.767 4,270.08 Netherlands 10,142 0.879 11,529.66 0.798 12,709.27 Belgium 78,118 11.460 6,816.15 10.397 7,513.51 France 953,947 242.679 3,930.90 220.155 4,333.07 Federal Republic of Germany 202,459 8.547 23,686.84 7.754 26,110.27 Austria 4,950 0.178 27,719.54 0.162 30,555.56 Switzerland 232,022 48.517 4,782.27 44.014 5,271.55 Spain 7,215 1.138 6,336.24 1.033 6,984.51 Italy 86,332 22.631 3,814.68 20.531 4,204.96 India 1,759,306 988.759 1,779.31 896.988 1,961.35 Thailand 74,947 38.605 1,941.37 35.022 2,140.00 Singapore 2,100 0.015 136,077.75 0.014 150,000.00 China 717,903 279.888 2,564.96 253.911 2,827.38 Korea, South 1,333,136 613.255 2,173.87 556.336 2,396.28 Taiwan 767,574 231.853 3,310.60 210.334 3,649.31 Japan 592,552 85.606 6,921.80 77.661 7,629.98 Australia 50,116 18.924 2,648.21 17.168 2,919.15 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,591,723 3,044.623 2,821.93 2,762.037 3,110.65 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 4,775 2.470 1,932.98 2.241 2,130.75 Brazil 17,368 11.618 1,494.88 10.540 1,647.82 Sweden 105,210 39.308 2,676.53 35.660 2,950.36 Belgium 26,964 13.377 2,015.60 12.136 2,221.82 Federal Republic of Germany 50,975 21.401 2,381.86 19.415 2,625.55 Spain 23,586 21.436 1,100.27 19.447 1,212.83 China 65,265 39.243 1,663.08 35.601 1,833.24 Korea, South 4,018 0.995 4,036.62 0.903 4,449.61 Japan 41,432 23.988 1,727.16 21.762 1,903.87 South Africa 148,114 135.019 1,096.98 122.488 1,209.21 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - FINAL PREPARED 25/02/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 487,707 308.859 1,579.06 280.193 1,740.61 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 3,970,795 1,899.534 2,090.40 1,723.229 2,304.28 Mexico 13,183,267 8,026.301 1,642.51 7,281.340 1,810.56 Brazil 1,609,222 1,060.594 1,517.28 962.155 1,672.52 Sweden 883,828 315.874 2,798.03 286.557 3,084.30 Finland 511,330 262.418 1,948.53 238.062 2,147.89 United Kingdom 92,178 21.823 4,223.79 19.798 4,655.92 Belgium 755,622 386.542 1,954.82 350.666 2,154.82 France 2,466,010 1,891.678 1,303.61 1,716.102 1,436.98 Federal Republic of Germany 2,298,773 1,367.427 1,681.09 1,240.510 1,853.09 Switzerland 79,767 7.608 10,484.41 6.902 11,557.08 Italy 4,128,710 2,638.429 1,564.84 2,393.544 1,724.94 Thailand 41,204 35.358 1,165.31 32.077 1,284.53 China 3,004,726 1,674.991 1,793.88 1,519.527 1,977.41 Korea, South 171,120 53.078 3,223.91 48.152 3,553.75 Taiwan 2,895,028 1,414.008 2,047.39 1,282.767 2,256.86 Japan 637,847 565.395 1,128.14 512.918 1,243.57 South Africa 323,834 225.910 1,433.46 204.943 1,580.12 CATEGORY TOTAL 37,053,261 21,846.976 1,696.04 19,819.249 1,869.56 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 France 3,563 0.313 11,381.34 0.284 12,545.77 Federal Republic of Germany 128,229 87.575 1,464.21 79.447 1,614.02 Korea, South 60,844 35.410 1,718.24 32.124 1,894.04 Japan 4,249 0.563 7,543.31 0.511 8,315.07 CATEGORY TOTAL 196,885 123.862 1,589.55 112.366 1,752.18 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 1,294,207 557.439 2,321.70 505.701 2,559.23 Mexico 1,047,296 618.223 1,694.04 560.843 1,867.36 Sweden 877,254 134.356 6,529.31 121.886 7,197.33 Finland 239,430 103.390 2,315.79 93.794 2,552.72 United Kingdom 149,899 21.830 6,866.60 19.804 7,569.13 Belgium 250,442 110.220 2,272.20 99.990 2,504.67 France 611,229 458.359 1,333.51 415.817 1,469.95 Federal Republic of Germany 737,242 192.312 3,833.56 174.463 4,225.78 Austria 7,328 2.244 3,265.15 2.036 3,599.21 Italy 64,845 41.939 1,546.15 38.047 1,704.34 China 5,232 1.627 3,215.71 1.476 3,544.72 Korea, South 598,943 399.725 1,498.39 362.625 1,651.69 Taiwan 96,725 55.629 1,738.74 50.466 1,916.64 Japan 2,691,911 452.116 5,954.03 410.153 6,563.19 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - FINAL PREPARED 25/02/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 8,671,983 3,149.413 2,753.52 2,857.101 3,035.24 GRAND TOTAL 121,063,469 58,012.245 2,086.86 52,627.839 2,300.37