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RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/02/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Canada 17,215 24.598 699.85 22.315 771.45 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 77.931 1,561.66 70.698 1,721.43 Japan 2,145 0.551 3,891.82 0.500 4,290.00 Australia 270,600 59.635 4,537.60 54.100 5,001.85 CATEGORY TOTAL 737,001 707.456 1,041.76 641.794 1,148.35 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 11,373 0.739 15,376.18 0.671 16,949.33 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 166,259,766 648,573.662 256.35 588,376.295 282.57 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 16,125,674 44,011.324 366.40 39,926.413 403.88 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 - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/02/04 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 3,257,752 10,810.215 301.36 9,806.865 332.19 Italy 761,899 2,423.625 314.36 2,198.677 346.53 Turkey 18,740,414 68,882.675 272.06 62,489.330 299.90 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 8,385,416 33,774.225 248.28 30,639.471 273.68 Taiwan 884,048 472.405 1,871.38 428.559 2,062.84 Japan 3,233,785 9,279.795 348.48 8,418.491 384.13 Egypt 923,453 4,063.603 227.25 3,686.440 250.50 South Africa 149,204 534.927 278.92 485.278 307.46 CATEGORY TOTAL 76,958,860 259,780.850 296.25 235,669.290 326.55 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 5,390,152 11,227.381 480.09 10,185.312 529.21 Mexico 610,015 1,650.316 369.64 1,497.142 407.45 Brazil 1,046,614 4,221.060 247.95 3,829.283 273.32 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 2,671,591 7,458.326 358.20 6,766.082 394.85 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 143,246 133.048 1,076.64 120.700 1,186.79 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 15,647,727 39,842.975 392.73 36,144.950 432.92 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 132,915 103.405 1,285.38 93.808 1,416.88 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/02/04 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 91,049 58.548 1,555.11 53.114 1,714.22 Romania 2,342,619 7,996.190 292.97 7,254.024 322.94 Korea, South 444,910 263.604 1,687.79 239.138 1,860.47 Taiwan 679,237 411.500 1,650.64 373.307 1,819.51 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 25,572,645 54,314.004 470.83 49,272.850 519.00 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 6,476,064 17,928.014 361.23 16,264.026 398.18 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 19,848 13.277 1,494.88 12.045 1,647.82 Sweden 637,473 280.083 2,276.01 254.088 2,508.87 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 17,065,792 49,527.032 344.58 44,930.181 379.83 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Canada 9,288 1.999 4,644.95 1.814 5,120.18 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 486,668 414.009 1,175.50 375.583 1,295.77 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 - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/02/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 8,411,581 17,261.415 487.31 15,659.297 537.16 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 Canada 38,878 76.540 507.94 69.436 559.91 Austria 161,065 152.551 1,055.81 138.392 1,163.83 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 2,700 2.817 958.29 2.556 1,056.34 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 492,749 934.523 527.27 847.786 581.22 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 Brazil 13,058 19.774 660.35 17.939 727.91 Switzerland 39,682 7.982 4,970.85 7.242 5,479.43 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 320,185 425.645 752.23 386.139 829.20 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 27,787,687 61,877.697 449.07 56,134.519 495.02 Mexico 3,416,463 9,245.989 369.51 8,387.823 407.31 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 1,195,863 1,938.900 616.77 1,758.941 679.88 Portugal 196,708 66.571 2,954.82 60.393 3,257.13 Italy 1,385,416 1,848.055 749.66 1,676.528 826.36 Turkey 609,130 2,229.987 273.15 2,023.011 301.10 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/02/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE India 419,824 547.128 767.32 496.347 845.83 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 4,821,192 8,059.707 598.18 7,311.646 659.39 South Africa 10,849 22.002 493.09 19.960 543.54 CATEGORY TOTAL 61,712,506 144,594.011 426.80 131,173.518 470.46 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 3,792,969 6,714.082 564.93 6,090.915 622.73 Mexico 908,047 2,586.065 351.13 2,346.040 387.06 Brazil 1,124,612 4,834.061 232.64 4,385.388 256.45 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 20,087 4.819 4,168.03 4.372 4,594.46 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,835,054 15,523.288 504.73 14,082.494 556.37 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 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 25,974,302 91,636.956 283.45 83,131.671 312.45 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 6,873,197 8,759.357 784.67 7,946.358 864.95 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 996,461 658.329 1,513.62 597.227 1,668.48 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 Latvia 242,096 128.183 1,888.67 116.286 2,081.90 Poland 290,039 360.830 803.81 327.340 886.05 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/02/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Russia 68,347 41.989 1,627.73 38.092 1,794.26 Ukraine 2,128,456 2,237.471 951.28 2,029.801 1,048.60 Spain 215,482 372.297 578.79 337.743 638.01 Italy 3,206,523 1,233.612 2,599.29 1,119.115 2,865.23 Slovenia 21,253 13.999 1,518.14 12.700 1,673.46 Romania 43,855 17.601 2,491.52 15.968 2,746.43 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 84,478 382.148 221.06 346.679 243.68 CATEGORY TOTAL 22,745,122 20,836.266 1,091.61 18,902.348 1,203.30 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 1,876,792 1,270.450 1,477.26 1,152.534 1,628.40 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 CATEGORY TOTAL 15,661,462 12,100.947 1,294.23 10,977.798 1,426.65 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 16,048,772 27,768.946 577.94 25,191.572 637.07 Mexico 2,841,119 5,673.314 500.79 5,146.746 552.02 Guatemala 125,160 291.764 428.98 264.684 472.87 Dominican Republic 13,505 56.120 240.64 50.912 265.26 Colombia 404,134 1,179.489 342.63 1,070.015 377.69 Venezuela 57,744 145.560 396.70 132.050 437.29 Argentina 182,585 527.809 345.93 478.821 381.32 Sweden 6,892 7.103 970.25 6.444 1,069.52 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/02/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 426,531 1,124.226 379.40 1,019.881 418.22 Spain 492,224 555.997 885.30 504.393 975.87 Italy 75,708 80.742 937.65 73.248 1,033.58 Romania 761,315 2,262.814 336.45 2,052.791 370.87 Turkey 4,741,409 12,900.852 367.53 11,703.460 405.13 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 2,872,654 7,763.928 370.00 7,043.319 407.86 Korea, South 1,386,931 2,952.241 469.79 2,678.229 517.85 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 38,938,479 82,874.698 469.85 75,182.683 517.92 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 2,907,734 4,615.969 629.93 4,187.538 694.38 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 2,517,346 6,503.520 387.07 5,899.896 426.68 Brazil 2,014,164 3,591.770 560.77 3,258.400 618.15 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 6,129,459 10,128.033 605.20 9,188.000 667.12 Austria 8,559,747 13,024.123 657.22 11,815.289 724.46 Czech Republic 938,616 2,067.795 453.92 1,875.873 500.36 Ukraine 807,390 1,959.459 412.05 1,777.592 454.20 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 9,993,072 3,945.987 2,532.46 3,579.741 2,791.56 South Africa 691,983 1,523.529 454.20 1,382.123 500.67 CATEGORY TOTAL 59,233,013 99,751.839 593.80 90,493.372 654.56 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/02/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 5,268,529 10,079.711 522.69 9,144.163 576.16 Argentina 219,145 511.049 428.81 463.616 472.69 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 Korea, South 1,957,116 5,336.356 366.75 4,841.063 404.27 Japan 5,754,076 9,907.350 580.79 8,987.800 640.21 CATEGORY TOTAL 21,951,306 41,280.336 531.76 37,448.902 586.17 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 0.687 4,123.04 0.624 4,544.87 Federal Republic of Germany 2,975,281 1,259.010 2,363.19 1,142.155 2,604.97 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 104,994 254.464 412.61 230.846 454.82 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 14,759,474 27,809.993 530.73 25,228.809 585.02 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/02/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 7,520,598 21,068.726 356.96 19,113.233 393.48 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 8,150,829 10,442.609 780.54 9,473.379 860.39 Mexico 10,059,401 19,501.199 515.83 17,691.196 568.61 Dominican Republic 110,640 278.108 397.83 252.296 438.53 Brazil 899,292 2,018.578 445.51 1,831.224 491.09 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 1,583,729 751.318 2,107.93 681.585 2,323.60 Ukraine 40,024 103.132 388.08 93.560 427.79 Spain 468,466 631.033 742.38 572.464 818.33 Italy 599,958 575.960 1,041.66 522.503 1,148.24 Romania 58,555 73.865 792.72 67.010 873.82 Turkey 311,533 762.799 408.41 692.000 450.19 Israel 73,450 31.967 2,297.68 29.000 2,532.76 India 304,980 316.890 962.42 287.478 1,060.88 China 631,651 669.401 943.61 607.271 1,040.15 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 31,511,786 44,204.455 712.86 40,101.619 785.80 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 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 347,242 374.311 927.68 339.570 1,022.59 Romania 222,315 247.142 899.54 224.204 991.57 India 62,029 32.218 1,925.27 29.228 2,122.25 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/02/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE China 69,865 44.462 1,571.31 40.336 1,732.08 Korea, South 89,222 158.649 562.39 143.924 619.92 Taiwan 2,813 0.234 11,980.80 0.213 13,206.57 Japan 513,615 398.404 1,289.18 361.427 1,421.08 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,566,108 5,766.387 1,138.69 5,231.180 1,255.19 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 200,559 16.510 12,147.42 14.978 13,390.24 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 1,189,671 272.715 4,362.32 247.403 4,808.64 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 172,404 70.683 2,439.10 64.123 2,688.65 Thailand 119,334 62.966 1,895.21 57.122 2,089.11 Malaysia 371,032 173.737 2,135.59 157.612 2,354.08 Singapore 222,881 104.900 2,124.69 95.164 2,342.07 China 1,753,990 634.018 2,766.47 575.172 3,049.51 Korea, South 1,987,251 919.031 2,162.33 833.732 2,383.56 Taiwan 3,346,258 1,547.070 2,162.96 1,403.479 2,384.26 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 27,103,586 8,994.772 3,013.26 8,159.923 3,321.55 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 1,638,122 523.343 3,130.11 474.769 3,450.36 Mexico 452,144 298.497 1,514.74 270.792 1,669.71 Federal Republic of Germany 56,958 8.918 6,386.29 8.091 7,039.67 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 Taiwan 3,750 4.299 872.29 3.900 961.54 Japan 258,395 92.164 2,803.64 83.610 3,090.48 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,698,021 1,191.632 2,264.14 1,081.031 2,495.79 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/02/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 5,018,876 7,992.467 627.95 7,250.647 692.20 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 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 597,892 353.291 1,692.35 320.501 1,865.49 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/02/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Czech Republic 31,744 63.818 497.41 57.895 548.30 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 493,210 828.662 595.19 751.750 656.08 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 159,899 200.192 798.72 181.612 880.44 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 4,803,596 6,048.937 794.12 5,487.505 875.37 Hong Kong 49,400 36.656 1,347.66 33.254 1,485.54 Taiwan 1,291,704 1,092.737 1,182.08 991.315 1,303.02 Japan 5,662,850 5,901.231 959.60 5,353.509 1,057.78 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 51,149,534 68,143.922 750.61 61,819.144 827.41 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 212,433 171.473 1,238.87 155.558 1,365.62 Japan 1,327,172 2,334.681 568.46 2,117.988 626.62 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,318,288 4,526.621 512.15 4,106.483 564.54 TIN PLATE.............................29 Canada 5,508,575 9,513.528 579.03 8,630.530 638.27 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 10,438,962 18,328.162 569.56 16,627.034 627.83 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A Canada 2,219,093 3,666.442 605.24 3,326.142 667.17 Brazil 162,405 340.971 476.30 309.324 525.03 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/02/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 4,331,377 7,383.276 586.65 6,697.998 646.67 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 13,424,976 36,568.393 367.12 33,174.298 404.68 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 461,798 767.601 601.61 696.357 663.16 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 23,586 21.436 1,100.27 19.447 1,212.83 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 31,625 15.774 2,004.87 14.310 2,209.99 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 72,394,645 230,066.686 314.67 208,713.046 346.86 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 17,391,900 30,808.516 564.52 27,949.024 622.27 Mexico 18,276,289 22,280.900 820.27 20,212.899 904.19 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 1,684,415 1,270.413 1,325.88 1,152.500 1,461.53 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/02/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 3,136,729 3,091.327 1,014.69 2,804.406 1,118.50 Switzerland 79,767 7.608 10,484.41 6.902 11,557.08 Italy 4,106,252 2,625.948 1,563.72 2,382.221 1,723.71 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 70,846,188 104,192.279 679.96 94,521.673 749.52 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 18,706,749 35,482.335 527.21 32,189.042 581.15 Mexico 13,076,224 23,681.035 552.18 21,483.080 608.68 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 55,337 60.045 921.59 54.472 1,015.88 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 45,610,107 86,261.599 528.74 78,255.229 582.84 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/02/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 3,051,833 4,663.194 654.45 4,230.380 721.41 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 Canada 6,757,300 8,763.637 771.06 7,950.240 849.95 Mexico 5,968,854 11,031.375 541.08 10,007.498 596.44 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 932,322 546.408 1,706.27 495.694 1,880.84 CATEGORY TOTAL 16,040,487 24,719.152 648.91 22,424.844 715.30 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 307,505 362.938 847.27 329.252 933.95 Korea, South 60,844 35.410 1,718.24 32.124 1,894.04 Japan 112,692 91.642 1,229.69 83.137 1,355.50 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,911,693 6,503.877 447.69 5,900.220 493.49 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 3,474,805 4,326.816 803.09 3,925.223 885.25 Mexico 1,348,866 1,030.204 1,309.32 934.586 1,443.28 Brazil 99,855 122.764 813.39 111.370 896.61 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 1,057,274 552.374 1,914.05 501.106 2,109.88 Federal Republic of Germany 5,354,094 3,088.560 1,733.52 2,801.896 1,910.88 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/02/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Italy 137,841 62.483 2,206.04 56.684 2,431.74 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 644,580 416.080 1,549.17 377.462 1,707.67 Taiwan 98,196 57.941 1,694.73 52.564 1,868.12 Japan 3,148,355 858.269 3,668.26 778.609 4,043.56 CATEGORY TOTAL 19,138,375 12,041.481 1,589.37 10,923.851 1,751.98 GRAND TOTAL 980,918,009 2,304,206.178 425.71 2,090,341.272 469.26 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/02/04 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 478,107 1,013.100 471.92 919.070 520.21 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 1,972,841 4,019.928 490.77 3,646.819 540.98 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 - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/02/04 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 1.999 4,644.95 1.814 5,120.18 Austria 75,557 41.696 1,812.09 37.826 1,997.49 Japan 265,278 377.642 702.46 342.592 774.33 CATEGORY TOTAL 350,123 421.338 830.98 382.232 916.00 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 11,572,795 27,265.324 424.45 24,734.693 467.88 Mexico 2,396,064 6,668.981 359.28 6,050.000 396.04 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 1,195,863 1,938.900 616.77 1,758.941 679.88 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 3,500,428 5,289.465 661.77 4,798.524 729.48 CATEGORY TOTAL 28,007,213 67,671.582 413.87 61,390.644 456.21 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 113,162 215.723 524.57 195.701 578.24 Mexico 491,848 1,342.288 366.42 1,217.704 403.91 Austria 8,112 1.288 6,295.20 1.169 6,939.26 CATEGORY TOTAL 613,122 1,559.300 393.20 1,414.574 433.43 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/02/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 1,177,432 675.109 1,744.06 612.449 1,922.50 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 4,022,843 3,744.369 1,074.37 3,396.836 1,184.29 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 1,876,792 1,270.450 1,477.26 1,152.534 1,628.40 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 CATEGORY TOTAL 15,661,462 12,100.947 1,294.23 10,977.798 1,426.65 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 322,930 141.933 2,275.22 128.760 2,508.00 Mexico 141,146 285.712 494.01 259.194