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RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Canada 20,754 42.380 489.71 38.447 539.81 Mexico 265,454 493.630 537.76 447.814 592.78 Sweden 150,734 186.136 809.80 168.860 892.66 United Kingdom 152,467 56.492 2,698.90 51.249 2,975.02 Federal Republic of Germany 59,138 32.803 1,802.79 29.759 1,987.23 Slovakia 5,489 4.078 1,345.82 3.700 1,483.51 Italy 36,639 38.602 949.12 35.020 1,046.23 China 4,577 9.741 469.86 8.837 517.94 Taiwan 17,588 13.723 1,281.57 12.450 1,412.69 CATEGORY TOTAL 712,840 877.589 812.27 796.136 895.37 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 6,468,950 19,348.807 334.33 17,552.948 368.54 Mexico 45,771,325 170,926.607 267.78 155,062.054 295.18 Brazil 55,794,809 214,210.773 260.47 194,328.800 287.12 Sweden 4,842,935 2,518.749 1,922.75 2,284.972 2,119.47 Finland 2,814,678 11,421.154 246.44 10,361.100 271.66 United Kingdom 10,575,260 5,869.141 1,801.84 5,324.397 1,986.19 Belgium 3,638,789 11,215.182 324.45 10,174.245 357.65 France 1,432,785 274.063 5,227.94 248.626 5,762.81 Federal Republic of Germany 1,098,991 1,991.697 551.79 1,806.838 608.24 Czech Republic 30,657 17.758 1,726.35 16.110 1,902.98 Russia 215,215 1,019.527 211.09 924.900 232.69 Spain 1,685,952 848.107 1,987.90 769.390 2,191.28 Italy 149,517 42.585 3,510.98 38.633 3,870.19 India 73,319 39.205 1,870.10 35.567 2,061.43 Malaysia 14,182 22.155 640.12 20.099 705.61 China 10,450 0.458 22,788.66 0.416 25,120.19 Korea, South 489,423 1,467.110 333.60 1,330.941 367.73 Japan 472,566 869.112 543.73 788.446 599.36 Australia 9,847,189 41,120.091 239.47 37,303.530 263.97 CATEGORY TOTAL 145,426,992 483,222.290 300.95 438,372.012 331.74 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 21,319,809 46,909.892 454.48 42,555.951 500.98 Mexico 1,893,075 5,492.583 344.66 4,982.789 379.92 Trinidad and Tobago 7,138,062 24,001.134 297.41 21,773.469 327.83 Venezuela 1,633,737 5,806.892 281.34 5,267.926 310.13 Brazil 5,840,504 19,384.380 301.30 17,585.219 332.13 Argentina 958,939 4,411.909 217.35 4,002.418 239.59 Sweden 597,455 239.984 2,489.56 217.710 2,744.27 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Finland 22,128 14.907 1,484.34 13.524 1,636.20 United Kingdom 2,774,382 2,734.602 1,014.55 2,480.790 1,118.35 Belgium 195,135 741.723 263.08 672.880 290.00 Luxembourg 256,125 631.337 405.69 572.740 447.19 France 4,392,549 16,316.076 269.22 14,801.700 296.76 Federal Republic of Germany 8,468,770 27,958.738 302.90 25,363.748 333.89 Czech Republic 6,440,193 21,887.626 294.24 19,856.126 324.34 Poland 4,514,984 14,918.170 302.65 13,533.540 333.61 Russia 43,746 131.607 332.40 119.392 366.41 Belarus 1,459,962 5,602.947 260.57 5,082.910 287.23 Spain 1,535,838 4,334.198 354.35 3,931.920 390.61 Italy 9,891,870 27,474.242 360.04 24,924.221 396.88 Turkey 31,752,948 110,008.796 288.64 99,798.330 318.17 India 2,126,245 8,172.366 260.17 7,413.848 286.79 Malaysia 125,545 328.845 381.77 298.324 420.83 China 239,546 550.813 434.89 499.690 479.39 Taiwan 1,539,502 770.743 1,997.42 699.207 2,201.78 Japan 4,576,472 12,510.038 365.82 11,348.919 403.25 Egypt 4,544,275 13,273.874 342.35 12,041.860 377.37 South Africa 3,363,180 13,131.883 256.11 11,913.048 282.31 CATEGORY TOTAL 127,644,976 387,740.318 329.20 351,752.199 362.88 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 8,214,078 15,632.384 525.45 14,181.465 579.21 Mexico 780,025 1,691.738 461.08 1,534.720 508.25 Venezuela 5,928 6.743 879.01 6.118 968.94 Brazil 1,132,938 3,766.695 300.78 3,417.090 331.55 Norway 356,860 649.359 549.56 589.089 605.78 United Kingdom 3,775,215 9,584.582 393.88 8,694.989 434.18 Belgium 119,167 152.256 782.67 138.125 862.75 Luxembourg 2,000,463 4,742.540 421.81 4,302.362 464.97 France 150,238 246.147 610.36 223.301 672.80 Federal Republic of Germany 3,504,329 7,934.371 441.66 7,197.943 486.85 Spain 26,667 15.018 1,775.55 13.625 1,957.21 Italy 827,848 620.328 1,334.53 562.753 1,471.07 Turkey 561,700 1,660.727 338.23 1,506.587 372.83 India 327,122 129.746 2,521.24 117.704 2,779.19 Korea, South 135,269 333.608 405.47 302.645 446.96 Japan 13,375 9.410 1,421.30 8.537 1,566.71 South Africa 39,937 68.632 581.90 62.262 641.43 CATEGORY TOTAL 21,971,159 47,244.294 465.05 42,859.315 512.63 STEEL PILING...........................5 Canada 1,520,355 2,476.523 613.91 2,246.665 676.72 United Kingdom 34,655 53.873 643.27 48.873 709.08 Luxembourg 3,139,475 6,380.808 492.02 5,788.574 542.36 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Federal Republic of Germany 1,114,179 2,245.673 496.14 2,037.241 546.91 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,808,664 11,156.878 520.64 10,121.353 573.90 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 11,698,148 23,575.033 496.21 21,386.917 546.98 Mexico 32,799 78.595 417.31 71.301 460.01 Brazil 20,588 4.639 4,437.43 4.209 4,891.42 Sweden 5,276,981 6,867.501 768.40 6,230.094 847.01 Norway 48,800 91.171 535.26 82.709 590.02 Finland 160,017 198.640 805.56 180.204 887.98 United Kingdom 1,037,504 547.560 1,894.77 496.739 2,088.63 Belgium 1,263,608 628.380 2,010.90 570.057 2,216.63 France 3,119,209 3,095.988 1,007.50 2,808.634 1,110.58 Federal Republic of Germany 5,062,868 14,407.850 351.40 13,070.586 387.35 Austria 63,456 15.409 4,118.06 13.979 4,539.38 Czech Republic 1,470,795 3,617.861 406.54 3,282.070 448.13 Hungary 295,593 1,224.199 241.46 1,110.575 266.16 Switzerland 22,013 37.915 580.59 34.396 639.99 Poland 40,664 84.866 479.15 76.990 528.17 Spain 43,618 32.618 1,337.22 29.591 1,474.03 Italy 1,427,202 2,119.081 673.50 1,922.399 742.41 Romania 865,545 3,186.721 271.61 2,890.946 299.40 Thailand 25,637 41.608 616.14 37.747 679.18 China 25,716 56.668 453.80 51.409 500.22 Korea, South 45,165 92.169 490.02 83.615 540.15 Taiwan 702,548 310.040 2,265.99 281.264 2,497.82 Japan 1,741,825 2,274.547 765.79 2,063.435 844.14 Australia 260,095 762.945 340.91 692.133 375.79 Egypt 23,855 53.681 444.38 48.699 489.85 South Africa 816,735 485.022 1,683.91 440.005 1,856.19 CATEGORY TOTAL 35,590,984 63,890.720 557.06 57,960.703 614.05 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 11,091,890 24,982.195 443.99 22,663.473 489.42 Mexico 742,246 1,836.020 404.27 1,665.610 445.63 Venezuela 39,445 131.159 300.74 118.986 331.51 Sweden 2,507,933 955.353 2,625.14 866.682 2,893.72 Finland 106,709 50.739 2,103.08 46.030 2,318.25 Netherlands 126,633 384.552 329.30 348.860 362.99 Belgium 2,601,852 1,158.078 2,246.70 1,050.591 2,476.56 France 1,611,487 5,101.063 315.91 4,627.608 348.23 Federal Republic of Germany 1,377,077 947.063 1,454.05 859.162 1,602.81 Hungary 199,656 850.410 234.78 771.480 258.80 Italy 48,111 22.242 2,163.03 20.178 2,384.33 Thailand 4,500 27.017 166.56 24.510 183.60 China 3,325 20.778 160.02 18.850 176.39 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Korea, South 4,933 9.636 511.91 8.742 564.29 Japan 344,137 778.250 442.19 706.017 487.43 New Zealand 180,724 599.017 301.70 543.420 332.57 Egypt 257,739 927.495 277.89 841.410 306.32 South Africa 23,000 18.697 1,230.12 16.962 1,355.97 CATEGORY TOTAL 21,271,397 38,799.771 548.24 35,198.571 604.33 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Canada 3,628 1.522 2,383.25 1.381 2,627.08 Luxembourg 123,120 254.274 484.20 230.674 533.74 France 1,833,333 4,891.356 374.81 4,437.365 413.16 Federal Republic of Germany 17,277 9.072 1,904.43 8.230 2,099.27 Austria 92,193 62.350 1,478.64 56.563 1,629.92 Japan 8,418,965 19,256.797 437.19 17,469.478 481.92 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,488,516 24,475.372 428.53 22,203.691 472.38 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 Canada 245,462 594.371 412.98 539.205 455.23 Belgium 75,572 131.883 573.02 119.643 631.65 Luxembourg 30,309 47.768 634.50 43.335 699.41 Austria 244,428 388.076 629.85 352.057 694.29 Spain 319,649 745.664 428.68 676.456 472.53 Italy 20,358 22.376 909.78 20.300 1,002.86 Israel 7,980 4.409 1,809.83 4.000 1,995.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 943,758 1,934.551 487.84 1,754.996 537.76 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 Canada 34,064 27.839 1,223.56 25.256 1,348.75 Mexico 49,666 168.152 295.36 152.545 325.58 China 13,650 19.180 711.67 17.400 784.48 Australia 382,872 614.838 622.72 557.772 686.43 CATEGORY TOTAL 480,252 830.010 578.61 752.973 637.81 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 29,386,514 58,811.933 499.67 53,353.304 550.79 Mexico 4,287,541 9,767.848 438.94 8,861.246 483.85 Dominican Republic 100,450 275.577 364.51 250.000 401.80 Trinidad and Tobago 565,292 1,854.771 304.78 1,682.621 335.96 Brazil 464,361 1,087.578 426.97 986.635 470.65 Argentina 584,682 2,130.622 274.42 1,932.869 302.49 Sweden 1,082,910 652.909 1,658.59 592.310 1,828.28 Norway 3,360 0.628 5,347.62 0.570 5,894.74 United Kingdom 12,456,931 24,791.574 502.47 22,490.544 553.87 Netherlands 138,661 111.385 1,244.88 101.047 1,372.24 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE France 2,829,252 725.834 3,897.93 658.466 4,296.73 Federal Republic of Germany 1,285,936 1,297.098 991.39 1,176.708 1,092.83 Austria 660,125 295.136 2,236.68 267.743 2,465.52 Czech Republic 2,577,818 5,313.633 485.13 4,820.449 534.77 Switzerland 5,579 5.511 1,012.24 5.000 1,115.80 Latvia 12,695,619 45,575.162 278.56 41,345.104 307.06 Belarus 349,259 1,222.198 285.76 1,108.760 315.00 Ukraine 6,238 10.729 581.37 9.734 640.85 Spain 1,403,801 1,999.759 701.98 1,814.152 773.81 Italy 978,013 381.618 2,562.80 346.199 2,825.00 Slovenia 25,773 21.335 1,208.00 19.355 1,331.59 Romania 137,064 57.095 2,400.62 51.796 2,646.23 Turkey 2,735 1.953 1,400.20 1.772 1,543.45 India 416,817 535.594 778.23 485.883 857.85 China 32,011 65.110 491.64 59.067 541.94 Korea, South 69,645 38.320 1,817.42 34.764 2,003.37 Taiwan 205,079 86.049 2,383.26 78.063 2,627.10 Japan 6,002,598 7,899.351 759.88 7,166.173 837.63 CATEGORY TOTAL 78,754,064 165,016.324 477.25 149,700.334 526.08 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 10,665,499 18,975.359 562.07 17,214.161 619.58 Mexico 2,077,512 4,609.212 450.73 4,181.408 496.85 Brazil 902,344 3,473.995 259.74 3,151.557 286.32 Argentina 279,196 846.180 329.95 767.642 363.71 United Kingdom 70,666 37.977 1,860.71 34.453 2,051.08 Austria 90,382 26.011 3,474.73 23.597 3,830.23 Italy 2,612,034 1,172.783 2,227.21 1,063.932 2,455.08 Turkey 2,420,151 4,485.875 539.50 4,069.519 594.70 India 2,358,108 1,129.258 2,088.19 1,024.446 2,301.84 Taiwan 13,221 1.695 7,798.37 1.538 8,596.23 Japan 29,885 6.006 4,975.45 5.449 5,484.49 CATEGORY TOTAL 21,518,998 34,764.355 619.00 31,537.702 682.33 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 Canada 32,004 67.131 476.73 60.901 525.51 Mexico 9,075,743 29,077.684 312.12 26,378.839 344.05 Dominican Republic 5,824,356 17,787.782 327.44 16,136.809 360.94 Brazil 1,425,127 4,029.998 353.63 3,655.954 389.81 Czech Republic 998,976 3,311.827 301.64 3,004.440 332.50 Romania 1,849,047 7,178.017 257.60 6,511.790 283.95 Bulgaria 4,871,265 17,949.148 271.39 16,283.198 299.16 India 4,481 11.198 400.15 10.159 441.09 Japan 1,551,028 5,172.176 299.88 4,692.121 330.56 Australia 41,088 56.365 728.96 51.134 803.54 Egypt 6,096,312 4,571.450 1,333.56 4,147.151 1,470.00 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 31,769,427 89,212.780 356.11 80,932.496 392.54 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 7,957,379 10,119.834 786.32 9,180.562 866.76 Mexico 85,444 135.196 632.00 122.648 696.66 Brazil 31,081 38.164 814.40 34.622 897.72 Sweden 487,129 218.582 2,228.58 198.295 2,456.59 Norway 3,111 0.385 8,063.58 0.350 8,888.57 Denmark 233,833 82.459 2,835.73 74.806 3,125.86 United Kingdom 3,238,164 3,625.949 893.05 3,289.407 984.42 Netherlands 8,702 1.954 4,452.52 1.773 4,908.07 France 2,257,701 1,002.849 2,251.29 909.770 2,481.62 Federal Republic of Germany 1,970,238 1,686.511 1,168.23 1,529.978 1,287.76 Austria 415,997 161.168 2,581.12 146.210 2,845.20 Czech Republic 122,173 55.986 2,182.19 50.790 2,405.45 Switzerland 412,219 184.702 2,231.80 167.559 2,460.14 Latvia 466,462 209.149 2,230.28 189.737 2,458.47 Poland 255,800 264.330 967.73 239.797 1,066.74 Russia 75,948 41.519 1,829.21 37.666 2,016.35 Ukraine 23,704 4.409 5,375.98 4.000 5,926.00 Spain 940,709 1,430.000 657.84 1,297.275 725.14 Italy 4,024,378 1,690.791 2,380.17 1,533.861 2,623.69 Slovenia 39,400 27.838 1,415.29 25.255 1,560.09 Romania 82,458 18.788 4,388.66 17.045 4,837.67 United Arab Emirates 32,391 16.828 1,924.72 15.267 2,121.63 India 2,165,687 1,122.149 1,929.95 1,017.997 2,127.40 China 127,872 114.800 1,113.87 104.145 1,227.83 Korea, South 66,812 100.859 662.43 91.498 730.20 Taiwan 1,813,944 899.556 2,016.49 816.064 2,222.80 Japan 598,500 363.136 1,648.14 329.432 1,816.76 Australia 2,704 1.150 2,349.64 1.044 2,590.04 Egypt 43,106 63.526 678.55 57.630 747.98 South Africa 11,078 20.000 553.89 18.144 610.56 CATEGORY TOTAL 27,994,124 23,702.582 1,181.06 21,502.627 1,301.89 TOOL STEEL............................17 Canada 718,101 582.823 1,232.11 528.729 1,358.16 Mexico 73,319 61.996 1,182.64 56.242 1,303.63 Colombia 71,540 13.805 5,182.05 12.524 5,712.23 Brazil 1,447,730 987.139 1,466.59 895.518 1,616.64 Sweden 1,571,796 916.312 1,715.35 831.265 1,890.85 Finland 8,843 1.180 7,490.42 1.071 8,256.77 United Kingdom 1,373,979 400.276 3,432.57 363.125 3,783.76 Netherlands 149,166 185.443 804.37 168.232 886.67 France 1,751,878 1,518.624 1,153.60 1,377.673 1,271.62 Federal Republic of Germany 2,314,134 1,403.621 1,648.69 1,273.344 1,817.37 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Austria 1,678,898 558.412 3,006.56 506.583 3,314.16 Czech Republic 70,631 49.046 1,440.09 44.494 1,587.43 Switzerland 66,028 44.240 1,492.49 40.134 1,645.19 Russia 2,200 0.501 4,386.39 0.455 4,835.16 Ukraine 109,515 18.873 5,802.50 17.122 6,396.16 Spain 166,328 117.937 1,410.31 106.991 1,554.60 Italy 176,268 196.895 895.23 178.621 986.83 Slovenia 1,854,508 1,365.281 1,358.33 1,238.563 1,497.31 Israel 4,498 0.426 10,543.97 0.387 11,622.74 India 5,662 4.045 1,399.59 3.670 1,542.78 China 1,014,151 509.964 1,988.67 462.632 2,192.13 Korea, South 334,786 230.467 1,452.64 209.077 1,601.26 Taiwan 562,349 396.663 1,417.70 359.847 1,562.74 Japan 3,163,016 4,367.396 724.23 3,962.037 798.33 CATEGORY TOTAL 18,689,324 13,931.376 1,341.53 12,638.336 1,478.78 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 24,779,459 32,868.366 753.90 29,817.689 831.03 Mexico 3,185,809 4,901.141 650.01 4,446.242 716.52 Guatemala 169,910 309.285 549.36 280.579 605.57 Dominican Republic 33,801 91.312 370.17 82.837 408.04 Colombia 655,864 1,121.446 584.84 1,017.359 644.67 Venezuela 1,274,089 1,712.949 743.80 1,553.962 819.90 Chile 156,738 285.043 549.87 258.587 606.13 Brazil 11,576 15.812 732.07 14.345 806.97 Argentina 250,751 555.214 451.63 503.682 497.84 Denmark 46,016 13.559 3,393.63 12.301 3,740.83 United Kingdom 71,874 31.538 2,278.95 28.611 2,512.11 Netherlands 16,249 8.821 1,841.92 8.003 2,030.36 Belgium 23,044 21.802 1,056.94 19.779 1,165.07 France 81,819 125.933 649.70 114.245 716.17 Federal Republic of Germany 599,883 457.538 1,311.11 415.072 1,445.25 Slovakia 113,876 173.551 656.15 157.443 723.28 Switzerland 10,170 0.383 26,511.70 0.348 29,224.14 Ukraine 174,232 387.503 449.63 351.537 495.63 Spain 2,820,841 4,924.653 572.80 4,467.572 631.40 Italy 496,789 371.897 1,335.82 337.380 1,472.49 Romania 600,531 1,758.807 341.44 1,595.564 376.38 Turkey 236,408 320.450 737.74 290.708 813.21 United Arab Emirates 522,894 940.320 556.08 853.045 612.97 Oman 1,143,212 2,714.020 421.22 2,462.119 464.32 India 4,117,541 9,470.196 434.79 8,591.220 479.27 Pakistan 101,800 271.319 375.20 246.137 413.59 Thailand 2,003,051 5,288.198 378.78 4,797.374 417.53 China 2,223,997 5,665.767 392.53 5,139.899 432.69 Korea, South 1,084,674 2,475.840 438.10 2,246.045 482.93 Taiwan 5,072 2.705 1,875.00 2.454 2,066.83 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 1,194,846 1,995.515 598.77 1,810.302 660.03 South Africa 320,552 777.997 412.02 705.788 454.18 CATEGORY TOTAL 48,527,368 80,058.894 606.15 72,628.228 668.16 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 3,249,243 4,680.550 694.20 4,246.125 765.23 Mexico 1,258,435 2,202.722 571.31 1,998.277 629.76 Colombia 5,065,141 6,882.194 735.98 6,243.424 811.28 Venezuela 4,125,607 10,269.461 401.74 9,316.301 442.84 Brazil 1,119,574 2,354.203 475.56 2,135.698 524.22 Argentina 86,564 96.689 895.28 87.715 986.88 Sweden 708,315 1,564.575 452.72 1,419.359 499.04 United Kingdom 407,396 574.384 709.27 521.073 781.84 Ireland 5,158 4.987 1,034.09 4.525 1,139.89 France 69,569 88.515 785.95 80.300 866.36 Federal Republic of Germany 5,116,879 5,879.972 870.22 5,334.223 959.25 Austria 8,249,414 11,844.510 696.48 10,745.162 767.73 Czech Republic 855,688 1,830.007 467.59 1,660.155 515.43 Poland 120,243 233.790 514.32 212.091 566.94 Spain 1,425,366 2,312.975 616.25 2,098.297 679.30 Romania 645,847 1,114.915 579.28 1,011.435 638.55 China 213,896 201.606 1,060.96 182.894 1,169.51 Korea, South 2,567,792 5,972.716 429.92 5,418.359 473.91 Taiwan 81,329 8.390 9,692.65 7.612 10,684.31 Japan 10,133,351 4,552.009 2,226.13 4,129.515 2,453.88 South Africa 677,615 1,470.001 460.96 1,333.563 508.12 CATEGORY TOTAL 46,182,422 64,139.181 720.03 58,186.103 793.70 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 9,073,225 17,164.712 528.60 15,571.570 582.68 Mexico 2,634 1.679 1,567.93 1.524 1,728.35 Brazil 1,663,456 3,257.860 510.60 2,955.482 562.84 Sweden 4,172 8.023 519.96 7.279 573.16 United Kingdom 320,732 559.806 572.93 507.848 631.55 Ireland 2,761 5.309 519.98 4.817 573.18 France 2,546,467 2,800.536 909.28 2,540.605 1,002.31 Federal Republic of Germany 620,490 772.682 803.03 700.966 885.19 Czech Republic 313,778 546.348 574.32 495.639 633.08 Poland 197,009 310.222 635.06 281.429 700.03 Italy 1,325,665 1,329.159 997.37 1,205.794 1,099.41 India 1,483,736 2,996.722 495.12 2,718.582 545.78 Indonesia 1,055,187 3,052.882 345.64 2,769.529 381.00 Korea, South 878,303 2,410.994 364.29 2,187.218 401.56 Japan 2,690,131 4,682.573 574.50 4,247.960 633.28 CATEGORY TOTAL 22,177,746 39,899.515 555.84 36,196.242 612.71 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 93,034 67.864 1,370.87 61.566 1,511.13 Mexico 3,923,122 5,055.921 775.95 4,586.656 855.33 Venezuela 812,881 2,141.088 379.66 1,942.363 418.50 Brazil 325,180 870.590 373.52 789.787 411.73 Argentina 727,747 1,614.940 450.63 1,465.050 496.74 Sweden 2,933 0.608 4,820.24 0.552 5,313.41 Norway 15,334 3.141 4,880.97 2.850 5,380.35 United Kingdom 17,946 0.735 24,408.31 0.667 26,905.55 France 235,888 444.182 531.06 402.956 585.39 Federal Republic of Germany 61,220 74.418 822.65 67.511 906.82 Austria 757,324 1,431.573 529.02 1,298.702 583.14 Czech Republic 385,713 955.505 403.67 866.820 444.97 Slovakia 584,768 1,199.140 487.66 1,087.842 537.55 Spain 6,729 9.546 704.90 8.660 777.02 Italy 1,015,817 1,817.903 558.78 1,649.175 615.95 Romania 684,419 1,476.564 463.52 1,339.517 510.94 Indonesia 139,373 405.898 343.37 368.225 378.50 China 274,657 586.566 468.25 532.124 516.15 Korea, South 1,808,751 5,091.988 355.22 4,619.376 391.56 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,872,836 23,248.178 510.70 21,090.399 562.95 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Canada 198,505 78.957 2,514.08 71.629 2,771.29 Mexico 2,158,964 3,912.832 551.76 3,549.663 608.22 Venezuela 602,098 1,659.245 362.87 1,505.243 400.00 Brazil 78,182 209.339 373.47 189.910 411.68 Argentina 46,020 132.448 347.46 120.155 383.01 France 4,001,040 9,587.805 417.31 8,697.913 460.00 Indonesia 63,792 182.699 349.16 165.742 384.89 China 10,464 22.605 462.90 20.507 510.26 Korea, South 1,242,381 3,598.098 345.29 3,264.141 380.61 Taiwan 25,550 47.712 535.50 43.284 590.29 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,426,996 19,431.744 433.67 17,628.187 478.04 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 12,907,049 13,636.659 946.50 12,370.973 1,043.33 Mexico 10,063,541 15,941.379 631.28 14,461.780 695.87 Dominican Republic 47,591 106.745 445.84 96.838 491.45 Venezuela 85,144 145.622 584.69 132.107 644.51 Brazil 579,492 1,297.011 446.79 1,176.629 492.50 Argentina 707,096 777.056 909.97 704.934 1,003.07 Sweden 670,922 466.695 1,437.60 423.379 1,584.68 Denmark 47,535 65.508 725.64 59.428 799.88 United Kingdom 126,583 96.283 1,314.69 87.347 1,449.20 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Netherlands 28,016 20.052 1,397.16 18.191 1,540.10 Belgium 135,436 113.809 1,190.03 103.246 1,311.78 France 501,368 538.503 931.04 488.522 1,026.30 Federal Republic of Germany 1,927,760 1,943.617 991.84 1,763.221 1,093.32 Austria 199,437 153.299 1,300.96 139.071 1,434.07 Slovakia 12,634 5.304 2,381.83 4.812 2,625.52 Switzerland 1,416,457 700.971 2,020.71 635.911 2,227.45 Spain 861,623 932.869 923.63 846.285 1,018.12 Italy 972,677 936.846 1,038.25 849.893 1,144.47 Romania 191,632 240.697 796.15 218.357 877.61 India 222,677 223.539 996.14 202.792 1,098.06 China 502,283 729.928 688.13 662.180 758.53 Korea, South 289,033 717.173 403.02 650.609 444.25 Taiwan 142,629 61.518 2,318.46 55.809 2,555.66 Japan 3,151,939 2,249.408 1,401.23 2,040.630 1,544.59 Australia 82,164 162.579 505.38 147.490 557.08 CATEGORY TOTAL 35,872,718 42,263.082 848.80 38,340.434 935.64 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 472,942 1,618.270 292.25 1,468.071 322.15 Mexico 626,831 554.308 1,130.83 502.860 1,246.53 Chile 164,273 420.421 390.73 381.400 430.71 Brazil 152,120 192.214 791.41 174.374 872.38 Argentina 323,944 314.833 1,028.94 285.612 1,134.21 Sweden 152,856 163.951 932.33 148.734 1,027.71 United Kingdom 64,093 29.211 2,194.12 26.500 2,418.60 Netherlands 19,041 14.573 1,306.54 13.221 1,440.21 France 1,055,951 1,000.197 1,055.74 907.364 1,163.76 Federal Republic of Germany 2,059,236 2,099.025 981.04 1,904.204 1,081.42 Czech Republic 41,858 74.355 562.95 67.454 620.54 Slovakia 820,434 909.821 901.75 825.376 994.01 Poland 144,603 217.956 663.45 197.727 731.33 Spain 81,011 55.728 1,453.67 50.556 1,602.40 Italy 630,797 567.227 1,112.07 514.580 1,225.85 Turkey 33,097 3.168 10,447.15 2.874 11,516.01 India 42,164 21.137 1,994.71 19.176 2,198.79 China 11,570 3.246 3,564.05 2.945 3,928.69 Japan 554,765 519.394 1,068.10 471.187 1,177.38 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,451,586 8,779.041 848.79 7,964.215 935.63 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D Canada 10,261,635 2,052.691 4,999.11 1,862.171 5,510.58 Mexico 432,800 184.818 2,341.75 167.665 2,581.34 Brazil 50,116 22.262 2,251.16 20.196 2,481.48 Sweden 1,398,979 264.102 5,297.10 239.590 5,839.05 Finland 491,614 193.676 2,538.33 175.700 2,798.03 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE United Kingdom 214,898 39.690 5,414.29 36.007 5,968.23 Ireland 6,491 2.194 2,957.58 1.991 3,260.17 Netherlands 22,363 1.170 19,102.99 1.062 21,057.44 Belgium 133,401 10.185 13,097.34 9.240 14,437.34 France 2,083,538 489.889 4,253.08 444.420 4,688.22 Federal Republic of Germany 873,824 141.533 6,173.98 128.397 6,805.64 Austria 632,411 121.451 5,207.11 110.179 5,739.85 Czech Republic 2,542,277 306.277 8,300.58 277.850 9,149.82 Slovakia 34,611 8.139 4,252.25 7.384 4,687.30 Switzerland 19,841 0.282 70,310.38 0.256 77,503.91 Spain 2,082,185 440.220 4,729.87 399.361 5,213.79 Italy 608,886 227.854 2,672.26 206.706 2,945.66 India 285,006 84.754 3,362.72 76.888 3,706.77 Thailand 210,490 91.080 2,311.03 82.627 2,547.47 Malaysia 654,037 324.963 2,012.65 294.802 2,218.56 Singapore 329,835 141.633 2,328.79 128.488 2,567.05 China 2,831,512 1,094.763 2,586.41 993.153 2,851.03 Korea, South 2,369,962 826.770 2,866.53 750.034 3,159.81 Taiwan 4,964,045 1,739.140 2,854.31 1,577.722 3,146.34 Japan 3,569,685 1,055.147 3,383.11 957.214 3,729.24 South Africa 292,016 162.257 1,799.70 147.198 1,983.83 CATEGORY TOTAL 37,396,458 10,026.952 3,729.59 9,096.301 4,111.17 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 1,641,811 540.078 3,039.95 489.951 3,350.97 Mexico 405,304 228.793 1,771.48 207.558 1,952.73 Peru 4,990 2.558 1,950.39 2.321 2,149.94 United Kingdom 62,272 8.485 7,338.56 7.698 8,089.37 Ireland 4,487 2.473 1,813.97 2.244 1,999.55 France 6,750 2.656 2,540.87 2.410 2,800.83 Federal Republic of Germany 50,981 3.725 13,683.19 3.380 15,083.14 India 156,693 182.096 860.50 165.195 948.53 China 8,660 5.456 1,587.12 4.950 1,749.49 Korea, South 6,820 6.137 1,111.17 5.568 1,224.86 Japan 311,166 99.112 3,139.54 89.913 3,460.75 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,659,934 1,081.574 2,459.32 981.188 2,710.93 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 23,442,544 32,498.896 721.33 29,482.511 795.13 Mexico 4,113,239 5,366.174 766.51 4,868.113 844.93 Brazil 90,531 224.719 402.86 203.862 444.08 Argentina 148,954 471.936 315.62 428.134 347.91 Finland 955,877 353.548 2,703.66 320.734 2,980.28 United Kingdom 84,679 97.208 871.11 88.186 960.23 Netherlands 2,296 0.440 5,207.24 0.400 5,740.00 Belgium 17,305 10.456 1,654.95 9.486 1,824.27 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE France 5,959 4.188 1,422.61 3.800 1,568.16 Federal Republic of Germany 519,916 505.188 1,029.15 458.299 1,134.45 Austria 167,044 150.491 1,109.99 136.524 1,223.55 Switzerland 16,675 3.279 5,084.81 2.975 5,605.04 Italy 24,158 11.763 2,053.58 10.672 2,263.68 China 31,466 11.569 2,719.65 10.496 2,997.90 Korea, South 408,167 1,221.804 334.07 1,108.403 368.25 Taiwan 626,190 217.909 2,873.63 197.684 3,167.63 Japan 449,416 268.996 1,670.71 244.030 1,841.64 CATEGORY TOTAL 31,104,416 41,418.574 750.98 37,574.309 827.81 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 179,651 392.014 458.28 355.630 505.16 Mexico 240,731 270.228 890.84 245.147 981.99 Japan 28,086 71.064 395.22 64.469 435.65 CATEGORY TOTAL 448,468 733.307 611.57 665.246 674.14 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 19,960,686 28,882.798 691.09 26,202.041 761.80 Mexico 8,015,117 11,507.390 696.52 10,439.332 767.78 Honduras 13,860 22.046 628.68 20.000 693.00 Costa Rica 22,457 21.015 1,068.59 19.065 1,177.92 Dominican Republic 21,279 39.123 543.90 35.492 599.54 Trinidad and Tobago 13,117 22.263 589.17 20.197 649.45 Colombia 28,148 20.017 1,406.14 18.160 1,550.00 Venezuela 1,069,509 1,897.917 563.52 1,721.762 621.17 Ecuador 24,053 39.203 613.54 35.565 676.31 Chile 14,474 30.721 471.14 27.870 519.34 Brazil 1,172,183 2,437.598 480.88 2,211.353 530.08 Argentina 231,148 620.658 372.42 563.052 410.53 Sweden 1,554,258 580.479 2,677.54 526.602 2,951.49 Denmark 13,859 3.343 4,145.29 3.033 4,569.40 United Kingdom 1,385,692 1,180.368 1,173.95 1,070.813 1,294.06 Ireland 63,700 25.647 2,483.68 23.267 2,737.78 Netherlands 43,094 21.368 2,016.73 19.385 2,223.06 Belgium 945,242 926.013 1,020.76 840.066 1,125.20 Luxembourg 403,557 236.731 1,704.71 214.759 1,879.12 France 2,457,700 1,609.979 1,526.54 1,460.549 1,682.72 Federal Republic of Germany 1,929,457 1,091.573 1,767.59 990.259 1,948.44 Austria 594,128 214.964 2,763.84 195.013 3,046.61 Czech Republic 49,713 94.628 525.35 85.846 579.10 Switzerland 170,245 42.401 4,015.07 38.466 4,425.86 Lithuania 11,533 22.680 508.51 20.575 560.53 Poland 675,326 1,027.061 657.53 931.735 724.80 Russia 171,103 574.211 297.98 520.916 328.47 Belarus 231,136 301.531 766.54 273.545 844.97 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Spain 201,801 362.421 556.81 328.783 613.78 Italy 1,747,796 1,828.964 955.62 1,659.209 1,053.39 Greece 849,455 1,356.277 626.31 1,230.395 690.39 Turkey 208,687 211.274 987.75 191.665 1,088.81 Israel 312,320 673.131 463.98 610.655 511.45 India 3,062,395 1,960.326 1,562.19 1,778.379 1,722.01 Thailand 206,507 94.740 2,179.72 85.947 2,402.72 Malaysia 2,040 3.826 533.18 3.471 587.73 Indonesia 27,759 10.028 2,767.92 9.098 3,051.11 China 3,484,186 5,435.180 641.04 4,930.714 706.63 Korea, South 4,714,853 4,133.719 1,140.58 3,750.048 1,257.28 Taiwan 2,070,581 1,837.705 1,126.72 1,667.139 1,242.00 Japan 6,681,740 7,025.958 951.01 6,373.844 1,048.31 Australia 97,710 173.013 564.75 156.955 622.54 New Zealand 58,976 110.551 533.47 100.291 588.05 South Africa 875,197 1,942.996 450.44 1,762.657 496.52 CATEGORY TOTAL 65,887,777 80,653.855 816.92 73,167.968 900.50 BLACK PLATE...........................28 Canada 19,919 40.021 497.71 36.307 548.63 Chile 24,559 77.569 316.61 70.370 349.00 France 295,037 606.461 486.49 550.173 536.26 Federal Republic of Germany 292,306 380.981 767.24 345.621 845.74 Japan 1,190,927 1,832.348 649.95 1,662.279 716.44 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,822,748 2,937.383 620.53 2,664.750 684.02 TIN PLATE.............................29 Canada 5,058,330 8,617.577 586.98 7,817.737 647.03 Brazil 48,277 77.160 625.67 69.999 689.68 Norway 22,189 45.977 482.61 41.710 531.98 Belgium 470,786 873.978 538.67 792.860 593.78 France 731,548 1,245.341 587.43 1,129.755 647.53 Federal Republic of Germany 3,758,553 6,523.100 576.19 5,917.659 635.14 Thailand 11,825 16.770 705.10 15.214 777.24 Korea, South 3,360 3.011 1,115.72 2.732 1,229.87 Taiwan 44,882 63.023 712.15 57.174 785.01 Japan 143,856 223.399 643.94 202.665 709.82 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,293,606 17,689.341 581.91 16,047.505 641.45 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A Canada 2,888,229 4,086.940 706.70 3,707.611 779.00 Brazil 127,828 253.107 505.04 229.615 556.71 Netherlands 1,145,788 1,700.600 673.76 1,542.759 742.69 France 520,171 897.433 579.62 814.138 638.92 Federal Republic of Germany 149,174 239.049 624.03 216.862 687.88 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 830,910 1,417.224 586.29 1,285.685 646.28 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,662,100 8,594.355 658.82 7,796.670 726.22 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 20,390,822 45,677.881 446.40 41,438.289 492.08 Mexico 7,973,692 19,737.427 403.99 17,905.498 445.32 Sweden 1,400,972 1,854.543 755.43 1,682.414 832.72 Finland 36,984 18.459 2,003.54 16.746 2,208.53 United Kingdom 53,159 16.586 3,204.96 15.047 3,532.86 Netherlands 79,531 223.642 355.62 202.885 392.00 Belgium 100,449 231.430 434.04 209.950 478.44 France 6,590,255 18,094.880 364.21 16,415.404 401.47 Federal Republic of Germany 60,256 134.372 448.42 121.901 494.30 Austria 689,820 1,716.386 401.90 1,557.080 443.02 Hungary 713,029 2,985.394 238.84 2,708.305 263.28 Italy 391,096 216.403 1,807.25 196.318 1,992.16 Korea, South 21,837,522 61,034.019 357.79 55,369.147 394.40 Japan 2,737,477 5,376.083 509.20 4,877.102 561.29 Australia 16,427,163 58,174.330 282.38 52,774.880 311.27 New Zealand 1,175,560 3,851.606 305.21 3,494.120 336.44 Egypt 10,241,289 36,835.243 278.03 33,416.380 306.48 South Africa 178,203 155.563 1,145.53 141.125 1,262.73 CATEGORY TOTAL 91,077,279 256,334.256 355.31 232,542.591 391.66 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 25,425,009 35,723.016 711.73 32,407.385 784.54 Mexico 24,667,750 24,803.066 994.54 22,500.970 1,096.30 Venezuela 780,822 2,417.987 322.92 2,193.562 355.96 Chile 22,773 77.106 295.34 69.950 325.56 Brazil 1,151,815 1,022.600 1,126.36 927.688 1,241.60 Sweden 3,241,936 3,722.766 870.84 3,377.238 959.94 Finland 743,389 294.846 2,521.28 267.480 2,779.23 United Kingdom 371,958 102.430 3,631.34 92.923 4,002.86 Netherlands 427,084 71.282 5,991.47 64.666 6,604.46 Belgium 9,537,381 22,923.321 416.06 20,795.693 458.62 Luxembourg 308,976 589.019 524.56 534.350 578.23 France 2,820,140 1,933.431 1,458.62 1,753.980 1,607.85 Federal Republic of Germany 3,900,076 2,273.846 1,715.19 2,062.799 1,890.67 Austria 20,250 0.952 21,262.15 0.864 23,437.50 Italy 1,978,395 1,191.899 1,659.87 1,081.273 1,829.69 India 194,787 102.151 1,906.85 92.670 2,101.94 Thailand 109,099 306.464 355.99 278.020 392.41 China 2,201,184 1,335.251 1,648.52 1,211.320 1,817.18 Korea, South 1,986,624 2,884.679 688.68 2,616.938 759.14 Taiwan 3,117,678 1,454.252 2,143.84 1,319.276 2,363.17 Japan 4,870,766 7,089.944 687.00 6,431.891 757.28 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Australia 90,445 17.344 5,214.51 15.735 5,748.01 New Zealand 40,535 112.501 360.31 102.060 397.17 South Africa 1,144,297 673.937 1,697.93 611.386 1,871.64 CATEGORY TOTAL 89,153,169 111,124.100 802.28 100,810.117 884.37 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 28,538,187 49,855.612 572.42 45,228.264 630.98 Mexico 11,590,284 18,309.897 633.01 16,610.464 697.77 Guatemala 512,586 631.943 811.13 573.290 894.11 Costa Rica 203,125 354.645 572.76 321.729 631.35 Colombia 130,988 237.285 552.03 215.262 608.50 Venezuela 1,694,533 3,563.652 475.50 3,232.892 524.15 Brazil 2,382,841 5,115.416 465.82 4,640.629 513.47 Sweden 84,515 103.157 819.28 93.583 903.10 Finland 219,786 433.583 506.91 393.340 558.77 France 225,267 407.518 552.78 369.695 609.33 Federal Republic of Germany 2,657,379 6,286.944 422.68 5,703.422 465.93 Austria 580,869 630.044 921.95 571.567 1,016.27 Estonia 7,851,020 12,303.572 638.11 11,161.616 703.39 Spain 2,507,314 4,525.228 554.07 4,105.219 610.76 Italy 426,652 644.245 662.25 584.450 730.01 India 30,471,480 60,778.467 501.35 55,137.314 552.65 Korea, South 1,231,246 2,014.898 611.07 1,827.886 673.59 Taiwan 1,296,452 2,349.163 551.88 2,131.126 608.34 Japan 363,673 671.589 541.51 609.256 596.91 Australia 8,331 14.604 570.44 13.249 628.80 CATEGORY TOTAL 92,976,528 169,231.472 549.40 153,524.253 605.61 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 2,392,911 2,179.435 1,097.95 1,977.151 1,210.28 Belgium 95,487 216.493 441.06 196.400 486.19 Federal Republic of Germany 2,214,072 4,384.047 505.03 3,977.142 556.70 Spain 62,063 39.809 1,558.98 36.115 1,718.48 Thailand 2,160,480 4,378.988 493.37 3,972.553 543.85 Korea, South 374,091 781.133 478.91 708.633 527.91 Japan 383,591 522.557 734.07 474.056 809.17 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,682,695 12,502.466 614.49 11,342.050 677.36 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 Canada 7,634,322 9,964.196 766.18 9,039.370 844.56 Mexico 5,438,511 8,056.060 675.08 7,308.337 744.15 Belgium 250,825 262.442 955.73 238.084 1,053.51 Luxembourg 179,189 352.441 508.42 319.730 560.44 France 40,793 24.658 1,654.30 22.370 1,823.56 Federal Republic of Germany 368,649 174.398 2,113.83 158.212 2,330.10 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE China 3,459 0.820 4,217.68 0.744 4,649.19 Korea, South 708,581 1,229.678 576.23 1,115.546 635.19 Taiwan 41,092 38.589 1,064.84 35.008 1,173.79 Japan 1,050,251 721.979 1,454.68 654.969 1,603.51 New Zealand 76,281 114.282 667.48 103.675 735.77 CATEGORY TOTAL 15,791,953 20,939.549 754.17 18,996.045 831.33 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 Canada 2,336 0.073 31,629.61 0.067 34,865.67 Sweden 272,604 416.143 655.07 377.519 722.09 United Kingdom 783,812 1,100.268 712.38 998.147 785.27 Federal Republic of Germany 760,157 1,030.993 737.31 935.302 812.74 Russia 2,399,248 2,873.537 834.95 2,606.830 920.37 Japan 730,358 1,340.598 544.80 1,216.171 600.54 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,948,515 6,761.615 731.85 6,134.036 806.73 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 3,768,874 8,042.979 468.59 7,296.470 516.53 Mexico 286,374 540.444 529.89 490.283 584.10 United Kingdom 87,568 74.756 1,171.38 67.818 1,291.22 France 3,710 7.280 509.56 6.605 561.70 Federal Republic of Germany 314,765 433.530 726.05 393.292 800.33 Spain 5,485 3.858 1,421.69 3.500 1,567.14 Italy 10,626 3.198 3,321.76 2.902 3,661.61 Singapore 3,420 6.711 509.54 6.089 561.67 Korea, South 89,755 143.915 623.66 130.558 687.47 Japan 42,054 48.667 864.12 44.150 952.53 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,612,631 9,305.342 495.70 8,441.667 546.41 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 4,119,854 4,694.797 877.54 4,259.050 967.32 Mexico 2,873,485 2,185.588 1,314.74 1,982.733 1,449.25 Chile 22,874 34.930 654.85 31.688 721.85 Brazil 98,100 137.819 711.80 125.028 784.62 Sweden 3,388,187 796.389 4,254.43 722.473 4,689.71 Finland 42,379 19.543 2,168.39 17.730 2,390.24 Denmark 14,000 1.538 9,097.84 1.396 10,028.65 United Kingdom 868,562 391.028 2,221.23 354.735 2,448.48 Belgium 143,046 67.013 2,134.57 60.794 2,352.96 France 2,185,746 900.401 2,427.52 816.831 2,675.89 Federal Republic of Germany 5,201,791 3,905.373 1,331.96 3,542.896 1,468.23 Austria 1,272,948 255.157 4,988.87 231.475 5,499.29 Switzerland 128,445 87.967 1,460.14 79.803 1,609.53 Italy 131,808 37.999 3,468.63 34.473 3,823.51 Slovenia 75,731 75.199 1,007.07 68.220 1,110.10 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE India 61,458 103.326 594.80 93.736 655.65 Indonesia 244,845 106.584 2,297.19 96.692 2,532.22 China 52,195 42.021 1,242.11 38.121 1,369.19 Korea, South 288,380 222.214 1,297.75 201.590 1,430.53 Taiwan 34,167 20.174 1,693.57 18.302 1,866.85 Japan 3,769,380 1,036.002 3,638.39 939.846 4,010.64 Australia 15,384 3.575 4,302.14 3.244 4,742.29 CATEGORY TOTAL 25,032,765 15,124.650 1,655.10 13,720.856 1,824.43 GRAND TOTAL 1,216,128,189 2,429,077.656 500.65 2,203,622.804 551.88 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Canada 20,754 42.380 489.71 38.447 539.81 Mexico 261,187 490.859 532.10 445.300 586.54 Italy 36,639 38.602 949.12 35.020 1,046.23 CATEGORY TOTAL 318,580 571.842 557.11 518.767 614.11 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 226,918 408.086 556.05 370.210 612.94 Mexico 5,677,822 18,113.724 313.45 16,432.499 345.52 Brazil 12,600,066 39,864.833 316.07 36,164.779 348.41 Finland 323,802 1,205.652 268.57 1,093.750 296.05 United Kingdom 10,605 13.395 791.70 12.152 872.70 France 1,432,785 274.063 5,227.94 248.626 5,762.81 Federal Republic of Germany 952,674 1,693.507 562.54 1,536.325 620.10 Czech Republic 30,657 17.758 1,726.35 16.110 1,902.98 Italy 30,370 10.841 2,801.34 9.835 3,087.95 Korea, South 303,091 577.328 524.99 523.744 578.70 CATEGORY TOTAL 21,588,790 62,179.191 347.20 56,408.030 382.73 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 748,035 1,564.086 478.26 1,418.916 527.19 United Kingdom 1,034,975 2,148.439 481.73 1,949.032 531.02 Luxembourg 19,522 50.572 386.02 45.879 425.51 Federal Republic of Germany 120,691 164.837 732.18 149.538 807.09 Italy 273,783 395.178 692.81 358.500 763.69 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,197,006 4,323.114 508.20 3,921.865 560.19 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 6,597,557 12,011.930 549.25 10,897.043 605.44 Sweden 4,727,649 6,649.798 710.95 6,032.597 783.68 Finland 115,024 177.211 649.08 160.764 715.48 United Kingdom 1,033,856 546.961 1,890.18 496.195 2,083.57 Belgium 254,975 120.372 2,118.22 109.200 2,334.94 France 1,522,028 2,535.152 600.37 2,299.852 661.79 Federal Republic of Germany 660,104 1,180.896 558.99 1,071.292 616.18 Switzerland 22,013 37.915 580.59 34.396 639.99 Poland 40,664 84.866 479.15 76.990 528.17 Spain 43,618 32.618 1,337.22 29.591 1,474.03 China 12,272 11.761 1,043.39 10.670 1,150.14 Japan 850,003 1,804.204 471.12 1,636.747 519.32 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 15,879,763 25,193.689 630.31 22,855.337 694.79 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 2,372,646 5,326.634 445.43 4,832.243 491.00 Sweden 33,875 23.524 1,439.99 21.341 1,587.32 Netherlands 38,824 111.664 347.69 101.300 383.26 France 355,791 879.382 404.59 797.763 445.99 Japan 277,652 643.011 431.80 583.330 475.98 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,078,788 6,984.217 440.82 6,335.977 485.92 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Canada 3,628 1.522 2,383.25 1.381 2,627.08 Federal Republic of Germany 2,947 0.837 3,517.73 0.760 3,877.63 Japan 1,718,911 3,865.874 444.64 3,507.063 490.13 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,725,486 3,868.234 446.07 3,509.204 491.70 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 14,743,161 30,342.576 485.89 27,526.330 535.60 Mexico 3,179,532 7,365.528 431.68 6,681.897 475.84 Trinidad and Tobago 565,292 1,854.771 304.78 1,682.621 335.96 Brazil 66,265 87.775 754.93 79.629 832.17 Sweden 1,048,429 645.303 1,624.71 585.410 1,790.93 United Kingdom 613,064 983.994 623.04 892.665 686.78 Netherlands 110,169 96.386 1,143.00 87.440 1,259.94 France 304,974 244.253 1,248.60 221.583 1,376.34 Federal Republic of Germany 766,158 977.225 784.01 886.524 864.23 Austria 188,044 81.955 2,294.46 74.349 2,529.21 Czech Republic 2,308,080 4,545.329 507.79 4,123.455 559.74 Switzerland 5,579 5.511 1,012.24 5.000 1,115.80 Latvia 12,695,619 45,575.162 278.56 41,345.104 307.06 Spain 1,165,611 1,743.316 668.62 1,581.511 737.02 Slovenia