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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 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 20,754 42.380 489.71 38.447 539.81 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 6,468,950 19,348.807 334.33 17,552.948 368.54 WIRE RODS..............................3 21,319,809 46,909.892 454.48 42,555.951 500.98 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 8,214,078 15,632.384 525.45 14,181.465 579.21 STEEL PILING...........................5 1,520,355 2,476.523 613.91 2,246.665 676.72 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 11,698,148 23,575.033 496.21 21,386.917 546.98 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 11,091,890 24,982.195 443.99 22,663.473 489.42 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 3,628 1.522 2,383.25 1.381 2,627.08 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 245,462 594.371 412.98 539.205 455.23 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 34,064 27.839 1,223.56 25.256 1,348.75 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 29,386,514 58,811.933 499.67 53,353.304 550.79 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 10,665,499 18,975.359 562.07 17,214.161 619.58 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 32,004 67.131 476.73 60.901 525.51 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 7,957,379 10,119.834 786.32 9,180.562 866.76 TOOL STEEL............................17 718,101 582.823 1,232.11 528.729 1,358.16 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 24,779,459 32,868.366 753.90 29,817.689 831.03 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 3,249,243 4,680.550 694.20 4,246.125 765.23 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 9,073,225 17,164.712 528.60 15,571.570 582.68 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 93,034 67.864 1,370.87 61.566 1,511.13 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 198,505 78.957 2,514.08 71.629 2,771.29 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 12,907,049 13,636.659 946.50 12,370.973 1,043.33 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 472,942 1,618.270 292.25 1,468.071 322.15 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 10,261,635 2,052.691 4,999.11 1,862.171 5,510.58 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 1,641,811 540.078 3,039.95 489.951 3,350.97 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 23,442,544 32,498.896 721.33 29,482.511 795.13 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 179,651 392.014 458.28 355.630 505.16 WIRE DRAWN............................23 19,960,686 28,882.798 691.09 26,202.041 761.80 BLACK PLATE...........................28 19,919 40.021 497.71 36.307 548.63 TIN PLATE.............................29 5,058,330 8,617.577 586.98 7,817.737 647.03 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 2,888,229 4,086.940 706.70 3,707.611 779.00 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 20,390,822 45,677.881 446.40 41,438.289 492.08 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 25,425,009 35,723.016 711.73 32,407.385 784.54 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 28,538,187 49,855.612 572.42 45,228.264 630.98 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 2,392,911 2,179.435 1,097.95 1,977.151 1,210.28 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 7,634,322 9,964.196 766.18 9,039.370 844.56 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 2,336 0.073 31,629.61 0.067 34,865.67 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 3,768,874 8,042.979 468.59 7,296.470 516.53 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 4,119,854 4,694.797 877.54 4,259.050 967.32 COUNTRY TOTAL 315,875,212 525,512.431 601.08 476,736.992 662.58 Mexico INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 265,454 493.630 537.76 447.814 592.78 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 45,771,325 170,926.607 267.78 155,062.054 295.18 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,893,075 5,492.583 344.66 4,982.789 379.92 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 780,025 1,691.738 461.08 1,534.720 508.25 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 32,799 78.595 417.31 71.301 460.01 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 742,246 1,836.020 404.27 1,665.610 445.63 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 49,666 168.152 295.36 152.545 325.58 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 4,287,541 9,767.848 438.94 8,861.246 483.85 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 2,077,512 4,609.212 450.73 4,181.408 496.85 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 9,075,743 29,077.684 312.12 26,378.839 344.05 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 85,444 135.196 632.00 122.648 696.66 TOOL STEEL............................17 73,319 61.996 1,182.64 56.242 1,303.63 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 3,185,809 4,901.141 650.01 4,446.242 716.52 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,258,435 2,202.722 571.31 1,998.277 629.76 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 2,634 1.679 1,567.93 1.524 1,728.35 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 3,923,122 5,055.921 775.95 4,586.656 855.33 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 2,158,964 3,912.832 551.76 3,549.663 608.22 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 10,063,541 15,941.379 631.28 14,461.780 695.87 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 626,831 554.308 1,130.83 502.860 1,246.53 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 432,800 184.818 2,341.75 167.665 2,581.34 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 405,304 228.793 1,771.48 207.558 1,952.73 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 4,113,239 5,366.174 766.51 4,868.113 844.93 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 240,731 270.228 890.84 245.147 981.99 WIRE DRAWN............................23 8,015,117 11,507.390 696.52 10,439.332 767.78 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 7,973,692 19,737.427 403.99 17,905.498 445.32 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 24,667,750 24,803.066 994.54 22,500.970 1,096.30 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 11,590,284 18,309.897 633.01 16,610.464 697.77 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 5,438,511 8,056.060 675.08 7,308.337 744.15 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 286,374 540.444 529.89 490.283 584.10 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,873,485 2,185.588 1,314.74 1,982.733 1,449.25 COUNTRY TOTAL 152,390,772 348,099.141 437.78 315,790.318 482.57 Guatemala STANDARD PIPE.........................18 169,910 309.285 549.36 280.579 605.57 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 512,586 631.943 811.13 573.290 894.11 COUNTRY TOTAL 682,496 941.229 725.11 853.869 799.30 Honduras WIRE DRAWN............................23 13,860 22.046 628.68 20.000 693.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 13,860 22.046 628.68 20.000 693.00 Costa Rica WIRE DRAWN............................23 22,457 21.015 1,068.59 19.065 1,177.92 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 203,125 354.645 572.76 321.729 631.35 COUNTRY TOTAL 225,582 375.660 600.49 340.794 661.93 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Dominican Republic BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 100,450 275.577 364.51 250.000 401.80 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 5,824,356 17,787.782 327.44 16,136.809 360.94 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 33,801 91.312 370.17 82.837 408.04 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 47,591 106.745 445.84 96.838 491.45 WIRE DRAWN............................23 21,279 39.123 543.90 35.492 599.54 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,027,477 18,300.540 329.36 16,601.976 363.06 Trinidad and Tobago WIRE RODS..............................3 7,138,062 24,001.134 297.41 21,773.469 327.83 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 565,292 1,854.771 304.78 1,682.621 335.96 WIRE DRAWN............................23 13,117 22.263 589.17 20.197 649.45 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,716,471 25,878.169 298.18 23,476.287 328.69 Colombia TOOL STEEL............................17 71,540 13.805 5,182.05 12.524 5,712.23 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 655,864 1,121.446 584.84 1,017.359 644.67 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 5,065,141 6,882.194 735.98 6,243.424 811.28 WIRE DRAWN............................23 28,148 20.017 1,406.14 18.160 1,550.00 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 130,988 237.285 552.03 215.262 608.50 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,951,681 8,274.749 719.26 7,506.729 792.85 Venezuela WIRE RODS..............................3 1,633,737 5,806.892 281.34 5,267.926 310.13 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 5,928 6.743 879.01 6.118 968.94 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 39,445 131.159 300.74 118.986 331.51 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,274,089 1,712.949 743.80 1,553.962 819.90 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 4,125,607 10,269.461 401.74 9,316.301 442.84 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 812,881 2,141.088 379.66 1,942.363 418.50 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 602,098 1,659.245 362.87 1,505.243 400.00 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 85,144 145.622 584.69 132.107 644.51 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,069,509 1,897.917 563.52 1,721.762 621.17 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 780,822 2,417.987 322.92 2,193.562 355.96 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,694,533 3,563.652 475.50 3,232.892 524.15 COUNTRY TOTAL 12,123,793 29,752.720 407.49 26,991.222 449.18 Ecuador WIRE DRAWN............................23 24,053 39.203 613.54 35.565 676.31 COUNTRY TOTAL 24,053 39.203 613.54 35.565 676.31 Peru PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 4,990 2.558 1,950.39 2.321 2,149.94 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 4,990 2.558 1,950.39 2.321 2,149.94 Chile STANDARD PIPE.........................18 156,738 285.043 549.87 258.587 606.13 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 164,273 420.421 390.73 381.400 430.71 WIRE DRAWN............................23 14,474 30.721 471.14 27.870 519.34 BLACK PLATE...........................28 24,559 77.569 316.61 70.370 349.00 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 22,773 77.106 295.34 69.950 325.56 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 22,874 34.930 654.85 31.688 721.85 COUNTRY TOTAL 405,691 925.792 438.21 839.865 483.04 Brazil BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 55,794,809 214,210.773 260.47 194,328.800 287.12 WIRE RODS..............................3 5,840,504 19,384.380 301.30 17,585.219 332.13 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,132,938 3,766.695 300.78 3,417.090 331.55 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 20,588 4.639 4,437.43 4.209 4,891.42 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 464,361 1,087.578 426.97 986.635 470.65 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 902,344 3,473.995 259.74 3,151.557 286.32 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 1,425,127 4,029.998 353.63 3,655.954 389.81 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 31,081 38.164 814.40 34.622 897.72 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,447,730 987.139 1,466.59 895.518 1,616.64 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 11,576 15.812 732.07 14.345 806.97 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,119,574 2,354.203 475.56 2,135.698 524.22 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 1,663,456 3,257.860 510.60 2,955.482 562.84 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 325,180 870.590 373.52 789.787 411.73 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 78,182 209.339 373.47 189.910 411.68 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 579,492 1,297.011 446.79 1,176.629 492.50 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 152,120 192.214 791.41 174.374 872.38 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 50,116 22.262 2,251.16 20.196 2,481.48 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 90,531 224.719 402.86 203.862 444.08 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,172,183 2,437.598 480.88 2,211.353 530.08 TIN PLATE.............................29 48,277 77.160 625.67 69.999 689.68 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 127,828 253.107 505.04 229.615 556.71 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,151,815 1,022.600 1,126.36 927.688 1,241.60 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 2,382,841 5,115.416 465.82 4,640.629 513.47 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 98,100 137.819 711.80 125.028 784.62 COUNTRY TOTAL 76,110,753 264,471.083 287.78 239,924.199 317.23 Argentina WIRE RODS..............................3 958,939 4,411.909 217.35 4,002.418 239.59 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 584,682 2,130.622 274.42 1,932.869 302.49 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 279,196 846.180 329.95 767.642 363.71 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 250,751 555.214 451.63 503.682 497.84 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 86,564 96.689 895.28 87.715 986.88 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 727,747 1,614.940 450.63 1,465.050 496.74 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 46,020 132.448 347.46 120.155 383.01 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 707,096 777.056 909.97 704.934 1,003.07 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 323,944 314.833 1,028.94 285.612 1,134.21 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 148,954 471.936 315.62 428.134 347.91 WIRE DRAWN............................23 231,148 620.658 372.42 563.052 410.53 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,345,041 11,972.489 362.92 10,861.263 400.05 Sweden INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 150,734 186.136 809.80 168.860 892.66 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 4,842,935 2,518.749 1,922.75 2,284.972 2,119.47 WIRE RODS..............................3 597,455 239.984 2,489.56 217.710 2,744.27 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 5,276,981 6,867.501 768.40 6,230.094 847.01 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,507,933 955.353 2,625.14 866.682 2,893.72 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,082,910 652.909 1,658.59 592.310 1,828.28 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 487,129 218.582 2,228.58 198.295 2,456.59 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,571,796 916.312 1,715.35 831.265 1,890.85 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 708,315 1,564.575 452.72 1,419.359 499.04 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 4,172 8.023 519.96 7.279 573.16 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,933 0.608 4,820.24 0.552 5,313.41 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 670,922 466.695 1,437.60 423.379 1,584.68 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 152,856 163.951 932.33 148.734 1,027.71 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,398,979 264.102 5,297.10 239.590 5,839.05 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,554,258 580.479 2,677.54 526.602 2,951.49 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,400,972 1,854.543 755.43 1,682.414 832.72 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,241,936 3,722.766 870.84 3,377.238 959.94 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 84,515 103.157 819.28 93.583 903.10 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 272,604 416.143 655.07 377.519 722.09 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 3,388,187 796.389 4,254.43 722.473 4,689.71 COUNTRY TOTAL 29,398,522 22,496.965 1,306.78 20,408.910 1,440.47 Norway STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 356,860 649.359 549.56 589.089 605.78 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 48,800 91.171 535.26 82.709 590.02 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 3,360 0.628 5,347.62 0.570 5,894.74 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 3,111 0.385 8,063.58 0.350 8,888.57 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 15,334 3.141 4,880.97 2.850 5,380.35 TIN PLATE.............................29 22,189 45.977 482.61 41.710 531.98 COUNTRY TOTAL 449,654 790.663 568.70 717.278 626.89 Finland BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 2,814,678 11,421.154 246.44 10,361.100 271.66 WIRE RODS..............................3 22,128 14.907 1,484.34 13.524 1,636.20 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 160,017 198.640 805.56 180.204 887.98 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 106,709 50.739 2,103.08 46.030 2,318.25 TOOL STEEL............................17 8,843 1.180 7,490.42 1.071 8,256.77 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 491,614 193.676 2,538.33 175.700 2,798.03 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 955,877 353.548 2,703.66 320.734 2,980.28 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 36,984 18.459 2,003.54 16.746 2,208.53 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 743,389 294.846 2,521.28 267.480 2,779.23 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 219,786 433.583 506.91 393.340 558.77 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 42,379 19.543 2,168.39 17.730 2,390.24 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,602,404 13,000.280 430.94 11,793.659 475.04 Denmark BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 233,833 82.459 2,835.73 74.806 3,125.86 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 46,016 13.559 3,393.63 12.301 3,740.83 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 47,535 65.508 725.64 59.428 799.88 WIRE DRAWN............................23 13,859 3.343 4,145.29 3.033 4,569.40 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 14,000 1.538 9,097.84 1.396 10,028.65 COUNTRY TOTAL 355,243 166.409 2,134.75 150.964 2,353.16 United Kingdom INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 152,467 56.492 2,698.90 51.249 2,975.02 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 10,575,260 5,869.141 1,801.84 5,324.397 1,986.19 WIRE RODS..............................3 2,774,382 2,734.602 1,014.55 2,480.790 1,118.35 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 3,775,215 9,584.582 393.88 8,694.989 434.18 STEEL PILING...........................5 34,655 53.873 643.27 48.873 709.08 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,037,504 547.560 1,894.77 496.739 2,088.63 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 12,456,931 24,791.574 502.47 22,490.544 553.87 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 70,666 37.977 1,860.71 34.453 2,051.08 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 3,238,164 3,625.949 893.05 3,289.407 984.42 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,373,979 400.276 3,432.57 363.125 3,783.76 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 71,874 31.538 2,278.95 28.611 2,512.11 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 407,396 574.384 709.27 521.073 781.84 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 320,732 559.806 572.93 507.848 631.55 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 17,946 0.735 24,408.31 0.667 26,905.55 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 126,583 96.283 1,314.69 87.347 1,449.20 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 64,093 29.211 2,194.12 26.500 2,418.60 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 214,898 39.690 5,414.29 36.007 5,968.23 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 62,272 8.485 7,338.56 7.698 8,089.37 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 84,679 97.208 871.11 88.186 960.23 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,385,692 1,180.368 1,173.95 1,070.813 1,294.06 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 53,159 16.586 3,204.96 15.047 3,532.86 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 371,958 102.430 3,631.34 92.923 4,002.86 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 783,812 1,100.268 712.38 998.147 785.27 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 87,568 74.756 1,171.38 67.818 1,291.22 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 868,562 391.028 2,221.23 354.735 2,448.48 COUNTRY TOTAL 40,410,447 52,004.812 777.05 47,177.986 856.55 Ireland IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 5,158 4.987 1,034.09 4.525 1,139.89 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 2,761 5.309 519.98 4.817 573.18 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 6,491 2.194 2,957.58 1.991 3,260.17 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 4,487 2.473 1,813.97 2.244 1,999.55 WIRE DRAWN............................23 63,700 25.647 2,483.68 23.267 2,737.78 COUNTRY TOTAL 82,597 40.613 2,033.73 36.844 2,241.80 Netherlands PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 126,633 384.552 329.30 348.860 362.99 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 138,661 111.385 1,244.88 101.047 1,372.24 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 8,702 1.954 4,452.52 1.773 4,908.07 TOOL STEEL............................17 149,166 185.443 804.37 168.232 886.67 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 16,249 8.821 1,841.92 8.003 2,030.36 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 28,016 20.052 1,397.16 18.191 1,540.10 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 19,041 14.573 1,306.54 13.221 1,440.21 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 22,363 1.170 19,102.99 1.062 21,057.44 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 2,296 0.440 5,207.24 0.400 5,740.00 WIRE DRAWN............................23 43,094 21.368 2,016.73 19.385 2,223.06 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 1,145,788 1,700.600 673.76 1,542.759 742.69 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 79,531 223.642 355.62 202.885 392.00 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 427,084 71.282 5,991.47 64.666 6,604.46 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,206,624 2,745.287 803.79 2,490.484 886.02 Belgium BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 3,638,789 11,215.182 324.45 10,174.245 357.65 WIRE RODS..............................3 195,135 741.723 263.08 672.880 290.00 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 119,167 152.256 782.67 138.125 862.75 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,263,608 628.380 2,010.90 570.057 2,216.63 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,601,852 1,158.078 2,246.70 1,050.591 2,476.56 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 75,572 131.883 573.02 119.643 631.65 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 23,044 21.802 1,056.94 19.779 1,165.07 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 135,436 113.809 1,190.03 103.246 1,311.78 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 133,401 10.185 13,097.34 9.240 14,437.34 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 17,305 10.456 1,654.95 9.486 1,824.27 WIRE DRAWN............................23 945,242 926.013 1,020.76 840.066 1,125.20 TIN PLATE.............................29 470,786 873.978 538.67 792.860 593.78 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 100,449 231.430 434.04 209.950 478.44 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 9,537,381 22,923.321 416.06 20,795.693 458.62 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 95,487 216.493 441.06 196.400 486.19 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 250,825 262.442 955.73 238.084 1,053.51 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 143,046 67.013 2,134.57 60.794 2,352.96 COUNTRY TOTAL 19,746,525 39,684.451 497.59 36,001.139 548.50 Luxembourg WIRE RODS..............................3 256,125 631.337 405.69 572.740 447.19 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,000,463 4,742.540 421.81 4,302.362 464.97 STEEL PILING...........................5 3,139,475 6,380.808 492.02 5,788.574 542.36 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 123,120 254.274 484.20 230.674 533.74 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 30,309 47.768 634.50 43.335 699.41 WIRE DRAWN............................23 403,557 236.731 1,704.71 214.759 1,879.12 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 308,976 589.019 524.56 534.350 578.23 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 179,189 352.441 508.42 319.730 560.44 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,441,214 13,234.923 486.68 12,006.524 536.48 France BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 1,432,785 274.063 5,227.94 248.626 5,762.81 WIRE RODS..............................3 4,392,549 16,316.076 269.22 14,801.700 296.76 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 150,238 246.147 610.36 223.301 672.80 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 3,119,209 3,095.988 1,007.50 2,808.634 1,110.58 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,611,487 5,101.063 315.91 4,627.608 348.23 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 1,833,333 4,891.356 374.81 4,437.365 413.16 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,829,252 725.834 3,897.93 658.466 4,296.73 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 2,257,701 1,002.849 2,251.29 909.770 2,481.62 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,751,878 1,518.624 1,153.60 1,377.673 1,271.62 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 81,819 125.933 649.70 114.245 716.17 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 69,569 88.515 785.95 80.300 866.36 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 2,546,467 2,800.536 909.28 2,540.605 1,002.31 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 235,888 444.182 531.06 402.956 585.39 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 4,001,040 9,587.805 417.31 8,697.913 460.00 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 501,368 538.503 931.04 488.522 1,026.30 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 1,055,951 1,000.197 1,055.74 907.364 1,163.76 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 2,083,538 489.889 4,253.08 444.420 4,688.22 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 6,750 2.656 2,540.87 2.410 2,800.83 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 5,959 4.188 1,422.61 3.800 1,568.16 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,457,700 1,609.979 1,526.54 1,460.549 1,682.72 BLACK PLATE...........................28 295,037 606.461 486.49 550.173 536.26 TIN PLATE.............................29 731,548 1,245.341 587.43 1,129.755 647.53 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 520,171 897.433 579.62 814.138 638.92 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 6,590,255 18,094.880 364.21 16,415.404 401.47 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,820,140 1,933.431 1,458.62 1,753.980 1,607.85 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 225,267 407.518 552.78 369.695 609.33 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 40,793 24.658 1,654.30 22.370 1,823.56 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 3,710 7.280 509.56 6.605 561.70 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,185,746 900.401 2,427.52 816.831 2,675.89 COUNTRY TOTAL 45,837,148 73,981.798 619.57 67,115.178 682.96 Federal Republic of Germany INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 59,138 32.803 1,802.79 29.759 1,987.23 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 1,098,991 1,991.697 551.79 1,806.838 608.24 WIRE RODS..............................3 8,468,770 27,958.738 302.90 25,363.748 333.89 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 3,504,329 7,934.371 441.66 7,197.943 486.85 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STEEL PILING...........................5 1,114,179 2,245.673 496.14 2,037.241 546.91 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 5,062,868 14,407.850 351.40 13,070.586 387.35 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,377,077 947.063 1,454.05 859.162 1,602.81 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 17,277 9.072 1,904.43 8.230 2,099.27 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,285,936 1,297.098 991.39 1,176.708 1,092.83 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,970,238 1,686.511 1,168.23 1,529.978 1,287.76 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,314,134 1,403.621 1,648.69 1,273.344 1,817.37 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 599,883 457.538 1,311.11 415.072 1,445.25 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 5,116,879 5,879.972 870.22 5,334.223 959.25 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 620,490 772.682 803.03 700.966 885.19 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 61,220 74.418 822.65 67.511 906.82 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,927,760 1,943.617 991.84 1,763.221 1,093.32 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 2,059,236 2,099.025 981.04 1,904.204 1,081.42 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 873,824 141.533 6,173.98 128.397 6,805.64 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 50,981 3.725 13,683.19 3.380 15,083.14 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 519,916 505.188 1,029.15 458.299 1,134.45 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,929,457 1,091.573 1,767.59 990.259 1,948.44 BLACK PLATE...........................28 292,306 380.981 767.24 345.621 845.74 TIN PLATE.............................29 3,758,553 6,523.100 576.19 5,917.659 635.14 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 149,174 239.049 624.03 216.862 687.88 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 60,256 134.372 448.42 121.901 494.30 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,900,076 2,273.846 1,715.19 2,062.799 1,890.67 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 2,657,379 6,286.944 422.68 5,703.422 465.93 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 2,214,072 4,384.047 505.03 3,977.142 556.70 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 368,649 174.398 2,113.83 158.212 2,330.10 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 760,157 1,030.993 737.31 935.302 812.74 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 314,765 433.530 726.05 393.292 800.33 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 5,201,791 3,905.373 1,331.96 3,542.896 1,468.23 COUNTRY TOTAL 59,709,761 98,650.415 605.27 89,494.177 667.19 Austria PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 63,456 15.409 4,118.06 13.979 4,539.38 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 92,193 62.350 1,478.64 56.563 1,629.92 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 244,428 388.076 629.85 352.057 694.29 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 660,125 295.136 2,236.68 267.743 2,465.52 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 90,382 26.011 3,474.73 23.597 3,830.23 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 415,997 161.168 2,581.12 146.210 2,845.20 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,678,898 558.412 3,006.56 506.583 3,314.16 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 8,249,414 11,844.510 696.48 10,745.162 767.73 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 757,324 1,431.573 529.02 1,298.702 583.14 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 199,437 153.299 1,300.96 139.071 1,434.07 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 632,411 121.451 5,207.11 110.179 5,739.85 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 167,044 150.491 1,109.99 136.524 1,223.55 WIRE DRAWN............................23 594,128 214.964 2,763.84 195.013 3,046.61 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 689,820 1,716.386 401.90 1,557.080 443.02 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 20,250 0.952 21,262.15 0.864 23,437.50 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 580,869 630.044 921.95 571.567 1,016.27 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,272,948 255.157 4,988.87 231.475 5,499.29 COUNTRY TOTAL 16,409,124 18,025.396 910.33 16,352.369 1,003.47 Czech Republic BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 30,657 17.758 1,726.35 16.110 1,902.98 WIRE RODS..............................3 6,440,193 21,887.626 294.24 19,856.126 324.34 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,470,795 3,617.861 406.54 3,282.070 448.13 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,577,818 5,313.633 485.13 4,820.449 534.77 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 998,976 3,311.827 301.64 3,004.440 332.50 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 122,173 55.986 2,182.19 50.790 2,405.45 TOOL STEEL............................17 70,631 49.046 1,440.09 44.494 1,587.43 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 855,688 1,830.007 467.59 1,660.155 515.43 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 313,778 546.348 574.32 495.639 633.08 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 385,713 955.505 403.67 866.820 444.97 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 41,858 74.355 562.95 67.454 620.54 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 2,542,277 306.277 8,300.58 277.850 9,149.82 WIRE DRAWN............................23 49,713 94.628 525.35 85.846 579.10 COUNTRY TOTAL 15,900,270 38,060.862 417.76 34,528.243 460.50 Slovakia INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 5,489 4.078 1,345.82 3.700 1,483.51 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 113,876 173.551 656.15 157.443 723.28 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 584,768 1,199.140 487.66 1,087.842 537.55 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 12,634 5.304 2,381.83 4.812 2,625.52 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 820,434 909.821 901.75 825.376 994.01 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 34,611 8.139 4,252.25 7.384 4,687.30 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,571,812 2,300.034 683.39 2,086.557 753.30 Hungary PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 295,593 1,224.199 241.46 1,110.575 266.16 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 199,656 850.410 234.78 771.480 258.80 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 713,029 2,985.394 238.84 2,708.305 263.28 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,208,278 5,060.004 238.79 4,590.360 263.22 Switzerland PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 22,013 37.915 580.59 34.396 639.99 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 5,579 5.511 1,012.24 5.000 1,115.80 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 412,219 184.702 2,231.80 167.559 2,460.14 TOOL STEEL............................17 66,028 44.240 1,492.49 40.134 1,645.19 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 10,170 0.383 26,511.70 0.348 29,224.14 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,416,457 700.971 2,020.71 635.911 2,227.45 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 19,841 0.282 70,310.38 0.256 77,503.91 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 16,675 3.279 5,084.81 2.975 5,605.04 WIRE DRAWN............................23 170,245 42.401 4,015.07 38.466 4,425.86 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 128,445 87.967 1,460.14 79.803 1,609.53 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,267,672 1,107.655 2,047.27 1,004.848 2,256.73 Estonia SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 7,851,020 12,303.572 638.11 11,161.616 703.39 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,851,020 12,303.572 638.11 11,161.616 703.39 Latvia BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 12,695,619 45,575.162 278.56 41,345.104 307.06 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 466,462 209.149 2,230.28 189.737 2,458.47 COUNTRY TOTAL 13,162,081 45,784.312 287.48 41,534.841 316.89 Lithuania WIRE DRAWN............................23 11,533 22.680 508.51 20.575 560.53 COUNTRY TOTAL 11,533 22.680 508.51 20.575 560.53 Poland WIRE RODS..............................3 4,514,984 14,918.170 302.65 13,533.540 333.61 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 40,664 84.866 479.15 76.990 528.17 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 255,800 264.330 967.73 239.797 1,066.74 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 120,243 233.790 514.32 212.091 566.94 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 197,009 310.222 635.06 281.429 700.03 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 144,603 217.956 663.45 197.727 731.33 WIRE DRAWN............................23 675,326 1,027.061 657.53 931.735 724.80 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,948,629 17,056.398 348.76 15,473.309 384.44 Russia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 215,215 1,019.527 211.09 924.900 232.69 WIRE RODS..............................3 43,746 131.607 332.40 119.392 366.41 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 75,948 41.519 1,829.21 37.666 2,016.35 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,200 0.501 4,386.39 0.455 4,835.16 WIRE DRAWN............................23 171,103 574.211 297.98 520.916 328.47 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 2,399,248 2,873.537 834.95 2,606.830 920.37 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,907,460 4,640.904 626.49 4,210.159 690.58 Belarus WIRE RODS..............................3 1,459,962 5,602.947 260.57 5,082.910 287.23 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 349,259 1,222.198 285.76 1,108.760 315.00 WIRE DRAWN............................23 231,136 301.531 766.54 273.545 844.97 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,040,357 7,126.677 286.30 6,465.215 315.59 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Ukraine BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 6,238 10.729 581.37 9.734 640.85 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 23,704 4.409 5,375.98 4.000 5,926.00 TOOL STEEL............................17 109,515 18.873 5,802.50 17.122 6,396.16 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 174,232 387.503 449.63 351.537 495.63 COUNTRY TOTAL 313,689 421.516 744.19 382.393 820.33 Spain BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 1,685,952 848.107 1,987.90 769.390 2,191.28 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,535,838 4,334.198 354.35 3,931.920 390.61 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 26,667 15.018 1,775.55 13.625 1,957.21 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 43,618 32.618 1,337.22 29.591 1,474.03 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 319,649 745.664 428.68 676.456 472.53 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,403,801 1,999.759 701.98 1,814.152 773.81 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 940,709 1,430.000 657.84 1,297.275 725.14 TOOL STEEL............................17 166,328 117.937 1,410.31 106.991 1,554.60 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,820,841 4,924.653 572.80 4,467.572 631.40 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,425,366 2,312.975 616.25 2,098.297 679.30 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 6,729 9.546 704.90 8.660 777.02 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 861,623 932.869 923.63 846.285 1,018.12 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 81,011 55.728 1,453.67 50.556 1,602.40 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 2,082,185 440.220 4,729.87 399.361 5,213.79 WIRE DRAWN............................23 201,801 362.421 556.81 328.783 613.78 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 2,507,314 4,525.228 554.07 4,105.219 610.76 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 62,063 39.809 1,558.98 36.115 1,718.48 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 5,485 3.858 1,421.69 3.500 1,567.14 COUNTRY TOTAL 16,176,980 23,130.616 699.38 20,983.748 770.93 Italy INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 36,639 38.602 949.12 35.020 1,046.23 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 149,517 42.585 3,510.98 38.633 3,870.19 WIRE RODS..............................3 9,891,870 27,474.242 360.04 24,924.221 396.88 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 827,848 620.328 1,334.53 562.753 1,471.07 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,427,202 2,119.081 673.50 1,922.399 742.41 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 48,111 22.242 2,163.03 20.178 2,384.33 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 20,358 22.376 909.78 20.300 1,002.86 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 978,013 381.618 2,562.80 346.199 2,825.00 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 2,612,034 1,172.783 2,227.21 1,063.932 2,455.08 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 4,024,378 1,690.791 2,380.17 1,533.861 2,623.69 TOOL STEEL............................17 176,268 196.895 895.23 178.621 986.83 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 496,789 371.897 1,335.82 337.380 1,472.49 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 1,325,665 1,329.159 997.37 1,205.794 1,099.41 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,015,817 1,817.903 558.78 1,649.175 615.95 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 972,677 936.846 1,038.25 849.893 1,144.47 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 630,797 567.227 1,112.07 514.580 1,225.85 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 608,886 227.854 2,672.26 206.706 2,945.66 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 24,158 11.763 2,053.58 10.672 2,263.68 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,747,796 1,828.964 955.62 1,659.209 1,053.39 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 391,096 216.403 1,807.25 196.318 1,992.16 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,978,395 1,191.899 1,659.87 1,081.273 1,829.69 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 426,652 644.245 662.25 584.450 730.01 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 10,626 3.198 3,321.76 2.902 3,661.61 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 131,808 37.999 3,468.63 34.473 3,823.51 COUNTRY TOTAL 29,953,400 42,966.916 697.13 38,978.942 768.45 Slovenia BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 25,773 21.335 1,208.00 19.355 1,331.59 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 39,400 27.838 1,415.29 25.255 1,560.09 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,854,508 1,365.281 1,358.33 1,238.563 1,497.31 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 75,731 75.199 1,007.07 68.220 1,110.10 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,995,412 1,489.655 1,339.51 1,351.393 1,476.56 Greece WIRE DRAWN............................23 849,455 1,356.277 626.31 1,230.395 690.39 COUNTRY TOTAL 849,455 1,356.277 626.31 1,230.395 690.39 Romania PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 865,545 3,186.721 271.61 2,890.946 299.40 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 137,064 57.095 2,400.62 51.796 2,646.23 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 1,849,047 7,178.017 257.60 6,511.790 283.95 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 82,458 18.788 4,388.66 17.045 4,837.67 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 600,531 1,758.807 341.44 1,595.564 376.38 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 645,847 1,114.915 579.28 1,011.435 638.55 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 684,419 1,476.564 463.52 1,339.517 510.94 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 191,632 240.697 796.15 218.357 877.61 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,056,543 15,031.608 336.39 13,636.450 370.81 Bulgaria BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 4,871,265 17,949.148 271.39 16,283.198 299.16 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,871,265 17,949.148 271.39 16,283.198 299.16 Turkey WIRE RODS..............................3 31,752,948 110,008.796 288.64 99,798.330 318.17 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 561,700 1,660.727 338.23 1,506.587 372.83 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,735 1.953 1,400.20 1.772 1,543.45 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 2,420,151 4,485.875 539.50 4,069.519 594.70 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 236,408 320.450 737.74 290.708 813.21 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 33,097 3.168 10,447.15 2.874 11,516.01 WIRE DRAWN............................23 208,687 211.274 987.75 191.665 1,088.81 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 35,215,726 116,692.246 301.78 105,861.455 332.66 Israel RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 7,980 4.409 1,809.83 4.000 1,995.00 TOOL STEEL............................17 4,498 0.426 10,543.97 0.387 11,622.74 WIRE DRAWN............................23 312,320 673.131 463.98 610.655 511.45 COUNTRY TOTAL 324,798 677.967 479.08 615.042 528.09 United Arab Emirates BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 32,391 16.828 1,924.72 15.267 2,121.63 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 522,894 940.320 556.08 853.045 612.97 COUNTRY TOTAL 555,285 957.149 580.14 868.312 639.50 Oman STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,143,212 2,714.020 421.22 2,462.119 464.32 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,143,212 2,714.020 421.22 2,462.119 464.32 India BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 73,319 39.205 1,870.10 35.567 2,061.43 WIRE RODS..............................3 2,126,245 8,172.366 260.17 7,413.848 286.79 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 327,122 129.746 2,521.24 117.704 2,779.19 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 416,817 535.594 778.23 485.883 857.85 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 2,358,108 1,129.258 2,088.19 1,024.446 2,301.84 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 4,481 11.198 400.15 10.159 441.09 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 2,165,687 1,122.149 1,929.95 1,017.997 2,127.40 TOOL STEEL............................17 5,662 4.045 1,399.59 3.670 1,542.78 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 4,117,541 9,470.196 434.79 8,591.220 479.27 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 1,483,736 2,996.722 495.12 2,718.582 545.78 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 222,677 223.539 996.14 202.792 1,098.06 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 42,164 21.137 1,994.71 19.176 2,198.79 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 285,006 84.754 3,362.72 76.888 3,706.77 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 156,693 182.096 860.50 165.195 948.53 WIRE DRAWN............................23 3,062,395 1,960.326 1,562.19 1,778.379 1,722.01 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 194,787 102.151 1,906.85 92.670 2,101.94 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 30,471,480 60,778.467 501.35 55,137.314 552.65 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 61,458 103.326 594.80 93.736 655.65 COUNTRY TOTAL 47,575,378 87,066.283 546.43 78,985.226 602.33 Pakistan STANDARD PIPE.........................18 101,800 271.319 375.20 246.137 413.59 COUNTRY TOTAL 101,800 271.319 375.20 246.137 413.59 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Thailand PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 25,637 41.608 616.14 37.747 679.18 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 4,500 27.017 166.56 24.510 183.60 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,003,051 5,288.198 378.78 4,797.374 417.53 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 210,490 91.080 2,311.03 82.627 2,547.47 WIRE DRAWN............................23 206,507 94.740 2,179.72 85.947 2,402.72 TIN PLATE.............................29 11,825 16.770 705.10 15.214 777.24 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 109,099 306.464 355.99 278.020 392.41 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 2,160,480 4,378.988 493.37 3,972.553 543.85 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,731,589 10,244.869 461.85 9,293.992 509.10 Malaysia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 14,182 22.155 640.12 20.099 705.61 WIRE RODS..............................3 125,545 328.845 381.77 298.324 420.83 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 654,037 324.963 2,012.65 294.802 2,218.56 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,040 3.826 533.18 3.471 587.73 COUNTRY TOTAL 795,804 679.790 1,170.66 616.696 1,290.43 Singapore STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 329,835 141.633 2,328.79 128.488 2,567.05 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 3,420 6.711 509.54 6.089 561.67 COUNTRY TOTAL 333,255 148.345 2,246.48 134.577 2,476.31 Indonesia LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 1,055,187 3,052.882 345.64 2,769.529 381.00 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 139,373 405.898 343.37 368.225 378.50 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 63,792 182.699 349.16 165.742 384.89 WIRE DRAWN............................23 27,759 10.028 2,767.92 9.098 3,051.11 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 244,845 106.584 2,297.19 96.692 2,532.22 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,530,956 3,758.093 407.38 3,409.286 449.05 China INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 4,577 9.741 469.86 8.837 517.94 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 10,450 0.458 22,788.66 0.416 25,120.19 WIRE RODS..............................3 239,546 550.813 434.89 499.690 479.39 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 25,716 56.668 453.80 51.409 500.22 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 3,325 20.778 160.02 18.850 176.39 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 13,650 19.180 711.67 17.400 784.48 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 32,011 65.110 491.64 59.067 541.94 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 127,872 114.800 1,113.87 104.145 1,227.83 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,014,151 509.964 1,988.67 462.632 2,192.13 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,223,997 5,665.767 392.53 5,139.899 432.69 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 213,896 201.606 1,060.96 182.894 1,169.51 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 274,657 586.566 468.25 532.124 516.15 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 10,464 22.605 462.90 20.507 510.26 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 502,283 729.928 688.13 662.180 758.53 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 11,570 3.246 3,564.05 2.945 3,928.69 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 2,831,512 1,094.763 2,586.41 993.153 2,851.03 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 8,660 5.456 1,587.12 4.950 1,749.49 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 31,466 11.569 2,719.65 10.496 2,997.90 WIRE DRAWN............................23 3,484,186 5,435.180 641.04 4,930.714 706.63 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,201,184 1,335.251 1,648.52 1,211.320 1,817.18 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 3,459 0.820 4,217.68 0.744 4,649.19 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 52,195 42.021 1,242.11 38.121 1,369.19 COUNTRY TOTAL 13,320,827 16,482.297 808.19 14,952.493 890.88 Korea, South BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 489,423 1,467.110 333.60 1,330.941 367.73 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 135,269 333.608 405.47 302.645 446.96 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 45,165 92.169 490.02 83.615 540.15 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 4,933 9.636 511.91 8.742 564.29 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 69,645 38.320 1,817.42 34.764 2,003.37 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 66,812 100.859 662.43 91.498 730.20 TOOL STEEL............................17 334,786 230.467 1,452.64 209.077 1,601.26 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,084,674 2,475.840 438.10 2,246.045 482.93 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,567,792 5,972.716 429.92 5,418.359 473.91 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 878,303 2,410.994 364.29 2,187.218 401.56 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,808,751 5,091.988 355.22 4,619.376 391.56 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 1,242,381 3,598.098 345.29 3,264.141 380.61 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 289,033 717.173 403.02 650.609 444.25 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 2,369,962 826.770 2,866.53 750.034 3,159.81 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 6,820 6.137 1,111.17 5.568 1,224.86 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 408,167 1,221.804 334.07 1,108.403 368.25 WIRE DRAWN............................23 4,714,853 4,133.719 1,140.58 3,750.048 1,257.28 TIN PLATE.............................29 3,360 3.011 1,115.72 2.732 1,229.87 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 21,837,522 61,034.019 357.79 55,369.147 394.40 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,986,624 2,884.679 688.68 2,616.938 759.14 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,231,246 2,014.898 611.07 1,827.886 673.59 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 374,091 781.133 478.91 708.633 527.91 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 708,581 1,229.678 576.23 1,115.546 635.19 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 89,755 143.915 623.66 130.558 687.47 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 288,380 222.214 1,297.75 201.590 1,430.53 COUNTRY TOTAL 43,036,328 97,040.971 443.49 88,034.113 488.86 Taiwan INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 17,588 13.723 1,281.57 12.450 1,412.69 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,539,502 770.743 1,997.42 699.207 2,201.78 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 702,548 310.040 2,265.99 281.264 2,497.82 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 205,079 86.049 2,383.26 78.063 2,627.10 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 13,221 1.695 7,798.37 1.538 8,596.23 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,813,944 899.556 2,016.49 816.064 2,222.80 TOOL STEEL............................17 562,349 396.663 1,417.70 359.847 1,562.74 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 5,072 2.705 1,875.00 2.454 2,066.83 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 81,329 8.390 9,692.65 7.612 10,684.31 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 25,550 47.712 535.50 43.284 590.29 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 142,629 61.518 2,318.46 55.809 2,555.66 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 4,964,045 1,739.140 2,854.31 1,577.722 3,146.34 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 626,190 217.909 2,873.63 197.684 3,167.63 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,070,581 1,837.705 1,126.72 1,667.139 1,242.00 TIN PLATE.............................29 44,882 63.023 712.15 57.174 785.01 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,117,678 1,454.252 2,143.84 1,319.276 2,363.17 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,296,452 2,349.163 551.88 2,131.126 608.34 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 41,092 38.589 1,064.84 35.008 1,173.79 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 34,167 20.174 1,693.57 18.302 1,866.85 COUNTRY TOTAL 17,303,898 10,318.758 1,676.94 9,361.023 1,848.51 Japan BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 472,566 869.112 543.73 788.446 599.36 WIRE RODS..............................3 4,576,472 12,510.038 365.82 11,348.919 403.25 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 13,375 9.410 1,421.30 8.537 1,566.71 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,741,825 2,274.547 765.79 2,063.435 844.14 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 344,137 778.250 442.19 706.017 487.43 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 8,418,965 19,256.797 437.19 17,469.478 481.92 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 6,002,598 7,899.351 759.88 7,166.173 837.63 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 29,885 6.006 4,975.45 5.449 5,484.49 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 1,551,028 5,172.176 299.88 4,692.121 330.56 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 598,500 363.136 1,648.14 329.432 1,816.76 TOOL STEEL............................17 3,163,016 4,367.396 724.23 3,962.037 798.33 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,194,846 1,995.515 598.77 1,810.302 660.03 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 10,133,351 4,552.009 2,226.13 4,129.515 2,453.88 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 2,690,131 4,682.573 574.50 4,247.960 633.28 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 3,151,939 2,249.408 1,401.23 2,040.630 1,544.59 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 554,765 519.394 1,068.10 471.187 1,177.38 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 3,569,685 1,055.147 3,383.11 957.214 3,729.24 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 311,166 99.112 3,139.54 89.913 3,460.75 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 449,416 268.996 1,670.71 244.030 1,841.64 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 28,086 71.064 395.22 64.469 435.65 WIRE DRAWN............................23 6,681,740 7,025.958 951.01 6,373.844 1,048.31 BLACK PLATE...........................28 1,190,927 1,832.348 649.95 1,662.279 716.44 TIN PLATE.............................29 143,856 223.399 643.94 202.665 709.82 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 830,910 1,417.224 586.29 1,285.685 646.28 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,737,477 5,376.083 509.20 4,877.102 561.29 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 4,870,766 7,089.944 687.00 6,431.891 757.28 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 363,673 671.589 541.51 609.256 596.91 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 383,591 522.557 734.07 474.056 809.17 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 1,050,251 721.979 1,454.68 654.969 1,603.51 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 730,358 1,340.598 544.80 1,216.171 600.54 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 42,054 48.667 864.12 44.150 952.53 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 3,769,380 1,036.002 3,638.39 939.846 4,010.64 COUNTRY TOTAL 71,790,735 96,305.801 745.45 87,367.178 821.71 Australia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 9,847,189 41,120.091 239.47 37,303.530 263.97 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 260,095 762.945 340.91 692.133 375.79 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 382,872 614.838 622.72 557.772 686.43 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 41,088 56.365 728.96 51.134 803.54 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 2,704 1.150 2,349.64 1.044 2,590.04 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 82,164 162.579 505.38 147.490 557.08 WIRE DRAWN............................23 97,710 173.013 564.75 156.955 622.54 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 16,427,163 58,174.330 282.38 52,774.880 311.27 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 90,445 17.344 5,214.51 15.735 5,748.01 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 8,331 14.604 570.44 13.249 628.80 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 15,384 3.575 4,302.14 3.244 4,742.29 COUNTRY TOTAL 27,255,145 101,100.840 269.58 91,717.166 297.17 New Zealand PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 180,724 599.017 301.70 543.420 332.57 WIRE DRAWN............................23 58,976 110.551 533.47 100.291 588.05 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,175,560 3,851.606 305.21 3,494.120 336.44 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 40,535 112.501 360.31 102.060 397.17 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 76,281 114.282 667.48 103.675 735.77 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,532,076 4,787.960 319.99 4,343.566 352.72 Egypt WIRE RODS..............................3 4,544,275 13,273.874 342.35 12,041.860 377.37 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 23,855 53.681 444.38 48.699 489.85 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 257,739 927.495 277.89 841.410 306.32 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 6,096,312 4,571.450 1,333.56 4,147.151 1,470.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 43,106 63.526 678.55 57.630 747.98 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 10,241,289 36,835.243 278.03 33,416.380 306.48 COUNTRY TOTAL 21,206,576 55,725.271 380.56 50,553.130 419.49 South Africa WIRE RODS..............................3 3,363,180 13,131.883 256.11 11,913.048 282.31 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 39,937 68.632 581.90 62.262 641.43 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 816,735 485.022 1,683.91 440.005 1,856.19 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 23,000 18.697 1,230.12 16.962 1,355.97 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 11,078 20.000 553.89 18.144 610.56 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 320,552 777.997 412.02 705.788 454.18 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 677,615 1,470.001 460.96 1,333.563 508.12 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 292,016 162.257 1,799.70 147.198 1,983.83 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE WIRE DRAWN............................23 875,197 1,942.996 450.44 1,762.657 496.52 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 178,203 155.563 1,145.53 141.125 1,262.73 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,144,297 673.937 1,697.93 611.386 1,871.64 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,741,810 18,906.990 409.47 17,152.138 451.36 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 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 20,754 42.380 489.71 38.447 539.81 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 226,918 408.086 556.05 370.210 612.94 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 748,035 1,564.086 478.26 1,418.916 527.19 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 6,597,557 12,011.930 549.25 10,897.043 605.44 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,372,646 5,326.634 445.43 4,832.243 491.00 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 3,628 1.522 2,383.25 1.381 2,627.08 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 14,743,161 30,342.576 485.89 27,526.330 535.60 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 500,083 840.544 594.95 762.529 655.82 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,241,532 1,135.688 1,093.20 1,030.280 1,205.04 TOOL STEEL............................17 718,101 582.823 1,232.11 528.729 1,358.16 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 190,448 89.988 2,116.36 81.636 2,332.89 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,831,970 4,150.980 682.24 3,765.707 752.04 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 9,073,225 17,164.712 528.60 15,571.570 582.68 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,009,859 1,230.068 820.98 1,115.900 904.97 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 7,232 2.287 3,161.81 2.075 3,485.30 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 1,012,202 292.979 3,454.85 265.787 3,808.32 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 889,871 715.031 1,244.52 648.666 1,371.85 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 106,544 189.709 561.62 172.102 619.07 WIRE DRAWN............................23 698,822 877.938 795.98 796.453 877.42 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,690,451 3,861.264 437.80 3,502.881 482.59 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,485,650 5,004.103 696.56 4,539.648 767.82 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 4,756,692 8,900.939 534.40 8,074.799 589.08 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 2,347,449 2,119.644 1,107.47 1,922.910 1,220.78 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 2,336 0.073 31,629.61 0.067 34,865.67 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 395,815 793.239 498.99 719.615 550.04 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 108,480 145.037 747.94 131.576 824.47 COUNTRY TOTAL 55,779,461 97,794.276 570.38 88,717.500 628.73 Mexico INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 261,187 490.859 532.10 445.300 586.54 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 5,677,822 18,113.724 313.45 16,432.499 345.52 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 3,179,532 7,365.528 431.68 6,681.897 475.84 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 268,894 663.408 405.32 601.834 446.79 TOOL STEEL............................17 73,319 61.996 1,182.64 56.242 1,303.63 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 44,687 70.480 634.03 63.939 698.90 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 157,564 295.334 533.51 267.923 588.09 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,231,088 1,671.622 736.46 1,516.471 811.81 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 2,886 0.695 4,149.19 0.631 4,573.69 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,707,253 1,678.291 1,017.26 1,522.521 1,121.33 COUNTRY TOTAL 12,604,232 30,411.941 414.45 27,589.257 456.85 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Costa Rica WIRE DRAWN............................23 22,457 21.015 1,068.59 19.065 1,177.92 COUNTRY TOTAL 22,457 21.015 1,068.59 19.065 1,177.92 Trinidad and Tobago BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 565,292 1,854.771 304.78 1,682.621 335.96 COUNTRY TOTAL 565,292 1,854.771 304.78 1,682.621 335.96 Colombia TOOL STEEL............................17 71,540 13.805 5,182.05 12.524 5,712.23 COUNTRY TOTAL 71,540 13.805 5,182.05 12.524 5,712.23 Venezuela OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 23,390 52.618 444.52 47.735 490.00 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 7,900 7.547 1,046.70 6.847 1,153.79 COUNTRY TOTAL 31,290 60.166 520.06 54.582 573.27 Brazil BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 12,600,066 39,864.833 316.07 36,164.779 348.41 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 66,265 87.775 754.93 79.629 832.17 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,447,730 987.139 1,466.59 895.518 1,616.64 WIRE DRAWN............................23 21,527 47.814 450.21 43.377 496.28 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 173,918 368.800 471.58 334.570 519.83 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 25,170 49.357 509.96 44.776 562.13 COUNTRY TOTAL 14,334,676 41,405.721 346.20 37,562.649 381.62 Argentina STANDARD PIPE.........................18 85,338 85.781 994.83 77.820 1,096.61 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 86,564 96.689 895.28 87.715 986.88 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 42,485 49.373 860.48 44.791 948.52 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 545,182 576.150 946.25 522.675 1,043.06 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 182,401 132.555 1,376.04 120.252 1,516.82 COUNTRY TOTAL 941,970 940.550 1,001.51 853.253 1,103.98 Sweden PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 4,727,649 6,649.798 710.95 6,032.597 783.68 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 33,875 23.524 1,439.99 21.341 1,587.32 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,048,429 645.303 1,624.71 585.410 1,790.93 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 9,426 8.670 1,087.10 7.866 1,198.32 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,571,796 916.312 1,715.35 831.265 1,890.85 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 545,624 419.327 1,301.19 380.408 1,434.31 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 152,856 163.951 932.33 148.734 1,027.71 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE WIRE DRAWN............................23 201,416 214.610 938.52 194.691 1,034.54 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,073,804 1,628.816 659.25 1,477.638 726.70 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 790,884 1,208.192 654.60 1,096.054 721.57 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 272,604 416.143 655.07 377.519 722.09 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 733,130 229.842 3,189.70 208.510 3,516.04 COUNTRY TOTAL 11,161,493 12,524.493 891.17 11,362.033 982.35 Norway LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 15,334 3.141 4,880.97 2.850 5,380.35 COUNTRY TOTAL 15,334 3.141 4,880.97 2.850 5,380.35 Finland BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 323,802 1,205.652 268.57 1,093.750 296.05 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 115,024 177.211 649.08 160.764 715.48 TOOL STEEL............................17 8,843 1.180 7,490.42 1.071 8,256.77 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 951,477 350.327 2,715.96 317.812 2,993.84 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,399,146 1,734.372 806.72 1,573.397 889.25 United Kingdom BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 10,605 13.395 791.70 12.152 872.70 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,034,975 2,148.439 481.73 1,949.032 531.02 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,033,856 546.961 1,890.18 496.195 2,083.57 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 613,064 983.994 623.04 892.665 686.78 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,027,030 990.360 1,037.03 898.440 1,143.13 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,373,979 400.276 3,432.57 363.125 3,783.76 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 4,273 3.373 1,266.80 3.060 1,396.41 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 135,135 7.306 18,496.14 6.628 20,388.50 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 126,583 96.283 1,314.69 87.347 1,449.20 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 58,062 6.165 9,417.66 5.593 10,381.19 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 63,186 69.650 907.18 63.186 1,000.00 WIRE DRAWN............................23 232,449 13.200 17,609.54 11.975 19,411.19 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 50,033 8.928 5,603.60 8.100 6,176.91 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 783,812 1,100.268 712.38 998.147 785.27 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,547,042 6,388.603 1,024.80 5,795.645 1,129.65 Ireland OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 5,158 4.987 1,034.09 4.525 1,139.89 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,158 4.987 1,034.09 4.525 1,139.89 Netherlands PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 38,824 111.664 347.69 101.300 383.26 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 110,169 96.386 1,143.00 87.440 1,259.94 TOOL STEEL............................17 149,166 185.443 804.37 168.232 886.67 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STANDARD PIPE.........................18 16,249 8.821 1,841.92 8.003 2,030.36 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 2,296 0.440 5,207.24 0.400 5,740.00 WIRE DRAWN............................23 17,896 1.070 16,719.86 0.971 18,430.48 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 38,320 98.747 388.06 89.582 427.76 COUNTRY TOTAL 372,920 502.574 742.02 455.928 817.94 Belgium PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 254,975 120.372 2,118.22 109.200 2,334.94 WIRE DRAWN............................23 71,362 4.696 15,193.27 4.261 16,747.71 COUNTRY TOTAL 326,337 125.069 2,609.25 113.461 2,876.20 Luxembourg STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 19,522 50.572 386.02 45.879 425.51 COUNTRY TOTAL 19,522 50.572 386.02 45.879 425.51 France BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 1,432,785 274.063 5,227.94 248.626 5,762.81 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,522,028 2,535.152 600.37 2,299.852 661.79 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 355,791 879.382 404.59 797.763 445.99 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 304,974 244.253 1,248.60 221.583 1,376.34 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 141,648 171.151 827.62 155.266 912.29 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,751,878 1,518.624 1,153.60 1,377.673 1,271.62 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 4,342 0.992 4,376.66 0.900 4,824.44 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,576 4.056 635.03 3.680 700.00 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 68,186 60.816 1,121.17 55.172 1,235.88 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 491,344 283.435 1,733.53 257.128 1,910.89 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 6,750 2.656 2,540.87 2.410 2,800.83 WIRE DRAWN............................23 6,530 0.282 23,140.30 0.256 25,507.81 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 3,050,581 5,568.138 547.86 5,051.332 603.92 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 109,970 74.809 1,470.00 67.866 1,620.40 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 225,267 407.518 552.78 369.695 609.33 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 595,870 100.563 5,925.29 91.230 6,531.51 COUNTRY TOTAL 10,070,520 12,125.897 830.50 11,000.432 915.47 Federal Republic of Germany BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 952,674 1,693.507 562.54 1,536.325 620.10 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 120,691 164.837 732.18 149.538 807.09 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 660,104 1,180.896 558.99 1,071.292 616.18 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 2,947 0.837 3,517.73 0.760 3,877.63 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 766,158 977.225 784.01 886.524 864.23 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 194,719 179.999 1,081.77 163.293 1,192.45 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,314,134 1,403.621 1,648.69 1,273.344 1,817.37 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 110,739 72.269 1,532.30 65.562 1,689.07 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 5,053,214 5,843.564 864.75 5,301.194 953.22 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 24,947 31.658 788.01 28.720 868.63 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 737,952 787.519 937.06 714.426 1,032.93 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 901,593 686.380 1,313.55 622.674 1,447.94 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 31,586 3.321 9,510.24 3.013 10,483.24 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 25,193 5.752 4,379.14 5.219 4,827.17 WIRE DRAWN............................23 310,723 173.232 1,793.68 157.154 1,977.19 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 3,592 2.174 1,651.60 1.973 1,820.58 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 198,821 258.612 768.80 234.609 847.46 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 2,421,430 5,821.684 415.93 5,281.345 458.49 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,455,112 2,859.644 508.84 2,594.227 560.90 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 760,157 1,030.993 737.31 935.302 812.74 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 18,776 18.965 990.02 17.205 1,091.31 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,783,604 2,318.524 1,200.59 2,103.331 1,323.43 COUNTRY TOTAL 19,848,866 25,515.225 777.92 23,147.030 857.51 Austria BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 188,044 81.955 2,294.46 74.349 2,529.21 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 90,382 26.011 3,474.73 23.597 3,830.23 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,678,898 558.412 3,006.56 506.583 3,314.16 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 3,606,921 5,233.441 689.21 4,747.700 759.72 WIRE DRAWN............................23 226,079 51.730 4,370.34 46.929 4,817.47 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 137,845 274.012 503.06 248.580 554.53 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 523,384 111.561 4,691.44 101.207 5,171.42 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,451,553 6,337.125 1,018.06 5,748.945 1,122.22 Czech Republic BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 30,657 17.758 1,726.35 16.110 1,902.98 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,308,080 4,545.329 507.79 4,123.455 559.74 TOOL STEEL............................17 70,631 49.046 1,440.09 44.494 1,587.43 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 530,412 1,038.697 510.65 942.291 562.90 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,939,780 5,650.831 520.24 5,126.350 573.46 Slovakia PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 12,514 7.993 1,565.43 7.252 1,725.59 COUNTRY TOTAL 12,514 7.993 1,565.43 7.252 1,725.59 Switzerland PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 22,013 37.915 580.59 34.396 639.99 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 5,579 5.511 1,012.24 5.000 1,115.80 TOOL STEEL............................17 66,028 44.240 1,492.49 40.134 1,645.19 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 161,300 95.517 1,688.70 86.652 1,861.47 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 62,970 50.486 1,247.25 45.801 1,374.86 COUNTRY TOTAL 317,890 233.671 1,360.42 211.983 1,499.60 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Latvia BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 12,695,619 45,575.162 278.56 41,345.104 307.06 COUNTRY TOTAL 12,695,619 45,575.162 278.56 41,345.104 307.06 Poland PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 40,664 84.866 479.15 76.990 528.17 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 174,014 211.886 821.26 192.220 905.29 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 120,243 233.790 514.32 212.091 566.94 WIRE DRAWN............................23 590,447 895.710 659.19 812.575 726.64 COUNTRY TOTAL 925,368 1,426.253 648.81 1,293.876 715.19 Russia TOOL STEEL............................17 2,200 0.501 4,386.39 0.455 4,835.16 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 2,399,248 2,873.537 834.95 2,606.830 920.37 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,401,448 2,874.038 835.57 2,607.285 921.05 Ukraine TOOL STEEL............................17 109,515 18.873 5,802.50 17.122 6,396.16 COUNTRY TOTAL 109,515 18.873 5,802.50 17.122 6,396.16 Spain PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 43,618 32.618 1,337.22 29.591 1,474.03 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,165,611 1,743.316 668.62 1,581.511 737.02 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 359,074 488.383 735.23 443.054 810.45 TOOL STEEL............................17 166,328 117.937 1,410.31 106.991 1,554.60 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 75,044 70.837 1,059.38 64.263 1,167.76 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,291,508 2,116.113 610.32 1,919.706 672.76 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 189,069 173.838 1,087.61 157.704 1,198.89 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 55,000 32.923 1,670.52 29.868 1,841.44 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 2,210,944 4,000.090 552.72 3,628.822 609.27 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 5,485 3.858 1,421.69 3.500 1,567.14 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,561,681 8,779.918 633.45 7,965.010 698.26 Italy INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 36,639 38.602 949.12 35.020 1,046.23 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 30,370 10.841 2,801.34 9.835 3,087.95 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 273,783 395.178 692.81 358.500 763.69 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 80,725 43.845 1,841.12 39.776 2,029.49 TOOL STEEL............................17 176,268 196.895 895.23 178.621 986.83 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 61,032 48.391 1,261.21 43.900 1,390.25 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 67,039 87.416 766.89 79.303 845.35 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 230,241 151.643 1,518.30 137.569 1,673.64 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 22,004 9.515 2,312.52 8.632 2,549.12 WIRE DRAWN............................23 820,469 955.138 859.01 866.487 946.89 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,798,570 1,937.469 928.31 1,757.643 1,023.29 Slovenia BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 25,773 21.335 1,208.00 19.355 1,331.59 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,854,508 1,365.281 1,358.33 1,238.563 1,497.31 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 75,731 75.199 1,007.07 68.220 1,110.10 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,956,012 1,461.816 1,338.07 1,326.138 1,474.97 Romania BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 9,032 1.317 6,856.65 1.195 7,558.16 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 420,450 702.367 598.62 637.177 659.86 COUNTRY TOTAL 429,482 703.684 610.33 638.372 672.78 Turkey BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,735 1.953 1,400.20 1.772 1,543.45 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 33,097 3.168 10,447.15 2.874 11,516.01 WIRE DRAWN............................23 208,687 211.274 987.75 191.665 1,088.81 COUNTRY TOTAL 244,519 216.395 1,129.96 196.311 1,245.57 Israel TOOL STEEL............................17 4,498 0.426 10,543.97 0.387 11,622.74 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,498 0.426 10,543.97 0.387 11,622.74 India BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 42,950 20.140 2,132.54 18.271 2,350.72 TOOL STEEL............................17 5,662 4.045 1,399.59 3.670 1,542.78 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 105,855 118.265 895.06 107.289 986.63 WIRE DRAWN............................23 3,564 1.774 2,008.20 1.610 2,213.66 COUNTRY TOTAL 158,031 144.226 1,095.72 130.840 1,207.82 Thailand WIRE DRAWN............................23 6,668 0.461 14,437.02 0.419 15,914.08 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,668 0.461 14,437.02 0.419 15,914.08 China PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 12,272 11.761 1,043.39 10.670 1,150.14 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 15,389 3.708 4,150.02 3.364 4,574.61 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,014,151 509.964 1,988.67 462.632 2,192.13 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 32,620 39.251 831.06 35.608 916.09 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 41,673 23.674 1,760.26 21.477 1,940.35 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 8,076 13.460 599.99 12.211 661.37 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 13,502 18.587 726.42 16.862 800.74 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 9,457 1.372 6,890.96 1.245 7,595.98 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 31,466 11.569 2,719.65 10.496 2,997.90 WIRE DRAWN............................23 69,427 80.662 860.71 73.176 948.77 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,248,033 714.012 1,747.92 647.741 1,926.75 Korea, South BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 303,091 577.328 524.99 523.744 578.70 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 69,645 38.320 1,817.42 34.764 2,003.37 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 34,729 41.431 838.23 37.586 923.99 TOOL STEEL............................17 334,786 230.467 1,452.64 209.077 1,601.26 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,185,069 1,359.120 871.94 1,232.974 961.15 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,037,793 2,177.229 476.66 1,975.150 525.42 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 20,634 14.396 1,433.30 13.060 1,579.94 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,985,747 4,438.295 672.72 4,026.355 741.55 Taiwan BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 5,460 3.994 1,366.79 3.624 1,506.62 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 13,426 14.722 911.94 13.356 1,005.24 TOOL STEEL............................17 562,349 396.663 1,417.70 359.847 1,562.74 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 71,159 3.761 18,919.81 3.412 20,855.51 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 110,899 42.657 2,599.77 38.698 2,865.76 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 626,190 217.909 2,873.63 197.684 3,167.63 WIRE DRAWN............................23 202,933 347.360 584.21 315.120 643.99 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,592,416 1,027.068 1,550.45 931.741 1,709.08 Japan PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 850,003 1,804.204 471.12 1,636.747 519.32 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 277,652 643.011 431.80 583.330 475.98 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 1,718,911 3,865.874 444.64 3,507.063 490.13 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 4,742,165 5,561.833 852.63 5,045.612 939.86 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 147,266 169.566 868.49 153.828 957.34 TOOL STEEL............................17 3,163,016 4,367.396 724.23 3,962.037 798.33 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 203,439 117.766 1,727.48 106.836 1,904.22 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 9,491,556 3,794.952 2,501.10 3,442.724 2,756.99 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 503,775 681.644 739.06 618.378 814.67 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,035,553 1,586.257 1,283.24 1,439.029 1,414.53 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 330,938 216.092 1,531.46 196.036 1,688.15 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 154,115 54.642 2,820.42 49.571 3,108.98 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 380,188 204.754 1,856.80 185.750 2,046.77 WIRE DRAWN............................23 3,210,766 3,087.635 1,039.88 2,801.057 1,146.27 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,446,351 5,003.183 488.96 4,538.813 538.98 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,288,312 3,152.077 725.97 2,859.517 800.24 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 287,589 525.764 546.99 476.966 602.95 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 226,384 325.181 696.18 295.000 767.40 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 730,358 1,340.598 544.80 1,216.171 600.54 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 13,173 11.034 1,193.84 10.010 1,315.98 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 217,569 76.438 2,846.32 69.344 3,137.53 COUNTRY TOTAL 33,419,079 36,589.911 913.34 33,193.819 1,006.79 Australia SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 90,445 17.344 5,214.51 15.735 5,748.01 COUNTRY TOTAL 90,445 17.344 5,214.51 15.735 5,748.01 GRAND TOTAL 209,466,124 349,632.170 599.10 317,181.059 660.40 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 6,028,603 18,873.716 319.42 17,121.952 352.10 WIRE RODS..............................3 21,319,809 46,909.892 454.48 42,555.951 500.98 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 7,466,043 14,068.298 530.70 12,762.549 585.00 STEEL PILING...........................5 1,520,355 2,476.523 613.91 2,246.665 676.72 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 5,036,713 11,536.030 436.61 10,465.314 481.28 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 7,877,161 19,388.149 406.29 17,588.638 447.86 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 245,462 594.371 412.98 539.205 455.23 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 34,064 27.839 1,223.56 25.256 1,348.75 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 14,596,655 28,428.031 513.46 25,789.484 565.99 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 10,165,416 18,134.814 560.55 16,451.632 617.90 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 32,004 67.131 476.73 60.901 525.51 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 6,626,018 8,963.599 739.21 8,131.643 814.84 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 24,589,011 32,778.378 750.16 29,736.053 826.91 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 417,273 529.570 787.95 480.418 868.56 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 93,034 67.864 1,370.87 61.566 1,511.13 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 198,505 78.957 2,514.08 71.629 2,771.29 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 11,897,190 12,406.590 958.94 11,255.073 1,057.05 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 465,710 1,615.983 288.19 1,465.996 317.67 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 629,609 247.098 2,548.01 224.164 2,808.70 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 22,552,673 31,783.864 709.56 28,833.845 782.16 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 73,107 202.304 361.37 183.528 398.34 WIRE DRAWN............................23 18,709,131 27,823.690 672.42 25,241.235 741.21 BLACK PLATE...........................28 19,919 40.021 497.71 36.307 548.63 TIN PLATE.............................29 5,058,330 8,617.577 586.98 7,817.737 647.03 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 2,888,229 4,086.940 706.70 3,707.611 779.00 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 18,692,609 41,814.523 447.04 37,933.508 492.77 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 14,328,958 27,455.072 521.91 24,906.830 575.30 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 23,781,495 40,954.673 580.68 37,153.465 640.09 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 45,462 59.790 760.36 54.241 838.15 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 7,634,322 9,964.196 766.18 9,039.370 844.56 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 3,373,059 7,249.739 465.27 6,576.855 512.87 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,589,510 4,014.436 645.05 3,641.837 711.05 COUNTRY TOTAL 238,985,439 421,259.676 567.31 382,160.458 625.35 Mexico BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 40,067,021 152,792.898 262.23 138,611.425 289.06 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,893,075 5,492.583 344.66 4,982.789 379.92 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 780,025 1,691.738 461.08 1,534.720 508.25 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 32,799 78.595 417.31 71.301 460.01 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 742,246 1,836.020 404.27 1,665.610 445.63 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 49,666 168.152 295.36 152.545 325.58 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,101,956 2,399.341 459.27 2,176.647 506.26 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 1,808,618 3,945.803 458.36 3,579.574 505.26 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 9,075,743 29,077.684 312.12 26,378.839 344.05 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 78,210 133.447 586.07 121.062 646.03 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 3,141,122 4,830.660 650.25 4,382.303 716.77 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,100,871 1,907.388 577.16 1,730.354 636.21 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 2,634 1.679 1,567.93 1.524 1,728.35 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 3,923,122 5,055.921 775.95 4,586.656 855.33 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 2,158,964 3,912.832 551.76 3,549.663 608.22 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 8,832,453 14,269.756 618.96 12,945.309 682.29 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 623,945 553.612 1,127.04 502.229 1,242.35 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 405,304 228.793 1,771.48 207.558 1,952.73 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 4,113,239 5,366.174 766.51 4,868.113 844.93 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 240,731 270.228 890.84 245.147 981.99 WIRE DRAWN............................23 6,104,011 9,767.238 624.95 8,860.692 688.89 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 7,973,692 19,737.427 403.99 17,905.498 445.32 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 6,676,058 15,377.176 434.15 13,949.944 478.57 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 11,590,284 18,309.897 633.01 16,610.464 697.77 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 5,438,511 8,056.060 675.08 7,308.337 744.15 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 286,374 540.444 529.89 490.283 584.10 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 645,926 875.308 737.94 794.067 813.44 COUNTRY TOTAL 118,886,600 306,676.867 387.66 278,212.653 427.32 Guatemala STANDARD PIPE.........................18 169,910 309.285 549.36 280.579 605.57 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 512,586 631.943 811.13 573.290 894.11 COUNTRY TOTAL 682,496 941.229 725.11 853.869 799.30 Honduras WIRE DRAWN............................23 13,860 22.046 628.68 20.000 693.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 13,860 22.046 628.68 20.000 693.00 Costa Rica SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 203,125 354.645 572.76 321.729 631.35 COUNTRY TOTAL 203,125 354.645 572.76 321.729 631.35 Dominican Republic BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 100,450 275.577 364.51 250.000 401.80 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 5,824,356 17,787.782 327.44 16,136.809 360.94 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 33,801 91.312 370.17 82.837 408.04 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 47,591 106.745 445.84 96.838 491.45 WIRE DRAWN............................23 21,279 39.123 543.90 35.492 599.54 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,027,477 18,300.540 329.36 16,601.976 363.06 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Trinidad and Tobago WIRE RODS..............................3 7,138,062 24,001.134 297.41 21,773.469 327.83 WIRE DRAWN............................23 13,117 22.263 589.17 20.197 649.45 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,151,179 24,023.397 297.68 21,793.666 328.13 Colombia STANDARD PIPE.........................18 655,864 1,121.446 584.84 1,017.359 644.67 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 5,065,141 6,882.194 735.98 6,243.424 811.28 WIRE DRAWN............................23 28,148 20.017 1,406.14 18.160 1,550.00 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 130,988 237.285 552.03 215.262 608.50 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,880,141 8,260.944 711.80 7,494.205 784.63 Venezuela WIRE RODS..............................3 1,633,737 5,806.892 281.34 5,267.926 310.13 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 5,928 6.743 879.01 6.118 968.94 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 39,445 131.159 300.74 118.986 331.51 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,274,089 1,712.949 743.80 1,553.962 819.90 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 4,102,217 10,216.842 401.52 9,268.566 442.59 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 812,881 2,141.088 379.66 1,942.363 418.50 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 602,098 1,659.245 362.87 1,505.243 400.00 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 77,244 138.075 559.43 125.260 616.67 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,069,509 1,897.917 563.52 1,721.762 621.17 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 780,822 2,417.987 322.92 2,193.562 355.96 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,694,533 3,563.652 475.50 3,232.892 524.15 COUNTRY TOTAL 12,092,503 29,692.554 407.26 26,936.640 448.92 Ecuador WIRE DRAWN............................23 24,053 39.203 613.54 35.565 676.31 COUNTRY TOTAL 24,053 39.203 613.54 35.565 676.31 Peru PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 4,990 2.558 1,950.39 2.321 2,149.94 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,990 2.558 1,950.39 2.321 2,149.94 Chile STANDARD PIPE.........................18 156,738 285.043 549.87 258.587 606.13 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 164,273 420.421 390.73 381.400 430.71 WIRE DRAWN............................23 14,474 30.721 471.14 27.870 519.34 BLACK PLATE...........................28 24,559 77.569 316.61 70.370 349.00 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 22,773 77.106 295.34 69.950 325.56 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 22,874 34.930 654.85 31.688 721.85 COUNTRY TOTAL 405,691 925.792 438.21 839.865 483.04 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Brazil BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 43,194,743 174,345.940 247.75 158,164.021 273.10 WIRE RODS..............................3 5,840,504 19,384.380 301.30 17,585.219 332.13 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,132,938 3,766.695 300.78 3,417.090 331.55 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 255,665 893.287 286.21 810.377 315.49 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 902,344 3,473.995 259.74 3,151.557 286.32 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 1,425,127 4,029.998 353.63 3,655.954 389.81 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 23,129 35.805 645.97 32.482 712.06 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 11,576 15.812 732.07 14.345 806.97 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,119,574 2,354.203 475.56 2,135.698 524.22 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 1,663,456 3,257.860 510.60 2,955.482 562.84 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 325,180 870.590 373.52 789.787 411.73 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 78,182 209.339 373.47 189.910 411.68 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 579,492 1,297.011 446.79 1,176.629 492.50 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 152,120 192.214 791.41 174.374 872.38 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 90,531 224.719 402.86 203.862 444.08 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,146,566 2,388.990 479.94 2,167.256 529.04 TIN PLATE.............................29 48,277 77.160 625.67 69.999 689.68 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 127,828 253.107 505.04 229.615 556.71 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 271,564 565.054 480.60 512.609 529.77 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 2,208,923 4,746.616 465.37 4,306.059 512.98 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 65,916 87.996 749.08 79.829 825.71 COUNTRY TOTAL 60,663,635 222,470.780 272.68 201,822.154 300.58 Argentina WIRE RODS..............................3 958,939 4,411.909 217.35 4,002.418 239.59 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 584,682 2,130.622 274.42 1,932.869 302.49 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 279,196 846.180 329.95 767.642 363.71 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 165,413 469.432 352.37 425.862 388.42 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 685,262 1,565.567 437.71 1,420.259 482.49 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 46,020 132.448 347.46 120.155 383.01 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 161,914 200.906 805.92 182.259 888.37 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 141,543 182.278 776.52 165.360 855.97 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 148,954 471.936 315.62 428.134 347.91 WIRE DRAWN............................23 231,148 620.658 372.42 563.052 410.53 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,403,071 11,031.939 308.47 10,008.010 340.03 Sweden BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 25,855 21.556 1,199.39 19.556 1,322.10 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 708,315 1,564.575 452.72 1,419.359 499.04 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 4,172 8.023 519.96 7.279 573.16 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,933 0.608 4,820.24 0.552 5,313.41 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 125,298 47.367 2,645.24 42.971 2,915.87 WIRE DRAWN............................23 363,798 193.896 1,876.25 175.900 2,068.21 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 327,168 225.726 1,449.40 204.776 1,597.69 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,269,981 2,186.621 580.80 1,983.670 640.22 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 84,515 103.157 819.28 93.583 903.10 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 567,262 156.600 3,622.34 142.066 3,992.95 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,479,297 4,508.134 771.78 4,089.712 850.74 Norway STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 356,860 649.359 549.56 589.089 605.78 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 48,800 91.171 535.26 82.709 590.02 TIN PLATE.............................29 22,189 45.977 482.61 41.710 531.98 COUNTRY TOTAL 427,849 786.507 543.99 713.508 599.64 Finland BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 2,490,876 10,215.501 243.83 9,267.350 268.78 WIRE RODS..............................3 22,128 14.907 1,484.34 13.524 1,636.20 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 4,400 3.220 1,366.06 2.922 1,505.82 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 219,786 433.583 506.91 393.340 558.77 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,737,190 10,667.213 256.60 9,677.136 282.85 Denmark STANDARD PIPE.........................18 46,016 13.559 3,393.63 12.301 3,740.83 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 47,535 65.508 725.64 59.428 799.88 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,300 3.306 695.51 3.000 766.67 COUNTRY TOTAL 95,851 82.374 1,163.60 74.729 1,282.65 United Kingdom BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 239,744 612.601 391.35 555.743 431.39 WIRE RODS..............................3 586,190 1,655.251 354.14 1,501.619 390.37 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,732,083 7,431.292 367.65 6,741.557 405.26 STEEL PILING...........................5 34,655 53.873 643.27 48.873 709.08 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 10,064,952 22,981.658 437.96 20,848.616 482.76 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,740,654 2,419.915 719.30 2,195.311 792.90 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 67,601 28.165 2,400.16 25.551 2,645.73 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 272,261 567.078 480.11 514.445 529.23 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 320,732 559.806 572.93 507.848 631.55 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 17,946 0.735 24,408.31 0.667 26,905.55 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 64,093 29.211 2,194.12 26.500 2,418.60 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 4,210 2.320 1,814.37 2.105 2,000.00 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 21,493 27.557 779.93 25.000 859.72 WIRE DRAWN............................23 859,347 1,089.981 788.41 988.815 869.07 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 3,126 7.657 408.21 6.947 449.98 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 30,890 33.838 912.86 30.698 1,006.25 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 672,701 360.387 1,866.61 326.938 2,057.58 COUNTRY TOTAL 17,732,678 37,861.332 468.36 34,347.233 516.28 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Ireland LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 2,761 5.309 519.98 4.817 573.18 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 4,487 2.473 1,813.97 2.244 1,999.55 WIRE DRAWN............................23 41,867 23.726 1,764.59 21.524 1,945.13 COUNTRY TOTAL 49,115 31.509 1,558.73 28.585 1,718.21 Netherlands PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 87,809 272.888 321.78 247.560 354.70 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 28,016 20.052 1,397.16 18.191 1,540.10 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 19,041 14.573 1,306.54 13.221 1,440.21 WIRE DRAWN............................23 14,451 20.258 713.34 18.378 786.32 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 1,145,788 1,700.600 673.76 1,542.759 742.69 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 41,211 124.895 329.96 113.303 363.72 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,336,316 2,153.267 620.60 1,953.412 684.09 Belgium BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 3,638,789 11,215.182 324.45 10,174.245 357.65 WIRE RODS..............................3 195,135 741.723 263.08 672.880 290.00 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 119,167 152.256 782.67 138.125 862.75 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 40,080 98.954 405.03 89.770 446.47 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 75,572 131.883 573.02 119.643 631.65 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 23,044 21.802 1,056.94 19.779 1,165.07 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 135,436 113.809 1,190.03 103.246 1,311.78 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 17,305 10.456 1,654.95 9.486 1,824.27 WIRE DRAWN............................23 866,775 920.848 941.28 835.380 1,037.58 TIN PLATE.............................29 470,786 873.978 538.67 792.860 593.78 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 100,449 231.430 434.04 209.950 478.44 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 6,755,367 21,592.396 312.86 19,588.298 344.87 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 95,487 216.493 441.06 196.400 486.19 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 250,825 262.442 955.73 238.084 1,053.51 COUNTRY TOTAL 12,784,217 36,583.658 349.45 33,188.146 385.20 Luxembourg WIRE RODS..............................3 256,125 631.337 405.69 572.740 447.19 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,980,941 4,691.968 422.20 4,256.483 465.39 STEEL PILING...........................5 3,139,475 6,380.808 492.02 5,788.574 542.36 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 123,120 254.274 484.20 230.674 533.74 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 30,309 47.768 634.50 43.335 699.41 WIRE DRAWN............................23 403,557 236.731 1,704.71 214.759 1,879.12 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 308,976 589.019 524.56 534.350 578.23 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 179,189 352.441 508.42 319.730 560.44 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,421,692 13,184.350 487.07 11,960.645 536.90 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE France WIRE RODS..............................3 4,296,562 16,283.108 263.87 14,771.792 290.86 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 147,513 245.997 599.65 223.165 661.00 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,255,696 4,221.680 297.44 3,829.845 327.87 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 1,833,333 4,891.356 374.81 4,437.365 413.16 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 27,262 53.179 512.64 48.244 565.09 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 92,234 71.035 1,298.43 64.442 1,431.27 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 77,477 124.941 620.11 113.345 683.55 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 66,993 84.459 793.20 76.620 874.35 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 2,546,467 2,800.536 909.28 2,540.605 1,002.31 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 235,888 444.182 531.06 402.956 585.39 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 4,001,040 9,587.805 417.31 8,697.913 460.00 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 433,182 477.686 906.83 433.350 999.61 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 564,607 716.762 787.72 650.236 868.31 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 5,959 4.188 1,422.61 3.800 1,568.16 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,399,445 1,382.237 1,012.45 1,253.945 1,116.03 BLACK PLATE...........................28 295,037 606.461 486.49 550.173 536.26 TIN PLATE.............................29 731,548 1,245.341 587.43 1,129.755 647.53 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 520,171 897.433 579.62 814.138 638.92 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 3,539,674 12,526.741 282.57 11,364.072 311.48 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 66,011 134.867 489.45 122.350 539.53 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 40,793 24.658 1,654.30 22.370 1,823.56 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 3,710 7.280 509.56 6.605 561.70 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 258,681 102.983 2,511.87 93.425 2,768.86 COUNTRY TOTAL 22,439,283 56,934.926 394.12 51,650.511 434.44 Federal Republic of Germany BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 136,576 297.899 458.46 270.250 505.37 WIRE RODS..............................3 8,304,985 27,911.799 297.54 25,321.166 327.99 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 3,149,130 7,620.868 413.22 6,913.538 455.50 STEEL PILING...........................5 1,114,179 2,245.673 496.14 2,037.241 546.91 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 3,312,436 12,723.777 260.33 11,542.820 286.97 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 119,448 423.898 281.78 384.554 310.61 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 14,330 8.234 1,740.29 7.470 1,918.34 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 26,471 59.231 446.91 53.734 492.63 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 915,102 1,146.884 797.90 1,040.436 879.54 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 489,144 385.268 1,269.62 349.510 1,399.51 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 63,665 36.408 1,748.64 33.029 1,927.55 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 620,490 772.682 803.03 700.966 885.19 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 36,273 42.759 848.30 38.791 935.09 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,189,808 1,156.098 1,029.16 1,048.795 1,134.45 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 1,157,643 1,412.644 819.49 1,281.530 903.33 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 19,395 0.404 47,942.38 0.367 52,847.41 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 494,723 499.435 990.57 453.080 1,091.91 WIRE DRAWN............................23 908,764 809.820 1,122.18 734.657 1,236.99 BLACK PLATE...........................28 292,306 380.981 767.24 345.621 845.74 TIN PLATE.............................29 3,758,553 6,523.100 576.19 5,917.659 635.14 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 149,174 239.049 624.03 216.862 687.88 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 35,296 126.864 278.22 115.090 306.68 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 216,074 372.638 579.85 338.052 639.17 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 235,949 465.260 507.13 422.077 559.02 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 758,960 1,524.402 497.87 1,382.915 548.81 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 368,649 174.398 2,113.83 158.212 2,330.10 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 291,322 413.665 704.25 375.271 776.30 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,243,061 1,537.847 1,458.57 1,395.112 1,607.80 COUNTRY TOTAL 30,421,906 69,311.998 438.91 62,878.805 483.82 Austria RAILS STANDARD.........................7 92,193 62.350 1,478.64 56.563 1,629.92 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 244,428 388.076 629.85 352.057 694.29 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 13,611 10.890 1,249.77 9.880 1,377.63 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 4,642,493 6,611.068 702.23 5,997.462 774.08 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 757,324 1,431.573 529.02 1,298.702 583.14 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 199,437 153.299 1,300.96 139.071 1,434.07 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 167,044 150.491 1,109.99 136.524 1,223.55 WIRE DRAWN............................23 356,168 160.701 2,216.33 145.786 2,443.09 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 551,975 1,442.373 382.69 1,308.500 421.84 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 580,869 630.044 921.95 571.567 1,016.27 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 666,326 117.023 5,693.95 106.162 6,276.50 COUNTRY TOTAL 8,271,868 11,157.893 741.35 10,122.274 817.19 Czech Republic WIRE RODS..............................3 6,440,193 21,887.626 294.24 19,856.126 324.34 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,470,795 3,617.861 406.54 3,282.070 448.13 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 269,738 768.304 351.08 696.994 387.00 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 998,976 3,311.827 301.64 3,004.440 332.50 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 325,276 791.309 411.06 717.864 453.12 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 313,778 546.348 574.32 495.639 633.08 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 385,713 955.505 403.67 866.820 444.97 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 41,858 74.355 562.95 67.454 620.54 WIRE DRAWN............................23 40,868 92.403 442.28 83.827 487.53 COUNTRY TOTAL 10,287,195 32,045.541 321.02 29,071.234 353.86 Slovakia STANDARD PIPE.........................18 113,876 173.551 656.15 157.443 723.28 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 584,768 1,199.140 487.66 1,087.842 537.55 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 12,634 5.304 2,381.83 4.812 2,625.52 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 807,920 901.827 895.87 818.124 987.53 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,519,198 2,279.822 666.37 2,068.221 734.54 Hungary IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 295,593 1,224.199 241.46 1,110.575 266.16 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 199,656 850.410 234.78 771.480 258.80 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 713,029 2,985.394 238.84 2,708.305 263.28 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,208,278 5,060.004 238.79 4,590.360 263.22 Switzerland BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 10,379 12.211 849.94 11.078 936.90 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 10,170 0.383 26,511.70 0.348 29,224.14 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,255,157 605.454 2,073.08 549.259 2,285.18 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 16,675 3.279 5,084.81 2.975 5,605.04 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 65,475 37.480 1,746.90 34.002 1,925.62 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,357,856 658.809 2,061.08 597.662 2,271.95 Estonia SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 7,851,020 12,303.572 638.11 11,161.616 703.39 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,851,020 12,303.572 638.11 11,161.616 703.39 Lithuania WIRE DRAWN............................23 11,533 22.680 508.51 20.575 560.53 COUNTRY TOTAL 11,533 22.680 508.51 20.575 560.53 Poland WIRE RODS..............................3 4,514,984 14,918.170 302.65 13,533.540 333.61 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 4,681 6.834 684.92 6.200 755.00 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 197,009 310.222 635.06 281.429 700.03 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 144,603 217.956 663.45 197.727 731.33 WIRE DRAWN............................23 84,879 131.351 646.20 119.160 712.31 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,946,156 15,584.534 317.38 14,138.056 349.85 Russia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 215,215 1,019.527 211.09 924.900 232.69 WIRE RODS..............................3 43,746 131.607 332.40 119.392 366.41 WIRE DRAWN............................23 171,103 574.211 297.98 520.916 328.47 COUNTRY TOTAL 430,064 1,725.345 249.26 1,565.208 274.76 Belarus WIRE RODS..............................3 1,459,962 5,602.947 260.57 5,082.910 287.23 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 349,259 1,222.198 285.76 1,108.760 315.00 WIRE DRAWN............................23 231,136 301.531 766.54 273.545 844.97 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,040,357 7,126.677 286.30 6,465.215 315.59 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Ukraine BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 6,238 10.729 581.37 9.734 640.85 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 174,232 387.503 449.63 351.537 495.63 COUNTRY TOTAL 180,470 398.232 453.18 361.271 499.54 Spain WIRE RODS..............................3 1,535,838 4,334.198 354.35 3,931.920 390.61 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 26,667 15.018 1,775.55 13.625 1,957.21 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 319,649 745.664 428.68 676.456 472.53 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 238,190 256.442 928.82 232.641 1,023.85 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 581,635 941.617 617.70 854.221 680.90 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,745,797 4,853.815 565.70 4,403.309 623.58 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 133,858 196.862 679.96 178.591 749.52 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 6,729 9.546 704.90 8.660 777.02 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 672,554 759.030 886.07 688.581 976.72 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 26,011 22.804 1,140.60 20.688 1,257.30 WIRE DRAWN............................23 194,989 360.859 540.35 327.366 595.63 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 296,370 525.137 564.37 476.397 622.11 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 62,063 39.809 1,558.98 36.115 1,718.48 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,840,350 13,060.809 523.73 11,848.570 577.31 Italy WIRE RODS..............................3 9,563,494 27,308.116 350.21 24,773.514 386.04 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 714,136 1,705.010 418.85 1,546.760 461.70 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 20,358 22.376 909.78 20.300 1,002.86 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 10,241 9.463 1,082.18 8.585 1,192.89 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 261,905 356.878 733.88 323.755 808.96 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 435,757 323.506 1,346.98 293.480 1,484.79 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 1,325,665 1,329.159 997.37 1,205.794 1,099.41 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,015,817 1,817.903 558.78 1,649.175 615.95 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 905,638 849.429 1,066.17 770.590 1,175.25 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 400,556 415.583 963.84 377.011 1,062.45 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 2,154 2.248 957.88 2.040 1,055.88 WIRE DRAWN............................23 724,386 825.086 877.95 748.506 967.78 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 426,652 644.245 662.25 584.450 730.01 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 104,656 27.543 3,799.67 24.987 4,188.42 COUNTRY TOTAL 15,911,415 35,636.553 446.49 32,328.947 492.17 Greece WIRE DRAWN............................23 849,455 1,356.277 626.31 1,230.395 690.39 COUNTRY TOTAL 849,455 1,356.277 626.31 1,230.395 690.39 Romania PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 865,545 3,186.721 271.61 2,890.946 299.40 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 1,849,047 7,178.017 257.60 6,511.790 283.95 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 73,426 17.471 4,202.58 15.850 4,632.56 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 600,531 1,758.807 341.44 1,595.564 376.38 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 225,397 412.548 546.35 374.258 602.25 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 684,419 1,476.564 463.52 1,339.517 510.94 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 191,632 240.697 796.15 218.357 877.61 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,489,997 14,270.829 314.63 12,946.282 346.82 Bulgaria BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 4,871,265 17,949.148 271.39 16,283.198 299.16 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,871,265 17,949.148 271.39 16,283.198 299.16 Turkey WIRE RODS..............................3 31,752,948 110,008.796 288.64 99,798.330 318.17 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 561,700 1,660.727 338.23 1,506.587 372.83 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 2,420,151 4,485.875 539.50 4,069.519 594.70 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 236,408 320.450 737.74 290.708 813.21 COUNTRY TOTAL 34,971,207 116,475.850 300.24 105,665.144 330.96 Israel RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 7,980 4.409 1,809.83 4.000 1,995.00 WIRE DRAWN............................23 312,320 673.131 463.98 610.655 511.45 COUNTRY TOTAL 320,300 677.540 472.74 614.655 521.11 United Arab Emirates STANDARD PIPE.........................18 522,894 940.320 556.08 853.045 612.97 COUNTRY TOTAL 522,894 940.320 556.08 853.045 612.97 Oman STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,143,212 2,714.020 421.22 2,462.119 464.32 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,143,212 2,714.020 421.22 2,462.119 464.32 India BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 3,221 8.524 377.87 7.733 416.53 WIRE RODS..............................3 2,091,336 8,153.148 256.51 7,396.414 282.75 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 248,292 466.205 532.58 422.935 587.07 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 4,481 11.198 400.15 10.159 441.09 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 63,355 17.868 3,545.63 16.210 3,908.39 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 4,117,541 9,470.196 434.79 8,591.220 479.27 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 1,483,736 2,996.722 495.12 2,718.582 545.78 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 116,822 105.274 1,109.69 95.503 1,223.23 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 42,164 21.137 1,994.71 19.176 2,198.79 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 156,693 182.096 860.50 165.195 948.53 WIRE DRAWN............................23 342,022 689.883 495.77 625.852 546.49 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 30,471,480 60,778.467 501.35 55,137.314 552.65 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 61,458 103.326 594.80 93.736 655.65 COUNTRY TOTAL 39,202,601 83,004.050 472.30 75,300.029 520.62 Pakistan STANDARD PIPE.........................18 101,800 271.319 375.20 246.137 413.59 COUNTRY TOTAL 101,800 271.319 375.20 246.137 413.59 Thailand PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 25,637 41.608 616.14 37.747 679.18 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 4,500 27.017 166.56 24.510 183.60 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,003,051 5,288.198 378.78 4,797.374 417.53 WIRE DRAWN............................23 39,138 17.890 2,187.64 16.230 2,411.46 TIN PLATE.............................29 11,825 16.770 705.10 15.214 777.24 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 109,099 306.464 355.99 278.020 392.41 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 2,160,480 4,378.988 493.37 3,972.553 543.85 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,353,730 10,076.939 432.05 9,141.648 476.25 Malaysia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 14,182 22.155 640.12 20.099 705.61 WIRE RODS..............................3 125,545 328.845 381.77 298.324 420.83 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,040 3.826 533.18 3.471 587.73 COUNTRY TOTAL 141,767 354.827 399.54 321.894 440.42 Singapore STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 3,420 6.711 509.54 6.089 561.67 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,420 6.711 509.54 6.089 561.67 Indonesia LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 1,055,187 3,052.882 345.64 2,769.529 381.00 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 139,373 405.898 343.37 368.225 378.50 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 63,792 182.699 349.16 165.742 384.89 WIRE DRAWN............................23 27,759 10.028 2,767.92 9.098 3,051.11 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,286,111 3,651.508 352.21 3,312.594 388.25 China INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 4,577 9.741 469.86 8.837 517.94 WIRE RODS..............................3 112,477 434.271 259.00 393.965 285.50 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 13,444 44.907 299.37 40.739 330.00 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 3,325 20.778 160.02 18.850 176.39 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 13,650 19.180 711.67 17.400 784.48 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 32,011 65.110 491.64 59.067 541.94 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 30,935 71.602 432.04 64.957 476.24 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,191,377 5,626.516 389.47 5,104.291 429.32 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 172,223 177.931 967.92 161.417 1,066.94 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 266,581 573.105 465.15 519.913 512.74 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 10,464 22.605 462.90 20.507 510.26 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 488,781 711.341 687.13 645.318 757.43 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 2,113 1.873 1,127.58 1.700 1,242.94 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 8,660 5.456 1,587.12 4.950 1,749.49 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,748,209 5,118.571 536.91 4,643.491 591.84 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 4,488 5.674 790.88 5.148 871.79 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 3,459 0.820 4,217.68 0.744 4,649.19 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 52,195 42.021 1,242.11 38.121 1,369.19 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,158,969 12,951.509 475.54 11,749.415 524.19 Korea, South BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 181,064 889.433 203.57 806.881 224.40 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 135,269 333.608 405.47 302.645 446.96 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 34,582 88.998 388.57 80.738 428.32 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 4,933 9.636 511.91 8.742 564.29 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 20,267 56.065 361.49 50.862 398.47 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,084,674 2,475.840 438.10 2,246.045 482.93 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,567,792 5,972.716 429.92 5,418.359 473.91 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 878,303 2,410.994 364.29 2,187.218 401.56 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,808,751 5,091.988 355.22 4,619.376 391.56 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 1,242,381 3,598.098 345.29 3,264.141 380.61 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 289,033 717.173 403.02 650.609 444.25 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 6,820 6.137 1,111.17 5.568 1,224.86 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 408,167 1,221.804 334.07 1,108.403 368.25 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,388,425 2,013.999 689.39 1,827.070 759.92 TIN PLATE.............................29 3,360 3.011 1,115.72 2.732 1,229.87 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 21,837,522 61,034.019 357.79 55,369.147 394.40 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 97,262 220.175 441.75 199.740 486.94 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,231,246 2,014.898 611.07 1,827.886 673.59 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 374,091 781.133 478.91 708.633 527.91 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 708,581 1,229.678 576.23 1,115.546 635.19 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 89,755 143.915 623.66 130.558 687.47 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 246,478 200.036 1,232.17 181.470 1,358.23 COUNTRY TOTAL 34,638,756 90,513.367 382.69 82,112.369 421.85 Taiwan BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 7,361 2.550 2,885.82 2.314 3,181.07 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 5,072 2.705 1,875.00 2.454 2,066.83 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 10,170 4.629 2,196.68 4.200 2,421.43 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 25,550 47.712 535.50 43.284 590.29 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 31,730 18.861 1,682.25 17.111 1,854.36 WIRE DRAWN............................23 745,855 1,170.271 637.33 1,061.653 702.54 TIN PLATE.............................29 44,882 63.023 712.15 57.174 785.01 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 266,974 530.393 503.35 481.165 554.85 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,296,452 2,349.163 551.88 2,131.126 608.34 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 41,092 38.589 1,064.84 35.008 1,173.79 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,475,138 4,227.901 585.43 3,835.489 645.33 Japan BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 429,299 864.143 496.79 783.938 547.62 WIRE RODS..............................3 4,562,837 12,503.925 364.91 11,343.374 402.25 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,370 6.599 359.12 5.987 395.86 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 66,485 135.239 491.61 122.687 541.91 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 6,700,054 15,390.923 435.33 13,962.415 479.86 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,213,522 2,321.225 522.79 2,105.781 576.28 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 1,551,028 5,172.176 299.88 4,692.121 330.56 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 75,917 95.584 794.24 86.713 875.50 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 991,407 1,877.749 527.98 1,703.466 581.99 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 641,795 757.057 847.75 686.791 934.48 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 2,186,356 4,000.928 546.46 3,629.582 602.37 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,116,386 663.151 1,683.46 601.601 1,855.69 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 223,827 303.301 737.97 275.151 813.47 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 157,051 44.469 3,531.66 40.342 3,892.99 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 69,228 64.242 1,077.60 58.280 1,187.85 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 28,086 71.064 395.22 64.469 435.65 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,726,948 3,835.278 711.02 3,479.307 783.76 BLACK PLATE...........................28 1,190,927 1,832.348 649.95 1,662.279 716.44 TIN PLATE.............................29 143,856 223.399 643.94 202.665 709.82 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 830,910 1,417.224 586.29 1,285.685 646.28 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 157,329 298.154 527.68 270.481 581.66 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,100,325 3,511.298 598.16 3,185.397 659.36 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 76,084 145.824 521.75 132.290 575.13 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 157,207 197.375 796.49 179.056 877.98 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 1,050,251 721.979 1,454.68 654.969 1,603.51 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 23,604 33.058 714.01 29.990 787.06 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 501,141 463.757 1,080.61 420.714 1,191.17 COUNTRY TOTAL 28,974,230 56,951.483 508.75 51,665.531 560.80 Australia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 9,847,189 41,120.091 239.47 37,303.530 263.97 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 260,095 762.945 340.91 692.133 375.79 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 382,872 614.838 622.72 557.772 686.43 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 41,088 56.365 728.96 51.134 803.54 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 82,164 162.579 505.38 147.490 557.08 WIRE DRAWN............................23 82,980 169.306 490.12 153.592 540.26 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 16,427,163 58,174.330 282.38 52,774.880 311.27 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 8,331 14.604 570.44 13.249 628.80 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 15,384 3.575 4,302.14 3.244 4,742.29 COUNTRY TOTAL 27,147,266 101,078.638 268.58 91,697.024 296.05 New Zealand PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 180,724 599.017 301.70 543.420 332.57 WIRE DRAWN............................23 58,976 110.551 533.47 100.291 588.05 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,175,560 3,851.606 305.21 3,494.120 336.44 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 40,535 112.501 360.31 102.060 397.17 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 76,281 114.282 667.48 103.675 735.77 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,532,076 4,787.960 319.99 4,343.566 352.72 Egypt WIRE RODS..............................3 4,544,275 13,273.874 342.35 12,041.860 377.37 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 23,855 53.681 444.38 48.699 489.85 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 257,739 927.495 277.89 841.410 306.32 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 6,096,312 4,571.450 1,333.56 4,147.151 1,470.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 43,106 63.526 678.55 57.630 747.98 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 10,241,289 36,835.243 278.03 33,416.380 306.48 COUNTRY TOTAL 21,206,576 55,725.271 380.56 50,553.130 419.49 South Africa WIRE RODS..............................3 3,363,180 13,131.883 256.11 11,913.048 282.31 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 39,937 68.632 581.90 62.262 641.43 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 11,078 20.000 553.89 18.144 610.56 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 320,552 777.997 412.02 705.788 454.18 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 677,615 1,470.001 460.96 1,333.563 508.12 WIRE DRAWN............................23 875,197 1,942.996 450.44 1,762.657 496.52 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,287,559 17,411.511 303.68 15,795.462 334.75 GRAND TOTAL 832,883,743 2,008,564.918 414.67 1,822,139.957 457.09 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 213,429 67.005 3,185.27 60.786 3,511.15 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 63,878 27.072 2,359.49 24.560 2,600.90 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 842,083 267.411 3,149.01 242.592 3,471.19 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 46,698 41.325 1,130.00 37.490 1,245.61 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 89,829 20.545 4,372.10 18.639 4,819.41 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 10,261,635 2,052.691 4,999.11 1,862.171 5,510.58 WIRE DRAWN............................23 552,733 181.168 3,050.94 164.353 3,363.08 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 7,762 2.094 3,706.09 1.900 4,085.26 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 7,610,401 3,263.840 2,331.73 2,960.907 2,570.29 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,421,864 535.323 2,656.09 485.637 2,927.83 COUNTRY TOTAL 21,110,312 6,458.478 3,268.62 5,859.035 3,603.04 Mexico INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 4,267 2.771 1,539.76 2.514 1,697.30 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 26,482 19.984 1,325.10 18.130 1,460.67 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 6,053 2.978 2,032.27 2.702 2,240.19 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 7,234 1.748 4,137.82 1.586 4,561.16 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 432,800 184.818 2,341.75 167.665 2,581.34 WIRE DRAWN............................23 203,853 61.860 3,295.36 56.119 3,632.51 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 17,991,692 9,425.890 1,908.75 8,551.026 2,104.04 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,227,559 1,310.279 1,700.06 1,188.666 1,874.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 20,899,940 11,010.332 1,898.21 9,988.408 2,092.42 Brazil PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 20,588 4.639 4,437.43 4.209 4,891.42 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 142,431 106.515 1,337.19 96.629 1,474.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 7,952 2.358 3,371.00 2.140 3,715.89 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 50,116 22.262 2,251.16 20.196 2,481.48 WIRE DRAWN............................23 4,090 0.793 5,153.31 0.720 5,680.56 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 880,251 457.546 1,923.85 415.079 2,120.68 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 7,014 0.466 15,042.54 0.423 16,581.56 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,112,442 594.582 1,870.96 539.396 2,062.38 Sweden INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 150,734 186.136 809.80 168.860 892.66 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 4,842,935 2,518.749 1,922.75 2,284.972 2,119.47 WIRE RODS..............................3 597,455 239.984 2,489.56 217.710 2,744.27 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 549,332 217.703 2,523.31 197.497 2,781.47 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,474,058 931.828 2,655.06 845.341 2,926.70 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 34,481 7.605 4,533.43 6.900 4,997.25 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 451,848 188.355 2,398.91 170.873 2,644.35 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,398,979 264.102 5,297.10 239.590 5,839.05 WIRE DRAWN............................23 989,044 171.972 5,751.17 156.011 6,339.58 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,181,071 327.952 3,601.34 297.514 3,969.80 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,087,795 409.946 5,092.85 371.897 5,613.91 COUNTRY TOTAL 14,757,732 5,464.337 2,700.74 4,957.165 2,977.05 Norway BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 3,360 0.628 5,347.62 0.570 5,894.74 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 3,111 0.385 8,063.58 0.350 8,888.57 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,471 1.014 6,380.86 0.920 7,033.70 Finland PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 44,993 21.428 2,099.64 19.440 2,314.45 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 106,709 50.739 2,103.08 46.030 2,318.25 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 491,614 193.676 2,538.33 175.700 2,798.03 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 36,984 18.459 2,003.54 16.746 2,208.53 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 743,389 294.846 2,521.28 267.480 2,779.23 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 42,379 19.543 2,168.39 17.730 2,390.24 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,466,068 598.693 2,448.78 543.126 2,699.31 Denmark BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 233,833 82.459 2,835.73 74.806 3,125.86 WIRE DRAWN............................23 11,559 0.036 317,762.16 0.033 350,272.73 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 14,000 1.538 9,097.84 1.396 10,028.65 COUNTRY TOTAL 259,392 84.034 3,086.73 76.235 3,402.53 United Kingdom INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 152,467 56.492 2,698.90 51.249 2,975.02 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 10,324,911 5,243.144 1,969.22 4,756.502 2,170.69 WIRE RODS..............................3 2,188,192 1,079.350 2,027.32 979.171 2,234.74 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 8,157 4.850 1,681.80 4.400 1,853.86 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 3,648 0.599 6,083.48 0.544 6,705.88 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,778,915 825.920 2,153.86 749.263 2,374.22 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 70,666 37.977 1,860.71 34.453 2,051.08 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 470,480 215.673 2,181.44 195.656 2,404.63 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 214,898 39.690 5,414.29 36.007 5,968.23 WIRE DRAWN............................23 293,896 77.187 3,807.58 70.023 4,197.14 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 371,958 102.430 3,631.34 92.923 4,002.86 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 56,678 40.917 1,385.17 37.120 1,526.89 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 195,861 30.640 6,392.13 27.797 7,046.12 COUNTRY TOTAL 16,130,727 7,754.876 2,080.08 7,035.108 2,292.89 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Ireland STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 6,491 2.194 2,957.58 1.991 3,260.17 WIRE DRAWN............................23 21,833 1.921 11,363.49 1.743 12,526.10 COUNTRY TOTAL 28,324 4.116 6,881.39 3.734 7,585.43 Netherlands BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 28,492 14.999 1,899.57 13.607 2,093.92 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 8,702 1.954 4,452.52 1.773 4,908.07 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 22,363 1.170 19,102.99 1.062 21,057.44 WIRE DRAWN............................23 10,747 0.039 270,819.92 0.036 298,527.78 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 427,084 71.282 5,991.47 64.666 6,604.46 COUNTRY TOTAL 497,388 89.445 5,560.77 81.144 6,129.70 Belgium PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 968,553 409.053 2,367.79 371.087 2,610.04 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,601,852 1,158.078 2,246.70 1,050.591 2,476.56 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 133,401 10.185 13,097.34 9.240 14,437.34 WIRE DRAWN............................23 7,105 0.468 15,166.00 0.425 16,717.65 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,782,014 1,330.924 2,090.29 1,207.395 2,304.15 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 143,046 67.013 2,134.57 60.794 2,352.96 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,635,971 2,975.723 2,230.04 2,699.532 2,458.19 France WIRE RODS..............................3 95,987 32.967 2,911.53 29.908 3,209.41 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,725 0.149 18,177.05 0.136 20,036.76 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,597,181 560.835 2,847.86 508.782 3,139.22 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,497,016 428.401 5,828.69 388.639 6,425.03 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 2,023,819 760.662 2,660.60 690.062 2,932.81 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 2,083,538 489.889 4,253.08 444.420 4,688.22 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,051,725 227.459 4,623.79 206.348 5,096.85 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,644,159 1,723.754 1,533.95 1,563.764 1,690.89 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,331,195 696.854 1,910.29 632.176 2,105.73 COUNTRY TOTAL 13,327,345 4,920.975 2,708.27 4,464.235 2,985.36 Federal Republic of Germany INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 59,138 32.803 1,802.79 29.759 1,987.23 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 9,741 0.289 33,600.34 0.263 37,038.02 WIRE RODS..............................3 163,785 46.938 3,489.35 42.582 3,846.34 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 234,508 148.665 1,577.42 134.867 1,738.81 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,090,328 503.176 2,166.89 456.474 2,388.59 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,257,629 523.165 2,403.88 474.608 2,649.83 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 493,307 260.641 1,892.67 236.450 2,086.31 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 860,417 359.627 2,392.52 326.249 2,637.30 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 873,824 141.533 6,173.98 128.397 6,805.64 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE WIRE DRAWN............................23 709,970 108.520 6,542.28 98.448 7,211.62 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 21,368 5.332 4,006.76 4.838 4,416.70 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,485,181 1,642.595 2,121.75 1,490.138 2,338.83 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 4,667 0.899 5,188.52 0.816 5,719.36 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 175,126 49.001 3,573.92 44.453 3,939.58 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,438,989 3,823.191 2,468.88 3,468.342 2,721.47 Austria PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 63,456 15.409 4,118.06 13.979 4,539.38 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 472,081 213.180 2,214.47 193.394 2,441.03 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 402,386 150.278 2,677.61 136.330 2,951.56 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 632,411 121.451 5,207.11 110.179 5,739.85 WIRE DRAWN............................23 11,881 2.533 4,690.28 2.298 5,170.15 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 20,250 0.952 21,262.15 0.864 23,437.50 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 83,238 26.572 3,132.51 24.106 3,453.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,685,703 530.376 3,178.31 481.150 3,503.49 Czech Republic BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 122,173 55.986 2,182.19 50.790 2,405.45 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 2,542,277 306.277 8,300.58 277.850 9,149.82 WIRE DRAWN............................23 8,845 2.225 3,974.27 2.019 4,380.88 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,673,295 364.489 7,334.36 330.659 8,084.75 Slovakia INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 5,489 4.078 1,345.82 3.700 1,483.51 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 34,611 8.139 4,252.25 7.384 4,687.30 COUNTRY TOTAL 40,100 12.218 3,282.04 11.084 3,617.83 Switzerland BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 401,840 172.490 2,329.63 156.481 2,567.98 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 19,841 0.282 70,310.38 0.256 77,503.91 WIRE DRAWN............................23 170,245 42.401 4,015.07 38.466 4,425.86 COUNTRY TOTAL 591,926 215.174 2,750.91 195.203 3,032.36 Latvia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 466,462 209.149 2,230.28 189.737 2,458.47 COUNTRY TOTAL 466,462 209.149 2,230.28 189.737 2,458.47 Poland BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 77,105 45.610 1,690.52 41.377 1,863.47 COUNTRY TOTAL 77,105 45.610 1,690.52 41.377 1,863.47 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Russia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 75,948 41.519 1,829.21 37.666 2,016.35 COUNTRY TOTAL 75,948 41.519 1,829.21 37.666 2,016.35 Ukraine BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 23,704 4.409 5,375.98 4.000 5,926.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 23,704 4.409 5,375.98 4.000 5,926.00 Spain BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 1,685,952 848.107 1,987.90 769.390 2,191.28 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 2,082,185 440.220 4,729.87 399.361 5,213.79 WIRE DRAWN............................23 6,812 1.561 4,361.15 1.417 4,807.34 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,774,949 1,289.889 2,926.57 1,170.168 3,225.99 Italy BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 119,147 31.744 3,753.33 28.798 4,137.34 WIRE RODS..............................3 328,376 166.125 1,976.67 150.707 2,178.90 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 554,065 225.150 2,460.87 204.253 2,712.64 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 713,066 414.071 1,722.09 375.639 1,898.27 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 48,111 22.242 2,163.03 20.178 2,384.33 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 978,013 381.618 2,562.80 346.199 2,825.00 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 2,601,793 1,163.320 2,236.52 1,055.347 2,465.34 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 3,681,748 1,290.067 2,853.92 1,170.330 3,145.91 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 608,886 227.854 2,672.26 206.706 2,945.66 WIRE DRAWN............................23 202,941 48.739 4,163.76 44.216 4,589.76 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 391,096 216.403 1,807.25 196.318 1,992.16 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,978,395 1,191.899 1,659.87 1,081.273 1,829.69 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 10,626 3.198 3,321.76 2.902 3,661.61 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 27,152 10.456 2,596.66 9.486 2,862.32 COUNTRY TOTAL 12,243,415 5,392.893 2,270.29 4,892.352 2,502.56 Slovenia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 39,400 27.838 1,415.29 25.255 1,560.09 COUNTRY TOTAL 39,400 27.838 1,415.29 25.255 1,560.09 Romania BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 137,064 57.095 2,400.62 51.796 2,646.23 COUNTRY TOTAL 137,064 57.095 2,400.62 51.796 2,646.23 United Arab Emirates BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 32,391 16.828 1,924.72 15.267 2,121.63 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 32,391 16.828 1,924.72 15.267 2,121.63 India BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 70,098 30.681 2,284.68 27.834 2,518.43 WIRE RODS..............................3 34,909 19.217 1,816.50 17.434 2,002.35 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 327,122 129.746 2,521.24 117.704 2,779.19 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 125,575 49.247 2,549.85 44.677 2,810.73 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 2,358,108 1,129.258 2,088.19 1,024.446 2,301.84 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 2,102,332 1,104.280 1,903.80 1,001.787 2,098.58 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 285,006 84.754 3,362.72 76.888 3,706.77 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,716,809 1,268.668 2,141.46 1,150.917 2,360.56 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 194,787 102.151 1,906.85 92.670 2,101.94 COUNTRY TOTAL 8,214,746 3,918.006 2,096.66 3,554.357 2,311.18 Thailand STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 210,490 91.080 2,311.03 82.627 2,547.47 WIRE DRAWN............................23 160,701 76.387 2,103.75 69.298 2,318.98 COUNTRY TOTAL 371,191 167.468 2,216.48 151.925 2,443.25 Malaysia STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 654,037 324.963 2,012.65 294.802 2,218.56 COUNTRY TOTAL 654,037 324.963 2,012.65 294.802 2,218.56 Singapore STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 329,835 141.633 2,328.79 128.488 2,567.05 COUNTRY TOTAL 329,835 141.633 2,328.79 128.488 2,567.05 Indonesia STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 244,845 106.584 2,297.19 96.692 2,532.22 COUNTRY TOTAL 244,845 106.584 2,297.19 96.692 2,532.22 China BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 10,450 0.458 22,788.66 0.416 25,120.19 WIRE RODS..............................3 127,069 116.541 1,090.33 105.725 1,201.88 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 81,548 39.489 2,065.07 35.824 2,276.35 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 2,831,512 1,094.763 2,586.41 993.153 2,851.03 WIRE DRAWN............................23 666,550 235.946 2,825.01 214.047 3,114.04 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,196,696 1,329.576 1,652.18 1,206.172 1,821.21 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,913,825 2,816.776 2,099.50 2,555.337 2,314.30 Korea, South IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 5,268 0.348 15,123.58 0.316 16,670.89 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 10,583 3.171 3,337.07 2.877 3,678.48 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 11,816 3.362 3,514.52 3.050 3,874.10 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 2,369,962 826.770 2,866.53 750.034 3,159.81 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,141,359 760.598 2,815.36 690.004 3,103.40 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 851,569 487.274 1,747.62 442.048 1,926.42 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 21,268 7.782 2,732.86 7.060 3,012.46 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,411,825 2,089.308 2,590.25 1,895.389 2,855.26 Taiwan INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 17,588 13.723 1,281.57 12.450 1,412.69 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,539,502 770.743 1,997.42 699.207 2,201.78 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 702,548 310.040 2,265.99 281.264 2,497.82 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 192,258 79.504 2,418.21 72.125 2,665.62 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 13,221 1.695 7,798.37 1.538 8,596.23 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,800,518 884.833 2,034.87 802.708 2,243.05 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 4,964,045 1,739.140 2,854.31 1,577.722 3,146.34 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,121,793 320.073 3,504.80 290.366 3,863.38 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,850,704 923.858 3,085.65 838.111 3,401.34 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 34,167 20.174 1,693.57 18.302 1,866.85 COUNTRY TOTAL 13,236,344 5,063.788 2,613.92 4,593.793 2,881.35 Japan BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 43,267 4.969 8,707.00 4.508 9,597.83 WIRE RODS..............................3 13,635 6.112 2,230.74 5.545 2,458.97 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 11,005 2.810 3,915.13 2.550 4,315.69 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 891,822 470.342 1,896.11 426.688 2,090.10 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 46,911 16.292 2,879.36 14.780 3,173.95 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 29,885 6.006 4,975.45 5.449 5,484.49 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 375,317 97.985 3,830.33 88.891 4,222.22 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 3,569,685 1,055.147 3,383.11 957.214 3,729.24 WIRE DRAWN............................23 744,026 103.044 7,220.47 93.480 7,959.20 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 133,797 74.745 1,790.03 67.808 1,973.17 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 482,129 426.569 1,130.25 386.977 1,245.89 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 5,277 4.574 1,153.55 4.150 1,271.57 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 3,050,670 495.806 6,152.95 449.788 6,782.46 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,397,426 2,764.406 3,399.44 2,507.828 3,747.24 Australia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 2,704 1.150 2,349.64 1.044 2,590.04 WIRE DRAWN............................23 14,730 3.707 3,973.49 3.363 4,380.02 COUNTRY TOTAL 17,434 4.857 3,588.80 4.407 3,955.98 South Africa IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - FINAL PREPARED 28/04/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 816,735 485.022 1,683.91 440.005 1,856.19 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 23,000 18.697 1,230.12 16.962 1,355.97 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 292,016 162.257 1,799.70 147.198 1,983.83 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 178,203 155.563 1,145.53 141.125 1,262.73 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,144,297 673.937 1,697.93 611.386 1,871.64 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,454,251 1,495.478 1,641.11 1,356.676 1,809.02 GRAND TOTAL 173,778,322 70,880.568 2,451.71 64,301.788 2,702.54