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RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/04/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Canada 79,530 157.204 505.90 142.614 557.66 Mexico 265,454 493.630 537.76 447.814 592.78 Sweden 150,734 83.621 1,802.58 75.860 1,987.00 United Kingdom 152,467 56.492 2,698.90 51.249 2,975.02 Federal Republic of Germany 59,138 32.803 1,802.79 29.759 1,987.23 Slovakia 5,489 4.078 1,345.82 3.700 1,483.51 Italy 36,639 38.602 949.12 35.020 1,046.23 China 165,377 75.879 2,179.46 68.837 2,402.44 Taiwan 17,588 13.723 1,281.57 12.450 1,412.69 CATEGORY TOTAL 932,416 956.037 975.29 867.303 1,075.08 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 6,424,185 19,240.972 333.88 17,455.122 368.04 Mexico 45,771,325 170,926.607 267.78 155,062.054 295.18 Brazil 55,794,809 214,210.773 260.47 194,328.800 287.12 Sweden 4,842,935 2,518.749 1,922.75 2,284.972 2,119.47 Finland 2,814,678 11,421.154 246.44 10,361.100 271.66 United Kingdom 10,575,260 5,869.141 1,801.84 5,324.397 1,986.19 Belgium 3,638,789 11,215.182 324.45 10,174.245 357.65 France 1,432,785 274.063 5,227.94 248.626 5,762.81 Federal Republic of Germany 1,098,991 1,991.697 551.79 1,806.838 608.24 Czech Republic 30,657 81.128 377.88 73.599 416.54 Russia 215,215 1,019.527 211.09 924.900 232.69 Spain 1,685,952 848.107 1,987.90 769.390 2,191.28 Italy 149,517 42.585 3,510.98 38.633 3,870.19 India 73,319 39.205 1,870.10 35.567 2,061.43 Malaysia 14,182 22.155 640.12 20.099 705.61 China 10,450 0.458 22,788.66 0.416 25,120.19 Korea, South 489,423 1,467.110 333.60 1,330.941 367.73 Japan 472,566 869.112 543.73 788.446 599.36 Australia 9,847,189 41,120.091 239.47 37,303.530 263.97 CATEGORY TOTAL 145,382,227 483,177.827 300.89 438,331.674 331.67 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 21,319,809 46,909.892 454.48 42,555.951 500.98 Mexico 1,797,393 5,202.429 345.49 4,719.566 380.84 Trinidad and Tobago 7,138,062 24,001.134 297.41 21,773.469 327.83 Venezuela 1,633,737 5,806.892 281.34 5,267.926 310.13 Brazil 5,840,504 19,384.380 301.30 17,585.219 332.13 Argentina 958,939 4,411.909 217.35 4,002.418 239.59 Sweden 597,455 239.984 2,489.56 217.710 2,744.27 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/04/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Finland 22,128 14.907 1,484.34 13.524 1,636.20 United Kingdom 2,774,382 2,734.602 1,014.55 2,480.790 1,118.35 Belgium 195,135 741.723 263.08 672.880 290.00 Luxembourg 256,125 631.337 405.69 572.740 447.19 France 4,392,549 16,316.076 269.22 14,801.700 296.76 Federal Republic of Germany 8,468,770 27,958.738 302.90 25,363.748 333.89 Czech Republic 6,440,193 21,887.626 294.24 19,856.126 324.34 Poland 4,514,984 14,918.170 302.65 13,533.540 333.61 Russia 43,746 131.607 332.40 119.392 366.41 Belarus 1,459,962 5,602.947 260.57 5,082.910 287.23 Spain 1,535,838 4,334.198 354.35 3,931.920 390.61 Italy 9,891,870 27,474.242 360.04 24,924.221 396.88 Turkey 31,752,948 110,008.796 288.64 99,798.330 318.17 India 2,091,336 8,153.148 256.51 7,396.414 282.75 Malaysia 125,545 328.845 381.77 298.324 420.83 China 239,546 550.813 434.89 499.690 479.39 Taiwan 1,539,502 770.743 1,997.42 699.207 2,201.78 Japan 4,576,472 12,510.038 365.82 11,348.919 403.25 Egypt 4,544,275 13,273.874 342.35 12,041.860 377.37 South Africa 3,363,180 13,131.883 256.11 11,913.048 282.31 CATEGORY TOTAL 127,514,385 387,430.946 329.13 351,471.542 362.80 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 8,202,598 15,609.439 525.49 14,160.649 579.25 Mexico 780,025 1,691.738 461.08 1,534.720 508.25 Venezuela 5,928 6.743 879.01 6.118 968.94 Brazil 1,132,938 3,766.695 300.78 3,417.090 331.55 Norway 356,860 649.359 549.56 589.089 605.78 United Kingdom 3,775,215 9,584.582 393.88 8,694.989 434.18 Belgium 119,167 152.256 782.67 138.125 862.75 Luxembourg 2,000,463 4,742.540 421.81 4,302.362 464.97 France 150,238 246.147 610.36 223.301 672.80 Federal Republic of Germany 3,495,428 7,839.573 445.87 7,111.943 491.49 Spain 26,667 15.018 1,775.55 13.625 1,957.21 Italy 827,848 620.328 1,334.53 562.753 1,471.07 Turkey 561,700 1,660.727 338.23 1,506.587 372.83 India 327,122 129.746 2,521.24 117.704 2,779.19 Korea, South 135,269 333.608 405.47 302.645 446.96 Japan 13,375 9.410 1,421.30 8.537 1,566.71 South Africa 39,937 68.632 581.90 62.262 641.43 CATEGORY TOTAL 21,950,778 47,126.549 465.78 42,752.499 513.44 STEEL PILING...........................5 Canada 1,520,355 2,476.523 613.91 2,246.665 676.72 United Kingdom 34,655 53.873 643.27 48.873 709.08 Luxembourg 3,139,475 6,380.808 492.02 5,788.574 542.36 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/04/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Federal Republic of Germany 1,114,179 2,245.673 496.14 2,037.241 546.91 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,808,664 11,156.878 520.64 10,121.353 573.90 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 11,698,148 23,575.033 496.21 21,386.917 546.98 Mexico 32,799 78.595 417.31 71.301 460.01 Brazil 20,588 4.639 4,437.43 4.209 4,891.42 Sweden 5,228,312 6,848.215 763.46 6,212.598 841.57 Norway 48,800 91.171 535.26 82.709 590.02 Finland 160,017 198.640 805.56 180.204 887.98 United Kingdom 1,037,504 547.560 1,894.77 496.739 2,088.63 Belgium 1,263,608 628.380 2,010.90 570.057 2,216.63 France 3,119,209 3,095.988 1,007.50 2,808.634 1,110.58 Federal Republic of Germany 5,062,868 7,028.930 720.29 6,376.540 793.98 Austria 63,456 15.409 4,118.06 13.979 4,539.38 Czech Republic 1,470,795 3,617.861 406.54 3,282.070 448.13 Hungary 295,593 1,224.199 241.46 1,110.575 266.16 Switzerland 22,013 37.915 580.59 34.396 639.99 Poland 40,664 84.866 479.15 76.990 528.17 Spain 43,618 32.618 1,337.22 29.591 1,474.03 Italy 1,427,202 2,119.081 673.50 1,922.399 742.41 Romania 865,545 3,186.721 271.61 2,890.946 299.40 Thailand 25,637 41.608 616.14 37.747 679.18 China 13,444 12.905 1,041.70 11.708 1,148.27 Korea, South 45,165 92.169 490.02 83.615 540.15 Taiwan 702,548 310.040 2,265.99 281.264 2,497.82 Japan 1,741,825 2,274.547 765.79 2,063.435 844.14 Australia 260,095 762.945 340.91 692.133 375.79 Egypt 11,865 25.859 458.83 23.459 505.78 South Africa 816,735 485.022 1,683.91 440.005 1,856.19 CATEGORY TOTAL 35,518,053 56,420.928 629.52 51,184.220 693.93 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 11,091,890 24,982.195 443.99 22,663.473 489.42 Mexico 742,246 1,836.020 404.27 1,665.610 445.63 Venezuela 39,445 131.159 300.74 118.986 331.51 Sweden 2,474,058 931.828 2,655.06 845.341 2,926.70 Finland 106,709 50.739 2,103.08 46.030 2,318.25 Netherlands 126,633 384.552 329.30 348.860 362.99 Belgium 2,601,852 1,158.078 2,246.70 1,050.591 2,476.56 France 1,611,487 5,101.063 315.91 4,627.608 348.23 Federal Republic of Germany 1,377,077 947.063 1,454.05 859.162 1,602.81 Hungary 199,656 850.410 234.78 771.480 258.80 Thailand 4,500 27.017 166.56 24.510 183.60 China 3,325 20.778 160.02 18.850 176.39 Korea, South 4,933 9.636 511.91 8.742 564.29 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/04/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 344,137 778.250 442.19 706.017 487.43 New Zealand 180,724 599.017 301.70 543.420 332.57 Egypt 257,739 927.495 277.89 841.410 306.32 South Africa 23,000 18.697 1,230.12 16.962 1,355.97 CATEGORY TOTAL 21,189,411 38,754.005 546.77 35,157.052 602.71 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Canada 3,628 1.522 2,383.25 1.381 2,627.08 Luxembourg 123,120 254.274 484.20 230.674 533.74 France 1,833,333 4,891.356 374.81 4,437.365 413.16 Federal Republic of Germany 17,277 9.072 1,904.43 8.230 2,099.27 Austria 92,193 62.350 1,478.64 56.563 1,629.92 Japan 8,418,965 19,256.797 437.19 17,469.478 481.92 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,488,516 24,475.372 428.53 22,203.691 472.38 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 Canada 245,462 594.371 412.98 539.205 455.23 Belgium 75,572 131.883 573.02 119.643 631.65 Luxembourg 30,309 47.768 634.50 43.335 699.41 Austria 244,428 388.076 629.85 352.057 694.29 Spain 319,649 745.664 428.68 676.456 472.53 Italy 20,358 22.376 909.78 20.300 1,002.86 Israel 7,980 4.409 1,809.83 4.000 1,995.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 943,758 1,934.551 487.84 1,754.996 537.76 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 Canada 34,064 27.839 1,223.56 25.256 1,348.75 Mexico 49,666 168.152 295.36 152.545 325.58 China 13,650 19.180 711.67 17.400 784.48 Australia 382,872 614.838 622.72 557.772 686.43 CATEGORY TOTAL 480,252 830.010 578.61 752.973 637.81 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 29,386,514 58,811.933 499.67 53,353.304 550.79 Mexico 4,169,270 9,499.634 438.89 8,617.926 483.79 Dominican Republic 100,450 275.577 364.51 250.000 401.80 Trinidad and Tobago 565,292 1,854.771 304.78 1,682.621 335.96 Brazil 464,361 1,033.491 449.31 937.568 495.28 Argentina 584,682 2,130.622 274.42 1,932.869 302.49 Sweden 1,082,910 652.909 1,658.59 592.310 1,828.28 United Kingdom 12,456,931 24,789.574 502.51 22,488.730 553.92 Netherlands 138,661 111.385 1,244.88 101.047 1,372.24 France 2,787,802 503.681 5,534.85 456.932 6,101.13 Federal Republic of Germany 1,285,936 1,297.098 991.39 1,176.708 1,092.83 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/04/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Austria 660,125 274.458 2,405.19 248.985 2,651.26 Czech Republic 2,577,818 5,313.633 485.13 4,820.449 534.77 Switzerland 5,579 5.511 1,012.24 5.000 1,115.80 Latvia 12,695,619 45,575.162 278.56 41,345.104 307.06 Belarus 349,259 1,222.198 285.76 1,108.760 315.00 Ukraine 6,238 10.729 581.37 9.734 640.85 Spain 1,268,395 1,896.489 668.81 1,720.467 737.24 Italy 978,013 381.618 2,562.80 346.199 2,825.00 Slovenia 25,773 21.335 1,208.00 19.355 1,331.59 Romania 137,064 40.229 3,407.01 36.496 3,755.59 Turkey 2,735 1.953 1,400.20 1.772 1,543.45 India 416,817 535.594 778.23 485.883 857.85 China 32,011 65.110 491.64 59.067 541.94 Korea, South 69,645 38.320 1,817.42 34.764 2,003.37 Taiwan 205,079 75.037 2,733.02 68.073 3,012.63 Japan 5,988,218 7,883.701 759.57 7,151.976 837.28 CATEGORY TOTAL 78,441,197 164,301.768 477.42 149,052.099 526.27 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 10,653,869 18,971.263 561.58 17,210.446 619.04 Mexico 2,065,289 4,578.302 451.10 4,153.367 497.26 Brazil 902,344 3,473.995 259.74 3,151.557 286.32 Argentina 279,196 846.180 329.95 767.642 363.71 United Kingdom 70,666 37.977 1,860.71 34.453 2,051.08 Austria 90,382 26.011 3,474.73 23.597 3,830.23 Italy 2,612,034 1,172.783 2,227.21 1,063.932 2,455.08 Turkey 2,420,151 4,485.875 539.50 4,069.519 594.70 India 2,358,108 1,129.258 2,088.19 1,024.446 2,301.84 Taiwan 13,221 1.695 7,798.37 1.538 8,596.23 Japan 29,885 6.006 4,975.45 5.449 5,484.49 CATEGORY TOTAL 21,495,145 34,729.350 618.93 31,505.946 682.26 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 Canada 32,004 67.131 476.73 60.901 525.51 Mexico 9,051,414 29,022.587 311.87 26,328.856 343.78 Dominican Republic 5,824,356 17,787.782 327.44 16,136.809 360.94 Brazil 1,425,127 4,029.998 353.63 3,655.954 389.81 Czech Republic 998,976 3,311.827 301.64 3,004.440 332.50 Romania 1,849,047 7,178.017 257.60 6,511.790 283.95 Bulgaria 4,871,265 17,949.148 271.39 16,283.198 299.16 India 4,481 11.198 400.15 10.159 441.09 Japan 1,551,028 5,172.176 299.88 4,692.121 330.56 Australia 41,088 56.365 728.96 51.134 803.54 CATEGORY TOTAL 25,648,786 84,586.233 303.23 76,735.362 334.25 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/04/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 7,957,379 10,119.834 786.32 9,180.562 866.76 Mexico 85,444 135.196 632.00 122.648 696.66 Brazil 31,081 38.164 814.40 34.622 897.72 Sweden 487,129 218.582 2,228.58 198.295 2,456.59 Norway 3,111 0.385 8,063.58 0.350 8,888.57 Denmark 233,833 82.459 2,835.73 74.806 3,125.86 United Kingdom 3,238,164 3,625.949 893.05 3,289.407 984.42 Netherlands 8,702 1.954 4,452.52 1.773 4,908.07 France 2,257,701 1,002.849 2,251.29 909.770 2,481.62 Federal Republic of Germany 1,967,166 1,685.031 1,167.44 1,528.635 1,286.88 Austria 415,997 161.168 2,581.12 146.210 2,845.20 Czech Republic 122,173 55.986 2,182.19 50.790 2,405.45 Switzerland 412,219 184.702 2,231.80 167.559 2,460.14 Latvia 400,318 188.229 2,126.75 170.759 2,344.34 Poland 255,800 264.330 967.73 239.797 1,066.74 Russia 75,948 41.519 1,829.21 37.666 2,016.35 Ukraine 23,704 4.409 5,375.98 4.000 5,926.00 Spain 940,709 1,430.000 657.84 1,297.275 725.14 Italy 4,024,378 1,690.791 2,380.17 1,533.861 2,623.69 Slovenia 39,400 27.838 1,415.29 25.255 1,560.09 Romania 82,458 18.788 4,388.66 17.045 4,837.67 United Arab Emirates 32,391 16.828 1,924.72 15.267 2,121.63 India 2,165,687 1,122.149 1,929.95 1,017.997 2,127.40 China 127,872 114.800 1,113.87 104.145 1,227.83 Korea, South 66,812 100.859 662.43 91.498 730.20 Taiwan 1,813,944 899.556 2,016.49 816.064 2,222.80 Japan 590,524 359.741 1,641.52 326.352 1,809.47 Egypt 43,106 63.526 678.55 57.630 747.98 South Africa 11,078 20.000 553.89 18.144 610.56 CATEGORY TOTAL 27,914,228 23,675.636 1,179.03 21,478.182 1,299.66 TOOL STEEL............................17 Canada 718,101 582.823 1,232.11 528.729 1,358.16 Mexico 65,424 40.945 1,597.84 37.145 1,761.31 Colombia 71,540 13.805 5,182.05 12.524 5,712.23 Brazil 1,447,730 987.139 1,466.59 895.518 1,616.64 Sweden 1,571,796 916.312 1,715.35 831.265 1,890.85 Finland 8,843 1.180 7,490.42 1.071 8,256.77 United Kingdom 1,373,979 400.276 3,432.57 363.125 3,783.76 Netherlands 149,166 185.443 804.37 168.232 886.67 France 1,751,878 1,518.624 1,153.60 1,377.673 1,271.62 Federal Republic of Germany 2,314,134 1,403.621 1,648.69 1,273.344 1,817.37 Austria 1,678,898 558.412 3,006.56 506.583 3,314.16 Czech Republic 70,631 49.046 1,440.09 44.494 1,587.43 Switzerland 66,028 44.240 1,492.49 40.134 1,645.19 Russia 2,200 0.501 4,386.39 0.455 4,835.16 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/04/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Ukraine 109,515 18.873 5,802.50 17.122 6,396.16 Spain 166,328 117.937 1,410.31 106.991 1,554.60 Italy 176,268 196.895 895.23 178.621 986.83 Slovenia 1,854,508 1,365.281 1,358.33 1,238.563 1,497.31 Israel 4,498 0.426 10,543.97 0.387 11,622.74 India 5,662 4.045 1,399.59 3.670 1,542.78 China 846,526 358.760 2,359.59 325.462 2,601.00 Korea, South 244,492 182.671 1,338.42 165.717 1,475.36 Taiwan 562,349 396.663 1,417.70 359.847 1,562.74 Japan 3,163,016 4,367.396 724.23 3,962.037 798.33 CATEGORY TOTAL 18,423,510 13,711.325 1,343.67 12,438.709 1,481.14 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 24,779,459 32,850.370 754.31 29,801.363 831.49 Mexico 3,170,766 4,878.946 649.89 4,426.107 716.38 Guatemala 169,910 309.285 549.36 280.579 605.57 Dominican Republic 33,801 91.312 370.17 82.837 408.04 Colombia 655,864 1,121.446 584.84 1,017.359 644.67 Venezuela 1,187,615 1,686.264 704.29 1,529.754 776.34 Chile 156,738 285.043 549.87 258.587 606.13 Brazil 11,576 15.812 732.07 14.345 806.97 Argentina 250,751 555.214 451.63 503.682 497.84 Denmark 46,016 13.559 3,393.63 12.301 3,740.83 United Kingdom 71,874 31.538 2,278.95 28.611 2,512.11 Netherlands 16,249 8.821 1,841.92 8.003 2,030.36 Belgium 23,044 21.802 1,056.94 19.779 1,165.07 France 81,819 125.933 649.70 114.245 716.17 Federal Republic of Germany 596,380 457.176 1,304.48 414.744 1,437.95 Slovakia 29,419 49.477 594.60 44.885 655.43 Switzerland 10,170 0.383 26,511.70 0.348 29,224.14 Ukraine 174,232 387.503 449.63 351.537 495.63 Spain 2,820,841 4,924.653 572.80 4,467.572 631.40 Italy 478,037 303.344 1,575.89 275.190 1,737.12 Romania 600,531 1,758.807 341.44 1,595.564 376.38 Turkey 236,408 320.450 737.74 290.708 813.21 United Arab Emirates 522,894 940.320 556.08 853.045 612.97 Oman 1,143,212 2,714.020 421.22 2,462.119 464.32 India 4,117,541 9,470.196 434.79 8,591.220 479.27 Pakistan 101,800 271.319 375.20 246.137 413.59 Thailand 2,003,051 5,288.198 378.78 4,797.374 417.53 China 2,223,997 5,665.767 392.53 5,139.899 432.69 Korea, South 1,084,674 2,475.840 438.10 2,246.045 482.93 Taiwan 5,072 2.705 1,875.00 2.454 2,066.83 Japan 1,194,846 1,994.594 599.04 1,809.466 660.33 South Africa 320,552 777.997 412.02 705.788 454.18 CATEGORY TOTAL 48,319,139 79,798.108 605.52 72,391.647 667.47 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/04/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 3,249,243 4,680.550 694.20 4,246.125 765.23 Mexico 1,258,435 2,202.722 571.31 1,998.277 629.76 Colombia 5,065,141 6,882.194 735.98 6,243.424 811.28 Venezuela 4,125,607 10,269.461 401.74 9,316.301 442.84 Brazil 1,119,574 2,354.203 475.56 2,135.698 524.22 Argentina 86,564 96.689 895.28 87.715 986.88 Sweden 708,315 1,564.575 452.72 1,419.359 499.04 United Kingdom 407,396 574.384 709.27 521.073 781.84 Ireland 5,158 4.987 1,034.09 4.525 1,139.89 France 69,569 88.515 785.95 80.300 866.36 Federal Republic of Germany 5,105,889 5,879.745 868.39 5,334.017 957.23 Austria 8,249,414 11,844.510 696.48 10,745.162 767.73 Czech Republic 855,688 1,830.007 467.59 1,660.155 515.43 Poland 120,243 233.790 514.32 212.091 566.94 Spain 1,425,366 2,312.975 616.25 2,098.297 679.30 Romania 645,847 1,114.915 579.28 1,011.435 638.55 China 213,896 201.606 1,060.96 182.894 1,169.51 Korea, South 2,567,792 5,972.716 429.92 5,418.359 473.91 Taiwan 71,159 3.761 18,919.81 3.412 20,855.51 Japan 10,133,351 4,552.009 2,226.13 4,129.515 2,453.88 South Africa 677,615 1,470.001 460.96 1,333.563 508.12 CATEGORY TOTAL 46,161,262 64,134.324 719.76 58,181.697 793.40 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 9,073,225 17,164.712 528.60 15,571.570 582.68 Mexico 2,634 1.679 1,567.93 1.524 1,728.35 Brazil 1,663,456 3,257.860 510.60 2,955.482 562.84 Sweden 4,172 8.023 519.96 7.279 573.16 United Kingdom 320,732 559.806 572.93 507.848 631.55 Ireland 2,761 5.309 519.98 4.817 573.18 France 2,546,467 2,800.536 909.28 2,540.605 1,002.31 Federal Republic of Germany 620,490 772.682 803.03 700.966 885.19 Czech Republic 313,778 546.348 574.32 495.639 633.08 Poland 197,009 310.222 635.06 281.429 700.03 Italy 1,325,665 1,329.159 997.37 1,205.794 1,099.41 India 1,483,736 2,996.722 495.12 2,718.582 545.78 Indonesia 1,055,187 3,052.882 345.64 2,769.529 381.00 Korea, South 878,303 2,410.994 364.29 2,187.218 401.56 Japan 2,690,131 4,682.573 574.50 4,247.960 633.28 CATEGORY TOTAL 22,177,746 39,899.515 555.84 36,196.242 612.71 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 93,034 67.864 1,370.87 61.566 1,511.13 Mexico 3,923,122 5,055.921 775.95 4,586.656 855.33 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/04/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Venezuela 812,881 2,141.088 379.66 1,942.363 418.50 Brazil 325,180 870.590 373.52 789.787 411.73 Argentina 685,262 1,565.567 437.71 1,420.259 482.49 Sweden 2,933 0.608 4,820.24 0.552 5,313.41 Norway 15,334 3.141 4,880.97 2.850 5,380.35 United Kingdom 5,920 0.602 9,818.16 0.547 10,822.67 France 235,888 444.182 531.06 402.956 585.39 Federal Republic of Germany 61,220 58.171 1,052.41 52.772 1,160.08 Austria 757,324 1,431.573 529.02 1,298.702 583.14 Czech Republic 385,713 955.505 403.67 866.820 444.97 Slovakia 207,908 404.653 513.79 367.096 566.36 Spain 6,729 9.546 704.90 8.660 777.02 Italy 1,015,817 1,817.903 558.78 1,649.175 615.95 Romania 684,419 1,476.564 463.52 1,339.517 510.94 Indonesia 139,373 405.898 343.37 368.225 378.50 China 274,657 586.566 468.25 532.124 516.15 Korea, South 1,808,751 5,091.988 355.22 4,619.376 391.56 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,441,465 22,387.939 511.05 20,310.003 563.34 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Canada 198,505 78.957 2,514.08 71.629 2,771.29 Mexico 2,158,964 3,912.832 551.76 3,549.663 608.22 Venezuela 602,098 1,659.245 362.87 1,505.243 400.00 Brazil 78,182 209.339 373.47 189.910 411.68 Argentina 46,020 132.448 347.46 120.155 383.01 France 4,001,040 680.831 5,876.70 617.640 6,477.95 Indonesia 63,792 182.699 349.16 165.742 384.89 China 10,464 22.605 462.90 20.507 510.26 Korea, South 1,242,381 3,598.098 345.29 3,264.141 380.61 Taiwan 25,550 47.712 535.50 43.284 590.29 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,426,996 10,524.770 800.68 9,547.914 882.60 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 12,902,889 13,634.192 946.36 12,368.735 1,043.19 Mexico 10,063,541 15,941.379 631.28 14,461.780 695.87 Dominican Republic 47,591 106.745 445.84 96.838 491.45 Venezuela 85,144 145.622 584.69 132.107 644.51 Brazil 388,371 803.290 483.48 728.733 532.94 Argentina 707,096 777.056 909.97 704.934 1,003.07 Sweden 670,922 466.695 1,437.60 423.379 1,584.68 Denmark 47,535 14.373 3,307.24 13.039 3,645.60 United Kingdom 126,583 96.283 1,314.69 87.347 1,449.20 Netherlands 28,016 20.052 1,397.16 18.191 1,540.10 Belgium 135,436 113.809 1,190.03 103.246 1,311.78 France 501,368 538.503 931.04 488.522 1,026.30 Federal Republic of Germany 1,927,760 1,738.021 1,109.17 1,576.707 1,222.65 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/04/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Austria 159,565 135.062 1,181.41 122.527 1,302.28 Switzerland 1,416,457 700.971 2,020.71 635.911 2,227.45 Spain 861,623 932.869 923.63 846.285 1,018.12 Italy 972,677 936.846 1,038.25 849.893 1,144.47 Romania 191,632 240.697 796.15 218.357 877.61 Israel 109,506 7.936 13,797.53 7.200 15,209.17 India 222,677 223.539 996.14 202.792 1,098.06 China 502,283 729.928 688.13 662.180 758.53 Korea, South 289,033 717.173 403.02 650.609 444.25 Taiwan 142,629 61.518 2,318.46 55.809 2,555.66 Japan 3,151,939 2,249.408 1,401.23 2,040.630 1,544.59 Australia 82,164 162.579 505.38 147.490 557.08 CATEGORY TOTAL 35,734,437 41,494.558 861.18 37,643.241 949.29 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 472,942 1,618.270 292.25 1,468.071 322.15 Mexico 626,831 554.308 1,130.83 502.860 1,246.53 Chile 164,273 420.421 390.73 381.400 430.71 Brazil 152,120 192.214 791.41 174.374 872.38 Argentina 323,944 314.833 1,028.94 285.612 1,134.21 Sweden 152,856 163.951 932.33 148.734 1,027.71 United Kingdom 64,093 29.211 2,194.12 26.500 2,418.60 Netherlands 19,041 14.573 1,306.54 13.221 1,440.21 France 1,055,951 1,000.197 1,055.74 907.364 1,163.76 Federal Republic of Germany 2,059,236 2,099.025 981.04 1,904.204 1,081.42 Slovakia 634,540 710.384 893.23 644.450 984.62 Spain 62,759 41.805 1,501.23 37.925 1,654.82 Italy 630,797 567.227 1,112.07 514.580 1,225.85 India 42,164 21.137 1,994.71 19.176 2,198.79 China 11,570 3.246 3,564.05 2.945 3,928.69 Japan 554,765 519.394 1,068.10 471.187 1,177.38 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,027,882 8,270.201 849.78 7,502.603 936.73 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D Canada 10,261,635 2,052.691 4,999.11 1,862.171 5,510.58 Mexico 432,800 184.818 2,341.75 167.665 2,581.34 Brazil 50,116 22.262 2,251.16 20.196 2,481.48 Sweden 1,398,979 264.102 5,297.10 239.590 5,839.05 Finland 491,614 193.676 2,538.33 175.700 2,798.03 United Kingdom 214,898 39.690 5,414.29 36.007 5,968.23 Ireland 6,491 2.194 2,957.58 1.991 3,260.17 Netherlands 22,363 1.170 19,102.99 1.062 21,057.44 Belgium 133,401 10.185 13,097.34 9.240 14,437.34 France 1,727,741 423.577 4,078.93 384.263 4,496.25 Federal Republic of Germany 873,824 141.533 6,173.98 128.397 6,805.64 Austria 632,411 121.451 5,207.11 110.179 5,739.85 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/04/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Czech Republic 2,542,277 306.277 8,300.58 277.850 9,149.82 Slovakia 34,611 8.139 4,252.25 7.384 4,687.30 Switzerland 19,841 0.282 70,310.38 0.256 77,503.91 Spain 2,082,185 440.220 4,729.87 399.361 5,213.79 Italy 585,779 224.917 2,604.41 204.042 2,870.87 India 285,006 84.754 3,362.72 76.888 3,706.77 Thailand 210,490 91.080 2,311.03 82.627 2,547.47 Malaysia 654,037 324.963 2,012.65 294.802 2,218.56 Singapore 311,986 134.703 2,316.09 122.201 2,553.06 China 2,673,023 1,039.851 2,570.58 943.338 2,833.58 Korea, South 2,369,962 826.770 2,866.53 750.034 3,159.81 Taiwan 4,916,279 1,719.233 2,859.58 1,559.663 3,152.14 Japan 3,569,685 1,055.147 3,383.11 957.214 3,729.24 South Africa 174,534 102.856 1,696.87 93.310 1,870.47 CATEGORY TOTAL 36,675,968 9,816.554 3,736.13 8,905.431 4,118.38 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 1,641,811 540.078 3,039.95 489.951 3,350.97 Mexico 405,304 228.793 1,771.48 207.558 1,952.73 Peru 4,990 2.558 1,950.39 2.321 2,149.94 United Kingdom 62,272 8.485 7,338.56 7.698 8,089.37 Ireland 4,487 2.473 1,813.97 2.244 1,999.55 France 6,750 2.656 2,540.87 2.410 2,800.83 Federal Republic of Germany 50,981 3.725 13,683.19 3.380 15,083.14 India 156,693 182.096 860.50 165.195 948.53 China 8,660 5.456 1,587.12 4.950 1,749.49 Korea, South 6,820 6.137 1,111.17 5.568 1,224.86 Japan 311,166 49.113 6,335.66 44.555 6,983.86 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,659,934 1,031.575 2,578.52 935.830 2,842.33 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 23,435,126 32,498.277 721.12 29,481.950 794.90 Mexico 4,113,239 5,366.174 766.51 4,868.113 844.93 Argentina 148,954 471.936 315.62 428.134 347.91 Finland 955,877 353.548 2,703.66 320.734 2,980.28 United Kingdom 64,166 74.596 860.17 67.673 948.18 Netherlands 2,296 0.440 5,207.24 0.400 5,740.00 Belgium 17,305 10.456 1,654.95 9.486 1,824.27 France 5,959 4.188 1,422.61 3.800 1,568.16 Federal Republic of Germany 519,916 505.188 1,029.15 458.299 1,134.45 Austria 167,044 150.491 1,109.99 136.524 1,223.55 Switzerland 16,675 3.279 5,084.81 2.975 5,605.04 Italy 2,154 2.248 957.88 2.040 1,055.88 China 31,466 11.569 2,719.65 10.496 2,997.90 Korea, South 408,167 1,221.804 334.07 1,108.403 368.25 Taiwan 626,190 217.909 2,873.63 197.684 3,167.63 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/04/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 449,416 268.996 1,670.71 244.030 1,841.64 CATEGORY TOTAL 30,963,950 41,161.109 752.26 37,340.741 829.23 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 179,651 670.845 267.80 608.581 295.20 Mexico 240,731 270.228 890.84 245.147 981.99 Japan 28,086 71.064 395.22 64.469 435.65 CATEGORY TOTAL 448,468 1,012.138 443.09 918.197 488.42 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 19,960,686 28,882.798 691.09 26,202.041 761.80 Mexico 7,949,569 11,455.974 693.92 10,392.688 764.92 Honduras 13,860 22.046 628.68 20.000 693.00 Dominican Republic 21,279 39.123 543.90 35.492 599.54 Trinidad and Tobago 13,117 22.263 589.17 20.197 649.45 Colombia 28,148 20.017 1,406.14 18.160 1,550.00 Venezuela 1,069,509 1,897.917 563.52 1,721.762 621.17 Ecuador 6,572 9.641 681.61 8.747 751.34 Chile 14,474 30.721 471.14 27.870 519.34 Brazil 1,172,183 2,437.598 480.88 2,211.353 530.08 Argentina 231,148 620.658 372.42 563.052 410.53 Sweden 1,554,258 580.479 2,677.54 526.602 2,951.49 Denmark 13,859 3.343 4,145.29 3.033 4,569.40 United Kingdom 1,385,692 1,180.368 1,173.95 1,070.813 1,294.06 Ireland 47,833 3.784 12,640.08 3.433 13,933.29 Netherlands 43,094 21.368 2,016.73 19.385 2,223.06 Belgium 945,242 926.013 1,020.76 840.066 1,125.20 Luxembourg 403,557 236.731 1,704.71 214.759 1,879.12 France 2,457,700 1,609.979 1,526.54 1,460.549 1,682.72 Federal Republic of Germany 1,929,457 1,091.573 1,767.59 990.259 1,948.44 Austria 594,128 214.964 2,763.84 195.013 3,046.61 Czech Republic 49,713 94.628 525.35 85.846 579.10 Switzerland 170,245 42.401 4,015.07 38.466 4,425.86 Lithuania 11,533 22.680 508.51 20.575 560.53 Poland 628,211 962.504 652.68 873.170 719.46 Russia 171,103 574.211 297.98 520.916 328.47 Belarus 231,136 301.531 766.54 273.545 844.97 Spain 201,801 362.421 556.81 328.783 613.78 Italy 1,747,796 1,828.964 955.62 1,659.209 1,053.39 Greece 849,455 1,356.277 626.31 1,230.395 690.39 Turkey 198,645 176.647 1,124.53 160.252 1,239.58 Israel 312,320 673.131 463.98 610.655 511.45 India 3,062,395 1,960.326 1,562.19 1,778.379 1,722.01 Thailand 206,507 94.740 2,179.72 85.947 2,402.72 Malaysia 2,040 3.826 533.18 3.471 587.73 Indonesia 27,759 10.028 2,767.92 9.098 3,051.11 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/04/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE China 3,450,137 5,413.134 637.36 4,910.714 702.57 Korea, South 4,657,301 4,034.745 1,154.30 3,660.261 1,272.40 Taiwan 2,070,581 1,837.705 1,126.72 1,667.139 1,242.00 Japan 6,665,232 7,000.055 952.17 6,350.345 1,049.59 Australia 82,980 169.306 490.12 153.592 540.26 New Zealand 58,976 110.551 533.47 100.291 588.05 South Africa 875,197 1,942.996 450.44 1,762.657 496.52 CATEGORY TOTAL 65,586,428 80,280.185 816.97 72,828.980 900.55 BLACK PLATE...........................28 Canada 19,919 40.021 497.71 36.307 548.63 Chile 24,559 77.569 316.61 70.370 349.00 France 295,037 606.461 486.49 550.173 536.26 Federal Republic of Germany 269,851 338.493 797.21 307.076 878.78 Japan 1,190,927 1,832.348 649.95 1,662.279 716.44 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,800,293 2,894.894 621.89 2,626.205 685.51 TIN PLATE.............................29 Canada 5,058,330 8,617.577 586.98 7,817.737 647.03 Brazil 48,277 77.160 625.67 69.999 689.68 Norway 22,189 45.977 482.61 41.710 531.98 Belgium 470,786 873.978 538.67 792.860 593.78 France 731,548 1,245.341 587.43 1,129.755 647.53 Federal Republic of Germany 3,758,553 6,523.100 576.19 5,917.659 635.14 Thailand 11,825 16.770 705.10 15.214 777.24 Korea, South 3,360 3.011 1,115.72 2.732 1,229.87 Taiwan 44,882 63.023 712.15 57.174 785.01 Japan 143,856 223.399 643.94 202.665 709.82 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,293,606 17,689.341 581.91 16,047.505 641.45 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A Canada 2,888,229 4,086.940 706.70 3,707.611 779.00 Brazil 127,828 253.107 505.04 229.615 556.71 Netherlands 1,145,788 1,700.600 673.76 1,542.759 742.69 France 520,171 897.433 579.62 814.138 638.92 Federal Republic of Germany 149,174 239.049 624.03 216.862 687.88 Japan 830,910 1,417.224 586.29 1,285.685 646.28 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,662,100 8,594.355 658.82 7,796.670 726.22 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 20,390,822 45,677.881 446.40 41,438.289 492.08 Mexico 7,947,841 19,659.356 404.28 17,834.673 445.64 Sweden 1,400,972 1,854.543 755.43 1,682.414 832.72 Finland 36,984 18.459 2,003.54 16.746 2,208.53 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/04/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE United Kingdom 53,159 16.586 3,204.96 15.047 3,532.86 Netherlands 79,531 223.642 355.62 202.885 392.00 Belgium 100,449 231.430 434.04 209.950 478.44 France 6,590,255 18,094.880 364.21 16,415.404 401.47 Federal Republic of Germany 60,256 134.372 448.42 121.901 494.30 Austria 689,820 1,716.386 401.90 1,557.080 443.02 Hungary 713,029 2,985.394 238.84 2,708.305 263.28 Italy 391,096 216.403 1,807.25 196.318 1,992.16 Korea, South 21,830,241 61,011.965 357.80 55,349.140 394.41 Japan 2,731,351 5,357.526 509.82 4,860.268 561.98 Australia 16,427,163 58,174.330 282.38 52,774.880 311.27 New Zealand 1,175,560 3,851.606 305.21 3,494.120 336.44 Egypt 10,241,289 36,835.243 278.03 33,416.380 306.48 South Africa 178,203 155.563 1,145.53 141.125 1,262.73 CATEGORY TOTAL 91,038,021 256,215.574 355.32 232,434.925 391.67 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 25,411,778 35,712.746 711.56 32,398.068 784.36 Mexico 24,667,750 24,803.066 994.54 22,500.970 1,096.30 Venezuela 780,822 2,417.987 322.92 2,193.562 355.96 Chile 22,773 77.106 295.34 69.950 325.56 Brazil 1,151,815 1,022.600 1,126.36 927.688 1,241.60 Sweden 3,217,121 3,719.266 864.99 3,374.063 953.49 Finland 743,389 294.846 2,521.28 267.480 2,779.23 United Kingdom 371,958 102.430 3,631.34 92.923 4,002.86 Netherlands 427,084 71.282 5,991.47 64.666 6,604.46 Belgium 9,515,581 22,914.712 415.26 20,787.883 457.75 Luxembourg 308,976 589.019 524.56 534.350 578.23 France 2,820,140 1,933.431 1,458.62 1,753.980 1,607.85 Federal Republic of Germany 3,831,324 2,169.041 1,766.37 1,967.722 1,947.09 Austria 20,250 0.952 21,262.15 0.864 23,437.50 Italy 1,956,091 1,189.412 1,644.59 1,079.017 1,812.85 India 194,787 102.151 1,906.85 92.670 2,101.94 Thailand 109,099 306.464 355.99 278.020 392.41 China 2,201,184 1,335.251 1,648.52 1,211.320 1,817.18 Korea, South 1,986,624 2,884.679 688.68 2,616.938 759.14 Taiwan 3,117,678 1,454.252 2,143.84 1,319.276 2,363.17 Japan 4,870,766 7,089.944 687.00 6,431.891 757.28 Australia 90,445 17.344 5,214.51 15.735 5,748.01 New Zealand 40,535 112.501 360.31 102.060 397.17 South Africa 1,144,297 673.937 1,697.93 611.386 1,871.64 CATEGORY TOTAL 89,002,267 110,994.430 801.86 100,692.482 883.90 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 28,375,867 49,697.347 570.97 45,084.688 629.39 Mexico 11,566,037 18,276.950 632.82 16,580.575 697.57 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/04/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Guatemala 512,586 631.943 811.13 573.290 894.11 Costa Rica 203,125 354.645 572.76 321.729 631.35 Colombia 130,988 237.285 552.03 215.262 608.50 Venezuela 1,694,533 3,563.652 475.50 3,232.892 524.15 Brazil 2,382,841 5,115.416 465.82 4,640.629 513.47 Sweden 84,515 103.157 819.28 93.583 903.10 Finland 219,786 433.583 506.91 393.340 558.77 France 225,267 407.518 552.78 369.695 609.33 Federal Republic of Germany 2,657,379 6,286.944 422.68 5,703.422 465.93 Austria 481,108 526.068 914.54 477.241 1,008.10 Estonia 5,492,903 8,846.951 620.88 8,025.822 684.40 Spain 2,507,314 4,525.228 554.07 4,105.219 610.76 Italy 426,652 644.245 662.25 584.450 730.01 India 30,471,480 60,778.467 501.35 55,137.314 552.65 Korea, South 1,231,246 2,014.898 611.07 1,827.886 673.59 Taiwan 1,296,452 2,349.163 551.88 2,131.126 608.34 Japan 363,673 671.589 541.51 609.256 596.91 Australia 8,331 14.604 570.44 13.249 628.80 CATEGORY TOTAL 90,332,083 165,479.663 545.88 150,120.668 601.73 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 2,392,911 2,179.435 1,097.95 1,977.151 1,210.28 Belgium 95,487 216.493 441.06 196.400 486.19 Federal Republic of Germany 2,214,072 4,384.047 505.03 3,977.142 556.70 Spain 62,063 39.809 1,558.98 36.115 1,718.48 Thailand 2,160,480 4,378.988 493.37 3,972.553 543.85 Korea, South 374,091 781.133 478.91 708.633 527.91 Japan 383,591 522.557 734.07 474.056 809.17 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,682,695 12,502.466 614.49 11,342.050 677.36 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 Canada 7,634,322 9,964.196 766.18 9,039.370 844.56 Mexico 5,326,733 7,887.324 675.35 7,155.262 744.45 Belgium 250,825 262.442 955.73 238.084 1,053.51 Luxembourg 179,189 352.441 508.42 319.730 560.44 France 40,793 24.658 1,654.30 22.370 1,823.56 Federal Republic of Germany 368,649 174.398 2,113.83 158.212 2,330.10 China 3,459 0.820 4,217.68 0.744 4,649.19 Korea, South 708,581 1,229.678 576.23 1,115.546 635.19 Taiwan 41,092 38.589 1,064.84 35.008 1,173.79 Japan 1,050,251 721.979 1,454.68 654.969 1,603.51 New Zealand 76,281 114.282 667.48 103.675 735.77 CATEGORY TOTAL 15,680,175 20,770.813 754.91 18,842.970 832.15 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/04/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Sweden 272,604 416.143 655.07 377.519 722.09 United Kingdom 783,812 1,100.268 712.38 998.147 785.27 Federal Republic of Germany 760,157 1,030.993 737.31 935.302 812.74 Russia 2,399,248 2,873.537 834.95 2,606.830 920.37 Japan 730,358 1,340.598 544.80 1,216.171 600.54 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,946,179 6,761.541 731.52 6,133.969 806.36 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 3,768,874 8,042.979 468.59 7,296.470 516.53 Mexico 286,374 540.444 529.89 490.283 584.10 United Kingdom 87,568 41.687 2,100.60 37.818 2,315.51 France 3,710 7.280 509.56 6.605 561.70 Federal Republic of Germany 314,765 433.530 726.05 393.292 800.33 Spain 5,485 3.858 1,421.69 3.500 1,567.14 Italy 10,626 3.198 3,321.76 2.902 3,661.61 Korea, South 89,755 143.915 623.66 130.558 687.47 Japan 42,054 44.549 943.98 40.415 1,040.55 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,609,211 9,261.443 497.68 8,401.843 548.60 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 4,119,854 4,694.797 877.54 4,259.050 967.32 Mexico 2,867,169 2,178.733 1,315.98 1,976.514 1,450.62 Chile 22,874 34.930 654.85 31.688 721.85 Brazil 79,503 101.337 784.54 91.932 864.80 Sweden 3,388,187 796.389 4,254.43 722.473 4,689.71 Finland 42,379 19.543 2,168.39 17.730 2,390.24 Denmark 14,000 1.538 9,097.84 1.396 10,028.65 United Kingdom 824,463 369.149 2,233.41 334.887 2,461.91 Belgium 143,046 67.013 2,134.57 60.794 2,352.96 France 2,185,746 900.401 2,427.52 816.831 2,675.89 Federal Republic of Germany 5,186,775 3,888.243 1,333.96 3,527.356 1,470.44 Austria 1,135,900 244.239 4,650.77 221.570 5,126.60 Switzerland 90,957 65.496 1,388.74 59.417 1,530.82 Italy 131,808 37.999 3,468.63 34.473 3,823.51 Slovenia 75,731 75.199 1,007.07 68.220 1,110.10 India 61,458 103.326 594.80 93.736 655.65 Indonesia 200,573 88.863 2,257.08 80.616 2,488.00 China 52,195 42.021 1,242.11 38.121 1,369.19 Korea, South 288,380 222.214 1,297.75 201.590 1,430.53 Taiwan 34,167 20.174 1,693.57 18.302 1,866.85 Japan 3,721,746 1,008.146 3,691.67 914.575 4,069.37 CATEGORY TOTAL 24,666,911 14,959.761 1,648.88 13,571.271 1,817.58 GRAND TOTAL 1,203,468,542 2,399,202.693 501.61 2,176,520.686 552.93 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/04/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Canada 20,754 42.380 489.71 38.447 539.81 Mexico 261,187 490.859 532.10 445.300 586.54 Italy 36,639 38.602 949.12 35.020 1,046.23 China 160,800 66.138 2,431.26 60.000 2,680.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 479,380 637.981 751.40 578.767 828.28 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 226,918 408.086 556.05 370.210 612.94 Mexico 5,677,822 18,113.724 313.45 16,432.499 345.52 Brazil 12,600,066 39,864.833 316.07 36,164.779 348.41 Finland 323,802 1,205.652 268.57 1,093.750 296.05 United Kingdom 10,605 13.395 791.70 12.152 872.70 France 1,432,785 274.063 5,227.94 248.626 5,762.81 Federal Republic of Germany 952,674 1,693.507 562.54 1,536.325 620.10 Italy 30,370 10.841 2,801.34 9.835 3,087.95 Korea, South 303,091 577.328 524.99 523.744 578.70 CATEGORY TOTAL 21,558,133 62,161.433 346.81 56,391.920 382.29 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 748,035 1,564.086 478.26 1,418.916 527.19 United Kingdom 1,034,975 2,148.439 481.73 1,949.032 531.02 Luxembourg 19,522 50.572 386.02 45.879 425.51 Federal Republic of Germany 120,691 164.837 732.18 149.538 807.09 Italy 273,783 395.178 692.81 358.500 763.69 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,197,006 4,323.114 508.20 3,921.865 560.19 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 6,597,557 12,011.930 549.25 10,897.043 605.44 Sweden 4,727,649 6,649.798 710.95 6,032.597 783.68 Finland 115,024 177.211 649.08 160.764 715.48 United Kingdom 1,033,856 546.961 1,890.18 496.195 2,083.57 Belgium 254,975 120.372 2,118.22 109.200 2,334.94 France 1,522,028 2,535.152 600.37 2,299.852 661.79 Federal Republic of Germany 660,104 1,180.896 558.99 1,071.292 616.18 Switzerland 22,013 37.915 580.59 34.396 639.99 Poland 40,664 84.866 479.15 76.990 528.17 Spain 43,618 32.618 1,337.22 29.591 1,474.03 Japan 850,003 1,804.204 471.12 1,636.747 519.32 CATEGORY TOTAL 15,867,491 25,181.927 630.11 22,844.667 694.58 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/04/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 2,372,646 5,326.634 445.43 4,832.243 491.00 Netherlands 38,824 111.664 347.69 101.300 383.26 France 355,791 879.382 404.59 797.763 445.99 Japan 277,652 643.011 431.80 583.330 475.98 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,044,913 6,960.692 437.44 6,314.636 482.20 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Canada 3,628 1.522 2,383.25 1.381 2,627.08 Federal Republic of Germany 2,947 0.837 3,517.73 0.760 3,877.63 Japan 1,718,911 3,865.874 444.64 3,507.063 490.13 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,725,486 3,868.234 446.07 3,509.204 491.70 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 14,743,161 30,342.576 485.89 27,526.330 535.60 Mexico 3,061,261 7,097.314 431.33 6,438.577 475.46 Trinidad and Tobago 565,292 1,854.771 304.78 1,682.621 335.96 Brazil 66,265 87.775 754.93 79.629 832.17 Sweden 1,048,429 645.303 1,624.71 585.410 1,790.93 United Kingdom 613,064 983.994 623.04 892.665 686.78 Netherlands 110,169 96.386 1,143.00 87.440 1,259.94 France 263,524 216.783 1,215.61 196.663 1,339.98 Federal Republic of Germany 766,158 977.225 784.01 886.524 864.23 Austria 188,044 81.955 2,294.46 74.349 2,529.21 Czech Republic 2,308,080 4,545.329 507.79 4,123.455 559.74 Switzerland 5,579 5.511 1,012.24 5.000 1,115.80 Latvia 12,695,619 45,575.162 278.56 41,345.104 307.06 Spain 1,133,056 1,702.068 665.69 1,544.091 733.80 Slovenia 25,773 21.335 1,208.00 19.355 1,331.59 Turkey 2,735 1.953 1,400.20 1.772 1,543.45 India 42,950 20.140 2,132.54 18.271 2,350.72 Korea, South 69,645 38.320 1,817.42 34.764 2,003.37 Taiwan 5,460 3.994 1,366.79 3.624 1,506.62 Japan 4,742,165 5,561.833 852.63 5,045.612 939.86 CATEGORY TOTAL 42,456,429 99,859.737 425.16 90,591.256 468.66 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 500,083 840.544 594.95 762.529 655.82 Mexico 256,671 632.498 405.81 573.793 447.32 Austria 90,382 26.011 3,474.73 23.597 3,830.23 CATEGORY TOTAL 847,136 1,499.053 565.11 1,359.919 622.93 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/04/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 1,241,532 1,135.688 1,093.20 1,030.280 1,205.04 Sweden 9,426 8.670 1,087.10 7.866 1,198.32 United Kingdom 1,027,030 990.360 1,037.03 898.440 1,143.13 France 141,648 171.151 827.62 155.266 912.29 Federal Republic of Germany 194,719 179.999 1,081.77 163.293 1,192.45 Poland 174,014 211.886 821.26 192.220 905.29 Spain 359,074 488.383 735.23 443.054 810.45 Italy 80,725 43.845 1,841.12 39.776 2,029.49 Romania 9,032 1.317 6,856.65 1.195 7,558.16 China 15,389 3.708 4,150.02 3.364 4,574.61 Korea, South 34,729 41.431 838.23 37.586 923.99 Taiwan 13,426 14.722 911.94 13.356 1,005.24 Japan 147,266 169.566 868.49 153.828 957.34 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,448,010 3,460.731 996.32 3,139.524 1,098.26 TOOL STEEL............................17 Canada 718,101 582.823 1,232.11 528.729 1,358.16 Mexico 65,424 40.945 1,597.84 37.145 1,761.31 Colombia 71,540 13.805 5,182.05 12.524 5,712.23 Brazil 1,447,730 987.139 1,466.59 895.518 1,616.64 Sweden 1,571,796 916.312 1,715.35 831.265 1,890.85 Finland 8,843 1.180 7,490.42 1.071 8,256.77 United Kingdom 1,373,979 400.276 3,432.57 363.125 3,783.76 Netherlands 149,166 185.443 804.37 168.232 886.67 France 1,751,878 1,518.624 1,153.60 1,377.673 1,271.62 Federal Republic of Germany 2,314,134 1,403.621 1,648.69 1,273.344 1,817.37 Austria 1,678,898 558.412 3,006.56 506.583 3,314.16 Czech Republic 70,631 49.046 1,440.09 44.494 1,587.43 Switzerland 66,028 44.240 1,492.49 40.134 1,645.19 Russia 2,200 0.501 4,386.39 0.455 4,835.16 Ukraine 109,515 18.873 5,802.50 17.122 6,396.16 Spain 166,328 117.937 1,410.31 106.991 1,554.60 Italy 176,268 196.895 895.23 178.621 986.83 Slovenia 1,854,508 1,365.281 1,358.33 1,238.563 1,497.31 Israel 4,498 0.426 10,543.97 0.387 11,622.74 India 5,662 4.045 1,399.59 3.670 1,542.78 China 846,526 358.760 2,359.59 325.462 2,601.00 Korea, South 244,492 182.671 1,338.42 165.717 1,475.36 Taiwan 562,349 396.663 1,417.70 359.847 1,562.74 Japan 3,163,016 4,367.396 724.23 3,962.037 798.33 CATEGORY TOTAL 18,423,510 13,711.325 1,343.67 12,438.709 1,481.14 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 190,448 71.991 2,645.41 65.310 2,916.06 Mexico 44,687 70.480 634.03 63.939 698.90 Argentina 85,338 85.781 994.83 77.820 1,096.61 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/04/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE United Kingdom 4,273 3.373 1,266.80 3.060 1,396.41 Netherlands 16,249 8.821 1,841.92 8.003 2,030.36 France 4,342 0.992 4,376.66 0.900 4,824.44 Federal Republic of Germany 107,236 71.908 1,491.29 65.234 1,643.87 Spain 75,044 70.837 1,059.38 64.263 1,167.76 Italy 61,032 4.839 12,612.14 4.390 13,902.51 China 32,620 39.251 831.06 35.608 916.09 Japan 203,439 116.844 1,741.10 106.000 1,919.24 CATEGORY TOTAL 824,708 545.122 1,512.89 494.527 1,667.67 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 2,831,970 4,150.980 682.24 3,765.707 752.04 Mexico 157,564 295.334 533.51 267.923 588.09 Venezuela 23,390 52.618 444.52 47.735 490.00 Argentina 86,564 96.689 895.28 87.715 986.88 United Kingdom 135,135 7.306 18,496.14 6.628 20,388.50 Ireland 5,158 4.987 1,034.09 4.525 1,139.89 France 2,576 4.056 635.03 3.680 700.00 Federal Republic of Germany 5,053,214 5,843.564 864.75 5,301.194 953.22 Austria 3,606,921 5,233.441 689.21 4,747.700 759.72 Czech Republic 530,412 1,038.697 510.65 942.291 562.90 Poland 120,243 233.790 514.32 212.091 566.94 Spain 1,291,508 2,116.113 610.32 1,919.706 672.76 Romania 420,450 702.367 598.62 637.177 659.86 China 41,673 23.674 1,760.26 21.477 1,940.35 Taiwan 71,159 3.761 18,919.81 3.412 20,855.51 Japan 9,491,556 3,794.952 2,501.10 3,442.724 2,756.99 CATEGORY TOTAL 23,869,493 23,602.335 1,011.32 21,411.685 1,114.79 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 9,073,225 17,164.712 528.60 15,571.570 582.68 Japan 503,775 681.644 739.06 618.378 814.67 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,577,000 17,846.357 536.64 16,189.948 591.54 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Norway 15,334 3.141 4,880.97 2.850 5,380.35 Federal Republic of Germany 24,947 15.411 1,618.74 13.981 1,784.35 China 8,076 13.460 599.99 12.211 661.37 CATEGORY TOTAL 48,357 32.013 1,510.53 29.042 1,665.07 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 1,005,699 1,227.601 819.24 1,113.662 903.06 Mexico 1,231,088 1,671.622 736.46 1,516.471 811.81 Venezuela 7,900 7.547 1,046.70 6.847 1,153.79 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/04/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Argentina 545,182 576.150 946.25 522.675 1,043.06 Sweden 545,624 419.327 1,301.19 380.408 1,434.31 United Kingdom 126,583 96.283 1,314.69 87.347 1,449.20 France 68,186 60.816 1,121.17 55.172 1,235.88 Federal Republic of Germany 737,952 787.519 937.06 714.426 1,032.93 Switzerland 161,300 95.517 1,688.70 86.652 1,861.47 Spain 189,069 173.838 1,087.61 157.704 1,198.89 Italy 67,039 87.416 766.89 79.303 845.35 India 105,855 118.265 895.06 107.289 986.63 China 13,502 18.587 726.42 16.862 800.74 Taiwan 110,899 42.657 2,599.77 38.698 2,865.76 Japan 2,035,553 1,586.257 1,283.24 1,439.029 1,414.53 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,951,431 6,969.410 997.42 6,322.545 1,099.47 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 7,232 2.287 3,161.81 2.075 3,485.30 Mexico 2,886 0.695 4,149.19 0.631 4,573.69 Argentina 182,401 132.555 1,376.04 120.252 1,516.82 Sweden 152,856 163.951 932.33 148.734 1,027.71 France 491,344 283.435 1,733.53 257.128 1,910.89 Federal Republic of Germany 901,593 686.380 1,313.55 622.674 1,447.94 Spain 36,748 19.000 1,934.05 17.237 2,131.93 Italy 230,241 151.643 1,518.30 137.569 1,673.64 China 9,457 1.372 6,890.96 1.245 7,595.98 Japan 330,938 216.092 1,531.46 196.036 1,688.15 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,345,696 1,657.413 1,415.27 1,503.581 1,560.07 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 1,012,202 292.979 3,454.85 265.787 3,808.32 United Kingdom 58,062 6.165 9,417.66 5.593 10,381.19 France 6,750 2.656 2,540.87 2.410 2,800.83 Federal Republic of Germany 31,586 3.321 9,510.24 3.013 10,483.24 Japan 154,115 4.644 33,185.57 4.213 36,580.82 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,262,715 309.767 4,076.34 281.016 4,493.39 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 889,871 715.031 1,244.52 648.666 1,371.85 Finland 951,477 350.327 2,715.96 317.812 2,993.84 United Kingdom 42,673 47.038 907.18 42.673 1,000.00 Netherlands 2,296 0.440 5,207.24 0.400 5,740.00 Federal Republic of Germany 25,193 5.752 4,379.14 5.219 4,827.17 China 31,466 11.569 2,719.65 10.496 2,997.90 Taiwan 626,190 217.909 2,873.63 197.684 3,167.63 Japan 380,188 204.754 1,856.80 185.750 2,046.77 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/04/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 2,949,354 1,552.825 1,899.35 1,408.700 2,093.67 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 106,544 468.540 227.40 425.053 250.66 CATEGORY TOTAL 106,544 468.540 227.40 425.053 250.66 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 698,822 877.938 795.98 796.453 877.42 Mexico 1,707,253 1,678.291 1,017.26 1,522.521 1,121.33 Brazil 21,527 47.814 450.21 43.377 496.28 Sweden 201,416 214.610 938.52 194.691 1,034.54 United Kingdom 232,449 13.200 17,609.54 11.975 19,411.19 Netherlands 17,896 1.070 16,719.86 0.971 18,430.48 Belgium 71,362 4.696 15,193.27 4.261 16,747.71 France 6,530 0.282 23,140.30 0.256 25,507.81 Federal Republic of Germany 310,723 173.232 1,793.68 157.154 1,977.19 Austria 226,079 51.730 4,370.34 46.929 4,817.47 Poland 590,447 895.710 659.19 812.575 726.64 Italy 820,469 955.138 859.01 866.487 946.89 Turkey 198,645 176.647 1,124.53 160.252 1,239.58 India 3,564 1.774 2,008.20 1.610 2,213.66 Thailand 6,668 0.461 14,437.02 0.419 15,914.08 China 69,427 80.662 860.71 73.176 948.77 Korea, South 1,185,069 1,359.120 871.94 1,232.974 961.15 Taiwan 202,933 347.360 584.21 315.120 643.99 Japan 3,199,671 3,070.482 1,042.07 2,785.496 1,148.69 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,770,950 9,950.227 981.98 9,026.697 1,082.45 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 1,690,451 3,861.264 437.80 3,502.881 482.59 Sweden 1,073,804 1,628.816 659.25 1,477.638 726.70 United Kingdom 50,033 8.928 5,603.60 8.100 6,176.91 Netherlands 38,320 98.747 388.06 89.582 427.76 France 3,050,581 5,568.138 547.86 5,051.332 603.92 Federal Republic of Germany 3,592 2.174 1,651.60 1.973 1,820.58 Austria 137,845 274.012 503.06 248.580 554.53 Japan 2,446,351 5,003.183 488.96 4,538.813 538.98 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,490,977 16,445.266 516.32 14,918.899 569.14 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 3,485,650 5,004.103 696.56 4,539.648 767.82 Sweden 790,884 1,208.192 654.60 1,096.054 721.57 France 109,970 74.809 1,470.00 67.866 1,620.40 Federal Republic of Germany 198,821 258.612 768.80 234.609 847.46 Korea, South 1,037,793 2,177.229 476.66 1,975.150 525.42 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/04/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 2,288,312 3,152.077 725.97 2,859.517 800.24 Australia 90,445 17.344 5,214.51 15.735 5,748.01 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,001,875 11,892.369 672.86 10,788.579 741.70 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 4,756,692 8,900.939 534.40 8,074.799 589.08 Brazil 173,918 368.800 471.58 334.570 519.83 France 225,267 407.518 552.78 369.695 609.33 Federal Republic of Germany 2,421,430 5,821.684 415.93 5,281.345 458.49 Spain 2,210,944 4,000.090 552.72 3,628.822 609.27 Japan 287,589 525.764 546.99 476.966 602.95 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,075,840 20,024.798 503.17 18,166.197 554.65 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 2,347,449 2,119.644 1,107.47 1,922.910 1,220.78 Federal Republic of Germany 1,455,112 2,859.644 508.84 2,594.227 560.90 Japan 226,384 325.181 696.18 295.000 767.40 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,028,945 5,304.471 759.54 4,812.137 837.25 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 Sweden 272,604 416.143 655.07 377.519 722.09 United Kingdom 783,812 1,100.268 712.38 998.147 785.27 Federal Republic of Germany 760,157 1,030.993 737.31 935.302 812.74 Russia 2,399,248 2,873.537 834.95 2,606.830 920.37 Japan 730,358 1,340.598 544.80 1,216.171 600.54 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,946,179 6,761.541 731.52 6,133.969 806.36 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 395,815 793.239 498.99 719.615 550.04 Federal Republic of Germany 18,776 18.965 990.02 17.205 1,091.31 Spain 5,485 3.858 1,421.69 3.500 1,567.14 Japan 13,173 11.034 1,193.84 10.010 1,315.98 CATEGORY TOTAL 433,249 827.097 523.82 750.330 577.41 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 108,480 145.037 747.94 131.576 824.47 Brazil 6,573 12.874 510.52 11.680 562.76 Sweden 733,130 229.842 3,189.70 208.510 3,516.04 France 595,870 100.563 5,925.29 91.230 6,531.51 Federal Republic of Germany 2,783,604 2,318.524 1,200.59 2,103.331 1,323.43 Austria 523,384 111.561 4,691.44 101.207 5,171.42 Switzerland 62,970 50.486 1,247.25 45.801 1,374.86 Slovenia 75,731 75.199 1,007.07 68.220 1,110.10 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/04/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Korea, South 20,634 14.396 1,433.30 13.060 1,579.94 Japan 217,569 76.438 2,846.32 69.344 3,137.53 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,127,945 3,134.927 1,635.75 2,843.959 1,803.10 GRAND TOTAL 208,858,752 348,988.720 598.47 316,597.331 659.70 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/04/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Canada 58,776 114.824 511.88 104.167 564.25 China 4,577 9.741 469.86 8.837 517.94 CATEGORY TOTAL 63,353 124.565 508.59 113.004 560.63 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 5,983,838 18,765.881 318.87 17,024.126 351.49 Mexico 40,067,021 152,792.898 262.23 138,611.425 289.06 Brazil 43,194,743 174,345.940 247.75 158,164.021 273.10 Finland 2,490,876 10,215.501 243.83 9,267.350 268.78 United Kingdom 239,744 612.601 391.35 555.743 431.39 Belgium 3,638,789 11,215.182 324.45 10,174.245 357.65 Federal Republic of Germany 136,576 297.899 458.46 270.250 505.37 Czech Republic 30,657 81.128 377.88 73.599 416.54 Russia 215,215 1,019.527 211.09 924.900 232.69 India 3,221 8.524 377.87 7.733 416.53 Malaysia 14,182 22.155 640.12 20.099 705.61 Korea, South 181,064 889.433 203.57 806.881 224.40 Japan 429,299 864.143 496.79 783.938 547.62 Australia 9,847,189 41,120.091 239.47 37,303.530 263.97 CATEGORY TOTAL 106,472,414 412,250.909 258.27 373,987.840 284.69 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 21,319,809 46,909.892 454.48 42,555.951 500.98 Mexico 1,797,393 5,202.429 345.49 4,719.566 380.84 Trinidad and Tobago 7,138,062 24,001.134 297.41 21,773.469 327.83 Venezuela 1,633,737 5,806.892 281.34 5,267.926 310.13 Brazil 5,840,504 19,384.380 301.30 17,585.219 332.13 Argentina 958,939 4,411.909 217.35 4,002.418 239.59 Finland 22,128 14.907 1,484.34 13.524 1,636.20 United Kingdom 586,190 1,655.251 354.14 1,501.619 390.37 Belgium 195,135 741.723 263.08 672.880 290.00 Luxembourg 256,125 631.337 405.69 572.740 447.19 France 4,296,562 16,283.108 263.87 14,771.792 290.86 Federal Republic of Germany 8,304,985 27,911.799 297.54 25,321.166 327.99 Czech Republic 6,440,193 21,887.626 294.24 19,856.126 324.34 Poland 4,514,984 14,918.170 302.65 13,533.540 333.61 Russia 43,746 131.607 332.40 119.392 366.41 Belarus 1,459,962 5,602.947 260.57 5,082.910 287.23 Spain 1,535,838 4,334.198 354.35 3,931.920 390.61 Italy 9,563,494 27,308.116 350.21 24,773.514 386.04 Turkey 31,752,948 110,008.796 288.64 99,798.330 318.17 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/04/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE India 2,091,336 8,153.148 256.51 7,396.414 282.75 Malaysia 125,545 328.845 381.77 298.324 420.83 China 112,477 434.271 259.00 393.965 285.50 Japan 4,562,837 12,503.925 364.91 11,343.374 402.25 Egypt 4,544,275 13,273.874 342.35 12,041.860 377.37 South Africa 3,363,180 13,131.883 256.11 11,913.048 282.31 CATEGORY TOTAL 122,460,384 384,972.181 318.10 349,240.987 350.65 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 7,454,563 14,045.352 530.75 12,741.733 585.05 Mexico 780,025 1,691.738 461.08 1,534.720 508.25 Venezuela 5,928 6.743 879.01 6.118 968.94 Brazil 1,132,938 3,766.695 300.78 3,417.090 331.55 Norway 356,860 649.359 549.56 589.089 605.78 United Kingdom 2,732,083 7,431.292 367.65 6,741.557 405.26 Belgium 119,167 152.256 782.67 138.125 862.75 Luxembourg 1,980,941 4,691.968 422.20 4,256.483 465.39 France 147,513 245.997 599.65 223.165 661.00 Federal Republic of Germany 3,140,229 7,620.868 412.06 6,913.538 454.21 Spain 26,667 15.018 1,775.55 13.625 1,957.21 Turkey 561,700 1,660.727 338.23 1,506.587 372.83 Korea, South 135,269 333.608 405.47 302.645 446.96 Japan 2,370 6.599 359.12 5.987 395.86 South Africa 39,937 68.632 581.90 62.262 641.43 CATEGORY TOTAL 18,616,190 42,386.860 439.20 38,452.724 484.13 STEEL PILING...........................5 Canada 1,520,355 2,476.523 613.91 2,246.665 676.72 United Kingdom 34,655 53.873 643.27 48.873 709.08 Luxembourg 3,139,475 6,380.808 492.02 5,788.574 542.36 Federal Republic of Germany 1,114,179 2,245.673 496.14 2,037.241 546.91 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,808,664 11,156.878 520.64 10,121.353 573.90 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 5,036,713 11,536.030 436.61 10,465.314 481.28 Mexico 32,799 78.595 417.31 71.301 460.01 Norway 48,800 91.171 535.26 82.709 590.02 Belgium 40,080 98.954 405.03 89.770 446.47 Federal Republic of Germany 3,312,436 5,344.856 619.74 4,848.774 683.15 Czech Republic 1,470,795 3,617.861 406.54 3,282.070 448.13 Hungary 295,593 1,224.199 241.46 1,110.575 266.16 Italy 714,136 1,705.010 418.85 1,546.760 461.70 Romania 865,545 3,186.721 271.61 2,890.946 299.40 Thailand 25,637 41.608 616.14 37.747 679.18 China 13,444 12.905 1,041.70 11.708 1,148.27 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/04/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Korea, South 34,582 88.998 388.57 80.738 428.32 Australia 260,095 762.945 340.91 692.133 375.79 Egypt 11,865 25.859 458.83 23.459 505.78 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,162,520 27,815.720 437.25 25,234.004 481.99 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 7,877,161 19,388.149 406.29 17,588.638 447.86 Mexico 742,246 1,836.020 404.27 1,665.610 445.63 Venezuela 39,445 131.159 300.74 118.986 331.51 Netherlands 87,809 272.888 321.78 247.560 354.70 France 1,255,696 4,221.680 297.44 3,829.845 327.87 Federal Republic of Germany 119,448 423.898 281.78 384.554 310.61 Hungary 199,656 850.410 234.78 771.480 258.80 Thailand 4,500 27.017 166.56 24.510 183.60 China 3,325 20.778 160.02 18.850 176.39 Korea, South 4,933 9.636 511.91 8.742 564.29 Japan 66,485 135.239 491.61 122.687 541.91 New Zealand 180,724 599.017 301.70 543.420 332.57 Egypt 257,739 927.495 277.89 841.410 306.32 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,839,167 28,843.391 375.79 26,166.292 414.24 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Luxembourg 123,120 254.274 484.20 230.674 533.74 France 1,833,333 4,891.356 374.81 4,437.365 413.16 Federal Republic of Germany 14,330 8.234 1,740.29 7.470 1,918.34 Austria 92,193 62.350 1,478.64 56.563 1,629.92 Japan 6,700,054 15,390.923 435.33 13,962.415 479.86 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,763,030 20,607.138 425.24 18,694.487 468.75 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 Canada 245,462 594.371 412.98 539.205 455.23 Belgium 75,572 131.883 573.02 119.643 631.65 Luxembourg 30,309 47.768 634.50 43.335 699.41 Austria 244,428 388.076 629.85 352.057 694.29 Spain 319,649 745.664 428.68 676.456 472.53 Italy 20,358 22.376 909.78 20.300 1,002.86 Israel 7,980 4.409 1,809.83 4.000 1,995.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 943,758 1,934.551 487.84 1,754.996 537.76 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 Canada 34,064 27.839 1,223.56 25.256 1,348.75 Mexico 49,666 168.152 295.36 152.545 325.58 China 13,650 19.180 711.67 17.400 784.48 Australia 382,872 614.838 622.72 557.772 686.43 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/04/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 480,252 830.010 578.61 752.973 637.81 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 14,596,655 28,428.031 513.46 25,789.484 565.99 Mexico 1,101,956 2,399.341 459.27 2,176.647 506.26 Dominican Republic 100,450 275.577 364.51 250.000 401.80 Brazil 255,665 893.287 286.21 810.377 315.49 Argentina 584,682 2,130.622 274.42 1,932.869 302.49 United Kingdom 10,064,952 22,981.658 437.96 20,848.616 482.76 France 27,262 53.179 512.64 48.244 565.09 Federal Republic of Germany 26,471 59.231 446.91 53.734 492.63 Czech Republic 269,738 768.304 351.08 696.994 387.00 Belarus 349,259 1,222.198 285.76 1,108.760 315.00 Ukraine 6,238 10.729 581.37 9.734 640.85 Spain 135,339 194.421 696.11 176.376 767.33 India 248,292 466.205 532.58 422.935 587.07 China 32,011 65.110 491.64 59.067 541.94 Taiwan 7,361 2.550 2,885.82 2.314 3,181.07 Japan 1,213,522 2,321.225 522.79 2,105.781 576.28 CATEGORY TOTAL 29,019,853 62,271.678 466.02 56,491.932 513.70 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 10,153,786 18,130.719 560.03 16,447.917 617.33 Mexico 1,808,618 3,945.803 458.36 3,579.574 505.26 Brazil 902,344 3,473.995 259.74 3,151.557 286.32 Argentina 279,196 846.180 329.95 767.642 363.71 Italy 10,241 9.463 1,082.18 8.585 1,192.89 Turkey 2,420,151 4,485.875 539.50 4,069.519 594.70 CATEGORY TOTAL 15,574,336 30,892.038 504.15 28,024.794 555.73 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 Canada 32,004 67.131 476.73 60.901 525.51 Mexico 9,051,414 29,022.587 311.87 26,328.856 343.78 Dominican Republic 5,824,356 17,787.782 327.44 16,136.809 360.94 Brazil 1,425,127 4,029.998 353.63 3,655.954 389.81 Czech Republic 998,976 3,311.827 301.64 3,004.440 332.50 Romania 1,849,047 7,178.017 257.60 6,511.790 283.95 Bulgaria 4,871,265 17,949.148 271.39 16,283.198 299.16 India 4,481 11.198 400.15 10.159 441.09 Japan 1,551,028 5,172.176 299.88 4,692.121 330.56 Australia 41,088 56.365 728.96 51.134 803.54 CATEGORY TOTAL 25,648,786 84,586.233 303.23 76,735.362 334.25 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/04/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 6,626,018 8,963.599 739.21 8,131.643 814.84 Mexico 78,210 133.447 586.07 121.062 646.03 Brazil 23,129 35.805 645.97 32.482 712.06 Sweden 25,855 21.556 1,199.39 19.556 1,322.10 United Kingdom 1,740,654 2,419.915 719.30 2,195.311 792.90 France 92,234 71.035 1,298.43 64.442 1,431.27 Federal Republic of Germany 912,030 1,145.403 796.25 1,039.093 877.72 Austria 13,611 10.890 1,249.77 9.880 1,377.63 Switzerland 10,379 12.211 849.94 11.078 936.90 Poland 4,681 6.834 684.92 6.200 755.00 Spain 581,635 941.617 617.70 854.221 680.90 Italy 261,905 356.878 733.88 323.755 808.96 Romania 73,426 17.471 4,202.58 15.850 4,632.56 India 63,355 17.868 3,545.63 16.210 3,908.39 China 30,935 71.602 432.04 64.957 476.24 Korea, South 20,267 56.065 361.49 50.862 398.47 Japan 75,917 95.584 794.24 86.713 875.50 Egypt 43,106 63.526 678.55 57.630 747.98 South Africa 11,078 20.000 553.89 18.144 610.56 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,688,425 14,461.316 739.10 13,119.089 814.72 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 24,589,011 32,778.378 750.16 29,736.053 826.91 Mexico 3,126,079 4,808.465 650.12 4,362.168 716.63 Guatemala 169,910 309.285 549.36 280.579 605.57 Dominican Republic 33,801 91.312 370.17 82.837 408.04 Colombia 655,864 1,121.446 584.84 1,017.359 644.67 Venezuela 1,187,615 1,686.264 704.29 1,529.754 776.34 Chile 156,738 285.043 549.87 258.587 606.13 Brazil 11,576 15.812 732.07 14.345 806.97 Argentina 165,413 469.432 352.37 425.862 388.42 Denmark 46,016 13.559 3,393.63 12.301 3,740.83 United Kingdom 67,601 28.165 2,400.16 25.551 2,645.73 Belgium 23,044 21.802 1,056.94 19.779 1,165.07 France 77,477 124.941 620.11 113.345 683.55 Federal Republic of Germany 489,144 385.268 1,269.62 349.510 1,399.51 Slovakia 29,419 49.477 594.60 44.885 655.43 Switzerland 10,170 0.383 26,511.70 0.348 29,224.14 Ukraine 174,232 387.503 449.63 351.537 495.63 Spain 2,745,797 4,853.815 565.70 4,403.309 623.58 Italy 417,005 298.505 1,396.97 270.800 1,539.90 Romania 600,531 1,758.807 341.44 1,595.564 376.38 Turkey 236,408 320.450 737.74 290.708 813.21 United Arab Emirates 522,894 940.320 556.08 853.045 612.97 Oman 1,143,212 2,714.020 421.22 2,462.119 464.32 India 4,117,541 9,470.196 434.79 8,591.220 479.27 Pakistan 101,800 271.319 375.20 246.137 413.59 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/04/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Thailand 2,003,051 5,288.198 378.78 4,797.374 417.53 China 2,191,377 5,626.516 389.47 5,104.291 429.32 Korea, South 1,084,674 2,475.840 438.10 2,246.045 482.93 Taiwan 5,072 2.705 1,875.00 2.454 2,066.83 Japan 991,407 1,877.749 527.98 1,703.466 581.99 South Africa 320,552 777.997 412.02 705.788 454.18 CATEGORY TOTAL 47,494,431 79,252.986 599.28 71,897.120 660.59 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 417,273 529.570 787.95 480.418 868.56 Mexico 1,100,871 1,907.388 577.16 1,730.354 636.21 Colombia 5,065,141 6,882.194 735.98 6,243.424 811.28 Venezuela 4,102,217 10,216.842 401.52 9,268.566 442.59 Brazil 1,119,574 2,354.203 475.56 2,135.698 524.22 Sweden 708,315 1,564.575 452.72 1,419.359 499.04 United Kingdom 272,261 567.078 480.11 514.445 529.23 France 66,993 84.459 793.20 76.620 874.35 Federal Republic of Germany 52,675 36.181 1,455.87 32.823 1,604.82 Austria 4,642,493 6,611.068 702.23 5,997.462 774.08 Czech Republic 325,276 791.309 411.06 717.864 453.12 Spain 133,858 196.862 679.96 178.591 749.52 Romania 225,397 412.548 546.35 374.258 602.25 China 172,223 177.931 967.92 161.417 1,066.94 Korea, South 2,567,792 5,972.716 429.92 5,418.359 473.91 Japan 641,795 757.057 847.75 686.791 934.48 South Africa 677,615 1,470.001 460.96 1,333.563 508.12 CATEGORY TOTAL 22,291,769 40,531.988 549.98 36,770.012 606.25 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Mexico 2,634 1.679 1,567.93 1.524 1,728.35 Brazil 1,663,456 3,257.860 510.60 2,955.482 562.84 Sweden 4,172 8.023 519.96 7.279 573.16 United Kingdom 320,732 559.806 572.93 507.848 631.55 Ireland 2,761 5.309 519.98 4.817 573.18 France 2,546,467 2,800.536 909.28 2,540.605 1,002.31 Federal Republic of Germany 620,490 772.682 803.03 700.966 885.19 Czech Republic 313,778 546.348 574.32 495.639 633.08 Poland 197,009 310.222 635.06 281.429 700.03 Italy 1,325,665 1,329.159 997.37 1,205.794 1,099.41 India 1,483,736 2,996.722 495.12 2,718.582 545.78 Indonesia 1,055,187 3,052.882 345.64 2,769.529 381.00 Korea, South 878,303 2,410.994 364.29 2,187.218 401.56 Japan 2,186,356 4,000.928 546.46 3,629.582 602.37 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,600,746 22,053.157 571.38 20,006.294 629.84 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/04/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 93,034 67.864 1,370.87 61.566 1,511.13 Mexico 3,923,122 5,055.921 775.95 4,586.656 855.33 Venezuela 812,881 2,141.088 379.66 1,942.363 418.50 Brazil 325,180 870.590 373.52 789.787 411.73 Argentina 685,262 1,565.567 437.71 1,420.259 482.49 Sweden 2,933 0.608 4,820.24 0.552 5,313.41 United Kingdom 5,920 0.602 9,818.16 0.547 10,822.67 France 235,888 444.182 531.06 402.956 585.39 Federal Republic of Germany 36,273 42.759 848.30 38.791 935.09 Austria 757,324 1,431.573 529.02 1,298.702 583.14 Czech Republic 385,713 955.505 403.67 866.820 444.97 Slovakia 207,908 404.653 513.79 367.096 566.36 Spain 6,729 9.546 704.90 8.660 777.02 Italy 1,015,817 1,817.903 558.78 1,649.175 615.95 Romania 684,419 1,476.564 463.52 1,339.517 510.94 Indonesia 139,373 405.898 343.37 368.225 378.50 China 266,581 573.105 465.15 519.913 512.74 Korea, South 1,808,751 5,091.988 355.22 4,619.376 391.56 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,393,108 22,355.926 509.62 20,280.961 561.76 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Canada 198,505 78.957 2,514.08 71.629 2,771.29 Mexico 2,158,964 3,912.832 551.76 3,549.663 608.22 Venezuela 602,098 1,659.245 362.87 1,505.243 400.00 Brazil 78,182 209.339 373.47 189.910 411.68 Argentina 46,020 132.448 347.46 120.155 383.01 France 4,001,040 680.831 5,876.70 617.640 6,477.95 Indonesia 63,792 182.699 349.16 165.742 384.89 China 10,464 22.605 462.90 20.507 510.26 Korea, South 1,242,381 3,598.098 345.29 3,264.141 380.61 Taiwan 25,550 47.712 535.50 43.284 590.29 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,426,996 10,524.770 800.68 9,547.914 882.60 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 11,897,190 12,406.590 958.94 11,255.073 1,057.05 Mexico 8,832,453 14,269.756 618.96 12,945.309 682.29 Dominican Republic 47,591 106.745 445.84 96.838 491.45 Venezuela 77,244 138.075 559.43 125.260 616.67 Brazil 388,371 803.290 483.48 728.733 532.94 Argentina 161,914 200.906 805.92 182.259 888.37 Sweden 125,298 47.367 2,645.24 42.971 2,915.87 Denmark 47,535 14.373 3,307.24 13.039 3,645.60 Netherlands 28,016 20.052 1,397.16 18.191 1,540.10 Belgium 135,436 113.809 1,190.03 103.246 1,311.78 France 433,182 477.686 906.83 433.350 999.61 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/04/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Federal Republic of Germany 1,189,808 950.501 1,251.77 862.281 1,379.84 Austria 159,565 135.062 1,181.41 122.527 1,302.28 Switzerland 1,255,157 605.454 2,073.08 549.259 2,285.18 Spain 672,554 759.030 886.07 688.581 976.72 Italy 905,638 849.429 1,066.17 770.590 1,175.25 Romania 191,632 240.697 796.15 218.357 877.61 Israel 109,506 7.936 13,797.53 7.200 15,209.17 India 116,822 105.274 1,109.69 95.503 1,223.23 China 488,781 711.341 687.13 645.318 757.43 Korea, South 289,033 717.173 403.02 650.609 444.25 Taiwan 31,730 18.861 1,682.25 17.111 1,854.36 Japan 1,116,386 663.151 1,683.46 601.601 1,855.69 Australia 82,164 162.579 505.38 147.490 557.08 CATEGORY TOTAL 28,783,006 34,525.147 833.68 31,320.696 918.98 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 465,710 1,615.983 288.19 1,465.996 317.67 Mexico 623,945 553.612 1,127.04 502.229 1,242.35 Chile 164,273 420.421 390.73 381.400 430.71 Brazil 152,120 192.214 791.41 174.374 872.38 Argentina 141,543 182.278 776.52 165.360 855.97 United Kingdom 64,093 29.211 2,194.12 26.500 2,418.60 Netherlands 19,041 14.573 1,306.54 13.221 1,440.21 France 564,607 716.762 787.72 650.236 868.31 Federal Republic of Germany 1,157,643 1,412.644 819.49 1,281.530 903.33 Slovakia 634,540 710.384 893.23 644.450 984.62 Spain 26,011 22.804 1,140.60 20.688 1,257.30 Italy 400,556 415.583 963.84 377.011 1,062.45 India 42,164 21.137 1,994.71 19.176 2,198.79 China 2,113 1.873 1,127.58 1.700 1,242.94 Japan 223,827 303.301 737.97 275.151 813.47 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,682,186 6,612.787 708.05 5,999.022 780.49 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 629,609 247.098 2,548.01 224.164 2,808.70 Mexico 405,304 228.793 1,771.48 207.558 1,952.73 Peru 4,990 2.558 1,950.39 2.321 2,149.94 United Kingdom 4,210 2.320 1,814.37 2.105 2,000.00 Ireland 4,487 2.473 1,813.97 2.244 1,999.55 Federal Republic of Germany 19,395 0.404 47,942.38 0.367 52,847.41 India 156,693 182.096 860.50 165.195 948.53 China 8,660 5.456 1,587.12 4.950 1,749.49 Korea, South 6,820 6.137 1,111.17 5.568 1,224.86 Japan 157,051 44.469 3,531.66 40.342 3,892.99 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,397,219 721.808 1,935.72 654.814 2,133.76 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/04/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 22,545,255 31,783.246 709.34 28,833.284 781.92 Mexico 4,113,239 5,366.174 766.51 4,868.113 844.93 Argentina 148,954 471.936 315.62 428.134 347.91 Finland 4,400 3.220 1,366.06 2.922 1,505.82 United Kingdom 21,493 27.557 779.93 25.000 859.72 Belgium 17,305 10.456 1,654.95 9.486 1,824.27 France 5,959 4.188 1,422.61 3.800 1,568.16 Federal Republic of Germany 494,723 499.435 990.57 453.080 1,091.91 Austria 167,044 150.491 1,109.99 136.524 1,223.55 Switzerland 16,675 3.279 5,084.81 2.975 5,605.04 Italy 2,154 2.248 957.88 2.040 1,055.88 Korea, South 408,167 1,221.804 334.07 1,108.403 368.25 Japan 69,228 64.242 1,077.60 58.280 1,187.85 CATEGORY TOTAL 28,014,596 39,608.284 707.29 35,932.041 779.66 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 73,107 202.304 361.37 183.528 398.34 Mexico 240,731 270.228 890.84 245.147 981.99 Japan 28,086 71.064 395.22 64.469 435.65 CATEGORY TOTAL 341,924 543.598 629.00 493.144 693.36 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 18,709,131 27,823.690 672.42 25,241.235 741.21 Mexico 6,073,377 9,728.316 624.30 8,825.383 688.17 Honduras 13,860 22.046 628.68 20.000 693.00 Dominican Republic 21,279 39.123 543.90 35.492 599.54 Trinidad and Tobago 13,117 22.263 589.17 20.197 649.45 Colombia 28,148 20.017 1,406.14 18.160 1,550.00 Venezuela 1,069,509 1,897.917 563.52 1,721.762 621.17 Ecuador 6,572 9.641 681.61 8.747 751.34 Chile 14,474 30.721 471.14 27.870 519.34 Brazil 1,146,566 2,388.990 479.94 2,167.256 529.04 Argentina 231,148 620.658 372.42 563.052 410.53 Sweden 363,798 193.896 1,876.25 175.900 2,068.21 Denmark 2,300 3.306 695.51 3.000 766.67 United Kingdom 859,347 1,089.981 788.41 988.815 869.07 Ireland 26,000 1.862 13,956.69 1.690 15,384.62 Netherlands 14,451 20.258 713.34 18.378 786.32 Belgium 866,775 920.848 941.28 835.380 1,037.58 Luxembourg 403,557 236.731 1,704.71 214.759 1,879.12 France 1,399,445 1,382.237 1,012.45 1,253.945 1,116.03 Federal Republic of Germany 908,764 809.820 1,122.18 734.657 1,236.99 Austria 356,168 160.701 2,216.33 145.786 2,443.09 Czech Republic 40,868 92.403 442.28 83.827 487.53 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/04/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Lithuania 11,533 22.680 508.51 20.575 560.53 Poland 37,764 66.794 565.38 60.595 623.22 Russia 171,103 574.211 297.98 520.916 328.47 Belarus 231,136 301.531 766.54 273.545 844.97 Spain 194,989 360.859 540.35 327.366 595.63 Italy 724,386 825.086 877.95 748.506 967.78 Greece 849,455 1,356.277 626.31 1,230.395 690.39 Israel 312,320 673.131 463.98 610.655 511.45 India 342,022 689.883 495.77 625.852 546.49 Thailand 39,138 17.890 2,187.64 16.230 2,411.46 Malaysia 2,040 3.826 533.18 3.471 587.73 Indonesia 27,759 10.028 2,767.92 9.098 3,051.11 China 2,714,160 5,096.524 532.55 4,623.491 587.04 Korea, South 1,330,873 1,915.026 694.96 1,737.283 766.07 Taiwan 745,855 1,170.271 637.33 1,061.653 702.54 Japan 2,721,535 3,826.528 711.23 3,471.369 783.99 Australia 82,980 169.306 490.12 153.592 540.26 New Zealand 58,976 110.551 533.47 100.291 588.05 South Africa 875,197 1,942.996 450.44 1,762.657 496.52 CATEGORY TOTAL 44,041,875 66,648.843 660.80 60,462.831 728.41 BLACK PLATE...........................28 Canada 19,919 40.021 497.71 36.307 548.63 Chile 24,559 77.569 316.61 70.370 349.00 France 295,037 606.461 486.49 550.173 536.26 Federal Republic of Germany 269,851 338.493 797.21 307.076 878.78 Japan 1,190,927 1,832.348 649.95 1,662.279 716.44 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,800,293 2,894.894 621.89 2,626.205 685.51 TIN PLATE.............................29 Canada 5,058,330 8,617.577 586.98 7,817.737 647.03 Brazil 48,277 77.160 625.67 69.999 689.68 Norway 22,189 45.977 482.61 41.710 531.98 Belgium 470,786 873.978 538.67 792.860 593.78 France 731,548 1,245.341 587.43 1,129.755 647.53 Federal Republic of Germany 3,758,553 6,523.100 576.19 5,917.659 635.14 Thailand 11,825 16.770 705.10 15.214 777.24 Korea, South 3,360 3.011 1,115.72 2.732 1,229.87 Taiwan 44,882 63.023 712.15 57.174 785.01 Japan 143,856 223.399 643.94 202.665 709.82 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,293,606 17,689.341 581.91 16,047.505 641.45 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A Canada 2,888,229 4,086.940 706.70 3,707.611 779.00 Brazil 127,828 253.107 505.04 229.615 556.71 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/04/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Netherlands 1,145,788 1,700.600 673.76 1,542.759 742.69 France 520,171 897.433 579.62 814.138 638.92 Federal Republic of Germany 149,174 239.049 624.03 216.862 687.88 Japan 830,910 1,417.224 586.29 1,285.685 646.28 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,662,100 8,594.355 658.82 7,796.670 726.22 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 18,692,609 41,814.523 447.04 37,933.508 492.77 Mexico 7,947,841 19,659.356 404.28 17,834.673 445.64 Sweden 327,168 225.726 1,449.40 204.776 1,597.69 United Kingdom 3,126 7.657 408.21 6.947 449.98 Netherlands 41,211 124.895 329.96 113.303 363.72 Belgium 100,449 231.430 434.04 209.950 478.44 France 3,539,674 12,526.741 282.57 11,364.072 311.48 Federal Republic of Germany 35,296 126.864 278.22 115.090 306.68 Austria 551,975 1,442.373 382.69 1,308.500 421.84 Hungary 713,029 2,985.394 238.84 2,708.305 263.28 Korea, South 21,830,241 61,011.965 357.80 55,349.140 394.41 Japan 151,203 279.597 540.79 253.647 596.12 Australia 16,427,163 58,174.330 282.38 52,774.880 311.27 New Zealand 1,175,560 3,851.606 305.21 3,494.120 336.44 Egypt 10,241,289 36,835.243 278.03 33,416.380 306.48 CATEGORY TOTAL 81,777,834 239,297.708 341.74 217,087.291 376.70 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 14,315,727 27,444.802 521.62 24,897.513 574.99 Mexico 6,676,058 15,377.176 434.15 13,949.944 478.57 Venezuela 780,822 2,417.987 322.92 2,193.562 355.96 Chile 22,773 77.106 295.34 69.950 325.56 Brazil 271,564 565.054 480.60 512.609 529.77 Sweden 1,269,981 2,186.621 580.80 1,983.670 640.22 Belgium 6,755,367 21,592.396 312.86 19,588.298 344.87 Luxembourg 308,976 589.019 524.56 534.350 578.23 France 66,011 134.867 489.45 122.350 539.53 Federal Republic of Germany 147,322 267.834 550.05 242.975 606.33 Thailand 109,099 306.464 355.99 278.020 392.41 China 4,488 5.674 790.88 5.148 871.79 Korea, South 97,262 220.175 441.75 199.740 486.94 Taiwan 266,974 530.393 503.35 481.165 554.85 Japan 2,100,325 3,511.298 598.16 3,185.397 659.36 New Zealand 40,535 112.501 360.31 102.060 397.17 CATEGORY TOTAL 33,233,284 75,339.375 441.11 68,346.751 486.25 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 23,619,175 40,796.407 578.95 37,009.889 638.19 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/04/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Mexico 11,566,037 18,276.950 632.82 16,580.575 697.57 Guatemala 512,586 631.943 811.13 573.290 894.11 Costa Rica 203,125 354.645 572.76 321.729 631.35 Colombia 130,988 237.285 552.03 215.262 608.50 Venezuela 1,694,533 3,563.652 475.50 3,232.892 524.15 Brazil 2,208,923 4,746.616 465.37 4,306.059 512.98 Sweden 84,515 103.157 819.28 93.583 903.10 Finland 219,786 433.583 506.91 393.340 558.77 Federal Republic of Germany 235,949 465.260 507.13 422.077 559.02 Austria 481,108 526.068 914.54 477.241 1,008.10 Estonia 5,492,903 8,846.951 620.88 8,025.822 684.40 Spain 296,370 525.137 564.37 476.397 622.11 Italy 426,652 644.245 662.25 584.450 730.01 India 30,471,480 60,778.467 501.35 55,137.314 552.65 Korea, South 1,231,246 2,014.898 611.07 1,827.886 673.59 Taiwan 1,296,452 2,349.163 551.88 2,131.126 608.34 Japan 76,084 145.824 521.75 132.290 575.13 Australia 8,331 14.604 570.44 13.249 628.80 CATEGORY TOTAL 80,256,243 145,454.864 551.76 131,954.471 608.21 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 45,462 59.790 760.36 54.241 838.15 Belgium 95,487 216.493 441.06 196.400 486.19 Federal Republic of Germany 758,960 1,524.402 497.87 1,382.915 548.81 Spain 62,063 39.809 1,558.98 36.115 1,718.48 Thailand 2,160,480 4,378.988 493.37 3,972.553 543.85 Korea, South 374,091 781.133 478.91 708.633 527.91 Japan 157,207 197.375 796.49 179.056 877.98 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,653,750 7,197.994 507.61 6,529.913 559.54 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 Canada 7,634,322 9,964.196 766.18 9,039.370 844.56 Mexico 5,326,733 7,887.324 675.35 7,155.262 744.45 Belgium 250,825 262.442 955.73 238.084 1,053.51 Luxembourg 179,189 352.441 508.42 319.730 560.44 France 40,793 24.658 1,654.30 22.370 1,823.56 Federal Republic of Germany 368,649 174.398 2,113.83 158.212 2,330.10 China 3,459 0.820 4,217.68 0.744 4,649.19 Korea, South 708,581 1,229.678 576.23 1,115.546 635.19 Taiwan 41,092 38.589 1,064.84 35.008 1,173.79 Japan 1,050,251 721.979 1,454.68 654.969 1,603.51 New Zealand 76,281 114.282 667.48 103.675 735.77 CATEGORY TOTAL 15,680,175 20,770.813 754.91 18,842.970 832.15 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/04/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 3,373,059 7,249.739 465.27 6,576.855 512.87 Mexico 286,374 540.444 529.89 490.283 584.10 United Kingdom 30,890 33.838 912.86 30.698 1,006.25 France 3,710 7.280 509.56 6.605 561.70 Federal Republic of Germany 291,322 413.665 704.25 375.271 776.30 Korea, South 89,755 143.915 623.66 130.558 687.47 Japan 23,604 33.058 714.01 29.990 787.06 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,098,714 8,421.942 486.67 7,640.260 536.46 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 2,589,510 4,014.436 645.05 3,641.837 711.05 Mexico 639,610 868.453 736.49 787.848 811.84 Chile 22,874 34.930 654.85 31.688 721.85 Brazil 65,916 87.996 749.08 79.829 825.71 Sweden 567,262 156.600 3,622.34 142.066 3,992.95 United Kingdom 628,602 338.508 1,856.97 307.090 2,046.96 France 258,681 102.983 2,511.87 93.425 2,768.86 Federal Republic of Germany 2,228,045 1,520.717 1,465.13 1,379.572 1,615.03 Austria 529,278 106.105 4,988.24 96.257 5,498.59 Switzerland 27,987 15.009 1,864.67 13.616 2,055.45 Italy 104,656 27.543 3,799.67 24.987 4,188.42 India 61,458 103.326 594.80 93.736 655.65 China 52,195 42.021 1,242.11 38.121 1,369.19 Korea, South 246,478 200.036 1,232.17 181.470 1,358.23 Japan 453,507 435.901 1,040.39 395.443 1,146.83 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,476,059 8,054.569 1,052.33 7,306.985 1,159.99 GRAND TOTAL 821,941,046 1,980,228.635 415.07 1,796,433.707 457.54 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/04/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Mexico 4,267 2.771 1,539.76 2.514 1,697.30 Sweden 150,734 83.621 1,802.58 75.860 1,987.00 United Kingdom 152,467 56.492 2,698.90 51.249 2,975.02 Federal Republic of Germany 59,138 32.803 1,802.79 29.759 1,987.23 Slovakia 5,489 4.078 1,345.82 3.700 1,483.51 Taiwan 17,588 13.723 1,281.57 12.450 1,412.69 CATEGORY TOTAL 389,683 193.490 2,013.96 175.532 2,220.01 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 213,429 67.005 3,185.27 60.786 3,511.15 Mexico 26,482 19.984 1,325.10 18.130 1,460.67 Sweden 4,842,935 2,518.749 1,922.75 2,284.972 2,119.47 United Kingdom 10,324,911 5,243.144 1,969.22 4,756.502 2,170.69 Federal Republic of Germany 9,741 0.289 33,600.34 0.263 37,038.02 Spain 1,685,952 848.107 1,987.90 769.390 2,191.28 Italy 119,147 31.744 3,753.33 28.798 4,137.34 India 70,098 30.681 2,284.68 27.834 2,518.43 China 10,450 0.458 22,788.66 0.416 25,120.19 Korea, South 5,268 0.348 15,123.58 0.316 16,670.89 Japan 43,267 4.969 8,707.00 4.508 9,597.83 CATEGORY TOTAL 17,351,680 8,765.483 1,979.55 7,951.915 2,182.08 WIRE RODS..............................3 Sweden 597,455 239.984 2,489.56 217.710 2,744.27 United Kingdom 2,188,192 1,079.350 2,027.32 979.171 2,234.74 France 95,987 32.967 2,911.53 29.908 3,209.41 Federal Republic of Germany 163,785 46.938 3,489.35 42.582 3,846.34 Italy 328,376 166.125 1,976.67 150.707 2,178.90 China 127,069 116.541 1,090.33 105.725 1,201.88 Taiwan 1,539,502 770.743 1,997.42 699.207 2,201.78 Japan 13,635 6.112 2,230.74 5.545 2,458.97 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,054,001 2,458.765 2,055.50 2,230.555 2,265.80 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 United Kingdom 8,157 4.850 1,681.80 4.400 1,853.86 France 2,725 0.149 18,177.05 0.136 20,036.76 Federal Republic of Germany 234,508 53.866 4,353.49 48.867 4,798.90 Italy 554,065 225.150 2,460.87 204.253 2,712.64 India 327,122 129.746 2,521.24 117.704 2,779.19 Japan 11,005 2.810 3,915.13 2.550 4,315.69 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/04/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 1,137,582 416.574 2,730.80 377.910 3,010.19 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 63,878 27.072 2,359.49 24.560 2,600.90 Brazil 20,588 4.639 4,437.43 4.209 4,891.42 Sweden 500,663 198.417 2,523.29 180.001 2,781.45 Finland 44,993 21.428 2,099.64 19.440 2,314.45 United Kingdom 3,648 0.599 6,083.48 0.544 6,705.88 Belgium 968,553 409.053 2,367.79 371.087 2,610.04 France 1,597,181 560.835 2,847.86 508.782 3,139.22 Federal Republic of Germany 1,090,328 503.176 2,166.89 456.474 2,388.59 Austria 63,456 15.409 4,118.06 13.979 4,539.38 Italy 713,066 414.071 1,722.09 375.639 1,898.27 Korea, South 10,583 3.171 3,337.07 2.877 3,678.48 Taiwan 702,548 310.040 2,265.99 281.264 2,497.82 Japan 891,822 470.342 1,896.11 426.688 2,090.10 South Africa 816,735 485.022 1,683.91 440.005 1,856.19 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,488,042 3,423.280 2,187.39 3,105.549 2,411.18 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 842,083 267.411 3,149.01 242.592 3,471.19 Sweden 2,474,058 931.828 2,655.06 845.341 2,926.70 Finland 106,709 50.739 2,103.08 46.030 2,318.25 Belgium 2,601,852 1,158.078 2,246.70 1,050.591 2,476.56 Federal Republic of Germany 1,257,629 523.165 2,403.88 474.608 2,649.83 South Africa 23,000 18.697 1,230.12 16.962 1,355.97 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,305,331 2,949.920 2,476.45 2,676.124 2,729.82 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 46,698 41.325 1,130.00 37.490 1,245.61 Mexico 6,053 2.978 2,032.27 2.702 2,240.19 Brazil 142,431 52.428 2,716.69 47.562 2,994.64 Sweden 34,481 7.605 4,533.43 6.900 4,997.25 United Kingdom 1,778,915 823.921 2,159.08 747.449 2,379.98 Netherlands 28,492 14.999 1,899.57 13.607 2,093.92 France 2,497,016 233.717 10,683.91 212.025 11,776.99 Federal Republic of Germany 493,307 260.641 1,892.67 236.450 2,086.31 Austria 472,081 192.503 2,452.33 174.636 2,703.23 Italy 978,013 381.618 2,562.80 346.199 2,825.00 Romania 137,064 40.229 3,407.01 36.496 3,755.59 India 125,575 49.247 2,549.85 44.677 2,810.73 Taiwan 192,258 68.492 2,807.01 62.135 3,094.20 Japan 32,531 0.642 50,620.30 0.583 55,799.31 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,964,915 2,170.352 3,209.12 1,968.911 3,537.45 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/04/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A United Kingdom 70,666 37.977 1,860.71 34.453 2,051.08 Italy 2,601,793 1,163.320 2,236.52 1,055.347 2,465.34 India 2,358,108 1,129.258 2,088.19 1,024.446 2,301.84 Taiwan 13,221 1.695 7,798.37 1.538 8,596.23 Japan 29,885 6.006 4,975.45 5.449 5,484.49 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,073,673 2,338.258 2,169.85 2,121.233 2,391.85 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 89,829 20.545 4,372.10 18.639 4,819.41 Mexico 7,234 1.748 4,137.82 1.586 4,561.16 Brazil 7,952 2.358 3,371.00 2.140 3,715.89 Sweden 451,848 188.355 2,398.91 170.873 2,644.35 Norway 3,111 0.385 8,063.58 0.350 8,888.57 Denmark 233,833 82.459 2,835.73 74.806 3,125.86 United Kingdom 470,480 215.673 2,181.44 195.656 2,404.63 Netherlands 8,702 1.954 4,452.52 1.773 4,908.07 France 2,023,819 760.662 2,660.60 690.062 2,932.81 Federal Republic of Germany 860,417 359.627 2,392.52 326.249 2,637.30 Austria 402,386 150.278 2,677.61 136.330 2,951.56 Czech Republic 122,173 55.986 2,182.19 50.790 2,405.45 Switzerland 401,840 172.490 2,329.63 156.481 2,567.98 Latvia 400,318 188.229 2,126.75 170.759 2,344.34 Poland 77,105 45.610 1,690.52 41.377 1,863.47 Russia 75,948 41.519 1,829.21 37.666 2,016.35 Ukraine 23,704 4.409 5,375.98 4.000 5,926.00 Italy 3,681,748 1,290.067 2,853.92 1,170.330 3,145.91 Slovenia 39,400 27.838 1,415.29 25.255 1,560.09 United Arab Emirates 32,391 16.828 1,924.72 15.267 2,121.63 India 2,102,332 1,104.280 1,903.80 1,001.787 2,098.58 China 81,548 39.489 2,065.07 35.824 2,276.35 Korea, South 11,816 3.362 3,514.52 3.050 3,874.10 Taiwan 1,800,518 884.833 2,034.87 802.708 2,243.05 Japan 367,341 94.590 3,883.49 85.811 4,280.81 CATEGORY TOTAL 13,777,793 5,753.588 2,394.64 5,219.569 2,639.64 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D Canada 10,261,635 2,052.691 4,999.11 1,862.171 5,510.58 Mexico 432,800 184.818 2,341.75 167.665 2,581.34 Brazil 50,116 22.262 2,251.16 20.196 2,481.48 Sweden 1,398,979 264.102 5,297.10 239.590 5,839.05 Finland 491,614 193.676 2,538.33 175.700 2,798.03 United Kingdom 214,898 39.690 5,414.29 36.007 5,968.23 Ireland 6,491 2.194 2,957.58 1.991 3,260.17 Netherlands 22,363 1.170 19,102.99 1.062 21,057.44 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/04/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Belgium 133,401 10.185 13,097.34 9.240 14,437.34 France 1,727,741 423.577 4,078.93 384.263 4,496.25 Federal Republic of Germany 873,824 141.533 6,173.98 128.397 6,805.64 Austria 632,411 121.451 5,207.11 110.179 5,739.85 Czech Republic 2,542,277 306.277 8,300.58 277.850 9,149.82 Slovakia 34,611 8.139 4,252.25 7.384 4,687.30 Switzerland 19,841 0.282 70,310.38 0.256 77,503.91 Spain 2,082,185 440.220 4,729.87 399.361 5,213.79 Italy 585,779 224.917 2,604.41 204.042 2,870.87 India 285,006 84.754 3,362.72 76.888 3,706.77 Thailand 210,490 91.080 2,311.03 82.627 2,547.47 Malaysia 654,037 324.963 2,012.65 294.802 2,218.56 Singapore 311,986 134.703 2,316.09 122.201 2,553.06 China 2,673,023 1,039.851 2,570.58 943.338 2,833.58 Korea, South 2,369,962 826.770 2,866.53 750.034 3,159.81 Taiwan 4,916,279 1,719.233 2,859.58 1,559.663 3,152.14 Japan 3,569,685 1,055.147 3,383.11 957.214 3,729.24 South Africa 174,534 102.856 1,696.87 93.310 1,870.47 CATEGORY TOTAL 36,675,968 9,816.554 3,736.13 8,905.431 4,118.38 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 552,733 181.168 3,050.94 164.353 3,363.08 Mexico 168,939 49.365 3,422.18 44.784 3,772.31 Brazil 4,090 0.793 5,153.31 0.720 5,680.56 Sweden 989,044 171.972 5,751.17 156.011 6,339.58 Denmark 11,559 0.036 317,762.16 0.033 350,272.73 United Kingdom 293,896 77.187 3,807.58 70.023 4,197.14 Ireland 21,833 1.921 11,363.49 1.743 12,526.10 Netherlands 10,747 0.039 270,819.92 0.036 298,527.78 Belgium 7,105 0.468 15,166.00 0.425 16,717.65 France 1,051,725 227.459 4,623.79 206.348 5,096.85 Federal Republic of Germany 709,970 108.520 6,542.28 98.448 7,211.62 Austria 11,881 2.533 4,690.28 2.298 5,170.15 Czech Republic 8,845 2.225 3,974.27 2.019 4,380.88 Switzerland 170,245 42.401 4,015.07 38.466 4,425.86 Spain 6,812 1.561 4,361.15 1.417 4,807.34 Italy 202,941 48.739 4,163.76 44.216 4,589.76 India 2,716,809 1,268.668 2,141.46 1,150.917 2,360.56 Thailand 160,701 76.387 2,103.75 69.298 2,318.98 China 666,550 235.946 2,825.01 214.047 3,114.04 Korea, South 2,141,359 760.598 2,815.36 690.004 3,103.40 Taiwan 1,121,793 320.073 3,504.80 290.366 3,863.38 Japan 744,026 103.044 7,220.47 93.480 7,959.20 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,773,603 3,681.114 3,198.38 3,339.452 3,525.61 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/04/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 7,762 2.094 3,706.09 1.900 4,085.26 Finland 36,984 18.459 2,003.54 16.746 2,208.53 Federal Republic of Germany 21,368 5.332 4,006.76 4.838 4,416.70 Italy 391,096 216.403 1,807.25 196.318 1,992.16 Japan 133,797 74.745 1,790.03 67.808 1,973.17 South Africa 178,203 155.563 1,145.53 141.125 1,262.73 CATEGORY TOTAL 769,210 472.599 1,627.62 428.735 1,794.14 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 7,610,401 3,263.840 2,331.73 2,960.907 2,570.29 Mexico 17,991,692 9,425.890 1,908.75 8,551.026 2,104.04 Brazil 880,251 457.546 1,923.85 415.079 2,120.68 Sweden 1,156,256 324.453 3,563.71 294.339 3,928.31 Finland 743,389 294.846 2,521.28 267.480 2,779.23 United Kingdom 371,958 102.430 3,631.34 92.923 4,002.86 Netherlands 427,084 71.282 5,991.47 64.666 6,604.46 Belgium 2,760,214 1,322.315 2,087.41 1,199.585 2,300.97 France 2,644,159 1,723.754 1,533.95 1,563.764 1,690.89 Federal Republic of Germany 3,485,181 1,642.595 2,121.75 1,490.138 2,338.83 Austria 20,250 0.952 21,262.15 0.864 23,437.50 Italy 1,956,091 1,189.412 1,644.59 1,079.017 1,812.85 India 194,787 102.151 1,906.85 92.670 2,101.94 China 2,196,696 1,329.576 1,652.18 1,206.172 1,821.21 Korea, South 851,569 487.274 1,747.62 442.048 1,926.42 Taiwan 2,850,704 923.858 3,085.65 838.111 3,401.34 Japan 482,129 426.569 1,130.25 386.977 1,245.89 South Africa 1,144,297 673.937 1,697.93 611.386 1,871.64 CATEGORY TOTAL 47,767,108 23,762.685 2,010.17 21,557.152 2,215.84 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 United Kingdom 56,678 7.848 7,221.55 7.120 7,960.39 Federal Republic of Germany 4,667 0.899 5,188.52 0.816 5,719.36 Italy 10,626 3.198 3,321.76 2.902 3,661.61 Japan 5,277 0.457 11,535.46 0.415 12,715.66 CATEGORY TOTAL 77,248 12.404 6,227.52 11.253 6,864.66 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 1,421,864 535.323 2,656.09 485.637 2,927.83 Mexico 2,227,559 1,310.279 1,700.06 1,188.666 1,874.00 Brazil 7,014 0.466 15,042.54 0.423 16,581.56 Sweden 2,087,795 409.946 5,092.85 371.897 5,613.91 Finland 42,379 19.543 2,168.39 17.730 2,390.24 Denmark 14,000 1.538 9,097.84 1.396 10,028.65 United Kingdom 195,861 30.640 6,392.13 27.797 7,046.12 Belgium 143,046 67.013 2,134.57 60.794 2,352.96 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 19/04/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE France 1,331,195 696.854 1,910.29 632.176 2,105.73 Federal Republic of Germany 175,126 49.001 3,573.92 44.453 3,939.58 Austria 83,238 26.572 3,132.51 24.106 3,453.00 Italy 27,152 10.456 2,596.66 9.486 2,862.32 Indonesia 200,573 88.863 2,257.08 80.616 2,488.00 Korea, South 21,268 7.782 2,732.86 7.060 3,012.46 Taiwan 34,167 20.174 1,693.57 18.302 1,866.85 Japan 3,050,670 495.806 6,152.95 449.788 6,782.46 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,062,907 3,770.264 2,934.25 3,420.327 3,234.46 GRAND TOTAL 172,668,744 69,985.337 2,467.21 63,489.648 2,719.64