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RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - FINAL PREPARED 28/05/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Canada 14,129 24.102 586.22 21.865 646.19 Mexico 436,367 808.730 539.57 733.668 594.77 Sweden 36,206 18.562 1,950.45 16.840 2,150.00 United Kingdom 192,409 53.550 3,593.05 48.580 3,960.66 Federal Republic of Germany 147,050 89.747 1,638.48 81.418 1,806.11 India 95,859 45.114 2,124.80 40.927 2,342.19 China 2,500 4.585 545.18 4.160 600.96 South Africa 147,185 105.887 1,390.01 96.060 1,532.22 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,071,705 1,150.281 931.69 1,043.518 1,027.01 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 5,839,616 15,848.057 368.48 14,377.120 406.17 Mexico 45,131,310 140,284.542 321.71 127,264.032 354.63 Venezuela 11,245,334 32,128.597 350.01 29,146.582 385.82 Brazil 34,544,584 119,969.125 287.95 108,834.191 317.41 Sweden 5,348,108 2,250.152 2,376.78 2,041.305 2,619.95 United Kingdom 10,862,533 6,048.671 1,795.85 5,487.264 1,979.59 Netherlands 4,497 16.523 272.16 14.990 300.00 Belgium 5,110,233 12,944.919 394.77 11,743.437 435.16 France 993,287 797.793 1,245.04 723.746 1,372.42 Federal Republic of Germany 7,004,481 21,064.033 332.53 19,108.975 366.55 Russia 15,163,568 59,364.116 255.43 53,854.236 281.57 Spain 1,627,143 815.747 1,994.66 740.034 2,198.74 Italy 383,083 125.982 3,040.78 114.289 3,351.88 Singapore 3,149 11.570 272.15 10.497 299.99 China 21,647 32.617 663.66 29.590 731.56 Korea, South 16,320 38.647 422.28 35.060 465.49 Taiwan 4,625 3.186 1,451.31 2.891 1,599.79 Japan 129,660 199.824 648.87 181.278 715.26 CATEGORY TOTAL 143,433,178 411,944.111 348.19 373,709.517 383.81 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 23,266,325 44,173.598 526.70 40,073.626 580.59 Mexico 2,605,292 6,410.809 406.39 5,815.790 447.97 Trinidad and Tobago 13,884,323 41,955.654 330.93 38,061.540 364.79 Venezuela 2,128,159 6,832.399 311.48 6,198.250 343.35 Brazil 2,998,582 10,431.144 287.46 9,462.978 316.88 Argentina 175,962 566.350 310.69 513.785 342.48 Sweden 647,062 275.641 2,347.48 250.058 2,587.65 Finland 21,324 14.249 1,496.47 12.927 1,649.57 United Kingdom 2,710,701 4,628.847 585.61 4,199.221 645.52 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - FINAL PREPARED 28/05/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE France 244,301 125.267 1,950.23 113.641 2,149.76 Federal Republic of Germany 2,397,066 6,092.838 393.42 5,527.332 433.68 Poland 3,447,730 11,127.108 309.85 10,094.346 341.55 Spain 839,274 1,945.089 431.48 1,764.556 475.63 Italy 3,920,562 8,235.210 476.07 7,470.859 524.78 Turkey 42,752,737 111,980.467 381.79 101,587.000 420.85 India 1,236,485 3,361.405 367.85 3,049.417 405.48 Malaysia 3,656,093 12,257.411 298.28 11,119.740 328.79 China 7,858,214 29,108.991 269.96 26,407.240 297.58 Taiwan 3,367,344 1,460.659 2,305.36 1,325.088 2,541.22 Japan 3,697,059 9,957.598 371.28 9,033.384 409.27 South Africa 1,220,655 4,495.843 271.51 4,078.562 299.29 CATEGORY TOTAL 123,075,250 315,436.588 390.17 286,159.340 430.09 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 7,090,676 12,148.161 583.68 11,020.630 643.40 Mexico 888,440 1,697.550 523.37 1,539.992 576.91 Venezuela 9,262 10.115 915.59 9.177 1,009.26 Brazil 166,965 595.822 280.23 540.521 308.90 Norway 899,376 1,922.476 467.82 1,744.042 515.68 United Kingdom 5,439,954 11,953.070 455.11 10,843.646 501.67 Belgium 157,308 235.989 666.59 214.086 734.79 Luxembourg 3,406,020 6,893.198 494.11 6,253.406 544.67 France 41,619 9.773 4,258.53 8.866 4,694.23 Federal Republic of Germany 2,354,189 4,652.003 506.06 4,220.228 557.83 Switzerland 4,538 1.895 2,393.49 1.720 2,638.37 Poland 1,186,316 3,585.959 330.82 3,253.129 364.67 Spain 12,037 21.174 568.47 19.209 626.63 Italy 197,103 65.799 2,995.53 59.692 3,302.00 Turkey 182,384 630.668 289.19 572.133 318.78 India 386,340 130.232 2,966.54 118.145 3,270.05 Korea, South 143,445 261.147 549.29 236.909 605.49 Taiwan 4,858 1.986 2,445.67 1.802 2,695.89 Japan 18,598 4.381 4,244.48 3.975 4,678.74 South Africa 46,155 85.998 536.69 78.017 591.60 CATEGORY TOTAL 22,635,583 44,907.406 504.05 40,739.325 555.62 STEEL PILING...........................5 Canada 1,100,747 1,827.163 602.43 1,657.575 664.07 United Kingdom 1,095,146 3,282.698 333.61 2,978.015 367.74 Luxembourg 6,561,362 12,791.427 512.95 11,604.191 565.43 Federal Republic of Germany 117,021 230.443 507.81 209.055 559.76 China 15,910 24.179 658.00 21.935 725.32 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,890,186 18,155.912 489.66 16,470.771 539.76 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - FINAL PREPARED 28/05/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 11,251,166 19,990.359 562.83 18,134.954 620.41 Mexico 260,937 526.474 495.63 477.610 546.34 Sweden 2,594,190 3,211.496 807.78 2,913.421 890.43 Norway 70,737 160.979 439.42 146.038 484.37 United Kingdom 775,014 582.528 1,330.43 528.461 1,466.55 Belgium 2,949,452 1,976.219 1,492.47 1,792.797 1,645.17 France 1,667,188 2,317.380 719.43 2,102.293 793.03 Federal Republic of Germany 1,319,611 1,566.949 842.15 1,421.513 928.31 Austria 133,945 146.741 912.79 133.122 1,006.18 Czech Republic 295,913 677.452 436.80 614.575 481.49 Hungary 114,015 375.166 303.91 340.345 335.00 Switzerland 11,495 19.798 580.60 17.961 640.00 Poland 1,210,224 2,750.948 439.93 2,495.619 484.94 Ukraine 5,229,581 9,903.954 528.03 8,984.719 582.05 Italy 1,327,062 1,921.680 690.57 1,743.320 761.23 Romania 1,097,986 3,786.982 289.94 3,435.494 319.60 China 5,560 10.249 542.48 9.298 597.98 Korea, South 541,716 292.112 1,854.48 265.000 2,044.21 Taiwan 701,778 307.338 2,283.40 278.813 2,517.02 Japan 3,034,467 3,016.985 1,005.79 2,736.964 1,108.70 Australia 14,760 6.558 2,250.43 5.950 2,480.67 Egypt 521,992 1,157.773 450.86 1,050.315 496.99 South Africa 1,976,095 5,022.370 393.46 4,556.219 433.71 CATEGORY TOTAL 37,104,884 59,728.502 621.23 54,184.801 684.78 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 11,435,056 21,785.129 524.90 19,763.143 578.61 Mexico 992,210 2,597.077 382.05 2,356.030 421.14 Sweden 2,290,382 720.911 3,177.06 654.000 3,502.11 Finland 110,204 38.801 2,840.21 35.200 3,130.80 Netherlands 2,760,866 8,258.381 334.31 7,491.880 368.51 Belgium 3,839,151 6,453.380 594.91 5,854.410 655.77 France 2,547,233 6,763.255 376.63 6,135.524 415.16 Federal Republic of Germany 3,595,871 1,959.430 1,835.16 1,777.566 2,022.92 Hungary 213,189 810.341 263.09 735.130 290.00 Russia 9,568,885 31,393.211 304.81 28,479.450 335.99 Turkey 568,779 1,879.710 302.59 1,705.245 333.55 Saudi Arabia 437,707 1,084.244 403.70 983.610 445.00 Korea, South 537,422 1,165.329 461.18 1,057.169 508.36 Japan 990,201 2,197.631 450.58 1,993.658 496.68 New Zealand 170,429 503.381 338.57 456.660 373.21 CATEGORY TOTAL 40,057,585 87,610.217 457.23 79,478.675 504.00 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Canada 115,749 40.303 2,871.91 36.563 3,165.74 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - FINAL PREPARED 28/05/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Luxembourg 193,277 388.546 497.44 352.484 548.33 France 2,002,005 5,764.793 347.28 5,229.734 382.81 Spain 71,403 162.979 438.11 147.853 482.93 Japan 10,950,611 23,523.888 465.51 21,340.519 513.14 CATEGORY TOTAL 13,333,045 29,880.512 446.21 27,107.153 491.86 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 Canada 188,615 447.114 421.85 405.616 465.01 Federal Republic of Germany 18,038 37.495 481.08 34.015 530.30 Austria 321,924 557.806 577.12 506.034 636.17 Spain 381,880 802.046 476.13 727.605 524.85 Japan 53,995 112.383 480.45 101.953 529.61 CATEGORY TOTAL 964,452 1,956.847 492.86 1,775.223 543.28 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 Canada 179,452 234.689 764.64 212.907 842.87 China 60,180 92.077 653.58 83.531 720.45 Australia 306,298 613.350 499.39 556.422 550.48 CATEGORY TOTAL 545,930 940.116 580.70 852.860 640.12 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 34,896,386 61,980.921 563.02 56,228.161 620.62 Mexico 4,971,332 9,658.736 514.70 8,762.261 567.36 Trinidad and Tobago 2,351,889 1,935.794 1,214.95 1,756.124 1,339.25 Brazil 46,870 45.051 1,040.37 40.870 1,146.81 Argentina 2,262,481 5,877.015 384.97 5,331.540 424.36 Sweden 976,009 552.194 1,767.51 500.943 1,948.34 United Kingdom 11,175,237 20,384.076 548.23 18,492.128 604.32 France 978,753 1,167.947 838.01 1,059.544 923.75 Federal Republic of Germany 1,545,238 958.084 1,612.84 869.160 1,777.85 Austria 1,048,977 315.846 3,321.16 286.531 3,660.95 Czech Republic 2,154,160 4,735.761 454.87 4,296.212 501.41 Latvia 8,642,190 29,341.631 294.54 26,618.288 324.67 Poland 4,805 4.960 968.67 4.500 1,067.78 Russia 12,398 15.268 812.02 13.851 895.10 Ukraine 2,501,826 5,443.574 459.59 4,938.329 506.61 Spain 275,866 239.912 1,149.86 217.645 1,267.50 Portugal 133,808 44.649 2,996.88 40.505 3,303.49 Italy 2,843,013 583.777 4,870.03 529.594 5,368.29 Romania 161,388 356.998 452.07 323.864 498.32 Turkey 2,904,473 6,412.332 452.95 5,817.172 499.29 United Arab Emirates 2,321 1.015 2,286.18 0.921 2,520.09 India 1,353,849 813.041 1,665.17 737.579 1,835.53 Malaysia 344,102 1,137.611 302.48 1,032.024 333.42 China 30,126 30.939 973.70 28.068 1,073.32 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - FINAL PREPARED 28/05/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Korea, South 179,315 327.041 548.29 296.687 604.39 Taiwan 367,602 165.810 2,217.00 150.421 2,443.82 Japan 5,673,624 9,000.684 630.35 8,165.286 694.85 South Africa 828,492 2,588.992 320.01 2,348.695 352.75 CATEGORY TOTAL 88,666,530 164,119.672 540.26 148,886.903 595.53 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 5,685,921 9,528.016 596.76 8,643.674 657.81 Mexico 2,291,981 5,663.838 404.67 5,138.149 446.07 Brazil 36,854 153.584 239.96 139.330 264.51 United Kingdom 95,117 28.285 3,362.77 25.660 3,706.82 France 24,079 4.808 5,007.82 4.362 5,520.17 Austria 148,310 210.771 703.65 191.209 775.64 Italy 939,611 415.938 2,259.02 377.333 2,490.14 Turkey 115,466 278.258 414.96 252.432 457.41 India 1,321,589 555.931 2,377.25 504.333 2,620.47 Korea, South 5,074 5.673 894.32 5.147 985.82 Japan 3,820 0.068 55,894.30 0.062 61,612.90 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,667,822 16,845.176 633.29 15,281.691 698.08 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 Canada 57,418 79.320 723.88 71.958 797.94 Mexico 5,054,815 11,738.927 430.60 10,649.379 474.66 Dominican Republic 2,826,173 8,055.955 350.82 7,308.242 386.71 Trinidad and Tobago 1,862,500 5,512.090 337.89 5,000.486 372.46 Brazil 2,648,819 7,895.204 335.50 7,162.411 369.82 Federal Republic of Germany 1,131,343 2,775.926 407.56 2,518.279 449.25 Austria 4,901 3.959 1,237.78 3.592 1,364.42 Poland 2,061,813 6,835.364 301.64 6,200.940 332.50 Russia 2,190,922 7,891.083 277.65 7,158.673 306.05 Romania 1,662,076 6,092.594 272.80 5,527.110 300.71 Bulgaria 7,676,596 27,213.999 282.08 24,688.132 310.94 Turkey 41,617,851 77,575.278 536.48 70,375.129 591.37 India 4,658 12.287 379.09 11.147 417.87 Japan 6,618,223 22,111.120 299.32 20,058.877 329.94 Australia 27,251 20.771 1,311.91 18.844 1,446.14 CATEGORY TOTAL 75,445,359 183,813.885 410.44 166,753.199 452.44 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 7,941,140 9,474.226 838.18 8,594.876 923.94 Mexico 26,565 39.722 668.76 36.036 737.18 Trinidad and Tobago 12,626 17.636 715.88 16.000 789.13 Colombia 552,355 788.268 700.72 715.105 772.41 Brazil 33,693 34.269 983.17 31.089 1,083.76 Sweden 540,494 213.254 2,534.51 193.461 2,793.81 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - FINAL PREPARED 28/05/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE United Kingdom 4,108,326 3,811.945 1,077.75 3,458.140 1,188.02 Belgium 77,621 83.947 924.64 76.156 1,019.24 France 5,326,777 4,139.932 1,286.68 3,755.685 1,418.32 Federal Republic of Germany 1,716,389 1,290.973 1,329.53 1,171.152 1,465.56 Austria 288,553 108.414 2,661.57 98.352 2,933.88 Czech Republic 107,441 28.198 3,810.21 25.581 4,200.03 Switzerland 288,557 79.882 3,612.28 72.468 3,981.85 Latvia 414,679 158.479 2,616.61 143.770 2,884.32 Poland 316,210 382.248 827.24 346.770 911.87 Russia 807,232 464.413 1,738.17 421.309 1,916.01 Ukraine 3,665,925 1,523.222 2,406.69 1,381.845 2,652.92 Spain 1,109,396 1,754.735 632.23 1,591.870 696.91 Portugal 32,600 9.809 3,323.32 8.899 3,663.33 Italy 3,679,572 1,385.356 2,656.05 1,256.775 2,927.79 Slovenia 49,485 32.911 1,503.57 29.857 1,657.40 Romania 71,153 28.588 2,488.87 25.935 2,743.51 Turkey 176,841 416.805 424.28 378.120 467.68 Saudi Arabia 1,022,398 486.752 2,100.45 441.575 2,315.34 India 2,206,934 1,198.643 1,841.19 1,087.391 2,029.57 China 314,919 318.444 988.93 288.888 1,090.11 Korea, South 55,415 60.878 910.26 55.228 1,003.39 Taiwan 1,342,358 586.138 2,290.17 531.736 2,524.48 Japan 477,340 373.649 1,277.51 338.969 1,408.21 Egypt 5,231 6.907 757.34 6.266 834.82 South Africa 40,304 92.796 434.32 84.184 478.76 CATEGORY TOTAL 36,808,529 29,391.456 1,252.35 26,663.488 1,380.48 TOOL STEEL............................17 Canada 939,117 747.024 1,257.14 677.689 1,385.76 Mexico 107,331 225.955 475.01 204.983 523.61 Colombia 59,134 68.836 859.06 62.447 946.95 Brazil 1,856,484 1,144.411 1,622.22 1,038.193 1,788.19 Sweden 1,554,968 961.241 1,617.67 872.024 1,783.17 United Kingdom 1,199,684 375.900 3,191.50 341.011 3,518.02 Netherlands 508,941 567.027 897.56 514.399 989.39 Belgium 22,945 18.710 1,226.31 16.974 1,351.77 France 1,440,384 800.908 1,798.44 726.572 1,982.44 Federal Republic of Germany 1,404,783 934.219 1,503.70 847.510 1,657.54 Austria 1,993,296 828.530 2,405.82 751.630 2,651.96 Switzerland 138,428 92.852 1,490.84 84.234 1,643.37 Poland 14,445 21.197 681.45 19.230 751.17 Russia 422,983 336.503 1,256.99 305.271 1,385.60 Ukraine 901,473 193.860 4,650.12 175.867 5,125.88 Spain 200,149 156.524 1,278.70 141.997 1,409.53 Italy 118,944 191.591 620.82 173.809 684.34 Slovenia 1,009,880 772.562 1,307.18 700.857 1,440.92 Turkey 31,459 45.415 692.70 41.200 763.57 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - FINAL PREPARED 28/05/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE China 775,256 289.847 2,674.71 262.945 2,948.36 Korea, South 223,173 147.991 1,508.01 134.256 1,662.29 Taiwan 457,563 326.955 1,399.47 296.609 1,542.65 Japan 3,140,581 4,273.113 734.96 3,876.504 810.16 CATEGORY TOTAL 18,521,401 13,521.179 1,369.81 12,266.211 1,509.95 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 24,117,204 29,851.112 807.92 27,080.481 890.58 Mexico 2,729,936 3,126.619 873.13 2,836.422 962.46 Guatemala 212,472 293.106 724.90 265.902 799.06 Dominican Republic 90,419 144.810 624.39 131.370 688.28 Colombia 1,750,515 1,599.433 1,094.46 1,450.982 1,206.43 Venezuela 773,297 1,181.412 654.55 1,071.760 721.52 Chile 17,313 25.264 685.26 22.920 755.37 Brazil 582,906 1,196.094 487.34 1,085.079 537.20 Denmark 16,521 3.230 5,113.48 2.931 5,636.64 United Kingdom 31,404 11.833 2,653.86 10.735 2,925.38 Netherlands 557,555 818.245 681.40 742.300 751.12 France 81,053 120.225 674.17 109.067 743.15 Federal Republic of Germany 292,286 219.354 1,332.48 198.995 1,468.81 Czech Republic 1,565,259 1,669.560 937.53 1,514.600 1,033.45 Slovakia 94,616 128.668 735.35 116.726 810.58 Switzerland 4,752 0.545 8,708.98 0.495 9,600.00 Ukraine 986,452 2,750.914 358.59 2,495.588 395.28 Spain 761,212 760.379 1,001.09 689.805 1,103.52 Italy 491,996 435.395 1,130.00 394.984 1,245.61 Romania 1,611,345 3,248.822 495.98 2,947.283 546.72 Turkey 11,444,252 22,811.137 501.70 20,693.922 553.02 United Arab Emirates 717,723 1,151.335 623.38 1,044.474 687.16 Oman 201,761 413.465 487.98 375.090 537.90 India 2,812,267 5,912.896 475.62 5,364.091 524.28 Thailand 3,994,298 10,621.645 376.05 9,635.797 414.53 Indonesia 764,249 2,069.980 369.21 1,877.855 406.98 Philippines 2,060,413 5,178.635 397.87 4,697.980 438.57 China 4,589,437 9,822.122 467.26 8,910.482 515.06 Korea, South 964,363 2,139.075 450.83 1,940.537 496.96 Taiwan 2,515,495 6,486.419 387.81 5,884.382 427.49 Japan 1,841,855 3,252.087 566.36 2,950.245 624.31 South Africa 1,429,179 3,418.999 418.01 3,101.665 460.78 CATEGORY TOTAL 70,103,805 120,862.828 580.03 109,644.945 639.37 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 4,660,756 5,666.598 822.50 5,140.653 906.65 Mexico 400,202 584.317 684.91 530.084 754.98 Colombia 1,896,564 2,274.095 833.99 2,063.025 919.31 Venezuela 1,653,131 3,788.038 436.41 3,436.452 481.06 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - FINAL PREPARED 28/05/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Brazil 2,121,712 3,955.719 536.37 3,588.569 591.24 Argentina 250,255 380.925 656.97 345.570 724.18 United Kingdom 559,830 797.420 702.05 723.408 773.88 France 23,100 20.194 1,143.89 18.320 1,260.92 Federal Republic of Germany 4,004,355 5,248.882 762.90 4,761.707 840.95 Austria 6,206,479 8,754.055 708.98 7,941.548 781.52 Czech Republic 1,076,436 2,306.002 466.80 2,091.971 514.56 Russia 810,502 1,813.312 446.97 1,645.010 492.70 Ukraine 2,988,677 6,209.672 481.29 5,633.322 530.54 Spain 1,957,228 2,572.295 760.89 2,333.548 838.73 Romania 2,129,800 3,178.582 670.05 2,883.562 738.60 Turkey 2,212,068 5,293.198 417.91 4,801.910 460.66 India 967,555 1,685.601 574.01 1,529.152 632.74 China 11,426,256 17,520.154 652.18 15,894.021 718.90 Korea, South 5,185,350 11,925.632 434.81 10,818.755 479.29 Taiwan 1,874,681 4,124.018 454.58 3,741.248 501.08 Japan 8,329,176 3,850.559 2,163.11 3,493.170 2,384.42 Australia 8,940 0.144 61,910.18 0.131 68,244.27 South Africa 1,759,227 3,582.359 491.08 3,249.863 541.32 CATEGORY TOTAL 62,502,280 95,531.781 654.26 86,664.999 721.19 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 8,654,639 16,377.583 528.44 14,857.498 582.51 Mexico 23,227 20.916 1,110.47 18.975 1,224.08 Brazil 2,242,164 4,121.806 543.98 3,739.241 599.63 United Kingdom 1,042,661 2,180.494 478.18 1,978.112 527.10 France 358,079 619.884 577.65 562.350 636.75 Federal Republic of Germany 1,049,601 938.545 1,118.33 851.434 1,232.74 Czech Republic 213,337 349.818 609.85 317.350 672.25 Poland 138,004 217.516 634.45 197.328 699.36 Russia 195,100 73.814 2,643.13 66.963 2,913.55 Italy 708,644 705.255 1,004.80 639.797 1,107.61 India 428,594 1,089.812 393.27 988.662 433.51 Indonesia 1,652,208 4,784.149 345.35 4,340.109 380.68 China 2,769 0.858 3,224.64 0.779 3,554.56 Korea, South 818,771 2,292.753 357.11 2,079.952 393.65 Japan 1,778,299 3,468.434 512.71 3,146.512 565.17 CATEGORY TOTAL 19,306,097 37,241.645 518.40 33,785.062 571.44 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 114,547 144.733 791.43 131.300 872.41 Mexico 2,956,921 3,772.045 783.90 3,421.943 864.11 Venezuela 192,070 447.705 429.01 406.152 472.90 Brazil 288,817 549.589 525.51 498.579 579.28 United Kingdom 9,885 16.475 599.99 14.946 661.38 France 981,986 1,735.973 565.67 1,574.849 623.54 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - FINAL PREPARED 28/05/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Federal Republic of Germany 94,468 65.026 1,452.76 58.991 1,601.40 Austria 2,016,274 3,832.953 526.04 3,477.198 579.86 Czech Republic 520,237 1,131.342 459.84 1,026.337 506.89 Slovakia 554,877 1,177.851 471.09 1,068.529 519.29 Poland 22,708 43.914 517.09 39.839 569.99 Italy 1,123,656 1,870.535 600.71 1,696.922 662.17 Romania 482,195 957.027 503.85 868.201 555.40 Turkey 100,008 299.209 334.24 271.438 368.44 China 716,764 1,892.858 378.67 1,717.173 417.41 Korea, South 1,032,108 3,034.634 340.11 2,752.975 374.91 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,207,521 20,971.876 534.41 19,025.372 589.08 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Canada 217,233 142.874 1,520.44 129.614 1,676.00 Mexico 2,174,419 3,397.719 639.96 3,082.360 705.44 Venezuela 430,284 1,060.872 405.59 962.408 447.09 Brazil 57,083 148.636 384.04 134.841 423.34 Federal Republic of Germany 76,733 29.030 2,643.19 26.336 2,913.62 Turkey 80,266 240.136 334.25 217.848 368.45 Indonesia 84,104 244.334 344.22 221.657 379.43 China 38,710 72.123 536.72 65.429 591.63 Korea, South 2,911,154 8,627.607 337.42 7,826.836 371.95 Taiwan 314,907 887.850 354.68 805.445 390.97 Japan 26,553 71.958 369.00 65.280 406.76 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,411,446 14,923.145 429.63 13,538.054 473.59 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 12,737,057 13,034.259 977.20 11,824.485 1,077.18 Mexico 10,356,493 14,252.827 726.63 12,929.951 800.97 Dominican Republic 53,328 50.388 1,058.33 45.712 1,166.61 Venezuela 172,383 177.690 970.13 161.198 1,069.39 Brazil 1,006,501 2,029.686 495.89 1,841.301 546.62 Argentina 137,617 120.751 1,139.67 109.544 1,256.27 Sweden 964,153 767.776 1,255.77 696.515 1,384.25 Norway 10,224 11.310 903.91 10.261 996.39 Denmark 18,518 6.314 2,932.83 5.728 3,232.89 United Kingdom 633,872 440.357 1,439.45 399.486 1,586.72 Netherlands 25,938 19.236 1,348.38 17.451 1,486.33 Belgium 38,348 23.281 1,647.12 21.121 1,815.63 France 594,119 649.024 915.40 588.785 1,009.06 Federal Republic of Germany 1,623,585 1,646.060 986.35 1,493.281 1,087.26 Austria 162,176 68.862 2,355.07 62.471 2,596.02 Slovakia 37,365 18.334 2,037.93 16.633 2,246.44 Switzerland 1,106,807 546.418 2,025.57 495.703 2,232.80 Ukraine 141,126 404.100 349.23 366.594 384.97 Spain 830,421 1,104.294 751.99 1,001.799 828.93 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - FINAL PREPARED 28/05/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Italy 672,550 570.051 1,179.81 517.142 1,300.51 Romania 523,899 889.691 588.85 807.115 649.10 Turkey 572,117 1,455.743 393.01 1,320.629 433.22 Israel 87,350 8.322 10,495.71 7.550 11,569.54 Saudi Arabia 21,451 19.987 1,073.24 18.132 1,183.05 India 313,171 358.624 873.26 325.339 962.60 China 795,359 1,167.271 681.38 1,058.931 751.10 Korea, South 1,333,770 3,196.639 417.24 2,899.943 459.93 Taiwan 142,166 103.673 1,371.29 94.051 1,511.58 Japan 5,509,405 4,001.447 1,376.85 3,630.053 1,517.72 Australia 78,215 106.167 736.71 96.314 812.08 South Africa 876,781 2,126.066 412.40 1,928.736 454.59 CATEGORY TOTAL 41,576,265 49,374.663 842.06 44,791.954 928.21 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 468,526 1,688.655 277.46 1,531.923 305.84 Mexico 806,279 688.068 1,171.80 624.205 1,291.69 Brazil 163,311 223.956 729.21 203.170 803.81 Argentina 675,580 417.694 1,617.40 378.926 1,782.88 Sweden 223,644 250.015 894.52 226.810 986.04 France 853,267 898.474 949.68 815.083 1,046.85 Federal Republic of Germany 2,202,272 2,066.809 1,065.54 1,874.979 1,174.56 Czech Republic 135,253 223.280 605.75 202.557 667.73 Slovakia 418,166 630.353 663.38 571.847 731.26 Poland 201,764 315.264 639.98 286.003 705.46 Ukraine 1,366,502 2,838.846 481.36 2,575.359 530.61 Spain 253,016 207.805 1,217.56 188.518 1,342.13 Italy 462,679 592.771 780.54 537.753 860.39 Romania 126,425 155.740 811.77 141.285 894.82 India 96,481 83.344 1,157.62 75.609 1,276.05 China 6,664 6.183 1,077.63 5.610 1,187.88 Korea, South 6,718 14.960 449.05 13.572 494.99 Japan 473,683 570.562 830.20 517.606 915.14 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,940,230 11,872.787 753.00 10,770.815 830.04 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D Canada 9,300,897 1,923.344 4,835.79 1,744.829 5,330.55 Mexico 178,835 68.196 2,622.34 61.867 2,890.64 Brazil 73,186 41.690 1,755.46 37.821 1,935.06 Sweden 1,207,354 242.172 4,985.52 219.695 5,495.59 Finland 213,452 77.190 2,765.27 70.026 3,048.18 Denmark 15,280 0.871 17,524.38 0.791 19,317.32 United Kingdom 77,459 7.662 10,109.29 6.951 11,143.58 Ireland 2,928 0.002 1,328,118.83 0.002 1,464,000.00 Netherlands 19,595 0.251 77,966.18 0.228 85,942.98 France 1,504,985 284.825 5,283.89 258.389 5,824.49 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - FINAL PREPARED 28/05/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Federal Republic of Germany 1,173,926 171.651 6,838.99 155.720 7,538.70 Austria 1,135,280 249.024 4,558.91 225.911 5,025.34 Czech Republic 353,045 34.397 10,263.65 31.205 11,313.73 Switzerland 13,198 0.195 67,644.22 0.177 74,564.97 Spain 2,052,222 491.799 4,172.88 446.153 4,599.82 Italy 717,833 291.385 2,463.51 264.341 2,715.56 India 43,505 20.412 2,131.28 18.518 2,349.34 Thailand 217,787 87.711 2,482.98 79.571 2,737.01 Malaysia 706,295 377.801 1,869.49 342.736 2,060.76 Singapore 340,016 135.927 2,501.46 123.311 2,757.39 China 3,332,934 1,174.347 2,838.12 1,065.350 3,128.49 Korea, South 5,372,410 1,844.815 2,912.17 1,673.589 3,210.11 Hong Kong 19,170 2.733 7,012.39 2.480 7,729.84 Taiwan 5,646,509 1,943.442 2,905.42 1,763.062 3,202.67 Japan 1,038,618 270.902 3,833.91 245.759 4,226.16 Australia 27,373 5.760 4,751.70 5.226 5,237.85 South Africa 764,468 564.933 1,353.20 512.499 1,491.65 CATEGORY TOTAL 35,548,560 10,313.449 3,446.82 9,356.207 3,799.46 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 1,433,830 596.497 2,403.75 541.134 2,649.68 Mexico 324,977 175.913 1,847.37 159.586 2,036.38 United Kingdom 13,055 3.325 3,925.52 3.017 4,327.15 Ireland 21,523 9.281 2,318.92 8.420 2,556.18 Federal Republic of Germany 11,461 6.756 1,696.40 6.129 1,869.96 Spain 3,691 1.452 2,540.53 1.318 2,800.46 Italy 36,821 16.524 2,228.23 14.991 2,456.21 India 133,908 148.346 902.67 134.578 995.02 Vietnam 32,660 44.017 741.98 39.932 817.89 Taiwan 3,406 2.310 1,474.18 2.096 1,625.00 Japan 247,059 91.788 2,691.62 83.269 2,967.00 Australia 36,025 0.477 75,476.53 0.433 83,198.61 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,298,416 1,096.692 2,095.77 994.903 2,310.19 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 24,000,177 29,474.169 814.28 26,738.524 897.59 Mexico 2,880,747 3,376.850 853.09 3,063.428 940.37 Brazil 23,092 58.824 392.56 53.365 432.72 Argentina 24,353 15.186 1,603.59 13.777 1,767.66 Finland 770,801 232.895 3,309.65 211.279 3,648.26 United Kingdom 51,656 64.094 805.93 58.146 888.38 Netherlands 16,453 3.979 4,134.60 3.610 4,557.62 Belgium 12,865 8.290 1,551.78 7.521 1,710.54 France 535,033 320.019 1,671.88 290.317 1,842.93 Federal Republic of Germany 91,455 55.429 1,649.93 50.285 1,818.73 Austria 210,839 203.914 1,033.96 184.988 1,139.74 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - FINAL PREPARED 28/05/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Spain 2,133 0.427 4,987.18 0.388 5,497.42 Italy 106,306 48.482 2,192.65 43.983 2,416.98 Turkey 1,949,178 5,532.602 352.31 5,019.094 388.35 China 11,069 8.725 1,268.52 7.916 1,398.31 Korea, South 330,883 995.836 332.27 903.408 366.26 Taiwan 761,887 263.164 2,895.10 238.739 3,191.30 Japan 382,247 520.645 734.18 472.322 809.29 Australia 4,120 6.268 657.22 5.687 724.46 South Africa 22,343 54.144 412.66 49.119 454.87 CATEGORY TOTAL 32,187,637 41,243.953 780.42 37,415.895 860.27 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 90,478 141.136 641.07 128.037 706.66 Mexico 158,379 139.480 1,135.49 126.535 1,251.66 Brazil 99,638 289.795 343.82 262.898 379.00 Japan 15,657 27.000 579.89 24.494 639.22 CATEGORY TOTAL 364,152 597.412 609.55 541.964 671.91 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 20,953,092 26,423.808 792.96 23,971.283 874.09 Mexico 7,956,622 10,735.896 741.12 9,739.444 816.95 Dominican Republic 63,121 108.136 583.71 98.100 643.44 Trinidad and Tobago 8,787 10.125 867.78 9.186 956.56 Venezuela 1,173,586 1,812.119 647.63 1,643.928 713.89 Ecuador 26,405 39.523 668.09 35.855 736.44 Chile 223,741 349.933 639.38 317.454 704.80 Brazil 817,350 1,446.084 565.22 1,311.866 623.04 Argentina 301,707 806.273 374.20 731.439 412.48 Sweden 1,635,558 581.038 2,814.89 527.109 3,102.88 Finland 130,141 195.219 666.64 177.100 734.84 Denmark 558,509 0.979 569,933.62 0.889 628,244.09 United Kingdom 1,628,323 1,398.266 1,164.53 1,268.486 1,283.67 Ireland 2,096 0.069 30,181.90 0.063 33,269.84 Netherlands 47,388 21.973 2,156.60 19.934 2,377.24 Belgium 1,071,519 952.511 1,124.94 864.104 1,240.03 Luxembourg 377,837 467.694 807.87 424.285 890.53 France 1,535,558 1,123.144 1,367.20 1,018.900 1,507.07 Federal Republic of Germany 2,499,179 1,104.062 2,263.62 1,001.589 2,495.21 Austria 302,401 94.778 3,190.59 85.982 3,517.03 Czech Republic 30,100 31.997 940.69 29.028 1,036.93 Switzerland 368,034 82.431 4,464.70 74.781 4,921.49 Poland 546,631 740.177 738.51 671.478 814.07 Russia 398,638 976.481 408.24 885.849 450.01 Belarus 336,679 434.319 775.19 394.008 854.50 Spain 214,166 87.136 2,457.82 79.049 2,709.28 Italy 2,226,654 2,218.924 1,003.48 2,012.975 1,106.15 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - FINAL PREPARED 28/05/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Greece 1,397,583 1,996.382 700.06 1,811.088 771.68 Turkey 414,892 454.257 913.34 412.096 1,006.78 Israel 279,450 583.855 478.63 529.665 527.60 United Arab Emirates 40,046 52.231 766.70 47.384 845.14 India 4,037,967 2,520.962 1,601.76 2,286.979 1,765.63 Thailand 297,266 126.584 2,348.35 114.836 2,588.61 Malaysia 4,595 0.795 5,773.57 0.722 6,364.27 Singapore 18,125 1.620 11,185.53 1.470 12,329.93 Indonesia 37,306 11.419 3,266.74 10.360 3,600.97 China 6,012,758 8,865.957 678.18 8,043.064 747.57 Korea, South 5,119,171 4,327.224 1,183.01 3,925.593 1,304.05 Hong Kong 9,600 6.239 1,538.69 5.660 1,696.11 Taiwan 1,932,271 1,552.597 1,244.54 1,408.493 1,371.87 Japan 6,322,374 7,149.882 884.26 6,486.266 974.73 Australia 154,135 239.557 643.42 217.323 709.24 New Zealand 147,014 264.365 556.10 239.828 613.00 South Africa 1,466,776 2,901.728 505.48 2,632.405 557.20 CATEGORY TOTAL 73,125,151 83,298.771 877.87 75,567.396 967.68 BLACK PLATE...........................28 Canada 53,992 95.500 565.36 86.637 623.20 France 729,300 1,670.199 436.65 1,515.180 481.33 Federal Republic of Germany 286,457 388.397 737.54 352.348 812.99 Japan 1,238,372 1,788.510 692.40 1,622.510 763.24 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,308,121 3,942.608 585.43 3,576.675 645.33 TIN PLATE.............................29 Canada 6,595,849 11,109.337 593.72 10,078.224 654.47 Brazil 62,828 104.998 598.37 95.253 659.59 Belgium 114,008 217.145 525.03 196.991 578.75 France 210,186 436.860 481.13 396.313 530.35 Federal Republic of Germany 4,550,057 8,004.256 568.45 7,261.341 626.61 Turkey 28,722 40.686 705.94 36.910 778.16 Thailand 12,704 20.005 635.01 18.149 699.98 China 11,672 20.751 562.48 18.825 620.03 Japan 60,232 96.364 625.05 87.420 689.00 Australia 21,821 39.958 546.09 36.250 601.96 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,668,079 20,090.363 580.78 18,225.676 640.20 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A Canada 2,323,876 3,384.728 686.58 3,070.575 756.82 Brazil 144,556 275.800 524.13 250.202 577.76 Netherlands 1,275,570 1,716.638 743.06 1,557.309 819.09 Federal Republic of Germany 210,195 336.574 624.51 305.335 688.41 Japan 915,186 1,597.674 572.82 1,449.386 631.43 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - FINAL PREPARED 28/05/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 4,869,383 7,311.416 666.00 6,632.807 734.14 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 21,069,085 46,166.651 456.37 41,881.693 503.06 Mexico 7,337,237 15,858.292 462.68 14,386.405 510.01 Grenada 22,908 9.900 2,313.72 8.982 2,550.43 Brazil 59,949 97.165 616.98 88.147 680.10 Sweden 408,006 343.172 1,188.92 311.321 1,310.56 Finland 22,479 11.616 1,935.15 10.538 2,133.14 United Kingdom 231,926 13.194 17,577.26 11.970 19,375.61 Netherlands 5,748,813 16,496.490 348.49 14,965.369 384.14 Belgium 4,475,712 10,174.672 439.89 9,230.310 484.89 France 8,743,623 23,420.391 373.33 21,246.628 411.53 Federal Republic of Germany 173,636 89.913 1,931.15 81.568 2,128.73 Austria 677,632 1,561.344 434.01 1,416.428 478.41 Hungary 675,223 2,546.757 265.13 2,310.380 292.26 Russia 11,137,042 38,232.069 291.30 34,683.560 321.10 Italy 339,711 192.559 1,764.19 174.687 1,944.68 Turkey 4,559,769 14,670.513 310.81 13,308.870 342.61 Saudi Arabia 3,792,806 9,395.173 403.70 8,523.160 445.00 India 107,667 50.769 2,120.72 46.057 2,337.69 Philippines 33,820 45.463 743.89 41.244 820.00 China 2,987 1.911 1,562.72 1.734 1,722.61 Korea, South 12,674,477 31,166.575 406.67 28,273.850 448.28 Japan 2,964,365 5,871.125 504.91 5,326.197 556.56 Australia 2,543,652 9,342.614 272.26 8,475.480 300.12 New Zealand 1,404,005 4,142.824 338.90 3,758.308 373.57 Egypt 112,678 198.410 567.90 179.995 626.01 South Africa 49,590 44.052 1,125.70 39.964 1,240.87 CATEGORY TOTAL 89,368,798 230,143.627 388.32 208,782.845 428.05 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 22,267,175 29,503.863 754.72 26,765.462 831.94 Mexico 28,647,285 22,486.970 1,273.95 20,399.842 1,404.29 Venezuela 39,557 123.513 320.26 112.050 353.03 Brazil 1,938,125 901.516 2,149.85 817.842 2,369.80 Argentina 1,371,315 3,824.009 358.61 3,469.084 395.30 Sweden 2,015,820 597.171 3,375.61 541.745 3,720.98 Finland 1,220,075 823.172 1,482.16 746.770 1,633.80 United Kingdom 182,446 42.477 4,295.12 38.535 4,734.55 Netherlands 1,538,671 2,970.257 518.03 2,694.573 571.03 Belgium 5,452,774 10,028.476 543.73 9,097.683 599.36 France 2,389,906 1,875.370 1,274.36 1,701.308 1,404.75 Federal Republic of Germany 7,357,687 3,845.616 1,913.27 3,488.686 2,109.01 Austria 28,249 2.722 10,375.33 2.470 11,436.84 Italy 1,864,953 1,425.578 1,308.21 1,293.263 1,442.05 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - FINAL PREPARED 28/05/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE India 1,062,406 1,357.490 782.63 1,231.495 862.70 Thailand 13,902 3.452 4,026.72 3.132 4,438.70 China 4,092,551 2,110.511 1,939.13 1,914.624 2,137.52 Korea, South 1,183,741 1,457.371 812.24 1,322.106 895.35 Taiwan 11,477,671 8,514.069 1,348.08 7,723.836 1,486.01 Japan 3,915,147 6,152.382 636.36 5,581.349 701.47 Australia 54,014 12.612 4,282.53 11.442 4,720.68 South Africa 1,424,509 3,392.911 419.85 3,077.998 462.80 CATEGORY TOTAL 99,537,979 101,451.518 981.14 92,035.295 1,081.52 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 29,005,478 49,328.427 588.01 44,750.009 648.17 Mexico 14,173,555 20,377.497 695.55 18,486.160 766.71 Guatemala 138,516 160.125 865.05 145.263 953.55 Costa Rica 13,469 23.999 561.22 21.772 618.64 Colombia 107,590 195.885 549.25 177.704 605.45 Venezuela 382,677 709.182 539.60 643.360 594.81 Brazil 1,032,858 1,950.168 529.62 1,769.164 583.81 Argentina 1,413,192 3,445.732 410.13 3,125.917 452.09 Sweden 35,263 38.770 909.53 35.172 1,002.59 Finland 41,222 70.360 585.87 63.830 645.81 Netherlands 186,472 339.455 549.33 307.949 605.53 Belgium 353,360 609.876 579.40 553.271 638.67 France 357,606 657.392 543.98 596.377 599.63 Federal Republic of Germany 830,122 1,893.545 438.40 1,717.796 483.25 Austria 530,600 713.544 743.61 647.317 819.69 Estonia 6,665,488 10,630.882 626.99 9,644.177 691.14 Russia 7,580,848 10,861.577 697.95 9,853.460 769.36 Spain 2,946,060 5,354.486 550.20 4,857.510 606.50 Italy 339,836 513.158 662.24 465.530 730.00 Turkey 3,916,708 6,397.218 612.25 5,803.461 674.89 India 37,992,378 57,767.041 657.68 52,405.393 724.97 China 57,142 93.086 613.86 84.447 676.66 Korea, South 1,759,476 2,791.830 630.22 2,532.707 694.70 Taiwan 7,393,453 11,993.414 616.46 10,880.246 679.53 Japan 1,566,008 3,167.107 494.46 2,873.152 545.05 South Africa 4,246,460 9,626.790 441.11 8,733.280 486.24 CATEGORY TOTAL 123,065,837 199,710.560 616.22 181,174.424 679.27 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 1,498,875 1,352.404 1,108.30 1,226.881 1,221.70 Argentina 992,791 2,428.580 408.79 2,203.172 450.62 Belgium 944,569 1,816.222 520.07 1,647.650 573.28 Federal Republic of Germany 1,552,122 2,642.199 587.44 2,396.964 647.54 Spain 352,814 663.601 531.67 602.009 586.06 India 181,692 303.052 599.54 274.925 660.88 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - FINAL PREPARED 28/05/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Thailand 11,592 19.847 584.06 18.005 643.82 Korea, South 88,192 186.022 474.09 168.757 522.60 Taiwan 13,608 20.988 648.37 19.040 714.71 Japan 439,225 638.214 688.21 578.979 758.62 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,075,480 10,071.134 603.26 9,136.382 664.98 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 Canada 6,962,056 8,632.573 806.49 7,831.341 889.00 Mexico 5,300,636 6,797.681 779.77 6,166.755 859.55 United Kingdom 9,431 2.629 3,587.28 2.385 3,954.30 Belgium 65,696 60.662 1,082.98 55.032 1,193.78 Luxembourg 458,830 1,071.476 428.22 972.027 472.03 France 33,976 10.416 3,261.64 9.450 3,595.34 Federal Republic of Germany 491,269 241.139 2,037.28 218.758 2,245.72 Austria 17,934 15.022 1,193.83 13.628 1,315.97 Korea, South 1,566,028 3,152.333 496.78 2,859.750 547.61 Taiwan 3,124,866 5,010.748 623.63 4,545.676 687.44 Japan 906,161 554.604 1,633.89 503.129 1,801.05 CATEGORY TOTAL 18,936,883 25,549.288 741.19 23,177.931 817.02 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 Sweden 386,931 406.125 952.74 368.431 1,050.21 United Kingdom 620,725 793.207 782.55 719.586 862.61 Federal Republic of Germany 1,463,025 1,902.982 768.81 1,726.357 847.46 Czech Republic 56,358 109.194 516.12 99.060 568.93 Poland 29,149 42.240 690.07 38.320 760.67 Russia 2,495,020 2,759.282 904.23 2,503.180 996.74 Japan 675,588 920.408 734.01 834.981 809.11 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,726,796 6,933.442 825.97 6,289.915 910.47 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 4,517,720 9,184.766 491.87 8,332.282 542.19 Mexico 358,902 619.028 579.78 561.573 639.10 United Kingdom 25,446 37.291 682.36 33.830 752.17 Federal Republic of Germany 85,445 122.267 698.84 110.919 770.34 Slovenia 40,296 21.109 1,908.93 19.150 2,104.23 Turkey 94,161 229.635 410.05 208.322 452.00 China 43,135 19.896 2,167.95 18.050 2,389.75 Korea, South 21,177 32.047 660.80 29.073 728.41 Taiwan 26,077 32.965 791.03 29.906 871.97 Japan 64,837 104.665 619.47 94.951 682.85 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,277,196 10,403.672 507.24 9,438.056 559.14 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - FINAL PREPARED 28/05/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 3,440,393 3,298.913 1,042.89 2,992.725 1,149.59 Mexico 2,246,373 1,774.798 1,265.71 1,610.071 1,395.20 Chile 90,353 131.060 689.40 118.896 759.93 Brazil 102,002 111.646 913.62 101.284 1,007.09 Sweden 3,223,075 751.610 4,288.22 681.850 4,726.96 Finland 302,564 126.987 2,382.63 115.201 2,626.40 United Kingdom 759,054 437.658 1,734.35 397.037 1,911.80 Netherlands 7,429 4.314 1,721.89 3.914 1,898.06 Belgium 497,963 212.624 2,341.98 192.890 2,581.59 France 2,501,173 700.937 3,568.33 635.880 3,933.40 Federal Republic of Germany 4,073,470 2,272.464 1,792.53 2,061.546 1,975.93 Austria 1,500,765 405.399 3,701.94 367.772 4,080.69 Switzerland 181,513 117.876 1,539.85 106.936 1,697.40 Spain 57,087 100.015 570.78 90.733 629.18 Italy 51,146 8.869 5,766.70 8.046 6,356.70 Slovenia 28,683 24.537 1,168.95 22.260 1,288.54 India 326,294 353.656 922.63 320.832 1,017.02 Thailand 49,717 91.948 540.71 83.414 596.03 China 49,173 36.759 1,337.68 33.348 1,474.54 Korea, South 280,895 445.258 630.86 403.932 695.40 Taiwan 213,528 130.705 1,633.66 118.574 1,800.80 Japan 3,217,903 702.119 4,583.13 636.952 5,052.03 CATEGORY TOTAL 23,200,553 12,240.163 1,895.44 11,104.093 2,089.37 GRAND TOTAL 1,374,828,104 2,494,578.672 551.13 2,263,044.342 607.51 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY APRIL - FINAL PREPARED 28/05/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Canada 2,857 0.113 25,163.37 0.103 27,737.86 Mexico 418,726 793.652 527.59 719.990 581.57 South Africa 147,185 105.887 1,390.01 96.060 1,532.22 CATEGORY TOTAL 568,768 899.654 632.21 816.153 696.89 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 165,191 345.855 477.63 313.755 526.50 Mexico 9,114,587 28,366.925 321.31 25,734.049 354.18 Brazil 859,111 2,299.081 373.68 2,085.692 411.91 United Kingdom 156,647 216.814 722.49 196.691 796.41 France 993,287 797.793 1,245.04 723.746 1,372.42 Federal Republic of Germany 2,099,082 4,043.164 519.17 3,667.898 572.28 Russia 223,355 402.991 554.24 365.588 610.95 Italy 185,882 74.355 2,499.92 67.454 2,755.69 Japan 82,623 197.670 417.98 179.324 460.75 CATEGORY TOTAL 13,879,765 36,744.652 377.74 33,334.197 416.38 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 349,624 583.551 599.13 529.389 660.43 United Kingdom 2,836,812 5,526.019 513.36 5,013.122 565.88 Italy 40,767 0.524 77,695.82 0.476 85,644.96 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,227,203 6,110.095 528.18 5,542.987 582.21 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 5,998,973 10,047.458 597.06 9,114.904 658.15 Sweden 2,319,026 3,101.340 747.75 2,813.490 824.25 United Kingdom 775,014 582.528 1,330.43 528.461 1,466.55 Belgium 537,443 276.564 1,943.28 250.895 2,142.10 France 1,104,536 2,004.380 551.06 1,818.344 607.44 Federal Republic of Germany 76,733 108.008 710.43 97.984 783.12 Austria 64,188 124.924 513.81 113.330 566.38 Switzerland 11,495 19.798 580.60 17.961 640.00 Poland 1,210,224 2,750.948 439.93 2,495.619 484.94 China 3,285 2.649 1,239.64 2.404 1,366.47 Japan 2,463,547 2,691.714 915.23 2,441.883 1,008.87 CATEGORY TOTAL 14,564,464 21,710.318 670.85 19,695.275 739.49 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 2,619,285 5,078.035 515.81 4,606.718 568.58 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY APRIL - FINAL PREPARED 28/05/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Sweden 8,469 5.788 1,463.14 5.251 1,612.84 Netherlands 742,227 2,057.892 360.67 1,866.889 397.57 France 1,173,758 2,668.115 439.92 2,420.474 484.93 Japan 957,170 2,147.412 445.73 1,948.100 491.34 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,500,909 11,957.243 460.05 10,847.432 507.12 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Canada 115,749 40.303 2,871.91 36.563 3,165.74 Japan 1,949,434 3,232.552 603.06 2,932.523 664.76 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,065,183 3,272.856 631.00 2,969.086 695.56 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 15,225,068 27,504.050 553.56 24,951.262 610.19 Mexico 2,069,982 4,191.448 493.86 3,802.419 544.39 Trinidad and Tobago 2,351,889 1,935.794 1,214.95 1,756.124 1,339.25 Brazil 37,729 35.764 1,054.93 32.445 1,162.86 Sweden