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RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/05/04 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 411,240 763.789 538.42 692.898 593.51 Brazil 2,118,229 6,788.749 312.02 6,158.652 343.94 Sweden 36,206 18.562 1,950.45 16.840 2,150.00 United Kingdom 192,409 49.179 3,912.37 44.615 4,312.65 Federal Republic of Germany 147,050 57.638 2,551.24 52.289 2,812.25 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 3,164,807 7,857.610 402.77 7,128.306 443.98 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 6,259,616 15,848.057 394.98 14,377.120 435.39 Mexico 45,131,310 140,284.542 321.71 127,264.032 354.63 Brazil 32,426,355 113,180.376 286.50 102,675.539 315.81 Sweden 5,348,108 2,250.152 2,376.78 2,041.305 2,619.95 United Kingdom 10,561,646 5,564.561 1,898.02 5,048.087 2,092.21 Netherlands 4,497 16.523 272.16 14.990 300.00 Belgium 4,838,413 12,467.249 388.09 11,310.102 427.80 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 1,584,567 793.343 1,997.33 719.709 2,201.68 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 17,884 30.024 595.64 27.238 656.58 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 129,870,569 372,039.986 349.08 337,509.094 384.79 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 23,247,808 44,139.827 526.69 40,042.989 580.57 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 2,736,849 9,741.271 280.95 8,837.135 309.70 Argentina 175,962 566.350 310.69 513.785 342.48 Sweden 647,062 275.641 2,347.48 250.058 2,587.65 United Kingdom 2,710,701 4,628.847 585.61 4,199.221 645.52 France 244,301 125.267 1,950.23 113.641 2,149.76 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/05/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Federal Republic of Germany 2,383,091 6,071.233 392.52 5,507.732 432.68 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 3,316,916 1,426.340 2,325.47 1,293.955 2,563.39 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 122,709,273 314,642.769 390.00 285,439.200 429.90 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 7,085,495 12,139.601 583.67 11,012.864 643.38 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 182,753 60.972 2,997.32 55.313 3,303.98 Turkey 182,384 630.668 289.19 572.133 318.78 India 378,219 127.668 2,962.51 115.819 3,265.60 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 22,607,931 44,891.454 503.61 40,724.854 555.14 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 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/05/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 11,216,884 19,941.490 562.49 18,090.621 620.04 Mexico 250,480 505.530 495.48 458.610 546.17 Sweden 2,422,260 3,151.737 768.55 2,859.209 847.18 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 1,593,071 2,163.230 736.43 1,962.450 811.78 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 1,302,360 1,907.972 682.59 1,730.884 752.42 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 19,077 38.101 500.69 34.565 551.92 South Africa 1,976,095 5,022.370 393.46 4,556.219 433.71 CATEGORY TOTAL 36,286,481 58,311.399 622.29 52,899.227 685.95 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 11,414,101 21,742.660 524.96 19,724.615 578.67 Mexico 992,210 2,597.077 382.05 2,356.030 421.14 Sweden 2,111,149 666.975 3,165.26 605.070 3,489.10 Finland 80,634 28.924 2,787.73 26.240 3,072.94 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 556,249 1,844.662 301.55 1,673.450 332.40 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 975,048 2,176.958 447.89 1,974.904 493.72 New Zealand 170,429 503.381 338.57 456.660 373.21 CATEGORY TOTAL 39,800,144 87,448.214 455.13 79,331.708 501.69 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Canada 115,749 40.303 2,871.91 36.563 3,165.74 Luxembourg 135,616 274.741 493.61 249.241 544.12 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/05/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE France 2,002,005 5,764.793 347.28 5,229.734 382.81 Spain 12,096 22.397 540.05 20.319 595.30 Japan 10,950,611 18,054.633 606.53 16,378.893 668.58 CATEGORY TOTAL 13,216,077 24,156.869 547.09 21,914.750 603.07 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 285,193 489.815 582.25 444.353 641.82 Spain 208,606 463.331 450.23 420.327 496.29 Japan 53,995 112.383 480.45 101.953 529.61 CATEGORY TOTAL 754,447 1,550.140 486.70 1,406.264 536.49 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 306,298 513.039 597.03 465.422 658.11 CATEGORY TOTAL 545,930 839.806 650.07 761.860 716.58 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 35,539,012 61,967.144 573.51 56,215.663 632.19 Mexico 4,958,002 9,634.715 514.60 8,740.469 567.25 Trinidad and Tobago 1,276,555 1,880.929 678.68 1,706.351 748.12 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 967,069 544.131 1,777.27 493.628 1,959.10 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 983,914 310.936 3,164.36 282.077 3,488.10 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 68,047 25.093 2,711.79 22.764 2,989.24 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 1,317,938 799.039 1,649.40 724.877 1,818.15 Malaysia 19,644 40.514 484.87 36.754 534.47 China 30,126 30.939 973.70 28.068 1,073.32 Korea, South 179,315 327.041 548.29 296.687 604.39 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/05/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Taiwan 246,051 113.675 2,164.50 103.125 2,385.95 Japan 4,700,429 8,266.783 568.59 7,499.502 626.77 South Africa 787,690 2,549.608 308.95 2,312.967 340.55 CATEGORY TOTAL 86,557,231 161,745.611 535.14 146,733.191 589.90 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 5,685,921 9,528.016 596.76 8,643.674 657.81 Mexico 2,283,594 5,647.710 404.34 5,123.518 445.71 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 40.014 3,706.36 36.301 4,085.56 Italy 806,649 357.482 2,256.47 324.303 2,487.33 Turkey 115,466 278.258 414.96 252.432 457.41 India 1,282,464 541.078 2,370.20 490.858 2,612.70 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 10,487,348 16,584.982 632.34 15,045.647 697.04 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 Canada 57,418 79.320 723.88 71.958 797.94 Mexico 5,042,466 11,716.043 430.39 10,628.619 474.42 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 75,433,010 183,791.001 410.43 166,732.439 452.42 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 7,922,799 9,452.505 838.17 8,575.171 923.92 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 United Kingdom 4,091,483 3,801.944 1,076.16 3,449.067 1,186.26 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/05/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 1,685,048 1,272.288 1,324.42 1,154.201 1,459.93 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 353,308 137.525 2,569.04 124.761 2,831.88 Poland 316,210 382.248 827.24 346.770 911.87 Russia 531,967 302.338 1,759.51 274.277 1,939.52 Ukraine 1,929,799 1,428.904 1,350.54 1,296.281 1,488.72 Spain 1,109,396 1,754.735 632.23 1,591.870 696.91 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 2,138,822 1,097.970 1,947.98 996.062 2,147.28 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 467,626 369.514 1,265.51 335.218 1,394.99 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 34,558,816 28,949.084 1,193.78 26,262.175 1,315.92 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 1,541,844 959.744 1,606.51 870.666 1,770.88 United Kingdom 1,199,684 375.900 3,191.50 341.011 3,518.02 Netherlands 229,954 256.618 896.09 232.800 987.77 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 1,367,863 901.254 1,517.73 817.605 1,673.01 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 373,027 282.643 1,319.78 256.410 1,454.81 Ukraine 334,434 64.939 5,149.94 58.912 5,676.84 Spain 169,811 140.556 1,208.13 127.511 1,331.74 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 China 730,142 279.206 2,615.06 253.292 2,882.61 Korea, South 223,173 147.991 1,508.01 134.256 1,662.29 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/05/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 17,499,923 12,966.918 1,349.58 11,763.394 1,487.66 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 24,075,507 29,834.028 806.98 27,064.983 889.54 Mexico 2,717,424 3,112.425 873.09 2,823.546 962.42 Guatemala 212,472 293.106 724.90 265.902 799.06 Dominican Republic 90,419 144.810 624.39 131.370 688.28 Colombia 529,251 439.366 1,204.58 398.587 1,327.82 Venezuela 709,160 1,144.982 619.36 1,038.711 682.73 Chile 17,313 25.264 685.26 22.920 755.37 Brazil 110,885 276.938 400.40 251.234 441.36 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 290,071 219.243 1,323.06 198.894 1,458.42 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 552,589 845.241 653.76 766.790 720.65 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 938,424 2,124.234 441.77 1,927.074 486.97 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 66,533,627 116,725.292 570.00 105,891.434 628.32 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 4,660,756 5,666.598 822.50 5,140.653 906.65 Mexico 390,020 571.709 682.20 518.646 752.00 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 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/05/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 1,858,818 4,105.911 452.72 3,724.821 499.04 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 62,476,235 95,501.065 654.19 86,637.134 721.13 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 8,649,539 16,367.661 528.45 14,848.497 582.52 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 966,877 907.247 1,065.73 823.041 1,174.76 Czech Republic 213,337 349.818 609.85 317.350 672.25 Poland 138,004 217.516 634.45 197.328 699.36 Italy 543,334 642.712 845.38 583.059 931.87 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 18,857,863 37,064.068 508.79 33,623.967 560.85 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 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 79,395 126.783 626.23 115.016 690.30 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/05/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 712,434 1,892.230 376.50 1,716.603 415.03 Korea, South 1,032,108 3,034.634 340.11 2,752.975 374.91 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,727,709 19,920.180 538.53 18,071.289 593.63 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 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 6,334,713 14,894.115 425.32 13,511.718 468.83 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 12,703,474 12,999.435 977.23 11,792.893 1,077.21 Mexico 9,510,723 13,112.165 725.34 11,895.160 799.55 Dominican Republic 53,328 50.388 1,058.33 45.712 1,166.61 Venezuela 155,669 159.125 978.28 144.356 1,078.37 Brazil 989,509 1,989.769 497.30 1,805.089 548.18 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 3,534 3.909 903.86 3.547 996.33 Denmark 9,452 1.200 7,873.93 1.089 8,679.52 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 510,715 575.285 887.76 521.890 978.59 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 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 7,500 0.826 9,071.85 0.750 10,000.00 India 313,171 358.624 873.26 325.339 962.60 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/05/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE China 607,410 803.183 756.25 728.636 833.63 Korea, South 1,311,450 3,176.559 412.85 2,881.727 455.09 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 40,252,476 47,642.791 844.88 43,220.826 931.32 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 468,526 1,688.655 277.46 1,531.923 305.84 Mexico 790,711 666.363 1,186.61 604.515 1,308.01 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 818,742 870.553 940.48 789.753 1,036.71 Federal Republic of Germany 2,202,272 2,066.809 1,065.54 1,874.979 1,174.56 Czech Republic 1,700,512 1,892.841 898.39 1,717.157 990.31 Slovakia 199,059 219.681 906.12 199.292 998.83 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 10,236,289 13,082.050 782.47 11,867.840 862.52 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D Canada 9,595,421 1,922.930 4,990.00 1,744.454 5,500.53 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 1,456,991 276.222 5,274.70 250.585 5,814.36 Federal Republic of Germany 1,173,926 171.651 6,838.99 155.720 7,538.70 Austria 1,132,672 248.651 4,555.26 225.573 5,021.31 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/05/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 2,942,786 1,009.087 2,916.28 915.429 3,214.65 Korea, South 5,344,999 1,842.694 2,900.64 1,671.665 3,197.41 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 35,374,923 10,136.681 3,489.79 9,195.845 3,846.84 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 1,430,320 593.620 2,409.48 538.524 2,656.00 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 0.264 43,321.86 0.240 47,754.17 Spain 3,691 1.452 2,540.53 1.318 2,800.46 Italy 13,992 4.820 2,902.66 4.373 3,199.63 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 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,236,052 1,075.142 2,079.77 975.353 2,292.56 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 23,869,661 29,305.991 814.50 26,585.956 897.83 Mexico 2,859,333 3,344.870 854.84 3,034.416 942.30 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 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 Italy 106,306 48.482 2,192.65 43.983 2,416.98 Turkey 1,924,776 5,453.511 352.94 4,947.344 389.05 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/05/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 31,474,139 40,644.257 774.38 36,871.861 853.61 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 90,478 141.136 641.07 128.037 706.66 Mexico 154,355 136.642 1,129.63 123.960 1,245.20 Japan 15,657 27.000 579.89 24.494 639.22 CATEGORY TOTAL 260,490 304.779 854.68 276.491 942.13 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 20,953,092 26,423.808 792.96 23,971.283 874.09 Mexico 7,908,108 10,658.607 741.95 9,669.329 817.85 Dominican Republic 63,121 108.136 583.71 98.100 643.44 Venezuela 1,159,166 1,791.875 646.90 1,625.563 713.09 Ecuador 20,589 30.504 674.96 27.673 744.01 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 31,271 0.106 292,459.61 0.097 322,381.44 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 1,062,171 952.369 1,115.29 863.975 1,229.40 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 516,130 696.143 741.41 631.531 817.27 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 Greece 1,397,583 1,996.382 700.06 1,811.088 771.68 Turkey 266,541 266.015 1,001.98 241.325 1,104.49 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 26,547 8.648 3,069.47 7.846 3,383.51 China 5,986,325 8,825.657 678.29 8,006.504 747.68 Korea, South 5,119,171 4,327.224 1,183.01 3,925.593 1,304.05 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/05/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 6,300,937 7,107.346 886.54 6,447.678 977.24 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 1,454,747 2,880.916 504.96 2,613.524 556.62 CATEGORY TOTAL 72,261,518 82,842.382 872.28 75,153.366 961.52 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 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 11,639,357 20,049.676 580.53 18,188.766 639.92 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 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,869,383 7,311.416 666.00 6,632.807 734.14 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 21,035,484 46,072.002 456.58 41,795.828 503.29 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 47,194 53.001 890.43 48.082 981.53 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/05/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 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 1,387,968 4,120.636 336.83 3,738.180 371.30 Egypt 65,773 120.143 547.46 108.992 603.47 South Africa 49,590 44.052 1,125.70 39.964 1,240.87 CATEGORY TOTAL 89,225,680 229,858.895 388.18 208,524.540 427.89 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 22,267,175 29,503.863 754.72 26,765.462 831.94 Mexico 28,596,340 22,459.767 1,273.23 20,375.164 1,403.49 Venezuela 39,557 123.513 320.26 112.050 353.03 Brazil 1,915,045 896.661 2,135.75 813.438 2,354.26 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 5,445,585 10,006.176 544.22 9,077.453 599.90 France 2,018,511 1,575.477 1,281.21 1,429.250 1,412.29 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 India 1,062,406 1,357.490 782.63 1,231.495 862.70 China 3,945,365 2,043.110 1,931.06 1,853.479 2,128.63 Korea, South 1,183,741 1,457.371 812.24 1,322.106 895.35 Taiwan 11,044,581 8,330.244 1,325.84 7,557.073 1,461.49 Japan 3,760,692 5,906.172 636.74 5,357.991 701.88 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 98,336,737 100,596.380 977.54 91,259.527 1,077.55 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 28,772,587 48,986.089 587.36 44,439.445 647.46 Mexico 13,865,833 20,025.273 692.42 18,166.628 763.26 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/05/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 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 4,270,597 6,812.789 626.85 6,180.460 690.98 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 58,092.002 654.00 52,700.193 720.92 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 119,950,595 195,292.381 614.21 177,166.318 677.05 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 344,076 649.271 529.94 589.009 584.16 India 181,692 303.052 599.54 274.925 660.88 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 6,066,742 10,056.804 603.25 9,123.382 664.97 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 Canada 6,962,056 8,632.573 806.49 7,831.341 889.00 Mexico 5,274,443 6,777.459 778.23 6,148.410 857.85 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 28,214 8.564 3,294.12 7.770 3,631.15 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/05/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Korea, South 1,562,994 3,149.886 496.21 2,857.530 546.97 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 18,901,894 25,524.767 740.53 23,155.686 816.30 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 Sweden 386,931 406.125 952.74 368.431 1,050.21 United Kingdom 597,389 779.320 766.55 706.988 844.98 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 14,372 20.954 685.85 19.010 756.02 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 5,688,683 6,898.269 824.65 6,258.007 909.02 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 4,515,355 9,324.847 484.23 8,459.362 533.77 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 Japan 64,837 104.665 619.47 94.951 682.85 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,248,754 10,510.788 499.37 9,535.230 550.46 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 3,413,124 3,263.504 1,045.85 2,960.602 1,152.85 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 681,186 414.064 1,645.12 375.633 1,813.43 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 2,459,336 597.324 4,117.25 541.884 4,538.49 Federal Republic of Germany 4,006,428 2,139.737 1,872.39 1,941.138 2,063.96 Austria 1,500,765 322.859 4,648.36 292.893 5,123.94 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/05/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 3,217,903 674.195 4,772.95 611.620 5,261.28 CATEGORY TOTAL 22,986,537 11,834.356 1,942.36 10,735.951 2,141.08 GRAND TOTAL 1,344,630,690 2,435,640.916 552.06 2,209,576.894 608.55 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/05/04 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 396,539 749.813 528.85 680.220 582.96 Brazil 558,177 1,577.651 353.80 1,431.222 390.00 South Africa 147,185 105.887 1,390.01 96.060 1,532.22 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,104,758 2,433.467 453.99 2,207.605 500.43 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 585,191 345.855 1,692.01 313.755 1,865.12 Mexico 9,114,587 28,366.925 321.31 25,734.049 354.18 Brazil 300,934 721.429 417.14 654.470 459.81 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 13,741,588 35,167.000 390.75 31,902.975 430.73 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 344,443 574.990 599.04 521.623 660.33 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 3,222,022 6,101.534 528.07 5,535.221 582.09 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/05/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 2,619,285 5,078.035 515.81 4,606.718 568.58 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 2,923.915 666.72 2,652.532 734.93 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,065,183 2,964.218 696.70 2,689.095 767.98 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 15,225,068 27,504.050 553.56 24,951.262 610.19 Mexico 2,056,652 4,167.426 493.51 3,780.627 544.00 Trinidad and Tobago 1,276,555 1,880.929 678.68 1,706.351 748.12 Brazil 37,729 35.764 1,054.93 32.445 1,162.86 Sweden 906,768 522.880 1,734.18 474.349 1,911.61 United Kingdom 1,170,722 1,385.612 844.91 1,257.007 931.36 France 729,201 1,133.234 643.47 1,028.053 709.30 Federal Republic of Germany 961,648 263.623 3,647.81 239.155 4,021.02 Austria 97,055 57.885 1,676.67 52.513 1,848.21 Czech Republic 1,354,602 2,548.341 531.56 2,311.817 585.95 Latvia 8,609,757 29,328.560 293.56 26,606.430 323.60 Poland 4,805 4.960 968.67 4.500 1,067.78 Ukraine 1,533,395 3,155.838 485.89 2,862.929 535.60 Spain 275,866 239.912 1,149.86 217.645 1,267.50 Italy 1,705,701 144.936 11,768.63 131.484 12,972.69 Turkey 1,470,837 2,550.742 576.63 2,313.995 635.63 India 350,604 161.895 2,165.62 146.869 2,387.19 China 23,419 20.713 1,130.61 18.791 1,246.29 Korea, South 27,195 60.145 452.15 54.563 498.41 Taiwan 12,334 8.735 1,411.89 7.925 1,556.34 Japan 4,079,146 7,216.155 565.28 6,546.388 623.11 South Africa 327,026 1,067.819 306.26 968.710 337.59 CATEGORY TOTAL 42,236,085 83,460.163 506.06 75,713.808 557.84 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 278,599 480.950 579.27 436.311 638.53 Mexico 78,159 181.502 430.62 164.656 474.68 Austria 148,310 40.014 3,706.36 36.301 4,085.56 CATEGORY TOTAL 505,068 702.467 718.99 637.268 792.55 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/05/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 1,290,302 1,283.114 1,005.60 1,164.022 1,108.49 Colombia 552,355 788.268 700.72 715.105 772.41 Brazil 18,819 17.322 1,086.37 15.715 1,197.52 Sweden 16,623 8.502 1,955.16 7.713 2,155.19 United Kingdom 1,072,818 865.997 1,238.82 785.620 1,365.57 Belgium 72,603 82.519 879.83 74.860 969.85 France 2,496,211 3,083.619 809.51 2,797.413 892.33 Federal Republic of Germany 187,009 157.252 1,189.23 142.657 1,310.90 Austria 13,721 1.019 13,456.74 0.925 14,833.51 Poland 316,210 382.248 827.24 346.770 911.87 Ukraine 1,668,171 665.940 2,504.99 604.131 2,761.27 Italy 12,078 13.045 925.81 11.835 1,020.53 China 101,878 76.500 1,331.73 69.400 1,467.98 Korea, South 7,809 6.250 1,249.42 5.670 1,377.25 Taiwan 26,495 18.243 1,452.32 16.550 1,600.91 Japan 205,494 190.976 1,076.02 173.251 1,186.11 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,058,596 7,640.819 1,054.68 6,931.637 1,162.58 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 1,541,844 959.744 1,606.51 870.666 1,770.88 United Kingdom 1,199,684 375.900 3,191.50 341.011 3,518.02 Netherlands 229,954 256.618 896.09 232.800 987.77 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 1,367,863 901.254 1,517.73 817.605 1,673.01 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 373,027 282.643 1,319.78 256.410 1,454.81 Ukraine 334,434 64.939 5,149.94 58.912 5,676.84 Spain 169,811 140.556 1,208.13 127.511 1,331.74 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 China 730,142 279.206 2,615.06 253.292 2,882.61 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 17,499,923 12,966.918 1,349.58 11,763.394 1,487.66 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 46,790 16.062 2,912.93 14.572 3,210.95 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/05/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Mexico 4,056 5.833 695.30 5.292 766.44 Federal Republic of Germany 42,632 11.863 3,593.67 10.762 3,961.35 Ukraine 82,696 171.820 481.29 155.873 530.53 Spain 71,015 66.640 1,065.65 60.455 1,174.68 Italy 99,484 52.745 1,886.11 47.850 2,079.08 India 12,600 1.015 12,411.00 0.921 13,680.78 Japan 296,896 232.770 1,275.49 211.166 1,405.98 CATEGORY TOTAL 656,169 558.751 1,174.35 506.891 1,294.50 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 2,035,653 2,542.338 800.70 2,306.371 882.62 Brazil 758,918 1,149.252 660.36 1,042.585 727.92 United Kingdom 175,533 12.986 13,516.76 11.781 14,899.67 Federal Republic of Germany 1,449,151 2,655.916 545.63 2,409.408 601.46 Austria 1,903,287 2,845.372 668.91 2,581.279 737.34 Czech Republic 529,709 1,002.986 528.13 909.894 582.17 Ukraine 763,798 1,586.968 481.29 1,439.674 530.54 Spain 1,201,797 1,549.729 775.49 1,405.891 854.83 Romania 544,828 743.398 732.89 674.400 807.87 India 619,861 1,141.726 542.92 1,035.757 598.46 China 5,557,412 7,242.650 767.32 6,570.424 845.82 Japan 8,040,588 3,407.900 2,359.40 3,091.596 2,600.79 CATEGORY TOTAL 23,580,535 25,881.226 911.11 23,479.060 1,004.32 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 8,649,539 16,367.661 528.45 14,848.497 582.52 Federal Republic of Germany 206,803 93.856 2,203.40 85.145 2,428.83 Japan 422,861 570.193 741.61 517.271 817.48 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,279,203 17,031.711 544.82 15,450.913 600.56 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B United Kingdom 9,885 16.475 599.99 14.946 661.38 Federal Republic of Germany 79,713 40.358 1,975.10 36.613 2,177.18 China 3,674 6.123 600.00 5.555 661.39 CATEGORY TOTAL 93,272 62.957 1,481.51 57.114 1,633.08 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 1,022,500 1,482.373 689.77 1,344.787 760.34 Mexico 640,374 676.035 947.25 613.289 1,044.16 Venezuela 126,868 119.726 1,059.65 108.614 1,168.06 Brazil 127,030 161.026 788.88 146.081 869.59 Argentina 51,635 41.064 1,257.42 37.253 1,386.06 Sweden 831,235 682.851 1,217.30 619.473 1,341.84 Norway 3,534 3.909 903.86 3.547 996.33 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/05/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE United Kingdom 628,136 439.889 1,427.94 399.061 1,574.04 Belgium 6,596 0.104 62,987.29 0.095 69,431.58 France 190,732 159.973 1,192.27 145.126 1,314.25 Federal Republic of Germany 488,941 568.545 859.99 515.776 947.97 Switzerland 165,804 98.617 1,681.29 89.464 1,853.30 Spain 145,752 186.525 781.41 169.213 861.35 Italy 112,660 42.291 2,663.91 38.366 2,936.45 Romania 365,487 697.546 523.96 632.804 577.57 India 32,770 37.122 882.75 33.677 973.07 China 85,898 119.653 717.89 108.548 791.34 Taiwan 37,449 21.931 1,707.54 19.896 1,882.24 Japan 3,461,129 2,692.975 1,285.24 2,443.027 1,416.74 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,524,530 8,232.165 1,035.51 7,468.097 1,141.46 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Argentina 471,929 261.966 1,801.49 237.652 1,985.80 Sweden 223,644 250.015 894.52 226.810 986.04 France 284,037 248.857 1,141.36 225.760 1,258.14 Federal Republic of Germany 1,556,708 1,480.606 1,051.40 1,343.184 1,158.97 Spain 66,976 38.030 1,761.10 34.501 1,941.28 Italy 284,098 192.925 1,472.58 175.019 1,623.24 India 27,607 25.413 1,086.30 23.055 1,197.44 Japan 268,208 175.690 1,526.59 159.384 1,682.78 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,183,207 2,673.506 1,190.65 2,425.365 1,312.47 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 704,405 190.431 3,698.99 172.757 4,077.43 United Kingdom 8,434 3.319 2,541.08 3.011 2,801.06 Ireland 16,388 6.450 2,540.49 5.852 2,800.41 Federal Republic of Germany 11,461 0.264 43,321.86 0.240 47,754.17 Spain 3,691 1.452 2,540.53 1.318 2,800.46 Italy 11,169 4.769 2,341.66 4.327 2,581.23 Taiwan 3,406 2.310 1,474.18 2.096 1,625.00 Japan 4,700 1.849 2,540.98 1.678 2,800.95 CATEGORY TOTAL 763,654 210.848 3,621.81 191.279 3,992.36 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 518,653 526.596 984.92 477.720 1,085.68 Argentina 24,353 15.186 1,603.59 13.777 1,767.66 Finland 742,479 226.196 3,282.45 205.202 3,618.28 United Kingdom 25,550 28.164 907.18 25.550 1,000.00 Netherlands 16,453 3.979 4,134.60 3.610 4,557.62 Federal Republic of Germany 42,061 21.207 1,983.32 19.239 2,186.24 Italy 99,161 40.631 2,440.51 36.860 2,690.21 China 11,069 8.725 1,268.52 7.916 1,398.31 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/05/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Taiwan 761,887 263.164 2,895.10 238.739 3,191.30 Japan 195,418 136.105 1,435.78 123.473 1,582.68 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,437,084 1,269.957 1,919.03 1,152.086 2,115.37 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 15,634 25.196 620.48 22.858 683.96 CATEGORY TOTAL 15,634 25.196 620.48 22.858 683.96 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 600,510 661.060 908.40 599.704 1,001.34 Mexico 1,693,038 1,474.941 1,147.87 1,338.045 1,265.31 Venezuela 8,363 15.712 532.26 14.254 586.71 Brazil 4,277 8.107 527.54 7.355 581.51 Sweden 164,298 171.532 957.82 155.612 1,055.82 United Kingdom 120,189 6.749 17,807.23 6.123 19,629.10 Netherlands 30,150 2.366 12,739.46 2.147 14,042.85 France 98,787 48.833 2,022.94 44.301 2,229.90 Federal Republic of Germany 562,501 156.788 3,587.65 142.236 3,954.70 Austria 167,718 36.615 4,580.52 33.217 5,049.16 Poland 350,660 476.190 736.39 431.993 811.73 Italy 1,408,571 1,396.257 1,008.82 1,266.664 1,112.03 Turkey 211,382 192.846 1,096.12 174.947 1,208.26 Singapore 18,125 1.620 11,185.53 1.470 12,329.93 China 115,070 126.163 912.07 114.454 1,005.38 Korea, South 1,256,197 1,445.073 869.30 1,310.949 958.23 Taiwan 100,226 170.323 588.44 154.515 648.65 Japan 3,009,149 3,189.152 943.56 2,893.151 1,040.09 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,919,211 9,580.335 1,035.37 8,691.137 1,141.30 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 1,980,537 4,328.853 457.52 3,927.071 504.33 Sweden 151,127 138.971 1,087.47 126.073 1,198.73 Netherlands 509,753 1,331.544 382.83 1,207.957 422.00 France 1,938,104 3,489.984 555.33 3,166.062 612.15 Federal Republic of Germany 3,361 2.034 1,651.71 1.846 1,820.69 Austria 309,832 628.670 492.84 570.320 543.26 Japan 2,643,936 5,591.444 472.85 5,072.475 521.23 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,536,650 15,511.504 485.87 14,071.804 535.59 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 2,127,167 3,345.613 635.81 3,035.090 700.86 Finland 84,157 169.634 496.11 153.890 546.86 United Kingdom 50,017 18.942 2,640.52 17.184 2,910.67 Netherlands 413,947 875.947 472.57 794.646 520.92 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/05/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE France 323,027 413.819 780.60 375.411 860.46 Federal Republic of Germany 617,565 945.187 653.38 857.460 720.23 China 3,375 2.663 1,267.28 2.416 1,396.94 Japan 1,968,884 3,067.433 641.87 2,782.730 707.54 Australia 54,014 12.612 4,282.53 11.442 4,720.68 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,642,153 8,851.853 637.40 8,030.269 702.61 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 4,428,503 7,748.065 571.56 7,028.929 630.04 Brazil 405,397 818.690 495.18 742.704 545.84 Netherlands 85,852 155.538 551.97 141.102 608.44 France 357,606 657.392 543.98 596.377 599.63 Federal Republic of Germany 799,067 1,851.405 431.60 1,679.567 475.76 Spain 2,831,985 5,141.136 550.85 4,663.962 607.21 Japan 1,105,399 2,146.378 515.01 1,947.162 567.70 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,013,809 18,518.607 540.74 16,799.803 596.07 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 1,455,127 1,286.285 1,131.26 1,166.899 1,247.00 Federal Republic of Germany 1,086,159 1,831.567 593.02 1,661.571 653.69 Japan 351,953 539.845 651.95 489.740 718.65 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,893,239 3,657.699 791.00 3,318.210 871.93 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 Sweden 386,931 406.125 952.74 368.431 1,050.21 United Kingdom 597,389 779.320 766.55 706.988 844.98 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 14,372 20.954 685.85 19.010 756.02 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 5,688,683 6,898.269 824.65 6,258.007 909.02 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 519,750 1,199.259 433.39 1,087.950 477.73 CATEGORY TOTAL 519,750 1,199.259 433.39 1,087.950 477.73 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 56,262 81.325 691.82 73.777 762.60 Mexico 20,550 39.333 522.45 35.683 575.90 Brazil 11,507 23.585 487.89 21.396 537.81 Sweden 801,479 231.796 3,457.69 210.282 3,811.45 United Kingdom 9,863 3.993 2,469.66 3.623 2,722.33 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/05/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Netherlands 7,429 4.314 1,721.89 3.914 1,898.06 France 1,245,120 132.872 9,370.78 120.540 10,329.52 Federal Republic of Germany 1,993,883 925.661 2,154.01 839.746 2,374.39 Austria 345,777 60.025 5,760.53 54.454 6,349.89 Switzerland 42,750 28.770 1,485.91 26.100 1,637.93 Slovenia 28,683 24.537 1,168.95 22.260 1,288.54 Korea, South 7,653 5.829 1,312.91 5.288 1,447.24 Japan 174,204 43.546 4,000.39 39.505 4,409.67 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,745,160 1,605.590 2,955.40 1,456.568 3,257.77 GRAND TOTAL 203,990,539 306,873.594 664.74 278,391.121 732.75 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/05/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Canada 11,272 23.988 469.89 21.762 517.97 Mexico 14,701 13.975 1,051.94 12.678 1,159.57 Brazil 1,560,052 5,211.098 299.37 4,727.430 330.00 India 2,500 5.320 469.85 4.827 517.92 China 2,500 4.585 545.18 4.160 600.96 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,591,025 5,258.968 302.54 4,770.857 333.49 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 5,648,279 15,482.382 364.82 14,045.385 402.14 Mexico 36,010,948 111,917.289 321.76 101,529.686 354.68 Brazil 32,125,421 112,458.946 285.66 102,021.069 314.89 United Kingdom 26,483 44.092 600.62 40.000 662.08 Netherlands 4,497 16.523 272.16 14.990 300.00 Belgium 4,838,413 12,467.249 388.09 11,310.102 427.80 Federal Republic of Germany 4,905,399 17,020.869 288.20 15,441.077 317.69 Russia 14,940,213 58,961.125 253.39 53,488.648 279.32 Singapore 3,149 11.570 272.15 10.497 299.99 China 5,930 21.788 272.16 19.766 300.01 Korea, South 16,320 38.647 422.28 35.060 465.49 CATEGORY TOTAL 98,525,052 328,440.484 299.98 297,956.280 330.67 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 23,247,808 44,139.827 526.69 40,042.989 580.57 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 2,736,849 9,741.271 280.95 8,837.135 309.70 Argentina 175,962 566.350 310.69 513.785 342.48 Sweden 24,981 21.829 1,144.39 19.803 1,261.48 United Kingdom 1,433,097 4,049.756 353.87 3,673.878 390.08 Federal Republic of Germany 2,383,091 6,071.233 392.52 5,507.732 432.68 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 2,675,464 7,645.468 349.94 6,935.854 385.74 Turkey 42,752,737 111,980.467 381.79 101,587.000 420.85 India 811,043 3,161.879 256.51 2,868.410 282.75 Malaysia 3,656,093 12,257.411 298.28 11,119.740 328.79 China 7,654,819 28,896.698 264.90 26,214.651 292.01 Taiwan 4,098 14.366 285.25 13.033 314.43 Japan 3,630,991 9,926.760 365.78 9,005.408 403.20 South Africa 1,220,655 4,495.843 271.51 4,078.562 299.29 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/05/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 115,312,466 311,240.224 370.49 282,352.462 408.40 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 6,741,052 11,564.610 582.90 10,491.241 642.54 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 2,603,142 6,427.050 405.03 5,830.524 446.47 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 Federal Republic of Germany 2,286,496 4,636.141 493.19 4,205.838 543.65 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 Turkey 182,384 630.668 289.19 572.133 318.78 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 South Africa 46,155 85.998 536.69 78.017 591.60 CATEGORY TOTAL 18,737,794 38,571.786 485.79 34,991.746 535.49 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 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 5,116,155 9,866.273 518.55 8,950.535 571.60 Mexico 250,480 505.530 495.48 458.610 546.17 Norway 70,737 160.979 439.42 146.038 484.37 Belgium 469,183 947.638 495.11 859.683 545.76 Federal Republic of Germany 717,695 1,187.201 604.53 1,077.011 666.38 Czech Republic 295,913 677.452 436.80 614.575 481.49 Hungary 114,015 375.166 303.91 340.345 335.00 Ukraine 5,229,581 9,903.954 528.03 8,984.719 582.05 Italy 628,233 1,505.668 417.25 1,365.920 459.93 Romania 1,097,986 3,786.982 289.94 3,435.494 319.60 China 2,275 7.599 299.37 6.894 330.00 Korea, South 10,026 24.975 401.44 22.657 442.51 Japan 44,597 55.498 803.58 50.347 885.79 Australia 14,760 6.558 2,250.43 5.950 2,480.67 Egypt 19,077 38.101 500.69 34.565 551.92 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/05/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE South Africa 1,783,227 4,861.785 366.78 4,410.539 404.31 CATEGORY TOTAL 15,863,940 33,911.365 467.81 30,763.882 515.67 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 7,429,032 16,195.971 458.70 14,692.742 505.63 Mexico 992,210 2,597.077 382.05 2,356.030 421.14 Netherlands 2,018,639 6,200.489 325.56 5,624.991 358.87 Belgium 2,704,366 5,923.907 456.52 5,374.080 503.22 France 1,373,475 4,095.140 335.39 3,715.050 369.71 Federal Republic of Germany 119,832 481.037 249.11 436.390 274.60 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 556,249 1,844.662 301.55 1,673.450 332.40 Saudi Arabia 437,707 1,084.244 403.70 983.610 445.00 Korea, South 471,437 1,139.351 413.78 1,033.603 456.11 Japan 17,878 29.546 605.08 26.804 666.99 New Zealand 170,429 503.381 338.57 456.660 373.21 CATEGORY TOTAL 26,073,328 72,298.362 360.64 65,587.990 397.53 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Luxembourg 135,616 274.741 493.61 249.241 544.12 France 2,002,005 5,764.793 347.28 5,229.734 382.81 Spain 12,096 22.397 540.05 20.319 595.30 Japan 9,001,177 15,130.718 594.89 13,726.361 655.76 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,150,894 21,192.650 526.17 19,225.655 580.00 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 285,193 489.815 582.25 444.353 641.82 Spain 208,606 463.331 450.23 420.327 496.29 Japan 53,995 112.383 480.45 101.953 529.61 CATEGORY TOTAL 754,447 1,550.140 486.70 1,406.264 536.49 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 306,298 513.039 597.03 465.422 658.11 CATEGORY TOTAL 545,930 839.806 650.07 761.860 716.58 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 20,311,655 34,462.614 589.38 31,263.967 649.68 Mexico 2,694,490 5,379.982 500.84 4,880.639 552.08 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/05/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Brazil 9,141 9.286 984.28 8.425 1,084.99 Argentina 2,262,481 5,877.015 384.97 5,331.540 424.36 Sweden 27,694 17.090 1,620.46 15.504 1,786.25 United Kingdom 9,305,445 18,670.156 498.41 16,937.286 549.41 France 3,288 3.988 824.44 3.618 908.79 Federal Republic of Germany 214,400 535.166 400.62 485.495 441.61 Czech Republic 799,558 2,187.420 365.53 1,984.395 402.92 Russia 12,398 15.268 812.02 13.851 895.10 Ukraine 810,947 2,187.558 370.71 1,984.520 408.64 Turkey 1,433,636 3,861.590 371.26 3,503.177 409.24 India 206,102 391.771 526.08 355.409 579.90 Malaysia 19,644 40.514 484.87 36.754 534.47 China 6,707 10.226 655.87 9.277 722.97 Korea, South 103,350 247.131 418.20 224.194 460.98 Taiwan 4,750 0.457 10,383.44 0.415 11,445.78 Japan 605,469 1,050.345 576.45 952.858 635.42 South Africa 460,664 1,481.789 310.88 1,344.257 342.69 CATEGORY TOTAL 39,291,819 76,429.373 514.09 69,335.581 566.69 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 5,407,322 9,047.066 597.69 8,207.363 658.84 Mexico 2,205,435 5,466.208 403.47 4,958.862 444.75 Brazil 36,854 153.584 239.96 139.330 264.51 Italy 4,078 3.449 1,182.33 3.129 1,303.29 Turkey 115,466 278.258 414.96 252.432 457.41 Korea, South 5,074 5.673 894.32 5.147 985.82 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,774,229 14,954.240 519.87 13,566.263 573.06 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 Canada 57,418 79.320 723.88 71.958 797.94 Mexico 5,042,466 11,716.043 430.39 10,628.619 474.42 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 75,433,010 183,791.001 410.43 166,732.439 452.42 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/05/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 6,441,738 8,134.440 791.91 7,379.442 872.93 Mexico 26,565 39.722 668.76 36.036 737.18 Trinidad and Tobago 12,626 17.636 715.88 16.000 789.13 Brazil 9,553 15.757 606.25 14.295 668.28 Sweden 3,614 2.823 1,280.19 2.561 1,411.17 United Kingdom 2,234,148 2,626.801 850.52 2,382.995 937.54 France 277,543 356.759 777.96 323.647 857.55 Federal Republic of Germany 681,599 762.847 893.49 692.044 984.91 Switzerland 15,908 9.691 1,641.44 8.792 1,809.37 Ukraine 261,628 762.964 342.91 692.150 377.99 Spain 1,109,396 1,754.735 632.23 1,591.870 696.91 Italy 107,360 163.991 654.67 148.771 721.65 Romania 71,153 28.588 2,488.87 25.935 2,743.51 Turkey 176,841 416.805 424.28 378.120 467.68 India 6,500 1.274 5,100.95 1.156 5,622.84 China 120,890 201.632 599.56 182.918 660.90 Korea, South 19,716 44.902 439.08 40.735 484.01 Japan 96,098 128.314 748.93 116.405 825.55 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 11,718,411 15,569.395 752.66 14,124.322 829.66 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 24,028,717 29,817.965 805.85 27,050.411 888.29 Mexico 2,713,368 3,106.592 873.42 2,818.254 962.78 Guatemala 212,472 293.106 724.90 265.902 799.06 Dominican Republic 90,419 144.810 624.39 131.370 688.28 Colombia 529,251 439.366 1,204.58 398.587 1,327.82 Venezuela 709,160 1,144.982 619.36 1,038.711 682.73 Chile 17,313 25.264 685.26 22.920 755.37 Brazil 110,885 276.938 400.40 251.234 441.36 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 247,439 207.379 1,193.17 188.132 1,315.24 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 903,756 2,579.093 350.42 2,339.715 386.27 Spain 690,197 693.739 994.89 629.350 1,096.68 Italy 392,512 382.649 1,025.77 347.134 1,130.72 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 552,589 845.241 653.76 766.790 720.65 Oman 201,761 413.465 487.98 375.090 537.90 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/05/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE India 2,799,667 5,911.881 473.57 5,363.170 522.02 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 938,424 2,124.234 441.77 1,927.074 486.97 Taiwan 2,515,495 6,486.419 387.81 5,884.382 427.49 Japan 1,544,959 3,019.316 511.69 2,739.079 564.04 South Africa 1,429,179 3,418.999 418.01 3,101.665 460.78 CATEGORY TOTAL 65,877,458 116,166.540 567.09 105,384.543 625.11 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 2,625,103 3,124.260 840.23 2,834.282 926.20 Mexico 390,020 571.709 682.20 518.646 752.00 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 Brazil 1,362,794 2,806.466 485.59 2,545.984 535.27 Argentina 250,255 380.925 656.97 345.570 724.18 United Kingdom 384,297 784.434 489.90 711.627 540.03 France 23,100 20.194 1,143.89 18.320 1,260.92 Federal Republic of Germany 2,555,204 2,592.965 985.44 2,352.299 1,086.26 Austria 4,303,192 5,908.683 728.28 5,360.269 802.79 Czech Republic 546,727 1,303.016 419.59 1,182.077 462.51 Russia 810,502 1,813.312 446.97 1,645.010 492.70 Ukraine 2,224,879 4,622.704 481.29 4,193.648 530.54 Spain 755,431 1,022.566 738.76 927.657 814.34 Romania 1,584,972 2,435.183 650.86 2,209.162 717.45 Turkey 2,212,068 5,293.198 417.91 4,801.910 460.66 India 347,694 543.874 639.29 493.395 704.70 China 5,868,844 10,277.503 571.04 9,323.597 629.46 Korea, South 5,185,350 11,925.632 434.81 10,818.755 479.29 Taiwan 1,858,818 4,105.911 452.72 3,724.821 499.04 Japan 288,588 442.659 651.94 401.574 718.64 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 38,895,700 69,619.839 558.69 63,158.074 615.85 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 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 760,074 813.390 934.45 737.896 1,030.06 Czech Republic 213,337 349.818 609.85 317.350 672.25 Poland 138,004 217.516 634.45 197.328 699.36 Italy 543,334 642.712 845.38 583.059 931.87 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/05/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 1,355,438 2,898.241 467.68 2,629.241 515.52 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,578,660 20,032.357 478.16 18,173.054 527.08 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 France 981,986 1,735.973 565.67 1,574.849 623.54 Federal Republic of Germany 14,755 24.667 598.16 22.378 659.35 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 79,395 126.783 626.23 115.016 690.30 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 708,760 1,886.107 375.78 1,711.048 414.23 Korea, South 1,032,108 3,034.634 340.11 2,752.975 374.91 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,634,437 19,857.223 535.55 18,014.175 590.34 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 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 6,334,713 14,894.115 425.32 13,511.718 468.83 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 11,680,974 11,517.062 1,014.23 10,448.106 1,118.00 Mexico 8,870,349 12,436.130 713.27 11,281.871 786.25 Dominican Republic 53,328 50.388 1,058.33 45.712 1,166.61 Venezuela 28,801 39.398 731.01 35.742 805.80 Brazil 862,479 1,828.742 471.62 1,659.008 519.88 Argentina 85,982 79.687 1,078.99 72.291 1,189.39 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/05/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Sweden 132,918 84.924 1,565.14 77.042 1,725.27 Denmark 9,452 1.200 7,873.93 1.089 8,679.52 United Kingdom 5,736 0.468 12,243.80 0.425 13,496.47 Netherlands 25,938 19.236 1,348.38 17.451 1,486.33 Belgium 31,752 23.177 1,369.97 21.026 1,510.13 France 319,983 415.311 770.47 376.764 849.29 Federal Republic of Germany 1,134,644 1,077.514 1,053.02 977.505 1,160.76 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 941,003 447.801 2,101.38 406.239 2,316.38 Ukraine 141,126 404.100 349.23 366.594 384.97 Spain 684,669 917.768 746.01 832.586 822.34 Italy 559,890 527.760 1,060.88 478.776 1,169.42 Romania 158,412 192.144 824.44 174.311 908.79 Turkey 572,117 1,455.743 393.01 1,320.629 433.22 Israel 7,500 0.826 9,071.85 0.750 10,000.00 India 280,401 321.502 872.16 291.662 961.39 China 521,512 683.529 762.97 620.088 841.03 Korea, South 1,311,450 3,176.559 412.85 2,881.727 455.09 Taiwan 104,717 81.741 1,281.07 74.155 1,412.14 Japan 2,048,276 1,308.471 1,565.40 1,187.026 1,725.55 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 31,727,946 39,410.626 805.06 35,752.729 887.43 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 468,526 1,688.655 277.46 1,531.923 305.84 Mexico 790,711 666.363 1,186.61 604.515 1,308.01 Brazil 163,311 223.956 729.21 203.170 803.81 Argentina 203,651 155.727 1,307.74 141.274 1,441.53 France 534,705 621.695 860.08 563.993 948.07 Federal Republic of Germany 645,564 586.203 1,101.26 531.795 1,213.93 Czech Republic 1,700,512 1,892.841 898.39 1,717.157 990.31 Slovakia 199,059 219.681 906.12 199.292 998.83 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 186,040 169.774 1,095.81 154.017 1,207.92 Italy 178,581 399.845 446.62 362.734 492.32 Romania 126,425 155.740 811.77 141.285 894.82 India 68,874 57.930 1,188.90 52.554 1,310.54 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 205,475 394.872 520.36 358.222 573.60 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,053,082 10,408.544 677.62 9,442.475 746.95 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/05/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 725,915 403.188 1,800.43 365.767 1,984.64 Mexico 324,977 175.913 1,847.37 159.586 2,036.38 United Kingdom 4,621 0.006 698,683.64 0.006 770,166.67 Ireland 5,135 2.830 1,814.02 2.568 1,999.61 Italy 2,823 0.050 55,673.55 0.046 61,369.57 India 133,908 148.346 902.67 134.578 995.02 Vietnam 32,660 44.017 741.98 39.932 817.89 Japan 242,359 89.938 2,694.71 81.591 2,970.41 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,472,398 864.293 1,703.59 784.074 1,877.88 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 23,351,008 28,779.395 811.38 26,108.236 894.39 Mexico 2,859,333 3,344.870 854.84 3,034.416 942.30 Brazil 23,092 58.824 392.56 53.365 432.72 Finland 28,322 6.698 4,227.96 6.077 4,660.52 United Kingdom 26,106 35.930 726.56 32.596 800.90 Belgium 12,865 8.290 1,551.78 7.521 1,710.54 Federal Republic of Germany 49,394 34.222 1,443.33 31.046 1,590.99 Austria 210,839 203.914 1,033.96 184.988 1,139.74 Italy 7,145 7.851 909.99 7.123 1,003.09 Turkey 1,924,776 5,453.511 352.94 4,947.344 389.05 Korea, South 330,883 995.836 332.27 903.408 366.26 Japan 186,829 384.540 485.85 348.849 535.56 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 29,037,055 39,374.300 737.46 35,719.775 812.91 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 74,844 115.939 645.54 105.179 711.59 Mexico 154,355 136.642 1,129.63 123.960 1,245.20 Japan 15,657 27.000 579.89 24.494 639.22 CATEGORY TOTAL 244,856 279.582 875.79 253.633 965.39 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 19,796,413 25,582.602 773.82 23,208.153 852.99 Mexico 6,215,070 9,183.665 676.75 8,331.284 745.99 Dominican Republic 63,121 108.136 583.71 98.100 643.44 Venezuela 1,150,803 1,776.163 647.91 1,611.309 714.20 Ecuador 20,589 30.504 674.96 27.673 744.01 Chile 223,741 349.933 639.38 317.454 704.80 Brazil 813,073 1,437.976 565.43 1,304.511 623.28 Argentina 301,707 806.273 374.20 731.439 412.48 Sweden 358,328 213.339 1,679.62 193.538 1,851.46 Finland 130,141 195.219 666.64 177.100 734.84 United Kingdom 964,970 1,261.336 765.04 1,144.266 843.31 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/05/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Netherlands 13,917 19.586 710.52 17.769 783.22 Belgium 948,855 934.635 1,015.21 847.887 1,119.08 Luxembourg 377,837 467.694 807.87 424.285 890.53 France 1,002,859 1,000.662 1,002.20 907.786 1,104.73 Federal Republic of Germany 805,215 725.926 1,109.22 658.550 1,222.71 Austria 134,683 58.163 2,315.60 52.765 2,552.51 Czech Republic 30,100 31.997 940.69 29.028 1,036.93 Switzerland 3,154 0.030 102,187.91 0.028 112,642.86 Poland 165,470 219.952 752.30 199.538 829.27 Russia 398,638 976.481 408.24 885.849 450.01 Belarus 336,679 434.319 775.19 394.008 854.50 Spain 19,615 38.408 510.69 34.844 562.94 Italy 661,077 785.297 841.82 712.410 927.94 Greece 1,397,583 1,996.382 700.06 1,811.088 771.68 Turkey 55,159 73.169 753.86 66.378 830.98 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 482,639 1,009.611 478.04 915.904 526.95 Thailand 15,380 7.769 1,979.64 7.048 2,182.18 Indonesia 26,547 8.648 3,069.47 7.846 3,383.51 China 4,721,250 8,260.197 571.57 7,493.527 630.04 Korea, South 1,442,652 2,118.649 680.93 1,922.007 750.60 Hong Kong 9,600 6.239 1,538.69 5.660 1,696.11 Taiwan 697,427 1,081.077 645.12 980.737 711.13 Japan 2,765,534 3,837.828 720.60 3,481.620 794.32 Australia 135,549 234.880 577.10 213.080 636.14 New Zealand 147,014 264.365 556.10 239.828 613.00 South Africa 1,454,747 2,880.916 504.96 2,613.524 556.62 CATEGORY TOTAL 48,606,632 69,054.129 703.89 62,644.870 775.91 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 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/05/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Australia 21,821 39.958 546.09 36.250 601.96 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,639,357 20,049.676 580.53 18,188.766 639.92 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 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,869,383 7,311.416 666.00 6,632.807 734.14 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 19,029,891 41,736.658 455.95 37,862.870 502.60 Mexico 7,337,237 15,858.292 462.68 14,386.405 510.01 Brazil 12,755 2.846 4,481.47 2.582 4,939.97 Sweden 256,879 204.200 1,257.97 185.248 1,386.68 United Kingdom 4,365 3.527 1,237.46 3.200 1,364.06 Netherlands 5,239,060 15,164.946 345.47 13,757.412 380.82 Belgium 4,427,152 10,151.413 436.11 9,209.210 480.73 France 6,805,519 19,930.406 341.46 18,080.566 376.40 Federal Republic of Germany 7,557 23.402 322.92 21.230 355.96 Austria 362,933 931.607 389.58 845.140 429.44 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 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 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 133,674 185.981 718.75 168.720 792.28 Australia 2,543,652 9,342.614 272.26 8,475.480 300.12 New Zealand 1,387,968 4,120.636 336.83 3,738.180 371.30 Egypt 65,773 120.143 547.46 108.992 603.47 CATEGORY TOTAL 80,456,719 213,789.678 376.34 193,946.789 414.84 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 13,677,446 23,725.419 576.49 21,523.345 635.47 Mexico 5,791,595 11,376.443 509.09 10,320.539 561.17 Venezuela 39,557 123.513 320.26 112.050 353.03 Brazil 9,853 18.191 541.63 16.503 597.04 Argentina 1,371,315 3,824.009 358.61 3,469.084 395.30 Finland 137,820 281.794 489.08 255.640 539.12 Netherlands 890,256 2,052.925 433.65 1,862.383 478.02 Belgium 3,086,717 9,071.920 340.25 8,229.910 375.06 France 28,875 53.474 539.98 48.511 595.23 Federal Republic of Germany 92,117 125.914 731.58 114.228 806.43 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/05/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE India 803,820 1,248.829 643.66 1,132.919 709.51 Korea, South 431,157 1,044.411 412.82 947.474 455.06 Taiwan 3,133,121 5,651.680 554.37 5,127.120 611.09 Japan 1,234,554 2,408.464 512.59 2,184.923 565.03 South Africa 1,155,282 3,232.941 357.35 2,932.876 393.91 CATEGORY TOTAL 31,883,485 64,239.934 496.32 58,277.505 547.10 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 24,344,084 41,238.023 590.33 37,410.516 650.73 Mexico 13,865,833 20,025.273 692.42 18,166.628 763.26 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 627,461 1,131.478 554.55 1,026.460 611.29 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 Netherlands 100,620 183.917 547.09 166.847 603.07 Belgium 353,360 609.876 579.40 553.271 638.67 Federal Republic of Germany 31,055 42.140 736.94 38.229 812.34 Austria 530,600 713.544 743.61 647.317 819.69 Estonia 4,270,597 6,812.789 626.85 6,180.460 690.98 Russia 7,580,848 10,861.577 697.95 9,853.460 769.36 Spain 114,075 213.350 534.68 193.548 589.39 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 58,092.002 654.00 52,700.193 720.92 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 460,609 1,020.728 451.25 925.990 497.42 South Africa 4,246,460 9,626.790 441.11 8,733.280 486.24 CATEGORY TOTAL 109,936,786 176,773.773 621.91 160,366.515 685.53 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 43,748 66.118 661.66 59.982 729.35 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 465,963 810.631 574.81 735.393 633.62 Spain 344,076 649.271 529.94 589.009 584.16 India 181,692 303.052 599.54 274.925 660.88 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 87,272 98.369 887.19 89.239 977.96 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,173,503 6,399.104 495.93 5,805.172 546.67 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/05/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 Canada 6,962,056 8,632.573 806.49 7,831.341 889.00 Mexico 5,274,443 6,777.459 778.23 6,148.410 857.85 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 28,214 8.564 3,294.12 7.770 3,631.15 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 1,562,994 3,149.886 496.21 2,857.530 546.97 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 18,901,894 25,524.767 740.53 23,155.686 816.30 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 3,995,605 8,125.588 491.73 7,371.412 542.04 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 62,323 118.415 526.31 107.425 580.15 Turkey 94,161 229.635 410.05 208.322 452.00 Korea, South 21,177 32.047 660.80 29.073 728.41 Japan 60,845 103.823 586.04 94.187 646.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,618,459 9,265.830 498.44 8,405.822 549.44 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 1,955,183 2,659.831 735.08 2,412.959 810.28 Mexico 681,593 808.799 842.72 733.731 928.94 Chile 71,153 104.467 681.10 94.771 750.79 Brazil 38,188 38.578 989.87 34.998 1,091.15 Sweden 716,696 238.674 3,002.82 216.522 3,310.04 United Kingdom 660,625 406.785 1,624.01 369.030 1,790.17 France 186,141 104.172 1,786.85 94.504 1,969.66 Federal Republic of Germany 1,728,100 1,124.509 1,536.76 1,020.138 1,693.99 Austria 599,434 99.086 6,049.59 89.890 6,668.53 Switzerland 129,410 85.592 1,511.94 77.648 1,666.62 Spain 57,087 100.015 570.78 90.733 629.18 Italy 35,977 5.110 7,040.08 4.636 7,760.35 India 181,188 299.996 603.97 272.152 665.76 Thailand 49,717 91.948 540.71 83.414 596.03 China 43,791 35.756 1,224.69 32.438 1,349.99 Korea, South 273,242 439.429 621.81 398.644 685.43 Taiwan 78,116 53.115 1,470.67 48.186 1,621.13 Japan 326,032 246.782 1,321.13 223.877 1,456.30 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,811,673 6,942.653 1,125.17 6,298.271 1,240.29 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/05/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE GRAND TOTAL 956,724,848 2,056,404.711 465.24 1,865,539.499 512.84 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/05/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Sweden 36,206 18.562 1,950.45 16.840 2,150.00 United Kingdom 192,409 49.179 3,912.37 44.615 4,312.65 Federal Republic of Germany 147,050 57.638 2,551.24 52.289 2,812.25 India 93,359 39.793 2,346.09 36.100 2,586.12 CATEGORY TOTAL 469,024 165.174 2,839.56 149.844 3,130.08 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 26,146 19.819 1,319.20 17.980 1,454.17 Mexico 5,775 0.327 17,639.71 0.297 19,444.44 Sweden 5,348,108 2,250.152 2,376.78 2,041.305 2,619.95 United Kingdom 10,378,516 5,303.654 1,956.86 4,811.396 2,157.07 Spain 1,584,567 793.343 1,997.33 719.709 2,201.68 Italy 197,201 51.626 3,819.75 46.835 4,210.55 China 11,954 8.236 1,451.35 7.472 1,599.84 Taiwan 4,625 3.186 1,451.31 2.891 1,599.79 Japan 47,037 2.153 21,837.90 1.954 24,072.16 CATEGORY TOTAL 17,603,929 8,432.501 2,087.63 7,649.839 2,301.22 WIRE RODS..............................3 Sweden 622,081 253.812 2,450.95 230.255 2,701.70 United Kingdom 1,277,604 579.091 2,206.22 525.343 2,431.94 France 244,301 125.267 1,950.23 113.641 2,149.76 Italy 1,245,098 589.741 2,111.26 535.005 2,327.26 India 425,442 199.526 2,132.26 181.007 2,350.42 China 203,395 212.292 958.09 192.589 1,056.11 Taiwan 3,312,818 1,411.974 2,346.23 1,280.922 2,586.28 Japan 66,068 30.838 2,142.40 27.976 2,361.60 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,396,807 3,402.545 2,173.90 3,086.738 2,396.32 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 France 41,619 9.773 4,258.53 8.866 4,694.23 Federal Republic of Germany 67,693 15.862 4,267.55 14.390 4,704.17 Italy 141,986 60.447 2,348.92 54.837 2,589.24 India 378,219 127.668 2,962.51 115.819 3,265.60 Japan 18,598 4.381 4,244.48 3.975 4,678.74 CATEGORY TOTAL 648,115 218.133 2,971.19 197.887 3,275.18 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 101,756 27.758 3,665.77 25.182 4,040.82 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/05/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Sweden 103,234 50.396 2,048.43 45.719 2,258.01 Belgium 1,942,826 752.017 2,583.49 682.219 2,847.80 France 488,535 158.849 3,075.46 144.106 3,390.11 Federal Republic of Germany 525,183 271.739 1,932.67 246.518 2,130.40 Austria 69,757 21.816 3,197.38 19.792 3,524.50 Italy 674,127 402.303 1,675.67 364.964 1,847.11 Korea, South 531,690 267.137 1,990.32 242.343 2,193.96 Taiwan 701,778 307.338 2,283.40 278.813 2,517.02 Japan 526,323 269.772 1,950.98 244.734 2,150.59 South Africa 192,868 160.584 1,201.04 145.680 1,323.92 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,858,077 2,689.716 2,177.95 2,440.070 2,400.78 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 1,365,784 468.653 2,914.28 425.155 3,212.44 Sweden 2,102,680 661.187 3,180.16 599.819 3,505.52 Finland 80,634 28.924 2,787.73 26.240 3,072.94 Belgium 1,134,785 529.473 2,143.23 480.330 2,362.51 Federal Republic of Germany 3,476,039 1,478.393 2,351.23 1,341.176 2,591.78 Korea, South 65,985 25.977 2,540.13 23.566 2,800.01 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,225,907 3,192.607 2,576.55 2,896.286 2,840.16 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 2,289 0.479 4,773.67 0.435 5,262.07 Mexico 206,860 87.306 2,369.36 79.203 2,611.77 Sweden 32,607 4.161 7,835.92 3.775 8,637.62 United Kingdom 699,070 328.306 2,129.32 297.835 2,347.17 France 246,264 30.724 8,015.18 27.873 8,835.22 Federal Republic of Germany 369,190 159.294 2,317.65 144.510 2,554.77 Austria 886,859 253.050 3,504.67 229.564 3,863.23 Latvia 32,433 13.071 2,481.26 11.858 2,735.12 Ukraine 157,484 100.178 1,572.04 90.880 1,732.88 Portugal 133,808 44.649 2,996.88 40.505 3,303.49 Italy 1,137,312 438.841 2,591.63 398.110 2,856.78 Romania 68,047 25.093 2,711.79 22.764 2,989.24 United Arab Emirates 2,321 1.015 2,286.18 0.921 2,520.09 India 761,232 245.373 3,102.34 222.599 3,419.75 Korea, South 48,770 19.764 2,467.56 17.930 2,720.02 Taiwan 228,967 104.482 2,191.44 94.785 2,415.65 Japan 15,814 0.282 56,039.94 0.256 61,773.44 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,029,327 1,856.074 2,709.66 1,683.803 2,986.89 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 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 Italy 802,571 354.033 2,266.93 321.174 2,498.87 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/05/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE India 1,282,464 541.078 2,370.20 490.858 2,612.70 Japan 3,820 0.068 55,894.30 0.062 61,612.90 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,208,051 928.273 2,378.66 842.116 2,622.03 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 190,759 34.950 5,457.90 31.707 6,016.31 Brazil 5,321 1.189 4,473.71 1.079 4,931.42 Sweden 520,257 201.929 2,576.43 183.187 2,840.03 United Kingdom 784,517 309.145 2,537.70 280.452 2,797.33 Belgium 5,018 1.428 3,512.54 1.296 3,871.91 France 2,553,023 699.554 3,649.50 634.625 4,022.88 Federal Republic of Germany 816,440 352.188 2,318.19 319.500 2,555.37 Austria 274,832 107.394 2,559.08 97.427 2,820.90 Czech Republic 107,441 28.198 3,810.21 25.581 4,200.03 Switzerland 272,649 70.190 3,884.40 63.676 4,281.82 Latvia 353,308 137.525 2,569.04 124.761 2,831.88 Russia 531,967 302.338 1,759.51 274.277 1,939.52 Italy 3,560,134 1,208.319 2,946.35 1,096.169 3,247.80 Slovenia 49,485 32.911 1,503.57 29.857 1,657.40 Saudi Arabia 1,022,398 486.752 2,100.45 441.575 2,315.34 India 2,132,322 1,096.695 1,944.31 994.906 2,143.24 China 92,151 40.311 2,285.97 36.570 2,519.85 Korea, South 27,890 9.725 2,867.66 8.823 3,161.06 Taiwan 1,315,863 567.895 2,317.09 515.186 2,554.15 Japan 166,034 50.223 3,305.90 45.562 3,644.13 CATEGORY TOTAL 14,781,809 5,738.869 2,575.74 5,206.216 2,839.26 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D Canada 9,595,421 1,922.930 4,990.00 1,744.454 5,500.53 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 1,456,991 276.222 5,274.70 250.585 5,814.36 Federal Republic of Germany 1,173,926 171.651 6,838.99 155.720 7,538.70 Austria 1,132,672 248.651 4,555.26 225.573 5,021.31 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/05/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 2,942,786 1,009.087 2,916.28 915.429 3,214.65 Korea, South 5,344,999 1,842.694 2,900.64 1,671.665 3,197.41 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 35,374,923 10,136.681 3,489.79 9,195.845 3,846.84 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 556,169 180.146 3,087.32 163.426 3,403.19 Sweden 1,112,932 196.166 5,673.41 177.959 6,253.87 Denmark 31,271 0.106 292,459.61 0.097 322,381.44 United Kingdom 543,164 130.179 4,172.42 118.097 4,599.30 Ireland 2,096 0.069 30,181.90 0.063 33,269.84 Netherlands 3,321 0.019 167,375.63 0.018 184,500.00 Belgium 113,316 17.733 6,389.77 16.088 7,043.51 France 433,912 73.648 5,891.64 66.813 6,494.42 Federal Republic of Germany 1,131,463 221.347 5,111.71 200.803 5,634.69 Switzerland 364,880 82.401 4,428.10 74.753 4,881.14 Spain 194,551 48.727 3,992.62 44.205 4,401.11 Italy 157,006 37.369 4,201.45 33.901 4,631.31 India 3,555,328 1,511.351 2,352.42 1,371.075 2,593.10 Thailand 281,886 118.815 2,372.46 107.788 2,615.19 Malaysia 4,595 0.795 5,773.57 0.722 6,364.27 China 1,150,005 439.296 2,617.83 398.523 2,885.67 Korea, South 2,420,322 763.501 3,170.03 692.637 3,494.36 Taiwan 1,134,618 301.196 3,767.04 273.241 4,152.44 Japan 526,254 80.366 6,548.20 72.907 7,218.15 Australia 18,586 4.677 3,973.83 4.243 4,380.39 CATEGORY TOTAL 13,735,675 4,207.916 3,264.25 3,817.359 3,598.21 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 25,056 6.490 3,860.47 5.888 4,255.43 Grenada 22,908 9.900 2,313.72 8.982 2,550.43 Brazil 34,439 50.155 686.65 45.500 756.90 Finland 22,479 11.616 1,935.15 10.538 2,133.14 United Kingdom 227,561 9.667 23,539.33 8.770 25,947.66 Belgium 48,560 23.258 2,087.82 21.100 2,301.42 Federal Republic of Germany 162,718 64.476 2,523.68 58.492 2,781.88 Austria 4,867 1.067 4,561.23 0.968 5,027.89 Italy 339,711 192.559 1,764.19 174.687 1,944.68 India 107,667 50.769 2,120.72 46.057 2,337.69 Japan 186,755 93.698 1,993.15 85.002 2,197.07 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/05/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE South Africa 49,590 44.052 1,125.70 39.964 1,240.87 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,232,311 557.712 2,209.58 505.948 2,435.65 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 6,462,562 2,432.830 2,656.40 2,207.027 2,928.18 Mexico 22,804,745 11,083.323 2,057.57 10,054.625 2,268.09 Brazil 1,905,192 878.470 2,168.76 796.935 2,390.65 Sweden 2,015,820 597.171 3,375.61 541.745 3,720.98 Finland 998,098 371.743 2,684.91 337.240 2,959.61 United Kingdom 132,429 23.535 5,626.79 21.351 6,202.47 Netherlands 234,468 41.385 5,665.51 37.544 6,245.15 Belgium 2,358,868 934.255 2,524.86 847.543 2,783.18 France 1,666,609 1,108.184 1,503.91 1,005.328 1,657.78 Federal Republic of Germany 6,648,005 2,774.514 2,396.10 2,516.998 2,641.24 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 India 258,586 108.661 2,379.74 98.576 2,623.21 China 3,941,990 2,040.447 1,931.92 1,851.063 2,129.58 Korea, South 752,584 412.960 1,822.41 374.632 2,008.86 Taiwan 7,911,460 2,678.563 2,953.62 2,429.953 3,255.81 Japan 557,254 430.273 1,295.11 390.338 1,427.62 South Africa 269,227 159.969 1,682.99 145.122 1,855.18 CATEGORY TOTAL 60,811,099 27,504.591 2,210.94 24,951.753 2,437.15 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Federal Republic of Germany 23,122 3.851 6,003.41 3.494 6,617.63 Slovenia 40,296 21.109 1,908.93 19.150 2,104.23 China 43,135 19.896 2,167.95 18.050 2,389.75 Japan 3,992 0.842 4,740.16 0.764 5,225.13 CATEGORY TOTAL 110,545 45.699 2,418.95 41.458 2,666.43 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 1,401,679 522.347 2,683.42 473.866 2,957.96 Mexico 1,544,230 926.665 1,666.44 840.657 1,836.93 Chile 19,200 26.593 721.99 24.125 795.85 Brazil 52,307 49.482 1,057.08 44.890 1,165.23 Sweden 1,704,900 281.140 6,064.24 255.046 6,684.68 Finland 302,564 126.987 2,382.63 115.201 2,626.40 United Kingdom 10,698 3.284 3,256.73 2.980 3,589.93 Belgium 497,963 212.624 2,341.98 192.890 2,581.59 France 1,028,075 360.279 2,853.55 326.840 3,145.50 Federal Republic of Germany 284,445 89.567 3,175.77 81.254 3,500.69 Austria 555,554 163.747 3,392.75 148.549 3,739.87 Switzerland 9,353 3.514 2,661.51 3.188 2,933.81 Italy 15,169 3.758 4,035.51 3.410 4,448.39 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/05/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE India 145,106 53.660 2,704.15 48.680 2,980.81 China 5,382 1.003 5,365.35 0.910 5,914.29 Taiwan 135,412 77.589 1,745.24 70.388 1,923.79 Japan 2,717,667 383.866 7,079.72 348.238 7,804.05 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,429,704 3,286.112 3,173.87 2,981.112 3,498.60 GRAND TOTAL 183,915,303 72,362.609 2,541.58 65,646.274 2,801.61