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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 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 14,129 24.102 586.22 21.865 646.19 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 6,259,616 15,848.057 394.98 14,377.120 435.39 WIRE RODS..............................3 23,247,808 44,139.827 526.69 40,042.989 580.57 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 7,085,495 12,139.601 583.67 11,012.864 643.38 STEEL PILING...........................5 1,100,747 1,827.163 602.43 1,657.575 664.07 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 11,216,884 19,941.490 562.49 18,090.621 620.04 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 11,414,101 21,742.660 524.96 19,724.615 578.67 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 115,749 40.303 2,871.91 36.563 3,165.74 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 188,615 447.114 421.85 405.616 465.01 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 179,452 234.689 764.64 212.907 842.87 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 35,539,012 61,967.144 573.51 56,215.663 632.19 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 5,685,921 9,528.016 596.76 8,643.674 657.81 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 57,418 79.320 723.88 71.958 797.94 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 7,922,799 9,452.505 838.17 8,575.171 923.92 TOOL STEEL............................17 939,117 747.024 1,257.14 677.689 1,385.76 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 24,075,507 29,834.028 806.98 27,064.983 889.54 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 4,660,756 5,666.598 822.50 5,140.653 906.65 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 8,649,539 16,367.661 528.45 14,848.497 582.52 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 114,547 144.733 791.43 131.300 872.41 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 217,233 142.874 1,520.44 129.614 1,676.00 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 12,703,474 12,999.435 977.23 11,792.893 1,077.21 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 468,526 1,688.655 277.46 1,531.923 305.84 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 9,595,421 1,922.930 4,990.00 1,744.454 5,500.53 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 1,430,320 593.620 2,409.48 538.524 2,656.00 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 23,869,661 29,305.991 814.50 26,585.956 897.83 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 90,478 141.136 641.07 128.037 706.66 WIRE DRAWN............................23 20,953,092 26,423.808 792.96 23,971.283 874.09 BLACK PLATE...........................28 53,992 95.500 565.36 86.637 623.20 TIN PLATE.............................29 6,595,849 11,109.337 593.72 10,078.224 654.47 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 2,323,876 3,384.728 686.58 3,070.575 756.82 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 21,035,484 46,072.002 456.58 41,795.828 503.29 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 22,267,175 29,503.863 754.72 26,765.462 831.94 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 28,772,587 48,986.089 587.36 44,439.445 647.46 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,498,875 1,352.404 1,108.30 1,226.881 1,221.70 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 6,962,056 8,632.573 806.49 7,831.341 889.00 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 4,515,355 9,324.847 484.23 8,459.362 533.77 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 3,413,124 3,263.504 1,045.85 2,960.602 1,152.85 COUNTRY TOTAL 315,233,790 485,115.349 649.81 440,089.365 716.29 Mexico INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 411,240 763.789 538.42 692.898 593.51 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 45,131,310 140,284.542 321.71 127,264.032 354.63 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/05/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE WIRE RODS..............................3 2,605,292 6,410.809 406.39 5,815.790 447.97 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 888,440 1,697.550 523.37 1,539.992 576.91 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 250,480 505.530 495.48 458.610 546.17 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 992,210 2,597.077 382.05 2,356.030 421.14 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 4,958,002 9,634.715 514.60 8,740.469 567.25 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 2,283,594 5,647.710 404.34 5,123.518 445.71 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 5,042,466 11,716.043 430.39 10,628.619 474.42 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 26,565 39.722 668.76 36.036 737.18 TOOL STEEL............................17 107,331 225.955 475.01 204.983 523.61 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,717,424 3,112.425 873.09 2,823.546 962.42 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 390,020 571.709 682.20 518.646 752.00 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 23,227 20.916 1,110.47 18.975 1,224.08 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,956,921 3,772.045 783.90 3,421.943 864.11 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 2,174,419 3,397.719 639.96 3,082.360 705.44 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 9,510,723 13,112.165 725.34 11,895.160 799.55 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 790,711 666.363 1,186.61 604.515 1,308.01 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 178,835 68.196 2,622.34 61.867 2,890.64 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 324,977 175.913 1,847.37 159.586 2,036.38 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 2,859,333 3,344.870 854.84 3,034.416 942.30 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 154,355 136.642 1,129.63 123.960 1,245.20 WIRE DRAWN............................23 7,908,108 10,658.607 741.95 9,669.329 817.85 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 7,337,237 15,858.292 462.68 14,386.405 510.01 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 28,596,340 22,459.767 1,273.23 20,375.164 1,403.49 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 13,865,833 20,025.273 692.42 18,166.628 763.26 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 5,274,443 6,777.459 778.23 6,148.410 857.85 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 358,902 619.028 579.78 561.573 639.10 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,246,373 1,774.798 1,265.71 1,610.071 1,395.20 COUNTRY TOTAL 150,365,111 286,075.642 525.61 259,523.531 579.39 Guatemala STANDARD PIPE.........................18 212,472 293.106 724.90 265.902 799.06 COUNTRY TOTAL 212,472 293.106 724.90 265.902 799.06 Costa Rica SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 13,469 23.999 561.22 21.772 618.64 COUNTRY TOTAL 13,469 23.999 561.22 21.772 618.64 Dominican Republic BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 2,826,173 8,055.955 350.82 7,308.242 386.71 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 90,419 144.810 624.39 131.370 688.28 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 53,328 50.388 1,058.33 45.712 1,166.61 WIRE DRAWN............................23 63,121 108.136 583.71 98.100 643.44 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,033,041 8,359.291 362.83 7,583.424 399.96 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/05/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Grenada SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 22,908 9.900 2,313.72 8.982 2,550.43 COUNTRY TOTAL 22,908 9.900 2,313.72 8.982 2,550.43 Trinidad and Tobago WIRE RODS..............................3 13,884,323 41,955.654 330.93 38,061.540 364.79 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,276,555 1,880.929 678.68 1,706.351 748.12 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 1,862,500 5,512.090 337.89 5,000.486 372.46 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 12,626 17.636 715.88 16.000 789.13 COUNTRY TOTAL 17,036,004 49,366.311 345.09 44,784.377 380.40 Colombia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 552,355 788.268 700.72 715.105 772.41 TOOL STEEL............................17 59,134 68.836 859.06 62.447 946.95 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 529,251 439.366 1,204.58 398.587 1,327.82 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,896,564 2,274.095 833.99 2,063.025 919.31 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 107,590 195.885 549.25 177.704 605.45 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,144,894 3,766.451 834.98 3,416.868 920.40 Venezuela WIRE RODS..............................3 2,128,159 6,832.399 311.48 6,198.250 343.35 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 9,262 10.115 915.59 9.177 1,009.26 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 709,160 1,144.982 619.36 1,038.711 682.73 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,653,131 3,788.038 436.41 3,436.452 481.06 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 192,070 447.705 429.01 406.152 472.90 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 430,284 1,060.872 405.59 962.408 447.09 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 155,669 159.125 978.28 144.356 1,078.37 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,159,166 1,791.875 646.90 1,625.563 713.09 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 39,557 123.513 320.26 112.050 353.03 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 382,677 709.182 539.60 643.360 594.81 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,859,135 16,067.813 426.89 14,576.479 470.56 Ecuador WIRE DRAWN............................23 20,589 30.504 674.96 27.673 744.01 COUNTRY TOTAL 20,589 30.504 674.96 27.673 744.01 Chile STANDARD PIPE.........................18 17,313 25.264 685.26 22.920 755.37 WIRE DRAWN............................23 223,741 349.933 639.38 317.454 704.80 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 90,353 131.060 689.40 118.896 759.93 COUNTRY TOTAL 331,407 506.258 654.62 459.270 721.60 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/05/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Brazil INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 2,118,229 6,788.749 312.02 6,158.652 343.94 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 32,426,355 113,180.376 286.50 102,675.539 315.81 WIRE RODS..............................3 2,736,849 9,741.271 280.95 8,837.135 309.70 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 166,965 595.822 280.23 540.521 308.90 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 46,870 45.051 1,040.37 40.870 1,146.81 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 36,854 153.584 239.96 139.330 264.51 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 2,648,819 7,895.204 335.50 7,162.411 369.82 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 33,693 34.269 983.17 31.089 1,083.76 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,856,484 1,144.411 1,622.22 1,038.193 1,788.19 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 110,885 276.938 400.40 251.234 441.36 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,121,712 3,955.719 536.37 3,588.569 591.24 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 2,242,164 4,121.806 543.98 3,739.241 599.63 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 288,817 549.589 525.51 498.579 579.28 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 57,083 148.636 384.04 134.841 423.34 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 989,509 1,989.769 497.30 1,805.089 548.18 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 163,311 223.956 729.21 203.170 803.81 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 73,186 41.690 1,755.46 37.821 1,935.06 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 23,092 58.824 392.56 53.365 432.72 WIRE DRAWN............................23 817,350 1,446.084 565.22 1,311.866 623.04 TIN PLATE.............................29 62,828 104.998 598.37 95.253 659.59 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 144,556 275.800 524.13 250.202 577.76 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 47,194 53.001 890.43 48.082 981.53 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,915,045 896.661 2,135.75 813.438 2,354.26 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,032,858 1,950.168 529.62 1,769.164 583.81 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 102,002 111.646 913.62 101.284 1,007.09 COUNTRY TOTAL 52,262,710 155,784.033 335.48 141,324.938 369.81 Argentina WIRE RODS..............................3 175,962 566.350 310.69 513.785 342.48 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,262,481 5,877.015 384.97 5,331.540 424.36 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 250,255 380.925 656.97 345.570 724.18 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 137,617 120.751 1,139.67 109.544 1,256.27 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 675,580 417.694 1,617.40 378.926 1,782.88 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 24,353 15.186 1,603.59 13.777 1,767.66 WIRE DRAWN............................23 301,707 806.273 374.20 731.439 412.48 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,371,315 3,824.009 358.61 3,469.084 395.30 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,413,192 3,445.732 410.13 3,125.917 452.09 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 992,791 2,428.580 408.79 2,203.172 450.62 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,605,253 17,882.520 425.29 16,222.754 468.80 Sweden INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 36,206 18.562 1,950.45 16.840 2,150.00 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 5,348,108 2,250.152 2,376.78 2,041.305 2,619.95 WIRE RODS..............................3 647,062 275.641 2,347.48 250.058 2,587.65 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,422,260 3,151.737 768.55 2,859.209 847.18 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/05/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,111,149 666.975 3,165.26 605.070 3,489.10 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 967,069 544.131 1,777.27 493.628 1,959.10 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 540,494 213.254 2,534.51 193.461 2,793.81 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,541,844 959.744 1,606.51 870.666 1,770.88 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 964,153 767.776 1,255.77 696.515 1,384.25 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 223,644 250.015 894.52 226.810 986.04 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,207,354 242.172 4,985.52 219.695 5,495.59 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,635,558 581.038 2,814.89 527.109 3,102.88 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 408,006 343.172 1,188.92 311.321 1,310.56 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,015,820 597.171 3,375.61 541.745 3,720.98 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 35,263 38.770 909.53 35.172 1,002.59 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 386,931 406.125 952.74 368.431 1,050.21 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 3,223,075 751.610 4,288.22 681.850 4,726.96 COUNTRY TOTAL 23,713,996 12,058.053 1,966.65 10,938.885 2,167.86 Norway STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 899,376 1,922.476 467.82 1,744.042 515.68 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 70,737 160.979 439.42 146.038 484.37 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 3,534 3.909 903.86 3.547 996.33 COUNTRY TOTAL 973,647 2,087.365 466.45 1,893.627 514.17 Finland PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 80,634 28.924 2,787.73 26.240 3,072.94 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 213,452 77.190 2,765.27 70.026 3,048.18 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 770,801 232.895 3,309.65 211.279 3,648.26 WIRE DRAWN............................23 130,141 195.219 666.64 177.100 734.84 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 22,479 11.616 1,935.15 10.538 2,133.14 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,220,075 823.172 1,482.16 746.770 1,633.80 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 302,564 126.987 2,382.63 115.201 2,626.40 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,740,146 1,496.005 1,831.64 1,357.154 2,019.04 Denmark STANDARD PIPE.........................18 16,521 3.230 5,113.48 2.931 5,636.64 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 9,452 1.200 7,873.93 1.089 8,679.52 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 15,280 0.871 17,524.38 0.791 19,317.32 WIRE DRAWN............................23 31,271 0.106 292,459.61 0.097 322,381.44 COUNTRY TOTAL 72,524 5.410 13,405.19 4.908 14,776.69 United Kingdom INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 192,409 49.179 3,912.37 44.615 4,312.65 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 10,561,646 5,564.561 1,898.02 5,048.087 2,092.21 WIRE RODS..............................3 2,710,701 4,628.847 585.61 4,199.221 645.52 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 5,439,954 11,953.070 455.11 10,843.646 501.67 STEEL PILING...........................5 1,095,146 3,282.698 333.61 2,978.015 367.74 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/05/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 775,014 582.528 1,330.43 528.461 1,466.55 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 11,175,237 20,384.076 548.23 18,492.128 604.32 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 95,117 28.285 3,362.77 25.660 3,706.82 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 4,091,483 3,801.944 1,076.16 3,449.067 1,186.26 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,199,684 375.900 3,191.50 341.011 3,518.02 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 31,404 11.833 2,653.86 10.735 2,925.38 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 559,830 797.420 702.05 723.408 773.88 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 1,042,661 2,180.494 478.18 1,978.112 527.10 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 9,885 16.475 599.99 14.946 661.38 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 633,872 440.357 1,439.45 399.486 1,586.72 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 77,459 7.662 10,109.29 6.951 11,143.58 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 13,055 3.325 3,925.52 3.017 4,327.15 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 51,656 64.094 805.93 58.146 888.38 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,628,323 1,398.266 1,164.53 1,268.486 1,283.67 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 231,926 13.194 17,577.26 11.970 19,375.61 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 182,446 42.477 4,295.12 38.535 4,734.55 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 9,431 2.629 3,587.28 2.385 3,954.30 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 597,389 779.320 766.55 706.988 844.98 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 25,446 37.291 682.36 33.830 752.17 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 681,186 414.064 1,645.12 375.633 1,813.43 COUNTRY TOTAL 43,112,360 56,860.000 758.22 51,582.539 835.79 Ireland STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 2,928 0.002 1,328,118.83 0.002 1,464,000.00 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 21,523 9.281 2,318.92 8.420 2,556.18 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,096 0.069 30,181.90 0.063 33,269.84 COUNTRY TOTAL 26,547 9.353 2,838.31 8.485 3,128.70 Netherlands BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 4,497 16.523 272.16 14.990 300.00 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,760,866 8,258.381 334.31 7,491.880 368.51 TOOL STEEL............................17 229,954 256.618 896.09 232.800 987.77 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 557,555 818.245 681.40 742.300 751.12 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 25,938 19.236 1,348.38 17.451 1,486.33 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 19,595 0.251 77,966.18 0.228 85,942.98 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 16,453 3.979 4,134.60 3.610 4,557.62 WIRE DRAWN............................23 47,388 21.973 2,156.60 19.934 2,377.24 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 1,275,570 1,716.638 743.06 1,557.309 819.09 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 5,748,813 16,496.490 348.49 14,965.369 384.14 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,538,671 2,970.257 518.03 2,694.573 571.03 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 186,472 339.455 549.33 307.949 605.53 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 7,429 4.314 1,721.89 3.914 1,898.06 COUNTRY TOTAL 12,419,201 30,922.366 401.63 28,052.307 442.72 Belgium IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/05/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 4,838,413 12,467.249 388.09 11,310.102 427.80 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 157,308 235.989 666.59 214.086 734.79 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,949,452 1,976.219 1,492.47 1,792.797 1,645.17 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 3,839,151 6,453.380 594.91 5,854.410 655.77 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 77,621 83.947 924.64 76.156 1,019.24 TOOL STEEL............................17 22,945 18.710 1,226.31 16.974 1,351.77 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 38,348 23.281 1,647.12 21.121 1,815.63 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 12,865 8.290 1,551.78 7.521 1,710.54 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,062,171 952.369 1,115.29 863.975 1,229.40 TIN PLATE.............................29 114,008 217.145 525.03 196.991 578.75 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 4,475,712 10,174.672 439.89 9,230.310 484.89 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 5,445,585 10,006.176 544.22 9,077.453 599.90 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 353,360 609.876 579.40 553.271 638.67 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 944,569 1,816.222 520.07 1,647.650 573.28 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 65,696 60.662 1,082.98 55.032 1,193.78 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 497,963 212.624 2,341.98 192.890 2,581.59 COUNTRY TOTAL 24,895,167 45,316.819 549.36 41,110.739 605.56 Luxembourg STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 3,406,020 6,893.198 494.11 6,253.406 544.67 STEEL PILING...........................5 6,561,362 12,791.427 512.95 11,604.191 565.43 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 135,616 274.741 493.61 249.241 544.12 WIRE DRAWN............................23 377,837 467.694 807.87 424.285 890.53 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 458,830 1,071.476 428.22 972.027 472.03 COUNTRY TOTAL 10,939,665 21,498.536 508.86 19,503.150 560.92 France BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 993,287 797.793 1,245.04 723.746 1,372.42 WIRE RODS..............................3 244,301 125.267 1,950.23 113.641 2,149.76 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 41,619 9.773 4,258.53 8.866 4,694.23 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,593,071 2,163.230 736.43 1,962.450 811.78 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,547,233 6,763.255 376.63 6,135.524 415.16 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 2,002,005 5,764.793 347.28 5,229.734 382.81 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 978,753 1,167.947 838.01 1,059.544 923.75 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 24,079 4.808 5,007.82 4.362 5,520.17 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 5,326,777 4,139.932 1,286.68 3,755.685 1,418.32 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,440,384 800.908 1,798.44 726.572 1,982.44 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 81,053 120.225 674.17 109.067 743.15 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 23,100 20.194 1,143.89 18.320 1,260.92 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 358,079 619.884 577.65 562.350 636.75 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 981,986 1,735.973 565.67 1,574.849 623.54 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 510,715 575.285 887.76 521.890 978.59 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 818,742 870.553 940.48 789.753 1,036.71 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,456,991 276.222 5,274.70 250.585 5,814.36 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,535,558 1,123.144 1,367.20 1,018.900 1,507.07 BLACK PLATE...........................28 729,300 1,670.199 436.65 1,515.180 481.33 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/05/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE TIN PLATE.............................29 210,186 436.860 481.13 396.313 530.35 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 8,743,623 23,420.391 373.33 21,246.628 411.53 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,018,511 1,575.477 1,281.21 1,429.250 1,412.29 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 357,606 657.392 543.98 596.377 599.63 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 28,214 8.564 3,294.12 7.770 3,631.15 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,459,336 597.324 4,117.25 541.884 4,538.49 COUNTRY TOTAL 35,504,509 55,445.405 640.35 50,299.240 705.87 Federal Republic of Germany INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 147,050 57.638 2,551.24 52.289 2,812.25 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 7,004,481 21,064.033 332.53 19,108.975 366.55 WIRE RODS..............................3 2,383,091 6,071.233 392.52 5,507.732 432.68 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,354,189 4,652.003 506.06 4,220.228 557.83 STEEL PILING...........................5 117,021 230.443 507.81 209.055 559.76 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,319,611 1,566.949 842.15 1,421.513 928.31 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 3,595,871 1,959.430 1,835.16 1,777.566 2,022.92 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 18,038 37.495 481.08 34.015 530.30 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,545,238 958.084 1,612.84 869.160 1,777.85 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 1,131,343 2,775.926 407.56 2,518.279 449.25 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,685,048 1,272.288 1,324.42 1,154.201 1,459.93 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,367,863 901.254 1,517.73 817.605 1,673.01 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 290,071 219.243 1,323.06 198.894 1,458.42 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 4,004,355 5,248.882 762.90 4,761.707 840.95 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 966,877 907.247 1,065.73 823.041 1,174.76 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 94,468 65.026 1,452.76 58.991 1,601.40 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,623,585 1,646.060 986.35 1,493.281 1,087.26 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 2,202,272 2,066.809 1,065.54 1,874.979 1,174.56 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,173,926 171.651 6,838.99 155.720 7,538.70 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 11,461 0.264 43,321.86 0.240 47,754.17 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 91,455 55.429 1,649.93 50.285 1,818.73 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,499,179 1,104.062 2,263.62 1,001.589 2,495.21 BLACK PLATE...........................28 286,457 388.397 737.54 352.348 812.99 TIN PLATE.............................29 4,550,057 8,004.256 568.45 7,261.341 626.61 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 210,195 336.574 624.51 305.335 688.41 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 173,636 89.913 1,931.15 81.568 2,128.73 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 7,357,687 3,845.616 1,913.27 3,488.686 2,109.01 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 830,122 1,893.545 438.40 1,717.796 483.25 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,552,122 2,642.199 587.44 2,396.964 647.54 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 491,269 241.139 2,037.28 218.758 2,245.72 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 1,463,025 1,902.982 768.81 1,726.357 847.46 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 85,445 122.267 698.84 110.919 770.34 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 4,006,428 2,139.737 1,872.39 1,941.138 2,063.96 COUNTRY TOTAL 56,632,936 74,638.089 758.77 67,710.555 836.40 Austria PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 133,945 146.741 912.79 133.122 1,006.18 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/05/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 285,193 489.815 582.25 444.353 641.82 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 983,914 310.936 3,164.36 282.077 3,488.10 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 148,310 40.014 3,706.36 36.301 4,085.56 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 4,901 3.959 1,237.78 3.592 1,364.42 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 288,553 108.414 2,661.57 98.352 2,933.88 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,993,296 828.530 2,405.82 751.630 2,651.96 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 6,206,479 8,754.055 708.98 7,941.548 781.52 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,016,274 3,832.953 526.04 3,477.198 579.86 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 162,176 68.862 2,355.07 62.471 2,596.02 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,132,672 248.651 4,555.26 225.573 5,021.31 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 210,839 203.914 1,033.96 184.988 1,139.74 WIRE DRAWN............................23 302,401 94.778 3,190.59 85.982 3,517.03 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 677,632 1,561.344 434.01 1,416.428 478.41 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 28,249 2.722 10,375.33 2.470 11,436.84 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 530,600 713.544 743.61 647.317 819.69 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 17,934 15.022 1,193.83 13.628 1,315.97 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,500,765 322.859 4,648.36 292.893 5,123.94 COUNTRY TOTAL 16,624,133 17,747.122 936.72 16,099.923 1,032.56 Czech Republic PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 295,913 677.452 436.80 614.575 481.49 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,154,160 4,735.761 454.87 4,296.212 501.41 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 107,441 28.198 3,810.21 25.581 4,200.03 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,076,436 2,306.002 466.80 2,091.971 514.56 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 213,337 349.818 609.85 317.350 672.25 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 520,237 1,131.342 459.84 1,026.337 506.89 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 1,700,512 1,892.841 898.39 1,717.157 990.31 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 353,045 34.397 10,263.65 31.205 11,313.73 WIRE DRAWN............................23 30,100 31.997 940.69 29.028 1,036.93 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 56,358 109.194 516.12 99.060 568.93 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,507,539 11,297.007 576.04 10,248.476 634.98 Slovakia STANDARD PIPE.........................18 94,616 128.668 735.35 116.726 810.58 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 79,395 126.783 626.23 115.016 690.30 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 37,365 18.334 2,037.93 16.633 2,246.44 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 199,059 219.681 906.12 199.292 998.83 COUNTRY TOTAL 410,435 493.468 831.74 447.667 916.83 Hungary PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 114,015 375.166 303.91 340.345 335.00 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 213,189 810.341 263.09 735.130 290.00 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 675,223 2,546.757 265.13 2,310.380 292.26 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,002,427 3,732.265 268.58 3,385.855 296.06 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/05/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Switzerland STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 4,538 1.895 2,393.49 1.720 2,638.37 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 11,495 19.798 580.60 17.961 640.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 288,557 79.882 3,612.28 72.468 3,981.85 TOOL STEEL............................17 138,428 92.852 1,490.84 84.234 1,643.37 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 4,752 0.545 8,708.98 0.495 9,600.00 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,106,807 546.418 2,025.57 495.703 2,232.80 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 13,198 0.195 67,644.22 0.177 74,564.97 WIRE DRAWN............................23 368,034 82.431 4,464.70 74.781 4,921.49 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 181,513 117.876 1,539.85 106.936 1,697.40 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,117,322 941.897 2,247.93 854.475 2,477.92 Estonia SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 4,270,597 6,812.789 626.85 6,180.460 690.98 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,270,597 6,812.789 626.85 6,180.460 690.98 Latvia BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 8,642,190 29,341.631 294.54 26,618.288 324.67 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 353,308 137.525 2,569.04 124.761 2,831.88 COUNTRY TOTAL 8,995,498 29,479.157 305.15 26,743.049 336.37 Poland WIRE RODS..............................3 3,447,730 11,127.108 309.85 10,094.346 341.55 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,186,316 3,585.959 330.82 3,253.129 364.67 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,210,224 2,750.948 439.93 2,495.619 484.94 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 4,805 4.960 968.67 4.500 1,067.78 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 2,061,813 6,835.364 301.64 6,200.940 332.50 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 316,210 382.248 827.24 346.770 911.87 TOOL STEEL............................17 14,445 21.197 681.45 19.230 751.17 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 138,004 217.516 634.45 197.328 699.36 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 22,708 43.914 517.09 39.839 569.99 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 201,764 315.264 639.98 286.003 705.46 WIRE DRAWN............................23 516,130 696.143 741.41 631.531 817.27 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 14,372 20.954 685.85 19.010 756.02 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,134,521 26,001.581 351.31 23,588.245 387.25 Russia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 15,163,568 59,364.116 255.43 53,854.236 281.57 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 9,568,885 31,393.211 304.81 28,479.450 335.99 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 12,398 15.268 812.02 13.851 895.10 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 2,190,922 7,891.083 277.65 7,158.673 306.05 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 531,967 302.338 1,759.51 274.277 1,939.52 TOOL STEEL............................17 373,027 282.643 1,319.78 256.410 1,454.81 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/05/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 810,502 1,813.312 446.97 1,645.010 492.70 WIRE DRAWN............................23 398,638 976.481 408.24 885.849 450.01 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 11,137,042 38,232.069 291.30 34,683.560 321.10 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 7,580,848 10,861.577 697.95 9,853.460 769.36 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 2,495,020 2,759.282 904.23 2,503.180 996.74 COUNTRY TOTAL 50,262,817 153,891.385 326.61 139,607.956 360.03 Belarus WIRE DRAWN............................23 336,679 434.319 775.19 394.008 854.50 COUNTRY TOTAL 336,679 434.319 775.19 394.008 854.50 Ukraine PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 5,229,581 9,903.954 528.03 8,984.719 582.05 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,501,826 5,443.574 459.59 4,938.329 506.61 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,929,799 1,428.904 1,350.54 1,296.281 1,488.72 TOOL STEEL............................17 334,434 64.939 5,149.94 58.912 5,676.84 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 986,452 2,750.914 358.59 2,495.588 395.28 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,988,677 6,209.672 481.29 5,633.322 530.54 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 141,126 404.100 349.23 366.594 384.97 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 1,366,502 2,838.846 481.36 2,575.359 530.61 COUNTRY TOTAL 15,478,397 29,044.907 532.91 26,349.104 587.44 Spain BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 1,584,567 793.343 1,997.33 719.709 2,201.68 WIRE RODS..............................3 839,274 1,945.089 431.48 1,764.556 475.63 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 12,037 21.174 568.47 19.209 626.63 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 12,096 22.397 540.05 20.319 595.30 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 208,606 463.331 450.23 420.327 496.29 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 275,866 239.912 1,149.86 217.645 1,267.50 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,109,396 1,754.735 632.23 1,591.870 696.91 TOOL STEEL............................17 169,811 140.556 1,208.13 127.511 1,331.74 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 761,212 760.379 1,001.09 689.805 1,103.52 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,957,228 2,572.295 760.89 2,333.548 838.73 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 830,421 1,104.294 751.99 1,001.799 828.93 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 253,016 207.805 1,217.56 188.518 1,342.13 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 2,052,222 491.799 4,172.88 446.153 4,599.82 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 3,691 1.452 2,540.53 1.318 2,800.46 WIRE DRAWN............................23 214,166 87.136 2,457.82 79.049 2,709.28 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 2,946,060 5,354.486 550.20 4,857.510 606.50 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 344,076 649.271 529.94 589.009 584.16 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 57,087 100.015 570.78 90.733 629.18 COUNTRY TOTAL 13,630,832 16,709.478 815.75 15,158.588 899.22 Portugal IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/05/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 133,808 44.649 2,996.88 40.505 3,303.49 COUNTRY TOTAL 133,808 44.649 2,996.88 40.505 3,303.49 Italy BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 383,083 125.982 3,040.78 114.289 3,351.88 WIRE RODS..............................3 3,920,562 8,235.210 476.07 7,470.859 524.78 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 182,753 60.972 2,997.32 55.313 3,303.98 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,302,360 1,907.972 682.59 1,730.884 752.42 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,843,013 583.777 4,870.03 529.594 5,368.29 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 806,649 357.482 2,256.47 324.303 2,487.33 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 3,679,572 1,385.356 2,656.05 1,256.775 2,927.79 TOOL STEEL............................17 118,944 191.591 620.82 173.809 684.34 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 491,996 435.395 1,130.00 394.984 1,245.61 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 543,334 642.712 845.38 583.059 931.87 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,123,656 1,870.535 600.71 1,696.922 662.17 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 672,550 570.051 1,179.81 517.142 1,300.51 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 462,679 592.771 780.54 537.753 860.39 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 717,833 291.385 2,463.51 264.341 2,715.56 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 13,992 4.820 2,902.66 4.373 3,199.63 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 106,306 48.482 2,192.65 43.983 2,416.98 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,226,654 2,218.924 1,003.48 2,012.975 1,106.15 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 339,711 192.559 1,764.19 174.687 1,944.68 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,864,953 1,425.578 1,308.21 1,293.263 1,442.05 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 339,836 513.158 662.24 465.530 730.00 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 51,146 8.869 5,766.70 8.046 6,356.70 COUNTRY TOTAL 22,191,582 21,663.590 1,024.37 19,652.884 1,129.18 Slovenia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 49,485 32.911 1,503.57 29.857 1,657.40 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,009,880 772.562 1,307.18 700.857 1,440.92 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 40,296 21.109 1,908.93 19.150 2,104.23 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 28,683 24.537 1,168.95 22.260 1,288.54 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,128,344 851.120 1,325.72 772.124 1,461.35 Greece WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,397,583 1,996.382 700.06 1,811.088 771.68 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,397,583 1,996.382 700.06 1,811.088 771.68 Romania PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,097,986 3,786.982 289.94 3,435.494 319.60 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 68,047 25.093 2,711.79 22.764 2,989.24 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 1,662,076 6,092.594 272.80 5,527.110 300.71 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 71,153 28.588 2,488.87 25.935 2,743.51 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,611,345 3,248.822 495.98 2,947.283 546.72 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/05/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,129,800 3,178.582 670.05 2,883.562 738.60 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 482,195 957.027 503.85 868.201 555.40 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 523,899 889.691 588.85 807.115 649.10 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 126,425 155.740 811.77 141.285 894.82 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,772,926 18,363.122 423.29 16,658.749 466.60 Bulgaria BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 7,676,596 27,213.999 282.08 24,688.132 310.94 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,676,596 27,213.999 282.08 24,688.132 310.94 Turkey WIRE RODS..............................3 42,752,737 111,980.467 381.79 101,587.000 420.85 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 182,384 630.668 289.19 572.133 318.78 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 556,249 1,844.662 301.55 1,673.450 332.40 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,904,473 6,412.332 452.95 5,817.172 499.29 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 115,466 278.258 414.96 252.432 457.41 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 41,617,851 77,575.278 536.48 70,375.129 591.37 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 176,841 416.805 424.28 378.120 467.68 TOOL STEEL............................17 31,459 45.415 692.70 41.200 763.57 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 11,444,252 22,811.137 501.70 20,693.922 553.02 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,212,068 5,293.198 417.91 4,801.910 460.66 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 100,008 299.209 334.24 271.438 368.44 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 80,266 240.136 334.25 217.848 368.45 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 572,117 1,455.743 393.01 1,320.629 433.22 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 1,924,776 5,453.511 352.94 4,947.344 389.05 WIRE DRAWN............................23 266,541 266.015 1,001.98 241.325 1,104.49 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 4,559,769 14,670.513 310.81 13,308.870 342.61 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 3,916,708 6,397.218 612.25 5,803.461 674.89 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 94,161 229.635 410.05 208.322 452.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 113,508,126 256,300.210 442.87 232,511.705 488.18 Israel MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 7,500 0.826 9,071.85 0.750 10,000.00 WIRE DRAWN............................23 279,450 583.855 478.63 529.665 527.60 COUNTRY TOTAL 286,950 584.682 490.78 530.415 540.99 Saudi Arabia PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 437,707 1,084.244 403.70 983.610 445.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,022,398 486.752 2,100.45 441.575 2,315.34 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 3,792,806 9,395.173 403.70 8,523.160 445.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,252,911 10,966.170 479.01 9,948.345 528.02 United Arab Emirates IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/05/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,321 1.015 2,286.18 0.921 2,520.09 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 552,589 845.241 653.76 766.790 720.65 WIRE DRAWN............................23 40,046 52.231 766.70 47.384 845.14 COUNTRY TOTAL 594,956 898.488 662.17 815.095 729.92 Oman STANDARD PIPE.........................18 201,761 413.465 487.98 375.090 537.90 COUNTRY TOTAL 201,761 413.465 487.98 375.090 537.90 India INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 95,859 45.114 2,124.80 40.927 2,342.19 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,236,485 3,361.405 367.85 3,049.417 405.48 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 378,219 127.668 2,962.51 115.819 3,265.60 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,317,938 799.039 1,649.40 724.877 1,818.15 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 1,282,464 541.078 2,370.20 490.858 2,612.70 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 4,658 12.287 379.09 11.147 417.87 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 2,138,822 1,097.970 1,947.98 996.062 2,147.28 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,812,267 5,912.896 475.62 5,364.091 524.28 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 967,555 1,685.601 574.01 1,529.152 632.74 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 428,594 1,089.812 393.27 988.662 433.51 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 313,171 358.624 873.26 325.339 962.60 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 96,481 83.344 1,157.62 75.609 1,276.05 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 43,505 20.412 2,131.28 18.518 2,349.34 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 133,908 148.346 902.67 134.578 995.02 WIRE DRAWN............................23 4,037,967 2,520.962 1,601.76 2,286.979 1,765.63 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 107,667 50.769 2,120.72 46.057 2,337.69 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,062,406 1,357.490 782.63 1,231.495 862.70 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 37,992,378 58,092.002 654.00 52,700.193 720.92 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 181,692 303.052 599.54 274.925 660.88 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 326,294 353.656 922.63 320.832 1,017.02 COUNTRY TOTAL 54,958,330 77,961.537 704.94 70,725.537 777.06 Thailand STANDARD PIPE.........................18 3,994,298 10,621.645 376.05 9,635.797 414.53 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 217,787 87.711 2,482.98 79.571 2,737.01 WIRE DRAWN............................23 297,266 126.584 2,348.35 114.836 2,588.61 TIN PLATE.............................29 12,704 20.005 635.01 18.149 699.98 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 11,592 19.847 584.06 18.005 643.82 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 49,717 91.948 540.71 83.414 596.03 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,583,364 10,967.743 417.89 9,949.772 460.65 Vietnam PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 32,660 44.017 741.98 39.932 817.89 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/05/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 32,660 44.017 741.98 39.932 817.89 Malaysia WIRE RODS..............................3 3,656,093 12,257.411 298.28 11,119.740 328.79 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 19,644 40.514 484.87 36.754 534.47 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 706,295 377.801 1,869.49 342.736 2,060.76 WIRE DRAWN............................23 4,595 0.795 5,773.57 0.722 6,364.27 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,386,627 12,676.523 346.04 11,499.952 381.45 Singapore BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 3,149 11.570 272.15 10.497 299.99 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 340,016 135.927 2,501.46 123.311 2,757.39 WIRE DRAWN............................23 18,125 1.620 11,185.53 1.470 12,329.93 COUNTRY TOTAL 361,290 149.118 2,422.84 135.278 2,670.72 Indonesia STANDARD PIPE.........................18 764,249 2,069.980 369.21 1,877.855 406.98 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 1,652,208 4,784.149 345.35 4,340.109 380.68 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 84,104 244.334 344.22 221.657 379.43 WIRE DRAWN............................23 26,547 8.648 3,069.47 7.846 3,383.51 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,527,108 7,107.113 355.57 6,447.467 391.95 Philippines STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,060,413 5,178.635 397.87 4,697.980 438.57 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,060,413 5,178.635 397.87 4,697.980 438.57 China INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 2,500 4.585 545.18 4.160 600.96 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 17,884 30.024 595.64 27.238 656.58 WIRE RODS..............................3 7,858,214 29,108.991 269.96 26,407.240 297.58 STEEL PILING...........................5 15,910 24.179 658.00 21.935 725.32 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 5,560 10.249 542.48 9.298 597.98 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 60,180 92.077 653.58 83.531 720.45 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 30,126 30.939 973.70 28.068 1,073.32 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 314,919 318.444 988.93 288.888 1,090.11 TOOL STEEL............................17 730,142 279.206 2,615.06 253.292 2,882.61 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 4,589,437 9,822.122 467.26 8,910.482 515.06 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 11,426,256 17,520.154 652.18 15,894.021 718.90 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 2,769 0.858 3,224.64 0.779 3,554.56 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 712,434 1,892.230 376.50 1,716.603 415.03 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 38,710 72.123 536.72 65.429 591.63 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 607,410 803.183 756.25 728.636 833.63 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 6,664 6.183 1,077.63 5.610 1,187.88 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 2,942,786 1,009.087 2,916.28 915.429 3,214.65 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/05/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 11,069 8.725 1,268.52 7.916 1,398.31 WIRE DRAWN............................23 5,986,325 8,825.657 678.29 8,006.504 747.68 TIN PLATE.............................29 11,672 20.751 562.48 18.825 620.03 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,987 1.911 1,562.72 1.734 1,722.61 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,945,365 2,043.110 1,931.06 1,853.479 2,128.63 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 57,142 93.086 613.86 84.447 676.66 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 43,135 19.896 2,167.95 18.050 2,389.75 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 49,173 36.759 1,337.68 33.348 1,474.54 COUNTRY TOTAL 39,468,769 72,074.540 547.61 65,384.942 603.64 Korea, South BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 16,320 38.647 422.28 35.060 465.49 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 143,445 261.147 549.29 236.909 605.49 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 541,716 292.112 1,854.48 265.000 2,044.21 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 537,422 1,165.329 461.18 1,057.169 508.36 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 179,315 327.041 548.29 296.687 604.39 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 5,074 5.673 894.32 5.147 985.82 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 55,415 60.878 910.26 55.228 1,003.39 TOOL STEEL............................17 223,173 147.991 1,508.01 134.256 1,662.29 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 938,424 2,124.234 441.77 1,927.074 486.97 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 5,185,350 11,925.632 434.81 10,818.755 479.29 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 818,771 2,292.753 357.11 2,079.952 393.65 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,032,108 3,034.634 340.11 2,752.975 374.91 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 2,911,154 8,627.607 337.42 7,826.836 371.95 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,311,450 3,176.559 412.85 2,881.727 455.09 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 6,718 14.960 449.05 13.572 494.99 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 5,344,999 1,842.694 2,900.64 1,671.665 3,197.41 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 330,883 995.836 332.27 903.408 366.26 WIRE DRAWN............................23 5,119,171 4,327.224 1,183.01 3,925.593 1,304.05 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 12,674,477 31,166.575 406.67 28,273.850 448.28 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,183,741 1,457.371 812.24 1,322.106 895.35 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,759,476 2,791.830 630.22 2,532.707 694.70 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 88,192 186.022 474.09 168.757 522.60 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 1,562,994 3,149.886 496.21 2,857.530 546.97 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 21,177 32.047 660.80 29.073 728.41 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 280,895 445.258 630.86 403.932 695.40 COUNTRY TOTAL 42,271,860 79,889.954 529.13 72,474.968 583.26 Hong Kong STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 19,170 2.733 7,012.39 2.480 7,729.84 WIRE DRAWN............................23 9,600 6.239 1,538.69 5.660 1,696.11 COUNTRY TOTAL 28,770 8.972 3,206.35 8.140 3,534.40 Taiwan BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 4,625 3.186 1,451.31 2.891 1,599.79 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/05/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE WIRE RODS..............................3 3,316,916 1,426.340 2,325.47 1,293.955 2,563.39 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 4,858 1.986 2,445.67 1.802 2,695.89 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 701,778 307.338 2,283.40 278.813 2,517.02 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 246,051 113.675 2,164.50 103.125 2,385.95 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,342,358 586.138 2,290.17 531.736 2,524.48 TOOL STEEL............................17 457,563 326.955 1,399.47 296.609 1,542.65 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,515,495 6,486.419 387.81 5,884.382 427.49 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,858,818 4,105.911 452.72 3,724.821 499.04 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 314,907 887.850 354.68 805.445 390.97 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 142,166 103.673 1,371.29 94.051 1,511.58 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 5,646,509 1,943.442 2,905.42 1,763.062 3,202.67 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 3,406 2.310 1,474.18 2.096 1,625.00 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 761,887 263.164 2,895.10 238.739 3,191.30 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,932,271 1,552.597 1,244.54 1,408.493 1,371.87 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 11,044,581 8,330.244 1,325.84 7,557.073 1,461.49 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 7,393,453 11,993.414 616.46 10,880.246 679.53 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 13,608 20.988 648.37 19.040 714.71 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 3,124,866 5,010.748 623.63 4,545.676 687.44 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 213,528 130.705 1,633.66 118.574 1,800.80 COUNTRY TOTAL 41,039,644 43,597.093 941.34 39,550.629 1,037.65 Japan BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 129,660 199.824 648.87 181.278 715.26 WIRE RODS..............................3 3,697,059 9,957.598 371.28 9,033.384 409.27 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 18,598 4.381 4,244.48 3.975 4,678.74 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 3,034,467 3,016.985 1,005.79 2,736.964 1,108.70 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 975,048 2,176.958 447.89 1,974.904 493.72 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 10,950,611 18,054.633 606.53 16,378.893 668.58 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 53,995 112.383 480.45 101.953 529.61 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 4,700,429 8,266.783 568.59 7,499.502 626.77 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 3,820 0.068 55,894.30 0.062 61,612.90 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 6,618,223 22,111.120 299.32 20,058.877 329.94 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 467,626 369.514 1,265.51 335.218 1,394.99 TOOL STEEL............................17 3,140,581 4,273.113 734.96 3,876.504 810.16 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,841,855 3,252.087 566.36 2,950.245 624.31 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 8,329,176 3,850.559 2,163.11 3,493.170 2,384.42 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 1,778,299 3,468.434 512.71 3,146.512 565.17 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 26,553 71.958 369.00 65.280 406.76 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 5,509,405 4,001.447 1,376.85 3,630.053 1,517.72 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 473,683 570.562 830.20 517.606 915.14 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,038,618 270.902 3,833.91 245.759 4,226.16 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 247,059 91.788 2,691.62 83.269 2,967.00 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 382,247 520.645 734.18 472.322 809.29 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 15,657 27.000 579.89 24.494 639.22 WIRE DRAWN............................23 6,300,937 7,107.346 886.54 6,447.678 977.24 BLACK PLATE...........................28 1,238,372 1,788.510 692.40 1,622.510 763.24 TIN PLATE.............................29 60,232 96.364 625.05 87.420 689.00 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/05/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 915,186 1,597.674 572.82 1,449.386 631.43 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,964,365 5,871.125 504.91 5,326.197 556.56 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,760,692 5,906.172 636.74 5,357.991 701.88 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,566,008 3,167.107 494.46 2,873.152 545.05 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 439,225 638.214 688.21 578.979 758.62 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 906,161 554.604 1,633.89 503.129 1,801.05 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 675,588 920.408 734.01 834.981 809.11 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 64,837 104.665 619.47 94.951 682.85 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 3,217,903 674.195 4,772.95 611.620 5,261.28 COUNTRY TOTAL 75,542,175 113,095.144 667.95 102,598.218 736.29 Australia PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 14,760 6.558 2,250.43 5.950 2,480.67 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 306,298 513.039 597.03 465.422 658.11 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 27,251 20.771 1,311.91 18.844 1,446.14 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 8,940 0.144 61,910.18 0.131 68,244.27 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 78,215 106.167 736.71 96.314 812.08 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 27,373 5.760 4,751.70 5.226 5,237.85 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 4,120 6.268 657.22 5.687 724.46 WIRE DRAWN............................23 154,135 239.557 643.42 217.323 709.24 TIN PLATE.............................29 21,821 39.958 546.09 36.250 601.96 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,543,652 9,342.614 272.26 8,475.480 300.12 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 54,014 12.612 4,282.53 11.442 4,720.68 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,240,579 10,293.456 314.82 9,338.069 347.03 New Zealand PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 170,429 503.381 338.57 456.660 373.21 WIRE DRAWN............................23 147,014 264.365 556.10 239.828 613.00 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,387,968 4,120.636 336.83 3,738.180 371.30 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,705,411 4,888.383 348.87 4,434.668 384.56 Egypt PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 19,077 38.101 500.69 34.565 551.92 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 5,231 6.907 757.34 6.266 834.82 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 65,773 120.143 547.46 108.992 603.47 COUNTRY TOTAL 90,081 165.151 545.44 149.823 601.25 South Africa INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 147,185 105.887 1,390.01 96.060 1,532.22 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,220,655 4,495.843 271.51 4,078.562 299.29 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 46,155 85.998 536.69 78.017 591.60 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,976,095 5,022.370 393.46 4,556.219 433.71 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 787,690 2,549.608 308.95 2,312.967 340.55 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 40,304 92.796 434.32 84.184 478.76 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/05/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,429,179 3,418.999 418.01 3,101.665 460.78 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,759,227 3,582.359 491.08 3,249.863 541.32 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 876,781 2,126.066 412.40 1,928.736 454.59 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 764,468 564.933 1,353.20 512.499 1,491.65 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 22,343 54.144 412.66 49.119 454.87 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,454,747 2,880.916 504.96 2,613.524 556.62 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 49,590 44.052 1,125.70 39.964 1,240.87 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,424,509 3,392.911 419.85 3,077.998 462.80 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 4,246,460 9,626.790 441.11 8,733.280 486.24 COUNTRY TOTAL 16,245,388 38,043.681 427.02 34,512.657 470.71 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 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 2,857 0.113 25,163.37 0.103 27,737.86 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 585,191 345.855 1,692.01 313.755 1,865.12 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 344,443 574.990 599.04 521.623 660.33 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 5,998,973 10,047.458 597.06 9,114.904 658.15 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,619,285 5,078.035 515.81 4,606.718 568.58 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 115,749 40.303 2,871.91 36.563 3,165.74 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 15,225,068 27,504.050 553.56 24,951.262 610.19 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 278,599 480.950 579.27 436.311 638.53 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,290,302 1,283.114 1,005.60 1,164.022 1,108.49 TOOL STEEL............................17 939,117 747.024 1,257.14 677.689 1,385.76 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 46,790 16.062 2,912.93 14.572 3,210.95 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,035,653 2,542.338 800.70 2,306.371 882.62 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 8,649,539 16,367.661 528.45 14,848.497 582.52 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,022,500 1,482.373 689.77 1,344.787 760.34 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 704,405 190.431 3,698.99 172.757 4,077.43 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 518,653 526.596 984.92 477.720 1,085.68 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 15,634 25.196 620.48 22.858 683.96 WIRE DRAWN............................23 600,510 661.060 908.40 599.704 1,001.34 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,980,537 4,328.853 457.52 3,927.071 504.33 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,127,167 3,345.613 635.81 3,035.090 700.86 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 4,428,503 7,748.065 571.56 7,028.929 630.04 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,455,127 1,286.285 1,131.26 1,166.899 1,247.00 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 519,750 1,199.259 433.39 1,087.950 477.73 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 56,262 81.325 691.82 73.777 762.60 COUNTRY TOTAL 51,560,614 85,903.021 600.22 77,929.932 661.63 Mexico INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 396,539 749.813 528.85 680.220 582.96 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 9,114,587 28,366.925 321.31 25,734.049 354.18 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,056,652 4,167.426 493.51 3,780.627 544.00 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 78,159 181.502 430.62 164.656 474.68 TOOL STEEL............................17 107,331 225.955 475.01 204.983 523.61 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 4,056 5.833 695.30 5.292 766.44 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 640,374 676.035 947.25 613.289 1,044.16 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,693,038 1,474.941 1,147.87 1,338.045 1,265.31 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 20,550 39.333 522.45 35.683 575.90 COUNTRY TOTAL 14,111,286 35,887.767 393.21 32,556.844 433.44 Trinidad and Tobago BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,276,555 1,880.929 678.68 1,706.351 748.12 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/05/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 1,276,555 1,880.929 678.68 1,706.351 748.12 Colombia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 552,355 788.268 700.72 715.105 772.41 TOOL STEEL............................17 59,134 68.836 859.06 62.447 946.95 COUNTRY TOTAL 611,489 857.104 713.44 777.552 786.43 Venezuela MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 126,868 119.726 1,059.65 108.614 1,168.06 WIRE DRAWN............................23 8,363 15.712 532.26 14.254 586.71 COUNTRY TOTAL 135,231 135.438 998.47 122.868 1,100.62 Brazil INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 558,177 1,577.651 353.80 1,431.222 390.00 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 300,934 721.429 417.14 654.470 459.81 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 37,729 35.764 1,054.93 32.445 1,162.86 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 18,819 17.322 1,086.37 15.715 1,197.52 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,856,484 1,144.411 1,622.22 1,038.193 1,788.19 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 758,918 1,149.252 660.36 1,042.585 727.92 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 127,030 161.026 788.88 146.081 869.59 WIRE DRAWN............................23 4,277 8.107 527.54 7.355 581.51 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 405,397 818.690 495.18 742.704 545.84 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 11,507 23.585 487.89 21.396 537.81 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,079,272 5,657.243 721.07 5,132.166 794.84 Argentina MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 51,635 41.064 1,257.42 37.253 1,386.06 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 471,929 261.966 1,801.49 237.652 1,985.80 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 24,353 15.186 1,603.59 13.777 1,767.66 COUNTRY TOTAL 547,917 318.217 1,721.83 288.682 1,898.00 Sweden PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,319,026 3,101.340 747.75 2,813.490 824.25 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 8,469 5.788 1,463.14 5.251 1,612.84 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 906,768 522.880 1,734.18 474.349 1,911.61 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 16,623 8.502 1,955.16 7.713 2,155.19 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,541,844 959.744 1,606.51 870.666 1,770.88 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 831,235 682.851 1,217.30 619.473 1,341.84 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 223,644 250.015 894.52 226.810 986.04 WIRE DRAWN............................23 164,298 171.532 957.82 155.612 1,055.82 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 151,127 138.971 1,087.47 126.073 1,198.73 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 386,931 406.125 952.74 368.431 1,050.21 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 801,479 231.796 3,457.69 210.282 3,811.45 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/05/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 7,351,444 6,479.549 1,134.56 5,878.150 1,250.64 Norway MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 3,534 3.909 903.86 3.547 996.33 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,534 3.909 903.86 3.547 996.33 Finland STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 742,479 226.196 3,282.45 205.202 3,618.28 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 84,157 169.634 496.11 153.890 546.86 COUNTRY TOTAL 826,636 395.831 2,088.36 359.092 2,302.02 United Kingdom BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 156,647 216.814 722.49 196.691 796.41 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,836,812 5,526.019 513.36 5,013.122 565.88 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 775,014 582.528 1,330.43 528.461 1,466.55 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,170,722 1,385.612 844.91 1,257.007 931.36 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,072,818 865.997 1,238.82 785.620 1,365.57 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,199,684 375.900 3,191.50 341.011 3,518.02 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 175,533 12.986 13,516.76 11.781 14,899.67 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 9,885 16.475 599.99 14.946 661.38 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 628,136 439.889 1,427.94 399.061 1,574.04 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 8,434 3.319 2,541.08 3.011 2,801.06 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 25,550 28.164 907.18 25.550 1,000.00 WIRE DRAWN............................23 120,189 6.749 17,807.23 6.123 19,629.10 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 50,017 18.942 2,640.52 17.184 2,910.67 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 597,389 779.320 766.55 706.988 844.98 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 9,863 3.993 2,469.66 3.623 2,722.33 COUNTRY TOTAL 8,836,693 10,262.712 861.05 9,310.179 949.14 Ireland PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 16,388 6.450 2,540.49 5.852 2,800.41 COUNTRY TOTAL 16,388 6.450 2,540.49 5.852 2,800.41 Netherlands PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 742,227 2,057.892 360.67 1,866.889 397.57 TOOL STEEL............................17 229,954 256.618 896.09 232.800 987.77 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 16,453 3.979 4,134.60 3.610 4,557.62 WIRE DRAWN............................23 30,150 2.366 12,739.46 2.147 14,042.85 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 509,753 1,331.544 382.83 1,207.957 422.00 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 413,947 875.947 472.57 794.646 520.92 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 85,852 155.538 551.97 141.102 608.44 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 7,429 4.314 1,721.89 3.914 1,898.06 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,035,765 4,688.200 434.23 4,253.065 478.66 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/05/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Belgium PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 537,443 276.564 1,943.28 250.895 2,142.10 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 72,603 82.519 879.83 74.860 969.85 TOOL STEEL............................17 22,945 18.710 1,226.31 16.974 1,351.77 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 6,596 0.104 62,987.29 0.095 69,431.58 COUNTRY TOTAL 639,587 377.898 1,692.48 342.824 1,865.64 France BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 993,287 797.793 1,245.04 723.746 1,372.42 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,104,536 2,004.380 551.06 1,818.344 607.44 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,173,758 2,668.115 439.92 2,420.474 484.93 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 729,201 1,133.234 643.47 1,028.053 709.30 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 2,496,211 3,083.619 809.51 2,797.413 892.33 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,440,384 800.908 1,798.44 726.572 1,982.44 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 190,732 159.973 1,192.27 145.126 1,314.25 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 284,037 248.857 1,141.36 225.760 1,258.14 WIRE DRAWN............................23 98,787 48.833 2,022.94 44.301 2,229.90 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,938,104 3,489.984 555.33 3,166.062 612.15 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 323,027 413.819 780.60 375.411 860.46 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 357,606 657.392 543.98 596.377 599.63 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,245,120 132.872 9,370.78 120.540 10,329.52 COUNTRY TOTAL 12,374,790 15,639.785 791.24 14,188.179 872.19 Federal Republic of Germany BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 2,099,082 4,043.164 519.17 3,667.898 572.28 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 76,733 108.008 710.43 97.984 783.12 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 961,648 263.623 3,647.81 239.155 4,021.02 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 187,009 157.252 1,189.23 142.657 1,310.90 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,367,863 901.254 1,517.73 817.605 1,673.01 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 42,632 11.863 3,593.67 10.762 3,961.35 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,449,151 2,655.916 545.63 2,409.408 601.46 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 206,803 93.856 2,203.40 85.145 2,428.83 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 79,713 40.358 1,975.10 36.613 2,177.18 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 488,941 568.545 859.99 515.776 947.97 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 1,556,708 1,480.606 1,051.40 1,343.184 1,158.97 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 11,461 0.264 43,321.86 0.240 47,754.17 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 42,061 21.207 1,983.32 19.239 2,186.24 WIRE DRAWN............................23 562,501 156.788 3,587.65 142.236 3,954.70 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 3,361 2.034 1,651.71 1.846 1,820.69 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 617,565 945.187 653.38 857.460 720.23 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 799,067 1,851.405 431.60 1,679.567 475.76 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,086,159 1,831.567 593.02 1,661.571 653.69 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 1,463,025 1,902.982 768.81 1,726.357 847.46 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,993,883 925.661 2,154.01 839.746 2,374.39 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/05/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 15,095,366 17,961.550 840.43 16,294.449 926.41 Austria PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 64,188 124.924 513.81 113.330 566.38 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 97,055 57.885 1,676.67 52.513 1,848.21 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 148,310 40.014 3,706.36 36.301 4,085.56 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 13,721 1.019 13,456.74 0.925 14,833.51 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,993,296 828.530 2,405.82 751.630 2,651.96 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,903,287 2,845.372 668.91 2,581.279 737.34 WIRE DRAWN............................23 167,718 36.615 4,580.52 33.217 5,049.16 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 309,832 628.670 492.84 570.320 543.26 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 345,777 60.025 5,760.53 54.454 6,349.89 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,043,184 4,623.058 1,090.88 4,193.969 1,202.48 Czech Republic BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,354,602 2,548.341 531.56 2,311.817 585.95 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 529,709 1,002.986 528.13 909.894 582.17 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 56,358 109.194 516.12 99.060 568.93 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,940,669 3,660.522 530.16 3,320.771 584.40 Switzerland PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 11,495 19.798 580.60 17.961 640.00 TOOL STEEL............................17 138,428 92.852 1,490.84 84.234 1,643.37 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 165,804 98.617 1,681.29 89.464 1,853.30 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 42,750 28.770 1,485.91 26.100 1,637.93 COUNTRY TOTAL 358,477 240.038 1,493.42 217.759 1,646.21 Latvia BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 8,609,757 29,328.560 293.56 26,606.430 323.60 COUNTRY TOTAL 8,609,757 29,328.560 293.56 26,606.430 323.60 Poland PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,210,224 2,750.948 439.93 2,495.619 484.94 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 4,805 4.960 968.67 4.500 1,067.78 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 316,210 382.248 827.24 346.770 911.87 TOOL STEEL............................17 14,445 21.197 681.45 19.230 751.17 WIRE DRAWN............................23 350,660 476.190 736.39 431.993 811.73 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 14,372 20.954 685.85 19.010 756.02 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,910,716 3,656.500 522.55 3,317.122 576.02 Russia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 223,355 402.991 554.24 365.588 610.95 TOOL STEEL............................17 373,027 282.643 1,319.78 256.410 1,454.81 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/05/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 2,495,020 2,759.282 904.23 2,503.180 996.74 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,091,402 3,444.918 897.38 3,125.178 989.19 Ukraine BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,533,395 3,155.838 485.89 2,862.929 535.60 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,668,171 665.940 2,504.99 604.131 2,761.27 TOOL STEEL............................17 334,434 64.939 5,149.94 58.912 5,676.84 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 82,696 171.820 481.29 155.873 530.53 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 763,798 1,586.968 481.29 1,439.674 530.54 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,382,494 5,645.506 776.28 5,121.519 855.70 Spain BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 275,866 239.912 1,149.86 217.645 1,267.50 TOOL STEEL............................17 169,811 140.556 1,208.13 127.511 1,331.74 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 71,015 66.640 1,065.65 60.455 1,174.68 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,201,797 1,549.729 775.49 1,405.891 854.83 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 145,752 186.525 781.41 169.213 861.35 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 66,976 38.030 1,761.10 34.501 1,941.28 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 3,691 1.452 2,540.53 1.318 2,800.46 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 2,831,985 5,141.136 550.85 4,663.962 607.21 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,766,893 7,363.984 647.33 6,680.496 713.55 Italy BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 185,882 74.355 2,499.92 67.454 2,755.69 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 40,767 0.524 77,695.82 0.476 85,644.96 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,705,701 144.936 11,768.63 131.484 12,972.69 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 12,078 13.045 925.81 11.835 1,020.53 TOOL STEEL............................17 118,944 191.591 620.82 173.809 684.34 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 99,484 52.745 1,886.11 47.850 2,079.08 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 112,660 42.291 2,663.91 38.366 2,936.45 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 284,098 192.925 1,472.58 175.019 1,623.24 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 11,169 4.769 2,341.66 4.327 2,581.23 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 99,161 40.631 2,440.51 36.860 2,690.21 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,408,571 1,396.257 1,008.82 1,266.664 1,112.03 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,078,515 2,154.074 1,893.40 1,954.144 2,087.11 Slovenia TOOL STEEL............................17 1,009,880 772.562 1,307.18 700.857 1,440.92 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 28,683 24.537 1,168.95 22.260 1,288.54 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,038,563 797.099 1,302.93 723.117 1,436.23 Romania OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 544,828 743.398 732.89 674.400 807.87 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/05/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 365,487 697.546 523.96 632.804 577.57 COUNTRY TOTAL 910,315 1,440.945 631.75 1,307.204 696.38 Turkey BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,470,837 2,550.742 576.63 2,313.995 635.63 TOOL STEEL............................17 31,459 45.415 692.70 41.200 763.57 WIRE DRAWN............................23 211,382 192.846 1,096.12 174.947 1,208.26 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,713,678 2,789.003 614.44 2,530.142 677.31 India BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 350,604 161.895 2,165.62 146.869 2,387.19 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 12,600 1.015 12,411.00 0.921 13,680.78 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 619,861 1,141.726 542.92 1,035.757 598.46 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 32,770 37.122 882.75 33.677 973.07 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 27,607 25.413 1,086.30 23.055 1,197.44 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,043,442 1,367.173 763.21 1,240.279 841.30 Singapore WIRE DRAWN............................23 18,125 1.620 11,185.53 1.470 12,329.93 COUNTRY TOTAL 18,125 1.620 11,185.53 1.470 12,329.93 China PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 3,285 2.649 1,239.64 2.404 1,366.47 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 23,419 20.713 1,130.61 18.791 1,246.29 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 101,878 76.500 1,331.73 69.400 1,467.98 TOOL STEEL............................17 730,142 279.206 2,615.06 253.292 2,882.61 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 5,557,412 7,242.650 767.32 6,570.424 845.82 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 3,674 6.123 600.00 5.555 661.39 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 85,898 119.653 717.89 108.548 791.34 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 11,069 8.725 1,268.52 7.916 1,398.31 WIRE DRAWN............................23 115,070 126.163 912.07 114.454 1,005.38 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,375 2.663 1,267.28 2.416 1,396.94 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,635,222 7,885.051 841.49 7,153.200 927.59 Korea, South BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 27,195 60.145 452.15 54.563 498.41 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 7,809 6.250 1,249.42 5.670 1,377.25 TOOL STEEL............................17 223,173 147.991 1,508.01 134.256 1,662.29 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,256,197 1,445.073 869.30 1,310.949 958.23 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 7,653 5.829 1,312.91 5.288 1,447.24 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,522,027 1,665.289 913.97 1,510.726 1,007.48 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/05/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Taiwan BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 12,334 8.735 1,411.89 7.925 1,556.34 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 26,495 18.243 1,452.32 16.550 1,600.91 TOOL STEEL............................17 457,563 326.955 1,399.47 296.609 1,542.65 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 37,449 21.931 1,707.54 19.896 1,882.24 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 3,406 2.310 1,474.18 2.096 1,625.00 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 761,887 263.164 2,895.10 238.739 3,191.30 WIRE DRAWN............................23 100,226 170.323 588.44 154.515 648.65 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,399,360 811.664 1,724.06 736.330 1,900.45 Japan BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 82,623 197.670 417.98 179.324 460.75 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,463,547 2,691.714 915.23 2,441.883 1,008.87 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 957,170 2,147.412 445.73 1,948.100 491.34 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 1,949,434 2,923.915 666.72 2,652.532 734.93 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 4,079,146 7,216.155 565.28 6,546.388 623.11 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 205,494 190.976 1,076.02 173.251 1,186.11 TOOL STEEL............................17 3,140,581 4,273.113 734.96 3,876.504 810.16 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 296,896 232.770 1,275.49 211.166 1,405.98 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 8,040,588 3,407.900 2,359.40 3,091.596 2,600.79 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 422,861 570.193 741.61 517.271 817.48 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 3,461,129 2,692.975 1,285.24 2,443.027 1,416.74 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 268,208 175.690 1,526.59 159.384 1,682.78 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 4,700 1.849 2,540.98 1.678 2,800.95 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 195,418 136.105 1,435.78 123.473 1,582.68 WIRE DRAWN............................23 3,009,149 3,189.152 943.56 2,893.151 1,040.09 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,643,936 5,591.444 472.85 5,072.475 521.23 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,968,884 3,067.433 641.87 2,782.730 707.54 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,105,399 2,146.378 515.01 1,947.162 567.70 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 351,953 539.845 651.95 489.740 718.65 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 675,588 920.408 734.01 834.981 809.11 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 174,204 43.546 4,000.39 39.505 4,409.67 COUNTRY TOTAL 35,496,908 42,356.654 838.05 38,425.321 923.79 Australia SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 54,014 12.612 4,282.53 11.442 4,720.68 COUNTRY TOTAL 54,014 12.612 4,282.53 11.442 4,720.68 South Africa INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 147,185 105.887 1,390.01 96.060 1,532.22 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 327,026 1,067.819 306.26 968.710 337.59 COUNTRY TOTAL 474,211 1,173.707 404.03 1,064.770 445.36 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/05/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 11,272 23.988 469.89 21.762 517.97 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 5,648,279 15,482.382 364.82 14,045.385 402.14 WIRE RODS..............................3 23,247,808 44,139.827 526.69 40,042.989 580.57 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 6,741,052 11,564.610 582.90 10,491.241 642.54 STEEL PILING...........................5 1,100,747 1,827.163 602.43 1,657.575 664.07 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 5,116,155 9,866.273 518.55 8,950.535 571.60 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 7,429,032 16,195.971 458.70 14,692.742 505.63 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 188,615 447.114 421.85 405.616 465.01 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 179,452 234.689 764.64 212.907 842.87 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 20,311,655 34,462.614 589.38 31,263.967 649.68 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 5,407,322 9,047.066 597.69 8,207.363 658.84 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 57,418 79.320 723.88 71.958 797.94 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 6,441,738 8,134.440 791.91 7,379.442 872.93 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 24,028,717 29,817.965 805.85 27,050.411 888.29 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,625,103 3,124.260 840.23 2,834.282 926.20 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 114,547 144.733 791.43 131.300 872.41 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 217,233 142.874 1,520.44 129.614 1,676.00 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 11,680,974 11,517.062 1,014.23 10,448.106 1,118.00 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 468,526 1,688.655 277.46 1,531.923 305.84 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 725,915 403.188 1,800.43 365.767 1,984.64 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 23,351,008 28,779.395 811.38 26,108.236 894.39 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 74,844 115.939 645.54 105.179 711.59 WIRE DRAWN............................23 19,796,413 25,582.602 773.82 23,208.153 852.99 BLACK PLATE...........................28 53,992 95.500 565.36 86.637 623.20 TIN PLATE.............................29 6,595,849 11,109.337 593.72 10,078.224 654.47 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 2,323,876 3,384.728 686.58 3,070.575 756.82 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 19,029,891 41,736.658 455.95 37,862.870 502.60 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 13,677,446 23,725.419 576.49 21,523.345 635.47 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 24,344,084 41,238.023 590.33 37,410.516 650.73 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 43,748 66.118 661.66 59.982 729.35 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 6,962,056 8,632.573 806.49 7,831.341 889.00 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 3,995,605 8,125.588 491.73 7,371.412 542.04 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,955,183 2,659.831 735.08 2,412.959 810.28 COUNTRY TOTAL 243,945,555 393,595.921 619.79 357,064.313 683.20 Mexico INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 14,701 13.975 1,051.94 12.678 1,159.57 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 36,010,948 111,917.289 321.76 101,529.686 354.68 WIRE RODS..............................3 2,605,292 6,410.809 406.39 5,815.790 447.97 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 888,440 1,697.550 523.37 1,539.992 576.91 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 250,480 505.530 495.48 458.610 546.17 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 992,210 2,597.077 382.05 2,356.030 421.14 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/05/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,694,490 5,379.982 500.84 4,880.639 552.08 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 2,205,435 5,466.208 403.47 4,958.862 444.75 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 5,042,466 11,716.043 430.39 10,628.619 474.42 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 26,565 39.722 668.76 36.036 737.18 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,713,368 3,106.592 873.42 2,818.254 962.78 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 390,020 571.709 682.20 518.646 752.00 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 23,227 20.916 1,110.47 18.975 1,224.08 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,956,921 3,772.045 783.90 3,421.943 864.11 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 2,174,419 3,397.719 639.96 3,082.360 705.44 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 8,870,349 12,436.130 713.27 11,281.871 786.25 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 790,711 666.363 1,186.61 604.515 1,308.01 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 324,977 175.913 1,847.37 159.586 2,036.38 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 2,859,333 3,344.870 854.84 3,034.416 942.30 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 154,355 136.642 1,129.63 123.960 1,245.20 WIRE DRAWN............................23 6,215,070 9,183.665 676.75 8,331.284 745.99 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 7,337,237 15,858.292 462.68 14,386.405 510.01 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 5,791,595 11,376.443 509.09 10,320.539 561.17 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 13,865,833 20,025.273 692.42 18,166.628 763.26 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 5,274,443 6,777.459 778.23 6,148.410 857.85 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 358,902 619.028 579.78 561.573 639.10 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 681,593 808.799 842.72 733.731 928.94 COUNTRY TOTAL 111,513,380 238,022.056 468.50 215,930.038 516.43 Guatemala STANDARD PIPE.........................18 212,472 293.106 724.90 265.902 799.06 COUNTRY TOTAL 212,472 293.106 724.90 265.902 799.06 Costa Rica SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 13,469 23.999 561.22 21.772 618.64 COUNTRY TOTAL 13,469 23.999 561.22 21.772 618.64 Dominican Republic BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 2,826,173 8,055.955 350.82 7,308.242 386.71 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 90,419 144.810 624.39 131.370 688.28 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 53,328 50.388 1,058.33 45.712 1,166.61 WIRE DRAWN............................23 63,121 108.136 583.71 98.100 643.44 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,033,041 8,359.291 362.83 7,583.424 399.96 Trinidad and Tobago WIRE RODS..............................3 13,884,323 41,955.654 330.93 38,061.540 364.79 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 1,862,500 5,512.090 337.89 5,000.486 372.46 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 12,626 17.636 715.88 16.000 789.13 COUNTRY TOTAL 15,759,449 47,485.381 331.88 43,078.026 365.83 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/05/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Colombia STANDARD PIPE.........................18 529,251 439.366 1,204.58 398.587 1,327.82 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,896,564 2,274.095 833.99 2,063.025 919.31 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 107,590 195.885 549.25 177.704 605.45 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,533,405 2,909.347 870.78 2,639.316 959.87 Venezuela WIRE RODS..............................3 2,128,159 6,832.399 311.48 6,198.250 343.35 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 9,262 10.115 915.59 9.177 1,009.26 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 709,160 1,144.982 619.36 1,038.711 682.73 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,653,131 3,788.038 436.41 3,436.452 481.06 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 192,070 447.705 429.01 406.152 472.90 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 430,284 1,060.872 405.59 962.408 447.09 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 28,801 39.398 731.01 35.742 805.80 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,150,803 1,776.163 647.91 1,611.309 714.20 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 39,557 123.513 320.26 112.050 353.03 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 382,677 709.182 539.60 643.360 594.81 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,723,904 15,932.374 422.03 14,453.611 465.21 Ecuador WIRE DRAWN............................23 20,589 30.504 674.96 27.673 744.01 COUNTRY TOTAL 20,589 30.504 674.96 27.673 744.01 Chile STANDARD PIPE.........................18 17,313 25.264 685.26 22.920 755.37 WIRE DRAWN............................23 223,741 349.933 639.38 317.454 704.80 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 71,153 104.467 681.10 94.771 750.79 COUNTRY TOTAL 312,207 479.665 650.89 435.145 717.48 Brazil INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 1,560,052 5,211.098 299.37 4,727.430 330.00 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 32,125,421 112,458.946 285.66 102,021.069 314.89 WIRE RODS..............................3 2,736,849 9,741.271 280.95 8,837.135 309.70 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 166,965 595.822 280.23 540.521 308.90 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 9,141 9.286 984.28 8.425 1,084.99 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 36,854 153.584 239.96 139.330 264.51 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 2,648,819 7,895.204 335.50 7,162.411 369.82 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 9,553 15.757 606.25 14.295 668.28 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 110,885 276.938 400.40 251.234 441.36 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,362,794 2,806.466 485.59 2,545.984 535.27 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 2,242,164 4,121.806 543.98 3,739.241 599.63 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 288,817 549.589 525.51 498.579 579.28 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 57,083 148.636 384.04 134.841 423.34 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/05/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 862,479 1,828.742 471.62 1,659.008 519.88 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 163,311 223.956 729.21 203.170 803.81 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 23,092 58.824 392.56 53.365 432.72 WIRE DRAWN............................23 813,073 1,437.976 565.43 1,304.511 623.28 TIN PLATE.............................29 62,828 104.998 598.37 95.253 659.59 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 144,556 275.800 524.13 250.202 577.76 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 12,755 2.846 4,481.47 2.582 4,939.97 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 9,853 18.191 541.63 16.503 597.04 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 627,461 1,131.478 554.55 1,026.460 611.29 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 38,188 38.578 989.87 34.998 1,091.15 COUNTRY TOTAL 46,112,993 149,105.802 309.26 135,266.547 340.90 Argentina WIRE RODS..............................3 175,962 566.350 310.69 513.785 342.48 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,262,481 5,877.015 384.97 5,331.540 424.36 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 250,255 380.925 656.97 345.570 724.18 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 85,982 79.687 1,078.99 72.291 1,189.39 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 203,651 155.727 1,307.74 141.274 1,441.53 WIRE DRAWN............................23 301,707 806.273 374.20 731.439 412.48 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,371,315 3,824.009 358.61 3,469.084 395.30 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,413,192 3,445.732 410.13 3,125.917 452.09 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 992,791 2,428.580 408.79 2,203.172 450.62 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,057,336 17,564.302 401.80 15,934.072 442.91 Sweden WIRE RODS..............................3 24,981 21.829 1,144.39 19.803 1,261.48 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 27,694 17.090 1,620.46 15.504 1,786.25 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 3,614 2.823 1,280.19 2.561 1,411.17 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 132,918 84.924 1,565.14 77.042 1,725.27 WIRE DRAWN............................23 358,328 213.339 1,679.62 193.538 1,851.46 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 256,879 204.200 1,257.97 185.248 1,386.68 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 35,263 38.770 909.53 35.172 1,002.59 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 716,696 238.674 3,002.82 216.522 3,310.04 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,556,373 821.651 1,894.20 745.390 2,088.00 Norway STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 899,376 1,922.476 467.82 1,744.042 515.68 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 70,737 160.979 439.42 146.038 484.37 COUNTRY TOTAL 970,113 2,083.455 465.63 1,890.080 513.27 Finland STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 28,322 6.698 4,227.96 6.077 4,660.52 WIRE DRAWN............................23 130,141 195.219 666.64 177.100 734.84 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 137,820 281.794 489.08 255.640 539.12 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/05/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 296,283 483.712 612.52 438.817 675.19 Denmark STANDARD PIPE.........................18 16,521 3.230 5,113.48 2.931 5,636.64 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 9,452 1.200 7,873.93 1.089 8,679.52 COUNTRY TOTAL 25,973 4.431 5,861.27 4.020 6,460.95 United Kingdom BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 26,483 44.092 600.62 40.000 662.08 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,433,097 4,049.756 353.87 3,673.878 390.08 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,603,142 6,427.050 405.03 5,830.524 446.47 STEEL PILING...........................5 1,095,146 3,282.698 333.61 2,978.015 367.74 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 9,305,445 18,670.156 498.41 16,937.286 549.41 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 2,234,148 2,626.801 850.52 2,382.995 937.54 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 31,404 11.833 2,653.86 10.735 2,925.38 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 384,297 784.434 489.90 711.627 540.03 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 1,042,661 2,180.494 478.18 1,978.112 527.10 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 5,736 0.468 12,243.80 0.425 13,496.47 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 4,621 0.006 698,683.64 0.006 770,166.67 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 26,106 35.930 726.56 32.596 800.90 WIRE DRAWN............................23 964,970 1,261.336 765.04 1,144.266 843.31 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 4,365 3.527 1,237.46 3.200 1,364.06 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 9,431 2.629 3,587.28 2.385 3,954.30 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 25,446 37.291 682.36 33.830 752.17 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 660,625 406.785 1,624.01 369.030 1,790.17 COUNTRY TOTAL 19,857,123 39,825.294 498.61 36,128.910 549.62 Ireland PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 5,135 2.830 1,814.02 2.568 1,999.61 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,135 2.830 1,814.02 2.568 1,999.61 Netherlands BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 4,497 16.523 272.16 14.990 300.00 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,018,639 6,200.489 325.56 5,624.991 358.87 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 557,555 818.245 681.40 742.300 751.12 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 25,938 19.236 1,348.38 17.451 1,486.33 WIRE DRAWN............................23 13,917 19.586 710.52 17.769 783.22 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 1,275,570 1,716.638 743.06 1,557.309 819.09 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 5,239,060 15,164.946 345.47 13,757.412 380.82 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 890,256 2,052.925 433.65 1,862.383 478.02 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 100,620 183.917 547.09 166.847 603.07 COUNTRY TOTAL 10,126,052 26,192.509 386.60 23,761.452 426.15 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/05/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Belgium BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 4,838,413 12,467.249 388.09 11,310.102 427.80 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 157,308 235.989 666.59 214.086 734.79 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 469,183 947.638 495.11 859.683 545.76 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,704,366 5,923.907 456.52 5,374.080 503.22 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 31,752 23.177 1,369.97 21.026 1,510.13 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 12,865 8.290 1,551.78 7.521 1,710.54 WIRE DRAWN............................23 948,855 934.635 1,015.21 847.887 1,119.08 TIN PLATE.............................29 114,008 217.145 525.03 196.991 578.75 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 4,427,152 10,151.413 436.11 9,209.210 480.73 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,086,717 9,071.920 340.25 8,229.910 375.06 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 353,360 609.876 579.40 553.271 638.67 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 944,569 1,816.222 520.07 1,647.650 573.28 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 65,696 60.662 1,082.98 55.032 1,193.78 COUNTRY TOTAL 18,154,244 42,468.128 427.48 38,526.449 471.22 Luxembourg STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 3,406,020 6,893.198 494.11 6,253.406 544.67 STEEL PILING...........................5 6,561,362 12,791.427 512.95 11,604.191 565.43 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 135,616 274.741 493.61 249.241 544.12 WIRE DRAWN............................23 377,837 467.694 807.87 424.285 890.53 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 458,830 1,071.476 428.22 972.027 472.03 COUNTRY TOTAL 10,939,665 21,498.536 508.86 19,503.150 560.92 France PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,373,475 4,095.140 335.39 3,715.050 369.71 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 2,002,005 5,764.793 347.28 5,229.734 382.81 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 3,288 3.988 824.44 3.618 908.79 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 277,543 356.759 777.96 323.647 857.55 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 81,053 120.225 674.17 109.067 743.15 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 23,100 20.194 1,143.89 18.320 1,260.92 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 358,079 619.884 577.65 562.350 636.75 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 981,986 1,735.973 565.67 1,574.849 623.54 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 319,983 415.311 770.47 376.764 849.29 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 534,705 621.695 860.08 563.993 948.07 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,002,859 1,000.662 1,002.20 907.786 1,104.73 BLACK PLATE...........................28 729,300 1,670.199 436.65 1,515.180 481.33 TIN PLATE.............................29 210,186 436.860 481.13 396.313 530.35 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 6,805,519 19,930.406 341.46 18,080.566 376.40 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 28,875 53.474 539.98 48.511 595.23 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 28,214 8.564 3,294.12 7.770 3,631.15 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 186,141 104.172 1,786.85 94.504 1,969.66 COUNTRY TOTAL 14,946,311 36,958.307 404.41 33,528.022 445.79 Federal Republic of Germany IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/05/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 4,905,399 17,020.869 288.20 15,441.077 317.69 WIRE RODS..............................3 2,383,091 6,071.233 392.52 5,507.732 432.68 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,286,496 4,636.141 493.19 4,205.838 543.65 STEEL PILING...........................5 117,021 230.443 507.81 209.055 559.76 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 717,695 1,187.201 604.53 1,077.011 666.38 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 119,832 481.037 249.11 436.390 274.60 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 18,038 37.495 481.08 34.015 530.30 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 214,400 535.166 400.62 485.495 441.61 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 1,131,343 2,775.926 407.56 2,518.279 449.25 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 681,599 762.847 893.49 692.044 984.91 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 247,439 207.379 1,193.17 188.132 1,315.24 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,555,204 2,592.965 985.44 2,352.299 1,086.26 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 760,074 813.390 934.45 737.896 1,030.06 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 14,755 24.667 598.16 22.378 659.35 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,134,644 1,077.514 1,053.02 977.505 1,160.76 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 645,564 586.203 1,101.26 531.795 1,213.93 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 49,394 34.222 1,443.33 31.046 1,590.99 WIRE DRAWN............................23 805,215 725.926 1,109.22 658.550 1,222.71 BLACK PLATE...........................28 286,457 388.397 737.54 352.348 812.99 TIN PLATE.............................29 4,550,057 8,004.256 568.45 7,261.341 626.61 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 210,195 336.574 624.51 305.335 688.41 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 7,557 23.402 322.92 21.230 355.96 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 92,117 125.914 731.58 114.228 806.43 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 31,055 42.140 736.94 38.229 812.34 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 465,963 810.631 574.81 735.393 633.62 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 491,269 241.139 2,037.28 218.758 2,245.72 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 62,323 118.415 526.31 107.425 580.15 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,728,100 1,124.509 1,536.76 1,020.138 1,693.99 COUNTRY TOTAL 26,712,296 51,016.013 523.61 46,280.962 577.18 Austria RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 285,193 489.815 582.25 444.353 641.82 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 4,901 3.959 1,237.78 3.592 1,364.42 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 4,303,192 5,908.683 728.28 5,360.269 802.79 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,016,274 3,832.953 526.04 3,477.198 579.86 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 162,176 68.862 2,355.07 62.471 2,596.02 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 210,839 203.914 1,033.96 184.988 1,139.74 WIRE DRAWN............................23 134,683 58.163 2,315.60 52.765 2,552.51 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 362,933 931.607 389.58 845.140 429.44 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 530,600 713.544 743.61 647.317 819.69 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 17,934 15.022 1,193.83 13.628 1,315.97 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 599,434 99.086 6,049.59 89.890 6,668.53 COUNTRY TOTAL 8,628,159 12,325.612 700.02 11,181.611 771.64 Czech Republic PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 295,913 677.452 436.80 614.575 481.49 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/05/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 799,558 2,187.420 365.53 1,984.395 402.92 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 546,727 1,303.016 419.59 1,182.077 462.51 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 213,337 349.818 609.85 317.350 672.25 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 520,237 1,131.342 459.84 1,026.337 506.89 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 1,700,512 1,892.841 898.39 1,717.157 990.31 WIRE DRAWN............................23 30,100 31.997 940.69 29.028 1,036.93 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,106,384 7,573.889 542.18 6,870.919 597.65 Slovakia STANDARD PIPE.........................18 94,616 128.668 735.35 116.726 810.58 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 79,395 126.783 626.23 115.016 690.30 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 37,365 18.334 2,037.93 16.633 2,246.44 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 199,059 219.681 906.12 199.292 998.83 COUNTRY TOTAL 410,435 493.468 831.74 447.667 916.83 Hungary PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 114,015 375.166 303.91 340.345 335.00 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 213,189 810.341 263.09 735.130 290.00 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 675,223 2,546.757 265.13 2,310.380 292.26 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,002,427 3,732.265 268.58 3,385.855 296.06 Switzerland STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 4,538 1.895 2,393.49 1.720 2,638.37 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 15,908 9.691 1,641.44 8.792 1,809.37 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 4,752 0.545 8,708.98 0.495 9,600.00 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 941,003 447.801 2,101.38 406.239 2,316.38 WIRE DRAWN............................23 3,154 0.030 102,187.91 0.028 112,642.86 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 129,410 85.592 1,511.94 77.648 1,666.62 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,098,765 545.557 2,014.02 494.922 2,220.08 Estonia SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 4,270,597 6,812.789 626.85 6,180.460 690.98 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,270,597 6,812.789 626.85 6,180.460 690.98 Poland WIRE RODS..............................3 3,447,730 11,127.108 309.85 10,094.346 341.55 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,186,316 3,585.959 330.82 3,253.129 364.67 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 2,061,813 6,835.364 301.64 6,200.940 332.50 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 138,004 217.516 634.45 197.328 699.36 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 22,708 43.914 517.09 39.839 569.99 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 201,764 315.264 639.98 286.003 705.46 WIRE DRAWN............................23 165,470 219.952 752.30 199.538 829.27 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/05/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 7,223,805 22,345.081 323.28 20,271.123 356.36 Russia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 14,940,213 58,961.125 253.39 53,488.648 279.32 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 9,568,885 31,393.211 304.81 28,479.450 335.99 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 12,398 15.268 812.02 13.851 895.10 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 2,190,922 7,891.083 277.65 7,158.673 306.05 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 810,502 1,813.312 446.97 1,645.010 492.70 WIRE DRAWN............................23 398,638 976.481 408.24 885.849 450.01 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 11,137,042 38,232.069 291.30 34,683.560 321.10 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 7,580,848 10,861.577 697.95 9,853.460 769.36 COUNTRY TOTAL 46,639,448 150,144.128 310.63 136,208.501 342.41 Belarus WIRE DRAWN............................23 336,679 434.319 775.19 394.008 854.50 COUNTRY TOTAL 336,679 434.319 775.19 394.008 854.50 Ukraine PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 5,229,581 9,903.954 528.03 8,984.719 582.05 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 810,947 2,187.558 370.71 1,984.520 408.64 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 261,628 762.964 342.91 692.150 377.99 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 903,756 2,579.093 350.42 2,339.715 386.27 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,224,879 4,622.704 481.29 4,193.648 530.54 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 141,126 404.100 349.23 366.594 384.97 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 1,366,502 2,838.846 481.36 2,575.359 530.61 COUNTRY TOTAL 10,938,419 23,299.222 469.48 21,136.705 517.51 Spain WIRE RODS..............................3 839,274 1,945.089 431.48 1,764.556 475.63 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 12,037 21.174 568.47 19.209 626.63 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 12,096 22.397 540.05 20.319 595.30 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 208,606 463.331 450.23 420.327 496.29 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,109,396 1,754.735 632.23 1,591.870 696.91 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 690,197 693.739 994.89 629.350 1,096.68 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 755,431 1,022.566 738.76 927.657 814.34 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 684,669 917.768 746.01 832.586 822.34 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 186,040 169.774 1,095.81 154.017 1,207.92 WIRE DRAWN............................23 19,615 38.408 510.69 34.844 562.94 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 114,075 213.350 534.68 193.548 589.39 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 344,076 649.271 529.94 589.009 584.16 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 57,087 100.015 570.78 90.733 629.18 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,032,599 8,011.623 628.16 7,268.025 692.43 Italy IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/05/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE WIRE RODS..............................3 2,675,464 7,645.468 349.94 6,935.854 385.74 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 628,233 1,505.668 417.25 1,365.920 459.93 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 4,078 3.449 1,182.33 3.129 1,303.29 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 107,360 163.991 654.67 148.771 721.65 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 392,512 382.649 1,025.77 347.134 1,130.72 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 543,334 642.712 845.38 583.059 931.87 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,123,656 1,870.535 600.71 1,696.922 662.17 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 559,890 527.760 1,060.88 478.776 1,169.42 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 178,581 399.845 446.62 362.734 492.32 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 2,823 0.050 55,673.55 0.046 61,369.57 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 7,145 7.851 909.99 7.123 1,003.09 WIRE DRAWN............................23 661,077 785.297 841.82 712.410 927.94 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 339,836 513.158 662.24 465.530 730.00 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 35,977 5.110 7,040.08 4.636 7,760.35 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,259,966 14,453.550 502.30 13,112.044 553.69 Greece WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,397,583 1,996.382 700.06 1,811.088 771.68 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,397,583 1,996.382 700.06 1,811.088 771.68 Romania PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,097,986 3,786.982 289.94 3,435.494 319.60 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 1,662,076 6,092.594 272.80 5,527.110 300.71 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 71,153 28.588 2,488.87 25.935 2,743.51 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,611,345 3,248.822 495.98 2,947.283 546.72 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,584,972 2,435.183 650.86 2,209.162 717.45 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 482,195 957.027 503.85 868.201 555.40 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 158,412 192.144 824.44 174.311 908.79 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 126,425 155.740 811.77 141.285 894.82 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,794,564 16,897.083 402.11 15,328.781 443.26 Bulgaria BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 7,676,596 27,213.999 282.08 24,688.132 310.94 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,676,596 27,213.999 282.08 24,688.132 310.94 Turkey WIRE RODS..............................3 42,752,737 111,980.467 381.79 101,587.000 420.85 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 182,384 630.668 289.19 572.133 318.78 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 556,249 1,844.662 301.55 1,673.450 332.40 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,433,636 3,861.590 371.26 3,503.177 409.24 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 115,466 278.258 414.96 252.432 457.41 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 41,617,851 77,575.278 536.48 70,375.129 591.37 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 176,841 416.805 424.28 378.120 467.68 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 11,444,252 22,811.137 501.70 20,693.922 553.02 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/05/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,212,068 5,293.198 417.91 4,801.910 460.66 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 100,008 299.209 334.24 271.438 368.44 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 80,266 240.136 334.25 217.848 368.45 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 572,117 1,455.743 393.01 1,320.629 433.22 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 1,924,776 5,453.511 352.94 4,947.344 389.05 WIRE DRAWN............................23 55,159 73.169 753.86 66.378 830.98 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 4,559,769 14,670.513 310.81 13,308.870 342.61 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 3,916,708 6,397.218 612.25 5,803.461 674.89 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 94,161 229.635 410.05 208.322 452.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 111,794,448 253,511.206 440.98 229,981.563 486.10 Israel MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 7,500 0.826 9,071.85 0.750 10,000.00 WIRE DRAWN............................23 279,450 583.855 478.63 529.665 527.60 COUNTRY TOTAL 286,950 584.682 490.78 530.415 540.99 Saudi Arabia PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 437,707 1,084.244 403.70 983.610 445.00 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 3,792,806 9,395.173 403.70 8,523.160 445.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,230,513 10,479.417 403.70 9,506.770 445.00 United Arab Emirates STANDARD PIPE.........................18 552,589 845.241 653.76 766.790 720.65 WIRE DRAWN............................23 40,046 52.231 766.70 47.384 845.14 COUNTRY TOTAL 592,635 897.472 660.34 814.174 727.90 Oman STANDARD PIPE.........................18 201,761 413.465 487.98 375.090 537.90 COUNTRY TOTAL 201,761 413.465 487.98 375.090 537.90 India INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 2,500 5.320 469.85 4.827 517.92 WIRE RODS..............................3 811,043 3,161.879 256.51 2,868.410 282.75 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 206,102 391.771 526.08 355.409 579.90 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 4,658 12.287 379.09 11.147 417.87 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 6,500 1.274 5,100.95 1.156 5,622.84 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,799,667 5,911.881 473.57 5,363.170 522.02 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 347,694 543.874 639.29 493.395 704.70 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 428,594 1,089.812 393.27 988.662 433.51 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 280,401 321.502 872.16 291.662 961.39 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 68,874 57.930 1,188.90 52.554 1,310.54 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 133,908 148.346 902.67 134.578 995.02 WIRE DRAWN............................23 482,639 1,009.611 478.04 915.904 526.95 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/05/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 803,820 1,248.829 643.66 1,132.919 709.51 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 37,992,378 58,092.002 654.00 52,700.193 720.92 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 181,692 303.052 599.54 274.925 660.88 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 181,188 299.996 603.97 272.152 665.76 COUNTRY TOTAL 44,731,658 72,599.374 616.14 65,861.063 679.18 Thailand STANDARD PIPE.........................18 3,994,298 10,621.645 376.05 9,635.797 414.53 WIRE DRAWN............................23 15,380 7.769 1,979.64 7.048 2,182.18 TIN PLATE.............................29 12,704 20.005 635.01 18.149 699.98 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 11,592 19.847 584.06 18.005 643.82 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 49,717 91.948 540.71 83.414 596.03 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,083,691 10,761.215 379.48 9,762.413 418.31 Vietnam PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 32,660 44.017 741.98 39.932 817.89 COUNTRY TOTAL 32,660 44.017 741.98 39.932 817.89 Malaysia WIRE RODS..............................3 3,656,093 12,257.411 298.28 11,119.740 328.79 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 19,644 40.514 484.87 36.754 534.47 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,675,737 12,297.926 298.89 11,156.494 329.47 Singapore BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 3,149 11.570 272.15 10.497 299.99 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,149 11.570 272.15 10.497 299.99 Indonesia STANDARD PIPE.........................18 764,249 2,069.980 369.21 1,877.855 406.98 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 1,652,208 4,784.149 345.35 4,340.109 380.68 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 84,104 244.334 344.22 221.657 379.43 WIRE DRAWN............................23 26,547 8.648 3,069.47 7.846 3,383.51 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,527,108 7,107.113 355.57 6,447.467 391.95 Philippines STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,060,413 5,178.635 397.87 4,697.980 438.57 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,060,413 5,178.635 397.87 4,697.980 438.57 China INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 2,500 4.585 545.18 4.160 600.96 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 5,930 21.788 272.16 19.766 300.01 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/05/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE WIRE RODS..............................3 7,654,819 28,896.698 264.90 26,214.651 292.01 STEEL PILING...........................5 15,910 24.179 658.00 21.935 725.32 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,275 7.599 299.37 6.894 330.00 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 60,180 92.077 653.58 83.531 720.45 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 6,707 10.226 655.87 9.277 722.97 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 120,890 201.632 599.56 182.918 660.90 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 4,589,437 9,822.122 467.26 8,910.482 515.06 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 5,868,844 10,277.503 571.04 9,323.597 629.46 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 2,769 0.858 3,224.64 0.779 3,554.56 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 708,760 1,886.107 375.78 1,711.048 414.23 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 38,710 72.123 536.72 65.429 591.63 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 521,512 683.529 762.97 620.088 841.03 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 6,664 6.183 1,077.63 5.610 1,187.88 WIRE DRAWN............................23 4,721,250 8,260.197 571.57 7,493.527 630.04 TIN PLATE.............................29 11,672 20.751 562.48 18.825 620.03 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,987 1.911 1,562.72 1.734 1,722.61 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 57,142 93.086 613.86 84.447 676.66 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 43,791 35.756 1,224.69 32.438 1,349.99 COUNTRY TOTAL 24,442,749 60,418.918 404.55 54,811.136 445.94 Korea, South BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 16,320 38.647 422.28 35.060 465.49 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 143,445 261.147 549.29 236.909 605.49 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 10,026 24.975 401.44 22.657 442.51 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 471,437 1,139.351 413.78 1,033.603 456.11 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 103,350 247.131 418.20 224.194 460.98 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 5,074 5.673 894.32 5.147 985.82 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 19,716 44.902 439.08 40.735 484.01 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 938,424 2,124.234 441.77 1,927.074 486.97 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 5,185,350 11,925.632 434.81 10,818.755 479.29 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 818,771 2,292.753 357.11 2,079.952 393.65 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,032,108 3,034.634 340.11 2,752.975 374.91 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 2,911,154 8,627.607 337.42 7,826.836 371.95 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,311,450 3,176.559 412.85 2,881.727 455.09 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 6,718 14.960 449.05 13.572 494.99 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 330,883 995.836 332.27 903.408 366.26 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,442,652 2,118.649 680.93 1,922.007 750.60 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 12,674,477 31,166.575 406.67 28,273.850 448.28 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 431,157 1,044.411 412.82 947.474 455.06 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,759,476 2,791.830 630.22 2,532.707 694.70 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 88,192 186.022 474.09 168.757 522.60 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 1,562,994 3,149.886 496.21 2,857.530 546.97 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 21,177 32.047 660.80 29.073 728.41 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 273,242 439.429 621.81 398.644 685.43 COUNTRY TOTAL 31,557,593 74,882.902 421.43 67,932.646 464.54 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/05/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Hong Kong WIRE DRAWN............................23 9,600 6.239 1,538.69 5.660 1,696.11 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,600 6.239 1,538.69 5.660 1,696.11 Taiwan WIRE RODS..............................3 4,098 14.366 285.25 13.033 314.43 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 4,858 1.986 2,445.67 1.802 2,695.89 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 4,750 0.457 10,383.44 0.415 11,445.78 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,515,495 6,486.419 387.81 5,884.382 427.49 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,858,818 4,105.911 452.72 3,724.821 499.04 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 314,907 887.850 354.68 805.445 390.97 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 104,717 81.741 1,281.07 74.155 1,412.14 WIRE DRAWN............................23 697,427 1,081.077 645.12 980.737 711.13 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,133,121 5,651.680 554.37 5,127.120 611.09 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 7,393,453 11,993.414 616.46 10,880.246 679.53 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 13,608 20.988 648.37 19.040 714.71 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 3,124,866 5,010.748 623.63 4,545.676 687.44 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 78,116 53.115 1,470.67 48.186 1,621.13 COUNTRY TOTAL 19,248,234 35,389.758 543.89 32,105.058 599.54 Japan WIRE RODS..............................3 3,630,991 9,926.760 365.78 9,005.408 403.20 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 44,597 55.498 803.58 50.347 885.79 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 17,878 29.546 605.08 26.804 666.99 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 9,001,177 15,130.718 594.89 13,726.361 655.76 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 53,995 112.383 480.45 101.953 529.61 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 605,469 1,050.345 576.45 952.858 635.42 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 6,618,223 22,111.120 299.32 20,058.877 329.94 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 96,098 128.314 748.93 116.405 825.55 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,544,959 3,019.316 511.69 2,739.079 564.04 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 288,588 442.659 651.94 401.574 718.64 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 1,355,438 2,898.241 467.68 2,629.241 515.52 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 26,553 71.958 369.00 65.280 406.76 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,048,276 1,308.471 1,565.40 1,187.026 1,725.55 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 205,475 394.872 520.36 358.222 573.60 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 242,359 89.938 2,694.71 81.591 2,970.41 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 186,829 384.540 485.85 348.849 535.56 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 15,657 27.000 579.89 24.494 639.22 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,765,534 3,837.828 720.60 3,481.620 794.32 BLACK PLATE...........................28 1,238,372 1,788.510 692.40 1,622.510 763.24 TIN PLATE.............................29 60,232 96.364 625.05 87.420 689.00 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 915,186 1,597.674 572.82 1,449.386 631.43 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 133,674 185.981 718.75 168.720 792.28 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,234,554 2,408.464 512.59 2,184.923 565.03 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 460,609 1,020.728 451.25 925.990 497.42 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 87,272 98.369 887.19 89.239 977.96 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/05/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 906,161 554.604 1,633.89 503.129 1,801.05 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 60,845 103.823 586.04 94.187 646.00 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 326,032 246.782 1,321.13 223.877 1,456.30 COUNTRY TOTAL 34,171,033 69,120.819 494.37 62,705.370 544.95 Australia PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 14,760 6.558 2,250.43 5.950 2,480.67 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 306,298 513.039 597.03 465.422 658.11 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 27,251 20.771 1,311.91 18.844 1,446.14 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 8,940 0.144 61,910.18 0.131 68,244.27 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 78,215 106.167 736.71 96.314 812.08 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 4,120 6.268 657.22 5.687 724.46 WIRE DRAWN............................23 135,549 234.880 577.10 213.080 636.14 TIN PLATE.............................29 21,821 39.958 546.09 36.250 601.96 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,543,652 9,342.614 272.26 8,475.480 300.12 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,140,606 10,270.405 305.79 9,317.158 337.08 New Zealand PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 170,429 503.381 338.57 456.660 373.21 WIRE DRAWN............................23 147,014 264.365 556.10 239.828 613.00 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,387,968 4,120.636 336.83 3,738.180 371.30 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,705,411 4,888.383 348.87 4,434.668 384.56 Egypt PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 19,077 38.101 500.69 34.565 551.92 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 5,231 6.907 757.34 6.266 834.82 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 65,773 120.143 547.46 108.992 603.47 COUNTRY TOTAL 90,081 165.151 545.44 149.823 601.25 South Africa WIRE RODS..............................3 1,220,655 4,495.843 271.51 4,078.562 299.29 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 46,155 85.998 536.69 78.017 591.60 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,783,227 4,861.785 366.78 4,410.539 404.31 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 460,664 1,481.789 310.88 1,344.257 342.69 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 40,304 92.796 434.32 84.184 478.76 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,429,179 3,418.999 418.01 3,101.665 460.78 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,759,227 3,582.359 491.08 3,249.863 541.32 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 876,781 2,126.066 412.40 1,928.736 454.59 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 22,343 54.144 412.66 49.119 454.87 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,454,747 2,880.916 504.96 2,613.524 556.62 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,155,282 3,232.941 357.35 2,932.876 393.91 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 4,246,460 9,626.790 441.11 8,733.280 486.24 COUNTRY TOTAL 14,495,024 35,940.433 403.31 32,604.622 444.57 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/05/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE GRAND TOTAL 956,724,848 2,056,404.711 465.24 1,865,539.500 512.84 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/05/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 26,146 19.819 1,319.20 17.980 1,454.17 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 101,756 27.758 3,665.77 25.182 4,040.82 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,365,784 468.653 2,914.28 425.155 3,212.44 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,289 0.479 4,773.67 0.435 5,262.07 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 190,759 34.950 5,457.90 31.707 6,016.31 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 9,595,421 1,922.930 4,990.00 1,744.454 5,500.53 WIRE DRAWN............................23 556,169 180.146 3,087.32 163.426 3,403.19 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 25,056 6.490 3,860.47 5.888 4,255.43 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 6,462,562 2,432.830 2,656.40 2,207.027 2,928.18 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,401,679 522.347 2,683.42 473.866 2,957.96 COUNTRY TOTAL 19,727,621 5,616.406 3,512.50 5,095.120 3,871.87 Mexico BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 5,775 0.327 17,639.71 0.297 19,444.44 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 206,860 87.306 2,369.36 79.203 2,611.77 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 178,835 68.196 2,622.34 61.867 2,890.64 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 22,804,745 11,083.323 2,057.57 10,054.625 2,268.09 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,544,230 926.665 1,666.44 840.657 1,836.93 COUNTRY TOTAL 24,740,445 12,165.819 2,033.60 11,036.649 2,241.66 Grenada SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 22,908 9.900 2,313.72 8.982 2,550.43 COUNTRY TOTAL 22,908 9.900 2,313.72 8.982 2,550.43 Chile STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 19,200 26.593 721.99 24.125 795.85 COUNTRY TOTAL 19,200 26.593 721.99 24.125 795.85 Brazil BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 5,321 1.189 4,473.71 1.079 4,931.42 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 73,186 41.690 1,755.46 37.821 1,935.06 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 34,439 50.155 686.65 45.500 756.90 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,905,192 878.470 2,168.76 796.935 2,390.65 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 52,307 49.482 1,057.08 44.890 1,165.23 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,070,445 1,020.988 2,027.88 926.225 2,235.36 Sweden INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 36,206 18.562 1,950.45 16.840 2,150.00 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/05/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 5,348,108 2,250.152 2,376.78 2,041.305 2,619.95 WIRE RODS..............................3 622,081 253.812 2,450.95 230.255 2,701.70 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 103,234 50.396 2,048.43 45.719 2,258.01 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,102,680 661.187 3,180.16 599.819 3,505.52 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 32,607 4.161 7,835.92 3.775 8,637.62 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 520,257 201.929 2,576.43 183.187 2,840.03 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,207,354 242.172 4,985.52 219.695 5,495.59 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,112,932 196.166 5,673.41 177.959 6,253.87 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,015,820 597.171 3,375.61 541.745 3,720.98 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,704,900 281.140 6,064.24 255.046 6,684.68 COUNTRY TOTAL 14,806,179 4,756.852 3,112.60 4,315.345 3,431.05 Finland PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 80,634 28.924 2,787.73 26.240 3,072.94 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 213,452 77.190 2,765.27 70.026 3,048.18 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 22,479 11.616 1,935.15 10.538 2,133.14 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 998,098 371.743 2,684.91 337.240 2,959.61 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 302,564 126.987 2,382.63 115.201 2,626.40 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,617,227 616.461 2,623.40 559.245 2,891.80 Denmark STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 15,280 0.871 17,524.38 0.791 19,317.32 WIRE DRAWN............................23 31,271 0.106 292,459.61 0.097 322,381.44 COUNTRY TOTAL 46,551 0.978 47,556.72 0.888 52,422.30 United Kingdom INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 192,409 49.179 3,912.37 44.615 4,312.65 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 10,378,516 5,303.654 1,956.86 4,811.396 2,157.07 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,277,604 579.091 2,206.22 525.343 2,431.94 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 699,070 328.306 2,129.32 297.835 2,347.17 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 95,117 28.285 3,362.77 25.660 3,706.82 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 784,517 309.145 2,537.70 280.452 2,797.33 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 77,459 7.662 10,109.29 6.951 11,143.58 WIRE DRAWN............................23 543,164 130.179 4,172.42 118.097 4,599.30 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 227,561 9.667 23,539.33 8.770 25,947.66 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 132,429 23.535 5,626.79 21.351 6,202.47 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 10,698 3.284 3,256.73 2.980 3,589.93 COUNTRY TOTAL 14,418,544 6,771.992 2,129.14 6,143.450 2,346.98 Ireland STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 2,928 0.002 1,328,118.83 0.002 1,464,000.00 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,096 0.069 30,181.90 0.063 33,269.84 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,024 0.071 70,118.42 0.065 77,292.31 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/05/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Netherlands STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 19,595 0.251 77,966.18 0.228 85,942.98 WIRE DRAWN............................23 3,321 0.019 167,375.63 0.018 184,500.00 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 234,468 41.385 5,665.51 37.544 6,245.15 COUNTRY TOTAL 257,384 41.656 6,178.75 37.790 6,810.90 Belgium PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,942,826 752.017 2,583.49 682.219 2,847.80 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,134,785 529.473 2,143.23 480.330 2,362.51 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 5,018 1.428 3,512.54 1.296 3,871.91 WIRE DRAWN............................23 113,316 17.733 6,389.77 16.088 7,043.51 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 48,560 23.258 2,087.82 21.100 2,301.42 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,358,868 934.255 2,524.86 847.543 2,783.18 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 497,963 212.624 2,341.98 192.890 2,581.59 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,101,336 2,470.792 2,469.38 2,241.466 2,722.03 France WIRE RODS..............................3 244,301 125.267 1,950.23 113.641 2,149.76 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 41,619 9.773 4,258.53 8.866 4,694.23 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 488,535 158.849 3,075.46 144.106 3,390.11 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 246,264 30.724 8,015.18 27.873 8,835.22 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 24,079 4.808 5,007.82 4.362 5,520.17 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 2,553,023 699.554 3,649.50 634.625 4,022.88 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,456,991 276.222 5,274.70 250.585 5,814.36 WIRE DRAWN............................23 433,912 73.648 5,891.64 66.813 6,494.42 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,666,609 1,108.184 1,503.91 1,005.328 1,657.78 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,028,075 360.279 2,853.55 326.840 3,145.50 COUNTRY TOTAL 8,183,408 2,847.312 2,874.08 2,583.039 3,168.13 Federal Republic of Germany INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 147,050 57.638 2,551.24 52.289 2,812.25 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 67,693 15.862 4,267.55 14.390 4,704.17 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 525,183 271.739 1,932.67 246.518 2,130.40 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 3,476,039 1,478.393 2,351.23 1,341.176 2,591.78 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 369,190 159.294 2,317.65 144.510 2,554.77 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 816,440 352.188 2,318.19 319.500 2,555.37 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,173,926 171.651 6,838.99 155.720 7,538.70 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,131,463 221.347 5,111.71 200.803 5,634.69 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 162,718 64.476 2,523.68 58.492 2,781.88 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 6,648,005 2,774.514 2,396.10 2,516.998 2,641.24 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 23,122 3.851 6,003.41 3.494 6,617.63 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 284,445 89.567 3,175.77 81.254 3,500.69 COUNTRY TOTAL 14,825,274 5,660.525 2,619.06 5,135.144 2,887.02 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/05/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Austria PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 69,757 21.816 3,197.38 19.792 3,524.50 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 886,859 253.050 3,504.67 229.564 3,863.23 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 274,832 107.394 2,559.08 97.427 2,820.90 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,132,672 248.651 4,555.26 225.573 5,021.31 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 4,867 1.067 4,561.23 0.968 5,027.89 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 28,249 2.722 10,375.33 2.470 11,436.84 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 555,554 163.747 3,392.75 148.549 3,739.87 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,952,790 798.451 3,698.15 724.343 4,076.51 Czech Republic BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 107,441 28.198 3,810.21 25.581 4,200.03 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 353,045 34.397 10,263.65 31.205 11,313.73 COUNTRY TOTAL 460,486 62.595 7,356.50 56.786 8,109.15 Switzerland BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 272,649 70.190 3,884.40 63.676 4,281.82 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 13,198 0.195 67,644.22 0.177 74,564.97 WIRE DRAWN............................23 364,880 82.401 4,428.10 74.753 4,881.14 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 9,353 3.514 2,661.51 3.188 2,933.81 COUNTRY TOTAL 660,080 156.301 4,223.13 141.794 4,655.20 Latvia BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 32,433 13.071 2,481.26 11.858 2,735.12 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 353,308 137.525 2,569.04 124.761 2,831.88 COUNTRY TOTAL 385,741 150.596 2,561.42 136.619 2,823.48 Russia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 531,967 302.338 1,759.51 274.277 1,939.52 COUNTRY TOTAL 531,967 302.338 1,759.51 274.277 1,939.52 Ukraine BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 157,484 100.178 1,572.04 90.880 1,732.88 COUNTRY TOTAL 157,484 100.178 1,572.04 90.880 1,732.88 Spain BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 1,584,567 793.343 1,997.33 719.709 2,201.68 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 2,052,222 491.799 4,172.88 446.153 4,599.82 WIRE DRAWN............................23 194,551 48.727 3,992.62 44.205 4,401.11 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,831,340 1,333.870 2,872.35 1,210.067 3,166.22 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/05/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Portugal BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 133,808 44.649 2,996.88 40.505 3,303.49 COUNTRY TOTAL 133,808 44.649 2,996.88 40.505 3,303.49 Italy BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 197,201 51.626 3,819.75 46.835 4,210.55 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,245,098 589.741 2,111.26 535.005 2,327.26 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 141,986 60.447 2,348.92 54.837 2,589.24 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 674,127 402.303 1,675.67 364.964 1,847.11 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,137,312 438.841 2,591.63 398.110 2,856.78 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 802,571 354.033 2,266.93 321.174 2,498.87 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 3,560,134 1,208.319 2,946.35 1,096.169 3,247.80 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 717,833 291.385 2,463.51 264.341 2,715.56 WIRE DRAWN............................23 157,006 37.369 4,201.45 33.901 4,631.31 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 339,711 192.559 1,764.19 174.687 1,944.68 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,864,953 1,425.578 1,308.21 1,293.263 1,442.05 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 15,169 3.758 4,035.51 3.410 4,448.39 COUNTRY TOTAL 10,853,101 5,055.965 2,146.59 4,586.696 2,366.21 Slovenia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 49,485 32.911 1,503.57 29.857 1,657.40 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 40,296 21.109 1,908.93 19.150 2,104.23 COUNTRY TOTAL 89,781 54.020 1,661.97 49.007 1,832.00 Romania BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 68,047 25.093 2,711.79 22.764 2,989.24 COUNTRY TOTAL 68,047 25.093 2,711.79 22.764 2,989.24 Saudi Arabia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,022,398 486.752 2,100.45 441.575 2,315.34 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,022,398 486.752 2,100.45 441.575 2,315.34 United Arab Emirates BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,321 1.015 2,286.18 0.921 2,520.09 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,321 1.015 2,286.18 0.921 2,520.09 India INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 93,359 39.793 2,346.09 36.100 2,586.12 WIRE RODS..............................3 425,442 199.526 2,132.26 181.007 2,350.42 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 378,219 127.668 2,962.51 115.819 3,265.60 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 761,232 245.373 3,102.34 222.599 3,419.75 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/05/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 1,282,464 541.078 2,370.20 490.858 2,612.70 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 2,132,322 1,096.695 1,944.31 994.906 2,143.24 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 43,505 20.412 2,131.28 18.518 2,349.34 WIRE DRAWN............................23 3,555,328 1,511.351 2,352.42 1,371.075 2,593.10 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 107,667 50.769 2,120.72 46.057 2,337.69 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 258,586 108.661 2,379.74 98.576 2,623.21 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 145,106 53.660 2,704.15 48.680 2,980.81 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,183,230 3,994.990 2,298.69 3,624.195 2,533.87 Thailand STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 217,787 87.711 2,482.98 79.571 2,737.01 WIRE DRAWN............................23 281,886 118.815 2,372.46 107.788 2,615.19 COUNTRY TOTAL 499,673 206.527 2,419.40 187.359 2,666.93 Malaysia STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 706,295 377.801 1,869.49 342.736 2,060.76 WIRE DRAWN............................23 4,595 0.795 5,773.57 0.722 6,364.27 COUNTRY TOTAL 710,890 378.597 1,877.69 343.458 2,069.80 Singapore STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 340,016 135.927 2,501.46 123.311 2,757.39 COUNTRY TOTAL 340,016 135.927 2,501.46 123.311 2,757.39 China BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 11,954 8.236 1,451.35 7.472 1,599.84 WIRE RODS..............................3 203,395 212.292 958.09 192.589 1,056.11 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 92,151 40.311 2,285.97 36.570 2,519.85 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 2,942,786 1,009.087 2,916.28 915.429 3,214.65 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,150,005 439.296 2,617.83 398.523 2,885.67 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,941,990 2,040.447 1,931.92 1,851.063 2,129.58 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 43,135 19.896 2,167.95 18.050 2,389.75 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 5,382 1.003 5,365.35 0.910 5,914.29 COUNTRY TOTAL 8,390,798 3,770.571 2,225.34 3,420.606 2,453.02 Korea, South PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 531,690 267.137 1,990.32 242.343 2,193.96 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 65,985 25.977 2,540.13 23.566 2,800.01 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 48,770 19.764 2,467.56 17.930 2,720.02 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 27,890 9.725 2,867.66 8.823 3,161.06 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 5,344,999 1,842.694 2,900.64 1,671.665 3,197.41 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,420,322 763.501 3,170.03 692.637 3,494.36 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 752,584 412.960 1,822.41 374.632 2,008.86 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/05/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 9,192,240 3,341.761 2,750.72 3,031.596 3,032.15 Hong Kong STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 19,170 2.733 7,012.39 2.480 7,729.84 COUNTRY TOTAL 19,170 2.733 7,012.39 2.480 7,729.84 Taiwan BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 4,625 3.186 1,451.31 2.891 1,599.79 WIRE RODS..............................3 3,312,818 1,411.974 2,346.23 1,280.922 2,586.28 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 701,778 307.338 2,283.40 278.813 2,517.02 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 228,967 104.482 2,191.44 94.785 2,415.65 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,315,863 567.895 2,317.09 515.186 2,554.15 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 5,646,509 1,943.442 2,905.42 1,763.062 3,202.67 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,134,618 301.196 3,767.04 273.241 4,152.44 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 7,911,460 2,678.563 2,953.62 2,429.953 3,255.81 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 135,412 77.589 1,745.24 70.388 1,923.79 COUNTRY TOTAL 20,392,050 7,395.670 2,757.30 6,709.241 3,039.40 Japan BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 47,037 2.153 21,837.90 1.954 24,072.16 WIRE RODS..............................3 66,068 30.838 2,142.40 27.976 2,361.60 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 18,598 4.381 4,244.48 3.975 4,678.74 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 526,323 269.772 1,950.98 244.734 2,150.59 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 15,814 0.282 56,039.94 0.256 61,773.44 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 3,820 0.068 55,894.30 0.062 61,612.90 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 166,034 50.223 3,305.90 45.562 3,644.13 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,038,618 270.902 3,833.91 245.759 4,226.16 WIRE DRAWN............................23 526,254 80.366 6,548.20 72.907 7,218.15 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 186,755 93.698 1,993.15 85.002 2,197.07 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 557,254 430.273 1,295.11 390.338 1,427.62 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 3,992 0.842 4,740.16 0.764 5,225.13 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,717,667 383.866 7,079.72 348.238 7,804.05 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,874,234 1,617.671 3,631.29 1,467.527 4,002.81 Australia STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 27,373 5.760 4,751.70 5.226 5,237.85 WIRE DRAWN............................23 18,586 4.677 3,973.83 4.243 4,380.39 COUNTRY TOTAL 45,959 10.437 4,403.14 9.469 4,853.63 South Africa PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 192,868 160.584 1,201.04 145.680 1,323.92 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 764,468 564.933 1,353.20 512.499 1,491.65 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 49,590 44.052 1,125.70 39.964 1,240.87 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 269,227 159.969 1,682.99 145.122 1,855.18 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/05/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 1,276,153 929.540 1,372.89 843.265 1,513.35 GRAND TOTAL 183,915,303 72,362.609 2,541.58 65,646.274 2,801.61