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RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JULY - FINAL PREPARED 26/08/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Canada 24,554 27.012 909.00 24.505 1,002.00 Mexico 699,922 1,432.265 488.68 1,299.330 538.68 Brazil 5,980 12.808 466.86 11.620 514.63 United Kingdom 57,915 42.327 1,368.25 38.399 1,508.24 Belgium 612,357 1,084.883 564.44 984.190 622.19 Federal Republic of Germany 62,010 35.663 1,738.77 32.353 1,916.67 Italy 2,883,775 1,647.996 1,749.87 1,495.038 1,928.90 Australia 277,748 16.039 17,316.25 14.551 19,087.90 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,624,261 4,298.997 1,075.66 3,899.986 1,185.71 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 6,192,465 15,012.361 412.49 13,618.989 454.69 Mexico 75,022,469 175,134.784 428.37 158,879.649 472.20 Brazil 42,025,815 179,060.528 234.70 162,441.025 258.71 Sweden 8,190,665 3,442.645 2,379.18 3,123.116 2,622.59 United Kingdom 17,599,656 9,600.069 1,833.28 8,709.039 2,020.85 Netherlands 10,670 39.205 272.15 35.567 300.00 Belgium 1,037,110 1,964.698 527.87 1,782.345 581.88 France 1,147,993 203.968 5,628.29 185.037 6,204.13 Federal Republic of Germany 7,766,242 21,785.912 356.48 19,763.853 392.95 Austria 2,854 1.966 1,451.29 1.784 1,599.78 Switzerland 9,072 33.333 272.16 30.240 300.00 Russia 26,833,824 60,920.352 440.47 55,266.030 485.54 Ukraine 13,281,388 32,599.463 407.41 29,573.744 449.09 Spain 11,081,876 6,600.943 1,678.83 5,988.277 1,850.60 Italy 1,620,674 724.585 2,236.69 657.333 2,465.53 India 5,000 0.275 18,143.70 0.250 20,000.00 China 109,275 82.598 1,322.97 74.932 1,458.32 Korea, South 2,669 1.838 1,451.60 1.668 1,600.12 Hong Kong 6,901 4.754 1,451.54 4.313 1,600.05 Taiwan 13,637 2.158 6,318.33 1.958 6,964.76 Japan 114,085 7.474 15,262.68 6.781 16,824.21 CATEGORY TOTAL 212,074,340 507,223.920 418.11 460,145.930 460.88 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 17,447,829 31,599.359 552.16 28,666.465 608.65 Mexico 5,382,403 10,770.953 499.71 9,771.247 550.84 Trinidad and Tobago 10,568,585 20,195.472 523.31 18,321.030 576.86 Venezuela 3,016,888 6,460.755 466.96 5,861.100 514.73 Brazil 4,963,603 12,839.078 386.60 11,647.419 426.15 Argentina 3,385,931 6,892.486 491.25 6,252.760 541.51 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JULY - FINAL PREPARED 26/08/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Sweden 1,324,167 545.007 2,429.63 494.423 2,678.21 Finland 60,800 99.860 608.85 90.592 671.14 United Kingdom 4,832,315 7,454.259 648.26 6,762.392 714.59 Ireland 25,642 4.078 6,287.04 3.700 6,930.27 Netherlands 243,365 405.612 599.99 367.966 661.38 Belgium 447,994 1,073.540 417.31 973.900 460.00 France 1,405,182 1,929.507 728.26 1,750.420 802.77 Federal Republic of Germany 10,314,531 20,043.599 514.60 18,183.253 567.25 Poland 2,608,674 6,614.065 394.41 6,000.181 434.77 Italy 5,370,138 10,181.192 527.46 9,236.225 581.42 Turkey 41,034,543 88,581.340 463.24 80,359.663 510.64 India 220,950 88.952 2,483.92 80.696 2,738.05 Malaysia 10,169,709 21,588.893 471.06 19,585.120 519.26 China 27,818,440 62,971.513 441.76 57,126.812 486.96 Korea, South 405,162 192.650 2,103.09 174.770 2,318.26 Taiwan 2,187,353 921.506 2,373.67 835.977 2,616.52 Japan 4,584,100 12,367.141 370.67 11,219.285 408.59 South Africa 639,867 1,464.059 437.05 1,328.173 481.76 CATEGORY TOTAL 158,458,171 325,284.887 487.14 295,093.569 536.98 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 6,782,166 11,718.156 578.77 10,630.536 637.99 Mexico 993,995 1,952.877 508.99 1,771.621 561.07 Brazil 927,236 2,582.155 359.09 2,342.493 395.83 Sweden 16,094 21.007 766.09 19.058 844.47 Norway 271,897 420.211 647.05 381.210 713.25 Denmark 12,752 8.264 1,543.07 7.497 1,700.95 United Kingdom 3,572,864 6,643.105 537.83 6,026.526 592.86 Luxembourg 2,076,508 3,430.849 605.25 3,112.415 667.17 Federal Republic of Germany 1,734,425 3,158.434 549.14 2,865.284 605.32 Austria 31,918 21.495 1,484.90 19.500 1,636.82 Switzerland 14,294 17.059 837.90 15.476 923.62 Poland 5,097,329 13,731.343 371.22 12,456.869 409.20 Spain 2,493,978 4,755.817 524.41 4,314.406 578.06 Italy 1,524,811 1,630.351 935.27 1,479.030 1,030.95 India 384,655 162.787 2,362.93 147.678 2,604.69 Korea, South 21,629 29.591 730.92 26.845 805.70 Taiwan 47,772 43.891 1,088.40 39.818 1,199.76 Japan 65,213 102.754 634.65 93.217 699.58 CATEGORY TOTAL 26,069,536 50,430.153 516.94 45,749.479 569.83 STEEL PILING...........................5 Canada 1,355,439 1,870.568 724.61 1,696.952 798.75 United Kingdom 13,745 22.932 599.37 20.804 660.69 Luxembourg 2,311,001 3,764.853 613.84 3,415.419 676.64 Italy 22,504 21.791 1,032.69 19.769 1,138.35 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JULY - FINAL PREPARED 26/08/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 3,702,689 5,680.146 651.87 5,152.944 718.56 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 12,813,486 18,691.047 685.54 16,956.238 755.68 Mexico 73,708 128.934 571.67 116.967 630.16 Brazil 3,207,750 4,421.861 725.43 4,011.446 799.65 Sweden 5,935,477 7,002.675 847.60 6,352.722 934.32 Finland 320,831 317.636 1,010.06 288.155 1,113.40 United Kingdom 122,100 124.348 981.92 112.807 1,082.38 Belgium 3,399,394 2,213.429 1,535.80 2,007.990 1,692.93 France 2,135,611 1,850.337 1,154.17 1,678.598 1,272.26 Federal Republic of Germany 4,738,498 6,748.293 702.18 6,121.951 774.02 Austria 815,935 1,261.536 646.78 1,144.447 712.95 Czech Republic 3,215,797 7,105.767 452.56 6,446.246 498.86 Switzerland 5,832 10.044 580.63 9.112 640.04 Poland 26,069 49.087 531.08 44.531 585.41 Ukraine 26,731,153 51,675.486 517.29 46,879.226 570.21 Italy 1,249,675 1,888.195 661.84 1,712.943 729.55 Romania 696,318 1,557.404 447.10 1,412.854 492.84 Turkey 111,839 191.931 582.70 174.117 642.32 India 4,276 6.005 712.03 5.448 784.88 Korea, South 419,146 161.706 2,592.01 146.698 2,857.20 Taiwan 74,009 24.053 3,076.85 21.821 3,391.64 Japan 1,924,383 2,663.891 722.40 2,416.642 796.30 Australia 589,764 911.439 647.07 826.844 713.27 Egypt 18,781 31.227 601.43 28.329 662.96 South Africa 96,777 108.357 893.13 98.300 984.51 CATEGORY TOTAL 68,726,609 109,144.697 629.68 99,014.432 694.11 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 16,763,443 27,935.844 600.07 25,342.979 661.46 Mexico 1,532,473 2,708.541 565.79 2,457.148 623.68 Venezuela 1,218,023 2,296.646 530.35 2,083.483 584.61 Brazil 34,894 38.173 914.10 34.630 1,007.62 Sweden 4,855,221 3,322.097 1,461.49 3,013.757 1,611.02 Finland 45,817 19.466 2,353.60 17.660 2,594.39 Netherlands 5,801,417 10,398.010 557.94 9,432.919 615.02 Belgium 656,630 408.169 1,608.72 370.285 1,773.31 France 1,185,052 2,195.161 539.85 1,991.418 595.08 Federal Republic of Germany 4,615,605 3,497.536 1,319.67 3,172.913 1,454.69 Switzerland 19,873 19.586 1,014.60 17.769 1,118.41 Russia 18,350,240 35,954.595 510.37 32,617.470 562.59 Turkey 4,371,050 8,223.714 531.52 7,460.430 585.90 Korea, South 82,732 138.664 596.64 125.794 657.68 Japan 623,434 1,320.872 471.99 1,198.276 520.28 Australia 31,052 15.683 1,979.89 14.228 2,182.46 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JULY - FINAL PREPARED 26/08/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Egypt 1,786,514 3,715.463 480.83 3,370.613 530.03 CATEGORY TOTAL 61,973,470 102,208.229 606.35 92,721.772 668.38 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Luxembourg 396,273 664.780 596.10 603.079 657.08 Federal Republic of Germany 28,312 40.743 694.88 36.962 765.98 Austria 870,143 760.583 1,144.05 689.990 1,261.10 Czech Republic 918,896 2,899.077 316.96 2,630.000 349.39 Spain 150,987 230.021 656.40 208.672 723.56 Taiwan 2,381 0.938 2,538.20 0.851 2,797.88 Japan 5,829,502 13,094.934 445.17 11,879.528 490.72 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,196,494 17,691.079 463.31 16,049.082 510.71 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 Canada 22,193 47.630 465.94 43.210 513.61 Austria 193,193 285.439 676.83 258.946 746.07 Poland 124,545 240.854 517.10 218.500 570.00 Spain 549,819 789.535 696.38 716.255 767.63 Korea, South 412,439 644.127 640.31 584.343 705.82 Japan 201,424 354.327 568.47 321.441 626.63 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,503,613 2,361.916 636.61 2,142.695 701.74 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 Canada 86,442 181.140 477.21 164.328 526.03 Mexico 4,116 6.964 591.01 6.318 651.47 Federal Republic of Germany 141,589 29.042 4,875.22 26.347 5,374.01 China 40,304 18.718 2,153.18 16.981 2,373.48 Australia 306,298 507.038 604.09 459.978 665.90 CATEGORY TOTAL 578,749 742.904 779.04 673.952 858.74 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 37,822,998 67,366.092 561.45 61,113.508 618.90 Mexico 4,226,885 7,848.533 538.56 7,120.072 593.66 Trinidad and Tobago 1,580,383 1,444.111 1,094.36 1,310.076 1,206.33 Brazil 581,563 1,544.279 376.59 1,400.947 415.12 Argentina 1,444,048 3,271.654 441.38 2,967.996 486.54 Sweden 1,762,915 963.198 1,830.27 873.799 2,017.53 United Kingdom 19,688,936 31,239.223 630.26 28,339.755 694.75 Netherlands 327,311 452.029 724.09 410.074 798.18 Belgium 5,660 0.661 8,557.78 0.600 9,433.33 France 1,577,567 1,209.746 1,304.05 1,097.464 1,437.47 Federal Republic of Germany 1,750,271 1,799.897 972.43 1,632.840 1,071.92 Austria 1,152,410 311.456 3,700.06 282.549 4,078.62 Czech Republic 158,870 277.039 573.46 251.326 632.13 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JULY - FINAL PREPARED 26/08/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Latvia 3,608,549 9,250.565 390.09 8,391.974 430.00 Poland 80,600 119.358 675.28 108.280 744.37 Ukraine 8,089 10.155 796.51 9.213 878.00 Spain 1,986,107 2,798.184 709.78 2,538.471 782.40 Portugal 217,368 66.017 3,292.59 59.890 3,629.45 Italy 2,694,767 1,122.625 2,400.41 1,018.429 2,646.00 Turkey 2,321,169 5,530.438 419.71 5,017.131 462.65 India 772,020 615.521 1,254.25 558.392 1,382.58 China 144,824 100.334 1,443.41 91.022 1,591.09 Korea, South 737,740 1,596.327 462.15 1,448.164 509.43 Taiwan 502,862 654.097 768.79 593.387 847.44 Japan 7,151,496 9,866.553 724.82 8,950.789 798.98 South Africa 2,801,484 7,393.252 378.92 6,707.048 417.69 CATEGORY TOTAL 95,106,892 156,851.355 606.35 142,293.196 668.39 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 6,963,524 12,957.661 537.41 11,754.996 592.39 Mexico 2,587,337 4,821.811 536.59 4,374.275 591.49 Brazil 380,882 1,179.300 322.97 1,069.844 356.02 Sweden 8,752 2.414 3,625.43 2.190 3,996.35 United Kingdom 6,300 0.211 29,767.01 0.192 32,812.50 Italy 1,838,494 678.977 2,707.74 615.958 2,984.77 Turkey 133,047 297.284 447.54 269.692 493.33 India 1,320,319 549.741 2,401.71 498.717 2,647.43 China 47,175 57.249 824.02 51.936 908.33 Korea, South 505,116 1,159.091 435.79 1,051.510 480.37 Taiwan 16,267 2.135 7,618.57 1.937 8,398.04 CATEGORY TOTAL 13,807,213 21,705.878 636.10 19,691.247 701.19 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 Canada 38,266 41.179 929.26 37.357 1,024.33 Mexico 15,036,820 35,086.112 428.57 31,829.595 472.42 Dominican Republic 2,981,829 7,027.831 424.29 6,375.543 467.70 Federal Republic of Germany 78,823 145.539 541.59 132.031 597.00 Poland 119,492 81.967 1,457.79 74.360 1,606.94 Romania 2,601,016 7,293.672 356.61 6,616.710 393.10 Bulgaria 1,433,621 3,258.342 439.98 2,955.919 485.00 Turkey 56,319,760 128,120.027 439.59 116,228.567 484.56 Thailand 53,723 111.735 480.80 101.365 530.00 Taiwan 9,280,647 21,019.075 441.53 19,068.190 486.71 Japan 3,611,641 7,836.913 460.85 7,109.530 508.00 Australia 35,823 60.748 589.69 55.110 650.03 CATEGORY TOTAL 91,591,461 210,083.144 435.98 190,584.277 480.58 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JULY - FINAL PREPARED 26/08/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 6,250,713 6,101.822 1,024.40 5,535.482 1,129.21 Mexico 9,062 28.539 317.52 25.891 350.01 Dominican Republic 7,160 12.730 562.42 11.549 619.97 Trinidad and Tobago 11,368 17.636 644.55 16.000 710.50 Colombia 219,559 271.039 810.06 245.883 892.94 Brazil 89,187 66.932 1,332.50 60.720 1,468.82 Sweden 447,317 184.406 2,425.71 167.291 2,673.89 Norway 27,396 10.040 2,728.43 9.109 3,007.57 Denmark 49,443 16.072 3,076.19 14.581 3,390.92 United Kingdom 3,046,517 2,824.698 1,078.53 2,562.524 1,188.87 Netherlands 7,311 1.895 3,856.06 1.720 4,250.58 France 3,535,823 2,524.274 1,400.73 2,289.984 1,544.04 Federal Republic of Germany 4,942,407 4,145.478 1,192.24 3,760.716 1,314.22 Austria 306,781 87.827 3,492.99 79.676 3,850.36 Czech Republic 62,405 14.054 4,440.23 12.750 4,894.51 Switzerland 463,083 163.170 2,838.03 148.026 3,128.39 Latvia 500,158 208.633 2,397.31 189.269 2,642.58 Poland 511,373 631.466 809.82 572.857 892.67 Russia 1,295,906 75.093 17,257.16 68.124 19,022.75 Ukraine 4,330,923 4,877.146 888.00 4,424.474 978.86 Spain 2,847,567 3,449.049 825.61 3,128.926 910.08 Portugal 79,529 46.114 1,724.61 41.834 1,901.06 Italy 4,552,906 1,444.433 3,152.04 1,310.368 3,474.52 Slovenia 91,432 55.858 1,636.85 50.674 1,804.32 Romania 286,545 550.922 520.12 499.789 573.33 Saudi Arabia 79,172 39.407 2,009.05 35.750 2,214.60 United Arab Emirates 97,008 35.790 2,710.41 32.469 2,987.71 India 1,659,350 720.845 2,301.95 653.940 2,537.47 China 348,582 201.882 1,726.66 183.145 1,903.31 Korea, South 65,248 56.321 1,158.49 51.094 1,277.02 Taiwan 2,502,013 996.133 2,511.73 903.677 2,768.70 Japan 617,821 682.130 905.72 618.819 998.39 Egypt 18,380 27.845 660.07 25.261 727.60 South Africa 86,256 226.962 380.05 205.897 418.93 CATEGORY TOTAL 39,445,701 30,796.661 1,280.84 27,938.269 1,411.89 TOOL STEEL............................17 Canada 865,866 782.428 1,106.64 709.807 1,219.86 Mexico 34,170 21.229 1,609.56 19.259 1,774.24 Colombia 47,506 8.323 5,707.42 7.551 6,291.35 Brazil 1,967,462 1,029.792 1,910.54 934.212 2,106.01 Sweden 3,386,325 1,736.224 1,950.40 1,575.077 2,149.94 United Kingdom 1,410,752 503.589 2,801.39 456.849 3,088.01 Netherlands 242,772 244.084 994.62 221.430 1,096.38 Belgium 88,527 21.563 4,105.43 19.562 4,525.46 France 1,448,152 764.776 1,893.56 693.794 2,087.29 Federal Republic of Germany 2,815,104 1,886.793 1,492.00 1,711.671 1,644.65 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JULY - FINAL PREPARED 26/08/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Austria 2,104,201 643.103 3,271.95 583.414 3,606.70 Switzerland 116,896 62.130 1,881.45 56.364 2,073.95 Poland 47,175 26.298 1,793.80 23.858 1,977.32 Russia 396,555 221.900 1,787.08 201.305 1,969.92 Ukraine 3,179 1.232 2,579.55 1.118 2,843.47 Spain 292,890 207.097 1,414.26 187.876 1,558.95 Italy 74,547 80.556 925.40 73.080 1,020.07 Slovenia 1,033,859 627.962 1,646.37 569.678 1,814.81 India 53,177 7.594 7,001.65 6.890 7,718.00 China 1,691,874 777.174 2,176.96 705.041 2,399.68 Korea, South 279,061 167.547 1,665.56 151.997 1,835.96 Taiwan 1,404,297 775.443 1,810.96 703.471 1,996.24 Japan 3,602,080 4,250.984 847.35 3,856.429 934.05 CATEGORY TOTAL 23,406,427 14,847.834 1,576.42 13,469.733 1,737.71 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 22,395,207 26,306.439 851.32 23,864.807 938.42 Mexico 4,098,512 5,067.726 808.75 4,597.365 891.49 Guatemala 1,696,345 2,023.612 838.28 1,835.791 924.04 Dominican Republic 83,549 163.173 512.02 148.029 564.41 Colombia 1,439,588 1,084.810 1,327.04 984.124 1,462.81 Venezuela 1,167,224 1,918.290 608.47 1,740.244 670.72 Peru 588,182 1,236.284 475.77 1,121.539 524.44 Chile 185,506 384.395 482.59 348.718 531.97 Brazil 98,051 66.033 1,484.86 59.905 1,636.77 Argentina 492,243 697.751 705.47 632.990 777.65 Sweden 38,166 23.053 1,655.52 20.914 1,824.90 United Kingdom 73,221 3.313 22,097.47 3.006 24,358.28 Netherlands 332,131 348.759 952.32 316.389 1,049.76 France 71,727 78.531 913.35 71.243 1,006.79 Federal Republic of Germany 1,141,771 944.794 1,208.49 857.103 1,332.13 Czech Republic 5,737 4.455 1,287.61 4.042 1,419.35 Russia 124,589 276.773 450.15 251.085 496.20 Ukraine 2,349,136 4,457.883 526.96 4,044.125 580.88 Spain 2,589,067 2,423.240 1,068.43 2,198.327 1,177.74 Italy 510,094 317.026 1,608.99 287.602 1,773.61 Romania 626,591 744.074 842.11 675.013 928.27 Turkey 5,178,657 8,272.506 626.01 7,504.694 690.06 United Arab Emirates 822,574 892.037 922.13 809.243 1,016.47 Oman 1,806,144 2,992.535 603.55 2,714.783 665.30 India 4,212,327 6,522.437 645.82 5,917.057 711.90 Pakistan 180,158 353.484 509.66 320.676 561.81 Thailand 5,306,617 12,450.401 426.22 11,294.817 469.83 Philippines 9,633 15.960 603.56 14.479 665.31 China 14,895,156 28,438.582 523.77 25,799.055 577.35 Korea, South 1,984,281 3,585.093 553.48 3,252.343 610.11 Taiwan 30,624 38.133 803.08 34.594 885.24 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JULY - FINAL PREPARED 26/08/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 952,022 1,080.604 881.01 980.308 971.15 Australia 4,813 8.234 584.51 7.470 644.31 South Africa 1,269,931 1,963.401 646.80 1,781.168 712.98 CATEGORY TOTAL 76,759,574 115,183.836 666.41 104,493.048 734.59 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 5,219,454 5,677.559 919.31 5,150.597 1,013.37 Mexico 1,174,839 1,877.429 625.77 1,703.176 689.79 Colombia 3,364,480 3,543.326 949.53 3,214.453 1,046.67 Venezuela 1,879,249 3,057.966 614.54 2,774.141 677.42 Chile 16,410 4.684 3,502.80 4.250 3,861.18 Brazil 4,231,074 5,308.841 796.99 4,816.101 878.53 Sweden 3,443 1.798 1,913.87 1.632 2,109.68 United Kingdom 76,272 3.719 20,507.65 3.374 22,605.81 Ireland 5,158 4.987 1,034.09 4.525 1,139.89 Netherlands 13,789 1.455 9,476.65 1.320 10,446.21 France 1,159,787 1,394.039 831.96 1,264.652 917.08 Federal Republic of Germany 7,660,366 9,624.106 795.96 8,730.845 877.39 Austria 7,965,306 8,679.282 917.74 7,873.715 1,011.63 Czech Republic 3,767,097 5,863.461 642.47 5,319.244 708.20 Russia 3,527,503 5,971.964 590.68 5,417.677 651.11 Ukraine 1,080,332 1,512.986 714.04 1,372.559 787.09 Spain 6,149,971 6,733.619 913.32 6,108.639 1,006.77 Romania 1,625,670 1,836.929 884.99 1,666.435 975.54 Turkey 771,858 1,843.358 418.72 1,672.267 461.56 India 1,652,400 2,172.711 760.52 1,971.051 838.33 China 9,217,661 15,869.073 580.86 14,396.185 640.28 Korea, South 8,475,065 10,667.688 794.46 9,677.567 875.74 Taiwan 915,429 1,204.376 760.09 1,092.592 837.85 Japan 8,221,857 3,701.215 2,221.39 3,357.687 2,448.67 CATEGORY TOTAL 78,174,470 96,556.583 809.62 87,594.684 892.46 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 7,407,363 14,052.193 527.13 12,747.939 581.06 Brazil 2,088,340 3,300.811 632.67 2,994.447 697.40 United Kingdom 3,968 5.467 725.75 4.960 800.00 France 226,617 587.897 385.47 533.332 424.91 Federal Republic of Germany 188,361 325.031 579.52 294.864 638.81 Czech Republic 624,785 920.227 678.95 834.817 748.41 Poland 424,675 607.561 698.98 551.171 770.50 Italy 441,403 466.892 945.41 423.558 1,042.13 Greece 259,241 545.182 475.51 494.581 524.16 Romania 1,592,790 3,238.487 491.83 2,937.907 542.15 India 186,055 379.587 490.15 344.356 540.30 Korea, South 2,380,837 4,515.508 527.26 4,096.402 581.20 Taiwan 28,800 72.363 397.99 65.647 438.71 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JULY - FINAL PREPARED 26/08/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 4,566,790 9,614.674 474.98 8,722.288 523.58 CATEGORY TOTAL 20,420,025 38,631.887 528.58 35,046.269 582.66 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 112,818 385.685 292.51 349.888 322.44 Mexico 4,402,162 5,165.100 852.29 4,685.702 939.49 Brazil 214,862 491.152 437.47 445.566 482.22 Argentina 1,408,966 2,878.019 489.56 2,610.896 539.65 Norway 4,179 0.610 6,843.19 0.554 7,543.32 Netherlands 2,424 0.257 9,397.51 0.234 10,358.97 France 1,780,875 2,951.954 603.29 2,677.969 665.01 Federal Republic of Germany 2,725,181 3,136.800 868.78 2,845.658 957.66 Austria 729,847 1,012.482 720.85 918.509 794.60 Czech Republic 832,125 1,349.790 616.48 1,224.510 679.56 Slovakia 152,358 301.272 505.71 273.310 557.45 Poland 203,627 393.843 517.03 357.289 569.92 Ukraine 492,151 907.618 542.24 823.378 597.72 Spain 51,776 64.617 801.27 58.620 883.25 Italy 3,303,614 4,232.929 780.46 3,840.050 860.30 Romania 248,336 381.957 650.17 346.506 716.69 Turkey 156,490 264.001 592.76 239.498 653.41 Israel 146,810 150.890 972.95 136.886 1,072.50 China 2,489,059 4,398.083 565.94 3,989.875 623.84 Korea, South 1,461,261 3,204.251 456.04 2,906.849 502.70 Taiwan 26,341 47.680 552.45 43.255 608.97 CATEGORY TOTAL 20,945,262 31,719.001 660.34 28,775.002 727.90 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Canada 103,168 122.182 844.38 110.842 930.77 Mexico 1,492,708 1,970.538 757.51 1,787.643 835.01 Brazil 1,852,080 4,249.689 435.82 3,855.255 480.40 Argentina 182,211 335.415 543.24 304.284 598.82 United Kingdom 7,736 0.535 14,440.29 0.486 15,917.70 Federal Republic of Germany 13,680 4.409 3,102.57 4.000 3,420.00 Turkey 149,966 252.990 592.77 229.509 653.42 India 37,167 130.877 283.98 118.730 313.04 China 371,182 763.436 486.20 692.578 535.94 Korea, South 3,034,577 6,293.850 482.15 5,709.687 531.48 Taiwan 1,024,597 1,820.117 562.93 1,651.183 620.52 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,269,072 15,944.043 518.63 14,464.197 571.69 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 12,096,666 11,140.707 1,085.81 10,106.683 1,196.90 Mexico 13,632,177 16,906.478 806.33 15,337.304 888.82 Guatemala 14,685 22.149 662.98 20.094 730.82 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JULY - FINAL PREPARED 26/08/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Dominican Republic 297,233 484.062 614.04 439.134 676.86 Colombia 188,555 113.862 1,655.99 103.294 1,825.42 Venezuela 303,084 304.974 993.80 276.668 1,095.48 Brazil 1,640,027 2,658.870 616.81 2,412.087 679.92 Argentina 2,933,289 3,162.882 927.41 2,869.320 1,022.29 Sweden 1,160,220 938.333 1,236.47 851.242 1,362.97 Denmark 12,864 2.195 5,858.45 1.992 6,457.83 United Kingdom 424,524 298.494 1,422.22 270.790 1,567.72 Belgium 7,344 8.173 898.50 7.415 990.42 France 1,047,167 1,027.749 1,018.89 932.359 1,123.14 Federal Republic of Germany 3,098,095 3,110.592 995.98 2,821.883 1,097.88 Austria 20,759 17.417 1,191.84 15.801 1,313.78 Slovakia 11,211 4.373 2,563.12 3.968 2,825.35 Switzerland 1,728,241 756.185 2,285.47 686.000 2,519.30 Russia 82,937 202.778 409.00 183.958 450.85 Ukraine 154,340 289.334 533.43 262.480 588.01 Spain 1,610,468 1,650.549 975.72 1,497.354 1,075.54 Italy 924,831 1,048.597 881.97 951.272 972.20 Croatia 3,656 0.650 5,621.47 0.590 6,196.61 Romania 302,646 380.920 794.51 345.565 875.80 Turkey 319,076 573.632 556.24 520.391 613.15 Israel 23,004 2.645 8,695.37 2.400 9,585.00 Saudi Arabia 78,528 75.377 1,041.80 68.381 1,148.39 India 747,983 1,003.729 745.20 910.568 821.45 China 882,387 1,196.092 737.72 1,085.077 813.20 Korea, South 1,827,525 3,033.881 602.37 2,752.292 664.00 Taiwan 28,591 20.150 1,418.89 18.280 1,564.06 Japan 4,097,741 2,904.636 1,410.76 2,635.043 1,555.09 Australia 207,952 312.174 666.14 283.200 734.29 CATEGORY TOTAL 49,907,806 53,652.656 930.20 48,672.885 1,025.37 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 31,251 122.548 255.01 111.174 281.10 Mexico 705,650 498.013 1,416.93 451.790 1,561.90 Brazil 237,197 273.083 868.59 247.737 957.45 Argentina 242,979 167.369 1,451.75 151.835 1,600.28 Sweden 239,904 215.251 1,114.53 195.273 1,228.56 France 2,094,976 1,629.540 1,285.62 1,478.295 1,417.16 Federal Republic of Germany 1,397,422 1,401.265 997.26 1,271.207 1,099.29 Czech Republic 549,822 849.066 647.56 770.260 713.81 Slovakia 489,225 790.854 618.60 717.451 681.89 Poland 159,678 215.787 739.98 195.759 815.69 Russia 10,398 17.183 605.10 15.589 667.01 Spain 1,380,636 296.649 4,654.10 269.116 5,130.26 Italy 1,136,460 733.494 1,549.38 665.415 1,707.90 Romania 14,755 16.253 907.80 14.745 1,000.68 China 31,167 21.396 1,456.61 19.411 1,605.64 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JULY - FINAL PREPARED 26/08/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Korea, South 42,522 79.522 534.71 72.142 589.42 Japan 108,594 78.121 1,390.06 70.871 1,532.28 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,872,636 7,405.402 1,198.13 6,718.070 1,320.71 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D Canada 7,657,477 1,557.725 4,915.81 1,413.145 5,418.75 Mexico 196,455 81.906 2,398.54 74.304 2,643.94 Sweden 973,066 170.487 5,707.54 154.664 6,291.48 Finland 558,045 187.891 2,970.04 170.452 3,273.91 Denmark 28,032 1.408 19,898.44 1.278 21,934.27 United Kingdom 97,256 5.465 17,795.32 4.958 19,615.97 Ireland 16,048 2.466 6,505.14 2.238 7,170.69 Netherlands 23,727 6.944 3,416.63 6.300 3,766.19 Belgium 155,351 5.324 29,178.49 4.830 32,163.77 France 2,270,419 446.456 5,085.42 405.019 5,605.71 Federal Republic of Germany 2,782,832 459.964 6,050.10 417.273 6,669.09 Austria 889,745 156.582 5,682.29 142.049 6,263.65 Czech Republic 642,643 57.158 11,243.25 51.853 12,393.55 Switzerland 734,860 45.155 16,274.14 40.964 17,939.17 Poland 31,976 10.161 3,146.90 9.218 3,468.87 Spain 3,745,595 398.198 9,406.34 361.240 10,368.72 Italy 1,519,563 549.815 2,763.77 498.784 3,046.54 India 157,206 62.752 2,505.18 56.928 2,761.49 Thailand 253,466 98.910 2,562.58 89.730 2,824.76 Malaysia 904,271 314.743 2,873.04 285.531 3,166.98 Singapore 416,995 154.712 2,695.29 140.353 2,971.04 China 5,921,668 1,901.067 3,114.92 1,724.620 3,433.61 Korea, South 4,203,275 1,330.231 3,159.81 1,206.766 3,483.09 Hong Kong 78,608 42.336 1,856.74 38.407 2,046.71 Taiwan 5,308,146 1,700.355 3,121.79 1,542.537 3,441.18 Japan 4,473,631 1,325.312 3,375.53 1,202.304 3,720.88 Australia 2,295 0.302 7,598.50 0.274 8,375.91 South Africa 140,579 68.793 2,043.51 62.408 2,252.58 CATEGORY TOTAL 44,183,230 11,142.630 3,965.24 10,108.427 4,370.93 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 2,257,232 997.927 2,261.92 905.305 2,493.34 Mexico 292,092 176.884 1,651.31 160.467 1,820.26 Brazil 4,088 0.804 5,080.24 0.730 5,600.00 United Kingdom 45,150 10.265 4,398.09 9.313 4,848.06 Ireland 6,923 3.549 1,950.45 3.220 2,150.00 France 5,274 0.523 10,072.62 0.475 11,103.16 Federal Republic of Germany 156,169 54.413 2,870.05 49.363 3,163.69 Austria 10,874 8.970 1,212.18 8.138 1,336.20 Switzerland 3,440 1.353 2,541.30 1.228 2,801.30 Italy 7,439 2.927 2,540.87 2.656 2,800.83 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JULY - FINAL PREPARED 26/08/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE India 155,490 161.139 964.94 146.183 1,063.67 Vietnam 47,800 63.993 746.95 58.054 823.37 Korea, South 34,835 15.890 2,192.13 14.416 2,416.41 Taiwan 8,300 7.762 1,069.25 7.042 1,178.64 Japan 202,828 66.806 3,036.04 60.606 3,346.67 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,237,934 1,573.213 2,058.17 1,427.196 2,268.74 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 24,098,861 26,409.893 912.49 23,958.659 1,005.85 Mexico 5,140,517 5,356.621 959.66 4,859.447 1,057.84 Brazil 693,104 1,546.279 448.24 1,402.762 494.10 Argentina 490,284 1,024.049 478.77 929.002 527.75 Finland 689,520 224.770 3,067.67 203.908 3,381.53 United Kingdom 108,504 117.364 924.51 106.471 1,019.09 Belgium 10,903 9.774 1,115.49 8.867 1,229.62 France 5,346 2.681 1,993.35 2.433 2,197.29 Federal Republic of Germany 443,474 387.009 1,145.90 351.089 1,263.14 Austria 230,611 209.004 1,103.38 189.606 1,216.26 Switzerland 26,823 10.013 2,678.71 9.084 2,952.77 Italy 189,844 74.597 2,544.90 67.674 2,805.27 Turkey 2,469,139 5,667.956 435.63 5,141.885 480.20 Malaysia 3,549 2.781 1,276.10 2.523 1,406.66 China 131,315 57.349 2,289.71 52.027 2,523.98 Korea, South 1,069,953 2,431.845 439.98 2,206.134 484.99 Taiwan 341,003 117.116 2,911.67 106.246 3,209.56 Japan 293,314 212.533 1,380.09 192.807 1,521.28 Australia 56,853 79.587 714.34 72.201 787.43 Somalia 2,410 2.811 857.04 2.551 944.73 South Africa 17,933 66.689 268.90 60.500 296.41 CATEGORY TOTAL 36,513,260 44,010.732 829.64 39,925.876 914.53 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 55,922 88.136 634.49 79.956 699.41 Mexico 207,481 200.380 1,035.44 181.782 1,141.37 Colombia 80,954 215.880 374.99 195.844 413.36 Korea, South 311,943 384.655 810.97 348.954 893.94 Japan 175,024 427.474 409.44 387.798 451.33 CATEGORY TOTAL 831,324 1,316.527 631.45 1,194.334 696.06 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 17,713,887 19,991.959 886.05 18,136.406 976.70 Mexico 8,521,592 10,333.739 824.64 9,374.613 909.01 El Salvador 14,124 22.089 639.41 20.039 704.83 Honduras 136,765 138.306 988.85 125.470 1,090.02 Dominican Republic 155,090 218.798 708.82 198.491 781.35 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JULY - FINAL PREPARED 26/08/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Trinidad and Tobago 30,491 34.242 890.45 31.064 981.55 Colombia 58,946 40.089 1,470.34 36.369 1,620.78 Venezuela 879,097 1,094.089 803.50 992.542 885.70 Ecuador 46,355 59.123 784.04 53.636 864.25 Chile 214,304 242.907 882.25 220.362 972.51 Brazil 1,624,350 2,553.753 636.06 2,316.727 701.14 Argentina 107,455 198.309 541.86 179.903 597.29 Sweden 1,878,238 854.738 2,197.44 775.406 2,422.26 Denmark 22,003 0.051 424,697.69 0.047 468,148.94 United Kingdom 2,461,057 2,643.439 931.01 2,398.089 1,026.26 Netherlands 50,356 22.406 2,247.37 20.327 2,477.30 Belgium 1,494,950 1,255.059 1,191.14 1,138.571 1,313.01 Luxembourg 335,682 196.505 1,708.26 178.267 1,883.03 France 1,565,076 1,258.685 1,243.42 1,141.861 1,370.64 Federal Republic of Germany 2,266,907 1,095.351 2,069.57 993.686 2,281.31 Austria 788,138 217.850 3,617.79 197.631 3,987.93 Czech Republic 38,426 31.163 1,233.05 28.271 1,359.20 Switzerland 268,683 80.845 3,323.41 73.342 3,663.43 Poland 1,366,149 1,613.838 846.52 1,464.050 933.13 Belarus 230,297 256.623 897.41 232.805 989.23 Spain 698,443 174.787 3,995.94 158.565 4,404.77 Italy 2,764,381 2,511.473 1,100.70 2,278.371 1,213.31 Greece 1,254,493 1,556.653 805.89 1,412.173 888.34 Turkey 310,556 253.955 1,222.87 230.385 1,347.99 Israel 165,896 240.508 689.77 218.186 760.34 India 3,729,640 1,827.345 2,041.02 1,657.740 2,249.83 Thailand 122,486 92.079 1,330.22 83.533 1,466.32 Malaysia 26,768 4.583 5,840.19 4.158 6,437.71 Singapore 3,247 5.506 589.72 4.995 650.05 Indonesia 62,192 20.122 3,090.64 18.255 3,406.85 China 7,089,159 10,312.124 687.46 9,355.005 757.79 Korea, South 7,325,007 5,908.506 1,239.74 5,360.108 1,366.58 Hong Kong 211,071 61.415 3,436.78 55.715 3,788.41 Taiwan 2,827,105 2,178.838 1,297.53 1,976.610 1,430.28 Japan 6,452,762 6,919.847 932.50 6,277.582 1,027.91 Australia 211,378 277.346 762.14 251.605 840.12 Egypt 377,180 558.749 675.04 506.889 744.11 South Africa 1,450,617 2,124.748 682.72 1,927.540 752.57 CATEGORY TOTAL 77,350,799 79,482.564 973.18 72,105.390 1,072.75 BLACK PLATE...........................28 Canada 11,264 8.115 1,388.01 7.362 1,530.02 Belgium 238,763 400.326 596.42 363.170 657.44 Federal Republic of Germany 196,642 188.030 1,045.80 170.578 1,152.80 Japan 1,476,694 2,386.707 618.72 2,165.185 682.02 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,923,363 2,983.178 644.74 2,706.295 710.70 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JULY - FINAL PREPARED 26/08/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE TIN PLATE.............................29 Canada 5,520,462 9,524.544 579.60 8,640.524 638.90 Chile 79,785 146.195 545.74 132.626 601.58 Brazil 273,609 401.654 681.20 364.375 750.90 Netherlands 3,680,120 6,533.742 563.25 5,927.313 620.87 Belgium 1,023,265 1,772.416 577.33 1,607.910 636.39 France 3,845,445 6,682.927 575.41 6,062.652 634.28 Federal Republic of Germany 5,472,323 9,812.469 557.69 8,901.725 614.75 Thailand 4,041 3.439 1,174.98 3.120 1,295.19 Korea, South 286,542 446.127 642.29 404.720 708.00 Taiwan 45,549 58.238 782.11 52.833 862.13 Japan 550,703 666.119 826.73 604.294 911.32 CATEGORY TOTAL 20,781,844 36,047.875 576.51 32,702.092 635.49 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A Canada 1,837,564 3,007.294 611.04 2,728.172 673.55 United Kingdom 1,023,600 1,201.056 852.25 1,089.580 939.44 Netherlands 197,410 366.138 539.17 332.155 594.33 Belgium 27,291 32.226 846.86 29.235 933.50 France 2,207,751 3,915.171 563.90 3,551.785 621.59 Federal Republic of Germany 205,027 335.616 610.90 304.466 673.40 Japan 1,179,393 1,876.319 628.57 1,702.169 692.88 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,678,036 10,733.821 622.15 9,737.562 685.80 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 17,347,538 29,922.798 579.74 27,145.514 639.06 Mexico 25,928,964 42,643.274 608.04 38,685.339 670.25 Colombia 66,932 138.428 483.51 125.580 532.98 Venezuela 2,894,547 5,441.159 531.97 4,936.138 586.40 Brazil 35,141 38.443 914.10 34.875 1,007.63 Sweden 748,905 810.809 923.65 735.554 1,018.15 Finland 2,274,285 2,038.063 1,115.90 1,848.901 1,230.07 United Kingdom 25,666 17.575 1,460.35 15.944 1,609.76 Netherlands 11,108,748 24,638.813 450.86 22,351.962 496.99 Belgium 6,723,963 12,522.919 536.93 11,360.605 591.87 France 5,669,241 11,831.956 479.15 10,733.773 528.17 Federal Republic of Germany 1,006,967 1,736.940 579.74 1,575.726 639.05 Austria 846,074 1,731.482 488.64 1,570.775 538.63 Russia 40,598,292 79,510.761 510.60 72,130.970 562.84 Spain 168,256 453.369 371.12 411.290 409.09 Italy 6,582,172 13,236.291 497.28 12,007.765 548.16 Bulgaria 276,398 659.248 419.26 598.060 462.16 Turkey 11,397,664 21,131.908 539.36 19,170.550 594.54 Korea, South 28,864,830 61,410.854 470.03 55,711.006 518.12 Taiwan 184,889 298.638 619.11 270.920 682.45 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JULY - FINAL PREPARED 26/08/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 1,886,761 3,392.743 556.12 3,077.846 613.01 Australia 16,172,711 40,869.376 395.72 37,076.085 436.20 New Zealand 182,958 331.890 551.26 301.086 607.66 Egypt 25,189,401 53,793.958 468.26 48,801.072 516.16 South Africa 5,138 5.574 921.72 5.057 1,016.02 CATEGORY TOTAL 206,186,441 408,607.279 504.61 370,682.393 556.23 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 21,723,276 32,929.105 659.70 29,872.790 727.19 Mexico 28,612,235 23,442.841 1,220.51 21,266.994 1,345.38 Dominican Republic 2,686 8.993 298.65 8.159 329.21 Colombia 11,311 22.509 502.51 20.420 553.92 Venezuela 373,533 655.037 570.25 594.240 628.59 Brazil 26,157,440 41,676.134 627.64 37,807.964 691.85 Argentina 7,768,326 13,964.443 556.29 12,668.334 613.21 Sweden 2,517,695 2,939.272 856.57 2,666.464 944.21 Finland 1,333,556 460.336 2,896.92 417.610 3,193.30 United Kingdom 75,817 12.242 6,193.05 11.106 6,826.67 Netherlands 1,523,351 2,679.396 568.54 2,430.708 626.71 Belgium 3,981,481 5,954.926 668.60 5,402.220 737.01 France 4,341,320 3,562.620 1,218.57 3,231.956 1,343.25 Federal Republic of Germany 5,437,204 2,889.139 1,881.95 2,620.984 2,074.49 Austria 158,969 55.867 2,845.47 50.682 3,136.60 Russia 5,661,819 10,131.340 558.84 9,191.000 616.02 Spain 20,422 22.139 922.41 20.085 1,016.78 Italy 6,672,116 3,661.314 1,822.33 3,321.490 2,008.77 Turkey 3,318,318 5,677.651 584.45 5,150.680 644.25 India 2,599,849 4,906.800 529.85 4,451.376 584.06 Thailand 66,261 22.038 3,006.60 19.993 3,314.21 China 18,393,824 18,000.175 1,021.87 16,329.489 1,126.42 Korea, South 12,734,392 17,357.515 733.65 15,746.478 808.71 Taiwan 18,095,304 24,488.524 738.93 22,215.622 814.53 Japan 4,926,780 6,546.821 752.55 5,939.178 829.54 Australia 46,964 11.751 3,996.35 10.661 4,405.22 New Zealand 589,916 960.961 613.88 871.770 676.69 South Africa 1,988,087 3,266.880 608.56 2,963.665 670.82 CATEGORY TOTAL 179,132,252 226,306.782 791.55 205,302.118 872.53 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 26,551,287 41,699.310 636.73 37,828.989 701.88 Mexico 19,459,002 20,448.753 951.60 18,550.802 1,048.96 Guatemala 226,244 286.195 790.52 259.632 871.40 Colombia 858,615 1,544.485 555.92 1,401.134 612.80 Venezuela 728,675 1,168.304 623.70 1,059.868 687.51 Brazil 19,115,938 28,076.859 680.84 25,470.906 750.50 Argentina 388,651 555.294 699.90 503.755 771.51 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JULY - FINAL PREPARED 26/08/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Sweden 374,114 536.027 697.94 486.276 769.34 United Kingdom 59,126 58.599 1,008.98 53.161 1,112.21 Netherlands 3,100,163 4,706.884 658.64 4,270.015 726.03 Belgium 2,824,342 3,979.385 709.74 3,610.039 782.36 France 2,138,603 3,232.636 661.57 2,932.599 729.25 Federal Republic of Germany 4,609,371 11,236.332 410.22 10,193.432 452.19 Austria 468,285 507.731 922.31 460.606 1,016.67 Estonia 3,653,950 5,768.592 633.42 5,233.181 698.23 Russia 840,958 1,207.096 696.68 1,095.060 767.96 Kazakhstan 9,554,781 13,325.461 717.03 12,088.659 790.39 Spain 2,800,867 5,004.992 559.61 4,540.454 616.87 Turkey 8,351,539 12,400.964 673.46 11,249.969 742.36 India 57,934,373 87,892.871 659.15 79,735.094 726.59 Malaysia 762,096 1,118.520 681.34 1,014.705 751.05 Philippines 290,946 393.704 739.00 357.163 814.60 China 11,775,442 18,426.517 639.05 16,716.260 704.43 Korea, South 10,309,211 15,015.727 686.56 13,622.043 756.80 Taiwan 27,848,583 36,881.554 755.08 33,458.393 832.33 Japan 443,972 553.559 802.03 502.181 884.09 South Africa 8,079,597 11,567.585 698.47 10,493.940 769.93 CATEGORY TOTAL 223,548,731 327,593.949 682.40 297,188.316 752.21 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 537,441 588.832 912.72 534.180 1,006.10 Mexico 114,995 79.849 1,440.15 72.438 1,587.50 Brazil 531,757 707.749 751.33 642.060 828.20 Argentina 1,109,236 1,764.512 628.64 1,600.739 692.95 Federal Republic of Germany 2,085,009 3,553.267 586.79 3,223.471 646.82 Spain 326,213 505.579 645.23 458.654 711.24 Thailand 496,911 943.462 526.69 855.895 580.57 Korea, South 179,614 261.512 686.83 237.240 757.10 Taiwan 916,679 1,361.671 673.20 1,235.288 742.08 Japan 472,725 725.986 651.15 658.604 717.77 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,770,580 10,492.423 645.28 9,518.569 711.30 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 Canada 7,406,728 9,338.806 793.11 8,472.025 874.26 Mexico 7,981,595 8,845.399 902.34 8,024.414 994.66 Chile 290,168 558.015 520.00 506.223 573.20 United Kingdom 184,081 425.392 432.73 385.910 477.01 Belgium 219,715 195.643 1,123.04 177.485 1,237.94 Luxembourg 195,957 296.109 661.77 268.626 729.48 France 26,933 8.516 3,162.47 7.726 3,486.02 Federal Republic of Germany 340,180 140.450 2,422.06 127.415 2,669.86 Austria 29,955 21.274 1,408.02 19.300 1,552.07 Korea, South 2,774,542 4,275.147 648.99 3,878.350 715.39 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JULY - FINAL PREPARED 26/08/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Taiwan 6,258,488 7,981.999 784.08 7,241.150 864.29 Japan 543,276 375.813 1,445.60 340.932 1,593.50 CATEGORY TOTAL 26,251,618 32,462.569 808.67 29,449.556 891.41 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 Canada 12,695 10.269 1,236.23 9.316 1,362.71 Sweden 12,795 5.669 2,256.94 5.143 2,487.85 United Kingdom 706,708 936.078 754.97 849.196 832.21 Federal Republic of Germany 1,483,322 2,081.265 712.70 1,888.093 785.62 Poland 54,643 62.038 880.80 56.280 970.91 Russia 2,296,388 2,498.525 919.10 2,266.625 1,013.13 Japan 637,892 1,066.160 598.31 967.205 659.52 Australia 11,597 22.116 524.35 20.064 578.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,216,040 6,682.123 780.60 6,061.922 860.46 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 2,277,613 3,907.393 582.90 3,544.729 642.54 Mexico 945,380 1,457.602 648.59 1,322.315 714.94 Finland 465,136 202.291 2,299.33 183.516 2,534.58 United Kingdom 317,280 896.024 354.10 812.860 390.33 France 9,241 14.552 635.00 13.202 699.97 Federal Republic of Germany 826,119 1,190.290 694.05 1,079.814 765.06 Slovenia 96,400 42.505 2,267.96 38.560 2,500.00 Turkey 186,108 406.235 458.13 368.531 505.00 Korea, South 52,834 78.261 675.09 70.998 744.16 Japan 19,214 9.756 1,969.34 8.851 2,170.83 Australia 19,461 30.793 631.99 27.935 696.65 Egypt 757,185 1,215.054 623.17 1,102.279 686.93 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,971,971 9,450.762 631.90 8,573.590 696.55 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 3,015,229 3,552.118 848.85 3,222.429 935.70 Mexico 2,045,804 1,336.067 1,531.21 1,212.060 1,687.87 Chile 20,636 23.500 878.12 21.319 967.96 Brazil 435,435 535.665 812.89 485.948 896.05 Sweden 3,510,097 884.066 3,970.40 802.012 4,376.61 Finland 1,179,197 491.086 2,401.20 445.506 2,646.87 United Kingdom 999,038 485.914 2,056.00 440.814 2,266.35 Belgium 218,104 39.874 5,469.69 36.174 6,029.30 France 2,235,218 441.414 5,063.76 400.445 5,581.84 Federal Republic of Germany 5,233,800 3,330.782 1,571.34 3,021.636 1,732.11 Austria 1,567,558 273.890 5,723.31 248.469 6,308.87 Switzerland 414,144 222.989 1,857.23 202.293 2,047.25 Russia 72,000 29.614 2,431.23 26.866 2,679.97 Spain 18,575 19.717 942.08 17.887 1,038.46 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JULY - FINAL PREPARED 26/08/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Italy 146,870 41.155 3,568.63 37.336 3,933.74 India 1,206,919 782.842 1,541.71 710.183 1,699.45 Thailand 206,695 279.574 739.32 253.626 814.96 China 84,638 78.455 1,078.80 71.174 1,189.17 Korea, South 868,362 1,142.409 760.11 1,036.377 837.88 Hong Kong 59,333 5.940 9,988.13 5.389 11,010.02 Taiwan 135,814 92.016 1,475.97 83.476 1,626.98 Japan 3,469,944 963.548 3,601.21 874.117 3,969.66 Australia 88,501 14.909 5,935.74 13.526 6,543.03 South Africa 28,377 22.520 1,260.07 20.430 1,388.99 CATEGORY TOTAL 27,260,288 15,090.077 1,806.50 13,689.492 1,991.33 GRAND TOTAL 1,944,452,182 3,142,421.731 618.78 2,850,757.846 682.08 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY JULY - FINAL PREPARED 26/08/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Mexico 699,922 1,432.265 488.68 1,299.330 538.68 Belgium 612,357 1,084.883 564.44 984.190 622.19 Italy 287,509 336.501 854.41 305.269 941.82 Australia 277,748 16.039 17,316.25 14.551 19,087.90 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,877,536 2,869.690 654.26 2,603.340 721.20 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 286,959 287.781 997.14 261.071 1,099.16 Mexico 8,322,681 16,579.583 501.98 15,040.749 553.34 Brazil 767,437 1,610.239 476.60 1,460.785 525.36 United Kingdom 81,510 98.214 829.92 89.099 914.83 France 1,144,570 203.822 5,615.51 184.905 6,190.04 Federal Republic of Germany 2,169,050 4,010.171 540.89 3,637.967 596.23 Russia 115,398 198.757 580.60 180.310 640.00 Italy 50,602 14.451 3,501.55 13.110 3,859.80 India 5,000 0.275 18,143.70 0.250 20,000.00 Japan 7,301 0.110 66,233.58 0.100 73,010.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,950,508 23,003.407 562.98 20,868.346 620.58 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 171,939 325.071 528.93 294.900 583.04 Sweden 16,094 21.007 766.09 19.058 844.47 United Kingdom 2,730,084 5,059.876 539.56 4,590.244 594.76 Luxembourg 73,887 112.065 659.32 101.664 726.78 Federal Republic of Germany 79,160 99.995 791.64 90.714 872.63 Spain 1,813,142 3,314.503 547.03 3,006.868 603.00 Italy 1,142,336 1,529.920 746.66 1,387.921 823.06 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,026,642 10,462.440 576.03 9,491.369 634.96 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 7,894,344 10,620.795 743.29 9,635.026 819.34 Brazil 3,183,983 4,415.400 721.11 4,005.585 794.89 Sweden 5,173,311 6,720.768 769.75 6,096.980 848.50 Finland 220,942 280.152 788.65 254.150 869.34 United Kingdom 122,100 124.348 981.92 112.807 1,082.38 Belgium 1,402,721 935.617 1,499.25 848.778 1,652.64 France 1,256,265 1,617.739 776.56 1,467.589 856.01 Federal Republic of Germany 1,270,801 2,016.741 630.13 1,829.558 694.59 Austria 176,113 211.804 831.49 192.146 916.56 Switzerland 5,832 10.044 580.63 9.112 640.04 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY JULY - FINAL PREPARED 26/08/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Poland 7,169 9.186 780.37 8.334 860.21 Romania 690,515 1,540.254 448.31 1,397.296 494.18 Japan 1,396,883 2,403.554 581.17 2,180.469 640.63 CATEGORY TOTAL 22,800,979 30,906.408 737.74 28,037.830 813.22 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 5,862,898 8,976.125 653.17 8,143.006 719.99 Sweden 950,459 1,915.210 496.27 1,737.450 547.04 Netherlands 1,955,743 1,847.931 1,058.34 1,676.416 1,166.62 France 146,122 235.971 619.24 214.070 682.59 Federal Republic of Germany 198,422 524.589 378.24 475.900 416.94 Japan 554,920 1,225.115 452.95 1,111.406 499.30 Australia 31,052 15.683 1,979.89 14.228 2,182.46 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,699,616 14,740.627 658.02 13,372.476 725.34 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Federal Republic of Germany 6,980 2.929 2,382.30 2.658 2,626.03 Czech Republic 918,896 2,899.077 316.96 2,630.000 349.39 Japan 492,120 1,016.422 484.17 922.083 533.70 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,417,996 3,918.430 361.88 3,554.741 398.90 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 18,230,313 31,837.324 572.61 28,882.343 631.19 Mexico 2,645,402 4,825.716 548.19 4,377.818 604.27 Trinidad and Tobago 1,580,383 1,444.111 1,094.36 1,310.076 1,206.33 Brazil 100,401 86.047 1,166.81 78.061 1,286.19 Sweden 1,725,610 953.673 1,809.44 865.158 1,994.56 United Kingdom 1,793,145 1,879.504 954.05 1,705.058 1,051.66 Netherlands 310,617 443.828 699.86 402.635 771.46 France 971,559 969.018 1,002.62 879.079 1,105.20 Federal Republic of Germany 760,108 686.057 1,107.94 622.381 1,221.29 Austria 139,514 45.458 3,069.06 41.239 3,383.06 Czech Republic 158,870 277.039 573.46 251.326 632.13 Latvia 3,608,549 9,250.565 390.09 8,391.974 430.00 Ukraine 8,089 10.155 796.51 9.213 878.00 Spain 1,806,295 2,489.248 725.64 2,258.209 799.88 Italy 199,836 301.642 662.49 273.646 730.27 Turkey 8,003 8.593 931.27 7.796 1,026.55 China 99,029 77.393 1,279.56 70.210 1,410.47 Korea, South 43,495 64.356 675.85 58.383 744.99 Taiwan 270,364 608.214 444.52 551.763 490.00 Japan 5,733,687 7,270.501 788.62 6,595.690 869.31 CATEGORY TOTAL 40,193,269 63,528.451 632.68 57,632.058 697.41 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY JULY - FINAL PREPARED 26/08/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 190,757 367.394 519.22 333.295 572.34 Mexico 568,658 1,041.844 545.82 945.146 601.66 CATEGORY TOTAL 759,415 1,409.239 538.88 1,278.441 594.02 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 1,529,049 1,498.331 1,020.50 1,359.264 1,124.91 Colombia 219,559 271.039 810.06 245.883 892.94 Brazil 29,094 18.202 1,598.36 16.513 1,761.88 Sweden 25,494 19.315 1,319.85 17.523 1,454.89 United Kingdom 768,161 470.781 1,631.67 427.086 1,798.61 France 1,700,639 1,882.008 903.63 1,707.330 996.08 Federal Republic of Germany 167,582 101.191 1,656.10 91.799 1,825.53 Austria 190,819 47.827 3,989.77 43.388 4,397.97 Poland 509,346 629.373 809.29 570.958 892.09 Ukraine 1,638,571 1,701.333 963.11 1,543.424 1,061.65 Spain 822,107 936.823 877.55 849.872 967.33 Italy 45,223 50.745 891.16 46.036 982.34 Romania 264,114 545.225 484.41 494.620 533.97 Korea, South 26,159 30.955 845.06 28.082 931.52 Taiwan 78,555 41.920 1,873.89 38.030 2,065.61 Japan 297,339 313.857 947.37 284.727 1,044.30 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,311,811 8,558.932 971.13 7,764.535 1,070.48 TOOL STEEL............................17 Canada 865,866 782.428 1,106.64 709.807 1,219.86 Mexico 34,170 21.229 1,609.56 19.259 1,774.24 Colombia 47,506 8.323 5,707.42 7.551 6,291.35 Brazil 1,967,462 1,029.792 1,910.54 934.212 2,106.01 Sweden 3,386,325 1,736.224 1,950.40 1,575.077 2,149.94 United Kingdom 1,410,752 503.589 2,801.39 456.849 3,088.01 Netherlands 242,772 244.084 994.62 221.430 1,096.38 Belgium 88,527 21.563 4,105.43 19.562 4,525.46 France 1,448,152 764.776 1,893.56 693.794 2,087.29 Federal Republic of Germany 2,815,104 1,886.793 1,492.00 1,711.671 1,644.65 Austria 2,104,201 643.103 3,271.95 583.414 3,606.70 Switzerland 116,896 62.130 1,881.45 56.364 2,073.95 Poland 47,175 26.298 1,793.80 23.858 1,977.32 Russia 396,555 221.900 1,787.08 201.305 1,969.92 Ukraine 3,179 1.232 2,579.55 1.118 2,843.47 Spain 292,890 207.097 1,414.26 187.876 1,558.95 Italy 74,547 80.556 925.40 73.080 1,020.07 Slovenia 1,033,859 627.962 1,646.37 569.678 1,814.81 India 53,177 7.594 7,001.65 6.890 7,718.00 China 1,691,874 777.174 2,176.96 705.041 2,399.68 Korea, South 279,061 167.547 1,665.56 151.997 1,835.96 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY JULY - FINAL PREPARED 26/08/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Taiwan 1,404,297 775.443 1,810.96 703.471 1,996.24 Japan 3,602,080 4,250.984 847.35 3,856.429 934.05 CATEGORY TOTAL 23,406,427 14,847.834 1,576.42 13,469.733 1,737.71 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 90,638 14.800 6,123.89 13.427 6,750.43 Mexico 81,579 122.044 668.44 110.717 736.82 Brazil 82,708 41.656 1,985.48 37.790 2,188.62 Argentina 158,487 120.043 1,320.24 108.902 1,455.32 France 26,240 1.999 13,122.68 1.814 14,465.27 Federal Republic of Germany 299,991 217.344 1,380.25 197.172 1,521.47 Spain 292,340 214.046 1,365.78 194.180 1,505.51 Italy 236,629 80.142 2,952.61 72.704 3,254.69 Romania 4,935 3.324 1,484.40 3.016 1,636.27 China 5,000 0.297 16,799.72 0.270 18,518.52 Japan 445,520 315.343 1,412.81 286.075 1,557.35 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,724,067 1,131.044 1,524.31 1,026.067 1,680.27 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 2,549,452 2,721.856 936.66 2,469.227 1,032.49 Mexico 267,400 535.083 499.73 485.420 550.86 Brazil 3,323,784 3,909.579 850.16 3,546.712 937.15 United Kingdom 76,272 3.719 20,507.65 3.374 22,605.81 Ireland 5,158 4.987 1,034.09 4.525 1,139.89 Netherlands 13,789 1.455 9,476.65 1.320 10,446.21 France 1,159,787 1,394.039 831.96 1,264.652 917.08 Federal Republic of Germany 4,777,814 5,711.390 836.54 5,181.288 922.13 Austria 2,337,689 3,026.262 772.47 2,745.380 851.50 Ukraine 762,546 1,027.304 742.28 931.955 818.22 Spain 6,135,311 6,718.823 913.15 6,095.216 1,006.58 India 12,158 21.894 555.31 19.862 612.12 China 914,899 1,500.173 609.86 1,360.935 672.26 Japan 8,221,857 3,701.215 2,221.39 3,357.687 2,448.67 CATEGORY TOTAL 30,557,916 30,277.785 1,009.25 27,467.553 1,112.51 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 7,404,830 14,050.481 527.02 12,746.386 580.94 United Kingdom 3,968 5.467 725.75 4.960 800.00 Federal Republic of Germany 19,414 11.481 1,690.87 10.416 1,863.86 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,428,212 14,067.430 528.04 12,761.762 582.07 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Norway 4,179 0.610 6,843.19 0.554 7,543.32 Federal Republic of Germany 13,548 8.012 1,690.82 7.269 1,863.81 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY JULY - FINAL PREPARED 26/08/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE China 27,703 45.054 614.87 40.873 677.78 CATEGORY TOTAL 45,430 53.678 846.34 48.696 932.93 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 1,084,361 1,321.970 820.26 1,199.272 904.18 Mexico 1,032,593 1,099.646 939.02 997.583 1,035.09 Guatemala 14,685 22.149 662.98 20.094 730.82 Venezuela 289,954 288.527 1,004.94 261.748 1,107.76 Brazil 83,920 118.112 710.51 107.150 783.20 Argentina 2,511,906 2,575.559 975.29 2,336.509 1,075.07 Sweden 962,496 802.175 1,199.86 727.722 1,322.61 United Kingdom 421,304 296.774 1,419.61 269.229 1,564.85 Belgium 4,072 5.254 774.92 4.767 854.21 France 647,174 552.089 1,172.23 500.847 1,292.16 Federal Republic of Germany 1,167,557 1,072.766 1,088.36 973.198 1,199.71 Switzerland 192,583 114.416 1,683.17 103.797 1,855.38 Spain 545,639 473.871 1,151.45 429.889 1,269.26 Italy 95,109 80.142 1,186.75 72.704 1,308.17 Saudi Arabia 78,528 75.377 1,041.80 68.381 1,148.39 India 203,767 310.272 656.73 281.475 723.93 China 40,148 26.708 1,503.16 24.230 1,656.95 Korea, South 187,948 337.505 556.87 306.180 613.85 Taiwan 23,305 17.446 1,335.82 15.827 1,472.48 Japan 2,446,569 1,599.605 1,529.48 1,451.138 1,685.97 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,033,618 11,190.374 1,075.35 10,151.740 1,185.37 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Mexico 5,272 1.607 3,280.30 1.458 3,615.91 Argentina 196,492 128.342 1,531.00 116.430 1,687.64 Sweden 239,904 215.251 1,114.53 195.273 1,228.56 France 1,600,335 1,109.431 1,442.48 1,006.460 1,590.06 Federal Republic of Germany 689,557 644.477 1,069.95 584.660 1,179.42 Spain 1,336,305 262.838 5,084.13 238.443 5,604.30 Italy 576,665 211.392 2,727.94 191.772 3,007.03 Japan 83,890 35.924 2,335.19 32.590 2,574.10 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,728,420 2,609.264 1,812.17 2,367.086 1,997.57 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 1,326,944 487.222 2,723.49 442.001 3,002.13 Mexico 2,133 0.839 2,539.40 0.762 2,799.21 Brazil 4,088 0.804 5,080.24 0.730 5,600.00 United Kingdom 38,112 6.386 5,967.32 5.794 6,577.84 Federal Republic of Germany 47,998 10.830 4,431.86 9.825 4,885.29 Switzerland 3,440 1.353 2,541.30 1.228 2,801.30 Italy 7,439 2.927 2,540.87 2.656 2,800.83 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY JULY - FINAL PREPARED 26/08/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Taiwan 8,300 7.762 1,069.25 7.042 1,178.64 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,438,454 518.128 2,776.25 470.038 3,060.29 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 452,624 459.316 985.43 416.685 1,086.25 Finland 689,520 224.770 3,067.67 203.908 3,381.53 United Kingdom 71,711 73.007 982.25 66.231 1,082.74 Federal Republic of Germany 13,325 2.978 4,473.81 2.702 4,931.53 Italy 181,742 68.331 2,659.72 61.989 2,931.84 China 105,517 37.879 2,785.57 34.364 3,070.57 Korea, South 61,349 126.403 485.34 114.671 535.00 Taiwan 338,393 116.715 2,899.29 105.883 3,195.91 Japan 226,365 135.994 1,664.52 123.372 1,834.82 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,140,546 1,245.396 1,718.77 1,129.805 1,894.62 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 23,860 43.173 552.66 39.166 609.20 CATEGORY TOTAL 23,860 43.173 552.66 39.166 609.20 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 371,433 389.763 952.97 353.588 1,050.47 Mexico 1,735,599 1,555.500 1,115.78 1,411.127 1,229.94 Venezuela 14,370 18.937 758.80 17.180 836.44 Brazil 14,714 7.650 1,923.39 6.940 2,120.17 Sweden 499,515 499.083 1,000.86 452.761 1,103.26 United Kingdom 195,846 12.219 16,027.84 11.085 17,667.66 Netherlands 11,489 0.749 15,327.42 0.680 16,895.59 France 16,781 1.032 16,247.03 0.937 17,909.28 Federal Republic of Germany 123,125 65.880 1,868.91 59.766 2,060.12 Austria 103,212 19.138 5,392.95 17.362 5,944.71 Czech Republic 2,585 0.585 4,416.33 0.531 4,868.17 Switzerland 4,191 0.029 140,815.27 0.027 155,222.22 Poland 281,718 291.297 967.11 264.261 1,066.06 Italy 1,698,685 1,593.347 1,066.11 1,445.461 1,175.19 Turkey 284,683 228.576 1,245.46 207.361 1,372.89 India 43,914 39.179 1,120.84 35.543 1,235.52 Thailand 41,455 51.808 800.16 47.000 882.02 China 393,905 262.104 1,502.86 237.777 1,656.62 Korea, South 2,494,334 2,499.245 998.03 2,267.278 1,100.14 Taiwan 519,750 638.402 814.14 579.149 897.44 Japan 2,915,648 2,866.955 1,016.98 2,600.859 1,121.03 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,766,952 11,041.488 1,065.70 10,016.673 1,174.74 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY JULY - FINAL PREPARED 26/08/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 858,442 1,773.951 483.92 1,609.302 533.43 Sweden 473,139 529.143 894.16 480.031 985.64 Finland 8,216 3.795 2,164.81 3.443 2,386.29 Netherlands 427,063 987.884 432.30 896.194 476.53 Belgium 16,984 38.206 444.54 34.660 490.02 France 873,373 1,479.854 590.17 1,342.502 650.56 Federal Republic of Germany 81,218 251.084 323.47 227.780 356.56 Austria 518,273 999.399 518.58 906.640 571.64 Spain 20,531 11.514 1,783.02 10.446 1,965.44 Japan 1,434,076 2,979.156 481.37 2,702.646 530.62 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,711,315 9,053.990 520.36 8,213.644 573.60 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 3,572,349 5,098.976 700.60 4,625.715 772.28 Dominican Republic 2,686 8.993 298.65 8.159 329.21 Brazil 698,773 1,034.689 675.35 938.655 744.44 Sweden 599,741 1,068.591 561.24 969.410 618.67 Netherlands 279,460 569.387 490.81 516.540 541.02 France 904,317 1,384.536 653.15 1,256.031 719.98 Federal Republic of Germany 418,422 518.868 806.41 470.710 888.92 Austria 158,969 55.867 2,845.47 50.682 3,136.60 Korea, South 694,576 1,283.916 540.98 1,164.750 596.33 Japan 2,139,925 2,718.017 787.31 2,465.745 867.86 Australia 46,964 11.751 3,996.35 10.661 4,405.22 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,516,182 13,753.598 691.90 12,477.058 762.69 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 6,292,062 9,413.300 668.42 8,539.605 736.81 Netherlands 1,340,664 1,907.893 702.69 1,730.812 774.59 Belgium 42,930 68.343 628.15 62.000 692.42 France 165,788 264.123 627.69 239.609 691.91 Federal Republic of Germany 4,095,709 9,995.159 409.77 9,067.459 451.69 Spain 2,297,023 4,170.718 550.75 3,783.613 607.10 India 82,479 116.078 710.54 105.305 783.24 Taiwan 486,748 551.756 882.18 500.545 972.44 Japan 267,128 311.389 857.86 282.488 945.63 CATEGORY TOTAL 15,070,531 26,798.763 562.36 24,311.436 619.89 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 156,713 143.716 1,090.44 130.377 1,202.00 Federal Republic of Germany 1,422,490 2,388.674 595.51 2,166.970 656.44 Japan 342,462 541.913 631.95 491.616 696.60 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,921,665 3,074.304 625.07 2,788.963 689.02 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY JULY - FINAL PREPARED 26/08/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 Canada 12,695 10.269 1,236.23 9.316 1,362.71 Sweden 12,795 5.669 2,256.94 5.143 2,487.85 United Kingdom 706,708 936.078 754.97 849.196 832.21 Federal Republic of Germany 1,483,322 2,081.265 712.70 1,888.093 785.62 Poland 54,643 62.038 880.80 56.280 970.91 Russia 2,296,388 2,498.525 919.10 2,266.625 1,013.13 Japan 637,892 1,066.160 598.31 967.205 659.52 Australia 11,597 22.116 524.35 20.064 578.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,216,040 6,682.123 780.60 6,061.922 860.46 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 65,179 121.955 534.45 110.636 589.13 Federal Republic of Germany 292,506 428.694 682.32 388.905 752.13 Japan 10,313 8.721 1,182.48 7.912 1,303.46 CATEGORY TOTAL 367,998 559.371 657.88 507.453 725.19 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 4,294 9.698 442.77 8.798 488.07 Mexico 10,324 19.762 522.41 17.928 575.86 Brazil 17,641 19.308 913.66 17.516 1,007.14 Sweden 729,475 200.709 3,634.47 182.081 4,006.32 United Kingdom 13,765 5.986 2,299.28 5.431 2,534.52 France 1,026,658 86.281 11,898.98 78.273 13,116.37 Federal Republic of Germany 2,751,444 1,590.174 1,730.28 1,442.582 1,907.31 Austria 258,315 45.187 5,716.57 40.993 6,301.44 Switzerland 43,328 30.595 1,416.14 27.756 1,561.03 Russia 72,000 29.614 2,431.23 26.866 2,679.97 India 2,092 1.410 1,482.68 1.280 1,634.38 Hong Kong 59,333 5.940 9,988.13 5.389 11,010.02 Taiwan 4,114 3.187 1,290.51 2.892 1,422.54 Japan 260,595 66.484 3,919.62 60.314 4,320.64 Australia 88,501 14.909 5,935.74 13.526 6,543.03 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,341,879 2,129.251 2,508.81 1,931.625 2,765.48 GRAND TOTAL 241,477,284 308,474.630 782.81 279,843.556 862.90 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JULY - FINAL PREPARED 26/08/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Canada 9,060 19.281 469.88 17.492 517.95 Brazil 5,980 12.808 466.86 11.620 514.63 CATEGORY TOTAL 15,040 32.090 468.67 29.112 516.63 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 5,900,506 14,724.103 400.74 13,357.486 441.74 Mexico 66,693,561 158,554.816 420.63 143,838.551 463.67 Brazil 41,258,378 177,450.289 232.51 160,980.240 256.29 United Kingdom 410,067 663.820 617.74 602.208 680.94 Netherlands 10,670 39.205 272.15 35.567 300.00 Belgium 1,037,110 1,964.698 527.87 1,782.345 581.88 Federal Republic of Germany 5,570,192 17,765.582 313.54 16,116.670 345.62 Switzerland 9,072 33.333 272.16 30.240 300.00 Russia 26,718,426 60,721.595 440.02 55,085.720 485.03 Ukraine 13,281,388 32,599.463 407.41 29,573.744 449.09 CATEGORY TOTAL 160,889,370 464,516.909 346.36 421,402.771 381.79 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 17,447,829 31,599.359 552.16 28,666.465 608.65 Mexico 5,382,403 10,770.953 499.71 9,771.247 550.84 Trinidad and Tobago 10,568,585 20,195.472 523.31 18,321.030 576.86 Venezuela 3,016,888 6,460.755 466.96 5,861.100 514.73 Brazil 4,963,603 12,839.078 386.60 11,647.419 426.15 Argentina 3,385,931 6,892.486 491.25 6,252.760 541.51 Finland 60,800 99.860 608.85 90.592 671.14 United Kingdom 2,555,683 6,415.517 398.36 5,820.061 439.12 Ireland 25,642 4.078 6,287.04 3.700 6,930.27 Netherlands 243,365 405.612 599.99 367.966 661.38 Belgium 447,994 1,073.540 417.31 973.900 460.00 France 1,238,172 1,865.286 663.80 1,692.160 731.71 Federal Republic of Germany 9,897,298 19,928.018 496.65 18,078.399 547.47 Poland 2,608,674 6,614.065 394.41 6,000.181 434.77 Italy 5,141,431 10,050.384 511.57 9,117.558 563.90 Turkey 41,034,543 88,581.340 463.24 80,359.663 510.64 Malaysia 10,169,709 21,588.893 471.06 19,585.120 519.26 China 27,066,269 62,467.455 433.29 56,669.538 477.62 Japan 4,542,562 12,346.650 367.92 11,200.696 405.56 South Africa 639,867 1,464.059 437.05 1,328.173 481.76 CATEGORY TOTAL 150,437,248 321,662.868 467.69 291,807.728 515.54 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JULY - FINAL PREPARED 26/08/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 6,578,860 11,386.685 577.77 10,329.830 636.88 Mexico 993,995 1,952.877 508.99 1,771.621 561.07 Brazil 927,236 2,582.155 359.09 2,342.493 395.83 Norway 271,897 420.211 647.05 381.210 713.25 Denmark 12,752 8.264 1,543.07 7.497 1,700.95 United Kingdom 842,780 1,583.229 532.32 1,436.282 586.78 Luxembourg 2,002,621 3,318.783 603.42 3,010.751 665.16 Federal Republic of Germany 1,655,265 3,058.439 541.21 2,774.570 596.58 Austria 31,918 21.495 1,484.90 19.500 1,636.82 Switzerland 14,294 17.059 837.90 15.476 923.62 Poland 5,097,329 13,731.343 371.22 12,456.869 409.20 Spain 680,836 1,441.313 472.37 1,307.538 520.70 Korea, South 21,629 29.591 730.92 26.845 805.70 Taiwan 47,772 43.891 1,088.40 39.818 1,199.76 Japan 46,235 98.519 469.30 89.375 517.31 CATEGORY TOTAL 19,225,419 39,693.860 484.34 36,009.675 533.90 STEEL PILING...........................5 Canada 1,355,439 1,870.568 724.61 1,696.952 798.75 United Kingdom 13,745 22.932 599.37 20.804 660.69 Luxembourg 2,311,001 3,764.853 613.84 3,415.419 676.64 Italy 22,504 21.791 1,032.69 19.769 1,138.35 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,702,689 5,680.146 651.87 5,152.944 718.56 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 4,916,561 8,069.136 609.30 7,320.200 671.64 Mexico 73,708 128.934 571.67 116.967 630.16 Belgium 438,773 650.120 674.91 589.780 743.96 Federal Republic of Germany 2,692,275 4,359.621 617.55 3,954.983 680.73 Austria 568,847 1,029.043 552.79 933.533 609.35 Czech Republic 3,215,797 7,105.767 452.56 6,446.246 498.86 Poland 18,900 39.900 473.68 36.197 522.14 Ukraine 26,731,153 51,675.486 517.29 46,879.226 570.21 Italy 764,666 1,659.734 460.72 1,505.686 507.85 Romania 5,803 17.149 338.37 15.558 372.99 Turkey 111,839 191.931 582.70 174.117 642.32 India 4,276 6.005 712.03 5.448 784.88 Japan 24,980 32.551 767.41 29.530 845.92 Australia 589,764 911.439 647.07 826.844 713.27 Egypt 18,781 31.227 601.43 28.329 662.96 South Africa 49,118 60.075 817.60 54.500 901.25 CATEGORY TOTAL 40,225,241 75,968.125 529.50 68,917.144 583.68 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JULY - FINAL PREPARED 26/08/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 10,900,545 18,959.719 574.93 17,199.973 633.75 Mexico 1,532,473 2,708.541 565.79 2,457.148 623.68 Venezuela 1,218,023 2,296.646 530.35 2,083.483 584.61 Netherlands 3,845,674 8,550.078 449.78 7,756.503 495.80 Belgium 76,755 168.411 455.76 152.780 502.39 France 1,038,930 1,959.190 530.29 1,777.348 584.54 Federal Republic of Germany 646,207 1,410.533 458.13 1,279.615 505.00 Russia 18,350,240 35,954.595 510.37 32,617.470 562.59 Turkey 4,371,050 8,223.714 531.52 7,460.430 585.90 Korea, South 82,732 138.664 596.64 125.794 657.68 Japan 68,514 95.757 715.49 86.870 788.70 Egypt 1,786,514 3,715.463 480.83 3,370.613 530.03 CATEGORY TOTAL 43,917,657 84,181.316 521.70 76,368.027 575.08 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Luxembourg 396,273 664.780 596.10 603.079 657.08 Federal Republic of Germany 21,332 37.813 564.13 34.304 621.85 Austria 870,143 760.583 1,144.05 689.990 1,261.10 Spain 150,987 230.021 656.40 208.672 723.56 Taiwan 2,381 0.938 2,538.20 0.851 2,797.88 Japan 5,337,382 12,078.512 441.89 10,957.445 487.10 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,778,498 13,772.649 492.17 12,494.341 542.53 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 Canada 22,193 47.630 465.94 43.210 513.61 Austria 193,193 285.439 676.83 258.946 746.07 Poland 124,545 240.854 517.10 218.500 570.00 Spain 549,819 789.535 696.38 716.255 767.63 Korea, South 412,439 644.127 640.31 584.343 705.82 Japan 201,424 354.327 568.47 321.441 626.63 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,503,613 2,361.916 636.61 2,142.695 701.74 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 Canada 86,442 181.140 477.21 164.328 526.03 Mexico 4,116 6.964 591.01 6.318 651.47 Federal Republic of Germany 141,589 29.042 4,875.22 26.347 5,374.01 China 40,304 18.718 2,153.18 16.981 2,373.48 Australia 306,298 507.038 604.09 459.978 665.90 CATEGORY TOTAL 578,749 742.904 779.04 673.952 858.74 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 19,434,842 35,495.923 547.52 32,201.369 603.54 Mexico 1,581,483 3,022.816 523.18 2,742.254 576.71 Brazil 476,692 1,456.765 327.23 1,321.556 360.71 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JULY - FINAL PREPARED 26/08/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Argentina 1,444,048 3,271.654 441.38 2,967.996 486.54 United Kingdom 17,456,845 29,167.446 598.50 26,460.270 659.74 Netherlands 13,783 5.022 2,744.45 4.556 3,025.24 France 130,113 182.824 711.68 165.856 784.49 Federal Republic of Germany 525,822 945.059 556.39 857.344 613.32 Poland 80,600 119.358 675.28 108.280 744.37 Spain 177,556 308.223 576.06 279.616 635.00 Italy 16,510 12.054 1,369.57 10.936 1,509.69 Turkey 2,313,166 5,521.845 418.91 5,009.335 461.77 India 246,431 373.203 660.31 338.565 727.87 China 3,956 3.099 1,276.25 2.812 1,406.83 Korea, South 694,245 1,531.970 453.17 1,389.781 499.54 Taiwan 6,674 0.369 18,073.29 0.335 19,922.39 Japan 1,386,625 2,595.499 534.24 2,354.598 588.90 South Africa 2,801,484 7,393.252 378.92 6,707.048 417.69 CATEGORY TOTAL 48,790,875 91,406.391 533.78 82,922.507 588.39 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 6,769,705 12,589.946 537.71 11,421.411 592.72 Mexico 2,018,679 3,779.966 534.05 3,429.129 588.69 Brazil 380,882 1,179.300 322.97 1,069.844 356.02 Sweden 8,752 2.414 3,625.43 2.190 3,996.35 Italy 11,370 12.024 945.61 10.908 1,042.35 Turkey 133,047 297.284 447.54 269.692 493.33 China 47,175 57.249 824.02 51.936 908.33 Korea, South 505,116 1,159.091 435.79 1,051.510 480.37 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,874,726 19,077.277 517.62 17,306.620 570.58 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 Canada 38,266 41.179 929.26 37.357 1,024.33 Mexico 15,036,820 35,086.112 428.57 31,829.595 472.42 Dominican Republic 2,981,829 7,027.831 424.29 6,375.543 467.70 Federal Republic of Germany 78,823 145.539 541.59 132.031 597.00 Poland 119,492 81.967 1,457.79 74.360 1,606.94 Romania 2,601,016 7,293.672 356.61 6,616.710 393.10 Bulgaria 1,433,621 3,258.342 439.98 2,955.919 485.00 Turkey 56,319,760 128,120.027 439.59 116,228.567 484.56 Thailand 53,723 111.735 480.80 101.365 530.00 Taiwan 9,280,647 21,019.075 441.53 19,068.190 486.71 Japan 3,611,641 7,836.913 460.85 7,109.530 508.00 Australia 35,823 60.748 589.69 55.110 650.03 CATEGORY TOTAL 91,591,461 210,083.144 435.98 190,584.277 480.58 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 4,660,660 4,595.901 1,014.09 4,169.333 1,117.84 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JULY - FINAL PREPARED 26/08/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Mexico 9,062 28.539 317.52 25.891 350.01 Dominican Republic 7,160 12.730 562.42 11.549 619.97 Trinidad and Tobago 11,368 17.636 644.55 16.000 710.50 Brazil 38,544 40.364 954.90 36.618 1,052.60 United Kingdom 1,880,747 2,232.674 842.37 2,025.449 928.56 France 91,701 87.905 1,043.17 79.747 1,149.90 Federal Republic of Germany 3,240,676 3,382.977 957.94 3,068.986 1,055.94 Austria 27,291 20.493 1,331.72 18.591 1,467.97 Switzerland 20,897 19.455 1,074.08 17.650 1,183.97 Poland 2,027 2.093 968.33 1.899 1,067.40 Russia 1,295,906 75.093 17,257.16 68.124 19,022.75 Ukraine 2,692,352 3,175.813 847.77 2,881.050 934.50 Spain 1,991,483 2,507.803 794.11 2,275.042 875.36 Italy 104,665 137.447 761.49 124.690 839.40 Romania 22,431 5.697 3,936.75 5.169 4,339.52 India 8,309 13.703 606.32 12.432 668.36 China 50,925 93.112 546.92 84.470 602.88 Japan 250,076 350.253 713.99 317.745 787.03 Egypt 18,380 27.845 660.07 25.261 727.60 South Africa 86,256 226.962 380.05 205.897 418.93 CATEGORY TOTAL 16,510,916 17,054.507 968.13 15,471.593 1,067.18 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 22,304,569 26,291.638 848.35 23,851.380 935.15 Mexico 4,016,933 4,945.681 812.21 4,486.648 895.31 Guatemala 1,696,345 2,023.612 838.28 1,835.791 924.04 Dominican Republic 83,549 163.173 512.02 148.029 564.41 Colombia 1,439,588 1,084.810 1,327.04 984.124 1,462.81 Venezuela 1,167,224 1,918.290 608.47 1,740.244 670.72 Peru 588,182 1,236.284 475.77 1,121.539 524.44 Chile 185,506 384.395 482.59 348.718 531.97 Brazil 15,343 24.377 629.39 22.115 693.78 Argentina 333,756 577.707 577.72 524.088 636.83 Sweden 38,166 23.053 1,655.52 20.914 1,824.90 United Kingdom 73,221 3.313 22,097.47 3.006 24,358.28 Netherlands 332,131 348.759 952.32 316.389 1,049.76 France 45,487 76.532 594.35 69.429 655.16 Federal Republic of Germany 841,780 727.449 1,157.17 659.931 1,275.56 Czech Republic 5,737 4.455 1,287.61 4.042 1,419.35 Russia 124,589 276.773 450.15 251.085 496.20 Ukraine 2,349,136 4,457.883 526.96 4,044.125 580.88 Spain 2,296,727 2,209.193 1,039.62 2,004.147 1,145.99 Italy 273,465 236.884 1,154.42 214.898 1,272.53 Romania 621,656 740.749 839.23 671.997 925.09 Turkey 5,178,657 8,272.506 626.01 7,504.694 690.06 United Arab Emirates 822,574 892.037 922.13 809.243 1,016.47 Oman 1,806,144 2,992.535 603.55 2,714.783 665.30 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JULY - FINAL PREPARED 26/08/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE India 4,212,327 6,522.437 645.82 5,917.057 711.90 Pakistan 180,158 353.484 509.66 320.676 561.81 Thailand 5,306,617 12,450.401 426.22 11,294.817 469.83 Philippines 9,633 15.960 603.56 14.479 665.31 China 14,890,156 28,438.284 523.60 25,798.785 577.17 Korea, South 1,984,281 3,585.093 553.48 3,252.343 610.11 Taiwan 30,624 38.133 803.08 34.594 885.24 Japan 506,502 765.260 661.87 694.233 729.59 Australia 4,813 8.234 584.51 7.470 644.31 South Africa 1,269,931 1,963.401 646.80 1,781.168 712.98 CATEGORY TOTAL 75,035,507 114,052.791 657.90 103,466.981 725.21 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 2,670,002 2,955.703 903.34 2,681.370 995.76 Mexico 907,439 1,342.345 676.01 1,217.756 745.17 Colombia 3,364,480 3,543.326 949.53 3,214.453 1,046.67 Venezuela 1,879,249 3,057.966 614.54 2,774.141 677.42 Chile 16,410 4.684 3,502.80 4.250 3,861.18 Brazil 907,290 1,399.261 648.41 1,269.389 714.75 Sweden 3,443 1.798 1,913.87 1.632 2,109.68 Federal Republic of Germany 2,882,552 3,912.715 736.71 3,549.557 812.09 Austria 5,627,617 5,653.020 995.51 5,128.335 1,097.36 Czech Republic 3,767,097 5,863.461 642.47 5,319.244 708.20 Russia 3,527,503 5,971.964 590.68 5,417.677 651.11 Ukraine 317,786 485.682 654.31 440.604 721.25 Spain 14,660 14.796 990.79 13.423 1,092.16 Romania 1,625,670 1,836.929 884.99 1,666.435 975.54 Turkey 771,858 1,843.358 418.72 1,672.267 461.56 India 1,640,242 2,150.817 762.61 1,951.189 840.64 China 8,302,762 14,368.899 577.83 13,035.250 636.95 Korea, South 8,475,065 10,667.688 794.46 9,677.567 875.74 Taiwan 915,429 1,204.376 760.09 1,092.592 837.85 CATEGORY TOTAL 47,616,554 66,278.797 718.43 60,127.131 791.93 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 2,533 1.711 1,479.65 1.553 1,631.04 Brazil 2,088,340 3,300.811 632.67 2,994.447 697.40 France 226,617 587.897 385.47 533.332 424.91 Federal Republic of Germany 168,947 313.550 538.82 284.448 593.95 Czech Republic 624,785 920.227 678.95 834.817 748.41 Poland 424,675 607.561 698.98 551.171 770.50 Italy 441,403 466.892 945.41 423.558 1,042.13 Greece 259,241 545.182 475.51 494.581 524.16 Romania 1,592,790 3,238.487 491.83 2,937.907 542.15 India 186,055 379.587 490.15 344.356 540.30 Korea, South 2,380,837 4,515.508 527.26 4,096.402 581.20 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JULY - FINAL PREPARED 26/08/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Taiwan 28,800 72.363 397.99 65.647 438.71 Japan 4,566,790 9,614.674 474.98 8,722.288 523.58 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,991,813 24,564.457 528.89 22,284.507 583.00 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 112,818 385.685 292.51 349.888 322.44 Mexico 4,402,162 5,165.100 852.29 4,685.702 939.49 Brazil 214,862 491.152 437.47 445.566 482.22 Argentina 1,408,966 2,878.019 489.56 2,610.896 539.65 Netherlands 2,424 0.257 9,397.51 0.234 10,358.97 France 1,780,875 2,951.954 603.29 2,677.969 665.01 Federal Republic of Germany 2,711,633 3,128.787 866.67 2,838.389 955.34 Austria 729,847 1,012.482 720.85 918.509 794.60 Czech Republic 832,125 1,349.790 616.48 1,224.510 679.56 Slovakia 152,358 301.272 505.71 273.310 557.45 Poland 203,627 393.843 517.03 357.289 569.92 Ukraine 492,151 907.618 542.24 823.378 597.72 Spain 51,776 64.617 801.27 58.620 883.25 Italy 3,303,614 4,232.929 780.46 3,840.050 860.30 Romania 248,336 381.957 650.17 346.506 716.69 Turkey 156,490 264.001 592.76 239.498 653.41 Israel 146,810 150.890 972.95 136.886 1,072.50 China 2,461,356 4,353.028 565.44 3,949.002 623.29 Korea, South 1,461,261 3,204.251 456.04 2,906.849 502.70 Taiwan 26,341 47.680 552.45 43.255 608.97 CATEGORY TOTAL 20,899,832 31,665.323 660.02 28,726.306 727.55 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Canada 103,168 122.182 844.38 110.842 930.77 Mexico 1,492,708 1,970.538 757.51 1,787.643 835.01 Brazil 1,852,080 4,249.689 435.82 3,855.255 480.40 Argentina 182,211 335.415 543.24 304.284 598.82 United Kingdom 7,736 0.535 14,440.29 0.486 15,917.70 Federal Republic of Germany 13,680 4.409 3,102.57 4.000 3,420.00 Turkey 149,966 252.990 592.77 229.509 653.42 India 37,167 130.877 283.98 118.730 313.04 China 371,182 763.436 486.20 692.578 535.94 Korea, South 3,034,577 6,293.850 482.15 5,709.687 531.48 Taiwan 1,024,597 1,820.117 562.93 1,651.183 620.52 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,269,072 15,944.043 518.63 14,464.197 571.69 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 11,012,305 9,818.737 1,121.56 8,907.411 1,236.31 Mexico 12,599,584 15,806.832 797.10 14,339.721 878.65 Dominican Republic 297,233 484.062 614.04 439.134 676.86 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JULY - FINAL PREPARED 26/08/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Colombia 188,555 113.862 1,655.99 103.294 1,825.42 Venezuela 13,130 16.446 798.35 14.920 880.03 Brazil 1,556,107 2,540.757 612.46 2,304.937 675.12 Argentina 421,383 587.323 717.46 532.811 790.87 Sweden 197,724 136.157 1,452.17 123.520 1,600.74 Denmark 12,864 2.195 5,858.45 1.992 6,457.83 United Kingdom 3,220 1.720 1,871.32 1.561 2,062.78 Belgium 3,272 2.918 1,120.96 2.648 1,235.65 France 399,993 475.660 840.92 431.512 926.96 Federal Republic of Germany 1,930,538 2,037.825 947.35 1,848.685 1,044.28 Austria 20,759 17.417 1,191.84 15.801 1,313.78 Slovakia 11,211 4.373 2,563.12 3.968 2,825.35 Switzerland 1,535,658 641.768 2,392.85 582.203 2,637.67 Russia 82,937 202.778 409.00 183.958 450.85 Ukraine 154,340 289.334 533.43 262.480 588.01 Spain 1,064,829 1,176.678 904.94 1,067.465 997.53 Italy 829,722 968.455 856.75 878.568 944.40 Croatia 3,656 0.650 5,621.47 0.590 6,196.61 Romania 302,646 380.920 794.51 345.565 875.80 Turkey 319,076 573.632 556.24 520.391 613.15 Israel 23,004 2.645 8,695.37 2.400 9,585.00 India 544,216 693.456 784.79 629.093 865.08 China 842,239 1,169.383 720.24 1,060.847 793.93 Korea, South 1,639,577 2,696.376 608.07 2,446.112 670.28 Taiwan 5,286 2.703 1,954.90 2.453 2,154.91 Japan 1,651,172 1,305.031 1,265.24 1,183.905 1,394.68 Australia 207,952 312.174 666.14 283.200 734.29 CATEGORY TOTAL 37,874,188 42,462.281 891.95 38,521.145 983.21 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 31,251 122.548 255.01 111.174 281.10 Mexico 700,378 496.405 1,410.90 450.332 1,555.25 Brazil 237,197 273.083 868.59 247.737 957.45 Argentina 46,487 39.027 1,191.14 35.405 1,313.01 France 494,641 520.108 951.03 471.835 1,048.33 Federal Republic of Germany 707,865 756.788 935.35 686.547 1,031.05 Czech Republic 549,822 849.066 647.56 770.260 713.81 Slovakia 489,225 790.854 618.60 717.451 681.89 Poland 159,678 215.787 739.98 195.759 815.69 Russia 10,398 17.183 605.10 15.589 667.01 Spain 44,331 33.811 1,311.13 30.673 1,445.28 Italy 559,795 522.101 1,072.19 473.643 1,181.89 Romania 14,755 16.253 907.80 14.745 1,000.68 China 31,167 21.396 1,456.61 19.411 1,605.64 Korea, South 42,522 79.522 534.71 72.142 589.42 Japan 24,704 42.197 585.44 38.281 645.33 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JULY - FINAL PREPARED 26/08/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 4,144,216 4,796.137 864.07 4,350.984 952.48 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 930,288 510.705 1,821.58 463.304 2,007.94 Mexico 289,959 176.044 1,647.08 159.705 1,815.59 United Kingdom 7,038 3.879 1,814.37 3.519 2,000.00 Ireland 6,923 3.549 1,950.45 3.220 2,150.00 France 5,274 0.523 10,072.62 0.475 11,103.16 Federal Republic of Germany 108,171 43.583 2,481.94 39.538 2,735.87 Austria 10,874 8.970 1,212.18 8.138 1,336.20 India 155,490 161.139 964.94 146.183 1,063.67 Vietnam 47,800 63.993 746.95 58.054 823.37 Korea, South 34,835 15.890 2,192.13 14.416 2,416.41 Japan 202,828 66.806 3,036.04 60.606 3,346.67 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,799,480 1,055.085 1,705.53 957.158 1,880.02 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 23,646,237 25,950.576 911.20 23,541.974 1,004.43 Mexico 5,140,517 5,356.621 959.66 4,859.447 1,057.84 Brazil 693,104 1,546.279 448.24 1,402.762 494.10 Argentina 490,284 1,024.049 478.77 929.002 527.75 United Kingdom 36,793 44.356 829.47 40.240 914.34 Belgium 10,903 9.774 1,115.49 8.867 1,229.62 France 5,346 2.681 1,993.35 2.433 2,197.29 Federal Republic of Germany 430,149 384.030 1,120.09 348.387 1,234.69 Austria 230,611 209.004 1,103.38 189.606 1,216.26 Switzerland 26,823 10.013 2,678.71 9.084 2,952.77 Italy 8,102 6.266 1,292.88 5.685 1,425.15 Turkey 2,469,139 5,667.956 435.63 5,141.885 480.20 Malaysia 3,549 2.781 1,276.10 2.523 1,406.66 China 25,798 19.470 1,325.00 17.663 1,460.57 Korea, South 1,008,604 2,305.442 437.49 2,091.463 482.25 Taiwan 2,610 0.400 6,522.74 0.363 7,190.08 Japan 66,949 76.538 874.70 69.435 964.20 Australia 56,853 79.587 714.34 72.201 787.43 Somalia 2,410 2.811 857.04 2.551 944.73 South Africa 17,933 66.689 268.90 60.500 296.41 CATEGORY TOTAL 34,372,714 42,765.335 803.75 38,796.071 885.98 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 32,062 44.963 713.07 40.790 786.03 Mexico 207,481 200.380 1,035.44 181.782 1,141.37 Colombia 80,954 215.880 374.99 195.844 413.36 Korea, South 311,943 384.655 810.97 348.954 893.94 Japan 175,024 427.474 409.44 387.798 451.33 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JULY - FINAL PREPARED 26/08/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 807,464 1,273.354 634.12 1,155.168 699.00 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 17,218,392 19,577.121 879.52 17,760.071 969.50 Mexico 6,785,993 8,778.238 773.05 7,963.486 852.14 El Salvador 14,124 22.089 639.41 20.039 704.83 Honduras 136,765 138.306 988.85 125.470 1,090.02 Dominican Republic 155,090 218.798 708.82 198.491 781.35 Trinidad and Tobago 30,491 34.242 890.45 31.064 981.55 Colombia 58,946 40.089 1,470.34 36.369 1,620.78 Venezuela 864,727 1,075.152 804.28 975.362 886.57 Ecuador 46,355 59.123 784.04 53.636 864.25 Chile 214,304 242.907 882.25 220.362 972.51 Brazil 1,601,912 2,544.354 629.59 2,308.200 694.01 Argentina 107,455 198.309 541.86 179.903 597.29 Sweden 476,139 213.604 2,229.07 193.779 2,457.12 United Kingdom 1,837,191 2,516.214 730.14 2,282.672 804.84 Netherlands 17,795 19.717 902.52 17.887 994.86 Belgium 1,304,087 1,240.336 1,051.40 1,125.215 1,158.97 Luxembourg 335,682 196.505 1,708.26 178.267 1,883.03 France 1,358,996 1,225.693 1,108.76 1,111.931 1,222.19 Federal Republic of Germany 1,041,791 797.838 1,305.77 723.787 1,439.36 Austria 684,926 198.712 3,446.82 180.269 3,799.47 Czech Republic 35,841 30.578 1,172.11 27.740 1,292.03 Poland 1,084,431 1,322.540 819.96 1,199.789 903.85 Belarus 230,297 256.623 897.41 232.805 989.23 Italy 880,796 826.850 1,065.24 750.106 1,174.23 Greece 1,254,493 1,556.653 805.89 1,412.173 888.34 Turkey 25,873 25.379 1,019.44 23.024 1,123.74 Israel 165,896 240.508 689.77 218.186 760.34 India 294,334 475.496 619.00 431.363 682.33 Thailand 67,760 35.481 1,909.74 32.188 2,105.13 Singapore 3,247 5.506 589.72 4.995 650.05 Indonesia 62,192 20.122 3,090.64 18.255 3,406.85 China 5,985,801 9,808.675 610.26 8,898.283 672.69 Korea, South 2,263,002 2,640.680 856.98 2,395.586 944.65 Hong Kong 27,753 23.752 1,168.42 21.548 1,287.96 Taiwan 994,477 1,188.699 836.61 1,078.370 922.20 Japan 3,065,191 3,977.974 770.54 3,608.759 849.38 Australia 155,485 256.634 605.86 232.815 667.85 Egypt 377,180 558.749 675.04 506.889 744.11 South Africa 1,450,617 2,124.748 682.72 1,927.540 752.57 CATEGORY TOTAL 52,715,827 64,713.012 814.61 58,706.674 897.95 BLACK PLATE...........................28 Canada 11,264 8.115 1,388.01 7.362 1,530.02 Belgium 238,763 400.326 596.42 363.170 657.44 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JULY - FINAL PREPARED 26/08/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Federal Republic of Germany 196,642 188.030 1,045.80 170.578 1,152.80 Japan 1,476,694 2,386.707 618.72 2,165.185 682.02 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,923,363 2,983.178 644.74 2,706.295 710.70 TIN PLATE.............................29 Canada 5,520,462 9,524.544 579.60 8,640.524 638.90 Chile 79,785 146.195 545.74 132.626 601.58 Brazil 273,609 401.654 681.20 364.375 750.90 Netherlands 3,680,120 6,533.742 563.25 5,927.313 620.87 Belgium 1,023,265 1,772.416 577.33 1,607.910 636.39 France 3,845,445 6,682.927 575.41 6,062.652 634.28 Federal Republic of Germany 5,472,323 9,812.469 557.69 8,901.725 614.75 Thailand 4,041 3.439 1,174.98 3.120 1,295.19 Korea, South 286,542 446.127 642.29 404.720 708.00 Taiwan 45,549 58.238 782.11 52.833 862.13 Japan 550,703 666.119 826.73 604.294 911.32 CATEGORY TOTAL 20,781,844 36,047.875 576.51 32,702.092 635.49 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A Canada 1,837,564 3,007.294 611.04 2,728.172 673.55 United Kingdom 1,023,600 1,201.056 852.25 1,089.580 939.44 Netherlands 197,410 366.138 539.17 332.155 594.33 Belgium 27,291 32.226 846.86 29.235 933.50 France 2,207,751 3,915.171 563.90 3,551.785 621.59 Federal Republic of Germany 205,027 335.616 610.90 304.466 673.40 Japan 1,179,393 1,876.319 628.57 1,702.169 692.88 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,678,036 10,733.821 622.15 9,737.562 685.80 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 16,489,096 28,148.847 585.78 25,536.212 645.71 Mexico 25,928,964 42,643.274 608.04 38,685.339 670.25 Colombia 66,932 138.428 483.51 125.580 532.98 Venezuela 2,894,547 5,441.159 531.97 4,936.138 586.40 Sweden 275,766 281.665 979.05 255.523 1,079.22 Finland 2,127,308 1,967.170 1,081.40 1,784.588 1,192.04 Netherlands 10,681,685 23,650.929 451.64 21,455.768 497.85 Belgium 6,290,133 12,310.830 510.94 11,168.201 563.22 France 4,795,868 10,352.101 463.27 9,391.271 510.67 Federal Republic of Germany 855,814 1,461.092 585.74 1,325.481 645.66 Austria 300,939 725.937 414.55 658.560 456.97 Russia 40,598,292 79,510.761 510.60 72,130.970 562.84 Spain 147,725 441.854 334.33 400.844 368.53 Italy 6,435,422 13,162.747 488.91 11,941.047 538.93 Bulgaria 276,398 659.248 419.26 598.060 462.16 Turkey 11,397,664 21,131.908 539.36 19,170.550 594.54 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JULY - FINAL PREPARED 26/08/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Korea, South 28,864,830 61,410.854 470.03 55,711.006 518.12 Taiwan 184,889 298.638 619.11 270.920 682.45 Japan 185,204 309.516 598.36 280.789 659.58 Australia 16,172,711 40,869.376 395.72 37,076.085 436.20 New Zealand 182,958 331.890 551.26 301.086 607.66 Egypt 25,189,401 53,793.958 468.26 48,801.072 516.16 CATEGORY TOTAL 200,342,546 399,042.192 502.06 362,005.090 553.42 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 17,884,113 27,693.325 645.79 25,122.969 711.86 Mexico 7,616,431 11,799.476 645.49 10,704.308 711.53 Colombia 11,311 22.509 502.51 20.420 553.92 Venezuela 373,533 655.037 570.25 594.240 628.59 Brazil 24,876,415 40,299.590 617.29 36,559.184 680.44 Argentina 7,768,326 13,964.443 556.29 12,668.334 613.21 Sweden 956,815 1,586.939 602.93 1,439.648 664.62 Netherlands 1,176,330 2,102.869 559.39 1,907.692 616.62 Belgium 2,869,724 5,483.298 523.36 4,974.366 576.90 France 6,276 8.300 756.11 7.530 833.47 Federal Republic of Germany 85,583 232.073 368.77 210.534 406.50 Russia 5,661,819 10,131.340 558.84 9,191.000 616.02 Italy 126,259 257.764 489.82 233.840 539.94 Turkey 3,318,318 5,677.651 584.45 5,150.680 644.25 India 2,599,849 4,906.800 529.85 4,451.376 584.06 China 6,999,457 12,255.962 571.11 11,118.425 629.54 Korea, South 7,834,129 13,956.295 561.33 12,660.942 618.76 Taiwan 12,988,273 22,698.633 572.21 20,591.860 630.75 Japan 1,864,931 3,296.757 565.69 2,990.769 623.56 New Zealand 589,916 960.961 613.88 871.770 676.69 South Africa 1,751,517 3,167.722 552.93 2,873.710 609.50 CATEGORY TOTAL 107,359,325 181,157.754 592.63 164,343.597 653.26 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 20,259,225 32,286.010 627.49 29,289.384 691.69 Mexico 19,459,002 20,448.753 951.60 18,550.802 1,048.96 Guatemala 226,244 286.195 790.52 259.632 871.40 Colombia 858,615 1,544.485 555.92 1,401.134 612.80 Venezuela 728,675 1,168.304 623.70 1,059.868 687.51 Brazil 19,115,938 28,076.859 680.84 25,470.906 750.50 Argentina 388,651 555.294 699.90 503.755 771.51 Sweden 374,114 536.027 697.94 486.276 769.34 United Kingdom 59,126 58.599 1,008.98 53.161 1,112.21 Netherlands 1,759,499 2,798.991 628.62 2,539.203 692.93 Belgium 2,781,412 3,911.042 711.17 3,548.039 783.93 France 1,972,815 2,968.512 664.58 2,692.990 732.57 Federal Republic of Germany 513,662 1,241.172 413.85 1,125.973 456.19 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JULY - FINAL PREPARED 26/08/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Austria 468,285 507.731 922.31 460.606 1,016.67 Estonia 3,653,950 5,768.592 633.42 5,233.181 698.23 Russia 840,958 1,207.096 696.68 1,095.060 767.96 Kazakhstan 9,554,781 13,325.461 717.03 12,088.659 790.39 Spain 503,844 834.274 603.93 756.841 665.72 Turkey 8,351,539 12,400.964 673.46 11,249.969 742.36 India 57,851,894 87,776.792 659.08 79,629.789 726.51 Malaysia 762,096 1,118.520 681.34 1,014.705 751.05 Philippines 290,946 393.704 739.00 357.163 814.60 China 11,775,442 18,426.517 639.05 16,716.260 704.43 Korea, South 10,309,211 15,015.727 686.56 13,622.043 756.80 Taiwan 27,361,835 36,329.798 753.15 32,957.848 830.21 Japan 176,844 242.170 730.25 219.693 804.96 South Africa 8,079,597 11,567.585 698.47 10,493.940 769.93 CATEGORY TOTAL 208,478,200 300,795.186 693.09 272,876.880 764.00 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 380,728 445.116 855.34 403.803 942.86 Mexico 114,995 79.849 1,440.15 72.438 1,587.50 Brazil 531,757 707.749 751.33 642.060 828.20 Argentina 1,109,236 1,764.512 628.64 1,600.739 692.95 Federal Republic of Germany 662,519 1,164.592 568.88 1,056.501 627.09 Spain 326,213 505.579 645.23 458.654 711.24 Thailand 496,911 943.462 526.69 855.895 580.57 Korea, South 179,614 261.512 686.83 237.240 757.10 Taiwan 916,679 1,361.671 673.20 1,235.288 742.08 Japan 130,263 184.072 707.67 166.988 780.07 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,848,915 7,418.118 653.66 6,729.606 720.53 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 Canada 7,406,728 9,338.806 793.11 8,472.025 874.26 Mexico 7,981,595 8,845.399 902.34 8,024.414 994.66 Chile 290,168 558.015 520.00 506.223 573.20 United Kingdom 184,081 425.392 432.73 385.910 477.01 Belgium 219,715 195.643 1,123.04 177.485 1,237.94 Luxembourg 195,957 296.109 661.77 268.626 729.48 France 26,933 8.516 3,162.47 7.726 3,486.02 Federal Republic of Germany 340,180 140.450 2,422.06 127.415 2,669.86 Austria 29,955 21.274 1,408.02 19.300 1,552.07 Korea, South 2,774,542 4,275.147 648.99 3,878.350 715.39 Taiwan 6,258,488 7,981.999 784.08 7,241.150 864.29 Japan 543,276 375.813 1,445.60 340.932 1,593.50 CATEGORY TOTAL 26,251,618 32,462.569 808.67 29,449.556 891.41 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JULY - FINAL PREPARED 26/08/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 2,212,434 3,785.438 584.46 3,434.093 644.26 Mexico 945,380 1,457.602 648.59 1,322.315 714.94 United Kingdom 317,280 896.024 354.10 812.860 390.33 France 9,241 14.552 635.00 13.202 699.97 Federal Republic of Germany 529,793 760.793 696.37 690.180 767.62 Turkey 186,108 406.235 458.13 368.531 505.00 Korea, South 52,834 78.261 675.09 70.998 744.16 Australia 19,461 30.793 631.99 27.935 696.65 Egypt 757,185 1,215.054 623.17 1,102.279 686.93 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,029,716 8,644.756 581.82 7,842.393 641.35 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 2,630,654 3,423.591 768.39 3,105.831 847.00 Mexico 438,414 441.866 992.19 400.855 1,093.70 Chile 20,636 23.500 878.12 21.319 967.96 Brazil 417,794 516.357 809.12 468.432 891.90 Sweden 1,003,607 342.051 2,934.08 310.304 3,234.27 United Kingdom 812,664 435.491 1,866.09 395.071 2,057.01 France 175,324 56.346 3,111.51 51.117 3,429.86 Federal Republic of Germany 2,201,565 1,647.098 1,336.63 1,494.223 1,473.38 Austria 1,110,999 171.690 6,470.94 155.755 7,132.99 Switzerland 370,816 192.394 1,927.38 174.537 2,124.57 Italy 66,686 11.070 6,023.75 10.043 6,640.05 India 391,889 520.457 752.97 472.151 830.01 Thailand 206,695 279.574 739.32 253.626 814.96 China 81,748 78.235 1,044.90 70.974 1,151.80 Korea, South 868,362 1,142.409 760.11 1,036.377 837.88 Taiwan 67,760 45.692 1,482.94 41.452 1,634.66 Japan 617,143 497.159 1,241.34 451.016 1,368.34 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,482,756 9,824.989 1,168.73 8,913.083 1,288.30 GRAND TOTAL 1,483,744,488 2,744,915.175 540.54 2,490,145.862 595.85 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL JULY - FINAL PREPARED 26/08/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Canada 15,494 7.730 2,004.27 7.013 2,209.33 United Kingdom 57,915 42.327 1,368.25 38.399 1,508.24 Federal Republic of Germany 62,010 35.663 1,738.77 32.353 1,916.67 Italy 2,596,266 1,311.495 1,979.62 1,189.769 2,182.16 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,731,685 1,397.216 1,955.09 1,267.534 2,155.12 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 5,000 0.476 10,499.83 0.432 11,574.07 Mexico 6,227 0.384 16,186.36 0.349 17,842.41 Sweden 8,190,665 3,442.645 2,379.18 3,123.116 2,622.59 United Kingdom 17,108,079 8,838.034 1,935.73 8,017.732 2,133.78 France 3,423 0.145 23,524.96 0.132 25,931.82 Federal Republic of Germany 27,000 10.158 2,657.77 9.216 2,929.69 Austria 2,854 1.966 1,451.29 1.784 1,599.78 Spain 11,081,876 6,600.943 1,678.83 5,988.277 1,850.60 Italy 1,570,072 710.134 2,210.95 644.223 2,437.16 China 109,275 82.598 1,322.97 74.932 1,458.32 Korea, South 2,669 1.838 1,451.60 1.668 1,600.12 Hong Kong 6,901 4.754 1,451.54 4.313 1,600.05 Taiwan 13,637 2.158 6,318.33 1.958 6,964.76 Japan 106,784 7.364 14,499.75 6.681 15,983.24 CATEGORY TOTAL 38,234,462 19,703.602 1,940.48 17,874.813 2,139.01 WIRE RODS..............................3 Sweden 1,324,167 545.007 2,429.63 494.423 2,678.21 United Kingdom 2,276,632 1,038.741 2,191.72 942.331 2,415.96 France 167,010 64.220 2,600.57 58.260 2,866.63 Federal Republic of Germany 417,233 115.581 3,609.85 104.854 3,979.18 Italy 228,707 130.807 1,748.42 118.667 1,927.30 India 220,950 88.952 2,483.92 80.696 2,738.05 China 752,171 504.058 1,492.23 457.274 1,644.90 Korea, South 405,162 192.650 2,103.09 174.770 2,318.26 Taiwan 2,187,353 921.506 2,373.67 835.977 2,616.52 Japan 41,538 20.490 2,027.15 18.589 2,234.55 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,020,923 3,622.018 2,214.49 3,285.841 2,441.06 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 31,367 6.400 4,901.08 5.806 5,402.51 Italy 382,475 100.430 3,808.36 91.109 4,197.99 India 384,655 162.787 2,362.93 147.678 2,604.69 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL JULY - FINAL PREPARED 26/08/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 18,978 4.235 4,481.14 3.842 4,939.61 CATEGORY TOTAL 817,475 273.852 2,985.09 248.435 3,290.50 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 2,581 1.115 2,313.68 1.012 2,550.40 Brazil 23,767 6.460 3,678.73 5.861 4,055.11 Sweden 762,166 281.907 2,703.61 255.742 2,980.21 Finland 99,889 37.484 2,664.84 34.005 2,937.48 Belgium 1,557,900 627.691 2,481.95 569.432 2,735.88 France 879,346 232.597 3,780.55 211.009 4,167.34 Federal Republic of Germany 775,422 371.930 2,084.86 337.410 2,298.16 Austria 70,975 20.688 3,430.70 18.768 3,781.70 Italy 485,009 228.461 2,122.93 207.257 2,340.13 Korea, South 419,146 161.706 2,592.01 146.698 2,857.20 Taiwan 74,009 24.053 3,076.85 21.821 3,391.64 Japan 502,520 227.784 2,206.12 206.643 2,431.83 South Africa 47,659 48.281 987.11 43.800 1,088.11 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,700,389 2,270.163 2,511.00 2,059.458 2,767.91 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Brazil 34,894 38.173 914.10 34.630 1,007.62 Sweden 3,904,762 1,406.887 2,775.46 1,276.307 3,059.42 Finland 45,817 19.466 2,353.60 17.660 2,594.39 Belgium 579,875 239.758 2,418.58 217.505 2,666.03 Federal Republic of Germany 3,770,976 1,562.413 2,413.56 1,417.398 2,660.49 Switzerland 19,873 19.586 1,014.60 17.769 1,118.41 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,356,197 3,286.285 2,542.75 2,981.269 2,802.90 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 157,843 32.844 4,805.77 29.796 5,297.46 Brazil 4,470 1.466 3,048.96 1.330 3,360.90 Sweden 37,305 9.525 3,916.51 8.641 4,317.21 United Kingdom 438,946 192.272 2,282.93 174.427 2,516.50 Netherlands 2,911 3.177 916.00 2.883 1,009.71 Belgium 5,660 0.661 8,557.78 0.600 9,433.33 France 475,895 57.903 8,218.79 52.529 9,059.66 Federal Republic of Germany 464,341 168.780 2,751.16 153.115 3,032.63 Austria 1,012,896 265.998 3,807.90 241.310 4,197.49 Spain 2,256 0.712 3,168.13 0.646 3,492.26 Portugal 217,368 66.017 3,292.59 59.890 3,629.45 Italy 2,478,421 808.927 3,063.84 733.847 3,377.30 India 525,589 242.317 2,169.01 219.827 2,390.92 China 41,839 19.841 2,108.65 18.000 2,324.39 Taiwan 225,824 45.513 4,961.71 41.289 5,469.35 Japan 31,184 0.552 56,466.38 0.501 62,243.51 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL JULY - FINAL PREPARED 26/08/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 6,122,748 1,916.512 3,194.73 1,738.631 3,521.59 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 3,062 0.319 9,578.62 0.290 10,558.62 United Kingdom 6,300 0.211 29,767.01 0.192 32,812.50 Italy 1,827,124 666.953 2,739.51 605.050 3,019.79 India 1,320,319 549.741 2,401.71 498.717 2,647.43 Taiwan 16,267 2.135 7,618.57 1.937 8,398.04 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,173,072 1,219.360 2,602.24 1,106.186 2,868.48 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 61,004 7.589 8,038.04 6.885 8,860.42 Brazil 21,549 8.365 2,575.96 7.589 2,839.50 Sweden 421,823 165.090 2,555.10 149.768 2,816.51 Norway 27,396 10.040 2,728.43 9.109 3,007.57 Denmark 49,443 16.072 3,076.19 14.581 3,390.92 United Kingdom 397,609 121.242 3,279.46 109.989 3,614.99 Netherlands 7,311 1.895 3,856.06 1.720 4,250.58 France 1,743,483 554.359 3,145.04 502.907 3,466.81 Federal Republic of Germany 1,534,149 661.310 2,319.86 599.931 2,557.21 Austria 88,671 19.507 4,545.46 17.697 5,010.51 Czech Republic 62,405 14.054 4,440.23 12.750 4,894.51 Switzerland 442,186 143.714 3,076.83 130.376 3,391.62 Latvia 500,158 208.633 2,397.31 189.269 2,642.58 Spain 33,977 4.422 7,682.81 4.012 8,468.84 Portugal 79,529 46.114 1,724.61 41.834 1,901.06 Italy 4,403,018 1,256.239 3,504.92 1,139.642 3,863.51 Slovenia 91,432 55.858 1,636.85 50.674 1,804.32 Saudi Arabia 79,172 39.407 2,009.05 35.750 2,214.60 United Arab Emirates 97,008 35.790 2,710.41 32.469 2,987.71 India 1,651,041 707.141 2,334.81 641.508 2,573.69 China 297,657 108.770 2,736.56 98.675 3,016.54 Korea, South 39,089 25.366 1,540.98 23.012 1,698.64 Taiwan 2,423,458 954.212 2,539.75 865.647 2,799.59 Japan 70,406 18.019 3,907.22 16.347 4,306.97 CATEGORY TOTAL 14,622,974 5,183.221 2,821.21 4,702.141 3,109.85 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D Canada 7,657,477 1,557.725 4,915.81 1,413.145 5,418.75 Mexico 196,455 81.906 2,398.54 74.304 2,643.94 Sweden 973,066 170.487 5,707.54 154.664 6,291.48 Finland 558,045 187.891 2,970.04 170.452 3,273.91 Denmark 28,032 1.408 19,898.44 1.278 21,934.27 United Kingdom 97,256 5.465 17,795.32 4.958 19,615.97 Ireland 16,048 2.466 6,505.14 2.238 7,170.69 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL JULY - FINAL PREPARED 26/08/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Netherlands 23,727 6.944 3,416.63 6.300 3,766.19 Belgium 155,351 5.324 29,178.49 4.830 32,163.77 France 2,270,419 446.456 5,085.42 405.019 5,605.71 Federal Republic of Germany 2,782,832 459.964 6,050.10 417.273 6,669.09 Austria 889,745 156.582 5,682.29 142.049 6,263.65 Czech Republic 642,643 57.158 11,243.25 51.853 12,393.55 Switzerland 734,860 45.155 16,274.14 40.964 17,939.17 Poland 31,976 10.161 3,146.90 9.218 3,468.87 Spain 3,745,595 398.198 9,406.34 361.240 10,368.72 Italy 1,519,563 549.815 2,763.77 498.784 3,046.54 India 157,206 62.752 2,505.18 56.928 2,761.49 Thailand 253,466 98.910 2,562.58 89.730 2,824.76 Malaysia 904,271 314.743 2,873.04 285.531 3,166.98 Singapore 416,995 154.712 2,695.29 140.353 2,971.04 China 5,921,668 1,901.067 3,114.92 1,724.620 3,433.61 Korea, South 4,203,275 1,330.231 3,159.81 1,206.766 3,483.09 Hong Kong 78,608 42.336 1,856.74 38.407 2,046.71 Taiwan 5,308,146 1,700.355 3,121.79 1,542.537 3,441.18 Japan 4,473,631 1,325.312 3,375.53 1,202.304 3,720.88 Australia 2,295 0.302 7,598.50 0.274 8,375.91 South Africa 140,579 68.793 2,043.51 62.408 2,252.58 CATEGORY TOTAL 44,183,230 11,142.630 3,965.24 10,108.427 4,370.93 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 124,062 25.074 4,947.78 22.747 5,453.99 Brazil 7,724 1.749 4,415.31 1.587 4,867.04 Sweden 902,584 142.050 6,353.97 128.866 7,004.05 Denmark 22,003 0.051 424,697.69 0.047 468,148.94 United Kingdom 428,020 115.006 3,721.71 104.332 4,102.48 Netherlands 21,072 1.940 10,861.48 1.760 11,972.73 Belgium 190,863 14.722 12,964.06 13.356 14,290.43 France 189,299 31.959 5,923.13 28.993 6,529.13 Federal Republic of Germany 1,101,991 231.631 4,757.51 210.133 5,244.25 Switzerland 264,492 80.815 3,272.77 73.315 3,607.61 Spain 698,443 174.787 3,995.94 158.565 4,404.77 Italy 184,900 91.275 2,025.73 82.804 2,232.98 India 3,391,392 1,312.669 2,583.58 1,190.834 2,847.91 Thailand 13,271 4.789 2,770.83 4.345 3,054.32 Malaysia 26,768 4.583 5,840.19 4.158 6,437.71 China 709,453 241.345 2,939.57 218.945 3,240.33 Korea, South 2,567,671 768.579 3,340.80 697.244 3,682.60 Hong Kong 183,318 37.662 4,867.37 34.167 5,365.35 Taiwan 1,312,878 351.737 3,732.55 319.091 4,114.43 Japan 471,923 74.917 6,299.24 67.964 6,943.72 Australia 55,893 20.712 2,698.53 18.790 2,974.61 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,868,020 3,728.063 3,451.66 3,382.043 3,804.81 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL JULY - FINAL PREPARED 26/08/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Brazil 35,141 38.443 914.10 34.875 1,007.63 Finland 138,761 67.097 2,068.04 60.870 2,279.63 United Kingdom 25,666 17.575 1,460.35 15.944 1,609.76 Belgium 416,846 173.882 2,397.28 157.744 2,642.55 Federal Republic of Germany 69,935 24.763 2,824.13 22.465 3,113.06 Austria 26,862 6.145 4,371.09 5.575 4,818.30 Italy 146,750 73.543 1,995.40 66.718 2,199.56 Japan 267,481 104.070 2,570.20 94.411 2,833.16 South Africa 5,138 5.574 921.72 5.057 1,016.02 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,132,580 511.096 2,215.98 463.659 2,442.70 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 266,814 136.803 1,950.35 124.106 2,149.89 Mexico 20,995,804 11,643.364 1,803.24 10,562.686 1,987.73 Brazil 582,252 341.854 1,703.22 310.125 1,877.48 Sweden 961,139 283.741 3,387.38 257.406 3,733.94 Finland 1,333,556 460.336 2,896.92 417.610 3,193.30 United Kingdom 75,817 12.242 6,193.05 11.106 6,826.67 Netherlands 67,561 7.138 9,464.23 6.476 10,432.52 Belgium 1,111,757 471.628 2,357.27 427.854 2,598.45 France 3,430,727 2,169.783 1,581.14 1,968.395 1,742.91 Federal Republic of Germany 4,933,199 2,138.196 2,307.18 1,939.740 2,543.23 Spain 20,422 22.139 922.41 20.085 1,016.78 Italy 6,545,857 3,403.550 1,923.24 3,087.650 2,120.01 Thailand 66,261 22.038 3,006.60 19.993 3,314.21 China 11,394,367 5,744.213 1,983.63 5,211.064 2,186.57 Korea, South 4,205,687 2,117.303 1,986.34 1,920.786 2,189.57 Taiwan 5,107,031 1,789.890 2,853.26 1,623.762 3,145.18 Japan 921,924 532.045 1,732.79 482.664 1,910.07 South Africa 236,570 99.158 2,385.78 89.955 2,629.87 CATEGORY TOTAL 62,256,745 31,395.429 1,982.99 28,481.463 2,185.87 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Finland 465,136 202.291 2,299.33 183.516 2,534.58 Federal Republic of Germany 3,820 0.803 4,753.70 0.729 5,240.05 Slovenia 96,400 42.505 2,267.96 38.560 2,500.00 Japan 8,901 1.035 8,599.42 0.939 9,479.23 CATEGORY TOTAL 574,257 246.635 2,328.36 223.744 2,566.58 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 380,281 118.829 3,200.23 107.800 3,527.65 Mexico 1,597,066 874.437 1,826.39 793.277 2,013.25 Sweden 1,777,015 341.305 5,206.53 309.627 5,739.21 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL JULY - FINAL PREPARED 26/08/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Finland 1,179,197 491.086 2,401.20 445.506 2,646.87 United Kingdom 172,609 44.436 3,884.41 40.312 4,281.83 Belgium 218,104 39.874 5,469.69 36.174 6,029.30 France 1,033,236 298.786 3,458.10 271.055 3,811.91 Federal Republic of Germany 280,791 93.510 3,002.79 84.831 3,310.00 Austria 198,244 57.012 3,477.19 51.721 3,832.95 Spain 18,575 19.717 942.08 17.887 1,038.46 Italy 80,184 30.085 2,665.22 27.293 2,937.90 India 812,938 260.974 3,115.01 236.752 3,433.71 China 2,890 0.220 13,108.82 0.200 14,450.00 Taiwan 63,940 43.135 1,482.30 39.132 1,633.96 Japan 2,592,206 399.904 6,482.07 362.787 7,145.26 South Africa 28,377 22.520 1,260.07 20.430 1,388.99 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,435,653 3,135.836 3,327.87 2,844.784 3,668.35 GRAND TOTAL 219,230,410 89,031.926 2,462.38 80,768.428 2,714.31