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RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/08/04 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 United Kingdom 94,721 21.615 4,382.14 19.609 4,830.49 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 621,195 354.314 1,753.23 321.429 1,932.60 China 8,231 1.905 4,318.70 1.729 4,760.56 Australia 277,748 16.039 17,316.25 14.551 19,087.90 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,400,738 2,973.699 807.32 2,697.696 889.92 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 39,750,972 117,479.384 338.37 106,575.535 372.98 Sweden 8,190,665 3,435.429 2,384.18 3,116.570 2,628.10 United Kingdom 17,525,156 9,492.636 1,846.18 8,611.577 2,035.07 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 1,055,179 424.814 2,483.86 385.385 2,737.99 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 199,698,300 439,351.997 454.53 398,573.540 501.03 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 - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/08/04 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 44,764 43.644 1,025.64 39.594 1,130.58 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 27,799,157 62,952.176 441.59 57,109.270 486.77 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 158,422,852 325,209.334 487.14 295,025.029 536.98 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 6,731,710 11,635.697 578.54 10,555.730 637.73 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 1,646,282 2,828.763 581.98 2,566.212 641.52 Federal Republic of Germany 1,790,726 3,149.991 568.49 2,857.625 626.65 Switzerland 7,601 13.208 575.44 11.983 634.32 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 25,606,544 49,711.820 515.10 45,097.818 567.80 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 964,701 1,462.593 659.58 1,326.843 727.06 Italy 22,504 21.791 1,032.69 19.769 1,138.35 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/08/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 2,356,389 3,377.886 697.59 3,064.368 768.96 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 12,783,966 18,652.181 685.39 16,920.979 755.51 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 5,877,883 6,978.603 842.27 6,330.884 928.45 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 790,154 1,239.785 637.33 1,124.715 702.54 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 1,244,217 1,886.227 659.63 1,711.157 727.12 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 68,608,256 109,058.039 629.10 98,935.817 693.46 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 16,257,211 27,274.288 596.06 24,742.825 657.05 Mexico 1,335,973 2,390.007 558.98 2,168.179 616.17 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 4,618,218 3,242.764 1,424.16 2,941.787 1,569.87 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 4,611,163 3,489.451 1,321.46 3,165.578 1,456.66 Russia 18,350,240 35,954.595 510.37 32,617.470 562.59 Turkey 3,868,271 7,266.301 532.36 6,591.880 586.82 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 Egypt 1,786,514 3,715.463 480.83 3,370.613 530.03 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/08/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 60,506,641 100,163.721 604.08 90,867.025 665.88 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 13,499.985 68.07 12,246.984 75.03 Spain 33,455 70.239 476.30 63.720 525.03 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 8,078,962 28,132.204 287.18 25,521.114 316.56 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 37,792,906 67,338.770 561.24 61,088.722 618.66 Mexico 4,226,885 7,848.533 538.56 7,120.072 593.66 Trinidad and Tobago 687,549 1,303.504 527.46 1,182.520 581.43 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 313,528 447.006 701.39 405.518 773.15 Belgium 5,660 0.661 8,557.78 0.600 9,433.33 France 961,008 630.341 1,524.58 571.836 1,680.57 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 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/08/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 2,634,661 1,102.330 2,390.08 1,000.018 2,634.61 Turkey 2,321,169 5,530.438 419.71 5,017.131 462.65 India 716,632 567.239 1,263.37 514.591 1,392.62 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 225,824 45.513 4,961.71 41.289 5,469.35 Japan 7,120,312 9,866.000 721.70 8,950.288 795.54 South Africa 580,350 2,006.504 289.23 1,820.271 318.83 CATEGORY TOTAL 90,828,174 149,915.180 605.86 136,000.802 667.85 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 6,903,159 12,846.201 537.37 11,653.881 592.35 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 8,320 19.330 430.42 17.536 474.45 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 13,707,993 21,556.498 635.91 19,555.732 700.97 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 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 41,075,273 92,967.076 441.83 84,338.337 487.03 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 23,882 40.498 589.69 36.740 650.03 CATEGORY TOTAL 76,215,541 174,827.976 435.95 158,601.317 480.55 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 6,235,022 6,087.710 1,024.20 5,522.680 1,128.98 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/08/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 3,024,591 2,804.074 1,078.64 2,543.814 1,189.00 Netherlands 7,311 1.895 3,856.06 1.720 4,250.58 France 3,514,800 2,503.730 1,403.83 2,271.347 1,547.45 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 2,128.874 2,034.37 1,931.283 2,242.51 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 4,480,741 1,425.612 3,143.03 1,293.294 3,464.60 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 39,314,896 27,974.288 1,405.39 25,377.855 1,549.18 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 1,960,873 1,025.473 1,912.16 930.294 2,107.80 Sweden 3,091,011 1,466.880 2,107.20 1,330.732 2,322.79 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 73,549 19.499 3,771.77 17.690 4,157.66 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 1,907,185 609.133 3,130.98 552.597 3,451.31 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/08/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 Slovenia 1,033,859 627.962 1,646.37 569.678 1,814.81 India 34,329 5.615 6,113.61 5.094 6,739.10 China 1,463,074 549.278 2,663.63 498.297 2,936.15 Korea, South 207,407 104.986 1,975.56 95.242 2,177.68 Taiwan 1,404,297 775.443 1,810.96 703.471 1,996.24 Japan 3,590,649 4,249.408 844.98 3,855.000 931.43 CATEGORY TOTAL 22,487,250 14,163.568 1,587.68 12,848.977 1,750.12 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 22,357,107 26,281.977 850.66 23,842.616 937.70 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 530,128 400.034 1,325.21 362.905 1,460.79 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 177,416 363.462 488.13 329.728 538.07 Brazil 98,051 66.033 1,484.86 59.905 1,636.77 Argentina 379,560 564.959 671.84 512.523 740.57 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 1,135,592 941.252 1,206.47 853.890 1,329.90 Czech Republic 5,737 4.455 1,287.61 4.042 1,419.35 Russia 98,501 213.097 462.23 193.319 509.53 Ukraine 2,349,136 4,457.883 526.96 4,044.125 580.88 Spain 2,302,716 2,100.053 1,096.50 1,905.137 1,208.69 Italy 353,239 219.322 1,610.59 198.966 1,775.37 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 1,888,035 3,420.224 552.02 3,102.776 608.50 Taiwan 30,624 38.133 803.08 34.594 885.24 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 1,059,981 1,960.330 540.72 1,778.382 596.04 CATEGORY TOTAL 74,827,993 113,542.779 659.03 103,004.306 726.45 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/08/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 2,649,806 2,837.381 933.89 2,574.030 1,029.44 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 3,151,402 3,910.743 805.83 3,547.768 888.28 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 7,635,154 9,613.902 794.18 8,721.588 875.43 Austria 7,965,306 8,679.282 917.74 7,873.715 1,011.63 Czech Republic 261,544 410.066 637.81 372.006 703.06 Russia 1,145,241 1,650.057 694.06 1,496.907 765.07 Ukraine 317,786 485.682 654.31 440.604 721.25 Spain 4,731,528 5,279.429 896.22 4,789.419 987.91 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 8,470,798 10,667.010 794.11 9,676.952 875.36 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 68,281,841 82,184.861 830.83 74,556.873 915.84 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 Italy 138,323 115.015 1,202.65 104.340 1,325.69 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 Japan 4,566,790 9,614.674 474.98 8,722.288 523.58 CATEGORY TOTAL 19,433,029 37,127.266 523.42 33,681.299 576.97 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/08/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Brazil 214,862 491.152 437.47 445.566 482.22 Argentina 696,816 1,454.641 479.03 1,319.629 528.04 Norway 4,179 0.610 6,843.19 0.554 7,543.32 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 148,260 271.796 545.48 246.570 601.29 Slovakia 152,358 301.272 505.71 273.310 557.45 Spain 51,776 64.617 801.27 58.620 883.25 Italy 2,895,805 3,537.452 818.61 3,209.124 902.37 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 18,443,236 27,220.432 677.55 24,693.968 746.87 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 3,021,837 6,269.582 481.98 5,687.671 531.30 Taiwan 1,024,597 1,820.117 562.93 1,651.183 620.52 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,256,332 15,919.774 518.62 14,442.181 571.68 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 12,052,366 11,123.614 1,083.49 10,091.176 1,194.35 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 Dominican Republic 275,065 463.886 592.96 420.831 653.62 Colombia 115,764 68.817 1,682.19 62.430 1,854.30 Venezuela 303,084 304.974 993.80 276.668 1,095.48 Brazil 1,329,817 1,953.995 680.56 1,772.635 750.19 Argentina 1,319,998 1,448.294 911.42 1,313.871 1,004.66 Sweden 1,119,783 909.886 1,230.68 825.435 1,356.60 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 3,272 2.918 1,120.96 2.648 1,235.65 France 1,047,167 1,027.749 1,018.89 932.359 1,123.14 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/08/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Federal Republic of Germany 3,091,468 3,109.581 994.17 2,820.966 1,095.89 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 21,597 53.058 407.04 48.134 448.68 Ukraine 154,340 289.334 533.43 262.480 588.01 Spain 1,590,184 1,627.099 977.31 1,476.080 1,077.30 Italy 836,684 934.338 895.48 847.618 987.10 Romania 277,923 353.825 785.48 320.985 865.84 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 1,747,492 2,968.682 588.64 2,693.144 648.87 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 47,515,727 50,735.791 936.53 46,026.749 1,032.35 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 226,308 209.178 1,081.89 189.764 1,192.58 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 546,804 844.458 647.52 766.080 713.77 Slovakia 489,225 790.854 618.60 717.451 681.89 Russia 10,398 17.183 605.10 15.589 667.01 Spain 992,086 209.103 4,744.46 189.696 5,229.87 Italy 810,309 473.168 1,712.52 429.251 1,887.73 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 108,594 78.121 1,390.06 70.871 1,532.28 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,981,643 6,831.063 1,168.43 6,197.038 1,287.98 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D Canada 7,650,904 1,556.899 4,914.19 1,412.396 5,416.97 Mexico 186,515 81.288 2,294.47 73.744 2,529.22 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/08/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 1,589,881 299.056 5,316.31 271.300 5,860.23 Federal Republic of Germany 2,287,832 439.921 5,200.55 399.090 5,732.62 Austria 881,534 155.409 5,672.34 140.985 6,252.68 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 Spain 2,386,836 330.612 7,219.43 299.927 7,958.06 Italy 1,519,563 549.815 2,763.77 498.784 3,046.54 India 103,997 40.044 2,597.02 36.328 2,862.72 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 5,456,131 1,720.634 3,171.00 1,560.934 3,495.43 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 5,120,919 1,647.339 3,108.60 1,494.442 3,426.64 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 40,886,260 10,638.668 3,843.17 9,651.240 4,236.37 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 2,252,832 994.219 2,265.93 901.941 2,497.76 Mexico 292,092 176.884 1,651.31 160.467 1,820.26 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 72,290 11.408 6,336.27 10.350 6,984.54 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 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 3,145,567 1,525.696 2,061.73 1,384.089 2,272.66 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 24,077,378 26,388.935 912.40 23,939.646 1,005.75 Mexico 5,140,517 5,356.621 959.66 4,859.447 1,057.84 Brazil 416,170 976.828 426.04 886.164 469.63 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/08/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE United Kingdom 91,278 104.416 874.17 94.725 963.61 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 102,106 42.469 2,404.20 38.528 2,650.18 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 322,840 111.024 2,907.82 100.720 3,205.32 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 36,091,716 43,369.155 832.20 39,343.847 917.34 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 55,922 123.132 454.16 111.704 500.63 Mexico 207,481 200.380 1,035.44 181.782 1,141.37 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 750,370 1,135.642 660.74 1,030.238 728.35 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 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 1,553,092 2,462.603 630.67 2,234.037 695.20 Argentina 107,455 198.309 541.86 179.903 597.29 Sweden 1,764,527 725.973 2,430.57 658.592 2,679.24 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/08/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Austria 788,138 217.850 3,617.79 197.631 3,987.93 Czech Republic 19,846 11.520 1,722.71 10.451 1,898.96 Switzerland 268,683 80.845 3,323.41 73.342 3,663.43 Poland 1,208,168 1,433.093 843.05 1,300.081 929.30 Belarus 230,297 256.623 897.41 232.805 989.23 Spain 662,832 172.416 3,844.36 156.414 4,237.68 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 180,408 208.809 863.98 189.429 952.38 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 7,004,128 10,260.227 682.65 9,307.924 752.49 Korea, South 7,164,827 5,697.156 1,257.61 5,168.375 1,386.28 Hong Kong 189,457 38.241 4,954.24 34.692 5,461.11 Taiwan 2,803,642 2,160.077 1,297.94 1,959.590 1,430.73 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 1,436,089 2,122.847 676.49 1,925.815 745.70 CATEGORY TOTAL 76,518,694 78,707.659 972.19 71,402.408 1,071.65 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 181,115 171.897 1,053.62 155.943 1,161.42 Japan 1,476,694 2,386.707 618.72 2,165.185 682.02 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,907,836 2,967.046 643.01 2,691.660 708.80 TIN PLATE.............................29 Canada 5,520,462 9,524.544 579.60 8,640.524 638.90 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 20,702,059 35,901.680 576.63 32,569.466 635.63 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/08/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A Canada 1,837,564 3,007.294 611.04 2,728.172 673.55 United Kingdom 991,420 1,163.781 851.90 1,055.765 939.05 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 6,645,856 10,696.547 621.31 9,703.747 684.88 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 17,302,395 29,862.472 579.40 27,090.787 638.68 Mexico 21,344,591 35,410.225 602.78 32,123.625 664.45 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 621,610 742.993 836.63 674.033 922.22 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 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 Turkey 4,711,070 8,701.444 541.41 7,893.820 596.80 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 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 192,331,114 386,185.410 498.03 350,341.610 548.98 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 25,650,048 40,799.743 628.68 37,012.915 693.00 Argentina 7,768,326 13,964.443 556.29 12,668.334 613.21 Sweden 2,473,617 2,918.527 847.56 2,647.644 934.27 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/08/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 4,314,498 3,561.593 1,211.40 3,231.024 1,335.33 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 17,699,951 17,620.335 1,004.52 15,984.904 1,107.29 Korea, South 12,668,168 17,250.062 734.38 15,648.998 809.52 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 177,793,863 224,921.325 790.47 204,045.252 871.35 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 26,509,753 41,630.999 636.78 37,767.018 701.93 Mexico 19,406,404 20,352.121 953.53 18,463.139 1,051.09 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 330,009 485.888 679.19 440.791 748.67 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 4,586,413 11,215.442 408.94 10,174.481 450.78 Austria 449,030 486.784 922.44 441.604 1,016.82 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 9,486,079 13,235.710 716.70 12,007.238 790.03 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 10,090,463 14,670.362 687.81 13,308.733 758.18 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/08/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Taiwan 26,507,775 35,221.517 752.60 31,952.432 829.60 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 221,740,023 325,241.878 681.77 295,054.552 751.52 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 537,441 588.832 912.72 534.180 1,006.10 Mexico 58,819 40.838 1,440.29 37.048 1,587.64 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 236,530 444.725 531.86 403.448 586.27 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 6,624,721 10,392.558 637.45 9,427.973 702.67 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 6,006,531 7,645.039 785.68 6,935.465 866.06 Japan 543,276 375.813 1,445.60 340.932 1,593.50 CATEGORY TOTAL 25,999,661 32,125.609 809.31 29,143.871 892.11 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 691,197 925.880 746.53 839.945 822.91 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 5,200,529 6,671.925 779.46 6,052.671 859.21 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/08/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 2,260,608 3,886.243 581.69 3,525.542 641.21 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 Egypt 757,185 1,215.054 623.17 1,102.279 686.93 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,935,505 9,398.819 631.52 8,526.468 696.13 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 237,418 342.470 693.25 310.684 764.18 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 193,668 31.933 6,064.64 28.970 6,685.12 France 2,002,473 431.103 4,644.99 391.091 5,120.22 Federal Republic of Germany 5,197,366 3,322.421 1,564.33 3,014.051 1,724.38 Austria 1,510,514 256.199 5,895.86 232.420 6,499.07 Switzerland 302,407 179.551 1,684.24 162.886 1,856.56 Spain 18,575 19.717 942.08 17.887 1,038.46 Italy 105,375 20.291 5,193.10 18.408 5,724.41 India 1,016,003 531.415 1,911.88 482.092 2,107.49 Thailand 40,579 55.682 728.76 50.514 803.32 China 84,638 86.738 975.78 78.688 1,075.62 Korea, South 856,876 1,136.660 753.85 1,031.161 830.98 Taiwan 135,814 92.016 1,475.97 83.476 1,626.98 Japan 3,221,189 947.316 3,400.33 859.391 3,748.22 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 25,809,774 14,263.700 1,809.47 12,939.815 1,994.60 GRAND TOTAL 1,863,138,247 2,977,226.332 625.80 2,700,895.058 689.82 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/08/04 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 United Kingdom 36,806 0.231 158,999.29 0.210 175,266.67 Belgium 612,357 1,084.883 564.44 984.190 622.19 Italy 63,510 11.309 5,615.53 10.260 6,190.06 Australia 277,748 16.039 17,316.25 14.551 19,087.90 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,690,343 2,544.730 664.25 2,308.541 732.21 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 169,009 319.923 528.28 290.230 582.33 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 6,023,712 10,457.292 576.03 9,486.699 634.96 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/08/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Switzerland 5,832 10.044 580.63 9.112 640.04 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 5,538,038 8,555.339 647.32 7,761.276 713.55 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 9,374,756 14,319.842 654.67 12,990.746 721.65 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Federal Republic of Germany 6,980 2.929 2,382.30 2.658 2,626.03 Czech Republic 918,896 13,499.985 68.07 12,246.984 75.03 Japan 492,120 1,016.422 484.17 922.083 533.70 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,417,996 14,519.337 97.66 13,171.725 107.65 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 18,212,754 31,835.814 572.08 28,880.973 630.61 Mexico 2,645,402 4,825.716 548.19 4,377.818 604.27 Trinidad and Tobago 687,549 1,303.504 527.46 1,182.520 581.43 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 397,270 410.830 966.99 372.699 1,065.93 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 Japan 5,733,687 7,270.501 788.62 6,595.690 869.31 CATEGORY TOTAL 38,438,223 62,219.932 617.78 56,444.989 680.99 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/08/04 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 1,524,744 1,497.930 1,017.90 1,358.900 1,122.04 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 1,679,616 1,861.464 902.31 1,688.693 994.62 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 26.539 61,741.44 24.076 68,058.27 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 8,286,483 6,863.193 1,207.38 6,226.186 1,330.91 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 1,960,873 1,025.473 1,912.16 930.294 2,107.80 Sweden 3,091,011 1,466.880 2,107.20 1,330.732 2,322.79 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 73,549 19.499 3,771.77 17.690 4,157.66 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 1,907,185 609.133 3,130.98 552.597 3,451.31 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 Slovenia 1,033,859 627.962 1,646.37 569.678 1,814.81 India 34,329 5.615 6,113.61 5.094 6,739.10 China 1,463,074 549.278 2,663.63 498.297 2,936.15 Korea, South 207,407 104.986 1,975.56 95.242 2,177.68 Taiwan 1,404,297 775.443 1,810.96 703.471 1,996.24 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/08/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 3,590,649 4,249.408 844.98 3,855.000 931.43 CATEGORY TOTAL 22,487,250 14,163.568 1,587.68 12,848.977 1,750.12 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 90,638 14.800 6,123.89 13.427 6,750.43 Brazil 82,708 41.656 1,985.48 37.790 2,188.62 Argentina 140,300 101.273 1,385.35 91.874 1,527.09 France 26,240 1.999 13,122.68 1.814 14,465.27 Federal Republic of Germany 293,812 213.803 1,374.22 193.959 1,514.81 Spain 292,340 214.046 1,365.78 194.180 1,505.51 Italy 162,982 56.797 2,869.52 51.526 3,163.10 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 1,544,475 963.343 1,603.24 873.931 1,767.27 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 2,244,112 2,511.482 893.54 2,278.379 984.96 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 4,752,602 5,701.186 833.62 5,172.031 918.90 Austria 2,337,689 3,026.262 772.47 2,745.380 851.50 Spain 4,731,528 5,279.429 896.22 4,789.419 987.91 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 27,286,703 26,402.785 1,033.48 23,952.211 1,139.21 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 China 27,703 45.054 614.87 40.873 677.78 CATEGORY TOTAL 45,430 53.678 846.34 48.696 932.93 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/08/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 1,050,825 1,310.095 802.10 1,188.499 884.16 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 1,160,770 1,205.284 963.07 1,093.416 1,061.60 Sweden 922,059 773.728 1,191.71 701.915 1,313.63 United Kingdom 421,304 296.774 1,419.61 269.229 1,564.85 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 74,159 73.515 1,008.76 66.692 1,111.96 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 10,583,487 9,767.895 1,083.50 8,861.288 1,194.35 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 226,308 209.178 1,081.89 189.764 1,192.58 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 962,265 186.475 5,160.27 169.168 5,688.22 Italy 463,462 131.074 3,535.86 118.909 3,897.62 Japan 83,890 35.924 2,335.19 32.590 2,574.10 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,227,581 2,446.512 1,728.00 2,219.439 1,904.80 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 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 Taiwan 8,300 7.762 1,069.25 7.042 1,178.64 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,434,366 517.323 2,772.67 469.308 3,056.34 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/08/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 54,485 60.059 907.18 54.485 1,000.00 Federal Republic of Germany 13,325 2.978 4,473.81 2.702 4,931.53 Italy 94,004 36.203 2,596.57 32.843 2,862.22 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 320,230 110.624 2,894.74 100.357 3,190.91 Japan 226,365 135.994 1,664.52 123.372 1,834.82 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,017,419 1,194.229 1,689.31 1,083.387 1,862.14 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 23,860 78.169 305.23 70.914 336.46 CATEGORY TOTAL 23,860 78.169 305.23 70.914 336.46 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 Sweden 385,804 370.318 1,041.82 335.947 1,148.41 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 177,480 205.092 865.36 186.057 953.90 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 2,476,053 2,481.002 998.01 2,250.728 1,100.11 Taiwan 496,287 619.640 800.93 562.129 882.87 Japan 2,915,648 2,866.955 1,016.98 2,600.859 1,121.03 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,489,580 10,844.585 1,059.48 9,838.045 1,167.87 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 858,442 1,773.951 483.92 1,609.302 533.43 Sweden 473,139 529.143 894.16 480.031 985.64 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/08/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 4,703,099 9,050.194 519.67 8,210.201 572.84 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 877,495 1,383.509 634.25 1,255.099 699.14 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 628,352 1,176.463 534.10 1,067.270 588.75 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 9,423,136 13,645.117 690.59 12,378.646 761.24 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 4,072,751 9,974.269 408.33 9,048.508 450.10 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 15,047,573 26,777.873 561.94 24,292.485 619.43 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 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 691,197 925.880 746.53 839.945 822.91 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/08/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 5,200,529 6,671.925 779.46 6,052.671 859.21 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 793,913 75.970 10,450.33 68.919 11,519.51 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 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 4,975,709 2,081.974 2,389.90 1,888.736 2,634.41 GRAND TOTAL 231,950,487 308,603.666 751.61 279,960.616 828.51 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/08/04 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 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,060 19.281 469.88 17.492 517.95 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 38,983,535 115,869.145 336.44 105,114.750 370.87 United Kingdom 335,567 556.387 603.12 504.746 664.82 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 158,540,027 402,828.332 393.57 365,439.819 433.83 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 44,764 43.644 1,025.64 39.594 1,130.58 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 150,421,212 321,606.652 467.72 291,756.730 515.57 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/08/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 6,531,334 11,309.373 577.52 10,259.694 636.60 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 1,572,395 2,716.698 578.79 2,464.548 638.01 Federal Republic of Germany 1,651,953 3,048.673 541.86 2,765.711 597.30 Switzerland 7,601 13.208 575.44 11.983 634.32 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 18,705,744 38,979.352 479.89 35,361.484 528.99 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 964,701 1,462.593 659.58 1,326.843 727.06 Italy 22,504 21.791 1,032.69 19.769 1,138.35 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,356,389 3,377.886 697.59 3,064.368 768.96 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 4,887,041 8,030.270 608.58 7,284.941 670.84 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 560,318 1,011.481 553.96 917.601 610.63 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 40,187,192 75,911.697 529.39 68,865.953 583.56 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 10,719,173 18,718.948 572.64 16,981.549 631.22 Mexico 1,335,973 2,390.007 558.98 2,168.179 616.17 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/08/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 641,765 1,402.448 457.60 1,272.280 504.42 Russia 18,350,240 35,954.595 510.37 32,617.470 562.59 Turkey 3,868,271 7,266.301 532.36 6,591.880 586.82 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 43,032,564 82,656.513 520.62 74,984.749 573.88 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 33,455 70.239 476.30 63.720 525.03 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 6,660,966 13,612.867 489.31 12,349.389 539.38 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 19,422,309 35,470.111 547.57 32,177.953 603.59 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 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/08/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE France 87,843 161.607 543.56 146.608 599.17 Federal Republic of Germany 525,822 945.059 556.39 857.344 613.32 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 Japan 1,386,625 2,595.499 534.24 2,354.598 588.90 South Africa 580,350 2,006.504 289.23 1,820.271 318.83 CATEGORY TOTAL 46,413,881 85,847.864 540.65 77,879.895 595.97 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 6,709,340 12,478.486 537.67 11,320.296 592.68 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 8,320 19.330 430.42 17.536 474.45 Korea, South 505,116 1,159.091 435.79 1,051.510 480.37 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,775,506 18,927.897 516.46 17,171.105 569.30 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 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 41,075,273 92,967.076 441.83 84,338.337 487.03 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 23,882 40.498 589.69 36.740 650.03 CATEGORY TOTAL 76,215,541 174,827.976 435.95 158,601.317 480.55 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 4,649,274 4,582.191 1,014.64 4,156.895 1,118.45 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 1,858,821 2,212.050 840.32 2,006.739 926.29 France 91,701 87.905 1,043.17 79.747 1,149.90 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/08/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 2,102.335 1,280.65 1,907.207 1,411.67 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 16,477,604 15,946.694 1,033.29 14,466.602 1,139.01 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 22,266,469 26,267.177 847.69 23,829.189 934.42 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 530,128 400.034 1,325.21 362.905 1,460.79 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 177,416 363.462 488.13 329.728 538.07 Brazil 15,343 24.377 629.39 22.115 693.78 Argentina 239,260 463.686 516.00 420.649 568.79 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 98,501 213.097 462.23 193.319 509.53 Ukraine 2,349,136 4,457.883 526.96 4,044.125 580.88 Spain 2,010,376 1,886.006 1,065.94 1,710.957 1,175.00 Italy 190,257 162.524 1,170.63 147.440 1,290.40 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 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 1,888,035 3,420.224 552.02 3,102.776 608.50 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/08/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 1,059,981 1,960.330 540.72 1,778.382 596.04 CATEGORY TOTAL 73,283,518 112,579.435 650.95 102,130.375 717.55 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 2,649,806 2,837.381 933.89 2,574.030 1,029.44 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 261,544 410.066 637.81 372.006 703.06 Russia 1,145,241 1,650.057 694.06 1,496.907 765.07 Ukraine 317,786 485.682 654.31 440.604 721.25 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 8,470,798 10,667.010 794.11 9,676.952 875.36 Taiwan 915,429 1,204.376 760.09 1,092.592 837.85 CATEGORY TOTAL 40,995,138 55,782.075 734.92 50,604.662 810.11 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 Italy 138,323 115.015 1,202.65 104.340 1,325.69 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 Japan 4,566,790 9,614.674 474.98 8,722.288 523.58 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,004,817 23,059.835 520.59 20,919.537 573.86 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/08/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Argentina 696,816 1,454.641 479.03 1,319.629 528.04 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 148,260 271.796 545.48 246.570 601.29 Slovakia 152,358 301.272 505.71 273.310 557.45 Spain 51,776 64.617 801.27 58.620 883.25 Italy 2,895,805 3,537.452 818.61 3,209.124 902.37 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 18,397,806 27,166.754 677.22 24,645.272 746.50 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 3,021,837 6,269.582 481.98 5,687.671 531.30 Taiwan 1,024,597 1,820.117 562.93 1,651.183 620.52 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,256,332 15,919.774 518.62 14,442.181 571.68 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 11,001,541 9,813.518 1,121.06 8,902.677 1,235.76 Mexico 12,599,584 15,806.832 797.10 14,339.721 878.65 Dominican Republic 275,065 463.886 592.96 420.831 653.62 Colombia 115,764 68.817 1,682.19 62.430 1,854.30 Venezuela 13,130 16.446 798.35 14.920 880.03 Brazil 1,245,897 1,835.882 678.64 1,665.485 748.07 Argentina 159,228 243.009 655.23 220.455 722.27 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 1,923,911 2,036.814 944.57 1,847.768 1,041.21 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/08/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Switzerland 1,535,658 641.768 2,392.85 582.203 2,637.67 Russia 21,597 53.058 407.04 48.134 448.68 Ukraine 154,340 289.334 533.43 262.480 588.01 Spain 1,044,545 1,153.227 905.76 1,046.191 998.43 Italy 762,525 860.823 885.81 780.926 976.44 Romania 277,923 353.825 785.48 320.985 865.84 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 1,559,544 2,631.176 592.72 2,386.964 653.36 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 36,932,240 40,967.896 901.49 37,165.461 993.72 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 546,804 844.458 647.52 766.080 713.77 Slovakia 489,225 790.854 618.60 717.451 681.89 Russia 10,398 17.183 605.10 15.589 667.01 Spain 29,821 22.628 1,317.87 20.528 1,452.70 Italy 346,847 342.093 1,013.90 310.342 1,117.63 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 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,754,062 4,384.551 856.20 3,977.599 943.80 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 925,888 506.996 1,826.22 459.940 2,013.06 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 24,292 0.578 41,975.88 0.525 46,270.48 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/08/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 1,711,201 1,008.373 1,696.99 914.781 1,870.61 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 23,624,754 25,929.618 911.11 23,522.961 1,004.33 Mexico 5,140,517 5,356.621 959.66 4,859.447 1,057.84 Brazil 416,170 976.828 426.04 886.164 469.63 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 34,074,297 42,174.925 807.93 38,260.460 890.59 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 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 726,510 1,057.473 687.02 959.324 757.31 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 1,545,368 2,460.854 627.98 2,232.450 692.23 Argentina 107,455 198.309 541.86 179.903 597.29 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/08/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 17,261 10.934 1,578.52 9.920 1,740.02 Poland 926,450 1,141.795 811.40 1,035.820 894.41 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 2,928 3.716 787.73 3.372 868.33 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 5,900,770 9,756.777 604.79 8,851.202 666.66 Korea, South 2,121,103 2,447.574 866.61 2,220.403 955.28 Hong Kong 6,139 0.578 10,608.02 0.525 11,693.33 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 1,436,089 2,122.847 676.49 1,925.815 745.70 CATEGORY TOTAL 52,196,705 64,137.382 813.83 58,184.471 897.09 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 181,115 171.897 1,053.62 155.943 1,161.42 Japan 1,476,694 2,386.707 618.72 2,165.185 682.02 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,907,836 2,967.046 643.01 2,691.660 708.80 TIN PLATE.............................29 Canada 5,520,462 9,524.544 579.60 8,640.524 638.90 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/08/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 550,703 666.119 826.73 604.294 911.32 CATEGORY TOTAL 20,702,059 35,901.680 576.63 32,569.466 635.63 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A Canada 1,837,564 3,007.294 611.04 2,728.172 673.55 United Kingdom 991,420 1,163.781 851.90 1,055.765 939.05 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 6,645,856 10,696.547 621.31 9,703.747 684.88 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 16,443,953 28,088.521 585.43 25,481.485 645.33 Mexico 21,344,591 35,410.225 602.78 32,123.625 664.45 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 148,471 213.850 694.27 194.002 765.31 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 Turkey 4,711,070 8,701.444 541.41 7,893.820 596.80 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 186,495,435 376,624.119 495.18 341,667.750 545.84 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 24,369,023 39,423.199 618.14 35,764.135 681.38 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/08/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 106,851,933 180,281.363 592.70 163,548.548 653.33 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 20,217,691 32,217.698 627.53 29,227.413 691.74 Mexico 19,406,404 20,352.121 953.53 18,463.139 1,051.09 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 330,009 485.888 679.19 440.791 748.67 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 Austria 449,030 486.784 922.44 441.604 1,016.82 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 9,486,079 13,235.710 716.70 12,007.238 790.03 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 10,090,463 14,670.362 687.81 13,308.733 758.18 Taiwan 26,021,027 34,669.761 750.54 31,451.887 827.33 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 206,692,450 298,464.004 692.52 270,762.067 763.37 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/08/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 380,728 445.116 855.34 403.803 942.86 Mexico 58,819 40.838 1,440.29 37.048 1,587.64 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 236,530 444.725 531.86 403.448 586.27 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 4,703,056 7,318.253 642.65 6,639.010 708.40 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 6,006,531 7,645.039 785.68 6,935.465 866.06 Japan 543,276 375.813 1,445.60 340.932 1,593.50 CATEGORY TOTAL 25,999,661 32,125.609 809.31 29,143.871 892.11 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 2,195,429 3,764.288 583.23 3,414.906 642.90 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 Egypt 757,185 1,215.054 623.17 1,102.279 686.93 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,993,250 8,592.812 581.10 7,795.271 640.55 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 219,777 323.162 680.08 293.168 749.66 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/08/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE France 175,324 56.346 3,111.51 51.117 3,429.86 Federal Republic of Germany 2,165,131 1,638.737 1,321.22 1,486.638 1,456.39 Austria 1,110,999 171.690 6,470.94 155.755 7,132.99 Switzerland 259,079 148.955 1,739.31 135.130 1,917.26 Italy 66,686 11.070 6,023.75 10.043 6,640.05 India 203,065 270.440 750.87 245.340 827.69 Thailand 40,579 55.682 728.76 50.514 803.32 China 81,748 86.518 944.86 78.488 1,041.54 Korea, South 856,876 1,136.660 753.85 1,031.161 830.98 Taiwan 67,760 45.692 1,482.94 41.452 1,634.66 Japan 589,765 491.362 1,200.26 445.757 1,323.06 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,742,764 9,102.821 1,180.16 8,257.943 1,300.90 GRAND TOTAL 1,428,944,974 2,587,960.577 552.15 2,347,759.006 608.64 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/08/04 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 21.383 2,708.37 19.399 2,985.46 Federal Republic of Germany 62,010 35.663 1,738.77 32.353 1,916.67 Italy 557,685 343.005 1,625.88 311.169 1,792.23 China 8,231 1.905 4,318.70 1.729 4,760.56 CATEGORY TOTAL 701,335 409.688 1,711.87 371.663 1,887.02 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 3,435.429 2,384.18 3,116.570 2,628.10 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 1,055,179 424.814 2,483.86 385.385 2,737.99 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 28,207,765 13,520.257 2,086.33 12,265.375 2,299.79 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 732,888 484.721 1,511.98 439.732 1,666.67 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 8,001,640 3,602.681 2,221.02 3,268.299 2,448.26 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 31,367 6.400 4,901.08 5.806 5,402.51 Federal Republic of Germany 59,613 1.322 45,066.68 1.200 49,677.50 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/08/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 Japan 18,978 4.235 4,481.14 3.842 4,939.61 CATEGORY TOTAL 877,088 275.175 3,187.38 249.635 3,513.48 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 704,572 257.834 2,732.65 233.904 3,012.23 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 53,723 16.499 3,256.06 14.968 3,589.19 Italy 479,551 226.492 2,117.29 205.471 2,333.91 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 5,620,085 2,239.933 2,509.04 2,032.034 2,765.74 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Brazil 34,894 38.173 914.10 34.630 1,007.62 Sweden 3,667,759 1,327.553 2,762.79 1,204.337 3,045.46 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 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,099,321 3,187.365 2,541.07 2,891.530 2,801.05 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 2,418,315 788.632 3,066.46 715.436 3,380.20 India 470,201 194.035 2,423.27 176.026 2,671.20 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/08/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 5,976,070 1,847.382 3,234.88 1,675.918 3,565.85 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 4,330,853 1,237.419 3,499.91 1,122.568 3,857.99 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 14,550,809 5,164.400 2,817.52 4,685.067 3,105.78 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D Canada 7,650,904 1,556.899 4,914.19 1,412.396 5,416.97 Mexico 186,515 81.288 2,294.47 73.744 2,529.22 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 - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/08/04 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 1,589,881 299.056 5,316.31 271.300 5,860.23 Federal Republic of Germany 2,287,832 439.921 5,200.55 399.090 5,732.62 Austria 881,534 155.409 5,672.34 140.985 6,252.68 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 Spain 2,386,836 330.612 7,219.43 299.927 7,958.06 Italy 1,519,563 549.815 2,763.77 498.784 3,046.54 India 103,997 40.044 2,597.02 36.328 2,862.72 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 5,456,131 1,720.634 3,171.00 1,560.934 3,495.43 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 5,120,919 1,647.339 3,108.60 1,494.442 3,426.64 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 40,886,260 10,638.668 3,843.17 9,651.240 4,236.37 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 662,832 172.416 3,844.36 156.414 4,237.68 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 12,832,409 3,725.692 3,444.30 3,379.892 3,796.69 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/08/04 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 917,061 262.995 3,486.98 238.586 3,843.73 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 10,700,494 5,364.373 1,994.73 4,866.479 2,198.82 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 61,518,794 30,994.844 1,984.81 28,118.058 2,187.87 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 Finland 1,179,197 491.086 2,401.20 445.506 2,646.87 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL JULY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 17/08/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE United Kingdom 172,609 44.436 3,884.41 40.312 4,281.83 Belgium 193,668 31.933 6,064.64 28.970 6,685.12 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 141,200 39.321 3,590.90 35.672 3,958.29 Spain 18,575 19.717 942.08 17.887 1,038.46 Italy 38,689 9.220 4,195.83 8.365 4,625.10 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 2,370,829 389.468 6,087.34 353.320 6,710.15 South Africa 28,377 22.520 1,260.07 20.430 1,388.99 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,091,301 3,078.904 3,277.56 2,793.136 3,612.89 GRAND TOTAL 202,242,786 80,662.088 2,507.28 73,175.436 2,763.81