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RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab Canada 393,818 1,002.998 392.64 909.905 432.81 Mexico 98,217,076 226,717.055 433.21 205,674.311 477.54 Brazil 49,787,977 152,058.000 327.43 137,944.737 360.93 Finland 1,838,697 4,780.226 384.65 4,336.550 424.00 Poland 4,429,474 13,388.515 330.84 12,145.860 364.69 Russia 71,801,288 160,699.917 446.80 145,784.554 492.52 Turkey 6,286,581 19,272.194 326.20 17,483.446 359.57 Australia 12,426 31.074 399.88 28.190 440.79 South Africa 2,223,598 5,752.696 386.53 5,218.760 426.08 CATEGORY TOTAL 234,990,935 583,702.679 402.59 529,526.312 443.78 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate Canada 15,799,476 20,774.109 760.54 18,845.960 838.35 Mexico 35,134 66.597 527.56 60.416 581.53 Brazil 44,481 19.047 2,335.21 17.280 2,574.13 Sweden 2,487,375 2,892.336 859.99 2,623.884 947.97 Norway 103,056 207.196 497.38 187.966 548.27 Finland 919,923 1,267.352 725.86 1,149.723 800.13 United Kingdom 685,038 760.519 900.75 689.932 992.91 Belgium 3,038,514 3,183.137 954.57 2,887.695 1,052.23 France 2,095,880 1,229.883 1,704.13 1,115.732 1,878.48 Federal Republic of Germany 1,849,623 2,437.638 758.78 2,211.389 836.41 Austria 413,061 747.633 552.49 678.242 609.02 Estonia 135,918 145.600 933.50 132.087 1,029.00 Ukraine 22,237,996 41,024.001 542.07 37,216.359 597.53 Italy 592,581 1,070.024 553.80 970.710 610.46 Romania 12,502,062 22,516.670 555.24 20,426.786 612.04 Turkey 101,131 201.769 501.22 183.042 552.50 China 2,390 1.275 1,873.96 1.157 2,065.69 Korea, South 358,946 685.659 523.50 622.020 577.07 Japan 2,558,922 3,009.779 850.20 2,730.427 937.19 Australia 387,013 529.405 731.03 480.269 805.83 South Africa 283,638 599.602 473.04 543.950 521.44 CATEGORY TOTAL 66,632,158 103,369.242 644.60 93,775.026 710.55 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled Canada 38,473,191 66,162.451 581.50 60,021.583 640.99 Mexico 30,333,675 49,472.700 613.14 44,880.892 675.87 Venezuela 4,217,903 7,996.478 527.47 7,254.285 581.44 Brazil 555,451 1,014.236 547.65 920.100 603.69 Sweden 2,567,787 4,551.854 564.12 4,129.374 621.83 United Kingdom 154,585 209.988 736.16 190.498 811.48 Netherlands 12,149,513 25,190.330 482.31 22,852.290 531.65 Belgium 1,975,552 4,032.005 489.97 3,657.775 540.10 France 8,562,936 14,549.750 588.53 13,199.315 648.74 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Federal Republic of Germany 3,758,624 6,351.341 591.78 5,761.842 652.33 Austria 1,370,381 2,891.471 473.94 2,623.100 522.43 Russia 89,191,720 182,626.818 488.38 165,676.310 538.35 Serbia and Montenegro 12,555,459 23,648.274 530.92 21,453.360 585.24 Romania 3,455,332 6,438.179 536.69 5,840.620 591.60 Bulgaria 1,992,357 4,794.501 415.55 4,349.500 458.07 Turkey 3,150,790 6,064.828 519.52 5,501.921 572.67 India 11,687 20.155 579.83 18.285 639.16 Thailand 17,490,215 33,126.557 527.98 30,051.916 582.00 Malaysia 5,970,958 10,805.866 552.57 9,802.920 609.10 Philippines 151,937 202.838 749.05 184.012 825.69 China 3,998,817 6,362.767 628.47 5,772.207 692.77 Korea, South 46,144,657 97,817.595 471.74 88,738.655 520.01 Taiwan 197,940 327.579 604.25 297.175 666.07 Japan 2,422,209 4,688.034 516.68 4,252.915 569.54 Australia 177,753 281.255 632.00 255.151 696.66 New Zealand 8,219,085 14,933.723 550.37 13,547.650 606.68 Egypt 15,260,081 34,610.637 440.91 31,398.251 486.02 South Africa 499,379 1,096.490 455.43 994.720 502.03 CATEGORY TOTAL 315,009,974 610,268.715 516.18 553,626.622 568.99 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled Canada 21,792,204 30,790.343 707.76 27,932.538 780.17 Mexico 11,395,867 17,131.602 665.20 15,541.533 733.25 El Salvador 1,537,448 2,337.632 657.69 2,120.665 724.98 Costa Rica 50,084 43.409 1,153.77 39.380 1,271.81 Dominican Republic 3,692 9.708 380.30 8.807 419.21 Venezuela 806,111 1,397.884 576.66 1,268.140 635.66 Brazil 3,451,791 5,830.741 592.00 5,289.561 652.57 Argentina 3,346,637 5,779.988 579.00 5,243.519 638.24 Sweden 2,129,911 2,207.215 964.98 2,002.353 1,063.70 United Kingdom 1,153,696 904.010 1,276.20 820.105 1,406.77 Netherlands 3,936,275 6,657.916 591.22 6,039.962 651.71 Belgium 10,086,411 19,089.028 528.39 17,317.280 582.45 Luxembourg 1,553,364 2,758.544 563.11 2,502.510 620.72 France 2,962,254 1,993.666 1,485.83 1,808.624 1,637.85 Federal Republic of Germany 5,978,236 6,966.722 858.11 6,320.106 945.91 Austria 1,168,221 203.500 5,740.62 184.613 6,327.95 Switzerland 77,914 42.227 1,845.11 38.308 2,033.88 Poland 42,809 49.203 870.03 44.637 959.05 Russia 21,181,178 36,962.174 573.05 33,531.530 631.68 Italy 53,750 25.438 2,112.98 23.077 2,329.16 India 355,878 518.187 686.77 470.092 757.04 Thailand 6,657,876 11,706.289 568.74 10,619.770 626.93 Indonesia 1,030,529 2,097.525 491.31 1,902.844 541.57 China 10,226,318 17,792.020 574.77 16,140.654 633.58 Korea, South 3,836,496 6,652.895 576.67 6,035.407 635.66 Taiwan 22,475,281 40,579.540 553.86 36,813.150 610.52 Japan 11,292,885 18,242.787 619.03 16,549.583 682.37 New Zealand 815,175 1,338.723 608.92 1,214.470 671.22 South Africa 5,759,934 9,871.412 583.50 8,955.197 643.19 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 155,158,225 249,980.341 620.68 226,778.415 684.18 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated Canada 39,785,123 61,130.668 650.82 55,456.824 717.41 Mexico 31,577,597 34,002.003 928.70 30,846.107 1,023.71 Colombia 874,883 1,573.788 555.91 1,427.717 612.78 Venezuela 138,969 176.173 788.82 159.822 869.52 Chile 144,063 161.796 890.40 146.779 981.50 Brazil 22,505,578 33,003.008 681.93 29,939.834 751.69 Argentina 6,223,823 8,967.457 694.05 8,135.143 765.05 Sweden 415,059 191.816 2,163.83 174.013 2,385.22 Finland 195,073 229.819 848.81 208.489 935.65 United Kingdom 949,022 1,412.513 671.87 1,281.411 740.61 Netherlands 3,184,913 4,657.079 683.89 4,224.833 753.86 Belgium 1,781,850 2,721.717 654.68 2,469.101 721.66 Luxembourg 1,080,107 1,895.721 569.76 1,719.770 628.05 France 1,169,333 1,859.760 628.75 1,687.147 693.08 Federal Republic of Germany 9,470,743 18,122.725 522.59 16,440.665 576.06 Austria 452,165 508.100 889.91 460.941 980.96 Estonia 6,744,774 9,898.040 681.43 8,979.354 751.14 Kazakhstan 5,213,251 7,796.426 668.67 7,072.801 737.08 Spain 3,722,555 6,393.217 582.27 5,799.831 641.84 Turkey 3,633,911 5,344.342 679.95 4,848.307 749.52 India 36,455,015 53,483.830 681.61 48,519.729 751.34 Thailand 5,943 7.390 804.09 6.705 886.35 Malaysia 2,012,831 3,180.790 632.81 2,885.565 697.55 Indonesia 5,931,987 8,855.813 669.84 8,033.861 738.37 China 17,243,764 26,436.152 652.28 23,982.481 719.02 Korea, South 13,886,690 19,130.262 725.90 17,354.687 800.17 Taiwan 63,894,842 83,673.279 763.62 75,907.144 841.75 Japan 5,772,696 7,444.708 775.41 6,753.728 854.74 Australia 179,294 70.271 2,551.46 63.749 2,812.50 New Zealand 120,936 164.222 736.42 148.980 811.76 South Africa 3,884,897 5,102.999 761.30 4,629.365 839.19 CATEGORY TOTAL 288,651,687 407,595.899 708.18 369,764.883 780.64 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin Canada 7,622,568 12,314.228 619.00 11,171.283 682.34 Mexico 8,804 9.903 889.01 8.984 979.96 Brazil 2,462,291 3,601.837 683.62 3,267.533 753.56 United Kingdom 208,510 303.581 686.83 275.405 757.10 Netherlands 4,835,876 8,918.670 542.22 8,090.884 597.69 Belgium 273,226 457.073 597.77 414.650 658.93 France 6,412,963 10,532.745 608.86 9,555.149 671.15 Federal Republic of Germany 7,130,179 12,253.484 581.89 11,116.177 641.42 Korea, South 92,512 166.239 556.50 150.810 613.43 Taiwan 9,668 14.022 689.46 12.721 760.00 Japan 1,742,204 2,687.144 648.35 2,437.737 714.68 CATEGORY TOTAL 30,798,801 51,258.930 600.85 46,501.333 662.32 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar Canada 54,291,152 89,336.663 607.71 81,044.881 669.89 Mexico 11,897,961 19,728.742 603.08 17,897.619 664.78 Dominican Republic 85,550 159.835 535.24 145.000 590.00 Trinidad and Tobago 1,003,561 207.828 4,828.79 188.539 5,322.83 Brazil 688,115 1,260.623 545.85 1,143.619 601.70 Argentina 1,953,219 3,834.877 509.33 3,478.943 561.44 Sweden 988,764 558.337 1,770.91 506.515 1,952.09 Norway 854,416 1,674.331 510.30 1,518.928 562.51 United Kingdom 17,408,744 26,852.991 648.30 24,360.631 714.63 Netherlands 1,063,537 694.180 1,532.08 629.750 1,688.82 Luxembourg 1,018,663 1,616.846 630.03 1,466.779 694.49 France 1,651,881 1,762.809 937.07 1,599.194 1,032.95 Federal Republic of Germany 5,578,610 7,490.749 744.73 6,795.496 820.93 Austria 754,127 315.059 2,393.60 285.817 2,638.50 Czech Republic 127,507 217.948 585.03 197.720 644.89 Switzerland 23,206 15.824 1,466.43 14.356 1,616.47 Latvia 2,255,711 5,782.546 390.09 5,245.839 430.00 Poland 30,272 30.036 1,007.83 27.249 1,110.94 Russia 90,268 104.588 863.08 94.881 951.38 Belarus 2,407,276 5,896.812 408.23 5,349.500 450.00 Ukraine 394,810 899.148 439.09 815.694 484.02 Spain 530,851 524.501 1,012.11 475.820 1,115.66 Italy 794,333 1,174.768 676.16 1,065.732 745.34 Slovenia 27,313 21.430 1,274.52 19.441 1,404.92 Turkey 6,063,682 11,754.679 515.85 10,663.669 568.63 India 280,664 403.520 695.54 366.068 766.70 China 203,168 295.136 688.39 267.743 758.82 Korea, South 335,715 385.115 871.73 349.371 960.91 Taiwan 234,134 96.729 2,420.49 87.752 2,668.13 Japan 12,111,080 20,326.376 595.83 18,439.784 656.79 Australia 7,366 12.182 604.63 11.052 666.49 South Africa 1,340,152 2,560.059 523.48 2,322.448 577.04 CATEGORY TOTAL 126,495,808 205,995.283 614.07 186,875.830 676.90 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar Canada 6,746,007 6,333.417 1,065.14 5,745.581 1,174.12 Mexico 10,427 15.506 672.44 14.067 741.24 Colombia 213,390 275.213 775.36 249.670 854.69 Brazil 60,810 45.824 1,327.03 41.571 1,462.80 Sweden 127,323 109.248 1,165.44 99.109 1,284.68 United Kingdom 3,824,473 3,078.355 1,242.38 2,792.638 1,369.48 Belgium 2,011 1.356 1,482.01 1.231 1,633.63 France 1,305,463 1,357.714 961.52 1,231.698 1,059.89 Federal Republic of Germany 5,403,583 5,064.756 1,066.90 4,594.671 1,176.05 Austria 5,238 4.629 1,131.39 4.200 1,247.14 Switzerland 13,878 15.657 886.36 14.204 977.05 Ukraine 3,822,574 2,904.419 1,316.12 2,634.846 1,450.78 Spain 1,341,043 1,604.673 835.71 1,455.736 921.21 Italy 182,894 230.728 792.68 209.313 873.78 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Romania 72,255 25.764 2,804.46 23.373 3,091.39 Turkey 308,252 568.695 542.03 515.912 597.49 Thailand 11,365 16.093 706.18 14.600 778.42 China 144,622 294.776 490.62 267.417 540.81 Korea, South 32,612 37.366 872.77 33.898 962.06 Taiwan 36,357 26.272 1,383.84 23.834 1,525.43 Japan 576,239 651.657 884.27 591.174 974.74 Egypt 25,019 24.152 1,035.87 21.911 1,141.85 South Africa 93,084 154.829 601.20 140.459 662.71 CATEGORY TOTAL 24,358,919 22,841.110 1,066.45 20,721.113 1,175.56 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar Canada 35,149 46.054 763.20 41.780 841.29 Mexico 10,172,666 23,000.572 442.28 20,865.774 487.53 Costa Rica 2,196,155 5,383.245 407.96 4,883.600 449.70 Dominican Republic 1,632,575 3,692.059 442.19 3,349.381 487.43 Venezuela 2,513,151 6,362.371 395.00 5,771.848 435.42 Brazil 57,134 125.900 453.80 114.215 500.23 Luxembourg 1,703,820 4,420.932 385.40 4,010.604 424.83 Federal Republic of Germany 22,220,277 31,772.838 699.35 28,823.842 770.90 Switzerland 21,785 31.950 681.84 28.985 751.60 Italy 2,019,909 5,365.223 376.48 4,867.250 415.00 Romania 2,729,646 6,686.486 408.23 6,065.880 450.00 Bulgaria 12,559,254 30,026.579 418.27 27,239.662 461.06 Turkey 38,750,930 81,695.924 474.33 74,113.317 522.86 Thailand 1,742,643 3,775.757 461.53 3,425.311 508.75 China 71,925 112.523 639.20 102.080 704.59 Taiwan 7,619,513 18,334.726 415.58 16,632.989 458.10 Japan 10,075,439 23,732.756 424.54 21,530.001 467.97 Australia 11,941 20.249 589.69 18.370 650.03 Egypt 9,152,495 6,863.194 1,333.56 6,226.187 1,470.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 125,286,407 251,449.348 498.26 228,111.076 549.23 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular Canada 76,603,075 83,005.823 922.86 75,301.638 1,017.28 Mexico 20,462,888 21,253.612 962.80 19,280.958 1,061.30 Guatemala 1,331,477 1,505.902 884.17 1,366.132 974.63 Dominican Republic 307,931 591.148 520.90 536.281 574.20 Colombia 5,608,635 4,041.700 1,387.69 3,666.570 1,529.67 Venezuela 4,345,624 5,904.850 735.94 5,356.792 811.24 Peru 15,745 1.252 12,573.62 1.136 13,860.04 Chile 635,216 1,230.594 516.19 1,116.377 569.00 Brazil 2,378,502 3,826.877 621.53 3,471.686 685.11 Argentina 466,220 1,013.414 460.05 919.354 507.12 Sweden 6,531 2.555 2,556.01 2.318 2,817.52 Finland 900,860 297.916 3,023.87 270.265 3,333.25 Denmark 6,501 0.615 10,569.19 0.558 11,650.54 United Kingdom 2,184,870 3,540.753 617.06 3,212.118 680.20 Belgium 84,383 68.261 1,236.17 61.926 1,362.64 France 54,834 36.827 1,488.96 33.409 1,641.29 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Federal Republic of Germany 2,425,919 2,744.352 883.97 2,489.635 974.41 Austria 432,806 268.855 1,609.81 243.902 1,774.51 Hungary 2,457 0.966 2,541.57 0.877 2,801.60 Switzerland 1,695,031 701.154 2,417.49 636.077 2,664.82 Estonia 2,499 2.579 968.83 2.340 1,067.95 Ukraine 360,411 556.408 647.75 504.765 714.02 Spain 87,654 42.264 2,073.92 38.342 2,286.11 Italy 786,764 463.512 1,697.39 420.492 1,871.06 Greece 4,378,889 8,244.063 531.16 7,478.891 585.50 Romania 4,535,850 7,250.581 625.58 6,577.619 689.59 Turkey 9,345,661 14,445.928 646.94 13,105.130 713.13 United Arab Emirates 1,337,194 1,806.812 740.08 1,639.113 815.80 Oman 2,515,076 3,878.039 648.54 3,518.099 714.90 India 7,673,916 11,637.637 659.40 10,557.490 726.87 Thailand 9,851,086 17,105.948 575.89 15,518.260 634.81 Vietnam 16,888 21.865 772.36 19.836 851.38 Philippines 6,101,897 11,055.506 551.93 10,029.390 608.40 China 28,577,289 50,184.958 569.44 45,527.041 627.70 Korea, South 10,884,784 19,046.024 571.50 17,278.268 629.97 Taiwan 2,970,393 4,284.369 693.31 3,886.716 764.24 Japan 7,553,559 11,916.342 633.88 10,810.327 698.74 Australia 339,090 473.079 716.77 429.171 790.10 Nigeria 6,000 3.076 1,950.24 2.791 2,149.77 Sao Tome and Principe 7,073 7.456 948.63 6.764 1,045.68 South Africa 696,367 1,223.903 568.97 1,110.307 627.18 CATEGORY TOTAL 217,977,845 293,687.794 742.21 266,429.161 818.15 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges Canada 6,619,485 1,452.881 4,556.11 1,318.032 5,022.25 Mexico 3,014,130 1,650.154 1,826.57 1,496.995 2,013.45 Brazil 109,287 162.004 674.59 146.968 743.61 Argentina 22,572 4.206 5,366.08 3.816 5,915.09 Sweden 24,587 1.981 12,405.43 1.798 13,674.64 Norway 4,299 0.518 8,297.85 0.470 9,146.81 Finland 18,888 1.269 14,874.05 1.152 16,395.83 Denmark 16,294 1.641 9,927.25 1.489 10,942.91 United Kingdom 360,151 22.386 16,087.63 20.309 17,733.57 Netherlands 16,689 0.083 199,210.66 0.076 219,592.11 France 873,800 505.848 1,727.40 458.898 1,904.13 Federal Republic of Germany 1,436,675 312.652 4,595.11 283.634 5,065.24 Austria 226,933 76.583 2,963.23 69.475 3,266.40 Switzerland 48,321 2.168 22,285.76 1.967 24,565.84 Poland 8,166 1.071 7,621.47 0.972 8,401.23 Russia 11,628 1.601 7,259.98 1.453 8,002.75 Spain 504,081 437.953 1,150.99 397.305 1,268.75 Italy 2,445,342 851.024 2,873.41 772.037 3,167.39 Romania 122,724 97.403 1,259.95 88.363 1,388.86 Israel 183,139 27.048 6,770.76 24.538 7,463.49 India 2,812,337 2,508.788 1,120.99 2,275.935 1,235.68 Thailand 1,090,427 898.508 1,213.60 815.113 1,337.76 Vietnam 91,340 70.402 1,297.40 63.868 1,430.14 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Malaysia 820,599 543.106 1,510.94 492.698 1,665.52 Singapore 32,654 30.773 1,061.12 27.917 1,169.68 China 5,299,411 3,360.967 1,576.75 3,049.019 1,738.07 Korea, South 1,999,367 795.801 2,512.39 721.939 2,769.44 Hong Kong 41,462 37.922 1,093.33 34.403 1,205.19 Taiwan 1,364,796 479.323 2,847.34 434.835 3,138.65 Japan 2,040,964 420.627 4,852.19 381.587 5,348.62 Australia 155,754 16.337 9,533.61 14.821 10,509.01 South Africa 43,636 57.359 760.74 52.036 838.57 CATEGORY TOTAL 31,859,938 14,830.401 2,148.29 13,453.918 2,368.08 Stainless Steel Bar Canada 163,119 30.573 5,335.27 27.736 5,881.13 Mexico 48,301 21.798 2,215.83 19.775 2,442.53 Trinidad and Tobago 196,487 111.884 1,756.16 101.500 1,935.83 Brazil 26,788 14.347 1,867.06 13.016 2,058.08 Sweden 218,732 48.123 4,545.21 43.657 5,010.24 Denmark 4,454 0.217 20,510.67 0.197 22,609.14 United Kingdom 1,033,142 482.309 2,142.07 437.544 2,361.23 Netherlands 58,401 20.265 2,881.72 18.385 3,176.56 France 2,213,431 647.226 3,419.87 587.154 3,769.76 Federal Republic of Germany 2,617,847 806.063 3,247.69 731.249 3,579.97 Austria 889,264 298.902 2,975.10 271.160 3,279.48 Hungary 3,660 0.757 4,833.04 0.687 5,327.51 Switzerland 650,951 153.281 4,246.76 139.055 4,681.25 Latvia 448,550 164.422 2,728.03 149.162 3,007.13 Ukraine 1,095,931 35.502 30,869.44 32.207 34,027.73 Spain 101,899 54.757 1,860.92 49.675 2,051.31 Portugal 244,598 73.969 3,306.74 67.104 3,645.06 Italy 9,254,862 2,799.313 3,306.12 2,539.495 3,644.37 Slovenia 189,785 120.042 1,580.98 108.901 1,742.73 Saudi Arabia 74,153 38.213 1,940.48 34.667 2,139.01 United Arab Emirates 49,569 18.726 2,647.06 16.988 2,917.88 India 3,243,582 1,450.141 2,236.73 1,315.547 2,465.58 China 634,604 215.647 2,942.79 195.632 3,243.87 Korea, South 161,204 51.827 3,110.40 47.017 3,428.63 Taiwan 4,008,092 1,428.111 2,806.57 1,295.561 3,093.71 Japan 196,379 38.120 5,151.58 34.582 5,678.65 CATEGORY TOTAL 27,827,785 9,124.547 3,049.77 8,277.653 3,361.80 Stainless Steel Rod Canada 6,004 0.446 13,448.74 0.405 14,824.69 Sweden 515,435 219.065 2,352.88 198.733 2,593.61 United Kingdom 1,869,374 783.146 2,387.00 710.459 2,631.22 France 575,706 235.526 2,444.34 213.666 2,694.42 Federal Republic of Germany 372,822 221.470 1,683.39 200.915 1,855.62 Austria 27,024 18.786 1,438.47 17.043 1,585.64 Italy 618,124 325.788 1,897.32 295.550 2,091.44 India 105,993 41.758 2,538.22 37.883 2,797.90 China 785,452 523.592 1,500.12 474.995 1,653.60 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Korea, South 586,941 299.165 1,961.93 271.398 2,162.66 Taiwan 2,940,475 1,247.064 2,357.92 1,131.318 2,599.16 Japan 2,515 1.729 1,454.16 1.569 1,602.93 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,405,865 3,917.540 2,145.70 3,553.934 2,365.23 Stainless Steel Wire Canada 168,147 29.005 5,797.15 26.313 6,390.26 Sweden 1,099,852 122.310 8,992.31 110.958 9,912.33 Denmark 40,833 7.532 5,421.20 6.833 5,975.85 United Kingdom 415,814 110.238 3,771.94 100.007 4,157.85 Belgium 66,103 5.073 13,027.95 4.603 14,360.85 France 450,324 96.649 4,659.35 87.679 5,136.05 Federal Republic of Germany 602,439 104.448 5,767.82 94.754 6,357.93 Switzerland 202,463 44.676 4,531.74 40.530 4,995.39 Spain 475,960 105.606 4,506.90 95.805 4,968.01 Italy 23,021 3.532 6,516.16 3.205 7,182.84 Israel 21,244 11.122 1,910.03 10.090 2,105.45 India 2,892,476 1,124.292 2,572.71 1,019.941 2,835.92 Thailand 97,441 35.002 2,783.81 31.754 3,068.62 Vietnam 258,147 33.962 7,601.01 30.810 8,378.68 China 552,816 183.188 3,017.74 166.186 3,326.49 Korea, South 2,337,626 758.412 3,082.26 688.020 3,397.61 Hong Kong 188,889 57.149 3,305.18 51.845 3,643.34 Taiwan 1,344,143 350.782 3,831.84 318.225 4,223.88 Japan 550,726 96.821 5,688.06 87.835 6,270.01 Australia 158,627 56.155 2,824.80 50.943 3,113.81 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,947,091 3,335.963 3,581.30 3,026.336 3,947.71 GRAND TOTAL 1,665,401,438 2,811,357.799 592.38 2,550,421.614 652.99 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Flat Products Canada 123,866,380 192,174.798 644.55 174,338.094 710.50 Mexico 171,568,153 327,399.862 524.03 297,012.242 577.65 El Salvador 1,537,448 2,337.632 657.69 2,120.665 724.98 Costa Rica 50,084 43.409 1,153.77 39.380 1,271.81 Dominican Republic 3,692 9.708 380.30 8.807 419.21 Colombia 874,883 1,573.788 555.91 1,427.717 612.78 Venezuela 5,162,983 9,570.536 539.47 8,682.247 594.66 Chile 144,063 161.796 890.40 146.779 981.50 Brazil 78,807,569 195,526.872 403.05 177,379.045 444.29 Argentina 9,570,460 14,747.446 648.96 13,378.662 715.35 Sweden 7,600,132 9,843.222 772.12 8,929.624 851.11 Norway 103,056 207.196 497.38 187.966 548.27 Finland 2,953,693 6,277.398 470.53 5,694.762 518.67 United Kingdom 3,150,851 3,590.613 877.52 3,257.351 967.30 Netherlands 24,106,577 45,423.997 530.70 41,207.969 585.00 Belgium 17,155,553 29,482.962 581.88 26,746.501 641.41 Luxembourg 2,633,471 4,654.265 565.82 4,222.280 623.71 France 21,203,366 30,165.806 702.89 27,365.967 774.81 Federal Republic of Germany 28,187,405 46,131.912 611.02 41,850.179 673.53 Austria 3,403,828 4,350.706 782.36 3,946.896 862.41 Switzerland 77,914 42.227 1,845.11 38.308 2,033.88 Estonia 6,880,692 10,043.641 685.08 9,111.441 755.17 Poland 4,472,283 13,437.718 332.82 12,190.497 366.87 Russia 182,174,186 380,288.910 479.04 344,992.394 528.05 Ukraine 22,237,996 41,024.001 542.07 37,216.359 597.53 Kazakhstan 5,213,251 7,796.426 668.67 7,072.801 737.08 Spain 3,722,555 6,393.217 582.27 5,799.831 641.84 Italy 646,331 1,095.462 590.01 993.787 650.37 Serbia and Montenegro 12,555,459 23,648.274 530.92 21,453.360 585.24 Romania 15,957,394 28,954.850 551.11 26,267.406 607.50 Bulgaria 1,992,357 4,794.501 415.55 4,349.500 458.07 Turkey 13,172,413 30,883.134 426.52 28,016.716 470.16 India 36,822,580 54,022.174 681.62 49,008.106 751.36 Thailand 24,154,034 44,840.237 538.67 40,678.391 593.78 Malaysia 7,983,789 13,986.656 570.81 12,688.485 629.22 Indonesia 6,962,516 10,953.339 635.65 9,936.705 700.69 Philippines 151,937 202.838 749.05 184.012 825.69 China 31,471,289 50,592.215 622.06 45,896.499 685.70 Korea, South 64,319,301 124,452.652 516.82 112,901.579 569.69 Taiwan 86,577,731 124,594.421 694.88 113,030.189 765.97 Japan 23,788,916 36,072.455 659.48 32,724.390 726.95 Australia 756,486 912.006 829.47 827.359 914.34 New Zealand 9,155,196 16,436.669 557.00 14,911.100 613.99 Egypt 15,260,081 34,610.637 440.91 31,398.251 486.02 South Africa 12,651,446 22,423.201 564.21 20,341.992 621.94 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,091,241,780 2,006,175.808 543.94 1,819,972.592 599.59 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE GRAND TOTAL 1,091,241,780 2,006,175.808 543.94 1,819,972.592 599.59