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RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 393,818 1,002.998 392.64 909.905 432.81 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 15,799,476 20,774.109 760.54 18,845.960 838.35 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 38,473,191 66,162.451 581.50 60,021.583 640.99 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 21,792,204 30,790.343 707.76 27,932.538 780.17 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 39,785,123 61,130.668 650.82 55,456.824 717.41 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 7,622,568 12,314.228 619.00 11,171.283 682.34 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 54,291,152 89,336.663 607.71 81,044.881 669.89 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 6,746,007 6,333.417 1,065.14 5,745.581 1,174.12 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 35,149 46.054 763.20 41.780 841.29 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 76,603,075 83,005.823 922.86 75,301.638 1,017.28 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 6,619,485 1,452.881 4,556.11 1,318.032 5,022.25 Stainless Steel Bar 163,119 30.573 5,335.27 27.736 5,881.13 Stainless Steel Rod 6,004 0.446 13,448.74 0.405 14,824.69 Stainless Steel Wire 168,147 29.005 5,797.15 26.313 6,390.26 COUNTRY TOTAL 268,498,518 372,409.664 720.98 337,844.460 794.74 Mexico Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 98,217,076 226,717.055 433.21 205,674.311 477.54 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 35,134 66.597 527.56 60.416 581.53 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 30,333,675 49,472.700 613.14 44,880.892 675.87 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 11,395,867 17,131.602 665.20 15,541.533 733.25 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 31,577,597 34,002.003 928.70 30,846.107 1,023.71 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 8,804 9.903 889.01 8.984 979.96 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 11,897,961 19,728.742 603.08 17,897.619 664.78 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 10,427 15.506 672.44 14.067 741.24 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 10,172,666 23,000.572 442.28 20,865.774 487.53 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 20,462,888 21,253.612 962.80 19,280.958 1,061.30 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 3,014,130 1,650.154 1,826.57 1,496.995 2,013.45 Stainless Steel Bar 48,301 21.798 2,215.83 19.775 2,442.53 COUNTRY TOTAL 217,174,526 393,070.247 552.51 356,587.431 609.04 Guatemala Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 1,331,477 1,505.902 884.17 1,366.132 974.63 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,331,477 1,505.902 884.17 1,366.132 974.63 El Salvador Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 1,537,448 2,337.632 657.69 2,120.665 724.98 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,537,448 2,337.632 657.69 2,120.665 724.98 Costa Rica Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 50,084 43.409 1,153.77 39.380 1,271.81 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 2,196,155 5,383.245 407.96 4,883.600 449.70 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 2,246,239 5,426.655 413.93 4,922.980 456.28 Dominican Republic Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 3,692 9.708 380.30 8.807 419.21 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 85,550 159.835 535.24 145.000 590.00 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 1,632,575 3,692.059 442.19 3,349.381 487.43 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 307,931 591.148 520.90 536.281 574.20 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,029,748 4,452.751 455.84 4,039.469 502.48 Trinidad and Tobago Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 1,003,561 207.828 4,828.79 188.539 5,322.83 Stainless Steel Bar 196,487 111.884 1,756.16 101.500 1,935.83 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,200,048 319.713 3,753.51 290.039 4,137.54 Colombia Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 874,883 1,573.788 555.91 1,427.717 612.78 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 213,390 275.213 775.36 249.670 854.69 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 5,608,635 4,041.700 1,387.69 3,666.570 1,529.67 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,696,908 5,890.702 1,136.86 5,343.957 1,253.17 Venezuela Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 4,217,903 7,996.478 527.47 7,254.285 581.44 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 806,111 1,397.884 576.66 1,268.140 635.66 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 138,969 176.173 788.82 159.822 869.52 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 2,513,151 6,362.371 395.00 5,771.848 435.42 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 4,345,624 5,904.850 735.94 5,356.792 811.24 COUNTRY TOTAL 12,021,758 21,837.758 550.50 19,810.887 606.83 Peru Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 15,745 1.252 12,573.62 1.136 13,860.04 COUNTRY TOTAL 15,745 1.252 12,573.62 1.136 13,860.04 Chile Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 144,063 161.796 890.40 146.779 981.50 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 635,216 1,230.594 516.19 1,116.377 569.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 779,279 1,392.390 559.67 1,263.156 616.93 Brazil Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 49,787,977 152,058.000 327.43 137,944.737 360.93 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 44,481 19.047 2,335.21 17.280 2,574.13 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 555,451 1,014.236 547.65 920.100 603.69 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 3,451,791 5,830.741 592.00 5,289.561 652.57 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 22,505,578 33,003.008 681.93 29,939.834 751.69 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 2,462,291 3,601.837 683.62 3,267.533 753.56 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 688,115 1,260.623 545.85 1,143.619 601.70 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 60,810 45.824 1,327.03 41.571 1,462.80 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 57,134 125.900 453.80 114.215 500.23 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 2,378,502 3,826.877 621.53 3,471.686 685.11 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 109,287 162.004 674.59 146.968 743.61 Stainless Steel Bar 26,788 14.347 1,867.06 13.016 2,058.08 COUNTRY TOTAL 82,128,205 200,962.450 408.67 182,310.120 450.49 Argentina Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 3,346,637 5,779.988 579.00 5,243.519 638.24 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 6,223,823 8,967.457 694.05 8,135.143 765.05 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 1,953,219 3,834.877 509.33 3,478.943 561.44 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 466,220 1,013.414 460.05 919.354 507.12 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 22,572 4.206 5,366.08 3.816 5,915.09 COUNTRY TOTAL 12,012,471 19,599.943 612.88 17,780.775 675.59 Sweden Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 2,487,375 2,892.336 859.99 2,623.884 947.97 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 2,567,787 4,551.854 564.12 4,129.374 621.83 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 2,129,911 2,207.215 964.98 2,002.353 1,063.70 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 415,059 191.816 2,163.83 174.013 2,385.22 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 988,764 558.337 1,770.91 506.515 1,952.09 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 127,323 109.248 1,165.44 99.109 1,284.68 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 6,531 2.555 2,556.01 2.318 2,817.52 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 24,587 1.981 12,405.43 1.798 13,674.64 Stainless Steel Bar 218,732 48.123 4,545.21 43.657 5,010.24 Stainless Steel Rod 515,435 219.065 2,352.88 198.733 2,593.61 Stainless Steel Wire 1,099,852 122.310 8,992.31 110.958 9,912.33 COUNTRY TOTAL 10,581,356 10,904.845 970.34 9,892.712 1,069.61 Norway Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 103,056 207.196 497.38 187.966 548.27 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 854,416 1,674.331 510.30 1,518.928 562.51 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 4,299 0.518 8,297.85 0.470 9,146.81 COUNTRY TOTAL 961,771 1,882.046 511.02 1,707.364 563.31 Finland Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 1,838,697 4,780.226 384.65 4,336.550 424.00 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 919,923 1,267.352 725.86 1,149.723 800.13 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 195,073 229.819 848.81 208.489 935.65 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 900,860 297.916 3,023.87 270.265 3,333.25 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 18,888 1.269 14,874.05 1.152 16,395.83 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,873,441 6,576.584 588.97 5,966.179 649.23 Denmark Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 6,501 0.615 10,569.19 0.558 11,650.54 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 16,294 1.641 9,927.25 1.489 10,942.91 Stainless Steel Bar 4,454 0.217 20,510.67 0.197 22,609.14 Stainless Steel Wire 40,833 7.532 5,421.20 6.833 5,975.85 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 68,082 10.005 6,804.34 9.077 7,500.50 United Kingdom Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 685,038 760.519 900.75 689.932 992.91 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 154,585 209.988 736.16 190.498 811.48 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 1,153,696 904.010 1,276.20 820.105 1,406.77 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 949,022 1,412.513 671.87 1,281.411 740.61 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 208,510 303.581 686.83 275.405 757.10 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 17,408,744 26,852.991 648.30 24,360.631 714.63 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 3,824,473 3,078.355 1,242.38 2,792.638 1,369.48 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 2,184,870 3,540.753 617.06 3,212.118 680.20 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 360,151 22.386 16,087.63 20.309 17,733.57 Stainless Steel Bar 1,033,142 482.309 2,142.07 437.544 2,361.23 Stainless Steel Rod 1,869,374 783.146 2,387.00 710.459 2,631.22 Stainless Steel Wire 415,814 110.238 3,771.94 100.007 4,157.85 COUNTRY TOTAL 30,247,419 38,460.795 786.45 34,891.057 866.91 Netherlands Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 12,149,513 25,190.330 482.31 22,852.290 531.65 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 3,936,275 6,657.916 591.22 6,039.962 651.71 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 3,184,913 4,657.079 683.89 4,224.833 753.86 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 4,835,876 8,918.670 542.22 8,090.884 597.69 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 1,063,537 694.180 1,532.08 629.750 1,688.82 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 16,689 0.083 199,210.66 0.076 219,592.11 Stainless Steel Bar 58,401 20.265 2,881.72 18.385 3,176.56 COUNTRY TOTAL 25,245,204 46,138.527 547.16 41,856.180 603.14 Belgium Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 3,038,514 3,183.137 954.57 2,887.695 1,052.23 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 1,975,552 4,032.005 489.97 3,657.775 540.10 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 10,086,411 19,089.028 528.39 17,317.280 582.45 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 1,781,850 2,721.717 654.68 2,469.101 721.66 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 273,226 457.073 597.77 414.650 658.93 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 2,011 1.356 1,482.01 1.231 1,633.63 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 84,383 68.261 1,236.17 61.926 1,362.64 Stainless Steel Wire 66,103 5.073 13,027.95 4.603 14,360.85 COUNTRY TOTAL 17,308,050 29,557.654 585.57 26,814.261 645.48 Luxembourg Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 1,553,364 2,758.544 563.11 2,502.510 620.72 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 1,080,107 1,895.721 569.76 1,719.770 628.05 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 1,018,663 1,616.846 630.03 1,466.779 694.49 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 1,703,820 4,420.932 385.40 4,010.604 424.83 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,355,954 10,692.045 500.93 9,699.663 552.18 France Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 2,095,880 1,229.883 1,704.13 1,115.732 1,878.48 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 8,562,936 14,549.750 588.53 13,199.315 648.74 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 2,962,254 1,993.666 1,485.83 1,808.624 1,637.85 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 1,169,333 1,859.760 628.75 1,687.147 693.08 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 6,412,963 10,532.745 608.86 9,555.149 671.15 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 1,651,881 1,762.809 937.07 1,599.194 1,032.95 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 1,305,463 1,357.714 961.52 1,231.698 1,059.89 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 54,834 36.827 1,488.96 33.409 1,641.29 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 873,800 505.848 1,727.40 458.898 1,904.13 Stainless Steel Bar 2,213,431 647.226 3,419.87 587.154 3,769.76 Stainless Steel Rod 575,706 235.526 2,444.34 213.666 2,694.42 Stainless Steel Wire 450,324 96.649 4,659.35 87.679 5,136.05 COUNTRY TOTAL 28,328,805 34,808.407 813.85 31,577.665 897.12 Federal Republic of Germany Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 1,849,623 2,437.638 758.78 2,211.389 836.41 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 3,758,624 6,351.341 591.78 5,761.842 652.33 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 5,978,236 6,966.722 858.11 6,320.106 945.91 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 9,470,743 18,122.725 522.59 16,440.665 576.06 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 7,130,179 12,253.484 581.89 11,116.177 641.42 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 5,578,610 7,490.749 744.73 6,795.496 820.93 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 5,403,583 5,064.756 1,066.90 4,594.671 1,176.05 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 22,220,277 31,772.838 699.35 28,823.842 770.90 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 2,425,919 2,744.352 883.97 2,489.635 974.41 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 1,436,675 312.652 4,595.11 283.634 5,065.24 Stainless Steel Bar 2,617,847 806.063 3,247.69 731.249 3,579.97 Stainless Steel Rod 372,822 221.470 1,683.39 200.915 1,855.62 Stainless Steel Wire 602,439 104.448 5,767.82 94.754 6,357.93 COUNTRY TOTAL 68,845,577 94,649.245 727.38 85,864.375 801.79 Austria Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 413,061 747.633 552.49 678.242 609.02 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 1,370,381 2,891.471 473.94 2,623.100 522.43 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 1,168,221 203.500 5,740.62 184.613 6,327.95 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 452,165 508.100 889.91 460.941 980.96 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 754,127 315.059 2,393.60 285.817 2,638.50 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 5,238 4.629 1,131.39 4.200 1,247.14 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 432,806 268.855 1,609.81 243.902 1,774.51 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 226,933 76.583 2,963.23 69.475 3,266.40 Stainless Steel Bar 889,264 298.902 2,975.10 271.160 3,279.48 Stainless Steel Rod 27,024 18.786 1,438.47 17.043 1,585.64 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,739,220 5,333.524 1,076.07 4,838.493 1,186.16 Czech Republic Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 127,507 217.948 585.03 197.720 644.89 COUNTRY TOTAL 127,507 217.948 585.03 197.720 644.89 Hungary Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 2,457 0.966 2,541.57 0.877 2,801.60 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Stainless Steel Bar 3,660 0.757 4,833.04 0.687 5,327.51 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,117 1.724 3,548.11 1.564 3,911.13 Switzerland Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 77,914 42.227 1,845.11 38.308 2,033.88 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 23,206 15.824 1,466.43 14.356 1,616.47 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 13,878 15.657 886.36 14.204 977.05 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 21,785 31.950 681.84 28.985 751.60 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 1,695,031 701.154 2,417.49 636.077 2,664.82 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 48,321 2.168 22,285.76 1.967 24,565.84 Stainless Steel Bar 650,951 153.281 4,246.76 139.055 4,681.25 Stainless Steel Wire 202,463 44.676 4,531.74 40.530 4,995.39 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,733,549 1,006.941 2,714.71 913.482 2,992.45 Estonia Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 135,918 145.600 933.50 132.087 1,029.00 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 6,744,774 9,898.040 681.43 8,979.354 751.14 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 2,499 2.579 968.83 2.340 1,067.95 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,883,191 10,046.221 685.15 9,113.781 755.25 Latvia Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 2,255,711 5,782.546 390.09 5,245.839 430.00 Stainless Steel Bar 448,550 164.422 2,728.03 149.162 3,007.13 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,704,261 5,946.968 454.73 5,395.001 501.25 Poland Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 4,429,474 13,388.515 330.84 12,145.860 364.69 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 42,809 49.203 870.03 44.637 959.05 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 30,272 30.036 1,007.83 27.249 1,110.94 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 8,166 1.071 7,621.47 0.972 8,401.23 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,510,721 13,468.827 334.90 12,218.718 369.16 Russia Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 71,801,288 160,699.917 446.80 145,784.554 492.52 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 89,191,720 182,626.818 488.38 165,676.310 538.35 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 21,181,178 36,962.174 573.05 33,531.530 631.68 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 90,268 104.588 863.08 94.881 951.38 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 11,628 1.601 7,259.98 1.453 8,002.75 COUNTRY TOTAL 182,276,082 380,395.100 479.18 345,088.728 528.20 Belarus Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 2,407,276 5,896.812 408.23 5,349.500 450.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,407,276 5,896.812 408.23 5,349.500 450.00 Ukraine IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 22,237,996 41,024.001 542.07 37,216.359 597.53 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 394,810 899.148 439.09 815.694 484.02 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 3,822,574 2,904.419 1,316.12 2,634.846 1,450.78 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 360,411 556.408 647.75 504.765 714.02 Stainless Steel Bar 1,095,931 35.502 30,869.44 32.207 34,027.73 COUNTRY TOTAL 27,911,722 45,419.480 614.53 41,203.871 677.41 Kazakhstan Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 5,213,251 7,796.426 668.67 7,072.801 737.08 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,213,251 7,796.426 668.67 7,072.801 737.08 Spain Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 3,722,555 6,393.217 582.27 5,799.831 641.84 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 530,851 524.501 1,012.11 475.820 1,115.66 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 1,341,043 1,604.673 835.71 1,455.736 921.21 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 87,654 42.264 2,073.92 38.342 2,286.11 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 504,081 437.953 1,150.99 397.305 1,268.75 Stainless Steel Bar 101,899 54.757 1,860.92 49.675 2,051.31 Stainless Steel Wire 475,960 105.606 4,506.90 95.805 4,968.01 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,764,043 9,162.975 738.19 8,312.514 813.72 Portugal Stainless Steel Bar 244,598 73.969 3,306.74 67.104 3,645.06 COUNTRY TOTAL 244,598 73.969 3,306.74 67.104 3,645.06 Italy Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 592,581 1,070.024 553.80 970.710 610.46 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 53,750 25.438 2,112.98 23.077 2,329.16 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 794,333 1,174.768 676.16 1,065.732 745.34 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 182,894 230.728 792.68 209.313 873.78 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 2,019,909 5,365.223 376.48 4,867.250 415.00 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 786,764 463.512 1,697.39 420.492 1,871.06 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 2,445,342 851.024 2,873.41 772.037 3,167.39 Stainless Steel Bar 9,254,862 2,799.313 3,306.12 2,539.495 3,644.37 Stainless Steel Rod 618,124 325.788 1,897.32 295.550 2,091.44 Stainless Steel Wire 23,021 3.532 6,516.16 3.205 7,182.84 COUNTRY TOTAL 16,771,580 12,309.353 1,362.51 11,166.861 1,501.91 Slovenia Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 27,313 21.430 1,274.52 19.441 1,404.92 Stainless Steel Bar 189,785 120.042 1,580.98 108.901 1,742.73 COUNTRY TOTAL 217,098 141.472 1,534.56 128.342 1,691.56 Serbia and Montenegro Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 12,555,459 23,648.274 530.92 21,453.360 585.24 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 12,555,459 23,648.274 530.92 21,453.360 585.24 Greece Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 4,378,889 8,244.063 531.16 7,478.891 585.50 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,378,889 8,244.063 531.16 7,478.891 585.50 Romania Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 12,502,062 22,516.670 555.24 20,426.786 612.04 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 3,455,332 6,438.179 536.69 5,840.620 591.60 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 72,255 25.764 2,804.46 23.373 3,091.39 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 2,729,646 6,686.486 408.23 6,065.880 450.00 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 4,535,850 7,250.581 625.58 6,577.619 689.59 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 122,724 97.403 1,259.95 88.363 1,388.86 COUNTRY TOTAL 23,417,869 43,015.086 544.41 39,022.641 600.11 Bulgaria Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 1,992,357 4,794.501 415.55 4,349.500 458.07 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 12,559,254 30,026.579 418.27 27,239.662 461.06 COUNTRY TOTAL 14,551,611 34,821.080 417.90 31,589.162 460.65 Turkey Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 6,286,581 19,272.194 326.20 17,483.446 359.57 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 101,131 201.769 501.22 183.042 552.50 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 3,150,790 6,064.828 519.52 5,501.921 572.67 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 3,633,911 5,344.342 679.95 4,848.307 749.52 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 6,063,682 11,754.679 515.85 10,663.669 568.63 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 308,252 568.695 542.03 515.912 597.49 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 38,750,930 81,695.924 474.33 74,113.317 522.86 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 9,345,661 14,445.928 646.94 13,105.130 713.13 COUNTRY TOTAL 67,640,938 139,348.362 485.41 126,414.744 535.07 Israel Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 183,139 27.048 6,770.76 24.538 7,463.49 Stainless Steel Wire 21,244 11.122 1,910.03 10.090 2,105.45 COUNTRY TOTAL 204,383 38.170 5,354.43 34.628 5,902.25 Saudi Arabia Stainless Steel Bar 74,153 38.213 1,940.48 34.667 2,139.01 COUNTRY TOTAL 74,153 38.213 1,940.48 34.667 2,139.01 United Arab Emirates Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 1,337,194 1,806.812 740.08 1,639.113 815.80 Stainless Steel Bar 49,569 18.726 2,647.06 16.988 2,917.88 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,386,763 1,825.538 759.65 1,656.101 837.37 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Oman Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 2,515,076 3,878.039 648.54 3,518.099 714.90 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,515,076 3,878.039 648.54 3,518.099 714.90 India Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 11,687 20.155 579.83 18.285 639.16 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 355,878 518.187 686.77 470.092 757.04 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 36,455,015 53,483.830 681.61 48,519.729 751.34 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 280,664 403.520 695.54 366.068 766.70 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 7,673,916 11,637.637 659.40 10,557.490 726.87 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 2,812,337 2,508.788 1,120.99 2,275.935 1,235.68 Stainless Steel Bar 3,243,582 1,450.141 2,236.73 1,315.547 2,465.58 Stainless Steel Rod 105,993 41.758 2,538.22 37.883 2,797.90 Stainless Steel Wire 2,892,476 1,124.292 2,572.71 1,019.941 2,835.92 COUNTRY TOTAL 53,831,548 71,188.313 756.19 64,580.970 833.55 Thailand Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 17,490,215 33,126.557 527.98 30,051.916 582.00 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 6,657,876 11,706.289 568.74 10,619.770 626.93 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 5,943 7.390 804.09 6.705 886.35 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 11,365 16.093 706.18 14.600 778.42 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 1,742,643 3,775.757 461.53 3,425.311 508.75 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 9,851,086 17,105.948 575.89 15,518.260 634.81 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 1,090,427 898.508 1,213.60 815.113 1,337.76 Stainless Steel Wire 97,441 35.002 2,783.81 31.754 3,068.62 COUNTRY TOTAL 36,946,996 66,671.549 554.16 60,483.429 610.86 Vietnam Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 16,888 21.865 772.36 19.836 851.38 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 91,340 70.402 1,297.40 63.868 1,430.14 Stainless Steel Wire 258,147 33.962 7,601.01 30.810 8,378.68 COUNTRY TOTAL 366,375 126.230 2,902.44 114.514 3,199.39 Malaysia Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 5,970,958 10,805.866 552.57 9,802.920 609.10 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 2,012,831 3,180.790 632.81 2,885.565 697.55 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 820,599 543.106 1,510.94 492.698 1,665.52 COUNTRY TOTAL 8,804,388 14,529.763 605.96 13,181.183 667.95 Singapore Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 32,654 30.773 1,061.12 27.917 1,169.68 COUNTRY TOTAL 32,654 30.773 1,061.12 27.917 1,169.68 Indonesia Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 1,030,529 2,097.525 491.31 1,902.844 541.57 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 5,931,987 8,855.813 669.84 8,033.861 738.37 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 6,962,516 10,953.339 635.65 9,936.705 700.69 Philippines Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 151,937 202.838 749.05 184.012 825.69 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 6,101,897 11,055.506 551.93 10,029.390 608.40 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,253,834 11,258.345 555.48 10,213.402 612.32 China Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 2,390 1.275 1,873.96 1.157 2,065.69 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 3,998,817 6,362.767 628.47 5,772.207 692.77 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 10,226,318 17,792.020 574.77 16,140.654 633.58 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 17,243,764 26,436.152 652.28 23,982.481 719.02 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 203,168 295.136 688.39 267.743 758.82 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 144,622 294.776 490.62 267.417 540.81 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 71,925 112.523 639.20 102.080 704.59 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 28,577,289 50,184.958 569.44 45,527.041 627.70 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 5,299,411 3,360.967 1,576.75 3,049.019 1,738.07 Stainless Steel Bar 634,604 215.647 2,942.79 195.632 3,243.87 Stainless Steel Rod 785,452 523.592 1,500.12 474.995 1,653.60 Stainless Steel Wire 552,816 183.188 3,017.74 166.186 3,326.49 COUNTRY TOTAL 67,740,576 105,763.005 640.49 95,946.612 706.02 Korea, South Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 358,946 685.659 523.50 622.020 577.07 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 46,144,657 97,817.595 471.74 88,738.655 520.01 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 3,836,496 6,652.895 576.67 6,035.407 635.66 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 13,886,690 19,130.262 725.90 17,354.687 800.17 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 92,512 166.239 556.50 150.810 613.43 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 335,715 385.115 871.73 349.371 960.91 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 32,612 37.366 872.77 33.898 962.06 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 10,884,784 19,046.024 571.50 17,278.268 629.97 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 1,999,367 795.801 2,512.39 721.939 2,769.44 Stainless Steel Bar 161,204 51.827 3,110.40 47.017 3,428.63 Stainless Steel Rod 586,941 299.165 1,961.93 271.398 2,162.66 Stainless Steel Wire 2,337,626 758.412 3,082.26 688.020 3,397.61 COUNTRY TOTAL 80,657,550 145,826.364 553.11 132,291.490 609.70 Hong Kong Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 41,462 37.922 1,093.33 34.403 1,205.19 Stainless Steel Wire 188,889 57.149 3,305.18 51.845 3,643.34 COUNTRY TOTAL 230,351 95.072 2,422.91 86.248 2,670.80 Taiwan Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 197,940 327.579 604.25 297.175 666.07 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 22,475,281 40,579.540 553.86 36,813.150 610.52 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 63,894,842 83,673.279 763.62 75,907.144 841.75 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 9,668 14.022 689.46 12.721 760.00 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 234,134 96.729 2,420.49 87.752 2,668.13 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 36,357 26.272 1,383.84 23.834 1,525.43 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 7,619,513 18,334.726 415.58 16,632.989 458.10 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 2,970,393 4,284.369 693.31 3,886.716 764.24 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 1,364,796 479.323 2,847.34 434.835 3,138.65 Stainless Steel Bar 4,008,092 1,428.111 2,806.57 1,295.561 3,093.71 Stainless Steel Rod 2,940,475 1,247.064 2,357.92 1,131.318 2,599.16 Stainless Steel Wire 1,344,143 350.782 3,831.84 318.225 4,223.88 COUNTRY TOTAL 107,095,634 150,841.802 709.99 136,841.420 782.63 Japan Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 2,558,922 3,009.779 850.20 2,730.427 937.19 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 2,422,209 4,688.034 516.68 4,252.915 569.54 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 11,292,885 18,242.787 619.03 16,549.583 682.37 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 5,772,696 7,444.708 775.41 6,753.728 854.74 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 1,742,204 2,687.144 648.35 2,437.737 714.68 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 12,111,080 20,326.376 595.83 18,439.784 656.79 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 576,239 651.657 884.27 591.174 974.74 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 10,075,439 23,732.756 424.54 21,530.001 467.97 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 7,553,559 11,916.342 633.88 10,810.327 698.74 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 2,040,964 420.627 4,852.19 381.587 5,348.62 Stainless Steel Bar 196,379 38.120 5,151.58 34.582 5,678.65 Stainless Steel Rod 2,515 1.729 1,454.16 1.569 1,602.93 Stainless Steel Wire 550,726 96.821 5,688.06 87.835 6,270.01 COUNTRY TOTAL 56,895,817 93,256.887 610.10 84,601.249 672.52 Australia Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 12,426 31.074 399.88 28.190 440.79 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 387,013 529.405 731.03 480.269 805.83 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 177,753 281.255 632.00 255.151 696.66 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 179,294 70.271 2,551.46 63.749 2,812.50 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 7,366 12.182 604.63 11.052 666.49 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 11,941 20.249 589.69 18.370 650.03 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 339,090 473.079 716.77 429.171 790.10 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 155,754 16.337 9,533.61 14.821 10,509.01 Stainless Steel Wire 158,627 56.155 2,824.80 50.943 3,113.81 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,429,264 1,490.011 959.23 1,351.716 1,057.37 New Zealand Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 8,219,085 14,933.723 550.37 13,547.650 606.68 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 815,175 1,338.723 608.92 1,214.470 671.22 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 120,936 164.222 736.42 148.980 811.76 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,155,196 16,436.669 557.00 14,911.100 613.99 Egypt Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 15,260,081 34,610.637 440.91 31,398.251 486.02 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 25,019 24.152 1,035.87 21.911 1,141.85 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 9,152,495 6,863.194 1,333.56 6,226.187 1,470.00 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 24,437,595 41,497.984 588.89 37,646.349 649.14 Nigeria Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 6,000 3.076 1,950.24 2.791 2,149.77 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,000 3.076 1,950.24 2.791 2,149.77 Sao Tome and Principe Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 7,073 7.456 948.63 6.764 1,045.68 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,073 7.456 948.63 6.764 1,045.68 South Africa Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 2,223,598 5,752.696 386.53 5,218.760 426.08 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 283,638 599.602 473.04 543.950 521.44 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 499,379 1,096.490 455.43 994.720 502.03 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 5,759,934 9,871.412 583.50 8,955.197 643.19 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 3,884,897 5,102.999 761.30 4,629.365 839.19 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 1,340,152 2,560.059 523.48 2,322.448 577.04 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 93,084 154.829 601.20 140.459 662.71 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 696,367 1,223.903 568.97 1,110.307 627.18 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 43,636 57.359 760.74 52.036 838.57 COUNTRY TOTAL 14,824,685 26,419.354 561.13 23,967.242 618.54 GRAND TOTAL 1,665,401,438 2,811,357.799 592.38 2,550,421.614 652.99