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RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Canada 111,867 121.345 921.89 110.083 1,016.21 Mexico 622,533 985.537 631.67 894.065 696.30 United Kingdom 74,765 29.382 2,544.58 26.655 2,804.91 Federal Republic of Germany 3,617 0.104 34,539.88 0.095 38,073.68 Italy 2,456,936 1,588.167 1,547.03 1,440.762 1,705.30 India 5,000 0.275 18,143.70 0.250 20,000.00 China 5,057 10.761 469.90 9.763 517.98 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,279,775 2,735.575 1,198.93 2,481.673 1,321.60 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 8,789,189 20,108.258 437.09 18,241.910 481.81 Mexico 98,217,076 226,717.055 433.21 205,674.311 477.54 Brazil 51,060,932 154,372.977 330.76 140,044.849 364.60 Sweden 5,836,366 2,524.511 2,311.88 2,290.199 2,548.41 Finland 2,123,553 5,503.728 385.84 4,992.900 425.31 United Kingdom 8,077,898 4,544.462 1,777.53 4,122.668 1,959.39 Netherlands 338,515 320.722 1,055.48 290.955 1,163.46 Belgium 154,058 238.176 646.82 216.070 713.00 Federal Republic of Germany 7,825,006 22,913.785 341.50 20,787.042 376.44 Austria 30,000 43.261 693.46 39.246 764.41 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 Spain 2,925,464 1,145.788 2,553.23 1,039.442 2,814.46 Italy 1,468,708 844.632 1,738.87 766.238 1,916.78 Turkey 9,506,795 31,395.411 302.81 28,481.446 333.79 China 104,261 87.737 1,188.33 79.594 1,309.91 Taiwan 4,661 3.211 1,451.56 2.913 1,600.07 Japan 21,119 2.814 7,504.44 2.553 8,272.23 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 274,950,387 650,638.737 422.59 590,249.700 465.82 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 28,559,306 47,337.398 603.31 42,943.778 665.04 Mexico 2,990,084 5,668.047 527.53 5,141.968 581.51 Trinidad and Tobago 15,755,462 31,754.416 496.17 28,807.130 546.93 Venezuela 1,393,028 2,880.739 483.57 2,613.364 533.04 Brazil 6,213,672 15,132.873 410.61 13,728.316 452.62 Argentina 2,232,467 4,456.686 500.93 4,043.039 552.18 Sweden 472,279 214.261 2,204.22 194.375 2,429.73 United Kingdom 4,956,861 8,540.394 580.40 7,747.718 639.78 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Netherlands 487,796 746.102 653.79 676.853 720.68 Luxembourg 171,196 290.277 589.77 263.335 650.11 France 444,799 219.980 2,021.99 199.563 2,228.87 Federal Republic of Germany 4,859,824 8,263.654 588.10 7,496.663 648.26 Austria 27,024 18.786 1,438.47 17.043 1,585.64 Poland 6,901,121 15,897.066 434.11 14,421.580 478.53 Spain 6,029,325 11,746.612 513.28 10,656.351 565.80 Italy 3,273,792 5,798.455 564.60 5,260.272 622.36 Turkey 10,172,879 22,169.011 458.88 20,111.395 505.83 India 105,993 41.758 2,538.22 37.883 2,797.90 China 53,609,514 125,098.111 428.54 113,487.130 472.38 Korea, South 586,941 299.165 1,961.93 271.398 2,162.66 Taiwan 3,016,536 1,351.538 2,231.93 1,226.095 2,460.28 Japan 4,327,570 9,895.582 437.32 8,977.124 482.07 South Africa 1,448,812 3,232.382 448.22 2,932.369 494.08 CATEGORY TOTAL 158,036,281 321,053.305 492.24 291,254.742 542.61 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 10,081,947 16,618.596 606.67 15,076.141 668.74 Mexico 2,375,127 4,185.534 567.46 3,797.054 625.52 Brazil 793,580 1,911.205 415.22 1,733.817 457.71 Norway 854,416 1,674.331 510.30 1,518.928 562.51 United Kingdom 5,335,531 9,983.489 534.44 9,056.872 589.11 Luxembourg 5,231,450 7,916.658 660.82 7,181.874 728.42 France 97,194 35.482 2,739.23 32.189 3,019.48 Federal Republic of Germany 2,706,236 3,623.023 746.96 3,286.753 823.38 Austria 35,886 8.962 4,003.84 8.131 4,413.48 Estonia 4,946 5.104 968.89 4.631 1,068.02 Poland 175,335 326.524 536.97 296.218 591.91 Spain 659,554 1,404.133 469.72 1,273.809 517.78 Italy 1,591,042 1,134.963 1,401.84 1,029.622 1,545.27 Turkey 165,255 343.772 480.71 311.865 529.89 India 88,164 36.505 2,415.11 33.117 2,662.20 China 2,247 1.661 1,352.65 1.507 1,491.04 Korea, South 121,454 186.717 650.47 169.387 717.02 Japan 5,321 10.262 518.49 9.310 571.54 South Africa 15,698 14.550 1,078.86 13.200 1,189.24 CATEGORY TOTAL 30,340,383 49,421.479 613.91 44,834.425 676.72 STEEL PILING...........................5 Canada 827,992 1,112.640 744.17 1,009.371 820.30 United Kingdom 112,612 282.859 398.12 256.606 438.85 Luxembourg 7,547,209 11,711.508 644.43 10,624.505 710.36 Federal Republic of Germany 2,770,133 5,563.958 497.87 5,047.540 548.81 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,257,946 18,670.967 602.97 16,938.022 664.66 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 15,798,108 20,752.504 761.26 18,826.361 839.15 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 2,694,675 2,952.306 912.74 2,678.288 1,006.12 Norway 103,056 207.196 497.38 187.966 548.27 Finland 895,152 1,174.071 762.43 1,065.100 840.44 United Kingdom 691,038 763.345 905.27 692.496 997.89 Netherlands 3,636 1.112 3,269.10 1.009 3,603.57 Belgium 6,227,417 4,375.002 1,423.41 3,968.937 1,569.04 France 2,882,173 1,497.442 1,924.73 1,358.457 2,121.65 Federal Republic of Germany 3,069,913 3,043.487 1,008.68 2,761.006 1,111.88 Austria 513,472 775.963 661.72 703.942 729.42 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 881,150 1,172.884 751.27 1,064.023 828.13 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 660,645 806.578 819.07 731.716 902.87 Taiwan 34,003 7.616 4,464.11 6.910 4,920.84 Japan 3,093,675 3,256.083 950.12 2,953.870 1,047.33 Australia 387,013 529.405 731.03 480.269 805.83 South Africa 822,283 1,030.477 797.96 934.834 879.60 CATEGORY TOTAL 73,816,521 106,320.443 694.28 96,452.311 765.32 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 14,764,818 24,623.872 599.61 22,338.408 660.96 Mexico 1,953,764 3,300.178 592.02 2,993.872 652.59 Venezuela 555,993 1,046.769 531.15 949.614 585.49 Brazil 531,226 937.735 566.50 850.700 624.46 Sweden 1,735,863 773.922 2,242.94 702.091 2,472.42 Netherlands 4,063,921 7,225.859 562.41 6,555.191 619.95 Belgium 1,484,604 1,312.261 1,131.33 1,190.464 1,247.08 France 1,631,398 2,637.099 618.63 2,392.337 681.93 Federal Republic of Germany 6,026,611 6,316.811 954.06 5,730.517 1,051.67 Russia 19,548,150 40,435.357 483.44 36,682.350 532.90 Serbia and Montenegro 7,288,385 13,718.326 531.29 12,445.060 585.64 Romania 2,096,683 3,895.500 538.23 3,533.940 593.30 Bulgaria 731,785 1,776.098 412.02 1,611.250 454.17 Turkey 839,866 1,617.817 519.14 1,467.660 572.25 Thailand 5,830,696 11,043.368 527.98 10,018.378 582.00 Malaysia 2,876,718 5,206.104 552.57 4,722.900 609.10 China 4,000,386 6,351.593 629.82 5,762.070 694.26 Korea, South 78,166 128.165 609.88 116.270 672.28 Japan 1,097,468 2,230.956 491.93 2,023.890 542.26 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE New Zealand 3,093,129 5,675.689 544.98 5,148.900 600.74 Egypt 5,532,766 11,088.163 498.98 10,059.016 550.03 CATEGORY TOTAL 85,762,396 151,341.654 566.68 137,294.878 624.66 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Luxembourg 285,788 377.630 756.79 342.581 834.22 Federal Republic of Germany 86,471 79.450 1,088.37 72.076 1,199.72 Czech Republic 38,511 76.024 506.56 68.968 558.39 Spain 212,084 330.492 641.72 299.818 707.38 Japan 2,676,972 7,127.092 375.61 6,465.591 414.03 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,299,826 7,990.689 412.96 7,249.034 455.21 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 Luxembourg 160,264 211.562 757.53 191.926 835.03 Austria 561,484 809.301 693.79 734.186 764.77 Poland 34,599 66.910 517.10 60.700 570.00 Spain 1,430,507 2,015.047 709.91 1,828.021 782.54 Korea, South 64,732 90.322 716.68 81.939 790.00 Japan 37,270 71.418 521.85 64.790 575.24 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,288,856 3,264.562 701.12 2,961.562 772.85 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 Canada 106,136 98.370 1,078.94 89.240 1,189.33 Brazil 37,673 58.903 639.58 53.436 705.01 Poland 29,120 11.519 2,527.96 10.450 2,786.60 India 35,793 44.323 807.53 40.210 890.15 China 13,273 16.093 824.73 14.600 909.11 Korea, South 4,668 7.898 591.03 7.165 651.50 Australia 290,983 484.795 600.22 439.799 661.63 CATEGORY TOTAL 517,646 721.903 717.06 654.900 790.42 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 42,959,994 71,204.987 603.33 64,596.096 665.06 Mexico 5,524,950 9,744.407 566.99 8,839.980 625.00 Dominican Republic 85,550 159.835 535.24 145.000 590.00 Trinidad and Tobago 196,487 111.884 1,756.16 101.500 1,935.83 Brazil 110,525 62.562 1,766.63 56.756 1,947.37 Argentina 1,953,219 3,834.877 509.33 3,478.943 561.44 Sweden 1,064,427 543.501 1,958.46 493.056 2,158.84 United Kingdom 13,174,741 18,593.031 708.58 16,867.319 781.08 Netherlands 679,575 247.333 2,747.61 224.377 3,028.72 France 1,326,074 1,232.565 1,075.86 1,118.165 1,185.94 Federal Republic of Germany 3,439,107 4,868.758 706.36 4,416.865 778.63 Austria 654,908 225.193 2,908.20 204.292 3,205.74 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Czech Republic 127,507 217.948 585.03 197.720 644.89 Latvia 2,255,711 5,782.546 390.09 5,245.839 430.00 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 624,997 572.760 1,091.20 519.600 1,202.84 Portugal 221,993 68.659 3,233.24 62.287 3,564.03 Italy 2,102,642 885.979 2,373.24 803.747 2,616.05 Turkey 5,279,899 10,102.641 522.63 9,164.965 576.10 India 632,584 520.416 1,215.53 472.114 1,339.90 China 191,640 95.147 2,014.14 86.316 2,220.21 Korea, South 309,683 367.104 843.58 333.032 929.89 Taiwan 592,376 248.982 2,379.19 225.873 2,622.61 Japan 8,288,579 14,142.315 586.08 12,829.696 646.05 South Africa 1,334,362 2,558.109 521.62 2,320.679 574.99 CATEGORY TOTAL 96,023,884 153,292.098 626.41 139,064.292 690.50 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 7,760,839 14,444.330 537.29 13,103.680 592.26 Mexico 2,534,268 4,888.116 518.45 4,434.426 571.50 Brazil 537,927 1,179.978 455.88 1,070.459 502.52 United Kingdom 149,806 100.163 1,495.61 90.867 1,648.63 France 69,069 11.252 6,138.16 10.208 6,766.16 Austria 197,340 53.312 3,701.59 48.364 4,080.31 Switzerland 20,744 15.580 1,331.45 14.134 1,467.67 Italy 1,470,603 505.847 2,907.21 458.897 3,204.65 Turkey 578,299 1,223.866 472.52 1,110.273 520.86 India 1,164,986 470.911 2,473.89 427.204 2,727.00 China 176,675 257.711 685.55 233.792 755.69 Japan 559,039 1,476.652 378.59 1,339.597 417.32 CATEGORY TOTAL 15,219,595 24,627.723 617.99 22,341.901 681.21 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 6,804,925 6,345.693 1,072.37 5,756.718 1,182.08 Mexico 22,572 24.999 902.90 22.679 995.28 Colombia 213,390 275.213 775.36 249.670 854.69 Brazil 92,485 62.071 1,489.98 56.310 1,642.43 Sweden 178,730 66.339 2,694.18 60.182 2,969.82 United Kingdom 4,276,393 3,247.702 1,316.74 2,946.267 1,451.46 Belgium 2,011 1.356 1,482.01 1.231 1,633.63 France 3,424,545 1,991.618 1,719.48 1,806.766 1,895.40 Federal Republic of Germany 7,248,796 5,747.535 1,261.20 5,214.078 1,390.24 Austria 682,666 317.020 2,153.38 287.596 2,373.70 Switzerland 664,829 168.939 3,935.32 153.259 4,337.94 Latvia 448,550 164.422 2,728.03 149.162 3,007.13 Ukraine 4,918,505 2,939.921 1,673.01 2,667.053 1,844.17 Spain 1,341,043 1,604.673 835.71 1,455.736 921.21 Portugal 22,605 5.309 4,257.20 4.817 4,692.75 Italy 5,014,443 1,640.739 3,056.21 1,488.454 3,368.89 Slovenia 189,785 120.042 1,580.98 108.901 1,742.73 Romania 72,255 25.764 2,804.46 23.373 3,091.39 Turkey 308,252 568.695 542.03 515.912 597.49 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 1,460,050 757.221 1,928.17 686.940 2,125.44 Thailand 11,365 16.093 706.18 14.600 778.42 China 609,774 448.725 1,358.90 407.077 1,497.93 Korea, South 202,920 96.964 2,092.72 87.965 2,306.83 Taiwan 3,686,207 1,302.131 2,830.90 1,181.274 3,120.54 Japan 705,338 674.442 1,045.81 611.844 1,152.81 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 42,844,259 28,849.561 1,485.09 26,171.889 1,637.03 TOOL STEEL............................17 Canada 1,262,706 1,069.418 1,180.74 970.160 1,301.54 Mexico 70,778 44.212 1,600.86 40.109 1,764.64 Trinidad and Tobago 1,003,561 207.828 4,828.79 188.539 5,322.83 Colombia 104,090 15.329 6,790.03 13.907 7,484.72 Brazil 2,196,586 1,120.265 1,960.77 1,016.288 2,161.38 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Sweden 871,128 340.615 2,557.51 309.001 2,819.18 United Kingdom 4,431,164 486.294 9,112.10 441.159 10,044.37 Netherlands 494,601 507.861 973.89 460.724 1,073.53 Belgium 68,784 22.597 3,043.89 20.500 3,355.32 France 1,562,370 1,244.665 1,255.25 1,129.142 1,383.68 Federal Republic of Germany 2,909,536 2,619.227 1,110.84 2,376.124 1,224.49 Austria 2,511,434 732.364 3,429.21 664.390 3,780.06 Czech Republic 3,843 0.529 7,263.15 0.480 8,006.25 Switzerland 99,054 49.607 1,996.76 45.003 2,201.05 Poland 47,828 36.797 1,299.77 33.382 1,432.75 Russia 337,523 201.859 1,672.07 183.124 1,843.14 Ukraine 250,525 57.322 4,370.46 52.002 4,817.60 Spain 340,567 230.572 1,477.05 209.172 1,628.17 Italy 100,207 144.391 693.99 130.990 765.00 Slovenia 1,502,226 882.981 1,701.31 801.028 1,875.37 Turkey 5,910 7.558 781.90 6.857 861.89 India 73,897 52.475 1,408.22 47.605 1,552.29 China 1,998,037 767.791 2,602.32 696.529 2,868.56 Korea, South 167,160 79.991 2,089.72 72.567 2,303.53 Taiwan 1,302,963 720.544 1,808.30 653.667 1,993.31 Japan 4,082,962 4,885.241 835.77 4,431.818 921.28 Australia 252,448 258.300 977.34 234.326 1,077.34 CATEGORY TOTAL 28,051,888 16,786.645 1,671.08 15,228.593 1,842.05 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 25,054,744 28,433.701 881.16 25,794.627 971.32 Mexico 4,231,929 4,862.226 870.37 4,410.939 959.42 Guatemala 1,238,602 1,268.384 976.52 1,150.659 1,076.43 Dominican Republic 32,030 85.853 373.08 77.885 411.25 Colombia 5,608,635 4,041.700 1,387.69 3,666.570 1,529.67 Venezuela 2,141,364 3,732.593 573.69 3,386.153 632.39 Peru 15,745 1.252 12,573.62 1.136 13,860.04 Chile 697,373 1,317.105 529.47 1,194.858 583.65 Brazil 98,691 141.406 697.92 128.282 769.33 Argentina 795,451 784.534 1,013.91 711.718 1,117.65 Finland 23,071 0.400 57,657.48 0.363 63,556.47 United Kingdom 151,134 93.179 1,621.97 84.531 1,787.91 Netherlands 375,010 409.497 915.78 371.490 1,009.48 Belgium 31,498 22.074 1,426.87 20.026 1,572.86 France 219,223 385.064 569.31 349.325 627.56 Federal Republic of Germany 2,106,373 2,025.718 1,039.82 1,837.701 1,146.20 Switzerland 40,641 9.557 4,252.47 8.670 4,687.54 Russia 131,357 197.636 664.64 179.293 732.64 Ukraine 2,258,713 3,577.462 631.37 3,245.420 695.97 Spain 1,109,795 1,063.614 1,043.42 964.895 1,150.17 Italy 417,643 243.124 1,717.81 220.559 1,893.57 Romania 4,312,023 6,835.803 630.80 6,201.338 695.34 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Turkey 6,169,005 9,794.527 629.84 8,885.448 694.28 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 6,097,940 8,986.514 678.57 8,152.431 747.99 Thailand 9,851,086 17,105.948 575.89 15,518.260 634.81 Philippines 6,101,897 11,055.506 551.93 10,029.390 608.40 China 28,096,749 49,689.702 565.44 45,077.753 623.30 Korea, South 1,585,416 2,805.130 565.18 2,544.772 623.01 Taiwan 2,501,376 4,054.590 616.92 3,678.264 680.04 Japan 852,184 982.958 866.96 891.725 955.66 Australia 4,020 6.294 638.68 5.710 704.03 South Africa 680,478 1,175.225 579.02 1,066.147 638.26 CATEGORY TOTAL 116,883,466 170,873.141 684.04 155,013.550 754.02 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 2,503,040 2,931.198 853.93 2,659.139 941.30 Mexico 2,206,916 1,742.349 1,266.63 1,580.633 1,396.22 Colombia 2,912,236 3,232.497 900.92 2,932.473 993.10 Venezuela 3,041,287 4,814.170 631.74 4,367.343 696.37 Brazil 3,579,125 4,192.104 853.78 3,803.014 941.13 Argentina 467,254 553.678 843.91 502.289 930.25 Sweden 6,250 1.248 5,004.33 1.133 5,516.33 United Kingdom 1,705,102 1,903.975 895.55 1,727.258 987.17 France 867,837 1,015.828 854.31 921.544 941.72 Federal Republic of Germany 7,811,099 9,579.457 815.40 8,690.340 898.83 Austria 10,920,573 12,566.456 869.03 11,400.101 957.94 Czech Republic 354,346 563.634 628.68 511.321 693.00 Russia 120,342 225.839 532.87 204.878 587.38 Ukraine 4,043,861 4,818.894 839.17 4,371.629 925.02 Spain 3,313,296 3,187.529 1,039.46 2,891.679 1,145.80 Romania 3,097,045 4,048.813 764.93 3,673.023 843.19 Turkey 51,779 82.673 626.31 75.000 690.39 India 3,059,358 3,838.727 796.97 3,482.436 878.51 Indonesia 1,491,506 1,890.507 788.94 1,715.040 869.66 China 9,323,152 12,632.218 738.05 11,459.759 813.56 Korea, South 3,083,830 4,067.141 758.23 3,689.650 835.81 Japan 14,446,415 6,174.127 2,339.83 5,601.076 2,579.22 South Africa 128,785 205.670 626.17 186.581 690.24 CATEGORY TOTAL 78,534,434 84,268.742 931.95 76,447.339 1,027.30 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 6,884,071 10,585.763 650.31 9,603.246 716.85 Venezuela 42,648 100.960 422.42 91.590 465.64 Brazil 2,003,885 3,140.668 638.04 2,849.167 703.32 United Kingdom 1,993,264 3,046.065 654.37 2,763.345 721.32 Federal Republic of Germany 1,397,436 2,240.024 623.85 2,032.117 687.67 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Ukraine 344,371 545.408 631.40 494.786 696.00 Italy 993,789 1,109.656 895.58 1,006.664 987.21 Greece 3,452,000 6,194.307 557.29 5,619.383 614.30 Romania 345,873 544.040 635.75 493.545 700.79 India 900,465 1,327.924 678.10 1,204.673 747.48 China 84,607 98.934 855.18 89.752 942.68 Korea, South 1,215,951 2,361.347 514.94 2,142.179 567.62 Japan 4,880,697 8,899.266 548.44 8,073.281 604.55 CATEGORY TOTAL 24,539,057 40,194.368 610.51 36,463.728 672.97 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 195,889 237.797 823.77 215.726 908.05 Mexico 2,379,756 2,862.288 831.42 2,596.625 916.48 Colombia 40,691 82.340 494.18 74.698 544.74 Venezuela 566,914 1,426.880 397.31 1,294.445 437.96 Brazil 239,184 455.268 525.37 413.013 579.12 Argentina 786,182 1,494.633 526.00 1,355.909 579.82 France 310,673 505.129 615.04 458.246 677.96 Federal Republic of Germany 680,153 798.241 852.06 724.153 939.24 Austria 239,893 250.526 957.55 227.274 1,055.52 Slovakia 585,367 1,045.987 559.63 948.904 616.89 Ukraine 31,230 55.244 565.30 50.117 623.14 Italy 3,386,157 4,068.892 832.21 3,691.238 917.35 Romania 5,402,567 8,233.567 656.16 7,469.369 723.30 China 2,458,251 4,822.826 509.71 4,375.196 561.86 Korea, South 1,988,858 3,780.777 526.04 3,429.865 579.86 Hong Kong 9,775 16.292 599.98 14.780 661.37 Taiwan 266,530 438.419 607.93 397.728 670.13 CATEGORY TOTAL 19,568,070 30,575.115 640.00 27,737.286 705.48 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Canada 782,555 791.386 988.84 717.934 1,090.01 Mexico 1,030,511 1,308.566 787.51 1,187.112 868.08 Venezuela 5,374 12.471 430.90 11.314 474.99 Brazil 1,089,649 2,556.120 426.29 2,318.874 469.90 Denmark 106,665 66.133 1,612.88 59.995 1,777.90 United Kingdom 316,375 504.211 627.47 457.413 691.66 Federal Republic of Germany 2,131,923 3,262.038 653.56 2,959.272 720.42 Turkey 72,724 118.608 613.14 107.600 675.87 India 189,594 334.543 566.72 303.493 624.71 China 1,299,290 2,837.918 457.83 2,574.517 504.67 Korea, South 3,334,682 6,646.210 501.74 6,029.342 553.08 Taiwan 2,537,670 4,183.836 606.54 3,795.514 668.60 Japan 6,979 4.400 1,585.98 3.992 1,748.25 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,903,991 22,626.445 570.31 20,526.372 628.65 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 13,071,682 11,776.564 1,109.97 10,683.523 1,223.54 Mexico 13,266,196 15,647.305 847.83 14,195.001 934.57 Dominican Republic 275,901 505.294 546.02 458.396 601.88 Venezuela 2,163,903 2,073.803 1,043.45 1,881.323 1,150.20 Chile 42,068 75.771 555.19 68.739 612.00 Brazil 1,040,156 1,645.210 632.23 1,492.510 696.92 Argentina 3,065,435 4,017.642 762.99 3,644.745 841.06 Sweden 683,424 528.822 1,292.35 479.740 1,424.57 Norway 5,190 5.740 904.05 5.208 996.54 Denmark 6,501 0.615 10,569.19 0.558 11,650.54 United Kingdom 436,110 273.517 1,594.45 248.131 1,757.58 Belgium 52,885 46.186 1,145.02 41.900 1,262.17 France 1,460,157 1,696.857 860.51 1,539.364 948.55 Federal Republic of Germany 4,344,785 3,502.314 1,240.55 3,177.247 1,367.47 Austria 233,019 84.392 2,761.12 76.560 3,043.61 Slovakia 2,192 0.540 4,058.26 0.490 4,473.47 Switzerland 1,660,969 691.131 2,403.26 626.984 2,649.14 Russia 10,126 15.241 664.36 13.827 732.34 Ukraine 530,325 852.678 621.95 773.537 685.58 Spain 1,380,246 1,048.407 1,316.52 951.100 1,451.21 Italy 1,407,691 1,474.290 954.83 1,337.454 1,052.52 Romania 1,091,873 1,749.373 624.15 1,587.005 688.01 Turkey 942,894 10.690 88,201.62 9.698 97,225.61 Israel 59,846 5.511 10,858.28 5.000 11,969.20 India 800,164 1,255.050 637.56 1,138.563 702.78 China 1,564,179 1,992.073 785.20 1,807.179 865.54 Korea, South 3,202,102 5,185.334 617.53 4,704.058 680.71 Taiwan 89,274 75.685 1,179.53 68.661 1,300.21 Japan 3,802,989 2,597.847 1,463.90 2,356.728 1,613.67 Australia 266,914 353.605 754.83 320.786 832.06 CATEGORY TOTAL 56,959,196 59,187.503 962.35 53,694.015 1,060.81 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 72,913 82.323 885.68 74.683 976.30 Mexico 743,173 547.044 1,358.52 496.271 1,497.51 Brazil 312,441 305.388 1,023.09 277.044 1,127.77 Argentina 525,896 305.326 1,722.40 276.988 1,898.62 Sweden 272,379 273.017 997.66 247.677 1,099.73 United Kingdom 96,394 39.683 2,429.09 36.000 2,677.61 Netherlands 126,607 104.156 1,215.55 94.489 1,339.91 France 2,088,623 2,117.264 986.47 1,920.751 1,087.40 Federal Republic of Germany 2,411,854 2,008.539 1,200.80 1,822.117 1,323.65 Austria 23,861 14.869 1,604.74 13.489 1,768.92 Slovakia 934,378 1,118.945 835.05 1,015.091 920.49 Poland 253,870 466.406 544.31 423.117 600.00 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Italy 993,393 766.425 1,296.14 695.290 1,428.75 Romania 381,219 445.778 855.17 404.404 942.67 India 219,576 359.371 611.00 326.016 673.51 China 77,033 28.855 2,669.64 26.177 2,942.77 Korea, South 93,593 161.049 581.14 146.102 640.60 Taiwan 6,652 0.701 9,488.36 0.636 10,459.12 Japan 479,307 257.767 1,859.45 233.843 2,049.70 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,113,162 9,402.916 1,075.53 8,530.185 1,185.57 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D Canada 9,058,808 1,714.460 5,283.77 1,555.333 5,824.35 Mexico 92,917 21.693 4,283.18 19.680 4,721.39 Brazil 46,090 15.749 2,926.38 14.288 3,225.78 Sweden 983,254 163.668 6,007.58 148.478 6,622.22 Finland 319,083 109.166 2,922.91 99.034 3,221.95 Denmark 12,173 0.804 15,127.62 0.730 16,675.34 United Kingdom 251,881 44.749 5,628.70 40.596 6,204.58 Ireland 23,872 3.099 7,701.39 2.812 8,489.33 Netherlands 122,257 82.330 1,484.95 74.689 1,636.88 Belgium 58,466 8.435 6,930.55 7.653 7,639.62 France 3,621,381 694.242 5,216.31 629.806 5,749.99 Federal Republic of Germany 2,000,155 341.564 5,855.87 309.862 6,454.99 Austria 582,162 104.922 5,548.50 95.184 6,116.17 Czech Republic 1,845,517 161.303 11,441.28 146.332 12,611.85 Switzerland 77,894 6.427 12,118.72 5.831 13,358.60 Spain 5,797,045 971.477 5,967.24 881.310 6,577.76 Italy 1,382,899 453.483 3,049.51 411.393 3,361.50 India 236,462 42.936 5,507.30 38.951 6,070.76 Thailand 320,096 112.135 2,854.54 101.728 3,146.59 Malaysia 487,346 189.688 2,569.18 172.083 2,832.04 Singapore 333,446 117.148 2,846.36 106.275 3,137.58 China 5,247,652 1,493.436 3,513.81 1,354.823 3,873.31 Korea, South 5,337,385 1,603.197 3,329.21 1,454.397 3,669.83 Taiwan 5,175,739 1,640.990 3,154.03 1,488.682 3,476.73 Japan 1,610,295 531.326 3,030.71 482.011 3,340.78 New Zealand 16,957 18.312 925.97 16.613 1,020.71 Cook Islands 225,658 18.024 12,519.18 16.352 13,800.02 South Africa 158,502 66.596 2,380.05 60.415 2,623.55 CATEGORY TOTAL 45,425,392 10,731.373 4,232.95 9,735.341 4,666.03 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 3,025,610 1,183.661 2,556.14 1,073.800 2,817.67 Mexico 332,074 201.299 1,649.65 182.616 1,818.43 Guatemala 92,875 237.518 391.02 215.473 431.03 United Kingdom 38,176 9.424 4,050.61 8.550 4,465.03 Federal Republic of Germany 116,784 60.341 1,935.38 54.741 2,133.39 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Hungary 2,457 0.966 2,541.57 0.877 2,801.60 Switzerland 2,273 0.895 2,539.45 0.812 2,799.26 Italy 6,630 0.194 34,174.07 0.176 37,670.45 India 125,241 130.902 956.75 118.753 1,054.63 Vietnam 16,888 21.865 772.36 19.836 851.38 China 22,935 18.959 1,209.67 17.200 1,333.43 Korea, South 3,316 0.846 3,916.96 0.768 4,317.71 Taiwan 3,800 27.677 137.29 25.109 151.34 Japan 234,711 91.024 2,578.55 82.576 2,842.36 Australia 3,135 1.728 1,813.79 1.568 1,999.36 Nigeria 6,000 3.076 1,950.24 2.791 2,149.77 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,032,905 1,990.383 2,026.20 1,805.646 2,233.50 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 30,550,485 32,214.901 948.33 29,224.875 1,045.36 Mexico 5,287,503 3,962.259 1,334.47 3,594.502 1,471.00 Brazil 165,955 344.645 481.52 312.657 530.79 Argentina 453,155 1,007.281 449.88 913.791 495.91 Finland 900,860 297.916 3,023.87 270.265 3,333.25 United Kingdom 65,834 451.429 145.83 409.530 160.76 Netherlands 20,693 4.739 4,365.67 4.300 4,812.33 France 28,866 23.038 1,252.96 20.900 1,381.15 Federal Republic of Germany 147,642 101.045 1,461.14 91.667 1,610.63 Austria 247,742 208.149 1,190.21 188.830 1,311.98 Estonia 2,499 2.579 968.83 2.340 1,067.95 Spain 4,762 3.874 1,229.02 3.515 1,354.77 Italy 333,745 132.756 2,513.96 120.435 2,771.16 Greece 926,889 2,049.756 452.19 1,859.508 498.46 Turkey 2,233,762 4,640.711 481.34 4,209.984 530.59 India 301,785 503.784 599.04 457.026 660.32 China 76,758 39.533 1,941.60 35.864 2,140.25 Korea, South 5,038,433 8,309.762 606.33 7,538.492 668.36 Taiwan 375,943 126.415 2,973.87 114.682 3,278.13 Japan 265,742 772.429 344.03 700.736 379.23 Australia 72,218 115.904 623.08 105.147 686.83 Sao Tome and Principe 7,073 7.456 948.63 6.764 1,045.68 South Africa 15,889 48.678 326.41 44.160 359.81 CATEGORY TOTAL 47,524,233 55,369.048 858.32 50,229.970 946.13 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 122,808 140.135 876.35 127.129 966.01 Mexico 100,804 93.859 1,073.99 85.148 1,183.87 Korea, South 263,085 559.759 470.00 507.805 518.08 Japan 197,996 446.305 443.63 404.882 489.02 CATEGORY TOTAL 684,693 1,240.060 552.14 1,124.964 608.64 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 23,027,171 25,426.843 905.62 23,066.851 998.28 Mexico 9,216,598 11,188.866 823.73 10,150.372 908.01 Honduras 46,550 5.503 8,457.73 4.993 9,323.05 Dominican Republic 364,257 338.073 1,077.45 306.695 1,187.68 Trinidad and Tobago 34,706 33.008 1,051.42 29.945 1,158.99 Colombia 31,651 21.309 1,485.27 19.332 1,637.23 Venezuela 1,726,680 2,265.655 762.11 2,055.369 840.08 Ecuador 64,005 83.756 764.18 75.983 842.36 Chile 327,533 387.519 845.20 351.552 931.68 Brazil 1,596,335 2,439.661 654.33 2,213.224 721.27 Argentina 271,911 501.189 542.53 454.672 598.04 Sweden 1,485,471 349.928 4,245.07 317.450 4,679.39 Denmark 40,833 7.532 5,421.20 6.833 5,975.85 United Kingdom 1,298,616 729.898 1,779.17 662.153 1,961.20 Netherlands 65,991 41.398 1,594.05 37.556 1,757.14 Belgium 662,094 513.437 1,289.53 465.783 1,421.46 Luxembourg 477,426 448.444 1,064.63 406.822 1,173.55 France 2,134,901 1,346.715 1,585.27 1,221.720 1,747.46 Federal Republic of Germany 1,952,487 1,057.829 1,845.75 959.647 2,034.59 Austria 538,856 129.917 4,147.69 117.859 4,572.04 Czech Republic 35,715 38.014 939.51 34.486 1,035.64 Switzerland 206,390 44.710 4,616.11 40.561 5,088.39 Poland 1,056,833 1,144.128 923.70 1,037.936 1,018.21 Belarus 216,137 241.861 893.64 219.413 985.07 Spain 487,700 117.754 4,141.67 106.825 4,565.41 Italy 2,847,277 2,398.570 1,187.07 2,175.947 1,308.52 Greece 751,973 858.701 875.71 779.001 965.30 Turkey 456,411 485.939 939.23 440.837 1,035.33 Israel 244,335 317.570 769.39 288.095 848.11 Bahrain 17,351 22.659 765.74 20.556 844.08 India 3,329,944 1,737.812 1,916.17 1,576.517 2,112.22 Thailand 351,319 311.734 1,126.98 282.801 1,242.28 Vietnam 258,147 33.962 7,601.01 30.810 8,378.68 Indonesia 62,943 19.138 3,288.85 17.362 3,625.33 China 8,180,091 12,875.919 635.30 11,680.841 700.30 Korea, South 5,720,603 4,565.174 1,253.10 4,141.458 1,381.30 Hong Kong 188,889 57.149 3,305.18 51.845 3,643.34 Taiwan 2,097,406 1,278.847 1,640.08 1,160.151 1,807.87 Japan 6,910,923 6,623.910 1,043.33 6,009.112 1,150.07 Australia 295,557 269.058 1,098.49 244.086 1,210.87 Egypt 538,352 768.665 700.37 697.322 772.03 South Africa 1,509,785 2,258.409 668.52 2,048.795 736.91 CATEGORY TOTAL 81,128,153 83,786.182 968.28 76,009.568 1,067.34 BLACK PLATE...........................28 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 18,131 25.848 701.44 23.449 773.21 Venezuela 138,114 233.629 591.17 211.945 651.65 Belgium 265,346 433.538 612.05 393.300 674.67 France 402,736 678.803 593.30 615.800 654.00 Federal Republic of Germany 190,944 190.235 1,003.72 172.579 1,106.42 Taiwan 422,000 706.531 597.28 640.955 658.39 Japan 2,548,317 4,290.247 593.98 3,892.048 654.75 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,985,588 6,558.834 607.67 5,950.076 669.84 TIN PLATE.............................29 Canada 5,777,590 9,297.167 621.44 8,434.251 685.02 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 4,317,204 7,959.608 542.39 7,220.837 597.88 Belgium 273,226 457.073 597.77 414.650 658.93 France 4,778,768 8,244.650 579.62 7,479.423 638.92 Federal Republic of Germany 6,222,424 10,759.873 578.30 9,761.196 637.47 Korea, South 92,512 166.239 556.50 150.810 613.43 Japan 683,908 817.456 836.63 741.584 922.23 CATEGORY TOTAL 24,825,237 41,617.391 596.51 37,754.673 657.54 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A Canada 1,844,978 3,017.060 611.52 2,737.032 674.08 Netherlands 518,672 959.062 540.81 870.047 596.14 France 1,634,195 2,288.095 714.22 2,075.726 787.29 Federal Republic of Germany 907,755 1,493.610 607.76 1,354.981 669.94 Taiwan 9,668 14.022 689.46 12.721 760.00 Japan 1,058,296 1,869.688 566.03 1,696.153 623.94 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,973,564 9,641.539 619.57 8,746.660 682.95 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 20,320,594 35,422.758 573.66 32,134.995 632.35 Mexico 27,868,733 45,507.963 612.39 41,284.142 675.05 Venezuela 3,661,910 6,949.708 526.92 6,304.671 580.82 Brazil 115,008 170.962 672.71 155.095 741.53 Sweden 2,439,723 4,256.351 573.20 3,861.298 631.84 Finland 150,712 155.336 970.23 140.919 1,069.49 United Kingdom 132,937 137.626 965.92 124.853 1,064.75 Netherlands 8,093,674 17,974.255 450.29 16,305.975 496.36 Belgium 1,813,542 3,296.182 550.19 2,990.247 606.49 France 6,931,538 11,912.650 581.86 10,806.978 641.39 Federal Republic of Germany 346,981 550.069 630.79 499.015 695.33 Austria 1,370,381 2,891.471 473.94 2,623.100 522.43 Russia 69,643,570 142,191.461 489.79 128,993.960 539.90 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Italy 222,911 100.880 2,209.66 91.517 2,435.73 Serbia and Montenegro 5,267,074 9,929.948 530.42 9,008.300 584.69 Romania 1,358,649 2,542.678 534.34 2,306.680 589.01 Bulgaria 1,260,572 3,018.403 417.63 2,738.250 460.36 Turkey 2,310,924 4,447.010 519.66 4,034.261 572.82 India 11,687 20.155 579.83 18.285 639.16 Thailand 11,659,519 22,083.189 527.98 20,033.538 582.00 Malaysia 3,094,240 5,599.761 552.57 5,080.020 609.10 Philippines 151,937 202.838 749.05 184.012 825.69 Korea, South 46,066,491 97,689.429 471.56 88,622.385 519.81 Taiwan 197,940 327.579 604.25 297.175 666.07 Japan 1,708,531 2,845.758 600.38 2,581.629 661.80 New Zealand 5,125,956 9,258.034 553.68 8,398.750 610.32 Egypt 9,482,992 23,179.163 409.12 21,027.789 450.97 South Africa 4,358,735 2,907.436 1,499.17 2,637.583 1,652.55 CATEGORY TOTAL 235,167,461 455,569.066 516.21 413,285.422 569.02 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 22,303,203 31,443.502 709.31 28,525.074 781.88 Mexico 30,538,889 26,663.472 1,145.35 24,188.702 1,262.53 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 667,997 1,164.255 573.75 1,056.195 632.46 Brazil 4,071,155 5,961.118 682.95 5,407.837 752.83 Argentina 3,349,541 5,780.440 579.46 5,243.929 638.75 Sweden 1,077,704 1,213.657 887.98 1,101.012 978.83 Finland 2,791,834 1,073.024 2,601.84 973.432 2,868.03 United Kingdom 599,781 633.445 946.86 574.652 1,043.73 Netherlands 3,989,035 6,664.279 598.57 6,045.734 659.81 Belgium 12,217,428 19,672.189 621.05 17,846.315 684.59 Luxembourg 1,553,364 2,758.544 563.11 2,502.510 620.72 France 4,924,375 4,989.091 987.03 4,526.029 1,088.01 Federal Republic of Germany 8,925,789 6,798.306 1,312.94 6,167.322 1,447.27 Switzerland 25,341 2.975 8,517.59 2.699 9,389.03 Poland 2,562 5.982 428.27 5.427 472.08 Russia 21,159,863 36,930.846 572.96 33,503.110 631.58 Spain 154,918 137.523 1,126.49 124.759 1,241.74 Italy 3,378,766 1,747.586 1,933.39 1,585.384 2,131.20 Thailand 7,054,167 11,884.301 593.57 10,781.260 654.30 Malaysia 30,096 19.032 1,581.30 17.266 1,743.08 Indonesia 1,030,529 2,097.525 491.31 1,902.844 541.57 China 22,493,188 23,641.132 951.44 21,446.881 1,048.79 Korea, South 6,854,253 7,995.612 857.25 7,253.500 944.96 Taiwan 28,826,194 42,246.353 682.34 38,325.258 752.15 Japan 7,693,941 12,001.368 641.09 10,887.461 706.68 New Zealand 815,175 1,338.723 608.92 1,214.470 671.22 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE South Africa 7,009,582 10,449.541 670.80 9,479.667 739.43 CATEGORY TOTAL 205,129,894 267,704.582 766.25 242,857.581 844.65 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 27,748,787 45,936.805 604.06 41,673.180 665.87 Mexico 18,110,104 19,481.382 929.61 17,673.218 1,024.72 Colombia 874,883 1,573.788 555.91 1,427.717 612.78 Venezuela 138,969 176.173 788.82 159.822 869.52 Brazil 17,328,825 25,085.870 690.78 22,757.525 761.45 Argentina 5,139,222 7,249.304 708.93 6,576.460 781.46 Sweden 90,482 92.041 983.05 83.499 1,083.63 Finland 195,073 229.819 848.81 208.489 935.65 Netherlands 3,184,913 4,657.079 683.89 4,224.833 753.86 Belgium 860,222 1,487.083 578.46 1,349.060 637.65 France 65,200 96.706 674.20 87.731 743.18 Federal Republic of Germany 4,732,538 11,866.978 398.80 10,765.545 439.60 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 3,283,263 5,817.825 564.35 5,277.844 622.08 Turkey 3,633,911 5,344.342 679.95 4,848.307 749.52 India 36,372,495 53,375.881 681.44 48,421.799 751.16 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 17,227,166 26,412.976 652.22 23,961.456 718.95 Korea, South 10,365,203 14,269.257 726.40 12,944.856 800.72 Taiwan 46,665,277 60,947.312 765.67 55,290.487 844.00 Japan 2,226,752 3,324.617 669.78 3,016.043 738.30 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 222,604,126 322,931.640 689.32 292,958.738 759.85 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 1,128,747 1,026.781 1,099.31 931.481 1,211.78 Mexico 4,896 5.996 816.47 5.440 900.00 Brazil 98,111 136.708 717.67 124.020 791.09 Argentina 1,084,601 1,718.153 631.26 1,558.683 695.84 United Kingdom 30,501 33.069 922.33 30.000 1,016.70 Belgium 644,733 973.098 662.56 882.780 730.34 Federal Republic of Germany 2,804,625 4,628.962 605.89 4,199.325 667.88 Spain 439,292 575.392 763.47 521.987 841.58 Thailand 5,943 7.390 804.09 6.705 886.35 Taiwan 1,135,939 1,706.506 665.65 1,548.117 733.76 Japan 1,618,371 2,553.842 633.70 2,316.808 698.53 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,995,759 13,365.902 673.04 12,125.346 741.90 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 Canada 8,363,565 10,503.234 796.28 9,528.377 877.75 Mexico 13,078,512 14,182.555 922.15 12,866.202 1,016.50 Brazil 5,064,284 7,747.792 653.64 7,028.681 720.52 United Kingdom 391,065 765.676 510.74 694.610 563.00 Belgium 276,895 261.535 1,058.73 237.261 1,167.05 Luxembourg 1,080,107 1,895.721 569.76 1,719.770 628.05 France 62,595 19.861 3,151.58 18.018 3,474.03 Federal Republic of Germany 294,469 142.467 2,066.93 129.244 2,278.40 China 2,639 2.030 1,299.71 1.842 1,432.68 Korea, South 2,794,293 3,883.916 719.45 3,523.431 793.06 Taiwan 16,077,059 21,007.374 765.31 19,057.575 843.60 Japan 1,113,561 800.106 1,391.77 725.845 1,534.16 Australia 179,294 70.271 2,551.46 63.749 2,812.50 CATEGORY TOTAL 48,778,338 61,282.544 795.96 55,594.605 877.39 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 Sweden 713,773 862.693 827.38 782.623 912.03 United Kingdom 647,488 682.372 948.88 619.038 1,045.96 France 242,745 216.152 1,123.03 196.090 1,237.93 Federal Republic of Germany 1,820,808 2,309.910 788.26 2,095.516 868.91 Poland 40,247 43.221 931.18 39.210 1,026.45 Russia 869,898 886.772 980.97 804.467 1,081.33 Italy 11,123 9.589 1,159.97 8.699 1,278.65 China 23,641 27.072 873.24 24.560 962.58 Japan 1,771,139 2,612.692 677.90 2,370.195 747.25 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,140,862 7,650.477 802.68 6,940.398 884.80 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 3,437,518 6,157.339 558.28 5,585.846 615.40 Mexico 511,178 664.559 769.20 602.878 847.90 Finland 603,354 274.517 2,197.87 249.038 2,422.74 United Kingdom 21,648 72.361 299.17 65.645 329.77 Federal Republic of Germany 520,001 901.934 576.54 818.221 635.53 Slovenia 362,128 153.693 2,356.18 139.428 2,597.24 China 53,191 37.031 1,436.39 33.594 1,583.35 Japan 8,791 14.813 593.43 13.439 654.14 Australia 177,753 281.255 632.00 255.151 696.66 Egypt 244,323 343.310 711.67 311.446 784.48 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,939,885 8,900.815 667.34 8,074.686 735.62 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 3,015,460 3,410.257 884.23 3,093.734 974.70 Mexico 2,285,850 1,411.611 1,619.32 1,280.593 1,784.99 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Chile 144,063 161.796 890.40 146.779 981.50 Brazil 316,743 367.884 860.99 333.739 949.07 Sweden 2,613,272 557.125 4,690.63 505.416 5,170.54 Finland 2,338,510 984.039 2,376.44 892.706 2,619.57 United Kingdom 1,031,315 499.866 2,063.18 453.471 2,274.27 Ireland 16,972 5.196 3,266.17 4.714 3,600.34 Belgium 337,322 118.038 2,857.72 107.083 3,150.10 France 2,731,083 554.992 4,920.94 503.481 5,424.40 Federal Republic of Germany 5,485,079 3,656.867 1,499.94 3,317.455 1,653.40 Austria 1,267,353 229.117 5,531.45 207.852 6,097.38 Switzerland 77,914 42.227 1,845.11 38.308 2,033.88 Spain 26,696 14.409 1,852.68 13.072 2,042.23 Italy 65,202 28.434 2,293.09 25.795 2,527.70 India 532,378 653.758 814.33 593.080 897.65 Indonesia 92,442 36.388 2,540.43 33.011 2,800.34 China 129,141 105.872 1,219.78 96.046 1,344.57 Korea, South 1,118,266 1,339.389 834.91 1,215.074 920.33 Taiwan 252,485 153.713 1,642.56 139.447 1,810.62 Japan 2,867,242 979.336 2,927.74 888.439 3,227.28 CATEGORY TOTAL 26,744,788 15,310.322 1,746.85 13,889.295 1,925.57 GRAND TOTAL 2,243,558,304 3,567,943.096 628.81 3,236,784.443 693.14 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Canada 111,867 121.345 921.89 110.083 1,016.21 Mexico 622,533 985.537 631.67 894.065 696.30 Federal Republic of Germany 3,617 0.104 34,539.88 0.095 38,073.68 India 5,000 0.275 18,143.70 0.250 20,000.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 743,017 1,107.263 671.04 1,004.493 739.69 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 198,485 217.677 911.83 197.474 1,005.12 Mexico 4,805,260 8,693.935 552.71 7,887.008 609.26 Brazil 14,282,231 44,955.515 317.70 40,782.969 350.20 Finland 284,856 723.501 393.72 656.350 434.00 United Kingdom 43,047 32.293 1,333.00 29.296 1,469.38 Netherlands 338,515 320.722 1,055.48 290.955 1,163.46 Federal Republic of Germany 1,024,274 1,780.847 575.16 1,615.558 634.01 Italy 79,401 26.502 2,995.94 24.043 3,302.46 CATEGORY TOTAL 21,056,069 56,750.997 371.03 51,483.653 408.99 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 452,274 800.931 564.69 726.593 622.46 United Kingdom 3,233,804 6,113.500 528.96 5,546.076 583.08 Luxembourg 1,012,782 1,608.444 629.67 1,459.157 694.09 Federal Republic of Germany 237,261 173.539 1,367.19 157.432 1,507.07 Austria 35,886 8.962 4,003.84 8.131 4,413.48 Italy 621,366 888.837 699.08 806.340 770.60 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,593,373 9,594.216 582.99 8,703.729 642.64 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 10,261,450 12,516.538 819.83 11,354.816 903.71 Sweden 2,452,310 2,795.704 877.17 2,536.221 966.91 Finland 8,349 3.795 2,199.85 3.443 2,424.92 United Kingdom 685,038 760.519 900.75 689.932 992.91 Belgium 2,130,143 1,821.506 1,169.44 1,652.443 1,289.09 France 2,095,880 1,229.883 1,704.13 1,115.732 1,878.48 Federal Republic of Germany 1,062,722 1,069.734 993.44 970.447 1,095.09 Austria 41,555 63.548 653.91 57.650 720.82 Ukraine 382,288 463.586 824.63 420.559 909.00 China 2,390 1.275 1,873.96 1.157 2,065.69 Japan 2,388,687 2,772.238 861.65 2,514.933 949.80 CATEGORY TOTAL 21,510,812 23,498.330 915.42 21,317.333 1,009.08 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 3,058,907 4,839.757 632.04 4,390.555 696.70 Sweden 182,203 319.263 570.70 289.631 629.09 Netherlands 885,817 658.828 1,344.53 597.679 1,482.09 France 853,742 1,296.605 658.44 1,176.261 725.81 Federal Republic of Germany 628,717 1,010.279 622.32 916.510 685.99 Japan 928,964 1,989.986 466.82 1,805.286 514.58 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,538,350 10,114.719 646.42 9,175.922 712.56 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Federal Republic of Germany 15,205 6.382 2,382.34 5.790 2,626.08 Czech Republic 38,511 76.024 506.56 68.968 558.39 Japan 261,832 1,292.486 202.58 1,172.524 223.31 CATEGORY TOTAL 315,548 1,374.892 229.51 1,247.282 252.99 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 19,748,064 31,782.776 621.34 28,832.858 684.92 Mexico 4,072,935 7,224.228 563.79 6,553.712 621.47 Brazil 106,745 58.648 1,820.08 53.205 2,006.30 Sweden 943,952 516.362 1,828.08 468.436 2,015.11 United Kingdom 2,724,287 3,589.109 759.04 3,255.986 836.70 Netherlands 621,174 227.067 2,735.64 205.992 3,015.52 France 1,058,322 1,060.562 997.89 962.126 1,099.98 Federal Republic of Germany 619,382 794.053 780.03 720.353 859.83 Austria 209,706 80.953 2,590.44 73.440 2,855.47 Czech Republic 127,507 217.948 585.03 197.720 644.89 Latvia 2,255,711 5,782.546 390.09 5,245.839 430.00 Russia 90,268 104.588 863.08 94.881 951.38 Ukraine 13,419 17.916 748.96 16.254 825.58 Spain 523,098 518.003 1,009.83 469.925 1,113.15 Italy 118,658 224.254 529.12 203.440 583.26 Turkey 1,796,295 2,658.491 675.68 2,411.744 744.81 China 81,349 47.195 1,723.66 42.815 1,900.01 Korea, South 99,423 116.269 855.11 105.478 942.59 Taiwan 188,376 79.802 2,360.52 72.396 2,602.02 Japan 6,719,088 11,390.037 589.91 10,332.871 650.26 South Africa 474,860 952.434 498.58 864.034 549.58 CATEGORY TOTAL 42,592,619 67,443.250 631.53 61,183.505 696.15 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 201,097 374.571 536.87 339.806 591.80 Mexico 479,230 831.656 576.24 754.466 635.19 Austria 197,340 53.312 3,701.59 48.364 4,080.31 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 877,667 1,259.540 696.82 1,142.636 768.11 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 1,368,439 1,357.327 1,008.19 1,231.347 1,111.33 Colombia 213,390 275.213 775.36 249.670 854.69 Brazil 44,903 27.972 1,605.27 25.376 1,769.51 Sweden 30,295 20.069 1,509.48 18.207 1,663.92 United Kingdom 1,752,246 950.057 1,844.36 861.878 2,033.06 France 737,746 733.021 1,006.45 664.986 1,109.42 Federal Republic of Germany 448,188 256.281 1,748.81 232.495 1,927.73 Austria 5,238 4.629 1,131.39 4.200 1,247.14 Ukraine 290,548 54.881 5,294.06 49.788 5,835.70 Italy 38,157 42.831 890.87 38.856 982.01 Romania 20,972 4.124 5,084.31 3.742 5,604.49 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 493,873 549.025 899.54 498.068 991.58 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,512,964 4,339.076 1,270.54 3,936.345 1,400.53 TOOL STEEL............................17 Canada 1,262,706 1,069.418 1,180.74 970.160 1,301.54 Mexico 70,778 44.212 1,600.86 40.109 1,764.64 Trinidad and Tobago 1,003,561 207.828 4,828.79 188.539 5,322.83 Colombia 104,090 15.329 6,790.03 13.907 7,484.72 Brazil 2,196,586 1,120.265 1,960.77 1,016.288 2,161.38 Sweden 871,128 340.615 2,557.51 309.001 2,819.18 United Kingdom 4,431,164 486.294 9,112.10 441.159 10,044.37 Netherlands 494,601 507.861 973.89 460.724 1,073.53 Belgium 68,784 22.597 3,043.89 20.500 3,355.32 France 1,562,370 1,244.665 1,255.25 1,129.142 1,383.68 Federal Republic of Germany 2,909,536 2,619.227 1,110.84 2,376.124 1,224.49 Austria 2,511,434 732.364 3,429.21 664.390 3,780.06 Czech Republic 3,843 0.529 7,263.15 0.480 8,006.25 Switzerland 99,054 49.607 1,996.76 45.003 2,201.05 Poland 47,828 36.797 1,299.77 33.382 1,432.75 Russia 337,523 201.859 1,672.07 183.124 1,843.14 Ukraine 250,525 57.322 4,370.46 52.002 4,817.60 Spain 340,567 230.572 1,477.05 209.172 1,628.17 Italy 100,207 144.391 693.99 130.990 765.00 Slovenia 1,502,226 882.981 1,701.31 801.028 1,875.37 Turkey 5,910 7.558 781.90 6.857 861.89 India 73,897 52.475 1,408.22 47.605 1,552.29 China 1,998,037 767.791 2,602.32 696.529 2,868.56 Korea, South 167,160 79.991 2,089.72 72.567 2,303.53 Taiwan 1,302,963 720.544 1,808.30 653.667 1,993.31 Japan 4,082,962 4,885.241 835.77 4,431.818 921.28 Australia 252,448 258.300 977.34 234.326 1,077.34 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 28,051,888 16,786.645 1,671.08 15,228.593 1,842.05 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 104,713 24.300 4,309.10 22.045 4,749.97 Mexico 52,405 105.162 498.32 95.402 549.31 Brazil 38,622 16.264 2,374.61 14.755 2,617.55 Argentina 687,014 541.219 1,269.38 490.986 1,399.25 United Kingdom 127,794 88.384 1,445.89 80.181 1,593.82 Federal Republic of Germany 463,161 215.642 2,147.81 195.628 2,367.56 Spain 139,110 115.061 1,209.01 104.382 1,332.70 Italy 290,558 100.858 2,880.86 91.497 3,175.60 China 374,133 587.406 636.92 532.886 702.09 Japan 326,320 207.008 1,576.36 187.795 1,737.64 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,603,830 2,001.308 1,301.06 1,815.557 1,434.18 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 1,432,178 1,398.414 1,024.14 1,268.621 1,128.93 Brazil 1,632,848 1,708.184 955.90 1,549.639 1,053.70 United Kingdom 579,731 17.442 33,235.80 15.824 36,636.19 France 858,576 1,015.520 845.45 921.265 931.95 Federal Republic of Germany 2,528,644 2,947.170 857.99 2,673.629 945.77 Austria 3,793,330 4,785.338 792.70 4,341.187 873.80 Spain 2,975,738 2,831.140 1,051.07 2,568.368 1,158.61 Romania 1,343,102 1,609.818 834.32 1,460.403 919.68 Indonesia 1,491,506 1,890.507 788.94 1,715.040 869.66 China 1,527,982 2,209.339 691.60 2,004.280 762.36 Japan 12,263,956 5,929.314 2,068.36 5,378.985 2,279.98 CATEGORY TOTAL 30,427,591 26,342.191 1,155.09 23,897.241 1,273.27 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 6,882,033 10,581.843 650.36 9,599.690 716.90 Japan 1,854,277 2,659.583 697.21 2,412.734 768.54 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,736,310 13,241.427 659.77 12,012.424 727.27 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B China 5,413 1.888 2,866.66 1.713 3,159.95 Hong Kong 9,775 16.292 599.98 14.780 661.37 CATEGORY TOTAL 15,188 18.180 835.40 16.493 920.88 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 1,122,966 1,247.862 899.91 1,132.042 991.98 Mexico 853,680 911.584 936.48 826.976 1,032.29 Venezuela 1,028,501 1,023.408 1,004.98 928.421 1,107.80 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Chile 42,068 75.771 555.19 68.739 612.00 Brazil 20,030 17.330 1,155.76 15.722 1,274.01 Argentina 2,619,482 3,318.578 789.34 3,010.565 870.10 Sweden 609,405 504.073 1,208.96 457.288 1,332.65 Norway 5,190 5.740 904.05 5.208 996.54 United Kingdom 423,654 271.311 1,561.50 246.130 1,721.26 France 444,857 356.585 1,247.55 323.489 1,375.18 Federal Republic of Germany 1,992,155 1,477.766 1,348.08 1,340.608 1,486.01 Switzerland 61,652 36.063 1,709.55 32.716 1,884.46 Spain 399,810 359.601 1,111.81 326.225 1,225.57 Italy 201,958 187.463 1,077.32 170.064 1,187.54 Romania 594,227 1,219.402 487.31 1,106.224 537.17 China 251,879 423.639 594.56 384.319 655.39 Taiwan 10,563 2.588 4,081.17 2.348 4,498.72 Japan 2,242,783 1,544.424 1,452.18 1,401.079 1,600.75 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,924,860 12,983.198 995.51 11,778.163 1,097.36 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Mexico 2,381 0.750 3,171.82 0.681 3,496.33 Argentina 252,155 122.794 2,053.48 111.397 2,263.57 Sweden 272,379 273.017 997.66 247.677 1,099.73 France 1,251,710 1,105.469 1,132.29 1,002.865 1,248.13 Federal Republic of Germany 1,851,632 1,482.505 1,248.99 1,344.907 1,376.77 Italy 452,485 250.957 1,803.03 227.665 1,987.50 China 21,942 1.178 18,620.63 1.069 20,525.72 Japan 214,299 45.158 4,745.50 40.967 5,231.02 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,318,983 3,281.831 1,316.03 2,977.228 1,450.67 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 1,929,700 697.675 2,765.90 632.921 3,048.88 Mexico 3,500 1.377 2,540.12 1.250 2,800.00 United Kingdom 38,176 9.424 4,050.61 8.550 4,465.03 Federal Republic of Germany 94,646 60.073 1,575.50 54.498 1,736.69 Hungary 2,457 0.966 2,541.57 0.877 2,801.60 Switzerland 2,273 0.895 2,539.45 0.812 2,799.26 Italy 2,018 0.082 24,409.32 0.075 26,906.67 Japan 54,910 21.611 2,540.73 19.606 2,800.67 Nigeria 6,000 3.076 1,950.24 2.791 2,149.77 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,133,680 795.185 2,683.25 721.380 2,957.78 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 695,161 626.933 1,108.83 568.745 1,222.27 Mexico 2,124 2.341 907.18 2.124 1,000.00 Finland 900,860 297.916 3,023.87 270.265 3,333.25 United Kingdom 41,730 417.536 99.94 378.783 110.17 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Netherlands 20,693 4.739 4,365.67 4.300 4,812.33 Federal Republic of Germany 34,870 20.765 1,679.24 18.838 1,851.05 Spain 4,762 3.874 1,229.02 3.515 1,354.77 Italy 328,056 129.799 2,527.41 117.752 2,785.99 China 76,758 39.533 1,941.60 35.864 2,140.25 Taiwan 375,943 126.415 2,973.87 114.682 3,278.13 Japan 265,742 772.429 344.03 700.736 379.23 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,746,699 2,442.284 1,124.64 2,215.604 1,239.71 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 806,141 795.977 1,012.77 722.099 1,116.39 Mexico 1,885,343 1,710.708 1,102.08 1,551.929 1,214.84 Venezuela 15,012 20.380 736.58 18.489 811.94 Sweden 196,612 145.952 1,347.09 132.406 1,484.92 United Kingdom 209,610 11.801 17,761.54 10.706 19,578.74 Netherlands 29,476 1.931 15,262.66 1.752 16,824.20 France 111,620 11.109 10,047.63 10.078 11,075.61 Federal Republic of Germany 160,836 19.444 8,271.43 17.640 9,117.69 Austria 152,514 31.925 4,777.24 28.962 5,266.00 Czech Republic 16,120 17.989 896.07 16.320 987.75 Poland 168,357 158.688 1,060.93 143.960 1,169.47 Italy 2,069,265 1,795.113 1,152.72 1,628.500 1,270.66 Turkey 328,542 303.389 1,082.91 275.230 1,193.70 India 40,158 38.652 1,038.95 35.065 1,145.24 Thailand 39,203 50.044 783.36 45.400 863.50 China 306,656 224.724 1,364.58 203.867 1,504.20 Korea, South 1,531,816 1,590.300 963.22 1,442.697 1,061.77 Taiwan 131,701 154.667 851.51 140.312 938.63 Japan 3,343,914 2,882.439 1,160.10 2,614.906 1,278.79 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,542,896 9,965.241 1,158.32 9,040.318 1,276.82 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 1,846,419 3,335.384 553.59 3,025.811 610.22 Sweden 2,245,989 4,124.595 544.54 3,741.771 600.25 United Kingdom 132,937 137.626 965.92 124.853 1,064.75 Netherlands 325,590 706.137 461.09 640.597 508.26 Belgium 5,693 2.452 2,321.17 2.225 2,558.65 France 788,229 1,161.111 678.86 1,053.343 748.31 Federal Republic of Germany 216,739 300.787 720.57 272.870 794.29 Austria 370,861 652.678 568.21 592.100 626.35 Russia 4,716,737 9,885.304 477.15 8,967.800 525.96 Japan 1,152,553 2,118.394 544.07 1,921.776 599.73 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,801,747 22,424.473 526.29 20,343.146 580.13 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 4,693,173 6,364.006 737.46 5,773.331 812.91 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 Argentina 249,975 422.780 591.26 383.540 651.76 Sweden 469,040 658.861 711.90 597.709 784.73 United Kingdom 522,950 611.145 855.69 554.422 943.23 Netherlands 424,681 774.929 548.03 703.004 604.09 Belgium 12,193 5.291 2,304.44 4.800 2,540.21 France 1,078,643 1,742.005 619.20 1,580.321 682.55 Federal Republic of Germany 1,001,201 1,416.337 706.89 1,284.880 779.22 Taiwan 48,108 54.167 888.13 49.140 979.00 Japan 5,319,245 8,456.439 629.02 7,671.555 693.37 CATEGORY TOTAL 13,872,985 20,559.080 674.79 18,650.889 743.82 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 6,940,415 11,658.153 595.33 10,576.102 656.24 Brazil 256,189 393.315 651.36 356.810 718.00 Finland 195,073 229.819 848.81 208.489 935.65 Netherlands 143,228 205.305 697.63 186.250 769.01 France 65,200 96.706 674.20 87.731 743.18 Federal Republic of Germany 4,189,098 10,536.549 397.58 9,558.600 438.25 Spain 3,011,120 5,337.668 564.13 4,842.253 621.84 Japan 2,013,942 2,988.188 673.97 2,710.840 742.92 CATEGORY TOTAL 16,814,265 31,445.708 534.71 28,527.075 589.41 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 1,064,356 950.097 1,120.26 861.914 1,234.87 Federal Republic of Germany 1,365,550 2,147.094 636.00 1,947.812 701.07 Japan 1,431,227 2,312.565 618.89 2,097.925 682.21 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,861,133 5,409.757 713.73 4,907.651 786.76 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 Sweden 713,773 862.693 827.38 782.623 912.03 United Kingdom 647,488 682.372 948.88 619.038 1,045.96 France 242,745 216.152 1,123.03 196.090 1,237.93 Federal Republic of Germany 1,820,808 2,309.910 788.26 2,095.516 868.91 Poland 40,247 43.221 931.18 39.210 1,026.45 Russia 869,898 886.772 980.97 804.467 1,081.33 Italy 11,123 9.589 1,159.97 8.699 1,278.65 China 23,641 27.072 873.24 24.560 962.58 Japan 1,771,139 2,612.692 677.90 2,370.195 747.25 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,140,862 7,650.477 802.68 6,940.398 884.80 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 235,529 488.898 481.75 443.521 531.04 Federal Republic of Germany 76,883 98.910 777.30 89.730 856.83 CATEGORY TOTAL 312,412 587.808 531.49 533.251 585.86 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 58,287 81.589 714.39 74.017 787.48 Mexico 42,254 80.879 522.43 73.373 575.88 Brazil 7,748 5.371 1,442.41 4.873 1,589.99 Sweden 278,400 81.765 3,404.88 74.176 3,753.24 United Kingdom 4,506 2.622 1,718.27 2.379 1,894.07 Belgium 36,957 16.534 2,235.12 15.000 2,463.80 France 1,680,433 171.251 9,812.65 155.357 10,816.59 Federal Republic of Germany 2,972,902 2,061.815 1,441.89 1,870.448 1,589.41 Austria 574,676 93.485 6,147.19 84.809 6,776.12 Japan 214,570 98.597 2,176.23 89.446 2,398.88 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,870,733 2,693.913 2,179.26 2,443.878 2,402.22 GRAND TOTAL 266,916,481 354,111.001 753.77 321,244.187 830.88 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A China 5,057 10.761 469.90 9.763 517.98 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,057 10.761 469.90 9.763 517.98 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 8,559,083 19,881.636 430.50 18,036.322 474.55 Mexico 93,411,816 218,023.119 428.45 197,787.303 472.28 Brazil 36,778,701 109,417.462 336.13 99,261.880 370.52 Finland 1,838,697 4,780.226 384.65 4,336.550 424.00 United Kingdom 356,881 912.860 390.95 828.133 430.95 Belgium 154,058 238.176 646.82 216.070 713.00 Federal Republic of Germany 6,699,294 21,117.266 317.24 19,157.267 349.70 Austria 30,000 43.261 693.46 39.246 764.41 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 9,506,795 31,395.411 302.81 28,481.446 333.79 China 24,740 58.585 422.29 53.148 465.49 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 235,826,851 585,740.208 402.61 531,374.729 443.81 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 28,559,306 47,337.398 603.31 42,943.778 665.04 Mexico 2,990,084 5,668.047 527.53 5,141.968 581.51 Trinidad and Tobago 15,755,462 31,754.416 496.17 28,807.130 546.93 Venezuela 1,393,028 2,880.739 483.57 2,613.364 533.04 Brazil 6,213,672 15,132.873 410.61 13,728.316 452.62 Argentina 2,232,467 4,456.686 500.93 4,043.039 552.18 United Kingdom 3,124,480 7,773.285 401.95 7,051.808 443.08 Netherlands 487,796 746.102 653.79 676.853 720.68 Luxembourg 171,196 290.277 589.77 263.335 650.11 France 14,489 3.340 4,338.02 3.030 4,781.85 Federal Republic of Germany 4,688,749 8,199.354 571.84 7,438.331 630.35 Poland 6,901,121 15,897.066 434.11 14,421.580 478.53 Spain 6,029,325 11,746.612 513.28 10,656.351 565.80 Italy 2,655,668 5,472.667 485.26 4,964.722 534.91 Turkey 10,172,879 22,169.011 458.88 20,111.395 505.83 China 52,824,062 124,574.519 424.04 113,012.135 467.42 Taiwan 76,061 104.473 728.04 94.777 802.53 Japan 4,325,055 9,893.853 437.15 8,975.555 481.87 South Africa 1,448,812 3,232.382 448.22 2,932.369 494.08 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 150,063,712 317,333.109 472.89 287,879.836 521.27 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 9,629,673 15,817.664 608.79 14,349.548 671.08 Mexico 2,375,127 4,185.534 567.46 3,797.054 625.52 Brazil 793,580 1,911.205 415.22 1,733.817 457.71 Norway 854,416 1,674.331 510.30 1,518.928 562.51 United Kingdom 2,101,727 3,869.989 543.08 3,510.796 598.65 Luxembourg 4,218,668 6,308.213 668.76 5,722.717 737.18 France 97,194 35.482 2,739.23 32.189 3,019.48 Federal Republic of Germany 2,468,975 3,449.484 715.75 3,129.321 788.98 Estonia 4,946 5.104 968.89 4.631 1,068.02 Poland 175,335 326.524 536.97 296.218 591.91 Spain 659,554 1,404.133 469.72 1,273.809 517.78 Italy 20,410 1.908 10,696.50 1.731 11,790.87 Turkey 165,255 343.772 480.71 311.865 529.89 China 2,247 1.661 1,352.65 1.507 1,491.04 Korea, South 117,288 185.259 633.10 168.065 697.87 Japan 5,321 10.262 518.49 9.310 571.54 South Africa 15,698 14.550 1,078.86 13.200 1,189.24 CATEGORY TOTAL 23,705,414 39,545.083 599.45 35,874.706 660.78 STEEL PILING...........................5 Canada 827,992 1,112.640 744.17 1,009.371 820.30 United Kingdom 112,612 282.859 398.12 256.606 438.85 Luxembourg 7,547,209 11,711.508 644.43 10,624.505 710.36 Federal Republic of Germany 2,770,133 5,563.958 497.87 5,047.540 548.81 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,257,946 18,670.967 602.97 16,938.022 664.66 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 5,497,344 8,218.870 668.87 7,456.036 737.30 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 35,065 96.631 362.87 87.663 400.00 Norway 103,056 207.196 497.38 187.966 548.27 Finland 839,084 1,148.829 730.38 1,042.201 805.11 Belgium 908,371 1,361.631 667.12 1,235.252 735.37 Federal Republic of Germany 786,901 1,367.904 575.26 1,240.942 634.12 Austria 371,506 684.085 543.07 620.592 598.63 Estonia 135,918 145.600 933.50 132.087 1,029.00 Ukraine 21,855,708 40,560.415 538.84 36,795.800 593.97 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 Korea, South 358,946 685.659 523.50 622.020 577.07 Japan 170,235 237.541 716.65 215.494 789.98 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 45,008,174 79,717.484 564.60 72,318.506 622.36 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 11,705,911 19,784.115 591.68 17,947.853 652.22 Mexico 1,953,764 3,300.178 592.02 2,993.872 652.59 Venezuela 555,993 1,046.769 531.15 949.614 585.49 Brazil 489,927 894.591 547.65 811.560 603.69 Netherlands 3,170,022 6,557.246 483.44 5,948.636 532.90 Belgium 415,643 852.262 487.69 773.160 537.59 France 777,656 1,340.493 580.13 1,216.076 639.48 Federal Republic of Germany 2,269,717 3,890.253 583.44 3,529.180 643.13 Russia 19,548,150 40,435.357 483.44 36,682.350 532.90 Serbia and Montenegro 7,288,385 13,718.326 531.29 12,445.060 585.64 Romania 2,096,683 3,895.500 538.23 3,533.940 593.30 Bulgaria 731,785 1,776.098 412.02 1,611.250 454.17 Turkey 839,866 1,617.817 519.14 1,467.660 572.25 Thailand 5,830,696 11,043.368 527.98 10,018.378 582.00 Malaysia 2,876,718 5,206.104 552.57 4,722.900 609.10 China 3,989,636 6,345.577 628.73 5,756.613 693.05 Korea, South 78,166 128.165 609.88 116.270 672.28 Japan 168,504 240.969 699.27 218.604 770.82 New Zealand 3,093,129 5,675.689 544.98 5,148.900 600.74 Egypt 5,532,766 11,088.163 498.98 10,059.016 550.03 CATEGORY TOTAL 73,413,117 138,837.053 528.77 125,950.892 582.87 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Luxembourg 285,788 377.630 756.79 342.581 834.22 Federal Republic of Germany 71,266 73.067 975.34 66.286 1,075.13 Spain 212,084 330.492 641.72 299.818 707.38 Japan 2,415,140 5,834.605 413.93 5,293.067 456.28 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,984,278 6,615.797 451.08 6,001.752 497.23 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 Luxembourg 160,264 211.562 757.53 191.926 835.03 Austria 561,484 809.301 693.79 734.186 764.77 Poland 34,599 66.910 517.10 60.700 570.00 Spain 1,430,507 2,015.047 709.91 1,828.021 782.54 Korea, South 64,732 90.322 716.68 81.939 790.00 Japan 37,270 71.418 521.85 64.790 575.24 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,288,856 3,264.562 701.12 2,961.562 772.85 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 106,136 98.370 1,078.94 89.240 1,189.33 Brazil 37,673 58.903 639.58 53.436 705.01 Poland 29,120 11.519 2,527.96 10.450 2,786.60 India 35,793 44.323 807.53 40.210 890.15 China 13,273 16.093 824.73 14.600 909.11 Korea, South 4,668 7.898 591.03 7.165 651.50 Australia 290,983 484.795 600.22 439.799 661.63 CATEGORY TOTAL 517,646 721.903 717.06 654.900 790.42 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 23,143,128 39,409.731 587.24 35,751.917 647.33 Mexico 1,403,714 2,498.380 561.85 2,266.493 619.33 Dominican Republic 85,550 159.835 535.24 145.000 590.00 Brazil 3,780 3.914 965.69 3.551 1,064.49 Argentina 1,953,219 3,834.877 509.33 3,478.943 561.44 Sweden 27,856 20.184 1,380.07 18.311 1,521.27 United Kingdom 10,072,848 14,827.962 679.31 13,451.705 748.82 France 97,076 151.047 642.69 137.028 708.44 Federal Republic of Germany 2,416,334 3,858.208 626.28 3,500.109 690.36 Belarus 2,407,276 5,896.812 408.23 5,349.500 450.00 Ukraine 381,391 881.231 432.79 799.440 477.07 Italy 12,590 21.943 573.74 19.907 632.44 Turkey 3,483,604 7,444.149 467.97 6,753.221 515.84 India 280,664 403.520 695.54 366.068 766.70 China 16,334 20.900 781.50 18.961 861.45 Korea, South 210,260 250.835 838.24 227.554 924.00 Taiwan 45,758 16.927 2,703.24 15.356 2,979.81 Japan 1,517,922 2,751.312 551.71 2,495.949 608.15 South Africa 859,502 1,605.675 535.29 1,456.645 590.06 CATEGORY TOTAL 48,418,806 84,057.450 576.02 76,255.658 634.95 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 7,552,127 14,069.068 536.79 12,763.248 591.71 Mexico 2,055,038 4,056.460 506.61 3,679.960 558.44 Brazil 537,927 1,179.978 455.88 1,070.459 502.52 Switzerland 20,744 15.580 1,331.45 14.134 1,467.67 Italy 4,632 7.109 651.49 6.450 718.14 Turkey 578,299 1,223.866 472.52 1,110.273 520.86 China 101,180 223.063 453.59 202.360 500.00 Japan 556,707 1,476.610 377.02 1,339.559 415.59 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,406,654 22,251.738 512.62 20,186.443 565.07 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 5,393,037 4,981.340 1,082.65 4,518.997 1,193.41 Mexico 22,572 24.999 902.90 22.679 995.28 Brazil 20,794 19.751 1,052.80 17.918 1,160.51 Sweden 2,332 1.054 2,210.61 0.957 2,436.78 United Kingdom 1,983,638 2,075.603 955.69 1,882.956 1,053.47 Belgium 2,011 1.356 1,482.01 1.231 1,633.63 France 567,717 624.692 908.79 566.712 1,001.77 Federal Republic of Germany 4,987,417 4,828.896 1,032.83 4,380.702 1,138.50 Austria 233,366 157.727 1,479.55 143.088 1,630.93 Switzerland 13,878 15.657 886.36 14.204 977.05 Ukraine 3,532,026 2,849.537 1,239.51 2,585.058 1,366.32 Spain 1,341,043 1,604.673 835.71 1,455.736 921.21 Italy 144,737 187.896 770.30 170.457 849.11 Romania 51,283 21.639 2,369.88 19.631 2,612.35 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 13,270 9.228 1,437.93 8.372 1,585.05 Japan 68,987 88.303 781.24 80.108 861.17 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 18,960,450 18,550.907 1,022.08 16,829.105 1,126.65 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 24,950,031 28,409.400 878.23 25,772.582 968.08 Mexico 4,179,524 4,757.063 878.59 4,315.537 968.48 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Guatemala 1,238,602 1,268.384 976.52 1,150.659 1,076.43 Dominican Republic 32,030 85.853 373.08 77.885 411.25 Colombia 5,608,635 4,041.700 1,387.69 3,666.570 1,529.67 Venezuela 2,141,364 3,732.593 573.69 3,386.153 632.39 Peru 15,745 1.252 12,573.62 1.136 13,860.04 Chile 697,373 1,317.105 529.47 1,194.858 583.65 Brazil 60,069 125.142 480.01 113.527 529.12 Argentina 108,437 243.315 445.66 220.732 491.26 Finland 23,071 0.400 57,657.48 0.363 63,556.47 United Kingdom 23,340 4.795 4,867.52 4.350 5,365.52 Netherlands 375,010 409.497 915.78 371.490 1,009.48 Belgium 31,498 22.074 1,426.87 20.026 1,572.86 France 219,223 385.064 569.31 349.325 627.56 Federal Republic of Germany 1,643,212 1,810.075 907.81 1,642.073 1,000.69 Switzerland 40,641 9.557 4,252.47 8.670 4,687.54 Russia 131,357 197.636 664.64 179.293 732.64 Ukraine 2,258,713 3,577.462 631.37 3,245.420 695.97 Spain 970,685 948.552 1,023.33 860.513 1,128.03 Italy 127,085 142.266 893.29 129.062 984.68 Romania 4,312,023 6,835.803 630.80 6,201.338 695.34 Turkey 6,169,005 9,794.527 629.84 8,885.448 694.28 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 6,097,940 8,986.514 678.57 8,152.431 747.99 Thailand 9,851,086 17,105.948 575.89 15,518.260 634.81 Philippines 6,101,897 11,055.506 551.93 10,029.390 608.40 China 27,722,616 49,102.296 564.59 44,544.867 622.35 Korea, South 1,585,416 2,805.130 565.18 2,544.772 623.01 Taiwan 2,501,376 4,054.590 616.92 3,678.264 680.04 Japan 525,864 775.949 677.70 703.930 747.04 Australia 4,020 6.294 638.68 5.710 704.03 South Africa 680,478 1,175.225 579.02 1,066.147 638.26 CATEGORY TOTAL 114,279,636 168,871.832 676.72 153,197.993 745.96 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 1,070,862 1,532.783 698.64 1,390.518 770.12 Mexico 2,206,916 1,742.349 1,266.63 1,580.633 1,396.22 Colombia 2,912,236 3,232.497 900.92 2,932.473 993.10 Venezuela 3,041,287 4,814.170 631.74 4,367.343 696.37 Brazil 1,946,277 2,483.920 783.55 2,253.375 863.72 Argentina 467,254 553.678 843.91 502.289 930.25 Sweden 6,250 1.248 5,004.33 1.133 5,516.33 United Kingdom 1,125,371 1,886.532 596.53 1,711.434 657.56 France 9,261 0.307 30,112.69 0.279 33,193.55 Federal Republic of Germany 5,282,455 6,632.286 796.48 6,016.711 877.96 Austria 7,127,243 7,781.118 915.97 7,058.914 1,009.68 Czech Republic 354,346 563.634 628.68 511.321 693.00 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Russia 120,342 225.839 532.87 204.878 587.38 Ukraine 4,043,861 4,818.894 839.17 4,371.629 925.02 Spain 337,558 356.389 947.16 323.311 1,044.07 Romania 1,753,943 2,438.995 719.13 2,212.620 792.70 Turkey 51,779 82.673 626.31 75.000 690.39 India 3,059,358 3,838.727 796.97 3,482.436 878.51 China 7,795,170 10,422.878 747.89 9,455.479 824.41 Korea, South 3,083,830 4,067.141 758.23 3,689.650 835.81 Japan 2,182,459 244.813 8,914.79 222.091 9,826.87 South Africa 128,785 205.670 626.17 186.581 690.24 CATEGORY TOTAL 48,106,843 57,926.551 830.48 52,550.098 915.45 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 2,038 3.919 519.92 3.556 573.12 Venezuela 42,648 100.960 422.42 91.590 465.64 Brazil 2,003,885 3,140.668 638.04 2,849.167 703.32 United Kingdom 1,993,264 3,046.065 654.37 2,763.345 721.32 Federal Republic of Germany 1,397,436 2,240.024 623.85 2,032.117 687.67 Ukraine 344,371 545.408 631.40 494.786 696.00 Italy 993,789 1,109.656 895.58 1,006.664 987.21 Greece 3,452,000 6,194.307 557.29 5,619.383 614.30 Romania 345,873 544.040 635.75 493.545 700.79 India 900,465 1,327.924 678.10 1,204.673 747.48 China 84,607 98.934 855.18 89.752 942.68 Korea, South 1,215,951 2,361.347 514.94 2,142.179 567.62 Japan 3,026,420 6,239.683 485.03 5,660.547 534.65 CATEGORY TOTAL 15,802,747 26,952.941 586.31 24,451.304 646.29 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 195,889 237.797 823.77 215.726 908.05 Mexico 2,379,756 2,862.288 831.42 2,596.625 916.48 Colombia 40,691 82.340 494.18 74.698 544.74 Venezuela 566,914 1,426.880 397.31 1,294.445 437.96 Brazil 239,184 455.268 525.37 413.013 579.12 Argentina 786,182 1,494.633 526.00 1,355.909 579.82 France 310,673 505.129 615.04 458.246 677.96 Federal Republic of Germany 680,153 798.241 852.06 724.153 939.24 Austria 239,893 250.526 957.55 227.274 1,055.52 Slovakia 585,367 1,045.987 559.63 948.904 616.89 Ukraine 31,230 55.244 565.30 50.117 623.14 Italy 3,386,157 4,068.892 832.21 3,691.238 917.35 Romania 5,402,567 8,233.567 656.16 7,469.369 723.30 China 2,452,838 4,820.938 508.79 4,373.483 560.84 Korea, South 1,988,858 3,780.777 526.04 3,429.865 579.86 Taiwan 266,530 438.419 607.93 397.728 670.13 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 19,552,882 30,556.935 639.88 27,720.793 705.35 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Canada 782,555 791.386 988.84 717.934 1,090.01 Mexico 1,030,511 1,308.566 787.51 1,187.112 868.08 Venezuela 5,374 12.471 430.90 11.314 474.99 Brazil 1,089,649 2,556.120 426.29 2,318.874 469.90 Denmark 106,665 66.133 1,612.88 59.995 1,777.90 United Kingdom 316,375 504.211 627.47 457.413 691.66 Federal Republic of Germany 2,131,923 3,262.038 653.56 2,959.272 720.42 Turkey 72,724 118.608 613.14 107.600 675.87 India 189,594 334.543 566.72 303.493 624.71 China 1,299,290 2,837.918 457.83 2,574.517 504.67 Korea, South 3,334,682 6,646.210 501.74 6,029.342 553.08 Taiwan 2,537,670 4,183.836 606.54 3,795.514 668.60 Japan 6,979 4.400 1,585.98 3.992 1,748.25 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,903,991 22,626.445 570.31 20,526.372 628.65 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 11,948,716 10,528.702 1,134.87 9,551.481 1,250.98 Mexico 12,412,516 14,735.721 842.34 13,368.025 928.52 Dominican Republic 275,901 505.294 546.02 458.396 601.88 Venezuela 1,135,402 1,050.394 1,080.93 952.902 1,191.52 Brazil 1,020,126 1,627.879 626.66 1,476.788 690.77 Argentina 445,953 699.063 637.93 634.180 703.20 Sweden 74,019 24.749 2,990.78 22.452 3,296.77 Denmark 6,501 0.615 10,569.19 0.558 11,650.54 United Kingdom 12,456 2.205 5,647.12 2.001 6,224.89 Belgium 52,885 46.186 1,145.02 41.900 1,262.17 France 1,015,300 1,340.272 757.53 1,215.875 835.04 Federal Republic of Germany 2,352,630 2,024.547 1,162.05 1,836.639 1,280.94 Austria 233,019 84.392 2,761.12 76.560 3,043.61 Slovakia 2,192 0.540 4,058.26 0.490 4,473.47 Switzerland 1,599,317 655.068 2,441.45 594.268 2,691.24 Russia 10,126 15.241 664.36 13.827 732.34 Ukraine 530,325 852.678 621.95 773.537 685.58 Spain 980,436 688.806 1,423.38 624.875 1,569.01 Italy 1,205,733 1,286.826 936.98 1,167.390 1,032.85 Romania 497,646 529.970 939.01 480.781 1,035.08 Turkey 942,894 10.690 88,201.62 9.698 97,225.61 Israel 59,846 5.511 10,858.28 5.000 11,969.20 India 800,164 1,255.050 637.56 1,138.563 702.78 China 1,312,300 1,568.434 836.69 1,422.860 922.30 Korea, South 3,202,102 5,185.334 617.53 4,704.058 680.71 Taiwan 78,711 73.097 1,076.79 66.313 1,186.96 Japan 1,560,206 1,053.422 1,481.08 955.649 1,632.61 Australia 266,914 353.605 754.83 320.786 832.06 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 44,034,336 46,204.304 953.04 41,915.852 1,050.54 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 72,913 82.323 885.68 74.683 976.30 Mexico 740,792 546.294 1,356.03 495.590 1,494.77 Brazil 312,441 305.388 1,023.09 277.044 1,127.77 Argentina 273,741 182.532 1,499.68 165.591 1,653.12 United Kingdom 96,394 39.683 2,429.09 36.000 2,677.61 Netherlands 126,607 104.156 1,215.55 94.489 1,339.91 France 836,913 1,011.795 827.16 917.886 911.78 Federal Republic of Germany 560,222 526.033 1,064.99 477.210 1,173.95 Austria 23,861 14.869 1,604.74 13.489 1,768.92 Slovakia 934,378 1,118.945 835.05 1,015.091 920.49 Poland 253,870 466.406 544.31 423.117 600.00 Italy 540,908 515.468 1,049.35 467.625 1,156.71 Romania 381,219 445.778 855.17 404.404 942.67 India 219,576 359.371 611.00 326.016 673.51 China 55,091 27.676 1,990.51 25.108 2,194.16 Korea, South 93,593 161.049 581.14 146.102 640.60 Taiwan 6,652 0.701 9,488.36 0.636 10,459.12 Japan 265,008 212.609 1,246.46 192.876 1,373.98 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,794,179 6,121.085 946.59 5,552.957 1,043.44 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 1,095,910 485.985 2,255.02 440.879 2,485.74 Mexico 328,574 199.921 1,643.51 181.366 1,811.66 Guatemala 92,875 237.518 391.02 215.473 431.03 Federal Republic of Germany 22,138 0.267 82,647.17 0.243 91,102.88 Italy 4,612 0.111 41,425.12 0.101 45,663.37 India 125,241 130.902 956.75 118.753 1,054.63 Vietnam 16,888 21.865 772.36 19.836 851.38 China 22,935 18.959 1,209.67 17.200 1,333.43 Korea, South 3,316 0.846 3,916.96 0.768 4,317.71 Taiwan 3,800 27.677 137.29 25.109 151.34 Japan 179,801 69.412 2,590.33 62.970 2,855.34 Australia 3,135 1.728 1,813.79 1.568 1,999.36 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,899,225 1,195.198 1,589.05 1,084.266 1,751.62 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 29,855,324 31,587.967 945.15 28,656.130 1,041.85 Mexico 5,285,379 3,959.917 1,334.72 3,592.378 1,471.28 Brazil 165,955 344.645 481.52 312.657 530.79 Argentina 453,155 1,007.281 449.88 913.791 495.91 United Kingdom 24,104 33.892 711.18 30.747 783.95 France 28,866 23.038 1,252.96 20.900 1,381.15 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Federal Republic of Germany 112,772 80.280 1,404.73 72.829 1,548.45 Austria 247,742 208.149 1,190.21 188.830 1,311.98 Estonia 2,499 2.579 968.83 2.340 1,067.95 Italy 5,689 2.957 1,923.58 2.683 2,120.39 Greece 926,889 2,049.756 452.19 1,859.508 498.46 Turkey 2,233,762 4,640.711 481.34 4,209.984 530.59 India 301,785 503.784 599.04 457.026 660.32 Korea, South 5,038,433 8,309.762 606.33 7,538.492 668.36 Australia 72,218 115.904 623.08 105.147 686.83 Sao Tome and Principe 7,073 7.456 948.63 6.764 1,045.68 South Africa 15,889 48.678 326.41 44.160 359.81 CATEGORY TOTAL 44,777,534 52,926.763 846.03 48,014.366 932.59 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 122,808 140.135 876.35 127.129 966.01 Mexico 100,804 93.859 1,073.99 85.148 1,183.87 Korea, South 263,085 559.759 470.00 507.805 518.08 Japan 197,996 446.305 443.63 404.882 489.02 CATEGORY TOTAL 684,693 1,240.060 552.14 1,124.964 608.64 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 22,052,883 24,601.860 896.39 22,318.439 988.10 Mexico 7,331,255 9,478.158 773.49 8,598.443 852.63 Honduras 46,550 5.503 8,457.73 4.993 9,323.05 Dominican Republic 364,257 338.073 1,077.45 306.695 1,187.68 Trinidad and Tobago 34,706 33.008 1,051.42 29.945 1,158.99 Colombia 31,651 21.309 1,485.27 19.332 1,637.23 Venezuela 1,711,668 2,245.275 762.34 2,036.880 840.34 Ecuador 64,005 83.756 764.18 75.983 842.36 Chile 327,533 387.519 845.20 351.552 931.68 Brazil 1,596,335 2,439.661 654.33 2,213.224 721.27 Argentina 271,911 501.189 542.53 454.672 598.04 Sweden 189,007 81.665 2,314.40 74.086 2,551.18 United Kingdom 673,192 607.858 1,107.48 551.440 1,220.79 Netherlands 36,515 39.467 925.20 35.804 1,019.86 Belgium 595,991 508.363 1,172.37 461.180 1,292.32 Luxembourg 477,426 448.444 1,064.63 406.822 1,173.55 France 1,572,957 1,238.956 1,269.58 1,123.963 1,399.47 Federal Republic of Germany 1,189,212 933.936 1,273.33 847.253 1,403.61 Austria 386,342 97.992 3,942.58 88.897 4,345.95 Czech Republic 19,595 20.024 978.55 18.166 1,078.66 Switzerland 3,927 0.034 114,919.85 0.031 126,677.42 Poland 888,476 985.439 901.60 893.976 993.85 Belarus 216,137 241.861 893.64 219.413 985.07 Spain 11,740 12.147 966.46 11.020 1,065.34 Italy 754,991 599.923 1,258.48 544.242 1,387.23 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Greece 751,973 858.701 875.71 779.001 965.30 Turkey 127,869 182.550 700.46 165.607 772.12 Israel 223,091 306.447 727.99 278.005 802.47 Bahrain 17,351 22.659 765.74 20.556 844.08 India 397,310 574.867 691.13 521.511 761.84 Thailand 214,675 226.686 947.01 205.647 1,043.90 Indonesia 62,943 19.138 3,288.85 17.362 3,625.33 China 7,320,619 12,468.006 587.15 11,310.788 647.22 Korea, South 1,851,161 2,216.461 835.19 2,010.741 920.64 Taiwan 621,562 773.396 803.68 701.614 885.90 Japan 3,016,283 3,644.649 827.59 3,306.371 912.26 Australia 136,930 212.903 643.15 193.143 708.96 Egypt 538,352 768.665 700.37 697.322 772.03 South Africa 1,509,785 2,258.409 668.52 2,048.795 736.91 CATEGORY TOTAL 57,638,166 70,484.977 817.74 63,942.914 901.40 BLACK PLATE...........................28 Canada 18,131 25.848 701.44 23.449 773.21 Venezuela 138,114 233.629 591.17 211.945 651.65 Belgium 265,346 433.538 612.05 393.300 674.67 France 402,736 678.803 593.30 615.800 654.00 Federal Republic of Germany 190,944 190.235 1,003.72 172.579 1,106.42 Taiwan 422,000 706.531 597.28 640.955 658.39 Japan 2,548,317 4,290.247 593.98 3,892.048 654.75 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,985,588 6,558.834 607.67 5,950.076 669.84 TIN PLATE.............................29 Canada 5,777,590 9,297.167 621.44 8,434.251 685.02 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 4,317,204 7,959.608 542.39 7,220.837 597.88 Belgium 273,226 457.073 597.77 414.650 658.93 France 4,778,768 8,244.650 579.62 7,479.423 638.92 Federal Republic of Germany 6,222,424 10,759.873 578.30 9,761.196 637.47 Korea, South 92,512 166.239 556.50 150.810 613.43 Japan 683,908 817.456 836.63 741.584 922.23 CATEGORY TOTAL 24,825,237 41,617.391 596.51 37,754.673 657.54 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A Canada 1,844,978 3,017.060 611.52 2,737.032 674.08 Netherlands 518,672 959.062 540.81 870.047 596.14 France 1,634,195 2,288.095 714.22 2,075.726 787.29 Federal Republic of Germany 907,755 1,493.610 607.76 1,354.981 669.94 Taiwan 9,668 14.022 689.46 12.721 760.00 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 1,058,296 1,869.688 566.03 1,696.153 623.94 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,973,564 9,641.539 619.57 8,746.660 682.95 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 18,474,175 32,087.373 575.75 29,109.184 634.65 Mexico 27,868,733 45,507.963 612.39 41,284.142 675.05 Venezuela 3,661,910 6,949.708 526.92 6,304.671 580.82 Brazil 65,524 119.644 547.65 108.540 603.69 Sweden 139,595 107.995 1,292.60 97.972 1,424.85 Finland 72,490 114.727 631.85 104.079 696.49 Netherlands 7,768,084 17,268.118 449.85 15,665.378 495.88 Belgium 1,554,216 3,177.290 489.16 2,882.390 539.21 France 6,143,309 10,751.539 571.39 9,753.635 629.85 Federal Republic of Germany 130,242 249.282 522.47 226.145 575.92 Austria 999,520 2,238.793 446.45 2,031.000 492.13 Russia 64,926,833 132,306.156 490.73 120,026.160 540.94 Serbia and Montenegro 5,267,074 9,929.948 530.42 9,008.300 584.69 Romania 1,358,649 2,542.678 534.34 2,306.680 589.01 Bulgaria 1,260,572 3,018.403 417.63 2,738.250 460.36 Turkey 2,310,924 4,447.010 519.66 4,034.261 572.82 India 11,687 20.155 579.83 18.285 639.16 Thailand 11,659,519 22,083.189 527.98 20,033.538 582.00 Malaysia 3,094,240 5,599.761 552.57 5,080.020 609.10 Philippines 151,937 202.838 749.05 184.012 825.69 Korea, South 46,066,491 97,689.429 471.56 88,622.385 519.81 Taiwan 197,940 327.579 604.25 297.175 666.07 Japan 163,397 323.869 504.51 293.810 556.13 New Zealand 5,125,956 9,258.034 553.68 8,398.750 610.32 Egypt 9,482,992 23,179.163 409.12 21,027.789 450.97 South Africa 499,379 1,096.490 455.43 994.720 502.03 CATEGORY TOTAL 218,455,388 430,597.146 507.33 390,631.271 559.24 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 17,067,009 24,825.161 687.49 22,521.014 757.83 Mexico 11,173,138 16,820.165 664.27 15,259.002 732.23 El Salvador 1,537,448 2,337.632 657.69 2,120.665 724.98 Venezuela 667,997 1,164.255 573.75 1,056.195 632.46 Brazil 3,149,406 5,495.494 573.09 4,985.430 631.72 Argentina 3,096,662 5,357.208 578.04 4,859.979 637.18 Sweden 270,400 480.338 562.94 435.756 620.53 United Kingdom 2,022 4.721 428.28 4.283 472.10 Netherlands 3,511,594 5,882.987 596.91 5,336.958 657.98 Belgium 9,771,915 18,633.663 524.42 16,904.180 578.08 Luxembourg 1,553,364 2,758.544 563.11 2,502.510 620.72 France 609,176 1,075.546 566.39 975.720 624.33 Federal Republic of Germany 765,526 2,113.515 362.20 1,917.350 399.26 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Poland 2,562 5.982 428.27 5.427 472.08 Russia 21,159,863 36,930.846 572.96 33,503.110 631.58 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 10,125,517 17,693.424 572.28 16,051.209 630.83 Korea, South 3,454,704 6,291.800 549.08 5,707.827 605.26 Taiwan 21,981,063 39,801.112 552.27 36,106.972 608.78 Japan 1,773,433 3,035.384 584.25 2,753.655 644.03 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 CATEGORY TOTAL 125,936,313 215,721.736 583.79 195,699.523 643.52 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 20,808,372 34,278.652 607.04 31,097.079 669.14 Mexico 18,110,104 19,481.382 929.61 17,673.218 1,024.72 Colombia 874,883 1,573.788 555.91 1,427.717 612.78 Venezuela 138,969 176.173 788.82 159.822 869.52 Brazil 17,072,636 24,692.554 691.41 22,400.715 762.15 Argentina 5,139,222 7,249.304 708.93 6,576.460 781.46 Sweden 90,482 92.041 983.05 83.499 1,083.63 Netherlands 3,041,685 4,451.774 683.25 4,038.583 753.16 Belgium 860,222 1,487.083 578.46 1,349.060 637.65 Federal Republic of Germany 543,440 1,330.428 408.47 1,206.945 450.26 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 272,143 480.156 566.78 435.591 624.77 Turkey 3,633,911 5,344.342 679.95 4,848.307 749.52 India 36,372,495 53,375.881 681.44 48,421.799 751.16 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 17,227,166 26,412.976 652.22 23,961.456 718.95 Korea, South 10,365,203 14,269.257 726.40 12,944.856 800.72 Taiwan 46,665,277 60,947.312 765.67 55,290.487 844.00 Japan 212,810 336.428 632.56 305.203 697.27 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 205,789,861 291,485.931 706.00 264,431.664 778.23 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 64,391 76.684 839.69 69.567 925.60 Mexico 4,896 5.996 816.47 5.440 900.00 Brazil 98,111 136.708 717.67 124.020 791.09 Argentina 1,084,601 1,718.153 631.26 1,558.683 695.84 United Kingdom 30,501 33.069 922.33 30.000 1,016.70 Belgium 644,733 973.098 662.56 882.780 730.34 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Federal Republic of Germany 1,439,075 2,481.867 579.84 2,251.513 639.16 Spain 439,292 575.392 763.47 521.987 841.58 Thailand 5,943 7.390 804.09 6.705 886.35 Taiwan 1,135,939 1,706.506 665.65 1,548.117 733.76 Japan 187,144 241.277 775.64 218.883 855.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,134,626 7,956.144 645.37 7,217.695 711.39 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 Canada 8,363,565 10,503.234 796.28 9,528.377 877.75 Mexico 13,078,512 14,182.555 922.15 12,866.202 1,016.50 Brazil 5,064,284 7,747.792 653.64 7,028.681 720.52 United Kingdom 391,065 765.676 510.74 694.610 563.00 Belgium 276,895 261.535 1,058.73 237.261 1,167.05 Luxembourg 1,080,107 1,895.721 569.76 1,719.770 628.05 France 62,595 19.861 3,151.58 18.018 3,474.03 Federal Republic of Germany 294,469 142.467 2,066.93 129.244 2,278.40 China 2,639 2.030 1,299.71 1.842 1,432.68 Korea, South 2,794,293 3,883.916 719.45 3,523.431 793.06 Taiwan 16,077,059 21,007.374 765.31 19,057.575 843.60 Japan 1,113,561 800.106 1,391.77 725.845 1,534.16 Australia 179,294 70.271 2,551.46 63.749 2,812.50 CATEGORY TOTAL 48,778,338 61,282.544 795.96 55,594.605 877.39 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 3,192,932 5,665.621 563.56 5,139.767 621.22 Mexico 511,178 664.559 769.20 602.878 847.90 United Kingdom 21,648 72.361 299.17 65.645 329.77 Federal Republic of Germany 436,326 801.828 544.16 727.407 599.84 China 9,181 17.189 534.11 15.594 588.75 Japan 8,791 14.813 593.43 13.439 654.14 Australia 177,753 281.255 632.00 255.151 696.66 Egypt 244,323 343.310 711.67 311.446 784.48 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,602,132 7,860.940 585.44 7,131.327 645.34 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 2,499,628 3,157.584 791.63 2,864.513 872.62 Mexico 564,560 562.625 1,003.44 510.405 1,106.10 Chile 144,063 161.796 890.40 146.779 981.50 Brazil 308,995 362.512 852.37 328.866 939.58 Sweden 722,875 223.331 3,236.78 202.603 3,567.94 United Kingdom 864,522 456.180 1,895.13 413.840 2,089.02 France 232,804 69.251 3,361.71 62.824 3,705.65 Federal Republic of Germany 1,979,951 1,493.640 1,325.59 1,355.008 1,461.21 Austria 593,545 110.015 5,395.13 99.804 5,947.11 Switzerland 77,914 42.227 1,845.11 38.308 2,033.88 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Italy 53,750 25.438 2,112.98 23.077 2,329.16 India 438,398 626.136 700.16 568.022 771.80 China 91,119 92.669 983.27 84.068 1,083.87 Korea, South 1,108,986 1,338.183 828.72 1,213.980 913.51 Taiwan 40,677 29.815 1,364.30 27.048 1,503.88 Japan 532,290 548.120 971.12 497.247 1,070.47 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,254,077 9,299.527 1,102.64 8,436.392 1,215.46 GRAND TOTAL 1,768,352,724 3,133,895.211 564.27 2,843,022.714 622.00 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A United Kingdom 74,765 29.382 2,544.58 26.655 2,804.91 Italy 2,456,936 1,588.167 1,547.03 1,440.762 1,705.30 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,531,701 1,617.549 1,565.15 1,467.417 1,725.28 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 31,621 8.944 3,535.38 8.114 3,897.09 Sweden 5,836,366 2,524.511 2,311.88 2,290.199 2,548.41 United Kingdom 7,677,970 3,599.308 2,133.18 3,265.239 2,351.43 Federal Republic of Germany 101,438 15.671 6,472.75 14.217 7,134.98 Spain 2,925,464 1,145.788 2,553.23 1,039.442 2,814.46 Italy 1,389,307 818.129 1,698.15 742.195 1,871.89 China 79,521 29.151 2,727.83 26.446 3,006.92 Taiwan 4,661 3.211 1,451.56 2.913 1,600.07 Japan 21,119 2.814 7,504.44 2.553 8,272.23 CATEGORY TOTAL 18,067,467 8,147.531 2,217.54 7,391.318 2,444.42 WIRE RODS..............................3 Sweden 472,279 214.261 2,204.22 194.375 2,429.73 United Kingdom 1,832,381 767.109 2,388.68 695.910 2,633.07 France 430,310 216.640 1,986.29 196.533 2,189.51 Federal Republic of Germany 171,075 64.300 2,660.58 58.332 2,932.78 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 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 7,972,569 3,720.196 2,143.05 3,374.906 2,362.31 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Italy 949,266 244.218 3,886.96 221.551 4,284.64 India 88,164 36.505 2,415.11 33.117 2,662.20 Korea, South 4,166 1.457 2,858.80 1.322 3,151.29 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,041,596 282.180 3,691.24 255.990 4,068.89 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 39,314 17.095 2,299.64 15.509 2,534.92 Sweden 207,300 59.970 3,456.72 54.404 3,810.38 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Finland 47,719 21.446 2,225.02 19.456 2,452.66 United Kingdom 6,000 2.826 2,122.90 2.564 2,340.09 Netherlands 3,636 1.112 3,269.10 1.009 3,603.57 Belgium 3,188,903 1,191.864 2,675.56 1,081.242 2,949.30 France 786,293 267.558 2,938.77 242.725 3,239.44 Federal Republic of Germany 1,220,290 605.848 2,014.18 549.617 2,220.26 Austria 100,411 28.329 3,544.41 25.700 3,907.04 Italy 288,569 102.859 2,805.46 93.313 3,092.48 Korea, South 301,699 120.919 2,495.05 109.696 2,750.32 Taiwan 34,003 7.616 4,464.11 6.910 4,920.84 Japan 534,753 246.303 2,171.11 223.443 2,393.24 South Africa 538,645 430.875 1,250.12 390.884 1,378.02 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,297,535 3,104.628 2,350.53 2,816.472 2,591.02 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Brazil 41,299 43.144 957.23 39.140 1,055.16 Sweden 1,553,660 454.659 3,417.20 412.460 3,766.81 Netherlands 8,082 9.784 826.03 8.876 910.55 Belgium 1,068,961 459.998 2,323.83 417.304 2,561.59 Federal Republic of Germany 3,128,177 1,416.278 2,208.73 1,284.827 2,434.71 China 10,750 6.015 1,787.11 5.457 1,969.95 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,810,929 2,389.880 2,431.47 2,168.064 2,680.24 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 68,802 12.479 5,513.31 11.321 6,077.38 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 Sweden 92,619 6.954 13,317.89 6.309 14,680.46 United Kingdom 377,606 175.959 2,145.98 159.628 2,365.54 Netherlands 58,401 20.265 2,881.72 18.385 3,176.56 France 170,676 20.956 8,144.48 19.011 8,977.75 Federal Republic of Germany 403,391 216.497 1,863.26 196.403 2,053.89 Austria 445,202 144.239 3,086.54 130.852 3,402.33 Spain 101,899 54.757 1,860.92 49.675 2,051.31 Portugal 221,993 68.659 3,233.24 62.287 3,564.03 Italy 1,971,394 639.781 3,081.36 580.400 3,396.61 India 351,920 116.895 3,010.55 106.046 3,318.56 China 93,957 27.050 3,473.37 24.540 3,828.73 Taiwan 358,242 152.252 2,352.95 138.121 2,593.68 Japan 51,569 0.965 53,404.82 0.876 58,868.72 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,012,459 1,791.397 2,798.07 1,625.129 3,084.35 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 7,615 0.690 11,035.49 0.626 12,164.54 United Kingdom 149,806 100.163 1,495.61 90.867 1,648.63 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE France 69,069 11.252 6,138.16 10.208 6,766.16 Italy 1,465,971 498.737 2,939.37 452.447 3,240.09 India 1,164,986 470.911 2,473.89 427.204 2,727.00 China 75,495 34.647 2,178.92 31.432 2,401.85 Japan 2,332 0.041 55,672.51 0.038 61,368.42 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,935,274 1,116.444 2,629.13 1,012.822 2,898.11 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 43,449 7.026 6,183.92 6.374 6,816.60 Brazil 26,788 14.347 1,867.06 13.016 2,058.08 Sweden 146,103 45.214 3,231.32 41.018 3,561.92 United Kingdom 540,509 222.041 2,434.27 201.433 2,683.32 France 2,119,082 633.903 3,342.91 575.068 3,684.92 Federal Republic of Germany 1,813,191 662.357 2,737.48 600.881 3,017.55 Austria 444,062 154.663 2,871.16 140.308 3,164.91 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 Portugal 22,605 5.309 4,257.20 4.817 4,692.75 Italy 4,831,549 1,410.011 3,426.60 1,279.141 3,777.18 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 1,460,050 757.221 1,928.17 686.940 2,125.44 China 465,152 153.948 3,021.47 139.660 3,330.60 Korea, South 157,038 50.370 3,117.68 45.695 3,436.66 Taiwan 3,649,850 1,275.858 2,860.70 1,157.440 3,153.38 Japan 142,478 37.112 3,839.07 33.668 4,231.85 CATEGORY TOTAL 18,370,845 5,959.577 3,082.58 5,406.439 3,397.96 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D Canada 9,058,808 1,714.460 5,283.77 1,555.333 5,824.35 Mexico 92,917 21.693 4,283.18 19.680 4,721.39 Brazil 46,090 15.749 2,926.38 14.288 3,225.78 Sweden 983,254 163.668 6,007.58 148.478 6,622.22 Finland 319,083 109.166 2,922.91 99.034 3,221.95 Denmark 12,173 0.804 15,127.62 0.730 16,675.34 United Kingdom 251,881 44.749 5,628.70 40.596 6,204.58 Ireland 23,872 3.099 7,701.39 2.812 8,489.33 Netherlands 122,257 82.330 1,484.95 74.689 1,636.88 Belgium 58,466 8.435 6,930.55 7.653 7,639.62 France 3,621,381 694.242 5,216.31 629.806 5,749.99 Federal Republic of Germany 2,000,155 341.564 5,855.87 309.862 6,454.99 Austria 582,162 104.922 5,548.50 95.184 6,116.17 Czech Republic 1,845,517 161.303 11,441.28 146.332 12,611.85 Switzerland 77,894 6.427 12,118.72 5.831 13,358.60 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Spain 5,797,045 971.477 5,967.24 881.310 6,577.76 Italy 1,382,899 453.483 3,049.51 411.393 3,361.50 India 236,462 42.936 5,507.30 38.951 6,070.76 Thailand 320,096 112.135 2,854.54 101.728 3,146.59 Malaysia 487,346 189.688 2,569.18 172.083 2,832.04 Singapore 333,446 117.148 2,846.36 106.275 3,137.58 China 5,247,652 1,493.436 3,513.81 1,354.823 3,873.31 Korea, South 5,337,385 1,603.197 3,329.21 1,454.397 3,669.83 Taiwan 5,175,739 1,640.990 3,154.03 1,488.682 3,476.73 Japan 1,610,295 531.326 3,030.71 482.011 3,340.78 New Zealand 16,957 18.312 925.97 16.613 1,020.71 Cook Islands 225,658 18.024 12,519.18 16.352 13,800.02 South Africa 158,502 66.596 2,380.05 60.415 2,623.55 CATEGORY TOTAL 45,425,392 10,731.373 4,232.95 9,735.341 4,666.03 WIRE DRAWN............................23 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 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Brazil 49,484 51.318 964.26 46.555 1,062.91 Sweden 54,139 23.760 2,278.55 21.555 2,511.67 Finland 78,222 40.609 1,926.22 36.840 2,123.29 Belgium 253,633 116.439 2,178.24 105.632 2,401.10 Italy 222,911 100.880 2,209.66 91.517 2,435.73 Japan 392,581 403.493 972.96 366.043 1,072.50 South Africa 3,859,356 1,810.945 2,131.13 1,642.863 2,349.16 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 4,910,326 2,547.446 1,927.55 2,311.005 2,124.76 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 543,021 254.335 2,135.06 230.729 2,353.50 Mexico 19,365,751 9,843.306 1,967.40 8,929.700 2,168.69 Brazil 921,749 465.623 1,979.60 422.407 2,182.13 Argentina 2,904 0.451 6,425.52 0.410 7,082.93 Sweden 338,264 74.457 4,543.03 67.547 5,007.83 Finland 2,791,834 1,073.024 2,601.84 973.432 2,868.03 United Kingdom 74,809 17.578 4,255.70 15.947 4,691.10 Netherlands 52,760 6.362 8,292.29 5.772 9,140.68 Belgium 2,433,320 1,033.234 2,355.05 937.335 2,596.00 France 3,236,556 2,171.539 1,490.44 1,969.988 1,642.93 Federal Republic of Germany 7,159,062 3,268.453 2,190.35 2,965.092 2,414.45 Switzerland 25,341 2.975 8,517.59 2.699 9,389.03 Spain 154,918 137.523 1,126.49 124.759 1,241.74 Italy 3,378,766 1,747.586 1,933.39 1,585.384 2,131.20 Thailand 396,291 178.012 2,226.20 161.490 2,453.97 Malaysia 30,096 19.032 1,581.30 17.266 1,743.08 China 12,367,671 5,947.708 2,079.40 5,395.672 2,292.15 Korea, South 3,399,549 1,703.812 1,995.26 1,545.673 2,199.40 Taiwan 6,797,023 2,391.073 2,842.67 2,169.146 3,133.50 Japan 601,263 509.544 1,180.00 462.251 1,300.73 South Africa 1,249,648 578.129 2,161.54 524.470 2,382.69 CATEGORY TOTAL 65,320,596 31,423.765 2,078.70 28,507.169 2,291.37 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 9,057 2.819 3,212.03 2.558 3,540.66 Finland 603,354 274.517 2,197.87 249.038 2,422.74 Federal Republic of Germany 6,792 1.194 5,684.13 1.084 6,265.68 Slovenia 362,128 153.693 2,356.18 139.428 2,597.24 China 44,010 19.841 2,218.07 18.000 2,445.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,025,341 452.066 2,268.12 410.108 2,500.17 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 457,545 171.083 2,674.40 155.204 2,948.02 Mexico 1,679,036 768.106 2,185.94 696.815 2,409.59 Sweden 1,611,997 252.029 6,396.08 228.637 7,050.46 Finland 2,338,510 984.039 2,376.44 892.706 2,619.57 United Kingdom 162,287 41.063 3,952.12 37.252 4,356.46 Ireland 16,972 5.196 3,266.17 4.714 3,600.34 Belgium 300,365 101.504 2,959.14 92.083 3,261.89 France 817,846 314.489 2,600.55 285.300 2,866.62 Federal Republic of Germany 532,226 101.411 5,248.18 91.999 5,785.13 Austria 99,132 25.616 3,869.83 23.239 4,265.76 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Spain 26,696 14.409 1,852.68 13.072 2,042.23 Italy 11,452 2.996 3,822.33 2.718 4,213.39 India 93,980 27.621 3,402.40 25.058 3,750.50 Indonesia 92,442 36.388 2,540.43 33.011 2,800.34 China 38,022 13.203 2,879.70 11.978 3,174.32 Korea, South 9,280 1.205 7,695.32 1.094 8,482.63 Taiwan 211,808 123.898 1,709.53 112.399 1,884.43 Japan 2,120,382 332.617 6,374.83 301.746 7,027.04 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,619,978 3,316.881 3,201.80 3,009.025 3,529.38 GRAND TOTAL 208,289,099 79,936.883 2,605.67 72,517.541 2,872.26