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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 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 111,867 121.345 921.89 110.083 1,016.21 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 8,789,189 20,108.258 437.09 18,241.910 481.81 WIRE RODS..............................3 28,559,306 47,337.398 603.31 42,943.778 665.04 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 10,081,947 16,618.596 606.67 15,076.141 668.74 STEEL PILING...........................5 827,992 1,112.640 744.17 1,009.371 820.30 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 15,798,108 20,752.504 761.26 18,826.361 839.15 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 14,764,818 24,623.872 599.61 22,338.408 660.96 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 106,136 98.370 1,078.94 89.240 1,189.33 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 42,959,994 71,204.987 603.33 64,596.096 665.06 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 7,760,839 14,444.330 537.29 13,103.680 592.26 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 35,149 46.054 763.20 41.780 841.29 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 6,804,925 6,345.693 1,072.37 5,756.718 1,182.08 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,262,706 1,069.418 1,180.74 970.160 1,301.54 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 25,054,744 28,433.701 881.16 25,794.627 971.32 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,503,040 2,931.198 853.93 2,659.139 941.30 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 6,884,071 10,585.763 650.31 9,603.246 716.85 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 195,889 237.797 823.77 215.726 908.05 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 782,555 791.386 988.84 717.934 1,090.01 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 13,071,682 11,776.564 1,109.97 10,683.523 1,223.54 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 72,913 82.323 885.68 74.683 976.30 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 9,058,808 1,714.460 5,283.77 1,555.333 5,824.35 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 3,025,610 1,183.661 2,556.14 1,073.800 2,817.67 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 30,550,485 32,214.901 948.33 29,224.875 1,045.36 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 122,808 140.135 876.35 127.129 966.01 WIRE DRAWN............................23 23,027,171 25,426.843 905.62 23,066.851 998.28 BLACK PLATE...........................28 18,131 25.848 701.44 23.449 773.21 TIN PLATE.............................29 5,777,590 9,297.167 621.44 8,434.251 685.02 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 1,844,978 3,017.060 611.52 2,737.032 674.08 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 20,320,594 35,422.758 573.66 32,134.995 632.35 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 22,303,203 31,443.502 709.31 28,525.074 781.88 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 27,748,787 45,936.805 604.06 41,673.180 665.87 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,128,747 1,026.781 1,099.31 931.481 1,211.78 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 8,363,565 10,503.234 796.28 9,528.377 877.75 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 3,437,518 6,157.339 558.28 5,585.846 615.40 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 3,015,460 3,410.257 884.23 3,093.734 974.70 COUNTRY TOTAL 346,171,325 485,642.965 712.81 440,568.012 785.74 Mexico INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 622,533 985.537 631.67 894.065 696.30 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 98,217,076 226,717.055 433.21 205,674.311 477.54 WIRE RODS..............................3 2,990,084 5,668.047 527.53 5,141.968 581.51 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,375,127 4,185.534 567.46 3,797.054 625.52 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 35,134 66.597 527.56 60.416 581.53 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,953,764 3,300.178 592.02 2,993.872 652.59 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 5,524,950 9,744.407 566.99 8,839.980 625.00 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 2,534,268 4,888.116 518.45 4,434.426 571.50 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 10,172,666 23,000.572 442.28 20,865.774 487.53 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 22,572 24.999 902.90 22.679 995.28 TOOL STEEL............................17 70,778 44.212 1,600.86 40.109 1,764.64 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 4,231,929 4,862.226 870.37 4,410.939 959.42 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,206,916 1,742.349 1,266.63 1,580.633 1,396.22 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,379,756 2,862.288 831.42 2,596.625 916.48 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 1,030,511 1,308.566 787.51 1,187.112 868.08 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 13,266,196 15,647.305 847.83 14,195.001 934.57 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 743,173 547.044 1,358.52 496.271 1,497.51 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 92,917 21.693 4,283.18 19.680 4,721.39 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 332,074 201.299 1,649.65 182.616 1,818.43 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 5,287,503 3,962.259 1,334.47 3,594.502 1,471.00 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 100,804 93.859 1,073.99 85.148 1,183.87 WIRE DRAWN............................23 9,216,598 11,188.866 823.73 10,150.372 908.01 TIN PLATE.............................29 8,804 9.903 889.01 8.984 979.96 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 27,868,733 45,507.963 612.39 41,284.142 675.05 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 30,538,889 26,663.472 1,145.35 24,188.702 1,262.53 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 18,110,104 19,481.382 929.61 17,673.218 1,024.72 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 4,896 5.996 816.47 5.440 900.00 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 13,078,512 14,182.555 922.15 12,866.202 1,016.50 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 511,178 664.559 769.20 602.878 847.90 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,285,850 1,411.611 1,619.32 1,280.593 1,784.99 COUNTRY TOTAL 255,814,295 428,990.463 596.32 389,173.712 657.33 Guatemala STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,238,602 1,268.384 976.52 1,150.659 1,076.43 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 92,875 237.518 391.02 215.473 431.03 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,331,477 1,505.902 884.17 1,366.132 974.63 El Salvador SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,537,448 2,337.632 657.69 2,120.665 724.98 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,537,448 2,337.632 657.69 2,120.665 724.98 Honduras WIRE DRAWN............................23 46,550 5.503 8,457.73 4.993 9,323.05 COUNTRY TOTAL 46,550 5.503 8,457.73 4.993 9,323.05 Costa Rica BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 2,196,155 5,383.245 407.96 4,883.600 449.70 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 50,084 43.409 1,153.77 39.380 1,271.81 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 2,246,239 5,426.655 413.93 4,922.980 456.28 Dominican Republic BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 85,550 159.835 535.24 145.000 590.00 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 1,632,575 3,692.059 442.19 3,349.381 487.43 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 32,030 85.853 373.08 77.885 411.25 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 275,901 505.294 546.02 458.396 601.88 WIRE DRAWN............................23 364,257 338.073 1,077.45 306.695 1,187.68 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,692 9.708 380.30 8.807 419.21 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,394,005 4,790.824 499.71 4,346.164 550.83 Trinidad and Tobago WIRE RODS..............................3 15,755,462 31,754.416 496.17 28,807.130 546.93 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 196,487 111.884 1,756.16 101.500 1,935.83 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,003,561 207.828 4,828.79 188.539 5,322.83 WIRE DRAWN............................23 34,706 33.008 1,051.42 29.945 1,158.99 COUNTRY TOTAL 16,990,216 32,107.138 529.17 29,127.114 583.31 Colombia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 213,390 275.213 775.36 249.670 854.69 TOOL STEEL............................17 104,090 15.329 6,790.03 13.907 7,484.72 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 5,608,635 4,041.700 1,387.69 3,666.570 1,529.67 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,912,236 3,232.497 900.92 2,932.473 993.10 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 40,691 82.340 494.18 74.698 544.74 WIRE DRAWN............................23 31,651 21.309 1,485.27 19.332 1,637.23 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 874,883 1,573.788 555.91 1,427.717 612.78 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,785,576 9,242.179 1,058.80 8,384.367 1,167.12 Venezuela WIRE RODS..............................3 1,393,028 2,880.739 483.57 2,613.364 533.04 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 555,993 1,046.769 531.15 949.614 585.49 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 2,513,151 6,362.371 395.00 5,771.848 435.42 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,141,364 3,732.593 573.69 3,386.153 632.39 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 3,041,287 4,814.170 631.74 4,367.343 696.37 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 42,648 100.960 422.42 91.590 465.64 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 566,914 1,426.880 397.31 1,294.445 437.96 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 5,374 12.471 430.90 11.314 474.99 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,163,903 2,073.803 1,043.45 1,881.323 1,150.20 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,726,680 2,265.655 762.11 2,055.369 840.08 BLACK PLATE...........................28 138,114 233.629 591.17 211.945 651.65 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 3,661,910 6,949.708 526.92 6,304.671 580.82 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 667,997 1,164.255 573.75 1,056.195 632.46 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 138,969 176.173 788.82 159.822 869.52 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 18,757,332 33,240.183 564.30 30,154.996 622.03 Ecuador WIRE DRAWN............................23 64,005 83.756 764.18 75.983 842.36 COUNTRY TOTAL 64,005 83.756 764.18 75.983 842.36 Peru STANDARD PIPE.........................18 15,745 1.252 12,573.62 1.136 13,860.04 COUNTRY TOTAL 15,745 1.252 12,573.62 1.136 13,860.04 Chile STANDARD PIPE.........................18 697,373 1,317.105 529.47 1,194.858 583.65 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 42,068 75.771 555.19 68.739 612.00 WIRE DRAWN............................23 327,533 387.519 845.20 351.552 931.68 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 144,063 161.796 890.40 146.779 981.50 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,211,037 1,942.192 623.54 1,761.928 687.34 Brazil BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 51,060,932 154,372.977 330.76 140,044.849 364.60 WIRE RODS..............................3 6,213,672 15,132.873 410.61 13,728.316 452.62 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 793,580 1,911.205 415.22 1,733.817 457.71 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 44,481 19.047 2,335.21 17.280 2,574.13 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 531,226 937.735 566.50 850.700 624.46 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 37,673 58.903 639.58 53.436 705.01 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 110,525 62.562 1,766.63 56.756 1,947.37 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 537,927 1,179.978 455.88 1,070.459 502.52 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 57,134 125.900 453.80 114.215 500.23 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 92,485 62.071 1,489.98 56.310 1,642.43 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,196,586 1,120.265 1,960.77 1,016.288 2,161.38 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 98,691 141.406 697.92 128.282 769.33 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 3,579,125 4,192.104 853.78 3,803.014 941.13 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 2,003,885 3,140.668 638.04 2,849.167 703.32 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 239,184 455.268 525.37 413.013 579.12 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 1,089,649 2,556.120 426.29 2,318.874 469.90 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,040,156 1,645.210 632.23 1,492.510 696.92 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 312,441 305.388 1,023.09 277.044 1,127.77 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 46,090 15.749 2,926.38 14.288 3,225.78 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 165,955 344.645 481.52 312.657 530.79 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,596,335 2,439.661 654.33 2,213.224 721.27 TIN PLATE.............................29 2,462,291 3,601.837 683.62 3,267.533 753.56 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 115,008 170.962 672.71 155.095 741.53 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 4,071,155 5,961.118 682.95 5,407.837 752.83 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 17,328,825 25,085.870 690.78 22,757.525 761.45 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 98,111 136.708 717.67 124.020 791.09 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 5,064,284 7,747.792 653.64 7,028.681 720.52 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 316,743 367.884 860.99 333.739 949.07 COUNTRY TOTAL 101,304,149 233,291.919 434.24 211,638.929 478.67 Argentina WIRE RODS..............................3 2,232,467 4,456.686 500.93 4,043.039 552.18 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,953,219 3,834.877 509.33 3,478.943 561.44 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 795,451 784.534 1,013.91 711.718 1,117.65 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 467,254 553.678 843.91 502.289 930.25 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 786,182 1,494.633 526.00 1,355.909 579.82 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 3,065,435 4,017.642 762.99 3,644.745 841.06 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 525,896 305.326 1,722.40 276.988 1,898.62 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 453,155 1,007.281 449.88 913.791 495.91 WIRE DRAWN............................23 271,911 501.189 542.53 454.672 598.04 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,349,541 5,780.440 579.46 5,243.929 638.75 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 5,139,222 7,249.304 708.93 6,576.460 781.46 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,084,601 1,718.153 631.26 1,558.683 695.84 COUNTRY TOTAL 20,124,334 31,703.749 634.76 28,761.166 699.71 Sweden BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 5,836,366 2,524.511 2,311.88 2,290.199 2,548.41 WIRE RODS..............................3 472,279 214.261 2,204.22 194.375 2,429.73 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,694,675 2,952.306 912.74 2,678.288 1,006.12 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,735,863 773.922 2,242.94 702.091 2,472.42 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,064,427 543.501 1,958.46 493.056 2,158.84 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 178,730 66.339 2,694.18 60.182 2,969.82 TOOL STEEL............................17 871,128 340.615 2,557.51 309.001 2,819.18 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 6,250 1.248 5,004.33 1.133 5,516.33 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 683,424 528.822 1,292.35 479.740 1,424.57 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 272,379 273.017 997.66 247.677 1,099.73 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 983,254 163.668 6,007.58 148.478 6,622.22 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,485,471 349.928 4,245.07 317.450 4,679.39 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,439,723 4,256.351 573.20 3,861.298 631.84 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,077,704 1,213.657 887.98 1,101.012 978.83 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 90,482 92.041 983.05 83.499 1,083.63 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 713,773 862.693 827.38 782.623 912.03 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,613,272 557.125 4,690.63 505.416 5,170.54 COUNTRY TOTAL 23,219,200 15,714.014 1,477.61 14,255.518 1,628.79 Norway STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 854,416 1,674.331 510.30 1,518.928 562.51 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 103,056 207.196 497.38 187.966 548.27 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 5,190 5.740 904.05 5.208 996.54 COUNTRY TOTAL 962,662 1,887.268 510.08 1,712.102 562.27 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Finland BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 2,123,553 5,503.728 385.84 4,992.900 425.31 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 895,152 1,174.071 762.43 1,065.100 840.44 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 23,071 0.400 57,657.48 0.363 63,556.47 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 319,083 109.166 2,922.91 99.034 3,221.95 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 900,860 297.916 3,023.87 270.265 3,333.25 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 150,712 155.336 970.23 140.919 1,069.49 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,791,834 1,073.024 2,601.84 973.432 2,868.03 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 195,073 229.819 848.81 208.489 935.65 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 603,354 274.517 2,197.87 249.038 2,422.74 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,338,510 984.039 2,376.44 892.706 2,619.57 COUNTRY TOTAL 10,341,202 9,802.020 1,055.01 8,892.246 1,162.95 Denmark LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 106,665 66.133 1,612.88 59.995 1,777.90 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 6,501 0.615 10,569.19 0.558 11,650.54 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 12,173 0.804 15,127.62 0.730 16,675.34 WIRE DRAWN............................23 40,833 7.532 5,421.20 6.833 5,975.85 COUNTRY TOTAL 166,172 75.085 2,213.12 68.116 2,439.54 United Kingdom INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 74,765 29.382 2,544.58 26.655 2,804.91 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 8,077,898 4,544.462 1,777.53 4,122.668 1,959.39 WIRE RODS..............................3 4,956,861 8,540.394 580.40 7,747.718 639.78 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 5,335,531 9,983.489 534.44 9,056.872 589.11 STEEL PILING...........................5 112,612 282.859 398.12 256.606 438.85 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 691,038 763.345 905.27 692.496 997.89 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 13,174,741 18,593.031 708.58 16,867.319 781.08 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 149,806 100.163 1,495.61 90.867 1,648.63 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 4,276,393 3,247.702 1,316.74 2,946.267 1,451.46 TOOL STEEL............................17 4,431,164 486.294 9,112.10 441.159 10,044.37 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 151,134 93.179 1,621.97 84.531 1,787.91 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,705,102 1,903.975 895.55 1,727.258 987.17 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 1,993,264 3,046.065 654.37 2,763.345 721.32 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 316,375 504.211 627.47 457.413 691.66 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 436,110 273.517 1,594.45 248.131 1,757.58 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 96,394 39.683 2,429.09 36.000 2,677.61 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 251,881 44.749 5,628.70 40.596 6,204.58 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 38,176 9.424 4,050.61 8.550 4,465.03 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 65,834 451.429 145.83 409.530 160.76 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,298,616 729.898 1,779.17 662.153 1,961.20 TIN PLATE.............................29 208,510 303.581 686.83 275.405 757.10 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 132,937 137.626 965.92 124.853 1,064.75 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 599,781 633.445 946.86 574.652 1,043.73 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 30,501 33.069 922.33 30.000 1,016.70 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 391,065 765.676 510.74 694.610 563.00 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 647,488 682.372 948.88 619.038 1,045.96 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 21,648 72.361 299.17 65.645 329.77 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,031,315 499.866 2,063.18 453.471 2,274.27 COUNTRY TOTAL 50,696,940 56,795.260 892.63 51,523.808 983.95 Ireland STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 23,872 3.099 7,701.39 2.812 8,489.33 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 16,972 5.196 3,266.17 4.714 3,600.34 COUNTRY TOTAL 40,844 8.295 4,923.34 7.526 5,427.05 Netherlands BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 338,515 320.722 1,055.48 290.955 1,163.46 WIRE RODS..............................3 487,796 746.102 653.79 676.853 720.68 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 3,636 1.112 3,269.10 1.009 3,603.57 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 4,063,921 7,225.859 562.41 6,555.191 619.95 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 679,575 247.333 2,747.61 224.377 3,028.72 TOOL STEEL............................17 494,601 507.861 973.89 460.724 1,073.53 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 375,010 409.497 915.78 371.490 1,009.48 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 126,607 104.156 1,215.55 94.489 1,339.91 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 122,257 82.330 1,484.95 74.689 1,636.88 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 20,693 4.739 4,365.67 4.300 4,812.33 WIRE DRAWN............................23 65,991 41.398 1,594.05 37.556 1,757.14 TIN PLATE.............................29 4,317,204 7,959.608 542.39 7,220.837 597.88 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 518,672 959.062 540.81 870.047 596.14 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 8,093,674 17,974.255 450.29 16,305.975 496.36 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,989,035 6,664.279 598.57 6,045.734 659.81 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 3,184,913 4,657.079 683.89 4,224.833 753.86 COUNTRY TOTAL 26,882,100 47,905.398 561.15 43,459.059 618.56 Belgium BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 154,058 238.176 646.82 216.070 713.00 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 6,227,417 4,375.002 1,423.41 3,968.937 1,569.04 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,484,604 1,312.261 1,131.33 1,190.464 1,247.08 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 2,011 1.356 1,482.01 1.231 1,633.63 TOOL STEEL............................17 68,784 22.597 3,043.89 20.500 3,355.32 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 31,498 22.074 1,426.87 20.026 1,572.86 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 52,885 46.186 1,145.02 41.900 1,262.17 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 58,466 8.435 6,930.55 7.653 7,639.62 WIRE DRAWN............................23 662,094 513.437 1,289.53 465.783 1,421.46 BLACK PLATE...........................28 265,346 433.538 612.05 393.300 674.67 TIN PLATE.............................29 273,226 457.073 597.77 414.650 658.93 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,813,542 3,296.182 550.19 2,990.247 606.49 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 12,217,428 19,672.189 621.05 17,846.315 684.59 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 860,222 1,487.083 578.46 1,349.060 637.65 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 644,733 973.098 662.56 882.780 730.34 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 276,895 261.535 1,058.73 237.261 1,167.05 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 337,322 118.038 2,857.72 107.083 3,150.10 COUNTRY TOTAL 25,430,531 33,238.270 765.10 30,153.260 843.38 Luxembourg WIRE RODS..............................3 171,196 290.277 589.77 263.335 650.11 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 5,231,450 7,916.658 660.82 7,181.874 728.42 STEEL PILING...........................5 7,547,209 11,711.508 644.43 10,624.505 710.36 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 285,788 377.630 756.79 342.581 834.22 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 160,264 211.562 757.53 191.926 835.03 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 1,703,820 4,420.932 385.40 4,010.604 424.83 WIRE DRAWN............................23 477,426 448.444 1,064.63 406.822 1,173.55 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,553,364 2,758.544 563.11 2,502.510 620.72 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 1,080,107 1,895.721 569.76 1,719.770 628.05 COUNTRY TOTAL 18,210,624 30,031.280 606.39 27,243.927 668.43 France WIRE RODS..............................3 444,799 219.980 2,021.99 199.563 2,228.87 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 97,194 35.482 2,739.23 32.189 3,019.48 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,882,173 1,497.442 1,924.73 1,358.457 2,121.65 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,631,398 2,637.099 618.63 2,392.337 681.93 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,326,074 1,232.565 1,075.86 1,118.165 1,185.94 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 69,069 11.252 6,138.16 10.208 6,766.16 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 3,424,545 1,991.618 1,719.48 1,806.766 1,895.40 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,562,370 1,244.665 1,255.25 1,129.142 1,383.68 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 219,223 385.064 569.31 349.325 627.56 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 867,837 1,015.828 854.31 921.544 941.72 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 310,673 505.129 615.04 458.246 677.96 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,460,157 1,696.857 860.51 1,539.364 948.55 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 2,088,623 2,117.264 986.47 1,920.751 1,087.40 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 3,621,381 694.242 5,216.31 629.806 5,749.99 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 28,866 23.038 1,252.96 20.900 1,381.15 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,134,901 1,346.715 1,585.27 1,221.720 1,747.46 BLACK PLATE...........................28 402,736 678.803 593.30 615.800 654.00 TIN PLATE.............................29 4,778,768 8,244.650 579.62 7,479.423 638.92 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 1,634,195 2,288.095 714.22 2,075.726 787.29 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 6,931,538 11,912.650 581.86 10,806.978 641.39 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 4,924,375 4,989.091 987.03 4,526.029 1,088.01 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 65,200 96.706 674.20 87.731 743.18 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 62,595 19.861 3,151.58 18.018 3,474.03 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 242,745 216.152 1,123.03 196.090 1,237.93 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,731,083 554.992 4,920.94 503.481 5,424.40 COUNTRY TOTAL 43,942,518 45,655.251 962.49 41,417.759 1,060.96 Federal Republic of Germany IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 3,617 0.104 34,539.88 0.095 38,073.68 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 7,825,006 22,913.785 341.50 20,787.042 376.44 WIRE RODS..............................3 4,859,824 8,263.654 588.10 7,496.663 648.26 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,706,236 3,623.023 746.96 3,286.753 823.38 STEEL PILING...........................5 2,770,133 5,563.958 497.87 5,047.540 548.81 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 3,069,913 3,043.487 1,008.68 2,761.006 1,111.88 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 6,026,611 6,316.811 954.06 5,730.517 1,051.67 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 86,471 79.450 1,088.37 72.076 1,199.72 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 3,439,107 4,868.758 706.36 4,416.865 778.63 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 22,220,277 31,772.838 699.35 28,823.842 770.90 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 7,248,796 5,747.535 1,261.20 5,214.078 1,390.24 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,909,536 2,619.227 1,110.84 2,376.124 1,224.49 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,106,373 2,025.718 1,039.82 1,837.701 1,146.20 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 7,811,099 9,579.457 815.40 8,690.340 898.83 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 1,397,436 2,240.024 623.85 2,032.117 687.67 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 680,153 798.241 852.06 724.153 939.24 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 2,131,923 3,262.038 653.56 2,959.272 720.42 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 4,344,785 3,502.314 1,240.55 3,177.247 1,367.47 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 2,411,854 2,008.539 1,200.80 1,822.117 1,323.65 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 2,000,155 341.564 5,855.87 309.862 6,454.99 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 116,784 60.341 1,935.38 54.741 2,133.39 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 147,642 101.045 1,461.14 91.667 1,610.63 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,952,487 1,057.829 1,845.75 959.647 2,034.59 BLACK PLATE...........................28 190,944 190.235 1,003.72 172.579 1,106.42 TIN PLATE.............................29 6,222,424 10,759.873 578.30 9,761.196 637.47 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 907,755 1,493.610 607.76 1,354.981 669.94 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 346,981 550.069 630.79 499.015 695.33 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 8,925,789 6,798.306 1,312.94 6,167.322 1,447.27 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 4,732,538 11,866.978 398.80 10,765.545 439.60 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 2,804,625 4,628.962 605.89 4,199.325 667.88 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 294,469 142.467 2,066.93 129.244 2,278.40 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 1,820,808 2,309.910 788.26 2,095.516 868.91 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 520,001 901.934 576.54 818.221 635.53 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 5,485,079 3,656.867 1,499.94 3,317.455 1,653.40 COUNTRY TOTAL 120,517,631 163,088.967 738.97 147,951.864 814.57 Austria BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 30,000 43.261 693.46 39.246 764.41 WIRE RODS..............................3 27,024 18.786 1,438.47 17.043 1,585.64 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 35,886 8.962 4,003.84 8.131 4,413.48 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 513,472 775.963 661.72 703.942 729.42 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 561,484 809.301 693.79 734.186 764.77 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 654,908 225.193 2,908.20 204.292 3,205.74 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 197,340 53.312 3,701.59 48.364 4,080.31 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 682,666 317.020 2,153.38 287.596 2,373.70 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,511,434 732.364 3,429.21 664.390 3,780.06 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 10,920,573 12,566.456 869.03 11,400.101 957.94 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 239,893 250.526 957.55 227.274 1,055.52 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 233,019 84.392 2,761.12 76.560 3,043.61 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 23,861 14.869 1,604.74 13.489 1,768.92 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 582,162 104.922 5,548.50 95.184 6,116.17 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 247,742 208.149 1,190.21 188.830 1,311.98 WIRE DRAWN............................23 538,856 129.917 4,147.69 117.859 4,572.04 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,370,381 2,891.471 473.94 2,623.100 522.43 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 452,165 508.100 889.91 460.941 980.96 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,267,353 229.117 5,531.45 207.852 6,097.38 COUNTRY TOTAL 21,090,219 19,972.089 1,055.98 18,118.380 1,164.02 Czech Republic RAILS STANDARD.........................7 38,511 76.024 506.56 68.968 558.39 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 127,507 217.948 585.03 197.720 644.89 TOOL STEEL............................17 3,843 0.529 7,263.15 0.480 8,006.25 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 354,346 563.634 628.68 511.321 693.00 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,845,517 161.303 11,441.28 146.332 12,611.85 WIRE DRAWN............................23 35,715 38.014 939.51 34.486 1,035.64 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,405,439 1,057.454 2,274.74 959.307 2,507.48 Slovakia LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 585,367 1,045.987 559.63 948.904 616.89 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,192 0.540 4,058.26 0.490 4,473.47 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 934,378 1,118.945 835.05 1,015.091 920.49 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,521,937 2,165.473 702.82 1,964.485 774.73 Hungary PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 2,457 0.966 2,541.57 0.877 2,801.60 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,457 0.966 2,541.57 0.877 2,801.60 Switzerland BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 20,744 15.580 1,331.45 14.134 1,467.67 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 21,785 31.950 681.84 28.985 751.60 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 664,829 168.939 3,935.32 153.259 4,337.94 TOOL STEEL............................17 99,054 49.607 1,996.76 45.003 2,201.05 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 40,641 9.557 4,252.47 8.670 4,687.54 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,660,969 691.131 2,403.26 626.984 2,649.14 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 77,894 6.427 12,118.72 5.831 13,358.60 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 2,273 0.895 2,539.45 0.812 2,799.26 WIRE DRAWN............................23 206,390 44.710 4,616.11 40.561 5,088.39 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 25,341 2.975 8,517.59 2.699 9,389.03 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 77,914 42.227 1,845.11 38.308 2,033.88 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,897,834 1,064.001 2,723.52 965.246 3,002.17 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Estonia STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 4,946 5.104 968.89 4.631 1,068.02 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 135,918 145.600 933.50 132.087 1,029.00 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 2,499 2.579 968.83 2.340 1,067.95 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 6,744,774 9,898.040 681.43 8,979.354 751.14 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,888,137 10,051.325 685.30 9,118.412 755.41 Latvia BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,255,711 5,782.546 390.09 5,245.839 430.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 448,550 164.422 2,728.03 149.162 3,007.13 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,704,261 5,946.968 454.73 5,395.001 501.25 Poland BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 4,429,474 13,388.515 330.84 12,145.860 364.69 WIRE RODS..............................3 6,901,121 15,897.066 434.11 14,421.580 478.53 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 175,335 326.524 536.97 296.218 591.91 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 34,599 66.910 517.10 60.700 570.00 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 29,120 11.519 2,527.96 10.450 2,786.60 TOOL STEEL............................17 47,828 36.797 1,299.77 33.382 1,432.75 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 253,870 466.406 544.31 423.117 600.00 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,056,833 1,144.128 923.70 1,037.936 1,018.21 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,562 5.982 428.27 5.427 472.08 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 40,247 43.221 931.18 39.210 1,026.45 COUNTRY TOTAL 12,970,989 31,387.071 413.26 28,473.880 455.54 Russia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 71,801,288 160,699.917 446.80 145,784.554 492.52 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 19,548,150 40,435.357 483.44 36,682.350 532.90 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 90,268 104.588 863.08 94.881 951.38 TOOL STEEL............................17 337,523 201.859 1,672.07 183.124 1,843.14 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 131,357 197.636 664.64 179.293 732.64 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 120,342 225.839 532.87 204.878 587.38 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 10,126 15.241 664.36 13.827 732.34 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 69,643,570 142,191.461 489.79 128,993.960 539.90 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 21,159,863 36,930.846 572.96 33,503.110 631.58 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 869,898 886.772 980.97 804.467 1,081.33 COUNTRY TOTAL 183,712,385 381,889.521 481.06 346,444.444 530.28 Belarus BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,407,276 5,896.812 408.23 5,349.500 450.00 WIRE DRAWN............................23 216,137 241.861 893.64 219.413 985.07 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,623,413 6,138.674 427.36 5,568.913 471.08 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Ukraine PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 22,237,996 41,024.001 542.07 37,216.359 597.53 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 394,810 899.148 439.09 815.694 484.02 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 4,918,505 2,939.921 1,673.01 2,667.053 1,844.17 TOOL STEEL............................17 250,525 57.322 4,370.46 52.002 4,817.60 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,258,713 3,577.462 631.37 3,245.420 695.97 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 4,043,861 4,818.894 839.17 4,371.629 925.02 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 344,371 545.408 631.40 494.786 696.00 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 31,230 55.244 565.30 50.117 623.14 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 530,325 852.678 621.95 773.537 685.58 COUNTRY TOTAL 35,010,336 54,770.082 639.22 49,686.597 704.62 Kazakhstan SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 5,213,251 7,796.426 668.67 7,072.801 737.08 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,213,251 7,796.426 668.67 7,072.801 737.08 Spain BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 2,925,464 1,145.788 2,553.23 1,039.442 2,814.46 WIRE RODS..............................3 6,029,325 11,746.612 513.28 10,656.351 565.80 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 659,554 1,404.133 469.72 1,273.809 517.78 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 212,084 330.492 641.72 299.818 707.38 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 1,430,507 2,015.047 709.91 1,828.021 782.54 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 624,997 572.760 1,091.20 519.600 1,202.84 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,341,043 1,604.673 835.71 1,455.736 921.21 TOOL STEEL............................17 340,567 230.572 1,477.05 209.172 1,628.17 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,109,795 1,063.614 1,043.42 964.895 1,150.17 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 3,313,296 3,187.529 1,039.46 2,891.679 1,145.80 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,380,246 1,048.407 1,316.52 951.100 1,451.21 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 5,797,045 971.477 5,967.24 881.310 6,577.76 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 4,762 3.874 1,229.02 3.515 1,354.77 WIRE DRAWN............................23 487,700 117.754 4,141.67 106.825 4,565.41 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 154,918 137.523 1,126.49 124.759 1,241.74 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 3,283,263 5,817.825 564.35 5,277.844 622.08 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 439,292 575.392 763.47 521.987 841.58 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 26,696 14.409 1,852.68 13.072 2,042.23 COUNTRY TOTAL 29,560,554 31,987.891 924.12 29,018.935 1,018.66 Portugal BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 221,993 68.659 3,233.24 62.287 3,564.03 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 22,605 5.309 4,257.20 4.817 4,692.75 COUNTRY TOTAL 244,598 73.969 3,306.74 67.104 3,645.06 Italy IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 2,456,936 1,588.167 1,547.03 1,440.762 1,705.30 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 1,468,708 844.632 1,738.87 766.238 1,916.78 WIRE RODS..............................3 3,273,792 5,798.455 564.60 5,260.272 622.36 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,591,042 1,134.963 1,401.84 1,029.622 1,545.27 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 881,150 1,172.884 751.27 1,064.023 828.13 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,102,642 885.979 2,373.24 803.747 2,616.05 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 1,470,603 505.847 2,907.21 458.897 3,204.65 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 2,019,909 5,365.223 376.48 4,867.250 415.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 5,014,443 1,640.739 3,056.21 1,488.454 3,368.89 TOOL STEEL............................17 100,207 144.391 693.99 130.990 765.00 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 417,643 243.124 1,717.81 220.559 1,893.57 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 993,789 1,109.656 895.58 1,006.664 987.21 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 3,386,157 4,068.892 832.21 3,691.238 917.35 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,407,691 1,474.290 954.83 1,337.454 1,052.52 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 993,393 766.425 1,296.14 695.290 1,428.75 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,382,899 453.483 3,049.51 411.393 3,361.50 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 6,630 0.194 34,174.07 0.176 37,670.45 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 333,745 132.756 2,513.96 120.435 2,771.16 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,847,277 2,398.570 1,187.07 2,175.947 1,308.52 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 222,911 100.880 2,209.66 91.517 2,435.73 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,378,766 1,747.586 1,933.39 1,585.384 2,131.20 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 11,123 9.589 1,159.97 8.699 1,278.65 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 65,202 28.434 2,293.09 25.795 2,527.70 COUNTRY TOTAL 35,826,658 31,615.167 1,133.21 28,680.806 1,249.15 Slovenia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 189,785 120.042 1,580.98 108.901 1,742.73 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,502,226 882.981 1,701.31 801.028 1,875.37 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 362,128 153.693 2,356.18 139.428 2,597.24 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,054,139 1,156.717 1,775.83 1,049.357 1,957.52 Serbia and Montenegro PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 7,288,385 13,718.326 531.29 12,445.060 585.64 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 5,267,074 9,929.948 530.42 9,008.300 584.69 COUNTRY TOTAL 12,555,459 23,648.274 530.92 21,453.360 585.24 Greece LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 3,452,000 6,194.307 557.29 5,619.383 614.30 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 926,889 2,049.756 452.19 1,859.508 498.46 WIRE DRAWN............................23 751,973 858.701 875.71 779.001 965.30 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,130,862 9,102.765 563.66 8,257.892 621.33 Romania PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 12,502,062 22,516.670 555.24 20,426.786 612.04 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,096,683 3,895.500 538.23 3,533.940 593.30 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 2,729,646 6,686.486 408.23 6,065.880 450.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 72,255 25.764 2,804.46 23.373 3,091.39 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 4,312,023 6,835.803 630.80 6,201.338 695.34 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 3,097,045 4,048.813 764.93 3,673.023 843.19 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 345,873 544.040 635.75 493.545 700.79 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 5,402,567 8,233.567 656.16 7,469.369 723.30 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,091,873 1,749.373 624.15 1,587.005 688.01 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 381,219 445.778 855.17 404.404 942.67 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,358,649 2,542.678 534.34 2,306.680 589.01 COUNTRY TOTAL 33,389,895 57,524.477 580.45 52,185.343 639.83 Bulgaria PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 731,785 1,776.098 412.02 1,611.250 454.17 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 12,559,254 30,026.579 418.27 27,239.662 461.06 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,260,572 3,018.403 417.63 2,738.250 460.36 COUNTRY TOTAL 14,551,611 34,821.080 417.90 31,589.162 460.65 Turkey BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 9,506,795 31,395.411 302.81 28,481.446 333.79 WIRE RODS..............................3 10,172,879 22,169.011 458.88 20,111.395 505.83 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 165,255 343.772 480.71 311.865 529.89 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 101,131 201.769 501.22 183.042 552.50 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 839,866 1,617.817 519.14 1,467.660 572.25 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 5,279,899 10,102.641 522.63 9,164.965 576.10 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 578,299 1,223.866 472.52 1,110.273 520.86 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 38,750,930 81,695.924 474.33 74,113.317 522.86 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 308,252 568.695 542.03 515.912 597.49 TOOL STEEL............................17 5,910 7.558 781.90 6.857 861.89 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 6,169,005 9,794.527 629.84 8,885.448 694.28 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 51,779 82.673 626.31 75.000 690.39 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 72,724 118.608 613.14 107.600 675.87 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 942,894 10.690 88,201.62 9.698 97,225.61 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 2,233,762 4,640.711 481.34 4,209.984 530.59 WIRE DRAWN............................23 456,411 485.939 939.23 440.837 1,035.33 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,310,924 4,447.010 519.66 4,034.261 572.82 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 3,633,911 5,344.342 679.95 4,848.307 749.52 COUNTRY TOTAL 81,580,626 174,250.971 468.18 158,077.867 516.08 Israel MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 59,846 5.511 10,858.28 5.000 11,969.20 WIRE DRAWN............................23 244,335 317.570 769.39 288.095 848.11 COUNTRY TOTAL 304,181 323.081 941.50 293.095 1,037.82 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Saudi Arabia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 74,153 38.213 1,940.48 34.667 2,139.01 COUNTRY TOTAL 74,153 38.213 1,940.48 34.667 2,139.01 United Arab Emirates BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 49,569 18.726 2,647.06 16.988 2,917.88 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,337,194 1,806.812 740.08 1,639.113 815.80 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,386,763 1,825.538 759.65 1,656.101 837.37 Oman STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,515,076 3,878.039 648.54 3,518.099 714.90 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,515,076 3,878.039 648.54 3,518.099 714.90 Bahrain WIRE DRAWN............................23 17,351 22.659 765.74 20.556 844.08 COUNTRY TOTAL 17,351 22.659 765.74 20.556 844.08 India INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 5,000 0.275 18,143.70 0.250 20,000.00 WIRE RODS..............................3 105,993 41.758 2,538.22 37.883 2,797.90 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 88,164 36.505 2,415.11 33.117 2,662.20 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 35,793 44.323 807.53 40.210 890.15 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 632,584 520.416 1,215.53 472.114 1,339.90 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 1,164,986 470.911 2,473.89 427.204 2,727.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,460,050 757.221 1,928.17 686.940 2,125.44 TOOL STEEL............................17 73,897 52.475 1,408.22 47.605 1,552.29 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 6,097,940 8,986.514 678.57 8,152.431 747.99 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 3,059,358 3,838.727 796.97 3,482.436 878.51 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 900,465 1,327.924 678.10 1,204.673 747.48 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 189,594 334.543 566.72 303.493 624.71 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 800,164 1,255.050 637.56 1,138.563 702.78 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 219,576 359.371 611.00 326.016 673.51 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 236,462 42.936 5,507.30 38.951 6,070.76 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 125,241 130.902 956.75 118.753 1,054.63 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 301,785 503.784 599.04 457.026 660.32 WIRE DRAWN............................23 3,329,944 1,737.812 1,916.17 1,576.517 2,112.22 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 11,687 20.155 579.83 18.285 639.16 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 36,372,495 53,375.881 681.44 48,421.799 751.16 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 532,378 653.758 814.33 593.080 897.65 COUNTRY TOTAL 55,743,556 74,491.251 748.32 67,577.346 824.89 Thailand PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 5,830,696 11,043.368 527.98 10,018.378 582.00 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 1,742,643 3,775.757 461.53 3,425.311 508.75 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 11,365 16.093 706.18 14.600 778.42 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 9,851,086 17,105.948 575.89 15,518.260 634.81 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 320,096 112.135 2,854.54 101.728 3,146.59 WIRE DRAWN............................23 351,319 311.734 1,126.98 282.801 1,242.28 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 11,659,519 22,083.189 527.98 20,033.538 582.00 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 7,054,167 11,884.301 593.57 10,781.260 654.30 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 5,943 7.390 804.09 6.705 886.35 COUNTRY TOTAL 36,826,834 66,339.921 555.12 60,182.581 611.92 Vietnam PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 16,888 21.865 772.36 19.836 851.38 WIRE DRAWN............................23 258,147 33.962 7,601.01 30.810 8,378.68 COUNTRY TOTAL 275,035 55.827 4,926.50 50.646 5,430.54 Malaysia PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,876,718 5,206.104 552.57 4,722.900 609.10 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 487,346 189.688 2,569.18 172.083 2,832.04 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 3,094,240 5,599.761 552.57 5,080.020 609.10 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 30,096 19.032 1,581.30 17.266 1,743.08 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 2,012,831 3,180.790 632.81 2,885.565 697.55 COUNTRY TOTAL 8,501,231 14,195.378 598.87 12,877.834 660.14 Singapore STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 333,446 117.148 2,846.36 106.275 3,137.58 COUNTRY TOTAL 333,446 117.148 2,846.36 106.275 3,137.58 Indonesia OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,491,506 1,890.507 788.94 1,715.040 869.66 WIRE DRAWN............................23 62,943 19.138 3,288.85 17.362 3,625.33 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,030,529 2,097.525 491.31 1,902.844 541.57 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 5,931,987 8,855.813 669.84 8,033.861 738.37 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 92,442 36.388 2,540.43 33.011 2,800.34 COUNTRY TOTAL 8,609,407 12,899.373 667.43 11,702.118 735.71 Philippines STANDARD PIPE.........................18 6,101,897 11,055.506 551.93 10,029.390 608.40 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 151,937 202.838 749.05 184.012 825.69 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,253,834 11,258.345 555.48 10,213.402 612.32 China INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 5,057 10.761 469.90 9.763 517.98 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 104,261 87.737 1,188.33 79.594 1,309.91 WIRE RODS..............................3 53,609,514 125,098.111 428.54 113,487.130 472.38 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,247 1.661 1,352.65 1.507 1,491.04 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,390 1.275 1,873.96 1.157 2,065.69 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 4,000,386 6,351.593 629.82 5,762.070 694.26 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 13,273 16.093 824.73 14.600 909.11 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 191,640 95.147 2,014.14 86.316 2,220.21 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 176,675 257.711 685.55 233.792 755.69 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 71,925 112.523 639.20 102.080 704.59 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 609,774 448.725 1,358.90 407.077 1,497.93 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,998,037 767.791 2,602.32 696.529 2,868.56 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 28,096,749 49,689.702 565.44 45,077.753 623.30 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 9,323,152 12,632.218 738.05 11,459.759 813.56 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 84,607 98.934 855.18 89.752 942.68 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,458,251 4,822.826 509.71 4,375.196 561.86 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 1,299,290 2,837.918 457.83 2,574.517 504.67 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,564,179 1,992.073 785.20 1,807.179 865.54 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 77,033 28.855 2,669.64 26.177 2,942.77 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 5,247,652 1,493.436 3,513.81 1,354.823 3,873.31 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 22,935 18.959 1,209.67 17.200 1,333.43 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 76,758 39.533 1,941.60 35.864 2,140.25 WIRE DRAWN............................23 8,180,091 12,875.919 635.30 11,680.841 700.30 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 22,493,188 23,641.132 951.44 21,446.881 1,048.79 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 17,227,166 26,412.976 652.22 23,961.456 718.95 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 2,639 2.030 1,299.71 1.842 1,432.68 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 23,641 27.072 873.24 24.560 962.58 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 53,191 37.031 1,436.39 33.594 1,583.35 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 129,141 105.872 1,219.78 96.046 1,344.57 COUNTRY TOTAL 157,144,842 270,005.628 582.01 244,945.055 641.55 Korea, South WIRE RODS..............................3 586,941 299.165 1,961.93 271.398 2,162.66 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 121,454 186.717 650.47 169.387 717.02 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 660,645 806.578 819.07 731.716 902.87 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 78,166 128.165 609.88 116.270 672.28 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 64,732 90.322 716.68 81.939 790.00 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 4,668 7.898 591.03 7.165 651.50 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 309,683 367.104 843.58 333.032 929.89 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 202,920 96.964 2,092.72 87.965 2,306.83 TOOL STEEL............................17 167,160 79.991 2,089.72 72.567 2,303.53 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,585,416 2,805.130 565.18 2,544.772 623.01 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 3,083,830 4,067.141 758.23 3,689.650 835.81 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 1,215,951 2,361.347 514.94 2,142.179 567.62 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,988,858 3,780.777 526.04 3,429.865 579.86 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 3,334,682 6,646.210 501.74 6,029.342 553.08 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 3,202,102 5,185.334 617.53 4,704.058 680.71 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 93,593 161.049 581.14 146.102 640.60 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 5,337,385 1,603.197 3,329.21 1,454.397 3,669.83 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 3,316 0.846 3,916.96 0.768 4,317.71 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 5,038,433 8,309.762 606.33 7,538.492 668.36 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 263,085 559.759 470.00 507.805 518.08 WIRE DRAWN............................23 5,720,603 4,565.174 1,253.10 4,141.458 1,381.30 TIN PLATE.............................29 92,512 166.239 556.50 150.810 613.43 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 46,066,491 97,689.429 471.56 88,622.385 519.81 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 6,854,253 7,995.612 857.25 7,253.500 944.96 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 10,365,203 14,269.257 726.40 12,944.856 800.72 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 2,794,293 3,883.916 719.45 3,523.431 793.06 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,118,266 1,339.389 834.91 1,215.074 920.33 COUNTRY TOTAL 100,354,641 167,452.486 599.30 151,910.383 660.62 Hong Kong LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 9,775 16.292 599.98 14.780 661.37 WIRE DRAWN............................23 188,889 57.149 3,305.18 51.845 3,643.34 COUNTRY TOTAL 198,664 73.441 2,705.07 66.625 2,981.82 Taiwan BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 4,661 3.211 1,451.56 2.913 1,600.07 WIRE RODS..............................3 3,016,536 1,351.538 2,231.93 1,226.095 2,460.28 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 34,003 7.616 4,464.11 6.910 4,920.84 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 592,376 248.982 2,379.19 225.873 2,622.61 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 7,619,513 18,334.726 415.58 16,632.989 458.10 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 3,686,207 1,302.131 2,830.90 1,181.274 3,120.54 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,302,963 720.544 1,808.30 653.667 1,993.31 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,501,376 4,054.590 616.92 3,678.264 680.04 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 266,530 438.419 607.93 397.728 670.13 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 2,537,670 4,183.836 606.54 3,795.514 668.60 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 89,274 75.685 1,179.53 68.661 1,300.21 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 6,652 0.701 9,488.36 0.636 10,459.12 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 5,175,739 1,640.990 3,154.03 1,488.682 3,476.73 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 3,800 27.677 137.29 25.109 151.34 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 375,943 126.415 2,973.87 114.682 3,278.13 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,097,406 1,278.847 1,640.08 1,160.151 1,807.87 BLACK PLATE...........................28 422,000 706.531 597.28 640.955 658.39 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 9,668 14.022 689.46 12.721 760.00 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 197,940 327.579 604.25 297.175 666.07 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 28,826,194 42,246.353 682.34 38,325.258 752.15 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 46,665,277 60,947.312 765.67 55,290.487 844.00 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,135,939 1,706.506 665.65 1,548.117 733.76 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 16,077,059 21,007.374 765.31 19,057.575 843.60 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 252,485 153.713 1,642.56 139.447 1,810.62 COUNTRY TOTAL 122,897,211 160,905.310 763.79 145,970.883 841.93 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 21,119 2.814 7,504.44 2.553 8,272.23 WIRE RODS..............................3 4,327,570 9,895.582 437.32 8,977.124 482.07 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 5,321 10.262 518.49 9.310 571.54 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 3,093,675 3,256.083 950.12 2,953.870 1,047.33 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,097,468 2,230.956 491.93 2,023.890 542.26 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 2,676,972 7,127.092 375.61 6,465.591 414.03 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 37,270 71.418 521.85 64.790 575.24 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 8,288,579 14,142.315 586.08 12,829.696 646.05 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 559,039 1,476.652 378.59 1,339.597 417.32 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 10,075,439 23,732.756 424.54 21,530.001 467.97 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 705,338 674.442 1,045.81 611.844 1,152.81 TOOL STEEL............................17 4,082,962 4,885.241 835.77 4,431.818 921.28 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 852,184 982.958 866.96 891.725 955.66 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 14,446,415 6,174.127 2,339.83 5,601.076 2,579.22 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 4,880,697 8,899.266 548.44 8,073.281 604.55 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 6,979 4.400 1,585.98 3.992 1,748.25 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 3,802,989 2,597.847 1,463.90 2,356.728 1,613.67 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 479,307 257.767 1,859.45 233.843 2,049.70 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,610,295 531.326 3,030.71 482.011 3,340.78 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 234,711 91.024 2,578.55 82.576 2,842.36 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 265,742 772.429 344.03 700.736 379.23 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 197,996 446.305 443.63 404.882 489.02 WIRE DRAWN............................23 6,910,923 6,623.910 1,043.33 6,009.112 1,150.07 BLACK PLATE...........................28 2,548,317 4,290.247 593.98 3,892.048 654.75 TIN PLATE.............................29 683,908 817.456 836.63 741.584 922.23 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 1,058,296 1,869.688 566.03 1,696.153 623.94 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,708,531 2,845.758 600.38 2,581.629 661.80 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 7,693,941 12,001.368 641.09 10,887.461 706.68 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 2,226,752 3,324.617 669.78 3,016.043 738.30 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,618,371 2,553.842 633.70 2,316.808 698.53 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 1,113,561 800.106 1,391.77 725.845 1,534.16 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 1,771,139 2,612.692 677.90 2,370.195 747.25 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 8,791 14.813 593.43 13.439 654.14 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,867,242 979.336 2,927.74 888.439 3,227.28 COUNTRY TOTAL 91,957,839 126,996.908 724.10 115,209.690 798.18 Australia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 12,426 31.074 399.88 28.190 440.79 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 387,013 529.405 731.03 480.269 805.83 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 290,983 484.795 600.22 439.799 661.63 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 11,941 20.249 589.69 18.370 650.03 TOOL STEEL............................17 252,448 258.300 977.34 234.326 1,077.34 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 4,020 6.294 638.68 5.710 704.03 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 266,914 353.605 754.83 320.786 832.06 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 3,135 1.728 1,813.79 1.568 1,999.36 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 72,218 115.904 623.08 105.147 686.83 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE WIRE DRAWN............................23 295,557 269.058 1,098.49 244.086 1,210.87 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 179,294 70.271 2,551.46 63.749 2,812.50 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 177,753 281.255 632.00 255.151 696.66 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,953,702 2,421.943 806.67 2,197.151 889.20 New Zealand PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 3,093,129 5,675.689 544.98 5,148.900 600.74 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 16,957 18.312 925.97 16.613 1,020.71 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 5,125,956 9,258.034 553.68 8,398.750 610.32 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 815,175 1,338.723 608.92 1,214.470 671.22 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 120,936 164.222 736.42 148.980 811.76 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,172,153 16,454.982 557.41 14,927.713 614.44 Cook Islands STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 225,658 18.024 12,519.18 16.352 13,800.02 COUNTRY TOTAL 225,658 18.024 12,519.18 16.352 13,800.02 Egypt PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 5,532,766 11,088.163 498.98 10,059.016 550.03 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 9,152,495 6,863.194 1,333.56 6,226.187 1,470.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 25,019 24.152 1,035.87 21.911 1,141.85 WIRE DRAWN............................23 538,352 768.665 700.37 697.322 772.03 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 9,482,992 23,179.163 409.12 21,027.789 450.97 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 244,323 343.310 711.67 311.446 784.48 COUNTRY TOTAL 24,975,947 42,266.650 590.91 38,343.671 651.37 Nigeria PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 6,000 3.076 1,950.24 2.791 2,149.77 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,000 3.076 1,950.24 2.791 2,149.77 Sao Tome and Principe STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 7,073 7.456 948.63 6.764 1,045.68 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,073 7.456 948.63 6.764 1,045.68 South Africa BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 2,223,598 5,752.696 386.53 5,218.760 426.08 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,448,812 3,232.382 448.22 2,932.369 494.08 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 15,698 14.550 1,078.86 13.200 1,189.24 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 822,283 1,030.477 797.96 934.834 879.60 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,334,362 2,558.109 521.62 2,320.679 574.99 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 93,084 154.829 601.20 140.459 662.71 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 680,478 1,175.225 579.02 1,066.147 638.26 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 128,785 205.670 626.17 186.581 690.24 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 158,502 66.596 2,380.05 60.415 2,623.55 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 15,889 48.678 326.41 44.160 359.81 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,509,785 2,258.409 668.52 2,048.795 736.91 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 4,358,735 2,907.436 1,499.17 2,637.583 1,652.55 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 7,009,582 10,449.541 670.80 9,479.667 739.43 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 3,884,897 5,102.999 761.30 4,629.365 839.19 COUNTRY TOTAL 23,684,490 34,957.604 677.52 31,713.014 746.84 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 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 111,867 121.345 921.89 110.083 1,016.21 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 198,485 217.677 911.83 197.474 1,005.12 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 452,274 800.931 564.69 726.593 622.46 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 10,261,450 12,516.538 819.83 11,354.816 903.71 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 3,058,907 4,839.757 632.04 4,390.555 696.70 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 19,748,064 31,782.776 621.34 28,832.858 684.92 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 201,097 374.571 536.87 339.806 591.80 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,368,439 1,357.327 1,008.19 1,231.347 1,111.33 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,262,706 1,069.418 1,180.74 970.160 1,301.54 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 104,713 24.300 4,309.10 22.045 4,749.97 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,432,178 1,398.414 1,024.14 1,268.621 1,128.93 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 6,882,033 10,581.843 650.36 9,599.690 716.90 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,122,966 1,247.862 899.91 1,132.042 991.98 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 1,929,700 697.675 2,765.90 632.921 3,048.88 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 695,161 626.933 1,108.83 568.745 1,222.27 WIRE DRAWN............................23 806,141 795.977 1,012.77 722.099 1,116.39 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,846,419 3,335.384 553.59 3,025.811 610.22 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 4,693,173 6,364.006 737.46 5,773.331 812.91 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 6,940,415 11,658.153 595.33 10,576.102 656.24 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,064,356 950.097 1,120.26 861.914 1,234.87 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 235,529 488.898 481.75 443.521 531.04 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 58,287 81.589 714.39 74.017 787.48 COUNTRY TOTAL 64,474,360 91,331.482 705.94 82,854.551 778.16 Mexico INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 622,533 985.537 631.67 894.065 696.30 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 4,805,260 8,693.935 552.71 7,887.008 609.26 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 4,072,935 7,224.228 563.79 6,553.712 621.47 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 479,230 831.656 576.24 754.466 635.19 TOOL STEEL............................17 70,778 44.212 1,600.86 40.109 1,764.64 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 52,405 105.162 498.32 95.402 549.31 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 853,680 911.584 936.48 826.976 1,032.29 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 2,381 0.750 3,171.82 0.681 3,496.33 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 3,500 1.377 2,540.12 1.250 2,800.00 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 2,124 2.341 907.18 2.124 1,000.00 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,885,343 1,710.708 1,102.08 1,551.929 1,214.84 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 42,254 80.879 522.43 73.373 575.88 COUNTRY TOTAL 12,892,423 20,592.376 626.08 18,681.095 690.13 Costa Rica SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 50,084 43.409 1,153.77 39.380 1,271.81 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 50,084 43.409 1,153.77 39.380 1,271.81 Dominican Republic SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,692 9.708 380.30 8.807 419.21 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,692 9.708 380.30 8.807 419.21 Trinidad and Tobago TOOL STEEL............................17 1,003,561 207.828 4,828.79 188.539 5,322.83 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,003,561 207.828 4,828.79 188.539 5,322.83 Colombia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 213,390 275.213 775.36 249.670 854.69 TOOL STEEL............................17 104,090 15.329 6,790.03 13.907 7,484.72 COUNTRY TOTAL 317,480 290.543 1,092.71 263.577 1,204.51 Venezuela MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,028,501 1,023.408 1,004.98 928.421 1,107.80 WIRE DRAWN............................23 15,012 20.380 736.58 18.489 811.94 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,043,513 1,043.789 999.74 946.910 1,102.02 Chile MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 42,068 75.771 555.19 68.739 612.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 42,068 75.771 555.19 68.739 612.00 Brazil BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 14,282,231 44,955.515 317.70 40,782.969 350.20 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 106,745 58.648 1,820.08 53.205 2,006.30 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 44,903 27.972 1,605.27 25.376 1,769.51 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,196,586 1,120.265 1,960.77 1,016.288 2,161.38 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 38,622 16.264 2,374.61 14.755 2,617.55 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,632,848 1,708.184 955.90 1,549.639 1,053.70 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 20,030 17.330 1,155.76 15.722 1,274.01 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 256,189 393.315 651.36 356.810 718.00 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 7,748 5.371 1,442.41 4.873 1,589.99 COUNTRY TOTAL 18,585,902 48,302.867 384.78 43,819.637 424.15 Argentina STANDARD PIPE.........................18 687,014 541.219 1,269.38 490.986 1,399.25 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,619,482 3,318.578 789.34 3,010.565 870.10 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 252,155 122.794 2,053.48 111.397 2,263.57 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 249,975 422.780 591.26 383.540 651.76 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 3,808,626 4,405.372 864.54 3,996.488 952.99 Sweden PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,452,310 2,795.704 877.17 2,536.221 966.91 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 182,203 319.263 570.70 289.631 629.09 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 943,952 516.362 1,828.08 468.436 2,015.11 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 30,295 20.069 1,509.48 18.207 1,663.92 TOOL STEEL............................17 871,128 340.615 2,557.51 309.001 2,819.18 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 609,405 504.073 1,208.96 457.288 1,332.65 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 272,379 273.017 997.66 247.677 1,099.73 WIRE DRAWN............................23 196,612 145.952 1,347.09 132.406 1,484.92 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,245,989 4,124.595 544.54 3,741.771 600.25 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 469,040 658.861 711.90 597.709 784.73 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 713,773 862.693 827.38 782.623 912.03 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 278,400 81.765 3,404.88 74.176 3,753.24 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,265,486 10,642.973 870.57 9,655.146 959.64 Norway MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 5,190 5.740 904.05 5.208 996.54 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,190 5.740 904.05 5.208 996.54 Finland BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 284,856 723.501 393.72 656.350 434.00 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 8,349 3.795 2,199.85 3.443 2,424.92 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 900,860 297.916 3,023.87 270.265 3,333.25 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 195,073 229.819 848.81 208.489 935.65 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,389,138 1,255.032 1,106.85 1,138.547 1,220.10 United Kingdom BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 43,047 32.293 1,333.00 29.296 1,469.38 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 3,233,804 6,113.500 528.96 5,546.076 583.08 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 685,038 760.519 900.75 689.932 992.91 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,724,287 3,589.109 759.04 3,255.986 836.70 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,752,246 950.057 1,844.36 861.878 2,033.06 TOOL STEEL............................17 4,431,164 486.294 9,112.10 441.159 10,044.37 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 127,794 88.384 1,445.89 80.181 1,593.82 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 579,731 17.442 33,235.80 15.824 36,636.19 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 423,654 271.311 1,561.50 246.130 1,721.26 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 38,176 9.424 4,050.61 8.550 4,465.03 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 41,730 417.536 99.94 378.783 110.17 WIRE DRAWN............................23 209,610 11.801 17,761.54 10.706 19,578.74 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 132,937 137.626 965.92 124.853 1,064.75 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 522,950 611.145 855.69 554.422 943.23 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 647,488 682.372 948.88 619.038 1,045.96 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 4,506 2.622 1,718.27 2.379 1,894.07 COUNTRY TOTAL 15,598,162 14,181.443 1,099.90 12,865.193 1,212.43 Netherlands BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 338,515 320.722 1,055.48 290.955 1,163.46 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 885,817 658.828 1,344.53 597.679 1,482.09 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 621,174 227.067 2,735.64 205.992 3,015.52 TOOL STEEL............................17 494,601 507.861 973.89 460.724 1,073.53 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 20,693 4.739 4,365.67 4.300 4,812.33 WIRE DRAWN............................23 29,476 1.931 15,262.66 1.752 16,824.20 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 325,590 706.137 461.09 640.597 508.26 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 424,681 774.929 548.03 703.004 604.09 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 143,228 205.305 697.63 186.250 769.01 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,283,775 3,407.522 963.68 3,091.253 1,062.28 Belgium PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,130,143 1,821.506 1,169.44 1,652.443 1,289.09 TOOL STEEL............................17 68,784 22.597 3,043.89 20.500 3,355.32 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 5,693 2.452 2,321.17 2.225 2,558.65 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 12,193 5.291 2,304.44 4.800 2,540.21 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 36,957 16.534 2,235.12 15.000 2,463.80 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,253,770 1,868.381 1,206.27 1,694.968 1,329.68 Luxembourg STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,012,782 1,608.444 629.67 1,459.157 694.09 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,012,782 1,608.444 629.67 1,459.157 694.09 France PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,095,880 1,229.883 1,704.13 1,115.732 1,878.48 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 853,742 1,296.605 658.44 1,176.261 725.81 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,058,322 1,060.562 997.89 962.126 1,099.98 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 737,746 733.021 1,006.45 664.986 1,109.42 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,562,370 1,244.665 1,255.25 1,129.142 1,383.68 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 858,576 1,015.520 845.45 921.265 931.95 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 444,857 356.585 1,247.55 323.489 1,375.18 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 1,251,710 1,105.469 1,132.29 1,002.865 1,248.13 WIRE DRAWN............................23 111,620 11.109 10,047.63 10.078 11,075.61 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 788,229 1,161.111 678.86 1,053.343 748.31 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,078,643 1,742.005 619.20 1,580.321 682.55 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 65,200 96.706 674.20 87.731 743.18 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 242,745 216.152 1,123.03 196.090 1,237.93 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,680,433 171.251 9,812.65 155.357 10,816.59 COUNTRY TOTAL 12,830,073 11,440.649 1,121.45 10,378.786 1,236.18 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Federal Republic of Germany INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 3,617 0.104 34,539.88 0.095 38,073.68 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 1,024,274 1,780.847 575.16 1,615.558 634.01 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 237,261 173.539 1,367.19 157.432 1,507.07 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,062,722 1,069.734 993.44 970.447 1,095.09 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 628,717 1,010.279 622.32 916.510 685.99 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 15,205 6.382 2,382.34 5.790 2,626.08 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 619,382 794.053 780.03 720.353 859.83 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 448,188 256.281 1,748.81 232.495 1,927.73 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,909,536 2,619.227 1,110.84 2,376.124 1,224.49 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 463,161 215.642 2,147.81 195.628 2,367.56 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,528,644 2,947.170 857.99 2,673.629 945.77 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,992,155 1,477.766 1,348.08 1,340.608 1,486.01 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 1,851,632 1,482.505 1,248.99 1,344.907 1,376.77 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 94,646 60.073 1,575.50 54.498 1,736.69 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 34,870 20.765 1,679.24 18.838 1,851.05 WIRE DRAWN............................23 160,836 19.444 8,271.43 17.640 9,117.69 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 216,739 300.787 720.57 272.870 794.29 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,001,201 1,416.337 706.89 1,284.880 779.22 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 4,189,098 10,536.549 397.58 9,558.600 438.25 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,365,550 2,147.094 636.00 1,947.812 701.07 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 1,820,808 2,309.910 788.26 2,095.516 868.91 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 76,883 98.910 777.30 89.730 856.83 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,972,902 2,061.815 1,441.89 1,870.448 1,589.41 COUNTRY TOTAL 25,718,027 32,805.225 783.96 29,760.408 864.17 Austria STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 35,886 8.962 4,003.84 8.131 4,413.48 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 41,555 63.548 653.91 57.650 720.82 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 209,706 80.953 2,590.44 73.440 2,855.47 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 197,340 53.312 3,701.59 48.364 4,080.31 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 5,238 4.629 1,131.39 4.200 1,247.14 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,511,434 732.364 3,429.21 664.390 3,780.06 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 3,793,330 4,785.338 792.70 4,341.187 873.80 WIRE DRAWN............................23 152,514 31.925 4,777.24 28.962 5,266.00 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 370,861 652.678 568.21 592.100 626.35 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 574,676 93.485 6,147.19 84.809 6,776.12 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,892,540 6,507.198 1,212.89 5,903.233 1,336.99 Czech Republic RAILS STANDARD.........................7 38,511 76.024 506.56 68.968 558.39 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 127,507 217.948 585.03 197.720 644.89 TOOL STEEL............................17 3,843 0.529 7,263.15 0.480 8,006.25 WIRE DRAWN............................23 16,120 17.989 896.07 16.320 987.75 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 185,981 312.491 595.15 283.488 656.05 Hungary PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 2,457 0.966 2,541.57 0.877 2,801.60 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,457 0.966 2,541.57 0.877 2,801.60 Switzerland TOOL STEEL............................17 99,054 49.607 1,996.76 45.003 2,201.05 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 61,652 36.063 1,709.55 32.716 1,884.46 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 2,273 0.895 2,539.45 0.812 2,799.26 COUNTRY TOTAL 162,979 86.565 1,882.72 78.531 2,075.35 Latvia BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,255,711 5,782.546 390.09 5,245.839 430.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,255,711 5,782.546 390.09 5,245.839 430.00 Poland TOOL STEEL............................17 47,828 36.797 1,299.77 33.382 1,432.75 WIRE DRAWN............................23 168,357 158.688 1,060.93 143.960 1,169.47 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 40,247 43.221 931.18 39.210 1,026.45 COUNTRY TOTAL 256,432 238.707 1,074.25 216.552 1,184.16 Russia BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 90,268 104.588 863.08 94.881 951.38 TOOL STEEL............................17 337,523 201.859 1,672.07 183.124 1,843.14 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 4,716,737 9,885.304 477.15 8,967.800 525.96 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 869,898 886.772 980.97 804.467 1,081.33 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,014,426 11,078.525 542.89 10,050.272 598.43 Ukraine PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 382,288 463.586 824.63 420.559 909.00 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 13,419 17.916 748.96 16.254 825.58 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 290,548 54.881 5,294.06 49.788 5,835.70 TOOL STEEL............................17 250,525 57.322 4,370.46 52.002 4,817.60 COUNTRY TOTAL 936,780 593.708 1,577.85 538.603 1,739.28 Spain BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 523,098 518.003 1,009.83 469.925 1,113.15 TOOL STEEL............................17 340,567 230.572 1,477.05 209.172 1,628.17 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 139,110 115.061 1,209.01 104.382 1,332.70 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,975,738 2,831.140 1,051.07 2,568.368 1,158.61 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 399,810 359.601 1,111.81 326.225 1,225.57 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 4,762 3.874 1,229.02 3.515 1,354.77 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 3,011,120 5,337.668 564.13 4,842.253 621.84 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,394,205 9,395.922 786.96 8,523.840 867.47 Italy BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 79,401 26.502 2,995.94 24.043 3,302.46 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 621,366 888.837 699.08 806.340 770.60 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 118,658 224.254 529.12 203.440 583.26 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 38,157 42.831 890.87 38.856 982.01 TOOL STEEL............................17 100,207 144.391 693.99 130.990 765.00 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 290,558 100.858 2,880.86 91.497 3,175.60 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 201,958 187.463 1,077.32 170.064 1,187.54 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 452,485 250.957 1,803.03 227.665 1,987.50 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 2,018 0.082 24,409.32 0.075 26,906.67 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 328,056 129.799 2,527.41 117.752 2,785.99 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,069,265 1,795.113 1,152.72 1,628.500 1,270.66 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 11,123 9.589 1,159.97 8.699 1,278.65 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,313,252 3,800.681 1,134.86 3,447.921 1,250.97 Slovenia TOOL STEEL............................17 1,502,226 882.981 1,701.31 801.028 1,875.37 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,502,226 882.981 1,701.31 801.028 1,875.37 Romania BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 20,972 4.124 5,084.31 3.742 5,604.49 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,343,102 1,609.818 834.32 1,460.403 919.68 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 594,227 1,219.402 487.31 1,106.224 537.17 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,958,301 2,833.346 691.16 2,570.369 761.88 Turkey BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,796,295 2,658.491 675.68 2,411.744 744.81 TOOL STEEL............................17 5,910 7.558 781.90 6.857 861.89 WIRE DRAWN............................23 328,542 303.389 1,082.91 275.230 1,193.70 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,130,747 2,969.439 717.56 2,693.831 790.97 India INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 5,000 0.275 18,143.70 0.250 20,000.00 TOOL STEEL............................17 73,897 52.475 1,408.22 47.605 1,552.29 WIRE DRAWN............................23 40,158 38.652 1,038.95 35.065 1,145.24 COUNTRY TOTAL 119,055 91.403 1,302.52 82.920 1,435.78 Thailand IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE WIRE DRAWN............................23 39,203 50.044 783.36 45.400 863.50 COUNTRY TOTAL 39,203 50.044 783.36 45.400 863.50 Indonesia OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,491,506 1,890.507 788.94 1,715.040 869.66 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,491,506 1,890.507 788.94 1,715.040 869.66 China PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,390 1.275 1,873.96 1.157 2,065.69 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 81,349 47.195 1,723.66 42.815 1,900.01 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,998,037 767.791 2,602.32 696.529 2,868.56 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 374,133 587.406 636.92 532.886 702.09 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,527,982 2,209.339 691.60 2,004.280 762.36 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 5,413 1.888 2,866.66 1.713 3,159.95 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 251,879 423.639 594.56 384.319 655.39 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 21,942 1.178 18,620.63 1.069 20,525.72 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 76,758 39.533 1,941.60 35.864 2,140.25 WIRE DRAWN............................23 306,656 224.724 1,364.58 203.867 1,504.20 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 23,641 27.072 873.24 24.560 962.58 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,670,180 4,331.044 1,078.30 3,929.059 1,188.63 Korea, South BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 99,423 116.269 855.11 105.478 942.59 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 32,612 37.366 872.77 33.898 962.06 TOOL STEEL............................17 167,160 79.991 2,089.72 72.567 2,303.53 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,531,816 1,590.300 963.22 1,442.697 1,061.77 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,831,011 1,823.927 1,003.88 1,654.640 1,106.59 Hong Kong LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 9,775 16.292 599.98 14.780 661.37 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,775 16.292 599.98 14.780 661.37 Taiwan BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 188,376 79.802 2,360.52 72.396 2,602.02 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 36,357 26.272 1,383.84 23.834 1,525.43 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,302,963 720.544 1,808.30 653.667 1,993.31 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 10,563 2.588 4,081.17 2.348 4,498.72 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 375,943 126.415 2,973.87 114.682 3,278.13 WIRE DRAWN............................23 131,701 154.667 851.51 140.312 938.63 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 48,108 54.167 888.13 49.140 979.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,094,011 1,164.458 1,798.27 1,056.379 1,982.25 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,388,687 2,772.238 861.65 2,514.933 949.80 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 928,964 1,989.986 466.82 1,805.286 514.58 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 261,832 1,292.486 202.58 1,172.524 223.31 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 6,719,088 11,390.037 589.91 10,332.871 650.26 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 493,873 549.025 899.54 498.068 991.58 TOOL STEEL............................17 4,082,962 4,885.241 835.77 4,431.818 921.28 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 326,320 207.008 1,576.36 187.795 1,737.64 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 12,263,956 5,929.314 2,068.36 5,378.985 2,279.98 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 1,854,277 2,659.583 697.21 2,412.734 768.54 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,242,783 1,544.424 1,452.18 1,401.079 1,600.75 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 214,299 45.158 4,745.50 40.967 5,231.02 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 54,910 21.611 2,540.73 19.606 2,800.67 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 265,742 772.429 344.03 700.736 379.23 WIRE DRAWN............................23 3,343,914 2,882.439 1,160.10 2,614.906 1,278.79 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,152,553 2,118.394 544.07 1,921.776 599.73 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 5,319,245 8,456.439 629.02 7,671.555 693.37 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 2,013,942 2,988.188 673.97 2,710.840 742.92 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,431,227 2,312.565 618.89 2,097.925 682.21 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 1,771,139 2,612.692 677.90 2,370.195 747.25 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 214,570 98.597 2,176.23 89.446 2,398.88 COUNTRY TOTAL 47,344,283 55,527.863 852.62 50,374.045 939.85 Australia TOOL STEEL............................17 252,448 258.300 977.34 234.326 1,077.34 COUNTRY TOTAL 252,448 258.300 977.34 234.326 1,077.34 Nigeria PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 6,000 3.076 1,950.24 2.791 2,149.77 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,000 3.076 1,950.24 2.791 2,149.77 South Africa BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 474,860 952.434 498.58 864.034 549.58 COUNTRY TOTAL 474,860 952.434 498.58 864.034 549.58 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 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 8,559,083 19,881.636 430.50 18,036.322 474.55 WIRE RODS..............................3 28,559,306 47,337.398 603.31 42,943.778 665.04 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 9,629,673 15,817.664 608.79 14,349.548 671.08 STEEL PILING...........................5 827,992 1,112.640 744.17 1,009.371 820.30 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 5,497,344 8,218.870 668.87 7,456.036 737.30 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 11,705,911 19,784.115 591.68 17,947.853 652.22 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 106,136 98.370 1,078.94 89.240 1,189.33 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 23,143,128 39,409.731 587.24 35,751.917 647.33 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 7,552,127 14,069.068 536.79 12,763.248 591.71 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 35,149 46.054 763.20 41.780 841.29 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 5,393,037 4,981.340 1,082.65 4,518.997 1,193.41 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 24,950,031 28,409.400 878.23 25,772.582 968.08 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,070,862 1,532.783 698.64 1,390.518 770.12 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 2,038 3.919 519.92 3.556 573.12 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 195,889 237.797 823.77 215.726 908.05 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 782,555 791.386 988.84 717.934 1,090.01 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 11,948,716 10,528.702 1,134.87 9,551.481 1,250.98 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 72,913 82.323 885.68 74.683 976.30 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 1,095,910 485.985 2,255.02 440.879 2,485.74 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 29,855,324 31,587.967 945.15 28,656.130 1,041.85 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 122,808 140.135 876.35 127.129 966.01 WIRE DRAWN............................23 22,052,883 24,601.860 896.39 22,318.439 988.10 BLACK PLATE...........................28 18,131 25.848 701.44 23.449 773.21 TIN PLATE.............................29 5,777,590 9,297.167 621.44 8,434.251 685.02 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 1,844,978 3,017.060 611.52 2,737.032 674.08 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 18,474,175 32,087.373 575.75 29,109.184 634.65 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 17,067,009 24,825.161 687.49 22,521.014 757.83 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 20,808,372 34,278.652 607.04 31,097.079 669.14 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 64,391 76.684 839.69 69.567 925.60 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 8,363,565 10,503.234 796.28 9,528.377 877.75 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 3,192,932 5,665.621 563.56 5,139.767 621.22 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,499,628 3,157.584 791.63 2,864.513 872.62 COUNTRY TOTAL 271,269,586 392,093.543 691.85 355,701.380 762.63 Mexico BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 93,411,816 218,023.119 428.45 197,787.303 472.28 WIRE RODS..............................3 2,990,084 5,668.047 527.53 5,141.968 581.51 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,375,127 4,185.534 567.46 3,797.054 625.52 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 35,134 66.597 527.56 60.416 581.53 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,953,764 3,300.178 592.02 2,993.872 652.59 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,403,714 2,498.380 561.85 2,266.493 619.33 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 2,055,038 4,056.460 506.61 3,679.960 558.44 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 10,172,666 23,000.572 442.28 20,865.774 487.53 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 22,572 24.999 902.90 22.679 995.28 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 4,179,524 4,757.063 878.59 4,315.537 968.48 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,206,916 1,742.349 1,266.63 1,580.633 1,396.22 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,379,756 2,862.288 831.42 2,596.625 916.48 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 1,030,511 1,308.566 787.51 1,187.112 868.08 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 12,412,516 14,735.721 842.34 13,368.025 928.52 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 740,792 546.294 1,356.03 495.590 1,494.77 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 328,574 199.921 1,643.51 181.366 1,811.66 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 5,285,379 3,959.917 1,334.72 3,592.378 1,471.28 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 100,804 93.859 1,073.99 85.148 1,183.87 WIRE DRAWN............................23 7,331,255 9,478.158 773.49 8,598.443 852.63 TIN PLATE.............................29 8,804 9.903 889.01 8.984 979.96 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 27,868,733 45,507.963 612.39 41,284.142 675.05 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 11,173,138 16,820.165 664.27 15,259.002 732.23 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 18,110,104 19,481.382 929.61 17,673.218 1,024.72 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 4,896 5.996 816.47 5.440 900.00 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 13,078,512 14,182.555 922.15 12,866.202 1,016.50 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 511,178 664.559 769.20 602.878 847.90 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 564,560 562.625 1,003.44 510.405 1,106.10 COUNTRY TOTAL 221,735,867 397,743.182 557.49 360,826.647 614.52 Guatemala STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,238,602 1,268.384 976.52 1,150.659 1,076.43 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 92,875 237.518 391.02 215.473 431.03 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,331,477 1,505.902 884.17 1,366.132 974.63 El Salvador SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,537,448 2,337.632 657.69 2,120.665 724.98 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,537,448 2,337.632 657.69 2,120.665 724.98 Honduras WIRE DRAWN............................23 46,550 5.503 8,457.73 4.993 9,323.05 COUNTRY TOTAL 46,550 5.503 8,457.73 4.993 9,323.05 Costa Rica BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 2,196,155 5,383.245 407.96 4,883.600 449.70 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,196,155 5,383.245 407.96 4,883.600 449.70 Dominican Republic BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 85,550 159.835 535.24 145.000 590.00 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 1,632,575 3,692.059 442.19 3,349.381 487.43 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 32,030 85.853 373.08 77.885 411.25 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 275,901 505.294 546.02 458.396 601.88 WIRE DRAWN............................23 364,257 338.073 1,077.45 306.695 1,187.68 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,390,313 4,781.116 499.95 4,337.357 551.10 Trinidad and Tobago WIRE RODS..............................3 15,755,462 31,754.416 496.17 28,807.130 546.93 WIRE DRAWN............................23 34,706 33.008 1,051.42 29.945 1,158.99 COUNTRY TOTAL 15,790,168 31,787.424 496.74 28,837.075 547.56 Colombia STANDARD PIPE.........................18 5,608,635 4,041.700 1,387.69 3,666.570 1,529.67 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,912,236 3,232.497 900.92 2,932.473 993.10 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 40,691 82.340 494.18 74.698 544.74 WIRE DRAWN............................23 31,651 21.309 1,485.27 19.332 1,637.23 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 874,883 1,573.788 555.91 1,427.717 612.78 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,468,096 8,951.636 1,057.69 8,120.790 1,165.91 Venezuela WIRE RODS..............................3 1,393,028 2,880.739 483.57 2,613.364 533.04 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 555,993 1,046.769 531.15 949.614 585.49 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 2,513,151 6,362.371 395.00 5,771.848 435.42 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,141,364 3,732.593 573.69 3,386.153 632.39 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 3,041,287 4,814.170 631.74 4,367.343 696.37 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 42,648 100.960 422.42 91.590 465.64 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 566,914 1,426.880 397.31 1,294.445 437.96 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 5,374 12.471 430.90 11.314 474.99 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,135,402 1,050.394 1,080.93 952.902 1,191.52 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,711,668 2,245.275 762.34 2,036.880 840.34 BLACK PLATE...........................28 138,114 233.629 591.17 211.945 651.65 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 3,661,910 6,949.708 526.92 6,304.671 580.82 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 667,997 1,164.255 573.75 1,056.195 632.46 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 138,969 176.173 788.82 159.822 869.52 COUNTRY TOTAL 17,713,819 32,196.394 550.18 29,208.086 606.47 Ecuador WIRE DRAWN............................23 64,005 83.756 764.18 75.983 842.36 COUNTRY TOTAL 64,005 83.756 764.18 75.983 842.36 Peru STANDARD PIPE.........................18 15,745 1.252 12,573.62 1.136 13,860.04 COUNTRY TOTAL 15,745 1.252 12,573.62 1.136 13,860.04 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Chile STANDARD PIPE.........................18 697,373 1,317.105 529.47 1,194.858 583.65 WIRE DRAWN............................23 327,533 387.519 845.20 351.552 931.68 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 144,063 161.796 890.40 146.779 981.50 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,168,969 1,866.420 626.32 1,693.189 690.39 Brazil BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 36,778,701 109,417.462 336.13 99,261.880 370.52 WIRE RODS..............................3 6,213,672 15,132.873 410.61 13,728.316 452.62 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 793,580 1,911.205 415.22 1,733.817 457.71 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 44,481 19.047 2,335.21 17.280 2,574.13 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 489,927 894.591 547.65 811.560 603.69 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 37,673 58.903 639.58 53.436 705.01 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 3,780 3.914 965.69 3.551 1,064.49 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 537,927 1,179.978 455.88 1,070.459 502.52 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 57,134 125.900 453.80 114.215 500.23 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 20,794 19.751 1,052.80 17.918 1,160.51 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 60,069 125.142 480.01 113.527 529.12 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,946,277 2,483.920 783.55 2,253.375 863.72 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 2,003,885 3,140.668 638.04 2,849.167 703.32 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 239,184 455.268 525.37 413.013 579.12 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 1,089,649 2,556.120 426.29 2,318.874 469.90 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,020,126 1,627.879 626.66 1,476.788 690.77 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 312,441 305.388 1,023.09 277.044 1,127.77 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 165,955 344.645 481.52 312.657 530.79 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,596,335 2,439.661 654.33 2,213.224 721.27 TIN PLATE.............................29 2,462,291 3,601.837 683.62 3,267.533 753.56 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 65,524 119.644 547.65 108.540 603.69 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,149,406 5,495.494 573.09 4,985.430 631.72 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 17,072,636 24,692.554 691.41 22,400.715 762.15 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 98,111 136.708 717.67 124.020 791.09 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 5,064,284 7,747.792 653.64 7,028.681 720.52 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 308,995 362.512 852.37 328.866 939.58 COUNTRY TOTAL 81,632,837 184,398.867 442.70 167,283.886 487.99 Argentina WIRE RODS..............................3 2,232,467 4,456.686 500.93 4,043.039 552.18 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,953,219 3,834.877 509.33 3,478.943 561.44 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 108,437 243.315 445.66 220.732 491.26 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 467,254 553.678 843.91 502.289 930.25 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 786,182 1,494.633 526.00 1,355.909 579.82 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 445,953 699.063 637.93 634.180 703.20 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 273,741 182.532 1,499.68 165.591 1,653.12 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 453,155 1,007.281 449.88 913.791 495.91 WIRE DRAWN............................23 271,911 501.189 542.53 454.672 598.04 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,096,662 5,357.208 578.04 4,859.979 637.18 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 5,139,222 7,249.304 708.93 6,576.460 781.46 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,084,601 1,718.153 631.26 1,558.683 695.84 COUNTRY TOTAL 16,312,804 27,297.925 597.58 24,764.268 658.72 Sweden PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 35,065 96.631 362.87 87.663 400.00 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 27,856 20.184 1,380.07 18.311 1,521.27 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 2,332 1.054 2,210.61 0.957 2,436.78 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 6,250 1.248 5,004.33 1.133 5,516.33 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 74,019 24.749 2,990.78 22.452 3,296.77 WIRE DRAWN............................23 189,007 81.665 2,314.40 74.086 2,551.18 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 139,595 107.995 1,292.60 97.972 1,424.85 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 270,400 480.338 562.94 435.756 620.53 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 90,482 92.041 983.05 83.499 1,083.63 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 722,875 223.331 3,236.78 202.603 3,567.94 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,557,881 1,129.242 1,379.58 1,024.432 1,520.73 Norway STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 854,416 1,674.331 510.30 1,518.928 562.51 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 103,056 207.196 497.38 187.966 548.27 COUNTRY TOTAL 957,472 1,881.528 508.88 1,706.894 560.94 Finland BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 1,838,697 4,780.226 384.65 4,336.550 424.00 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 839,084 1,148.829 730.38 1,042.201 805.11 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 23,071 0.400 57,657.48 0.363 63,556.47 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 72,490 114.727 631.85 104.079 696.49 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,773,342 6,044.183 458.84 5,483.193 505.79 Denmark LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 106,665 66.133 1,612.88 59.995 1,777.90 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 6,501 0.615 10,569.19 0.558 11,650.54 COUNTRY TOTAL 113,166 66.748 1,695.42 60.553 1,868.88 United Kingdom BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 356,881 912.860 390.95 828.133 430.95 WIRE RODS..............................3 3,124,480 7,773.285 401.95 7,051.808 443.08 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,101,727 3,869.989 543.08 3,510.796 598.65 STEEL PILING...........................5 112,612 282.859 398.12 256.606 438.85 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 10,072,848 14,827.962 679.31 13,451.705 748.82 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,983,638 2,075.603 955.69 1,882.956 1,053.47 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 23,340 4.795 4,867.52 4.350 5,365.52 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,125,371 1,886.532 596.53 1,711.434 657.56 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 1,993,264 3,046.065 654.37 2,763.345 721.32 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 316,375 504.211 627.47 457.413 691.66 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 12,456 2.205 5,647.12 2.001 6,224.89 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 96,394 39.683 2,429.09 36.000 2,677.61 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 24,104 33.892 711.18 30.747 783.95 WIRE DRAWN............................23 673,192 607.858 1,107.48 551.440 1,220.79 TIN PLATE.............................29 208,510 303.581 686.83 275.405 757.10 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,022 4.721 428.28 4.283 472.10 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 30,501 33.069 922.33 30.000 1,016.70 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 391,065 765.676 510.74 694.610 563.00 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 21,648 72.361 299.17 65.645 329.77 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 864,522 456.180 1,895.13 413.840 2,089.02 COUNTRY TOTAL 23,534,950 37,503.394 627.54 34,022.517 691.75 Netherlands WIRE RODS..............................3 487,796 746.102 653.79 676.853 720.68 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 3,170,022 6,557.246 483.44 5,948.636 532.90 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 375,010 409.497 915.78 371.490 1,009.48 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 126,607 104.156 1,215.55 94.489 1,339.91 WIRE DRAWN............................23 36,515 39.467 925.20 35.804 1,019.86 TIN PLATE.............................29 4,317,204 7,959.608 542.39 7,220.837 597.88 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 518,672 959.062 540.81 870.047 596.14 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 7,768,084 17,268.118 449.85 15,665.378 495.88 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,511,594 5,882.987 596.91 5,336.958 657.98 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 3,041,685 4,451.774 683.25 4,038.583 753.16 COUNTRY TOTAL 23,353,189 44,378.021 526.23 40,259.075 580.07 Belgium BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 154,058 238.176 646.82 216.070 713.00 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 908,371 1,361.631 667.12 1,235.252 735.37 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 415,643 852.262 487.69 773.160 537.59 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 2,011 1.356 1,482.01 1.231 1,633.63 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 31,498 22.074 1,426.87 20.026 1,572.86 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 52,885 46.186 1,145.02 41.900 1,262.17 WIRE DRAWN............................23 595,991 508.363 1,172.37 461.180 1,292.32 BLACK PLATE...........................28 265,346 433.538 612.05 393.300 674.67 TIN PLATE.............................29 273,226 457.073 597.77 414.650 658.93 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,554,216 3,177.290 489.16 2,882.390 539.21 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 9,771,915 18,633.663 524.42 16,904.180 578.08 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 860,222 1,487.083 578.46 1,349.060 637.65 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 644,733 973.098 662.56 882.780 730.34 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 276,895 261.535 1,058.73 237.261 1,167.05 COUNTRY TOTAL 15,807,010 28,453.336 555.54 25,812.440 612.38 Luxembourg IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE WIRE RODS..............................3 171,196 290.277 589.77 263.335 650.11 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 4,218,668 6,308.213 668.76 5,722.717 737.18 STEEL PILING...........................5 7,547,209 11,711.508 644.43 10,624.505 710.36 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 285,788 377.630 756.79 342.581 834.22 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 160,264 211.562 757.53 191.926 835.03 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 1,703,820 4,420.932 385.40 4,010.604 424.83 WIRE DRAWN............................23 477,426 448.444 1,064.63 406.822 1,173.55 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,553,364 2,758.544 563.11 2,502.510 620.72 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 1,080,107 1,895.721 569.76 1,719.770 628.05 COUNTRY TOTAL 17,197,842 28,422.835 605.07 25,784.770 666.98 France WIRE RODS..............................3 14,489 3.340 4,338.02 3.030 4,781.85 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 97,194 35.482 2,739.23 32.189 3,019.48 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 777,656 1,340.493 580.13 1,216.076 639.48 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 97,076 151.047 642.69 137.028 708.44 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 567,717 624.692 908.79 566.712 1,001.77 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 219,223 385.064 569.31 349.325 627.56 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 9,261 0.307 30,112.69 0.279 33,193.55 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 310,673 505.129 615.04 458.246 677.96 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,015,300 1,340.272 757.53 1,215.875 835.04 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 836,913 1,011.795 827.16 917.886 911.78 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 28,866 23.038 1,252.96 20.900 1,381.15 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,572,957 1,238.956 1,269.58 1,123.963 1,399.47 BLACK PLATE...........................28 402,736 678.803 593.30 615.800 654.00 TIN PLATE.............................29 4,778,768 8,244.650 579.62 7,479.423 638.92 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 1,634,195 2,288.095 714.22 2,075.726 787.29 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 6,143,309 10,751.539 571.39 9,753.635 629.85 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 609,176 1,075.546 566.39 975.720 624.33 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 62,595 19.861 3,151.58 18.018 3,474.03 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 232,804 69.251 3,361.71 62.824 3,705.65 COUNTRY TOTAL 19,410,908 29,787.369 651.65 27,022.655 718.32 Federal Republic of Germany BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 6,699,294 21,117.266 317.24 19,157.267 349.70 WIRE RODS..............................3 4,688,749 8,199.354 571.84 7,438.331 630.35 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,468,975 3,449.484 715.75 3,129.321 788.98 STEEL PILING...........................5 2,770,133 5,563.958 497.87 5,047.540 548.81 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 786,901 1,367.904 575.26 1,240.942 634.12 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,269,717 3,890.253 583.44 3,529.180 643.13 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 71,266 73.067 975.34 66.286 1,075.13 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,416,334 3,858.208 626.28 3,500.109 690.36 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 22,220,277 31,772.838 699.35 28,823.842 770.90 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 4,987,417 4,828.896 1,032.83 4,380.702 1,138.50 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,643,212 1,810.075 907.81 1,642.073 1,000.69 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 5,282,455 6,632.286 796.48 6,016.711 877.96 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 1,397,436 2,240.024 623.85 2,032.117 687.67 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 680,153 798.241 852.06 724.153 939.24 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 2,131,923 3,262.038 653.56 2,959.272 720.42 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,352,630 2,024.547 1,162.05 1,836.639 1,280.94 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 560,222 526.033 1,064.99 477.210 1,173.95 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 22,138 0.267 82,647.17 0.243 91,102.88 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 112,772 80.280 1,404.73 72.829 1,548.45 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,189,212 933.936 1,273.33 847.253 1,403.61 BLACK PLATE...........................28 190,944 190.235 1,003.72 172.579 1,106.42 TIN PLATE.............................29 6,222,424 10,759.873 578.30 9,761.196 637.47 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 907,755 1,493.610 607.76 1,354.981 669.94 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 130,242 249.282 522.47 226.145 575.92 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 765,526 2,113.515 362.20 1,917.350 399.26 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 543,440 1,330.428 408.47 1,206.945 450.26 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,439,075 2,481.867 579.84 2,251.513 639.16 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 294,469 142.467 2,066.93 129.244 2,278.40 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 436,326 801.828 544.16 727.407 599.84 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,979,951 1,493.640 1,325.59 1,355.008 1,461.21 COUNTRY TOTAL 77,661,368 123,485.715 628.91 112,024.388 693.25 Austria BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 30,000 43.261 693.46 39.246 764.41 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 371,506 684.085 543.07 620.592 598.63 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 561,484 809.301 693.79 734.186 764.77 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 233,366 157.727 1,479.55 143.088 1,630.93 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 7,127,243 7,781.118 915.97 7,058.914 1,009.68 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 239,893 250.526 957.55 227.274 1,055.52 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 233,019 84.392 2,761.12 76.560 3,043.61 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 23,861 14.869 1,604.74 13.489 1,768.92 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 247,742 208.149 1,190.21 188.830 1,311.98 WIRE DRAWN............................23 386,342 97.992 3,942.58 88.897 4,345.95 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 999,520 2,238.793 446.45 2,031.000 492.13 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 452,165 508.100 889.91 460.941 980.96 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 593,545 110.015 5,395.13 99.804 5,947.11 COUNTRY TOTAL 11,499,686 12,988.333 885.39 11,782.821 975.97 Czech Republic OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 354,346 563.634 628.68 511.321 693.00 WIRE DRAWN............................23 19,595 20.024 978.55 18.166 1,078.66 COUNTRY TOTAL 373,941 583.659 640.68 529.487 706.23 Slovakia LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 585,367 1,045.987 559.63 948.904 616.89 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,192 0.540 4,058.26 0.490 4,473.47 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 934,378 1,118.945 835.05 1,015.091 920.49 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 1,521,937 2,165.473 702.82 1,964.485 774.73 Switzerland BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 20,744 15.580 1,331.45 14.134 1,467.67 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 21,785 31.950 681.84 28.985 751.60 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 13,878 15.657 886.36 14.204 977.05 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 40,641 9.557 4,252.47 8.670 4,687.54 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,599,317 655.068 2,441.45 594.268 2,691.24 WIRE DRAWN............................23 3,927 0.034 114,919.85 0.031 126,677.42 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 77,914 42.227 1,845.11 38.308 2,033.88 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,778,206 770.074 2,309.14 698.600 2,545.39 Estonia STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 4,946 5.104 968.89 4.631 1,068.02 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 135,918 145.600 933.50 132.087 1,029.00 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 2,499 2.579 968.83 2.340 1,067.95 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 6,744,774 9,898.040 681.43 8,979.354 751.14 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,888,137 10,051.325 685.30 9,118.412 755.41 Poland BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 4,429,474 13,388.515 330.84 12,145.860 364.69 WIRE RODS..............................3 6,901,121 15,897.066 434.11 14,421.580 478.53 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 175,335 326.524 536.97 296.218 591.91 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 34,599 66.910 517.10 60.700 570.00 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 29,120 11.519 2,527.96 10.450 2,786.60 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 253,870 466.406 544.31 423.117 600.00 WIRE DRAWN............................23 888,476 985.439 901.60 893.976 993.85 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,562 5.982 428.27 5.427 472.08 COUNTRY TOTAL 12,714,557 31,148.363 408.19 28,257.328 449.96 Russia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 71,801,288 160,699.917 446.80 145,784.554 492.52 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 19,548,150 40,435.357 483.44 36,682.350 532.90 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 131,357 197.636 664.64 179.293 732.64 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 120,342 225.839 532.87 204.878 587.38 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 10,126 15.241 664.36 13.827 732.34 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 64,926,833 132,306.156 490.73 120,026.160 540.94 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 21,159,863 36,930.846 572.96 33,503.110 631.58 COUNTRY TOTAL 177,697,959 370,810.996 479.21 336,394.172 528.24 Belarus BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,407,276 5,896.812 408.23 5,349.500 450.00 WIRE DRAWN............................23 216,137 241.861 893.64 219.413 985.07 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 2,623,413 6,138.674 427.36 5,568.913 471.08 Ukraine PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 21,855,708 40,560.415 538.84 36,795.800 593.97 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 381,391 881.231 432.79 799.440 477.07 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 3,532,026 2,849.537 1,239.51 2,585.058 1,366.32 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,258,713 3,577.462 631.37 3,245.420 695.97 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 4,043,861 4,818.894 839.17 4,371.629 925.02 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 344,371 545.408 631.40 494.786 696.00 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 31,230 55.244 565.30 50.117 623.14 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 530,325 852.678 621.95 773.537 685.58 COUNTRY TOTAL 32,977,625 54,140.872 609.11 49,115.787 671.43 Kazakhstan SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 5,213,251 7,796.426 668.67 7,072.801 737.08 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,213,251 7,796.426 668.67 7,072.801 737.08 Spain WIRE RODS..............................3 6,029,325 11,746.612 513.28 10,656.351 565.80 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 659,554 1,404.133 469.72 1,273.809 517.78 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 212,084 330.492 641.72 299.818 707.38 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 1,430,507 2,015.047 709.91 1,828.021 782.54 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,341,043 1,604.673 835.71 1,455.736 921.21 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 970,685 948.552 1,023.33 860.513 1,128.03 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 337,558 356.389 947.16 323.311 1,044.07 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 980,436 688.806 1,423.38 624.875 1,569.01 WIRE DRAWN............................23 11,740 12.147 966.46 11.020 1,065.34 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 272,143 480.156 566.78 435.591 624.77 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 439,292 575.392 763.47 521.987 841.58 COUNTRY TOTAL 12,684,367 20,162.405 629.11 18,291.032 693.47 Italy WIRE RODS..............................3 2,655,668 5,472.667 485.26 4,964.722 534.91 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 20,410 1.908 10,696.50 1.731 11,790.87 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 592,581 1,070.024 553.80 970.710 610.46 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 12,590 21.943 573.74 19.907 632.44 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 4,632 7.109 651.49 6.450 718.14 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 2,019,909 5,365.223 376.48 4,867.250 415.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 144,737 187.896 770.30 170.457 849.11 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 127,085 142.266 893.29 129.062 984.68 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 993,789 1,109.656 895.58 1,006.664 987.21 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 3,386,157 4,068.892 832.21 3,691.238 917.35 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,205,733 1,286.826 936.98 1,167.390 1,032.85 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 540,908 515.468 1,049.35 467.625 1,156.71 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 4,612 0.111 41,425.12 0.101 45,663.37 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 5,689 2.957 1,923.58 2.683 2,120.39 WIRE DRAWN............................23 754,991 599.923 1,258.48 544.242 1,387.23 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 53,750 25.438 2,112.98 23.077 2,329.16 COUNTRY TOTAL 12,523,241 19,878.314 630.00 18,033.309 694.45 Serbia and Montenegro PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 7,288,385 13,718.326 531.29 12,445.060 585.64 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 5,267,074 9,929.948 530.42 9,008.300 584.69 COUNTRY TOTAL 12,555,459 23,648.274 530.92 21,453.360 585.24 Greece LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 3,452,000 6,194.307 557.29 5,619.383 614.30 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 926,889 2,049.756 452.19 1,859.508 498.46 WIRE DRAWN............................23 751,973 858.701 875.71 779.001 965.30 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,130,862 9,102.765 563.66 8,257.892 621.33 Romania PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 12,502,062 22,516.670 555.24 20,426.786 612.04 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,096,683 3,895.500 538.23 3,533.940 593.30 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 2,729,646 6,686.486 408.23 6,065.880 450.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 51,283 21.639 2,369.88 19.631 2,612.35 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 4,312,023 6,835.803 630.80 6,201.338 695.34 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,753,943 2,438.995 719.13 2,212.620 792.70 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 345,873 544.040 635.75 493.545 700.79 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 5,402,567 8,233.567 656.16 7,469.369 723.30 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 497,646 529.970 939.01 480.781 1,035.08 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 381,219 445.778 855.17 404.404 942.67 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,358,649 2,542.678 534.34 2,306.680 589.01 COUNTRY TOTAL 31,431,594 54,691.131 574.71 49,614.974 633.51 Bulgaria PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 731,785 1,776.098 412.02 1,611.250 454.17 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 12,559,254 30,026.579 418.27 27,239.662 461.06 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,260,572 3,018.403 417.63 2,738.250 460.36 COUNTRY TOTAL 14,551,611 34,821.080 417.90 31,589.162 460.65 Turkey BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 9,506,795 31,395.411 302.81 28,481.446 333.79 WIRE RODS..............................3 10,172,879 22,169.011 458.88 20,111.395 505.83 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 165,255 343.772 480.71 311.865 529.89 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 101,131 201.769 501.22 183.042 552.50 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 839,866 1,617.817 519.14 1,467.660 572.25 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 3,483,604 7,444.149 467.97 6,753.221 515.84 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 578,299 1,223.866 472.52 1,110.273 520.86 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 38,750,930 81,695.924 474.33 74,113.317 522.86 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 308,252 568.695 542.03 515.912 597.49 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 6,169,005 9,794.527 629.84 8,885.448 694.28 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 51,779 82.673 626.31 75.000 690.39 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 72,724 118.608 613.14 107.600 675.87 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 942,894 10.690 88,201.62 9.698 97,225.61 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 2,233,762 4,640.711 481.34 4,209.984 530.59 WIRE DRAWN............................23 127,869 182.550 700.46 165.607 772.12 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,310,924 4,447.010 519.66 4,034.261 572.82 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 3,633,911 5,344.342 679.95 4,848.307 749.52 COUNTRY TOTAL 79,449,879 171,281.532 463.86 155,384.036 511.31 Israel MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 59,846 5.511 10,858.28 5.000 11,969.20 WIRE DRAWN............................23 223,091 306.447 727.99 278.005 802.47 COUNTRY TOTAL 282,937 311.959 906.97 283.005 999.76 United Arab Emirates STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,337,194 1,806.812 740.08 1,639.113 815.80 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,337,194 1,806.812 740.08 1,639.113 815.80 Oman STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,515,076 3,878.039 648.54 3,518.099 714.90 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,515,076 3,878.039 648.54 3,518.099 714.90 Bahrain WIRE DRAWN............................23 17,351 22.659 765.74 20.556 844.08 COUNTRY TOTAL 17,351 22.659 765.74 20.556 844.08 India RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 35,793 44.323 807.53 40.210 890.15 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 280,664 403.520 695.54 366.068 766.70 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 6,097,940 8,986.514 678.57 8,152.431 747.99 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 3,059,358 3,838.727 796.97 3,482.436 878.51 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 900,465 1,327.924 678.10 1,204.673 747.48 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 189,594 334.543 566.72 303.493 624.71 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 800,164 1,255.050 637.56 1,138.563 702.78 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 219,576 359.371 611.00 326.016 673.51 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 125,241 130.902 956.75 118.753 1,054.63 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 301,785 503.784 599.04 457.026 660.32 WIRE DRAWN............................23 397,310 574.867 691.13 521.511 761.84 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 11,687 20.155 579.83 18.285 639.16 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 36,372,495 53,375.881 681.44 48,421.799 751.16 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 438,398 626.136 700.16 568.022 771.80 COUNTRY TOTAL 49,230,470 71,781.705 685.84 65,119.286 756.00 Thailand PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 5,830,696 11,043.368 527.98 10,018.378 582.00 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 1,742,643 3,775.757 461.53 3,425.311 508.75 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 11,365 16.093 706.18 14.600 778.42 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 9,851,086 17,105.948 575.89 15,518.260 634.81 WIRE DRAWN............................23 214,675 226.686 947.01 205.647 1,043.90 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 11,659,519 22,083.189 527.98 20,033.538 582.00 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 6,657,876 11,706.289 568.74 10,619.770 626.93 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 5,943 7.390 804.09 6.705 886.35 COUNTRY TOTAL 35,973,803 65,964.725 545.35 59,842.209 601.14 Vietnam PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 16,888 21.865 772.36 19.836 851.38 COUNTRY TOTAL 16,888 21.865 772.36 19.836 851.38 Malaysia PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,876,718 5,206.104 552.57 4,722.900 609.10 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 3,094,240 5,599.761 552.57 5,080.020 609.10 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 2,012,831 3,180.790 632.81 2,885.565 697.55 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,983,789 13,986.656 570.81 12,688.485 629.22 Indonesia WIRE DRAWN............................23 62,943 19.138 3,288.85 17.362 3,625.33 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,030,529 2,097.525 491.31 1,902.844 541.57 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 5,931,987 8,855.813 669.84 8,033.861 738.37 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,025,459 10,972.477 640.28 9,954.067 705.79 Philippines STANDARD PIPE.........................18 6,101,897 11,055.506 551.93 10,029.390 608.40 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 151,937 202.838 749.05 184.012 825.69 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,253,834 11,258.345 555.48 10,213.402 612.32 China INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 5,057 10.761 469.90 9.763 517.98 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 24,740 58.585 422.29 53.148 465.49 WIRE RODS..............................3 52,824,062 124,574.519 424.04 113,012.135 467.42 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,247 1.661 1,352.65 1.507 1,491.04 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 3,989,636 6,345.577 628.73 5,756.613 693.05 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 13,273 16.093 824.73 14.600 909.11 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 16,334 20.900 781.50 18.961 861.45 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 101,180 223.063 453.59 202.360 500.00 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 71,925 112.523 639.20 102.080 704.59 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 144,622 294.776 490.62 267.417 540.81 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 27,722,616 49,102.296 564.59 44,544.867 622.35 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 7,795,170 10,422.878 747.89 9,455.479 824.41 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 84,607 98.934 855.18 89.752 942.68 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,452,838 4,820.938 508.79 4,373.483 560.84 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 1,299,290 2,837.918 457.83 2,574.517 504.67 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,312,300 1,568.434 836.69 1,422.860 922.30 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 55,091 27.676 1,990.51 25.108 2,194.16 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 22,935 18.959 1,209.67 17.200 1,333.43 WIRE DRAWN............................23 7,320,619 12,468.006 587.15 11,310.788 647.22 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 10,125,517 17,693.424 572.28 16,051.209 630.83 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 17,227,166 26,412.976 652.22 23,961.456 718.95 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 2,639 2.030 1,299.71 1.842 1,432.68 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 9,181 17.189 534.11 15.594 588.75 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 91,119 92.669 983.27 84.068 1,083.87 COUNTRY TOTAL 132,714,164 257,242.798 515.91 233,366.807 568.69 Korea, South STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 117,288 185.259 633.10 168.065 697.87 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 358,946 685.659 523.50 622.020 577.07 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 78,166 128.165 609.88 116.270 672.28 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 64,732 90.322 716.68 81.939 790.00 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 4,668 7.898 591.03 7.165 651.50 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 210,260 250.835 838.24 227.554 924.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 13,270 9.228 1,437.93 8.372 1,585.05 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,585,416 2,805.130 565.18 2,544.772 623.01 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 3,083,830 4,067.141 758.23 3,689.650 835.81 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 1,215,951 2,361.347 514.94 2,142.179 567.62 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,988,858 3,780.777 526.04 3,429.865 579.86 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 3,334,682 6,646.210 501.74 6,029.342 553.08 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 3,202,102 5,185.334 617.53 4,704.058 680.71 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 93,593 161.049 581.14 146.102 640.60 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 3,316 0.846 3,916.96 0.768 4,317.71 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 5,038,433 8,309.762 606.33 7,538.492 668.36 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 263,085 559.759 470.00 507.805 518.08 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,851,161 2,216.461 835.19 2,010.741 920.64 TIN PLATE.............................29 92,512 166.239 556.50 150.810 613.43 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 46,066,491 97,689.429 471.56 88,622.385 519.81 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,454,704 6,291.800 549.08 5,707.827 605.26 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 10,365,203 14,269.257 726.40 12,944.856 800.72 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 2,794,293 3,883.916 719.45 3,523.431 793.06 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,108,986 1,338.183 828.72 1,213.980 913.51 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 86,389,946 161,090.018 536.28 146,138.448 591.15 Taiwan WIRE RODS..............................3 76,061 104.473 728.04 94.777 802.53 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 45,758 16.927 2,703.24 15.356 2,979.81 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 7,619,513 18,334.726 415.58 16,632.989 458.10 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,501,376 4,054.590 616.92 3,678.264 680.04 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 266,530 438.419 607.93 397.728 670.13 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 2,537,670 4,183.836 606.54 3,795.514 668.60 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 78,711 73.097 1,076.79 66.313 1,186.96 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 6,652 0.701 9,488.36 0.636 10,459.12 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 3,800 27.677 137.29 25.109 151.34 WIRE DRAWN............................23 621,562 773.396 803.68 701.614 885.90 BLACK PLATE...........................28 422,000 706.531 597.28 640.955 658.39 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 9,668 14.022 689.46 12.721 760.00 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 197,940 327.579 604.25 297.175 666.07 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 21,981,063 39,801.112 552.27 36,106.972 608.78 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 46,665,277 60,947.312 765.67 55,290.487 844.00 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,135,939 1,706.506 665.65 1,548.117 733.76 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 16,077,059 21,007.374 765.31 19,057.575 843.60 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 40,677 29.815 1,364.30 27.048 1,503.88 COUNTRY TOTAL 100,287,256 152,548.102 657.41 138,389.350 724.67 Japan WIRE RODS..............................3 4,325,055 9,893.853 437.15 8,975.555 481.87 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 5,321 10.262 518.49 9.310 571.54 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 170,235 237.541 716.65 215.494 789.98 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 168,504 240.969 699.27 218.604 770.82 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 2,415,140 5,834.605 413.93 5,293.067 456.28 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 37,270 71.418 521.85 64.790 575.24 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,517,922 2,751.312 551.71 2,495.949 608.15 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 556,707 1,476.610 377.02 1,339.559 415.59 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 10,075,439 23,732.756 424.54 21,530.001 467.97 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 68,987 88.303 781.24 80.108 861.17 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 525,864 775.949 677.70 703.930 747.04 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,182,459 244.813 8,914.79 222.091 9,826.87 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 3,026,420 6,239.683 485.03 5,660.547 534.65 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 6,979 4.400 1,585.98 3.992 1,748.25 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,560,206 1,053.422 1,481.08 955.649 1,632.61 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 265,008 212.609 1,246.46 192.876 1,373.98 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 179,801 69.412 2,590.33 62.970 2,855.34 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 197,996 446.305 443.63 404.882 489.02 WIRE DRAWN............................23 3,016,283 3,644.649 827.59 3,306.371 912.26 BLACK PLATE...........................28 2,548,317 4,290.247 593.98 3,892.048 654.75 TIN PLATE.............................29 683,908 817.456 836.63 741.584 922.23 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 1,058,296 1,869.688 566.03 1,696.153 623.94 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 163,397 323.869 504.51 293.810 556.13 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,773,433 3,035.384 584.25 2,753.655 644.03 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 212,810 336.428 632.56 305.203 697.27 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 187,144 241.277 775.64 218.883 855.00 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 1,113,561 800.106 1,391.77 725.845 1,534.16 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 8,791 14.813 593.43 13.439 654.14 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 532,290 548.120 971.12 497.247 1,070.47 COUNTRY TOTAL 38,583,543 69,306.274 556.71 62,873.612 613.67 Australia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 12,426 31.074 399.88 28.190 440.79 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 387,013 529.405 731.03 480.269 805.83 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 290,983 484.795 600.22 439.799 661.63 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 11,941 20.249 589.69 18.370 650.03 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 4,020 6.294 638.68 5.710 704.03 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 266,914 353.605 754.83 320.786 832.06 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 3,135 1.728 1,813.79 1.568 1,999.36 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 72,218 115.904 623.08 105.147 686.83 WIRE DRAWN............................23 136,930 212.903 643.15 193.143 708.96 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 179,294 70.271 2,551.46 63.749 2,812.50 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 177,753 281.255 632.00 255.151 696.66 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,542,627 2,107.488 731.97 1,911.882 806.86 New Zealand PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 3,093,129 5,675.689 544.98 5,148.900 600.74 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 5,125,956 9,258.034 553.68 8,398.750 610.32 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 815,175 1,338.723 608.92 1,214.470 671.22 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 120,936 164.222 736.42 148.980 811.76 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,155,196 16,436.669 557.00 14,911.100 613.99 Egypt PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 5,532,766 11,088.163 498.98 10,059.016 550.03 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 9,152,495 6,863.194 1,333.56 6,226.187 1,470.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 25,019 24.152 1,035.87 21.911 1,141.85 WIRE DRAWN............................23 538,352 768.665 700.37 697.322 772.03 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 9,482,992 23,179.163 409.12 21,027.789 450.97 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 244,323 343.310 711.67 311.446 784.48 COUNTRY TOTAL 24,975,947 42,266.650 590.91 38,343.671 651.37 Sao Tome and Principe STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 7,073 7.456 948.63 6.764 1,045.68 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,073 7.456 948.63 6.764 1,045.68 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE South Africa BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 2,223,598 5,752.696 386.53 5,218.760 426.08 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,448,812 3,232.382 448.22 2,932.369 494.08 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 15,698 14.550 1,078.86 13.200 1,189.24 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 283,638 599.602 473.04 543.950 521.44 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 859,502 1,605.675 535.29 1,456.645 590.06 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 93,084 154.829 601.20 140.459 662.71 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 680,478 1,175.225 579.02 1,066.147 638.26 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 128,785 205.670 626.17 186.581 690.24 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 15,889 48.678 326.41 44.160 359.81 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,509,785 2,258.409 668.52 2,048.795 736.91 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 499,379 1,096.490 455.43 994.720 502.03 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 5,759,934 9,871.412 583.50 8,955.197 643.19 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 3,884,897 5,102.999 761.30 4,629.365 839.19 COUNTRY TOTAL 17,403,479 31,118.623 559.26 28,230.348 616.48 GRAND TOTAL 1,768,352,724 3,133,895.211 564.27 2,843,022.715 622.00 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 31,621 8.944 3,535.38 8.114 3,897.09 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 39,314 17.095 2,299.64 15.509 2,534.92 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 68,802 12.479 5,513.31 11.321 6,077.38 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 7,615 0.690 11,035.49 0.626 12,164.54 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 43,449 7.026 6,183.92 6.374 6,816.60 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 9,058,808 1,714.460 5,283.77 1,555.333 5,824.35 WIRE DRAWN............................23 168,147 29.005 5,797.15 26.313 6,390.26 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 543,021 254.335 2,135.06 230.729 2,353.50 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 9,057 2.819 3,212.03 2.558 3,540.66 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 457,545 171.083 2,674.40 155.204 2,948.02 COUNTRY TOTAL 10,427,379 2,217.939 4,701.38 2,012.081 5,182.39 Mexico BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 48,301 21.798 2,215.83 19.775 2,442.53 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 92,917 21.693 4,283.18 19.680 4,721.39 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 19,365,751 9,843.306 1,967.40 8,929.700 2,168.69 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,679,036 768.106 2,185.94 696.815 2,409.59 COUNTRY TOTAL 21,186,005 10,654.905 1,988.38 9,665.970 2,191.81 Trinidad and Tobago BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 196,487 111.884 1,756.16 101.500 1,935.83 COUNTRY TOTAL 196,487 111.884 1,756.16 101.500 1,935.83 Brazil PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 41,299 43.144 957.23 39.140 1,055.16 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 26,788 14.347 1,867.06 13.016 2,058.08 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 46,090 15.749 2,926.38 14.288 3,225.78 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 49,484 51.318 964.26 46.555 1,062.91 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 921,749 465.623 1,979.60 422.407 2,182.13 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,085,410 590.183 1,839.10 535.406 2,027.27 Argentina SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,904 0.451 6,425.52 0.410 7,082.93 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,904 0.451 6,425.52 0.410 7,082.93 Sweden BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 5,836,366 2,524.511 2,311.88 2,290.199 2,548.41 WIRE RODS..............................3 472,279 214.261 2,204.22 194.375 2,429.73 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 207,300 59.970 3,456.72 54.404 3,810.38 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,553,660 454.659 3,417.20 412.460 3,766.81 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 92,619 6.954 13,317.89 6.309 14,680.46 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 146,103 45.214 3,231.32 41.018 3,561.92 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 983,254 163.668 6,007.58 148.478 6,622.22 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,099,852 122.310 8,992.31 110.958 9,912.33 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 54,139 23.760 2,278.55 21.555 2,511.67 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 338,264 74.457 4,543.03 67.547 5,007.83 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,611,997 252.029 6,396.08 228.637 7,050.46 COUNTRY TOTAL 12,395,833 3,941.797 3,144.72 3,575.940 3,466.45 Finland PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 47,719 21.446 2,225.02 19.456 2,452.66 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 319,083 109.166 2,922.91 99.034 3,221.95 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 78,222 40.609 1,926.22 36.840 2,123.29 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,791,834 1,073.024 2,601.84 973.432 2,868.03 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 603,354 274.517 2,197.87 249.038 2,422.74 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,338,510 984.039 2,376.44 892.706 2,619.57 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,178,722 2,502.803 2,468.72 2,270.506 2,721.30 Denmark STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 12,173 0.804 15,127.62 0.730 16,675.34 WIRE DRAWN............................23 40,833 7.532 5,421.20 6.833 5,975.85 COUNTRY TOTAL 53,006 8.336 6,358.09 7.563 7,008.59 United Kingdom INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 74,765 29.382 2,544.58 26.655 2,804.91 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 7,677,970 3,599.308 2,133.18 3,265.239 2,351.43 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,832,381 767.109 2,388.68 695.910 2,633.07 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 6,000 2.826 2,122.90 2.564 2,340.09 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 377,606 175.959 2,145.98 159.628 2,365.54 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 149,806 100.163 1,495.61 90.867 1,648.63 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 540,509 222.041 2,434.27 201.433 2,683.32 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 251,881 44.749 5,628.70 40.596 6,204.58 WIRE DRAWN............................23 415,814 110.238 3,771.94 100.007 4,157.85 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 74,809 17.578 4,255.70 15.947 4,691.10 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 162,287 41.063 3,952.12 37.252 4,356.46 COUNTRY TOTAL 11,563,828 5,110.421 2,262.79 4,636.098 2,494.30 Ireland STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 23,872 3.099 7,701.39 2.812 8,489.33 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 16,972 5.196 3,266.17 4.714 3,600.34 COUNTRY TOTAL 40,844 8.295 4,923.34 7.526 5,427.05 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Netherlands PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 3,636 1.112 3,269.10 1.009 3,603.57 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 8,082 9.784 826.03 8.876 910.55 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 58,401 20.265 2,881.72 18.385 3,176.56 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 122,257 82.330 1,484.95 74.689 1,636.88 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 52,760 6.362 8,292.29 5.772 9,140.68 COUNTRY TOTAL 245,136 119.855 2,045.26 108.731 2,254.52 Belgium PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 3,188,903 1,191.864 2,675.56 1,081.242 2,949.30 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,068,961 459.998 2,323.83 417.304 2,561.59 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 58,466 8.435 6,930.55 7.653 7,639.62 WIRE DRAWN............................23 66,103 5.073 13,027.95 4.603 14,360.85 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 253,633 116.439 2,178.24 105.632 2,401.10 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,433,320 1,033.234 2,355.05 937.335 2,596.00 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 300,365 101.504 2,959.14 92.083 3,261.89 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,369,751 2,916.551 2,526.87 2,645.852 2,785.40 France WIRE RODS..............................3 430,310 216.640 1,986.29 196.533 2,189.51 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 786,293 267.558 2,938.77 242.725 3,239.44 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 170,676 20.956 8,144.48 19.011 8,977.75 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 69,069 11.252 6,138.16 10.208 6,766.16 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 2,119,082 633.903 3,342.91 575.068 3,684.92 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 3,621,381 694.242 5,216.31 629.806 5,749.99 WIRE DRAWN............................23 450,324 96.649 4,659.35 87.679 5,136.05 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,236,556 2,171.539 1,490.44 1,969.988 1,642.93 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 817,846 314.489 2,600.55 285.300 2,866.62 COUNTRY TOTAL 11,701,537 4,427.231 2,643.08 4,016.318 2,913.50 Federal Republic of Germany BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 101,438 15.671 6,472.75 14.217 7,134.98 WIRE RODS..............................3 171,075 64.300 2,660.58 58.332 2,932.78 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,220,290 605.848 2,014.18 549.617 2,220.26 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 3,128,177 1,416.278 2,208.73 1,284.827 2,434.71 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 403,391 216.497 1,863.26 196.403 2,053.89 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,813,191 662.357 2,737.48 600.881 3,017.55 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 2,000,155 341.564 5,855.87 309.862 6,454.99 WIRE DRAWN............................23 602,439 104.448 5,767.82 94.754 6,357.93 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 7,159,062 3,268.453 2,190.35 2,965.092 2,414.45 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 6,792 1.194 5,684.13 1.084 6,265.68 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 532,226 101.411 5,248.18 91.999 5,785.13 COUNTRY TOTAL 17,138,236 6,798.026 2,521.06 6,167.068 2,778.99 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Austria WIRE RODS..............................3 27,024 18.786 1,438.47 17.043 1,585.64 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 100,411 28.329 3,544.41 25.700 3,907.04 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 445,202 144.239 3,086.54 130.852 3,402.33 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 444,062 154.663 2,871.16 140.308 3,164.91 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 582,162 104.922 5,548.50 95.184 6,116.17 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 99,132 25.616 3,869.83 23.239 4,265.76 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,697,993 476.557 3,563.04 432.326 3,927.58 Czech Republic STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,845,517 161.303 11,441.28 146.332 12,611.85 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,845,517 161.303 11,441.28 146.332 12,611.85 Switzerland BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 650,951 153.281 4,246.76 139.055 4,681.25 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 77,894 6.427 12,118.72 5.831 13,358.60 WIRE DRAWN............................23 202,463 44.676 4,531.74 40.530 4,995.39 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 25,341 2.975 8,517.59 2.699 9,389.03 COUNTRY TOTAL 956,649 207.361 4,613.44 188.115 5,085.45 Latvia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 448,550 164.422 2,728.03 149.162 3,007.13 COUNTRY TOTAL 448,550 164.422 2,728.03 149.162 3,007.13 Ukraine BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,095,931 35.502 30,869.44 32.207 34,027.73 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,095,931 35.502 30,869.44 32.207 34,027.73 Spain BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 2,925,464 1,145.788 2,553.23 1,039.442 2,814.46 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 101,899 54.757 1,860.92 49.675 2,051.31 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 5,797,045 971.477 5,967.24 881.310 6,577.76 WIRE DRAWN............................23 475,960 105.606 4,506.90 95.805 4,968.01 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 154,918 137.523 1,126.49 124.759 1,241.74 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 26,696 14.409 1,852.68 13.072 2,042.23 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,481,982 2,429.562 3,902.75 2,204.063 4,302.05 Portugal BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 221,993 68.659 3,233.24 62.287 3,564.03 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 22,605 5.309 4,257.20 4.817 4,692.75 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 244,598 73.969 3,306.74 67.104 3,645.06 Italy INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 2,456,936 1,588.167 1,547.03 1,440.762 1,705.30 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 1,389,307 818.129 1,698.15 742.195 1,871.89 WIRE RODS..............................3 618,124 325.788 1,897.32 295.550 2,091.44 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 949,266 244.218 3,886.96 221.551 4,284.64 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 288,569 102.859 2,805.46 93.313 3,092.48 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,971,394 639.781 3,081.36 580.400 3,396.61 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 1,465,971 498.737 2,939.37 452.447 3,240.09 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 4,831,549 1,410.011 3,426.60 1,279.141 3,777.18 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,382,899 453.483 3,049.51 411.393 3,361.50 WIRE DRAWN............................23 23,021 3.532 6,516.16 3.205 7,182.84 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 222,911 100.880 2,209.66 91.517 2,435.73 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,378,766 1,747.586 1,933.39 1,585.384 2,131.20 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 11,452 2.996 3,822.33 2.718 4,213.39 COUNTRY TOTAL 18,990,165 7,936.171 2,392.86 7,199.576 2,637.68 Slovenia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 189,785 120.042 1,580.98 108.901 1,742.73 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 362,128 153.693 2,356.18 139.428 2,597.24 COUNTRY TOTAL 551,913 273.735 2,016.23 248.329 2,222.51 Israel WIRE DRAWN............................23 21,244 11.122 1,910.03 10.090 2,105.45 COUNTRY TOTAL 21,244 11.122 1,910.03 10.090 2,105.45 Saudi Arabia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 74,153 38.213 1,940.48 34.667 2,139.01 COUNTRY TOTAL 74,153 38.213 1,940.48 34.667 2,139.01 United Arab Emirates BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 49,569 18.726 2,647.06 16.988 2,917.88 COUNTRY TOTAL 49,569 18.726 2,647.06 16.988 2,917.88 India WIRE RODS..............................3 105,993 41.758 2,538.22 37.883 2,797.90 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 88,164 36.505 2,415.11 33.117 2,662.20 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 351,920 116.895 3,010.55 106.046 3,318.56 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 1,164,986 470.911 2,473.89 427.204 2,727.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,460,050 757.221 1,928.17 686.940 2,125.44 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 236,462 42.936 5,507.30 38.951 6,070.76 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,892,476 1,124.292 2,572.71 1,019.941 2,835.92 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 93,980 27.621 3,402.40 25.058 3,750.50 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,394,031 2,618.142 2,442.20 2,375.140 2,692.06 Thailand STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 320,096 112.135 2,854.54 101.728 3,146.59 WIRE DRAWN............................23 97,441 35.002 2,783.81 31.754 3,068.62 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 396,291 178.012 2,226.20 161.490 2,453.97 COUNTRY TOTAL 813,828 325.150 2,502.92 294.972 2,759.00 Vietnam WIRE DRAWN............................23 258,147 33.962 7,601.01 30.810 8,378.68 COUNTRY TOTAL 258,147 33.962 7,601.01 30.810 8,378.68 Malaysia STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 487,346 189.688 2,569.18 172.083 2,832.04 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 30,096 19.032 1,581.30 17.266 1,743.08 COUNTRY TOTAL 517,442 208.721 2,479.10 189.349 2,732.74 Singapore STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 333,446 117.148 2,846.36 106.275 3,137.58 COUNTRY TOTAL 333,446 117.148 2,846.36 106.275 3,137.58 Indonesia STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 92,442 36.388 2,540.43 33.011 2,800.34 COUNTRY TOTAL 92,442 36.388 2,540.43 33.011 2,800.34 China BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 79,521 29.151 2,727.83 26.446 3,006.92 WIRE RODS..............................3 785,452 523.592 1,500.12 474.995 1,653.60 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 10,750 6.015 1,787.11 5.457 1,969.95 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 93,957 27.050 3,473.37 24.540 3,828.73 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 75,495 34.647 2,178.92 31.432 2,401.85 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 465,152 153.948 3,021.47 139.660 3,330.60 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 5,247,652 1,493.436 3,513.81 1,354.823 3,873.31 WIRE DRAWN............................23 552,816 183.188 3,017.74 166.186 3,326.49 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 12,367,671 5,947.708 2,079.40 5,395.672 2,292.15 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 44,010 19.841 2,218.07 18.000 2,445.00 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 38,022 13.203 2,879.70 11.978 3,174.32 COUNTRY TOTAL 19,760,498 8,431.785 2,343.57 7,649.189 2,583.35 Korea, South IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE WIRE RODS..............................3 586,941 299.165 1,961.93 271.398 2,162.66 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 4,166 1.457 2,858.80 1.322 3,151.29 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 301,699 120.919 2,495.05 109.696 2,750.32 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 157,038 50.370 3,117.68 45.695 3,436.66 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 5,337,385 1,603.197 3,329.21 1,454.397 3,669.83 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,337,626 758.412 3,082.26 688.020 3,397.61 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,399,549 1,703.812 1,995.26 1,545.673 2,199.40 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 9,280 1.205 7,695.32 1.094 8,482.63 COUNTRY TOTAL 12,133,684 4,538.539 2,673.48 4,117.295 2,947.00 Hong Kong WIRE DRAWN............................23 188,889 57.149 3,305.18 51.845 3,643.34 COUNTRY TOTAL 188,889 57.149 3,305.18 51.845 3,643.34 Taiwan BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 4,661 3.211 1,451.56 2.913 1,600.07 WIRE RODS..............................3 2,940,475 1,247.064 2,357.92 1,131.318 2,599.16 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 34,003 7.616 4,464.11 6.910 4,920.84 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 358,242 152.252 2,352.95 138.121 2,593.68 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 3,649,850 1,275.858 2,860.70 1,157.440 3,153.38 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 5,175,739 1,640.990 3,154.03 1,488.682 3,476.73 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,344,143 350.782 3,831.84 318.225 4,223.88 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 6,797,023 2,391.073 2,842.67 2,169.146 3,133.50 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 211,808 123.898 1,709.53 112.399 1,884.43 COUNTRY TOTAL 20,515,944 7,192.749 2,852.31 6,525.154 3,144.13 Japan BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 21,119 2.814 7,504.44 2.553 8,272.23 WIRE RODS..............................3 2,515 1.729 1,454.16 1.569 1,602.93 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 534,753 246.303 2,171.11 223.443 2,393.24 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 51,569 0.965 53,404.82 0.876 58,868.72 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 2,332 0.041 55,672.51 0.038 61,368.42 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 142,478 37.112 3,839.07 33.668 4,231.85 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,610,295 531.326 3,030.71 482.011 3,340.78 WIRE DRAWN............................23 550,726 96.821 5,688.06 87.835 6,270.01 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 392,581 403.493 972.96 366.043 1,072.50 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 601,263 509.544 1,180.00 462.251 1,300.73 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,120,382 332.617 6,374.83 301.746 7,027.04 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,030,013 2,162.770 2,788.10 1,962.033 3,073.35 Australia WIRE DRAWN............................23 158,627 56.155 2,824.80 50.943 3,113.81 COUNTRY TOTAL 158,627 56.155 2,824.80 50.943 3,113.81 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - FINAL PREPARED 29/09/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE New Zealand STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 16,957 18.312 925.97 16.613 1,020.71 COUNTRY TOTAL 16,957 18.312 925.97 16.613 1,020.71 Cook Islands STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 225,658 18.024 12,519.18 16.352 13,800.02 COUNTRY TOTAL 225,658 18.024 12,519.18 16.352 13,800.02 South Africa PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 538,645 430.875 1,250.12 390.884 1,378.02 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 158,502 66.596 2,380.05 60.415 2,623.55 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 3,859,356 1,810.945 2,131.13 1,642.863 2,349.16 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,249,648 578.129 2,161.54 524.470 2,382.69 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,806,151 2,886.546 2,011.45 2,618.632 2,217.25 GRAND TOTAL 208,289,099 79,936.883 2,605.67 72,517.541 2,872.26