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RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/09/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab Canada 393,818 1,002.998 392.64 909.905 432.81 Mexico 98,217,076 226,717.055 433.21 205,674.311 477.54 Brazil 49,787,977 152,058.000 327.43 137,944.737 360.93 Finland 1,838,697 4,780.226 384.65 4,336.550 424.00 Poland 4,429,474 13,388.515 330.84 12,145.860 364.69 Russia 71,801,288 160,699.917 446.80 145,784.554 492.52 Australia 12,426 31.074 399.88 28.190 440.79 South Africa 2,223,598 5,752.696 386.53 5,218.760 426.08 CATEGORY TOTAL 228,704,354 564,430.484 405.19 512,042.867 446.65 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate Canada 15,799,476 20,754.267 761.26 18,827.960 839.15 Mexico 35,134 66.597 527.56 60.416 581.53 Brazil 44,481 19.047 2,335.21 17.280 2,574.13 Sweden 2,487,375 2,892.336 859.99 2,623.884 947.97 Norway 103,056 207.196 497.38 187.966 548.27 Finland 92,868 132.411 701.36 120.122 773.11 United Kingdom 685,038 760.519 900.75 689.932 992.91 Belgium 3,038,514 3,183.137 954.57 2,887.695 1,052.23 France 2,095,880 1,229.883 1,704.13 1,115.732 1,878.48 Federal Republic of Germany 1,849,623 2,437.638 758.78 2,211.389 836.41 Austria 413,061 747.633 552.49 678.242 609.02 Estonia 135,918 145.600 933.50 132.087 1,029.00 Ukraine 22,237,996 41,024.001 542.07 37,216.359 597.53 Italy 592,581 1,070.024 553.80 970.710 610.46 Romania 12,502,062 22,516.670 555.24 20,426.786 612.04 Turkey 101,131 201.769 501.22 183.042 552.50 China 2,390 1.275 1,873.96 1.157 2,065.69 Korea, South 4,019 7.672 523.85 6.960 577.44 Japan 2,558,922 3,009.779 850.20 2,730.427 937.19 Australia 387,013 529.405 731.03 480.269 805.83 South Africa 283,638 599.602 473.04 543.950 521.44 CATEGORY TOTAL 65,450,176 101,536.473 644.60 92,112.365 710.55 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled Canada 38,412,395 66,037.524 581.68 59,908.251 641.19 Mexico 30,096,764 49,143.065 612.43 44,581.852 675.09 Venezuela 4,217,903 7,996.478 527.47 7,254.285 581.44 Brazil 503,039 918.533 547.65 833.280 603.69 Sweden 2,567,787 4,551.854 564.12 4,129.374 621.83 United Kingdom 152,474 206.430 738.62 187.271 814.19 Netherlands 11,521,549 25,052.104 459.90 22,726.893 506.96 Belgium 1,975,552 4,032.005 489.97 3,657.775 540.10 France 8,562,936 14,549.750 588.53 13,199.315 648.74 Federal Republic of Germany 3,758,624 6,351.341 591.78 5,761.842 652.33 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/09/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Austria 1,370,381 2,891.471 473.94 2,623.100 522.43 Russia 89,191,720 182,626.818 488.38 165,676.310 538.35 Serbia and Montenegro 2,289,066 4,283.977 534.33 3,886.360 589.00 Romania 3,455,332 6,438.179 536.69 5,840.620 591.60 Bulgaria 1,992,357 4,794.501 415.55 4,349.500 458.07 Turkey 2,861,081 5,486.819 521.45 4,977.560 574.80 India 11,687 20.155 579.83 18.285 639.16 Thailand 11,659,519 22,083.189 527.98 20,033.538 582.00 China 3,995,777 6,356.800 628.58 5,766.794 692.89 Korea, South 45,626,366 96,831.776 471.19 87,844.335 519.40 Taiwan 197,940 327.579 604.25 297.175 666.07 Japan 2,422,209 4,688.034 516.68 4,252.915 569.54 New Zealand 8,219,085 14,933.723 550.37 13,547.650 606.68 Egypt 13,870,553 31,546.664 439.68 28,618.661 484.67 CATEGORY TOTAL 288,932,096 562,148.782 513.98 509,972.941 566.56 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled Canada 21,792,204 30,790.343 707.76 27,932.538 780.17 Mexico 11,395,867 17,131.602 665.20 15,541.533 733.25 El Salvador 1,537,448 2,337.632 657.69 2,120.665 724.98 Dominican Republic 3,692 9.708 380.30 8.807 419.21 Venezuela 806,111 1,397.884 576.66 1,268.140 635.66 Brazil 3,337,258 5,728.845 582.54 5,197.123 642.14 Argentina 3,346,637 5,779.988 579.00 5,243.519 638.24 Sweden 2,039,887 2,167.899 940.95 1,966.686 1,037.22 United Kingdom 1,153,696 898.395 1,284.17 815.011 1,415.56 Netherlands 3,676,517 6,212.501 591.79 5,635.888 652.34 Belgium 10,049,454 19,072.493 526.91 17,302.280 580.82 Luxembourg 1,553,364 2,758.544 563.11 2,502.510 620.72 France 2,679,304 1,978.380 1,354.29 1,794.757 1,492.85 Federal Republic of Germany 5,943,811 6,979.694 851.59 6,331.874 938.71 Austria 1,168,221 203.500 5,740.62 184.613 6,327.95 Switzerland 77,914 42.227 1,845.11 38.308 2,033.88 Poland 2,562 5.982 428.27 5.427 472.08 Russia 21,181,178 36,962.174 573.05 33,531.530 631.68 Italy 53,750 25.438 2,112.98 23.077 2,329.16 India 355,878 518.187 686.77 470.092 757.04 Thailand 6,657,876 11,706.289 568.74 10,619.770 626.93 Indonesia 1,030,529 2,097.525 491.31 1,902.844 541.57 China 10,209,268 17,769.067 574.55 16,119.831 633.34 Korea, South 3,836,496 6,652.895 576.67 6,035.407 635.66 Taiwan 22,451,171 40,561.811 553.51 36,797.067 610.13 Japan 11,236,753 18,130.412 619.77 16,447.638 683.18 New Zealand 815,175 1,338.723 608.92 1,214.470 671.22 South Africa 5,759,934 9,871.412 583.50 8,955.197 643.19 CATEGORY TOTAL 154,151,955 249,129.563 618.76 226,006.602 682.07 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated Canada 39,729,545 61,108.806 650.14 55,436.991 716.66 Mexico 31,488,567 33,913.388 928.50 30,765.717 1,023.50 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/09/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Colombia 874,883 1,573.788 555.91 1,427.717 612.78 Venezuela 138,969 176.173 788.82 159.822 869.52 Chile 144,063 161.796 890.40 146.779 981.50 Brazil 22,488,915 32,964.848 682.21 29,905.216 752.01 Argentina 6,223,823 8,967.457 694.05 8,135.143 765.05 Sweden 407,530 183.256 2,223.82 166.248 2,451.34 Finland 195,073 229.819 848.81 208.489 935.65 United Kingdom 949,022 1,412.513 671.87 1,281.411 740.61 Netherlands 3,049,838 4,454.797 684.62 4,041.325 754.66 Belgium 1,781,850 2,721.717 654.68 2,469.101 721.66 Luxembourg 1,080,107 1,895.721 569.76 1,719.770 628.05 France 1,169,333 1,859.760 628.75 1,687.147 693.08 Federal Republic of Germany 9,470,743 18,122.725 522.59 16,440.665 576.06 Austria 452,165 508.100 889.91 460.941 980.96 Estonia 4,199,908 6,015.785 698.15 5,457.430 769.58 Kazakhstan 5,213,251 7,796.426 668.67 7,072.801 737.08 Spain 3,722,555 6,393.217 582.27 5,799.831 641.84 Turkey 3,633,911 5,344.342 679.95 4,848.307 749.52 India 33,213,827 48,508.287 684.70 44,005.991 754.76 Thailand 5,943 7.390 804.09 6.705 886.35 Malaysia 2,012,831 3,180.790 632.81 2,885.565 697.55 Indonesia 5,931,987 8,855.813 669.84 8,033.861 738.37 China 17,073,311 26,188.926 651.93 23,758.201 718.63 Korea, South 13,479,599 18,640.428 723.14 16,910.317 797.12 Taiwan 63,669,536 83,388.326 763.53 75,648.639 841.65 Japan 5,758,856 7,442.360 773.79 6,751.598 852.96 New Zealand 120,936 164.222 736.42 148.980 811.76 South Africa 3,884,897 5,102.999 761.30 4,629.365 839.19 CATEGORY TOTAL 281,565,774 397,283.989 708.73 360,410.073 781.24 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin Canada 7,622,568 12,314.228 619.00 11,171.283 682.34 Mexico 8,804 9.903 889.01 8.984 979.96 Brazil 2,462,291 3,601.837 683.62 3,267.533 753.56 United Kingdom 208,510 303.581 686.83 275.405 757.10 Netherlands 4,835,876 8,918.670 542.22 8,090.884 597.69 Belgium 273,226 457.073 597.77 414.650 658.93 France 6,412,963 10,532.745 608.86 9,555.149 671.15 Federal Republic of Germany 7,130,179 12,253.484 581.89 11,116.177 641.42 Korea, South 92,512 166.239 556.50 150.810 613.43 Taiwan 9,668 14.022 689.46 12.721 760.00 Japan 1,742,204 2,637.673 660.51 2,392.858 728.08 CATEGORY TOTAL 30,798,801 51,209.460 601.43 46,456.454 662.96 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar Canada 54,291,152 89,336.663 607.71 81,044.881 669.89 Mexico 11,897,961 19,728.742 603.08 17,897.619 664.78 Brazil 688,115 1,260.623 545.85 1,143.619 601.70 Argentina 1,953,219 3,834.877 509.33 3,478.943 561.44 Sweden 988,764 558.337 1,770.91 506.515 1,952.09 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/09/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Norway 854,416 1,674.331 510.30 1,518.928 562.51 United Kingdom 17,392,350 26,833.352 648.16 24,342.815 714.48 Netherlands 1,063,537 694.180 1,532.08 629.750 1,688.82 Luxembourg 1,018,663 1,616.846 630.03 1,466.779 694.49 France 1,637,392 1,759.469 930.62 1,596.164 1,025.83 Federal Republic of Germany 5,578,610 7,490.749 744.73 6,795.496 820.93 Austria 754,127 315.059 2,393.60 285.817 2,638.50 Czech Republic 127,507 217.948 585.03 197.720 644.89 Switzerland 23,206 15.824 1,466.43 14.356 1,616.47 Latvia 2,255,711 5,782.546 390.09 5,245.839 430.00 Poland 30,272 30.036 1,007.83 27.249 1,110.94 Russia 90,268 104.588 863.08 94.881 951.38 Belarus 2,407,276 5,896.812 408.23 5,349.500 450.00 Ukraine 394,810 899.148 439.09 815.694 484.02 Spain 530,851 524.501 1,012.11 475.820 1,115.66 Italy 794,333 1,174.768 676.16 1,065.732 745.34 Slovenia 27,313 21.430 1,274.52 19.441 1,404.92 Turkey 6,063,682 11,754.679 515.85 10,663.669 568.63 India 280,664 403.520 695.54 366.068 766.70 China 186,907 275.089 679.44 249.557 748.96 Korea, South 335,715 385.115 871.73 349.371 960.91 Taiwan 234,134 96.729 2,420.49 87.752 2,668.13 Japan 11,646,136 20,302.655 573.63 18,418.264 632.31 Australia 7,366 12.182 604.63 11.052 666.49 South Africa 5,790 1.949 2,969.25 1.769 3,273.04 CATEGORY TOTAL 123,560,247 203,002.762 608.66 184,161.060 670.94 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar Canada 6,746,007 6,333.417 1,065.14 5,745.581 1,174.12 Mexico 10,427 15.506 672.44 14.067 741.24 Colombia 213,390 275.213 775.36 249.670 854.69 Brazil 60,810 45.824 1,327.03 41.571 1,462.80 Sweden 127,323 109.248 1,165.44 99.109 1,284.68 United Kingdom 3,824,473 3,078.355 1,242.38 2,792.638 1,369.48 Belgium 2,011 1.356 1,482.01 1.231 1,633.63 France 1,305,463 1,357.714 961.52 1,231.698 1,059.89 Federal Republic of Germany 5,368,805 5,017.513 1,070.01 4,551.813 1,179.49 Austria 5,238 4.629 1,131.39 4.200 1,247.14 Switzerland 13,878 15.657 886.36 14.204 977.05 Ukraine 2,567,029 1,965.626 1,305.96 1,783.187 1,439.57 Spain 1,341,043 1,604.673 835.71 1,455.736 921.21 Italy 182,894 230.728 792.68 209.313 873.78 Romania 72,255 25.764 2,804.46 23.373 3,091.39 Turkey 308,252 568.695 542.03 515.912 597.49 Thailand 5,055 4.403 1,147.89 3.995 1,265.33 China 144,622 294.776 490.62 267.417 540.81 Korea, South 32,612 37.366 872.77 33.898 962.06 Taiwan 36,357 26.272 1,383.84 23.834 1,525.43 Japan 576,239 651.657 884.27 591.174 974.74 Egypt 25,019 24.152 1,035.87 21.911 1,141.85 South Africa 93,084 154.829 601.20 140.459 662.71 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/09/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 23,062,286 21,843.384 1,055.80 19,815.991 1,163.82 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar Canada 35,149 46.054 763.20 41.780 841.29 Mexico 10,172,666 23,000.572 442.28 20,865.774 487.53 Dominican Republic 1,615,475 3,660.643 441.31 3,320.881 486.46 Venezuela 2,513,151 6,362.371 395.00 5,771.848 435.42 Brazil 57,134 125.900 453.80 114.215 500.23 Luxembourg 1,703,820 4,420.932 385.40 4,010.604 424.83 Federal Republic of Germany 22,220,277 31,772.838 699.35 28,823.842 770.90 Switzerland 21,785 31.950 681.84 28.985 751.60 Italy 2,019,909 5,365.223 376.48 4,867.250 415.00 Romania 2,729,646 6,686.486 408.23 6,065.880 450.00 Bulgaria 12,559,254 30,026.579 418.27 27,239.662 461.06 Turkey 38,750,930 81,695.924 474.33 74,113.317 522.86 Thailand 1,742,643 3,775.757 461.53 3,425.311 508.75 China 71,925 112.523 639.20 102.080 704.59 Taiwan 7,619,513 18,334.726 415.58 16,632.989 458.10 Japan 10,075,439 23,732.756 424.54 21,530.001 467.97 Australia 11,941 20.249 589.69 18.370 650.03 Egypt 9,152,495 6,863.194 1,333.56 6,226.187 1,470.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 123,073,152 246,034.686 500.23 223,198.976 551.41 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular Canada 76,573,636 82,982.411 922.77 75,280.399 1,017.18 Mexico 20,411,061 21,187.816 963.34 19,221.269 1,061.90 Guatemala 1,320,103 1,486.129 888.28 1,348.194 979.16 Dominican Republic 228,298 523.332 436.24 474.759 480.87 Colombia 3,910,142 2,922.968 1,337.73 2,651.673 1,474.59 Venezuela 4,345,624 5,904.850 735.94 5,356.792 811.24 Peru 15,745 1.252 12,573.62 1.136 13,860.04 Chile 613,209 1,183.144 518.29 1,073.331 571.31 Brazil 2,378,502 3,826.877 621.53 3,471.686 685.11 Argentina 457,299 1,011.706 452.01 917.805 498.25 Sweden 6,531 2.555 2,556.01 2.318 2,817.52 Finland 900,860 297.916 3,023.87 270.265 3,333.25 Denmark 6,501 0.615 10,569.19 0.558 11,650.54 United Kingdom 2,162,769 3,540.271 610.90 3,211.681 673.41 Belgium 84,383 68.261 1,236.17 61.926 1,362.64 France 54,834 36.827 1,488.96 33.409 1,641.29 Federal Republic of Germany 2,422,332 2,744.249 882.69 2,489.542 973.00 Austria 432,806 268.855 1,609.81 243.902 1,774.51 Switzerland 1,695,031 701.154 2,417.49 636.077 2,664.82 Estonia 2,499 2.579 968.83 2.340 1,067.95 Ukraine 360,411 556.408 647.75 504.765 714.02 Spain 87,654 42.264 2,073.92 38.342 2,286.11 Italy 710,218 434.411 1,634.90 394.092 1,802.16 Greece 4,378,889 8,244.063 531.16 7,478.891 585.50 Romania 4,189,977 6,706.541 624.76 6,084.074 688.68 Turkey 9,345,661 14,445.928 646.94 13,105.130 713.13 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/09/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE United Arab Emirates 1,312,442 1,763.612 744.18 1,599.923 820.32 Oman 2,515,076 3,878.039 648.54 3,518.099 714.90 India 6,471,666 9,805.928 659.97 8,895.791 727.50 Thailand 9,851,086 17,105.948 575.89 15,518.260 634.81 Vietnam 16,888 21.865 772.36 19.836 851.38 Philippines 3,817,038 6,760.209 564.63 6,132.761 622.40 China 28,561,042 50,159.752 569.40 45,504.175 627.66 Korea, South 10,901,031 19,071.230 571.60 17,301.134 630.08 Taiwan 2,959,830 4,281.781 691.26 3,884.368 761.98 Japan 7,553,559 11,002.134 686.55 9,980.971 756.80 Australia 335,955 471.351 712.75 427.603 785.67 Sao Tome and Principe 7,073 7.456 948.63 6.764 1,045.68 South Africa 696,367 1,223.903 568.97 1,110.307 627.18 CATEGORY TOTAL 212,094,028 284,676.608 745.03 258,254.348 821.26 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges Canada 6,619,485 1,452.881 4,556.11 1,318.032 5,022.25 Mexico 3,014,130 1,650.154 1,826.57 1,496.995 2,013.45 Brazil 109,287 162.004 674.59 146.968 743.61 Argentina 22,572 4.206 5,366.08 3.816 5,915.09 Sweden 24,587 1.981 12,405.43 1.798 13,674.64 Norway 4,299 0.518 8,297.85 0.470 9,146.81 Finland 18,888 1.269 14,874.05 1.152 16,395.83 Denmark 16,294 1.641 9,927.25 1.489 10,942.91 United Kingdom 360,151 22.386 16,087.63 20.309 17,733.57 Netherlands 16,689 0.083 199,210.66 0.076 219,592.11 France 873,800 505.848 1,727.40 458.898 1,904.13 Federal Republic of Germany 1,436,675 312.652 4,595.11 283.634 5,065.24 Austria 226,933 76.583 2,963.23 69.475 3,266.40 Switzerland 48,321 2.168 22,285.76 1.967 24,565.84 Poland 8,166 1.071 7,621.47 0.972 8,401.23 Russia 11,628 1.601 7,259.98 1.453 8,002.75 Spain 504,081 437.953 1,150.99 397.305 1,268.75 Italy 2,445,342 851.024 2,873.41 772.037 3,167.39 Romania 122,724 97.403 1,259.95 88.363 1,388.86 Israel 183,139 27.048 6,770.76 24.538 7,463.49 India 2,812,337 2,508.788 1,120.99 2,275.935 1,235.68 Thailand 1,090,427 898.508 1,213.60 815.113 1,337.76 Vietnam 91,340 70.402 1,297.40 63.868 1,430.14 Malaysia 820,599 543.106 1,510.94 492.698 1,665.52 Singapore 32,654 30.773 1,061.12 27.917 1,169.68 China 5,299,411 3,360.967 1,576.75 3,049.019 1,738.07 Korea, South 1,999,367 795.801 2,512.39 721.939 2,769.44 Hong Kong 41,462 37.922 1,093.33 34.403 1,205.19 Taiwan 1,364,796 479.323 2,847.34 434.835 3,138.65 Japan 2,037,344 420.512 4,844.90 381.483 5,340.59 Australia 155,754 16.337 9,533.61 14.821 10,509.01 South Africa 43,636 57.359 760.74 52.036 838.57 CATEGORY TOTAL 31,856,318 14,830.287 2,148.06 13,453.814 2,367.83 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/09/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Stainless Steel Bar Canada 160,868 30.333 5,303.33 27.518 5,845.92 Mexico 48,301 21.798 2,215.83 19.775 2,442.53 Trinidad and Tobago 196,487 111.884 1,756.16 101.500 1,935.83 Brazil 68,039 35.280 1,928.51 32.006 2,125.82 Sweden 218,732 48.123 4,545.21 43.657 5,010.24 Denmark 4,454 0.217 20,510.67 0.197 22,609.14 United Kingdom 1,033,142 482.309 2,142.07 437.544 2,361.23 Netherlands 58,401 20.265 2,881.72 18.385 3,176.56 France 2,213,431 647.226 3,419.87 587.154 3,769.76 Federal Republic of Germany 2,602,622 805.167 3,232.40 730.436 3,563.11 Austria 797,453 235.251 3,389.78 213.417 3,736.60 Switzerland 650,951 153.281 4,246.76 139.055 4,681.25 Latvia 267,805 100.514 2,664.35 91.185 2,936.94 Ukraine 1,095,931 35.502 30,869.44 32.207 34,027.73 Spain 101,899 54.757 1,860.92 49.675 2,051.31 Portugal 244,598 73.969 3,306.74 67.104 3,645.06 Italy 9,254,862 2,733.174 3,386.12 2,479.495 3,732.56 Slovenia 189,785 120.042 1,580.98 108.901 1,742.73 Saudi Arabia 74,153 38.213 1,940.48 34.667 2,139.01 United Arab Emirates 49,569 18.726 2,647.06 16.988 2,917.88 India 3,243,582 1,450.141 2,236.73 1,315.547 2,465.58 China 599,670 196.588 3,050.38 178.342 3,362.47 Korea, South 161,204 51.827 3,110.40 47.017 3,428.63 Taiwan 4,008,092 1,428.111 2,806.57 1,295.561 3,093.71 Japan 196,379 38.120 5,151.58 34.582 5,678.65 CATEGORY TOTAL 27,540,410 8,930.830 3,083.75 8,101.915 3,399.25 Stainless Steel Rod Canada 6,004 0.446 13,448.74 0.405 14,824.69 Sweden 515,435 219.065 2,352.88 198.733 2,593.61 United Kingdom 1,869,374 783.146 2,387.00 710.459 2,631.22 France 575,706 235.526 2,444.34 213.666 2,694.42 Federal Republic of Germany 372,822 221.470 1,683.39 200.915 1,855.62 Austria 27,024 18.786 1,438.47 17.043 1,585.64 Italy 517,112 281.208 1,838.89 255.108 2,027.03 India 105,993 41.758 2,538.22 37.883 2,797.90 China 785,452 523.592 1,500.12 474.995 1,653.60 Korea, South 586,941 299.165 1,961.93 271.398 2,162.66 Taiwan 2,538,827 1,087.110 2,335.39 986.210 2,574.33 Japan 2,515 1.729 1,454.16 1.569 1,602.93 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,903,205 3,713.006 2,128.52 3,368.384 2,346.29 Stainless Steel Wire Canada 168,147 29.005 5,797.15 26.313 6,390.26 Sweden 1,099,852 122.310 8,992.31 110.958 9,912.33 Denmark 40,833 7.532 5,421.20 6.833 5,975.85 United Kingdom 415,814 110.238 3,771.94 100.007 4,157.85 Belgium 66,103 5.073 13,027.95 4.603 14,360.85 France 450,324 96.649 4,659.35 87.679 5,136.05 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/09/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Federal Republic of Germany 602,439 104.448 5,767.82 94.754 6,357.93 Switzerland 202,463 44.676 4,531.74 40.530 4,995.39 Spain 475,960 105.606 4,506.90 95.805 4,968.01 Italy 23,021 3.532 6,516.16 3.205 7,182.84 Israel 21,244 11.122 1,910.03 10.090 2,105.45 India 2,892,476 1,124.292 2,572.71 1,019.941 2,835.92 Thailand 97,441 35.002 2,783.81 31.754 3,068.62 Vietnam 44,798 17.517 2,557.27 15.892 2,818.90 China 552,816 183.188 3,017.74 166.186 3,326.49 Korea, South 2,337,626 758.412 3,082.26 688.020 3,397.61 Hong Kong 188,889 57.149 3,305.18 51.845 3,643.34 Taiwan 1,344,143 350.782 3,831.84 318.225 4,223.88 Japan 508,226 86.125 5,900.98 78.132 6,504.71 Australia 158,627 56.155 2,824.80 50.943 3,113.81 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,691,242 3,308.823 3,533.35 3,001.715 3,894.85 GRAND TOTAL 1,610,384,044 2,712,079.142 593.78 2,460,357.506 654.53 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/09/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Flat Products Canada 123,750,006 192,008.167 644.50 174,186.929 710.44 Mexico 171,242,212 326,981.612 523.71 296,632.812 577.29 El Salvador 1,537,448 2,337.632 657.69 2,120.665 724.98 Dominican Republic 3,692 9.708 380.30 8.807 419.21 Colombia 874,883 1,573.788 555.91 1,427.717 612.78 Venezuela 5,162,983 9,570.536 539.47 8,682.247 594.66 Chile 144,063 161.796 890.40 146.779 981.50 Brazil 78,623,961 195,291.114 402.60 177,165.169 443.79 Argentina 9,570,460 14,747.446 648.96 13,378.662 715.35 Sweden 7,502,579 9,795.347 765.93 8,886.192 844.30 Norway 103,056 207.196 497.38 187.966 548.27 Finland 2,126,638 5,142.458 413.55 4,665.161 455.86 United Kingdom 3,148,740 3,581.441 879.18 3,249.030 969.13 Netherlands 23,083,780 44,638.072 517.13 40,494.990 570.04 Belgium 17,118,596 29,466.427 580.95 26,731.501 640.39 Luxembourg 2,633,471 4,654.265 565.82 4,222.280 623.71 France 20,920,416 30,150.520 693.87 27,352.100 764.86 Federal Republic of Germany 28,152,980 46,144.884 610.10 41,861.947 672.52 Austria 3,403,828 4,350.706 782.36 3,946.896 862.41 Switzerland 77,914 42.227 1,845.11 38.308 2,033.88 Estonia 4,335,826 6,161.386 703.71 5,589.517 775.71 Poland 4,432,036 13,394.497 330.88 12,151.287 364.74 Russia 182,174,186 380,288.910 479.04 344,992.394 528.05 Ukraine 22,237,996 41,024.001 542.07 37,216.359 597.53 Kazakhstan 5,213,251 7,796.426 668.67 7,072.801 737.08 Spain 3,722,555 6,393.217 582.27 5,799.831 641.84 Italy 646,331 1,095.462 590.01 993.787 650.37 Serbia and Montenegro 2,289,066 4,283.977 534.33 3,886.360 589.00 Romania 15,957,394 28,954.850 551.11 26,267.406 607.50 Bulgaria 1,992,357 4,794.501 415.55 4,349.500 458.07 Turkey 6,596,123 11,032.930 597.86 10,008.909 659.03 India 33,581,392 49,046.631 684.68 44,494.368 754.73 Thailand 18,323,338 33,796.869 542.16 30,660.013 597.63 Malaysia 2,012,831 3,180.790 632.81 2,885.565 697.55 Indonesia 6,962,516 10,953.339 635.65 9,936.705 700.69 China 31,280,746 50,316.069 621.69 45,645.983 685.29 Korea, South 63,038,992 122,299.012 515.45 110,947.829 568.19 Taiwan 86,328,315 124,291.740 694.56 112,755.601 765.62 Japan 23,718,944 35,908.261 660.54 32,575.436 728.12 Australia 399,439 560.479 712.67 508.459 785.59 New Zealand 9,155,196 16,436.669 557.00 14,911.100 613.99 Egypt 13,870,553 31,546.664 439.68 28,618.661 484.67 South Africa 12,152,067 21,326.710 569.81 19,347.272 628.10 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,049,603,156 1,925,738.753 545.04 1,747,001.303 600.80 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/09/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE GRAND TOTAL 1,049,603,156 1,925,738.753 545.04 1,747,001.303 600.80