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RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/09/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 393,818 1,002.998 392.64 909.905 432.81 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 15,799,476 20,754.267 761.26 18,827.960 839.15 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 38,412,395 66,037.524 581.68 59,908.251 641.19 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 21,792,204 30,790.343 707.76 27,932.538 780.17 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 39,729,545 61,108.806 650.14 55,436.991 716.66 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 7,622,568 12,314.228 619.00 11,171.283 682.34 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 54,291,152 89,336.663 607.71 81,044.881 669.89 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 6,746,007 6,333.417 1,065.14 5,745.581 1,174.12 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 35,149 46.054 763.20 41.780 841.29 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 76,573,636 82,982.411 922.77 75,280.399 1,017.18 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 6,619,485 1,452.881 4,556.11 1,318.032 5,022.25 Stainless Steel Bar 160,868 30.333 5,303.33 27.518 5,845.92 Stainless Steel Rod 6,004 0.446 13,448.74 0.405 14,824.69 Stainless Steel Wire 168,147 29.005 5,797.15 26.313 6,390.26 COUNTRY TOTAL 268,350,454 372,219.381 720.95 337,671.838 794.71 Mexico Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 98,217,076 226,717.055 433.21 205,674.311 477.54 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 35,134 66.597 527.56 60.416 581.53 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 30,096,764 49,143.065 612.43 44,581.852 675.09 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 11,395,867 17,131.602 665.20 15,541.533 733.25 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 31,488,567 33,913.388 928.50 30,765.717 1,023.50 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 8,804 9.903 889.01 8.984 979.96 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 11,897,961 19,728.742 603.08 17,897.619 664.78 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 10,427 15.506 672.44 14.067 741.24 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 10,172,666 23,000.572 442.28 20,865.774 487.53 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 20,411,061 21,187.816 963.34 19,221.269 1,061.90 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 3,014,130 1,650.154 1,826.57 1,496.995 2,013.45 Stainless Steel Bar 48,301 21.798 2,215.83 19.775 2,442.53 COUNTRY TOTAL 216,796,758 392,586.201 552.23 356,148.312 608.73 Guatemala Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 1,320,103 1,486.129 888.28 1,348.194 979.16 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,320,103 1,486.129 888.28 1,348.194 979.16 El Salvador Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 1,537,448 2,337.632 657.69 2,120.665 724.98 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,537,448 2,337.632 657.69 2,120.665 724.98 Dominican Republic Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 3,692 9.708 380.30 8.807 419.21 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 1,615,475 3,660.643 441.31 3,320.881 486.46 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 228,298 523.332 436.24 474.759 480.87 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/09/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 1,847,465 4,193.683 440.54 3,804.447 485.61 Trinidad and Tobago Stainless Steel Bar 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 Colombia Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 874,883 1,573.788 555.91 1,427.717 612.78 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 213,390 275.213 775.36 249.670 854.69 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 3,910,142 2,922.968 1,337.73 2,651.673 1,474.59 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,998,415 4,771.970 1,047.45 4,329.060 1,154.62 Venezuela Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 4,217,903 7,996.478 527.47 7,254.285 581.44 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 806,111 1,397.884 576.66 1,268.140 635.66 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 138,969 176.173 788.82 159.822 869.52 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 2,513,151 6,362.371 395.00 5,771.848 435.42 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 4,345,624 5,904.850 735.94 5,356.792 811.24 COUNTRY TOTAL 12,021,758 21,837.758 550.50 19,810.887 606.83 Peru Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 15,745 1.252 12,573.62 1.136 13,860.04 COUNTRY TOTAL 15,745 1.252 12,573.62 1.136 13,860.04 Chile Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 144,063 161.796 890.40 146.779 981.50 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 613,209 1,183.144 518.29 1,073.331 571.31 COUNTRY TOTAL 757,272 1,344.940 563.05 1,220.110 620.66 Brazil Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 49,787,977 152,058.000 327.43 137,944.737 360.93 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 44,481 19.047 2,335.21 17.280 2,574.13 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 503,039 918.533 547.65 833.280 603.69 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 3,337,258 5,728.845 582.54 5,197.123 642.14 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 22,488,915 32,964.848 682.21 29,905.216 752.01 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 2,462,291 3,601.837 683.62 3,267.533 753.56 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 688,115 1,260.623 545.85 1,143.619 601.70 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 60,810 45.824 1,327.03 41.571 1,462.80 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 57,134 125.900 453.80 114.215 500.23 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 2,378,502 3,826.877 621.53 3,471.686 685.11 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 109,287 162.004 674.59 146.968 743.61 Stainless Steel Bar 68,039 35.280 1,928.51 32.006 2,125.82 COUNTRY TOTAL 81,985,848 200,747.625 408.40 182,115.234 450.19 Argentina IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/09/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 3,346,637 5,779.988 579.00 5,243.519 638.24 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 6,223,823 8,967.457 694.05 8,135.143 765.05 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 1,953,219 3,834.877 509.33 3,478.943 561.44 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 457,299 1,011.706 452.01 917.805 498.25 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 22,572 4.206 5,366.08 3.816 5,915.09 COUNTRY TOTAL 12,003,550 19,598.236 612.48 17,779.226 675.14 Sweden Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 2,487,375 2,892.336 859.99 2,623.884 947.97 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 2,567,787 4,551.854 564.12 4,129.374 621.83 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 2,039,887 2,167.899 940.95 1,966.686 1,037.22 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 407,530 183.256 2,223.82 166.248 2,451.34 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 988,764 558.337 1,770.91 506.515 1,952.09 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 127,323 109.248 1,165.44 99.109 1,284.68 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 6,531 2.555 2,556.01 2.318 2,817.52 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 24,587 1.981 12,405.43 1.798 13,674.64 Stainless Steel Bar 218,732 48.123 4,545.21 43.657 5,010.24 Stainless Steel Rod 515,435 219.065 2,352.88 198.733 2,593.61 Stainless Steel Wire 1,099,852 122.310 8,992.31 110.958 9,912.33 COUNTRY TOTAL 10,483,803 10,856.969 965.63 9,849.280 1,064.42 Norway Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 103,056 207.196 497.38 187.966 548.27 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 854,416 1,674.331 510.30 1,518.928 562.51 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 4,299 0.518 8,297.85 0.470 9,146.81 COUNTRY TOTAL 961,771 1,882.046 511.02 1,707.364 563.31 Finland Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 1,838,697 4,780.226 384.65 4,336.550 424.00 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 92,868 132.411 701.36 120.122 773.11 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 195,073 229.819 848.81 208.489 935.65 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 900,860 297.916 3,023.87 270.265 3,333.25 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 18,888 1.269 14,874.05 1.152 16,395.83 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,046,386 5,441.644 559.83 4,936.578 617.10 Denmark Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 6,501 0.615 10,569.19 0.558 11,650.54 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 16,294 1.641 9,927.25 1.489 10,942.91 Stainless Steel Bar 4,454 0.217 20,510.67 0.197 22,609.14 Stainless Steel Wire 40,833 7.532 5,421.20 6.833 5,975.85 COUNTRY TOTAL 68,082 10.005 6,804.34 9.077 7,500.50 United Kingdom Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 685,038 760.519 900.75 689.932 992.91 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 152,474 206.430 738.62 187.271 814.19 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 1,153,696 898.395 1,284.17 815.011 1,415.56 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 949,022 1,412.513 671.87 1,281.411 740.61 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/09/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 208,510 303.581 686.83 275.405 757.10 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 17,392,350 26,833.352 648.16 24,342.815 714.48 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 3,824,473 3,078.355 1,242.38 2,792.638 1,369.48 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 2,162,769 3,540.271 610.90 3,211.681 673.41 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 360,151 22.386 16,087.63 20.309 17,733.57 Stainless Steel Bar 1,033,142 482.309 2,142.07 437.544 2,361.23 Stainless Steel Rod 1,869,374 783.146 2,387.00 710.459 2,631.22 Stainless Steel Wire 415,814 110.238 3,771.94 100.007 4,157.85 COUNTRY TOTAL 30,206,813 38,431.503 785.99 34,864.483 866.41 Netherlands Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 11,521,549 25,052.104 459.90 22,726.893 506.96 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 3,676,517 6,212.501 591.79 5,635.888 652.34 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 3,049,838 4,454.797 684.62 4,041.325 754.66 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 4,835,876 8,918.670 542.22 8,090.884 597.69 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 1,063,537 694.180 1,532.08 629.750 1,688.82 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 16,689 0.083 199,210.66 0.076 219,592.11 Stainless Steel Bar 58,401 20.265 2,881.72 18.385 3,176.56 COUNTRY TOTAL 24,222,407 45,352.603 534.09 41,143.201 588.73 Belgium Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 3,038,514 3,183.137 954.57 2,887.695 1,052.23 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 1,975,552 4,032.005 489.97 3,657.775 540.10 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 10,049,454 19,072.493 526.91 17,302.280 580.82 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 1,781,850 2,721.717 654.68 2,469.101 721.66 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 273,226 457.073 597.77 414.650 658.93 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 2,011 1.356 1,482.01 1.231 1,633.63 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 84,383 68.261 1,236.17 61.926 1,362.64 Stainless Steel Wire 66,103 5.073 13,027.95 4.603 14,360.85 COUNTRY TOTAL 17,271,093 29,541.120 584.65 26,799.261 644.46 Luxembourg Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 1,553,364 2,758.544 563.11 2,502.510 620.72 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 1,080,107 1,895.721 569.76 1,719.770 628.05 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 1,018,663 1,616.846 630.03 1,466.779 694.49 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 1,703,820 4,420.932 385.40 4,010.604 424.83 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,355,954 10,692.045 500.93 9,699.663 552.18 France Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 2,095,880 1,229.883 1,704.13 1,115.732 1,878.48 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 8,562,936 14,549.750 588.53 13,199.315 648.74 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 2,679,304 1,978.380 1,354.29 1,794.757 1,492.85 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 1,169,333 1,859.760 628.75 1,687.147 693.08 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 6,412,963 10,532.745 608.86 9,555.149 671.15 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 1,637,392 1,759.469 930.62 1,596.164 1,025.83 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 1,305,463 1,357.714 961.52 1,231.698 1,059.89 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 54,834 36.827 1,488.96 33.409 1,641.29 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 873,800 505.848 1,727.40 458.898 1,904.13 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/09/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Stainless Steel Bar 2,213,431 647.226 3,419.87 587.154 3,769.76 Stainless Steel Rod 575,706 235.526 2,444.34 213.666 2,694.42 Stainless Steel Wire 450,324 96.649 4,659.35 87.679 5,136.05 COUNTRY TOTAL 28,031,366 34,789.781 805.74 31,560.768 888.17 Federal Republic of Germany Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 1,849,623 2,437.638 758.78 2,211.389 836.41 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 3,758,624 6,351.341 591.78 5,761.842 652.33 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 5,943,811 6,979.694 851.59 6,331.874 938.71 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 9,470,743 18,122.725 522.59 16,440.665 576.06 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 7,130,179 12,253.484 581.89 11,116.177 641.42 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 5,578,610 7,490.749 744.73 6,795.496 820.93 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 5,368,805 5,017.513 1,070.01 4,551.813 1,179.49 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 22,220,277 31,772.838 699.35 28,823.842 770.90 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 2,422,332 2,744.249 882.69 2,489.542 973.00 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 1,436,675 312.652 4,595.11 283.634 5,065.24 Stainless Steel Bar 2,602,622 805.167 3,232.40 730.436 3,563.11 Stainless Steel Rod 372,822 221.470 1,683.39 200.915 1,855.62 Stainless Steel Wire 602,439 104.448 5,767.82 94.754 6,357.93 COUNTRY TOTAL 68,757,562 94,613.975 726.72 85,832.379 801.07 Austria Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 413,061 747.633 552.49 678.242 609.02 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 1,370,381 2,891.471 473.94 2,623.100 522.43 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 1,168,221 203.500 5,740.62 184.613 6,327.95 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 452,165 508.100 889.91 460.941 980.96 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 754,127 315.059 2,393.60 285.817 2,638.50 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 5,238 4.629 1,131.39 4.200 1,247.14 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 432,806 268.855 1,609.81 243.902 1,774.51 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 226,933 76.583 2,963.23 69.475 3,266.40 Stainless Steel Bar 797,453 235.251 3,389.78 213.417 3,736.60 Stainless Steel Rod 27,024 18.786 1,438.47 17.043 1,585.64 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,647,409 5,269.873 1,071.64 4,780.750 1,181.28 Czech Republic Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 127,507 217.948 585.03 197.720 644.89 COUNTRY TOTAL 127,507 217.948 585.03 197.720 644.89 Switzerland Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 77,914 42.227 1,845.11 38.308 2,033.88 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 23,206 15.824 1,466.43 14.356 1,616.47 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 13,878 15.657 886.36 14.204 977.05 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 21,785 31.950 681.84 28.985 751.60 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 1,695,031 701.154 2,417.49 636.077 2,664.82 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 48,321 2.168 22,285.76 1.967 24,565.84 Stainless Steel Bar 650,951 153.281 4,246.76 139.055 4,681.25 Stainless Steel Wire 202,463 44.676 4,531.74 40.530 4,995.39 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/09/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 2,733,549 1,006.941 2,714.71 913.482 2,992.45 Estonia Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 135,918 145.600 933.50 132.087 1,029.00 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 4,199,908 6,015.785 698.15 5,457.430 769.58 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 2,499 2.579 968.83 2.340 1,067.95 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,338,325 6,163.965 703.82 5,591.857 775.83 Latvia Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 2,255,711 5,782.546 390.09 5,245.839 430.00 Stainless Steel Bar 267,805 100.514 2,664.35 91.185 2,936.94 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,523,516 5,883.060 428.95 5,337.024 472.83 Poland Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 4,429,474 13,388.515 330.84 12,145.860 364.69 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 2,562 5.982 428.27 5.427 472.08 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 30,272 30.036 1,007.83 27.249 1,110.94 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 8,166 1.071 7,621.47 0.972 8,401.23 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,470,474 13,425.605 332.98 12,179.508 367.05 Russia Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 71,801,288 160,699.917 446.80 145,784.554 492.52 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 89,191,720 182,626.818 488.38 165,676.310 538.35 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 21,181,178 36,962.174 573.05 33,531.530 631.68 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 90,268 104.588 863.08 94.881 951.38 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 11,628 1.601 7,259.98 1.453 8,002.75 COUNTRY TOTAL 182,276,082 380,395.100 479.18 345,088.728 528.20 Belarus Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 2,407,276 5,896.812 408.23 5,349.500 450.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,407,276 5,896.812 408.23 5,349.500 450.00 Ukraine Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 22,237,996 41,024.001 542.07 37,216.359 597.53 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 394,810 899.148 439.09 815.694 484.02 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 2,567,029 1,965.626 1,305.96 1,783.187 1,439.57 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 360,411 556.408 647.75 504.765 714.02 Stainless Steel Bar 1,095,931 35.502 30,869.44 32.207 34,027.73 COUNTRY TOTAL 26,656,177 44,480.687 599.28 40,352.212 660.59 Kazakhstan Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 5,213,251 7,796.426 668.67 7,072.801 737.08 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,213,251 7,796.426 668.67 7,072.801 737.08 Spain IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/09/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 3,722,555 6,393.217 582.27 5,799.831 641.84 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 530,851 524.501 1,012.11 475.820 1,115.66 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 1,341,043 1,604.673 835.71 1,455.736 921.21 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 87,654 42.264 2,073.92 38.342 2,286.11 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 504,081 437.953 1,150.99 397.305 1,268.75 Stainless Steel Bar 101,899 54.757 1,860.92 49.675 2,051.31 Stainless Steel Wire 475,960 105.606 4,506.90 95.805 4,968.01 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,764,043 9,162.975 738.19 8,312.514 813.72 Portugal Stainless Steel Bar 244,598 73.969 3,306.74 67.104 3,645.06 COUNTRY TOTAL 244,598 73.969 3,306.74 67.104 3,645.06 Italy Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 592,581 1,070.024 553.80 970.710 610.46 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 53,750 25.438 2,112.98 23.077 2,329.16 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 794,333 1,174.768 676.16 1,065.732 745.34 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 182,894 230.728 792.68 209.313 873.78 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 2,019,909 5,365.223 376.48 4,867.250 415.00 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 710,218 434.411 1,634.90 394.092 1,802.16 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 2,445,342 851.024 2,873.41 772.037 3,167.39 Stainless Steel Bar 9,254,862 2,733.174 3,386.12 2,479.495 3,732.56 Stainless Steel Rod 517,112 281.208 1,838.89 255.108 2,027.03 Stainless Steel Wire 23,021 3.532 6,516.16 3.205 7,182.84 COUNTRY TOTAL 16,594,022 12,169.534 1,363.57 11,040.019 1,503.08 Slovenia Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 27,313 21.430 1,274.52 19.441 1,404.92 Stainless Steel Bar 189,785 120.042 1,580.98 108.901 1,742.73 COUNTRY TOTAL 217,098 141.472 1,534.56 128.342 1,691.56 Serbia and Montenegro Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 2,289,066 4,283.977 534.33 3,886.360 589.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,289,066 4,283.977 534.33 3,886.360 589.00 Greece Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 4,378,889 8,244.063 531.16 7,478.891 585.50 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,378,889 8,244.063 531.16 7,478.891 585.50 Romania Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 12,502,062 22,516.670 555.24 20,426.786 612.04 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 3,455,332 6,438.179 536.69 5,840.620 591.60 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 72,255 25.764 2,804.46 23.373 3,091.39 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 2,729,646 6,686.486 408.23 6,065.880 450.00 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 4,189,977 6,706.541 624.76 6,084.074 688.68 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 122,724 97.403 1,259.95 88.363 1,388.86 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/09/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 23,071,996 42,471.046 543.24 38,529.096 598.82 Bulgaria Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 1,992,357 4,794.501 415.55 4,349.500 458.07 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 12,559,254 30,026.579 418.27 27,239.662 461.06 COUNTRY TOTAL 14,551,611 34,821.080 417.90 31,589.162 460.65 Turkey Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 101,131 201.769 501.22 183.042 552.50 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 2,861,081 5,486.819 521.45 4,977.560 574.80 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 3,633,911 5,344.342 679.95 4,848.307 749.52 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 6,063,682 11,754.679 515.85 10,663.669 568.63 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 308,252 568.695 542.03 515.912 597.49 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 38,750,930 81,695.924 474.33 74,113.317 522.86 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 9,345,661 14,445.928 646.94 13,105.130 713.13 COUNTRY TOTAL 61,064,648 119,498.159 511.01 108,406.937 563.29 Israel Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 183,139 27.048 6,770.76 24.538 7,463.49 Stainless Steel Wire 21,244 11.122 1,910.03 10.090 2,105.45 COUNTRY TOTAL 204,383 38.170 5,354.43 34.628 5,902.25 Saudi Arabia Stainless Steel Bar 74,153 38.213 1,940.48 34.667 2,139.01 COUNTRY TOTAL 74,153 38.213 1,940.48 34.667 2,139.01 United Arab Emirates Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 1,312,442 1,763.612 744.18 1,599.923 820.32 Stainless Steel Bar 49,569 18.726 2,647.06 16.988 2,917.88 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,362,011 1,782.338 764.17 1,616.911 842.35 Oman Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 2,515,076 3,878.039 648.54 3,518.099 714.90 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,515,076 3,878.039 648.54 3,518.099 714.90 India Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 11,687 20.155 579.83 18.285 639.16 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 355,878 518.187 686.77 470.092 757.04 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 33,213,827 48,508.287 684.70 44,005.991 754.76 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 280,664 403.520 695.54 366.068 766.70 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 6,471,666 9,805.928 659.97 8,895.791 727.50 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 2,812,337 2,508.788 1,120.99 2,275.935 1,235.68 Stainless Steel Bar 3,243,582 1,450.141 2,236.73 1,315.547 2,465.58 Stainless Steel Rod 105,993 41.758 2,538.22 37.883 2,797.90 Stainless Steel Wire 2,892,476 1,124.292 2,572.71 1,019.941 2,835.92 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/09/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 49,388,110 64,381.061 767.12 58,405.533 845.61 Thailand Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 11,659,519 22,083.189 527.98 20,033.538 582.00 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 6,657,876 11,706.289 568.74 10,619.770 626.93 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 5,943 7.390 804.09 6.705 886.35 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 5,055 4.403 1,147.89 3.995 1,265.33 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 1,742,643 3,775.757 461.53 3,425.311 508.75 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 9,851,086 17,105.948 575.89 15,518.260 634.81 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 1,090,427 898.508 1,213.60 815.113 1,337.76 Stainless Steel Wire 97,441 35.002 2,783.81 31.754 3,068.62 COUNTRY TOTAL 31,109,990 55,616.490 559.37 50,454.446 616.60 Vietnam Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 16,888 21.865 772.36 19.836 851.38 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 91,340 70.402 1,297.40 63.868 1,430.14 Stainless Steel Wire 44,798 17.517 2,557.27 15.892 2,818.90 COUNTRY TOTAL 153,026 109.785 1,393.86 99.596 1,536.47 Malaysia Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 2,012,831 3,180.790 632.81 2,885.565 697.55 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 820,599 543.106 1,510.94 492.698 1,665.52 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,833,430 3,723.896 760.88 3,378.263 838.72 Singapore Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 32,654 30.773 1,061.12 27.917 1,169.68 COUNTRY TOTAL 32,654 30.773 1,061.12 27.917 1,169.68 Indonesia Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 1,030,529 2,097.525 491.31 1,902.844 541.57 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 5,931,987 8,855.813 669.84 8,033.861 738.37 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,962,516 10,953.339 635.65 9,936.705 700.69 Philippines Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 3,817,038 6,760.209 564.63 6,132.761 622.40 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,817,038 6,760.209 564.63 6,132.761 622.40 China Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 2,390 1.275 1,873.96 1.157 2,065.69 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 3,995,777 6,356.800 628.58 5,766.794 692.89 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 10,209,268 17,769.067 574.55 16,119.831 633.34 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 17,073,311 26,188.926 651.93 23,758.201 718.63 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 186,907 275.089 679.44 249.557 748.96 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 144,622 294.776 490.62 267.417 540.81 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 71,925 112.523 639.20 102.080 704.59 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/09/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 28,561,042 50,159.752 569.40 45,504.175 627.66 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 5,299,411 3,360.967 1,576.75 3,049.019 1,738.07 Stainless Steel Bar 599,670 196.588 3,050.38 178.342 3,362.47 Stainless Steel Rod 785,452 523.592 1,500.12 474.995 1,653.60 Stainless Steel Wire 552,816 183.188 3,017.74 166.186 3,326.49 COUNTRY TOTAL 67,482,591 105,422.548 640.12 95,637.754 705.61 Korea, South Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 4,019 7.672 523.85 6.960 577.44 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 45,626,366 96,831.776 471.19 87,844.335 519.40 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 3,836,496 6,652.895 576.67 6,035.407 635.66 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 13,479,599 18,640.428 723.14 16,910.317 797.12 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 92,512 166.239 556.50 150.810 613.43 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 335,715 385.115 871.73 349.371 960.91 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 32,612 37.366 872.77 33.898 962.06 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 10,901,031 19,071.230 571.60 17,301.134 630.08 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 1,999,367 795.801 2,512.39 721.939 2,769.44 Stainless Steel Bar 161,204 51.827 3,110.40 47.017 3,428.63 Stainless Steel Rod 586,941 299.165 1,961.93 271.398 2,162.66 Stainless Steel Wire 2,337,626 758.412 3,082.26 688.020 3,397.61 COUNTRY TOTAL 79,393,488 143,697.929 552.50 130,360.606 609.03 Hong Kong Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 41,462 37.922 1,093.33 34.403 1,205.19 Stainless Steel Wire 188,889 57.149 3,305.18 51.845 3,643.34 COUNTRY TOTAL 230,351 95.072 2,422.91 86.248 2,670.80 Taiwan Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 197,940 327.579 604.25 297.175 666.07 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 22,451,171 40,561.811 553.51 36,797.067 610.13 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 63,669,536 83,388.326 763.53 75,648.639 841.65 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 9,668 14.022 689.46 12.721 760.00 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 234,134 96.729 2,420.49 87.752 2,668.13 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 36,357 26.272 1,383.84 23.834 1,525.43 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 7,619,513 18,334.726 415.58 16,632.989 458.10 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 2,959,830 4,281.781 691.26 3,884.368 761.98 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 1,364,796 479.323 2,847.34 434.835 3,138.65 Stainless Steel Bar 4,008,092 1,428.111 2,806.57 1,295.561 3,093.71 Stainless Steel Rod 2,538,827 1,087.110 2,335.39 986.210 2,574.33 Stainless Steel Wire 1,344,143 350.782 3,831.84 318.225 4,223.88 COUNTRY TOTAL 106,434,007 150,376.578 707.78 136,419.376 780.20 Japan Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 2,558,922 3,009.779 850.20 2,730.427 937.19 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 2,422,209 4,688.034 516.68 4,252.915 569.54 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 11,236,753 18,130.412 619.77 16,447.638 683.18 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 5,758,856 7,442.360 773.79 6,751.598 852.96 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 1,742,204 2,637.673 660.51 2,392.858 728.08 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/09/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 11,646,136 20,302.655 573.63 18,418.264 632.31 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 576,239 651.657 884.27 591.174 974.74 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 10,075,439 23,732.756 424.54 21,530.001 467.97 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 7,553,559 11,002.134 686.55 9,980.971 756.80 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 2,037,344 420.512 4,844.90 381.483 5,340.59 Stainless Steel Bar 196,379 38.120 5,151.58 34.582 5,678.65 Stainless Steel Rod 2,515 1.729 1,454.16 1.569 1,602.93 Stainless Steel Wire 508,226 86.125 5,900.98 78.132 6,504.71 COUNTRY TOTAL 56,314,781 92,143.953 611.16 83,591.612 673.69 Australia Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 12,426 31.074 399.88 28.190 440.79 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 387,013 529.405 731.03 480.269 805.83 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 7,366 12.182 604.63 11.052 666.49 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 11,941 20.249 589.69 18.370 650.03 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 335,955 471.351 712.75 427.603 785.67 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 155,754 16.337 9,533.61 14.821 10,509.01 Stainless Steel Wire 158,627 56.155 2,824.80 50.943 3,113.81 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,069,082 1,136.756 940.47 1,031.248 1,036.69 New Zealand Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 8,219,085 14,933.723 550.37 13,547.650 606.68 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 815,175 1,338.723 608.92 1,214.470 671.22 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 120,936 164.222 736.42 148.980 811.76 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,155,196 16,436.669 557.00 14,911.100 613.99 Egypt Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 13,870,553 31,546.664 439.68 28,618.661 484.67 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 25,019 24.152 1,035.87 21.911 1,141.85 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 9,152,495 6,863.194 1,333.56 6,226.187 1,470.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 23,048,067 38,434.011 599.68 34,866.759 661.03 Sao Tome and Principe Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 7,073 7.456 948.63 6.764 1,045.68 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,073 7.456 948.63 6.764 1,045.68 South Africa Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 2,223,598 5,752.696 386.53 5,218.760 426.08 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 283,638 599.602 473.04 543.950 521.44 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 5,759,934 9,871.412 583.50 8,955.197 643.19 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 3,884,897 5,102.999 761.30 4,629.365 839.19 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 5,790 1.949 2,969.25 1.769 3,273.04 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 93,084 154.829 601.20 140.459 662.71 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 696,367 1,223.903 568.97 1,110.307 627.18 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 43,636 57.359 760.74 52.036 838.57 COUNTRY TOTAL 12,990,944 22,764.753 570.66 20,651.843 629.05 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/09/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE GRAND TOTAL 1,610,384,044 2,712,079.142 593.78 2,460,357.505 654.53