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RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/09/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Canada 111,867 121.345 921.89 110.083 1,016.21 Mexico 622,533 985.537 631.67 894.065 696.30 United Kingdom 74,765 29.382 2,544.58 26.655 2,804.91 Federal Republic of Germany 3,617 0.104 34,539.88 0.095 38,073.68 Italy 2,456,936 1,588.167 1,547.03 1,440.762 1,705.30 China 5,057 10.761 469.90 9.763 517.98 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,274,775 2,735.299 1,197.23 2,481.423 1,319.72 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 8,789,189 20,108.258 437.09 18,241.910 481.81 Mexico 98,217,076 226,717.055 433.21 205,674.311 477.54 Brazil 51,060,932 154,372.977 330.76 140,044.849 364.60 Sweden 5,836,366 2,524.511 2,311.88 2,290.199 2,548.41 Finland 2,123,553 5,503.728 385.84 4,992.900 425.31 United Kingdom 7,749,983 3,783.186 2,048.53 3,432.050 2,258.12 Netherlands 338,515 320.722 1,055.48 290.955 1,163.46 Federal Republic of Germany 7,825,006 22,913.785 341.50 20,787.042 376.44 Austria 30,000 43.261 693.46 39.246 764.41 Poland 4,429,474 13,388.515 330.84 12,145.860 364.69 Russia 71,801,288 160,699.917 446.80 145,784.554 492.52 Spain 2,793,772 1,088.093 2,567.58 987.102 2,830.28 Italy 1,193,678 676.852 1,763.57 614.030 1,944.01 Turkey 3,220,214 12,123.216 265.62 10,998.000 292.80 China 79,521 29.151 2,727.83 26.446 3,006.92 Taiwan 4,661 3.211 1,451.56 2.913 1,600.07 Japan 21,119 2.814 7,504.44 2.553 8,272.23 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 267,750,371 630,083.028 424.94 571,601.869 468.42 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 28,559,306 47,337.398 603.31 42,943.778 665.04 Mexico 2,990,084 5,668.047 527.53 5,141.968 581.51 Trinidad and Tobago 13,052,025 24,142.495 540.62 21,901.710 595.94 Venezuela 1,393,028 2,880.739 483.57 2,613.364 533.04 Brazil 6,213,672 15,132.873 410.61 13,728.316 452.62 Argentina 2,232,467 4,456.686 500.93 4,043.039 552.18 Sweden 472,279 214.261 2,204.22 194.375 2,429.73 United Kingdom 4,956,861 8,540.394 580.40 7,747.718 639.78 Netherlands 487,796 746.102 653.79 676.853 720.68 Luxembourg 171,196 290.277 589.77 263.335 650.11 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/09/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE France 430,310 216.640 1,986.29 196.533 2,189.51 Federal Republic of Germany 4,859,824 8,263.654 588.10 7,496.663 648.26 Austria 27,024 18.786 1,438.47 17.043 1,585.64 Poland 6,901,121 15,897.066 434.11 14,421.580 478.53 Spain 6,029,325 11,746.612 513.28 10,656.351 565.80 Italy 3,172,780 5,753.876 551.42 5,219.830 607.83 Turkey 10,172,879 22,169.011 458.88 20,111.395 505.83 India 105,993 41.758 2,538.22 37.883 2,797.90 China 37,781,250 88,827.843 425.33 80,583.287 468.85 Korea, South 586,941 299.165 1,961.93 271.398 2,162.66 Taiwan 2,554,207 1,106.266 2,308.85 1,003.588 2,545.08 Japan 4,327,570 9,895.582 437.32 8,977.124 482.07 South Africa 1,186,952 2,670.357 444.49 2,422.508 489.97 CATEGORY TOTAL 138,664,890 276,315.900 501.83 250,669.639 553.18 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 10,081,947 16,618.596 606.67 15,076.141 668.74 Mexico 2,375,127 4,185.534 567.46 3,797.054 625.52 Brazil 793,580 1,911.205 415.22 1,733.817 457.71 Norway 854,416 1,674.331 510.30 1,518.928 562.51 United Kingdom 5,335,531 9,983.489 534.44 9,056.872 589.11 Luxembourg 5,231,450 7,916.658 660.82 7,181.874 728.42 France 97,194 35.482 2,739.23 32.189 3,019.48 Federal Republic of Germany 2,706,236 3,623.023 746.96 3,286.753 823.38 Austria 35,886 8.962 4,003.84 8.131 4,413.48 Estonia 4,946 5.104 968.89 4.631 1,068.02 Poland 175,335 326.524 536.97 296.218 591.91 Spain 659,554 1,404.133 469.72 1,273.809 517.78 Italy 1,591,042 1,068.824 1,488.59 969.622 1,640.89 Turkey 165,255 343.772 480.71 311.865 529.89 India 88,164 36.505 2,415.11 33.117 2,662.20 China 2,247 1.661 1,352.65 1.507 1,491.04 Korea, South 121,454 186.717 650.47 169.387 717.02 Japan 5,321 10.262 518.49 9.310 571.54 South Africa 15,698 14.550 1,078.86 13.200 1,189.24 CATEGORY TOTAL 30,340,383 49,355.341 614.73 44,774.425 677.63 STEEL PILING...........................5 Canada 827,992 1,112.640 744.17 1,009.371 820.30 United Kingdom 112,612 282.859 398.12 256.606 438.85 Luxembourg 7,547,209 11,711.508 644.43 10,624.505 710.36 Federal Republic of Germany 2,770,133 5,563.958 497.87 5,047.540 548.81 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,257,946 18,670.967 602.97 16,938.022 664.66 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/09/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 15,798,108 20,732.663 761.99 18,808.361 839.95 Mexico 35,134 66.597 527.56 60.416 581.53 Brazil 44,481 19.047 2,335.21 17.280 2,574.13 Sweden 2,694,675 2,952.306 912.74 2,678.288 1,006.12 Norway 103,056 207.196 497.38 187.966 548.27 Finland 68,097 39.130 1,740.23 35.499 1,918.28 United Kingdom 691,038 763.345 905.27 692.496 997.89 Netherlands 3,636 1.112 3,269.10 1.009 3,603.57 Belgium 6,227,417 4,375.002 1,423.41 3,968.937 1,569.04 France 2,882,173 1,426.589 2,020.32 1,294.181 2,227.02 Federal Republic of Germany 3,069,913 3,043.487 1,008.68 2,761.006 1,111.88 Austria 513,472 775.963 661.72 703.942 729.42 Estonia 135,918 145.600 933.50 132.087 1,029.00 Ukraine 22,237,996 41,024.001 542.07 37,216.359 597.53 Italy 881,150 1,172.884 751.27 1,064.023 828.13 Romania 12,502,062 22,516.670 555.24 20,426.786 612.04 Turkey 101,131 201.769 501.22 183.042 552.50 China 2,390 1.275 1,873.96 1.157 2,065.69 Korea, South 305,718 128.591 2,377.44 116.656 2,620.68 Taiwan 34,003 7.616 4,464.11 6.910 4,920.84 Japan 3,093,675 3,256.083 950.12 2,953.870 1,047.33 Australia 387,013 529.405 731.03 480.269 805.83 South Africa 822,283 1,030.477 797.96 934.834 879.60 CATEGORY TOTAL 72,634,539 104,416.821 695.62 94,725.374 766.79 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 14,757,024 24,602.647 599.81 22,319.153 661.18 Mexico 1,953,764 3,300.178 592.02 2,993.872 652.59 Venezuela 555,993 1,046.769 531.15 949.614 585.49 Brazil 531,226 937.735 566.50 850.700 624.46 Sweden 1,735,863 773.922 2,242.94 702.091 2,472.42 Netherlands 3,435,957 7,087.632 484.78 6,429.794 534.38 Belgium 1,484,604 1,312.261 1,131.33 1,190.464 1,247.08 France 1,631,398 2,637.099 618.63 2,392.337 681.93 Federal Republic of Germany 6,026,611 6,316.811 954.06 5,730.517 1,051.67 Russia 19,548,150 40,435.357 483.44 36,682.350 532.90 Serbia and Montenegro 2,289,066 4,283.977 534.33 3,886.360 589.00 Romania 2,096,683 3,895.500 538.23 3,533.940 593.30 Bulgaria 731,785 1,776.098 412.02 1,611.250 454.17 Turkey 839,866 1,617.817 519.14 1,467.660 572.25 China 4,000,386 6,351.593 629.82 5,762.070 694.26 Korea, South 78,166 128.165 609.88 116.270 672.28 Japan 1,097,468 2,230.956 491.93 2,023.890 542.26 New Zealand 3,093,129 5,675.689 544.98 5,148.900 600.74 Egypt 4,505,854 8,800.339 512.01 7,983.536 564.39 CATEGORY TOTAL 70,392,993 123,210.556 571.32 111,774.768 629.78 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/09/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Luxembourg 285,788 377.630 756.79 342.581 834.22 Federal Republic of Germany 86,471 79.450 1,088.37 72.076 1,199.72 Czech Republic 38,511 76.024 506.56 68.968 558.39 Spain 104,767 187.541 558.63 170.135 615.79 Japan 2,676,972 7,127.092 375.61 6,465.591 414.03 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,192,509 7,847.738 406.81 7,119.351 448.43 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 Luxembourg 160,264 211.562 757.53 191.926 835.03 Austria 561,484 809.301 693.79 734.186 764.77 Poland 34,599 66.910 517.10 60.700 570.00 Spain 1,355,192 1,915.008 707.67 1,737.267 780.07 Korea, South 64,732 90.322 716.68 81.939 790.00 Japan 37,270 71.418 521.85 64.790 575.24 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,213,541 3,164.523 699.49 2,870.808 771.05 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 Canada 106,136 349.968 303.27 317.486 334.30 Brazil 37,673 58.903 639.58 53.436 705.01 Poland 29,120 11.519 2,527.96 10.450 2,786.60 India 35,793 44.323 807.53 40.210 890.15 China 13,273 16.093 824.73 14.600 909.11 Korea, South 4,668 7.898 591.03 7.165 651.50 Australia 290,983 484.795 600.22 439.799 661.63 CATEGORY TOTAL 517,646 973.501 531.74 883.146 586.14 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 42,957,743 71,204.746 603.30 64,595.878 665.02 Mexico 5,524,950 9,744.407 566.99 8,839.980 625.00 Trinidad and Tobago 196,487 111.884 1,756.16 101.500 1,935.83 Brazil 151,776 83.495 1,817.77 75.746 2,003.75 Argentina 1,953,219 3,834.877 509.33 3,478.943 561.44 Sweden 1,064,427 543.501 1,958.46 493.056 2,158.84 United Kingdom 13,158,347 18,573.392 708.45 16,849.503 780.93 Netherlands 679,575 247.333 2,747.61 224.377 3,028.72 France 1,326,074 1,232.565 1,075.86 1,118.165 1,185.94 Federal Republic of Germany 3,439,107 4,868.758 706.36 4,416.865 778.63 Austria 563,097 161.542 3,485.75 146.549 3,842.38 Czech Republic 127,507 217.948 585.03 197.720 644.89 Latvia 2,255,711 5,782.546 390.09 5,245.839 430.00 Russia 90,268 104.588 863.08 94.881 951.38 Belarus 2,407,276 5,896.812 408.23 5,349.500 450.00 Ukraine 394,810 899.148 439.09 815.694 484.02 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/09/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Spain 624,997 572.760 1,091.20 519.600 1,202.84 Portugal 221,993 68.659 3,233.24 62.287 3,564.03 Italy 2,102,642 885.979 2,373.24 803.747 2,616.05 Turkey 5,279,899 10,102.641 522.63 9,164.965 576.10 India 632,584 520.416 1,215.53 472.114 1,339.90 China 142,503 58.356 2,441.95 52.940 2,691.78 Korea, South 309,683 367.104 843.58 333.032 929.89 Taiwan 592,376 248.982 2,379.19 225.873 2,622.61 Japan 7,823,635 14,118.593 554.14 12,808.176 610.83 CATEGORY TOTAL 94,020,686 150,451.044 624.93 136,486.930 688.86 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 7,760,839 14,444.330 537.29 13,103.680 592.26 Mexico 2,534,268 4,888.116 518.45 4,434.426 571.50 Brazil 537,927 1,179.978 455.88 1,070.459 502.52 United Kingdom 149,806 100.163 1,495.61 90.867 1,648.63 France 69,069 11.252 6,138.16 10.208 6,766.16 Austria 197,340 53.312 3,701.59 48.364 4,080.31 Switzerland 20,744 15.580 1,331.45 14.134 1,467.67 Italy 1,470,603 505.847 2,907.21 458.897 3,204.65 Turkey 578,299 1,223.866 472.52 1,110.273 520.86 India 1,164,986 470.911 2,473.89 427.204 2,727.00 China 176,675 257.711 685.55 233.792 755.69 Japan 559,039 1,476.652 378.59 1,339.597 417.32 CATEGORY TOTAL 15,219,595 24,627.723 617.99 22,341.901 681.21 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 Canada 35,149 46.054 763.20 41.780 841.29 Mexico 10,172,666 23,000.572 442.28 20,865.774 487.53 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/09/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 123,073,152 246,034.686 500.23 223,198.976 551.41 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 6,804,925 6,345.693 1,072.37 5,756.718 1,182.08 Mexico 22,572 24.999 902.90 22.679 995.28 Colombia 213,390 275.213 775.36 249.670 854.69 Brazil 92,485 62.071 1,489.98 56.310 1,642.43 Sweden 178,730 66.339 2,694.18 60.182 2,969.82 United Kingdom 4,276,393 3,247.702 1,316.74 2,946.267 1,451.46 Belgium 2,011 1.356 1,482.01 1.231 1,633.63 France 3,424,545 1,991.618 1,719.48 1,806.766 1,895.40 Federal Republic of Germany 7,198,793 5,699.396 1,263.08 5,170.407 1,392.31 Austria 682,666 317.020 2,153.38 287.596 2,373.70 Switzerland 664,829 168.939 3,935.32 153.259 4,337.94 Latvia 267,805 100.514 2,664.35 91.185 2,936.94 Ukraine 3,662,960 2,001.128 1,830.45 1,815.394 2,017.72 Spain 1,341,043 1,604.673 835.71 1,455.736 921.21 Portugal 22,605 5.309 4,257.20 4.817 4,692.75 Italy 5,014,443 1,640.739 3,056.21 1,488.454 3,368.89 Slovenia 189,785 120.042 1,580.98 108.901 1,742.73 Romania 72,255 25.764 2,804.46 23.373 3,091.39 Turkey 308,252 568.695 542.03 515.912 597.49 Saudi Arabia 74,153 38.213 1,940.48 34.667 2,139.01 United Arab Emirates 49,569 18.726 2,647.06 16.988 2,917.88 India 1,460,050 757.221 1,928.17 686.940 2,125.44 Thailand 5,055 4.403 1,147.89 3.995 1,265.33 China 609,774 448.725 1,358.90 407.077 1,497.93 Korea, South 202,920 96.964 2,092.72 87.965 2,306.83 Taiwan 3,686,207 1,302.131 2,830.90 1,181.274 3,120.54 Japan 705,338 674.442 1,045.81 611.844 1,152.81 Egypt 25,019 24.152 1,035.87 21.911 1,141.85 South Africa 93,084 154.829 601.20 140.459 662.71 CATEGORY TOTAL 41,351,656 27,787.030 1,488.16 25,207.977 1,640.42 TOOL STEEL............................17 Canada 1,262,706 1,069.418 1,180.74 970.160 1,301.54 Mexico 35,481 22.150 1,601.78 20.095 1,765.66 Colombia 48,763 5.562 8,766.76 5.046 9,663.69 Brazil 2,111,272 1,033.112 2,043.60 937.224 2,252.69 Sweden 871,128 340.615 2,557.51 309.001 2,819.18 United Kingdom 1,155,353 461.277 2,504.68 418.464 2,760.94 Netherlands 494,601 507.861 973.89 460.724 1,073.53 Belgium 68,784 22.597 3,043.89 20.500 3,355.32 France 1,562,370 1,244.665 1,255.25 1,129.142 1,383.68 Federal Republic of Germany 2,348,818 1,659.952 1,414.99 1,505.884 1,559.76 Austria 2,485,346 730.649 3,401.56 662.834 3,749.58 Czech Republic 3,843 0.529 7,263.15 0.480 8,006.25 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/09/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Switzerland 99,054 49.607 1,996.76 45.003 2,201.05 Poland 47,828 36.797 1,299.77 33.382 1,432.75 Russia 337,523 201.859 1,672.07 183.124 1,843.14 Ukraine 232,586 55.504 4,190.39 50.353 4,619.11 Spain 340,567 230.572 1,477.05 209.172 1,628.17 Italy 100,207 144.391 693.99 130.990 765.00 Slovenia 1,502,226 882.981 1,701.31 801.028 1,875.37 Turkey 5,910 7.558 781.90 6.857 861.89 China 1,995,979 765.476 2,607.50 694.429 2,874.27 Korea, South 167,160 79.991 2,089.72 72.567 2,303.53 Taiwan 1,302,963 720.544 1,808.30 653.667 1,993.31 Japan 4,027,459 4,831.193 833.64 4,382.786 918.93 Australia 252,448 258.300 977.34 234.326 1,077.34 CATEGORY TOTAL 22,860,375 15,363.170 1,488.00 13,937.238 1,640.24 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 25,054,744 28,433.701 881.16 25,794.627 971.32 Mexico 4,123,682 4,690.964 879.07 4,255.573 969.01 Guatemala 1,238,602 1,268.384 976.52 1,150.659 1,076.43 Dominican Republic 32,030 85.853 373.08 77.885 411.25 Colombia 3,910,142 2,922.968 1,337.73 2,651.673 1,474.59 Venezuela 2,141,364 3,732.593 573.69 3,386.153 632.39 Peru 15,745 1.252 12,573.62 1.136 13,860.04 Chile 675,366 1,269.655 531.93 1,151.812 586.35 Brazil 98,691 141.406 697.92 128.282 769.33 Argentina 795,451 784.534 1,013.91 711.718 1,117.65 United Kingdom 151,134 93.179 1,621.97 84.531 1,787.91 Netherlands 375,010 409.497 915.78 371.490 1,009.48 Belgium 31,498 22.074 1,426.87 20.026 1,572.86 France 219,223 385.064 569.31 349.325 627.56 Federal Republic of Germany 2,106,373 2,025.718 1,039.82 1,837.701 1,146.20 Switzerland 40,641 9.557 4,252.47 8.670 4,687.54 Ukraine 2,258,713 3,577.462 631.37 3,245.420 695.97 Spain 1,109,795 1,063.614 1,043.42 964.895 1,150.17 Italy 411,957 240.960 1,709.64 218.596 1,884.56 Romania 4,312,023 6,835.803 630.80 6,201.338 695.34 Turkey 6,169,005 9,794.527 629.84 8,885.448 694.28 United Arab Emirates 1,312,442 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 5,795,379 8,517.322 680.42 7,726.787 750.04 Thailand 9,851,086 17,105.948 575.89 15,518.260 634.81 Philippines 3,817,038 6,760.209 564.63 6,132.761 622.40 China 28,080,502 49,664.497 565.40 45,054.887 623.25 Korea, South 1,597,227 2,827.800 564.83 2,565.338 622.62 Taiwan 2,501,376 4,054.590 616.92 3,678.264 680.04 Japan 852,184 982.958 866.96 891.725 955.66 Australia 4,020 6.294 638.68 5.710 704.03 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/09/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE South Africa 680,478 1,175.225 579.02 1,066.147 638.26 CATEGORY TOTAL 112,277,997 164,525.272 682.44 149,254.859 752.26 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 2,488,617 2,907.197 856.02 2,637.366 943.60 Mexico 2,206,916 1,742.349 1,266.63 1,580.633 1,396.22 Colombia 2,907,195 3,225.953 901.19 2,926.537 993.39 Venezuela 3,041,287 4,814.170 631.74 4,367.343 696.37 Brazil 2,398,167 2,830.047 847.39 2,567.377 934.09 Argentina 20,136 23.094 871.90 20.951 961.10 Sweden 6,250 1.248 5,004.33 1.133 5,516.33 United Kingdom 1,315,640 1,899.541 692.61 1,723.236 763.47 France 867,837 1,015.828 854.31 921.544 941.72 Federal Republic of Germany 7,800,597 9,553.731 816.50 8,667.002 900.03 Austria 10,920,573 12,566.456 869.03 11,400.101 957.94 Czech Republic 354,346 563.634 628.68 511.321 693.00 Russia 120,342 225.839 532.87 204.878 587.38 Ukraine 2,767,955 3,315.125 834.95 3,007.432 920.37 Spain 3,313,296 3,187.529 1,039.46 2,891.679 1,145.80 Romania 2,285,719 2,978.470 767.41 2,702.024 845.93 Turkey 51,779 82.673 626.31 75.000 690.39 India 2,786,107 3,513.560 792.96 3,187.449 874.09 Indonesia 1,491,506 1,890.507 788.94 1,715.040 869.66 China 8,835,852 11,642.165 758.95 10,561.598 836.60 Korea, South 3,083,830 4,067.141 758.23 3,689.650 835.81 Japan 14,275,259 5,693.178 2,507.43 5,164.766 2,763.97 South Africa 128,785 205.670 626.17 186.581 690.24 CATEGORY TOTAL 73,467,991 77,945.117 942.56 70,710.641 1,038.99 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 6,884,071 10,585.763 650.31 9,603.246 716.85 Venezuela 42,648 100.960 422.42 91.590 465.64 Brazil 2,003,885 3,140.668 638.04 2,849.167 703.32 United Kingdom 1,993,264 3,046.065 654.37 2,763.345 721.32 Federal Republic of Germany 1,397,436 2,240.024 623.85 2,032.117 687.67 Ukraine 344,371 545.408 631.40 494.786 696.00 Italy 993,789 1,109.656 895.58 1,006.664 987.21 Greece 3,452,000 6,194.307 557.29 5,619.383 614.30 China 84,607 98.934 855.18 89.752 942.68 Korea, South 1,215,951 2,361.347 514.94 2,142.179 567.62 Japan 4,880,697 7,985.058 611.23 7,243.925 673.76 CATEGORY TOTAL 23,292,719 37,408.195 622.66 33,936.154 686.37 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 195,889 237.797 823.77 215.726 908.05 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/09/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Mexico 2,379,756 2,862.288 831.42 2,596.625 916.48 Colombia 40,691 82.340 494.18 74.698 544.74 Venezuela 566,914 1,426.880 397.31 1,294.445 437.96 Brazil 239,184 455.268 525.37 413.013 579.12 Argentina 786,182 1,494.633 526.00 1,355.909 579.82 France 310,673 505.129 615.04 458.246 677.96 Federal Republic of Germany 680,153 798.241 852.06 724.153 939.24 Austria 239,893 250.526 957.55 227.274 1,055.52 Slovakia 585,367 1,045.987 559.63 948.904 616.89 Ukraine 27,602 51.378 537.23 46.610 592.19 Italy 3,386,157 4,068.892 832.21 3,691.238 917.35 Romania 5,402,567 8,233.567 656.16 7,469.369 723.30 China 2,458,251 4,821.724 509.83 4,374.196 561.99 Korea, South 1,988,858 3,780.777 526.04 3,429.865 579.86 Hong Kong 9,775 16.292 599.98 14.780 661.37 Taiwan 266,530 438.419 607.93 397.728 670.13 CATEGORY TOTAL 19,564,442 30,570.147 639.99 27,732.779 705.46 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Canada 782,555 791.386 988.84 717.934 1,090.01 Mexico 1,030,511 1,308.566 787.51 1,187.112 868.08 Venezuela 5,374 12.471 430.90 11.314 474.99 Brazil 1,089,649 2,556.120 426.29 2,318.874 469.90 Denmark 106,665 66.133 1,612.88 59.995 1,777.90 United Kingdom 316,375 504.211 627.47 457.413 691.66 Federal Republic of Germany 2,131,923 3,262.038 653.56 2,959.272 720.42 Turkey 72,724 118.608 613.14 107.600 675.87 India 189,594 334.543 566.72 303.493 624.71 China 1,299,290 2,837.918 457.83 2,574.517 504.67 Korea, South 3,334,682 6,646.210 501.74 6,029.342 553.08 Taiwan 2,537,670 4,183.836 606.54 3,795.514 668.60 Japan 6,979 4.400 1,585.98 3.992 1,748.25 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,903,991 22,626.445 570.31 20,526.372 628.65 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 13,071,682 11,776.564 1,109.97 10,683.523 1,223.54 Mexico 13,258,975 15,637.660 847.89 14,186.251 934.64 Dominican Republic 196,268 437.478 448.63 396.874 494.53 Venezuela 2,163,903 2,073.803 1,043.45 1,881.323 1,150.20 Chile 42,068 75.771 555.19 68.739 612.00 Brazil 1,040,156 1,645.210 632.23 1,492.510 696.92 Argentina 3,056,514 4,015.935 761.10 3,643.196 838.97 Sweden 683,424 528.822 1,292.35 479.740 1,424.57 Norway 5,190 5.740 904.05 5.208 996.54 Denmark 6,501 0.615 10,569.19 0.558 11,650.54 United Kingdom 400,713 247.202 1,620.99 224.258 1,786.84 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/09/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Belgium 52,885 46.186 1,145.02 41.900 1,262.17 France 1,460,157 1,696.857 860.51 1,539.364 948.55 Federal Republic of Germany 4,341,198 3,502.211 1,239.56 3,177.154 1,366.38 Austria 196,177 66.905 2,932.13 60.696 3,232.12 Slovakia 2,192 0.540 4,058.26 0.490 4,473.47 Switzerland 1,660,969 691.131 2,403.26 626.984 2,649.14 Ukraine 530,325 852.678 621.95 773.537 685.58 Spain 1,380,246 1,048.407 1,316.52 951.100 1,451.21 Italy 1,404,805 1,473.922 953.11 1,337.120 1,050.62 Romania 1,091,873 1,749.373 624.15 1,587.005 688.01 Turkey 942,894 10.690 88,201.62 9.698 97,225.61 Israel 59,846 5.511 10,858.28 5.000 11,969.20 India 800,164 1,255.050 637.56 1,138.563 702.78 China 1,564,179 1,992.073 785.20 1,807.179 865.54 Korea, South 3,169,616 5,159.743 614.30 4,680.842 677.15 Taiwan 78,711 73.097 1,076.79 66.313 1,186.96 Japan 3,802,989 2,597.847 1,463.90 2,356.728 1,613.67 Australia 259,717 349.152 743.85 316.746 819.95 CATEGORY TOTAL 56,724,337 59,016.186 961.17 53,538.599 1,059.50 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 72,913 82.323 885.68 74.683 976.30 Mexico 737,352 540.858 1,363.30 490.659 1,502.78 Brazil 312,441 305.388 1,023.09 277.044 1,127.77 Argentina 525,896 305.326 1,722.40 276.988 1,898.62 Sweden 272,379 273.017 997.66 247.677 1,099.73 United Kingdom 96,394 39.683 2,429.09 36.000 2,677.61 Netherlands 126,607 104.156 1,215.55 94.489 1,339.91 France 2,088,623 2,117.264 986.47 1,920.751 1,087.40 Federal Republic of Germany 2,376,033 1,992.084 1,192.74 1,807.189 1,314.77 Austria 23,861 14.869 1,604.74 13.489 1,768.92 Slovakia 507,217 518.559 978.13 470.429 1,078.20 Poland 253,870 466.406 544.31 423.117 600.00 Italy 993,393 766.425 1,296.14 695.290 1,428.75 Romania 381,219 445.778 855.17 404.404 942.67 India 219,576 359.371 611.00 326.016 673.51 China 55,091 27.676 1,990.51 25.108 2,194.16 Korea, South 93,593 161.049 581.14 146.102 640.60 Taiwan 6,652 0.701 9,488.36 0.636 10,459.12 Japan 479,307 257.767 1,859.45 233.843 2,049.70 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,622,417 8,778.710 1,096.11 7,963.914 1,208.25 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D Canada 9,055,563 1,714.085 5,283.03 1,554.993 5,823.54 Mexico 92,917 21.693 4,283.18 19.680 4,721.39 Brazil 37,384 15.082 2,478.56 13.683 2,732.15 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/09/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Sweden 983,254 163.668 6,007.58 148.478 6,622.22 Finland 319,083 109.166 2,922.91 99.034 3,221.95 Denmark 12,173 0.804 15,127.62 0.730 16,675.34 United Kingdom 223,190 43.983 5,074.42 39.901 5,593.59 Ireland 7,192 0.110 65,244.74 0.100 71,920.00 Netherlands 122,257 82.330 1,484.95 74.689 1,636.88 Belgium 49,760 7.769 6,404.87 7.048 7,060.16 France 3,621,381 694.242 5,216.31 629.806 5,749.99 Federal Republic of Germany 2,000,155 341.564 5,855.87 309.862 6,454.99 Austria 579,033 104.474 5,542.32 94.778 6,109.36 Czech Republic 1,845,517 161.303 11,441.28 146.332 12,611.85 Switzerland 77,894 6.427 12,118.72 5.831 13,358.60 Spain 5,797,045 971.477 5,967.24 881.310 6,577.76 Italy 1,382,899 453.483 3,049.51 411.393 3,361.50 India 236,462 42.936 5,507.30 38.951 6,070.76 Thailand 320,096 112.135 2,854.54 101.728 3,146.59 Malaysia 487,346 189.688 2,569.18 172.083 2,832.04 Singapore 333,446 117.148 2,846.36 106.275 3,137.58 China 4,823,346 1,360.854 3,544.35 1,234.547 3,906.98 Korea, South 5,312,547 1,597.746 3,325.02 1,449.452 3,665.21 Taiwan 5,144,014 1,635.153 3,145.89 1,483.387 3,467.75 Japan 1,610,295 531.326 3,030.71 482.011 3,340.78 New Zealand 16,957 18.312 925.97 16.613 1,020.71 Cook Islands 225,658 18.024 12,519.18 16.352 13,800.02 South Africa 158,502 66.596 2,380.05 60.415 2,623.55 CATEGORY TOTAL 44,875,366 10,581.592 4,240.89 9,599.462 4,674.78 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 3,006,158 1,174.913 2,558.62 1,065.864 2,820.40 Mexico 332,074 201.299 1,649.65 182.616 1,818.43 Guatemala 81,501 217.745 374.30 197.535 412.59 United Kingdom 16,075 8.943 1,797.49 8.113 1,981.39 Federal Republic of Germany 116,784 60.341 1,935.38 54.741 2,133.39 Switzerland 2,273 0.895 2,539.45 0.812 2,799.26 Italy 6,630 0.194 34,174.07 0.176 37,670.45 India 125,241 130.902 956.75 118.753 1,054.63 Vietnam 16,888 21.865 772.36 19.836 851.38 China 22,935 18.959 1,209.67 17.200 1,333.43 Korea, South 3,316 0.846 3,916.96 0.768 4,317.71 Taiwan 3,800 27.677 137.29 25.109 151.34 Japan 234,711 91.024 2,578.55 82.576 2,842.36 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,968,386 1,955.608 2,029.23 1,774.099 2,236.85 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 30,540,498 32,200.237 948.46 29,211.572 1,045.49 Mexico 5,287,503 3,962.259 1,334.47 3,594.502 1,471.00 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/09/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Brazil 165,955 344.645 481.52 312.657 530.79 Argentina 453,155 1,007.281 449.88 913.791 495.91 Finland 900,860 297.916 3,023.87 270.265 3,333.25 United Kingdom 65,834 451.429 145.83 409.530 160.76 Netherlands 20,693 4.739 4,365.67 4.300 4,812.33 France 28,866 23.038 1,252.96 20.900 1,381.15 Federal Republic of Germany 147,642 101.045 1,461.14 91.667 1,610.63 Austria 240,453 204.057 1,178.36 185.118 1,298.92 Estonia 2,499 2.579 968.83 2.340 1,067.95 Spain 4,762 3.874 1,229.02 3.515 1,354.77 Italy 262,885 105.819 2,484.27 95.998 2,738.44 Greece 926,889 2,049.756 452.19 1,859.508 498.46 Turkey 2,233,762 4,640.711 481.34 4,209.984 530.59 China 76,758 39.533 1,941.60 35.864 2,140.25 Korea, South 5,038,433 8,309.762 606.33 7,538.492 668.36 Taiwan 375,943 126.415 2,973.87 114.682 3,278.13 Japan 265,742 772.429 344.03 700.736 379.23 Australia 72,218 115.904 623.08 105.147 686.83 Sao Tome and Principe 7,073 7.456 948.63 6.764 1,045.68 South Africa 15,889 48.678 326.41 44.160 359.81 CATEGORY TOTAL 47,134,312 54,819.570 859.81 49,731.492 947.78 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 122,808 140.135 876.35 127.129 966.01 Mexico 100,804 93.859 1,073.99 85.148 1,183.87 Korea, South 263,085 559.759 470.00 507.805 518.08 Japan 197,996 446.305 443.63 404.882 489.02 CATEGORY TOTAL 684,693 1,240.060 552.14 1,124.964 608.64 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 23,027,171 25,426.843 905.62 23,066.851 998.28 Mexico 9,216,598 11,188.866 823.73 10,150.372 908.01 Dominican Republic 364,257 338.073 1,077.45 306.695 1,187.68 Trinidad and Tobago 34,706 33.008 1,051.42 29.945 1,158.99 Colombia 31,651 21.309 1,485.27 19.332 1,637.23 Venezuela 1,691,121 2,221.415 761.28 2,015.235 839.17 Ecuador 64,005 83.756 764.18 75.983 842.36 Chile 327,533 387.519 845.20 351.552 931.68 Brazil 1,577,137 2,395.094 658.49 2,172.794 725.86 Argentina 271,911 501.189 542.53 454.672 598.04 Sweden 1,485,471 349.928 4,245.07 317.450 4,679.39 Denmark 40,833 7.532 5,421.20 6.833 5,975.85 United Kingdom 1,298,616 729.898 1,779.17 662.153 1,961.20 Netherlands 65,991 41.398 1,594.05 37.556 1,757.14 Belgium 662,094 513.437 1,289.53 465.783 1,421.46 Luxembourg 477,426 448.444 1,064.63 406.822 1,173.55 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/09/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE France 2,134,901 1,346.715 1,585.27 1,221.720 1,747.46 Federal Republic of Germany 1,944,674 1,056.194 1,841.21 958.164 2,029.58 Austria 504,500 124.289 4,059.06 112.754 4,474.34 Czech Republic 19,595 20.024 978.55 18.166 1,078.66 Switzerland 206,390 44.710 4,616.11 40.561 5,088.39 Poland 1,056,833 1,144.128 923.70 1,037.936 1,018.21 Belarus 216,137 241.861 893.64 219.413 985.07 Spain 487,700 117.754 4,141.67 106.825 4,565.41 Italy 2,801,727 2,358.887 1,187.73 2,139.947 1,309.25 Greece 751,973 858.701 875.71 779.001 965.30 Turkey 385,911 387.234 996.58 351.293 1,098.54 Israel 244,335 317.570 769.39 288.095 848.11 Bahrain 17,351 22.659 765.74 20.556 844.08 India 3,309,599 1,717.424 1,927.07 1,558.022 2,124.23 Thailand 192,032 108.796 1,765.05 98.699 1,945.63 Vietnam 44,798 17.517 2,557.27 15.892 2,818.90 Indonesia 62,943 19.138 3,288.85 17.362 3,625.33 China 8,107,650 12,817.148 632.56 11,627.525 697.28 Korea, South 5,597,824 4,411.602 1,268.89 4,002.140 1,398.71 Hong Kong 188,889 57.149 3,305.18 51.845 3,643.34 Taiwan 2,097,406 1,278.847 1,640.08 1,160.151 1,807.87 Japan 6,847,480 6,611.821 1,035.64 5,998.145 1,141.60 Australia 295,557 269.058 1,098.49 244.086 1,210.87 Egypt 534,895 765.784 698.49 694.708 769.96 South Africa 1,495,503 2,254.600 663.31 2,045.340 731.18 CATEGORY TOTAL 80,183,124 83,057.341 965.39 75,348.374 1,064.17 BLACK PLATE...........................28 Canada 18,131 25.848 701.44 23.449 773.21 Venezuela 138,114 233.629 591.17 211.945 651.65 Belgium 265,346 433.538 612.05 393.300 674.67 France 402,736 678.803 593.30 615.800 654.00 Federal Republic of Germany 190,944 190.235 1,003.72 172.579 1,106.42 Taiwan 422,000 706.531 597.28 640.955 658.39 Japan 2,492,185 4,177.872 596.52 3,790.103 657.55 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,929,456 6,446.459 609.55 5,848.131 671.92 TIN PLATE.............................29 Canada 5,777,590 9,297.167 621.44 8,434.251 685.02 Mexico 8,804 9.903 889.01 8.984 979.96 Brazil 2,462,291 3,601.837 683.62 3,267.533 753.56 United Kingdom 208,510 303.581 686.83 275.405 757.10 Netherlands 4,317,204 7,959.608 542.39 7,220.837 597.88 Belgium 273,226 457.073 597.77 414.650 658.93 France 4,778,768 8,244.650 579.62 7,479.423 638.92 Federal Republic of Germany 6,222,424 10,759.873 578.30 9,761.196 637.47 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/09/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Korea, South 92,512 166.239 556.50 150.810 613.43 Japan 683,908 817.456 836.63 741.584 922.23 CATEGORY TOTAL 24,825,237 41,617.391 596.51 37,754.673 657.54 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A Canada 1,844,978 3,017.060 611.52 2,737.032 674.08 Netherlands 518,672 959.062 540.81 870.047 596.14 France 1,634,195 2,288.095 714.22 2,075.726 787.29 Federal Republic of Germany 907,755 1,493.610 607.76 1,354.981 669.94 Taiwan 9,668 14.022 689.46 12.721 760.00 Japan 1,058,296 1,820.217 581.41 1,651.274 640.90 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,973,564 9,592.068 622.76 8,701.781 686.48 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 20,267,592 35,319.056 573.84 32,040.918 632.55 Mexico 27,631,822 45,178.328 611.62 40,985.102 674.19 Venezuela 3,661,910 6,949.708 526.92 6,304.671 580.82 Brazil 62,596 75.260 831.73 68.275 916.82 Sweden 2,439,723 4,256.351 573.20 3,861.298 631.84 Finland 150,712 155.336 970.23 140.919 1,069.49 United Kingdom 132,937 137.626 965.92 124.853 1,064.75 Netherlands 8,093,674 17,974.255 450.29 16,305.975 496.36 Belgium 1,813,542 3,296.182 550.19 2,990.247 606.49 France 6,931,538 11,912.650 581.86 10,806.978 641.39 Federal Republic of Germany 346,981 550.069 630.79 499.015 695.33 Austria 1,370,381 2,891.471 473.94 2,623.100 522.43 Russia 69,643,570 142,191.461 489.79 128,993.960 539.90 Italy 222,911 100.880 2,209.66 91.517 2,435.73 Romania 1,358,649 2,542.678 534.34 2,306.680 589.01 Bulgaria 1,260,572 3,018.403 417.63 2,738.250 460.36 Turkey 2,021,215 3,869.001 522.41 3,509.900 575.86 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 Korea, South 45,548,200 96,703.611 471.01 87,728.065 519.20 Taiwan 197,940 327.579 604.25 297.175 666.07 Japan 1,708,531 2,845.758 600.38 2,581.629 661.80 New Zealand 5,125,956 9,258.034 553.68 8,398.750 610.32 Egypt 9,120,376 22,403.014 407.10 20,323.679 448.76 South Africa 3,859,356 1,810.945 2,131.13 1,642.863 2,349.16 CATEGORY TOTAL 224,641,890 435,871.011 515.39 395,415.642 568.12 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 22,303,203 31,443.502 709.31 28,525.074 781.88 Mexico 30,538,889 26,663.472 1,145.35 24,188.702 1,262.53 El Salvador 1,537,448 2,337.632 657.69 2,120.665 724.98 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/09/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Dominican Republic 3,692 9.708 380.30 8.807 419.21 Venezuela 667,997 1,164.255 573.75 1,056.195 632.46 Brazil 4,071,155 5,961.118 682.95 5,407.837 752.83 Argentina 3,346,637 5,779.988 579.00 5,243.519 638.24 Sweden 1,059,281 1,185.236 893.73 1,075.229 985.17 Finland 2,758,244 1,062.012 2,597.19 963.442 2,862.91 United Kingdom 589,136 627.268 939.21 569.049 1,035.30 Netherlands 3,729,277 6,218.863 599.67 5,641.660 661.02 Belgium 12,217,428 19,672.189 621.05 17,846.315 684.59 Luxembourg 1,553,364 2,758.544 563.11 2,502.510 620.72 France 4,883,709 4,969.305 982.78 4,508.079 1,083.32 Federal Republic of Germany 8,815,726 6,775.702 1,301.08 6,146.816 1,434.19 Switzerland 25,341 2.975 8,517.59 2.699 9,389.03 Poland 2,562 5.982 428.27 5.427 472.08 Russia 21,159,863 36,930.846 572.96 33,503.110 631.58 Spain 154,918 137.523 1,126.49 124.759 1,241.74 Italy 3,378,766 1,747.586 1,933.39 1,585.384 2,131.20 Thailand 7,054,167 11,884.301 593.57 10,781.260 654.30 Indonesia 1,030,529 2,097.525 491.31 1,902.844 541.57 China 21,938,986 23,375.057 938.56 21,205.501 1,034.59 Korea, South 6,854,253 7,995.612 857.25 7,253.500 944.96 Taiwan 28,826,194 42,246.353 682.34 38,325.258 752.15 Japan 7,693,941 12,001.368 641.09 10,887.461 706.68 New Zealand 815,175 1,338.723 608.92 1,214.470 671.22 South Africa 7,009,582 10,449.541 670.80 9,479.667 739.43 CATEGORY TOTAL 204,019,463 266,842.198 764.57 242,075.239 842.79 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 27,693,209 45,914.943 603.14 41,653.347 664.85 Mexico 18,021,074 19,392.767 929.27 17,592.828 1,024.34 Colombia 874,883 1,573.788 555.91 1,427.717 612.78 Venezuela 138,969 176.173 788.82 159.822 869.52 Brazil 17,328,825 25,085.870 690.78 22,757.525 761.45 Argentina 5,139,222 7,249.304 708.93 6,576.460 781.46 Sweden 82,953 83.482 993.66 75.734 1,095.32 Finland 195,073 229.819 848.81 208.489 935.65 Netherlands 3,049,838 4,454.797 684.62 4,041.325 754.66 Belgium 860,222 1,487.083 578.46 1,349.060 637.65 France 65,200 96.706 674.20 87.731 743.18 Federal Republic of Germany 4,732,538 11,866.978 398.80 10,765.545 439.60 Austria 452,165 508.100 889.91 460.941 980.96 Estonia 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 3,283,263 5,817.825 564.35 5,277.844 622.08 Turkey 3,633,911 5,344.342 679.95 4,848.307 749.52 India 33,163,960 48,443.147 684.60 43,946.897 754.64 Malaysia 2,012,831 3,180.790 632.81 2,885.565 697.55 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/09/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Indonesia 5,931,987 8,855.813 669.84 8,033.861 738.37 China 17,056,713 26,165.750 651.87 23,737.176 718.57 Korea, South 10,365,203 14,269.257 726.40 12,944.856 800.72 Taiwan 46,439,971 60,662.359 765.55 55,031.982 843.87 Japan 2,226,752 3,324.617 669.78 3,016.043 738.30 New Zealand 120,936 164.222 736.42 148.980 811.76 South Africa 3,884,897 5,102.999 761.30 4,629.365 839.19 CATEGORY TOTAL 216,167,754 313,263.152 690.05 284,187.632 760.65 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 1,128,747 1,026.781 1,099.31 931.481 1,211.78 Mexico 4,896 5.996 816.47 5.440 900.00 Brazil 95,806 131.186 730.31 119.010 805.02 Argentina 1,084,601 1,718.153 631.26 1,558.683 695.84 United Kingdom 30,501 33.069 922.33 30.000 1,016.70 Belgium 644,733 973.098 662.56 882.780 730.34 Federal Republic of Germany 2,804,625 4,628.962 605.89 4,199.325 667.88 Spain 439,292 575.392 763.47 521.987 841.58 Thailand 5,943 7.390 804.09 6.705 886.35 Taiwan 1,135,939 1,706.506 665.65 1,548.117 733.76 Japan 1,618,371 2,553.842 633.70 2,316.808 698.53 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,993,454 13,360.379 673.14 12,120.336 742.01 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 Canada 8,363,565 10,503.234 796.28 9,528.377 877.75 Mexico 13,078,512 14,182.555 922.15 12,866.202 1,016.50 Brazil 5,064,284 7,747.792 653.64 7,028.681 720.52 United Kingdom 391,065 765.676 510.74 694.610 563.00 Belgium 276,895 261.535 1,058.73 237.261 1,167.05 Luxembourg 1,080,107 1,895.721 569.76 1,719.770 628.05 France 62,595 19.861 3,151.58 18.018 3,474.03 Federal Republic of Germany 294,469 142.467 2,066.93 129.244 2,278.40 China 2,639 2.030 1,299.71 1.842 1,432.68 Korea, South 2,432,741 3,449.729 705.20 3,129.543 777.35 Taiwan 16,077,059 21,007.374 765.31 19,057.575 843.60 Japan 1,113,561 800.106 1,391.77 725.845 1,534.16 CATEGORY TOTAL 48,237,492 60,778.086 793.67 55,136.968 874.87 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 Sweden 713,773 862.693 827.38 782.623 912.03 United Kingdom 647,488 682.372 948.88 619.038 1,045.96 France 242,745 216.152 1,123.03 196.090 1,237.93 Federal Republic of Germany 1,820,808 2,309.910 788.26 2,095.516 868.91 Russia 869,898 886.772 980.97 804.467 1,081.33 Italy 11,123 9.589 1,159.97 8.699 1,278.65 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/09/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE China 23,641 27.072 873.24 24.560 962.58 Japan 1,771,139 2,612.692 677.90 2,370.195 747.25 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,100,615 7,607.255 801.95 6,901.188 883.99 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 3,437,518 6,157.339 558.28 5,585.846 615.40 Mexico 511,178 664.559 769.20 602.878 847.90 Finland 603,354 274.517 2,197.87 249.038 2,422.74 United Kingdom 19,537 68.804 283.95 62.418 313.00 Federal Republic of Germany 520,001 901.934 576.54 818.221 635.53 Slovenia 362,128 153.693 2,356.18 139.428 2,597.24 China 50,151 31.064 1,614.43 28.181 1,779.60 Japan 8,791 14.813 593.43 13.439 654.14 Egypt 244,323 343.310 711.67 311.446 784.48 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,756,981 8,610.035 668.64 7,810.895 737.04 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 3,015,460 3,410.257 884.23 3,093.734 974.70 Mexico 2,285,850 1,411.611 1,619.32 1,280.593 1,784.99 Chile 144,063 161.796 890.40 146.779 981.50 Brazil 187,852 233.351 805.02 211.693 887.38 Sweden 2,428,362 532.642 4,559.09 483.205 5,025.53 Finland 2,298,552 963.629 2,385.31 874.190 2,629.35 United Kingdom 1,031,315 494.250 2,086.62 448.377 2,300.11 Belgium 300,365 101.504 2,959.14 92.083 3,261.89 France 2,416,534 533.305 4,531.24 483.807 4,994.83 Federal Republic of Germany 5,485,079 3,671.197 1,494.08 3,330.455 1,646.95 Austria 1,267,353 229.117 5,531.45 207.852 6,097.38 Switzerland 77,914 42.227 1,845.11 38.308 2,033.88 Spain 26,696 14.409 1,852.68 13.072 2,042.23 Italy 65,202 28.434 2,293.09 25.795 2,527.70 India 499,725 610.949 817.95 554.244 901.63 Indonesia 73,522 24.330 3,021.84 22.072 3,331.01 China 115,701 91.348 1,266.59 82.870 1,396.17 Korea, South 1,072,727 1,283.742 835.62 1,164.592 921.12 Taiwan 224,486 133.263 1,684.52 120.895 1,856.87 Japan 2,853,402 976.988 2,920.61 886.309 3,219.42 CATEGORY TOTAL 25,870,160 14,948.356 1,730.64 13,560.925 1,907.70 GRAND TOTAL 2,155,980,898 3,412,497.981 631.79 3,095,766.967 696.43 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/09/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Canada 111,867 121.345 921.89 110.083 1,016.21 Mexico 622,533 985.537 631.67 894.065 696.30 Federal Republic of Germany 3,617 0.104 34,539.88 0.095 38,073.68 CATEGORY TOTAL 738,017 1,106.988 666.69 1,004.243 734.90 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 198,485 217.677 911.83 197.474 1,005.12 Mexico 4,805,260 8,693.935 552.71 7,887.008 609.26 Brazil 14,282,231 44,955.515 317.70 40,782.969 350.20 Finland 284,856 723.501 393.72 656.350 434.00 United Kingdom 43,047 32.293 1,333.00 29.296 1,469.38 Netherlands 338,515 320.722 1,055.48 290.955 1,163.46 Federal Republic of Germany 1,024,274 1,780.847 575.16 1,615.558 634.01 Italy 79,401 26.502 2,995.94 24.043 3,302.46 CATEGORY TOTAL 21,056,069 56,750.997 371.03 51,483.653 408.99 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 452,274 800.931 564.69 726.593 622.46 United Kingdom 3,233,804 6,113.500 528.96 5,546.076 583.08 Luxembourg 1,012,782 1,608.444 629.67 1,459.157 694.09 Federal Republic of Germany 237,261 173.539 1,367.19 157.432 1,507.07 Austria 35,886 8.962 4,003.84 8.131 4,413.48 Italy 621,366 888.837 699.08 806.340 770.60 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,593,373 9,594.216 582.99 8,703.729 642.64 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 10,261,450 12,496.696 821.13 11,336.816 905.14 Sweden 2,452,310 2,795.704 877.17 2,536.221 966.91 Finland 8,349 3.795 2,199.85 3.443 2,424.92 United Kingdom 685,038 760.519 900.75 689.932 992.91 Belgium 2,130,143 1,821.506 1,169.44 1,652.443 1,289.09 France 2,095,880 1,229.883 1,704.13 1,115.732 1,878.48 Federal Republic of Germany 1,062,722 1,069.734 993.44 970.447 1,095.09 Austria 41,555 63.548 653.91 57.650 720.82 Ukraine 382,288 463.586 824.63 420.559 909.00 China 2,390 1.275 1,873.96 1.157 2,065.69 Japan 2,388,687 2,772.238 861.65 2,514.933 949.80 CATEGORY TOTAL 21,510,812 23,478.489 916.19 21,299.333 1,009.93 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/09/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 3,058,907 4,839.757 632.04 4,390.555 696.70 Sweden 182,203 319.263 570.70 289.631 629.09 Netherlands 257,853 520.601 495.30 472.282 545.97 France 853,742 1,296.605 658.44 1,176.261 725.81 Federal Republic of Germany 628,717 1,010.279 622.32 916.510 685.99 Japan 928,964 1,989.986 466.82 1,805.286 514.58 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,910,386 9,976.493 592.43 9,050.525 653.04 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Federal Republic of Germany 15,205 6.382 2,382.34 5.790 2,626.08 Czech Republic 38,511 76.024 506.56 68.968 558.39 Japan 261,832 1,292.486 202.58 1,172.524 223.31 CATEGORY TOTAL 315,548 1,374.892 229.51 1,247.282 252.99 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 19,748,064 31,782.776 621.34 28,832.858 684.92 Mexico 4,072,935 7,224.228 563.79 6,553.712 621.47 Brazil 106,745 58.648 1,820.08 53.205 2,006.30 Sweden 943,952 516.362 1,828.08 468.436 2,015.11 United Kingdom 2,707,893 3,569.470 758.63 3,238.170 836.24 Netherlands 621,174 227.067 2,735.64 205.992 3,015.52 France 1,058,322 1,060.562 997.89 962.126 1,099.98 Federal Republic of Germany 619,382 794.053 780.03 720.353 859.83 Austria 209,706 80.953 2,590.44 73.440 2,855.47 Czech Republic 127,507 217.948 585.03 197.720 644.89 Latvia 2,255,711 5,782.546 390.09 5,245.839 430.00 Russia 90,268 104.588 863.08 94.881 951.38 Ukraine 13,419 17.916 748.96 16.254 825.58 Spain 523,098 518.003 1,009.83 469.925 1,113.15 Italy 118,658 224.254 529.12 203.440 583.26 Turkey 1,796,295 2,658.491 675.68 2,411.744 744.81 China 81,349 47.195 1,723.66 42.815 1,900.01 Korea, South 99,423 116.269 855.11 105.478 942.59 Taiwan 188,376 79.802 2,360.52 72.396 2,602.02 Japan 6,254,144 11,366.315 550.23 10,311.351 606.53 CATEGORY TOTAL 41,636,421 66,447.455 626.61 60,280.135 690.72 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 201,097 374.571 536.87 339.806 591.80 Mexico 479,230 831.656 576.24 754.466 635.19 Austria 197,340 53.312 3,701.59 48.364 4,080.31 CATEGORY TOTAL 877,667 1,259.540 696.82 1,142.636 768.11 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/09/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 1,368,439 1,357.327 1,008.19 1,231.347 1,111.33 Colombia 213,390 275.213 775.36 249.670 854.69 Brazil 44,903 27.972 1,605.27 25.376 1,769.51 Sweden 30,295 20.069 1,509.48 18.207 1,663.92 United Kingdom 1,752,246 950.057 1,844.36 861.878 2,033.06 France 737,746 733.021 1,006.45 664.986 1,109.42 Federal Republic of Germany 448,188 256.281 1,748.81 232.495 1,927.73 Austria 5,238 4.629 1,131.39 4.200 1,247.14 Ukraine 290,548 54.881 5,294.06 49.788 5,835.70 Italy 38,157 42.831 890.87 38.856 982.01 Romania 20,972 4.124 5,084.31 3.742 5,604.49 Korea, South 32,612 37.366 872.77 33.898 962.06 Taiwan 36,357 26.272 1,383.84 23.834 1,525.43 Japan 493,873 549.025 899.54 498.068 991.58 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,512,964 4,339.076 1,270.54 3,936.345 1,400.53 TOOL STEEL............................17 Canada 1,262,706 1,069.418 1,180.74 970.160 1,301.54 Mexico 35,481 22.150 1,601.78 20.095 1,765.66 Colombia 48,763 5.562 8,766.76 5.046 9,663.69 Brazil 2,111,272 1,033.112 2,043.60 937.224 2,252.69 Sweden 871,128 340.615 2,557.51 309.001 2,819.18 United Kingdom 1,155,353 461.277 2,504.68 418.464 2,760.94 Netherlands 494,601 507.861 973.89 460.724 1,073.53 Belgium 68,784 22.597 3,043.89 20.500 3,355.32 France 1,562,370 1,244.665 1,255.25 1,129.142 1,383.68 Federal Republic of Germany 2,348,818 1,659.952 1,414.99 1,505.884 1,559.76 Austria 2,485,346 730.649 3,401.56 662.834 3,749.58 Czech Republic 3,843 0.529 7,263.15 0.480 8,006.25 Switzerland 99,054 49.607 1,996.76 45.003 2,201.05 Poland 47,828 36.797 1,299.77 33.382 1,432.75 Russia 337,523 201.859 1,672.07 183.124 1,843.14 Ukraine 232,586 55.504 4,190.39 50.353 4,619.11 Spain 340,567 230.572 1,477.05 209.172 1,628.17 Italy 100,207 144.391 693.99 130.990 765.00 Slovenia 1,502,226 882.981 1,701.31 801.028 1,875.37 Turkey 5,910 7.558 781.90 6.857 861.89 China 1,995,979 765.476 2,607.50 694.429 2,874.27 Korea, South 167,160 79.991 2,089.72 72.567 2,303.53 Taiwan 1,302,963 720.544 1,808.30 653.667 1,993.31 Japan 4,027,459 4,831.193 833.64 4,382.786 918.93 Australia 252,448 258.300 977.34 234.326 1,077.34 CATEGORY TOTAL 22,860,375 15,363.170 1,488.00 13,937.238 1,640.24 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/09/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 104,713 24.300 4,309.10 22.045 4,749.97 Brazil 38,622 16.264 2,374.61 14.755 2,617.55 Argentina 687,014 541.219 1,269.38 490.986 1,399.25 United Kingdom 127,794 88.384 1,445.89 80.181 1,593.82 Federal Republic of Germany 463,161 215.642 2,147.81 195.628 2,367.56 Spain 139,110 115.061 1,209.01 104.382 1,332.70 Italy 290,558 100.858 2,880.86 91.497 3,175.60 China 374,133 587.406 636.92 532.886 702.09 Japan 326,320 207.008 1,576.36 187.795 1,737.64 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,551,425 1,896.145 1,345.58 1,720.155 1,483.25 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 1,432,178 1,398.414 1,024.14 1,268.621 1,128.93 Brazil 1,333,824 1,386.109 962.28 1,257.458 1,060.73 United Kingdom 190,269 13.009 14,625.42 11.802 16,121.76 France 858,576 1,015.520 845.45 921.265 931.95 Federal Republic of Germany 2,528,644 2,947.170 857.99 2,673.629 945.77 Austria 3,793,330 4,785.338 792.70 4,341.187 873.80 Spain 2,975,738 2,831.140 1,051.07 2,568.368 1,158.61 Romania 1,303,948 1,562.688 834.43 1,417.648 919.80 Indonesia 1,491,506 1,890.507 788.94 1,715.040 869.66 China 1,527,982 2,209.339 691.60 2,004.280 762.36 Japan 12,101,361 5,456.407 2,217.83 4,949.971 2,444.73 CATEGORY TOTAL 29,537,356 25,495.647 1,158.53 23,129.269 1,277.06 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 6,882,033 10,581.843 650.36 9,599.690 716.90 Japan 1,854,277 1,745.374 1,062.39 1,583.378 1,171.09 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,736,310 12,327.218 708.70 11,183.068 781.21 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B China 5,413 0.785 6,887.23 0.713 7,591.87 Hong Kong 9,775 16.292 599.98 14.780 661.37 CATEGORY TOTAL 15,188 17.078 889.33 15.493 980.31 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 1,122,966 1,247.862 899.91 1,132.042 991.98 Mexico 846,459 901.939 938.49 818.226 1,034.51 Venezuela 1,028,501 1,023.408 1,004.98 928.421 1,107.80 Chile 42,068 75.771 555.19 68.739 612.00 Brazil 20,030 17.330 1,155.76 15.722 1,274.01 Argentina 2,610,561 3,316.871 787.06 3,009.016 867.58 Sweden 609,405 504.073 1,208.96 457.288 1,332.65 Norway 5,190 5.740 904.05 5.208 996.54 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/09/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE United Kingdom 396,153 245.178 1,615.78 222.422 1,781.09 France 444,857 356.585 1,247.55 323.489 1,375.18 Federal Republic of Germany 1,988,568 1,477.664 1,345.75 1,340.515 1,483.44 Switzerland 61,652 36.063 1,709.55 32.716 1,884.46 Spain 399,810 359.601 1,111.81 326.225 1,225.57 Italy 199,072 187.095 1,064.01 169.730 1,172.87 Romania 594,227 1,219.402 487.31 1,106.224 537.17 China 251,879 423.639 594.56 384.319 655.39 Japan 2,242,783 1,544.424 1,452.18 1,401.079 1,600.75 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,864,181 12,942.653 993.94 11,741.381 1,095.63 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Mexico 2,381 0.750 3,171.82 0.681 3,496.33 Argentina 252,155 122.794 2,053.48 111.397 2,263.57 Sweden 272,379 273.017 997.66 247.677 1,099.73 France 1,251,710 1,105.469 1,132.29 1,002.865 1,248.13 Federal Republic of Germany 1,815,811 1,466.050 1,238.57 1,329.979 1,365.29 Italy 452,485 250.957 1,803.03 227.665 1,987.50 Japan 214,299 45.158 4,745.50 40.967 5,231.02 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,261,220 3,264.197 1,305.44 2,961.231 1,439.00 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 1,910,248 688.927 2,772.78 624.985 3,056.47 Mexico 3,500 1.377 2,540.12 1.250 2,800.00 United Kingdom 16,075 8.943 1,797.49 8.113 1,981.39 Federal Republic of Germany 94,646 60.073 1,575.50 54.498 1,736.69 Switzerland 2,273 0.895 2,539.45 0.812 2,799.26 Italy 2,018 0.082 24,409.32 0.075 26,906.67 Japan 54,910 21.611 2,540.73 19.606 2,800.67 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,083,670 781.912 2,664.84 709.339 2,937.48 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 695,161 626.933 1,108.83 568.745 1,222.27 Mexico 2,124 2.341 907.18 2.124 1,000.00 Finland 900,860 297.916 3,023.87 270.265 3,333.25 United Kingdom 41,730 417.536 99.94 378.783 110.17 Netherlands 20,693 4.739 4,365.67 4.300 4,812.33 Federal Republic of Germany 34,870 20.765 1,679.24 18.838 1,851.05 Spain 4,762 3.874 1,229.02 3.515 1,354.77 Italy 257,196 102.862 2,500.39 93.315 2,756.21 China 76,758 39.533 1,941.60 35.864 2,140.25 Taiwan 375,943 126.415 2,973.87 114.682 3,278.13 Japan 265,742 772.429 344.03 700.736 379.23 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,675,839 2,415.347 1,107.85 2,191.167 1,221.19 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/09/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 806,141 795.977 1,012.77 722.099 1,116.39 Mexico 1,885,343 1,710.708 1,102.08 1,551.929 1,214.84 Venezuela 15,012 20.380 736.58 18.489 811.94 Sweden 196,612 145.952 1,347.09 132.406 1,484.92 United Kingdom 209,610 11.801 17,761.54 10.706 19,578.74 Netherlands 29,476 1.931 15,262.66 1.752 16,824.20 France 111,620 11.109 10,047.63 10.078 11,075.61 Federal Republic of Germany 160,836 19.444 8,271.43 17.640 9,117.69 Austria 152,514 31.925 4,777.24 28.962 5,266.00 Poland 168,357 158.688 1,060.93 143.960 1,169.47 Italy 2,023,715 1,755.430 1,152.83 1,592.500 1,270.78 Turkey 308,005 292.292 1,053.76 265.163 1,161.57 India 19,813 18.265 1,084.73 16.570 1,195.72 Thailand 39,203 50.044 783.36 45.400 863.50 China 288,546 206.051 1,400.36 186.927 1,543.63 Korea, South 1,454,750 1,498.674 970.69 1,359.575 1,070.00 Taiwan 131,701 154.667 851.51 140.312 938.63 Japan 3,340,900 2,882.239 1,159.13 2,614.724 1,277.73 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,342,154 9,765.584 1,161.44 8,859.192 1,280.27 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 1,836,327 3,312.737 554.32 3,005.266 611.04 Sweden 2,245,989 4,124.595 544.54 3,741.771 600.25 United Kingdom 132,937 137.626 965.92 124.853 1,064.75 Netherlands 325,590 706.137 461.09 640.597 508.26 Belgium 5,693 2.452 2,321.17 2.225 2,558.65 France 788,229 1,161.111 678.86 1,053.343 748.31 Federal Republic of Germany 216,739 300.787 720.57 272.870 794.29 Austria 370,861 652.678 568.21 592.100 626.35 Russia 4,716,737 9,885.304 477.15 8,967.800 525.96 Japan 1,152,553 2,118.394 544.07 1,921.776 599.73 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,791,655 22,401.826 526.37 20,322.601 580.22 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 4,693,173 6,364.006 737.46 5,773.331 812.91 Dominican Republic 3,692 9.708 380.30 8.807 419.21 Argentina 249,975 422.780 591.26 383.540 651.76 Sweden 469,040 658.861 711.90 597.709 784.73 United Kingdom 522,950 611.145 855.69 554.422 943.23 Netherlands 419,618 766.412 547.51 695.278 603.53 Belgium 12,193 5.291 2,304.44 4.800 2,540.21 France 1,078,643 1,742.005 619.20 1,580.321 682.55 Federal Republic of Germany 951,486 1,395.381 681.88 1,265.869 751.65 Taiwan 48,108 54.167 888.13 49.140 979.00 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/09/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 5,319,245 8,456.439 629.02 7,671.555 693.37 CATEGORY TOTAL 13,768,123 20,486.198 672.07 18,584.772 740.83 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 6,940,415 11,658.153 595.33 10,576.102 656.24 Brazil 256,189 393.315 651.36 356.810 718.00 Finland 195,073 229.819 848.81 208.489 935.65 Netherlands 143,228 205.305 697.63 186.250 769.01 France 65,200 96.706 674.20 87.731 743.18 Federal Republic of Germany 4,189,098 10,536.549 397.58 9,558.600 438.25 Spain 3,011,120 5,337.668 564.13 4,842.253 621.84 Japan 2,013,942 2,988.188 673.97 2,710.840 742.92 CATEGORY TOTAL 16,814,265 31,445.708 534.71 28,527.075 589.41 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 1,064,356 950.097 1,120.26 861.914 1,234.87 Federal Republic of Germany 1,365,550 2,147.094 636.00 1,947.812 701.07 Japan 1,431,227 2,312.565 618.89 2,097.925 682.21 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,861,133 5,409.757 713.73 4,907.651 786.76 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 Sweden 713,773 862.693 827.38 782.623 912.03 United Kingdom 647,488 682.372 948.88 619.038 1,045.96 France 242,745 216.152 1,123.03 196.090 1,237.93 Federal Republic of Germany 1,820,808 2,309.910 788.26 2,095.516 868.91 Russia 869,898 886.772 980.97 804.467 1,081.33 Italy 11,123 9.589 1,159.97 8.699 1,278.65 China 23,641 27.072 873.24 24.560 962.58 Japan 1,771,139 2,612.692 677.90 2,370.195 747.25 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,100,615 7,607.255 801.95 6,901.188 883.99 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 235,529 488.898 481.75 443.521 531.04 Federal Republic of Germany 76,883 98.910 777.30 89.730 856.83 CATEGORY TOTAL 312,412 587.808 531.49 533.251 585.86 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 58,287 81.589 714.39 74.017 787.48 Mexico 42,254 80.879 522.43 73.373 575.88 Sweden 278,400 81.765 3,404.88 74.176 3,753.24 United Kingdom 4,506 2.622 1,718.27 2.379 1,894.07 France 1,397,483 155.965 8,960.18 141.490 9,876.90 Federal Republic of Germany 2,972,902 2,076.145 1,431.93 1,883.448 1,578.44 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/09/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Austria 574,676 93.485 6,147.19 84.809 6,776.12 Japan 214,570 98.597 2,176.23 89.446 2,398.88 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,543,078 2,671.051 2,075.24 2,423.138 2,287.56 GRAND TOTAL 258,270,256 349,206.712 739.59 316,795.090 815.26 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/09/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A China 5,057 10.761 469.90 9.763 517.98 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,057 10.761 469.90 9.763 517.98 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 8,559,083 19,881.636 430.50 18,036.322 474.55 Mexico 93,411,816 218,023.119 428.45 197,787.303 472.28 Brazil 36,778,701 109,417.462 336.13 99,261.880 370.52 Finland 1,838,697 4,780.226 384.65 4,336.550 424.00 United Kingdom 73,780 162.057 455.27 147.016 501.85 Federal Republic of Germany 6,699,294 21,117.266 317.24 19,157.267 349.70 Austria 30,000 43.261 693.46 39.246 764.41 Poland 4,429,474 13,388.515 330.84 12,145.860 364.69 Russia 71,801,288 160,699.917 446.80 145,784.554 492.52 Turkey 3,220,214 12,123.216 265.62 10,998.000 292.80 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 229,078,371 565,420.449 405.15 512,940.948 446.60 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 28,559,306 47,337.398 603.31 42,943.778 665.04 Mexico 2,990,084 5,668.047 527.53 5,141.968 581.51 Trinidad and Tobago 13,052,025 24,142.495 540.62 21,901.710 595.94 Venezuela 1,393,028 2,880.739 483.57 2,613.364 533.04 Brazil 6,213,672 15,132.873 410.61 13,728.316 452.62 Argentina 2,232,467 4,456.686 500.93 4,043.039 552.18 United Kingdom 3,124,480 7,773.285 401.95 7,051.808 443.08 Netherlands 487,796 746.102 653.79 676.853 720.68 Luxembourg 171,196 290.277 589.77 263.335 650.11 Federal Republic of Germany 4,688,749 8,199.354 571.84 7,438.331 630.35 Poland 6,901,121 15,897.066 434.11 14,421.580 478.53 Spain 6,029,325 11,746.612 513.28 10,656.351 565.80 Italy 2,655,668 5,472.667 485.26 4,964.722 534.91 Turkey 10,172,879 22,169.011 458.88 20,111.395 505.83 China 36,995,798 88,304.251 418.96 80,108.292 461.82 Taiwan 15,380 19.155 802.88 17.378 885.03 Japan 4,325,055 9,893.853 437.15 8,975.555 481.87 South Africa 1,186,952 2,670.357 444.49 2,422.508 489.97 CATEGORY TOTAL 131,194,981 272,800.238 480.92 247,480.283 530.12 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/09/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 9,629,673 15,817.664 608.79 14,349.548 671.08 Mexico 2,375,127 4,185.534 567.46 3,797.054 625.52 Brazil 793,580 1,911.205 415.22 1,733.817 457.71 Norway 854,416 1,674.331 510.30 1,518.928 562.51 United Kingdom 2,101,727 3,869.989 543.08 3,510.796 598.65 Luxembourg 4,218,668 6,308.213 668.76 5,722.717 737.18 France 97,194 35.482 2,739.23 32.189 3,019.48 Federal Republic of Germany 2,468,975 3,449.484 715.75 3,129.321 788.98 Estonia 4,946 5.104 968.89 4.631 1,068.02 Poland 175,335 326.524 536.97 296.218 591.91 Spain 659,554 1,404.133 469.72 1,273.809 517.78 Italy 20,410 1.908 10,696.50 1.731 11,790.87 Turkey 165,255 343.772 480.71 311.865 529.89 China 2,247 1.661 1,352.65 1.507 1,491.04 Korea, South 117,288 185.259 633.10 168.065 697.87 Japan 5,321 10.262 518.49 9.310 571.54 South Africa 15,698 14.550 1,078.86 13.200 1,189.24 CATEGORY TOTAL 23,705,414 39,545.083 599.45 35,874.706 660.78 STEEL PILING...........................5 Canada 827,992 1,112.640 744.17 1,009.371 820.30 United Kingdom 112,612 282.859 398.12 256.606 438.85 Luxembourg 7,547,209 11,711.508 644.43 10,624.505 710.36 Federal Republic of Germany 2,770,133 5,563.958 497.87 5,047.540 548.81 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,257,946 18,670.967 602.97 16,938.022 664.66 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 5,497,344 8,218.870 668.87 7,456.036 737.30 Mexico 35,134 66.597 527.56 60.416 581.53 Brazil 44,481 19.047 2,335.21 17.280 2,574.13 Sweden 35,065 96.631 362.87 87.663 400.00 Norway 103,056 207.196 497.38 187.966 548.27 Finland 12,029 13.889 866.07 12.600 954.68 Belgium 908,371 1,361.631 667.12 1,235.252 735.37 Federal Republic of Germany 786,901 1,367.904 575.26 1,240.942 634.12 Austria 371,506 684.085 543.07 620.592 598.63 Estonia 135,918 145.600 933.50 132.087 1,029.00 Ukraine 21,855,708 40,560.415 538.84 36,795.800 593.97 Italy 592,581 1,070.024 553.80 970.710 610.46 Romania 12,502,062 22,516.670 555.24 20,426.786 612.04 Turkey 101,131 201.769 501.22 183.042 552.50 Korea, South 4,019 7.672 523.85 6.960 577.44 Japan 170,235 237.541 716.65 215.494 789.98 Australia 387,013 529.405 731.03 480.269 805.83 South Africa 283,638 599.602 473.04 543.950 521.44 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/09/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 43,826,192 77,904.556 562.56 70,673.845 620.12 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 11,698,117 19,762.890 591.92 17,928.598 652.48 Mexico 1,953,764 3,300.178 592.02 2,993.872 652.59 Venezuela 555,993 1,046.769 531.15 949.614 585.49 Brazil 489,927 894.591 547.65 811.560 603.69 Netherlands 3,170,022 6,557.246 483.44 5,948.636 532.90 Belgium 415,643 852.262 487.69 773.160 537.59 France 777,656 1,340.493 580.13 1,216.076 639.48 Federal Republic of Germany 2,269,717 3,890.253 583.44 3,529.180 643.13 Russia 19,548,150 40,435.357 483.44 36,682.350 532.90 Serbia and Montenegro 2,289,066 4,283.977 534.33 3,886.360 589.00 Romania 2,096,683 3,895.500 538.23 3,533.940 593.30 Bulgaria 731,785 1,776.098 412.02 1,611.250 454.17 Turkey 839,866 1,617.817 519.14 1,467.660 572.25 China 3,989,636 6,345.577 628.73 5,756.613 693.05 Korea, South 78,166 128.165 609.88 116.270 672.28 Japan 168,504 240.969 699.27 218.604 770.82 New Zealand 3,093,129 5,675.689 544.98 5,148.900 600.74 Egypt 4,505,854 8,800.339 512.01 7,983.536 564.39 CATEGORY TOTAL 58,671,678 110,844.182 529.32 100,556.179 583.47 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Luxembourg 285,788 377.630 756.79 342.581 834.22 Federal Republic of Germany 71,266 73.067 975.34 66.286 1,075.13 Spain 104,767 187.541 558.63 170.135 615.79 Japan 2,415,140 5,834.605 413.93 5,293.067 456.28 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,876,961 6,472.846 444.47 5,872.069 489.94 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 Luxembourg 160,264 211.562 757.53 191.926 835.03 Austria 561,484 809.301 693.79 734.186 764.77 Poland 34,599 66.910 517.10 60.700 570.00 Spain 1,355,192 1,915.008 707.67 1,737.267 780.07 Korea, South 64,732 90.322 716.68 81.939 790.00 Japan 37,270 71.418 521.85 64.790 575.24 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,213,541 3,164.523 699.49 2,870.808 771.05 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 Canada 106,136 349.968 303.27 317.486 334.30 Brazil 37,673 58.903 639.58 53.436 705.01 Poland 29,120 11.519 2,527.96 10.450 2,786.60 India 35,793 44.323 807.53 40.210 890.15 China 13,273 16.093 824.73 14.600 909.11 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/09/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Korea, South 4,668 7.898 591.03 7.165 651.50 Australia 290,983 484.795 600.22 439.799 661.63 CATEGORY TOTAL 517,646 973.501 531.74 883.146 586.14 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 23,143,128 39,409.731 587.24 35,751.917 647.33 Mexico 1,403,714 2,498.380 561.85 2,266.493 619.33 Brazil 3,780 3.914 965.69 3.551 1,064.49 Argentina 1,953,219 3,834.877 509.33 3,478.943 561.44 Sweden 27,856 20.184 1,380.07 18.311 1,521.27 United Kingdom 10,072,848 14,827.962 679.31 13,451.705 748.82 France 97,076 151.047 642.69 137.028 708.44 Federal Republic of Germany 2,416,334 3,858.208 626.28 3,500.109 690.36 Belarus 2,407,276 5,896.812 408.23 5,349.500 450.00 Ukraine 381,391 881.231 432.79 799.440 477.07 Italy 12,590 21.943 573.74 19.907 632.44 Turkey 3,483,604 7,444.149 467.97 6,753.221 515.84 India 280,664 403.520 695.54 366.068 766.70 China 2,131 3.169 672.42 2.875 741.22 Korea, South 210,260 250.835 838.24 227.554 924.00 Taiwan 45,758 16.927 2,703.24 15.356 2,979.81 Japan 1,517,922 2,751.312 551.71 2,495.949 608.15 CATEGORY TOTAL 47,459,551 82,274.207 576.85 74,637.927 635.86 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 7,552,127 14,069.068 536.79 12,763.248 591.71 Mexico 2,055,038 4,056.460 506.61 3,679.960 558.44 Brazil 537,927 1,179.978 455.88 1,070.459 502.52 Switzerland 20,744 15.580 1,331.45 14.134 1,467.67 Italy 4,632 7.109 651.49 6.450 718.14 Turkey 578,299 1,223.866 472.52 1,110.273 520.86 China 101,180 223.063 453.59 202.360 500.00 Japan 556,707 1,476.610 377.02 1,339.559 415.59 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,406,654 22,251.738 512.62 20,186.443 565.07 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 Canada 35,149 46.054 763.20 41.780 841.29 Mexico 10,172,666 23,000.572 442.28 20,865.774 487.53 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/09/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 5,393,037 4,981.340 1,082.65 4,518.997 1,193.41 Mexico 22,572 24.999 902.90 22.679 995.28 Brazil 20,794 19.751 1,052.80 17.918 1,160.51 Sweden 2,332 1.054 2,210.61 0.957 2,436.78 United Kingdom 1,983,638 2,075.603 955.69 1,882.956 1,053.47 Belgium 2,011 1.356 1,482.01 1.231 1,633.63 France 567,717 624.692 908.79 566.712 1,001.77 Federal Republic of Germany 4,952,639 4,781.653 1,035.76 4,337.844 1,141.73 Austria 233,366 157.727 1,479.55 143.088 1,630.93 Switzerland 13,878 15.657 886.36 14.204 977.05 Ukraine 2,276,481 1,910.744 1,191.41 1,733.399 1,313.30 Spain 1,341,043 1,604.673 835.71 1,455.736 921.21 Italy 144,737 187.896 770.30 170.457 849.11 Romania 51,283 21.639 2,369.88 19.631 2,612.35 Turkey 308,252 568.695 542.03 515.912 597.49 Thailand 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 13,270 9.228 1,437.93 8.372 1,585.05 Japan 68,987 88.303 781.24 80.108 861.17 Egypt 25,019 24.152 1,035.87 21.911 1,141.85 South Africa 93,084 154.829 601.20 140.459 662.71 CATEGORY TOTAL 17,663,817 17,553.181 1,006.30 15,923.983 1,109.26 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 24,950,031 28,409.400 878.23 25,772.582 968.08 Mexico 4,123,682 4,690.964 879.07 4,255.573 969.01 Guatemala 1,238,602 1,268.384 976.52 1,150.659 1,076.43 Dominican Republic 32,030 85.853 373.08 77.885 411.25 Colombia 3,910,142 2,922.968 1,337.73 2,651.673 1,474.59 Venezuela 2,141,364 3,732.593 573.69 3,386.153 632.39 Peru 15,745 1.252 12,573.62 1.136 13,860.04 Chile 675,366 1,269.655 531.93 1,151.812 586.35 Brazil 60,069 125.142 480.01 113.527 529.12 Argentina 108,437 243.315 445.66 220.732 491.26 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/09/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE United Kingdom 23,340 4.795 4,867.52 4.350 5,365.52 Netherlands 375,010 409.497 915.78 371.490 1,009.48 Belgium 31,498 22.074 1,426.87 20.026 1,572.86 France 219,223 385.064 569.31 349.325 627.56 Federal Republic of Germany 1,643,212 1,810.075 907.81 1,642.073 1,000.69 Switzerland 40,641 9.557 4,252.47 8.670 4,687.54 Ukraine 2,258,713 3,577.462 631.37 3,245.420 695.97 Spain 970,685 948.552 1,023.33 860.513 1,128.03 Italy 121,399 140.102 866.50 127.099 955.15 Romania 4,312,023 6,835.803 630.80 6,201.338 695.34 Turkey 6,169,005 9,794.527 629.84 8,885.448 694.28 United Arab Emirates 1,312,442 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 5,795,379 8,517.322 680.42 7,726.787 750.04 Thailand 9,851,086 17,105.948 575.89 15,518.260 634.81 Philippines 3,817,038 6,760.209 564.63 6,132.761 622.40 China 27,706,369 49,077.091 564.55 44,522.001 622.31 Korea, South 1,597,227 2,827.800 564.83 2,565.338 622.62 Taiwan 2,501,376 4,054.590 616.92 3,678.264 680.04 Japan 525,864 775.949 677.70 703.930 747.04 Australia 4,020 6.294 638.68 5.710 704.03 South Africa 680,478 1,175.225 579.02 1,066.147 638.26 CATEGORY TOTAL 109,726,572 162,629.127 674.70 147,534.704 743.73 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 1,056,439 1,508.782 700.19 1,368.745 771.83 Mexico 2,206,916 1,742.349 1,266.63 1,580.633 1,396.22 Colombia 2,907,195 3,225.953 901.19 2,926.537 993.39 Venezuela 3,041,287 4,814.170 631.74 4,367.343 696.37 Brazil 1,064,343 1,443.938 737.11 1,309.919 812.53 Argentina 20,136 23.094 871.90 20.951 961.10 Sweden 6,250 1.248 5,004.33 1.133 5,516.33 United Kingdom 1,125,371 1,886.532 596.53 1,711.434 657.56 France 9,261 0.307 30,112.69 0.279 33,193.55 Federal Republic of Germany 5,271,953 6,606.560 797.99 5,993.373 879.63 Austria 7,127,243 7,781.118 915.97 7,058.914 1,009.68 Czech Republic 354,346 563.634 628.68 511.321 693.00 Russia 120,342 225.839 532.87 204.878 587.38 Ukraine 2,767,955 3,315.125 834.95 3,007.432 920.37 Spain 337,558 356.389 947.16 323.311 1,044.07 Romania 981,771 1,415.781 693.45 1,284.376 764.40 Turkey 51,779 82.673 626.31 75.000 690.39 India 2,786,107 3,513.560 792.96 3,187.449 874.09 China 7,307,870 9,432.825 774.73 8,557.318 853.99 Korea, South 3,083,830 4,067.141 758.23 3,689.650 835.81 Japan 2,173,898 236.770 9,181.44 214.795 10,120.80 South Africa 128,785 205.670 626.17 186.581 690.24 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/09/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 43,930,635 52,449.469 837.58 47,581.372 923.27 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 2,038 3.919 519.92 3.556 573.12 Venezuela 42,648 100.960 422.42 91.590 465.64 Brazil 2,003,885 3,140.668 638.04 2,849.167 703.32 United Kingdom 1,993,264 3,046.065 654.37 2,763.345 721.32 Federal Republic of Germany 1,397,436 2,240.024 623.85 2,032.117 687.67 Ukraine 344,371 545.408 631.40 494.786 696.00 Italy 993,789 1,109.656 895.58 1,006.664 987.21 Greece 3,452,000 6,194.307 557.29 5,619.383 614.30 China 84,607 98.934 855.18 89.752 942.68 Korea, South 1,215,951 2,361.347 514.94 2,142.179 567.62 Japan 3,026,420 6,239.683 485.03 5,660.547 534.65 CATEGORY TOTAL 14,556,409 25,080.976 580.38 22,753.086 639.76 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 195,889 237.797 823.77 215.726 908.05 Mexico 2,379,756 2,862.288 831.42 2,596.625 916.48 Colombia 40,691 82.340 494.18 74.698 544.74 Venezuela 566,914 1,426.880 397.31 1,294.445 437.96 Brazil 239,184 455.268 525.37 413.013 579.12 Argentina 786,182 1,494.633 526.00 1,355.909 579.82 France 310,673 505.129 615.04 458.246 677.96 Federal Republic of Germany 680,153 798.241 852.06 724.153 939.24 Austria 239,893 250.526 957.55 227.274 1,055.52 Slovakia 585,367 1,045.987 559.63 948.904 616.89 Ukraine 27,602 51.378 537.23 46.610 592.19 Italy 3,386,157 4,068.892 832.21 3,691.238 917.35 Romania 5,402,567 8,233.567 656.16 7,469.369 723.30 China 2,452,838 4,820.938 508.79 4,373.483 560.84 Korea, South 1,988,858 3,780.777 526.04 3,429.865 579.86 Taiwan 266,530 438.419 607.93 397.728 670.13 CATEGORY TOTAL 19,549,254 30,553.069 639.85 27,717.286 705.31 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Canada 782,555 791.386 988.84 717.934 1,090.01 Mexico 1,030,511 1,308.566 787.51 1,187.112 868.08 Venezuela 5,374 12.471 430.90 11.314 474.99 Brazil 1,089,649 2,556.120 426.29 2,318.874 469.90 Denmark 106,665 66.133 1,612.88 59.995 1,777.90 United Kingdom 316,375 504.211 627.47 457.413 691.66 Federal Republic of Germany 2,131,923 3,262.038 653.56 2,959.272 720.42 Turkey 72,724 118.608 613.14 107.600 675.87 India 189,594 334.543 566.72 303.493 624.71 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/09/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE China 1,299,290 2,837.918 457.83 2,574.517 504.67 Korea, South 3,334,682 6,646.210 501.74 6,029.342 553.08 Taiwan 2,537,670 4,183.836 606.54 3,795.514 668.60 Japan 6,979 4.400 1,585.98 3.992 1,748.25 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,903,991 22,626.445 570.31 20,526.372 628.65 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 11,948,716 10,528.702 1,134.87 9,551.481 1,250.98 Mexico 12,412,516 14,735.721 842.34 13,368.025 928.52 Dominican Republic 196,268 437.478 448.63 396.874 494.53 Venezuela 1,135,402 1,050.394 1,080.93 952.902 1,191.52 Brazil 1,020,126 1,627.879 626.66 1,476.788 690.77 Argentina 445,953 699.063 637.93 634.180 703.20 Sweden 74,019 24.749 2,990.78 22.452 3,296.77 Denmark 6,501 0.615 10,569.19 0.558 11,650.54 United Kingdom 4,560 2.023 2,253.14 1.836 2,483.66 Belgium 52,885 46.186 1,145.02 41.900 1,262.17 France 1,015,300 1,340.272 757.53 1,215.875 835.04 Federal Republic of Germany 2,352,630 2,024.547 1,162.05 1,836.639 1,280.94 Austria 196,177 66.905 2,932.13 60.696 3,232.12 Slovakia 2,192 0.540 4,058.26 0.490 4,473.47 Switzerland 1,599,317 655.068 2,441.45 594.268 2,691.24 Ukraine 530,325 852.678 621.95 773.537 685.58 Spain 980,436 688.806 1,423.38 624.875 1,569.01 Italy 1,205,733 1,286.826 936.98 1,167.390 1,032.85 Romania 497,646 529.970 939.01 480.781 1,035.08 Turkey 942,894 10.690 88,201.62 9.698 97,225.61 Israel 59,846 5.511 10,858.28 5.000 11,969.20 India 800,164 1,255.050 637.56 1,138.563 702.78 China 1,312,300 1,568.434 836.69 1,422.860 922.30 Korea, South 3,169,616 5,159.743 614.30 4,680.842 677.15 Taiwan 78,711 73.097 1,076.79 66.313 1,186.96 Japan 1,560,206 1,053.422 1,481.08 955.649 1,632.61 Australia 259,717 349.152 743.85 316.746 819.95 CATEGORY TOTAL 43,860,156 46,073.533 951.96 41,797.218 1,049.36 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 72,913 82.323 885.68 74.683 976.30 Mexico 734,971 540.108 1,360.78 489.978 1,500.01 Brazil 312,441 305.388 1,023.09 277.044 1,127.77 Argentina 273,741 182.532 1,499.68 165.591 1,653.12 United Kingdom 96,394 39.683 2,429.09 36.000 2,677.61 Netherlands 126,607 104.156 1,215.55 94.489 1,339.91 France 836,913 1,011.795 827.16 917.886 911.78 Federal Republic of Germany 560,222 526.033 1,064.99 477.210 1,173.95 Austria 23,861 14.869 1,604.74 13.489 1,768.92 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/09/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Slovakia 507,217 518.559 978.13 470.429 1,078.20 Poland 253,870 466.406 544.31 423.117 600.00 Italy 540,908 515.468 1,049.35 467.625 1,156.71 Romania 381,219 445.778 855.17 404.404 942.67 India 219,576 359.371 611.00 326.016 673.51 China 55,091 27.676 1,990.51 25.108 2,194.16 Korea, South 93,593 161.049 581.14 146.102 640.60 Taiwan 6,652 0.701 9,488.36 0.636 10,459.12 Japan 265,008 212.609 1,246.46 192.876 1,373.98 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,361,197 5,514.512 972.20 5,002.683 1,071.66 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 1,095,910 485.985 2,255.02 440.879 2,485.74 Mexico 328,574 199.921 1,643.51 181.366 1,811.66 Guatemala 81,501 217.745 374.30 197.535 412.59 Federal Republic of Germany 22,138 0.267 82,647.17 0.243 91,102.88 Italy 4,612 0.111 41,425.12 0.101 45,663.37 India 125,241 130.902 956.75 118.753 1,054.63 Vietnam 16,888 21.865 772.36 19.836 851.38 China 22,935 18.959 1,209.67 17.200 1,333.43 Korea, South 3,316 0.846 3,916.96 0.768 4,317.71 Taiwan 3,800 27.677 137.29 25.109 151.34 Japan 179,801 69.412 2,590.33 62.970 2,855.34 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,884,716 1,173.696 1,605.79 1,064.760 1,770.09 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 29,845,337 31,573.303 945.27 28,642.827 1,041.98 Mexico 5,285,379 3,959.917 1,334.72 3,592.378 1,471.28 Brazil 165,955 344.645 481.52 312.657 530.79 Argentina 453,155 1,007.281 449.88 913.791 495.91 United Kingdom 24,104 33.892 711.18 30.747 783.95 France 28,866 23.038 1,252.96 20.900 1,381.15 Federal Republic of Germany 112,772 80.280 1,404.73 72.829 1,548.45 Austria 240,453 204.057 1,178.36 185.118 1,298.92 Estonia 2,499 2.579 968.83 2.340 1,067.95 Italy 5,689 2.957 1,923.58 2.683 2,120.39 Greece 926,889 2,049.756 452.19 1,859.508 498.46 Turkey 2,233,762 4,640.711 481.34 4,209.984 530.59 Korea, South 5,038,433 8,309.762 606.33 7,538.492 668.36 Australia 72,218 115.904 623.08 105.147 686.83 Sao Tome and Principe 7,073 7.456 948.63 6.764 1,045.68 South Africa 15,889 48.678 326.41 44.160 359.81 CATEGORY TOTAL 44,458,473 52,404.223 848.38 47,540.325 935.17 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/09/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 122,808 140.135 876.35 127.129 966.01 Mexico 100,804 93.859 1,073.99 85.148 1,183.87 Korea, South 263,085 559.759 470.00 507.805 518.08 Japan 197,996 446.305 443.63 404.882 489.02 CATEGORY TOTAL 684,693 1,240.060 552.14 1,124.964 608.64 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 22,052,883 24,601.860 896.39 22,318.439 988.10 Mexico 7,331,255 9,478.158 773.49 8,598.443 852.63 Dominican Republic 364,257 338.073 1,077.45 306.695 1,187.68 Trinidad and Tobago 34,706 33.008 1,051.42 29.945 1,158.99 Colombia 31,651 21.309 1,485.27 19.332 1,637.23 Venezuela 1,676,109 2,201.035 761.51 1,996.746 839.42 Ecuador 64,005 83.756 764.18 75.983 842.36 Chile 327,533 387.519 845.20 351.552 931.68 Brazil 1,577,137 2,395.094 658.49 2,172.794 725.86 Argentina 271,911 501.189 542.53 454.672 598.04 Sweden 189,007 81.665 2,314.40 74.086 2,551.18 United Kingdom 673,192 607.858 1,107.48 551.440 1,220.79 Netherlands 36,515 39.467 925.20 35.804 1,019.86 Belgium 595,991 508.363 1,172.37 461.180 1,292.32 Luxembourg 477,426 448.444 1,064.63 406.822 1,173.55 France 1,572,957 1,238.956 1,269.58 1,123.963 1,399.47 Federal Republic of Germany 1,181,399 932.301 1,267.19 845.770 1,396.83 Austria 351,986 92.364 3,810.82 83.792 4,200.71 Czech Republic 19,595 20.024 978.55 18.166 1,078.66 Switzerland 3,927 0.034 114,919.85 0.031 126,677.42 Poland 888,476 985.439 901.60 893.976 993.85 Belarus 216,137 241.861 893.64 219.413 985.07 Spain 11,740 12.147 966.46 11.020 1,065.34 Italy 754,991 599.923 1,258.48 544.242 1,387.23 Greece 751,973 858.701 875.71 779.001 965.30 Turkey 77,906 94.942 820.56 86.130 904.52 Israel 223,091 306.447 727.99 278.005 802.47 Bahrain 17,351 22.659 765.74 20.556 844.08 India 397,310 574.867 691.13 521.511 761.84 Thailand 55,388 23.749 2,332.20 21.545 2,570.81 Indonesia 62,943 19.138 3,288.85 17.362 3,625.33 China 7,266,288 12,427.908 584.68 11,274.412 644.49 Korea, South 1,805,448 2,154.516 837.98 1,954.545 923.72 Taiwan 621,562 773.396 803.68 701.614 885.90 Japan 2,998,354 3,643.456 822.94 3,305.289 907.14 Australia 136,930 212.903 643.15 193.143 708.96 Egypt 534,895 765.784 698.49 694.708 769.96 South Africa 1,495,503 2,254.600 663.31 2,045.340 731.18 CATEGORY TOTAL 57,149,728 69,982.933 816.62 63,487.467 900.17 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/09/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BLACK PLATE...........................28 Canada 18,131 25.848 701.44 23.449 773.21 Venezuela 138,114 233.629 591.17 211.945 651.65 Belgium 265,346 433.538 612.05 393.300 674.67 France 402,736 678.803 593.30 615.800 654.00 Federal Republic of Germany 190,944 190.235 1,003.72 172.579 1,106.42 Taiwan 422,000 706.531 597.28 640.955 658.39 Japan 2,492,185 4,177.872 596.52 3,790.103 657.55 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,929,456 6,446.459 609.55 5,848.131 671.92 TIN PLATE.............................29 Canada 5,777,590 9,297.167 621.44 8,434.251 685.02 Mexico 8,804 9.903 889.01 8.984 979.96 Brazil 2,462,291 3,601.837 683.62 3,267.533 753.56 United Kingdom 208,510 303.581 686.83 275.405 757.10 Netherlands 4,317,204 7,959.608 542.39 7,220.837 597.88 Belgium 273,226 457.073 597.77 414.650 658.93 France 4,778,768 8,244.650 579.62 7,479.423 638.92 Federal Republic of Germany 6,222,424 10,759.873 578.30 9,761.196 637.47 Korea, South 92,512 166.239 556.50 150.810 613.43 Japan 683,908 817.456 836.63 741.584 922.23 CATEGORY TOTAL 24,825,237 41,617.391 596.51 37,754.673 657.54 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A Canada 1,844,978 3,017.060 611.52 2,737.032 674.08 Netherlands 518,672 959.062 540.81 870.047 596.14 France 1,634,195 2,288.095 714.22 2,075.726 787.29 Federal Republic of Germany 907,755 1,493.610 607.76 1,354.981 669.94 Taiwan 9,668 14.022 689.46 12.721 760.00 Japan 1,058,296 1,820.217 581.41 1,651.274 640.90 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,973,564 9,592.068 622.76 8,701.781 686.48 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 18,431,265 32,006.318 575.86 29,035.652 634.78 Mexico 27,631,822 45,178.328 611.62 40,985.102 674.19 Venezuela 3,661,910 6,949.708 526.92 6,304.671 580.82 Brazil 13,112 23.942 547.65 21.720 603.68 Sweden 139,595 107.995 1,292.60 97.972 1,424.85 Finland 72,490 114.727 631.85 104.079 696.49 Netherlands 7,768,084 17,268.118 449.85 15,665.378 495.88 Belgium 1,554,216 3,177.290 489.16 2,882.390 539.21 France 6,143,309 10,751.539 571.39 9,753.635 629.85 Federal Republic of Germany 130,242 249.282 522.47 226.145 575.92 Austria 999,520 2,238.793 446.45 2,031.000 492.13 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/09/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Russia 64,926,833 132,306.156 490.73 120,026.160 540.94 Romania 1,358,649 2,542.678 534.34 2,306.680 589.01 Bulgaria 1,260,572 3,018.403 417.63 2,738.250 460.36 Turkey 2,021,215 3,869.001 522.41 3,509.900 575.86 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 Korea, South 45,548,200 96,703.611 471.01 87,728.065 519.20 Taiwan 197,940 327.579 604.25 297.175 666.07 Japan 163,397 323.869 504.51 293.810 556.13 New Zealand 5,125,956 9,258.034 553.68 8,398.750 610.32 Egypt 9,120,376 22,403.014 407.10 20,323.679 448.76 CATEGORY TOTAL 207,939,909 410,921.738 506.03 372,782.036 557.81 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 17,067,009 24,825.161 687.49 22,521.014 757.83 Mexico 11,173,138 16,820.165 664.27 15,259.002 732.23 El Salvador 1,537,448 2,337.632 657.69 2,120.665 724.98 Venezuela 667,997 1,164.255 573.75 1,056.195 632.46 Brazil 3,149,406 5,495.494 573.09 4,985.430 631.72 Argentina 3,096,662 5,357.208 578.04 4,859.979 637.18 Sweden 251,977 451.917 557.57 409.973 614.62 United Kingdom 2,022 4.721 428.28 4.283 472.10 Netherlands 3,256,899 5,446.088 598.03 4,940.610 659.21 Belgium 9,771,915 18,633.663 524.42 16,904.180 578.08 Luxembourg 1,553,364 2,758.544 563.11 2,502.510 620.72 France 609,176 1,075.546 566.39 975.720 624.33 Federal Republic of Germany 780,816 2,133.113 366.05 1,935.129 403.50 Poland 2,562 5.982 428.27 5.427 472.08 Russia 21,159,863 36,930.846 572.96 33,503.110 631.58 Thailand 6,657,876 11,706.289 568.74 10,619.770 626.93 Indonesia 1,030,529 2,097.525 491.31 1,902.844 541.57 China 10,121,907 17,684.994 572.34 16,043.562 630.90 Korea, South 3,454,704 6,291.800 549.08 5,707.827 605.26 Taiwan 21,981,063 39,801.112 552.27 36,106.972 608.78 Japan 1,773,433 3,035.384 584.25 2,753.655 644.03 New Zealand 815,175 1,338.723 608.92 1,214.470 671.22 South Africa 5,759,934 9,871.412 583.50 8,955.197 643.19 CATEGORY TOTAL 125,674,875 215,267.585 583.81 195,287.524 643.54 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 20,752,794 34,256.790 605.80 31,077.246 667.78 Mexico 18,021,074 19,392.767 929.27 17,592.828 1,024.34 Colombia 874,883 1,573.788 555.91 1,427.717 612.78 Venezuela 138,969 176.173 788.82 159.822 869.52 Brazil 17,072,636 24,692.554 691.41 22,400.715 762.15 Argentina 5,139,222 7,249.304 708.93 6,576.460 781.46 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/09/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Sweden 82,953 83.482 993.66 75.734 1,095.32 Netherlands 2,906,610 4,249.491 683.99 3,855.075 753.97 Belgium 860,222 1,487.083 578.46 1,349.060 637.65 Federal Republic of Germany 543,440 1,330.428 408.47 1,206.945 450.26 Austria 452,165 508.100 889.91 460.941 980.96 Estonia 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 272,143 480.156 566.78 435.591 624.77 Turkey 3,633,911 5,344.342 679.95 4,848.307 749.52 India 33,163,960 48,443.147 684.60 43,946.897 754.64 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 17,056,713 26,165.750 651.87 23,737.176 718.57 Korea, South 10,365,203 14,269.257 726.40 12,944.856 800.72 Taiwan 46,439,971 60,662.359 765.55 55,031.982 843.87 Japan 212,810 336.428 632.56 305.203 697.27 New Zealand 120,936 164.222 736.42 148.980 811.76 South Africa 3,884,897 5,102.999 761.30 4,629.365 839.19 CATEGORY TOTAL 199,353,489 281,817.444 707.39 255,660.557 779.76 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 64,391 76.684 839.69 69.567 925.60 Mexico 4,896 5.996 816.47 5.440 900.00 Brazil 95,806 131.186 730.31 119.010 805.02 Argentina 1,084,601 1,718.153 631.26 1,558.683 695.84 United Kingdom 30,501 33.069 922.33 30.000 1,016.70 Belgium 644,733 973.098 662.56 882.780 730.34 Federal Republic of Germany 1,439,075 2,481.867 579.84 2,251.513 639.16 Spain 439,292 575.392 763.47 521.987 841.58 Thailand 5,943 7.390 804.09 6.705 886.35 Taiwan 1,135,939 1,706.506 665.65 1,548.117 733.76 Japan 187,144 241.277 775.64 218.883 855.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,132,321 7,950.622 645.52 7,212.685 711.57 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 Canada 8,363,565 10,503.234 796.28 9,528.377 877.75 Mexico 13,078,512 14,182.555 922.15 12,866.202 1,016.50 Brazil 5,064,284 7,747.792 653.64 7,028.681 720.52 United Kingdom 391,065 765.676 510.74 694.610 563.00 Belgium 276,895 261.535 1,058.73 237.261 1,167.05 Luxembourg 1,080,107 1,895.721 569.76 1,719.770 628.05 France 62,595 19.861 3,151.58 18.018 3,474.03 Federal Republic of Germany 294,469 142.467 2,066.93 129.244 2,278.40 China 2,639 2.030 1,299.71 1.842 1,432.68 Korea, South 2,432,741 3,449.729 705.20 3,129.543 777.35 Taiwan 16,077,059 21,007.374 765.31 19,057.575 843.60 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/09/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 1,113,561 800.106 1,391.77 725.845 1,534.16 CATEGORY TOTAL 48,237,492 60,778.086 793.67 55,136.968 874.87 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 3,192,932 5,665.621 563.56 5,139.767 621.22 Mexico 511,178 664.559 769.20 602.878 847.90 United Kingdom 19,537 68.804 283.95 62.418 313.00 Federal Republic of Germany 436,326 801.828 544.16 727.407 599.84 China 6,141 11.222 547.20 10.181 603.18 Japan 8,791 14.813 593.43 13.439 654.14 Egypt 244,323 343.310 711.67 311.446 784.48 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,419,228 7,570.160 583.77 6,867.536 643.50 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 2,499,628 3,157.584 791.63 2,864.513 872.62 Mexico 564,560 562.625 1,003.44 510.405 1,106.10 Chile 144,063 161.796 890.40 146.779 981.50 Brazil 187,852 233.351 805.02 211.693 887.38 Sweden 651,274 212.436 3,065.74 192.719 3,379.40 United Kingdom 864,522 450.565 1,918.75 408.746 2,115.06 France 232,804 69.251 3,361.71 62.824 3,705.65 Federal Republic of Germany 1,979,951 1,493.640 1,325.59 1,355.008 1,461.21 Austria 593,545 110.015 5,395.13 99.804 5,947.11 Switzerland 77,914 42.227 1,845.11 38.308 2,033.88 Italy 53,750 25.438 2,112.98 23.077 2,329.16 India 405,745 583.327 695.57 529.186 766.73 China 77,679 78.145 994.04 70.892 1,095.74 Korea, South 1,063,447 1,282.536 829.17 1,163.498 914.01 Taiwan 16,567 12.086 1,370.66 10.965 1,510.90 Japan 518,450 545.772 949.94 495.117 1,047.13 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,931,751 9,020.799 1,100.98 8,183.534 1,213.63 GRAND TOTAL 1,692,434,107 2,984,631.329 567.05 2,707,612.759 625.07 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/09/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A United Kingdom 74,765 29.382 2,544.58 26.655 2,804.91 Italy 2,456,936 1,588.167 1,547.03 1,440.762 1,705.30 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,531,701 1,617.549 1,565.15 1,467.417 1,725.28 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 31,621 8.944 3,535.38 8.114 3,897.09 Sweden 5,836,366 2,524.511 2,311.88 2,290.199 2,548.41 United Kingdom 7,633,156 3,588.835 2,126.92 3,255.738 2,344.52 Federal Republic of Germany 101,438 15.671 6,472.75 14.217 7,134.98 Spain 2,793,772 1,088.093 2,567.58 987.102 2,830.28 Italy 1,114,277 650.349 1,713.35 589.987 1,888.65 China 79,521 29.151 2,727.83 26.446 3,006.92 Taiwan 4,661 3.211 1,451.56 2.913 1,600.07 Japan 21,119 2.814 7,504.44 2.553 8,272.23 CATEGORY TOTAL 17,615,931 7,911.582 2,226.60 7,177.269 2,454.41 WIRE RODS..............................3 Sweden 472,279 214.261 2,204.22 194.375 2,429.73 United Kingdom 1,832,381 767.109 2,388.68 695.910 2,633.07 France 430,310 216.640 1,986.29 196.533 2,189.51 Federal Republic of Germany 171,075 64.300 2,660.58 58.332 2,932.78 Austria 27,024 18.786 1,438.47 17.043 1,585.64 Italy 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 7,469,909 3,515.662 2,124.75 3,189.356 2,342.14 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Italy 949,266 178.079 5,330.58 161.551 5,875.95 India 88,164 36.505 2,415.11 33.117 2,662.20 Korea, South 4,166 1.457 2,858.80 1.322 3,151.29 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,041,596 216.041 4,821.27 195.990 5,314.54 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 39,314 17.095 2,299.64 15.509 2,534.92 Sweden 207,300 59.970 3,456.72 54.404 3,810.38 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/09/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Finland 47,719 21.446 2,225.02 19.456 2,452.66 United Kingdom 6,000 2.826 2,122.90 2.564 2,340.09 Netherlands 3,636 1.112 3,269.10 1.009 3,603.57 Belgium 3,188,903 1,191.864 2,675.56 1,081.242 2,949.30 France 786,293 196.706 3,997.29 178.449 4,406.26 Federal Republic of Germany 1,220,290 605.848 2,014.18 549.617 2,220.26 Austria 100,411 28.329 3,544.41 25.700 3,907.04 Italy 288,569 102.859 2,805.46 93.313 3,092.48 Korea, South 301,699 120.919 2,495.05 109.696 2,750.32 Taiwan 34,003 7.616 4,464.11 6.910 4,920.84 Japan 534,753 246.303 2,171.11 223.443 2,393.24 South Africa 538,645 430.875 1,250.12 390.884 1,378.02 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,297,535 3,033.775 2,405.43 2,752.196 2,651.53 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Brazil 41,299 43.144 957.23 39.140 1,055.16 Sweden 1,553,660 454.659 3,417.20 412.460 3,766.81 Netherlands 8,082 9.784 826.03 8.876 910.55 Belgium 1,068,961 459.998 2,323.83 417.304 2,561.59 Federal Republic of Germany 3,128,177 1,416.278 2,208.73 1,284.827 2,434.71 China 10,750 6.015 1,787.11 5.457 1,969.95 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,810,929 2,389.880 2,431.47 2,168.064 2,680.24 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 66,551 12.238 5,437.64 11.103 5,993.97 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 41,251 20.932 1,970.63 18.990 2,172.25 Sweden 92,619 6.954 13,317.89 6.309 14,680.46 United Kingdom 377,606 175.959 2,145.98 159.628 2,365.54 Netherlands 58,401 20.265 2,881.72 18.385 3,176.56 France 170,676 20.956 8,144.48 19.011 8,977.75 Federal Republic of Germany 403,391 216.497 1,863.26 196.403 2,053.89 Austria 353,391 80.588 4,385.11 73.109 4,833.76 Spain 101,899 54.757 1,860.92 49.675 2,051.31 Portugal 221,993 68.659 3,233.24 62.287 3,564.03 Italy 1,971,394 639.781 3,081.36 580.400 3,396.61 India 351,920 116.895 3,010.55 106.046 3,318.56 China 59,023 7.991 7,385.49 7.250 8,141.10 Taiwan 358,242 152.252 2,352.95 138.121 2,593.68 Japan 51,569 0.965 53,404.82 0.876 58,868.72 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,924,714 1,729.380 2,847.68 1,568.868 3,139.02 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 7,615 0.690 11,035.49 0.626 12,164.54 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/09/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE United Kingdom 149,806 100.163 1,495.61 90.867 1,648.63 France 69,069 11.252 6,138.16 10.208 6,766.16 Italy 1,465,971 498.737 2,939.37 452.447 3,240.09 India 1,164,986 470.911 2,473.89 427.204 2,727.00 China 75,495 34.647 2,178.92 31.432 2,401.85 Japan 2,332 0.041 55,672.51 0.038 61,368.42 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,935,274 1,116.444 2,629.13 1,012.822 2,898.11 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 43,449 7.026 6,183.92 6.374 6,816.60 Brazil 26,788 14.347 1,867.06 13.016 2,058.08 Sweden 146,103 45.214 3,231.32 41.018 3,561.92 United Kingdom 540,509 222.041 2,434.27 201.433 2,683.32 France 2,119,082 633.903 3,342.91 575.068 3,684.92 Federal Republic of Germany 1,797,966 661.461 2,718.17 600.068 2,996.27 Austria 444,062 154.663 2,871.16 140.308 3,164.91 Switzerland 650,951 153.281 4,246.76 139.055 4,681.25 Latvia 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 Portugal 22,605 5.309 4,257.20 4.817 4,692.75 Italy 4,831,549 1,410.011 3,426.60 1,279.141 3,777.18 Slovenia 189,785 120.042 1,580.98 108.901 1,742.73 Saudi Arabia 74,153 38.213 1,940.48 34.667 2,139.01 United Arab Emirates 49,569 18.726 2,647.06 16.988 2,917.88 India 1,460,050 757.221 1,928.17 686.940 2,125.44 China 465,152 153.948 3,021.47 139.660 3,330.60 Korea, South 157,038 50.370 3,117.68 45.695 3,436.66 Taiwan 3,649,850 1,275.858 2,860.70 1,157.440 3,153.38 Japan 142,478 37.112 3,839.07 33.668 4,231.85 CATEGORY TOTAL 18,174,875 5,894.772 3,083.22 5,347.649 3,398.67 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D Canada 9,055,563 1,714.085 5,283.03 1,554.993 5,823.54 Mexico 92,917 21.693 4,283.18 19.680 4,721.39 Brazil 37,384 15.082 2,478.56 13.683 2,732.15 Sweden 983,254 163.668 6,007.58 148.478 6,622.22 Finland 319,083 109.166 2,922.91 99.034 3,221.95 Denmark 12,173 0.804 15,127.62 0.730 16,675.34 United Kingdom 223,190 43.983 5,074.42 39.901 5,593.59 Ireland 7,192 0.110 65,244.74 0.100 71,920.00 Netherlands 122,257 82.330 1,484.95 74.689 1,636.88 Belgium 49,760 7.769 6,404.87 7.048 7,060.16 France 3,621,381 694.242 5,216.31 629.806 5,749.99 Federal Republic of Germany 2,000,155 341.564 5,855.87 309.862 6,454.99 Austria 579,033 104.474 5,542.32 94.778 6,109.36 Czech Republic 1,845,517 161.303 11,441.28 146.332 12,611.85 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/09/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Switzerland 77,894 6.427 12,118.72 5.831 13,358.60 Spain 5,797,045 971.477 5,967.24 881.310 6,577.76 Italy 1,382,899 453.483 3,049.51 411.393 3,361.50 India 236,462 42.936 5,507.30 38.951 6,070.76 Thailand 320,096 112.135 2,854.54 101.728 3,146.59 Malaysia 487,346 189.688 2,569.18 172.083 2,832.04 Singapore 333,446 117.148 2,846.36 106.275 3,137.58 China 4,823,346 1,360.854 3,544.35 1,234.547 3,906.98 Korea, South 5,312,547 1,597.746 3,325.02 1,449.452 3,665.21 Taiwan 5,144,014 1,635.153 3,145.89 1,483.387 3,467.75 Japan 1,610,295 531.326 3,030.71 482.011 3,340.78 New Zealand 16,957 18.312 925.97 16.613 1,020.71 Cook Islands 225,658 18.024 12,519.18 16.352 13,800.02 South Africa 158,502 66.596 2,380.05 60.415 2,623.55 CATEGORY TOTAL 44,875,366 10,581.592 4,240.89 9,599.462 4,674.78 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 168,147 29.005 5,797.15 26.313 6,390.26 Sweden 1,099,852 122.310 8,992.31 110.958 9,912.33 Denmark 40,833 7.532 5,421.20 6.833 5,975.85 United Kingdom 415,814 110.238 3,771.94 100.007 4,157.85 Belgium 66,103 5.073 13,027.95 4.603 14,360.85 France 450,324 96.649 4,659.35 87.679 5,136.05 Federal Republic of Germany 602,439 104.448 5,767.82 94.754 6,357.93 Switzerland 202,463 44.676 4,531.74 40.530 4,995.39 Spain 475,960 105.606 4,506.90 95.805 4,968.01 Italy 23,021 3.532 6,516.16 3.205 7,182.84 Israel 21,244 11.122 1,910.03 10.090 2,105.45 India 2,892,476 1,124.292 2,572.71 1,019.941 2,835.92 Thailand 97,441 35.002 2,783.81 31.754 3,068.62 Vietnam 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 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Brazil 49,484 51.318 964.26 46.555 1,062.91 Sweden 54,139 23.760 2,278.55 21.555 2,511.67 Finland 78,222 40.609 1,926.22 36.840 2,123.29 Belgium 253,633 116.439 2,178.24 105.632 2,401.10 Italy 222,911 100.880 2,209.66 91.517 2,435.73 Japan 392,581 403.493 972.96 366.043 1,072.50 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/09/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE South Africa 3,859,356 1,810.945 2,131.13 1,642.863 2,349.16 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,910,326 2,547.446 1,927.55 2,311.005 2,124.76 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 543,021 254.335 2,135.06 230.729 2,353.50 Mexico 19,365,751 9,843.306 1,967.40 8,929.700 2,168.69 Brazil 921,749 465.623 1,979.60 422.407 2,182.13 Sweden 338,264 74.457 4,543.03 67.547 5,007.83 Finland 2,758,244 1,062.012 2,597.19 963.442 2,862.91 United Kingdom 64,164 11.402 5,627.28 10.344 6,203.02 Netherlands 52,760 6.362 8,292.29 5.772 9,140.68 Belgium 2,433,320 1,033.234 2,355.05 937.335 2,596.00 France 3,195,890 2,151.752 1,485.25 1,952.038 1,637.21 Federal Republic of Germany 7,083,424 3,247.207 2,181.39 2,945.818 2,404.57 Switzerland 25,341 2.975 8,517.59 2.699 9,389.03 Spain 154,918 137.523 1,126.49 124.759 1,241.74 Italy 3,378,766 1,747.586 1,933.39 1,585.384 2,131.20 Thailand 396,291 178.012 2,226.20 161.490 2,453.97 China 11,817,079 5,690.062 2,076.79 5,161.939 2,289.27 Korea, South 3,399,549 1,703.812 1,995.26 1,545.673 2,199.40 Taiwan 6,797,023 2,391.073 2,842.67 2,169.146 3,133.50 Japan 601,263 509.544 1,180.00 462.251 1,300.73 South Africa 1,249,648 578.129 2,161.54 524.470 2,382.69 CATEGORY TOTAL 64,576,465 31,088.414 2,077.19 28,202.943 2,289.71 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 9,057 2.819 3,212.03 2.558 3,540.66 Finland 603,354 274.517 2,197.87 249.038 2,422.74 Federal Republic of Germany 6,792 1.194 5,684.13 1.084 6,265.68 Slovenia 362,128 153.693 2,356.18 139.428 2,597.24 China 44,010 19.841 2,218.07 18.000 2,445.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,025,341 452.066 2,268.12 410.108 2,500.17 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 457,545 171.083 2,674.40 155.204 2,948.02 Mexico 1,679,036 768.106 2,185.94 696.815 2,409.59 Sweden 1,498,688 238.440 6,285.36 216.310 6,928.43 Finland 2,298,552 963.629 2,385.31 874.190 2,629.35 United Kingdom 162,287 41.063 3,952.12 37.252 4,356.46 Belgium 300,365 101.504 2,959.14 92.083 3,261.89 France 786,247 308.088 2,552.02 279.493 2,813.12 Federal Republic of Germany 532,226 101.411 5,248.18 91.999 5,785.13 Austria 99,132 25.616 3,869.83 23.239 4,265.76 Spain 26,696 14.409 1,852.68 13.072 2,042.23 Italy 11,452 2.996 3,822.33 2.718 4,213.39 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/09/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE India 93,980 27.621 3,402.40 25.058 3,750.50 Indonesia 73,522 24.330 3,021.84 22.072 3,331.01 China 38,022 13.203 2,879.70 11.978 3,174.32 Korea, South 9,280 1.205 7,695.32 1.094 8,482.63 Taiwan 207,919 121.177 1,715.83 109.930 1,891.38 Japan 2,120,382 332.617 6,374.83 301.746 7,027.04 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,395,331 3,256.505 3,192.17 2,954.253 3,518.77 GRAND TOTAL 205,276,535 78,659.939 2,609.67 71,359.117 2,876.67