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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 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 111,867 121.345 921.89 110.083 1,016.21 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 8,789,189 20,108.258 437.09 18,241.910 481.81 WIRE RODS..............................3 28,559,306 47,337.398 603.31 42,943.778 665.04 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 10,081,947 16,618.596 606.67 15,076.141 668.74 STEEL PILING...........................5 827,992 1,112.640 744.17 1,009.371 820.30 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 15,798,108 20,732.663 761.99 18,808.361 839.95 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 14,757,024 24,602.647 599.81 22,319.153 661.18 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 106,136 349.968 303.27 317.486 334.30 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 42,957,743 71,204.746 603.30 64,595.878 665.02 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 7,760,839 14,444.330 537.29 13,103.680 592.26 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 35,149 46.054 763.20 41.780 841.29 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 6,804,925 6,345.693 1,072.37 5,756.718 1,182.08 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,262,706 1,069.418 1,180.74 970.160 1,301.54 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 25,054,744 28,433.701 881.16 25,794.627 971.32 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,488,617 2,907.197 856.02 2,637.366 943.60 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 6,884,071 10,585.763 650.31 9,603.246 716.85 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 195,889 237.797 823.77 215.726 908.05 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 782,555 791.386 988.84 717.934 1,090.01 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 13,071,682 11,776.564 1,109.97 10,683.523 1,223.54 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 72,913 82.323 885.68 74.683 976.30 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 9,055,563 1,714.085 5,283.03 1,554.993 5,823.54 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 3,006,158 1,174.913 2,558.62 1,065.864 2,820.40 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 30,540,498 32,200.237 948.46 29,211.572 1,045.49 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 122,808 140.135 876.35 127.129 966.01 WIRE DRAWN............................23 23,027,171 25,426.843 905.62 23,066.851 998.28 BLACK PLATE...........................28 18,131 25.848 701.44 23.449 773.21 TIN PLATE.............................29 5,777,590 9,297.167 621.44 8,434.251 685.02 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 1,844,978 3,017.060 611.52 2,737.032 674.08 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 20,267,592 35,319.056 573.84 32,040.918 632.55 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 22,303,203 31,443.502 709.31 28,525.074 781.88 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 27,693,209 45,914.943 603.14 41,653.347 664.85 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,128,747 1,026.781 1,099.31 931.481 1,211.78 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 8,363,565 10,503.234 796.28 9,528.377 877.75 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 3,437,518 6,157.339 558.28 5,585.846 615.40 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 3,015,460 3,410.257 884.23 3,093.734 974.70 COUNTRY TOTAL 346,005,593 485,679.905 712.41 440,601.523 785.30 Mexico INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 622,533 985.537 631.67 894.065 696.30 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 98,217,076 226,717.055 433.21 205,674.311 477.54 WIRE RODS..............................3 2,990,084 5,668.047 527.53 5,141.968 581.51 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,375,127 4,185.534 567.46 3,797.054 625.52 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/09/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 35,134 66.597 527.56 60.416 581.53 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,953,764 3,300.178 592.02 2,993.872 652.59 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 5,524,950 9,744.407 566.99 8,839.980 625.00 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 2,534,268 4,888.116 518.45 4,434.426 571.50 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 10,172,666 23,000.572 442.28 20,865.774 487.53 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 22,572 24.999 902.90 22.679 995.28 TOOL STEEL............................17 35,481 22.150 1,601.78 20.095 1,765.66 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 4,123,682 4,690.964 879.07 4,255.573 969.01 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,206,916 1,742.349 1,266.63 1,580.633 1,396.22 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,379,756 2,862.288 831.42 2,596.625 916.48 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 1,030,511 1,308.566 787.51 1,187.112 868.08 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 13,258,975 15,637.660 847.89 14,186.251 934.64 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 737,352 540.858 1,363.30 490.659 1,502.78 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 92,917 21.693 4,283.18 19.680 4,721.39 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 332,074 201.299 1,649.65 182.616 1,818.43 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 5,287,503 3,962.259 1,334.47 3,594.502 1,471.00 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 100,804 93.859 1,073.99 85.148 1,183.87 WIRE DRAWN............................23 9,216,598 11,188.866 823.73 10,150.372 908.01 TIN PLATE.............................29 8,804 9.903 889.01 8.984 979.96 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 27,631,822 45,178.328 611.62 40,985.102 674.19 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 30,538,889 26,663.472 1,145.35 24,188.702 1,262.53 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 18,021,074 19,392.767 929.27 17,592.828 1,024.34 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 4,896 5.996 816.47 5.440 900.00 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 13,078,512 14,182.555 922.15 12,866.202 1,016.50 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 511,178 664.559 769.20 602.878 847.90 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,285,850 1,411.611 1,619.32 1,280.593 1,784.99 COUNTRY TOTAL 255,331,768 428,363.059 596.06 388,604.540 657.05 Guatemala STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,238,602 1,268.384 976.52 1,150.659 1,076.43 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 81,501 217.745 374.30 197.535 412.59 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,320,103 1,486.129 888.28 1,348.194 979.16 El Salvador SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,537,448 2,337.632 657.69 2,120.665 724.98 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,537,448 2,337.632 657.69 2,120.665 724.98 Dominican Republic BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 1,615,475 3,660.643 441.31 3,320.881 486.46 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 32,030 85.853 373.08 77.885 411.25 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 196,268 437.478 448.63 396.874 494.53 WIRE DRAWN............................23 364,257 338.073 1,077.45 306.695 1,187.68 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,692 9.708 380.30 8.807 419.21 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,211,722 4,531.757 488.05 4,111.142 537.98 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/09/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Trinidad and Tobago WIRE RODS..............................3 13,052,025 24,142.495 540.62 21,901.710 595.94 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 196,487 111.884 1,756.16 101.500 1,935.83 WIRE DRAWN............................23 34,706 33.008 1,051.42 29.945 1,158.99 COUNTRY TOTAL 13,283,218 24,287.389 546.92 22,033.155 602.87 Colombia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 213,390 275.213 775.36 249.670 854.69 TOOL STEEL............................17 48,763 5.562 8,766.76 5.046 9,663.69 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 3,910,142 2,922.968 1,337.73 2,651.673 1,474.59 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,907,195 3,225.953 901.19 2,926.537 993.39 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 40,691 82.340 494.18 74.698 544.74 WIRE DRAWN............................23 31,651 21.309 1,485.27 19.332 1,637.23 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 874,883 1,573.788 555.91 1,427.717 612.78 COUNTRY TOTAL 8,026,715 8,107.136 990.08 7,354.673 1,091.38 Venezuela WIRE RODS..............................3 1,393,028 2,880.739 483.57 2,613.364 533.04 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 555,993 1,046.769 531.15 949.614 585.49 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 2,513,151 6,362.371 395.00 5,771.848 435.42 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,141,364 3,732.593 573.69 3,386.153 632.39 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 3,041,287 4,814.170 631.74 4,367.343 696.37 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 42,648 100.960 422.42 91.590 465.64 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 566,914 1,426.880 397.31 1,294.445 437.96 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 5,374 12.471 430.90 11.314 474.99 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,163,903 2,073.803 1,043.45 1,881.323 1,150.20 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,691,121 2,221.415 761.28 2,015.235 839.17 BLACK PLATE...........................28 138,114 233.629 591.17 211.945 651.65 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 3,661,910 6,949.708 526.92 6,304.671 580.82 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 667,997 1,164.255 573.75 1,056.195 632.46 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 138,969 176.173 788.82 159.822 869.52 COUNTRY TOTAL 18,721,773 33,195.943 563.98 30,114.862 621.68 Ecuador WIRE DRAWN............................23 64,005 83.756 764.18 75.983 842.36 COUNTRY TOTAL 64,005 83.756 764.18 75.983 842.36 Peru STANDARD PIPE.........................18 15,745 1.252 12,573.62 1.136 13,860.04 COUNTRY TOTAL 15,745 1.252 12,573.62 1.136 13,860.04 Chile IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/09/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STANDARD PIPE.........................18 675,366 1,269.655 531.93 1,151.812 586.35 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 42,068 75.771 555.19 68.739 612.00 WIRE DRAWN............................23 327,533 387.519 845.20 351.552 931.68 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 144,063 161.796 890.40 146.779 981.50 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,189,030 1,894.742 627.54 1,718.882 691.75 Brazil BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 51,060,932 154,372.977 330.76 140,044.849 364.60 WIRE RODS..............................3 6,213,672 15,132.873 410.61 13,728.316 452.62 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 793,580 1,911.205 415.22 1,733.817 457.71 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 44,481 19.047 2,335.21 17.280 2,574.13 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 531,226 937.735 566.50 850.700 624.46 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 37,673 58.903 639.58 53.436 705.01 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 151,776 83.495 1,817.77 75.746 2,003.75 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 537,927 1,179.978 455.88 1,070.459 502.52 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 57,134 125.900 453.80 114.215 500.23 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 92,485 62.071 1,489.98 56.310 1,642.43 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,111,272 1,033.112 2,043.60 937.224 2,252.69 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 98,691 141.406 697.92 128.282 769.33 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,398,167 2,830.047 847.39 2,567.377 934.09 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 2,003,885 3,140.668 638.04 2,849.167 703.32 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 239,184 455.268 525.37 413.013 579.12 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 1,089,649 2,556.120 426.29 2,318.874 469.90 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,040,156 1,645.210 632.23 1,492.510 696.92 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 312,441 305.388 1,023.09 277.044 1,127.77 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 37,384 15.082 2,478.56 13.683 2,732.15 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 165,955 344.645 481.52 312.657 530.79 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,577,137 2,395.094 658.49 2,172.794 725.86 TIN PLATE.............................29 2,462,291 3,601.837 683.62 3,267.533 753.56 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 62,596 75.260 831.73 68.275 916.82 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 4,071,155 5,961.118 682.95 5,407.837 752.83 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 17,328,825 25,085.870 690.78 22,757.525 761.45 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 95,806 131.186 730.31 119.010 805.02 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 5,064,284 7,747.792 653.64 7,028.681 720.52 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 187,852 233.351 805.02 211.693 887.38 COUNTRY TOTAL 99,867,616 231,582.651 431.24 210,088.307 475.36 Argentina WIRE RODS..............................3 2,232,467 4,456.686 500.93 4,043.039 552.18 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,953,219 3,834.877 509.33 3,478.943 561.44 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 795,451 784.534 1,013.91 711.718 1,117.65 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 20,136 23.094 871.90 20.951 961.10 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 786,182 1,494.633 526.00 1,355.909 579.82 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 3,056,514 4,015.935 761.10 3,643.196 838.97 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 525,896 305.326 1,722.40 276.988 1,898.62 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 453,155 1,007.281 449.88 913.791 495.91 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/09/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE WIRE DRAWN............................23 271,911 501.189 542.53 454.672 598.04 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,346,637 5,779.988 579.00 5,243.519 638.24 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 5,139,222 7,249.304 708.93 6,576.460 781.46 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,084,601 1,718.153 631.26 1,558.683 695.84 COUNTRY TOTAL 19,665,391 31,171.006 630.89 28,277.869 695.43 Sweden BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 5,836,366 2,524.511 2,311.88 2,290.199 2,548.41 WIRE RODS..............................3 472,279 214.261 2,204.22 194.375 2,429.73 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,694,675 2,952.306 912.74 2,678.288 1,006.12 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,735,863 773.922 2,242.94 702.091 2,472.42 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,064,427 543.501 1,958.46 493.056 2,158.84 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 178,730 66.339 2,694.18 60.182 2,969.82 TOOL STEEL............................17 871,128 340.615 2,557.51 309.001 2,819.18 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 6,250 1.248 5,004.33 1.133 5,516.33 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 683,424 528.822 1,292.35 479.740 1,424.57 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 272,379 273.017 997.66 247.677 1,099.73 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 983,254 163.668 6,007.58 148.478 6,622.22 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,485,471 349.928 4,245.07 317.450 4,679.39 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,439,723 4,256.351 573.20 3,861.298 631.84 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,059,281 1,185.236 893.73 1,075.229 985.17 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 82,953 83.482 993.66 75.734 1,095.32 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 713,773 862.693 827.38 782.623 912.03 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,428,362 532.642 4,559.09 483.205 5,025.53 COUNTRY TOTAL 23,008,338 15,652.550 1,469.94 14,199.759 1,620.33 Norway STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 854,416 1,674.331 510.30 1,518.928 562.51 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 103,056 207.196 497.38 187.966 548.27 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 5,190 5.740 904.05 5.208 996.54 COUNTRY TOTAL 962,662 1,887.268 510.08 1,712.102 562.27 Finland BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 2,123,553 5,503.728 385.84 4,992.900 425.31 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 68,097 39.130 1,740.23 35.499 1,918.28 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 319,083 109.166 2,922.91 99.034 3,221.95 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 900,860 297.916 3,023.87 270.265 3,333.25 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 150,712 155.336 970.23 140.919 1,069.49 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,758,244 1,062.012 2,597.19 963.442 2,862.91 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 195,073 229.819 848.81 208.489 935.65 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 603,354 274.517 2,197.87 249.038 2,422.74 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,298,552 963.629 2,385.31 874.190 2,629.35 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,417,528 8,635.257 1,090.59 7,833.776 1,202.17 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/09/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Denmark LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 106,665 66.133 1,612.88 59.995 1,777.90 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 6,501 0.615 10,569.19 0.558 11,650.54 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 12,173 0.804 15,127.62 0.730 16,675.34 WIRE DRAWN............................23 40,833 7.532 5,421.20 6.833 5,975.85 COUNTRY TOTAL 166,172 75.085 2,213.12 68.116 2,439.54 United Kingdom INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 74,765 29.382 2,544.58 26.655 2,804.91 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 7,749,983 3,783.186 2,048.53 3,432.050 2,258.12 WIRE RODS..............................3 4,956,861 8,540.394 580.40 7,747.718 639.78 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 5,335,531 9,983.489 534.44 9,056.872 589.11 STEEL PILING...........................5 112,612 282.859 398.12 256.606 438.85 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 691,038 763.345 905.27 692.496 997.89 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 13,158,347 18,573.392 708.45 16,849.503 780.93 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 149,806 100.163 1,495.61 90.867 1,648.63 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 4,276,393 3,247.702 1,316.74 2,946.267 1,451.46 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,155,353 461.277 2,504.68 418.464 2,760.94 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 151,134 93.179 1,621.97 84.531 1,787.91 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,315,640 1,899.541 692.61 1,723.236 763.47 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 1,993,264 3,046.065 654.37 2,763.345 721.32 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 316,375 504.211 627.47 457.413 691.66 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 400,713 247.202 1,620.99 224.258 1,786.84 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 96,394 39.683 2,429.09 36.000 2,677.61 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 223,190 43.983 5,074.42 39.901 5,593.59 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 16,075 8.943 1,797.49 8.113 1,981.39 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 65,834 451.429 145.83 409.530 160.76 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,298,616 729.898 1,779.17 662.153 1,961.20 TIN PLATE.............................29 208,510 303.581 686.83 275.405 757.10 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 132,937 137.626 965.92 124.853 1,064.75 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 589,136 627.268 939.21 569.049 1,035.30 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 30,501 33.069 922.33 30.000 1,016.70 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 391,065 765.676 510.74 694.610 563.00 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 647,488 682.372 948.88 619.038 1,045.96 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 19,537 68.804 283.95 62.418 313.00 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,031,315 494.250 2,086.62 448.377 2,300.11 COUNTRY TOTAL 46,588,413 55,941.983 832.80 50,749.728 918.00 Ireland STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 7,192 0.110 65,244.74 0.100 71,920.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,192 0.110 65,244.74 0.100 71,920.00 Netherlands BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 338,515 320.722 1,055.48 290.955 1,163.46 WIRE RODS..............................3 487,796 746.102 653.79 676.853 720.68 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/09/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 3,636 1.112 3,269.10 1.009 3,603.57 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 3,435,957 7,087.632 484.78 6,429.794 534.38 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 679,575 247.333 2,747.61 224.377 3,028.72 TOOL STEEL............................17 494,601 507.861 973.89 460.724 1,073.53 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 375,010 409.497 915.78 371.490 1,009.48 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 126,607 104.156 1,215.55 94.489 1,339.91 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 122,257 82.330 1,484.95 74.689 1,636.88 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 20,693 4.739 4,365.67 4.300 4,812.33 WIRE DRAWN............................23 65,991 41.398 1,594.05 37.556 1,757.14 TIN PLATE.............................29 4,317,204 7,959.608 542.39 7,220.837 597.88 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 518,672 959.062 540.81 870.047 596.14 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 8,093,674 17,974.255 450.29 16,305.975 496.36 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,729,277 6,218.863 599.67 5,641.660 661.02 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 3,049,838 4,454.797 684.62 4,041.325 754.66 COUNTRY TOTAL 25,859,303 47,119.474 548.80 42,746.080 604.95 Belgium PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 6,227,417 4,375.002 1,423.41 3,968.937 1,569.04 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,484,604 1,312.261 1,131.33 1,190.464 1,247.08 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 2,011 1.356 1,482.01 1.231 1,633.63 TOOL STEEL............................17 68,784 22.597 3,043.89 20.500 3,355.32 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 31,498 22.074 1,426.87 20.026 1,572.86 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 52,885 46.186 1,145.02 41.900 1,262.17 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 49,760 7.769 6,404.87 7.048 7,060.16 WIRE DRAWN............................23 662,094 513.437 1,289.53 465.783 1,421.46 BLACK PLATE...........................28 265,346 433.538 612.05 393.300 674.67 TIN PLATE.............................29 273,226 457.073 597.77 414.650 658.93 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,813,542 3,296.182 550.19 2,990.247 606.49 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 12,217,428 19,672.189 621.05 17,846.315 684.59 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 860,222 1,487.083 578.46 1,349.060 637.65 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 644,733 973.098 662.56 882.780 730.34 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 276,895 261.535 1,058.73 237.261 1,167.05 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 300,365 101.504 2,959.14 92.083 3,261.89 COUNTRY TOTAL 25,230,810 32,982.892 764.97 29,921.585 843.23 Luxembourg WIRE RODS..............................3 171,196 290.277 589.77 263.335 650.11 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 5,231,450 7,916.658 660.82 7,181.874 728.42 STEEL PILING...........................5 7,547,209 11,711.508 644.43 10,624.505 710.36 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 285,788 377.630 756.79 342.581 834.22 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 160,264 211.562 757.53 191.926 835.03 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 1,703,820 4,420.932 385.40 4,010.604 424.83 WIRE DRAWN............................23 477,426 448.444 1,064.63 406.822 1,173.55 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,553,364 2,758.544 563.11 2,502.510 620.72 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 1,080,107 1,895.721 569.76 1,719.770 628.05 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/09/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 18,210,624 30,031.280 606.39 27,243.927 668.43 France WIRE RODS..............................3 430,310 216.640 1,986.29 196.533 2,189.51 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 97,194 35.482 2,739.23 32.189 3,019.48 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,882,173 1,426.589 2,020.32 1,294.181 2,227.02 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,631,398 2,637.099 618.63 2,392.337 681.93 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,326,074 1,232.565 1,075.86 1,118.165 1,185.94 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 69,069 11.252 6,138.16 10.208 6,766.16 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 3,424,545 1,991.618 1,719.48 1,806.766 1,895.40 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,562,370 1,244.665 1,255.25 1,129.142 1,383.68 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 219,223 385.064 569.31 349.325 627.56 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 867,837 1,015.828 854.31 921.544 941.72 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 310,673 505.129 615.04 458.246 677.96 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,460,157 1,696.857 860.51 1,539.364 948.55 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 2,088,623 2,117.264 986.47 1,920.751 1,087.40 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 3,621,381 694.242 5,216.31 629.806 5,749.99 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 28,866 23.038 1,252.96 20.900 1,381.15 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,134,901 1,346.715 1,585.27 1,221.720 1,747.46 BLACK PLATE...........................28 402,736 678.803 593.30 615.800 654.00 TIN PLATE.............................29 4,778,768 8,244.650 579.62 7,479.423 638.92 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 1,634,195 2,288.095 714.22 2,075.726 787.29 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 6,931,538 11,912.650 581.86 10,806.978 641.39 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 4,883,709 4,969.305 982.78 4,508.079 1,083.32 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 65,200 96.706 674.20 87.731 743.18 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 62,595 19.861 3,151.58 18.018 3,474.03 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 242,745 216.152 1,123.03 196.090 1,237.93 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,416,534 533.305 4,531.24 483.807 4,994.83 COUNTRY TOTAL 43,572,814 45,539.585 956.81 41,312.829 1,054.70 Federal Republic of Germany INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 3,617 0.104 34,539.88 0.095 38,073.68 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 7,825,006 22,913.785 341.50 20,787.042 376.44 WIRE RODS..............................3 4,859,824 8,263.654 588.10 7,496.663 648.26 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,706,236 3,623.023 746.96 3,286.753 823.38 STEEL PILING...........................5 2,770,133 5,563.958 497.87 5,047.540 548.81 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 3,069,913 3,043.487 1,008.68 2,761.006 1,111.88 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 6,026,611 6,316.811 954.06 5,730.517 1,051.67 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 86,471 79.450 1,088.37 72.076 1,199.72 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 3,439,107 4,868.758 706.36 4,416.865 778.63 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 22,220,277 31,772.838 699.35 28,823.842 770.90 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 7,198,793 5,699.396 1,263.08 5,170.407 1,392.31 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,348,818 1,659.952 1,414.99 1,505.884 1,559.76 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,106,373 2,025.718 1,039.82 1,837.701 1,146.20 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 7,800,597 9,553.731 816.50 8,667.002 900.03 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 1,397,436 2,240.024 623.85 2,032.117 687.67 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 680,153 798.241 852.06 724.153 939.24 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/09/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 2,131,923 3,262.038 653.56 2,959.272 720.42 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 4,341,198 3,502.211 1,239.56 3,177.154 1,366.38 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 2,376,033 1,992.084 1,192.74 1,807.189 1,314.77 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 2,000,155 341.564 5,855.87 309.862 6,454.99 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 116,784 60.341 1,935.38 54.741 2,133.39 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 147,642 101.045 1,461.14 91.667 1,610.63 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,944,674 1,056.194 1,841.21 958.164 2,029.58 BLACK PLATE...........................28 190,944 190.235 1,003.72 172.579 1,106.42 TIN PLATE.............................29 6,222,424 10,759.873 578.30 9,761.196 637.47 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 907,755 1,493.610 607.76 1,354.981 669.94 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 346,981 550.069 630.79 499.015 695.33 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 8,815,726 6,775.702 1,301.08 6,146.816 1,434.19 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 4,732,538 11,866.978 398.80 10,765.545 439.60 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 2,804,625 4,628.962 605.89 4,199.325 667.88 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 294,469 142.467 2,066.93 129.244 2,278.40 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 1,820,808 2,309.910 788.26 2,095.516 868.91 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 520,001 901.934 576.54 818.221 635.53 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 5,485,079 3,671.197 1,494.08 3,330.455 1,646.95 COUNTRY TOTAL 119,739,124 162,029.360 739.00 146,990.605 814.60 Austria BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 30,000 43.261 693.46 39.246 764.41 WIRE RODS..............................3 27,024 18.786 1,438.47 17.043 1,585.64 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 35,886 8.962 4,003.84 8.131 4,413.48 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 513,472 775.963 661.72 703.942 729.42 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 561,484 809.301 693.79 734.186 764.77 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 563,097 161.542 3,485.75 146.549 3,842.38 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 197,340 53.312 3,701.59 48.364 4,080.31 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 682,666 317.020 2,153.38 287.596 2,373.70 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,485,346 730.649 3,401.56 662.834 3,749.58 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 10,920,573 12,566.456 869.03 11,400.101 957.94 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 239,893 250.526 957.55 227.274 1,055.52 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 196,177 66.905 2,932.13 60.696 3,232.12 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 23,861 14.869 1,604.74 13.489 1,768.92 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 579,033 104.474 5,542.32 94.778 6,109.36 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 240,453 204.057 1,178.36 185.118 1,298.92 WIRE DRAWN............................23 504,500 124.289 4,059.06 112.754 4,474.34 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,370,381 2,891.471 473.94 2,623.100 522.43 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 452,165 508.100 889.91 460.941 980.96 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,267,353 229.117 5,531.45 207.852 6,097.38 COUNTRY TOTAL 20,890,704 19,879.069 1,050.89 18,033.994 1,158.41 Czech Republic RAILS STANDARD.........................7 38,511 76.024 506.56 68.968 558.39 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 127,507 217.948 585.03 197.720 644.89 TOOL STEEL............................17 3,843 0.529 7,263.15 0.480 8,006.25 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/09/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 354,346 563.634 628.68 511.321 693.00 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,845,517 161.303 11,441.28 146.332 12,611.85 WIRE DRAWN............................23 19,595 20.024 978.55 18.166 1,078.66 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,389,319 1,039.464 2,298.60 942.987 2,533.78 Slovakia LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 585,367 1,045.987 559.63 948.904 616.89 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,192 0.540 4,058.26 0.490 4,473.47 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 507,217 518.559 978.13 470.429 1,078.20 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,094,776 1,565.086 699.50 1,419.823 771.07 Switzerland BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 20,744 15.580 1,331.45 14.134 1,467.67 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 21,785 31.950 681.84 28.985 751.60 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 664,829 168.939 3,935.32 153.259 4,337.94 TOOL STEEL............................17 99,054 49.607 1,996.76 45.003 2,201.05 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 40,641 9.557 4,252.47 8.670 4,687.54 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,660,969 691.131 2,403.26 626.984 2,649.14 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 77,894 6.427 12,118.72 5.831 13,358.60 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 2,273 0.895 2,539.45 0.812 2,799.26 WIRE DRAWN............................23 206,390 44.710 4,616.11 40.561 5,088.39 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 25,341 2.975 8,517.59 2.699 9,389.03 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 77,914 42.227 1,845.11 38.308 2,033.88 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,897,834 1,064.001 2,723.52 965.246 3,002.17 Estonia STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 4,946 5.104 968.89 4.631 1,068.02 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 135,918 145.600 933.50 132.087 1,029.00 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 2,499 2.579 968.83 2.340 1,067.95 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 4,199,908 6,015.785 698.15 5,457.430 769.58 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,343,271 6,169.070 704.04 5,596.488 776.07 Latvia BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,255,711 5,782.546 390.09 5,245.839 430.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 267,805 100.514 2,664.35 91.185 2,936.94 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,523,516 5,883.060 428.95 5,337.024 472.83 Poland BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 4,429,474 13,388.515 330.84 12,145.860 364.69 WIRE RODS..............................3 6,901,121 15,897.066 434.11 14,421.580 478.53 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 175,335 326.524 536.97 296.218 591.91 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 34,599 66.910 517.10 60.700 570.00 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 29,120 11.519 2,527.96 10.450 2,786.60 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/09/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE TOOL STEEL............................17 47,828 36.797 1,299.77 33.382 1,432.75 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 253,870 466.406 544.31 423.117 600.00 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,056,833 1,144.128 923.70 1,037.936 1,018.21 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,562 5.982 428.27 5.427 472.08 COUNTRY TOTAL 12,930,742 31,343.849 412.54 28,434.670 454.75 Russia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 71,801,288 160,699.917 446.80 145,784.554 492.52 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 19,548,150 40,435.357 483.44 36,682.350 532.90 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 90,268 104.588 863.08 94.881 951.38 TOOL STEEL............................17 337,523 201.859 1,672.07 183.124 1,843.14 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 120,342 225.839 532.87 204.878 587.38 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 69,643,570 142,191.461 489.79 128,993.960 539.90 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 21,159,863 36,930.846 572.96 33,503.110 631.58 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 869,898 886.772 980.97 804.467 1,081.33 COUNTRY TOTAL 183,570,902 381,676.643 480.96 346,251.324 530.17 Belarus BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,407,276 5,896.812 408.23 5,349.500 450.00 WIRE DRAWN............................23 216,137 241.861 893.64 219.413 985.07 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,623,413 6,138.674 427.36 5,568.913 471.08 Ukraine PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 22,237,996 41,024.001 542.07 37,216.359 597.53 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 394,810 899.148 439.09 815.694 484.02 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 3,662,960 2,001.128 1,830.45 1,815.394 2,017.72 TOOL STEEL............................17 232,586 55.504 4,190.39 50.353 4,619.11 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,258,713 3,577.462 631.37 3,245.420 695.97 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,767,955 3,315.125 834.95 3,007.432 920.37 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 344,371 545.408 631.40 494.786 696.00 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 27,602 51.378 537.23 46.610 592.19 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 530,325 852.678 621.95 773.537 685.58 COUNTRY TOTAL 32,457,318 52,321.836 620.34 47,465.585 683.81 Kazakhstan SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 5,213,251 7,796.426 668.67 7,072.801 737.08 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,213,251 7,796.426 668.67 7,072.801 737.08 Spain BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 2,793,772 1,088.093 2,567.58 987.102 2,830.28 WIRE RODS..............................3 6,029,325 11,746.612 513.28 10,656.351 565.80 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 659,554 1,404.133 469.72 1,273.809 517.78 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 104,767 187.541 558.63 170.135 615.79 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/09/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 1,355,192 1,915.008 707.67 1,737.267 780.07 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 624,997 572.760 1,091.20 519.600 1,202.84 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,341,043 1,604.673 835.71 1,455.736 921.21 TOOL STEEL............................17 340,567 230.572 1,477.05 209.172 1,628.17 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,109,795 1,063.614 1,043.42 964.895 1,150.17 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 3,313,296 3,187.529 1,039.46 2,891.679 1,145.80 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,380,246 1,048.407 1,316.52 951.100 1,451.21 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 5,797,045 971.477 5,967.24 881.310 6,577.76 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 4,762 3.874 1,229.02 3.515 1,354.77 WIRE DRAWN............................23 487,700 117.754 4,141.67 106.825 4,565.41 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 154,918 137.523 1,126.49 124.759 1,241.74 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 3,283,263 5,817.825 564.35 5,277.844 622.08 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 439,292 575.392 763.47 521.987 841.58 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 26,696 14.409 1,852.68 13.072 2,042.23 COUNTRY TOTAL 29,246,230 31,687.206 922.97 28,746.158 1,017.40 Portugal BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 221,993 68.659 3,233.24 62.287 3,564.03 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 22,605 5.309 4,257.20 4.817 4,692.75 COUNTRY TOTAL 244,598 73.969 3,306.74 67.104 3,645.06 Italy INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 2,456,936 1,588.167 1,547.03 1,440.762 1,705.30 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 1,193,678 676.852 1,763.57 614.030 1,944.01 WIRE RODS..............................3 3,172,780 5,753.876 551.42 5,219.830 607.83 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,591,042 1,068.824 1,488.59 969.622 1,640.89 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 881,150 1,172.884 751.27 1,064.023 828.13 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,102,642 885.979 2,373.24 803.747 2,616.05 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 1,470,603 505.847 2,907.21 458.897 3,204.65 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 2,019,909 5,365.223 376.48 4,867.250 415.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 5,014,443 1,640.739 3,056.21 1,488.454 3,368.89 TOOL STEEL............................17 100,207 144.391 693.99 130.990 765.00 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 411,957 240.960 1,709.64 218.596 1,884.56 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 993,789 1,109.656 895.58 1,006.664 987.21 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 3,386,157 4,068.892 832.21 3,691.238 917.35 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,404,805 1,473.922 953.11 1,337.120 1,050.62 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 993,393 766.425 1,296.14 695.290 1,428.75 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,382,899 453.483 3,049.51 411.393 3,361.50 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 6,630 0.194 34,174.07 0.176 37,670.45 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 262,885 105.819 2,484.27 95.998 2,738.44 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,801,727 2,358.887 1,187.73 2,139.947 1,309.25 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 222,911 100.880 2,209.66 91.517 2,435.73 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,378,766 1,747.586 1,933.39 1,585.384 2,131.20 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 11,123 9.589 1,159.97 8.699 1,278.65 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 65,202 28.434 2,293.09 25.795 2,527.70 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/09/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 35,325,634 31,267.516 1,129.79 28,365.422 1,245.38 Slovenia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 189,785 120.042 1,580.98 108.901 1,742.73 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,502,226 882.981 1,701.31 801.028 1,875.37 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 362,128 153.693 2,356.18 139.428 2,597.24 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,054,139 1,156.717 1,775.83 1,049.357 1,957.52 Serbia and Montenegro PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,289,066 4,283.977 534.33 3,886.360 589.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,289,066 4,283.977 534.33 3,886.360 589.00 Greece LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 3,452,000 6,194.307 557.29 5,619.383 614.30 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 926,889 2,049.756 452.19 1,859.508 498.46 WIRE DRAWN............................23 751,973 858.701 875.71 779.001 965.30 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,130,862 9,102.765 563.66 8,257.892 621.33 Romania PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 12,502,062 22,516.670 555.24 20,426.786 612.04 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,096,683 3,895.500 538.23 3,533.940 593.30 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 2,729,646 6,686.486 408.23 6,065.880 450.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 72,255 25.764 2,804.46 23.373 3,091.39 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 4,312,023 6,835.803 630.80 6,201.338 695.34 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,285,719 2,978.470 767.41 2,702.024 845.93 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 5,402,567 8,233.567 656.16 7,469.369 723.30 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,091,873 1,749.373 624.15 1,587.005 688.01 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 381,219 445.778 855.17 404.404 942.67 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,358,649 2,542.678 534.34 2,306.680 589.01 COUNTRY TOTAL 32,232,696 55,910.094 576.51 50,720.799 635.49 Bulgaria PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 731,785 1,776.098 412.02 1,611.250 454.17 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 12,559,254 30,026.579 418.27 27,239.662 461.06 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,260,572 3,018.403 417.63 2,738.250 460.36 COUNTRY TOTAL 14,551,611 34,821.080 417.90 31,589.162 460.65 Turkey BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 3,220,214 12,123.216 265.62 10,998.000 292.80 WIRE RODS..............................3 10,172,879 22,169.011 458.88 20,111.395 505.83 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 165,255 343.772 480.71 311.865 529.89 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 101,131 201.769 501.22 183.042 552.50 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 839,866 1,617.817 519.14 1,467.660 572.25 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/09/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 5,279,899 10,102.641 522.63 9,164.965 576.10 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 578,299 1,223.866 472.52 1,110.273 520.86 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 38,750,930 81,695.924 474.33 74,113.317 522.86 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 308,252 568.695 542.03 515.912 597.49 TOOL STEEL............................17 5,910 7.558 781.90 6.857 861.89 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 6,169,005 9,794.527 629.84 8,885.448 694.28 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 51,779 82.673 626.31 75.000 690.39 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 72,724 118.608 613.14 107.600 675.87 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 942,894 10.690 88,201.62 9.698 97,225.61 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 2,233,762 4,640.711 481.34 4,209.984 530.59 WIRE DRAWN............................23 385,911 387.234 996.58 351.293 1,098.54 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,021,215 3,869.001 522.41 3,509.900 575.86 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 3,633,911 5,344.342 679.95 4,848.307 749.52 COUNTRY TOTAL 74,933,836 154,302.062 485.63 139,980.516 535.32 Israel MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 59,846 5.511 10,858.28 5.000 11,969.20 WIRE DRAWN............................23 244,335 317.570 769.39 288.095 848.11 COUNTRY TOTAL 304,181 323.081 941.50 293.095 1,037.82 Saudi Arabia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 74,153 38.213 1,940.48 34.667 2,139.01 COUNTRY TOTAL 74,153 38.213 1,940.48 34.667 2,139.01 United Arab Emirates BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 49,569 18.726 2,647.06 16.988 2,917.88 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,312,442 1,763.612 744.18 1,599.923 820.32 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,362,011 1,782.338 764.17 1,616.911 842.35 Oman STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,515,076 3,878.039 648.54 3,518.099 714.90 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,515,076 3,878.039 648.54 3,518.099 714.90 Bahrain WIRE DRAWN............................23 17,351 22.659 765.74 20.556 844.08 COUNTRY TOTAL 17,351 22.659 765.74 20.556 844.08 India WIRE RODS..............................3 105,993 41.758 2,538.22 37.883 2,797.90 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 88,164 36.505 2,415.11 33.117 2,662.20 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 35,793 44.323 807.53 40.210 890.15 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 632,584 520.416 1,215.53 472.114 1,339.90 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/09/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 1,164,986 470.911 2,473.89 427.204 2,727.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,460,050 757.221 1,928.17 686.940 2,125.44 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 5,795,379 8,517.322 680.42 7,726.787 750.04 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,786,107 3,513.560 792.96 3,187.449 874.09 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 189,594 334.543 566.72 303.493 624.71 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 800,164 1,255.050 637.56 1,138.563 702.78 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 219,576 359.371 611.00 326.016 673.51 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 236,462 42.936 5,507.30 38.951 6,070.76 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 125,241 130.902 956.75 118.753 1,054.63 WIRE DRAWN............................23 3,309,599 1,717.424 1,927.07 1,558.022 2,124.23 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 11,687 20.155 579.83 18.285 639.16 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 33,163,960 48,443.147 684.60 43,946.897 754.64 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 499,725 610.949 817.95 554.244 901.63 COUNTRY TOTAL 50,625,064 66,816.501 757.67 60,614.928 835.19 Thailand BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 1,742,643 3,775.757 461.53 3,425.311 508.75 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 5,055 4.403 1,147.89 3.995 1,265.33 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 9,851,086 17,105.948 575.89 15,518.260 634.81 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 320,096 112.135 2,854.54 101.728 3,146.59 WIRE DRAWN............................23 192,032 108.796 1,765.05 98.699 1,945.63 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 11,659,519 22,083.189 527.98 20,033.538 582.00 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 7,054,167 11,884.301 593.57 10,781.260 654.30 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 5,943 7.390 804.09 6.705 886.35 COUNTRY TOTAL 30,830,541 55,081.925 559.72 49,969.496 616.99 Vietnam PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 16,888 21.865 772.36 19.836 851.38 WIRE DRAWN............................23 44,798 17.517 2,557.27 15.892 2,818.90 COUNTRY TOTAL 61,686 39.383 1,566.30 35.728 1,726.55 Malaysia STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 487,346 189.688 2,569.18 172.083 2,832.04 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 2,012,831 3,180.790 632.81 2,885.565 697.55 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,500,177 3,370.479 741.79 3,057.648 817.68 Singapore STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 333,446 117.148 2,846.36 106.275 3,137.58 COUNTRY TOTAL 333,446 117.148 2,846.36 106.275 3,137.58 Indonesia OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,491,506 1,890.507 788.94 1,715.040 869.66 WIRE DRAWN............................23 62,943 19.138 3,288.85 17.362 3,625.33 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/09/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,030,529 2,097.525 491.31 1,902.844 541.57 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 5,931,987 8,855.813 669.84 8,033.861 738.37 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 73,522 24.330 3,021.84 22.072 3,331.01 COUNTRY TOTAL 8,590,487 12,887.315 666.58 11,691.179 734.78 Philippines STANDARD PIPE.........................18 3,817,038 6,760.209 564.63 6,132.761 622.40 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,817,038 6,760.209 564.63 6,132.761 622.40 China INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 5,057 10.761 469.90 9.763 517.98 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 79,521 29.151 2,727.83 26.446 3,006.92 WIRE RODS..............................3 37,781,250 88,827.843 425.33 80,583.287 468.85 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,247 1.661 1,352.65 1.507 1,491.04 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,390 1.275 1,873.96 1.157 2,065.69 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 4,000,386 6,351.593 629.82 5,762.070 694.26 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 13,273 16.093 824.73 14.600 909.11 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 142,503 58.356 2,441.95 52.940 2,691.78 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 176,675 257.711 685.55 233.792 755.69 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 71,925 112.523 639.20 102.080 704.59 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 609,774 448.725 1,358.90 407.077 1,497.93 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,995,979 765.476 2,607.50 694.429 2,874.27 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 28,080,502 49,664.497 565.40 45,054.887 623.25 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 8,835,852 11,642.165 758.95 10,561.598 836.60 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 84,607 98.934 855.18 89.752 942.68 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,458,251 4,821.724 509.83 4,374.196 561.99 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 1,299,290 2,837.918 457.83 2,574.517 504.67 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,564,179 1,992.073 785.20 1,807.179 865.54 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 55,091 27.676 1,990.51 25.108 2,194.16 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 4,823,346 1,360.854 3,544.35 1,234.547 3,906.98 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 22,935 18.959 1,209.67 17.200 1,333.43 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 76,758 39.533 1,941.60 35.864 2,140.25 WIRE DRAWN............................23 8,107,650 12,817.148 632.56 11,627.525 697.28 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 21,938,986 23,375.057 938.56 21,205.501 1,034.59 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 17,056,713 26,165.750 651.87 23,737.176 718.57 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 2,639 2.030 1,299.71 1.842 1,432.68 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 23,641 27.072 873.24 24.560 962.58 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 50,151 31.064 1,614.43 28.181 1,779.60 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 115,701 91.348 1,266.59 82.870 1,396.17 COUNTRY TOTAL 139,477,272 231,894.984 601.47 210,371.651 663.00 Korea, South WIRE RODS..............................3 586,941 299.165 1,961.93 271.398 2,162.66 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 121,454 186.717 650.47 169.387 717.02 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 305,718 128.591 2,377.44 116.656 2,620.68 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/09/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 78,166 128.165 609.88 116.270 672.28 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 64,732 90.322 716.68 81.939 790.00 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 4,668 7.898 591.03 7.165 651.50 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 309,683 367.104 843.58 333.032 929.89 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 202,920 96.964 2,092.72 87.965 2,306.83 TOOL STEEL............................17 167,160 79.991 2,089.72 72.567 2,303.53 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,597,227 2,827.800 564.83 2,565.338 622.62 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 3,083,830 4,067.141 758.23 3,689.650 835.81 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 1,215,951 2,361.347 514.94 2,142.179 567.62 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,988,858 3,780.777 526.04 3,429.865 579.86 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 3,334,682 6,646.210 501.74 6,029.342 553.08 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 3,169,616 5,159.743 614.30 4,680.842 677.15 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 93,593 161.049 581.14 146.102 640.60 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 5,312,547 1,597.746 3,325.02 1,449.452 3,665.21 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 3,316 0.846 3,916.96 0.768 4,317.71 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 5,038,433 8,309.762 606.33 7,538.492 668.36 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 263,085 559.759 470.00 507.805 518.08 WIRE DRAWN............................23 5,597,824 4,411.602 1,268.89 4,002.140 1,398.71 TIN PLATE.............................29 92,512 166.239 556.50 150.810 613.43 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 45,548,200 96,703.611 471.01 87,728.065 519.20 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 6,854,253 7,995.612 857.25 7,253.500 944.96 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 10,365,203 14,269.257 726.40 12,944.856 800.72 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 2,432,741 3,449.729 705.20 3,129.543 777.35 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,072,727 1,283.742 835.62 1,164.592 921.12 COUNTRY TOTAL 98,906,040 165,136.902 598.93 149,809.720 660.21 Hong Kong LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 9,775 16.292 599.98 14.780 661.37 WIRE DRAWN............................23 188,889 57.149 3,305.18 51.845 3,643.34 COUNTRY TOTAL 198,664 73.441 2,705.07 66.625 2,981.82 Taiwan BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 4,661 3.211 1,451.56 2.913 1,600.07 WIRE RODS..............................3 2,554,207 1,106.266 2,308.85 1,003.588 2,545.08 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 34,003 7.616 4,464.11 6.910 4,920.84 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 592,376 248.982 2,379.19 225.873 2,622.61 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 7,619,513 18,334.726 415.58 16,632.989 458.10 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 3,686,207 1,302.131 2,830.90 1,181.274 3,120.54 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,302,963 720.544 1,808.30 653.667 1,993.31 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,501,376 4,054.590 616.92 3,678.264 680.04 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 266,530 438.419 607.93 397.728 670.13 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 2,537,670 4,183.836 606.54 3,795.514 668.60 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 78,711 73.097 1,076.79 66.313 1,186.96 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 6,652 0.701 9,488.36 0.636 10,459.12 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 5,144,014 1,635.153 3,145.89 1,483.387 3,467.75 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 3,800 27.677 137.29 25.109 151.34 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/09/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 375,943 126.415 2,973.87 114.682 3,278.13 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,097,406 1,278.847 1,640.08 1,160.151 1,807.87 BLACK PLATE...........................28 422,000 706.531 597.28 640.955 658.39 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 9,668 14.022 689.46 12.721 760.00 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 197,940 327.579 604.25 297.175 666.07 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 28,826,194 42,246.353 682.34 38,325.258 752.15 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 46,439,971 60,662.359 765.55 55,031.982 843.87 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,135,939 1,706.506 665.65 1,548.117 733.76 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 16,077,059 21,007.374 765.31 19,057.575 843.60 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 224,486 133.263 1,684.52 120.895 1,856.87 COUNTRY TOTAL 122,139,289 160,346.210 761.72 145,463.676 839.65 Japan BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 21,119 2.814 7,504.44 2.553 8,272.23 WIRE RODS..............................3 4,327,570 9,895.582 437.32 8,977.124 482.07 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 5,321 10.262 518.49 9.310 571.54 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 3,093,675 3,256.083 950.12 2,953.870 1,047.33 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,097,468 2,230.956 491.93 2,023.890 542.26 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 2,676,972 7,127.092 375.61 6,465.591 414.03 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 37,270 71.418 521.85 64.790 575.24 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 7,823,635 14,118.593 554.14 12,808.176 610.83 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 559,039 1,476.652 378.59 1,339.597 417.32 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 10,075,439 23,732.756 424.54 21,530.001 467.97 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 705,338 674.442 1,045.81 611.844 1,152.81 TOOL STEEL............................17 4,027,459 4,831.193 833.64 4,382.786 918.93 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 852,184 982.958 866.96 891.725 955.66 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 14,275,259 5,693.178 2,507.43 5,164.766 2,763.97 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 4,880,697 7,985.058 611.23 7,243.925 673.76 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 6,979 4.400 1,585.98 3.992 1,748.25 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 3,802,989 2,597.847 1,463.90 2,356.728 1,613.67 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 479,307 257.767 1,859.45 233.843 2,049.70 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,610,295 531.326 3,030.71 482.011 3,340.78 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 234,711 91.024 2,578.55 82.576 2,842.36 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 265,742 772.429 344.03 700.736 379.23 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 197,996 446.305 443.63 404.882 489.02 WIRE DRAWN............................23 6,847,480 6,611.821 1,035.64 5,998.145 1,141.60 BLACK PLATE...........................28 2,492,185 4,177.872 596.52 3,790.103 657.55 TIN PLATE.............................29 683,908 817.456 836.63 741.584 922.23 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 1,058,296 1,820.217 581.41 1,651.274 640.90 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,708,531 2,845.758 600.38 2,581.629 661.80 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 7,693,941 12,001.368 641.09 10,887.461 706.68 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 2,226,752 3,324.617 669.78 3,016.043 738.30 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,618,371 2,553.842 633.70 2,316.808 698.53 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 1,113,561 800.106 1,391.77 725.845 1,534.16 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 1,771,139 2,612.692 677.90 2,370.195 747.25 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 8,791 14.813 593.43 13.439 654.14 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,853,402 976.988 2,920.61 886.309 3,219.42 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/09/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 91,132,821 125,347.698 727.04 113,713.551 801.42 Australia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 12,426 31.074 399.88 28.190 440.79 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 387,013 529.405 731.03 480.269 805.83 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 290,983 484.795 600.22 439.799 661.63 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 11,941 20.249 589.69 18.370 650.03 TOOL STEEL............................17 252,448 258.300 977.34 234.326 1,077.34 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 4,020 6.294 638.68 5.710 704.03 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 259,717 349.152 743.85 316.746 819.95 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 72,218 115.904 623.08 105.147 686.83 WIRE DRAWN............................23 295,557 269.058 1,098.49 244.086 1,210.87 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,586,323 2,064.234 768.48 1,872.643 847.10 New Zealand PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 3,093,129 5,675.689 544.98 5,148.900 600.74 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 16,957 18.312 925.97 16.613 1,020.71 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 5,125,956 9,258.034 553.68 8,398.750 610.32 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 815,175 1,338.723 608.92 1,214.470 671.22 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 120,936 164.222 736.42 148.980 811.76 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,172,153 16,454.982 557.41 14,927.713 614.44 Cook Islands STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 225,658 18.024 12,519.18 16.352 13,800.02 COUNTRY TOTAL 225,658 18.024 12,519.18 16.352 13,800.02 Egypt PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 4,505,854 8,800.339 512.01 7,983.536 564.39 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 9,152,495 6,863.194 1,333.56 6,226.187 1,470.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 25,019 24.152 1,035.87 21.911 1,141.85 WIRE DRAWN............................23 534,895 765.784 698.49 694.708 769.96 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 9,120,376 22,403.014 407.10 20,323.679 448.76 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 244,323 343.310 711.67 311.446 784.48 COUNTRY TOTAL 23,582,962 39,199.796 601.61 35,561.467 663.16 Sao Tome and Principe STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 7,073 7.456 948.63 6.764 1,045.68 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,073 7.456 948.63 6.764 1,045.68 South Africa BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 2,223,598 5,752.696 386.53 5,218.760 426.08 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,186,952 2,670.357 444.49 2,422.508 489.97 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/09/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 15,698 14.550 1,078.86 13.200 1,189.24 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 822,283 1,030.477 797.96 934.834 879.60 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 93,084 154.829 601.20 140.459 662.71 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 680,478 1,175.225 579.02 1,066.147 638.26 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 128,785 205.670 626.17 186.581 690.24 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 158,502 66.596 2,380.05 60.415 2,623.55 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 15,889 48.678 326.41 44.160 359.81 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,495,503 2,254.600 663.31 2,045.340 731.18 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 3,859,356 1,810.945 2,131.13 1,642.863 2,349.16 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 7,009,582 10,449.541 670.80 9,479.667 739.43 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 3,884,897 5,102.999 761.30 4,629.365 839.19 COUNTRY TOTAL 21,574,607 30,737.169 701.91 27,884.299 773.72 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 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 111,867 121.345 921.89 110.083 1,016.21 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 198,485 217.677 911.83 197.474 1,005.12 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 452,274 800.931 564.69 726.593 622.46 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 10,261,450 12,496.696 821.13 11,336.816 905.14 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 3,058,907 4,839.757 632.04 4,390.555 696.70 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 19,748,064 31,782.776 621.34 28,832.858 684.92 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 201,097 374.571 536.87 339.806 591.80 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,368,439 1,357.327 1,008.19 1,231.347 1,111.33 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,262,706 1,069.418 1,180.74 970.160 1,301.54 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 104,713 24.300 4,309.10 22.045 4,749.97 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,432,178 1,398.414 1,024.14 1,268.621 1,128.93 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 6,882,033 10,581.843 650.36 9,599.690 716.90 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,122,966 1,247.862 899.91 1,132.042 991.98 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 1,910,248 688.927 2,772.78 624.985 3,056.47 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 695,161 626.933 1,108.83 568.745 1,222.27 WIRE DRAWN............................23 806,141 795.977 1,012.77 722.099 1,116.39 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,836,327 3,312.737 554.32 3,005.266 611.04 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 4,693,173 6,364.006 737.46 5,773.331 812.91 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 6,940,415 11,658.153 595.33 10,576.102 656.24 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,064,356 950.097 1,120.26 861.914 1,234.87 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 235,529 488.898 481.75 443.521 531.04 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 58,287 81.589 714.39 74.017 787.48 COUNTRY TOTAL 64,444,816 91,280.246 706.01 82,808.070 778.24 Mexico INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 622,533 985.537 631.67 894.065 696.30 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 4,805,260 8,693.935 552.71 7,887.008 609.26 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 4,072,935 7,224.228 563.79 6,553.712 621.47 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 479,230 831.656 576.24 754.466 635.19 TOOL STEEL............................17 35,481 22.150 1,601.78 20.095 1,765.66 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 846,459 901.939 938.49 818.226 1,034.51 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 2,381 0.750 3,171.82 0.681 3,496.33 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 3,500 1.377 2,540.12 1.250 2,800.00 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 2,124 2.341 907.18 2.124 1,000.00 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,885,343 1,710.708 1,102.08 1,551.929 1,214.84 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 42,254 80.879 522.43 73.373 575.88 COUNTRY TOTAL 12,797,500 20,455.506 625.63 18,556.929 689.63 Dominican Republic SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,692 9.708 380.30 8.807 419.21 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/09/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 3,692 9.708 380.30 8.807 419.21 Colombia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 213,390 275.213 775.36 249.670 854.69 TOOL STEEL............................17 48,763 5.562 8,766.76 5.046 9,663.69 COUNTRY TOTAL 262,153 280.776 933.67 254.716 1,029.20 Venezuela MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,028,501 1,023.408 1,004.98 928.421 1,107.80 WIRE DRAWN............................23 15,012 20.380 736.58 18.489 811.94 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,043,513 1,043.789 999.74 946.910 1,102.02 Chile MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 42,068 75.771 555.19 68.739 612.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 42,068 75.771 555.19 68.739 612.00 Brazil BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 14,282,231 44,955.515 317.70 40,782.969 350.20 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 106,745 58.648 1,820.08 53.205 2,006.30 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 44,903 27.972 1,605.27 25.376 1,769.51 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,111,272 1,033.112 2,043.60 937.224 2,252.69 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 38,622 16.264 2,374.61 14.755 2,617.55 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,333,824 1,386.109 962.28 1,257.458 1,060.73 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 20,030 17.330 1,155.76 15.722 1,274.01 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 256,189 393.315 651.36 356.810 718.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 18,193,816 47,888.268 379.92 43,443.519 418.79 Argentina STANDARD PIPE.........................18 687,014 541.219 1,269.38 490.986 1,399.25 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,610,561 3,316.871 787.06 3,009.016 867.58 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 252,155 122.794 2,053.48 111.397 2,263.57 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 249,975 422.780 591.26 383.540 651.76 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,799,705 4,403.665 862.85 3,994.939 951.13 Sweden PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,452,310 2,795.704 877.17 2,536.221 966.91 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 182,203 319.263 570.70 289.631 629.09 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 943,952 516.362 1,828.08 468.436 2,015.11 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 30,295 20.069 1,509.48 18.207 1,663.92 TOOL STEEL............................17 871,128 340.615 2,557.51 309.001 2,819.18 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 609,405 504.073 1,208.96 457.288 1,332.65 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 272,379 273.017 997.66 247.677 1,099.73 WIRE DRAWN............................23 196,612 145.952 1,347.09 132.406 1,484.92 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/09/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,245,989 4,124.595 544.54 3,741.771 600.25 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 469,040 658.861 711.90 597.709 784.73 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 713,773 862.693 827.38 782.623 912.03 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 278,400 81.765 3,404.88 74.176 3,753.24 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,265,486 10,642.973 870.57 9,655.146 959.64 Norway MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 5,190 5.740 904.05 5.208 996.54 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,190 5.740 904.05 5.208 996.54 Finland BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 284,856 723.501 393.72 656.350 434.00 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 8,349 3.795 2,199.85 3.443 2,424.92 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 900,860 297.916 3,023.87 270.265 3,333.25 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 195,073 229.819 848.81 208.489 935.65 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,389,138 1,255.032 1,106.85 1,138.547 1,220.10 United Kingdom BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 43,047 32.293 1,333.00 29.296 1,469.38 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 3,233,804 6,113.500 528.96 5,546.076 583.08 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 685,038 760.519 900.75 689.932 992.91 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,707,893 3,569.470 758.63 3,238.170 836.24 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,752,246 950.057 1,844.36 861.878 2,033.06 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,155,353 461.277 2,504.68 418.464 2,760.94 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 127,794 88.384 1,445.89 80.181 1,593.82 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 190,269 13.009 14,625.42 11.802 16,121.76 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 396,153 245.178 1,615.78 222.422 1,781.09 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 16,075 8.943 1,797.49 8.113 1,981.39 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 41,730 417.536 99.94 378.783 110.17 WIRE DRAWN............................23 209,610 11.801 17,761.54 10.706 19,578.74 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 132,937 137.626 965.92 124.853 1,064.75 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 522,950 611.145 855.69 554.422 943.23 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 647,488 682.372 948.88 619.038 1,045.96 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 4,506 2.622 1,718.27 2.379 1,894.07 COUNTRY TOTAL 11,866,893 14,105.739 841.28 12,796.515 927.35 Netherlands BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 338,515 320.722 1,055.48 290.955 1,163.46 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 257,853 520.601 495.30 472.282 545.97 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 621,174 227.067 2,735.64 205.992 3,015.52 TOOL STEEL............................17 494,601 507.861 973.89 460.724 1,073.53 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 20,693 4.739 4,365.67 4.300 4,812.33 WIRE DRAWN............................23 29,476 1.931 15,262.66 1.752 16,824.20 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 325,590 706.137 461.09 640.597 508.26 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/09/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 419,618 766.412 547.51 695.278 603.53 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 143,228 205.305 697.63 186.250 769.01 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,650,748 3,260.779 812.92 2,958.130 896.09 Belgium PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,130,143 1,821.506 1,169.44 1,652.443 1,289.09 TOOL STEEL............................17 68,784 22.597 3,043.89 20.500 3,355.32 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 5,693 2.452 2,321.17 2.225 2,558.65 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 12,193 5.291 2,304.44 4.800 2,540.21 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,216,813 1,851.847 1,197.08 1,679.968 1,319.56 Luxembourg STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,012,782 1,608.444 629.67 1,459.157 694.09 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,012,782 1,608.444 629.67 1,459.157 694.09 France PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,095,880 1,229.883 1,704.13 1,115.732 1,878.48 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 853,742 1,296.605 658.44 1,176.261 725.81 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,058,322 1,060.562 997.89 962.126 1,099.98 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 737,746 733.021 1,006.45 664.986 1,109.42 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,562,370 1,244.665 1,255.25 1,129.142 1,383.68 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 858,576 1,015.520 845.45 921.265 931.95 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 444,857 356.585 1,247.55 323.489 1,375.18 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 1,251,710 1,105.469 1,132.29 1,002.865 1,248.13 WIRE DRAWN............................23 111,620 11.109 10,047.63 10.078 11,075.61 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 788,229 1,161.111 678.86 1,053.343 748.31 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,078,643 1,742.005 619.20 1,580.321 682.55 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 65,200 96.706 674.20 87.731 743.18 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 242,745 216.152 1,123.03 196.090 1,237.93 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,397,483 155.965 8,960.18 141.490 9,876.90 COUNTRY TOTAL 12,547,123 11,425.364 1,098.18 10,364.919 1,210.54 Federal Republic of Germany INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 3,617 0.104 34,539.88 0.095 38,073.68 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 1,024,274 1,780.847 575.16 1,615.558 634.01 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 237,261 173.539 1,367.19 157.432 1,507.07 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,062,722 1,069.734 993.44 970.447 1,095.09 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 628,717 1,010.279 622.32 916.510 685.99 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 15,205 6.382 2,382.34 5.790 2,626.08 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 619,382 794.053 780.03 720.353 859.83 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 448,188 256.281 1,748.81 232.495 1,927.73 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,348,818 1,659.952 1,414.99 1,505.884 1,559.76 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 463,161 215.642 2,147.81 195.628 2,367.56 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,528,644 2,947.170 857.99 2,673.629 945.77 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/09/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,988,568 1,477.664 1,345.75 1,340.515 1,483.44 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 1,815,811 1,466.050 1,238.57 1,329.979 1,365.29 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 94,646 60.073 1,575.50 54.498 1,736.69 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 34,870 20.765 1,679.24 18.838 1,851.05 WIRE DRAWN............................23 160,836 19.444 8,271.43 17.640 9,117.69 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 216,739 300.787 720.57 272.870 794.29 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 951,486 1,395.381 681.88 1,265.869 751.65 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 4,189,098 10,536.549 397.58 9,558.600 438.25 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,365,550 2,147.094 636.00 1,947.812 701.07 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 1,820,808 2,309.910 788.26 2,095.516 868.91 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 76,883 98.910 777.30 89.730 856.83 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,972,902 2,076.145 1,431.93 1,883.448 1,578.44 COUNTRY TOTAL 25,068,186 31,822.766 787.74 28,869.136 868.34 Austria STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 35,886 8.962 4,003.84 8.131 4,413.48 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 41,555 63.548 653.91 57.650 720.82 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 209,706 80.953 2,590.44 73.440 2,855.47 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 197,340 53.312 3,701.59 48.364 4,080.31 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 5,238 4.629 1,131.39 4.200 1,247.14 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,485,346 730.649 3,401.56 662.834 3,749.58 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 3,793,330 4,785.338 792.70 4,341.187 873.80 WIRE DRAWN............................23 152,514 31.925 4,777.24 28.962 5,266.00 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 370,861 652.678 568.21 592.100 626.35 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 574,676 93.485 6,147.19 84.809 6,776.12 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,866,452 6,505.483 1,209.20 5,901.677 1,332.92 Czech Republic RAILS STANDARD.........................7 38,511 76.024 506.56 68.968 558.39 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 127,507 217.948 585.03 197.720 644.89 TOOL STEEL............................17 3,843 0.529 7,263.15 0.480 8,006.25 COUNTRY TOTAL 169,861 294.502 576.77 267.168 635.78 Switzerland TOOL STEEL............................17 99,054 49.607 1,996.76 45.003 2,201.05 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 61,652 36.063 1,709.55 32.716 1,884.46 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 2,273 0.895 2,539.45 0.812 2,799.26 COUNTRY TOTAL 162,979 86.565 1,882.72 78.531 2,075.35 Latvia BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,255,711 5,782.546 390.09 5,245.839 430.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,255,711 5,782.546 390.09 5,245.839 430.00 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/09/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Poland TOOL STEEL............................17 47,828 36.797 1,299.77 33.382 1,432.75 WIRE DRAWN............................23 168,357 158.688 1,060.93 143.960 1,169.47 COUNTRY TOTAL 216,185 195.486 1,105.88 177.342 1,219.03 Russia BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 90,268 104.588 863.08 94.881 951.38 TOOL STEEL............................17 337,523 201.859 1,672.07 183.124 1,843.14 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 4,716,737 9,885.304 477.15 8,967.800 525.96 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 869,898 886.772 980.97 804.467 1,081.33 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,014,426 11,078.525 542.89 10,050.272 598.43 Ukraine PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 382,288 463.586 824.63 420.559 909.00 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 13,419 17.916 748.96 16.254 825.58 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 290,548 54.881 5,294.06 49.788 5,835.70 TOOL STEEL............................17 232,586 55.504 4,190.39 50.353 4,619.11 COUNTRY TOTAL 918,841 591.890 1,552.38 536.954 1,711.21 Spain BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 523,098 518.003 1,009.83 469.925 1,113.15 TOOL STEEL............................17 340,567 230.572 1,477.05 209.172 1,628.17 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 139,110 115.061 1,209.01 104.382 1,332.70 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,975,738 2,831.140 1,051.07 2,568.368 1,158.61 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 399,810 359.601 1,111.81 326.225 1,225.57 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 4,762 3.874 1,229.02 3.515 1,354.77 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 3,011,120 5,337.668 564.13 4,842.253 621.84 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,394,205 9,395.922 786.96 8,523.840 867.47 Italy BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 79,401 26.502 2,995.94 24.043 3,302.46 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 621,366 888.837 699.08 806.340 770.60 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 118,658 224.254 529.12 203.440 583.26 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 38,157 42.831 890.87 38.856 982.01 TOOL STEEL............................17 100,207 144.391 693.99 130.990 765.00 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 290,558 100.858 2,880.86 91.497 3,175.60 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 199,072 187.095 1,064.01 169.730 1,172.87 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 452,485 250.957 1,803.03 227.665 1,987.50 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 2,018 0.082 24,409.32 0.075 26,906.67 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 257,196 102.862 2,500.39 93.315 2,756.21 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,023,715 1,755.430 1,152.83 1,592.500 1,270.78 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 11,123 9.589 1,159.97 8.699 1,278.65 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,193,956 3,733.692 1,123.27 3,387.150 1,238.20 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/09/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Slovenia TOOL STEEL............................17 1,502,226 882.981 1,701.31 801.028 1,875.37 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,502,226 882.981 1,701.31 801.028 1,875.37 Romania BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 20,972 4.124 5,084.31 3.742 5,604.49 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,303,948 1,562.688 834.43 1,417.648 919.80 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 594,227 1,219.402 487.31 1,106.224 537.17 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,919,147 2,786.216 688.80 2,527.614 759.27 Turkey BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,796,295 2,658.491 675.68 2,411.744 744.81 TOOL STEEL............................17 5,910 7.558 781.90 6.857 861.89 WIRE DRAWN............................23 308,005 292.292 1,053.76 265.163 1,161.57 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,110,210 2,958.342 713.31 2,683.764 786.29 India WIRE DRAWN............................23 19,813 18.265 1,084.73 16.570 1,195.72 COUNTRY TOTAL 19,813 18.265 1,084.73 16.570 1,195.72 Thailand WIRE DRAWN............................23 39,203 50.044 783.36 45.400 863.50 COUNTRY TOTAL 39,203 50.044 783.36 45.400 863.50 Indonesia OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,491,506 1,890.507 788.94 1,715.040 869.66 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,491,506 1,890.507 788.94 1,715.040 869.66 China PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,390 1.275 1,873.96 1.157 2,065.69 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 81,349 47.195 1,723.66 42.815 1,900.01 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,995,979 765.476 2,607.50 694.429 2,874.27 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 374,133 587.406 636.92 532.886 702.09 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,527,982 2,209.339 691.60 2,004.280 762.36 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 5,413 0.785 6,887.23 0.713 7,591.87 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 251,879 423.639 594.56 384.319 655.39 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 76,758 39.533 1,941.60 35.864 2,140.25 WIRE DRAWN............................23 288,546 206.051 1,400.36 186.927 1,543.63 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 23,641 27.072 873.24 24.560 962.58 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,628,070 4,307.776 1,074.35 3,907.950 1,184.27 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/09/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Korea, South BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 99,423 116.269 855.11 105.478 942.59 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 32,612 37.366 872.77 33.898 962.06 TOOL STEEL............................17 167,160 79.991 2,089.72 72.567 2,303.53 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,454,750 1,498.674 970.69 1,359.575 1,070.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,753,945 1,732.301 1,012.49 1,571.518 1,116.08 Hong Kong LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 9,775 16.292 599.98 14.780 661.37 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,775 16.292 599.98 14.780 661.37 Taiwan BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 188,376 79.802 2,360.52 72.396 2,602.02 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 36,357 26.272 1,383.84 23.834 1,525.43 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,302,963 720.544 1,808.30 653.667 1,993.31 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 375,943 126.415 2,973.87 114.682 3,278.13 WIRE DRAWN............................23 131,701 154.667 851.51 140.312 938.63 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 48,108 54.167 888.13 49.140 979.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,083,448 1,161.869 1,793.19 1,054.031 1,976.65 Japan PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,388,687 2,772.238 861.65 2,514.933 949.80 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 928,964 1,989.986 466.82 1,805.286 514.58 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 261,832 1,292.486 202.58 1,172.524 223.31 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 6,254,144 11,366.315 550.23 10,311.351 606.53 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 493,873 549.025 899.54 498.068 991.58 TOOL STEEL............................17 4,027,459 4,831.193 833.64 4,382.786 918.93 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 326,320 207.008 1,576.36 187.795 1,737.64 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 12,101,361 5,456.407 2,217.83 4,949.971 2,444.73 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 1,854,277 1,745.374 1,062.39 1,583.378 1,171.09 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,242,783 1,544.424 1,452.18 1,401.079 1,600.75 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 214,299 45.158 4,745.50 40.967 5,231.02 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 54,910 21.611 2,540.73 19.606 2,800.67 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 265,742 772.429 344.03 700.736 379.23 WIRE DRAWN............................23 3,340,900 2,882.239 1,159.13 2,614.724 1,277.73 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,152,553 2,118.394 544.07 1,921.776 599.73 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 5,319,245 8,456.439 629.02 7,671.555 693.37 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 2,013,942 2,988.188 673.97 2,710.840 742.92 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,431,227 2,312.565 618.89 2,097.925 682.21 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 1,771,139 2,612.692 677.90 2,370.195 747.25 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 214,570 98.597 2,176.23 89.446 2,398.88 COUNTRY TOTAL 46,658,227 54,062.777 863.04 49,044.941 951.34 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/09/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Australia TOOL STEEL............................17 252,448 258.300 977.34 234.326 1,077.34 COUNTRY TOTAL 252,448 258.300 977.34 234.326 1,077.34 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 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 8,559,083 19,881.636 430.50 18,036.322 474.55 WIRE RODS..............................3 28,559,306 47,337.398 603.31 42,943.778 665.04 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 9,629,673 15,817.664 608.79 14,349.548 671.08 STEEL PILING...........................5 827,992 1,112.640 744.17 1,009.371 820.30 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 5,497,344 8,218.870 668.87 7,456.036 737.30 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 11,698,117 19,762.890 591.92 17,928.598 652.48 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 106,136 349.968 303.27 317.486 334.30 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 23,143,128 39,409.731 587.24 35,751.917 647.33 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 7,552,127 14,069.068 536.79 12,763.248 591.71 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 35,149 46.054 763.20 41.780 841.29 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 5,393,037 4,981.340 1,082.65 4,518.997 1,193.41 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 24,950,031 28,409.400 878.23 25,772.582 968.08 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,056,439 1,508.782 700.19 1,368.745 771.83 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 2,038 3.919 519.92 3.556 573.12 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 195,889 237.797 823.77 215.726 908.05 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 782,555 791.386 988.84 717.934 1,090.01 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 11,948,716 10,528.702 1,134.87 9,551.481 1,250.98 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 72,913 82.323 885.68 74.683 976.30 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 1,095,910 485.985 2,255.02 440.879 2,485.74 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 29,845,337 31,573.303 945.27 28,642.827 1,041.98 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 122,808 140.135 876.35 127.129 966.01 WIRE DRAWN............................23 22,052,883 24,601.860 896.39 22,318.439 988.10 BLACK PLATE...........................28 18,131 25.848 701.44 23.449 773.21 TIN PLATE.............................29 5,777,590 9,297.167 621.44 8,434.251 685.02 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 1,844,978 3,017.060 611.52 2,737.032 674.08 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 18,431,265 32,006.318 575.86 29,035.652 634.78 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 17,067,009 24,825.161 687.49 22,521.014 757.83 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 20,752,794 34,256.790 605.80 31,077.246 667.78 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 64,391 76.684 839.69 69.567 925.60 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 8,363,565 10,503.234 796.28 9,528.377 877.75 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 3,192,932 5,665.621 563.56 5,139.767 621.22 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,499,628 3,157.584 791.63 2,864.513 872.62 COUNTRY TOTAL 271,138,894 392,182.335 691.36 355,781.930 762.09 Mexico BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 93,411,816 218,023.119 428.45 197,787.303 472.28 WIRE RODS..............................3 2,990,084 5,668.047 527.53 5,141.968 581.51 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,375,127 4,185.534 567.46 3,797.054 625.52 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 35,134 66.597 527.56 60.416 581.53 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,953,764 3,300.178 592.02 2,993.872 652.59 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,403,714 2,498.380 561.85 2,266.493 619.33 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 2,055,038 4,056.460 506.61 3,679.960 558.44 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/09/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 10,172,666 23,000.572 442.28 20,865.774 487.53 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 22,572 24.999 902.90 22.679 995.28 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 4,123,682 4,690.964 879.07 4,255.573 969.01 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,206,916 1,742.349 1,266.63 1,580.633 1,396.22 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,379,756 2,862.288 831.42 2,596.625 916.48 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 1,030,511 1,308.566 787.51 1,187.112 868.08 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 12,412,516 14,735.721 842.34 13,368.025 928.52 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 734,971 540.108 1,360.78 489.978 1,500.01 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 328,574 199.921 1,643.51 181.366 1,811.66 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 5,285,379 3,959.917 1,334.72 3,592.378 1,471.28 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 100,804 93.859 1,073.99 85.148 1,183.87 WIRE DRAWN............................23 7,331,255 9,478.158 773.49 8,598.443 852.63 TIN PLATE.............................29 8,804 9.903 889.01 8.984 979.96 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 27,631,822 45,178.328 611.62 40,985.102 674.19 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 11,173,138 16,820.165 664.27 15,259.002 732.23 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 18,021,074 19,392.767 929.27 17,592.828 1,024.34 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 4,896 5.996 816.47 5.440 900.00 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 13,078,512 14,182.555 922.15 12,866.202 1,016.50 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 511,178 664.559 769.20 602.878 847.90 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 564,560 562.625 1,003.44 510.405 1,106.10 COUNTRY TOTAL 221,348,263 397,252.647 557.20 360,381.641 614.21 Guatemala STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,238,602 1,268.384 976.52 1,150.659 1,076.43 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 81,501 217.745 374.30 197.535 412.59 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,320,103 1,486.129 888.28 1,348.194 979.16 El Salvador SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,537,448 2,337.632 657.69 2,120.665 724.98 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,537,448 2,337.632 657.69 2,120.665 724.98 Dominican Republic BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 1,615,475 3,660.643 441.31 3,320.881 486.46 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 32,030 85.853 373.08 77.885 411.25 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 196,268 437.478 448.63 396.874 494.53 WIRE DRAWN............................23 364,257 338.073 1,077.45 306.695 1,187.68 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,208,030 4,522.048 488.28 4,102.335 538.24 Trinidad and Tobago WIRE RODS..............................3 13,052,025 24,142.495 540.62 21,901.710 595.94 WIRE DRAWN............................23 34,706 33.008 1,051.42 29.945 1,158.99 COUNTRY TOTAL 13,086,731 24,175.504 541.32 21,931.655 596.71 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/09/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Colombia STANDARD PIPE.........................18 3,910,142 2,922.968 1,337.73 2,651.673 1,474.59 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,907,195 3,225.953 901.19 2,926.537 993.39 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 40,691 82.340 494.18 74.698 544.74 WIRE DRAWN............................23 31,651 21.309 1,485.27 19.332 1,637.23 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 874,883 1,573.788 555.91 1,427.717 612.78 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,764,562 7,826.360 992.10 7,099.957 1,093.61 Venezuela WIRE RODS..............................3 1,393,028 2,880.739 483.57 2,613.364 533.04 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 555,993 1,046.769 531.15 949.614 585.49 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 2,513,151 6,362.371 395.00 5,771.848 435.42 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,141,364 3,732.593 573.69 3,386.153 632.39 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 3,041,287 4,814.170 631.74 4,367.343 696.37 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 42,648 100.960 422.42 91.590 465.64 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 566,914 1,426.880 397.31 1,294.445 437.96 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 5,374 12.471 430.90 11.314 474.99 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,135,402 1,050.394 1,080.93 952.902 1,191.52 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,676,109 2,201.035 761.51 1,996.746 839.42 BLACK PLATE...........................28 138,114 233.629 591.17 211.945 651.65 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 3,661,910 6,949.708 526.92 6,304.671 580.82 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 667,997 1,164.255 573.75 1,056.195 632.46 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 138,969 176.173 788.82 159.822 869.52 COUNTRY TOTAL 17,678,260 32,152.154 549.83 29,167.952 606.09 Ecuador WIRE DRAWN............................23 64,005 83.756 764.18 75.983 842.36 COUNTRY TOTAL 64,005 83.756 764.18 75.983 842.36 Peru STANDARD PIPE.........................18 15,745 1.252 12,573.62 1.136 13,860.04 COUNTRY TOTAL 15,745 1.252 12,573.62 1.136 13,860.04 Chile STANDARD PIPE.........................18 675,366 1,269.655 531.93 1,151.812 586.35 WIRE DRAWN............................23 327,533 387.519 845.20 351.552 931.68 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 144,063 161.796 890.40 146.779 981.50 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,146,962 1,818.970 630.56 1,650.143 695.07 Brazil BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 36,778,701 109,417.462 336.13 99,261.880 370.52 WIRE RODS..............................3 6,213,672 15,132.873 410.61 13,728.316 452.62 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 793,580 1,911.205 415.22 1,733.817 457.71 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/09/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 44,481 19.047 2,335.21 17.280 2,574.13 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 489,927 894.591 547.65 811.560 603.69 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 37,673 58.903 639.58 53.436 705.01 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 3,780 3.914 965.69 3.551 1,064.49 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 537,927 1,179.978 455.88 1,070.459 502.52 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 57,134 125.900 453.80 114.215 500.23 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 20,794 19.751 1,052.80 17.918 1,160.51 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 60,069 125.142 480.01 113.527 529.12 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,064,343 1,443.938 737.11 1,309.919 812.53 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 2,003,885 3,140.668 638.04 2,849.167 703.32 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 239,184 455.268 525.37 413.013 579.12 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 1,089,649 2,556.120 426.29 2,318.874 469.90 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,020,126 1,627.879 626.66 1,476.788 690.77 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 312,441 305.388 1,023.09 277.044 1,127.77 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 165,955 344.645 481.52 312.657 530.79 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,577,137 2,395.094 658.49 2,172.794 725.86 TIN PLATE.............................29 2,462,291 3,601.837 683.62 3,267.533 753.56 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 13,112 23.942 547.65 21.720 603.68 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,149,406 5,495.494 573.09 4,985.430 631.72 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 17,072,636 24,692.554 691.41 22,400.715 762.15 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 95,806 131.186 730.31 119.010 805.02 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 5,064,284 7,747.792 653.64 7,028.681 720.52 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 187,852 233.351 805.02 211.693 887.38 COUNTRY TOTAL 80,555,845 183,083.932 439.99 166,090.997 485.01 Argentina WIRE RODS..............................3 2,232,467 4,456.686 500.93 4,043.039 552.18 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,953,219 3,834.877 509.33 3,478.943 561.44 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 108,437 243.315 445.66 220.732 491.26 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 20,136 23.094 871.90 20.951 961.10 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 786,182 1,494.633 526.00 1,355.909 579.82 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 445,953 699.063 637.93 634.180 703.20 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 273,741 182.532 1,499.68 165.591 1,653.12 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 453,155 1,007.281 449.88 913.791 495.91 WIRE DRAWN............................23 271,911 501.189 542.53 454.672 598.04 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,096,662 5,357.208 578.04 4,859.979 637.18 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 5,139,222 7,249.304 708.93 6,576.460 781.46 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,084,601 1,718.153 631.26 1,558.683 695.84 COUNTRY TOTAL 15,865,686 26,767.340 592.73 24,282.930 653.37 Sweden PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 35,065 96.631 362.87 87.663 400.00 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 27,856 20.184 1,380.07 18.311 1,521.27 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 2,332 1.054 2,210.61 0.957 2,436.78 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 6,250 1.248 5,004.33 1.133 5,516.33 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 74,019 24.749 2,990.78 22.452 3,296.77 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/09/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE WIRE DRAWN............................23 189,007 81.665 2,314.40 74.086 2,551.18 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 139,595 107.995 1,292.60 97.972 1,424.85 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 251,977 451.917 557.57 409.973 614.62 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 82,953 83.482 993.66 75.734 1,095.32 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 651,274 212.436 3,065.74 192.719 3,379.40 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,460,328 1,081.367 1,350.45 981.000 1,488.61 Norway STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 854,416 1,674.331 510.30 1,518.928 562.51 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 103,056 207.196 497.38 187.966 548.27 COUNTRY TOTAL 957,472 1,881.528 508.88 1,706.894 560.94 Finland BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 1,838,697 4,780.226 384.65 4,336.550 424.00 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 12,029 13.889 866.07 12.600 954.68 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 72,490 114.727 631.85 104.079 696.49 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,923,216 4,908.843 391.79 4,453.229 431.87 Denmark LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 106,665 66.133 1,612.88 59.995 1,777.90 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 6,501 0.615 10,569.19 0.558 11,650.54 COUNTRY TOTAL 113,166 66.748 1,695.42 60.553 1,868.88 United Kingdom BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 73,780 162.057 455.27 147.016 501.85 WIRE RODS..............................3 3,124,480 7,773.285 401.95 7,051.808 443.08 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,101,727 3,869.989 543.08 3,510.796 598.65 STEEL PILING...........................5 112,612 282.859 398.12 256.606 438.85 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 10,072,848 14,827.962 679.31 13,451.705 748.82 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,983,638 2,075.603 955.69 1,882.956 1,053.47 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 23,340 4.795 4,867.52 4.350 5,365.52 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,125,371 1,886.532 596.53 1,711.434 657.56 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 1,993,264 3,046.065 654.37 2,763.345 721.32 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 316,375 504.211 627.47 457.413 691.66 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 4,560 2.023 2,253.14 1.836 2,483.66 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 96,394 39.683 2,429.09 36.000 2,677.61 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 24,104 33.892 711.18 30.747 783.95 WIRE DRAWN............................23 673,192 607.858 1,107.48 551.440 1,220.79 TIN PLATE.............................29 208,510 303.581 686.83 275.405 757.10 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,022 4.721 428.28 4.283 472.10 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 30,501 33.069 922.33 30.000 1,016.70 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 391,065 765.676 510.74 694.610 563.00 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 19,537 68.804 283.95 62.418 313.00 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 864,522 450.565 1,918.75 408.746 2,115.06 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/09/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 23,241,842 36,743.237 632.55 33,332.914 697.26 Netherlands WIRE RODS..............................3 487,796 746.102 653.79 676.853 720.68 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 3,170,022 6,557.246 483.44 5,948.636 532.90 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 375,010 409.497 915.78 371.490 1,009.48 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 126,607 104.156 1,215.55 94.489 1,339.91 WIRE DRAWN............................23 36,515 39.467 925.20 35.804 1,019.86 TIN PLATE.............................29 4,317,204 7,959.608 542.39 7,220.837 597.88 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 518,672 959.062 540.81 870.047 596.14 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 7,768,084 17,268.118 449.85 15,665.378 495.88 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,256,899 5,446.088 598.03 4,940.610 659.21 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 2,906,610 4,249.491 683.99 3,855.075 753.97 COUNTRY TOTAL 22,963,419 43,738.839 525.01 39,679.219 578.73 Belgium PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 908,371 1,361.631 667.12 1,235.252 735.37 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 415,643 852.262 487.69 773.160 537.59 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 2,011 1.356 1,482.01 1.231 1,633.63 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 31,498 22.074 1,426.87 20.026 1,572.86 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 52,885 46.186 1,145.02 41.900 1,262.17 WIRE DRAWN............................23 595,991 508.363 1,172.37 461.180 1,292.32 BLACK PLATE...........................28 265,346 433.538 612.05 393.300 674.67 TIN PLATE.............................29 273,226 457.073 597.77 414.650 658.93 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,554,216 3,177.290 489.16 2,882.390 539.21 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 9,771,915 18,633.663 524.42 16,904.180 578.08 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 860,222 1,487.083 578.46 1,349.060 637.65 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 644,733 973.098 662.56 882.780 730.34 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 276,895 261.535 1,058.73 237.261 1,167.05 COUNTRY TOTAL 15,652,952 28,215.160 554.77 25,596.370 611.53 Luxembourg WIRE RODS..............................3 171,196 290.277 589.77 263.335 650.11 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 4,218,668 6,308.213 668.76 5,722.717 737.18 STEEL PILING...........................5 7,547,209 11,711.508 644.43 10,624.505 710.36 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 285,788 377.630 756.79 342.581 834.22 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 160,264 211.562 757.53 191.926 835.03 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 1,703,820 4,420.932 385.40 4,010.604 424.83 WIRE DRAWN............................23 477,426 448.444 1,064.63 406.822 1,173.55 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,553,364 2,758.544 563.11 2,502.510 620.72 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 1,080,107 1,895.721 569.76 1,719.770 628.05 COUNTRY TOTAL 17,197,842 28,422.835 605.07 25,784.770 666.98 France IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/09/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 97,194 35.482 2,739.23 32.189 3,019.48 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 777,656 1,340.493 580.13 1,216.076 639.48 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 97,076 151.047 642.69 137.028 708.44 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 567,717 624.692 908.79 566.712 1,001.77 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 219,223 385.064 569.31 349.325 627.56 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 9,261 0.307 30,112.69 0.279 33,193.55 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 310,673 505.129 615.04 458.246 677.96 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,015,300 1,340.272 757.53 1,215.875 835.04 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 836,913 1,011.795 827.16 917.886 911.78 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 28,866 23.038 1,252.96 20.900 1,381.15 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,572,957 1,238.956 1,269.58 1,123.963 1,399.47 BLACK PLATE...........................28 402,736 678.803 593.30 615.800 654.00 TIN PLATE.............................29 4,778,768 8,244.650 579.62 7,479.423 638.92 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 1,634,195 2,288.095 714.22 2,075.726 787.29 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 6,143,309 10,751.539 571.39 9,753.635 629.85 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 609,176 1,075.546 566.39 975.720 624.33 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 62,595 19.861 3,151.58 18.018 3,474.03 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 232,804 69.251 3,361.71 62.824 3,705.65 COUNTRY TOTAL 19,396,419 29,784.029 651.24 27,019.625 717.86 Federal Republic of Germany BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 6,699,294 21,117.266 317.24 19,157.267 349.70 WIRE RODS..............................3 4,688,749 8,199.354 571.84 7,438.331 630.35 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,468,975 3,449.484 715.75 3,129.321 788.98 STEEL PILING...........................5 2,770,133 5,563.958 497.87 5,047.540 548.81 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 786,901 1,367.904 575.26 1,240.942 634.12 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,269,717 3,890.253 583.44 3,529.180 643.13 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 71,266 73.067 975.34 66.286 1,075.13 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,416,334 3,858.208 626.28 3,500.109 690.36 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 22,220,277 31,772.838 699.35 28,823.842 770.90 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 4,952,639 4,781.653 1,035.76 4,337.844 1,141.73 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,643,212 1,810.075 907.81 1,642.073 1,000.69 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 5,271,953 6,606.560 797.99 5,993.373 879.63 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 1,397,436 2,240.024 623.85 2,032.117 687.67 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 680,153 798.241 852.06 724.153 939.24 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 2,131,923 3,262.038 653.56 2,959.272 720.42 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,352,630 2,024.547 1,162.05 1,836.639 1,280.94 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 560,222 526.033 1,064.99 477.210 1,173.95 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 22,138 0.267 82,647.17 0.243 91,102.88 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 112,772 80.280 1,404.73 72.829 1,548.45 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,181,399 932.301 1,267.19 845.770 1,396.83 BLACK PLATE...........................28 190,944 190.235 1,003.72 172.579 1,106.42 TIN PLATE.............................29 6,222,424 10,759.873 578.30 9,761.196 637.47 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 907,755 1,493.610 607.76 1,354.981 669.94 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 130,242 249.282 522.47 226.145 575.92 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 780,816 2,133.113 366.05 1,935.129 403.50 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 543,440 1,330.428 408.47 1,206.945 450.26 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/09/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,439,075 2,481.867 579.84 2,251.513 639.16 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 294,469 142.467 2,066.93 129.244 2,278.40 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 436,326 801.828 544.16 727.407 599.84 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,979,951 1,493.640 1,325.59 1,355.008 1,461.21 COUNTRY TOTAL 77,623,565 123,430.709 628.88 111,974.488 693.23 Austria BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 30,000 43.261 693.46 39.246 764.41 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 371,506 684.085 543.07 620.592 598.63 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 561,484 809.301 693.79 734.186 764.77 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 233,366 157.727 1,479.55 143.088 1,630.93 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 7,127,243 7,781.118 915.97 7,058.914 1,009.68 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 239,893 250.526 957.55 227.274 1,055.52 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 196,177 66.905 2,932.13 60.696 3,232.12 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 23,861 14.869 1,604.74 13.489 1,768.92 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 240,453 204.057 1,178.36 185.118 1,298.92 WIRE DRAWN............................23 351,986 92.364 3,810.82 83.792 4,200.71 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 999,520 2,238.793 446.45 2,031.000 492.13 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 452,165 508.100 889.91 460.941 980.96 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 593,545 110.015 5,395.13 99.804 5,947.11 COUNTRY TOTAL 11,421,199 12,961.127 881.19 11,758.140 971.34 Czech Republic OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 354,346 563.634 628.68 511.321 693.00 WIRE DRAWN............................23 19,595 20.024 978.55 18.166 1,078.66 COUNTRY TOTAL 373,941 583.659 640.68 529.487 706.23 Slovakia LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 585,367 1,045.987 559.63 948.904 616.89 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,192 0.540 4,058.26 0.490 4,473.47 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 507,217 518.559 978.13 470.429 1,078.20 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,094,776 1,565.086 699.50 1,419.823 771.07 Switzerland BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 20,744 15.580 1,331.45 14.134 1,467.67 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 21,785 31.950 681.84 28.985 751.60 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 13,878 15.657 886.36 14.204 977.05 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 40,641 9.557 4,252.47 8.670 4,687.54 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,599,317 655.068 2,441.45 594.268 2,691.24 WIRE DRAWN............................23 3,927 0.034 114,919.85 0.031 126,677.42 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 77,914 42.227 1,845.11 38.308 2,033.88 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,778,206 770.074 2,309.14 698.600 2,545.39 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/09/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Estonia STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 4,946 5.104 968.89 4.631 1,068.02 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 135,918 145.600 933.50 132.087 1,029.00 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 2,499 2.579 968.83 2.340 1,067.95 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 4,199,908 6,015.785 698.15 5,457.430 769.58 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,343,271 6,169.070 704.04 5,596.488 776.07 Poland BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 4,429,474 13,388.515 330.84 12,145.860 364.69 WIRE RODS..............................3 6,901,121 15,897.066 434.11 14,421.580 478.53 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 175,335 326.524 536.97 296.218 591.91 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 34,599 66.910 517.10 60.700 570.00 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 29,120 11.519 2,527.96 10.450 2,786.60 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 253,870 466.406 544.31 423.117 600.00 WIRE DRAWN............................23 888,476 985.439 901.60 893.976 993.85 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,562 5.982 428.27 5.427 472.08 COUNTRY TOTAL 12,714,557 31,148.363 408.19 28,257.328 449.96 Russia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 71,801,288 160,699.917 446.80 145,784.554 492.52 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 19,548,150 40,435.357 483.44 36,682.350 532.90 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 120,342 225.839 532.87 204.878 587.38 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 64,926,833 132,306.156 490.73 120,026.160 540.94 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 21,159,863 36,930.846 572.96 33,503.110 631.58 COUNTRY TOTAL 177,556,476 370,598.117 479.11 336,201.052 528.13 Belarus BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,407,276 5,896.812 408.23 5,349.500 450.00 WIRE DRAWN............................23 216,137 241.861 893.64 219.413 985.07 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,623,413 6,138.674 427.36 5,568.913 471.08 Ukraine PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 21,855,708 40,560.415 538.84 36,795.800 593.97 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 381,391 881.231 432.79 799.440 477.07 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 2,276,481 1,910.744 1,191.41 1,733.399 1,313.30 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,258,713 3,577.462 631.37 3,245.420 695.97 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,767,955 3,315.125 834.95 3,007.432 920.37 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 344,371 545.408 631.40 494.786 696.00 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 27,602 51.378 537.23 46.610 592.19 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 530,325 852.678 621.95 773.537 685.58 COUNTRY TOTAL 30,442,546 51,694.444 588.89 46,896.424 649.14 Kazakhstan IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/09/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 5,213,251 7,796.426 668.67 7,072.801 737.08 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,213,251 7,796.426 668.67 7,072.801 737.08 Spain WIRE RODS..............................3 6,029,325 11,746.612 513.28 10,656.351 565.80 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 659,554 1,404.133 469.72 1,273.809 517.78 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 104,767 187.541 558.63 170.135 615.79 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 1,355,192 1,915.008 707.67 1,737.267 780.07 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,341,043 1,604.673 835.71 1,455.736 921.21 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 970,685 948.552 1,023.33 860.513 1,128.03 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 337,558 356.389 947.16 323.311 1,044.07 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 980,436 688.806 1,423.38 624.875 1,569.01 WIRE DRAWN............................23 11,740 12.147 966.46 11.020 1,065.34 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 272,143 480.156 566.78 435.591 624.77 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 439,292 575.392 763.47 521.987 841.58 COUNTRY TOTAL 12,501,735 19,919.415 627.62 18,070.595 691.83 Italy WIRE RODS..............................3 2,655,668 5,472.667 485.26 4,964.722 534.91 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 20,410 1.908 10,696.50 1.731 11,790.87 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 592,581 1,070.024 553.80 970.710 610.46 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 12,590 21.943 573.74 19.907 632.44 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 4,632 7.109 651.49 6.450 718.14 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 2,019,909 5,365.223 376.48 4,867.250 415.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 144,737 187.896 770.30 170.457 849.11 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 121,399 140.102 866.50 127.099 955.15 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 993,789 1,109.656 895.58 1,006.664 987.21 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 3,386,157 4,068.892 832.21 3,691.238 917.35 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,205,733 1,286.826 936.98 1,167.390 1,032.85 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 540,908 515.468 1,049.35 467.625 1,156.71 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 4,612 0.111 41,425.12 0.101 45,663.37 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 5,689 2.957 1,923.58 2.683 2,120.39 WIRE DRAWN............................23 754,991 599.923 1,258.48 544.242 1,387.23 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 53,750 25.438 2,112.98 23.077 2,329.16 COUNTRY TOTAL 12,517,555 19,876.151 629.78 18,031.346 694.21 Serbia and Montenegro PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,289,066 4,283.977 534.33 3,886.360 589.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,289,066 4,283.977 534.33 3,886.360 589.00 Greece LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 3,452,000 6,194.307 557.29 5,619.383 614.30 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 926,889 2,049.756 452.19 1,859.508 498.46 WIRE DRAWN............................23 751,973 858.701 875.71 779.001 965.30 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/09/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 5,130,862 9,102.765 563.66 8,257.892 621.33 Romania PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 12,502,062 22,516.670 555.24 20,426.786 612.04 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,096,683 3,895.500 538.23 3,533.940 593.30 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 2,729,646 6,686.486 408.23 6,065.880 450.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 51,283 21.639 2,369.88 19.631 2,612.35 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 4,312,023 6,835.803 630.80 6,201.338 695.34 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 981,771 1,415.781 693.45 1,284.376 764.40 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 5,402,567 8,233.567 656.16 7,469.369 723.30 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 497,646 529.970 939.01 480.781 1,035.08 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 381,219 445.778 855.17 404.404 942.67 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,358,649 2,542.678 534.34 2,306.680 589.01 COUNTRY TOTAL 30,313,549 53,123.877 570.62 48,193.185 629.00 Bulgaria PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 731,785 1,776.098 412.02 1,611.250 454.17 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 12,559,254 30,026.579 418.27 27,239.662 461.06 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,260,572 3,018.403 417.63 2,738.250 460.36 COUNTRY TOTAL 14,551,611 34,821.080 417.90 31,589.162 460.65 Turkey BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 3,220,214 12,123.216 265.62 10,998.000 292.80 WIRE RODS..............................3 10,172,879 22,169.011 458.88 20,111.395 505.83 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 165,255 343.772 480.71 311.865 529.89 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 101,131 201.769 501.22 183.042 552.50 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 839,866 1,617.817 519.14 1,467.660 572.25 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 3,483,604 7,444.149 467.97 6,753.221 515.84 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 578,299 1,223.866 472.52 1,110.273 520.86 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 38,750,930 81,695.924 474.33 74,113.317 522.86 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 308,252 568.695 542.03 515.912 597.49 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 6,169,005 9,794.527 629.84 8,885.448 694.28 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 51,779 82.673 626.31 75.000 690.39 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 72,724 118.608 613.14 107.600 675.87 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 942,894 10.690 88,201.62 9.698 97,225.61 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 2,233,762 4,640.711 481.34 4,209.984 530.59 WIRE DRAWN............................23 77,906 94.942 820.56 86.130 904.52 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,021,215 3,869.001 522.41 3,509.900 575.86 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 3,633,911 5,344.342 679.95 4,848.307 749.52 COUNTRY TOTAL 72,823,626 151,343.719 481.18 137,296.752 530.41 Israel MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 59,846 5.511 10,858.28 5.000 11,969.20 WIRE DRAWN............................23 223,091 306.447 727.99 278.005 802.47 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/09/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 282,937 311.959 906.97 283.005 999.76 United Arab Emirates STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,312,442 1,763.612 744.18 1,599.923 820.32 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,312,442 1,763.612 744.18 1,599.923 820.32 Oman STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,515,076 3,878.039 648.54 3,518.099 714.90 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,515,076 3,878.039 648.54 3,518.099 714.90 Bahrain WIRE DRAWN............................23 17,351 22.659 765.74 20.556 844.08 COUNTRY TOTAL 17,351 22.659 765.74 20.556 844.08 India RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 35,793 44.323 807.53 40.210 890.15 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 280,664 403.520 695.54 366.068 766.70 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 5,795,379 8,517.322 680.42 7,726.787 750.04 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,786,107 3,513.560 792.96 3,187.449 874.09 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 189,594 334.543 566.72 303.493 624.71 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 800,164 1,255.050 637.56 1,138.563 702.78 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 219,576 359.371 611.00 326.016 673.51 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 125,241 130.902 956.75 118.753 1,054.63 WIRE DRAWN............................23 397,310 574.867 691.13 521.511 761.84 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 11,687 20.155 579.83 18.285 639.16 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 33,163,960 48,443.147 684.60 43,946.897 754.64 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 405,745 583.327 695.57 529.186 766.73 COUNTRY TOTAL 44,211,220 64,180.093 688.86 58,223.218 759.34 Thailand BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 1,742,643 3,775.757 461.53 3,425.311 508.75 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 5,055 4.403 1,147.89 3.995 1,265.33 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 9,851,086 17,105.948 575.89 15,518.260 634.81 WIRE DRAWN............................23 55,388 23.749 2,332.20 21.545 2,570.81 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 11,659,519 22,083.189 527.98 20,033.538 582.00 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 6,657,876 11,706.289 568.74 10,619.770 626.93 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 5,943 7.390 804.09 6.705 886.35 COUNTRY TOTAL 29,977,510 54,706.729 547.97 49,629.124 604.03 Vietnam PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 16,888 21.865 772.36 19.836 851.38 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/09/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 16,888 21.865 772.36 19.836 851.38 Malaysia SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 2,012,831 3,180.790 632.81 2,885.565 697.55 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,012,831 3,180.790 632.81 2,885.565 697.55 Indonesia WIRE DRAWN............................23 62,943 19.138 3,288.85 17.362 3,625.33 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,030,529 2,097.525 491.31 1,902.844 541.57 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 5,931,987 8,855.813 669.84 8,033.861 738.37 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,025,459 10,972.477 640.28 9,954.067 705.79 Philippines STANDARD PIPE.........................18 3,817,038 6,760.209 564.63 6,132.761 622.40 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,817,038 6,760.209 564.63 6,132.761 622.40 China INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 5,057 10.761 469.90 9.763 517.98 WIRE RODS..............................3 36,995,798 88,304.251 418.96 80,108.292 461.82 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,247 1.661 1,352.65 1.507 1,491.04 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 3,989,636 6,345.577 628.73 5,756.613 693.05 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 13,273 16.093 824.73 14.600 909.11 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,131 3.169 672.42 2.875 741.22 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 101,180 223.063 453.59 202.360 500.00 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 71,925 112.523 639.20 102.080 704.59 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 144,622 294.776 490.62 267.417 540.81 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 27,706,369 49,077.091 564.55 44,522.001 622.31 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 7,307,870 9,432.825 774.73 8,557.318 853.99 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 84,607 98.934 855.18 89.752 942.68 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,452,838 4,820.938 508.79 4,373.483 560.84 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 1,299,290 2,837.918 457.83 2,574.517 504.67 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,312,300 1,568.434 836.69 1,422.860 922.30 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 55,091 27.676 1,990.51 25.108 2,194.16 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 22,935 18.959 1,209.67 17.200 1,333.43 WIRE DRAWN............................23 7,266,288 12,427.908 584.68 11,274.412 644.49 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 10,121,907 17,684.994 572.34 16,043.562 630.90 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 17,056,713 26,165.750 651.87 23,737.176 718.57 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 2,639 2.030 1,299.71 1.842 1,432.68 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 6,141 11.222 547.20 10.181 603.18 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 77,679 78.145 994.04 70.892 1,095.74 COUNTRY TOTAL 116,098,536 219,564.710 528.77 199,185.811 582.87 Korea, South STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 117,288 185.259 633.10 168.065 697.87 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/09/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 4,019 7.672 523.85 6.960 577.44 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 78,166 128.165 609.88 116.270 672.28 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 64,732 90.322 716.68 81.939 790.00 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 4,668 7.898 591.03 7.165 651.50 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 210,260 250.835 838.24 227.554 924.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 13,270 9.228 1,437.93 8.372 1,585.05 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,597,227 2,827.800 564.83 2,565.338 622.62 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 3,083,830 4,067.141 758.23 3,689.650 835.81 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 1,215,951 2,361.347 514.94 2,142.179 567.62 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,988,858 3,780.777 526.04 3,429.865 579.86 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 3,334,682 6,646.210 501.74 6,029.342 553.08 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 3,169,616 5,159.743 614.30 4,680.842 677.15 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 93,593 161.049 581.14 146.102 640.60 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 3,316 0.846 3,916.96 0.768 4,317.71 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 5,038,433 8,309.762 606.33 7,538.492 668.36 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 263,085 559.759 470.00 507.805 518.08 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,805,448 2,154.516 837.98 1,954.545 923.72 TIN PLATE.............................29 92,512 166.239 556.50 150.810 613.43 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 45,548,200 96,703.611 471.01 87,728.065 519.20 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,454,704 6,291.800 549.08 5,707.827 605.26 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 10,365,203 14,269.257 726.40 12,944.856 800.72 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 2,432,741 3,449.729 705.20 3,129.543 777.35 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,063,447 1,282.536 829.17 1,163.498 914.01 COUNTRY TOTAL 85,043,249 158,871.512 535.30 144,125.852 590.06 Taiwan WIRE RODS..............................3 15,380 19.155 802.88 17.378 885.03 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 45,758 16.927 2,703.24 15.356 2,979.81 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 7,619,513 18,334.726 415.58 16,632.989 458.10 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,501,376 4,054.590 616.92 3,678.264 680.04 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 266,530 438.419 607.93 397.728 670.13 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 2,537,670 4,183.836 606.54 3,795.514 668.60 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 78,711 73.097 1,076.79 66.313 1,186.96 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 6,652 0.701 9,488.36 0.636 10,459.12 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 3,800 27.677 137.29 25.109 151.34 WIRE DRAWN............................23 621,562 773.396 803.68 701.614 885.90 BLACK PLATE...........................28 422,000 706.531 597.28 640.955 658.39 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 9,668 14.022 689.46 12.721 760.00 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 197,940 327.579 604.25 297.175 666.07 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 21,981,063 39,801.112 552.27 36,106.972 608.78 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 46,439,971 60,662.359 765.55 55,031.982 843.87 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,135,939 1,706.506 665.65 1,548.117 733.76 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 16,077,059 21,007.374 765.31 19,057.575 843.60 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 16,567 12.086 1,370.66 10.965 1,510.90 COUNTRY TOTAL 99,977,159 152,160.103 657.05 138,037.363 724.28 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/09/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan WIRE RODS..............................3 4,325,055 9,893.853 437.15 8,975.555 481.87 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 5,321 10.262 518.49 9.310 571.54 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 170,235 237.541 716.65 215.494 789.98 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 168,504 240.969 699.27 218.604 770.82 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 2,415,140 5,834.605 413.93 5,293.067 456.28 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 37,270 71.418 521.85 64.790 575.24 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,517,922 2,751.312 551.71 2,495.949 608.15 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 556,707 1,476.610 377.02 1,339.559 415.59 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 10,075,439 23,732.756 424.54 21,530.001 467.97 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 68,987 88.303 781.24 80.108 861.17 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 525,864 775.949 677.70 703.930 747.04 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,173,898 236.770 9,181.44 214.795 10,120.80 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 3,026,420 6,239.683 485.03 5,660.547 534.65 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 6,979 4.400 1,585.98 3.992 1,748.25 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,560,206 1,053.422 1,481.08 955.649 1,632.61 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 265,008 212.609 1,246.46 192.876 1,373.98 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 179,801 69.412 2,590.33 62.970 2,855.34 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 197,996 446.305 443.63 404.882 489.02 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,998,354 3,643.456 822.94 3,305.289 907.14 BLACK PLATE...........................28 2,492,185 4,177.872 596.52 3,790.103 657.55 TIN PLATE.............................29 683,908 817.456 836.63 741.584 922.23 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 1,058,296 1,820.217 581.41 1,651.274 640.90 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 163,397 323.869 504.51 293.810 556.13 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,773,433 3,035.384 584.25 2,753.655 644.03 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 212,810 336.428 632.56 305.203 697.27 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 187,144 241.277 775.64 218.883 855.00 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 1,113,561 800.106 1,391.77 725.845 1,534.16 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 8,791 14.813 593.43 13.439 654.14 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 518,450 545.772 949.94 495.117 1,047.13 COUNTRY TOTAL 38,487,081 69,132.845 556.71 62,716.280 613.67 Australia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 12,426 31.074 399.88 28.190 440.79 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 387,013 529.405 731.03 480.269 805.83 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 290,983 484.795 600.22 439.799 661.63 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 11,941 20.249 589.69 18.370 650.03 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 4,020 6.294 638.68 5.710 704.03 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 259,717 349.152 743.85 316.746 819.95 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 72,218 115.904 623.08 105.147 686.83 WIRE DRAWN............................23 136,930 212.903 643.15 193.143 708.96 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,175,248 1,749.779 671.65 1,587.374 740.37 New Zealand PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 3,093,129 5,675.689 544.98 5,148.900 600.74 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 5,125,956 9,258.034 553.68 8,398.750 610.32 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/09/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 815,175 1,338.723 608.92 1,214.470 671.22 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 120,936 164.222 736.42 148.980 811.76 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,155,196 16,436.669 557.00 14,911.100 613.99 Egypt PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 4,505,854 8,800.339 512.01 7,983.536 564.39 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 9,152,495 6,863.194 1,333.56 6,226.187 1,470.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 25,019 24.152 1,035.87 21.911 1,141.85 WIRE DRAWN............................23 534,895 765.784 698.49 694.708 769.96 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 9,120,376 22,403.014 407.10 20,323.679 448.76 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 244,323 343.310 711.67 311.446 784.48 COUNTRY TOTAL 23,582,962 39,199.796 601.61 35,561.467 663.16 Sao Tome and Principe STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 7,073 7.456 948.63 6.764 1,045.68 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,073 7.456 948.63 6.764 1,045.68 South Africa BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 2,223,598 5,752.696 386.53 5,218.760 426.08 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,186,952 2,670.357 444.49 2,422.508 489.97 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 15,698 14.550 1,078.86 13.200 1,189.24 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 283,638 599.602 473.04 543.950 521.44 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 93,084 154.829 601.20 140.459 662.71 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 680,478 1,175.225 579.02 1,066.147 638.26 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 128,785 205.670 626.17 186.581 690.24 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 15,889 48.678 326.41 44.160 359.81 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,495,503 2,254.600 663.31 2,045.340 731.18 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 5,759,934 9,871.412 583.50 8,955.197 643.19 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 3,884,897 5,102.999 761.30 4,629.365 839.19 COUNTRY TOTAL 15,768,456 27,850.622 566.18 25,265.667 624.11 GRAND TOTAL 1,692,434,107 2,984,631.329 567.05 2,707,612.760 625.07 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/09/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 31,621 8.944 3,535.38 8.114 3,897.09 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 39,314 17.095 2,299.64 15.509 2,534.92 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 66,551 12.238 5,437.64 11.103 5,993.97 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 7,615 0.690 11,035.49 0.626 12,164.54 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 43,449 7.026 6,183.92 6.374 6,816.60 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 9,055,563 1,714.085 5,283.03 1,554.993 5,823.54 WIRE DRAWN............................23 168,147 29.005 5,797.15 26.313 6,390.26 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 543,021 254.335 2,135.06 230.729 2,353.50 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 9,057 2.819 3,212.03 2.558 3,540.66 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 457,545 171.083 2,674.40 155.204 2,948.02 COUNTRY TOTAL 10,421,883 2,217.323 4,700.21 2,011.523 5,181.09 Mexico BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 48,301 21.798 2,215.83 19.775 2,442.53 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 92,917 21.693 4,283.18 19.680 4,721.39 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 19,365,751 9,843.306 1,967.40 8,929.700 2,168.69 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,679,036 768.106 2,185.94 696.815 2,409.59 COUNTRY TOTAL 21,186,005 10,654.905 1,988.38 9,665.970 2,191.81 Trinidad and Tobago BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 196,487 111.884 1,756.16 101.500 1,935.83 COUNTRY TOTAL 196,487 111.884 1,756.16 101.500 1,935.83 Brazil PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 41,299 43.144 957.23 39.140 1,055.16 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 41,251 20.932 1,970.63 18.990 2,172.25 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 26,788 14.347 1,867.06 13.016 2,058.08 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 37,384 15.082 2,478.56 13.683 2,732.15 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 49,484 51.318 964.26 46.555 1,062.91 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 921,749 465.623 1,979.60 422.407 2,182.13 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,117,955 610.449 1,831.36 553.791 2,018.73 Sweden BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 5,836,366 2,524.511 2,311.88 2,290.199 2,548.41 WIRE RODS..............................3 472,279 214.261 2,204.22 194.375 2,429.73 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 207,300 59.970 3,456.72 54.404 3,810.38 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,553,660 454.659 3,417.20 412.460 3,766.81 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 92,619 6.954 13,317.89 6.309 14,680.46 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 146,103 45.214 3,231.32 41.018 3,561.92 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/09/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 983,254 163.668 6,007.58 148.478 6,622.22 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,099,852 122.310 8,992.31 110.958 9,912.33 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 54,139 23.760 2,278.55 21.555 2,511.67 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 338,264 74.457 4,543.03 67.547 5,007.83 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,498,688 238.440 6,285.36 216.310 6,928.43 COUNTRY TOTAL 12,282,524 3,928.209 3,126.75 3,563.613 3,446.65 Finland PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 47,719 21.446 2,225.02 19.456 2,452.66 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 319,083 109.166 2,922.91 99.034 3,221.95 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 78,222 40.609 1,926.22 36.840 2,123.29 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,758,244 1,062.012 2,597.19 963.442 2,862.91 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 603,354 274.517 2,197.87 249.038 2,422.74 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,298,552 963.629 2,385.31 874.190 2,629.35 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,105,174 2,471.381 2,470.35 2,242.000 2,723.09 Denmark STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 12,173 0.804 15,127.62 0.730 16,675.34 WIRE DRAWN............................23 40,833 7.532 5,421.20 6.833 5,975.85 COUNTRY TOTAL 53,006 8.336 6,358.09 7.563 7,008.59 United Kingdom INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 74,765 29.382 2,544.58 26.655 2,804.91 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 7,633,156 3,588.835 2,126.92 3,255.738 2,344.52 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,832,381 767.109 2,388.68 695.910 2,633.07 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 6,000 2.826 2,122.90 2.564 2,340.09 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 377,606 175.959 2,145.98 159.628 2,365.54 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 149,806 100.163 1,495.61 90.867 1,648.63 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 540,509 222.041 2,434.27 201.433 2,683.32 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 223,190 43.983 5,074.42 39.901 5,593.59 WIRE DRAWN............................23 415,814 110.238 3,771.94 100.007 4,157.85 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 64,164 11.402 5,627.28 10.344 6,203.02 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 162,287 41.063 3,952.12 37.252 4,356.46 COUNTRY TOTAL 11,479,678 5,093.006 2,254.01 4,620.299 2,484.62 Ireland STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 7,192 0.110 65,244.74 0.100 71,920.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,192 0.110 65,244.74 0.100 71,920.00 Netherlands PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 3,636 1.112 3,269.10 1.009 3,603.57 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 8,082 9.784 826.03 8.876 910.55 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 58,401 20.265 2,881.72 18.385 3,176.56 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/09/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 122,257 82.330 1,484.95 74.689 1,636.88 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 52,760 6.362 8,292.29 5.772 9,140.68 COUNTRY TOTAL 245,136 119.855 2,045.26 108.731 2,254.52 Belgium PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 3,188,903 1,191.864 2,675.56 1,081.242 2,949.30 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,068,961 459.998 2,323.83 417.304 2,561.59 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 49,760 7.769 6,404.87 7.048 7,060.16 WIRE DRAWN............................23 66,103 5.073 13,027.95 4.603 14,360.85 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 253,633 116.439 2,178.24 105.632 2,401.10 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,433,320 1,033.234 2,355.05 937.335 2,596.00 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 300,365 101.504 2,959.14 92.083 3,261.89 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,361,045 2,915.884 2,524.46 2,645.247 2,782.74 France WIRE RODS..............................3 430,310 216.640 1,986.29 196.533 2,189.51 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 786,293 196.706 3,997.29 178.449 4,406.26 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 170,676 20.956 8,144.48 19.011 8,977.75 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 69,069 11.252 6,138.16 10.208 6,766.16 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 2,119,082 633.903 3,342.91 575.068 3,684.92 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 3,621,381 694.242 5,216.31 629.806 5,749.99 WIRE DRAWN............................23 450,324 96.649 4,659.35 87.679 5,136.05 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,195,890 2,151.752 1,485.25 1,952.038 1,637.21 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 786,247 308.088 2,552.02 279.493 2,813.12 COUNTRY TOTAL 11,629,272 4,330.191 2,685.63 3,928.285 2,960.39 Federal Republic of Germany BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 101,438 15.671 6,472.75 14.217 7,134.98 WIRE RODS..............................3 171,075 64.300 2,660.58 58.332 2,932.78 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,220,290 605.848 2,014.18 549.617 2,220.26 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 3,128,177 1,416.278 2,208.73 1,284.827 2,434.71 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 403,391 216.497 1,863.26 196.403 2,053.89 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,797,966 661.461 2,718.17 600.068 2,996.27 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 2,000,155 341.564 5,855.87 309.862 6,454.99 WIRE DRAWN............................23 602,439 104.448 5,767.82 94.754 6,357.93 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 7,083,424 3,247.207 2,181.39 2,945.818 2,404.57 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 6,792 1.194 5,684.13 1.084 6,265.68 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 532,226 101.411 5,248.18 91.999 5,785.13 COUNTRY TOTAL 17,047,373 6,775.884 2,515.89 6,146.981 2,773.29 Austria WIRE RODS..............................3 27,024 18.786 1,438.47 17.043 1,585.64 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 100,411 28.329 3,544.41 25.700 3,907.04 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 353,391 80.588 4,385.11 73.109 4,833.76 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/09/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 444,062 154.663 2,871.16 140.308 3,164.91 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 579,033 104.474 5,542.32 94.778 6,109.36 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 99,132 25.616 3,869.83 23.239 4,265.76 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,603,053 412.459 3,886.57 374.177 4,284.21 Czech Republic STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,845,517 161.303 11,441.28 146.332 12,611.85 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,845,517 161.303 11,441.28 146.332 12,611.85 Switzerland BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 650,951 153.281 4,246.76 139.055 4,681.25 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 77,894 6.427 12,118.72 5.831 13,358.60 WIRE DRAWN............................23 202,463 44.676 4,531.74 40.530 4,995.39 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 25,341 2.975 8,517.59 2.699 9,389.03 COUNTRY TOTAL 956,649 207.361 4,613.44 188.115 5,085.45 Latvia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 267,805 100.514 2,664.35 91.185 2,936.94 COUNTRY TOTAL 267,805 100.514 2,664.35 91.185 2,936.94 Ukraine BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,095,931 35.502 30,869.44 32.207 34,027.73 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,095,931 35.502 30,869.44 32.207 34,027.73 Spain BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 2,793,772 1,088.093 2,567.58 987.102 2,830.28 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 101,899 54.757 1,860.92 49.675 2,051.31 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 5,797,045 971.477 5,967.24 881.310 6,577.76 WIRE DRAWN............................23 475,960 105.606 4,506.90 95.805 4,968.01 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 154,918 137.523 1,126.49 124.759 1,241.74 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 26,696 14.409 1,852.68 13.072 2,042.23 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,350,290 2,371.867 3,942.16 2,151.723 4,345.49 Portugal BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 221,993 68.659 3,233.24 62.287 3,564.03 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 22,605 5.309 4,257.20 4.817 4,692.75 COUNTRY TOTAL 244,598 73.969 3,306.74 67.104 3,645.06 Italy INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 2,456,936 1,588.167 1,547.03 1,440.762 1,705.30 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 1,114,277 650.349 1,713.35 589.987 1,888.65 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/09/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE WIRE RODS..............................3 517,112 281.208 1,838.89 255.108 2,027.03 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 949,266 178.079 5,330.58 161.551 5,875.95 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 288,569 102.859 2,805.46 93.313 3,092.48 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,971,394 639.781 3,081.36 580.400 3,396.61 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 1,465,971 498.737 2,939.37 452.447 3,240.09 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 4,831,549 1,410.011 3,426.60 1,279.141 3,777.18 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,382,899 453.483 3,049.51 411.393 3,361.50 WIRE DRAWN............................23 23,021 3.532 6,516.16 3.205 7,182.84 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 222,911 100.880 2,209.66 91.517 2,435.73 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,378,766 1,747.586 1,933.39 1,585.384 2,131.20 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 11,452 2.996 3,822.33 2.718 4,213.39 COUNTRY TOTAL 18,614,123 7,657.672 2,430.78 6,946.926 2,679.48 Slovenia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 189,785 120.042 1,580.98 108.901 1,742.73 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 362,128 153.693 2,356.18 139.428 2,597.24 COUNTRY TOTAL 551,913 273.735 2,016.23 248.329 2,222.51 Israel WIRE DRAWN............................23 21,244 11.122 1,910.03 10.090 2,105.45 COUNTRY TOTAL 21,244 11.122 1,910.03 10.090 2,105.45 Saudi Arabia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 74,153 38.213 1,940.48 34.667 2,139.01 COUNTRY TOTAL 74,153 38.213 1,940.48 34.667 2,139.01 United Arab Emirates BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 49,569 18.726 2,647.06 16.988 2,917.88 COUNTRY TOTAL 49,569 18.726 2,647.06 16.988 2,917.88 India WIRE RODS..............................3 105,993 41.758 2,538.22 37.883 2,797.90 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 88,164 36.505 2,415.11 33.117 2,662.20 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 351,920 116.895 3,010.55 106.046 3,318.56 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 1,164,986 470.911 2,473.89 427.204 2,727.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,460,050 757.221 1,928.17 686.940 2,125.44 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 236,462 42.936 5,507.30 38.951 6,070.76 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,892,476 1,124.292 2,572.71 1,019.941 2,835.92 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 93,980 27.621 3,402.40 25.058 3,750.50 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,394,031 2,618.142 2,442.20 2,375.140 2,692.06 Thailand IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/09/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 320,096 112.135 2,854.54 101.728 3,146.59 WIRE DRAWN............................23 97,441 35.002 2,783.81 31.754 3,068.62 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 396,291 178.012 2,226.20 161.490 2,453.97 COUNTRY TOTAL 813,828 325.150 2,502.92 294.972 2,759.00 Vietnam WIRE DRAWN............................23 44,798 17.517 2,557.27 15.892 2,818.90 COUNTRY TOTAL 44,798 17.517 2,557.27 15.892 2,818.90 Malaysia STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 487,346 189.688 2,569.18 172.083 2,832.04 COUNTRY TOTAL 487,346 189.688 2,569.18 172.083 2,832.04 Singapore STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 333,446 117.148 2,846.36 106.275 3,137.58 COUNTRY TOTAL 333,446 117.148 2,846.36 106.275 3,137.58 Indonesia STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 73,522 24.330 3,021.84 22.072 3,331.01 COUNTRY TOTAL 73,522 24.330 3,021.84 22.072 3,331.01 China BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 79,521 29.151 2,727.83 26.446 3,006.92 WIRE RODS..............................3 785,452 523.592 1,500.12 474.995 1,653.60 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 10,750 6.015 1,787.11 5.457 1,969.95 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 59,023 7.991 7,385.49 7.250 8,141.10 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 75,495 34.647 2,178.92 31.432 2,401.85 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 465,152 153.948 3,021.47 139.660 3,330.60 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 4,823,346 1,360.854 3,544.35 1,234.547 3,906.98 WIRE DRAWN............................23 552,816 183.188 3,017.74 166.186 3,326.49 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 11,817,079 5,690.062 2,076.79 5,161.939 2,289.27 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 44,010 19.841 2,218.07 18.000 2,445.00 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 38,022 13.203 2,879.70 11.978 3,174.32 COUNTRY TOTAL 18,750,666 8,022.498 2,337.26 7,277.890 2,576.39 Korea, South WIRE RODS..............................3 586,941 299.165 1,961.93 271.398 2,162.66 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 4,166 1.457 2,858.80 1.322 3,151.29 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 301,699 120.919 2,495.05 109.696 2,750.32 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 157,038 50.370 3,117.68 45.695 3,436.66 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 5,312,547 1,597.746 3,325.02 1,449.452 3,665.21 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,337,626 758.412 3,082.26 688.020 3,397.61 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/09/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,399,549 1,703.812 1,995.26 1,545.673 2,199.40 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 9,280 1.205 7,695.32 1.094 8,482.63 COUNTRY TOTAL 12,108,846 4,533.088 2,671.21 4,112.350 2,944.51 Hong Kong WIRE DRAWN............................23 188,889 57.149 3,305.18 51.845 3,643.34 COUNTRY TOTAL 188,889 57.149 3,305.18 51.845 3,643.34 Taiwan BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 4,661 3.211 1,451.56 2.913 1,600.07 WIRE RODS..............................3 2,538,827 1,087.110 2,335.39 986.210 2,574.33 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 34,003 7.616 4,464.11 6.910 4,920.84 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 358,242 152.252 2,352.95 138.121 2,593.68 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 3,649,850 1,275.858 2,860.70 1,157.440 3,153.38 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 5,144,014 1,635.153 3,145.89 1,483.387 3,467.75 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,344,143 350.782 3,831.84 318.225 4,223.88 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 6,797,023 2,391.073 2,842.67 2,169.146 3,133.50 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 207,919 121.177 1,715.83 109.930 1,891.38 COUNTRY TOTAL 20,078,682 7,024.236 2,858.49 6,372.282 3,150.94 Japan BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 21,119 2.814 7,504.44 2.553 8,272.23 WIRE RODS..............................3 2,515 1.729 1,454.16 1.569 1,602.93 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 534,753 246.303 2,171.11 223.443 2,393.24 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 51,569 0.965 53,404.82 0.876 58,868.72 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 2,332 0.041 55,672.51 0.038 61,368.42 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 142,478 37.112 3,839.07 33.668 4,231.85 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,610,295 531.326 3,030.71 482.011 3,340.78 WIRE DRAWN............................23 508,226 86.125 5,900.98 78.132 6,504.71 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 392,581 403.493 972.96 366.043 1,072.50 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 601,263 509.544 1,180.00 462.251 1,300.73 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,120,382 332.617 6,374.83 301.746 7,027.04 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,987,513 2,152.074 2,782.20 1,952.330 3,066.85 Australia WIRE DRAWN............................23 158,627 56.155 2,824.80 50.943 3,113.81 COUNTRY TOTAL 158,627 56.155 2,824.80 50.943 3,113.81 New Zealand STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 16,957 18.312 925.97 16.613 1,020.71 COUNTRY TOTAL 16,957 18.312 925.97 16.613 1,020.71 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL AUGUST - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/09/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Cook Islands STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 225,658 18.024 12,519.18 16.352 13,800.02 COUNTRY TOTAL 225,658 18.024 12,519.18 16.352 13,800.02 South Africa PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 538,645 430.875 1,250.12 390.884 1,378.02 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 158,502 66.596 2,380.05 60.415 2,623.55 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 3,859,356 1,810.945 2,131.13 1,642.863 2,349.16 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,249,648 578.129 2,161.54 524.470 2,382.69 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,806,151 2,886.546 2,011.45 2,618.632 2,217.25 GRAND TOTAL 205,276,535 78,659.939 2,609.67 71,359.117 2,876.67