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RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/10/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 67,471 102.339 659.29 92.841 726.74 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 6,170,857 12,612.095 489.28 11,441.504 539.34 WIRE RODS..............................3 23,653,542 36,256.699 652.39 32,891.534 719.14 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 5,786,856 9,427.110 613.85 8,552.133 676.66 STEEL PILING...........................5 1,533,784 1,879.730 815.96 1,705.263 899.44 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 16,982,781 20,212.918 840.19 18,336.856 926.16 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 15,824,245 23,991.234 659.58 21,764.488 727.07 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 325,809 892.302 365.13 809.483 402.49 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 47,026,606 72,511.393 648.54 65,781.248 714.89 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 6,454,175 11,656.778 553.68 10,574.855 610.33 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 19,509 10.286 1,896.51 9.332 2,090.55 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 8,035,489 7,433.853 1,080.93 6,743.880 1,191.52 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,470,062 1,211.427 1,213.50 1,098.989 1,337.65 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 22,252,390 25,373.255 877.00 23,018.237 966.73 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 4,847,744 6,085.028 796.67 5,520.247 878.18 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 16,495,861 20,607.527 800.48 18,694.840 882.38 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 407,377 400.901 1,016.15 363.692 1,120.12 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 235,267 298.007 789.47 270.348 870.24 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 14,862,139 12,376.541 1,200.83 11,227.813 1,323.69 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 79,065 44.618 1,772.03 40.477 1,953.33 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 9,966,921 1,880.184 5,301.03 1,705.675 5,843.39 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 2,407,270 941.923 2,555.70 854.499 2,817.17 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 28,470,104 29,769.295 956.36 27,006.258 1,054.20 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 141,217 203.278 694.70 184.411 765.77 WIRE DRAWN............................23 20,844,505 22,379.232 931.42 20,302.104 1,026.72 TIN PLATE.............................29 5,438,421 8,512.313 638.89 7,722.243 704.25 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 1,367,483 1,972.893 693.14 1,789.779 764.05 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 20,442,120 32,556.307 627.90 29,534.594 692.14 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 19,881,423 27,886.395 712.94 25,298.120 785.89 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 25,857,350 41,585.740 621.78 37,725.960 685.40 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 964,836 826.824 1,166.92 750.083 1,286.31 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 7,542,132 9,479.046 795.66 8,599.249 877.07 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 3,562,642 6,119.448 582.18 5,551.472 641.75 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 4,293,403 4,403.648 974.96 3,994.924 1,074.71 COUNTRY TOTAL 343,710,856 451,900.585 760.59 409,957.431 838.41 Mexico INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 1,114,569 1,463.773 761.44 1,327.913 839.34 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 105,895,165 233,035.883 454.42 211,406.657 500.91 WIRE RODS..............................3 3,259,644 5,959.339 546.98 5,406.223 602.94 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,812,824 3,115.651 581.84 2,826.472 641.37 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 8,000 22.575 354.37 20.480 390.63 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/10/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,847,186 2,965.776 622.83 2,690.508 686.56 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 8,775 6.298 1,393.17 5.714 1,535.70 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 3,658,821 6,469.454 565.55 5,868.992 623.42 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 1,196,575 2,118.954 564.70 1,922.284 622.48 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 6,484,514 14,564.425 445.23 13,212.628 490.78 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 12,517 11.748 1,065.42 10.658 1,174.42 TOOL STEEL............................17 36,750 23.001 1,597.69 20.867 1,761.15 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 4,163,706 4,469.757 931.53 4,054.897 1,026.83 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 992,713 1,062.060 934.71 963.485 1,030.34 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 11,785 10.692 1,102.18 9.700 1,214.95 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,717,735 3,066.354 886.31 2,781.751 976.99 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 1,452,288 1,759.223 825.53 1,595.941 909.99 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 12,754,348 14,986.524 851.05 13,595.550 938.13 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 1,000,316 667.927 1,497.64 605.934 1,650.87 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 438,125 149.871 2,923.34 135.961 3,222.43 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 345,006 222.874 1,547.99 202.188 1,706.36 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 4,192,699 4,074.153 1,029.10 3,696.011 1,134.38 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 170,632 158.326 1,077.73 143.631 1,187.99 WIRE DRAWN............................23 9,934,715 12,079.531 822.44 10,958.370 906.59 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 29,320,703 48,353.918 606.38 43,865.949 668.42 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 26,766,905 18,719.255 1,429.91 16,981.828 1,576.21 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 23,103,549 23,634.153 977.55 21,440.549 1,077.56 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 8,783,434 9,359.450 938.46 8,490.753 1,034.47 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 474,733 609.148 779.34 552.610 859.07 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,813,437 1,557.240 1,806.68 1,412.705 1,991.52 COUNTRY TOTAL 254,772,169 414,697.344 614.36 376,207.209 677.21 Guatemala STANDARD PIPE.........................18 812,128 726.021 1,118.60 658.636 1,233.05 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 71,542 109.287 654.62 99.144 721.60 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 73,087 124.177 588.57 112.652 648.79 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 105,144 254.777 412.69 231.130 454.91 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,061,901 1,214.263 874.52 1,101.562 964.00 El Salvador WIRE DRAWN............................23 14,773 22.157 666.73 20.101 734.94 COUNTRY TOTAL 14,773 22.157 666.73 20.101 734.94 Honduras WIRE DRAWN............................23 50,200 63.382 792.01 57.500 873.04 COUNTRY TOTAL 50,200 63.382 792.01 57.500 873.04 Costa Rica SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 18,021 22.833 789.24 20.714 869.99 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/10/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 4,763 0.865 5,504.36 0.785 6,067.52 COUNTRY TOTAL 22,784 23.698 961.41 21.499 1,059.77 Dominican Republic BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 4,615,857 9,540.312 483.83 8,654.828 533.33 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 16,975 0.551 30,798.93 0.500 33,950.00 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 80,193 218.611 366.83 198.321 404.36 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 313,368 396.770 789.80 359.944 870.60 WIRE DRAWN............................23 123,890 182.581 678.55 165.635 747.97 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 49,812 159.428 312.44 144.631 344.41 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,200,095 10,498.254 495.33 9,523.859 546.01 Antigua and Barbuda SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 8,817 9.445 933.44 8.569 1,028.94 COUNTRY TOTAL 8,817 9.445 933.44 8.569 1,028.94 Trinidad and Tobago WIRE RODS..............................3 10,428,384 19,457.884 535.95 17,651.901 590.78 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 976,988 1,734.806 563.17 1,573.790 620.79 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 92,918 144.684 642.21 131.256 707.91 WIRE DRAWN............................23 25,144 33.295 755.18 30.205 832.44 COUNTRY TOTAL 11,523,434 21,370.670 539.22 19,387.152 594.39 Colombia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 208,835 392.477 532.09 356.050 586.53 TOOL STEEL............................17 104,637 44.797 2,335.76 40.640 2,574.73 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 3,271,785 2,147.201 1,523.74 1,947.909 1,679.64 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 5,120,473 4,891.027 1,046.91 4,437.067 1,154.02 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 70,876 131.948 537.15 119.702 592.10 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 77,598 44.830 1,730.90 40.670 1,907.99 WIRE DRAWN............................23 57,471 45.307 1,268.47 41.102 1,398.25 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 749,381 1,348.016 555.91 1,222.900 612.79 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 7,269 22.812 318.64 20.695 351.24 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,668,325 9,068.420 1,066.15 8,226.735 1,175.23 Venezuela WIRE RODS..............................3 4,631,724 9,724.347 476.30 8,821.782 525.03 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 12,001 11.494 1,044.03 10.428 1,150.84 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 557,966 1,056.901 527.93 958.805 581.94 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 991,881 1,936.974 512.08 1,757.194 564.47 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 8,953,845 11,940.716 749.86 10,832.439 826.58 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 208,026 911.282 228.28 826.702 251.63 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 124,396 219.378 567.04 199.017 625.05 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/10/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 481,884 517.380 931.39 469.360 1,026.68 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,241,068 1,755.789 706.84 1,592.826 779.16 BLACK PLATE...........................28 363,890 570.704 637.61 517.735 702.85 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 7,026,228 13,798.529 509.20 12,517.819 561.30 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,728,762 6,376.751 584.74 5,784.893 644.57 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 565,316 736.390 767.69 668.042 846.23 COUNTRY TOTAL 28,886,987 49,556.641 582.91 44,957.042 642.55 Ecuador WIRE DRAWN............................23 149,571 176.599 846.95 160.208 933.61 COUNTRY TOTAL 149,571 176.599 846.95 160.208 933.61 Peru STANDARD PIPE.........................18 17,667 28.491 620.08 25.847 683.52 COUNTRY TOTAL 17,667 28.491 620.08 25.847 683.52 Chile PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 83,299 129.972 640.90 117.909 706.47 WIRE DRAWN............................23 109,662 154.612 709.27 140.262 781.84 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 5,023 21.749 230.95 19.731 254.57 COUNTRY TOTAL 197,984 306.334 646.30 277.902 712.42 Brazil INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 2,804,193 5,510.925 508.84 4,999.429 560.90 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 86,870,386 218,382.311 397.79 198,113.156 438.49 WIRE RODS..............................3 6,029,945 13,345.229 451.84 12,106.592 498.07 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,665,639 6,136.850 434.37 5,567.259 478.81 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 5,728,793 6,646.358 861.94 6,029.477 950.13 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 30,028 19.196 1,564.22 17.415 1,724.26 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 267,127 460.090 580.60 417.387 640.00 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 515,794 1,187.892 434.21 1,077.638 478.63 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 157,567 324.540 485.51 294.418 535.18 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 252,134 139.970 1,801.34 126.979 1,985.64 TOOL STEEL............................17 3,116,583 1,366.762 2,280.27 1,239.906 2,513.56 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 600,013 907.311 661.31 823.099 728.97 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,342,126 2,455.994 953.64 2,228.041 1,051.20 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,771,155 3,646.760 485.68 3,308.286 535.37 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 1,040,626 2,086.783 498.67 1,893.099 549.69 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 558,214 953.724 585.30 865.205 645.18 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 372,250 315.830 1,178.64 286.517 1,299.22 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 37,736 16.500 2,286.96 14.969 2,520.94 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 980,142 1,892.749 517.84 1,717.074 570.82 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,837,508 2,651.996 692.88 2,405.851 763.77 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 34,285,349 53,027.987 646.55 48,106.195 712.70 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/10/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 28,955,674 39,816.373 727.23 36,120.817 801.63 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,340,208 1,794.308 746.92 1,627.770 823.34 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 3,306,562 4,463.421 740.81 4,049.149 816.61 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 252,851 251.037 1,007.23 227.737 1,110.28 COUNTRY TOTAL 186,118,603 367,800.907 506.03 333,663.465 557.80 Argentina WIRE RODS..............................3 7,044,039 13,452.477 523.62 12,203.886 577.20 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,241,880 2,173.315 571.42 1,971.599 629.88 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 98,449 156.467 629.20 141.945 693.57 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 282,212 402.059 701.92 364.742 773.73 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 7,708 3.412 2,258.59 3.096 2,489.66 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 932,592 1,573.083 592.84 1,427.078 653.50 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 186,382 382.754 486.95 347.229 536.77 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 3,558,381 3,329.436 1,068.76 3,020.415 1,178.11 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 460,990 327.625 1,407.06 297.217 1,551.02 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 326,020 615.139 529.99 558.045 584.22 WIRE DRAWN............................23 105,301 176.195 597.64 159.842 658.78 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 70,983 104.625 678.45 94.915 747.86 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 55,426 74.521 743.76 67.605 819.85 COUNTRY TOTAL 14,370,363 22,771.115 631.08 20,657.614 695.64 Sweden INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 44,988 18.706 2,404.98 16.970 2,651.03 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 9,471,144 4,052.861 2,336.90 3,676.695 2,575.99 WIRE RODS..............................3 823,659 333.763 2,467.79 302.785 2,720.28 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,550 8.784 290.29 7.969 319.99 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 5,254,255 5,384.794 975.76 4,885.005 1,075.59 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 289,857 154.758 1,872.96 140.395 2,064.58 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,468,027 674.992 2,174.88 612.343 2,397.39 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 374,777 119.062 3,147.72 108.012 3,469.77 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,890,576 1,683.961 1,716.53 1,527.665 1,892.15 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 55,528 79.776 696.04 72.372 767.26 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 6,623 4.556 1,453.38 4.134 1,602.08 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 888,727 668.863 1,328.71 606.783 1,464.65 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 229,448 203.622 1,126.83 184.723 1,242.12 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,773,294 270.784 6,548.72 245.652 7,218.72 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,408,390 335.791 4,194.24 304.625 4,623.36 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,021,329 1,157.169 882.61 1,049.767 972.91 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,088,879 2,149.298 971.89 1,949.811 1,071.32 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 14,573 16.567 879.60 15.030 969.59 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 52,792 13.012 4,056.93 11.805 4,472.00 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,502,718 482.041 5,191.91 437.301 5,723.10 COUNTRY TOTAL 30,662,134 17,813.171 1,721.32 16,159.842 1,897.43 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/10/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Norway BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 4,444,914 13,272.863 334.89 12,040.943 369.15 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,407,034 1,802.575 780.57 1,635.269 860.43 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 69,395 22.269 3,116.08 20.203 3,434.89 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,921,343 15,097.708 392.20 13,696.415 432.33 Finland BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 3,556,778 9,216.973 385.89 8,361.500 425.38 WIRE RODS..............................3 19,491 68.327 285.26 61.986 314.44 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,046,080 1,120.894 933.25 1,016.859 1,028.74 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 59,293 23.054 2,571.83 20.915 2,834.95 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 106,784 36.282 2,943.12 32.915 3,244.24 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 577,059 927.216 622.36 841.157 686.03 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,068,542 384.082 2,782.06 348.434 3,066.70 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 221,048 292.919 754.64 265.732 831.85 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 798,950 354.072 2,256.46 321.209 2,487.32 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,454,025 12,423.824 599.98 11,270.707 661.36 Denmark BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 14,126 3.392 4,163.38 3.078 4,589.34 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 4,715 1.699 2,773.92 1.542 3,057.72 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 25,873 5.218 4,958.09 4.734 5,465.36 WIRE DRAWN............................23 54,477 8.064 6,755.16 7.316 7,446.28 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 14,280 1.576 9,059.16 1.430 9,986.01 COUNTRY TOTAL 113,471 19.951 5,687.25 18.100 6,269.12 United Kingdom INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 78,092 40.857 1,911.34 37.065 2,106.89 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 24,797,312 38,117.124 650.56 34,579.283 717.11 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,904,461 1,351.231 1,409.43 1,225.817 1,553.63 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 4,426,664 7,575.966 584.30 6,872.803 644.08 STEEL PILING...........................5 546,698 1,334.177 409.76 1,210.346 451.69 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,518,121 586.104 2,590.19 531.705 2,855.19 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 10,637,979 13,235.833 803.73 12,007.350 885.96 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 124,204 36.576 3,395.70 33.182 3,743.11 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 4,220,149 3,345.447 1,261.46 3,034.940 1,390.52 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,053,677 317.463 3,319.05 287.998 3,658.63 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 79,676 81.832 973.65 74.237 1,073.27 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 764,664 904.619 845.29 820.657 931.77 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 6,247 0.878 7,110.65 0.797 7,838.14 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 5,369 4.350 1,234.02 3.947 1,360.27 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 647,880 404.713 1,600.84 367.150 1,764.62 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 96,394 39.683 2,429.09 36.000 2,677.61 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 140,375 27.309 5,140.10 24.775 5,665.99 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 11,765 5.849 2,011.12 5.307 2,216.88 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/10/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 214,600 109.954 1,951.72 99.749 2,151.40 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 3,178 5.389 589.70 4.889 650.03 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,103,434 801.300 1,377.05 726.928 1,517.94 TIN PLATE.............................29 88,633 139.573 635.03 126.619 700.00 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 69,319 83.803 827.16 76.025 911.79 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 310,627 277.709 1,118.53 251.934 1,232.97 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 68,655 73.731 931.15 66.888 1,026.42 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 348,788 651.147 535.65 590.711 590.45 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 665,941 570.830 1,166.62 517.849 1,285.98 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 24,364 32.625 746.79 29.597 823.19 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,321,223 632.748 2,088.07 574.020 2,301.70 COUNTRY TOTAL 55,278,489 70,788.833 780.89 64,218.568 860.79 Ireland STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 5,377 0.004 1,219,483.43 0.004 1,344,250.00 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 19,444 7.653 2,540.59 6.943 2,800.52 WIRE DRAWN............................23 5,064 6.268 807.80 5.687 890.45 COUNTRY TOTAL 29,885 13.926 2,145.89 12.634 2,365.44 Netherlands PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 7,757,102 14,976.477 517.95 13,586.436 570.94 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 9,617 0.880 10,919.15 0.799 12,036.30 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 3,375 4.133 816.47 3.750 900.00 TOOL STEEL............................17 165,606 155.412 1,065.59 140.988 1,174.61 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,684 0.231 11,594.69 0.210 12,780.95 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 14,013 1.455 9,630.59 1.320 10,615.91 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 18,458 2.740 6,735.65 2.486 7,424.78 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 19,362 4.216 4,592.13 3.825 5,061.96 WIRE DRAWN............................23 49,490 25.765 1,920.79 23.374 2,117.31 TIN PLATE.............................29 1,889,704 2,966.476 637.02 2,691.143 702.19 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 374,307 691.053 541.65 626.913 597.06 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 9,538,544 21,326.800 447.26 19,347.353 493.02 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,541,619 5,231.504 676.98 4,745.942 746.24 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 910,556 1,223.397 744.28 1,109.848 820.43 COUNTRY TOTAL 24,294,437 46,610.544 521.22 42,284.387 574.55 Belgium BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 5,397,002 11,152.443 483.93 10,117.329 533.44 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 6,044,569 3,978.588 1,519.27 3,609.316 1,674.71 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,471,258 678.611 2,168.04 615.626 2,389.86 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 22,734 4.639 4,899.96 4.209 5,401.28 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 151,111 169.745 890.22 153.991 981.30 TOOL STEEL............................17 8,349 3.661 2,279.98 3.322 2,513.25 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 16,821 8.524 1,973.33 7.733 2,175.22 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 4,234 3.008 1,407.48 2.729 1,551.48 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/10/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE WIRE DRAWN............................23 529,996 442.826 1,196.85 401.726 1,319.30 BLACK PLATE...........................28 648,622 1,041.008 623.07 944.387 686.82 TIN PLATE.............................29 712,179 1,188.908 599.02 1,078.560 660.31 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 486,833 470.507 1,034.70 426.837 1,140.56 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 10,721,502 13,944.783 768.85 12,650.498 847.52 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 667,766 774.792 861.86 702.880 950.04 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 157,009 229.060 685.45 207.800 755.58 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 100,792 85.280 1,181.89 77.365 1,302.81 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 782,518 275.561 2,839.72 249.985 3,130.26 COUNTRY TOTAL 27,923,295 34,451.950 810.50 31,254.293 893.42 Luxembourg WIRE RODS..............................3 106,695 147.366 724.01 133.689 798.08 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 3,734,232 5,142.543 726.14 4,665.238 800.44 STEEL PILING...........................5 3,579,653 5,130.612 697.70 4,654.415 769.09 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 27,440 41.434 662.25 37.589 730.00 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 29,939 44.462 673.35 40.336 742.24 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 414,535 1,088.355 380.88 987.340 419.85 WIRE DRAWN............................23 90,052 109.250 824.27 99.110 908.61 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 181,262 299.332 605.55 271.550 667.51 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 98,262 100.629 976.47 91.290 1,076.37 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 726,296 975.194 744.77 884.682 820.97 COUNTRY TOTAL 8,988,366 13,079.183 687.23 11,865.239 757.54 France BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 5,434 1.006 5,399.39 0.913 5,951.81 WIRE RODS..............................3 447,842 131.333 3,409.95 119.144 3,758.83 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,192,861 1,439.378 828.73 1,305.783 913.52 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 3,140,406 5,136.106 611.44 4,659.399 673.99 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,932,713 2,344.846 824.24 2,127.210 908.57 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 2,465,061 1,401.424 1,758.97 1,271.351 1,938.93 TOOL STEEL............................17 620,820 441.032 1,407.65 400.098 1,551.67 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 263,814 398.807 661.51 361.792 729.19 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,021,645 14,022.638 72.86 12,721.127 80.31 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 381,021 506.666 752.02 459.640 828.96 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 735,482 852.853 862.38 773.696 950.61 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 803,832 608.237 1,321.58 551.784 1,456.79 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,665,222 310.203 5,368.16 281.412 5,917.38 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 2,817 1.108 2,540.30 1.006 2,800.20 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 182,085 120.118 1,515.87 108.970 1,670.96 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,405,835 921.034 1,526.36 835.549 1,682.53 BLACK PLATE...........................28 777,556 1,246.482 623.80 1,130.790 687.62 TIN PLATE.............................29 1,209,316 2,001.418 604.23 1,815.657 666.05 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 37,066 56.018 661.68 50.819 729.37 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 13,184,795 22,294.856 591.38 20,225.559 651.89 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,945,484 2,844.603 1,035.46 2,580.582 1,141.40 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/10/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 7,377 13.569 543.65 12.310 599.27 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 13,065 3.438 3,800.06 3.119 4,188.84 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 75,179 65.710 1,144.09 59.612 1,261.14 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,929,052 452.330 4,264.70 410.347 4,701.03 COUNTRY TOTAL 36,445,780 57,615.226 632.57 52,267.669 697.29 Federal Republic of Germany INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 65,125 36.839 1,767.82 33.420 1,948.68 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 6,956,077 22,329.753 311.52 20,257.217 343.39 WIRE RODS..............................3 14,559,031 31,341.295 464.53 28,432.353 512.06 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,101,297 1,631.159 675.16 1,479.763 744.24 STEEL PILING...........................5 72,330 45.834 1,578.08 41.580 1,739.54 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 3,155,661 3,341.190 944.47 3,031.078 1,041.10 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 7,083,570 15,972.921 443.47 14,490.395 488.85 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 3,282,508 3,575.201 918.13 3,243.369 1,012.07 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 63,556 25.367 2,505.41 23.013 2,761.74 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 500,291 1,035.762 483.02 939.628 532.44 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 6,889,507 5,264.545 1,308.66 4,775.917 1,442.55 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,137,955 1,759.526 1,215.07 1,596.216 1,339.39 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,473,186 1,475.920 998.15 1,338.933 1,100.27 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 5,216,771 5,773.638 903.55 5,237.758 995.99 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 282,699 283.016 998.88 256.748 1,101.08 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 25,940 28.864 898.70 26.185 990.64 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,347,870 1,922.576 1,221.21 1,744.133 1,346.15 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 3,421,575 3,577.074 956.53 3,245.068 1,054.39 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,365,474 215.096 6,348.20 195.132 6,997.69 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 42,804 10.054 4,257.33 9.121 4,692.91 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 450,400 276.451 1,629.22 250.793 1,795.90 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,797,655 1,457.487 1,919.51 1,322.211 2,115.89 BLACK PLATE...........................28 316,837 298.215 1,062.44 270.537 1,171.14 TIN PLATE.............................29 6,843,420 11,997.832 570.39 10,884.254 628.74 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 810,800 1,189.404 681.69 1,079.010 751.43 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 303,040 540.838 560.31 490.641 617.64 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 9,781,398 6,284.757 1,556.37 5,701.438 1,715.60 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 4,330,248 10,858.978 398.77 9,851.102 439.57 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,946,198 3,260.126 596.97 2,957.538 658.05 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 254,961 143.102 1,781.67 129.820 1,963.96 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 1,915,563 2,177.657 879.64 1,975.538 969.64 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 339,789 394.527 861.26 357.909 949.37 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 5,326,659 3,023.221 1,761.92 2,742.621 1,942.18 COUNTRY TOTAL 95,460,195 141,548.239 674.40 128,410.439 743.40 Austria STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 40,326 9.078 4,441.86 8.236 4,896.31 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 56,041 19.605 2,858.40 17.786 3,150.85 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 11,360 17.153 662.27 15.561 730.03 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/10/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 146,458 186.432 785.58 169.129 865.95 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 362,074 138.983 2,605.15 126.084 2,871.69 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 50,654 10.992 4,608.16 9.972 5,079.62 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 185,136 69.544 2,662.11 63.090 2,934.47 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,129,997 369.302 3,059.81 335.026 3,372.86 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 7,265,494 8,995.352 807.69 8,160.449 890.33 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 278,678 397.399 701.25 360.515 773.00 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 105,742 68.862 1,535.55 62.471 1,692.66 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 683,927 123.542 5,535.96 112.076 6,102.35 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 233,956 198.237 1,180.18 179.838 1,300.93 WIRE DRAWN............................23 357,424 111.389 3,208.77 101.051 3,537.07 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 692,286 1,394.930 496.29 1,265.460 547.06 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 111,904 19.961 5,605.92 18.109 6,179.47 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 272,202 285.350 953.92 258.866 1,051.52 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 11,444 9.674 1,182.84 8.777 1,303.86 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 917,389 138.686 6,614.86 125.814 7,291.63 COUNTRY TOTAL 12,912,492 12,564.482 1,027.70 11,398.310 1,132.84 Czech Republic BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 103,038 268.704 383.46 243.765 422.69 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 664,384 1,414.766 469.61 1,283.455 517.65 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 4,463,331 8,099.643 551.05 7,347.875 607.43 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 69,886 15.432 4,528.54 14.000 4,991.86 TOOL STEEL............................17 102,489 62.458 1,640.93 56.661 1,808.81 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,800,254 3,357.745 833.97 3,046.096 919.29 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 434,722 624.494 696.12 566.532 767.34 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,199,289 1,851.139 647.87 1,679.326 714.15 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 181,819 260.972 696.70 236.750 767.98 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 434,351 40.244 10,792.87 36.509 11,897.09 COUNTRY TOTAL 10,453,563 15,995.600 653.53 14,510.969 720.39 Slovakia LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 102,920 131.741 781.23 119.514 861.15 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 9,129 1.846 4,944.29 1.675 5,450.15 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 118,051 106.763 1,105.73 96.854 1,218.86 COUNTRY TOTAL 230,100 240.351 957.35 218.043 1,055.30 Switzerland BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 2,079 0.110 18,860.38 0.100 20,790.00 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 7,573 13.043 580.59 11.833 639.99 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 3,716 3.341 1,112.21 3.031 1,226.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 411,714 120.311 3,422.06 109.145 3,772.17 TOOL STEEL............................17 66,909 44.634 1,499.03 40.492 1,652.40 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,243,735 542.815 2,291.27 492.434 2,525.69 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 36,690 1.849 19,835.89 1.678 21,865.32 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/10/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 34,500 19.395 1,778.79 17.595 1,960.78 WIRE DRAWN............................23 237,489 64.520 3,680.83 58.532 4,057.42 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 5,757 0.611 9,410.21 0.555 10,372.97 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 116,335 63.430 1,834.06 57.543 2,021.71 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,166,497 874.064 2,478.65 792.938 2,732.24 Latvia BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 3,814,691 3,773.544 1,010.90 3,423.303 1,114.33 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 559,545 206.074 2,715.25 186.948 2,993.05 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,374,236 3,979.619 1,099.16 3,610.251 1,211.62 Poland WIRE RODS..............................3 2,002,193 5,016.000 399.16 4,550.440 440.00 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 168,254 229.677 732.57 208.360 807.52 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 235,086 351.563 668.69 318.933 737.10 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 75,138 133.589 562.46 121.190 620.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 626,787 630.581 993.98 572.054 1,095.68 TOOL STEEL............................17 34,735 28.094 1,236.36 25.487 1,362.85 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 39,557 50.985 775.85 46.253 855.23 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,279,919 1,359.778 941.27 1,233.571 1,037.57 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 63,458 63.052 1,006.44 57.200 1,109.41 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,525,127 7,863.322 575.47 7,133.488 634.35 Russia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 47,113,117 103,314.914 456.01 93,725.740 502.67 WIRE RODS..............................3 10,046 22.146 453.62 20.091 500.02 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 31,047,110 62,372.614 497.77 56,583.500 548.70 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 3,145,159 6,775.960 464.16 6,147.050 511.65 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 3,270,733 2,710.473 1,206.70 2,458.901 1,330.16 TOOL STEEL............................17 792,034 408.603 1,938.39 370.679 2,136.71 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 305,726 424.690 719.88 385.273 793.53 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 5,412,828 8,091.328 668.97 7,340.332 737.41 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 17,573 24.733 710.49 22.438 783.18 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 67,643,527 131,399.797 514.79 119,203.925 567.46 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 23,330,708 43,171.326 540.42 39,164.380 595.71 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 2,939,005 3,705.319 793.19 3,361.410 874.34 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,904,042 2,425.569 784.99 2,200.440 865.30 COUNTRY TOTAL 186,931,608 364,847.479 512.36 330,984.159 564.78 Belarus WIRE DRAWN............................23 313,907 368.949 850.81 334.705 937.86 COUNTRY TOTAL 313,907 368.949 850.81 334.705 937.86 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/10/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Ukraine BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 13,762,874 33,058.331 416.32 29,990.022 458.92 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 6,783 8.808 770.05 7.991 848.83 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,227,563 1,898.138 646.72 1,721.963 712.89 TOOL STEEL............................17 646,701 174.075 3,715.05 157.919 4,095.14 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 972,188 1,399.207 694.81 1,269.340 765.90 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,903,128 2,619.840 726.43 2,376.680 800.75 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 749,182 1,031.321 726.43 935.599 800.75 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 960,718 1,728.872 555.69 1,568.407 612.54 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 244,109 375.777 649.61 340.900 716.07 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 14,537 14.023 1,036.61 12.722 1,142.67 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 149,333 21.964 6,798.79 19.926 7,494.38 COUNTRY TOTAL 20,637,116 42,330.361 487.53 38,401.469 537.40 Kazakhstan SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 7,424,124 10,380.586 715.19 9,417.112 788.37 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,424,124 10,380.586 715.19 9,417.112 788.37 Spain BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 12,671,979 6,724.442 1,884.47 6,100.313 2,077.27 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,394,360 2,851.768 488.95 2,587.082 538.97 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 317,170 645.501 491.35 585.589 541.63 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 37,980 69.103 549.61 62.690 605.84 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,305,000 1,393.777 936.30 1,264.414 1,032.10 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 435,203 481.765 903.35 437.050 995.77 TOOL STEEL............................17 141,367 83.724 1,688.47 75.954 1,861.22 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 862,773 730.731 1,180.70 662.909 1,301.50 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,090,764 1,083.253 1,006.93 982.711 1,109.95 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 493,875 429.793 1,149.10 389.902 1,266.66 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,891,729 305.945 6,183.23 277.549 6,815.84 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 5,266 2.832 1,858.85 2.570 2,049.03 WIRE DRAWN............................23 581,172 207.306 2,803.45 188.065 3,090.27 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 739,332 377.802 1,956.93 342.737 2,157.14 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 2,959,557 5,214.324 567.58 4,730.357 625.65 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 71,848 50.529 1,421.89 45.840 1,567.36 COUNTRY TOTAL 24,999,375 20,652.603 1,210.47 18,735.732 1,334.32 Portugal BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 71,673 21.302 3,364.59 19.325 3,708.82 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 159,397 53.739 2,966.08 48.752 3,269.55 COUNTRY TOTAL 231,070 75.042 3,079.21 68.077 3,394.24 Italy INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 735,116 425.559 1,727.41 386.061 1,904.14 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/10/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 1,528,771 806.751 1,894.97 731.873 2,088.85 WIRE RODS..............................3 6,198,633 12,840.117 482.76 11,648.362 532.15 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,269,016 1,056.030 1,201.69 958.015 1,324.63 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,097,647 2,194.792 955.74 1,991.083 1,053.52 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,268,792 2,524.255 502.64 2,289.967 554.07 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 3,761,488 3,548.198 1,060.11 3,218.872 1,168.57 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 886,266 290.488 3,050.95 263.527 3,363.09 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 2,361,758 6,273.229 376.48 5,690.980 415.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 3,104,172 1,158.818 2,678.74 1,051.263 2,952.80 TOOL STEEL............................17 296,718 357.964 828.90 324.740 913.71 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 696,571 543.353 1,281.99 492.922 1,413.15 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 12,493 7.605 1,642.53 6.900 1,810.58 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 750,906 961.473 781.00 872.234 860.90 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 891,100 1,157.304 769.98 1,049.889 848.76 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,272,553 1,251.188 1,017.08 1,135.059 1,121.13 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 750,644 803.823 933.84 729.217 1,029.38 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 290,090 111.683 2,597.42 101.318 2,863.16 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 7,450 2.932 2,540.80 2.660 2,800.75 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 62,253 31.667 1,965.85 28.728 2,166.98 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,665,045 1,418.656 1,173.68 1,286.984 1,293.76 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 16,599,468 31,321.926 529.96 28,414.782 584.18 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 6,453,105 3,041.387 2,121.76 2,759.101 2,338.84 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 2,175,138 2,543.958 855.02 2,307.841 942.50 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 732,335 721.512 1,015.00 654.545 1,118.85 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 6,439 5.551 1,159.92 5.036 1,278.59 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 124,354 40.573 3,064.88 36.808 3,378.45 COUNTRY TOTAL 55,998,321 75,440.805 742.28 68,438.767 818.23 Croatia MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 3,909 0.342 11,402.53 0.311 12,569.13 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,909 0.342 11,402.53 0.311 12,569.13 Slovenia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 54,764 32.520 1,683.99 29.502 1,856.28 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,680,757 877.269 1,915.90 795.846 2,111.91 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 37,253 16.991 2,192.51 15.414 2,416.83 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 50,577 24.217 2,088.42 21.970 2,302.09 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,823,351 950.998 1,917.30 862.732 2,113.46 Greece OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,826,708 2,980.051 612.98 2,703.458 675.69 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,022,785 1,094.492 934.48 992.907 1,030.09 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,849,493 4,074.543 699.34 3,696.365 770.89 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/10/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Romania PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 11,851,267 20,042.557 591.31 18,182.307 651.80 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 681,272 1,473.326 462.40 1,336.580 509.71 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 6,394 6.272 1,019.43 5.690 1,123.73 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 30,715 7.032 4,367.43 6.380 4,814.26 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,079,249 1,800.014 599.58 1,632.946 660.92 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 1,357,252 2,133.852 636.06 1,935.799 701.13 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,087,995 3,416.932 611.07 3,099.790 673.59 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 389,953 622.426 626.50 564.656 690.60 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 77,657 75.416 1,029.70 68.417 1,135.05 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,276,801 2,424.356 526.66 2,199.340 580.54 COUNTRY TOTAL 18,838,555 32,002.188 588.66 29,031.905 648.89 Bulgaria BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 12,303,236 32,336.500 380.48 29,335.188 419.40 COUNTRY TOTAL 12,303,236 32,336.500 380.48 29,335.188 419.40 Turkey BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 3,682,096 11,984.142 307.25 10,871.834 338.68 WIRE RODS..............................3 29,102,220 65,527.985 444.12 59,446.005 489.56 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 219,424 554.221 395.91 502.781 436.42 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 189,972 391.417 485.34 355.088 535.00 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 3,258,608 5,498.245 592.66 4,987.926 653.30 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 658,532 1,473.551 446.90 1,336.784 492.62 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 19,347,001 45,922.260 421.30 41,659.986 464.40 TOOL STEEL............................17 697,300 890.424 783.11 807.780 863.23 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,330,755 3,878.457 600.95 3,518.478 662.43 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,136,597 1,868.141 608.41 1,694.750 670.66 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 177,027 311.733 567.88 282.800 625.98 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 392,585 710.384 552.64 644.450 609.18 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 11,592 1.967 5,891.37 1.785 6,494.12 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 113,047 19.182 5,893.26 17.402 6,496.21 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 1,645,168 2,948.761 557.92 2,675.072 615.00 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,008,673 1,158.393 870.75 1,050.877 959.84 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 18,071,104 33,309.438 542.52 30,217.823 598.03 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 4,429,089 6,747.041 656.45 6,120.815 723.61 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 90,668 205.223 441.80 186.176 487.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 86,561,458 183,400.974 471.98 166,378.612 520.27 Syria BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 2,452 1.253 1,956.39 1.137 2,156.55 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,452 1.253 1,956.39 1.137 2,156.55 Israel IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/10/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE WIRE DRAWN............................23 726,664 732.087 992.59 664.139 1,094.14 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 2,750 3.368 816.35 3.056 899.87 COUNTRY TOTAL 729,414 735.456 991.78 667.195 1,093.25 Saudi Arabia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 167,600 77.818 2,153.72 70.596 2,374.07 COUNTRY TOTAL 167,600 77.818 2,153.72 70.596 2,374.07 United Arab Emirates BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 275,167 130.014 2,116.44 117.947 2,332.97 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,205,673 1,749.219 689.26 1,586.866 759.78 WIRE DRAWN............................23 131,319 131.495 998.66 119.291 1,100.83 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,612,159 2,010.729 801.78 1,824.104 883.81 Oman STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,560,534 3,972.766 644.52 3,604.034 710.46 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,261 9.399 240.55 8.527 265.16 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,562,795 3,982.165 643.57 3,612.561 709.41 India BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 5,060 1.212 4,173.05 1.100 4,600.00 WIRE RODS..............................3 385,215 364.256 1,057.54 330.448 1,165.74 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 250,828 100.491 2,496.02 91.164 2,751.39 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 863,188 665.142 1,297.75 603.407 1,430.52 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 1,344,989 551.439 2,439.05 500.258 2,688.59 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 2,801,755 1,294.525 2,164.31 1,174.374 2,385.74 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 5,402,672 8,271.734 653.15 7,503.993 719.97 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,110,779 2,644.204 798.27 2,398.783 879.94 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 661,104 1,170.959 564.58 1,062.277 622.35 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 47,074 83.381 564.57 75.642 622.33 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 907,517 1,140.552 795.68 1,034.692 877.09 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 316,750 65.017 4,871.76 58.983 5,370.19 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 177,456 179.510 988.56 162.849 1,089.70 WIRE DRAWN............................23 3,710,397 2,448.793 1,515.19 2,221.509 1,670.21 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,114,924 1,734.392 642.83 1,573.415 708.60 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,129,444 1,947.362 579.99 1,766.618 639.33 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 58,147,705 84,159.232 690.92 76,347.993 761.61 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,655,940 1,135.769 1,457.99 1,030.353 1,607.16 COUNTRY TOTAL 81,032,797 107,957.978 750.60 97,937.858 827.39 Pakistan STANDARD PIPE.........................18 189,356 374.796 505.22 340.010 556.91 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/10/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 189,356 374.796 505.22 340.010 556.91 Thailand BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 51,690 107.507 480.80 97.529 530.00 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,634,905 4,488.988 586.97 4,072.343 647.02 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 498,111 176.599 2,820.58 160.208 3,109.15 WIRE DRAWN............................23 237,010 281.144 843.02 255.050 929.27 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 7,539 3.470 2,172.58 3.148 2,394.85 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,537,029 597.522 2,572.34 542.063 2,835.52 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 40,017 15.666 2,554.38 14.212 2,815.72 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,006,301 5,670.897 882.81 5,144.553 973.13 Vietnam PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 84,621 109.676 771.55 99.497 850.49 COUNTRY TOTAL 84,621 109.676 771.55 99.497 850.49 Malaysia WIRE RODS..............................3 9,680,002 22,593.889 428.43 20,496.838 472.27 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,221,946 4,098.080 542.19 3,717.717 597.66 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,869,285 5,511.995 520.55 5,000.400 573.81 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 407,218 593.650 685.96 538.551 756.14 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 651,498 665.483 978.98 603.717 1,079.14 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 517,810 170.023 3,045.52 154.243 3,357.11 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 5,463 4.282 1,275.66 3.885 1,406.18 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 9,239,393 17,452.239 529.41 15,832.410 583.57 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 86,475 129.003 670.33 117.030 738.91 COUNTRY TOTAL 25,679,090 51,218.650 501.36 46,464.791 552.66 Singapore STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 217,835 78.561 2,772.79 71.270 3,056.48 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 756,648 1,057.347 715.61 959.210 788.82 COUNTRY TOTAL 974,483 1,135.909 857.89 1,030.480 945.66 Indonesia WIRE RODS..............................3 16,071,840 29,937.609 536.84 27,158.950 591.77 WIRE DRAWN............................23 31,452 9.587 3,280.38 8.698 3,616.00 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 54,866 90.268 607.81 81.890 670.00 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 139,986 66.532 2,104.03 60.357 2,319.30 COUNTRY TOTAL 16,298,144 30,103.997 541.39 27,309.895 596.79 Philippines STANDARD PIPE.........................18 419,102 762.316 549.77 691.562 606.02 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 3,456 0.728 4,743.16 0.661 5,228.44 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/10/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 422,558 763.045 553.78 692.223 610.44 China INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 42,949 16.336 2,629.06 14.820 2,898.04 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 88,902 136.027 653.56 123.402 720.43 WIRE RODS..............................3 63,854,681 142,185.154 449.10 128,988.239 495.04 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 5,082 0.321 15,788.75 0.292 17,404.11 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 962,460 1,227.873 783.84 1,113.908 864.04 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 69,811 26.875 2,597.58 24.381 2,863.34 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 204,095 295.143 691.51 267.750 762.26 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 272,189 156.858 1,735.25 142.300 1,912.78 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 99,932 42.846 2,332.31 38.870 2,570.93 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 69,000 41.120 1,677.99 37.304 1,849.67 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,765,200 528.586 3,339.47 479.526 3,681.14 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,594,642 906.516 2,862.21 822.378 3,155.05 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 9,712,103 18,268.949 531.62 16,573.317 586.01 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 12,852,333 18,876.480 680.86 17,124.460 750.52 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,715,448 4,685.480 579.55 4,250.598 638.84 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 2,232,091 4,110.492 543.02 3,728.977 598.58 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,371,393 1,690.559 811.21 1,533.650 894.20 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 38,236 17.186 2,224.82 15.591 2,452.44 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 6,673,747 2,067.580 3,227.81 1,875.678 3,558.05 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 216,915 219.094 990.05 198.759 1,091.35 WIRE DRAWN............................23 8,611,403 12,489.477 689.49 11,330.267 760.04 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 496,973 261.826 1,898.10 237.525 2,092.30 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 32,409,202 29,653.447 1,092.93 26,901.163 1,204.75 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 22,471,724 34,087.539 659.24 30,923.704 726.68 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 4,084 1.904 2,144.06 1.728 2,363.43 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 7,040 13.817 509.50 12.535 561.63 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 239,212 114.911 2,081.71 104.246 2,294.69 COUNTRY TOTAL 170,080,847 272,122.410 625.02 246,865.368 688.96 Korea, South BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 17,928 12.351 1,451.50 11.205 1,600.00 WIRE RODS..............................3 479,539 356.585 1,344.81 323.489 1,482.40 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,479,896 3,579.426 413.45 3,247.202 455.74 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 327,741 135.665 2,415.80 123.074 2,662.96 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 52,073 34.744 1,498.73 31.520 1,652.06 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 9,601 4.030 2,382.35 3.656 2,626.09 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 391,239 618.123 632.95 560.752 697.70 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 944,603 1,506.505 627.02 1,366.679 691.17 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 189,149 468.543 403.70 425.056 445.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 98,583 135.800 725.94 123.196 800.21 TOOL STEEL............................17 92,229 45.950 2,007.12 41.686 2,212.47 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,463,768 2,468.310 593.02 2,239.214 653.70 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 12,852,886 15,516.088 828.36 14,075.963 913.11 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/10/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 2,436,233 4,397.310 554.03 3,989.174 610.71 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 807,705 1,480.351 545.62 1,342.953 601.44 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 4,334,412 7,482.819 579.25 6,788.302 638.51 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,508,988 2,341.319 644.50 2,124.010 710.44 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 72,869 107.673 676.76 97.680 746.00 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 5,140,003 1,578.352 3,256.56 1,431.858 3,589.74 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 3,649 0.875 4,169.17 0.794 4,595.72 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 2,380,447 4,037.942 589.52 3,663.161 649.83 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 40,855 83.060 491.87 75.351 542.20 WIRE DRAWN............................23 5,943,668 4,974.064 1,194.93 4,512.397 1,317.19 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 1,116,636 1,671.374 668.09 1,516.246 736.45 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 15,149,775 32,112.187 471.78 29,131.695 520.04 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 11,121,551 12,073.234 921.17 10,952.657 1,015.42 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 13,287,408 17,640.805 753.22 16,003.474 830.28 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 605,500 863.692 701.06 783.529 772.79 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 8,544,674 11,904.225 717.78 10,799.335 791.22 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 706,233 899.330 785.29 815.859 865.63 COUNTRY TOTAL 91,599,841 128,530.748 712.67 116,601.167 785.58 Hong Kong STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 47,231 20.187 2,339.59 18.314 2,578.96 WIRE DRAWN............................23 9,397 12.947 725.76 11.746 800.02 COUNTRY TOTAL 56,628 33.135 1,708.98 30.060 1,883.83 Taiwan WIRE RODS..............................3 2,290,280 987.145 2,320.10 895.524 2,557.47 STEEL PILING...........................5 7,750 11.778 658.00 10.685 725.32 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 150,184 61.932 2,424.97 56.184 2,673.07 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 208,425 88.511 2,354.79 80.296 2,595.71 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 15,519 2.777 5,586.75 2.520 6,158.33 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 7,567,686 12,325.127 614.00 11,181.171 676.82 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 5,146,209 1,848.631 2,783.79 1,677.051 3,068.61 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,050,649 518.866 2,024.89 470.708 2,232.06 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,635,428 4,799.449 549.11 4,353.989 605.29 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 436,558 641.981 680.02 582.396 749.59 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 14,594 23.623 617.77 21.431 680.98 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 237,119 376.056 630.54 341.153 695.05 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 133,809 61.005 2,193.40 55.343 2,417.81 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 5,110,415 1,588.873 3,216.38 1,441.402 3,545.45 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 3,250 2.204 1,474.18 2.000 1,625.00 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 591,435 193.378 3,058.43 175.430 3,371.34 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,161,123 1,519.453 1,422.30 1,378.425 1,567.82 BLACK PLATE...........................28 59,356 101.440 585.13 92.025 645.00 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 388,779 649.977 598.14 589.650 659.34 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 14,742,548 16,659.415 884.94 15,113.172 975.48 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 18,412,683 22,444.445 820.37 20,361.264 904.30 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/10/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 847,947 1,216.890 696.81 1,103.945 768.11 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 7,224,638 8,656.807 834.56 7,853.326 919.95 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 26,388 33.359 791.03 30.263 871.96 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 660,103 389.142 1,696.30 353.024 1,869.85 COUNTRY TOTAL 70,122,875 75,202.276 932.46 68,222.377 1,027.86 Japan BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 134,843 60.827 2,216.80 55.182 2,443.60 WIRE RODS..............................3 3,021,434 7,066.580 427.57 6,410.696 471.31 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,077 2.727 761.61 2.474 839.53 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,632,250 2,419.530 1,087.92 2,194.962 1,199.22 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,402,921 2,047.181 1,173.77 1,857.172 1,293.86 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 5,479,609 12,208.205 448.85 11,075.101 494.77 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 78,595 111.912 702.29 101.525 774.14 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 5,287,490 7,493.269 705.63 6,797.782 777.83 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 2,584 0.047 54,515.49 0.043 60,093.02 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 22,161,556 57,766.427 383.64 52,404.836 422.89 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 461,963 471.528 979.71 427.764 1,079.95 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,926,952 2,908.470 1,006.35 2,638.521 1,109.32 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,345,839 3,255.915 720.49 2,953.718 794.20 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 18,494,462 10,584.731 1,747.28 9,602.310 1,926.04 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 9,733,689 16,707.185 582.60 15,156.508 642.21 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 3,905,068 2,623.831 1,488.31 2,380.301 1,640.58 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 213,445 146.449 1,457.46 132.857 1,606.58 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 2,947,229 690.978 4,265.30 626.845 4,701.69 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 166,392 61.348 2,712.26 55.654 2,989.76 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 1,103,477 1,385.237 796.60 1,256.667 878.10 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 17,539 34.436 509.32 31.240 561.43 WIRE DRAWN............................23 5,919,212 5,920.794 999.73 5,371.256 1,102.02 BLACK PLATE...........................28 743,796 760.098 978.55 689.550 1,078.67 TIN PLATE.............................29 391,882 500.312 783.27 453.876 863.41 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 1,150,645 1,827.701 629.56 1,658.063 693.97 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,501,515 2,317.143 648.00 2,102.078 714.30 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,177,964 3,489.859 910.63 3,165.948 1,003.80 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,332,000 1,834.871 725.94 1,664.568 800.21 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 399,925 510.416 783.53 463.042 863.69 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 316,054 158.093 1,999.16 143.420 2,203.70 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 786,561 1,111.069 707.93 1,007.946 780.36 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 8,272 13.027 634.98 11.818 699.95 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 3,566,253 883.679 4,035.68 801.661 4,448.58 COUNTRY TOTAL 102,813,493 147,373.892 697.64 133,695.384 769.01 Australia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 17,433,271 40,590.765 429.49 36,823.333 473.43 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 68,799 81.155 847.74 73.623 934.48 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 21,805 18.755 1,162.57 17.015 1,281.52 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/10/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STANDARD PIPE.........................18 10,825 17.008 636.44 15.430 701.56 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 87,840 120.431 729.37 109.254 804.00 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 48,712 7.839 6,213.55 7.112 6,849.27 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 25,485 39.893 638.82 36.191 704.18 WIRE DRAWN............................23 145,171 211.975 684.85 192.301 754.92 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 12,656,454 23,350.585 542.02 21,183.301 597.47 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 61,151 15.390 3,973.30 13.962 4,379.82 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 27,954 27.341 1,022.39 24.804 1,127.00 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 122,911 45.944 2,675.22 41.680 2,948.92 COUNTRY TOTAL 30,710,378 64,527.087 475.93 58,538.006 524.62 New Zealand PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 963,210 1,688.751 570.37 1,532.010 628.72 WIRE DRAWN............................23 20,631 19.775 1,043.26 17.940 1,150.00 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 7,768,020 13,412.485 579.16 12,167.606 638.42 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,152,159 1,883.684 611.65 1,708.850 674.23 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 198,930 255.929 777.29 232.175 856.81 COUNTRY TOTAL 10,102,950 17,260.626 585.32 15,658.581 645.20 Morocco SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 5,048,240 6,579.166 767.31 5,968.521 845.81 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,048,240 6,579.166 767.31 5,968.521 845.81 Egypt WIRE RODS..............................3 4,349,758 10,094.280 430.91 9,157.380 475.00 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 4,333,313 7,801.737 555.43 7,077.619 612.26 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,143,289 1,467.603 779.02 1,331.388 858.72 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 35,826,624 67,430.249 531.31 61,171.711 585.67 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 481,401 752.743 639.53 682.878 704.96 COUNTRY TOTAL 46,134,385 87,546.615 526.97 79,420.976 580.88 Kenya SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 45,026 61.619 730.71 55.900 805.47 COUNTRY TOTAL 45,026 61.619 730.71 55.900 805.47 South Africa BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 14,885,810 33,384.601 445.89 30,286.010 491.51 WIRE RODS..............................3 256,637 592.793 432.93 537.773 477.22 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,589,872 2,025.621 784.88 1,837.613 865.18 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 467,060 1,027.988 454.34 932.576 500.83 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 175,707 409.723 428.84 371.695 472.72 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 3,120,932 5,561.032 561.21 5,044.885 618.63 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,768,870 2,596.852 681.16 2,355.826 750.85 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/10/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 81,489 195.202 417.46 177.085 460.17 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,044,544 1,621.087 644.35 1,470.626 710.27 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 400,037 421.287 949.56 382.186 1,046.71 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 90,212 165.413 545.37 150.061 601.17 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,105,083 3,837.361 548.58 3,481.197 604.70 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 540,206 485.807 1,111.98 440.717 1,225.74 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,673,968 2,593.614 645.42 2,352.888 711.45 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 8,270,387 10,975.489 753.53 9,956.799 830.63 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 96,722 36.144 2,675.96 32.790 2,949.74 COUNTRY TOTAL 36,567,536 65,930.022 554.64 59,810.727 611.39 GRAND TOTAL 2,299,967,456 3,636,659.670 632.44 3,299,123.087 697.15 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/10/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 64,591 96.210 671.35 87.281 740.04 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 458,984 477.631 960.96 433.300 1,059.28 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 142,961 242.494 589.54 219.987 649.86 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 12,178,873 13,281.835 916.96 12,049.082 1,010.77 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 3,593,118 4,564.571 787.18 4,140.911 867.71 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 22,824,995 34,751.178 656.81 31,525.748 724.01 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 516,378 1,030.099 501.29 934.491 552.58 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,862,863 1,891.678 984.77 1,716.102 1,085.52 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,470,062 1,211.427 1,213.50 1,098.989 1,337.65 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 185,885 32.750 5,675.75 29.711 6,256.44 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 3,971,308 3,951.553 1,005.00 3,584.790 1,107.82 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 16,467,744 20,518.887 802.57 18,614.427 884.68 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,703,012 2,587.824 1,044.51 2,347.636 1,151.38 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 16,186 2.940 5,503.63 2.668 6,066.72 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 1,472,951 541.053 2,722.37 490.836 3,000.90 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 655,122 525.562 1,246.52 476.782 1,374.05 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 15,998 23.167 690.54 21.017 761.19 WIRE DRAWN............................23 639,116 605.487 1,055.54 549.289 1,163.53 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,528,515 2,453.810 622.91 2,226.060 686.65 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,446,949 4,947.622 696.69 4,488.409 767.97 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 3,831,010 6,601.462 580.33 5,988.748 639.70 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 952,391 817.255 1,165.35 741.402 1,284.58 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 233,078 471.352 494.49 427.604 545.08 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 67,983 72.034 943.75 65.349 1,040.31 COUNTRY TOTAL 79,300,073 101,699.895 779.75 92,260.619 859.52 Mexico INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 1,114,569 1,463.773 761.44 1,327.913 839.34 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 3,888,460 7,308.024 532.08 6,629.730 586.52 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 8,775 6.298 1,393.17 5.714 1,535.70 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,505,817 4,519.286 554.47 4,099.829 611.20 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 285,671 511.045 558.99 463.613 616.18 TOOL STEEL............................17 36,750 23.001 1,597.69 20.867 1,761.15 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 14,751 29.192 505.30 26.483 557.00 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 52,371 49.700 1,053.72 45.088 1,161.53 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,468,877 1,628.266 902.11 1,477.139 994.41 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 2,100 2.007 1,046.18 1.821 1,153.21 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,710,219 1,512.579 1,130.66 1,372.189 1,246.34 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 55,188 105.641 522.41 95.836 575.86 COUNTRY TOTAL 11,143,548 17,158.817 649.44 15,566.222 715.88 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/10/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Guatemala MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 71,542 109.287 654.62 99.144 721.60 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 105,144 254.777 412.69 231.130 454.91 COUNTRY TOTAL 176,686 364.064 485.31 330.274 534.97 Dominican Republic BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 16,975 0.551 30,798.93 0.500 33,950.00 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 49,812 159.428 312.44 144.631 344.41 COUNTRY TOTAL 66,787 159.979 417.47 145.131 460.18 Trinidad and Tobago BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 912,494 1,689.611 540.06 1,532.790 595.32 COUNTRY TOTAL 912,494 1,689.611 540.06 1,532.790 595.32 Colombia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 208,835 392.477 532.09 356.050 586.53 TOOL STEEL............................17 104,637 44.797 2,335.76 40.640 2,574.73 COUNTRY TOTAL 313,472 437.275 716.87 396.690 790.22 Venezuela MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 334,751 335.179 998.72 304.070 1,100.90 WIRE DRAWN............................23 29,222 40.060 729.45 36.342 804.08 COUNTRY TOTAL 363,973 375.239 969.97 340.412 1,069.21 Brazil BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 12,232,428 41,742.610 293.04 37,868.270 323.03 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 5,728,793 6,646.358 861.94 6,029.477 950.13 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 77,383 65.617 1,179.31 59.527 1,299.96 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 196,024 119.972 1,633.91 108.837 1,801.08 TOOL STEEL............................17 3,116,583 1,366.762 2,280.27 1,239.906 2,513.56 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 191,836 81.334 2,358.62 73.785 2,599.93 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 581,656 628.435 925.56 570.107 1,020.26 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 13,936 4.910 2,837.83 4.455 3,128.17 WIRE DRAWN............................23 17,302 1.188 14,560.40 1.078 16,050.09 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,209 3.540 906.34 3.212 999.07 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 57,936 54.434 1,064.33 49.382 1,173.22 COUNTRY TOTAL 22,217,086 50,715.164 438.08 46,008.036 482.90 Argentina STANDARD PIPE.........................18 277,665 393.787 705.11 357.238 777.25 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 7,708 3.412 2,258.59 3.096 2,489.66 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 3,364,451 3,109.128 1,082.12 2,820.555 1,192.83 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/10/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 288,017 168.286 1,711.47 152.667 1,886.57 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,937,841 3,674.615 1,071.63 3,333.556 1,181.27 Sweden PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 4,992,240 5,300.809 941.79 4,808.815 1,038.14 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 55,260 104.333 529.65 94.650 583.84 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,420,643 670.566 2,118.57 608.328 2,335.32 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 25,799 19.006 1,357.41 17.242 1,496.29 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,890,576 1,683.961 1,716.53 1,527.665 1,892.15 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 775,468 614.160 1,262.65 557.157 1,391.83 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 229,448 203.622 1,126.83 184.723 1,242.12 WIRE DRAWN............................23 59,038 43.923 1,344.10 39.847 1,481.62 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 894,817 1,089.226 821.52 988.130 905.57 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 936,450 1,630.888 574.20 1,479.518 632.94 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 52,792 13.012 4,056.93 11.805 4,472.00 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 405,386 118.308 3,426.51 107.328 3,777.08 COUNTRY TOTAL 12,737,917 11,491.821 1,108.43 10,425.208 1,221.84 Norway BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 396,043 1,182.615 334.89 1,072.851 369.15 COUNTRY TOTAL 396,043 1,182.615 334.89 1,072.851 369.15 Finland BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 467,000 1,151.584 405.53 1,044.700 447.02 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 900,226 979.664 918.91 888.737 1,012.93 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 106,784 36.282 2,943.12 32.915 3,244.24 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 80,898 109.713 737.36 99.530 812.80 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,554,908 2,277.244 682.80 2,065.882 752.66 United Kingdom BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 131,637 95.249 1,382.02 86.409 1,523.42 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,369,653 4,136.760 572.83 3,752.807 631.43 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,512,939 576.482 2,624.43 522.976 2,892.94 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 815,003 826.087 986.58 749.414 1,087.52 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,277,646 935.931 1,365.11 849.063 1,504.77 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,053,677 317.463 3,319.05 287.998 3,658.63 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 45,442 75.771 599.72 68.739 661.08 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 100,004 5.382 18,579.18 4.883 20,480.03 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 6,247 0.878 7,110.65 0.797 7,838.14 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,452 4.086 600.06 3.707 661.45 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 644,611 404.504 1,593.58 366.960 1,756.62 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 11,765 5.849 2,011.12 5.307 2,216.88 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 114,432 82.978 1,379.05 75.277 1,520.15 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 3,178 5.389 589.70 4.889 650.03 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/10/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE WIRE DRAWN............................23 110,540 5.493 20,120.43 4.984 22,178.97 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 15,488 10.508 1,473.88 9.533 1,624.67 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 270,490 268.578 1,007.12 243.650 1,110.16 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 665,941 570.830 1,166.62 517.849 1,285.98 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 19,578 8.399 2,330.82 7.620 2,569.29 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,170,723 8,336.625 1,100.05 7,562.862 1,212.60 Ireland PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 19,444 7.653 2,540.59 6.943 2,800.52 COUNTRY TOTAL 19,444 7.653 2,540.59 6.943 2,800.52 Netherlands PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 4,532,835 8,389.303 540.31 7,610.650 595.59 TOOL STEEL............................17 165,606 155.412 1,065.59 140.988 1,174.61 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 14,013 1.455 9,630.59 1.320 10,615.91 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 19,362 4.216 4,592.13 3.825 5,061.96 WIRE DRAWN............................23 11,441 0.668 17,127.23 0.606 18,879.54 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 942,151 1,963.967 479.72 1,781.682 528.80 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,272,374 2,104.881 604.49 1,909.517 666.33 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,957,782 12,619.904 551.33 11,448.588 607.74 Belgium PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,248,164 1,859.681 1,208.90 1,687.075 1,332.58 TOOL STEEL............................17 8,349 3.661 2,279.98 3.322 2,513.25 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 21,340 54.311 392.92 49.271 433.11 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,277,853 1,917.655 1,187.83 1,739.668 1,309.36 France BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 5,434 1.006 5,399.39 0.913 5,951.81 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 981,587 1,362.795 720.27 1,236.308 793.97 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 991,827 1,478.353 670.90 1,341.140 739.54 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 761,068 664.530 1,145.27 602.852 1,262.45 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 909,582 859.846 1,057.84 780.040 1,166.07 TOOL STEEL............................17 620,820 441.032 1,407.65 400.098 1,551.67 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 435,426 517.101 842.05 469.107 928.20 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 35,902 41.098 873.56 37.284 962.93 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 190,933 163.093 1,170.70 147.956 1,290.47 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 575,410 391.481 1,469.83 355.146 1,620.21 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 2,817 1.108 2,540.30 1.006 2,800.20 WIRE DRAWN............................23 53,581 5.538 9,675.14 5.024 10,665.01 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,985,790 3,184.874 623.51 2,889.270 687.30 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 696,151 1,069.033 651.20 969.811 717.82 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 7,377 13.569 543.65 12.310 599.27 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 75,179 65.710 1,144.09 59.612 1,261.14 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/10/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 873,981 99.476 8,785.76 90.244 9,684.64 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,202,865 10,359.652 888.34 9,398.121 979.22 Federal Republic of Germany BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 793,073 2,120.202 374.06 1,923.416 412.33 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 157,587 225.931 697.50 204.962 768.86 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,294,263 2,849.155 805.24 2,584.711 887.63 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,469,270 1,258.762 1,167.23 1,141.930 1,286.66 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 252,072 155.825 1,617.65 141.363 1,783.15 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,137,955 1,759.526 1,215.07 1,596.216 1,339.39 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 376,942 251.469 1,498.96 228.129 1,652.32 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,302,776 1,486.045 876.67 1,348.118 966.37 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,924 4.873 600.00 4.421 661.39 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 508,490 427.271 1,190.09 387.614 1,311.85 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 1,280,202 845.981 1,513.27 767.462 1,668.10 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 4,804 1.890 2,541.18 1.715 2,801.17 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 112,245 50.156 2,237.91 45.501 2,466.87 WIRE DRAWN............................23 451,685 119.494 3,779.95 108.404 4,166.68 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,239,091 1,979.276 626.03 1,795.570 690.08 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 3,305,280 8,208.182 402.68 7,446.340 443.88 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 879,652 1,364.024 644.89 1,237.423 710.87 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 1,915,563 2,177.657 879.64 1,975.538 969.64 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 33,061 32.467 1,018.28 29.454 1,122.46 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,916,371 1,601.803 1,820.68 1,453.132 2,006.96 COUNTRY TOTAL 21,433,306 26,919.998 796.19 24,421.419 877.64 Austria STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 40,326 9.078 4,441.86 8.236 4,896.31 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 24,361 17.107 1,423.96 15.520 1,569.65 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 107,050 31.450 3,403.81 28.531 3,752.06 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 50,654 10.992 4,608.16 9.972 5,079.62 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,129,997 369.302 3,059.81 335.026 3,372.86 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 4,345,892 6,166.616 704.74 5,594.262 776.85 WIRE DRAWN............................23 96,390 19.722 4,887.30 17.892 5,387.32 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 149,665 256.243 584.07 232.460 643.83 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 89,474 17.525 5,105.32 15.899 5,627.65 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 275,515 46.555 5,918.05 42.234 6,523.54 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,309,324 6,944.594 908.52 6,300.032 1,001.47 Czech Republic BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 3,635,320 6,019.711 603.90 5,460.992 665.69 TOOL STEEL............................17 102,489 62.458 1,640.93 56.661 1,808.81 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,163,765 1,471.591 790.82 1,335.006 871.73 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,901,574 7,553.761 648.89 6,852.659 715.28 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/10/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Switzerland PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 7,573 13.043 580.59 11.833 639.99 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 3,716 3.341 1,112.21 3.031 1,226.00 TOOL STEEL............................17 66,909 44.634 1,499.03 40.492 1,652.40 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 131,660 75.470 1,744.52 68.466 1,923.00 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 20,938 14.573 1,436.70 13.221 1,583.69 COUNTRY TOTAL 230,796 151.064 1,527.80 137.043 1,684.11 Latvia BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 3,814,691 3,773.544 1,010.90 3,423.303 1,114.33 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,814,691 3,773.544 1,010.90 3,423.303 1,114.33 Poland PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 235,086 351.563 668.69 318.933 737.10 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 526,258 548.322 959.76 497.430 1,057.95 TOOL STEEL............................17 34,735 28.094 1,236.36 25.487 1,362.85 WIRE DRAWN............................23 85,414 64.836 1,317.37 58.819 1,452.15 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 63,458 63.052 1,006.44 57.200 1,109.41 COUNTRY TOTAL 944,951 1,055.869 894.95 957.869 986.51 Russia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 919,153 957.208 960.24 868.365 1,058.49 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 424,965 895.737 474.43 812.600 522.97 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,085,118 1,993.562 544.31 1,808.530 600.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 2,771,213 2,144.568 1,292.20 1,945.520 1,424.41 TOOL STEEL............................17 792,034 408.603 1,938.39 370.679 2,136.71 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,332,957 4,893.819 476.71 4,439.600 525.49 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 2,939,005 3,705.319 793.19 3,361.410 874.34 COUNTRY TOTAL 11,264,445 14,998.819 751.02 13,606.704 827.86 Ukraine BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 6,783 8.808 770.05 7.991 848.83 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 327,217 23.173 14,120.08 21.023 15,564.71 TOOL STEEL............................17 646,701 174.075 3,715.05 157.919 4,095.14 COUNTRY TOTAL 980,701 206.058 4,759.34 186.933 5,246.27 Spain STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,300,026 2,686.948 483.83 2,437.559 533.33 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,305,000 1,393.777 936.30 1,264.414 1,032.10 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 335,992 367.497 914.27 333.388 1,007.81 TOOL STEEL............................17 141,367 83.724 1,688.47 75.954 1,861.22 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 39,645 7.949 4,986.88 7.212 5,497.09 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/10/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,090,764 1,083.253 1,006.93 982.711 1,109.95 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 250,756 313.295 800.38 284.217 882.27 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 2,584,121 4,577.707 564.50 4,152.828 622.26 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,047,671 10,514.154 670.30 9,538.283 738.88 Italy INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 53,430 14.881 3,590.44 13.500 3,957.78 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 430,726 250.786 1,717.50 227.510 1,893.22 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 663,673 894.084 742.29 811.100 818.24 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,726,502 412.405 4,186.42 374.128 4,614.74 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 138,238 136.973 1,009.23 124.260 1,112.49 TOOL STEEL............................17 296,718 357.964 828.90 324.740 913.71 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 232,051 130.484 1,778.37 118.374 1,960.32 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 12,493 7.605 1,642.53 6.900 1,810.58 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 383,040 206.659 1,853.49 187.478 2,043.12 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 48,431 33.756 1,434.73 30.623 1,581.52 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 7,450 2.932 2,540.80 2.660 2,800.75 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 46,540 18.363 2,534.39 16.659 2,793.69 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,090,839 953.475 1,144.07 864.979 1,261.12 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 6,439 5.551 1,159.92 5.036 1,278.59 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,136,570 3,425.924 1,499.32 3,107.947 1,652.72 Slovenia TOOL STEEL............................17 1,680,757 877.269 1,915.90 795.846 2,111.91 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,680,757 877.269 1,915.90 795.846 2,111.91 Romania BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 6,394 6.272 1,019.43 5.690 1,123.73 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 3,549 0.683 5,192.90 0.620 5,724.19 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 297,544 533.666 557.55 484.134 614.59 COUNTRY TOTAL 307,487 540.621 568.77 490.444 626.96 Turkey BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 10,071 8.657 1,163.26 7.854 1,282.28 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 46,798 41.639 1,123.88 37.775 1,238.86 TOOL STEEL............................17 697,300 890.424 783.11 807.780 863.23 WIRE DRAWN............................23 561,080 555.812 1,009.48 504.225 1,112.76 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,315,249 1,496.534 878.86 1,357.634 968.78 India BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 131,896 115.661 1,140.37 104.926 1,257.04 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 440,523 735.135 599.24 666.904 660.55 WIRE DRAWN............................23 39,139 35.919 1,089.62 32.586 1,201.10 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/10/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 611,558 886.716 689.69 804.416 760.25 Thailand WIRE DRAWN............................23 62,567 84.437 740.99 76.600 816.80 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 7,539 3.470 2,172.58 3.148 2,394.85 COUNTRY TOTAL 70,106 87.907 797.50 79.748 879.09 China BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 111,540 78.471 1,421.41 71.188 1,566.84 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,594,642 906.516 2,862.21 822.378 3,155.05 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 3,043,182 4,204.640 723.77 3,814.387 797.82 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 144,121 183.622 784.87 166.580 865.18 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 122,279 46.843 2,610.36 42.496 2,877.42 WIRE DRAWN............................23 391,949 203.325 1,927.69 184.454 2,124.91 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 6,646 1.847 3,597.35 1.676 3,965.39 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,414,359 5,625.268 1,140.28 5,103.159 1,256.94 Korea, South RAILS STANDARD.........................7 9,601 4.030 2,382.35 3.656 2,626.09 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 12,411 14.278 869.23 12.953 958.16 TOOL STEEL............................17 92,229 45.950 2,007.12 41.686 2,212.47 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 187,027 293.708 636.78 266.448 701.93 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 455,982 737.842 617.99 669.360 681.22 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,260,225 2,267.196 996.92 2,056.767 1,098.92 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 637,023 939.036 678.38 851.880 747.78 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,654,498 4,302.044 849.48 3,902.750 936.39 Taiwan BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 36,831 17.220 2,138.81 15.622 2,357.64 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 53,612 36.250 1,478.93 32.886 1,630.24 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,050,649 518.866 2,024.89 470.708 2,232.06 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 7,845 0.144 54,327.22 0.131 59,885.50 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 24,125 17.436 1,383.60 15.818 1,525.16 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 3,250 2.204 1,474.18 2.000 1,625.00 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 591,435 193.378 3,058.43 175.430 3,371.34 WIRE DRAWN............................23 390,429 421.392 926.52 382.281 1,021.31 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 807,894 1,157.387 698.03 1,049.965 769.45 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,966,070 2,364.281 1,254.53 2,144.841 1,382.89 Japan BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 8,106 0.132 61,280.35 0.120 67,550.00 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,075,134 1,816.203 1,142.57 1,647.633 1,259.46 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,102,213 1,704.956 1,233.00 1,546.711 1,359.15 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/10/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE RAILS STANDARD.........................7 63,440 188.545 336.47 171.046 370.89 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 4,431,465 5,850.363 757.47 5,307.362 834.97 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 257,856 280.221 920.19 254.213 1,014.33 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,926,952 2,908.470 1,006.35 2,638.521 1,109.32 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 437,110 299.232 1,460.77 271.459 1,610.22 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 18,491,173 10,581.024 1,747.58 9,598.947 1,926.38 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 2,265,911 2,976.255 761.33 2,700.014 839.22 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,018,633 1,444.997 1,396.98 1,310.880 1,539.91 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 178,758 101.631 1,758.88 92.199 1,938.83 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 7,766 3.056 2,540.64 2.773 2,800.58 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 182,341 116.642 1,563.25 105.816 1,723.19 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,847,553 2,509.020 1,134.93 2,276.146 1,251.04 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,208,910 2,183.557 553.64 1,980.891 610.29 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,725,430 1,844.431 935.48 1,673.241 1,031.19 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,276,360 1,770.369 720.96 1,606.053 794.72 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 308,774 409.673 753.71 371.650 830.82 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 786,561 1,111.069 707.93 1,007.946 780.36 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 439,963 129.317 3,402.19 117.315 3,750.27 COUNTRY TOTAL 44,040,409 38,229.177 1,152.01 34,680.936 1,269.87 Australia SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 61,151 15.390 3,973.30 13.962 4,379.82 COUNTRY TOTAL 61,151 15.390 3,973.30 13.962 4,379.82 GRAND TOTAL 283,935,168 354,436.837 801.09 321,539.781 883.05 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/10/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 2,880 6.128 469.91 5.560 517.99 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 5,631,509 12,067.493 466.67 10,947.449 514.41 WIRE RODS..............................3 23,653,542 36,256.699 652.39 32,891.534 719.14 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 5,643,895 9,184.616 614.49 8,332.146 677.36 STEEL PILING...........................5 1,533,784 1,879.730 815.96 1,705.263 899.44 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 4,776,891 6,927.082 689.60 6,284.145 760.15 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 12,219,870 19,419.562 629.26 17,617.136 693.64 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 325,809 892.302 365.13 809.483 402.49 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 24,191,455 37,759.494 640.67 34,254.847 706.22 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 5,937,797 10,626.679 558.76 9,640.364 615.93 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 19,509 10.286 1,896.51 9.332 2,090.55 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 6,060,866 5,523.690 1,097.25 5,011.009 1,209.51 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 22,066,505 25,340.505 870.80 22,988.526 959.89 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 876,436 2,133.475 410.80 1,935.457 452.83 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 28,117 88.640 317.20 80.413 349.66 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 407,377 400.901 1,016.15 363.692 1,120.12 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 235,267 298.007 789.47 270.348 870.24 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 12,159,127 9,788.716 1,242.16 8,880.177 1,369.24 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 62,879 41.677 1,508.71 37.809 1,663.07 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 934,319 400.869 2,330.73 363.663 2,569.19 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 27,814,982 29,243.733 951.14 26,529.476 1,048.46 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 125,219 180.111 695.23 163.394 766.36 WIRE DRAWN............................23 19,949,761 21,705.744 919.10 19,691.126 1,013.13 TIN PLATE.............................29 5,438,421 8,512.313 638.89 7,722.243 704.25 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 1,367,483 1,972.893 693.14 1,789.779 764.05 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 18,913,605 30,102.497 628.31 27,308.534 692.59 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 16,111,462 22,807.612 706.41 20,690.724 778.68 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 22,026,340 34,984.277 629.61 31,737.212 694.02 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 12,445 9.569 1,300.53 8.681 1,433.59 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 7,542,132 9,479.046 795.66 8,599.249 877.07 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 3,329,564 5,648.096 589.50 5,123.868 649.81 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 3,577,709 4,098.987 872.83 3,718.540 962.13 COUNTRY TOTAL 252,976,957 347,791.443 727.38 315,511.179 801.80 Mexico BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 102,006,705 225,727.859 451.90 204,776.927 498.14 WIRE RODS..............................3 3,259,644 5,959.339 546.98 5,406.223 602.94 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,812,824 3,115.651 581.84 2,826.472 641.37 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 8,000 22.575 354.37 20.480 390.63 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,847,186 2,965.776 622.83 2,690.508 686.56 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,091,259 1,929.565 565.55 1,750.473 623.41 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 910,904 1,607.909 566.51 1,458.671 624.48 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/10/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 6,484,514 14,564.425 445.23 13,212.628 490.78 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 5,538 9.845 562.47 8.932 620.02 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 4,148,955 4,440.565 934.33 4,028.414 1,029.92 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 940,342 1,012.359 928.86 918.397 1,023.89 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 11,785 10.692 1,102.18 9.700 1,214.95 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,717,735 3,066.354 886.31 2,781.751 976.99 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 1,452,288 1,759.223 825.53 1,595.941 909.99 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 11,285,471 13,358.257 844.83 12,118.411 931.27 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 998,216 665.920 1,499.00 604.113 1,652.37 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 345,006 222.874 1,547.99 202.188 1,706.36 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 4,192,699 4,074.153 1,029.10 3,696.011 1,134.38 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 170,632 158.326 1,077.73 143.631 1,187.99 WIRE DRAWN............................23 8,224,496 10,566.952 778.32 9,586.181 857.95 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 29,320,703 48,353.918 606.38 43,865.949 668.42 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 5,461,820 8,234.187 663.31 7,469.931 731.17 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 23,103,549 23,634.153 977.55 21,440.549 1,077.56 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 8,783,434 9,359.450 938.46 8,490.753 1,034.47 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 474,733 609.148 779.34 552.610 859.07 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 402,248 386.784 1,039.98 350.885 1,146.38 COUNTRY TOTAL 219,460,686 385,816.267 568.82 350,006.729 627.02 Guatemala STANDARD PIPE.........................18 812,128 726.021 1,118.60 658.636 1,233.05 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 73,087 124.177 588.57 112.652 648.79 COUNTRY TOTAL 885,215 850.199 1,041.19 771.288 1,147.71 El Salvador WIRE DRAWN............................23 14,773 22.157 666.73 20.101 734.94 COUNTRY TOTAL 14,773 22.157 666.73 20.101 734.94 Honduras WIRE DRAWN............................23 50,200 63.382 792.01 57.500 873.04 COUNTRY TOTAL 50,200 63.382 792.01 57.500 873.04 Costa Rica SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 18,021 22.833 789.24 20.714 869.99 COUNTRY TOTAL 18,021 22.833 789.24 20.714 869.99 Dominican Republic BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 4,615,857 9,540.312 483.83 8,654.828 533.33 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 80,193 218.611 366.83 198.321 404.36 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 313,368 396.770 789.80 359.944 870.60 WIRE DRAWN............................23 123,890 182.581 678.55 165.635 747.97 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/10/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 5,133,308 10,338.275 496.53 9,378.728 547.34 Antigua and Barbuda SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 8,817 9.445 933.44 8.569 1,028.94 COUNTRY TOTAL 8,817 9.445 933.44 8.569 1,028.94 Trinidad and Tobago WIRE RODS..............................3 10,428,384 19,457.884 535.95 17,651.901 590.78 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 92,918 144.684 642.21 131.256 707.91 WIRE DRAWN............................23 25,144 33.295 755.18 30.205 832.44 COUNTRY TOTAL 10,546,446 19,635.864 537.10 17,813.362 592.05 Colombia STANDARD PIPE.........................18 3,271,785 2,147.201 1,523.74 1,947.909 1,679.64 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 5,120,473 4,891.027 1,046.91 4,437.067 1,154.02 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 70,876 131.948 537.15 119.702 592.10 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 77,598 44.830 1,730.90 40.670 1,907.99 WIRE DRAWN............................23 57,471 45.307 1,268.47 41.102 1,398.25 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 749,381 1,348.016 555.91 1,222.900 612.79 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 7,269 22.812 318.64 20.695 351.24 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,354,853 8,631.144 1,083.85 7,830.045 1,194.74 Venezuela WIRE RODS..............................3 4,631,724 9,724.347 476.30 8,821.782 525.03 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 12,001 11.494 1,044.03 10.428 1,150.84 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 557,966 1,056.901 527.93 958.805 581.94 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 991,881 1,936.974 512.08 1,757.194 564.47 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 8,953,845 11,940.716 749.86 10,832.439 826.58 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 208,026 911.282 228.28 826.702 251.63 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 124,396 219.378 567.04 199.017 625.05 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 147,133 182.200 807.53 165.290 890.15 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,211,846 1,715.729 706.32 1,556.484 778.58 BLACK PLATE...........................28 363,890 570.704 637.61 517.735 702.85 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 7,026,228 13,798.529 509.20 12,517.819 561.30 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,728,762 6,376.751 584.74 5,784.893 644.57 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 565,316 736.390 767.69 668.042 846.23 COUNTRY TOTAL 28,523,014 49,181.402 579.96 44,616.630 639.29 Ecuador WIRE DRAWN............................23 149,571 176.599 846.95 160.208 933.61 COUNTRY TOTAL 149,571 176.599 846.95 160.208 933.61 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/10/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Peru STANDARD PIPE.........................18 17,667 28.491 620.08 25.847 683.52 COUNTRY TOTAL 17,667 28.491 620.08 25.847 683.52 Chile PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 83,299 129.972 640.90 117.909 706.47 WIRE DRAWN............................23 109,662 154.612 709.27 140.262 781.84 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 5,023 21.749 230.95 19.731 254.57 COUNTRY TOTAL 197,984 306.334 646.30 277.902 712.42 Brazil INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 2,804,193 5,510.925 508.84 4,999.429 560.90 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 74,637,958 176,639.700 422.54 160,244.886 465.77 WIRE RODS..............................3 6,029,945 13,345.229 451.84 12,106.592 498.07 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,665,639 6,136.850 434.37 5,567.259 478.81 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 189,744 394.473 481.01 357.860 530.22 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 515,794 1,187.892 434.21 1,077.638 478.63 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 157,567 324.540 485.51 294.418 535.18 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 408,177 825.977 494.17 749.314 544.73 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,760,470 1,827.558 963.29 1,657.934 1,061.85 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,771,155 3,646.760 485.68 3,308.286 535.37 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 1,040,626 2,086.783 498.67 1,893.099 549.69 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 544,278 948.814 573.64 860.750 632.33 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 372,250 315.830 1,178.64 286.517 1,299.22 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 980,142 1,892.749 517.84 1,717.074 570.82 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,820,206 2,650.807 686.66 2,404.773 756.91 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 30,557,496 51,263.039 596.09 46,505.060 657.08 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 28,955,674 39,816.373 727.23 36,120.817 801.63 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,340,208 1,794.308 746.92 1,627.770 823.34 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 3,306,562 4,463.421 740.81 4,049.149 816.61 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 194,915 196.602 991.42 178.355 1,092.85 COUNTRY TOTAL 160,052,999 315,268.640 507.67 286,006.980 559.61 Argentina WIRE RODS..............................3 7,044,039 13,452.477 523.62 12,203.886 577.20 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,241,880 2,173.315 571.42 1,971.599 629.88 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 98,449 156.467 629.20 141.945 693.57 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 4,547 8.271 549.70 7.504 605.94 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 932,592 1,573.083 592.84 1,427.078 653.50 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 186,382 382.754 486.95 347.229 536.77 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 193,930 220.307 880.27 199.860 970.33 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 172,973 159.339 1,085.57 144.550 1,196.63 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 326,020 615.139 529.99 558.045 584.22 WIRE DRAWN............................23 105,301 176.195 597.64 159.842 658.78 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 70,983 104.625 678.45 94.915 747.86 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/10/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 55,426 74.521 743.76 67.605 819.85 COUNTRY TOTAL 10,432,522 19,096.499 546.31 17,324.058 602.20 Sweden STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,550 8.784 290.29 7.969 319.99 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 55,528 79.776 696.04 72.372 767.26 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 6,623 4.556 1,453.38 4.134 1,602.08 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 113,259 54.703 2,070.42 49.626 2,282.25 WIRE DRAWN............................23 262,226 118.331 2,216.02 107.349 2,442.74 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 70,613 46.190 1,528.75 41.903 1,685.15 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 167,676 271.135 618.42 245.970 681.69 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 14,573 16.567 879.60 15.030 969.59 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 710,784 156.721 4,535.34 142.175 4,999.36 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,403,832 756.767 1,855.04 686.528 2,044.83 Norway BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 4,048,871 12,090.248 334.89 10,968.092 369.15 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,407,034 1,802.575 780.57 1,635.269 860.43 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,455,905 13,892.823 392.71 12,603.361 432.89 Finland BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 3,089,778 8,065.389 383.09 7,316.800 422.29 WIRE RODS..............................3 19,491 68.327 285.26 61.986 314.44 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 145,854 141.230 1,032.74 128.122 1,138.40 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 577,059 927.216 622.36 841.157 686.03 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 140,150 183.206 764.98 166.202 843.25 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,972,332 9,385.370 423.25 8,514.267 466.55 Denmark LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 4,715 1.699 2,773.92 1.542 3,057.72 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 25,873 5.218 4,958.09 4.734 5,465.36 WIRE DRAWN............................23 3,450 3.306 1,043.26 3.000 1,150.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 34,038 10.225 3,328.89 9.276 3,669.47 United Kingdom BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 14,016,030 33,277.165 421.19 30,188.545 464.28 WIRE RODS..............................3 303,370 719.728 421.51 652.927 464.63 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,057,011 3,439.205 598.11 3,119.996 659.30 STEEL PILING...........................5 546,698 1,334.177 409.76 1,210.346 451.69 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,942 8.107 362.87 7.355 400.00 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 9,125,812 12,139.332 751.76 11,012.620 828.67 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 2,074,113 2,120.901 977.94 1,924.050 1,077.99 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 34,234 6.060 5,648.70 5.498 6,226.63 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/10/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 664,660 899.236 739.14 815.774 814.76 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,917 0.264 11,026.08 0.240 12,154.17 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 3,269 0.209 15,608.36 0.190 17,205.26 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 96,394 39.683 2,429.09 36.000 2,677.61 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 100,168 26.975 3,713.26 24.472 4,093.17 WIRE DRAWN............................23 691,534 728.775 948.90 661.134 1,045.98 TIN PLATE.............................29 88,633 139.573 635.03 126.619 700.00 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 53,831 73.294 734.44 66.492 809.59 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 68,655 73.731 931.15 66.888 1,026.42 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 348,788 651.147 535.65 590.711 590.45 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 24,364 32.625 746.79 29.597 823.19 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 985,368 523.201 1,883.34 474.641 2,076.03 COUNTRY TOTAL 31,288,791 56,233.398 556.41 51,014.095 613.34 Netherlands PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 3,224,267 6,587.174 489.48 5,975.786 539.56 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 3,375 4.133 816.47 3.750 900.00 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,684 0.231 11,594.69 0.210 12,780.95 WIRE DRAWN............................23 21,724 25.011 868.56 22.690 957.43 TIN PLATE.............................29 1,889,704 2,966.476 637.02 2,691.143 702.19 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 374,307 691.053 541.65 626.913 597.06 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 8,596,393 19,362.832 443.96 17,565.671 489.39 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,958,654 3,078.221 636.29 2,792.516 701.39 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 910,556 1,223.397 744.28 1,109.848 820.43 COUNTRY TOTAL 16,981,664 33,938.531 500.37 30,788.527 551.56 Belgium BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 5,345,795 11,130.672 480.28 10,097.579 529.41 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 747,535 1,071.843 697.43 972.360 768.78 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 8,949 18.331 488.18 16.630 538.12 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 151,111 169.745 890.22 153.991 981.30 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 16,821 8.524 1,973.33 7.733 2,175.22 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 4,234 3.008 1,407.48 2.729 1,551.48 WIRE DRAWN............................23 529,996 442.826 1,196.85 401.726 1,319.30 BLACK PLATE...........................28 648,622 1,041.008 623.07 944.387 686.82 TIN PLATE.............................29 712,179 1,188.908 599.02 1,078.560 660.31 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 226,366 314.566 719.61 285.370 793.24 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 7,568,864 12,633.101 599.13 11,460.560 660.43 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 667,766 774.792 861.86 702.880 950.04 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 157,009 229.060 685.45 207.800 755.58 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 100,792 85.280 1,181.89 77.365 1,302.81 COUNTRY TOTAL 16,886,039 29,111.669 580.04 26,409.670 639.39 Luxembourg WIRE RODS..............................3 106,695 147.366 724.01 133.689 798.08 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/10/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 3,734,232 5,142.543 726.14 4,665.238 800.44 STEEL PILING...........................5 3,579,653 5,130.612 697.70 4,654.415 769.09 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 27,440 41.434 662.25 37.589 730.00 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 29,939 44.462 673.35 40.336 742.24 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 414,535 1,088.355 380.88 987.340 419.85 WIRE DRAWN............................23 90,052 109.250 824.27 99.110 908.61 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 181,262 299.332 605.55 271.550 667.51 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 98,262 100.629 976.47 91.290 1,076.37 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 726,296 975.194 744.77 884.682 820.97 COUNTRY TOTAL 8,988,366 13,079.183 687.23 11,865.239 757.54 France PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,144,931 3,656.256 586.65 3,316.901 646.67 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,074,175 1,669.607 643.37 1,514.643 709.19 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 141,972 175.217 810.26 158.955 893.16 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 263,814 398.807 661.51 361.792 729.19 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 586,219 13,505.536 43.41 12,252.020 47.85 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 345,119 465.567 741.29 422.356 817.13 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 544,549 689.760 789.48 625.740 870.25 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 228,422 216.756 1,053.82 196.638 1,161.64 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 182,085 120.118 1,515.87 108.970 1,670.96 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,113,321 865.812 1,285.87 785.452 1,417.43 BLACK PLATE...........................28 777,556 1,246.482 623.80 1,130.790 687.62 TIN PLATE.............................29 1,209,316 2,001.418 604.23 1,815.657 666.05 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 37,066 56.018 661.68 50.819 729.37 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 11,194,590 19,109.726 585.81 17,336.057 645.74 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 480,668 752.492 638.77 682.650 704.12 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 13,065 3.438 3,800.06 3.119 4,188.84 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 209,025 49.828 4,194.86 45.204 4,624.04 COUNTRY TOTAL 20,545,893 44,982.846 456.75 40,807.763 503.48 Federal Republic of Germany BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 6,100,004 20,191.733 302.10 18,317.638 333.01 WIRE RODS..............................3 14,322,679 31,241.085 458.46 28,341.444 505.36 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 943,710 1,405.227 671.57 1,274.801 740.28 STEEL PILING...........................5 72,330 45.834 1,578.08 41.580 1,739.54 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 157,204 162.842 965.38 147.728 1,064.14 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 6,093,321 15,527.175 392.43 14,086.021 432.58 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,556,883 2,239.182 695.29 2,031.353 766.43 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 63,556 25.367 2,505.41 23.013 2,761.74 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 500,291 1,035.762 483.02 939.628 532.44 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 4,861,808 4,383.388 1,109.14 3,976.544 1,222.62 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,096,244 1,224.451 895.29 1,110.804 986.89 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 3,913,995 4,287.592 912.87 3,889.640 1,006.26 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 282,699 283.016 998.88 256.748 1,101.08 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 23,016 23.990 959.37 21.764 1,057.53 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/10/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,839,380 1,495.305 1,230.10 1,356.519 1,355.96 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 2,141,373 2,731.092 784.07 2,477.606 864.29 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 38,000 8.163 4,654.74 7.406 5,130.97 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 338,155 226.295 1,494.31 205.292 1,647.19 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,416,466 1,180.041 1,200.35 1,070.516 1,323.16 BLACK PLATE...........................28 316,837 298.215 1,062.44 270.537 1,171.14 TIN PLATE.............................29 6,843,420 11,997.832 570.39 10,884.254 628.74 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 810,800 1,189.404 681.69 1,079.010 751.43 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 227,441 513.748 442.71 466.065 488.00 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 484,971 874.531 554.55 793.362 611.29 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,024,968 2,650.795 386.66 2,404.762 426.22 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,066,546 1,896.101 562.49 1,720.115 620.04 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 254,961 143.102 1,781.67 129.820 1,963.96 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 306,728 362.059 847.18 328.455 933.85 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,025,537 1,223.822 1,655.09 1,110.233 1,824.43 COUNTRY TOTAL 59,123,323 108,867.164 543.08 98,762.658 598.64 Austria RAILS STANDARD.........................7 11,360 17.153 662.27 15.561 730.03 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 146,458 186.432 785.58 169.129 865.95 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 22,187 16.124 1,375.97 14.628 1,516.75 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,919,602 2,828.736 1,032.12 2,566.187 1,137.72 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 278,678 397.399 701.25 360.515 773.00 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 105,742 68.862 1,535.55 62.471 1,692.66 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 233,956 198.237 1,180.18 179.838 1,300.93 WIRE DRAWN............................23 261,034 91.667 2,847.63 83.159 3,138.97 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 542,621 1,138.687 476.53 1,033.000 525.29 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 272,202 285.350 953.92 258.866 1,051.52 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 11,444 9.674 1,182.84 8.777 1,303.86 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 627,638 89.915 6,980.31 81.570 7,694.47 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,432,922 5,328.241 1,019.65 4,833.701 1,123.97 Czech Republic BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 103,038 268.704 383.46 243.765 422.69 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 664,384 1,414.766 469.61 1,283.455 517.65 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 828,011 2,079.931 398.10 1,886.883 438.82 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,636,489 1,886.153 867.63 1,711.090 956.40 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 434,722 624.494 696.12 566.532 767.34 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,199,289 1,851.139 647.87 1,679.326 714.15 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 181,819 260.972 696.70 236.750 767.98 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,047,752 8,386.162 601.91 7,607.801 663.50 Slovakia LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 102,920 131.741 781.23 119.514 861.15 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 9,129 1.846 4,944.29 1.675 5,450.15 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/10/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 118,051 106.763 1,105.73 96.854 1,218.86 COUNTRY TOTAL 230,100 240.351 957.35 218.043 1,055.30 Switzerland BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 17,332 8.034 2,157.13 7.289 2,377.83 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,112,075 467.344 2,379.56 423.968 2,623.02 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 34,500 19.395 1,778.79 17.595 1,960.78 WIRE DRAWN............................23 35,326 10.516 3,359.25 9.540 3,702.94 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 95,397 48.856 1,952.59 44.322 2,152.36 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,294,630 554.147 2,336.26 502.714 2,575.28 Poland WIRE RODS..............................3 2,002,193 5,016.000 399.16 4,550.440 440.00 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 168,254 229.677 732.57 208.360 807.52 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 75,138 133.589 562.46 121.190 620.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 35,671 42.856 832.33 38.879 917.49 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 39,557 50.985 775.85 46.253 855.23 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,194,505 1,294.942 922.44 1,174.752 1,016.81 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,515,318 6,768.050 519.40 6,139.874 572.54 Russia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 46,193,964 102,357.705 451.30 92,857.375 497.47 WIRE RODS..............................3 10,046 22.146 453.62 20.091 500.02 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 30,622,145 61,476.876 498.11 55,770.900 549.07 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,060,041 4,782.398 430.75 4,338.520 474.83 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 287,935 457.603 629.22 415.131 693.60 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 305,726 424.690 719.88 385.273 793.53 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 5,412,828 8,091.328 668.97 7,340.332 737.41 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 17,573 24.733 710.49 22.438 783.18 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 65,310,570 126,505.977 516.26 114,764.325 569.08 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 23,330,708 43,171.326 540.42 39,164.380 595.71 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,904,042 2,425.569 784.99 2,200.440 865.30 COUNTRY TOTAL 175,455,578 349,740.357 501.67 317,279.205 553.00 Belarus WIRE DRAWN............................23 313,907 368.949 850.81 334.705 937.86 COUNTRY TOTAL 313,907 368.949 850.81 334.705 937.86 Ukraine BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 13,762,874 33,058.331 416.32 29,990.022 458.92 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 686,700 1,802.278 381.02 1,635.000 420.00 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 972,188 1,399.207 694.81 1,269.340 765.90 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,903,128 2,619.840 726.43 2,376.680 800.75 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/10/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 749,182 1,031.321 726.43 935.599 800.75 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 960,718 1,728.872 555.69 1,568.407 612.54 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 244,109 375.777 649.61 340.900 716.07 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 14,537 14.023 1,036.61 12.722 1,142.67 COUNTRY TOTAL 19,293,436 42,029.652 459.04 38,128.670 506.01 Kazakhstan SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 7,424,124 10,380.586 715.19 9,417.112 788.37 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,424,124 10,380.586 715.19 9,417.112 788.37 Spain STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 94,334 164.820 572.34 149.523 630.90 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 317,170 645.501 491.35 585.589 541.63 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 37,980 69.103 549.61 62.690 605.84 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 93,520 112.665 830.07 102.208 915.00 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 823,128 722.782 1,138.83 655.697 1,255.35 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 243,119 116.497 2,086.90 105.685 2,300.41 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 5,266 2.832 1,858.85 2.570 2,049.03 WIRE DRAWN............................23 87,416 77.923 1,121.82 70.691 1,236.59 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 375,436 636.616 589.74 577.529 650.07 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 71,848 50.529 1,421.89 45.840 1,567.36 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,149,217 2,599.273 826.85 2,358.022 911.45 Italy WIRE RODS..............................3 5,708,410 12,584.222 453.62 11,416.218 500.03 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 5,880 3.061 1,920.87 2.777 2,117.39 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 874,489 1,621.245 539.39 1,470.770 594.58 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,268,792 2,524.255 502.64 2,289.967 554.07 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,798,182 3,055.617 588.48 2,772.010 648.69 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 3,235 2.083 1,552.77 1.890 1,711.64 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 2,361,758 6,273.229 376.48 5,690.980 415.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 149,991 182.337 822.60 165.414 906.76 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 464,520 412.868 1,125.10 374.548 1,240.21 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 750,906 961.473 781.00 872.234 860.90 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 891,100 1,157.304 769.98 1,049.889 848.76 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 889,513 1,044.528 851.59 947.581 938.72 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 702,213 770.067 911.88 698.594 1,005.18 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 15,713 13.303 1,181.09 12.069 1,301.93 WIRE DRAWN............................23 530,418 457.541 1,159.28 415.075 1,277.88 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 15,994,064 31,007.062 515.82 28,129.142 568.59 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 2,175,138 2,543.958 855.02 2,307.841 942.50 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 732,335 721.512 1,015.00 654.545 1,118.85 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 32,729 4.509 7,257.70 4.091 8,000.24 COUNTRY TOTAL 35,349,386 65,340.184 541.01 59,275.635 596.36 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/10/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Croatia MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 3,909 0.342 11,402.53 0.311 12,569.13 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,909 0.342 11,402.53 0.311 12,569.13 Greece OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,826,708 2,980.051 612.98 2,703.458 675.69 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,022,785 1,094.492 934.48 992.907 1,030.09 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,849,493 4,074.543 699.34 3,696.365 770.89 Romania PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 11,851,267 20,042.557 591.31 18,182.307 651.80 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 681,272 1,473.326 462.40 1,336.580 509.71 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 27,166 6.349 4,278.57 5.760 4,716.32 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,079,249 1,800.014 599.58 1,632.946 660.92 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 1,357,252 2,133.852 636.06 1,935.799 701.13 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,087,995 3,416.932 611.07 3,099.790 673.59 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 92,409 88.760 1,041.11 80.522 1,147.62 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 77,657 75.416 1,029.70 68.417 1,135.05 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,276,801 2,424.356 526.66 2,199.340 580.54 COUNTRY TOTAL 18,531,068 31,461.566 589.01 28,541.461 649.27 Bulgaria BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 12,303,236 32,336.500 380.48 29,335.188 419.40 COUNTRY TOTAL 12,303,236 32,336.500 380.48 29,335.188 419.40 Turkey BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 3,672,025 11,975.484 306.63 10,863.980 338.00 WIRE RODS..............................3 29,102,220 65,527.985 444.12 59,446.005 489.56 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 219,424 554.221 395.91 502.781 436.42 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 189,972 391.417 485.34 355.088 535.00 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 3,211,810 5,456.605 588.61 4,950.151 648.83 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 658,532 1,473.551 446.90 1,336.784 492.62 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 19,347,001 45,922.260 421.30 41,659.986 464.40 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,330,755 3,878.457 600.95 3,518.478 662.43 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,136,597 1,868.141 608.41 1,694.750 670.66 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 177,027 311.733 567.88 282.800 625.98 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 392,585 710.384 552.64 644.450 609.18 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 11,592 1.967 5,891.37 1.785 6,494.12 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 1,645,168 2,948.761 557.92 2,675.072 615.00 WIRE DRAWN............................23 447,593 602.580 742.79 546.652 818.79 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 18,071,104 33,309.438 542.52 30,217.823 598.03 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 4,429,089 6,747.041 656.45 6,120.815 723.61 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 90,668 205.223 441.80 186.176 487.00 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/10/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 85,133,162 181,885.256 468.06 165,003.576 515.95 Israel WIRE DRAWN............................23 511,066 677.828 753.98 614.916 831.12 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 2,750 3.368 816.35 3.056 899.87 COUNTRY TOTAL 513,816 681.197 754.28 617.972 831.46 United Arab Emirates STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,205,673 1,749.219 689.26 1,586.866 759.78 WIRE DRAWN............................23 131,319 131.495 998.66 119.291 1,100.83 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,336,992 1,880.715 710.90 1,706.157 783.63 Oman STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,560,534 3,972.766 644.52 3,604.034 710.46 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,261 9.399 240.55 8.527 265.16 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,562,795 3,982.165 643.57 3,612.561 709.41 India BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 298,765 367.263 813.49 333.176 896.72 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 12,976 19.714 658.18 17.885 725.52 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 5,402,672 8,271.734 653.15 7,503.993 719.97 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,670,256 1,909.069 874.91 1,731.879 964.42 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 661,104 1,170.959 564.58 1,062.277 622.35 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 47,074 83.381 564.57 75.642 622.33 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 907,517 1,140.552 795.68 1,034.692 877.09 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 177,456 179.510 988.56 162.849 1,089.70 WIRE DRAWN............................23 965,249 1,379.893 699.51 1,251.819 771.08 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,114,924 1,734.392 642.83 1,573.415 708.60 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,010,606 1,897.474 532.61 1,721.360 587.10 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 58,147,705 84,159.232 690.92 76,347.993 761.61 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 618,148 834.296 740.92 756.861 816.73 COUNTRY TOTAL 71,034,452 103,147.474 688.67 93,573.841 759.13 Pakistan STANDARD PIPE.........................18 189,356 374.796 505.22 340.010 556.91 COUNTRY TOTAL 189,356 374.796 505.22 340.010 556.91 Thailand BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 51,690 107.507 480.80 97.529 530.00 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,634,905 4,488.988 586.97 4,072.343 647.02 WIRE DRAWN............................23 148,607 189.608 783.76 172.010 863.94 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/10/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 2,835,202 4,786.104 592.38 4,341.882 652.99 Vietnam PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 84,621 109.676 771.55 99.497 850.49 COUNTRY TOTAL 84,621 109.676 771.55 99.497 850.49 Malaysia WIRE RODS..............................3 9,680,002 22,593.889 428.43 20,496.838 472.27 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,221,946 4,098.080 542.19 3,717.717 597.66 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,869,285 5,511.995 520.55 5,000.400 573.81 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 407,218 593.650 685.96 538.551 756.14 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 651,498 665.483 978.98 603.717 1,079.14 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 5,463 4.282 1,275.66 3.885 1,406.18 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 9,239,393 17,452.239 529.41 15,832.410 583.57 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 86,475 129.003 670.33 117.030 738.91 COUNTRY TOTAL 25,161,280 51,048.626 492.89 46,310.548 543.32 Singapore SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 756,648 1,057.347 715.61 959.210 788.82 COUNTRY TOTAL 756,648 1,057.347 715.61 959.210 788.82 Indonesia WIRE RODS..............................3 16,071,840 29,937.609 536.84 27,158.950 591.77 WIRE DRAWN............................23 31,452 9.587 3,280.38 8.698 3,616.00 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 54,866 90.268 607.81 81.890 670.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 16,158,158 30,037.465 537.93 27,249.538 592.97 Philippines STANDARD PIPE.........................18 419,102 762.316 549.77 691.562 606.02 COUNTRY TOTAL 419,102 762.316 549.77 691.562 606.02 China BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 36,825 100.149 367.70 90.854 405.32 WIRE RODS..............................3 63,226,695 141,818.806 445.83 128,655.893 491.44 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 701,050 1,123.390 624.05 1,019.123 687.90 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 204,095 295.143 691.51 267.750 762.26 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 50,730 39.806 1,274.41 36.112 1,404.80 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 69,000 41.120 1,677.99 37.304 1,849.67 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 100,668 206.168 488.28 187.033 538.24 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 9,712,103 18,268.949 531.62 16,573.317 586.01 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 9,809,151 14,671.839 668.57 13,310.073 736.97 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,715,448 4,685.480 579.55 4,250.598 638.84 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 2,232,091 4,110.492 543.02 3,728.977 598.58 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/10/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,227,272 1,506.936 814.42 1,367.070 897.74 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 38,236 17.186 2,224.82 15.591 2,452.44 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 94,636 172.250 549.41 156.263 605.62 WIRE DRAWN............................23 6,977,658 11,833.189 589.67 10,734.892 650.00 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 37,212 56.879 654.23 51.600 721.16 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 10,663,177 19,041.585 559.99 17,274.241 617.29 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 22,471,724 34,087.539 659.24 30,923.704 726.68 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 4,084 1.904 2,144.06 1.728 2,363.43 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 7,040 13.817 509.50 12.535 561.63 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 44,172 39.652 1,113.98 35.972 1,227.96 COUNTRY TOTAL 130,423,067 252,132.289 517.28 228,730.630 570.20 Korea, South STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,479,896 3,579.426 413.45 3,247.202 455.74 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,274 5.013 453.59 4.548 500.00 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 18,250 22.977 794.25 20.845 875.51 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 391,239 618.123 632.95 560.752 697.70 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 944,603 1,506.505 627.02 1,366.679 691.17 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 189,149 468.543 403.70 425.056 445.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 65,426 116.372 562.21 105.571 619.73 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,463,768 2,468.310 593.02 2,239.214 653.70 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 12,852,886 15,516.088 828.36 14,075.963 913.11 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 2,436,233 4,397.310 554.03 3,989.174 610.71 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 807,705 1,480.351 545.62 1,342.953 601.44 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 4,334,412 7,482.819 579.25 6,788.302 638.51 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,321,961 2,047.611 645.61 1,857.562 711.66 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 72,869 107.673 676.76 97.680 746.00 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 3,649 0.875 4,169.17 0.794 4,595.72 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 1,924,465 3,300.099 583.15 2,993.801 642.82 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 40,855 83.060 491.87 75.351 542.20 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,708,359 2,093.922 815.87 1,899.575 899.34 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 1,116,636 1,671.374 668.09 1,516.246 736.45 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 15,149,775 32,112.187 471.78 29,131.695 520.04 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 5,141,169 8,623.229 596.20 7,822.864 657.20 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 13,287,408 17,640.805 753.22 16,003.474 830.28 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 605,500 863.692 701.06 783.529 772.79 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 8,544,674 11,904.225 717.78 10,799.335 791.22 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 561,662 823.656 681.91 747.209 751.68 COUNTRY TOTAL 74,464,823 118,934.257 626.10 107,895.374 690.16 Hong Kong WIRE DRAWN............................23 9,397 12.947 725.76 11.746 800.02 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,397 12.947 725.76 11.746 800.02 Taiwan IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/10/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STEEL PILING...........................5 7,750 11.778 658.00 10.685 725.32 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 7,567,686 12,325.127 614.00 11,181.171 676.82 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 7,577 6.217 1,218.75 5.640 1,343.44 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,635,428 4,799.449 549.11 4,353.989 605.29 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 428,713 641.837 667.95 582.265 736.29 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 14,594 23.623 617.77 21.431 680.98 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 237,119 376.056 630.54 341.153 695.05 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 109,684 43.568 2,517.49 39.525 2,775.05 WIRE DRAWN............................23 563,771 683.494 824.84 620.056 909.23 BLACK PLATE...........................28 59,356 101.440 585.13 92.025 645.00 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 388,779 649.977 598.14 589.650 659.34 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 8,150,784 14,418.696 565.29 13,080.425 623.13 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 18,412,683 22,444.445 820.37 20,361.264 904.30 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 40,053 59.502 673.13 53.980 742.00 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 7,224,638 8,656.807 834.56 7,853.326 919.95 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 26,388 33.359 791.03 30.263 871.96 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 306,041 214.386 1,427.52 194.488 1,573.57 COUNTRY TOTAL 46,181,044 65,489.769 705.16 59,411.336 777.31 Japan BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 3,398 12.485 272.15 11.327 299.99 WIRE RODS..............................3 3,021,434 7,066.580 427.57 6,410.696 471.31 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,077 2.727 761.61 2.474 839.53 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 425,216 561.117 757.80 509.037 835.33 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 295,598 341.264 866.18 309.590 954.80 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 5,416,169 12,019.659 450.61 10,904.055 496.71 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 78,595 111.912 702.29 101.525 774.14 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 856,025 1,642.906 521.04 1,490.420 574.35 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 22,161,556 57,766.427 383.64 52,404.836 422.89 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 162,308 179.858 902.42 163.165 994.75 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,908,729 2,956.683 645.56 2,682.259 711.61 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 3,289 3.707 887.22 3.363 978.00 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 7,467,778 13,730.930 543.87 12,456.494 599.51 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,886,435 1,178.834 1,600.25 1,069.421 1,763.98 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 34,687 44.817 773.96 40.658 853.14 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 158,626 58.291 2,721.26 52.881 2,999.68 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 921,136 1,268.595 726.11 1,150.851 800.40 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 17,539 34.436 509.32 31.240 561.43 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,700,131 3,357.329 804.25 3,045.719 886.53 BLACK PLATE...........................28 743,796 760.098 978.55 689.550 1,078.67 TIN PLATE.............................29 391,882 500.312 783.27 453.876 863.41 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 1,150,645 1,827.701 629.56 1,658.063 693.97 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 17,373 22.215 782.00 20.154 862.01 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 861,014 1,340.941 642.10 1,216.482 707.79 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 55,640 64.501 862.61 58.515 950.87 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 91,151 100.742 904.79 91.392 997.36 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 316,054 158.093 1,999.16 143.420 2,203.70 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/10/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 8,272 13.027 634.98 11.818 699.95 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 345,501 354.270 975.25 321.389 1,075.02 COUNTRY TOTAL 51,502,054 107,480.470 479.18 97,504.670 528.20 Australia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 17,433,271 40,590.765 429.49 36,823.333 473.43 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 68,799 81.155 847.74 73.623 934.48 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 19,280 17.681 1,090.43 16.040 1,202.00 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 10,825 17.008 636.44 15.430 701.56 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 87,840 120.431 729.37 109.254 804.00 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 25,485 39.893 638.82 36.191 704.18 WIRE DRAWN............................23 133,608 209.065 639.07 189.661 704.46 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 12,656,454 23,350.585 542.02 21,183.301 597.47 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 27,954 27.341 1,022.39 24.804 1,127.00 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 122,911 45.944 2,675.22 41.680 2,948.92 COUNTRY TOTAL 30,586,427 64,499.872 474.21 58,513.317 522.73 New Zealand PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 963,210 1,688.751 570.37 1,532.010 628.72 WIRE DRAWN............................23 20,631 19.775 1,043.26 17.940 1,150.00 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 7,768,020 13,412.485 579.16 12,167.606 638.42 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,152,159 1,883.684 611.65 1,708.850 674.23 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 198,930 255.929 777.29 232.175 856.81 COUNTRY TOTAL 10,102,950 17,260.626 585.32 15,658.581 645.20 Morocco SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 5,048,240 6,579.166 767.31 5,968.521 845.81 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,048,240 6,579.166 767.31 5,968.521 845.81 Egypt WIRE RODS..............................3 4,349,758 10,094.280 430.91 9,157.380 475.00 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 4,333,313 7,801.737 555.43 7,077.619 612.26 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,143,289 1,467.603 779.02 1,331.388 858.72 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 35,826,624 67,430.249 531.31 61,171.711 585.67 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 481,401 752.743 639.53 682.878 704.96 COUNTRY TOTAL 46,134,385 87,546.615 526.97 79,420.976 580.88 Kenya SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 45,026 61.619 730.71 55.900 805.47 COUNTRY TOTAL 45,026 61.619 730.71 55.900 805.47 South Africa IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/10/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 14,885,810 33,384.601 445.89 30,286.010 491.51 WIRE RODS..............................3 256,637 592.793 432.93 537.773 477.22 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 559,574 1,095.848 510.63 994.137 562.87 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 467,060 1,027.988 454.34 932.576 500.83 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 175,707 409.723 428.84 371.695 472.72 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 3,120,932 5,561.032 561.21 5,044.885 618.63 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,768,870 2,596.852 681.16 2,355.826 750.85 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 81,489 195.202 417.46 177.085 460.17 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,044,544 1,621.087 644.35 1,470.626 710.27 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 90,212 165.413 545.37 150.061 601.17 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,105,083 3,837.361 548.58 3,481.197 604.70 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,393,924 2,465.663 565.33 2,236.813 623.17 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 8,270,387 10,975.489 753.53 9,956.799 830.63 COUNTRY TOTAL 34,220,229 63,929.058 535.28 57,995.483 590.05 GRAND TOTAL 1,786,600,518 3,190,785.707 559.92 2,894,632.918 617.21 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/10/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 80,364 66.970 1,199.98 60.755 1,322.76 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 27,017 4.000 6,753.77 3.629 7,444.75 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 11,257 7.099 1,585.50 6.441 1,747.71 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 10,156 0.719 14,109.30 0.653 15,552.83 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 111,760 18.484 6,046.10 16.769 6,664.68 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 9,966,921 1,880.184 5,301.03 1,705.675 5,843.39 WIRE DRAWN............................23 255,628 68.000 3,759.21 61.689 4,143.82 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 323,012 131.160 2,462.72 118.987 2,714.68 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 647,711 232.626 2,784.34 211.035 3,069.21 COUNTRY TOTAL 11,433,826 2,409.247 4,745.81 2,185.633 5,231.36 Mexico BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 61,745 20.602 2,997.01 18.690 3,303.64 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 6,979 1.902 3,668.16 1.726 4,043.45 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 438,125 149.871 2,923.34 135.961 3,222.43 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 21,305,085 10,485.068 2,031.95 9,511.897 2,239.84 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,356,001 1,064.814 2,212.59 965.984 2,438.96 COUNTRY TOTAL 24,167,935 11,722.259 2,061.71 10,634.258 2,272.65 Costa Rica STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 4,763 0.865 5,504.36 0.785 6,067.52 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,763 0.865 5,504.36 0.785 6,067.52 Trinidad and Tobago BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 64,494 45.194 1,427.02 41.000 1,573.02 COUNTRY TOTAL 64,494 45.194 1,427.02 41.000 1,573.02 Brazil PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 30,028 19.196 1,564.22 17.415 1,724.26 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 56,110 19.998 2,805.76 18.142 3,092.82 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 37,736 16.500 2,286.96 14.969 2,520.94 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,724,644 1,761.408 2,114.58 1,597.923 2,330.93 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,848,518 1,817.103 2,117.94 1,648.449 2,334.63 Sweden INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 44,988 18.706 2,404.98 16.970 2,651.03 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 9,471,144 4,052.861 2,336.90 3,676.695 2,575.99 WIRE RODS..............................3 823,659 333.763 2,467.79 302.785 2,720.28 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/10/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 262,015 83.985 3,119.78 76.190 3,438.97 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 234,597 50.425 4,652.37 45.745 5,128.36 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 47,384 4.425 10,706.36 4.015 11,801.74 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 348,978 100.056 3,487.80 90.770 3,844.64 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,773,294 270.784 6,548.72 245.652 7,218.72 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,087,126 173.535 6,264.57 157.429 6,905.50 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 55,899 21.753 2,569.71 19.734 2,832.62 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 984,753 247.273 3,982.44 224.323 4,389.89 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,386,548 207.011 6,697.92 187.798 7,383.19 COUNTRY TOTAL 16,520,385 5,564.582 2,968.85 5,048.106 3,272.59 Norway BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 69,395 22.269 3,116.08 20.203 3,434.89 COUNTRY TOTAL 69,395 22.269 3,116.08 20.203 3,434.89 Finland STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 59,293 23.054 2,571.83 20.915 2,834.95 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,068,542 384.082 2,782.06 348.434 3,066.70 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 798,950 354.072 2,256.46 321.209 2,487.32 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,926,785 761.209 2,531.21 690.558 2,790.19 Denmark BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 14,126 3.392 4,163.38 3.078 4,589.34 WIRE DRAWN............................23 51,027 4.757 10,725.42 4.316 11,822.75 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 14,280 1.576 9,059.16 1.430 9,986.01 COUNTRY TOTAL 79,433 9.726 8,166.41 8.824 9,001.93 United Kingdom INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 78,092 40.857 1,911.34 37.065 2,106.89 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 10,649,645 4,744.709 2,244.53 4,304.329 2,474.17 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,601,091 631.502 2,535.37 572.890 2,794.76 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,240 1.514 1,478.96 1.374 1,630.28 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 697,164 270.414 2,578.13 245.316 2,841.90 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 124,204 36.576 3,395.70 33.182 3,743.11 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 868,390 288.614 3,008.82 261.827 3,316.66 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 140,375 27.309 5,140.10 24.775 5,665.99 WIRE DRAWN............................23 301,360 67.031 4,495.79 60.810 4,955.76 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 40,137 9.131 4,395.42 8.284 4,845.12 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 316,277 101.146 3,126.91 91.759 3,446.82 COUNTRY TOTAL 14,818,975 6,218.809 2,382.93 5,641.611 2,626.73 Ireland STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 5,377 0.004 1,219,483.43 0.004 1,344,250.00 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/10/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE WIRE DRAWN............................23 5,064 6.268 807.80 5.687 890.45 COUNTRY TOTAL 10,441 6.273 1,664.37 5.691 1,834.65 Netherlands BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 9,617 0.880 10,919.15 0.799 12,036.30 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 18,458 2.740 6,735.65 2.486 7,424.78 WIRE DRAWN............................23 16,325 0.085 189,869.17 0.078 209,294.87 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 310,591 48.401 6,416.99 43.909 7,073.52 COUNTRY TOTAL 354,991 52.108 6,812.54 47.272 7,509.54 Belgium BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 51,207 21.770 2,352.11 19.750 2,592.76 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 3,048,870 1,047.064 2,911.83 949.881 3,209.74 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,462,309 660.279 2,214.68 598.996 2,441.27 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 22,734 4.639 4,899.96 4.209 5,401.28 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 239,127 101.628 2,352.95 92.196 2,593.68 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,152,638 1,311.681 2,403.51 1,189.938 2,649.41 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 782,518 275.561 2,839.72 249.985 3,130.26 COUNTRY TOTAL 8,759,403 3,422.626 2,559.26 3,104.955 2,821.10 France WIRE RODS..............................3 447,842 131.333 3,409.95 119.144 3,758.83 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 211,274 76.583 2,758.76 69.475 3,041.01 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 3,648 1.496 2,436.97 1.358 2,686.30 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 97,470 10.708 9,101.73 9.715 10,032.94 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,413,507 366.359 3,858.25 332.356 4,252.99 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,665,222 310.203 5,368.16 281.412 5,917.38 WIRE DRAWN............................23 238,933 49.684 4,809.01 45.073 5,301.02 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 4,415 0.255 17,263.89 0.232 19,030.17 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,768,665 1,023.077 1,728.77 928.121 1,905.64 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 846,046 303.024 2,792.01 274.899 3,077.66 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,697,022 2,272.728 2,946.69 2,061.785 3,248.17 Federal Republic of Germany INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 65,125 36.839 1,767.82 33.420 1,948.68 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 63,000 17.816 3,536.02 16.163 3,897.79 WIRE RODS..............................3 236,352 100.209 2,358.57 90.909 2,599.87 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 704,194 329.193 2,139.15 298.639 2,358.01 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 990,249 445.745 2,221.55 404.374 2,448.84 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 256,355 77.256 3,318.23 70.086 3,657.72 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,775,627 725.331 2,448.02 658.010 2,698.48 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,365,474 215.096 6,348.20 195.132 6,997.69 WIRE DRAWN............................23 929,504 157.951 5,884.75 143.291 6,486.83 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 75,599 27.090 2,790.62 24.576 3,076.13 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/10/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 8,057,336 3,430.949 2,348.43 3,112.506 2,588.70 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 384,751 197.595 1,947.16 179.256 2,146.38 COUNTRY TOTAL 14,903,566 5,761.076 2,586.94 5,226.362 2,851.61 Austria PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 31,680 2.497 12,682.97 2.266 13,980.58 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 255,024 107.533 2,371.57 97.553 2,614.21 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 162,949 53.420 3,050.33 48.462 3,362.41 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 683,927 123.542 5,535.96 112.076 6,102.35 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 22,430 2.436 9,207.31 2.210 10,149.32 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 14,236 2.215 6,425.22 2.010 7,082.59 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,170,246 291.646 4,012.55 264.577 4,423.08 Czech Republic BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 69,886 15.432 4,528.54 14.000 4,991.86 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 434,351 40.244 10,792.87 36.509 11,897.09 COUNTRY TOTAL 504,237 55.676 9,056.53 50.509 9,983.11 Switzerland BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 2,079 0.110 18,860.38 0.100 20,790.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 394,382 112.276 3,512.58 101.856 3,871.96 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 36,690 1.849 19,835.89 1.678 21,865.32 WIRE DRAWN............................23 202,163 54.004 3,743.45 48.992 4,126.45 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 5,757 0.611 9,410.21 0.555 10,372.97 COUNTRY TOTAL 641,071 168.853 3,796.62 153.181 4,185.06 Latvia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 559,545 206.074 2,715.25 186.948 2,993.05 COUNTRY TOTAL 559,545 206.074 2,715.25 186.948 2,993.05 Poland BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 64,858 39.402 1,646.05 35.745 1,814.46 COUNTRY TOTAL 64,858 39.402 1,646.05 35.745 1,814.46 Russia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 211,585 108.302 1,953.66 98.250 2,153.54 COUNTRY TOTAL 211,585 108.302 1,953.66 98.250 2,153.54 Ukraine BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 213,646 72.686 2,939.28 65.940 3,240.01 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 149,333 21.964 6,798.79 19.926 7,494.38 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/10/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 362,979 94.651 3,834.92 85.866 4,227.27 Spain BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 12,671,979 6,724.442 1,884.47 6,100.313 2,077.27 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 5,691 1.602 3,550.75 1.454 3,914.03 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,891,729 305.945 6,183.23 277.549 6,815.84 WIRE DRAWN............................23 493,756 129.382 3,816.25 117.374 4,206.69 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 739,332 377.802 1,956.93 342.737 2,157.14 COUNTRY TOTAL 15,802,487 7,539.175 2,096.05 6,839.427 2,310.50 Portugal BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 71,673 21.302 3,364.59 19.325 3,708.82 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 159,397 53.739 2,966.08 48.752 3,269.55 COUNTRY TOTAL 231,070 75.042 3,079.21 68.077 3,394.24 Italy INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 681,686 410.678 1,659.90 372.561 1,829.73 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 1,098,045 555.964 1,975.03 504.363 2,177.09 WIRE RODS..............................3 490,223 255.894 1,915.72 232.144 2,111.72 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 599,463 158.884 3,772.94 144.138 4,158.95 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,223,158 573.546 2,132.62 520.313 2,350.81 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 236,804 80.175 2,953.57 72.734 3,255.75 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 883,031 288.405 3,061.77 261.637 3,375.02 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 2,815,943 839.507 3,354.28 761.589 3,697.46 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 290,090 111.683 2,597.42 101.318 2,863.16 WIRE DRAWN............................23 43,788 7.639 5,732.15 6.930 6,318.61 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 605,404 314.864 1,922.75 285.640 2,119.47 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 6,453,105 3,041.387 2,121.76 2,759.101 2,338.84 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 91,625 36.064 2,540.60 32.717 2,800.53 COUNTRY TOTAL 15,512,365 6,674.697 2,324.06 6,055.185 2,561.83 Slovenia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 54,764 32.520 1,683.99 29.502 1,856.28 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 37,253 16.991 2,192.51 15.414 2,416.83 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 50,577 24.217 2,088.42 21.970 2,302.09 COUNTRY TOTAL 142,594 73.729 1,934.02 66.886 2,131.90 Turkey STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 113,047 19.182 5,893.26 17.402 6,496.21 COUNTRY TOTAL 113,047 19.182 5,893.26 17.402 6,496.21 Syria IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/10/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 2,452 1.253 1,956.39 1.137 2,156.55 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,452 1.253 1,956.39 1.137 2,156.55 Israel WIRE DRAWN............................23 215,598 54.259 3,973.49 49.223 4,380.03 COUNTRY TOTAL 215,598 54.259 3,973.49 49.223 4,380.03 Saudi Arabia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 167,600 77.818 2,153.72 70.596 2,374.07 COUNTRY TOTAL 167,600 77.818 2,153.72 70.596 2,374.07 United Arab Emirates BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 275,167 130.014 2,116.44 117.947 2,332.97 COUNTRY TOTAL 275,167 130.014 2,116.44 117.947 2,332.97 India BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 5,060 1.212 4,173.05 1.100 4,600.00 WIRE RODS..............................3 385,215 364.256 1,057.54 330.448 1,165.74 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 250,828 100.491 2,496.02 91.164 2,751.39 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 432,527 182.217 2,373.69 165.305 2,616.54 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 1,344,989 551.439 2,439.05 500.258 2,688.59 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 2,788,779 1,274.810 2,187.60 1,156.489 2,411.42 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 316,750 65.017 4,871.76 58.983 5,370.19 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,706,009 1,032.980 2,619.61 937.104 2,887.63 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 118,838 49.888 2,382.08 45.258 2,625.79 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,037,792 301.473 3,442.40 273.492 3,794.60 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,386,787 3,923.787 2,392.28 3,559.601 2,637.03 Thailand STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 498,111 176.599 2,820.58 160.208 3,109.15 WIRE DRAWN............................23 25,836 7.098 3,639.45 6.440 4,011.80 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,537,029 597.522 2,572.34 542.063 2,835.52 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 40,017 15.666 2,554.38 14.212 2,815.72 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,100,993 796.885 2,636.50 722.923 2,906.25 Malaysia STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 517,810 170.023 3,045.52 154.243 3,357.11 COUNTRY TOTAL 517,810 170.023 3,045.52 154.243 3,357.11 Singapore STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 217,835 78.561 2,772.79 71.270 3,056.48 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/10/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 217,835 78.561 2,772.79 71.270 3,056.48 Indonesia STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 139,986 66.532 2,104.03 60.357 2,319.30 COUNTRY TOTAL 139,986 66.532 2,104.03 60.357 2,319.30 Philippines STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 3,456 0.728 4,743.16 0.661 5,228.44 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,456 0.728 4,743.16 0.661 5,228.44 China INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 42,949 16.336 2,629.06 14.820 2,898.04 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 52,077 35.878 1,451.50 32.548 1,600.01 WIRE RODS..............................3 627,986 366.348 1,714.18 332.346 1,889.55 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 5,082 0.321 15,788.75 0.292 17,404.11 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 261,410 104.482 2,501.95 94.785 2,757.93 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 69,811 26.875 2,597.58 24.381 2,863.34 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 109,919 38.580 2,849.05 35.000 3,140.54 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 99,932 42.846 2,332.31 38.870 2,570.93 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,664,532 322.418 5,162.65 292.493 5,690.84 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 6,673,747 2,067.580 3,227.81 1,875.678 3,558.05 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,241,796 452.962 2,741.50 410.921 3,021.98 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 459,761 204.947 2,243.31 185.925 2,472.83 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 21,746,025 10,611.862 2,049.22 9,626.922 2,258.88 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 188,394 73.411 2,566.27 66.598 2,828.82 COUNTRY TOTAL 33,243,421 14,364.852 2,314.22 13,031.579 2,550.99 Korea, South BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 17,928 12.351 1,451.50 11.205 1,600.00 WIRE RODS..............................3 479,539 356.585 1,344.81 323.489 1,482.40 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 325,467 130.652 2,491.09 118.526 2,745.95 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 33,823 11.767 2,874.35 10.675 3,168.43 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 20,746 5.149 4,028.35 4.672 4,440.50 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 5,140,003 1,578.352 3,256.56 1,431.858 3,589.74 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,975,084 612.945 3,222.28 556.055 3,551.96 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 5,343,359 2,510.968 2,128.01 2,277.913 2,345.73 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 144,571 75.673 1,910.45 68.650 2,105.91 COUNTRY TOTAL 13,480,520 5,294.447 2,546.16 4,803.043 2,806.66 Hong Kong STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 47,231 20.187 2,339.59 18.314 2,578.96 COUNTRY TOTAL 47,231 20.187 2,339.59 18.314 2,578.96 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/10/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Taiwan WIRE RODS..............................3 2,290,280 987.145 2,320.10 895.524 2,557.47 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 150,184 61.932 2,424.97 56.184 2,673.07 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 171,594 71.290 2,406.96 64.674 2,653.21 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 15,519 2.777 5,586.75 2.520 6,158.33 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 5,085,020 1,806.164 2,815.37 1,638.525 3,103.41 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 5,110,415 1,588.873 3,216.38 1,441.402 3,545.45 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,206,923 414.565 2,911.29 376.088 3,209.15 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 6,591,764 2,240.719 2,941.81 2,032.747 3,242.79 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 354,062 174.755 2,026.04 158.536 2,233.32 COUNTRY TOTAL 20,975,761 7,348.225 2,854.53 6,666.200 3,146.58 Japan BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 123,339 48.209 2,558.39 43.735 2,820.14 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 131,900 42.209 3,124.87 38.292 3,444.58 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 5,110 0.960 5,322.29 0.871 5,866.82 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 2,584 0.047 54,515.49 0.043 60,093.02 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 41,799 11.448 3,651.01 10.386 4,024.55 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 2,947,229 690.978 4,265.30 626.845 4,701.69 WIRE DRAWN............................23 371,528 54.444 6,824.01 49.391 7,522.18 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 275,232 111.369 2,471.33 101.033 2,724.18 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 591,520 304.485 1,942.68 276.225 2,141.44 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,780,789 400.091 6,950.38 362.957 7,661.48 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,271,030 1,664.244 4,368.97 1,509.778 4,815.96 Australia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 2,525 1.074 2,349.38 0.975 2,589.74 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 48,712 7.839 6,213.55 7.112 6,849.27 WIRE DRAWN............................23 11,563 2.910 3,973.40 2.640 4,379.92 COUNTRY TOTAL 62,800 11.824 5,311.01 10.727 5,854.39 South Africa PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,030,298 929.772 1,108.12 843.476 1,221.49 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 400,037 421.287 949.56 382.186 1,046.71 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 540,206 485.807 1,111.98 440.717 1,225.74 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 280,044 127.950 2,188.69 116.075 2,412.61 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 96,722 36.144 2,675.96 32.790 2,949.74 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,347,307 2,000.963 1,173.09 1,815.244 1,293.11 GRAND TOTAL 229,431,770 91,437.125 2,509.18 82,950.388 2,765.89