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RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/10/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab Canada 1,159,921 2,591.695 447.55 2,351.147 493.34 Mexico 105,636,465 232,448.997 454.45 210,874.243 500.95 Brazil 77,032,275 188,124.173 409.48 170,663.428 451.37 Finland 2,304,834 5,964.329 386.44 5,410.750 425.97 United Kingdom 6,591 15.625 421.82 14.175 464.97 Belgium 1,854,197 3,851.179 481.46 3,493.732 530.72 Russia 46,054,025 102,083.349 451.14 92,608.483 497.30 Ukraine 13,762,874 33,058.331 416.32 29,990.022 458.92 Australia 17,433,271 40,590.765 429.49 36,823.333 473.43 South Africa 14,885,810 33,384.601 445.89 30,286.010 491.51 CATEGORY TOTAL 280,130,263 642,113.048 436.26 582,515.323 480.90 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate Canada 17,059,646 20,342.480 838.62 18,454.393 924.42 Mexico 8,000 22.575 354.37 20.480 390.63 Brazil 5,728,793 6,646.358 861.94 6,029.477 950.13 Sweden 4,992,240 5,300.809 941.79 4,808.815 1,038.14 Finland 1,617,753 2,041.040 792.61 1,851.601 873.70 United Kingdom 456,830 464.959 982.52 421.804 1,083.04 Belgium 3,153,957 3,136.705 1,005.50 2,845.572 1,108.37 France 981,587 1,362.795 720.27 1,236.308 793.97 Federal Republic of Germany 2,451,467 3,011.997 813.90 2,732.439 897.17 Austria 24,361 17.107 1,423.96 15.520 1,569.65 Czech Republic 664,384 1,414.766 469.61 1,283.455 517.65 Switzerland 7,573 13.043 580.59 11.833 639.99 Poland 235,086 351.563 668.69 318.933 737.10 Italy 874,489 1,621.245 539.39 1,470.770 594.58 Romania 11,851,267 20,042.557 591.31 18,182.307 651.80 Turkey 159,023 327.649 485.34 297.239 535.00 Malaysia 2,221,946 4,098.080 542.19 3,717.717 597.66 China 701,050 1,123.390 624.05 1,019.123 687.90 Korea, South 2,274 5.013 453.59 4.548 500.00 Japan 2,500,350 2,377.321 1,051.75 2,156.670 1,159.36 Australia 68,799 81.155 847.74 73.623 934.48 South Africa 559,574 1,095.848 510.63 994.137 562.87 CATEGORY TOTAL 56,320,449 74,898.465 751.96 67,946.764 828.89 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled Canada 39,513,672 62,312.738 634.12 56,529.181 699.00 Mexico 30,696,309 50,139.443 612.22 45,485.751 674.86 Colombia 7,269 22.812 318.64 20.695 351.24 Venezuela 7,043,762 12,984.173 542.49 11,779.047 597.99 Sweden 1,020,690 1,239.750 823.30 1,124.683 907.54 United Kingdom 39,852 43.133 923.92 39.130 1,018.45 Netherlands 17,295,646 36,303.277 476.42 32,933.789 525.16 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/10/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Belgium 98,397 182.029 540.56 165.134 595.86 France 16,392,317 27,494.921 596.19 24,942.980 657.19 Federal Republic of Germany 6,353,823 16,073.391 395.30 14,581.540 435.74 Austria 692,286 1,394.930 496.29 1,265.460 547.06 Russia 98,690,637 193,772.412 509.31 175,787.425 561.42 Italy 17,262,856 33,531.318 514.83 30,419.109 567.50 Romania 1,958,073 3,897.683 502.37 3,535.920 553.77 Turkey 18,106,601 33,400.988 542.10 30,300.876 597.56 India 1,114,924 1,734.392 642.83 1,573.415 708.60 Thailand 7,539 3.470 2,172.58 3.148 2,394.85 Malaysia 6,018,431 11,594.393 519.08 10,518.260 572.19 China 44,252 70.696 625.94 64.135 689.98 Korea, South 15,141,045 32,091.561 471.81 29,112.983 520.08 Taiwan 415,167 683.336 607.56 619.913 669.72 Japan 1,946,244 3,651.019 533.07 3,312.150 587.61 Australia 12,656,454 23,350.585 542.02 21,183.301 597.47 New Zealand 8,727,855 15,097.722 578.09 13,696.427 637.24 Egypt 29,618,933 53,004.930 558.80 48,085.278 615.97 CATEGORY TOTAL 330,863,034 614,075.114 538.80 557,079.730 593.92 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled Canada 20,426,721 28,007.181 729.34 25,407.695 803.96 Mexico 5,664,081 8,508.637 665.69 7,718.908 733.79 Dominican Republic 49,812 159.428 312.44 144.631 344.41 Venezuela 3,786,433 6,272.359 603.67 5,690.190 665.43 Brazil 30,089,922 50,442.752 596.52 45,760.908 657.55 Sweden 1,871,669 2,073.343 902.73 1,880.906 995.09 United Kingdom 1,150,928 766.488 1,501.56 695.347 1,655.19 Netherlands 2,873,198 4,762.012 603.36 4,320.026 665.09 Belgium 8,217,486 13,674.109 600.95 12,404.947 662.44 Luxembourg 181,262 299.332 605.55 271.550 667.51 France 2,341,230 2,148.280 1,089.82 1,948.888 1,201.32 Federal Republic of Germany 5,969,148 5,645.022 1,057.42 5,121.080 1,165.60 Austria 903,153 136.470 6,617.94 123.804 7,295.02 Switzerland 116,335 63.430 1,834.06 57.543 2,021.71 Poland 63,458 63.052 1,006.44 57.200 1,109.41 Russia 25,405,899 46,096.606 551.14 41,818.150 607.53 Italy 32,729 4.509 7,257.70 4.091 8,000.24 India 892,677 1,399.081 638.04 1,269.226 703.32 China 10,699,722 19,062.353 561.30 17,293.081 618.73 Korea, South 5,200,860 8,706.962 597.32 7,898.826 658.43 Taiwan 8,479,906 14,688.795 577.30 13,325.455 636.37 Japan 4,116,418 4,805.876 856.54 4,359.819 944.17 New Zealand 1,152,159 1,883.684 611.65 1,708.850 674.23 South Africa 1,393,924 2,465.663 565.33 2,236.813 623.17 CATEGORY TOTAL 141,079,130 222,135.435 635.10 201,517.934 700.08 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated Canada 37,478,987 55,776.286 671.95 50,599.409 740.70 Mexico 32,122,965 33,190.333 967.84 30,109.773 1,066.86 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/10/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Costa Rica 18,021 22.833 789.24 20.714 869.99 Colombia 749,381 1,348.016 555.91 1,222.900 612.79 Venezuela 565,316 736.390 767.69 668.042 846.23 Brazil 30,299,378 41,614.959 728.09 37,752.467 802.58 Argentina 126,409 179.147 705.61 162.520 777.81 Sweden 415,992 133.291 3,120.92 120.920 3,440.22 Finland 80,898 109.713 737.36 99.530 812.80 United Kingdom 697,040 997.343 698.90 904.775 770.40 Netherlands 1,268,386 1,644.488 771.30 1,491.855 850.21 Belgium 925,567 1,089.132 849.82 988.045 936.77 Luxembourg 824,558 1,075.824 766.44 975.972 844.86 France 716,593 1,086.040 659.82 985.240 727.33 Federal Republic of Germany 7,767,805 15,206.028 510.84 13,794.681 563.10 Austria 373,120 312.551 1,193.79 283.542 1,315.92 Kazakhstan 7,353,302 10,288.097 714.74 9,333.208 787.86 Spain 3,031,405 5,264.854 575.78 4,776.197 634.69 Italy 2,907,473 3,265.470 890.37 2,962.386 981.46 Turkey 4,429,089 6,747.041 656.45 6,120.815 723.61 Israel 2,750 3.368 816.35 3.056 899.87 India 52,561,385 74,997.386 700.84 68,036.504 772.55 Malaysia 86,475 129.003 670.33 117.030 738.91 Indonesia 54,866 90.268 607.81 81.890 670.00 China 20,227,393 30,855.781 655.55 27,991.902 722.62 Korea, South 23,555,001 32,067.548 734.54 29,091.199 809.70 Taiwan 26,521,543 32,363.870 819.48 29,360.018 903.32 Japan 2,806,706 3,223.115 870.81 2,923.962 959.90 Australia 184,062 61.334 3,000.94 55.642 3,307.97 New Zealand 198,930 255.929 777.29 232.175 856.81 Morocco 5,048,240 6,579.166 767.31 5,968.521 845.81 Kenya 45,026 61.619 730.71 55.900 805.47 South Africa 8,270,387 10,975.489 753.53 9,956.799 830.63 CATEGORY TOTAL 271,714,449 371,751.728 730.90 337,247.590 805.68 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin Canada 6,805,904 10,485.206 649.10 9,512.022 715.51 United Kingdom 88,633 139.573 635.03 126.619 700.00 Netherlands 2,264,011 3,657.529 619.00 3,318.056 682.33 Belgium 712,179 1,188.908 599.02 1,078.560 660.31 France 1,246,382 2,057.437 605.79 1,866.476 667.77 Federal Republic of Germany 7,654,220 13,187.237 580.43 11,963.264 639.81 Korea, South 1,116,636 1,671.374 668.09 1,516.246 736.45 Japan 1,542,527 2,328.013 662.59 2,111.939 730.38 CATEGORY TOTAL 21,430,492 34,715.280 617.32 31,493.182 680.48 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar Canada 56,213,286 86,750.724 647.99 78,698.956 714.28 Mexico 7,842,527 12,303.566 637.42 11,161.611 702.63 Trinidad and Tobago 912,494 1,689.611 540.06 1,532.790 595.32 Venezuela 12,001 11.494 1,044.03 10.428 1,150.84 Brazil 800,261 1,660.728 481.87 1,506.588 531.17 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/10/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Argentina 1,241,880 2,173.315 571.42 1,971.599 629.88 Sweden 1,485,841 786.517 1,889.14 713.517 2,082.42 Norway 1,407,034 1,802.575 780.57 1,635.269 860.43 United Kingdom 13,517,028 18,915.020 714.62 17,159.423 787.73 Netherlands 120,747 122.380 986.65 111.022 1,087.60 Luxembourg 669,184 1,142.141 585.90 1,036.134 645.85 France 1,978,182 2,530.794 781.64 2,295.899 861.62 Federal Republic of Germany 4,201,452 4,601.304 913.10 4,174.234 1,006.52 Austria 220,217 67.645 3,255.46 61.367 3,588.52 Czech Republic 4,463,331 8,099.643 551.05 7,347.875 607.43 Switzerland 3,716 3.341 1,112.21 3.031 1,226.00 Latvia 3,814,691 3,773.544 1,010.90 3,423.303 1,114.33 Poland 52,885 36.735 1,439.61 33.326 1,586.90 Russia 3,145,159 6,775.960 464.16 6,147.050 511.65 Ukraine 6,783 8.808 770.05 7.991 848.83 Spain 2,605,026 4,080.725 638.37 3,701.973 703.69 Italy 4,201,134 4,381.190 958.90 3,974.550 1,057.01 Romania 3,371 3.304 1,020.05 2.998 1,124.42 Turkey 4,388,492 7,856.463 558.58 7,127.266 615.73 India 443,637 502.639 882.61 455.987 972.92 China 148,303 120.779 1,227.89 109.569 1,353.51 Korea, South 1,146,222 1,984.823 577.49 1,800.602 636.58 Taiwan 41,070 23.197 1,770.49 21.044 1,951.63 Japan 7,740,079 10,148.315 762.70 9,206.400 840.73 Australia 3,790 4.304 880.47 3.905 970.55 New Zealand 31,365 33.209 944.46 30.127 1,041.09 South Africa 444,410 1,007.740 441.00 914.207 486.12 CATEGORY TOTAL 123,305,598 183,402.549 672.32 166,380.040 741.11 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar Canada 7,862,968 7,329.671 1,072.76 6,649.368 1,182.51 Mexico 5,538 9.845 562.47 8.932 620.02 Colombia 208,835 392.477 532.09 356.050 586.53 Brazil 196,024 119.972 1,633.91 108.837 1,801.08 Argentina 98,449 156.467 629.20 141.945 693.57 Sweden 1,077,299 1,047.679 1,028.27 950.439 1,133.48 United Kingdom 3,444,556 3,120.698 1,103.78 2,831.051 1,216.71 Belgium 151,111 169.745 890.22 153.991 981.30 France 1,065,455 1,046.241 1,018.36 949.135 1,122.55 Federal Republic of Germany 4,961,464 4,383.107 1,131.95 3,976.289 1,247.76 Switzerland 17,332 8.034 2,157.13 7.289 2,377.83 Poland 561,929 591.179 950.52 536.309 1,047.77 Russia 3,059,148 2,602.171 1,175.61 2,360.651 1,295.89 Ukraine 1,013,917 1,825.452 555.43 1,656.023 612.26 Spain 429,512 480.162 894.51 435.596 986.03 Italy 288,229 319.310 902.66 289.674 995.01 Romania 30,715 7.032 4,367.43 6.380 4,814.26 China 98,514 205.845 478.58 186.740 527.55 Korea, South 77,837 130.650 595.77 118.524 656.72 Taiwan 56,950 36.490 1,560.66 33.104 1,720.34 Japan 414,923 455.473 910.97 413.199 1,004.17 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/10/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE South Africa 175,707 409.723 428.84 371.695 472.72 CATEGORY TOTAL 25,296,412 24,847.435 1,018.07 22,541.221 1,122.23 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar Canada 19,509 10.286 1,896.51 9.332 2,090.55 Mexico 6,484,514 14,564.425 445.23 13,212.628 490.78 Dominican Republic 4,615,857 9,540.312 483.83 8,654.828 533.33 Trinidad and Tobago 92,918 144.684 642.21 131.256 707.91 Brazil 157,567 324.540 485.51 294.418 535.18 Luxembourg 414,535 1,088.355 380.88 987.340 419.85 Federal Republic of Germany 500,291 1,035.762 483.02 939.628 532.44 Italy 2,361,758 6,273.229 376.48 5,690.980 415.00 Bulgaria 12,303,236 32,336.500 380.48 29,335.188 419.40 Turkey 17,521,041 41,546.660 421.72 37,690.507 464.87 Thailand 51,690 107.507 480.80 97.529 530.00 China 69,000 41.120 1,677.99 37.304 1,849.67 Taiwan 7,567,686 12,325.127 614.00 11,181.171 676.82 Japan 22,161,556 57,766.427 383.64 52,404.836 422.89 CATEGORY TOTAL 74,321,158 177,104.940 419.64 160,666.945 462.58 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular Canada 83,117,733 88,392.967 940.32 80,188.774 1,036.53 Mexico 18,451,445 19,960.462 924.40 18,107.832 1,018.98 Guatemala 904,563 860.680 1,050.99 780.796 1,158.51 Dominican Republic 393,561 615.381 639.54 558.265 704.97 Colombia 3,069,354 2,037.982 1,506.07 1,848.827 1,660.16 Venezuela 1,473,765 2,454.354 600.47 2,226.554 661.90 Peru 17,667 28.491 620.08 25.847 683.52 Chile 54,383 75.499 720.31 68.492 794.01 Brazil 994,379 1,885.210 527.46 1,710.235 581.43 Argentina 356,199 632.084 563.53 573.418 621.19 Sweden 97,007 98.222 987.62 89.106 1,088.67 Finland 106,784 36.282 2,943.12 32.915 3,244.24 Denmark 25,873 5.218 4,958.09 4.734 5,465.36 United Kingdom 52,018 29.252 1,778.27 26.537 1,960.21 Ireland 4,876 1.919 2,540.74 1.741 2,800.69 Netherlands 2,684 0.231 11,594.69 0.210 12,780.95 Belgium 15,638 11.101 1,408.65 10.071 1,552.78 France 184,902 121.227 1,525.24 109.976 1,681.29 Federal Republic of Germany 1,257,218 840.111 1,496.49 762.137 1,649.60 Austria 219,550 186.528 1,177.03 169.216 1,297.45 Switzerland 1,278,235 562.210 2,273.59 510.029 2,506.20 Ukraine 8,476 4.300 1,971.11 3.901 2,172.78 Italy 1,437,702 1,502.107 957.12 1,362.689 1,055.05 Romania 2,343,112 3,851.681 608.33 3,494.188 670.57 Turkey 3,964,452 6,815.287 581.70 6,182.727 641.21 United Arab Emirates 1,205,673 1,749.219 689.26 1,586.866 759.78 Oman 2,560,534 3,972.766 644.52 3,604.034 710.46 India 5,653,278 8,559.579 660.46 7,765.122 728.03 Pakistan 189,356 374.796 505.22 340.010 556.91 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/10/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Thailand 2,634,905 4,488.988 586.97 4,072.343 647.02 Vietnam 84,621 109.676 771.55 99.497 850.49 Malaysia 1,064,179 1,263.417 842.30 1,146.153 928.48 Philippines 129,625 206.911 626.48 187.707 690.57 China 10,006,696 18,635.226 536.98 16,905.598 591.92 Korea, South 7,850,466 13,416.596 585.13 12,171.335 645.00 Taiwan 3,235,398 4,997.237 647.44 4,533.419 713.68 Japan 12,614,860 19,879.085 634.58 18,034.008 699.50 Australia 124,150 177.334 700.09 160.875 771.72 South Africa 4,155,453 7,181.972 578.59 6,515.378 637.79 CATEGORY TOTAL 171,340,770 216,021.608 793.16 195,971.562 874.31 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges Canada 5,789,893 1,296.012 4,467.47 1,175.723 4,924.54 Mexico 2,539,365 1,366.607 1,858.15 1,239.766 2,048.26 Brazil 9,603 0.442 21,724.93 0.401 23,947.63 Argentina 65,385 11.160 5,858.40 10.125 6,457.78 Sweden 53,177 10.618 5,007.93 9.633 5,520.29 Finland 18,252 1.433 12,736.88 1.300 14,040.00 Denmark 7,737 1.425 5,428.38 1.293 5,983.76 United Kingdom 248,554 25.001 9,941.56 22.681 10,958.69 Netherlands 23,465 12.195 1,924.00 11.064 2,120.84 Belgium 55,200 2.938 18,783.43 2.666 20,705.18 France 153,623 66.543 2,308.62 60.367 2,544.82 Federal Republic of Germany 1,206,328 277.906 4,340.76 252.113 4,784.87 Austria 73,833 26.807 2,754.23 24.319 3,036.02 Switzerland 124,691 4.409 28,279.45 4.000 31,172.75 Poland 4,082 0.623 6,542.63 0.566 7,212.01 Spain 151,760 111.077 1,366.25 100.768 1,506.03 Italy 1,309,495 475.130 2,756.08 431.031 3,038.05 Romania 298,785 242.672 1,231.23 220.149 1,357.19 Israel 485,607 74.149 6,549.06 67.267 7,219.10 Saudi Arabia 10,160 3.126 3,250.00 2.836 3,582.51 India 3,433,206 3,046.109 1,127.08 2,763.385 1,242.39 Thailand 848,349 598.165 1,418.25 542.647 1,563.35 Malaysia 907,126 667.458 1,359.08 605.508 1,498.12 Indonesia 35,363 4.318 8,188.05 3.918 9,025.78 China 4,963,306 2,908.663 1,706.39 2,638.696 1,880.97 Korea, South 2,301,269 750.960 3,064.43 681.260 3,377.96 Taiwan 1,104,857 493.472 2,238.94 447.671 2,468.01 Japan 1,705,658 303.339 5,622.93 275.185 6,198.22 Australia 127,131 13.796 9,214.71 12.516 10,157.48 CATEGORY TOTAL 28,055,260 12,796.567 2,192.41 11,608.854 2,416.71 Stainless Steel Bar Canada 122,640 19.728 6,216.53 17.897 6,852.55 Mexico 68,724 22.504 3,053.75 20.416 3,366.18 Trinidad and Tobago 64,494 45.194 1,427.02 41.000 1,573.02 Brazil 68,110 22.479 3,029.88 20.393 3,339.87 Sweden 389,431 103.258 3,771.40 93.675 4,157.26 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/10/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Norway 69,395 22.269 3,116.08 20.203 3,434.89 Denmark 16,704 3.456 4,832.15 3.136 5,326.53 United Kingdom 1,176,100 399.651 2,942.81 362.558 3,243.89 Netherlands 9,617 0.880 10,919.15 0.799 12,036.30 Belgium 22,734 4.639 4,899.96 4.209 5,401.28 France 1,416,793 366.778 3,862.80 332.736 4,258.01 Federal Republic of Germany 2,294,064 834.835 2,747.92 757.350 3,029.07 Austria 417,973 160.953 2,596.85 146.015 2,862.53 Czech Republic 69,886 15.432 4,528.54 14.000 4,991.86 Switzerland 394,382 112.276 3,512.58 101.856 3,871.96 Latvia 499,844 185.009 2,701.72 167.838 2,978.13 Poland 64,858 39.402 1,646.05 35.745 1,814.46 Russia 211,585 108.302 1,953.66 98.250 2,153.54 Spain 36,413 3.068 11,865.42 2.784 13,079.38 Portugal 108,425 31.069 3,489.73 28.186 3,846.77 Italy 4,557,283 1,342.744 3,394.01 1,218.118 3,741.25 Slovenia 54,764 32.520 1,683.99 29.502 1,856.28 Saudi Arabia 167,600 77.818 2,153.72 70.596 2,374.07 United Arab Emirates 275,167 130.014 2,116.44 117.947 2,332.97 India 5,026,385 2,196.419 2,288.44 1,992.559 2,522.58 China 1,769,546 365.586 4,840.29 331.655 5,335.50 Korea, South 20,746 5.149 4,028.35 4.672 4,440.50 Taiwan 5,272,133 1,880.232 2,803.98 1,705.719 3,090.86 Japan 44,383 11.496 3,860.73 10.429 4,255.73 Australia 2,525 1.074 2,349.38 0.975 2,589.74 CATEGORY TOTAL 24,712,704 8,544.252 2,892.32 7,751.218 3,188.23 Stainless Steel Rod Canada 5,923 0.439 13,466.81 0.399 14,844.61 Sweden 842,940 335.499 2,512.49 304.360 2,769.55 United Kingdom 2,118,608 828.255 2,557.92 751.381 2,819.62 France 545,312 142.042 3,839.07 128.859 4,231.85 Federal Republic of Germany 236,352 100.209 2,358.57 90.909 2,599.87 Italy 490,223 255.894 1,915.72 232.144 2,111.72 India 385,215 364.256 1,057.54 330.448 1,165.74 China 737,905 404.929 1,822.30 367.346 2,008.75 Korea, South 479,539 356.585 1,344.81 323.489 1,482.40 Taiwan 2,290,280 987.145 2,320.10 895.524 2,557.47 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,132,297 3,775.259 2,154.10 3,424.859 2,374.49 Stainless Steel Wire Canada 255,628 68.000 3,759.21 61.689 4,143.82 Sweden 1,087,126 173.535 6,264.57 157.429 6,905.50 Denmark 51,027 4.757 10,725.42 4.316 11,822.75 United Kingdom 301,360 67.031 4,495.79 60.810 4,955.76 Ireland 5,064 6.268 807.80 5.687 890.45 Netherlands 16,325 0.085 189,869.17 0.078 209,294.87 France 238,933 49.684 4,809.01 45.073 5,301.02 Federal Republic of Germany 929,504 157.951 5,884.75 143.291 6,486.83 Switzerland 202,163 54.004 3,743.45 48.992 4,126.45 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/10/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Spain 493,756 129.382 3,816.25 117.374 4,206.69 Italy 43,788 7.639 5,732.15 6.930 6,318.61 India 2,706,009 1,032.980 2,619.61 937.104 2,887.63 Thailand 25,836 7.098 3,639.45 6.440 4,011.80 China 1,241,796 452.962 2,741.50 410.921 3,021.98 Korea, South 1,931,500 603.832 3,198.73 547.788 3,526.00 Taiwan 1,173,483 396.640 2,958.56 359.826 3,261.25 Japan 371,528 54.444 6,824.01 49.391 7,522.18 Australia 11,563 2.910 3,973.40 2.640 4,379.92 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,086,389 3,269.210 3,391.15 2,965.779 3,738.10 GRAND TOTAL 1,567,788,405 2,589,450.897 605.45 2,349,111.002 667.40 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/10/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Flat Products Canada 122,444,851 179,515.588 682.08 162,853.848 751.87 Mexico 174,127,820 324,309.987 536.92 294,209.154 591.85 Costa Rica 18,021 22.833 789.24 20.714 869.99 Dominican Republic 49,812 159.428 312.44 144.631 344.41 Colombia 756,650 1,370.828 551.97 1,243.595 608.44 Venezuela 11,395,511 19,992.922 569.98 18,137.279 628.29 Brazil 143,150,368 286,828.244 499.08 260,206.280 550.14 Argentina 126,409 179.147 705.61 162.520 777.81 Sweden 8,300,591 8,747.194 948.94 7,935.324 1,046.03 Finland 4,003,485 8,115.082 493.34 7,361.881 543.81 United Kingdom 2,439,874 2,427.123 1,005.25 2,201.850 1,108.10 Netherlands 23,701,241 46,367.307 511.16 42,063.726 563.46 Belgium 14,961,783 23,122.064 647.08 20,975.990 713.28 Luxembourg 1,005,820 1,375.157 731.42 1,247.522 806.25 France 21,678,109 34,149.475 634.80 30,979.892 699.75 Federal Republic of Germany 30,196,463 53,123.678 568.42 48,193.004 626.57 Austria 1,992,920 1,861.060 1,070.85 1,688.326 1,180.41 Czech Republic 664,384 1,414.766 469.61 1,283.455 517.65 Switzerland 123,908 76.473 1,620.26 69.376 1,786.04 Poland 298,544 414.615 720.05 376.133 793.72 Russia 170,150,561 341,952.368 497.59 310,214.058 548.49 Ukraine 13,762,874 33,058.331 416.32 29,990.022 458.92 Kazakhstan 7,353,302 10,288.097 714.74 9,333.208 787.86 Spain 3,031,405 5,264.854 575.78 4,776.197 634.69 Italy 21,077,547 38,422.544 548.57 34,856.356 604.70 Romania 13,809,340 23,940.240 576.83 21,718.227 635.84 Turkey 22,694,713 40,475.680 560.70 36,718.930 618.07 Israel 2,750 3.368 816.35 3.056 899.87 India 54,568,986 78,130.861 698.43 70,879.145 769.89 Thailand 7,539 3.470 2,172.58 3.148 2,394.85 Malaysia 8,326,852 15,821.477 526.30 14,353.007 580.15 Indonesia 54,866 90.268 607.81 81.890 670.00 China 31,672,417 51,112.222 619.66 46,368.241 683.06 Korea, South 45,015,816 74,542.460 603.89 67,623.802 665.68 Taiwan 35,416,616 47,736.003 741.93 43,305.386 817.83 Japan 12,912,245 16,385.345 788.04 14,864.540 868.66 Australia 30,342,586 64,083.840 473.48 58,135.899 521.93 New Zealand 10,078,944 17,237.335 584.72 15,637.452 644.54 Morocco 5,048,240 6,579.166 767.31 5,968.521 845.81 Egypt 29,618,933 53,004.930 558.80 48,085.278 615.97 Kenya 45,026 61.619 730.71 55.900 805.47 South Africa 25,109,695 47,921.602 523.97 43,473.759 577.58 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,101,537,817 1,959,689.072 562.10 1,777,800.522 619.61 GRAND TOTAL 1,101,537,817 1,959,689.072 562.10 1,777,800.522 619.61