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RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/10/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 1,159,921 2,591.695 447.55 2,351.147 493.34 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 17,059,646 20,342.480 838.62 18,454.393 924.42 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 39,513,672 62,312.738 634.12 56,529.181 699.00 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 20,426,721 28,007.181 729.34 25,407.695 803.96 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 37,478,987 55,776.286 671.95 50,599.409 740.70 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 6,805,904 10,485.206 649.10 9,512.022 715.51 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 56,213,286 86,750.724 647.99 78,698.956 714.28 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 7,862,968 7,329.671 1,072.76 6,649.368 1,182.51 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 19,509 10.286 1,896.51 9.332 2,090.55 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 83,117,733 88,392.967 940.32 80,188.774 1,036.53 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 5,789,893 1,296.012 4,467.47 1,175.723 4,924.54 Stainless Steel Bar 122,640 19.728 6,216.53 17.897 6,852.55 Stainless Steel Rod 5,923 0.439 13,466.81 0.399 14,844.61 Stainless Steel Wire 255,628 68.000 3,759.21 61.689 4,143.82 COUNTRY TOTAL 275,832,431 363,383.419 759.07 329,655.985 836.73 Mexico Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 105,636,465 232,448.997 454.45 210,874.243 500.95 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 8,000 22.575 354.37 20.480 390.63 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 30,696,309 50,139.443 612.22 45,485.751 674.86 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 5,664,081 8,508.637 665.69 7,718.908 733.79 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 32,122,965 33,190.333 967.84 30,109.773 1,066.86 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 7,842,527 12,303.566 637.42 11,161.611 702.63 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 5,538 9.845 562.47 8.932 620.02 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 6,484,514 14,564.425 445.23 13,212.628 490.78 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 18,451,445 19,960.462 924.40 18,107.832 1,018.98 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 2,539,365 1,366.607 1,858.15 1,239.766 2,048.26 Stainless Steel Bar 68,724 22.504 3,053.75 20.416 3,366.18 COUNTRY TOTAL 209,519,933 372,537.400 562.41 337,960.340 619.95 Guatemala Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 904,563 860.680 1,050.99 780.796 1,158.51 COUNTRY TOTAL 904,563 860.680 1,050.99 780.796 1,158.51 Costa Rica Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 18,021 22.833 789.24 20.714 869.99 COUNTRY TOTAL 18,021 22.833 789.24 20.714 869.99 Dominican Republic Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 49,812 159.428 312.44 144.631 344.41 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 4,615,857 9,540.312 483.83 8,654.828 533.33 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 393,561 615.381 639.54 558.265 704.97 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/10/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 5,059,230 10,315.122 490.47 9,357.724 540.65 Trinidad and Tobago Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 912,494 1,689.611 540.06 1,532.790 595.32 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 92,918 144.684 642.21 131.256 707.91 Stainless Steel Bar 64,494 45.194 1,427.02 41.000 1,573.02 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,069,906 1,879.490 569.25 1,705.046 627.49 Colombia Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 7,269 22.812 318.64 20.695 351.24 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 749,381 1,348.016 555.91 1,222.900 612.79 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 208,835 392.477 532.09 356.050 586.53 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 3,069,354 2,037.982 1,506.07 1,848.827 1,660.16 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,034,839 3,801.288 1,061.44 3,448.472 1,170.04 Venezuela Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 7,043,762 12,984.173 542.49 11,779.047 597.99 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 3,786,433 6,272.359 603.67 5,690.190 665.43 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 565,316 736.390 767.69 668.042 846.23 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 12,001 11.494 1,044.03 10.428 1,150.84 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 1,473,765 2,454.354 600.47 2,226.554 661.90 COUNTRY TOTAL 12,881,277 22,458.772 573.55 20,374.261 632.23 Peru Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 17,667 28.491 620.08 25.847 683.52 COUNTRY TOTAL 17,667 28.491 620.08 25.847 683.52 Chile Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 54,383 75.499 720.31 68.492 794.01 COUNTRY TOTAL 54,383 75.499 720.31 68.492 794.01 Brazil Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 77,032,275 188,124.173 409.48 170,663.428 451.37 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 5,728,793 6,646.358 861.94 6,029.477 950.13 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 30,089,922 50,442.752 596.52 45,760.908 657.55 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 30,299,378 41,614.959 728.09 37,752.467 802.58 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 800,261 1,660.728 481.87 1,506.588 531.17 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 196,024 119.972 1,633.91 108.837 1,801.08 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 157,567 324.540 485.51 294.418 535.18 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 994,379 1,885.210 527.46 1,710.235 581.43 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 9,603 0.442 21,724.93 0.401 23,947.63 Stainless Steel Bar 68,110 22.479 3,029.88 20.393 3,339.87 COUNTRY TOTAL 145,376,312 290,841.617 499.85 263,847.152 550.99 Argentina Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 126,409 179.147 705.61 162.520 777.81 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/10/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 1,241,880 2,173.315 571.42 1,971.599 629.88 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 98,449 156.467 629.20 141.945 693.57 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 356,199 632.084 563.53 573.418 621.19 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 65,385 11.160 5,858.40 10.125 6,457.78 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,888,322 3,152.176 599.05 2,859.607 660.34 Sweden Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 4,992,240 5,300.809 941.79 4,808.815 1,038.14 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 1,020,690 1,239.750 823.30 1,124.683 907.54 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 1,871,669 2,073.343 902.73 1,880.906 995.09 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 415,992 133.291 3,120.92 120.920 3,440.22 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 1,485,841 786.517 1,889.14 713.517 2,082.42 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 1,077,299 1,047.679 1,028.27 950.439 1,133.48 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 97,007 98.222 987.62 89.106 1,088.67 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 53,177 10.618 5,007.93 9.633 5,520.29 Stainless Steel Bar 389,431 103.258 3,771.40 93.675 4,157.26 Stainless Steel Rod 842,940 335.499 2,512.49 304.360 2,769.55 Stainless Steel Wire 1,087,126 173.535 6,264.57 157.429 6,905.50 COUNTRY TOTAL 13,333,412 11,302.527 1,179.68 10,253.483 1,300.38 Norway Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 1,407,034 1,802.575 780.57 1,635.269 860.43 Stainless Steel Bar 69,395 22.269 3,116.08 20.203 3,434.89 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,476,429 1,824.844 809.07 1,655.472 891.85 Finland Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 2,304,834 5,964.329 386.44 5,410.750 425.97 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 1,617,753 2,041.040 792.61 1,851.601 873.70 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 80,898 109.713 737.36 99.530 812.80 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 106,784 36.282 2,943.12 32.915 3,244.24 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 18,252 1.433 12,736.88 1.300 14,040.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,128,521 8,152.797 506.39 7,396.096 558.20 Denmark Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 25,873 5.218 4,958.09 4.734 5,465.36 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 7,737 1.425 5,428.38 1.293 5,983.76 Stainless Steel Bar 16,704 3.456 4,832.15 3.136 5,326.53 Stainless Steel Wire 51,027 4.757 10,725.42 4.316 11,822.75 COUNTRY TOTAL 101,341 14.858 6,820.61 13.479 7,518.44 United Kingdom Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 6,591 15.625 421.82 14.175 464.97 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 456,830 464.959 982.52 421.804 1,083.04 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 39,852 43.133 923.92 39.130 1,018.45 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 1,150,928 766.488 1,501.56 695.347 1,655.19 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 697,040 997.343 698.90 904.775 770.40 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 88,633 139.573 635.03 126.619 700.00 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/10/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 13,517,028 18,915.020 714.62 17,159.423 787.73 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 3,444,556 3,120.698 1,103.78 2,831.051 1,216.71 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 52,018 29.252 1,778.27 26.537 1,960.21 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 248,554 25.001 9,941.56 22.681 10,958.69 Stainless Steel Bar 1,176,100 399.651 2,942.81 362.558 3,243.89 Stainless Steel Rod 2,118,608 828.255 2,557.92 751.381 2,819.62 Stainless Steel Wire 301,360 67.031 4,495.79 60.810 4,955.76 COUNTRY TOTAL 23,298,098 25,812.035 902.61 23,416.291 994.95 Ireland Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 4,876 1.919 2,540.74 1.741 2,800.69 Stainless Steel Wire 5,064 6.268 807.80 5.687 890.45 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,940 8.187 1,213.98 7.428 1,338.18 Netherlands Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 17,295,646 36,303.277 476.42 32,933.789 525.16 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 2,873,198 4,762.012 603.36 4,320.026 665.09 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 1,268,386 1,644.488 771.30 1,491.855 850.21 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 2,264,011 3,657.529 619.00 3,318.056 682.33 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 120,747 122.380 986.65 111.022 1,087.60 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 2,684 0.231 11,594.69 0.210 12,780.95 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 23,465 12.195 1,924.00 11.064 2,120.84 Stainless Steel Bar 9,617 0.880 10,919.15 0.799 12,036.30 Stainless Steel Wire 16,325 0.085 189,869.17 0.078 209,294.87 COUNTRY TOTAL 23,874,079 46,503.082 513.39 42,186.899 565.91 Belgium Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 1,854,197 3,851.179 481.46 3,493.732 530.72 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 3,153,957 3,136.705 1,005.50 2,845.572 1,108.37 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 98,397 182.029 540.56 165.134 595.86 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 8,217,486 13,674.109 600.95 12,404.947 662.44 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 925,567 1,089.132 849.82 988.045 936.77 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 712,179 1,188.908 599.02 1,078.560 660.31 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 151,111 169.745 890.22 153.991 981.30 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 15,638 11.101 1,408.65 10.071 1,552.78 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 55,200 2.938 18,783.43 2.666 20,705.18 Stainless Steel Bar 22,734 4.639 4,899.96 4.209 5,401.28 COUNTRY TOTAL 15,206,466 23,310.490 652.34 21,146.927 719.09 Luxembourg Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 181,262 299.332 605.55 271.550 667.51 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 824,558 1,075.824 766.44 975.972 844.86 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 669,184 1,142.141 585.90 1,036.134 645.85 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 414,535 1,088.355 380.88 987.340 419.85 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,089,539 3,605.654 579.52 3,270.996 638.81 France IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/10/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 981,587 1,362.795 720.27 1,236.308 793.97 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 16,392,317 27,494.921 596.19 24,942.980 657.19 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 2,341,230 2,148.280 1,089.82 1,948.888 1,201.32 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 716,593 1,086.040 659.82 985.240 727.33 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 1,246,382 2,057.437 605.79 1,866.476 667.77 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 1,978,182 2,530.794 781.64 2,295.899 861.62 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 1,065,455 1,046.241 1,018.36 949.135 1,122.55 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 184,902 121.227 1,525.24 109.976 1,681.29 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 153,623 66.543 2,308.62 60.367 2,544.82 Stainless Steel Bar 1,416,793 366.778 3,862.80 332.736 4,258.01 Stainless Steel Rod 545,312 142.042 3,839.07 128.859 4,231.85 Stainless Steel Wire 238,933 49.684 4,809.01 45.073 5,301.02 COUNTRY TOTAL 27,261,309 38,472.789 708.59 34,901.937 781.08 Federal Republic of Germany Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 2,451,467 3,011.997 813.90 2,732.439 897.17 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 6,353,823 16,073.391 395.30 14,581.540 435.74 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 5,969,148 5,645.022 1,057.42 5,121.080 1,165.60 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 7,767,805 15,206.028 510.84 13,794.681 563.10 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 7,654,220 13,187.237 580.43 11,963.264 639.81 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 4,201,452 4,601.304 913.10 4,174.234 1,006.52 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 4,961,464 4,383.107 1,131.95 3,976.289 1,247.76 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 500,291 1,035.762 483.02 939.628 532.44 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 1,257,218 840.111 1,496.49 762.137 1,649.60 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 1,206,328 277.906 4,340.76 252.113 4,784.87 Stainless Steel Bar 2,294,064 834.835 2,747.92 757.350 3,029.07 Stainless Steel Rod 236,352 100.209 2,358.57 90.909 2,599.87 Stainless Steel Wire 929,504 157.951 5,884.75 143.291 6,486.83 COUNTRY TOTAL 45,783,136 65,354.867 700.53 59,288.955 772.20 Austria Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 24,361 17.107 1,423.96 15.520 1,569.65 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 692,286 1,394.930 496.29 1,265.460 547.06 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 903,153 136.470 6,617.94 123.804 7,295.02 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 373,120 312.551 1,193.79 283.542 1,315.92 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 220,217 67.645 3,255.46 61.367 3,588.52 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 219,550 186.528 1,177.03 169.216 1,297.45 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 73,833 26.807 2,754.23 24.319 3,036.02 Stainless Steel Bar 417,973 160.953 2,596.85 146.015 2,862.53 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,924,493 2,302.995 1,269.86 2,089.243 1,399.79 Czech Republic Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 664,384 1,414.766 469.61 1,283.455 517.65 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 4,463,331 8,099.643 551.05 7,347.875 607.43 Stainless Steel Bar 69,886 15.432 4,528.54 14.000 4,991.86 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,197,601 9,529.842 545.40 8,645.330 601.20 Switzerland IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/10/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 7,573 13.043 580.59 11.833 639.99 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 116,335 63.430 1,834.06 57.543 2,021.71 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 3,716 3.341 1,112.21 3.031 1,226.00 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 17,332 8.034 2,157.13 7.289 2,377.83 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 1,278,235 562.210 2,273.59 510.029 2,506.20 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 124,691 4.409 28,279.45 4.000 31,172.75 Stainless Steel Bar 394,382 112.276 3,512.58 101.856 3,871.96 Stainless Steel Wire 202,163 54.004 3,743.45 48.992 4,126.45 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,144,427 820.751 2,612.76 744.573 2,880.08 Latvia Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 3,814,691 3,773.544 1,010.90 3,423.303 1,114.33 Stainless Steel Bar 499,844 185.009 2,701.72 167.838 2,978.13 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,314,535 3,958.554 1,089.93 3,591.141 1,201.44 Poland Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 235,086 351.563 668.69 318.933 737.10 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 63,458 63.052 1,006.44 57.200 1,109.41 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 52,885 36.735 1,439.61 33.326 1,586.90 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 561,929 591.179 950.52 536.309 1,047.77 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 4,082 0.623 6,542.63 0.566 7,212.01 Stainless Steel Bar 64,858 39.402 1,646.05 35.745 1,814.46 COUNTRY TOTAL 982,298 1,082.556 907.39 982.079 1,000.22 Russia Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 46,054,025 102,083.349 451.14 92,608.483 497.30 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 98,690,637 193,772.412 509.31 175,787.425 561.42 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 25,405,899 46,096.606 551.14 41,818.150 607.53 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 3,145,159 6,775.960 464.16 6,147.050 511.65 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 3,059,148 2,602.171 1,175.61 2,360.651 1,295.89 Stainless Steel Bar 211,585 108.302 1,953.66 98.250 2,153.54 COUNTRY TOTAL 176,566,453 351,438.802 502.41 318,820.009 553.81 Ukraine Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 13,762,874 33,058.331 416.32 29,990.022 458.92 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 6,783 8.808 770.05 7.991 848.83 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 1,013,917 1,825.452 555.43 1,656.023 612.26 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 8,476 4.300 1,971.11 3.901 2,172.78 COUNTRY TOTAL 14,792,050 34,896.892 423.88 31,657.937 467.25 Kazakhstan Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 7,353,302 10,288.097 714.74 9,333.208 787.86 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,353,302 10,288.097 714.74 9,333.208 787.86 Spain Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 3,031,405 5,264.854 575.78 4,776.197 634.69 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/10/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 2,605,026 4,080.725 638.37 3,701.973 703.69 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 429,512 480.162 894.51 435.596 986.03 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 151,760 111.077 1,366.25 100.768 1,506.03 Stainless Steel Bar 36,413 3.068 11,865.42 2.784 13,079.38 Stainless Steel Wire 493,756 129.382 3,816.25 117.374 4,206.69 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,747,872 10,069.271 670.15 9,134.692 738.71 Portugal Stainless Steel Bar 108,425 31.069 3,489.73 28.186 3,846.77 COUNTRY TOTAL 108,425 31.069 3,489.73 28.186 3,846.77 Italy Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 874,489 1,621.245 539.39 1,470.770 594.58 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 17,262,856 33,531.318 514.83 30,419.109 567.50 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 32,729 4.509 7,257.70 4.091 8,000.24 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 2,907,473 3,265.470 890.37 2,962.386 981.46 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 4,201,134 4,381.190 958.90 3,974.550 1,057.01 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 288,229 319.310 902.66 289.674 995.01 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 2,361,758 6,273.229 376.48 5,690.980 415.00 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 1,437,702 1,502.107 957.12 1,362.689 1,055.05 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 1,309,495 475.130 2,756.08 431.031 3,038.05 Stainless Steel Bar 4,557,283 1,342.744 3,394.01 1,218.118 3,741.25 Stainless Steel Rod 490,223 255.894 1,915.72 232.144 2,111.72 Stainless Steel Wire 43,788 7.639 5,732.15 6.930 6,318.61 COUNTRY TOTAL 35,767,159 52,979.791 675.11 48,062.472 744.18 Slovenia Stainless Steel Bar 54,764 32.520 1,683.99 29.502 1,856.28 COUNTRY TOTAL 54,764 32.520 1,683.99 29.502 1,856.28 Romania Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 11,851,267 20,042.557 591.31 18,182.307 651.80 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 1,958,073 3,897.683 502.37 3,535.920 553.77 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 3,371 3.304 1,020.05 2.998 1,124.42 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 30,715 7.032 4,367.43 6.380 4,814.26 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 2,343,112 3,851.681 608.33 3,494.188 670.57 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 298,785 242.672 1,231.23 220.149 1,357.19 COUNTRY TOTAL 16,485,323 28,044.932 587.82 25,441.942 647.96 Bulgaria Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 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 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 159,023 327.649 485.34 297.239 535.00 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 18,106,601 33,400.988 542.10 30,300.876 597.56 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/10/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 4,429,089 6,747.041 656.45 6,120.815 723.61 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 4,388,492 7,856.463 558.58 7,127.266 615.73 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 17,521,041 41,546.660 421.72 37,690.507 464.87 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 3,964,452 6,815.287 581.70 6,182.727 641.21 COUNTRY TOTAL 48,568,698 96,694.092 502.29 87,719.430 553.68 Israel Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 2,750 3.368 816.35 3.056 899.87 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 485,607 74.149 6,549.06 67.267 7,219.10 COUNTRY TOTAL 488,357 77.517 6,299.93 70.323 6,944.48 Saudi Arabia Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 10,160 3.126 3,250.00 2.836 3,582.51 Stainless Steel Bar 167,600 77.818 2,153.72 70.596 2,374.07 COUNTRY TOTAL 177,760 80.944 2,196.06 73.432 2,420.74 United Arab Emirates Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 1,205,673 1,749.219 689.26 1,586.866 759.78 Stainless Steel Bar 275,167 130.014 2,116.44 117.947 2,332.97 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,480,840 1,879.234 788.00 1,704.813 868.62 Oman Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 2,560,534 3,972.766 644.52 3,604.034 710.46 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,560,534 3,972.766 644.52 3,604.034 710.46 India Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 1,114,924 1,734.392 642.83 1,573.415 708.60 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 892,677 1,399.081 638.04 1,269.226 703.32 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 52,561,385 74,997.386 700.84 68,036.504 772.55 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 443,637 502.639 882.61 455.987 972.92 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 5,653,278 8,559.579 660.46 7,765.122 728.03 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 3,433,206 3,046.109 1,127.08 2,763.385 1,242.39 Stainless Steel Bar 5,026,385 2,196.419 2,288.44 1,992.559 2,522.58 Stainless Steel Rod 385,215 364.256 1,057.54 330.448 1,165.74 Stainless Steel Wire 2,706,009 1,032.980 2,619.61 937.104 2,887.63 COUNTRY TOTAL 72,216,716 93,832.845 769.63 85,123.750 848.37 Pakistan Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 189,356 374.796 505.22 340.010 556.91 COUNTRY TOTAL 189,356 374.796 505.22 340.010 556.91 Thailand Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 7,539 3.470 2,172.58 3.148 2,394.85 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 51,690 107.507 480.80 97.529 530.00 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 2,634,905 4,488.988 586.97 4,072.343 647.02 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/10/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 848,349 598.165 1,418.25 542.647 1,563.35 Stainless Steel Wire 25,836 7.098 3,639.45 6.440 4,011.80 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,568,319 5,205.230 685.53 4,722.107 755.66 Vietnam Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 84,621 109.676 771.55 99.497 850.49 COUNTRY TOTAL 84,621 109.676 771.55 99.497 850.49 Malaysia Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 2,221,946 4,098.080 542.19 3,717.717 597.66 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 6,018,431 11,594.393 519.08 10,518.260 572.19 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 86,475 129.003 670.33 117.030 738.91 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 1,064,179 1,263.417 842.30 1,146.153 928.48 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 907,126 667.458 1,359.08 605.508 1,498.12 COUNTRY TOTAL 10,298,157 17,752.352 580.10 16,104.668 639.45 Indonesia Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 54,866 90.268 607.81 81.890 670.00 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 35,363 4.318 8,188.05 3.918 9,025.78 COUNTRY TOTAL 90,229 94.587 953.92 85.808 1,051.52 Philippines Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 129,625 206.911 626.48 187.707 690.57 COUNTRY TOTAL 129,625 206.911 626.48 187.707 690.57 China Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 701,050 1,123.390 624.05 1,019.123 687.90 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 44,252 70.696 625.94 64.135 689.98 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 10,699,722 19,062.353 561.30 17,293.081 618.73 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 20,227,393 30,855.781 655.55 27,991.902 722.62 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 148,303 120.779 1,227.89 109.569 1,353.51 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 98,514 205.845 478.58 186.740 527.55 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 69,000 41.120 1,677.99 37.304 1,849.67 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 10,006,696 18,635.226 536.98 16,905.598 591.92 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 4,963,306 2,908.663 1,706.39 2,638.696 1,880.97 Stainless Steel Bar 1,769,546 365.586 4,840.29 331.655 5,335.50 Stainless Steel Rod 737,905 404.929 1,822.30 367.346 2,008.75 Stainless Steel Wire 1,241,796 452.962 2,741.50 410.921 3,021.98 COUNTRY TOTAL 50,707,483 74,247.336 682.95 67,356.070 752.83 Korea, South Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 2,274 5.013 453.59 4.548 500.00 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 15,141,045 32,091.561 471.81 29,112.983 520.08 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 5,200,860 8,706.962 597.32 7,898.826 658.43 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 23,555,001 32,067.548 734.54 29,091.199 809.70 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 1,116,636 1,671.374 668.09 1,516.246 736.45 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/10/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 1,146,222 1,984.823 577.49 1,800.602 636.58 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 77,837 130.650 595.77 118.524 656.72 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 7,850,466 13,416.596 585.13 12,171.335 645.00 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 2,301,269 750.960 3,064.43 681.260 3,377.96 Stainless Steel Bar 20,746 5.149 4,028.35 4.672 4,440.50 Stainless Steel Rod 479,539 356.585 1,344.81 323.489 1,482.40 Stainless Steel Wire 1,931,500 603.832 3,198.73 547.788 3,526.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 58,823,395 91,791.059 640.84 83,271.472 706.41 Taiwan Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 415,167 683.336 607.56 619.913 669.72 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 8,479,906 14,688.795 577.30 13,325.455 636.37 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 26,521,543 32,363.870 819.48 29,360.018 903.32 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 41,070 23.197 1,770.49 21.044 1,951.63 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 56,950 36.490 1,560.66 33.104 1,720.34 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 7,567,686 12,325.127 614.00 11,181.171 676.82 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 3,235,398 4,997.237 647.44 4,533.419 713.68 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 1,104,857 493.472 2,238.94 447.671 2,468.01 Stainless Steel Bar 5,272,133 1,880.232 2,803.98 1,705.719 3,090.86 Stainless Steel Rod 2,290,280 987.145 2,320.10 895.524 2,557.47 Stainless Steel Wire 1,173,483 396.640 2,958.56 359.826 3,261.25 COUNTRY TOTAL 56,158,473 68,875.548 815.36 62,482.864 898.78 Japan Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 2,500,350 2,377.321 1,051.75 2,156.670 1,159.36 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 1,946,244 3,651.019 533.07 3,312.150 587.61 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 4,116,418 4,805.876 856.54 4,359.819 944.17 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 2,806,706 3,223.115 870.81 2,923.962 959.90 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 1,542,527 2,328.013 662.59 2,111.939 730.38 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 7,740,079 10,148.315 762.70 9,206.400 840.73 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 414,923 455.473 910.97 413.199 1,004.17 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 22,161,556 57,766.427 383.64 52,404.836 422.89 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 12,614,860 19,879.085 634.58 18,034.008 699.50 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 1,705,658 303.339 5,622.93 275.185 6,198.22 Stainless Steel Bar 44,383 11.496 3,860.73 10.429 4,255.73 Stainless Steel Wire 371,528 54.444 6,824.01 49.391 7,522.18 COUNTRY TOTAL 57,965,232 105,003.928 552.03 95,257.988 608.51 Australia Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 17,433,271 40,590.765 429.49 36,823.333 473.43 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 68,799 81.155 847.74 73.623 934.48 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 12,656,454 23,350.585 542.02 21,183.301 597.47 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 184,062 61.334 3,000.94 55.642 3,307.97 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 3,790 4.304 880.47 3.905 970.55 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 124,150 177.334 700.09 160.875 771.72 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 127,131 13.796 9,214.71 12.516 10,157.48 Stainless Steel Bar 2,525 1.074 2,349.38 0.975 2,589.74 Stainless Steel Wire 11,563 2.910 3,973.40 2.640 4,379.92 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/10/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 30,611,745 64,283.261 476.20 58,316.810 524.92 New Zealand Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 8,727,855 15,097.722 578.09 13,696.427 637.24 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 1,152,159 1,883.684 611.65 1,708.850 674.23 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 198,930 255.929 777.29 232.175 856.81 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 31,365 33.209 944.46 30.127 1,041.09 COUNTRY TOTAL 10,110,309 17,270.544 585.41 15,667.579 645.30 Morocco Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 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 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 29,618,933 53,004.930 558.80 48,085.278 615.97 COUNTRY TOTAL 29,618,933 53,004.930 558.80 48,085.278 615.97 Kenya Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 45,026 61.619 730.71 55.900 805.47 COUNTRY TOTAL 45,026 61.619 730.71 55.900 805.47 South Africa Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 14,885,810 33,384.601 445.89 30,286.010 491.51 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 559,574 1,095.848 510.63 994.137 562.87 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 1,393,924 2,465.663 565.33 2,236.813 623.17 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 8,270,387 10,975.489 753.53 9,956.799 830.63 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 444,410 1,007.740 441.00 914.207 486.12 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 175,707 409.723 428.84 371.695 472.72 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 4,155,453 7,181.972 578.59 6,515.378 637.79 COUNTRY TOTAL 29,885,265 56,521.039 528.75 51,275.039 582.84 GRAND TOTAL 1,567,788,405 2,589,450.897 605.45 2,349,111.002 667.40