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RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/10/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Canada 67,471 102.339 659.29 92.841 726.74 Mexico 1,114,569 1,463.773 761.44 1,327.913 839.34 Sweden 44,988 18.706 2,404.98 16.970 2,651.03 United Kingdom 78,092 40.857 1,911.34 37.065 2,106.89 Federal Republic of Germany 65,125 36.839 1,767.82 33.420 1,948.68 Italy 681,686 410.678 1,659.90 372.561 1,829.73 China 42,949 16.336 2,629.06 14.820 2,898.04 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,094,880 2,089.529 1,002.56 1,895.590 1,105.13 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 6,170,857 12,612.095 489.28 11,441.504 539.34 Mexico 105,895,165 233,035.883 454.42 211,406.657 500.91 Brazil 86,257,439 217,210.479 397.11 197,050.088 437.74 Sweden 9,471,144 4,052.861 2,336.90 3,676.695 2,575.99 Norway 4,444,914 13,272.863 334.89 12,040.943 369.15 Finland 3,556,778 9,216.973 385.89 8,361.500 425.38 United Kingdom 10,881,462 5,047.393 2,155.86 4,578.920 2,376.43 Belgium 1,905,404 3,872.949 491.98 3,513.482 542.31 France 5,434 1.006 5,399.39 0.913 5,951.81 Federal Republic of Germany 6,956,077 22,329.753 311.52 20,257.217 343.39 Czech Republic 103,038 268.704 383.46 243.765 422.69 Switzerland 2,079 0.110 18,860.38 0.100 20,790.00 Russia 47,113,117 103,314.914 456.01 93,725.740 502.67 Ukraine 13,762,874 33,058.331 416.32 29,990.022 458.92 Spain 12,671,979 6,724.442 1,884.47 6,100.313 2,077.27 Italy 1,528,771 806.751 1,894.97 731.873 2,088.85 Turkey 3,672,025 11,975.484 306.63 10,863.980 338.00 Syria 2,452 1.253 1,956.39 1.137 2,156.55 India 5,060 1.212 4,173.05 1.100 4,600.00 China 88,902 136.027 653.56 123.402 720.43 Korea, South 17,928 12.351 1,451.50 11.205 1,600.00 Japan 134,843 60.827 2,216.80 55.182 2,443.60 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 346,966,823 750,988.038 462.01 681,285.081 509.28 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 23,653,542 36,256.699 652.39 32,891.534 719.14 Mexico 3,259,644 5,959.339 546.98 5,406.223 602.94 Trinidad and Tobago 10,428,384 19,457.884 535.95 17,651.901 590.78 Venezuela 4,631,724 9,724.347 476.30 8,821.782 525.03 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/10/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Brazil 6,029,945 13,345.229 451.84 12,106.592 498.07 Argentina 7,044,039 13,452.477 523.62 12,203.886 577.20 Sweden 823,659 333.763 2,467.79 302.785 2,720.28 Finland 19,491 68.327 285.26 61.986 314.44 United Kingdom 1,904,461 1,351.231 1,409.43 1,225.817 1,553.63 Luxembourg 106,695 147.366 724.01 133.689 798.08 France 447,842 131.333 3,409.95 119.144 3,758.83 Federal Republic of Germany 14,559,031 31,341.295 464.53 28,432.353 512.06 Poland 2,002,193 5,016.000 399.16 4,550.440 440.00 Russia 10,046 22.146 453.62 20.091 500.02 Italy 6,198,633 12,840.117 482.76 11,648.362 532.15 Turkey 29,102,220 65,527.985 444.12 59,446.005 489.56 India 385,215 364.256 1,057.54 330.448 1,165.74 Malaysia 9,680,002 22,593.889 428.43 20,496.838 472.27 Indonesia 7,051,369 13,777.818 511.79 12,499.030 564.15 China 46,880,794 113,852.887 411.77 103,285.631 453.89 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 Japan 3,008,451 7,055.896 426.37 6,401.003 470.00 Egypt 4,349,758 10,094.280 430.91 9,157.380 475.00 South Africa 256,637 592.793 432.93 537.773 477.22 CATEGORY TOTAL 184,603,594 384,651.099 479.92 348,949.706 529.03 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 5,786,856 9,427.110 613.85 8,552.133 676.66 Mexico 1,789,908 3,073.557 582.36 2,788.285 641.94 Venezuela 12,001 11.494 1,044.03 10.428 1,150.84 Brazil 2,665,639 6,136.850 434.37 5,567.259 478.81 Sweden 2,550 8.784 290.29 7.969 319.99 Norway 1,407,034 1,802.575 780.57 1,635.269 860.43 United Kingdom 4,426,664 7,575.966 584.30 6,872.803 644.08 Luxembourg 3,734,232 5,142.543 726.14 4,665.238 800.44 Federal Republic of Germany 1,101,297 1,631.159 675.16 1,479.763 744.24 Austria 40,326 9.078 4,441.86 8.236 4,896.31 Poland 168,254 229.677 732.57 208.360 807.52 Spain 1,394,360 2,851.768 488.95 2,587.082 538.97 Italy 1,263,136 1,024.721 1,232.66 929.612 1,358.78 Turkey 219,424 554.221 395.91 502.781 436.42 India 250,828 100.491 2,496.02 91.164 2,751.39 China 5,082 0.321 15,788.75 0.292 17,404.11 Korea, South 1,493,218 3,600.846 414.69 3,266.634 457.11 Japan 2,077 2.727 761.61 2.474 839.53 CATEGORY TOTAL 25,762,886 43,183.895 596.59 39,175.782 657.62 STEEL PILING...........................5 Canada 1,533,784 1,879.730 815.96 1,705.263 899.44 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/10/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE United Kingdom 546,698 1,334.177 409.76 1,210.346 451.69 Luxembourg 3,579,653 5,130.612 697.70 4,654.415 769.09 Federal Republic of Germany 72,330 45.834 1,578.08 41.580 1,739.54 Taiwan 7,750 11.778 658.00 10.685 725.32 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,740,215 8,402.133 683.19 7,622.289 753.08 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 16,982,781 20,212.918 840.19 18,336.856 926.16 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 5,254,255 5,384.794 975.76 4,885.005 1,075.59 Finland 1,046,080 1,120.894 933.25 1,016.859 1,028.74 United Kingdom 459,070 466.473 984.13 423.178 1,084.82 Belgium 6,044,569 3,978.588 1,519.27 3,609.316 1,674.71 France 1,192,861 1,439.378 828.73 1,305.783 913.52 Federal Republic of Germany 3,155,661 3,341.190 944.47 3,031.078 1,041.10 Austria 56,041 19.605 2,858.40 17.786 3,150.85 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 2,097,647 2,194.792 955.74 1,991.083 1,053.52 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 962,460 1,227.873 783.84 1,113.908 864.04 Korea, South 327,741 135.665 2,415.80 123.074 2,662.96 Taiwan 150,184 61.932 2,424.97 56.184 2,673.07 Japan 2,632,250 2,419.530 1,087.92 2,194.962 1,199.22 Australia 68,799 81.155 847.74 73.623 934.48 South Africa 1,589,872 2,025.621 784.88 1,837.613 865.18 CATEGORY TOTAL 62,896,343 77,027.011 816.55 69,877.749 900.09 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 15,792,291 23,951.489 659.34 21,728.432 726.80 Mexico 1,651,373 2,679.886 616.21 2,431.153 679.26 Venezuela 557,966 1,056.901 527.93 958.805 581.94 Brazil 30,028 19.196 1,564.22 17.415 1,724.26 Sweden 289,857 154.758 1,872.96 140.395 2,064.58 Netherlands 7,757,102 14,976.477 517.95 13,586.436 570.94 Belgium 1,471,258 678.611 2,168.04 615.626 2,389.86 France 3,140,406 5,136.106 611.44 4,659.399 673.99 Federal Republic of Germany 7,044,599 15,961.391 441.35 14,479.935 486.51 Russia 31,047,110 62,372.614 497.77 56,583.500 548.70 Italy 1,268,792 2,524.255 502.64 2,289.967 554.07 Romania 681,272 1,473.326 462.40 1,336.580 509.71 Malaysia 1,626,629 3,139.833 518.06 2,848.410 571.07 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/10/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE China 69,811 26.875 2,597.58 24.381 2,863.34 Korea, South 33,823 11.767 2,874.35 10.675 3,168.43 Japan 716,799 1,433.178 500.15 1,300.158 551.32 New Zealand 963,210 1,688.751 570.37 1,532.010 628.72 Egypt 2,949,098 5,015.843 587.96 4,550.298 648.11 CATEGORY TOTAL 77,091,424 142,301.267 541.75 129,093.575 597.17 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Mexico 8,775 6.298 1,393.17 5.714 1,535.70 Luxembourg 27,440 41.434 662.25 37.589 730.00 Austria 11,360 17.153 662.27 15.561 730.03 Spain 317,170 645.501 491.35 585.589 541.63 Korea, South 9,601 4.030 2,382.35 3.656 2,626.09 Japan 5,479,609 12,126.634 451.87 11,001.101 498.10 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,853,955 12,841.052 455.88 11,649.210 502.52 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 Luxembourg 29,939 44.462 673.35 40.336 742.24 Austria 146,458 186.432 785.58 169.129 865.95 Poland 75,138 133.589 562.46 121.190 620.00 Spain 37,980 69.103 549.61 62.690 605.84 China 204,095 295.143 691.51 267.750 762.26 Korea, South 391,239 618.123 632.95 560.752 697.70 Japan 78,595 111.912 702.29 101.525 774.14 CATEGORY TOTAL 963,444 1,458.767 660.45 1,323.372 728.02 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 Canada 325,809 1,369.167 237.96 1,242.088 262.31 CATEGORY TOTAL 325,809 1,369.167 237.96 1,242.088 262.31 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 47,000,340 72,476.164 648.49 65,749.289 714.84 Mexico 3,422,403 6,030.149 567.55 5,470.461 625.62 Trinidad and Tobago 976,988 1,734.806 563.17 1,573.790 620.79 Brazil 267,127 460.090 580.60 417.387 640.00 Argentina 1,241,880 2,173.315 571.42 1,971.599 629.88 Sweden 1,431,894 660.952 2,166.41 599.606 2,388.06 United Kingdom 10,637,979 13,235.833 803.73 12,007.350 885.96 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 1,932,713 2,344.846 824.24 2,127.210 908.57 Federal Republic of Germany 3,282,508 3,575.201 918.13 3,243.369 1,012.07 Austria 362,074 138.983 2,605.15 126.084 2,871.69 Czech Republic 4,463,331 8,099.643 551.05 7,347.875 607.43 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/10/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 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 1,305,000 1,393.777 936.30 1,264.414 1,032.10 Portugal 71,673 21.302 3,364.59 19.325 3,708.82 Italy 3,761,488 3,548.198 1,060.11 3,218.872 1,168.57 Romania 3,371 3.304 1,020.05 2.998 1,124.42 Turkey 3,258,608 5,498.245 592.66 4,987.926 653.30 India 863,188 665.142 1,297.75 603.407 1,430.52 China 223,576 118.793 1,882.05 107.768 2,074.60 Korea, South 944,603 1,506.505 627.02 1,366.679 691.17 Taiwan 208,425 88.511 2,354.79 80.296 2,595.71 Japan 5,287,490 7,493.269 705.63 6,797.782 777.83 South Africa 444,410 1,007.740 441.00 914.207 486.12 CATEGORY TOTAL 98,393,769 142,841.953 688.83 129,584.077 759.30 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 6,454,175 11,656.778 553.68 10,574.855 610.33 Mexico 1,127,720 1,996.308 564.90 1,811.021 622.70 Brazil 515,794 1,187.892 434.21 1,077.638 478.63 United Kingdom 124,204 36.576 3,395.70 33.182 3,743.11 Federal Republic of Germany 63,556 25.367 2,505.41 23.013 2,761.74 Austria 50,654 10.992 4,608.16 9.972 5,079.62 Italy 886,266 290.488 3,050.95 263.527 3,363.09 Turkey 658,532 1,473.551 446.90 1,336.784 492.62 India 1,344,989 551.439 2,439.05 500.258 2,688.59 China 99,932 42.846 2,332.31 38.870 2,570.93 Korea, South 189,149 468.543 403.70 425.056 445.00 Taiwan 15,519 2.777 5,586.75 2.520 6,158.33 Japan 2,584 0.047 54,515.49 0.043 60,093.02 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,533,074 17,743.612 649.98 16,096.739 716.49 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/10/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 8,035,489 7,433.853 1,080.93 6,743.880 1,191.52 Mexico 12,517 11.748 1,065.42 10.658 1,174.42 Colombia 208,835 392.477 532.09 356.050 586.53 Brazil 252,134 139.970 1,801.34 126.979 1,985.64 Argentina 98,449 156.467 629.20 141.945 693.57 Sweden 374,777 119.062 3,147.72 108.012 3,469.77 Norway 69,395 22.269 3,116.08 20.203 3,434.89 Denmark 14,126 3.392 4,163.38 3.078 4,589.34 United Kingdom 4,220,149 3,345.327 1,261.51 3,034.831 1,390.57 Netherlands 3,375 4.133 816.47 3.750 900.00 Belgium 151,111 169.745 890.22 153.991 981.30 France 2,465,061 1,401.424 1,758.97 1,271.351 1,938.93 Federal Republic of Germany 6,889,507 5,264.545 1,308.66 4,775.917 1,442.55 Austria 185,136 69.544 2,662.11 63.090 2,934.47 Czech Republic 69,886 15.432 4,528.54 14.000 4,991.86 Switzerland 411,714 120.311 3,422.06 109.145 3,772.17 Latvia 499,844 185.009 2,701.72 167.838 2,978.13 Poland 626,787 630.581 993.98 572.054 1,095.68 Russia 3,270,733 2,710.473 1,206.70 2,458.901 1,330.16 Ukraine 1,013,917 1,825.452 555.43 1,656.023 612.26 Spain 435,203 481.765 903.35 437.050 995.77 Portugal 36,752 9.767 3,762.65 8.861 4,147.61 Italy 3,104,172 1,158.818 2,678.74 1,051.263 2,952.80 Slovenia 54,764 32.520 1,683.99 29.502 1,856.28 Romania 30,715 7.032 4,367.43 6.380 4,814.26 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 2,801,755 1,294.525 2,164.31 1,174.374 2,385.74 China 1,765,200 528.586 3,339.47 479.526 3,681.14 Korea, South 98,583 135.800 725.94 123.196 800.21 Taiwan 5,146,209 1,848.631 2,783.79 1,677.051 3,068.61 Japan 461,963 471.528 979.71 427.764 1,079.95 Australia 2,525 1.074 2,349.38 0.975 2,589.74 South Africa 175,707 409.723 428.84 371.695 472.72 CATEGORY TOTAL 43,429,257 30,608.835 1,418.85 27,767.876 1,564.01 TOOL STEEL............................17 Canada 1,470,062 1,211.427 1,213.50 1,098.989 1,337.65 Mexico 36,750 23.001 1,597.69 20.867 1,761.15 Colombia 35,648 19.948 1,787.00 18.097 1,969.83 Brazil 3,116,583 1,366.762 2,280.27 1,239.906 2,513.56 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/10/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Sweden 2,890,576 1,683.961 1,716.53 1,527.665 1,892.15 United Kingdom 977,178 303.407 3,220.68 275.247 3,550.19 Netherlands 165,606 155.412 1,065.59 140.988 1,174.61 Belgium 8,349 3.661 2,279.98 3.322 2,513.25 France 620,820 441.032 1,407.65 400.098 1,551.67 Federal Republic of Germany 1,888,044 1,574.002 1,199.52 1,427.911 1,322.24 Austria 1,129,997 369.302 3,059.81 335.026 3,372.86 Czech Republic 14,221 6.052 2,349.50 5.491 2,589.87 Switzerland 66,909 44.634 1,499.03 40.492 1,652.40 Poland 34,735 28.094 1,236.36 25.487 1,362.85 Russia 792,034 428.146 1,849.91 388.408 2,039.18 Ukraine 621,634 170.350 3,649.16 154.539 4,022.51 Spain 141,367 83.724 1,688.47 75.954 1,861.22 Italy 96,746 70.944 1,363.68 64.360 1,503.20 Slovenia 1,680,757 877.269 1,915.90 795.846 2,111.91 Turkey 251,928 330.445 762.39 299.775 840.39 China 2,594,642 906.516 2,862.21 822.378 3,155.05 Korea, South 92,229 45.950 2,007.12 41.686 2,212.47 Taiwan 1,050,649 518.866 2,024.89 470.708 2,232.06 Japan 2,926,952 2,908.470 1,006.35 2,638.521 1,109.32 CATEGORY TOTAL 22,704,416 13,571.389 1,672.96 12,311.761 1,844.12 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 22,231,376 25,352.618 876.89 22,999.515 966.60 Mexico 4,163,706 4,469.757 931.53 4,054.897 1,026.83 Guatemala 812,128 726.021 1,118.60 658.636 1,233.05 Dominican Republic 80,193 218.611 366.83 198.321 404.36 Colombia 3,069,354 2,037.982 1,506.07 1,848.827 1,660.16 Venezuela 991,881 1,936.974 512.08 1,757.194 564.47 Peru 17,667 28.491 620.08 25.847 683.52 Brazil 600,013 907.311 661.31 823.099 728.97 Argentina 282,212 402.059 701.92 364.742 773.73 Sweden 55,528 79.776 696.04 72.372 767.26 United Kingdom 79,676 81.832 973.65 74.237 1,073.27 Netherlands 2,684 0.231 11,594.69 0.210 12,780.95 France 263,814 398.807 661.51 361.792 729.19 Federal Republic of Germany 1,406,291 1,416.177 993.02 1,284.735 1,094.62 Russia 211,347 297.471 710.48 269.862 783.17 Ukraine 972,188 1,399.207 694.81 1,269.340 765.90 Spain 823,128 722.782 1,138.83 655.697 1,255.35 Italy 696,571 543.353 1,281.99 492.922 1,413.15 Romania 1,071,177 1,791.961 597.77 1,625.641 658.93 Turkey 2,330,755 3,878.457 600.95 3,518.478 662.43 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 5,402,672 8,271.734 653.15 7,503.993 719.97 Pakistan 189,356 374.796 505.22 340.010 556.91 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL 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 Malaysia 407,218 593.650 685.96 538.551 756.14 Philippines 129,625 206.911 626.48 187.707 690.57 China 9,695,501 18,233.437 531.74 16,541.101 586.15 Korea, South 1,480,370 2,503.822 591.24 2,271.430 651.73 Taiwan 2,635,428 4,799.449 549.11 4,353.989 605.29 Japan 2,345,839 3,255.915 720.49 2,953.718 794.20 Australia 10,825 17.008 636.44 15.430 701.56 South Africa 3,110,909 5,560.885 559.43 5,044.752 616.66 CATEGORY TOTAL 71,970,544 100,718.473 714.57 91,370.288 787.68 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 4,847,744 6,085.028 796.67 5,520.247 878.18 Mexico 992,713 1,062.060 934.71 963.485 1,030.34 Colombia 5,035,891 4,811.989 1,046.53 4,365.365 1,153.60 Venezuela 8,953,845 11,940.716 749.86 10,832.439 826.58 Brazil 2,342,126 2,455.994 953.64 2,228.041 1,051.20 Sweden 3,570 0.037 95,254.42 0.034 105,000.00 United Kingdom 739,010 901.973 819.33 818.257 903.15 France 1,021,645 14,022.638 72.86 12,721.127 80.31 Federal Republic of Germany 5,214,749 5,771.682 903.51 5,235.984 995.94 Austria 7,265,494 8,995.352 807.69 8,160.449 890.33 Czech Republic 1,636,489 1,886.153 867.63 1,711.090 956.40 Russia 3,820,166 5,727.224 667.02 5,195.652 735.26 Ukraine 1,903,128 2,619.840 726.43 2,376.680 800.75 Spain 1,090,764 1,083.253 1,006.93 982.711 1,109.95 Italy 12,493 7.605 1,642.53 6.900 1,810.58 Greece 1,826,708 2,980.051 612.98 2,703.458 675.69 Turkey 1,136,597 1,868.141 608.41 1,694.750 670.66 India 2,110,779 2,644.204 798.27 2,398.783 879.94 China 12,852,333 18,876.480 680.86 17,124.460 750.52 Korea, South 12,852,886 15,516.088 828.36 14,075.963 913.11 Taiwan 436,558 641.981 680.02 582.396 749.59 Japan 18,494,462 10,584.731 1,747.28 9,602.310 1,926.04 South Africa 1,768,870 2,596.852 681.16 2,355.826 750.85 CATEGORY TOTAL 96,359,020 123,080.085 782.90 111,656.407 863.00 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 16,495,861 20,607.527 800.48 18,694.840 882.38 Mexico 11,785 10.692 1,102.18 9.700 1,214.95 Federal Republic of Germany 282,699 283.016 998.88 256.748 1,101.08 Czech Republic 434,722 624.494 696.12 566.532 767.34 Poland 39,557 50.985 775.85 46.253 855.23 Ukraine 749,182 1,031.321 726.43 935.599 800.75 Italy 750,906 961.473 781.00 872.234 860.90 Romania 1,357,252 2,133.852 636.06 1,935.799 701.13 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/10/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE India 661,104 1,170.959 564.58 1,062.277 622.35 Korea, South 2,436,233 4,397.310 554.03 3,989.174 610.71 Japan 9,733,689 16,707.185 582.60 15,156.508 642.21 CATEGORY TOTAL 32,952,990 47,978.818 686.82 43,525.664 757.09 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 407,377 400.901 1,016.15 363.692 1,120.12 Mexico 2,717,735 3,066.354 886.31 2,781.751 976.99 Colombia 70,876 131.948 537.15 119.702 592.10 Brazil 1,771,155 3,646.760 485.68 3,308.286 535.37 Argentina 932,592 1,573.083 592.84 1,427.078 653.50 United Kingdom 5,369 4.350 1,234.02 3.947 1,360.27 France 381,021 525.405 725.19 476.640 799.39 Federal Republic of Germany 25,940 28.864 898.70 26.185 990.64 Austria 278,678 397.399 701.25 360.515 773.00 Czech Republic 1,199,289 1,851.139 647.87 1,679.326 714.15 Slovakia 102,920 131.741 781.23 119.514 861.15 Ukraine 960,718 1,728.872 555.69 1,568.407 612.54 Italy 891,100 1,157.304 769.98 1,049.889 848.76 Romania 2,087,995 3,416.932 611.07 3,099.790 673.59 Turkey 177,027 311.733 567.88 282.800 625.98 India 47,074 83.381 564.57 75.642 622.33 China 2,715,448 4,685.480 579.55 4,250.598 638.84 Korea, South 807,705 1,480.351 545.62 1,342.953 601.44 Taiwan 14,594 23.623 617.77 21.431 680.98 CATEGORY TOTAL 15,594,613 24,645.630 632.75 22,358.146 697.49 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Canada 235,267 298.007 789.47 270.348 870.24 Mexico 1,452,288 1,759.223 825.53 1,595.941 909.99 Venezuela 124,396 219.378 567.04 199.017 625.05 Brazil 1,040,626 2,086.783 498.67 1,893.099 549.69 Argentina 186,382 382.754 486.95 347.229 536.77 Denmark 4,715 1.699 2,773.92 1.542 3,057.72 Turkey 392,585 710.384 552.64 644.450 609.18 China 2,232,091 4,110.492 543.02 3,728.977 598.58 Korea, South 4,334,412 7,482.819 579.25 6,788.302 638.51 Taiwan 237,119 376.056 630.54 341.153 695.05 South Africa 81,489 195.202 417.46 177.085 460.17 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,321,370 17,622.803 585.68 15,987.143 645.60 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 14,856,161 12,360.301 1,201.93 11,213.080 1,324.90 Mexico 12,754,348 14,986.524 851.05 13,595.550 938.13 Guatemala 71,542 109.287 654.62 99.144 721.60 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/10/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Dominican Republic 313,368 396.770 789.80 359.944 870.60 Venezuela 481,884 517.380 931.39 469.360 1,026.68 Brazil 391,722 608.905 643.32 552.390 709.14 Argentina 3,558,381 3,329.436 1,068.76 3,020.415 1,178.11 Sweden 888,727 668.863 1,328.71 606.783 1,464.65 Denmark 25,873 5.218 4,958.09 4.734 5,465.36 United Kingdom 616,150 374.561 1,644.99 339.797 1,813.29 Belgium 16,821 8.524 1,973.33 7.733 2,175.22 France 735,482 852.853 862.38 773.696 950.61 Federal Republic of Germany 2,287,891 1,845.898 1,239.45 1,674.571 1,366.25 Austria 105,742 68.862 1,535.55 62.471 1,692.66 Slovakia 9,129 1.846 4,944.29 1.675 5,450.15 Switzerland 1,243,735 542.815 2,291.27 492.434 2,525.69 Ukraine 244,109 375.777 649.61 340.900 716.07 Spain 243,119 116.497 2,086.90 105.685 2,300.41 Italy 1,034,751 1,209.906 855.23 1,097.609 942.73 Croatia 3,909 0.342 11,402.53 0.311 12,569.13 Romania 389,953 622.426 626.50 564.656 690.60 Turkey 11,592 1.967 5,891.37 1.785 6,494.12 India 487,637 558.065 873.80 506.269 963.20 Malaysia 651,498 665.483 978.98 603.717 1,079.14 China 1,368,307 1,689.622 809.83 1,532.800 892.68 Korea, South 1,508,988 2,341.319 644.50 2,124.010 710.44 Taiwan 109,684 43.568 2,517.49 39.525 2,775.05 Japan 3,870,942 2,615.742 1,479.86 2,372.962 1,631.27 Australia 87,840 120.431 729.37 109.254 804.00 South Africa 1,044,544 1,621.087 644.35 1,470.626 710.27 CATEGORY TOTAL 49,413,829 48,660.291 1,015.49 44,143.886 1,119.38 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 79,065 44.618 1,772.03 40.477 1,953.33 Mexico 1,000,316 667.927 1,497.64 605.934 1,650.87 Chile 54,383 75.499 720.31 68.492 794.01 Brazil 287,350 313.609 916.27 284.502 1,010.01 Argentina 460,990 327.625 1,407.06 297.217 1,551.02 Sweden 229,448 203.622 1,126.83 184.723 1,242.12 France 803,832 608.237 1,321.58 551.784 1,456.79 Federal Republic of Germany 3,414,036 3,565.315 957.57 3,234.401 1,055.54 Czech Republic 181,819 260.972 696.70 236.750 767.98 Slovakia 118,051 106.763 1,105.73 96.854 1,218.86 Russia 17,573 24.733 710.49 22.438 783.18 Ukraine 14,537 14.023 1,036.61 12.722 1,142.67 Italy 750,644 803.823 933.84 729.217 1,029.38 Romania 77,657 75.416 1,029.70 68.417 1,135.05 Korea, South 72,869 107.673 676.76 97.680 746.00 Japan 213,445 146.449 1,457.46 132.857 1,606.58 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/10/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 7,776,015 7,346.313 1,058.49 6,664.465 1,166.79 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D Canada 9,960,487 1,878.947 5,301.10 1,704.553 5,843.46 Mexico 438,125 149.871 2,923.34 135.961 3,222.43 Brazil 37,736 16.500 2,286.96 14.969 2,520.94 Sweden 1,751,154 269.627 6,494.72 244.602 7,159.20 Finland 59,293 23.054 2,571.83 20.915 2,834.95 United Kingdom 140,375 27.309 5,140.10 24.775 5,665.99 Ireland 5,377 0.004 1,219,483.43 0.004 1,344,250.00 Netherlands 18,458 2.740 6,735.65 2.486 7,424.78 France 1,593,853 297.411 5,359.09 269.807 5,907.38 Federal Republic of Germany 1,365,474 215.096 6,348.20 195.132 6,997.69 Austria 659,123 119.998 5,492.75 108.861 6,054.72 Czech Republic 434,351 40.244 10,792.87 36.509 11,897.09 Switzerland 36,690 1.849 19,835.89 1.678 21,865.32 Spain 1,891,729 305.945 6,183.23 277.549 6,815.84 Italy 290,090 111.683 2,597.42 101.318 2,863.16 Turkey 113,047 19.182 5,893.26 17.402 6,496.21 India 316,750 65.017 4,871.76 58.983 5,370.19 Thailand 498,111 176.599 2,820.58 160.208 3,109.15 Malaysia 517,810 170.023 3,045.52 154.243 3,357.11 Singapore 158,968 55.507 2,863.88 50.356 3,156.88 China 5,944,085 1,851.498 3,210.42 1,679.652 3,538.88 Korea, South 5,126,327 1,577.375 3,249.91 1,430.971 3,582.41 Taiwan 4,908,180 1,508.176 3,254.38 1,368.195 3,587.34 Japan 2,947,229 690.978 4,265.30 626.845 4,701.69 Australia 48,712 7.839 6,213.55 7.112 6,849.27 South Africa 400,037 421.287 949.56 382.186 1,046.71 CATEGORY TOTAL 39,661,571 10,003.772 3,964.66 9,075.272 4,370.29 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 2,407,270 941.923 2,555.70 854.499 2,817.17 Mexico 345,006 222.874 1,547.99 202.188 1,706.36 Guatemala 12,805 20.418 627.14 18.523 691.30 United Kingdom 5,544 2.182 2,540.12 1.980 2,800.00 Ireland 4,876 1.919 2,540.74 1.741 2,800.69 France 2,817 1.108 2,540.30 1.006 2,800.20 Federal Republic of Germany 42,804 10.054 4,257.33 9.121 4,692.91 Italy 7,450 2.932 2,540.80 2.660 2,800.75 India 177,456 179.510 988.56 162.849 1,089.70 Vietnam 84,621 109.676 771.55 99.497 850.49 Korea, South 3,649 0.875 4,169.17 0.794 4,595.72 Taiwan 3,250 2.204 1,474.18 2.000 1,625.00 Japan 166,392 61.348 2,712.26 55.654 2,989.76 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,263,940 1,557.027 2,096.26 1,412.512 2,310.73 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/10/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 28,453,416 29,751.361 956.37 26,989.989 1,054.22 Mexico 4,192,699 4,074.153 1,029.10 3,696.011 1,134.38 Guatemala 8,088 4.952 1,633.05 4.493 1,800.13 Brazil 965,437 1,866.922 517.13 1,693.644 570.04 Argentina 326,020 615.139 529.99 558.045 584.22 Finland 106,784 36.282 2,943.12 32.915 3,244.24 United Kingdom 214,600 109.954 1,951.72 99.749 2,151.40 Netherlands 19,362 4.216 4,592.13 3.825 5,061.96 Belgium 4,234 3.008 1,407.48 2.729 1,551.48 France 182,085 120.118 1,515.87 108.970 1,670.96 Federal Republic of Germany 439,668 270.459 1,625.63 245.357 1,791.95 Austria 213,799 181.747 1,176.35 164.879 1,296.70 Switzerland 34,500 19.395 1,778.79 17.595 1,960.78 Italy 62,253 31.667 1,965.85 28.728 2,166.98 Turkey 1,645,168 2,948.761 557.92 2,675.072 615.00 Malaysia 5,463 4.282 1,275.66 3.885 1,406.18 China 216,915 219.094 990.05 198.759 1,091.35 Korea, South 2,380,447 4,037.942 589.52 3,663.161 649.83 Taiwan 591,435 193.378 3,058.43 175.430 3,371.34 Japan 1,103,477 1,385.237 796.60 1,256.667 878.10 Australia 25,485 39.893 638.82 36.191 704.18 CATEGORY TOTAL 41,191,335 45,917.970 897.06 41,656.094 988.84 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 141,217 203.278 694.70 184.411 765.77 Mexico 170,632 158.326 1,077.73 143.631 1,187.99 United Kingdom 3,178 5.389 589.70 4.889 650.03 Korea, South 40,855 83.060 491.87 75.351 542.20 Japan 17,539 34.436 509.32 31.240 561.43 CATEGORY TOTAL 373,421 484.489 770.75 439.522 849.61 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 20,844,505 22,379.232 931.42 20,302.104 1,026.72 Mexico 9,934,715 12,079.531 822.44 10,958.370 906.59 Honduras 50,200 63.382 792.01 57.500 873.04 Dominican Republic 123,890 182.581 678.55 165.635 747.97 Trinidad and Tobago 25,144 33.295 755.18 30.205 832.44 Colombia 57,471 45.307 1,268.47 41.102 1,398.25 Venezuela 1,241,068 1,755.789 706.84 1,592.826 779.16 Ecuador 149,571 176.599 846.95 160.208 933.61 Chile 94,750 138.262 685.29 125.430 755.40 Brazil 1,806,281 2,632.863 686.05 2,388.494 756.24 Argentina 105,301 176.195 597.64 159.842 658.78 Sweden 1,408,390 335.791 4,194.24 304.625 4,623.36 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/10/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Denmark 54,477 8.064 6,755.16 7.316 7,446.28 United Kingdom 1,103,434 801.300 1,377.05 726.928 1,517.94 Ireland 5,064 6.268 807.80 5.687 890.45 Netherlands 46,876 21.331 2,197.46 19.352 2,422.28 Belgium 529,996 442.826 1,196.85 401.726 1,319.30 Luxembourg 90,052 109.250 824.27 99.110 908.61 France 1,405,835 921.034 1,526.36 835.549 1,682.53 Federal Republic of Germany 2,797,655 1,457.487 1,919.51 1,322.211 2,115.89 Austria 357,424 111.389 3,208.77 101.051 3,537.07 Switzerland 237,489 64.520 3,680.83 58.532 4,057.42 Poland 1,279,919 1,359.778 941.27 1,233.571 1,037.57 Belarus 313,907 368.949 850.81 334.705 937.86 Spain 531,585 176.123 3,018.24 159.777 3,327.04 Italy 1,665,045 1,418.656 1,173.68 1,286.984 1,293.76 Greece 1,022,785 1,094.492 934.48 992.907 1,030.09 Turkey 929,069 1,112.261 835.30 1,009.027 920.76 Israel 511,066 677.828 753.98 614.916 831.12 United Arab Emirates 131,319 131.495 998.66 119.291 1,100.83 India 3,701,440 2,437.188 1,518.73 2,210.981 1,674.12 Thailand 237,010 281.144 843.02 255.050 929.27 Indonesia 31,452 9.587 3,280.38 8.698 3,616.00 China 8,534,136 12,416.891 687.30 11,264.418 757.62 Korea, South 5,900,084 4,964.952 1,188.35 4,504.130 1,309.93 Hong Kong 9,397 12.947 725.76 11.746 800.02 Taiwan 2,127,683 1,501.527 1,417.01 1,362.163 1,561.99 Japan 5,905,066 5,911.190 998.96 5,362.543 1,101.17 Australia 145,171 211.975 684.85 192.301 754.92 New Zealand 20,631 19.775 1,043.26 17.940 1,150.00 Egypt 1,115,455 1,436.550 776.48 1,303.217 855.92 South Africa 2,105,083 3,837.361 548.58 3,481.197 604.70 CATEGORY TOTAL 78,686,891 83,322.988 944.36 75,589.365 1,040.98 BLACK PLATE...........................28 Venezuela 363,890 570.704 637.61 517.735 702.85 Belgium 648,622 1,041.008 623.07 944.387 686.82 France 777,556 1,246.482 623.80 1,130.790 687.62 Federal Republic of Germany 316,837 298.215 1,062.44 270.537 1,171.14 Taiwan 59,356 101.440 585.13 92.025 645.00 Japan 743,796 760.098 978.55 689.550 1,078.67 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,910,057 4,017.950 724.26 3,645.024 798.36 TIN PLATE.............................29 Canada 5,438,421 8,512.313 638.89 7,722.243 704.25 United Kingdom 88,633 139.573 635.03 126.619 700.00 Netherlands 1,889,704 2,966.476 637.02 2,691.143 702.19 Belgium 712,179 1,188.908 599.02 1,078.560 660.31 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/10/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE France 1,209,316 2,001.418 604.23 1,815.657 666.05 Federal Republic of Germany 6,843,420 11,997.832 570.39 10,884.254 628.74 Japan 391,882 500.312 783.27 453.876 863.41 CATEGORY TOTAL 16,573,555 27,306.836 606.94 24,772.352 669.03 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A Canada 1,367,483 1,972.893 693.14 1,789.779 764.05 Netherlands 374,307 691.053 541.65 626.913 597.06 France 37,066 56.018 661.68 50.819 729.37 Federal Republic of Germany 810,800 1,189.404 681.69 1,079.010 751.43 Korea, South 1,116,636 1,671.374 668.09 1,516.246 736.45 Japan 1,150,645 1,827.701 629.56 1,658.063 693.97 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,856,937 7,408.444 655.59 6,720.830 722.67 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 20,346,444 32,454.169 626.93 29,441.936 691.07 Mexico 28,570,203 46,850.408 609.82 42,501.988 672.21 Venezuela 6,485,796 11,927.271 543.78 10,820.242 599.41 Sweden 1,021,329 1,157.169 882.61 1,049.767 972.91 Finland 571,673 920.145 621.29 834.742 684.85 United Kingdom 15,488 10.508 1,473.88 9.533 1,624.67 Netherlands 9,538,544 21,326.800 447.26 19,347.353 493.02 Belgium 486,833 470.507 1,034.70 426.837 1,140.56 France 13,184,795 22,294.856 591.38 20,225.559 651.89 Federal Republic of Germany 342,011 552.369 619.17 501.101 682.52 Austria 692,286 1,394.930 496.29 1,265.460 547.06 Russia 67,643,527 131,399.797 514.79 119,203.925 567.46 Italy 16,599,468 31,321.926 529.96 28,414.782 584.18 Romania 1,276,801 2,424.356 526.66 2,199.340 580.54 Turkey 18,015,933 33,195.765 542.72 30,114.700 598.24 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 4,391,802 8,454.560 519.46 7,669.850 572.61 China 496,973 261.826 1,898.10 237.525 2,092.30 Korea, South 15,141,045 32,091.561 471.81 29,112.983 520.08 Taiwan 388,779 649.977 598.14 589.650 659.34 Japan 1,501,515 2,317.143 648.00 2,102.078 714.30 Australia 12,656,454 23,350.585 542.02 21,183.301 597.47 New Zealand 7,764,645 13,408.970 579.06 12,164.417 638.31 Egypt 26,544,515 47,792.582 555.41 43,356.714 612.24 South Africa 540,206 485.807 1,111.98 440.717 1,225.74 CATEGORY TOTAL 255,339,528 468,251.861 545.30 424,791.063 601.09 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 20,230,152 27,853.059 726.32 25,267.878 800.63 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/10/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Mexico 26,766,905 18,719.255 1,429.91 16,981.828 1,576.21 Dominican Republic 49,812 159.428 312.44 144.631 344.41 Venezuela 3,422,543 5,701.654 600.27 5,172.455 661.69 Brazil 33,602,573 51,996.985 646.24 47,170.885 712.36 Sweden 2,088,879 2,149.298 971.89 1,949.811 1,071.32 Finland 1,068,542 384.082 2,782.06 348.434 3,066.70 United Kingdom 310,627 277.709 1,118.53 251.934 1,232.97 Netherlands 3,541,619 5,231.504 676.98 4,745.942 746.24 Belgium 10,721,502 13,944.783 768.85 12,650.498 847.52 Luxembourg 181,262 299.332 605.55 271.550 667.51 France 2,945,484 2,844.603 1,035.46 2,580.582 1,141.40 Federal Republic of Germany 9,687,088 6,139.214 1,577.90 5,569.403 1,739.34 Austria 111,904 19.961 5,605.92 18.109 6,179.47 Switzerland 5,757 0.611 9,410.21 0.555 10,372.97 Russia 23,330,708 43,171.326 540.42 39,164.380 595.71 Spain 739,332 377.802 1,956.93 342.737 2,157.14 Italy 6,453,105 3,041.387 2,121.76 2,759.101 2,338.84 India 608,985 894.033 681.17 811.054 750.86 Thailand 1,537,029 597.522 2,572.34 542.063 2,835.52 China 30,798,996 28,848.595 1,067.61 26,171.013 1,176.84 Korea, South 11,115,877 12,064.354 921.38 10,944.601 1,015.65 Taiwan 14,742,548 16,659.415 884.94 15,113.172 975.48 Japan 3,151,689 3,475.867 906.73 3,153.255 999.50 Australia 61,151 15.390 3,973.30 13.962 4,379.82 New Zealand 1,152,159 1,883.684 611.65 1,708.850 674.23 South Africa 1,673,968 2,593.614 645.42 2,352.888 711.45 CATEGORY TOTAL 210,100,196 249,344.479 842.61 226,201.571 928.82 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 25,857,350 41,585.740 621.78 37,725.960 685.40 Mexico 23,103,549 23,634.153 977.55 21,440.549 1,077.56 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 28,955,674 39,816.373 727.23 36,120.817 801.63 Argentina 70,983 104.625 678.45 94.915 747.86 Sweden 14,573 16.567 879.60 15.030 969.59 Finland 80,898 109.713 737.36 99.530 812.80 Netherlands 910,556 1,223.397 744.28 1,109.848 820.43 Belgium 667,766 774.792 861.86 702.880 950.04 Luxembourg 98,262 100.629 976.47 91.290 1,076.37 France 7,377 13.569 543.65 12.310 599.27 Federal Republic of Germany 4,330,248 10,858.978 398.77 9,851.102 439.57 Austria 272,202 285.350 953.92 258.866 1,051.52 Kazakhstan 7,353,302 10,288.097 714.74 9,333.208 787.86 Spain 2,959,557 5,214.324 567.58 4,730.357 625.65 Italy 2,175,138 2,543.958 855.02 2,307.841 942.50 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/10/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Turkey 4,429,089 6,747.041 656.45 6,120.815 723.61 India 52,363,196 74,740.237 700.60 67,803.222 772.28 Malaysia 86,475 129.003 670.33 117.030 738.91 Indonesia 54,866 90.268 607.81 81.890 670.00 China 20,213,120 30,835.049 655.52 27,973.094 722.59 Korea, South 13,515,551 17,959.075 752.57 16,292.204 829.57 Taiwan 18,412,683 22,444.445 820.37 20,361.264 904.30 Japan 1,332,000 1,834.871 725.94 1,664.568 800.21 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 South Africa 8,270,387 10,975.489 753.53 9,956.799 830.63 CATEGORY TOTAL 222,114,690 311,268.090 713.58 282,377.741 786.59 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 964,836 826.824 1,166.92 750.083 1,286.31 Brazil 1,340,208 1,794.308 746.92 1,627.770 823.34 United Kingdom 68,655 73.731 931.15 66.888 1,026.42 Belgium 157,009 229.060 685.45 207.800 755.58 Federal Republic of Germany 1,946,198 3,260.126 596.97 2,957.538 658.05 Spain 71,848 50.529 1,421.89 45.840 1,567.36 Korea, South 605,500 863.692 701.06 783.529 772.79 Taiwan 847,947 1,216.890 696.81 1,103.945 768.11 Japan 399,925 510.416 783.53 463.042 863.69 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,402,126 8,825.581 725.41 8,006.435 799.62 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 Canada 7,530,690 9,477.980 794.55 8,598.282 875.84 Mexico 8,766,285 9,340.467 938.53 8,473.532 1,034.55 Brazil 3,496 4.276 817.40 3.880 901.03 Argentina 55,426 74.521 743.76 67.605 819.85 United Kingdom 348,788 651.147 535.65 590.711 590.45 Belgium 100,792 85.280 1,181.89 77.365 1,302.81 Luxembourg 726,296 975.194 744.77 884.682 820.97 France 13,065 3.438 3,800.06 3.119 4,188.84 Federal Republic of Germany 254,961 143.102 1,781.67 129.820 1,963.96 Austria 11,444 9.674 1,182.84 8.777 1,303.86 Italy 732,335 721.512 1,015.00 654.545 1,118.85 Israel 2,750 3.368 816.35 3.056 899.87 Korea, South 8,300,630 11,574.700 717.14 10,500.395 790.51 Taiwan 7,224,638 8,656.807 834.56 7,853.326 919.95 Japan 316,054 158.093 1,999.16 143.420 2,203.70 Australia 122,911 45.944 2,675.22 41.680 2,948.92 Kenya 45,026 61.619 730.71 55.900 805.47 CATEGORY TOTAL 34,555,587 41,987.130 823.00 38,090.095 907.21 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/10/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 Sweden 52,792 13.012 4,056.93 11.805 4,472.00 United Kingdom 660,702 568.088 1,163.03 515.361 1,282.02 Federal Republic of Germany 1,915,563 2,177.657 879.64 1,975.538 969.64 Poland 63,458 63.052 1,006.44 57.200 1,109.41 Russia 2,939,005 3,705.319 793.19 3,361.410 874.34 Italy 6,439 5.551 1,159.92 5.036 1,278.59 Japan 786,561 1,111.069 707.93 1,007.946 780.36 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,424,520 7,643.750 840.49 6,934.296 926.48 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 3,490,076 6,047.741 577.09 5,486.420 636.13 Mexico 474,733 609.148 779.34 552.610 859.07 Colombia 7,269 22.812 318.64 20.695 351.24 United Kingdom 24,364 32.625 746.79 29.597 823.19 France 75,179 65.710 1,144.09 59.612 1,261.14 Federal Republic of Germany 33,061 32.467 1,018.28 29.454 1,122.46 Slovenia 50,577 59.271 853.31 53.770 940.62 Turkey 90,668 205.223 441.80 186.176 487.00 Philippines 3,456 0.728 4,743.16 0.661 5,228.44 China 7,040 13.817 509.50 12.535 561.63 Taiwan 26,388 33.359 791.03 30.263 871.96 Japan 8,272 13.027 634.98 11.818 699.95 Egypt 125,320 196.504 637.75 178.266 702.99 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,416,403 7,332.437 602.31 6,651.877 663.93 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 4,293,403 4,403.648 974.96 3,994.924 1,074.71 Mexico 2,811,393 1,554.978 1,807.99 1,410.653 1,992.97 Costa Rica 2,117 0.055 38,410.21 0.050 42,340.00 Brazil 211,993 207.174 1,023.26 187.946 1,127.95 Sweden 2,502,718 482.041 5,191.91 437.301 5,723.10 Finland 798,950 354.072 2,256.46 321.209 2,487.32 Denmark 14,280 1.576 9,059.16 1.430 9,986.01 United Kingdom 1,321,223 632.748 2,088.07 574.020 2,301.70 Belgium 713,826 255.036 2,798.92 231.365 3,085.28 France 1,929,052 452.330 4,264.70 410.347 4,701.03 Federal Republic of Germany 5,154,279 3,005.946 1,714.69 2,726.950 1,890.13 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 Russia 947,586 1,211.395 782.23 1,098.960 862.26 Italy 124,354 40.573 3,064.88 36.808 3,378.45 India 852,763 884.930 963.65 802.796 1,062.24 Indonesia 139,986 66.532 2,104.03 60.357 2,319.30 China 194,549 94.350 2,061.99 85.593 2,272.95 Korea, South 706,233 899.330 785.29 815.859 865.63 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/10/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Taiwan 657,404 387.822 1,695.11 351.827 1,868.54 Japan 3,387,998 825.293 4,105.20 748.694 4,525.21 South Africa 5,277 2.221 2,375.79 2.015 2,618.86 CATEGORY TOTAL 27,788,872 15,961.960 1,740.94 14,480.451 1,919.06 GRAND TOTAL 2,201,729,057 3,466,869.881 635.08 3,145,092.338 700.05 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/10/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Mexico 1,114,569 1,463.773 761.44 1,327.913 839.34 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,114,569 1,463.773 761.44 1,327.913 839.34 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 458,984 477.631 960.96 433.300 1,059.28 Mexico 3,888,460 7,308.024 532.08 6,629.730 586.52 Brazil 12,232,428 41,742.610 293.04 37,868.270 323.03 Norway 364,945 1,089.753 334.89 988.608 369.15 Finland 467,000 1,151.584 405.53 1,044.700 447.02 United Kingdom 131,637 95.249 1,382.02 86.409 1,523.42 France 5,434 1.006 5,399.39 0.913 5,951.81 Federal Republic of Germany 793,073 2,120.202 374.06 1,923.416 412.33 Russia 919,153 957.208 960.24 868.365 1,058.49 Italy 430,726 250.786 1,717.50 227.510 1,893.22 Japan 8,106 0.132 61,280.35 0.120 67,550.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 19,699,946 55,194.189 356.92 50,071.341 393.44 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 142,961 242.494 589.54 219.987 649.86 United Kingdom 2,369,653 4,136.760 572.83 3,752.807 631.43 Federal Republic of Germany 157,587 225.931 697.50 204.962 768.86 Austria 40,326 9.078 4,441.86 8.236 4,896.31 Spain 1,300,026 2,686.948 483.83 2,437.559 533.33 Italy 663,673 894.084 742.29 811.100 818.24 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,674,226 8,195.297 570.35 7,434.651 628.71 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 12,178,873 13,281.835 916.96 12,049.082 1,010.77 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 900,226 979.664 918.91 888.737 1,012.93 United Kingdom 453,888 456.851 993.51 414.449 1,095.16 Belgium 2,248,164 1,859.681 1,208.90 1,687.075 1,332.58 France 981,587 1,362.795 720.27 1,236.308 793.97 Federal Republic of Germany 2,294,263 2,849.155 805.24 2,584.711 887.63 Austria 24,361 17.107 1,423.96 15.520 1,569.65 Switzerland 7,573 13.043 580.59 11.833 639.99 Poland 235,086 351.563 668.69 318.933 737.10 Japan 2,075,134 1,816.203 1,142.57 1,647.633 1,259.46 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/10/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 32,120,188 34,935.071 919.43 31,692.573 1,013.49 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 3,593,118 4,564.571 787.18 4,140.911 867.71 Sweden 55,260 104.333 529.65 94.650 583.84 Netherlands 4,532,835 8,389.303 540.31 7,610.650 595.59 France 991,827 1,478.353 670.90 1,341.140 739.54 Russia 424,965 895.737 474.43 812.600 522.97 Japan 690,292 1,394.166 495.13 1,264.767 545.79 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,288,297 16,826.466 611.44 15,264.718 673.99 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Mexico 8,775 6.298 1,393.17 5.714 1,535.70 Korea, South 9,601 4.030 2,382.35 3.656 2,626.09 Japan 63,440 106.974 593.04 97.046 653.71 CATEGORY TOTAL 81,816 117.303 697.47 106.416 768.83 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 22,824,995 34,751.178 656.81 31,525.748 724.01 Mexico 2,282,302 4,103.371 556.20 3,722.517 613.11 Trinidad and Tobago 912,494 1,689.611 540.06 1,532.790 595.32 Brazil 77,383 65.617 1,179.31 59.527 1,299.96 Sweden 1,384,510 656.526 2,108.84 595.591 2,324.60 United Kingdom 815,003 826.087 986.58 749.414 1,087.52 France 761,068 664.530 1,145.27 602.852 1,262.45 Federal Republic of Germany 1,469,270 1,258.762 1,167.23 1,141.930 1,286.66 Austria 107,050 31.450 3,403.81 28.531 3,752.06 Czech Republic 3,635,320 6,019.711 603.90 5,460.992 665.69 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 Russia 1,085,118 1,993.562 544.31 1,808.530 600.00 Ukraine 6,783 8.808 770.05 7.991 848.83 Spain 1,305,000 1,393.777 936.30 1,264.414 1,032.10 Italy 1,726,502 412.405 4,186.42 374.128 4,614.74 Romania 3,371 3.304 1,020.05 2.998 1,124.42 Turkey 46,798 41.639 1,123.88 37.775 1,238.86 India 131,896 115.661 1,140.37 104.926 1,257.04 China 111,540 78.471 1,421.41 71.188 1,566.84 Taiwan 36,831 17.220 2,138.81 15.622 2,357.64 Japan 4,431,465 5,850.363 757.47 5,307.362 834.97 CATEGORY TOTAL 46,973,106 63,758.946 736.73 57,841.160 812.11 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 516,378 1,030.099 501.29 934.491 552.58 Mexico 216,816 388.399 558.23 352.350 615.34 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/10/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Austria 50,654 10.992 4,608.16 9.972 5,079.62 CATEGORY TOTAL 783,848 1,429.491 548.34 1,296.813 604.44 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 1,862,863 1,891.678 984.77 1,716.102 1,085.52 Colombia 208,835 392.477 532.09 356.050 586.53 Brazil 196,024 119.972 1,633.91 108.837 1,801.08 Sweden 25,799 19.006 1,357.41 17.242 1,496.29 United Kingdom 1,277,646 935.931 1,365.11 849.063 1,504.77 France 909,582 859.846 1,057.84 780.040 1,166.07 Federal Republic of Germany 252,072 155.825 1,617.65 141.363 1,783.15 Poland 526,258 548.322 959.76 497.430 1,057.95 Russia 2,771,213 2,144.568 1,292.20 1,945.520 1,424.41 Ukraine 327,217 23.173 14,120.08 21.023 15,564.71 Spain 335,992 367.497 914.27 333.388 1,007.81 Italy 138,238 136.973 1,009.23 124.260 1,112.49 Romania 3,549 0.683 5,192.90 0.620 5,724.19 Korea, South 12,411 14.278 869.23 12.953 958.16 Taiwan 53,612 36.250 1,478.93 32.886 1,630.24 Japan 257,856 280.221 920.19 254.213 1,014.33 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,159,167 7,926.707 1,155.48 7,190.990 1,273.70 TOOL STEEL............................17 Canada 1,470,062 1,211.427 1,213.50 1,098.989 1,337.65 Mexico 36,750 23.001 1,597.69 20.867 1,761.15 Colombia 35,648 19.948 1,787.00 18.097 1,969.83 Brazil 3,116,583 1,366.762 2,280.27 1,239.906 2,513.56 Sweden 2,890,576 1,683.961 1,716.53 1,527.665 1,892.15 United Kingdom 977,178 303.407 3,220.68 275.247 3,550.19 Netherlands 165,606 155.412 1,065.59 140.988 1,174.61 Belgium 8,349 3.661 2,279.98 3.322 2,513.25 France 620,820 441.032 1,407.65 400.098 1,551.67 Federal Republic of Germany 1,888,044 1,574.002 1,199.52 1,427.911 1,322.24 Austria 1,129,997 369.302 3,059.81 335.026 3,372.86 Czech Republic 14,221 6.052 2,349.50 5.491 2,589.87 Switzerland 66,909 44.634 1,499.03 40.492 1,652.40 Poland 34,735 28.094 1,236.36 25.487 1,362.85 Russia 792,034 428.146 1,849.91 388.408 2,039.18 Ukraine 621,634 170.350 3,649.16 154.539 4,022.51 Spain 141,367 83.724 1,688.47 75.954 1,861.22 Italy 96,746 70.944 1,363.68 64.360 1,503.20 Slovenia 1,680,757 877.269 1,915.90 795.846 2,111.91 Turkey 251,928 330.445 762.39 299.775 840.39 China 2,594,642 906.516 2,862.21 822.378 3,155.05 Korea, South 92,229 45.950 2,007.12 41.686 2,212.47 Taiwan 1,050,649 518.866 2,024.89 470.708 2,232.06 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/10/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 2,926,952 2,908.470 1,006.35 2,638.521 1,109.32 CATEGORY TOTAL 22,704,416 13,571.389 1,672.96 12,311.761 1,844.12 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 185,885 32.750 5,675.75 29.711 6,256.44 Mexico 14,751 29.192 505.30 26.483 557.00 Brazil 191,836 81.334 2,358.62 73.785 2,599.93 Argentina 277,665 393.787 705.11 357.238 777.25 United Kingdom 45,442 75.771 599.72 68.739 661.08 Federal Republic of Germany 376,942 251.469 1,498.96 228.129 1,652.32 Italy 232,051 130.484 1,778.37 118.374 1,960.32 Japan 437,110 299.232 1,460.77 271.459 1,610.22 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,761,682 1,294.022 1,361.40 1,173.918 1,500.69 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 3,971,308 3,951.553 1,005.00 3,584.790 1,107.82 Mexico 52,371 49.700 1,053.72 45.088 1,161.53 Brazil 581,656 628.435 925.56 570.107 1,020.26 United Kingdom 100,004 5.382 18,579.18 4.883 20,480.03 France 435,426 517.101 842.05 469.107 928.20 Federal Republic of Germany 1,302,776 1,486.045 876.67 1,348.118 966.37 Austria 4,345,892 6,166.616 704.74 5,594.262 776.85 Spain 1,090,764 1,083.253 1,006.93 982.711 1,109.95 Italy 12,493 7.605 1,642.53 6.900 1,810.58 India 440,523 735.135 599.24 666.904 660.55 China 3,043,182 4,204.640 723.77 3,814.387 797.82 Taiwan 7,845 0.144 54,327.22 0.131 59,885.50 Japan 18,491,173 10,581.024 1,747.58 9,598.947 1,926.38 CATEGORY TOTAL 33,875,413 29,416.640 1,151.57 26,686.335 1,269.39 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 16,467,744 20,518.887 802.57 18,614.427 884.68 Japan 2,265,911 2,976.255 761.33 2,700.014 839.22 CATEGORY TOTAL 18,733,655 23,495.142 797.34 21,314.441 878.92 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B United Kingdom 2,452 4.086 600.06 3.707 661.45 France 35,902 59.837 599.99 54.284 661.37 Federal Republic of Germany 2,924 4.873 600.00 4.421 661.39 CATEGORY TOTAL 41,278 68.797 599.99 62.412 661.38 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 2,697,034 2,571.584 1,048.78 2,332.903 1,156.08 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/10/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Mexico 1,468,877 1,628.266 902.11 1,477.139 994.41 Guatemala 71,542 109.287 654.62 99.144 721.60 Venezuela 334,751 335.179 998.72 304.070 1,100.90 Brazil 13,936 4.910 2,837.83 4.455 3,128.17 Argentina 3,364,451 3,109.128 1,082.12 2,820.555 1,192.83 Sweden 775,468 614.160 1,262.65 557.157 1,391.83 United Kingdom 612,881 374.352 1,637.18 339.607 1,804.68 France 190,933 163.093 1,170.70 147.956 1,290.47 Federal Republic of Germany 508,490 427.271 1,190.09 387.614 1,311.85 Switzerland 131,660 75.470 1,744.52 68.466 1,923.00 Italy 145,238 165.377 878.22 150.028 968.07 Romania 297,544 533.666 557.55 484.134 614.59 China 144,121 183.622 784.87 166.580 865.18 Korea, South 187,027 293.708 636.78 266.448 701.93 Japan 1,984,507 1,436.907 1,381.10 1,303.541 1,522.40 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,928,460 12,025.989 1,075.04 10,909.797 1,185.03 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 16,186 2.940 5,503.63 2.668 6,066.72 Mexico 2,100 2.007 1,046.18 1.821 1,153.21 Argentina 288,017 168.286 1,711.47 152.667 1,886.57 Sweden 229,448 203.622 1,126.83 184.723 1,242.12 France 575,410 391.481 1,469.83 355.146 1,620.21 Federal Republic of Germany 1,280,202 845.981 1,513.27 767.462 1,668.10 Italy 48,431 33.756 1,434.73 30.623 1,581.52 Japan 178,758 101.631 1,758.88 92.199 1,938.83 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,618,552 1,749.708 1,496.56 1,587.309 1,649.68 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 1,472,951 541.053 2,722.37 490.836 3,000.90 United Kingdom 5,544 2.182 2,540.12 1.980 2,800.00 Ireland 4,876 1.919 2,540.74 1.741 2,800.69 France 2,817 1.108 2,540.30 1.006 2,800.20 Federal Republic of Germany 4,804 1.890 2,541.18 1.715 2,801.17 Italy 7,450 2.932 2,540.80 2.660 2,800.75 Taiwan 3,250 2.204 1,474.18 2.000 1,625.00 Japan 7,766 3.056 2,540.64 2.773 2,800.58 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,509,458 556.348 2,713.15 504.711 2,990.74 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 655,122 525.562 1,246.52 476.782 1,374.05 Guatemala 8,088 4.952 1,633.05 4.493 1,800.13 Finland 106,784 36.282 2,943.12 32.915 3,244.24 United Kingdom 114,432 82.978 1,379.05 75.277 1,520.15 Netherlands 19,362 4.216 4,592.13 3.825 5,061.96 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/10/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Federal Republic of Germany 112,245 50.156 2,237.91 45.501 2,466.87 Italy 46,540 18.363 2,534.39 16.659 2,793.69 China 122,279 46.843 2,610.36 42.496 2,877.42 Korea, South 455,982 737.842 617.99 669.360 681.22 Taiwan 591,435 193.378 3,058.43 175.430 3,371.34 Japan 182,341 116.642 1,563.25 105.816 1,723.19 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,414,610 1,817.219 1,328.74 1,648.554 1,464.68 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 15,998 23.167 690.54 21.017 761.19 United Kingdom 3,178 5.389 589.70 4.889 650.03 CATEGORY TOTAL 19,176 28.556 671.51 25.906 740.21 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 639,116 605.487 1,055.54 549.289 1,163.53 Mexico 1,710,219 1,512.579 1,130.66 1,372.189 1,246.34 Venezuela 29,222 40.060 729.45 36.342 804.08 Brazil 3,672 0.964 3,807.07 0.875 4,196.57 Sweden 59,038 43.923 1,344.10 39.847 1,481.62 United Kingdom 110,540 5.493 20,120.43 4.984 22,178.97 Netherlands 11,441 0.668 17,127.23 0.606 18,879.54 France 53,581 5.538 9,675.14 5.024 10,665.01 Federal Republic of Germany 451,685 119.494 3,779.95 108.404 4,166.68 Austria 96,390 19.722 4,887.30 17.892 5,387.32 Poland 85,414 64.836 1,317.37 58.819 1,452.15 Italy 1,090,839 953.475 1,144.07 864.979 1,261.12 Turkey 530,722 551.776 961.84 500.563 1,060.25 India 39,139 35.919 1,089.62 32.586 1,201.10 Thailand 62,567 84.437 740.99 76.600 816.80 China 391,949 203.325 1,927.69 184.454 2,124.91 Korea, South 2,260,225 2,267.196 996.92 2,056.767 1,098.92 Taiwan 390,429 421.392 926.52 382.281 1,021.31 Japan 2,833,407 2,499.416 1,133.63 2,267.433 1,249.61 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,849,595 9,435.709 1,149.84 8,559.934 1,267.49 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 1,528,515 2,453.810 622.91 2,226.060 686.65 Sweden 894,817 1,089.226 821.52 988.130 905.57 United Kingdom 15,488 10.508 1,473.88 9.533 1,624.67 Netherlands 942,151 1,963.967 479.72 1,781.682 528.80 Belgium 21,340 54.311 392.92 49.271 433.11 France 1,985,790 3,184.874 623.51 2,889.270 687.30 Austria 149,665 256.243 584.07 232.460 643.83 Russia 2,332,957 4,893.819 476.71 4,439.600 525.49 Thailand 7,539 3.470 2,172.58 3.148 2,394.85 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/10/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 1,208,910 2,183.557 553.64 1,980.891 610.29 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,087,172 16,093.790 564.64 14,600.045 622.41 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 3,813,550 4,936.175 772.57 4,478.024 851.61 Dominican Republic 49,812 159.428 312.44 144.631 344.41 Brazil 3,209 3.540 906.34 3.212 999.07 Sweden 936,450 1,630.888 574.20 1,479.518 632.94 United Kingdom 270,490 268.578 1,007.12 243.650 1,110.16 Netherlands 1,272,374 2,104.881 604.49 1,909.517 666.33 France 696,151 1,069.033 651.20 969.811 717.82 Federal Republic of Germany 1,239,091 1,979.276 626.03 1,795.570 690.08 Austria 89,474 17.525 5,105.32 15.899 5,627.65 Korea, South 637,023 939.036 678.38 851.880 747.78 Japan 1,725,430 1,844.431 935.48 1,673.241 1,031.19 Australia 61,151 15.390 3,973.30 13.962 4,379.82 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,794,205 14,968.187 721.14 13,578.915 794.92 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 3,831,010 6,601.462 580.33 5,988.748 639.70 Finland 80,898 109.713 737.36 99.530 812.80 France 7,377 13.569 543.65 12.310 599.27 Federal Republic of Germany 3,305,280 8,208.182 402.68 7,446.340 443.88 Spain 2,584,121 4,577.707 564.50 4,152.828 622.26 Japan 1,276,360 1,770.369 720.96 1,606.053 794.72 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,085,046 21,281.005 520.89 19,305.809 574.18 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 952,391 817.255 1,165.35 741.402 1,284.58 Federal Republic of Germany 879,652 1,364.024 644.89 1,237.423 710.87 Taiwan 807,894 1,157.387 698.03 1,049.965 769.45 Japan 308,774 409.673 753.71 371.650 830.82 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,948,711 3,748.342 786.67 3,400.440 867.16 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 Sweden 52,792 13.012 4,056.93 11.805 4,472.00 United Kingdom 660,702 568.088 1,163.03 515.361 1,282.02 Federal Republic of Germany 1,915,563 2,177.657 879.64 1,975.538 969.64 Poland 63,458 63.052 1,006.44 57.200 1,109.41 Russia 2,939,005 3,705.319 793.19 3,361.410 874.34 Italy 6,439 5.551 1,159.92 5.036 1,278.59 Japan 786,561 1,111.069 707.93 1,007.946 780.36 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,424,520 7,643.750 840.49 6,934.296 926.48 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/10/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 233,078 471.352 494.49 427.604 545.08 France 75,179 65.710 1,144.09 59.612 1,261.14 Federal Republic of Germany 33,061 32.467 1,018.28 29.454 1,122.46 CATEGORY TOTAL 341,318 569.531 599.30 516.670 660.61 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 67,983 72.034 943.75 65.349 1,040.31 Mexico 55,188 105.641 522.41 95.836 575.86 Brazil 34,840 23.757 1,466.51 21.552 1,616.56 Sweden 405,386 118.308 3,426.51 107.328 3,777.08 United Kingdom 19,578 8.399 2,330.82 7.620 2,569.29 France 873,981 99.476 8,785.76 90.244 9,684.64 Federal Republic of Germany 2,743,991 1,584.529 1,731.74 1,437.461 1,908.92 Austria 275,515 46.555 5,918.05 42.234 6,523.54 Switzerland 20,938 14.573 1,436.70 13.221 1,583.69 China 6,646 1.847 3,597.35 1.676 3,965.39 Japan 439,963 129.317 3,402.19 117.315 3,750.27 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,944,009 2,204.441 2,242.75 1,999.836 2,472.21 GRAND TOTAL 277,976,439 349,815.820 794.64 317,347.664 875.94 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/10/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Canada 67,471 102.339 659.29 92.841 726.74 CATEGORY TOTAL 67,471 102.339 659.29 92.841 726.74 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 5,631,509 12,067.493 466.67 10,947.449 514.41 Mexico 102,006,705 225,727.859 451.90 204,776.927 498.14 Brazil 74,025,011 175,467.868 421.87 159,181.818 465.03 Norway 4,079,969 12,183.110 334.89 11,052.335 369.15 Finland 3,089,778 8,065.389 383.09 7,316.800 422.29 United Kingdom 100,180 207.435 482.95 188.182 532.36 Belgium 1,854,197 3,851.179 481.46 3,493.732 530.72 Federal Republic of Germany 6,100,004 20,191.733 302.10 18,317.638 333.01 Czech Republic 103,038 268.704 383.46 243.765 422.69 Russia 46,193,964 102,357.705 451.30 92,857.375 497.47 Ukraine 13,762,874 33,058.331 416.32 29,990.022 458.92 Turkey 3,672,025 11,975.484 306.63 10,863.980 338.00 China 36,825 100.149 367.70 90.854 405.32 Japan 3,398 12.485 272.15 11.327 299.99 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 292,978,558 679,510.298 431.16 616,441.547 475.27 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 23,653,542 36,256.699 652.39 32,891.534 719.14 Mexico 3,259,644 5,959.339 546.98 5,406.223 602.94 Trinidad and Tobago 10,428,384 19,457.884 535.95 17,651.901 590.78 Venezuela 4,631,724 9,724.347 476.30 8,821.782 525.03 Brazil 6,029,945 13,345.229 451.84 12,106.592 498.07 Argentina 7,044,039 13,452.477 523.62 12,203.886 577.20 Finland 19,491 68.327 285.26 61.986 314.44 United Kingdom 303,370 719.728 421.51 652.927 464.63 Luxembourg 106,695 147.366 724.01 133.689 798.08 Federal Republic of Germany 14,322,679 31,241.085 458.46 28,341.444 505.36 Poland 2,002,193 5,016.000 399.16 4,550.440 440.00 Russia 10,046 22.146 453.62 20.091 500.02 Italy 5,708,410 12,584.222 453.62 11,416.218 500.03 Turkey 29,102,220 65,527.985 444.12 59,446.005 489.56 Malaysia 9,680,002 22,593.889 428.43 20,496.838 472.27 Indonesia 7,051,369 13,777.818 511.79 12,499.030 564.15 China 46,252,808 113,486.538 407.56 102,953.285 449.26 Japan 3,008,451 7,055.896 426.37 6,401.003 470.00 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/10/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Egypt 4,349,758 10,094.280 430.91 9,157.380 475.00 South Africa 256,637 592.793 432.93 537.773 477.22 CATEGORY TOTAL 177,221,407 381,124.058 465.00 345,750.027 512.57 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 5,643,895 9,184.616 614.49 8,332.146 677.36 Mexico 1,789,908 3,073.557 582.36 2,788.285 641.94 Venezuela 12,001 11.494 1,044.03 10.428 1,150.84 Brazil 2,665,639 6,136.850 434.37 5,567.259 478.81 Sweden 2,550 8.784 290.29 7.969 319.99 Norway 1,407,034 1,802.575 780.57 1,635.269 860.43 United Kingdom 2,057,011 3,439.205 598.11 3,119.996 659.30 Luxembourg 3,734,232 5,142.543 726.14 4,665.238 800.44 Federal Republic of Germany 943,710 1,405.227 671.57 1,274.801 740.28 Poland 168,254 229.677 732.57 208.360 807.52 Spain 94,334 164.820 572.34 149.523 630.90 Turkey 219,424 554.221 395.91 502.781 436.42 Korea, South 1,493,218 3,600.846 414.69 3,266.634 457.11 Japan 2,077 2.727 761.61 2.474 839.53 CATEGORY TOTAL 20,233,287 34,757.147 582.13 31,531.163 641.69 STEEL PILING...........................5 Canada 1,533,784 1,879.730 815.96 1,705.263 899.44 United Kingdom 546,698 1,334.177 409.76 1,210.346 451.69 Luxembourg 3,579,653 5,130.612 697.70 4,654.415 769.09 Federal Republic of Germany 72,330 45.834 1,578.08 41.580 1,739.54 Taiwan 7,750 11.778 658.00 10.685 725.32 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,740,215 8,402.133 683.19 7,622.289 753.08 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 4,776,891 6,927.082 689.60 6,284.145 760.15 Mexico 8,000 22.575 354.37 20.480 390.63 Finland 145,854 141.230 1,032.74 128.122 1,138.40 United Kingdom 2,942 8.107 362.87 7.355 400.00 Belgium 747,535 1,071.843 697.43 972.360 768.78 Federal Republic of Germany 157,204 162.842 965.38 147.728 1,064.14 Czech Republic 664,384 1,414.766 469.61 1,283.455 517.65 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 425,216 561.117 757.80 509.037 835.33 Australia 68,799 81.155 847.74 73.623 934.48 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/10/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE South Africa 559,574 1,095.848 510.63 994.137 562.87 CATEGORY TOTAL 23,366,448 38,704.504 603.71 35,112.146 665.48 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 12,187,916 19,379.817 628.90 17,581.080 693.24 Mexico 1,651,373 2,679.886 616.21 2,431.153 679.26 Venezuela 557,966 1,056.901 527.93 958.805 581.94 Netherlands 3,224,267 6,587.174 489.48 5,975.786 539.56 Belgium 8,949 18.331 488.18 16.630 538.12 France 2,144,931 3,656.256 586.65 3,316.901 646.67 Federal Republic of Germany 6,093,321 15,527.175 392.43 14,086.021 432.58 Russia 30,622,145 61,476.876 498.11 55,770.900 549.07 Italy 1,268,792 2,524.255 502.64 2,289.967 554.07 Romania 681,272 1,473.326 462.40 1,336.580 509.71 Malaysia 1,626,629 3,139.833 518.06 2,848.410 571.07 Japan 21,397 38.051 562.31 34.520 619.84 New Zealand 963,210 1,688.751 570.37 1,532.010 628.72 Egypt 2,949,098 5,015.843 587.96 4,550.298 648.11 CATEGORY TOTAL 64,001,266 124,262.483 515.05 112,729.061 567.74 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Luxembourg 27,440 41.434 662.25 37.589 730.00 Austria 11,360 17.153 662.27 15.561 730.03 Spain 317,170 645.501 491.35 585.589 541.63 Japan 5,416,169 12,019.659 450.61 10,904.055 496.71 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,772,139 12,723.748 453.65 11,542.794 500.06 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 Luxembourg 29,939 44.462 673.35 40.336 742.24 Austria 146,458 186.432 785.58 169.129 865.95 Poland 75,138 133.589 562.46 121.190 620.00 Spain 37,980 69.103 549.61 62.690 605.84 China 204,095 295.143 691.51 267.750 762.26 Korea, South 391,239 618.123 632.95 560.752 697.70 Japan 78,595 111.912 702.29 101.525 774.14 CATEGORY TOTAL 963,444 1,458.767 660.45 1,323.372 728.02 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 Canada 325,809 1,369.167 237.96 1,242.088 262.31 CATEGORY TOTAL 325,809 1,369.167 237.96 1,242.088 262.31 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 24,165,189 37,724.265 640.57 34,222.888 706.11 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/10/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Mexico 1,078,356 1,906.175 565.72 1,729.254 623.60 Brazil 189,744 394.473 481.01 357.860 530.22 Argentina 1,241,880 2,173.315 571.42 1,971.599 629.88 United Kingdom 9,125,812 12,139.332 751.76 11,012.620 828.67 France 1,074,175 1,669.607 643.37 1,514.643 709.19 Federal Republic of Germany 1,556,883 2,239.182 695.29 2,031.353 766.43 Czech Republic 828,011 2,079.931 398.10 1,886.883 438.82 Russia 2,060,041 4,782.398 430.75 4,338.520 474.83 Italy 1,798,182 3,055.617 588.48 2,772.010 648.69 Turkey 3,211,810 5,456.605 588.61 4,950.151 648.83 India 298,765 367.263 813.49 333.176 896.72 China 2,117 1.741 1,215.51 1.580 1,339.87 Korea, South 944,603 1,506.505 627.02 1,366.679 691.17 Japan 856,025 1,642.906 521.04 1,490.420 574.35 South Africa 444,410 1,007.740 441.00 914.207 486.12 CATEGORY TOTAL 48,876,003 78,147.062 625.44 70,893.843 689.43 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 5,937,797 10,626.679 558.76 9,640.364 615.93 Mexico 910,904 1,607.909 566.51 1,458.671 624.48 Brazil 515,794 1,187.892 434.21 1,077.638 478.63 Federal Republic of Germany 63,556 25.367 2,505.41 23.013 2,761.74 Italy 3,235 2.083 1,552.77 1.890 1,711.64 Turkey 658,532 1,473.551 446.90 1,336.784 492.62 Korea, South 189,149 468.543 403.70 425.056 445.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,278,967 15,392.027 537.87 13,963.416 592.90 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 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 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/10/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 6,060,866 5,523.690 1,097.25 5,011.009 1,209.51 Mexico 5,538 9.845 562.47 8.932 620.02 Argentina 98,449 156.467 629.20 141.945 693.57 United Kingdom 2,074,113 2,120.781 977.99 1,923.941 1,078.05 Netherlands 3,375 4.133 816.47 3.750 900.00 Belgium 151,111 169.745 890.22 153.991 981.30 France 141,972 175.217 810.26 158.955 893.16 Federal Republic of Germany 4,861,808 4,383.388 1,109.14 3,976.544 1,222.62 Austria 22,187 16.124 1,375.97 14.628 1,516.75 Switzerland 17,332 8.034 2,157.13 7.289 2,377.83 Poland 35,671 42.856 832.33 38.879 917.49 Russia 287,935 457.603 629.22 415.131 693.60 Ukraine 686,700 1,802.278 381.02 1,635.000 420.00 Spain 93,520 112.665 830.07 102.208 915.00 Italy 149,991 182.337 822.60 165.414 906.76 Romania 27,166 6.349 4,278.57 5.760 4,716.32 India 12,976 19.714 658.18 17.885 725.52 China 100,668 206.168 488.28 187.033 538.24 Korea, South 65,426 116.372 562.21 105.571 619.73 Taiwan 7,577 6.217 1,218.75 5.640 1,343.44 Japan 162,308 179.858 902.42 163.165 994.75 South Africa 175,707 409.723 428.84 371.695 472.72 CATEGORY TOTAL 15,242,396 16,109.575 946.17 14,614.365 1,042.97 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 22,045,491 25,319.867 870.68 22,969.804 959.76 Mexico 4,148,955 4,440.565 934.33 4,028.414 1,029.92 Guatemala 812,128 726.021 1,118.60 658.636 1,233.05 Dominican Republic 80,193 218.611 366.83 198.321 404.36 Colombia 3,069,354 2,037.982 1,506.07 1,848.827 1,660.16 Venezuela 991,881 1,936.974 512.08 1,757.194 564.47 Peru 17,667 28.491 620.08 25.847 683.52 Brazil 408,177 825.977 494.17 749.314 544.73 Argentina 4,547 8.271 549.70 7.504 605.94 Sweden 55,528 79.776 696.04 72.372 767.26 United Kingdom 34,234 6.060 5,648.70 5.498 6,226.63 Netherlands 2,684 0.231 11,594.69 0.210 12,780.95 France 263,814 398.807 661.51 361.792 729.19 Federal Republic of Germany 1,029,349 1,164.708 883.78 1,056.606 974.20 Russia 211,347 297.471 710.48 269.862 783.17 Ukraine 972,188 1,399.207 694.81 1,269.340 765.90 Spain 823,128 722.782 1,138.83 655.697 1,255.35 Italy 464,520 412.868 1,125.10 374.548 1,240.21 Romania 1,071,177 1,791.961 597.77 1,625.641 658.93 Turkey 2,330,755 3,878.457 600.95 3,518.478 662.43 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/10/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE India 5,402,672 8,271.734 653.15 7,503.993 719.97 Pakistan 189,356 374.796 505.22 340.010 556.91 Thailand 2,634,905 4,488.988 586.97 4,072.343 647.02 Malaysia 407,218 593.650 685.96 538.551 756.14 Philippines 129,625 206.911 626.48 187.707 690.57 China 9,695,501 18,233.437 531.74 16,541.101 586.15 Korea, South 1,480,370 2,503.822 591.24 2,271.430 651.73 Taiwan 2,635,428 4,799.449 549.11 4,353.989 605.29 Japan 1,908,729 2,956.683 645.56 2,682.259 711.61 Australia 10,825 17.008 636.44 15.430 701.56 South Africa 3,110,909 5,560.885 559.43 5,044.752 616.66 CATEGORY TOTAL 70,208,862 99,424.450 706.15 90,196.370 778.40 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 876,436 2,133.475 410.80 1,935.457 452.83 Mexico 940,342 1,012.359 928.86 918.397 1,023.89 Colombia 5,035,891 4,811.989 1,046.53 4,365.365 1,153.60 Venezuela 8,953,845 11,940.716 749.86 10,832.439 826.58 Brazil 1,760,470 1,827.558 963.29 1,657.934 1,061.85 Sweden 3,570 0.037 95,254.42 0.034 105,000.00 United Kingdom 639,006 896.591 712.71 813.374 785.62 France 586,219 13,505.536 43.41 12,252.020 47.85 Federal Republic of Germany 3,911,973 4,285.637 912.81 3,887.866 1,006.20 Austria 2,919,602 2,828.736 1,032.12 2,566.187 1,137.72 Czech Republic 1,636,489 1,886.153 867.63 1,711.090 956.40 Russia 3,820,166 5,727.224 667.02 5,195.652 735.26 Ukraine 1,903,128 2,619.840 726.43 2,376.680 800.75 Greece 1,826,708 2,980.051 612.98 2,703.458 675.69 Turkey 1,136,597 1,868.141 608.41 1,694.750 670.66 India 1,670,256 1,909.069 874.91 1,731.879 964.42 China 9,809,151 14,671.839 668.57 13,310.073 736.97 Korea, South 12,852,886 15,516.088 828.36 14,075.963 913.11 Taiwan 428,713 641.837 667.95 582.265 736.29 Japan 3,289 3.707 887.22 3.363 978.00 South Africa 1,768,870 2,596.852 681.16 2,355.826 750.85 CATEGORY TOTAL 62,483,607 93,663.445 667.11 84,970.072 735.36 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 28,117 88.640 317.20 80.413 349.66 Mexico 11,785 10.692 1,102.18 9.700 1,214.95 Federal Republic of Germany 282,699 283.016 998.88 256.748 1,101.08 Czech Republic 434,722 624.494 696.12 566.532 767.34 Poland 39,557 50.985 775.85 46.253 855.23 Ukraine 749,182 1,031.321 726.43 935.599 800.75 Italy 750,906 961.473 781.00 872.234 860.90 Romania 1,357,252 2,133.852 636.06 1,935.799 701.13 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/10/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE India 661,104 1,170.959 564.58 1,062.277 622.35 Korea, South 2,436,233 4,397.310 554.03 3,989.174 610.71 Japan 7,467,778 13,730.930 543.87 12,456.494 599.51 CATEGORY TOTAL 14,219,335 24,483.675 580.77 22,211.223 640.19 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 407,377 400.901 1,016.15 363.692 1,120.12 Mexico 2,717,735 3,066.354 886.31 2,781.751 976.99 Colombia 70,876 131.948 537.15 119.702 592.10 Brazil 1,771,155 3,646.760 485.68 3,308.286 535.37 Argentina 932,592 1,573.083 592.84 1,427.078 653.50 United Kingdom 2,917 0.264 11,026.08 0.240 12,154.17 France 345,119 465.567 741.29 422.356 817.13 Federal Republic of Germany 23,016 23.990 959.37 21.764 1,057.53 Austria 278,678 397.399 701.25 360.515 773.00 Czech Republic 1,199,289 1,851.139 647.87 1,679.326 714.15 Slovakia 102,920 131.741 781.23 119.514 861.15 Ukraine 960,718 1,728.872 555.69 1,568.407 612.54 Italy 891,100 1,157.304 769.98 1,049.889 848.76 Romania 2,087,995 3,416.932 611.07 3,099.790 673.59 Turkey 177,027 311.733 567.88 282.800 625.98 India 47,074 83.381 564.57 75.642 622.33 China 2,715,448 4,685.480 579.55 4,250.598 638.84 Korea, South 807,705 1,480.351 545.62 1,342.953 601.44 Taiwan 14,594 23.623 617.77 21.431 680.98 CATEGORY TOTAL 15,553,335 24,576.832 632.85 22,295.734 697.59 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Canada 235,267 298.007 789.47 270.348 870.24 Mexico 1,452,288 1,759.223 825.53 1,595.941 909.99 Venezuela 124,396 219.378 567.04 199.017 625.05 Brazil 1,040,626 2,086.783 498.67 1,893.099 549.69 Argentina 186,382 382.754 486.95 347.229 536.77 Denmark 4,715 1.699 2,773.92 1.542 3,057.72 Turkey 392,585 710.384 552.64 644.450 609.18 China 2,232,091 4,110.492 543.02 3,728.977 598.58 Korea, South 4,334,412 7,482.819 579.25 6,788.302 638.51 Taiwan 237,119 376.056 630.54 341.153 695.05 South Africa 81,489 195.202 417.46 177.085 460.17 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,321,370 17,622.803 585.68 15,987.143 645.60 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 12,159,127 9,788.716 1,242.16 8,880.177 1,369.24 Mexico 11,285,471 13,358.257 844.83 12,118.411 931.27 Dominican Republic 313,368 396.770 789.80 359.944 870.60 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/10/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Venezuela 147,133 182.200 807.53 165.290 890.15 Brazil 377,786 603.994 625.48 547.935 689.47 Argentina 193,930 220.307 880.27 199.860 970.33 Sweden 113,259 54.703 2,070.42 49.626 2,282.25 Denmark 25,873 5.218 4,958.09 4.734 5,465.36 United Kingdom 3,269 0.209 15,608.36 0.190 17,205.26 Belgium 16,821 8.524 1,973.33 7.733 2,175.22 France 544,549 689.760 789.48 625.740 870.25 Federal Republic of Germany 1,779,401 1,418.626 1,254.31 1,286.957 1,382.64 Austria 105,742 68.862 1,535.55 62.471 1,692.66 Slovakia 9,129 1.846 4,944.29 1.675 5,450.15 Switzerland 1,112,075 467.344 2,379.56 423.968 2,623.02 Ukraine 244,109 375.777 649.61 340.900 716.07 Spain 243,119 116.497 2,086.90 105.685 2,300.41 Italy 889,513 1,044.528 851.59 947.581 938.72 Croatia 3,909 0.342 11,402.53 0.311 12,569.13 Romania 92,409 88.760 1,041.11 80.522 1,147.62 Turkey 11,592 1.967 5,891.37 1.785 6,494.12 India 487,637 558.065 873.80 506.269 963.20 Malaysia 651,498 665.483 978.98 603.717 1,079.14 China 1,224,186 1,505.999 812.87 1,366.220 896.04 Korea, South 1,321,961 2,047.611 645.61 1,857.562 711.66 Taiwan 109,684 43.568 2,517.49 39.525 2,775.05 Japan 1,886,435 1,178.834 1,600.25 1,069.421 1,763.98 Australia 87,840 120.431 729.37 109.254 804.00 South Africa 1,044,544 1,621.087 644.35 1,470.626 710.27 CATEGORY TOTAL 36,485,369 36,634.301 995.93 33,234.089 1,097.83 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 62,879 41.677 1,508.71 37.809 1,663.07 Mexico 998,216 665.920 1,499.00 604.113 1,652.37 Chile 54,383 75.499 720.31 68.492 794.01 Brazil 287,350 313.609 916.27 284.502 1,010.01 Argentina 172,973 159.339 1,085.57 144.550 1,196.63 France 228,422 216.756 1,053.82 196.638 1,161.64 Federal Republic of Germany 2,133,834 2,719.333 784.69 2,466.939 864.97 Czech Republic 181,819 260.972 696.70 236.750 767.98 Slovakia 118,051 106.763 1,105.73 96.854 1,218.86 Russia 17,573 24.733 710.49 22.438 783.18 Ukraine 14,537 14.023 1,036.61 12.722 1,142.67 Italy 702,213 770.067 911.88 698.594 1,005.18 Romania 77,657 75.416 1,029.70 68.417 1,135.05 Korea, South 72,869 107.673 676.76 97.680 746.00 Japan 34,687 44.817 773.96 40.658 853.14 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,157,463 5,596.604 921.53 5,077.156 1,015.82 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/10/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 934,319 400.869 2,330.73 363.663 2,569.19 Mexico 345,006 222.874 1,547.99 202.188 1,706.36 Guatemala 12,805 20.418 627.14 18.523 691.30 Federal Republic of Germany 38,000 8.163 4,654.74 7.406 5,130.97 India 177,456 179.510 988.56 162.849 1,089.70 Vietnam 84,621 109.676 771.55 99.497 850.49 Korea, South 3,649 0.875 4,169.17 0.794 4,595.72 Japan 158,626 58.291 2,721.26 52.881 2,999.68 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,754,482 1,000.679 1,753.29 907.801 1,932.67 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 27,798,294 29,225.799 951.16 26,513.207 1,048.47 Mexico 4,192,699 4,074.153 1,029.10 3,696.011 1,134.38 Brazil 965,437 1,866.922 517.13 1,693.644 570.04 Argentina 326,020 615.139 529.99 558.045 584.22 United Kingdom 100,168 26.975 3,713.26 24.472 4,093.17 Belgium 4,234 3.008 1,407.48 2.729 1,551.48 France 182,085 120.118 1,515.87 108.970 1,670.96 Federal Republic of Germany 327,423 220.303 1,486.24 199.856 1,638.29 Austria 213,799 181.747 1,176.35 164.879 1,296.70 Switzerland 34,500 19.395 1,778.79 17.595 1,960.78 Italy 15,713 13.303 1,181.09 12.069 1,301.93 Turkey 1,645,168 2,948.761 557.92 2,675.072 615.00 Malaysia 5,463 4.282 1,275.66 3.885 1,406.18 China 94,636 172.250 549.41 156.263 605.62 Korea, South 1,924,465 3,300.099 583.15 2,993.801 642.82 Japan 921,136 1,268.595 726.11 1,150.851 800.40 Australia 25,485 39.893 638.82 36.191 704.18 CATEGORY TOTAL 38,776,725 44,100.751 879.28 40,007.540 969.24 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 125,219 180.111 695.23 163.394 766.36 Mexico 170,632 158.326 1,077.73 143.631 1,187.99 Korea, South 40,855 83.060 491.87 75.351 542.20 Japan 17,539 34.436 509.32 31.240 561.43 CATEGORY TOTAL 354,245 455.933 776.97 413.616 856.46 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 19,949,761 21,705.744 919.10 19,691.126 1,013.13 Mexico 8,224,496 10,566.952 778.32 9,586.181 857.95 Honduras 50,200 63.382 792.01 57.500 873.04 Dominican Republic 123,890 182.581 678.55 165.635 747.97 Trinidad and Tobago 25,144 33.295 755.18 30.205 832.44 Colombia 57,471 45.307 1,268.47 41.102 1,398.25 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/10/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Venezuela 1,211,846 1,715.729 706.32 1,556.484 778.58 Ecuador 149,571 176.599 846.95 160.208 933.61 Chile 94,750 138.262 685.29 125.430 755.40 Brazil 1,802,609 2,631.898 684.91 2,387.619 754.98 Argentina 105,301 176.195 597.64 159.842 658.78 Sweden 262,226 118.331 2,216.02 107.349 2,442.74 Denmark 3,450 3.306 1,043.26 3.000 1,150.00 United Kingdom 691,534 728.775 948.90 661.134 1,045.98 Netherlands 19,110 20.577 928.66 18.668 1,023.68 Belgium 529,996 442.826 1,196.85 401.726 1,319.30 Luxembourg 90,052 109.250 824.27 99.110 908.61 France 1,113,321 865.812 1,285.87 785.452 1,417.43 Federal Republic of Germany 1,416,466 1,180.041 1,200.35 1,070.516 1,323.16 Austria 261,034 91.667 2,847.63 83.159 3,138.97 Switzerland 35,326 10.516 3,359.25 9.540 3,702.94 Poland 1,194,505 1,294.942 922.44 1,174.752 1,016.81 Belarus 313,907 368.949 850.81 334.705 937.86 Spain 37,829 46.741 809.33 42.403 892.13 Italy 530,418 457.541 1,159.28 415.075 1,277.88 Greece 1,022,785 1,094.492 934.48 992.907 1,030.09 Turkey 398,347 560.485 710.72 508.464 783.43 Israel 511,066 677.828 753.98 614.916 831.12 United Arab Emirates 131,319 131.495 998.66 119.291 1,100.83 India 956,292 1,368.288 698.90 1,241.291 770.40 Thailand 148,607 189.608 783.76 172.010 863.94 Indonesia 31,452 9.587 3,280.38 8.698 3,616.00 China 6,900,391 11,760.603 586.74 10,669.043 646.77 Korea, South 1,708,359 2,093.922 815.87 1,899.575 899.34 Hong Kong 9,397 12.947 725.76 11.746 800.02 Taiwan 563,771 683.494 824.84 620.056 909.23 Japan 2,700,131 3,357.329 804.25 3,045.719 886.53 Australia 133,608 209.065 639.07 189.661 704.46 New Zealand 20,631 19.775 1,043.26 17.940 1,150.00 Egypt 1,115,455 1,436.550 776.48 1,303.217 855.92 South Africa 2,105,083 3,837.361 548.58 3,481.197 604.70 CATEGORY TOTAL 56,750,907 70,618.068 803.63 64,063.652 885.85 BLACK PLATE...........................28 Venezuela 363,890 570.704 637.61 517.735 702.85 Belgium 648,622 1,041.008 623.07 944.387 686.82 France 777,556 1,246.482 623.80 1,130.790 687.62 Federal Republic of Germany 316,837 298.215 1,062.44 270.537 1,171.14 Taiwan 59,356 101.440 585.13 92.025 645.00 Japan 743,796 760.098 978.55 689.550 1,078.67 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,910,057 4,017.950 724.26 3,645.024 798.36 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/10/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE TIN PLATE.............................29 Canada 5,438,421 8,512.313 638.89 7,722.243 704.25 United Kingdom 88,633 139.573 635.03 126.619 700.00 Netherlands 1,889,704 2,966.476 637.02 2,691.143 702.19 Belgium 712,179 1,188.908 599.02 1,078.560 660.31 France 1,209,316 2,001.418 604.23 1,815.657 666.05 Federal Republic of Germany 6,843,420 11,997.832 570.39 10,884.254 628.74 Japan 391,882 500.312 783.27 453.876 863.41 CATEGORY TOTAL 16,573,555 27,306.836 606.94 24,772.352 669.03 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A Canada 1,367,483 1,972.893 693.14 1,789.779 764.05 Netherlands 374,307 691.053 541.65 626.913 597.06 France 37,066 56.018 661.68 50.819 729.37 Federal Republic of Germany 810,800 1,189.404 681.69 1,079.010 751.43 Korea, South 1,116,636 1,671.374 668.09 1,516.246 736.45 Japan 1,150,645 1,827.701 629.56 1,658.063 693.97 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,856,937 7,408.444 655.59 6,720.830 722.67 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 18,817,929 30,000.359 627.26 27,215.876 691.43 Mexico 28,570,203 46,850.408 609.82 42,501.988 672.21 Venezuela 6,485,796 11,927.271 543.78 10,820.242 599.41 Sweden 70,613 46.190 1,528.75 41.903 1,685.15 Finland 571,673 920.145 621.29 834.742 684.85 Netherlands 8,596,393 19,362.832 443.96 17,565.671 489.39 Belgium 226,366 314.566 719.61 285.370 793.24 France 11,194,590 19,109.726 585.81 17,336.057 645.74 Federal Republic of Germany 227,441 513.748 442.71 466.065 488.00 Austria 542,621 1,138.687 476.53 1,033.000 525.29 Russia 65,310,570 126,505.977 516.26 114,764.325 569.08 Italy 15,994,064 31,007.062 515.82 28,129.142 568.59 Romania 1,276,801 2,424.356 526.66 2,199.340 580.54 Turkey 18,015,933 33,195.765 542.72 30,114.700 598.24 India 1,114,924 1,734.392 642.83 1,573.415 708.60 Malaysia 4,391,802 8,454.560 519.46 7,669.850 572.61 China 37,212 56.879 654.23 51.600 721.16 Korea, South 15,141,045 32,091.561 471.81 29,112.983 520.08 Taiwan 388,779 649.977 598.14 589.650 659.34 Japan 17,373 22.215 782.00 20.154 862.01 Australia 12,656,454 23,350.585 542.02 21,183.301 597.47 New Zealand 7,764,645 13,408.970 579.06 12,164.417 638.31 Egypt 26,544,515 47,792.582 555.41 43,356.714 612.24 CATEGORY TOTAL 243,957,742 450,878.824 541.07 409,030.505 596.43 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/10/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 16,093,590 22,785.724 706.30 20,670.867 778.56 Mexico 5,461,820 8,234.187 663.31 7,469.931 731.17 Venezuela 3,422,543 5,701.654 600.27 5,172.455 661.69 Brazil 29,874,720 50,232.036 594.73 45,569.750 655.58 Sweden 167,676 271.135 618.42 245.970 681.69 Netherlands 1,958,654 3,078.221 636.29 2,792.516 701.39 Belgium 7,568,864 12,633.101 599.13 11,460.560 660.43 Luxembourg 181,262 299.332 605.55 271.550 667.51 France 480,668 752.492 638.77 682.650 704.12 Federal Republic of Germany 390,661 728.988 535.89 661.327 590.72 Russia 23,330,708 43,171.326 540.42 39,164.380 595.71 India 490,147 844.145 580.64 765.796 640.05 China 10,663,177 19,041.585 559.99 17,274.241 617.29 Korea, South 5,135,495 8,614.348 596.16 7,814.808 657.15 Taiwan 8,150,784 14,418.696 565.29 13,080.425 623.13 Japan 861,014 1,340.941 642.10 1,216.482 707.79 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 116,777,866 196,497.265 594.30 178,259.371 655.10 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 22,026,340 34,984.277 629.61 31,737.212 694.02 Mexico 23,103,549 23,634.153 977.55 21,440.549 1,077.56 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 28,955,674 39,816.373 727.23 36,120.817 801.63 Argentina 70,983 104.625 678.45 94.915 747.86 Sweden 14,573 16.567 879.60 15.030 969.59 Netherlands 910,556 1,223.397 744.28 1,109.848 820.43 Belgium 667,766 774.792 861.86 702.880 950.04 Luxembourg 98,262 100.629 976.47 91.290 1,076.37 Federal Republic of Germany 1,024,968 2,650.795 386.66 2,404.762 426.22 Austria 272,202 285.350 953.92 258.866 1,051.52 Kazakhstan 7,353,302 10,288.097 714.74 9,333.208 787.86 Spain 375,436 636.616 589.74 577.529 650.07 Italy 2,175,138 2,543.958 855.02 2,307.841 942.50 Turkey 4,429,089 6,747.041 656.45 6,120.815 723.61 India 52,363,196 74,740.237 700.60 67,803.222 772.28 Malaysia 86,475 129.003 670.33 117.030 738.91 Indonesia 54,866 90.268 607.81 81.890 670.00 China 20,213,120 30,835.049 655.52 27,973.094 722.59 Korea, South 13,515,551 17,959.075 752.57 16,292.204 829.57 Taiwan 18,412,683 22,444.445 820.37 20,361.264 904.30 Japan 55,640 64.501 862.61 58.515 950.87 New Zealand 198,930 255.929 777.29 232.175 856.81 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/10/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Morocco 5,048,240 6,579.166 767.31 5,968.521 845.81 South Africa 8,270,387 10,975.489 753.53 9,956.799 830.63 CATEGORY TOTAL 211,029,644 289,987.084 727.72 263,071.932 802.17 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 12,445 9.569 1,300.53 8.681 1,433.59 Brazil 1,340,208 1,794.308 746.92 1,627.770 823.34 United Kingdom 68,655 73.731 931.15 66.888 1,026.42 Belgium 157,009 229.060 685.45 207.800 755.58 Federal Republic of Germany 1,066,546 1,896.101 562.49 1,720.115 620.04 Spain 71,848 50.529 1,421.89 45.840 1,567.36 Korea, South 605,500 863.692 701.06 783.529 772.79 Taiwan 40,053 59.502 673.13 53.980 742.00 Japan 91,151 100.742 904.79 91.392 997.36 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,453,415 5,077.238 680.18 4,605.995 749.77 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 Canada 7,530,690 9,477.980 794.55 8,598.282 875.84 Mexico 8,766,285 9,340.467 938.53 8,473.532 1,034.55 Brazil 3,496 4.276 817.40 3.880 901.03 Argentina 55,426 74.521 743.76 67.605 819.85 United Kingdom 348,788 651.147 535.65 590.711 590.45 Belgium 100,792 85.280 1,181.89 77.365 1,302.81 Luxembourg 726,296 975.194 744.77 884.682 820.97 France 13,065 3.438 3,800.06 3.119 4,188.84 Federal Republic of Germany 254,961 143.102 1,781.67 129.820 1,963.96 Austria 11,444 9.674 1,182.84 8.777 1,303.86 Italy 732,335 721.512 1,015.00 654.545 1,118.85 Israel 2,750 3.368 816.35 3.056 899.87 Korea, South 8,300,630 11,574.700 717.14 10,500.395 790.51 Taiwan 7,224,638 8,656.807 834.56 7,853.326 919.95 Japan 316,054 158.093 1,999.16 143.420 2,203.70 Australia 122,911 45.944 2,675.22 41.680 2,948.92 Kenya 45,026 61.619 730.71 55.900 805.47 CATEGORY TOTAL 34,555,587 41,987.130 823.00 38,090.095 907.21 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 3,256,998 5,576.388 584.07 5,058.816 643.83 Mexico 474,733 609.148 779.34 552.610 859.07 Colombia 7,269 22.812 318.64 20.695 351.24 United Kingdom 24,364 32.625 746.79 29.597 823.19 Turkey 90,668 205.223 441.80 186.176 487.00 China 7,040 13.817 509.50 12.535 561.63 Taiwan 26,388 33.359 791.03 30.263 871.96 Japan 8,272 13.027 634.98 11.818 699.95 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/10/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Egypt 125,320 196.504 637.75 178.266 702.99 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,021,052 6,702.906 599.90 6,080.776 661.27 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 3,577,709 4,098.987 872.83 3,718.540 962.13 Mexico 400,204 384.522 1,040.78 348.833 1,147.27 Brazil 177,153 183.417 965.84 166.394 1,064.66 Sweden 710,784 156.721 4,535.34 142.175 4,999.36 United Kingdom 985,368 523.201 1,883.34 474.641 2,076.03 France 209,025 49.828 4,194.86 45.204 4,624.04 Federal Republic of Germany 2,025,537 1,223.822 1,655.09 1,110.233 1,824.43 Austria 627,638 89.915 6,980.31 81.570 7,694.47 Switzerland 95,397 48.856 1,952.59 44.322 2,152.36 Russia 947,586 1,211.395 782.23 1,098.960 862.26 Italy 32,729 4.509 7,257.70 4.091 8,000.24 India 600,719 812.085 739.72 736.712 815.41 China 44,172 39.652 1,113.98 35.972 1,227.96 Korea, South 561,662 823.656 681.91 747.209 751.68 Taiwan 306,041 214.386 1,427.52 194.488 1,573.57 Japan 345,501 354.270 975.25 321.389 1,075.02 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,647,225 10,219.230 1,139.74 9,270.733 1,256.34 GRAND TOTAL 1,699,237,348 3,027,428.714 561.28 2,746,437.905 618.71 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/10/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Sweden 44,988 18.706 2,404.98 16.970 2,651.03 United Kingdom 78,092 40.857 1,911.34 37.065 2,106.89 Federal Republic of Germany 65,125 36.839 1,767.82 33.420 1,948.68 Italy 681,686 410.678 1,659.90 372.561 1,829.73 China 42,949 16.336 2,629.06 14.820 2,898.04 CATEGORY TOTAL 912,840 523.416 1,744.00 474.836 1,922.43 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 80,364 66.970 1,199.98 60.755 1,322.76 Sweden 9,471,144 4,052.861 2,336.90 3,676.695 2,575.99 United Kingdom 10,649,645 4,744.709 2,244.53 4,304.329 2,474.17 Belgium 51,207 21.770 2,352.11 19.750 2,592.76 Federal Republic of Germany 63,000 17.816 3,536.02 16.163 3,897.79 Switzerland 2,079 0.110 18,860.38 0.100 20,790.00 Spain 12,671,979 6,724.442 1,884.47 6,100.313 2,077.27 Italy 1,098,045 555.964 1,975.03 504.363 2,177.09 Syria 2,452 1.253 1,956.39 1.137 2,156.55 India 5,060 1.212 4,173.05 1.100 4,600.00 China 52,077 35.878 1,451.50 32.548 1,600.01 Korea, South 17,928 12.351 1,451.50 11.205 1,600.00 Japan 123,339 48.209 2,558.39 43.735 2,820.14 CATEGORY TOTAL 34,288,319 16,283.550 2,105.70 14,772.193 2,321.14 WIRE RODS..............................3 Sweden 823,659 333.763 2,467.79 302.785 2,720.28 United Kingdom 1,601,091 631.502 2,535.37 572.890 2,794.76 France 447,842 131.333 3,409.95 119.144 3,758.83 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 627,986 366.348 1,714.18 332.346 1,889.55 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 7,382,187 3,527.041 2,093.03 3,199.679 2,307.16 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Italy 599,463 130.637 4,588.77 118.512 5,058.25 India 250,828 100.491 2,496.02 91.164 2,751.39 China 5,082 0.321 15,788.75 0.292 17,404.11 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/10/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 855,373 231.450 3,695.71 209.968 4,073.83 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 27,017 4.000 6,753.77 3.629 7,444.75 Sweden 262,015 83.985 3,119.78 76.190 3,438.97 United Kingdom 2,240 1.514 1,478.96 1.374 1,630.28 Belgium 3,048,870 1,047.064 2,911.83 949.881 3,209.74 France 211,274 76.583 2,758.76 69.475 3,041.01 Federal Republic of Germany 704,194 329.193 2,139.15 298.639 2,358.01 Austria 31,680 2.497 12,682.97 2.266 13,980.58 Italy 1,223,158 573.546 2,132.62 520.313 2,350.81 China 261,410 104.482 2,501.95 94.785 2,757.93 Korea, South 325,467 130.652 2,491.09 118.526 2,745.95 Taiwan 150,184 61.932 2,424.97 56.184 2,673.07 Japan 131,900 42.209 3,124.87 38.292 3,444.58 South Africa 1,030,298 929.772 1,108.12 843.476 1,221.49 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,409,707 3,387.434 2,187.41 3,073.030 2,411.21 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 11,257 7.099 1,585.50 6.441 1,747.71 Brazil 30,028 19.196 1,564.22 17.415 1,724.26 Sweden 234,597 50.425 4,652.37 45.745 5,128.36 Belgium 1,462,309 660.279 2,214.68 598.996 2,441.27 France 3,648 1.496 2,436.97 1.358 2,686.30 Federal Republic of Germany 951,278 434.215 2,190.80 393.914 2,414.94 China 69,811 26.875 2,597.58 24.381 2,863.34 Korea, South 33,823 11.767 2,874.35 10.675 3,168.43 Japan 5,110 0.960 5,322.29 0.871 5,866.82 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,801,861 1,212.317 2,311.16 1,099.796 2,547.62 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 10,156 0.719 14,109.30 0.653 15,552.83 Mexico 61,745 20.602 2,997.01 18.690 3,303.64 Trinidad and Tobago 64,494 45.194 1,427.02 41.000 1,573.02 Sweden 47,384 4.425 10,706.36 4.015 11,801.74 United Kingdom 697,164 270.414 2,578.13 245.316 2,841.90 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 97,470 10.708 9,101.73 9.715 10,032.94 Federal Republic of Germany 256,355 77.256 3,318.23 70.086 3,657.72 Austria 255,024 107.533 2,371.57 97.553 2,614.21 Portugal 71,673 21.302 3,364.59 19.325 3,708.82 Italy 236,804 80.175 2,953.57 72.734 3,255.75 India 432,527 182.217 2,373.69 165.305 2,616.54 China 109,919 38.580 2,849.05 35.000 3,140.54 Taiwan 171,594 71.290 2,406.96 64.674 2,653.21 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/10/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 2,544,660 935.943 2,718.82 849.074 2,996.98 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A United Kingdom 124,204 36.576 3,395.70 33.182 3,743.11 Italy 883,031 288.405 3,061.77 261.637 3,375.02 India 1,344,989 551.439 2,439.05 500.258 2,688.59 China 99,932 42.846 2,332.31 38.870 2,570.93 Taiwan 15,519 2.777 5,586.75 2.520 6,158.33 Japan 2,584 0.047 54,515.49 0.043 60,093.02 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,470,259 922.094 2,678.97 836.510 2,953.05 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 111,760 18.484 6,046.10 16.769 6,664.68 Mexico 6,979 1.902 3,668.16 1.726 4,043.45 Brazil 56,110 19.998 2,805.76 18.142 3,092.82 Sweden 348,978 100.056 3,487.80 90.770 3,844.64 Norway 69,395 22.269 3,116.08 20.203 3,434.89 Denmark 14,126 3.392 4,163.38 3.078 4,589.34 United Kingdom 868,390 288.614 3,008.82 261.827 3,316.66 France 1,413,507 366.359 3,858.25 332.356 4,252.99 Federal Republic of Germany 1,775,627 725.331 2,448.02 658.010 2,698.48 Austria 162,949 53.420 3,050.33 48.462 3,362.41 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 5,691 1.602 3,550.75 1.454 3,914.03 Portugal 36,752 9.767 3,762.65 8.861 4,147.61 Italy 2,815,943 839.507 3,354.28 761.589 3,697.46 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 2,788,779 1,274.810 2,187.60 1,156.489 2,411.42 China 1,664,532 322.418 5,162.65 292.493 5,690.84 Korea, South 20,746 5.149 4,028.35 4.672 4,440.50 Taiwan 5,085,020 1,806.164 2,815.37 1,638.525 3,103.41 Japan 41,799 11.448 3,651.01 10.386 4,024.55 Australia 2,525 1.074 2,349.38 0.975 2,589.74 CATEGORY TOTAL 19,027,694 6,572.552 2,895.02 5,962.521 3,191.22 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D Canada 9,960,487 1,878.947 5,301.10 1,704.553 5,843.46 Mexico 438,125 149.871 2,923.34 135.961 3,222.43 Brazil 37,736 16.500 2,286.96 14.969 2,520.94 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/10/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Sweden 1,751,154 269.627 6,494.72 244.602 7,159.20 Finland 59,293 23.054 2,571.83 20.915 2,834.95 United Kingdom 140,375 27.309 5,140.10 24.775 5,665.99 Ireland 5,377 0.004 1,219,483.43 0.004 1,344,250.00 Netherlands 18,458 2.740 6,735.65 2.486 7,424.78 France 1,593,853 297.411 5,359.09 269.807 5,907.38 Federal Republic of Germany 1,365,474 215.096 6,348.20 195.132 6,997.69 Austria 659,123 119.998 5,492.75 108.861 6,054.72 Czech Republic 434,351 40.244 10,792.87 36.509 11,897.09 Switzerland 36,690 1.849 19,835.89 1.678 21,865.32 Spain 1,891,729 305.945 6,183.23 277.549 6,815.84 Italy 290,090 111.683 2,597.42 101.318 2,863.16 Turkey 113,047 19.182 5,893.26 17.402 6,496.21 India 316,750 65.017 4,871.76 58.983 5,370.19 Thailand 498,111 176.599 2,820.58 160.208 3,109.15 Malaysia 517,810 170.023 3,045.52 154.243 3,357.11 Singapore 158,968 55.507 2,863.88 50.356 3,156.88 China 5,944,085 1,851.498 3,210.42 1,679.652 3,538.88 Korea, South 5,126,327 1,577.375 3,249.91 1,430.971 3,582.41 Taiwan 4,908,180 1,508.176 3,254.38 1,368.195 3,587.34 Japan 2,947,229 690.978 4,265.30 626.845 4,701.69 Australia 48,712 7.839 6,213.55 7.112 6,849.27 South Africa 400,037 421.287 949.56 382.186 1,046.71 CATEGORY TOTAL 39,661,571 10,003.772 3,964.66 9,075.272 4,370.29 WIRE DRAWN............................23 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 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/10/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Sweden 55,899 21.753 2,569.71 19.734 2,832.62 Belgium 239,127 101.628 2,352.95 92.196 2,593.68 France 4,415 0.255 17,263.89 0.232 19,030.17 Federal Republic of Germany 114,570 38.620 2,966.55 35.036 3,270.07 Italy 605,404 314.864 1,922.75 285.640 2,119.47 China 459,761 204.947 2,243.31 185.925 2,472.83 Japan 275,232 111.369 2,471.33 101.033 2,724.18 South Africa 540,206 485.807 1,111.98 440.717 1,225.74 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,294,614 1,279.246 1,793.72 1,160.513 1,977.24 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 323,012 131.160 2,462.72 118.987 2,714.68 Mexico 21,305,085 10,485.068 2,031.95 9,511.897 2,239.84 Brazil 3,724,644 1,761.408 2,114.58 1,597.923 2,330.93 Sweden 984,753 247.273 3,982.44 224.323 4,389.89 Finland 1,068,542 384.082 2,782.06 348.434 3,066.70 United Kingdom 40,137 9.131 4,395.42 8.284 4,845.12 Netherlands 310,591 48.401 6,416.99 43.909 7,073.52 Belgium 3,152,638 1,311.681 2,403.51 1,189.938 2,649.41 France 1,768,665 1,023.077 1,728.77 928.121 1,905.64 Federal Republic of Germany 8,057,336 3,430.949 2,348.43 3,112.506 2,588.70 Austria 22,430 2.436 9,207.31 2.210 10,149.32 Switzerland 5,757 0.611 9,410.21 0.555 10,372.97 Spain 739,332 377.802 1,956.93 342.737 2,157.14 Italy 6,453,105 3,041.387 2,121.76 2,759.101 2,338.84 India 118,838 49.888 2,382.08 45.258 2,625.79 Thailand 1,537,029 597.522 2,572.34 542.063 2,835.52 China 20,135,819 9,807.009 2,053.21 8,896.772 2,263.27 Korea, South 5,343,359 2,510.968 2,128.01 2,277.913 2,345.73 Taiwan 6,591,764 2,240.719 2,941.81 2,032.747 3,242.79 Japan 565,245 290.494 1,945.80 263.532 2,144.88 South Africa 280,044 127.950 2,188.69 116.075 2,412.61 CATEGORY TOTAL 82,528,125 37,879.027 2,178.73 34,363.285 2,401.64 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Slovenia 50,577 59.271 853.31 53.770 940.62 Philippines 3,456 0.728 4,743.16 0.661 5,228.44 CATEGORY TOTAL 54,033 59.999 900.55 54.431 992.69 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 647,711 232.626 2,784.34 211.035 3,069.21 Mexico 2,356,001 1,064.814 2,212.59 965.984 2,438.96 Costa Rica 2,117 0.055 38,410.21 0.050 42,340.00 Sweden 1,386,548 207.011 6,697.92 187.798 7,383.19 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL SEPTEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/10/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Finland 798,950 354.072 2,256.46 321.209 2,487.32 Denmark 14,280 1.576 9,059.16 1.430 9,986.01 United Kingdom 316,277 101.146 3,126.91 91.759 3,446.82 Belgium 713,826 255.036 2,798.92 231.365 3,085.28 France 846,046 303.024 2,792.01 274.899 3,077.66 Federal Republic of Germany 384,751 197.595 1,947.16 179.256 2,146.38 Italy 91,625 36.064 2,540.60 32.717 2,800.53 India 252,044 72.845 3,460.00 66.084 3,813.99 Indonesia 139,986 66.532 2,104.03 60.357 2,319.30 China 143,731 52.850 2,719.59 47.945 2,997.83 Korea, South 144,571 75.673 1,910.45 68.650 2,105.91 Taiwan 351,363 173.436 2,025.89 157.339 2,233.16 Japan 2,602,534 341.705 7,616.31 309.990 8,395.54 South Africa 5,277 2.221 2,375.79 2.015 2,618.86 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,197,638 3,538.288 3,164.70 3,209.882 3,488.49 GRAND TOTAL 224,515,270 89,625.345 2,505.04 81,306.769 2,761.34