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RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/11/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab Canada 4,211,912 8,795.684 478.86 7,979.313 527.85 Mexico 82,421,734 177,581.370 464.14 161,099.155 511.62 Brazil 60,482,553 155,197.704 389.71 140,793.029 429.58 Argentina 16,373,454 33,926.180 482.62 30,777.322 532.00 Federal Republic of Germany 275,548 617.731 446.06 560.397 491.70 Russia 45,312,616 100,685.173 450.04 91,340.079 496.09 Ukraine 18,162,796 37,649.812 482.41 34,155.345 531.77 Italy 4,811,676 10,736.767 448.15 9,740.234 494.00 China 2,160,084 5,168.537 417.93 4,688.820 460.69 CATEGORY TOTAL 234,212,373 530,358.963 441.61 481,133.694 486.79 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate Canada 12,957,810 15,104.904 857.85 13,702.943 945.62 Brazil 4,867,241 5,105.001 953.43 4,631.181 1,050.97 Sweden 2,525,962 2,476.515 1,019.97 2,246.658 1,124.32 Finland 743,979 900.709 825.99 817.110 910.50 United Kingdom 257,561 239.786 1,074.12 217.531 1,184.02 Belgium 1,565,586 1,223.860 1,279.22 1,110.268 1,410.10 France 1,219,109 835.201 1,459.66 757.682 1,609.00 Federal Republic of Germany 2,864,771 3,455.947 828.94 3,135.184 913.75 Austria 412,627 634.407 650.41 575.525 716.96 Czech Republic 1,919,839 4,059.675 472.90 3,682.877 521.29 Switzerland 11,947 20.576 580.60 18.667 640.01 Poland 497,483 570.311 872.30 517.378 961.55 Russia 585,447 789.763 741.29 716.462 817.14 Spain 50,484 39.938 1,264.03 36.232 1,393.35 Italy 3,481,691 5,425.810 641.69 4,922.214 707.34 Romania 6,594,233 10,654.946 618.89 9,666.008 682.21 Thailand 1,081,715 1,976.388 547.32 1,792.950 603.32 Malaysia 851,605 1,313.237 648.48 1,191.349 714.82 China 1,194,044 2,076.650 574.99 1,883.906 633.81 Korea, South 5,347,607 9,304.014 574.76 8,440.462 633.57 Japan 1,902,820 2,437.074 780.78 2,210.877 860.66 Australia 4,024 5.145 782.03 4.668 862.04 South Africa 1,584,173 2,955.398 536.03 2,681.093 590.87 CATEGORY TOTAL 52,521,758 71,605.268 733.49 64,959.225 808.53 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled Canada 29,787,654 50,419.733 590.79 45,740.026 651.24 Mexico 23,402,126 37,814.918 618.86 34,305.127 682.18 Venezuela 12,550,220 21,362.035 587.50 19,379.318 647.61 Sweden 1,556,874 2,329.633 668.29 2,113.409 736.66 United Kingdom 174,290 304.758 571.90 276.472 630.41 Ireland 3,059 4.163 734.73 3.777 809.90 Netherlands 27,846,212 52,699.254 528.40 47,807.973 582.46 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/11/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Belgium 1,126,375 1,897.518 593.60 1,721.400 654.34 France 13,161,917 22,002.535 598.20 19,960.370 659.40 Federal Republic of Germany 1,171,151 2,153.305 543.89 1,953.446 599.53 Austria 747,501 1,396.860 535.13 1,267.211 589.88 Russia 66,741,489 126,663.370 526.92 114,907.109 580.83 Italy 15,135,634 27,387.571 552.65 24,845.594 609.19 Serbia and Montenegro 12,907,358 22,840.402 565.11 20,720.470 622.93 Bulgaria 5,304,846 11,549.313 459.32 10,477.364 506.31 Turkey 12,862,111 24,058.500 534.62 21,825.511 589.32 Saudi Arabia 949,928 1,884.610 504.04 1,709.690 555.61 India 2,539,585 4,539.648 559.42 4,118.301 616.66 Thailand 13,948,423 27,213.273 512.56 24,687.473 565.00 Malaysia 13,231,754 24,984.661 529.60 22,665.710 583.78 Korea, South 29,989,932 63,678.825 470.96 57,768.475 519.14 Japan 916,672 1,565.263 585.63 1,419.984 645.55 Australia 12,140,943 23,400.387 518.84 21,228.480 571.92 New Zealand 1,046,359 1,836.428 569.78 1,665.980 628.07 Egypt 8,449,592 15,068.003 560.76 13,669.467 618.14 South Africa 2,932,474 6,108.390 480.07 5,541.440 529.19 CATEGORY TOTAL 310,624,479 575,163.367 540.06 521,779.577 595.32 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled Canada 14,878,427 20,834.354 714.13 18,900.614 787.19 Mexico 5,925,025 8,673.146 683.15 7,868.148 753.04 El Salvador 2,096,079 3,422.174 612.50 3,104.545 675.16 Dominican Republic 37,970 80.763 470.14 73.267 518.24 Venezuela 1,421,514 2,345.078 606.17 2,127.420 668.19 Brazil 8,514,474 14,301.628 595.35 12,974.223 656.26 Sweden 2,477,822 2,948.595 840.34 2,674.922 926.32 United Kingdom 1,171,700 810.222 1,446.15 735.022 1,594.10 Netherlands 7,261,565 11,382.482 637.96 10,326.017 703.23 Belgium 7,632,817 11,691.939 652.83 10,606.752 719.62 Luxembourg 870,724 1,313.764 662.77 1,191.827 730.58 France 2,690,238 2,474.960 1,086.98 2,245.247 1,198.19 Federal Republic of Germany 5,264,399 4,516.017 1,165.72 4,096.863 1,284.98 Austria 819,209 148.224 5,526.81 134.467 6,092.27 Switzerland 87,120 57.499 1,515.13 52.163 1,670.15 Poland 37,267 40.322 924.22 36.580 1,018.78 Russia 34,392,389 61,547.060 558.80 55,834.570 615.97 Ukraine 600,699 1,113.554 539.44 1,010.200 594.63 Italy 108,879 25.380 4,289.83 23.025 4,728.73 Greece 524,849 957.246 548.29 868.400 604.39 Romania 6,300 6.649 947.49 6.032 1,044.43 Turkey 2,399,684 3,952.192 607.18 3,585.370 669.30 Saudi Arabia 3,797,356 6,862.077 553.38 6,225.174 610.00 India 10,897,715 19,498.221 558.91 17,688.494 616.09 Indonesia 2,830,443 5,131.626 551.57 4,655.335 608.00 China 1,287,061 2,288.125 562.50 2,075.753 620.05 Korea, South 5,043,248 8,420.504 598.92 7,638.955 660.20 Taiwan 25,731,114 48,125.668 534.67 43,658.884 589.37 Japan 8,549,779 13,018.317 656.75 11,810.022 723.94 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/11/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Australia 35,180 82.150 428.24 74.526 472.05 New Zealand 647,961 1,063.454 609.30 964.750 671.64 South Africa 13,762,603 23,638.596 582.21 21,444.580 641.78 CATEGORY TOTAL 171,801,610 280,772.001 611.89 254,712.147 674.49 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated Canada 33,240,850 48,829.707 680.75 44,297.578 750.40 Mexico 33,426,491 35,363.074 945.24 32,080.851 1,041.95 Colombia 1,136,351 1,872.536 606.85 1,698.737 668.94 Brazil 7,706,982 11,532.881 668.26 10,462.457 736.63 Argentina 380,422 1,038.629 366.27 942.229 403.75 Sweden 847,871 254.793 3,327.68 231.145 3,668.13 Finland 251,114 374.944 669.74 340.144 738.26 United Kingdom 197,254 214.681 918.82 194.756 1,012.83 Netherlands 1,342,487 1,721.800 779.70 1,561.992 859.47 Belgium 3,595,258 3,906.058 920.43 3,543.518 1,014.60 Luxembourg 1,584,000 1,933.397 819.28 1,753.949 903.10 France 1,168,070 1,517.736 769.61 1,376.868 848.35 Federal Republic of Germany 6,849,986 11,224.551 610.27 10,182.745 672.71 Austria 206,679 201.764 1,024.36 183.038 1,129.16 Kazakhstan 1,065,372 1,324.367 804.44 1,201.446 886.74 Spain 2,125,674 3,674.692 578.46 3,333.626 637.65 Turkey 3,179,395 4,623.643 687.64 4,194.500 757.99 Saudi Arabia 2,262,896 3,504.195 645.77 3,178.954 711.84 India 55,436,270 85,971.086 644.82 77,991.680 710.80 Thailand 530,467 773.017 686.23 701.270 756.44 Indonesia 2,033,030 3,422.963 593.94 3,105.261 654.71 China 21,302,831 37,713.521 564.86 34,213.141 622.65 Korea, South 18,673,208 24,887.566 750.30 22,577.627 827.07 Taiwan 37,511,173 49,787.005 753.43 45,166.024 830.52 Japan 12,703,661 16,576.611 766.36 15,038.053 844.77 Australia 112,437 36.360 3,092.26 32.986 3,408.63 South Africa 289,899 396.450 731.24 359.654 806.05 CATEGORY TOTAL 249,160,128 352,678.043 706.48 319,944.228 778.76 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin Canada 8,194,783 12,816.313 639.40 11,626.767 704.82 Mexico 5,839 7.751 753.28 7.032 830.35 Brazil 1,031,590 1,635.667 630.68 1,483.853 695.21 Netherlands 3,065,345 5,310.718 577.20 4,817.804 636.25 Belgium 1,698,243 2,576.473 659.13 2,337.338 726.57 France 1,367,147 2,516.594 543.25 2,283.017 598.83 Federal Republic of Germany 7,605,966 13,005.948 584.81 11,798.801 644.64 Spain 79,118 52.442 1,508.66 47.575 1,663.02 Korea, South 753,200 1,106.506 680.70 1,003.806 750.34 Japan 2,703,545 4,110.599 657.70 3,729.074 724.99 CATEGORY TOTAL 26,504,776 43,139.014 614.40 39,135.067 677.26 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/11/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 51,383,839 78,810.087 652.00 71,495.329 718.70 Mexico 9,720,702 14,749.389 659.06 13,380.425 726.49 Trinidad and Tobago 529,894 1,056.124 501.73 958.100 553.07 Venezuela 1,234,949 2,469.199 500.14 2,240.021 551.31 Brazil 385,179 633.113 608.39 574.351 670.63 Argentina 1,519,415 2,884.316 526.79 2,616.609 580.68 Sweden 1,413,311 751.009 1,881.88 681.305 2,074.42 Norway 1,228,736 1,602.006 767.00 1,453.316 845.47 United Kingdom 16,543,021 19,943.712 829.49 18,092.637 914.35 Netherlands 941,136 1,062.816 885.51 964.171 976.11 Luxembourg 3,375,738 4,913.600 687.02 4,457.545 757.31 France 2,329,711 2,689.620 866.19 2,439.983 954.81 Federal Republic of Germany 2,525,748 2,832.056 891.84 2,569.199 983.09 Austria 299,675 120.062 2,495.99 108.919 2,751.36 Czech Republic 2,769,309 4,553.416 608.18 4,130.791 670.41 Poland 14,500 6.849 2,116.86 6.214 2,333.44 Russia 439,385 866.396 507.14 785.982 559.03 Ukraine 4,980,927 9,922.871 501.96 9,001.880 553.32 Spain 2,883,454 4,551.916 633.46 4,129.430 698.27 Italy 194,670 237.101 821.04 215.095 905.04 Romania 325,769 544.089 598.74 493.590 660.00 Turkey 3,862,679 7,986.541 483.65 7,245.271 533.13 India 248,005 320.229 774.46 290.507 853.70 Indonesia 7,926 1.517 5,221.75 1.377 5,755.99 China 1,085,162 1,640.175 661.61 1,487.943 729.30 Korea, South 3,999,939 6,111.591 654.48 5,544.344 721.44 Taiwan 616,666 1,339.556 460.35 1,215.226 507.45 Japan 10,426,066 15,561.959 669.97 14,117.576 738.52 South Africa 1,282,689 2,486.174 515.93 2,255.420 568.71 CATEGORY TOTAL 126,568,200 190,647.504 663.89 172,952.556 731.81 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar Canada 7,456,976 6,599.672 1,129.90 5,987.124 1,245.50 Mexico 44,956 54.310 827.75 49.270 912.44 Colombia 139,748 168.121 831.23 152.517 916.28 Brazil 96,023 65.203 1,472.66 59.152 1,623.33 Argentina 107,911 155.488 694.01 141.057 765.02 Sweden 644,052 610.051 1,055.73 553.430 1,163.75 United Kingdom 2,362,308 2,205.517 1,071.09 2,000.812 1,180.67 Netherlands 3,199 2.094 1,527.41 1.900 1,683.68 Belgium 90,243 96.570 934.48 87.607 1,030.09 France 1,714,258 1,616.540 1,060.45 1,466.501 1,168.94 Federal Republic of Germany 4,401,931 3,617.002 1,217.01 3,281.290 1,341.52 Switzerland 23,910 18.894 1,265.43 17.141 1,394.90 Poland 80,993 80.920 1,000.89 73.410 1,103.30 Russia 1,315,635 2,018.673 651.73 1,831.310 718.41 Ukraine 2,451,044 2,114.908 1,158.94 1,918.613 1,277.51 Spain 1,350,668 1,488.048 907.68 1,349.935 1,000.54 Italy 201,536 163.601 1,231.87 148.417 1,357.90 Romania 588,091 755.234 778.69 685.137 858.36 China 214,010 266.715 802.39 241.960 884.49 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/11/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Korea, South 71,371 102.073 699.21 92.600 770.75 Taiwan 68,375 38.329 1,783.87 34.772 1,966.38 Japan 365,381 396.605 921.27 359.795 1,015.53 Egypt 14,004 11.726 1,194.23 10.638 1,316.41 South Africa 31,610 87.857 359.79 79.703 396.60 CATEGORY TOTAL 23,838,233 22,734.162 1,048.56 20,624.091 1,155.84 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar Canada 18,335 53.554 342.36 48.584 377.39 Mexico 7,048,239 15,058.357 468.06 13,660.716 515.95 Dominican Republic 3,386,795 7,629.291 443.92 6,921.179 489.34 Trinidad and Tobago 14,642 24.250 603.77 22.000 665.55 Venezuela 4,531,554 10,657.246 425.21 9,668.094 468.71 Brazil 1,403,610 3,442.473 407.73 3,122.960 449.45 Federal Republic of Germany 6,211,835 4,658.077 1,333.56 4,225.738 1,470.00 Poland 24,850 91.307 272.16 82.833 300.00 Romania 8,962,101 22,755.843 393.84 20,643.760 434.13 Bulgaria 2,542,141 9,340.766 272.16 8,473.803 300.00 Turkey 31,306,623 73,965.888 423.26 67,100.744 466.56 Thailand 2,215,927 6,106.600 362.87 5,539.816 400.00 Japan 5,179,581 13,067.588 396.37 11,854.720 436.92 CATEGORY TOTAL 72,846,233 166,851.246 436.59 151,364.947 481.26 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular Canada 74,757,993 79,636.672 938.74 72,245.194 1,034.78 Mexico 15,893,379 15,560.841 1,021.37 14,116.562 1,125.87 Guatemala 1,050,740 921.125 1,140.71 835.631 1,257.42 Dominican Republic 137,740 283.242 486.30 256.953 536.05 Colombia 2,806,325 1,963.245 1,429.43 1,781.027 1,575.68 Venezuela 425,597 490.230 868.16 444.730 956.98 Chile 818,201 1,548.910 528.24 1,405.148 582.29 Brazil 966,841 1,400.970 690.12 1,270.939 760.73 Argentina 6,542 7.796 839.08 7.073 924.93 Sweden 160,575 98.985 1,622.21 89.798 1,788.18 Finland 553,171 207.384 2,667.37 188.136 2,940.27 Denmark 14,824 2.986 4,964.23 2.709 5,472.13 United Kingdom 163,912 107.304 1,527.54 97.345 1,683.83 Ireland 6,214 2.446 2,540.45 2.219 2,800.36 Netherlands 22,696 12.873 1,762.95 11.679 1,943.32 Belgium 31,862 27.028 1,178.82 24.520 1,299.43 France 488,145 905.171 539.28 821.158 594.46 Federal Republic of Germany 894,621 460.048 1,944.62 417.349 2,143.58 Austria 366,070 242.337 1,510.58 219.845 1,665.13 Czech Republic 113,350 4.053 27,965.58 3.677 30,826.76 Switzerland 1,499,771 653.779 2,294.00 593.099 2,528.70 Spain 107,737 54.981 1,959.53 49.878 2,160.01 Italy 503,172 333.008 1,510.99 302.100 1,665.58 Greece 12,868,111 23,705.277 542.84 21,505.072 598.38 Romania 3,552,353 5,710.963 622.02 5,180.900 685.66 Turkey 7,889,872 11,448.425 689.17 10,385.840 759.68 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/11/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE United Arab Emirates 835,948 1,145.748 729.61 1,039.406 804.26 Oman 1,921,698 3,160.355 608.06 2,867.027 670.28 India 3,780,727 5,465.339 691.76 4,958.074 762.54 Thailand 2,212,676 3,700.313 597.97 3,356.869 659.15 Vietnam 72,017 88.296 815.63 80.101 899.08 Malaysia 377,857 413.621 913.53 375.231 1,007.00 Indonesia 1,064,595 1,839.818 578.64 1,669.056 637.84 Philippines 4,583,416 7,828.720 585.46 7,102.098 645.36 China 15,624,058 28,601.878 546.26 25,947.195 602.15 Korea, South 14,032,010 23,070.377 608.23 20,929.100 670.45 Hong Kong 2,042 3.970 514.29 3.602 566.91 Taiwan 3,564,277 5,599.596 636.52 5,079.870 701.65 Japan 7,483,086 9,589.601 780.33 8,699.543 860.17 Australia 27,385 32.069 853.93 29.093 941.29 Algeria 36,072 92.279 390.90 83.715 430.89 South Africa 298,390 505.515 590.27 458.596 650.66 CATEGORY TOTAL 182,016,068 236,927.592 768.23 214,937.157 846.83 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges Canada 5,625,634 1,171.797 4,800.86 1,063.037 5,292.04 Mexico 2,633,806 1,422.717 1,851.25 1,290.668 2,040.65 Brazil 188,934 203.470 928.56 184.585 1,023.56 Sweden 89,215 8.115 10,993.55 7.362 12,118.31 Finland 12,907 1.173 10,994.40 1.065 12,119.25 Denmark 28,952 6.035 4,797.23 5.475 5,288.04 United Kingdom 540,449 38.895 13,895.06 35.285 15,316.68 Ireland 3,423 0.423 8,086.70 0.384 8,914.06 Netherlands 4,447 0.345 12,888.98 0.313 14,207.67 Belgium 13,454 0.706 19,040.98 0.641 20,989.08 France 555,717 313.131 1,774.71 284.068 1,956.28 Federal Republic of Germany 1,301,116 245.469 5,300.53 222.686 5,842.83 Austria 78,428 16.228 4,832.82 14.722 5,327.27 Hungary 3,910 0.012 322,463.03 0.011 355,454.55 Switzerland 28,574 1.835 15,568.71 1.665 17,161.56 Poland 8,164 0.740 11,021.22 0.672 12,148.81 Spain 258,156 198.496 1,300.56 180.073 1,433.62 Italy 1,757,898 685.532 2,564.28 621.905 2,826.63 Romania 357,419 361.559 988.55 328.001 1,089.69 Israel 354,803 150.700 2,354.36 136.713 2,595.24 India 3,414,929 2,895.429 1,179.42 2,626.690 1,300.09 Thailand 958,122 663.776 1,443.44 602.168 1,591.12 Vietnam 23,735 21.848 1,086.32 19.821 1,197.47 Malaysia 827,747 634.992 1,303.55 576.056 1,436.92 Singapore 20,224 0.042 470,433.57 0.039 518,564.10 China 4,249,323 2,425.005 1,752.29 2,199.929 1,931.57 Korea, South 2,771,796 1,183.673 2,341.69 1,073.811 2,581.27 Taiwan 1,177,067 478.190 2,461.50 433.807 2,713.34 Japan 1,841,176 330.796 5,565.88 300.094 6,135.33 Australia 310,946 31.327 9,925.60 28.420 10,941.10 South Africa 4,482 0.087 51,468.39 0.079 56,734.18 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/11/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 29,444,953 13,492.556 2,182.31 12,240.245 2,405.59 Stainless Steel Bar Canada 565,693 112.877 5,011.55 102.401 5,524.29 Trinidad and Tobago 71,609 89.838 797.09 81.500 878.64 Brazil 123,744 45.997 2,690.25 41.728 2,965.49 Sweden 410,773 96.193 4,270.29 87.265 4,707.19 Finland 2,743 0.652 4,203.39 0.592 4,633.45 Denmark 3,695 0.121 30,473.17 0.110 33,590.91 United Kingdom 1,179,833 455.337 2,591.12 413.075 2,856.22 Netherlands 2,440 0.850 2,867.27 0.772 3,160.62 Belgium 11,913 3.288 3,622.96 2.983 3,993.63 France 1,588,496 455.194 3,489.71 412.946 3,846.74 Federal Republic of Germany 2,764,302 964.929 2,864.77 875.370 3,157.87 Austria 1,446,884 430.629 3,359.92 390.661 3,703.68 Czech Republic 34,142 6.633 5,146.74 6.018 5,673.31 Switzerland 722,675 187.109 3,862.31 169.743 4,257.47 Latvia 179,912 62.892 2,860.63 57.055 3,153.31 Poland 82,109 43.035 1,907.94 39.041 2,103.15 Russia 152,160 128.293 1,186.03 116.386 1,307.37 Ukraine 296,656 126.181 2,351.03 114.470 2,591.56 Spain 7,609 0.881 8,628.46 0.800 9,511.25 Portugal 139,485 43.281 3,222.77 39.264 3,552.49 Italy 6,210,816 1,788.236 3,473.15 1,622.261 3,828.49 Slovenia 24,543 14.702 1,669.29 13.338 1,840.08 Saudi Arabia 406,897 171.358 2,374.53 155.454 2,617.48 United Arab Emirates 212,097 79.453 2,669.45 72.079 2,942.56 India 4,170,846 1,629.705 2,559.26 1,478.444 2,821.11 China 972,065 179.589 5,412.70 162.921 5,966.48 Korea, South 78,564 26.169 3,002.07 23.741 3,309.21 Taiwan 3,461,203 1,199.198 2,886.26 1,087.895 3,181.56 Japan 515,291 65.454 7,872.55 59.379 8,678.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 25,839,195 8,408.088 3,073.14 7,627.692 3,387.55 Stainless Steel Rod Canada 22,572 8.429 2,677.78 7.647 2,951.75 Sweden 1,725,651 650.419 2,653.13 590.051 2,924.58 United Kingdom 3,093,510 1,251.014 2,472.80 1,134.902 2,725.79 France 705,136 189.975 3,711.72 172.343 4,091.47 Federal Republic of Germany 177,958 91.586 1,943.06 83.086 2,141.85 Italy 655,698 395.160 1,659.32 358.484 1,829.09 India 362,761 140.800 2,576.42 127.732 2,840.02 China 355,840 267.232 1,331.58 242.429 1,467.81 Korea, South 1,161,420 519.852 2,234.14 471.602 2,462.71 Taiwan 2,814,050 1,215.035 2,316.02 1,102.262 2,552.98 Japan 41,371 19.789 2,090.52 17.953 2,304.41 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,115,967 4,749.297 2,340.55 4,308.491 2,580.01 Stainless Steel Wire Canada 19,299 3.470 5,561.55 3.148 6,130.56 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/11/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Brazil 91,740 5.992 15,310.00 5.436 16,876.38 Sweden 1,177,192 204.807 5,747.81 185.798 6,335.87 Denmark 65,070 6.890 9,443.37 6.251 10,409.53 United Kingdom 491,383 112.378 4,372.58 101.948 4,819.94 Netherlands 8,841 2.224 3,974.44 2.018 4,381.07 Belgium 74,389 10.870 6,842.89 9.862 7,542.99 France 366,365 63.554 5,764.55 57.656 6,354.33 Federal Republic of Germany 941,189 142.156 6,620.81 128.962 7,298.19 Switzerland 258,967 64.840 3,993.93 58.822 4,402.55 Spain 400,400 74.073 5,405.47 67.198 5,958.51 Italy 179,384 48.682 3,684.78 44.164 4,061.77 India 3,537,896 1,354.267 2,612.41 1,228.571 2,879.68 Thailand 191,983 98.985 1,939.51 89.798 2,137.94 China 1,532,506 548.228 2,795.38 497.345 3,081.37 Korea, South 1,938,919 619.284 3,130.90 561.806 3,451.23 Taiwan 1,103,798 313.187 3,524.40 284.119 3,884.98 Japan 500,924 82.699 6,057.14 75.024 6,676.85 Australia 13,597 3.421 3,973.90 3.104 4,380.48 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,893,842 3,760.015 3,429.20 3,411.030 3,780.04 GRAND TOTAL 1,529,387,815 2,501,287.122 611.44 2,269,130.148 674.00 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/11/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Flat Products Canada 103,271,436 156,800.698 658.62 142,247.241 726.00 Mexico 145,181,215 259,440.261 559.59 235,360.312 616.85 El Salvador 2,096,079 3,422.174 612.50 3,104.545 675.16 Dominican Republic 37,970 80.763 470.14 73.267 518.24 Colombia 1,136,351 1,872.536 606.85 1,698.737 668.94 Venezuela 13,971,734 23,707.113 589.35 21,506.738 649.64 Brazil 82,602,840 187,772.884 439.91 170,344.743 484.92 Argentina 16,753,876 34,964.809 479.16 31,719.551 528.19 Sweden 7,408,529 8,009.539 924.96 7,266.134 1,019.60 Finland 995,093 1,275.653 780.07 1,157.254 859.87 United Kingdom 1,800,805 1,569.449 1,147.41 1,423.781 1,264.80 Ireland 3,059 4.163 734.73 3.777 809.90 Netherlands 39,515,609 71,114.255 555.66 64,513.786 612.51 Belgium 15,618,279 21,295.850 733.40 19,319.276 808.43 Luxembourg 2,454,724 3,247.161 755.96 2,945.776 833.30 France 19,606,481 29,347.028 668.09 26,623.184 736.44 Federal Republic of Germany 24,031,821 34,973.501 687.14 31,727.436 757.45 Austria 2,186,016 2,381.257 918.01 2,160.241 1,011.93 Czech Republic 1,919,839 4,059.675 472.90 3,682.877 521.29 Switzerland 99,067 78.076 1,268.84 70.830 1,398.66 Poland 534,750 610.633 875.73 553.958 965.33 Russia 147,031,941 289,685.368 507.56 262,798.220 559.49 Ukraine 18,763,495 38,763.367 484.05 35,165.545 533.58 Kazakhstan 1,065,372 1,324.367 804.44 1,201.446 886.74 Spain 2,255,276 3,767.073 598.68 3,417.433 659.93 Italy 23,537,880 43,575.529 540.16 39,531.067 595.43 Serbia and Montenegro 12,907,358 22,840.402 565.11 20,720.470 622.93 Greece 524,849 957.246 548.29 868.400 604.39 Romania 6,600,533 10,661.596 619.09 9,672.040 682.43 Bulgaria 5,304,846 11,549.313 459.32 10,477.364 506.31 Turkey 18,441,190 32,634.337 565.09 29,605.381 622.90 Saudi Arabia 7,010,180 12,250.883 572.22 11,113.818 630.76 India 68,873,570 110,008.956 626.07 99,798.475 690.13 Thailand 15,560,605 29,962.679 519.33 27,181.693 572.47 Malaysia 14,083,359 26,297.898 535.53 23,857.059 590.32 Indonesia 4,863,473 8,554.590 568.52 7,760.596 626.69 China 25,944,020 47,246.835 549.12 42,861.620 605.30 Korea, South 59,807,195 107,397.416 556.88 97,429.325 613.85 Taiwan 63,242,287 97,912.673 645.91 88,824.908 711.99 Japan 26,776,477 37,707.865 710.10 34,208.010 782.75 Australia 12,292,584 23,524.044 522.55 21,340.660 576.02 New Zealand 1,694,320 2,899.882 584.27 2,630.730 644.05 Egypt 8,449,592 15,068.003 560.76 13,669.467 618.14 South Africa 18,569,149 33,098.835 561.02 30,026.767 618.42 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,044,825,124 1,853,716.658 563.64 1,681,663.938 621.30 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/11/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE GRAND TOTAL 1,044,825,124 1,853,716.658 563.64 1,681,663.938 621.30