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RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/11/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 4,211,912 8,795.684 478.86 7,979.313 527.85 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 12,957,810 15,104.904 857.85 13,702.943 945.62 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 29,787,654 50,419.733 590.79 45,740.026 651.24 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 14,878,427 20,834.354 714.13 18,900.614 787.19 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 33,240,850 48,829.707 680.75 44,297.578 750.40 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 8,194,783 12,816.313 639.40 11,626.767 704.82 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 51,383,839 78,810.087 652.00 71,495.329 718.70 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 7,456,976 6,599.672 1,129.90 5,987.124 1,245.50 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 18,335 53.554 342.36 48.584 377.39 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 74,757,993 79,636.672 938.74 72,245.194 1,034.78 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 5,625,634 1,171.797 4,800.86 1,063.037 5,292.04 Stainless Steel Bar 565,693 112.877 5,011.55 102.401 5,524.29 Stainless Steel Rod 22,572 8.429 2,677.78 7.647 2,951.75 Stainless Steel Wire 19,299 3.470 5,561.55 3.148 6,130.56 COUNTRY TOTAL 243,121,777 323,197.260 752.24 293,199.705 829.20 Mexico Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 82,421,734 177,581.370 464.14 161,099.155 511.62 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 23,402,126 37,814.918 618.86 34,305.127 682.18 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 5,925,025 8,673.146 683.15 7,868.148 753.04 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 33,426,491 35,363.074 945.24 32,080.851 1,041.95 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 5,839 7.751 753.28 7.032 830.35 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 9,720,702 14,749.389 659.06 13,380.425 726.49 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 44,956 54.310 827.75 49.270 912.44 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 7,048,239 15,058.357 468.06 13,660.716 515.95 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 15,893,379 15,560.841 1,021.37 14,116.562 1,125.87 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 2,633,806 1,422.717 1,851.25 1,290.668 2,040.65 COUNTRY TOTAL 180,522,297 306,285.879 589.39 277,857.954 649.69 Guatemala Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 1,050,740 921.125 1,140.71 835.631 1,257.42 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,050,740 921.125 1,140.71 835.631 1,257.42 El Salvador Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 2,096,079 3,422.174 612.50 3,104.545 675.16 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,096,079 3,422.174 612.50 3,104.545 675.16 Dominican Republic Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 37,970 80.763 470.14 73.267 518.24 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 3,386,795 7,629.291 443.92 6,921.179 489.34 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 137,740 283.242 486.30 256.953 536.05 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,562,505 7,993.296 445.69 7,251.399 491.29 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/11/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Trinidad and Tobago Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 529,894 1,056.124 501.73 958.100 553.07 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 14,642 24.250 603.77 22.000 665.55 Stainless Steel Bar 71,609 89.838 797.09 81.500 878.64 COUNTRY TOTAL 616,145 1,170.213 526.52 1,061.600 580.39 Colombia Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 1,136,351 1,872.536 606.85 1,698.737 668.94 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 139,748 168.121 831.23 152.517 916.28 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 2,806,325 1,963.245 1,429.43 1,781.027 1,575.68 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,082,424 4,003.903 1,019.61 3,632.281 1,123.93 Venezuela Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 12,550,220 21,362.035 587.50 19,379.318 647.61 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 1,421,514 2,345.078 606.17 2,127.420 668.19 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 1,234,949 2,469.199 500.14 2,240.021 551.31 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 4,531,554 10,657.246 425.21 9,668.094 468.71 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 425,597 490.230 868.16 444.730 956.98 COUNTRY TOTAL 20,163,834 37,323.790 540.24 33,859.583 595.51 Chile Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 818,201 1,548.910 528.24 1,405.148 582.29 COUNTRY TOTAL 818,201 1,548.910 528.24 1,405.148 582.29 Brazil Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 60,482,553 155,197.704 389.71 140,793.029 429.58 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 4,867,241 5,105.001 953.43 4,631.181 1,050.97 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 8,514,474 14,301.628 595.35 12,974.223 656.26 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 7,706,982 11,532.881 668.26 10,462.457 736.63 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 1,031,590 1,635.667 630.68 1,483.853 695.21 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 385,179 633.113 608.39 574.351 670.63 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 96,023 65.203 1,472.66 59.152 1,623.33 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 1,403,610 3,442.473 407.73 3,122.960 449.45 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 966,841 1,400.970 690.12 1,270.939 760.73 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 188,934 203.470 928.56 184.585 1,023.56 Stainless Steel Bar 123,744 45.997 2,690.25 41.728 2,965.49 Stainless Steel Wire 91,740 5.992 15,310.00 5.436 16,876.38 COUNTRY TOTAL 85,858,911 193,570.103 443.55 175,603.894 488.94 Argentina Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 16,373,454 33,926.180 482.62 30,777.322 532.00 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 380,422 1,038.629 366.27 942.229 403.75 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 1,519,415 2,884.316 526.79 2,616.609 580.68 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 107,911 155.488 694.01 141.057 765.02 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 6,542 7.796 839.08 7.073 924.93 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/11/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 18,387,744 38,012.412 483.73 34,484.290 533.22 Sweden Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 2,525,962 2,476.515 1,019.97 2,246.658 1,124.32 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 1,556,874 2,329.633 668.29 2,113.409 736.66 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 2,477,822 2,948.595 840.34 2,674.922 926.32 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 847,871 254.793 3,327.68 231.145 3,668.13 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 1,413,311 751.009 1,881.88 681.305 2,074.42 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 644,052 610.051 1,055.73 553.430 1,163.75 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 160,575 98.985 1,622.21 89.798 1,788.18 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 89,215 8.115 10,993.55 7.362 12,118.31 Stainless Steel Bar 410,773 96.193 4,270.29 87.265 4,707.19 Stainless Steel Rod 1,725,651 650.419 2,653.13 590.051 2,924.58 Stainless Steel Wire 1,177,192 204.807 5,747.81 185.798 6,335.87 COUNTRY TOTAL 13,029,298 10,429.122 1,249.32 9,461.143 1,377.14 Norway Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 1,228,736 1,602.006 767.00 1,453.316 845.47 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,228,736 1,602.006 767.00 1,453.316 845.47 Finland Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 743,979 900.709 825.99 817.110 910.50 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 251,114 374.944 669.74 340.144 738.26 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 553,171 207.384 2,667.37 188.136 2,940.27 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 12,907 1.173 10,994.40 1.065 12,119.25 Stainless Steel Bar 2,743 0.652 4,203.39 0.592 4,633.45 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,563,914 1,484.864 1,053.24 1,347.047 1,160.99 Denmark Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 14,824 2.986 4,964.23 2.709 5,472.13 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 28,952 6.035 4,797.23 5.475 5,288.04 Stainless Steel Bar 3,695 0.121 30,473.17 0.110 33,590.91 Stainless Steel Wire 65,070 6.890 9,443.37 6.251 10,409.53 COUNTRY TOTAL 112,541 16.033 7,019.29 14.545 7,737.44 United Kingdom Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 257,561 239.786 1,074.12 217.531 1,184.02 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 174,290 304.758 571.90 276.472 630.41 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 1,171,700 810.222 1,446.15 735.022 1,594.10 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 197,254 214.681 918.82 194.756 1,012.83 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 16,543,021 19,943.712 829.49 18,092.637 914.35 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 2,362,308 2,205.517 1,071.09 2,000.812 1,180.67 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 163,912 107.304 1,527.54 97.345 1,683.83 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 540,449 38.895 13,895.06 35.285 15,316.68 Stainless Steel Bar 1,179,833 455.337 2,591.12 413.075 2,856.22 Stainless Steel Rod 3,093,510 1,251.014 2,472.80 1,134.902 2,725.79 Stainless Steel Wire 491,383 112.378 4,372.58 101.948 4,819.94 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/11/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 26,175,221 25,683.609 1,019.14 23,299.785 1,123.41 Ireland Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 3,059 4.163 734.73 3.777 809.90 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 6,214 2.446 2,540.45 2.219 2,800.36 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 3,423 0.423 8,086.70 0.384 8,914.06 COUNTRY TOTAL 12,696 7.032 1,805.27 6.380 1,989.97 Netherlands Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 27,846,212 52,699.254 528.40 47,807.973 582.46 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 7,261,565 11,382.482 637.96 10,326.017 703.23 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 1,342,487 1,721.800 779.70 1,561.992 859.47 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 3,065,345 5,310.718 577.20 4,817.804 636.25 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 941,136 1,062.816 885.51 964.171 976.11 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 3,199 2.094 1,527.41 1.900 1,683.68 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 22,696 12.873 1,762.95 11.679 1,943.32 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 4,447 0.345 12,888.98 0.313 14,207.67 Stainless Steel Bar 2,440 0.850 2,867.27 0.772 3,160.62 Stainless Steel Wire 8,841 2.224 3,974.44 2.018 4,381.07 COUNTRY TOTAL 40,498,368 72,195.461 560.95 65,494.639 618.35 Belgium Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 1,565,586 1,223.860 1,279.22 1,110.268 1,410.10 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 1,126,375 1,897.518 593.60 1,721.400 654.34 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 7,632,817 11,691.939 652.83 10,606.752 719.62 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 3,595,258 3,906.058 920.43 3,543.518 1,014.60 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 1,698,243 2,576.473 659.13 2,337.338 726.57 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 90,243 96.570 934.48 87.607 1,030.09 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 31,862 27.028 1,178.82 24.520 1,299.43 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 13,454 0.706 19,040.98 0.641 20,989.08 Stainless Steel Bar 11,913 3.288 3,622.96 2.983 3,993.63 Stainless Steel Wire 74,389 10.870 6,842.89 9.862 7,542.99 COUNTRY TOTAL 15,840,140 21,434.315 739.01 19,444.889 814.62 Luxembourg Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 870,724 1,313.764 662.77 1,191.827 730.58 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 1,584,000 1,933.397 819.28 1,753.949 903.10 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 3,375,738 4,913.600 687.02 4,457.545 757.31 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,830,462 8,160.762 714.45 7,403.321 787.55 France Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 1,219,109 835.201 1,459.66 757.682 1,609.00 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 13,161,917 22,002.535 598.20 19,960.370 659.40 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 2,690,238 2,474.960 1,086.98 2,245.247 1,198.19 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 1,168,070 1,517.736 769.61 1,376.868 848.35 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 1,367,147 2,516.594 543.25 2,283.017 598.83 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 2,329,711 2,689.620 866.19 2,439.983 954.81 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 1,714,258 1,616.540 1,060.45 1,466.501 1,168.94 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/11/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 488,145 905.171 539.28 821.158 594.46 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 555,717 313.131 1,774.71 284.068 1,956.28 Stainless Steel Bar 1,588,496 455.194 3,489.71 412.946 3,846.74 Stainless Steel Rod 705,136 189.975 3,711.72 172.343 4,091.47 Stainless Steel Wire 366,365 63.554 5,764.55 57.656 6,354.33 COUNTRY TOTAL 27,354,309 35,580.216 768.81 32,277.839 847.46 Federal Republic of Germany Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 275,548 617.731 446.06 560.397 491.70 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 2,864,771 3,455.947 828.94 3,135.184 913.75 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 1,171,151 2,153.305 543.89 1,953.446 599.53 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 5,264,399 4,516.017 1,165.72 4,096.863 1,284.98 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 6,849,986 11,224.551 610.27 10,182.745 672.71 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 7,605,966 13,005.948 584.81 11,798.801 644.64 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 2,525,748 2,832.056 891.84 2,569.199 983.09 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 4,401,931 3,617.002 1,217.01 3,281.290 1,341.52 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 6,211,835 4,658.077 1,333.56 4,225.738 1,470.00 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 894,621 460.048 1,944.62 417.349 2,143.58 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 1,301,116 245.469 5,300.53 222.686 5,842.83 Stainless Steel Bar 2,764,302 964.929 2,864.77 875.370 3,157.87 Stainless Steel Rod 177,958 91.586 1,943.06 83.086 2,141.85 Stainless Steel Wire 941,189 142.156 6,620.81 128.962 7,298.19 COUNTRY TOTAL 43,250,521 47,984.828 901.34 43,531.116 993.55 Austria Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 412,627 634.407 650.41 575.525 716.96 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 747,501 1,396.860 535.13 1,267.211 589.88 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 819,209 148.224 5,526.81 134.467 6,092.27 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 206,679 201.764 1,024.36 183.038 1,129.16 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 299,675 120.062 2,495.99 108.919 2,751.36 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 366,070 242.337 1,510.58 219.845 1,665.13 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 78,428 16.228 4,832.82 14.722 5,327.27 Stainless Steel Bar 1,446,884 430.629 3,359.92 390.661 3,703.68 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,377,073 3,190.515 1,371.90 2,894.388 1,512.26 Czech Republic Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 1,919,839 4,059.675 472.90 3,682.877 521.29 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 2,769,309 4,553.416 608.18 4,130.791 670.41 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 113,350 4.053 27,965.58 3.677 30,826.76 Stainless Steel Bar 34,142 6.633 5,146.74 6.018 5,673.31 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,836,640 8,623.779 560.85 7,823.363 618.23 Hungary Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 3,910 0.012 322,463.03 0.011 355,454.55 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,910 0.012 322,463.03 0.011 355,454.55 Switzerland IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/11/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 11,947 20.576 580.60 18.667 640.01 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 87,120 57.499 1,515.13 52.163 1,670.15 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 23,910 18.894 1,265.43 17.141 1,394.90 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 1,499,771 653.779 2,294.00 593.099 2,528.70 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 28,574 1.835 15,568.71 1.665 17,161.56 Stainless Steel Bar 722,675 187.109 3,862.31 169.743 4,257.47 Stainless Steel Wire 258,967 64.840 3,993.93 58.822 4,402.55 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,632,964 1,004.536 2,621.07 911.300 2,889.24 Latvia Stainless Steel Bar 179,912 62.892 2,860.63 57.055 3,153.31 COUNTRY TOTAL 179,912 62.892 2,860.63 57.055 3,153.31 Poland Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 497,483 570.311 872.30 517.378 961.55 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 37,267 40.322 924.22 36.580 1,018.78 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 14,500 6.849 2,116.86 6.214 2,333.44 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 80,993 80.920 1,000.89 73.410 1,103.30 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 24,850 91.307 272.16 82.833 300.00 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 8,164 0.740 11,021.22 0.672 12,148.81 Stainless Steel Bar 82,109 43.035 1,907.94 39.041 2,103.15 COUNTRY TOTAL 745,366 833.488 894.27 756.128 985.77 Russia Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 45,312,616 100,685.173 450.04 91,340.079 496.09 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 585,447 789.763 741.29 716.462 817.14 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 66,741,489 126,663.370 526.92 114,907.109 580.83 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 34,392,389 61,547.060 558.80 55,834.570 615.97 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 439,385 866.396 507.14 785.982 559.03 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 1,315,635 2,018.673 651.73 1,831.310 718.41 Stainless Steel Bar 152,160 128.293 1,186.03 116.386 1,307.37 COUNTRY TOTAL 148,939,121 292,698.732 508.85 265,531.898 560.91 Ukraine Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 18,162,796 37,649.812 482.41 34,155.345 531.77 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 600,699 1,113.554 539.44 1,010.200 594.63 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 4,980,927 9,922.871 501.96 9,001.880 553.32 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 2,451,044 2,114.908 1,158.94 1,918.613 1,277.51 Stainless Steel Bar 296,656 126.181 2,351.03 114.470 2,591.56 COUNTRY TOTAL 26,492,122 50,927.328 520.19 46,200.508 573.42 Kazakhstan Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 1,065,372 1,324.367 804.44 1,201.446 886.74 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,065,372 1,324.367 804.44 1,201.446 886.74 Spain IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/11/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 50,484 39.938 1,264.03 36.232 1,393.35 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 2,125,674 3,674.692 578.46 3,333.626 637.65 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 79,118 52.442 1,508.66 47.575 1,663.02 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 2,883,454 4,551.916 633.46 4,129.430 698.27 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 1,350,668 1,488.048 907.68 1,349.935 1,000.54 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 107,737 54.981 1,959.53 49.878 2,160.01 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 258,156 198.496 1,300.56 180.073 1,433.62 Stainless Steel Bar 7,609 0.881 8,628.46 0.800 9,511.25 Stainless Steel Wire 400,400 74.073 5,405.47 67.198 5,958.51 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,263,300 10,135.470 716.62 9,194.747 789.94 Portugal Stainless Steel Bar 139,485 43.281 3,222.77 39.264 3,552.49 COUNTRY TOTAL 139,485 43.281 3,222.77 39.264 3,552.49 Italy Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 4,811,676 10,736.767 448.15 9,740.234 494.00 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 3,481,691 5,425.810 641.69 4,922.214 707.34 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 15,135,634 27,387.571 552.65 24,845.594 609.19 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 108,879 25.380 4,289.83 23.025 4,728.73 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 194,670 237.101 821.04 215.095 905.04 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 201,536 163.601 1,231.87 148.417 1,357.90 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 503,172 333.008 1,510.99 302.100 1,665.58 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 1,757,898 685.532 2,564.28 621.905 2,826.63 Stainless Steel Bar 6,210,816 1,788.236 3,473.15 1,622.261 3,828.49 Stainless Steel Rod 655,698 395.160 1,659.32 358.484 1,829.09 Stainless Steel Wire 179,384 48.682 3,684.78 44.164 4,061.77 COUNTRY TOTAL 33,241,054 47,226.853 703.86 42,843.493 775.87 Slovenia Stainless Steel Bar 24,543 14.702 1,669.29 13.338 1,840.08 COUNTRY TOTAL 24,543 14.702 1,669.29 13.338 1,840.08 Serbia and Montenegro Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 12,907,358 22,840.402 565.11 20,720.470 622.93 COUNTRY TOTAL 12,907,358 22,840.402 565.11 20,720.470 622.93 Greece Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 524,849 957.246 548.29 868.400 604.39 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 12,868,111 23,705.277 542.84 21,505.072 598.38 COUNTRY TOTAL 13,392,960 24,662.524 543.05 22,373.472 598.61 Romania Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 6,594,233 10,654.946 618.89 9,666.008 682.21 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 6,300 6.649 947.49 6.032 1,044.43 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 325,769 544.089 598.74 493.590 660.00 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/11/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 588,091 755.234 778.69 685.137 858.36 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 8,962,101 22,755.843 393.84 20,643.760 434.13 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 3,552,353 5,710.963 622.02 5,180.900 685.66 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 357,419 361.559 988.55 328.001 1,089.69 COUNTRY TOTAL 20,386,266 40,789.285 499.79 37,003.428 550.93 Bulgaria Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 5,304,846 11,549.313 459.32 10,477.364 506.31 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 2,542,141 9,340.766 272.16 8,473.803 300.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,846,987 20,890.079 375.63 18,951.167 414.06 Turkey Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 12,862,111 24,058.500 534.62 21,825.511 589.32 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 2,399,684 3,952.192 607.18 3,585.370 669.30 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 3,179,395 4,623.643 687.64 4,194.500 757.99 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 3,862,679 7,986.541 483.65 7,245.271 533.13 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 31,306,623 73,965.888 423.26 67,100.744 466.56 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 7,889,872 11,448.425 689.17 10,385.840 759.68 COUNTRY TOTAL 61,500,364 126,035.192 487.96 114,337.236 537.89 Israel Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 354,803 150.700 2,354.36 136.713 2,595.24 COUNTRY TOTAL 354,803 150.700 2,354.36 136.713 2,595.24 Saudi Arabia Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 949,928 1,884.610 504.04 1,709.690 555.61 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 3,797,356 6,862.077 553.38 6,225.174 610.00 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 2,262,896 3,504.195 645.77 3,178.954 711.84 Stainless Steel Bar 406,897 171.358 2,374.53 155.454 2,617.48 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,417,077 12,422.242 597.08 11,269.272 658.17 United Arab Emirates Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 835,948 1,145.748 729.61 1,039.406 804.26 Stainless Steel Bar 212,097 79.453 2,669.45 72.079 2,942.56 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,048,045 1,225.202 855.41 1,111.485 942.92 Oman Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 1,921,698 3,160.355 608.06 2,867.027 670.28 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,921,698 3,160.355 608.06 2,867.027 670.28 India Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 2,539,585 4,539.648 559.42 4,118.301 616.66 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 10,897,715 19,498.221 558.91 17,688.494 616.09 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 55,436,270 85,971.086 644.82 77,991.680 710.80 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 248,005 320.229 774.46 290.507 853.70 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/11/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 3,780,727 5,465.339 691.76 4,958.074 762.54 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 3,414,929 2,895.429 1,179.42 2,626.690 1,300.09 Stainless Steel Bar 4,170,846 1,629.705 2,559.26 1,478.444 2,821.11 Stainless Steel Rod 362,761 140.800 2,576.42 127.732 2,840.02 Stainless Steel Wire 3,537,896 1,354.267 2,612.41 1,228.571 2,879.68 COUNTRY TOTAL 84,388,734 121,814.727 692.76 110,508.493 763.64 Thailand Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 1,081,715 1,976.388 547.32 1,792.950 603.32 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 13,948,423 27,213.273 512.56 24,687.473 565.00 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 530,467 773.017 686.23 701.270 756.44 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 2,215,927 6,106.600 362.87 5,539.816 400.00 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 2,212,676 3,700.313 597.97 3,356.869 659.15 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 958,122 663.776 1,443.44 602.168 1,591.12 Stainless Steel Wire 191,983 98.985 1,939.51 89.798 2,137.94 COUNTRY TOTAL 21,139,313 40,532.354 521.54 36,770.344 574.90 Vietnam Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 72,017 88.296 815.63 80.101 899.08 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 23,735 21.848 1,086.32 19.821 1,197.47 COUNTRY TOTAL 95,752 110.145 869.33 99.922 958.27 Malaysia Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 851,605 1,313.237 648.48 1,191.349 714.82 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 13,231,754 24,984.661 529.60 22,665.710 583.78 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 377,857 413.621 913.53 375.231 1,007.00 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 827,747 634.992 1,303.55 576.056 1,436.92 COUNTRY TOTAL 15,288,963 27,346.512 559.08 24,808.346 616.28 Singapore Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 20,224 0.042 470,433.57 0.039 518,564.10 COUNTRY TOTAL 20,224 0.042 470,433.57 0.039 518,564.10 Indonesia Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 2,830,443 5,131.626 551.57 4,655.335 608.00 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 2,033,030 3,422.963 593.94 3,105.261 654.71 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 7,926 1.517 5,221.75 1.377 5,755.99 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 1,064,595 1,839.818 578.64 1,669.056 637.84 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,935,994 10,395.927 570.99 9,431.029 629.41 Philippines Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 4,583,416 7,828.720 585.46 7,102.098 645.36 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,583,416 7,828.720 585.46 7,102.098 645.36 China IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/11/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 2,160,084 5,168.537 417.93 4,688.820 460.69 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 1,194,044 2,076.650 574.99 1,883.906 633.81 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 1,287,061 2,288.125 562.50 2,075.753 620.05 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 21,302,831 37,713.521 564.86 34,213.141 622.65 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 1,085,162 1,640.175 661.61 1,487.943 729.30 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 214,010 266.715 802.39 241.960 884.49 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 15,624,058 28,601.878 546.26 25,947.195 602.15 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 4,249,323 2,425.005 1,752.29 2,199.929 1,931.57 Stainless Steel Bar 972,065 179.589 5,412.70 162.921 5,966.48 Stainless Steel Rod 355,840 267.232 1,331.58 242.429 1,467.81 Stainless Steel Wire 1,532,506 548.228 2,795.38 497.345 3,081.37 COUNTRY TOTAL 49,976,984 81,175.661 615.66 73,641.342 678.65 Korea, South Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 5,347,607 9,304.014 574.76 8,440.462 633.57 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 29,989,932 63,678.825 470.96 57,768.475 519.14 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 5,043,248 8,420.504 598.92 7,638.955 660.20 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 18,673,208 24,887.566 750.30 22,577.627 827.07 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 753,200 1,106.506 680.70 1,003.806 750.34 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 3,999,939 6,111.591 654.48 5,544.344 721.44 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 71,371 102.073 699.21 92.600 770.75 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 14,032,010 23,070.377 608.23 20,929.100 670.45 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 2,771,796 1,183.673 2,341.69 1,073.811 2,581.27 Stainless Steel Bar 78,564 26.169 3,002.07 23.741 3,309.21 Stainless Steel Rod 1,161,420 519.852 2,234.14 471.602 2,462.71 Stainless Steel Wire 1,938,919 619.284 3,130.90 561.806 3,451.23 COUNTRY TOTAL 83,861,214 139,030.439 603.19 126,126.329 664.90 Hong Kong Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 2,042 3.970 514.29 3.602 566.91 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,042 3.970 514.29 3.602 566.91 Taiwan Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 25,731,114 48,125.668 534.67 43,658.884 589.37 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 37,511,173 49,787.005 753.43 45,166.024 830.52 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 616,666 1,339.556 460.35 1,215.226 507.45 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 68,375 38.329 1,783.87 34.772 1,966.38 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 3,564,277 5,599.596 636.52 5,079.870 701.65 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 1,177,067 478.190 2,461.50 433.807 2,713.34 Stainless Steel Bar 3,461,203 1,199.198 2,886.26 1,087.895 3,181.56 Stainless Steel Rod 2,814,050 1,215.035 2,316.02 1,102.262 2,552.98 Stainless Steel Wire 1,103,798 313.187 3,524.40 284.119 3,884.98 COUNTRY TOTAL 76,047,723 108,095.768 703.52 98,062.859 775.50 Japan Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 1,902,820 2,437.074 780.78 2,210.877 860.66 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 916,672 1,565.263 585.63 1,419.984 645.55 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 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 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 12,703,661 16,576.611 766.36 15,038.053 844.77 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 2,703,545 4,110.599 657.70 3,729.074 724.99 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 10,426,066 15,561.959 669.97 14,117.576 738.52 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 365,381 396.605 921.27 359.795 1,015.53 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 5,179,581 13,067.588 396.37 11,854.720 436.92 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 7,483,086 9,589.601 780.33 8,699.543 860.17 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 1,841,176 330.796 5,565.88 300.094 6,135.33 Stainless Steel Bar 515,291 65.454 7,872.55 59.379 8,678.00 Stainless Steel Rod 41,371 19.789 2,090.52 17.953 2,304.41 Stainless Steel Wire 500,924 82.699 6,057.14 75.024 6,676.85 COUNTRY TOTAL 53,129,353 76,822.361 691.59 69,692.094 762.34 Australia Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 4,024 5.145 782.03 4.668 862.04 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 12,140,943 23,400.387 518.84 21,228.480 571.92 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 35,180 82.150 428.24 74.526 472.05 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 112,437 36.360 3,092.26 32.986 3,408.63 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 27,385 32.069 853.93 29.093 941.29 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 310,946 31.327 9,925.60 28.420 10,941.10 Stainless Steel Wire 13,597 3.421 3,973.90 3.104 4,380.48 COUNTRY TOTAL 12,644,512 23,590.863 535.99 21,401.277 590.83 New Zealand Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 1,046,359 1,836.428 569.78 1,665.980 628.07 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 647,961 1,063.454 609.30 964.750 671.64 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,694,320 2,899.882 584.27 2,630.730 644.05 Algeria Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 36,072 92.279 390.90 83.715 430.89 COUNTRY TOTAL 36,072 92.279 390.90 83.715 430.89 Egypt Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 8,449,592 15,068.003 560.76 13,669.467 618.14 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 14,004 11.726 1,194.23 10.638 1,316.41 COUNTRY TOTAL 8,463,596 15,079.730 561.26 13,680.105 618.68 South Africa Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 1,584,173 2,955.398 536.03 2,681.093 590.87 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 2,932,474 6,108.390 480.07 5,541.440 529.19 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 13,762,603 23,638.596 582.21 21,444.580 641.78 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 289,899 396.450 731.24 359.654 806.05 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 1,282,689 2,486.174 515.93 2,255.420 568.71 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 31,610 87.857 359.79 79.703 396.60 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 298,390 505.515 590.27 458.596 650.66 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 4,482 0.087 51,468.39 0.079 56,734.18 COUNTRY TOTAL 20,186,320 36,178.469 557.97 32,820.565 615.05 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/11/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE GRAND TOTAL 1,529,387,815 2,501,287.122 611.44 2,269,130.148 674.00