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RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/11/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Mexico 1,126,513 1,705.659 660.46 1,547.349 728.03 Sweden 230,200 102.454 2,246.86 92.945 2,476.73 United Kingdom 32,888 12.814 2,566.49 11.625 2,829.08 Belgium 214,085 325.457 657.80 295.250 725.10 Italy 1,754,333 957.516 1,832.17 868.645 2,019.62 China 2,005 4.267 469.88 3.871 517.95 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,360,024 3,108.169 1,081.03 2,819.685 1,191.63 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 11,016,268 22,784.878 483.49 20,670.100 532.96 Mexico 83,181,192 179,206.066 464.17 162,573.055 511.65 Brazil 70,808,268 178,281.307 397.17 161,734.127 437.81 Argentina 16,373,454 33,926.180 482.62 30,777.322 532.00 Sweden 8,029,879 3,161.206 2,540.13 2,867.799 2,800.01 United Kingdom 13,319,050 6,289.036 2,117.82 5,705.320 2,334.50 Netherlands 9,614 6.623 1,451.44 6.009 1,599.93 France 253,568 290.480 872.92 263.520 962.23 Federal Republic of Germany 8,038,250 23,566.780 341.08 21,379.430 375.98 Czech Republic 66,140 175.029 377.88 158.784 416.54 Russia 45,937,336 102,062.445 450.09 92,589.519 496.14 Ukraine 18,162,796 37,649.812 482.41 34,155.345 531.77 Spain 11,406,730 5,693.013 2,003.64 5,164.616 2,208.63 Italy 8,518,707 13,668.862 623.22 12,400.187 686.98 Turkey 5,638,999 18,596.714 303.23 16,870.660 334.25 India 4,800 0.230 20,834.87 0.209 22,966.51 China 2,246,432 5,217.370 430.57 4,733.120 474.62 Korea, South 37,938 22.605 1,678.29 20.507 1,850.00 Taiwan 116,318 21.894 5,312.76 19.862 5,856.31 Japan 72,233 72.209 1,000.33 65.507 1,102.68 CATEGORY TOTAL 303,237,972 630,692.748 480.80 572,154.998 529.99 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 22,598,113 34,880.763 647.87 31,643.305 714.15 Mexico 2,122,467 3,656.709 580.43 3,317.312 639.82 Trinidad and Tobago 16,881,766 30,246.013 558.15 27,438.730 615.25 Venezuela 1,579,825 3,286.143 480.75 2,981.140 529.94 Brazil 4,703,483 10,797.235 435.62 9,795.090 480.19 Sweden 1,711,628 649.155 2,636.70 588.904 2,906.46 Finland 74,463 123.985 600.58 112.478 662.02 United Kingdom 4,351,336 4,878.799 891.89 4,425.974 983.14 Netherlands 367,843 554.201 663.74 502.763 731.64 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/11/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Belgium 992,949 2,130.426 466.08 1,932.691 513.77 France 549,223 248.422 2,210.84 225.365 2,437.04 Federal Republic of Germany 7,594,047 13,456.848 564.33 12,207.851 622.06 Czech Republic 393,993 826.223 476.86 749.538 525.65 Spain 4,038,535 7,740.584 521.74 7,022.142 575.11 Italy 10,908,594 19,130.122 570.23 17,354.560 628.57 Turkey 12,522,005 28,348.870 441.71 25,717.670 486.90 India 362,761 140.800 2,576.42 127.732 2,840.02 China 43,654,150 110,284.879 395.83 100,048.788 436.33 Korea, South 1,458,703 1,009.684 1,444.71 915.971 1,592.52 Taiwan 2,833,079 1,234.770 2,294.42 1,120.165 2,529.16 Japan 3,001,173 6,173.377 486.15 5,600.395 535.89 Egypt 5,594,756 13,952.854 400.98 12,657.820 442.00 South Africa 1,188,848 2,702.199 439.96 2,451.395 484.97 CATEGORY TOTAL 149,483,740 296,453.072 504.24 268,937.779 555.83 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 8,415,677 13,499.382 623.41 12,246.437 687.19 Mexico 1,462,476 2,546.844 574.23 2,310.459 632.98 Brazil 255,466 506.373 504.50 459.374 556.12 Norway 1,228,736 1,602.006 767.00 1,453.316 845.47 United Kingdom 1,199,852 1,967.807 609.74 1,785.165 672.12 Luxembourg 6,268,764 8,709.208 719.79 7,900.863 793.43 Federal Republic of Germany 1,437,266 2,577.392 557.64 2,338.172 614.70 Poland 94,918 142.211 667.44 129.012 735.73 Spain 3,491,621 6,865.644 508.56 6,228.410 560.60 Italy 547,112 114.702 4,769.85 104.056 5,257.86 Turkey 10,774 7.808 1,379.73 7.084 1,520.89 India 490,020 155.329 3,154.70 140.913 3,477.46 China 969,392 1,602.900 604.77 1,454.127 666.65 Korea, South 554,503 1,092.079 507.75 990.718 559.70 Japan 47,660 17.433 2,733.89 15.815 3,013.59 South Africa 5,877 10.800 544.14 9.798 599.82 CATEGORY TOTAL 26,480,114 41,417.923 639.34 37,573.719 704.75 STEEL PILING...........................5 Canada 1,119,945 1,279.036 875.62 1,160.323 965.20 United Kingdom 4,991 8.930 558.84 8.102 616.02 Luxembourg 4,118,391 6,080.133 677.35 5,515.806 746.65 Taiwan 12,511 3.971 3,150.09 3.603 3,472.38 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,255,838 7,372.072 712.94 6,687.834 785.88 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 12,935,039 15,085.495 857.45 13,685.335 945.18 Brazil 4,872,699 5,106.343 954.24 4,632.398 1,051.87 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/11/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Sweden 2,664,948 2,530.068 1,053.31 2,295.240 1,161.08 Finland 550,940 644.214 855.21 584.422 942.71 United Kingdom 197,011 160.543 1,227.15 145.643 1,352.70 Netherlands 15,362 0.468 32,791.00 0.425 36,145.88 Belgium 2,661,441 1,304.032 2,040.93 1,182.999 2,249.74 France 2,168,712 1,087.474 1,994.26 986.541 2,198.30 Federal Republic of Germany 4,069,571 3,960.753 1,027.47 3,593.136 1,132.60 Austria 437,316 641.628 681.57 582.076 751.30 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 3,969,451 5,622.204 706.03 5,100.380 778.27 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 1,207,786 2,080.847 580.43 1,887.714 639.81 Korea, South 5,671,624 9,429.426 601.48 8,554.234 663.02 Taiwan 600,063 182.378 3,290.21 165.451 3,626.83 Japan 2,073,548 2,507.533 826.93 2,274.797 911.53 Australia 4,024 5.145 782.03 4.668 862.04 South Africa 1,821,348 3,099.105 587.70 2,811.462 647.83 CATEGORY TOTAL 57,513,636 72,872.505 789.24 66,108.844 869.98 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 10,614,287 17,487.984 606.95 15,864.837 669.04 Mexico 2,161,283 3,396.718 636.29 3,081.452 701.38 Venezuela 937,597 1,634.459 573.64 1,482.757 632.33 Sweden 1,053,468 337.409 3,122.22 306.093 3,441.66 Finland 48,235 19.951 2,417.57 18.100 2,664.92 Netherlands 12,450,193 21,872.008 569.23 19,841.958 627.47 Belgium 1,275,414 536.241 2,378.43 486.470 2,621.77 France 2,691,402 4,489.291 599.52 4,072.618 660.85 Federal Republic of Germany 3,663,395 2,723.147 1,345.28 2,470.399 1,482.92 Russia 18,887,791 36,506.159 517.39 33,117.840 570.32 Italy 1,428,638 2,590.164 551.56 2,349.758 607.99 Serbia and Montenegro 9,064,733 16,090.510 563.36 14,597.070 621.00 Bulgaria 2,663,848 5,733.476 464.61 5,201.324 512.15 Turkey 4,327,320 8,083.246 535.34 7,333.000 590.12 Saudi Arabia 289,240 579.694 498.95 525.890 550.00 Malaysia 4,388,349 8,325.898 527.07 7,553.130 581.00 China 6,450 3.608 1,787.22 3.274 1,970.07 Japan 215,819 354.564 608.69 321.656 670.96 New Zealand 204,081 361.304 564.84 327.770 622.63 Egypt 2,121,688 3,413.831 621.50 3,096.977 685.08 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/11/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 78,493,231 134,539.673 583.42 122,052.373 643.11 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Luxembourg 457,849 714.308 640.97 648.010 706.55 Federal Republic of Germany 5,884 3.734 1,575.52 3.388 1,736.72 Czech Republic 1,959,676 4,498.862 435.59 4,081.301 480.16 Japan 139,442 971.053 143.60 880.925 158.29 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,562,851 6,187.959 414.17 5,613.624 456.54 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 Austria 365,457 556.398 656.83 504.756 724.03 Korea, South 39,149 47.049 832.07 42.683 917.20 Japan 4,836 1.640 2,948.35 1.488 3,250.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 409,442 605.088 676.66 548.927 745.90 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 Canada 128,797 498.365 258.44 452.110 284.88 Brazil 13,325 19.515 682.80 17.704 752.65 Poland 21,300 36.041 590.99 32.696 651.46 India 35,075 40.135 873.92 36.410 963.33 China 2,852 4.825 590.98 4.378 651.44 Korea, South 21,100 69.445 303.83 63.000 334.92 Japan 4,200 7.106 591.00 6.447 651.47 CATEGORY TOTAL 226,649 675.435 335.56 612.745 369.89 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 43,923,938 67,650.054 649.28 61,371.114 715.71 Mexico 3,854,522 6,263.174 615.43 5,681.858 678.39 Trinidad and Tobago 601,503 1,145.962 524.89 1,039.600 578.59 Brazil 128,403 78.983 1,625.69 71.653 1,792.01 Argentina 847,230 1,628.315 520.31 1,477.183 573.54 Sweden 1,426,685 684.238 2,085.07 620.731 2,298.39 Finland 2,743 0.652 4,203.39 0.592 4,633.45 United Kingdom 16,004,091 18,224.897 878.14 16,533.354 967.99 Netherlands 741,351 859.653 862.38 779.865 950.61 Belgium 5,243 1.561 3,356.65 1.417 3,700.07 France 2,462,370 2,613.513 942.17 2,370.940 1,038.56 Federal Republic of Germany 2,784,050 2,703.831 1,029.67 2,452.875 1,135.02 Austria 865,867 285.207 3,035.92 258.736 3,346.53 Czech Republic 2,769,309 4,553.416 608.18 4,130.791 670.41 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 1,019,223 1,056.809 964.43 958.722 1,063.11 Portugal 139,485 43.281 3,222.77 39.264 3,552.49 Italy 1,520,397 639.456 2,377.64 580.105 2,620.90 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/11/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Romania 325,769 544.089 598.74 493.590 660.00 Turkey 728,752 1,436.616 507.27 1,303.277 559.17 India 554,999 407.780 1,361.03 369.932 1,500.27 Indonesia 7,926 1.517 5,221.75 1.377 5,755.99 China 189,590 126.016 1,504.49 114.320 1,658.41 Korea, South 3,565,896 5,298.789 672.96 4,806.982 741.82 Taiwan 652,415 962.368 677.93 873.046 747.29 Japan 6,156,201 9,001.271 683.93 8,165.818 753.90 South Africa 1,282,689 2,486.174 515.93 2,255.420 568.71 CATEGORY TOTAL 97,980,959 139,486.901 702.44 126,540.424 774.31 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 4,940,342 8,728.575 566.00 7,918.433 623.90 Mexico 1,681,310 2,942.984 571.29 2,669.831 629.74 Venezuela 1,234,949 2,469.199 500.14 2,240.021 551.31 Brazil 228,485 532.019 429.47 482.640 473.41 Argentina 672,185 1,256.001 535.18 1,139.426 589.93 United Kingdom 84,480 71.758 1,177.29 65.098 1,297.74 France 24,269 3.418 7,099.80 3.101 7,826.19 Austria 120,674 29.151 4,139.52 26.446 4,563.03 Italy 571,845 213.341 2,680.42 193.540 2,954.66 Turkey 2,004,826 4,716.481 425.07 4,278.721 468.56 India 1,358,222 554.466 2,449.60 503.004 2,700.22 China 57,670 23.384 2,466.17 21.214 2,718.49 Korea, South 311,918 741.978 420.39 673.112 463.40 Taiwan 207,804 467.477 444.52 424.089 490.00 Japan 1,036,530 2,495.408 415.37 2,263.797 457.87 CATEGORY TOTAL 14,535,509 25,245.647 575.76 22,902.473 634.67 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/11/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 7,763,937 6,651.658 1,167.22 6,034.285 1,286.64 Mexico 47,086 55.358 850.57 50.220 937.59 Colombia 139,748 168.121 831.23 152.517 916.28 Brazil 219,767 111.201 1,976.30 100.880 2,178.50 Argentina 107,911 155.488 694.01 141.057 765.02 Sweden 373,127 111.672 3,341.25 101.308 3,683.10 United Kingdom 3,137,456 2,525.169 1,242.47 2,290.796 1,369.59 Netherlands 5,639 2.945 1,914.53 2.672 2,110.40 Belgium 96,913 98.296 985.93 89.173 1,086.80 France 3,225,549 2,030.945 1,588.20 1,842.443 1,750.69 Federal Republic of Germany 6,065,765 4,307.117 1,408.31 3,907.352 1,552.40 Austria 760,018 236.333 3,215.87 214.398 3,544.89 Czech Republic 34,142 6.633 5,146.74 6.018 5,673.31 Switzerland 746,585 206.004 3,624.12 186.884 3,994.91 Latvia 179,912 62.892 2,860.63 57.055 3,153.31 Poland 163,102 123.955 1,315.81 112.451 1,450.43 Russia 1,467,795 2,146.966 683.66 1,947.696 753.61 Ukraine 2,747,700 2,241.089 1,226.06 2,033.083 1,351.49 Spain 1,358,277 1,488.930 912.25 1,350.735 1,005.58 Italy 3,947,865 1,188.039 3,323.01 1,077.772 3,662.99 Slovenia 24,543 14.702 1,669.29 13.338 1,840.08 Romania 588,091 755.234 778.69 685.137 858.36 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 1,982,244 821.938 2,411.67 745.650 2,658.41 China 1,125,574 421.482 2,670.51 382.363 2,943.73 Korea, South 185,633 184.020 1,008.76 166.941 1,111.97 Taiwan 3,280,754 1,146.795 2,860.80 1,040.356 3,153.49 Japan 499,932 435.178 1,148.80 394.787 1,266.33 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 40,939,673 28,048.569 1,459.60 25,445.241 1,608.93 TOOL STEEL............................17 Canada 1,001,766 800.813 1,250.94 726.486 1,378.92 Mexico 2,362 0.156 15,089.94 0.142 16,633.80 Colombia 34,521 23.312 1,480.78 21.149 1,632.28 Brazil 2,585,945 1,077.324 2,400.34 977.333 2,645.92 Sweden 2,867,069 1,165.551 2,459.84 1,057.371 2,711.51 United Kingdom 1,047,639 253.668 4,129.96 230.124 4,552.50 Netherlands 199,785 203.162 983.38 184.306 1,083.99 France 1,044,451 503.906 2,072.71 457.136 2,284.77 Federal Republic of Germany 2,477,403 1,649.984 1,501.47 1,496.841 1,655.09 Austria 2,023,068 520.024 3,890.34 471.758 4,288.36 Switzerland 14,541 9.704 1,498.34 8.804 1,651.64 Russia 385,975 291.616 1,323.57 264.550 1,458.99 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/11/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Ukraine 5,725 1.570 3,644.66 1.425 4,017.54 Spain 514,013 360.113 1,427.36 326.690 1,573.40 Italy 363,656 308.029 1,180.59 279.440 1,301.37 Slovenia 1,722,697 928.956 1,854.44 842.735 2,044.17 India 20,286 3.466 5,851.56 3.145 6,450.24 China 1,313,901 326.707 4,021.65 296.384 4,433.10 Korea, South 349,521 202.408 1,726.81 183.622 1,903.48 Taiwan 764,054 412.006 1,854.47 373.766 2,044.20 Japan 4,293,488 4,293.882 999.91 3,895.346 1,102.21 CATEGORY TOTAL 23,031,866 13,336.368 1,727.00 12,098.553 1,903.69 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 21,508,951 23,406.755 918.92 21,234.257 1,012.94 Mexico 3,685,083 3,758.709 980.41 3,409.845 1,080.72 Guatemala 1,017,440 876.521 1,160.77 795.167 1,279.53 Dominican Republic 51,267 157.115 326.30 142.533 359.69 Colombia 2,803,845 1,957.982 1,432.01 1,776.252 1,578.52 Ecuador 22,255 22.265 999.52 20.199 1,101.79 Chile 818,201 1,548.910 528.24 1,405.148 582.29 Brazil 18,244 20.995 868.94 19.047 957.84 Argentina 562,966 772.046 729.19 700.389 803.79 Sweden 44,729 50.397 887.52 45.720 978.32 United Kingdom 63,323 14.417 4,392.21 13.079 4,841.58 France 516,470 828.257 623.56 751.383 687.36 Federal Republic of Germany 620,832 606.613 1,023.44 550.311 1,128.15 Czech Republic 17,208 24.559 700.67 22.280 772.35 Switzerland 2,219 0.688 3,220.87 0.625 3,550.40 Russia 792,651 1,460.973 542.55 1,325.373 598.06 Ukraine 2,065,411 2,711.938 761.60 2,460.230 839.52 Spain 34,759 21.330 1,629.52 19.351 1,796.24 Italy 235,039 184.216 1,275.89 167.118 1,406.43 Romania 2,402,048 3,791.841 633.48 3,439.902 698.29 Turkey 1,093,800 1,753.474 623.79 1,590.726 687.61 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 2,722,802 4,062.853 670.17 3,685.760 738.74 Thailand 2,212,676 3,700.313 597.97 3,356.869 659.15 Malaysia 553,751 360.811 1,534.74 327.323 1,691.76 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 15,395,531 28,087.675 548.12 25,480.718 604.20 Korea, South 3,114,235 4,950.640 629.06 4,491.147 693.42 Taiwan 2,906,967 5,366.412 541.70 4,868.329 597.12 Japan 797,406 733.091 1,087.73 665.050 1,199.02 South Africa 298,390 505.515 590.27 458.596 650.66 CATEGORY TOTAL 74,784,156 105,711.971 707.43 95,900.314 779.81 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/11/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 6,630,948 8,030.270 825.74 7,284.941 910.23 Mexico 1,799,257 1,830.035 983.18 1,660.181 1,083.77 Colombia 2,650,708 2,415.392 1,097.42 2,191.208 1,209.70 Venezuela 3,347,291 4,504.412 743.11 4,086.335 819.14 Brazil 3,461,615 4,499.453 769.34 4,081.837 848.05 United Kingdom 402,394 57.491 6,999.25 52.155 7,715.35 France 662,107 757.040 874.60 686.776 964.08 Federal Republic of Germany 6,388,609 7,753.764 823.94 7,034.099 908.23 Austria 8,936,881 9,978.614 895.60 9,052.449 987.23 Czech Republic 1,297,959 1,714.342 757.12 1,555.226 834.58 Poland 105,501 107.857 978.15 97.847 1,078.22 Russia 2,992,169 4,500.858 664.80 4,083.111 732.82 Ukraine 4,097,493 5,777.030 709.27 5,240.835 781.84 Italy 2,590 0.115 22,377.23 0.105 24,666.67 Romania 3,051,614 3,294.743 926.21 2,988.942 1,020.97 India 3,188,808 3,710.668 859.36 3,366.263 947.28 China 13,190,741 18,147.398 726.87 16,463.048 801.23 Korea, South 2,012,437 3,017.308 666.96 2,737.257 735.20 Taiwan 1,081,088 1,822.347 593.24 1,653.206 653.93 Japan 8,472,670 3,853.637 2,198.62 3,495.962 2,423.56 CATEGORY TOTAL 73,772,880 85,772.784 860.10 77,811.783 948.09 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 14,198,258 18,128.309 783.21 16,445.730 863.34 Venezuela 43,377 92.279 470.06 83.715 518.15 Brazil 132,471 170.841 775.40 154.985 854.73 United Kingdom 2,292 4.432 517.10 4.021 570.01 Belgium 31,283 13.576 2,304.28 12.316 2,540.03 France 362,100 826.755 437.98 750.020 482.79 Federal Republic of Germany 247,274 145.416 1,700.45 131.920 1,874.42 Czech Republic 437,249 617.095 708.56 559.820 781.05 Poland 377,011 459.528 820.43 416.877 904.37 Ukraine 593,801 851.913 697.02 772.843 768.33 Greece 12,868,111 23,705.277 542.84 21,505.072 598.38 Romania 1,711,432 2,636.760 649.07 2,392.030 715.47 India 588,653 1,039.007 566.55 942.572 624.52 China 47,876 20.452 2,340.86 18.554 2,580.36 Korea, South 2,844,511 5,035.999 564.84 4,568.583 622.62 Japan 6,350,275 8,201.222 774.31 7,440.026 853.53 Algeria 36,072 92.279 390.90 83.715 430.89 CATEGORY TOTAL 40,872,046 62,041.148 658.79 56,282.799 726.19 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 121,999 132.993 917.33 120.650 1,011.18 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/11/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Mexico 2,117,916 2,352.697 900.21 2,134.332 992.31 Brazil 1,298,849 2,305.223 563.44 2,091.264 621.08 Argentina 6,394,481 8,191.525 780.62 7,431.229 860.49 United Kingdom 6,450 11.827 545.33 10.730 601.12 France 767,243 950.455 807.24 862.239 889.83 Federal Republic of Germany 194,165 226.381 857.69 205.370 945.44 Austria 356,350 470.271 757.75 426.623 835.28 Czech Republic 693,271 1,087.535 637.47 986.596 702.69 Russia 308,602 653.540 472.20 592.882 520.51 Ukraine 2,941,759 4,220.475 697.02 3,828.752 768.33 Italy 31,550 36.526 863.76 33.136 952.14 Romania 2,619,404 3,861.039 678.42 3,502.677 747.83 China 1,729,369 2,682.595 644.66 2,433.610 710.62 Korea, South 878,838 1,446.763 607.45 1,312.482 669.60 Taiwan 26,800 45.366 590.74 41.156 651.18 Japan 16,106 5.653 2,848.73 5.129 3,140.18 CATEGORY TOTAL 20,503,152 28,680.872 714.87 26,018.857 788.01 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Canada 595,698 274.919 2,166.81 249.403 2,388.50 Mexico 306,286 357.333 857.14 324.168 944.84 Venezuela 142,068 189.134 751.15 171.580 828.00 Brazil 812,411 1,577.579 514.97 1,431.156 567.66 Argentina 192,548 309.213 622.70 280.514 686.41 Denmark 139,638 101.641 1,373.82 92.208 1,514.38 India 240,487 424.777 566.15 385.352 624.07 Korea, South 1,515,430 2,494.267 607.57 2,262.762 669.73 Taiwan 196,892 323.106 609.37 293.117 671.72 Japan 2,603,988 3,360.752 774.82 3,048.824 854.10 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,745,446 9,412.726 716.63 8,539.084 789.95 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 12,896,896 11,193.915 1,152.13 10,154.952 1,270.01 Mexico 10,548,949 12,125.332 869.99 10,999.920 959.00 Guatemala 33,300 44.603 746.57 40.464 822.95 Dominican Republic 86,473 126.126 685.61 114.420 755.75 Colombia 35,470 20.774 1,707.41 18.846 1,882.10 Venezuela 382,220 397.950 960.47 361.015 1,058.74 Brazil 1,341,588 1,700.410 788.98 1,542.587 869.70 Argentina 1,368,835 1,695.542 807.31 1,538.171 889.91 Sweden 1,222,798 866.490 1,411.21 786.067 1,555.59 Finland 5,555 1.107 5,014.34 1.005 5,527.36 Denmark 14,824 2.986 4,964.23 2.709 5,472.13 United Kingdom 444,217 278.749 1,593.61 252.877 1,756.65 Netherlands 14,481 12.503 1,158.15 11.343 1,276.65 Belgium 13,138 16.421 800.07 14.897 881.92 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/11/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE France 996,945 991.315 1,005.68 899.307 1,108.57 Federal Republic of Germany 3,190,756 2,635.521 1,210.67 2,390.906 1,334.54 Austria 164,611 84.999 1,936.62 77.110 2,134.76 Czech Republic 19,205 29.365 654.00 26.640 720.91 Switzerland 1,433,640 630.443 2,274.02 571.929 2,506.67 Russia 61,683 152.796 403.69 138.615 445.00 Ukraine 523,581 890.615 587.89 807.953 648.03 Georgia 4,910 0.349 14,051.35 0.317 15,488.96 Spain 242,272 86.719 2,793.73 78.671 3,079.56 Italy 1,079,301 950.463 1,135.55 862.246 1,251.73 Romania 1,120,502 1,500.064 746.97 1,360.836 823.39 Turkey 1,794,730 958.080 1,873.26 869.156 2,064.91 India 375,691 293.959 1,278.03 266.676 1,408.79 Thailand 3,579 1.101 3,250.07 0.999 3,582.58 Malaysia 72,661 79.539 913.52 72.157 1,006.98 China 1,562,082 2,081.078 750.61 1,887.923 827.41 Korea, South 2,504,006 3,722.478 672.67 3,376.977 741.49 Hong Kong 2,042 3.970 514.29 3.602 566.91 Taiwan 192,606 94.530 2,037.49 85.757 2,245.95 Japan 4,144,421 2,501.745 1,656.61 2,269.546 1,826.10 Australia 27,385 32.069 853.93 29.093 941.29 CATEGORY TOTAL 47,925,353 46,204.125 1,037.25 41,915.689 1,143.38 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 128,463 184.785 695.20 167.635 766.33 Mexico 561,029 325.709 1,722.48 295.479 1,898.71 Brazil 166,530 142.470 1,168.87 129.247 1,288.46 Argentina 657,007 362.569 1,812.08 328.918 1,997.48 Sweden 270,065 237.836 1,135.51 215.762 1,251.68 France 1,258,379 985.125 1,277.38 893.691 1,408.07 Federal Republic of Germany 3,259,291 2,467.257 1,321.02 2,238.259 1,456.17 Poland 75,229 86.396 870.74 78.378 959.82 Spain 654,570 276.210 2,369.82 250.574 2,612.28 Italy 78,867 55.912 1,410.54 50.723 1,554.86 India 4,228 4.200 1,006.45 3.811 1,109.42 China 30,559 38.842 786.75 35.237 867.24 Korea, South 7,193 0.830 8,665.85 0.753 9,552.46 Taiwan 6,083 1.289 4,716.59 1.170 5,199.15 Japan 1,119,210 1,269.354 881.72 1,151.539 971.93 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,276,703 6,438.792 1,285.44 5,841.176 1,416.96 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D Canada 9,246,597 1,747.129 5,292.45 1,584.970 5,833.93 Mexico 323,274 99.494 3,249.16 90.260 3,581.59 Brazil 31,309 14.009 2,234.88 12.709 2,463.53 Sweden 1,560,907 273.556 5,705.98 248.166 6,289.77 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/11/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Finland 210,662 72.547 2,903.78 65.814 3,200.87 Denmark 2,956 0.106 27,645.76 0.097 30,474.23 United Kingdom 156,375 23.331 6,702.31 21.166 7,388.03 Ireland 5,864 1.219 4,809.89 1.106 5,301.99 Netherlands 64,577 29.311 2,203.12 26.591 2,428.53 Belgium 148,925 19.866 7,496.12 18.023 8,263.05 France 1,445,540 291.882 4,952.48 264.791 5,459.17 Federal Republic of Germany 3,572,747 358.887 9,955.07 325.577 10,973.59 Austria 1,246,323 242.054 5,148.94 219.588 5,675.73 Czech Republic 19,452 2.889 6,732.76 2.621 7,421.59 Slovakia 2,824 0.497 5,680.47 0.451 6,261.64 Switzerland 23,765 0.268 88,357.59 0.244 97,397.54 Spain 251,126 31.031 8,092.71 28.151 8,920.68 Italy 115,548 40.216 2,873.13 36.484 3,167.09 Turkey 115,214 18.674 6,169.67 16.941 6,800.90 India 225,529 41.259 5,466.11 37.430 6,025.35 Thailand 205,358 64.559 3,180.93 58.567 3,506.38 Malaysia 247,822 85.672 2,892.66 77.721 3,188.61 Singapore 74,413 49.328 1,508.52 44.750 1,662.86 China 4,293,675 1,238.087 3,467.99 1,123.174 3,822.80 Korea, South 5,442,110 1,628.168 3,342.47 1,477.050 3,684.45 Taiwan 3,894,207 1,232.736 3,158.99 1,118.320 3,482.19 Japan 4,700,919 1,405.127 3,345.55 1,274.711 3,687.83 Australia 4,339 1.965 2,207.67 1.783 2,433.54 South Africa 214,597 73.518 2,918.95 66.695 3,217.59 CATEGORY TOTAL 37,846,954 9,087.397 4,164.77 8,243.951 4,590.88 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 1,981,494 725.512 2,731.16 658.174 3,010.59 Mexico 346,360 226.565 1,528.74 205.537 1,685.15 Sweden 3,616 1.992 1,814.37 1.808 2,000.00 United Kingdom 77,096 7.172 10,748.48 6.507 11,848.16 Ireland 6,214 2.446 2,540.45 2.219 2,800.36 Netherlands 10,500 0.403 26,025.80 0.366 28,688.52 France 19,743 7.770 2,540.86 7.049 2,800.82 Federal Republic of Germany 12,092 2.981 4,055.33 2.705 4,470.24 Czech Republic 113,350 4.053 27,965.58 3.677 30,826.76 Italy 11,817 4.133 2,858.72 3.750 3,151.20 India 294,077 256.039 1,148.56 232.275 1,266.07 Vietnam 72,017 88.296 815.63 80.101 899.08 Korea, South 20,040 5.661 3,539.72 5.136 3,901.87 Taiwan 15,000 7.056 2,125.55 6.402 2,343.02 Japan 176,658 74.994 2,355.61 68.034 2,596.61 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,160,074 1,415.080 2,233.14 1,283.740 2,461.62 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/11/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 25,342,642 26,638.507 951.35 24,166.054 1,048.69 Mexico 4,298,271 3,041.045 1,413.42 2,758.791 1,558.03 Colombia 4,348 8.725 498.29 7.916 549.27 Brazil 259,273 490.153 528.96 444.660 583.08 Finland 547,616 206.276 2,654.77 187.131 2,926.38 United Kingdom 120,348 102.116 1,178.53 92.639 1,299.11 Belgium 18,724 10.607 1,765.16 9.623 1,945.75 France 60,090 57.510 1,044.85 52.173 1,151.75 Federal Republic of Germany 14,823 1.050 14,110.39 0.953 15,554.04 Austria 201,459 157.338 1,280.42 142.735 1,411.42 Switzerland 63,912 22.646 2,822.10 20.545 3,110.83 Turkey 5,026,315 8,740.917 575.03 7,929.629 633.87 China 189,038 165.649 1,141.19 150.275 1,257.95 Korea, South 5,573,915 9,374.565 594.58 8,504.465 655.41 Taiwan 609,625 206.973 2,945.43 187.763 3,246.78 Japan 722,981 879.010 822.49 797.425 906.64 CATEGORY TOTAL 43,053,380 50,103.096 859.30 45,452.777 947.21 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 134,371 179.663 747.90 162.988 824.42 Mexico 62,678 42.349 1,480.01 38.419 1,631.43 CATEGORY TOTAL 197,049 222.013 887.56 201.407 978.36 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 18,386,276 19,383.561 948.55 17,584.476 1,045.60 Mexico 9,678,326 11,117.788 870.53 10,085.891 959.59 Dominican Republic 257,000 322.279 797.44 292.367 879.03 Trinidad and Tobago 95,413 119.059 801.39 108.009 883.38 Colombia 30,203 20.273 1,489.76 18.392 1,642.18 Venezuela 734,768 935.537 785.40 848.706 865.75 Ecuador 80,119 105.149 761.95 95.390 839.91 Chile 201,184 210.857 954.12 191.287 1,051.74 Brazil 940,952 1,268.839 741.58 1,151.072 817.46 Argentina 96,849 174.189 556.00 158.022 612.88 Sweden 1,923,705 700.744 2,745.23 635.705 3,026.10 Denmark 65,070 6.890 9,443.37 6.251 10,409.53 United Kingdom 2,014,234 1,428.347 1,410.19 1,295.775 1,554.46 Ireland 21,516 20.482 1,050.48 18.581 1,157.96 Netherlands 93,348 51.298 1,819.71 46.537 2,005.89 Belgium 1,087,513 1,018.223 1,068.05 923.717 1,177.32 Luxembourg 369,516 352.032 1,049.66 319.359 1,157.06 France 2,111,826 1,245.083 1,696.13 1,129.521 1,869.67 Federal Republic of Germany 2,628,008 1,275.519 2,060.34 1,157.132 2,271.14 Austria 501,924 204.431 2,455.22 185.457 2,706.42 Czech Republic 52,038 39.482 1,318.00 35.818 1,452.84 Switzerland 267,460 65.174 4,103.78 59.125 4,523.64 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/11/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Lithuania 27,720 44.080 628.85 39.989 693.19 Poland 1,196,632 1,195.417 1,001.02 1,084.465 1,103.43 Russia 457,583 879.542 520.25 797.908 573.48 Belarus 373,167 441.924 844.41 400.907 930.81 Spain 494,611 173.281 2,854.39 157.198 3,146.42 Italy 2,348,094 2,017.662 1,163.77 1,830.393 1,282.84 Greece 1,676,731 1,763.767 950.65 1,600.063 1,047.92 Turkey 477,616 559.565 853.55 507.629 940.88 Israel 95,458 130.529 731.32 118.414 806.14 United Arab Emirates 216,136 229.636 941.21 208.323 1,037.50 India 3,837,898 1,779.817 2,156.34 1,614.624 2,376.96 Thailand 351,687 277.492 1,267.37 251.737 1,397.04 Indonesia 42,781 12.160 3,517.97 11.032 3,877.90 China 5,949,150 6,835.386 870.35 6,200.960 959.39 Korea, South 6,209,572 5,384.546 1,153.22 4,884.780 1,271.21 Taiwan 2,523,496 1,999.483 1,262.07 1,813.901 1,391.20 Japan 6,421,276 5,844.357 1,098.71 5,301.913 1,211.12 Australia 214,275 318.448 672.87 288.892 741.71 Egypt 1,557,256 2,037.384 764.34 1,848.285 842.54 South Africa 1,604,857 2,358.929 680.33 2,139.985 749.94 CATEGORY TOTAL 77,713,244 74,348.659 1,045.25 67,447.988 1,152.20 BLACK PLATE...........................28 Canada 13,172 24.315 541.70 22.059 597.13 Netherlands 296,056 391.772 755.68 355.410 833.00 Belgium 358,060 635.892 563.08 576.872 620.69 France 50,240 71.275 704.87 64.660 776.99 Federal Republic of Germany 72,947 65.034 1,121.67 58.998 1,236.43 India 120,419 228.095 527.93 206.925 581.95 Taiwan 295,229 510.138 578.72 462.790 637.93 Japan 2,020,865 2,514.906 803.55 2,281.485 885.77 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,226,988 4,441.430 726.57 4,029.199 800.90 TIN PLATE.............................29 Canada 6,224,858 9,787.504 636.00 8,879.077 701.07 Mexico 5,839 7.751 753.28 7.032 830.35 Brazil 1,012,649 1,593.025 635.68 1,445.169 700.71 Netherlands 1,623,589 2,632.878 616.66 2,388.508 679.75 Belgium 323,747 595.606 543.56 540.325 599.17 France 1,297,268 2,404.888 539.43 2,181.679 594.62 Federal Republic of Germany 6,039,852 10,556.602 572.14 9,576.791 630.68 Spain 79,118 52.442 1,508.66 47.575 1,663.02 Korea, South 73,299 114.607 639.57 103.970 705.00 Japan 404,888 588.739 687.72 534.096 758.08 CATEGORY TOTAL 17,085,107 28,334.046 602.99 25,704.222 664.68 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/11/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A Canada 1,969,925 3,028.808 650.40 2,747.690 716.94 Brazil 18,941 42.641 444.19 38.684 489.63 Netherlands 1,441,756 2,677.839 538.40 2,429.296 593.49 Belgium 1,374,496 1,980.867 693.89 1,797.013 764.88 France 69,879 111.705 625.56 101.338 689.56 Federal Republic of Germany 1,566,114 2,449.346 639.40 2,222.010 704.82 Korea, South 679,901 991.899 685.45 899.836 755.58 Japan 2,298,657 3,521.859 652.68 3,194.978 719.46 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,419,669 14,804.968 636.25 13,430.845 701.35 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 16,183,578 27,691.541 584.42 25,121.351 644.22 Mexico 20,553,363 33,593.220 611.83 30,475.266 674.43 Venezuela 11,612,623 19,727.576 588.65 17,896.561 648.87 Brazil 22,324 14.037 1,590.26 12.735 1,752.96 Sweden 1,556,874 2,329.633 668.29 2,113.409 736.66 Finland 193,039 256.494 752.60 232.688 829.60 United Kingdom 211,117 189.415 1,114.57 171.835 1,228.60 Ireland 3,059 4.163 734.73 3.777 809.90 Netherlands 15,396,019 30,827.245 499.43 27,966.015 550.53 Belgium 1,338,956 2,146.243 623.86 1,947.040 687.69 France 10,503,325 17,524.718 599.34 15,898.162 660.66 Federal Republic of Germany 410,330 550.193 745.79 499.127 822.10 Austria 751,334 1,397.727 537.54 1,267.997 592.54 Russia 47,853,698 90,157.210 530.78 81,789.269 585.09 Italy 13,966,278 24,924.296 560.35 22,610.948 617.68 Serbia and Montenegro 3,842,625 6,749.891 569.29 6,123.400 627.53 Bulgaria 2,640,998 5,815.836 454.10 5,276.040 500.56 Turkey 8,471,970 15,821.710 535.46 14,353.218 590.25 Saudi Arabia 660,688 1,304.915 506.31 1,183.800 558.11 India 2,742,910 4,620.579 593.63 4,191.720 654.36 Thailand 13,948,423 27,213.273 512.56 24,687.473 565.00 Malaysia 8,843,405 16,658.763 530.86 15,112.580 585.17 China 374,580 170.919 2,191.55 155.056 2,415.77 Korea, South 29,986,844 63,673.621 470.95 57,763.754 519.13 Japan 974,908 1,388.216 702.27 1,259.369 774.12 Australia 12,140,943 23,400.387 518.84 21,228.480 571.92 New Zealand 842,278 1,475.123 570.99 1,338.210 629.41 Egypt 5,423,681 10,243.486 529.48 9,292.737 583.65 South Africa 6,108,040 7,511.892 813.12 6,814.676 896.31 CATEGORY TOTAL 237,558,210 437,382.336 543.14 396,786.693 598.71 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 15,028,409 21,247.233 707.31 19,275.171 779.68 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/11/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Mexico 27,465,238 18,885.321 1,454.32 17,132.480 1,603.11 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 11,680,422 15,551.134 751.10 14,107.756 827.94 Sweden 3,125,183 2,728.026 1,145.58 2,474.825 1,262.79 Finland 1,093,154 381.355 2,866.50 345.960 3,159.77 United Kingdom 143,865 67.792 2,122.15 61.500 2,339.27 Netherlands 6,965,509 10,990.709 633.76 9,970.607 698.60 Belgium 11,427,788 12,588.944 907.76 11,420.502 1,000.64 Luxembourg 870,724 1,313.764 662.77 1,191.827 730.58 France 5,278,776 5,218.099 1,011.63 4,733.782 1,115.13 Federal Republic of Germany 14,368,343 7,226.464 1,988.30 6,555.740 2,191.72 Russia 32,463,911 58,647.255 553.55 53,203.910 610.18 Ukraine 600,699 1,113.554 539.44 1,010.200 594.63 Spain 235,837 149.969 1,572.57 136.050 1,733.46 Italy 6,099,190 2,766.896 2,204.34 2,510.087 2,429.87 Greece 524,849 957.246 548.29 868.400 604.39 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 10,566,573 18,670.038 565.96 16,937.179 623.87 Thailand 738,144 366.408 2,014.54 332.400 2,220.65 Indonesia 2,830,443 5,131.626 551.57 4,655.335 608.00 China 9,882,425 6,365.752 1,552.44 5,774.915 1,711.27 Korea, South 9,548,411 11,653.553 819.36 10,571.929 903.19 Taiwan 33,539,572 50,517.510 663.92 45,828.728 731.85 Japan 7,399,881 10,357.071 714.48 9,395.780 787.57 Australia 89,727 95.043 944.06 86.222 1,040.65 New Zealand 647,961 1,063.454 609.30 964.750 671.64 South Africa 15,174,270 24,318.292 623.99 22,061.190 687.83 CATEGORY TOTAL 237,541,907 305,034.807 778.74 276,723.001 858.41 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 21,914,450 34,997.430 626.17 31,749.144 690.24 Mexico 17,449,691 18,328.056 952.08 16,626.938 1,049.48 Colombia 1,136,351 1,872.536 606.85 1,698.737 668.94 Brazil 7,673,056 11,495.536 667.48 10,428.578 735.77 Argentina 288,357 921.972 312.76 836.400 344.76 Sweden 26,841 30.906 868.46 28.038 957.31 Finland 251,114 374.944 669.74 340.144 738.26 Netherlands 1,218,315 1,648.717 738.95 1,495.692 814.55 Belgium 3,087,559 3,227.216 956.73 2,927.682 1,054.61 Luxembourg 44,876 61.519 729.45 55.810 804.09 France 238,970 327.151 730.46 296.787 805.19 Federal Republic of Germany 2,972,758 7,032.325 422.73 6,379.620 465.98 Austria 168,273 173.292 971.04 157.208 1,070.38 Kazakhstan 914,347 1,184.526 771.91 1,074.585 850.88 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/11/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 Indonesia 2,033,030 3,422.963 593.94 3,105.261 654.71 China 21,288,675 37,692.679 564.80 34,194.233 622.58 Korea, South 10,321,366 13,113.665 787.07 11,896.521 867.60 Taiwan 28,452,122 38,179.931 745.21 34,636.261 821.45 Japan 9,137,893 12,754.840 716.43 11,571.000 789.72 South Africa 289,899 396.450 731.24 359.654 806.05 CATEGORY TOTAL 191,912,178 285,010.283 673.35 258,557.053 742.24 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 1,194,462 1,234.074 967.90 1,119.534 1,066.93 Brazil 8,980 11.982 749.45 10.870 826.13 Belgium 331,086 492.887 671.73 447.140 740.45 Federal Republic of Germany 1,418,384 2,255.015 628.99 2,045.716 693.34 Kazakhstan 151,025 139.840 1,079.98 126.861 1,190.48 Thailand 530,467 773.017 686.23 701.270 756.44 Korea, South 385,200 558.011 690.31 506.220 760.93 Taiwan 1,216,440 1,721.473 706.63 1,561.695 778.92 Japan 466,419 631.545 738.54 572.929 814.10 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,702,463 7,817.848 729.42 7,092.235 804.04 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 Canada 6,908,330 8,388.571 823.54 7,609.986 907.80 Mexico 15,772,757 16,872.243 934.83 15,306.246 1,030.48 Brazil 24,946 25.363 983.56 23.009 1,084.18 Argentina 92,065 116.656 789.20 105.829 869.94 United Kingdom 104,863 134.382 780.33 121.910 860.17 Belgium 176,613 185.955 949.76 168.696 1,046.93 Luxembourg 1,539,124 1,871.877 822.24 1,698.139 906.36 France 40,932 12.190 3,357.71 11.059 3,701.24 Federal Republic of Germany 483,248 158.726 3,044.54 143.994 3,356.03 Austria 38,406 28.472 1,348.87 25.830 1,486.88 Korea, South 6,241,350 8,379.021 744.88 7,601.323 821.09 Taiwan 7,838,321 9,881.930 793.20 8,964.739 874.35 Japan 2,267,689 2,402.019 944.08 2,179.076 1,040.67 Australia 57,890 23.468 2,466.74 21.290 2,719.12 CATEGORY TOTAL 41,586,534 48,480.878 857.79 43,981.126 945.55 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 Sweden 482,092 559.464 861.70 507.538 949.86 United Kingdom 443,334 456.664 970.81 414.279 1,070.13 France 121,452 108.131 1,123.19 98.095 1,238.11 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/11/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Federal Republic of Germany 1,724,720 1,950.657 884.17 1,769.607 974.63 Poland 37,267 40.322 924.22 36.580 1,018.78 Russia 3,211,720 4,257.651 754.34 3,862.478 831.52 Italy 11,816 10.187 1,159.85 9.242 1,278.51 Romania 6,300 6.649 947.49 6.032 1,044.43 Japan 666,833 996.277 669.32 903.808 737.80 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,705,534 8,386.006 799.61 7,607.659 881.42 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 3,019,604 5,263.559 573.68 4,775.022 632.37 Mexico 687,480 824.979 833.33 748.409 918.59 Finland 534,571 233.412 2,290.24 211.748 2,524.56 United Kingdom 160,625 252.816 635.34 229.351 700.35 France 15,475 3.250 4,760.49 2.949 5,247.54 Federal Republic of Germany 59,990 60.697 988.34 55.064 1,089.46 Slovenia 35,053 14.462 2,423.75 13.120 2,671.72 Turkey 62,821 153.544 409.14 139.293 451.00 Korea, South 3,088 5.204 593.39 4.721 654.10 Japan 49,005 14.132 3,467.48 12.821 3,822.24 Egypt 904,223 1,410.685 640.98 1,279.753 706.56 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,531,935 8,236.744 671.62 7,472.251 740.33 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 3,804,075 4,036.602 942.40 3,661.945 1,038.81 Mexico 2,604,791 1,523.681 1,709.54 1,382.261 1,884.44 Brazil 309,268 227.116 1,361.71 206.037 1,501.03 Sweden 4,197,873 933.679 4,496.05 847.020 4,956.05 Finland 1,170,730 429.825 2,723.73 389.931 3,002.40 United Kingdom 1,189,171 562.782 2,113.02 510.548 2,329.21 Ireland 7,956 0.303 26,245.69 0.275 28,930.91 Netherlands 124,172 73.083 1,699.05 66.300 1,872.88 Belgium 1,023,394 348.236 2,938.79 315.915 3,239.46 France 1,805,271 330.338 5,464.91 299.678 6,024.04 Federal Republic of Germany 5,885,451 3,486.220 1,688.20 3,162.647 1,860.93 Austria 828,168 150.205 5,513.57 136.264 6,077.67 Switzerland 89,678 58.283 1,538.65 52.874 1,696.07 Italy 202,562 39.479 5,130.84 35.815 5,655.79 India 1,205,124 914.695 1,317.51 829.798 1,452.31 Thailand 42,200 15.930 2,648.99 14.452 2,920.01 Indonesia 104,693 37.940 2,759.40 34.419 3,041.72 China 54,922 32.651 1,682.06 29.621 1,854.16 Korea, South 1,481,117 1,724.670 858.78 1,564.595 946.65 Taiwan 413,238 206.589 2,000.28 187.415 2,204.94 Japan 2,102,821 721.461 2,914.67 654.499 3,212.87 South Africa 127,582 104.917 1,216.02 95.180 1,340.43 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/11/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 28,774,257 15,958.695 1,803.05 14,477.489 1,987.52 GRAND TOTAL 2,096,252,956 3,210,220.095 652.99 2,912,263.504 719.80 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/11/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Mexico 1,126,513 1,705.659 660.46 1,547.349 728.03 Belgium 214,085 325.457 657.80 295.250 725.10 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,340,598 2,031.117 660.03 1,842.599 727.56 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 577,954 560.409 1,031.31 508.395 1,136.82 Mexico 4,822,359 8,403.871 573.83 7,623.866 632.53 Brazil 21,449,085 44,125.759 486.09 40,030.227 535.82 United Kingdom 4,680 4.661 1,003.93 4.229 1,106.64 France 69,341 10.040 6,905.82 9.109 7,612.36 Federal Republic of Germany 1,345,931 3,054.251 440.67 2,770.771 485.76 Italy 989,146 1,244.601 794.75 1,129.084 876.06 Japan 10,677 1.091 9,783.85 0.990 10,784.85 CATEGORY TOTAL 29,269,173 57,404.687 509.87 52,076.671 562.04 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 386,036 627.675 615.02 569.418 677.95 United Kingdom 963,485 1,746.456 551.68 1,584.359 608.12 Luxembourg 1,232,473 1,929.169 638.86 1,750.114 704.22 Spain 1,844,695 3,487.742 528.91 3,164.028 583.02 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,426,689 7,791.044 568.18 7,067.919 626.31 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 9,467,227 10,047.086 942.29 9,114.566 1,038.69 Brazil 4,860,609 5,086.725 955.55 4,614.601 1,053.31 Sweden 2,525,962 2,476.515 1,019.97 2,246.658 1,124.32 Finland 550,940 644.214 855.21 584.422 942.71 United Kingdom 197,011 160.543 1,227.15 145.643 1,352.70 Belgium 1,317,896 889.706 1,481.27 807.128 1,632.82 France 1,219,109 835.201 1,459.66 757.682 1,609.00 Federal Republic of Germany 2,756,849 3,356.319 821.39 3,044.803 905.43 Austria 70,215 84.471 831.23 76.631 916.27 Switzerland 11,947 20.576 580.60 18.667 640.01 Poland 497,483 570.311 872.30 517.378 961.55 Russia 342,108 456.546 749.34 414.172 826.00 Spain 50,484 39.938 1,264.03 36.232 1,393.35 Romania 811,934 1,280.897 633.88 1,162.011 698.73 China 1,194,044 2,076.650 574.99 1,883.906 633.81 Japan 1,515,351 1,907.709 794.33 1,730.645 875.60 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/11/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 27,389,169 29,933.415 915.00 27,155.145 1,008.62 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 2,447,224 3,413.171 716.99 3,096.378 790.35 Netherlands 7,490,260 12,330.888 607.44 11,186.397 669.59 France 83,620 145.394 575.12 131.900 633.97 Federal Republic of Germany 27,688 50.089 552.78 45.440 609.33 Russia 436,428 877.770 497.20 796.300 548.07 Japan 67,795 131.230 516.61 119.050 569.47 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,553,015 16,948.544 622.65 15,375.465 686.35 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Federal Republic of Germany 5,884 3.734 1,575.52 3.388 1,736.72 Czech Republic 60,500 117.699 514.02 106.775 566.61 Japan 139,442 971.053 143.60 880.925 158.29 CATEGORY TOTAL 205,826 1,092.487 188.40 991.088 207.68 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 22,464,097 34,436.754 652.33 31,240.507 719.07 Mexico 1,164,043 2,213.662 525.84 2,008.201 579.64 Trinidad and Tobago 529,894 1,056.124 501.73 958.100 553.07 Brazil 119,036 56.573 2,104.08 51.323 2,319.35 Sweden 1,352,398 677.967 1,994.78 615.042 2,198.87 United Kingdom 1,054,416 1,082.717 973.86 982.225 1,073.50 Netherlands 741,351 859.653 862.38 779.865 950.61 France 1,305,430 1,174.570 1,111.41 1,065.553 1,225.12 Federal Republic of Germany 892,994 1,079.721 827.06 979.507 911.68 Austria 98,816 39.657 2,491.71 35.977 2,746.64 Czech Republic 2,397,265 3,794.409 631.79 3,442.231 696.43 Russia 313,862 572.002 548.71 518.912 604.85 Ukraine 1,470,692 2,530.972 581.08 2,296.060 640.53 Spain 811,617 708.827 1,145.01 643.038 1,262.16 Italy 111,891 119.823 933.80 108.702 1,029.34 Romania 325,769 544.089 598.74 493.590 660.00 Turkey 238,118 232.036 1,026.21 210.500 1,131.20 China 148,017 103.424 1,431.16 93.825 1,577.59 Korea, South 881,739 1,246.509 707.37 1,130.815 779.74 Taiwan 19,754 8.151 2,423.33 7.395 2,671.26 Japan 4,706,211 6,885.325 683.51 6,246.264 753.44 South Africa 272,291 592.900 459.25 537.870 506.24 CATEGORY TOTAL 41,419,701 60,015.875 690.15 54,445.502 760.76 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 401,538 743.994 539.71 674.941 594.92 Mexico 415,895 739.150 562.67 670.546 620.23 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/11/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE United Kingdom 12,352 8.818 1,400.69 8.000 1,544.00 Austria 120,674 29.151 4,139.52 26.446 4,563.03 CATEGORY TOTAL 950,459 1,521.115 624.84 1,379.933 688.77 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 1,988,260 1,802.951 1,102.78 1,635.611 1,215.61 Mexico 7,251 5.540 1,308.79 5.026 1,442.70 Colombia 139,748 168.121 831.23 152.517 916.28 Brazil 80,154 47.349 1,692.81 42.955 1,866.00 Sweden 28,963 20.694 1,399.53 18.774 1,542.72 United Kingdom 910,033 789.511 1,152.65 716.233 1,270.58 France 1,546,956 1,457.204 1,061.59 1,321.954 1,170.20 Federal Republic of Germany 281,100 152.603 1,842.02 138.440 2,030.48 Poland 80,993 80.920 1,000.89 73.410 1,103.30 Russia 378,603 352.662 1,073.56 319.930 1,183.39 Ukraine 1,155,514 615.103 1,878.57 558.013 2,070.77 Italy 60,786 23.565 2,579.48 21.378 2,843.39 Romania 530,185 732.407 723.89 664.429 797.96 China 128,324 82.765 1,550.44 75.084 1,709.07 Korea, South 34,804 39.974 870.66 36.264 959.74 Taiwan 56,125 33.721 1,664.35 30.592 1,834.63 Japan 320,868 372.223 862.03 337.676 950.22 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,728,667 6,777.323 1,140.37 6,148.286 1,257.04 TOOL STEEL............................17 Canada 1,001,766 800.813 1,250.94 726.486 1,378.92 Mexico 2,362 0.156 15,089.94 0.142 16,633.80 Colombia 34,521 23.312 1,480.78 21.149 1,632.28 Brazil 2,585,945 1,077.324 2,400.34 977.333 2,645.92 Sweden 2,867,069 1,165.551 2,459.84 1,057.371 2,711.51 United Kingdom 1,047,639 253.668 4,129.96 230.124 4,552.50 Netherlands 199,785 203.162 983.38 184.306 1,083.99 France 1,044,451 503.906 2,072.71 457.136 2,284.77 Federal Republic of Germany 2,477,403 1,649.984 1,501.47 1,496.841 1,655.09 Austria 2,023,068 520.024 3,890.34 471.758 4,288.36 Switzerland 14,541 9.704 1,498.34 8.804 1,651.64 Russia 385,975 291.616 1,323.57 264.550 1,458.99 Ukraine 5,725 1.570 3,644.66 1.425 4,017.54 Spain 514,013 360.113 1,427.36 326.690 1,573.40 Italy 363,656 308.029 1,180.59 279.440 1,301.37 Slovenia 1,722,697 928.956 1,854.44 842.735 2,044.17 India 20,286 3.466 5,851.56 3.145 6,450.24 China 1,313,901 326.707 4,021.65 296.384 4,433.10 Korea, South 349,521 202.408 1,726.81 183.622 1,903.48 Taiwan 764,054 412.006 1,854.47 373.766 2,044.20 Japan 4,293,488 4,293.882 999.91 3,895.346 1,102.21 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/11/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 23,031,866 13,336.368 1,727.00 12,098.553 1,903.69 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 185,276 46.104 4,018.64 41.825 4,429.79 Argentina 287,717 353.482 813.95 320.674 897.23 Federal Republic of Germany 217,070 163.757 1,325.56 148.558 1,461.18 Italy 16,984 17.481 971.54 15.859 1,070.94 India 48,027 53.188 902.95 48.252 995.34 Japan 329,977 178.238 1,851.33 161.695 2,040.74 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,085,051 812.252 1,335.85 736.863 1,472.53 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 4,922,526 4,466.362 1,102.13 4,051.817 1,214.89 Mexico 2,296 2.917 786.89 2.647 867.40 Brazil 732,287 648.583 1,129.06 588.385 1,244.57 United Kingdom 173,285 10.883 15,922.37 9.873 17,551.40 France 150,991 179.948 839.08 163.247 924.92 Federal Republic of Germany 1,299,221 1,282.329 1,013.17 1,163.310 1,116.83 Austria 2,964,592 4,372.077 678.07 3,966.283 747.45 Czech Republic 825,574 1,014.789 813.54 920.602 896.78 Russia 1,741,413 2,703.985 644.02 2,453.015 709.91 Italy 2,590 0.115 22,377.23 0.105 24,666.67 India 1,216,184 1,512.224 804.24 1,371.867 886.52 China 5,055,509 5,367.660 941.85 4,869.461 1,038.21 Japan 7,808,175 3,290.134 2,373.21 2,984.761 2,616.01 CATEGORY TOTAL 26,894,643 24,852.012 1,082.19 22,545.373 1,192.91 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 14,181,244 18,101.204 783.44 16,421.141 863.60 Belgium 31,283 13.576 2,304.28 12.316 2,540.03 Japan 2,069,883 1,930.285 1,072.32 1,751.126 1,182.03 CATEGORY TOTAL 16,282,410 20,045.065 812.29 18,184.583 895.40 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B United Kingdom 2,251 3.752 599.90 3.404 661.28 Federal Republic of Germany 14,582 24.303 599.99 22.048 661.38 Japan 16,106 5.653 2,848.73 5.129 3,140.18 CATEGORY TOTAL 32,939 33.709 977.14 30.581 1,077.11 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 3,297,229 3,192.453 1,032.82 2,896.146 1,138.49 Mexico 201,675 198.714 1,014.90 180.271 1,118.73 Guatemala 33,300 44.603 746.57 40.464 822.95 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/11/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Venezuela 382,220 397.950 960.47 361.015 1,058.74 Brazil 118,008 106.350 1,109.61 96.480 1,223.13 Argentina 990,696 1,148.866 862.33 1,042.234 950.55 Sweden 1,018,752 776.765 1,311.53 704.670 1,445.72 Finland 5,555 1.107 5,014.34 1.005 5,527.36 United Kingdom 420,661 275.983 1,524.23 250.368 1,680.17 France 404,782 371.419 1,089.82 336.946 1,201.33 Federal Republic of Germany 1,822,284 1,587.830 1,147.66 1,440.456 1,265.07 Switzerland 245,758 140.422 1,750.14 127.389 1,929.19 Italy 360,256 307.067 1,173.21 278.567 1,293.25 Romania 471,018 794.072 593.17 720.371 653.85 China 198,466 271.084 732.12 245.924 807.02 Korea, South 66,728 109.897 607.19 99.697 669.31 Hong Kong 2,042 3.970 514.29 3.602 566.91 Japan 2,179,711 1,453.760 1,499.36 1,318.830 1,652.76 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,219,141 11,182.322 1,092.72 10,144.435 1,204.52 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 18,040 4.483 4,024.00 4.067 4,435.70 Argentina 155,843 86.755 1,796.35 78.703 1,980.14 Sweden 270,065 237.836 1,135.51 215.762 1,251.68 France 676,772 418.560 1,616.90 379.712 1,782.33 Federal Republic of Germany 2,316,075 1,583.562 1,462.57 1,436.584 1,612.21 Spain 147,520 31.769 4,643.42 28.821 5,118.49 Italy 24,391 14.812 1,646.61 13.438 1,815.08 Taiwan 6,083 1.289 4,716.59 1.170 5,199.15 Japan 351,932 142.945 2,462.00 129.678 2,713.89 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,966,721 2,522.015 1,572.84 2,287.935 1,733.76 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 766,709 231.252 3,315.46 209.789 3,654.67 Mexico 8,460 3.576 2,365.11 3.245 2,607.09 United Kingdom 71,486 6.994 10,220.81 6.345 11,266.51 Ireland 6,214 2.446 2,540.45 2.219 2,800.36 Netherlands 10,500 0.403 26,025.80 0.366 28,688.52 France 19,743 7.770 2,540.86 7.049 2,800.82 Federal Republic of Germany 8,529 1.017 8,382.86 0.923 9,240.52 Czech Republic 113,350 4.053 27,965.58 3.677 30,826.76 Italy 2,217 1.136 1,950.76 1.031 2,150.34 India 6,299 2.480 2,539.71 2.250 2,799.56 Taiwan 15,000 7.056 2,125.55 6.402 2,343.02 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,028,507 268.187 3,835.02 243.296 4,227.39 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 537,273 485.135 1,107.47 440.108 1,220.78 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/11/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Mexico 5,412 4.079 1,326.58 3.701 1,462.31 Finland 547,616 206.276 2,654.77 187.131 2,926.38 China 112,472 67.336 1,670.29 61.087 1,841.18 Korea, South 395,504 679.969 581.65 616.858 641.16 Taiwan 609,625 206.973 2,945.43 187.763 3,246.78 Japan 110,980 70.526 1,573.58 63.981 1,734.58 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,318,882 1,720.298 1,347.95 1,560.629 1,485.86 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 840,778 744.876 1,128.75 675.741 1,244.23 Mexico 1,674,522 1,459.197 1,147.56 1,323.762 1,264.97 Sweden 429,158 327.396 1,310.82 297.009 1,444.93 United Kingdom 144,604 7.215 20,040.11 6.546 22,090.44 Netherlands 33,549 2.276 14,738.57 2.065 16,246.49 France 49,534 3.215 15,405.04 2.917 16,981.15 Federal Republic of Germany 371,287 98.685 3,762.33 89.526 4,147.25 Austria 127,688 45.716 2,793.06 41.473 3,078.82 Switzerland 8,493 0.334 25,428.13 0.303 28,029.70 Poland 287,029 252.554 1,136.50 229.114 1,252.78 Italy 1,510,076 1,378.097 1,095.77 1,250.189 1,207.88 Turkey 245,187 243.022 1,008.91 220.466 1,112.13 Thailand 26,577 34.833 762.98 31.600 841.04 China 123,676 57.432 2,153.41 52.102 2,373.73 Korea, South 1,700,212 1,692.623 1,004.48 1,535.523 1,107.25 Taiwan 489,040 567.601 861.59 514.920 949.74 Japan 3,091,929 2,448.834 1,262.61 2,221.546 1,391.79 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,153,339 9,363.913 1,191.10 8,494.802 1,312.96 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 1,846,457 3,120.915 591.64 2,831.248 652.17 Sweden 1,282,167 2,034.893 630.09 1,846.025 694.56 Ireland 3,059 4.163 734.73 3.777 809.90 Netherlands 1,125,055 2,095.186 536.97 1,900.722 591.91 Belgium 393,322 644.885 609.91 585.030 672.31 France 1,728,363 2,547.847 678.36 2,311.369 747.77 Federal Republic of Germany 57,372 92.164 622.50 83.610 686.19 Austria 470,729 805.625 584.30 730.851 644.08 Russia 2,706,312 5,386.663 502.41 4,886.700 553.81 Japan 500,958 865.298 578.94 784.986 638.17 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,113,794 17,597.643 574.72 15,964.318 633.52 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 3,265,400 4,658.329 700.98 4,225.967 772.70 Dominican Republic 37,970 80.763 470.14 73.267 518.24 Sweden 1,031,859 1,971.094 523.50 1,788.147 577.05 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/11/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE United Kingdom 42,755 57.507 743.47 52.170 819.53 Netherlands 751,331 1,469.399 511.32 1,333.017 563.63 Belgium 115,521 161.400 715.74 146.420 788.97 France 883,231 1,168.620 755.79 1,060.155 833.11 Federal Republic of Germany 1,391,200 1,813.341 767.20 1,645.036 845.70 Turkey 103,935 22.046 4,714.41 20.000 5,196.75 Korea, South 1,090,100 1,930.444 564.69 1,751.270 622.46 Japan 4,836,501 7,674.374 630.21 6,962.077 694.69 Australia 54,547 12.892 4,230.87 11.696 4,663.73 CATEGORY TOTAL 13,604,350 21,020.213 647.20 19,069.222 713.42 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 4,069,958 6,820.667 596.71 6,187.607 657.76 Brazil 541,072 676.422 799.90 613.640 881.74 Finland 10,589 16.556 639.56 15.020 704.99 France 238,970 327.151 730.46 296.787 805.19 Federal Republic of Germany 2,799,983 6,660.846 420.36 6,042.620 463.37 Spain 1,998,178 3,461.662 577.23 3,140.368 636.29 India 79,104 108.996 725.75 98.880 800.00 China 398,009 756.427 526.17 686.220 580.00 Japan 8,965,448 12,519.453 716.12 11,357.460 789.39 CATEGORY TOTAL 19,101,311 31,348.183 609.33 28,438.602 671.67 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 942,187 908.611 1,036.95 824.279 1,143.04 Federal Republic of Germany 945,503 1,481.565 638.18 1,344.054 703.47 Japan 358,783 501.910 714.83 455.326 787.97 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,246,473 2,892.088 776.77 2,623.659 856.24 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 Sweden 482,092 559.464 861.70 507.538 949.86 United Kingdom 443,334 456.664 970.81 414.279 1,070.13 France 121,452 108.131 1,123.19 98.095 1,238.11 Federal Republic of Germany 1,724,720 1,950.657 884.17 1,769.607 974.63 Poland 37,267 40.322 924.22 36.580 1,018.78 Russia 3,211,720 4,257.651 754.34 3,862.478 831.52 Italy 11,816 10.187 1,159.85 9.242 1,278.51 Romania 6,300 6.649 947.49 6.032 1,044.43 Japan 666,833 996.277 669.32 903.808 737.80 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,705,534 8,386.006 799.61 7,607.659 881.42 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 395,452 838.014 471.89 760.234 520.17 Federal Republic of Germany 47,290 46.471 1,017.62 42.158 1,121.73 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/11/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 8,818 9.151 963.57 8.302 1,062.15 CATEGORY TOTAL 451,560 893.636 505.31 810.694 557.00 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 168,829 200.486 842.10 181.878 928.25 Mexico 22,897 43.830 522.40 39.762 575.85 Sweden 832,939 228.444 3,646.14 207.241 4,019.18 United Kingdom 53,409 24.604 2,170.68 22.321 2,392.77 France 1,007,264 127.509 7,899.50 115.675 8,707.71 Federal Republic of Germany 3,051,023 1,873.187 1,628.79 1,699.328 1,795.43 Austria 91,796 15.049 6,099.46 13.653 6,723.50 Switzerland 30,571 20.746 1,473.54 18.821 1,624.30 Japan 109,224 38.979 2,802.06 35.362 3,088.74 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,367,952 2,572.839 2,086.39 2,334.041 2,299.85 GRAND TOTAL 278,887,770 352,362.367 791.48 319,657.853 872.46 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/11/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A China 2,005 4.267 469.88 3.871 517.95 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,005 4.267 469.88 3.871 517.95 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 10,427,756 22,218.020 469.34 20,155.855 517.36 Mexico 78,358,833 170,802.195 458.77 154,949.189 505.71 Brazil 49,359,183 134,155.547 367.93 121,703.900 405.57 Argentina 16,373,454 33,926.180 482.62 30,777.322 532.00 United Kingdom 296,709 610.014 486.40 553.396 536.16 France 179,715 277.331 648.02 251.591 714.31 Federal Republic of Germany 6,438,718 20,467.999 314.57 18,568.262 346.76 Czech Republic 66,140 175.029 377.88 158.784 416.54 Russia 45,937,336 102,062.445 450.09 92,589.519 496.14 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 Turkey 5,638,999 18,596.714 303.23 16,870.660 334.25 China 2,160,084 5,168.537 417.93 4,688.820 460.69 Japan 39,988 62.957 635.16 57.114 700.14 CATEGORY TOTAL 238,251,387 556,909.553 427.81 505,219.991 471.58 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 22,575,541 34,872.333 647.38 31,635.658 713.61 Mexico 2,122,467 3,656.709 580.43 3,317.312 639.82 Trinidad and Tobago 16,881,766 30,246.013 558.15 27,438.730 615.25 Venezuela 1,579,825 3,286.143 480.75 2,981.140 529.94 Brazil 4,703,483 10,797.235 435.62 9,795.090 480.19 Finland 74,463 123.985 600.58 112.478 662.02 United Kingdom 1,712,280 3,800.835 450.50 3,448.061 496.59 Netherlands 367,843 554.201 663.74 502.763 731.64 Belgium 992,949 2,130.426 466.08 1,932.691 513.77 France 50,451 83.546 603.87 75.792 665.65 Federal Republic of Germany 7,429,514 13,366.239 555.84 12,125.652 612.71 Czech Republic 393,993 826.223 476.86 749.538 525.65 Spain 4,038,535 7,740.584 521.74 7,022.142 575.11 Italy 10,252,896 18,734.961 547.26 16,996.076 603.25 Turkey 12,522,005 28,348.870 441.71 25,717.670 486.90 China 43,298,310 110,017.647 393.56 99,806.359 433.82 Korea, South 297,283 489.832 606.91 444.369 669.00 Taiwan 19,029 19.734 964.24 17.903 1,062.89 Japan 2,959,802 6,153.587 480.99 5,582.442 530.20 Egypt 5,594,756 13,952.854 400.98 12,657.820 442.00 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/11/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE South Africa 1,188,848 2,702.199 439.96 2,451.395 484.97 CATEGORY TOTAL 139,056,039 291,904.167 476.38 264,811.081 525.11 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 8,029,641 12,871.706 623.82 11,677.019 687.64 Mexico 1,462,476 2,546.844 574.23 2,310.459 632.98 Brazil 255,466 506.373 504.50 459.374 556.12 Norway 1,228,736 1,602.006 767.00 1,453.316 845.47 United Kingdom 236,367 221.350 1,067.84 200.806 1,177.09 Luxembourg 5,036,291 6,780.038 742.81 6,150.749 818.81 Federal Republic of Germany 1,437,266 2,577.392 557.64 2,338.172 614.70 Poland 94,918 142.211 667.44 129.012 735.73 Spain 1,646,926 3,377.901 487.56 3,064.382 537.44 Italy 17,183 4.044 4,248.61 3.669 4,683.29 Turkey 10,774 7.808 1,379.73 7.084 1,520.89 China 969,392 1,602.900 604.77 1,454.127 666.65 Korea, South 554,503 1,092.079 507.75 990.718 559.70 Japan 7,510 7.610 986.81 6.904 1,087.78 South Africa 5,877 10.800 544.14 9.798 599.82 CATEGORY TOTAL 20,993,326 33,351.068 629.46 30,255.589 693.87 STEEL PILING...........................5 Canada 1,119,945 1,279.036 875.62 1,160.323 965.20 United Kingdom 4,991 8.930 558.84 8.102 616.02 Luxembourg 4,118,391 6,080.133 677.35 5,515.806 746.65 Taiwan 12,511 3.971 3,150.09 3.603 3,472.38 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,255,838 7,372.072 712.94 6,687.834 785.88 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 3,467,812 5,038.408 688.28 4,570.769 758.69 Brazil 6,632 18.276 362.87 16.580 400.00 Federal Republic of Germany 107,922 99.627 1,083.25 90.381 1,194.08 Austria 342,412 549.936 622.64 498.894 686.34 Czech Republic 1,919,839 4,059.675 472.90 3,682.877 521.29 Russia 243,339 333.217 730.27 302.290 804.99 Italy 3,481,691 5,425.810 641.69 4,922.214 707.34 Romania 5,782,299 9,374.049 616.84 8,503.997 679.95 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 Korea, South 5,347,607 9,304.014 574.76 8,440.462 633.57 Japan 387,469 529.365 731.95 480.232 806.84 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 24,608,539 40,982.551 600.46 37,178.756 661.90 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/11/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 8,160,019 14,070.870 579.92 12,764.883 639.26 Mexico 2,161,283 3,396.718 636.29 3,081.452 701.38 Venezuela 937,597 1,634.459 573.64 1,482.757 632.33 Netherlands 4,959,933 9,541.120 519.85 8,655.561 573.03 Belgium 52,321 90.554 577.78 82.150 636.90 France 2,574,972 4,332.421 594.35 3,930.308 655.16 Federal Republic of Germany 798,259 1,524.610 523.58 1,383.104 577.15 Russia 18,451,363 35,628.389 517.88 32,321.540 570.87 Italy 1,428,638 2,590.164 551.56 2,349.758 607.99 Serbia and Montenegro 9,064,733 16,090.510 563.36 14,597.070 621.00 Bulgaria 2,663,848 5,733.476 464.61 5,201.324 512.15 Turkey 4,327,320 8,083.246 535.34 7,333.000 590.12 Saudi Arabia 289,240 579.694 498.95 525.890 550.00 Malaysia 4,388,349 8,325.898 527.07 7,553.130 581.00 Japan 148,024 223.334 662.79 202.606 730.60 New Zealand 204,081 361.304 564.84 327.770 622.63 Egypt 2,121,688 3,413.831 621.50 3,096.977 685.08 CATEGORY TOTAL 62,731,668 115,620.607 542.56 104,889.280 598.08 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Luxembourg 457,849 714.308 640.97 648.010 706.55 Czech Republic 1,899,176 4,381.163 433.49 3,974.526 477.84 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,357,025 5,095.472 462.57 4,622.536 509.90 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 Austria 365,457 556.398 656.83 504.756 724.03 Korea, South 39,149 47.049 832.07 42.683 917.20 Japan 4,836 1.640 2,948.35 1.488 3,250.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 409,442 605.088 676.66 548.927 745.90 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 Canada 128,797 498.365 258.44 452.110 284.88 Brazil 13,325 19.515 682.80 17.704 752.65 Poland 21,300 36.041 590.99 32.696 651.46 India 35,075 40.135 873.92 36.410 963.33 China 2,852 4.825 590.98 4.378 651.44 Korea, South 21,100 69.445 303.83 63.000 334.92 Japan 4,200 7.106 591.00 6.447 651.47 CATEGORY TOTAL 226,649 675.435 335.56 612.745 369.89 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 21,271,067 33,172.425 641.23 30,093.527 706.83 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/11/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Mexico 2,690,479 4,049.512 664.40 3,673.657 732.37 Brazil 9,367 22.409 417.98 20.330 460.75 Argentina 847,230 1,628.315 520.31 1,477.183 573.54 United Kingdom 14,176,174 16,833.222 842.15 15,270.847 928.32 France 944,586 1,413.229 668.39 1,282.061 736.77 Federal Republic of Germany 1,048,289 1,384.227 757.31 1,255.750 834.79 Czech Republic 372,044 759.007 490.17 688.560 540.32 Russia 125,523 294.394 426.38 267.070 470.00 Ukraine 3,510,235 7,391.899 474.88 6,705.820 523.46 Spain 207,606 347.981 596.60 315.684 657.64 Italy 42,209 76.809 549.53 69.680 605.75 Turkey 490,634 1,204.580 407.31 1,092.777 448.98 India 237,674 300.700 790.40 272.791 871.27 Indonesia 7,926 1.517 5,221.75 1.377 5,755.99 China 2,303 2.571 895.52 2.333 987.14 Korea, South 2,684,157 4,052.279 662.38 3,676.167 730.15 Taiwan 383,837 863.484 444.52 783.340 490.00 Japan 1,154,745 2,106.812 548.10 1,911.269 604.18 South Africa 1,010,398 1,893.274 533.68 1,717.550 588.28 CATEGORY TOTAL 51,216,483 77,798.655 658.32 70,577.773 725.67 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 4,512,505 7,979.807 565.49 7,239.162 623.35 Mexico 1,265,415 2,203.833 574.19 1,999.285 632.93 Venezuela 1,234,949 2,469.199 500.14 2,240.021 551.31 Brazil 228,485 532.019 429.47 482.640 473.41 Argentina 672,185 1,256.001 535.18 1,139.426 589.93 United Kingdom 72,128 62.939 1,145.98 57.098 1,263.23 Italy 3,584 3.024 1,184.89 2.744 1,306.12 Turkey 2,004,826 4,716.481 425.07 4,278.721 468.56 Korea, South 311,918 741.978 420.39 673.112 463.40 Taiwan 207,804 467.477 444.52 424.089 490.00 Japan 986,439 2,482.986 397.28 2,252.528 437.93 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,500,238 22,915.751 501.85 20,788.826 553.19 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/11/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 5,496,135 4,801.338 1,144.71 4,355.702 1,261.83 Mexico 39,835 49.817 799.61 45.194 881.42 Brazil 15,869 17.854 888.81 16.197 979.75 Argentina 107,911 155.488 694.01 141.057 765.02 United Kingdom 1,436,318 1,418.332 1,012.68 1,286.690 1,116.29 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 120,356 122.576 981.88 111.200 1,082.34 Federal Republic of Germany 4,124,624 3,464.765 1,190.45 3,143.183 1,312.24 Austria 80,185 51.253 1,564.49 46.496 1,724.56 Switzerland 23,910 18.894 1,265.43 17.141 1,394.90 Russia 937,032 1,666.010 562.44 1,511.380 619.98 Ukraine 1,295,530 1,499.804 863.80 1,360.600 952.18 Spain 1,350,668 1,488.048 907.68 1,349.935 1,000.54 Italy 140,750 140.036 1,005.10 127.039 1,107.93 Romania 57,906 22.826 2,536.77 20.708 2,796.31 India 10,331 19.528 529.02 17.716 583.15 China 122,125 202.532 602.99 183.734 664.68 Korea, South 72,265 117.876 613.06 106.936 675.78 Taiwan 12,250 4.607 2,658.62 4.180 2,930.62 Japan 49,259 28.877 1,705.81 26.197 1,880.33 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 15,632,315 15,488.718 1,009.27 14,051.133 1,112.53 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 21,323,675 23,360.650 912.80 21,192.432 1,006.19 Mexico 3,685,083 3,758.709 980.41 3,409.845 1,080.72 Guatemala 1,017,440 876.521 1,160.77 795.167 1,279.53 Dominican Republic 51,267 157.115 326.30 142.533 359.69 Colombia 2,803,845 1,957.982 1,432.01 1,776.252 1,578.52 Ecuador 22,255 22.265 999.52 20.199 1,101.79 Chile 818,201 1,548.910 528.24 1,405.148 582.29 Brazil 18,244 20.995 868.94 19.047 957.84 Argentina 275,249 418.564 657.60 379.715 724.88 Sweden 44,729 50.397 887.52 45.720 978.32 United Kingdom 63,323 14.417 4,392.21 13.079 4,841.58 France 516,470 828.257 623.56 751.383 687.36 Federal Republic of Germany 403,762 442.856 911.72 401.753 1,005.00 Czech Republic 17,208 24.559 700.67 22.280 772.35 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/11/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Switzerland 2,219 0.688 3,220.87 0.625 3,550.40 Russia 792,651 1,460.973 542.55 1,325.373 598.06 Ukraine 2,065,411 2,711.938 761.60 2,460.230 839.52 Spain 34,759 21.330 1,629.52 19.351 1,796.24 Italy 218,055 166.734 1,307.80 151.259 1,441.60 Romania 2,402,048 3,791.841 633.48 3,439.902 698.29 Turkey 1,093,800 1,753.474 623.79 1,590.726 687.61 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 2,674,775 4,009.665 667.08 3,637.508 735.33 Thailand 2,212,676 3,700.313 597.97 3,356.869 659.15 Malaysia 553,751 360.811 1,534.74 327.323 1,691.76 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 15,395,531 28,087.675 548.12 25,480.718 604.20 Korea, South 3,114,235 4,950.640 629.06 4,491.147 693.42 Taiwan 2,906,967 5,366.412 541.70 4,868.329 597.12 Japan 467,429 554.853 842.44 503.355 928.63 South Africa 298,390 505.515 590.27 458.596 650.66 CATEGORY TOTAL 73,699,105 104,899.718 702.57 95,163.451 774.45 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 1,708,422 3,563.908 479.37 3,233.124 528.41 Mexico 1,796,961 1,827.117 983.49 1,657.534 1,084.12 Colombia 2,650,708 2,415.392 1,097.42 2,191.208 1,209.70 Venezuela 3,347,291 4,504.412 743.11 4,086.335 819.14 Brazil 2,729,328 3,850.870 708.76 3,493.452 781.27 United Kingdom 229,109 46.607 4,915.67 42.282 5,418.59 France 511,116 577.091 885.68 523.529 976.29 Federal Republic of Germany 5,089,388 6,471.435 786.44 5,870.789 866.90 Austria 5,972,289 5,606.536 1,065.24 5,086.166 1,174.22 Czech Republic 472,385 699.553 675.27 634.624 744.35 Poland 105,501 107.857 978.15 97.847 1,078.22 Russia 1,250,756 1,796.872 696.07 1,630.096 767.29 Ukraine 4,097,493 5,777.030 709.27 5,240.835 781.84 Romania 3,051,614 3,294.743 926.21 2,988.942 1,020.97 India 1,972,624 2,198.444 897.28 1,994.396 989.08 China 8,135,232 12,779.738 636.57 11,593.587 701.70 Korea, South 2,012,437 3,017.308 666.96 2,737.257 735.20 Taiwan 1,081,088 1,822.347 593.24 1,653.206 653.93 Japan 664,495 563.502 1,179.22 511.201 1,299.87 CATEGORY TOTAL 46,878,237 60,920.771 769.50 55,266.410 848.22 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 17,014 27.104 627.71 24.589 691.94 Venezuela 43,377 92.279 470.06 83.715 518.15 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/11/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Brazil 132,471 170.841 775.40 154.985 854.73 United Kingdom 2,292 4.432 517.10 4.021 570.01 France 362,100 826.755 437.98 750.020 482.79 Federal Republic of Germany 247,274 145.416 1,700.45 131.920 1,874.42 Czech Republic 437,249 617.095 708.56 559.820 781.05 Poland 377,011 459.528 820.43 416.877 904.37 Ukraine 593,801 851.913 697.02 772.843 768.33 Greece 12,868,111 23,705.277 542.84 21,505.072 598.38 Romania 1,711,432 2,636.760 649.07 2,392.030 715.47 India 588,653 1,039.007 566.55 942.572 624.52 China 47,876 20.452 2,340.86 18.554 2,580.36 Korea, South 2,844,511 5,035.999 564.84 4,568.583 622.62 Japan 4,280,392 6,270.937 682.58 5,688.900 752.41 Algeria 36,072 92.279 390.90 83.715 430.89 CATEGORY TOTAL 24,589,636 41,996.082 585.52 38,098.216 645.43 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 121,999 132.993 917.33 120.650 1,011.18 Mexico 2,117,916 2,352.697 900.21 2,134.332 992.31 Brazil 1,298,849 2,305.223 563.44 2,091.264 621.08 Argentina 6,394,481 8,191.525 780.62 7,431.229 860.49 United Kingdom 4,199 8.075 519.97 7.326 573.16 France 767,243 950.455 807.24 862.239 889.83 Federal Republic of Germany 179,583 202.077 888.68 183.322 979.60 Austria 356,350 470.271 757.75 426.623 835.28 Czech Republic 693,271 1,087.535 637.47 986.596 702.69 Russia 308,602 653.540 472.20 592.882 520.51 Ukraine 2,941,759 4,220.475 697.02 3,828.752 768.33 Italy 31,550 36.526 863.76 33.136 952.14 Romania 2,619,404 3,861.039 678.42 3,502.677 747.83 China 1,729,369 2,682.595 644.66 2,433.610 710.62 Korea, South 878,838 1,446.763 607.45 1,312.482 669.60 Taiwan 26,800 45.366 590.74 41.156 651.18 CATEGORY TOTAL 20,470,213 28,647.162 714.56 25,988.276 787.67 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Canada 595,698 274.919 2,166.81 249.403 2,388.50 Mexico 306,286 357.333 857.14 324.168 944.84 Venezuela 142,068 189.134 751.15 171.580 828.00 Brazil 812,411 1,577.579 514.97 1,431.156 567.66 Argentina 192,548 309.213 622.70 280.514 686.41 Denmark 139,638 101.641 1,373.82 92.208 1,514.38 India 240,487 424.777 566.15 385.352 624.07 Korea, South 1,515,430 2,494.267 607.57 2,262.762 669.73 Taiwan 196,892 323.106 609.37 293.117 671.72 Japan 2,603,988 3,360.752 774.82 3,048.824 854.10 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/11/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 6,745,446 9,412.726 716.63 8,539.084 789.95 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 9,599,667 8,001.461 1,199.74 7,258.806 1,322.49 Mexico 10,347,274 11,926.618 867.58 10,819.649 956.34 Dominican Republic 86,473 126.126 685.61 114.420 755.75 Colombia 35,470 20.774 1,707.41 18.846 1,882.10 Brazil 1,223,580 1,594.059 767.59 1,446.107 846.12 Argentina 378,139 546.676 691.70 495.937 762.47 Sweden 204,046 89.724 2,274.13 81.397 2,506.80 Denmark 14,824 2.986 4,964.23 2.709 5,472.13 United Kingdom 23,556 2.765 8,517.20 2.509 9,388.60 Netherlands 14,481 12.503 1,158.15 11.343 1,276.65 Belgium 13,138 16.421 800.07 14.897 881.92 France 592,163 619.896 955.26 562.361 1,052.99 Federal Republic of Germany 1,368,472 1,047.691 1,306.18 950.450 1,439.81 Austria 164,611 84.999 1,936.62 77.110 2,134.76 Czech Republic 19,205 29.365 654.00 26.640 720.91 Switzerland 1,187,882 490.021 2,424.14 444.540 2,672.16 Russia 61,683 152.796 403.69 138.615 445.00 Ukraine 523,581 890.615 587.89 807.953 648.03 Georgia 4,910 0.349 14,051.35 0.317 15,488.96 Spain 242,272 86.719 2,793.73 78.671 3,079.56 Italy 719,045 643.395 1,117.58 583.679 1,231.92 Romania 649,484 705.991 919.96 640.465 1,014.08 Turkey 1,794,730 958.080 1,873.26 869.156 2,064.91 India 375,691 293.959 1,278.03 266.676 1,408.79 Thailand 3,579 1.101 3,250.07 0.999 3,582.58 Malaysia 72,661 79.539 913.52 72.157 1,006.98 China 1,363,616 1,809.993 753.38 1,641.999 830.46 Korea, South 2,437,278 3,612.581 674.66 3,277.280 743.69 Taiwan 192,606 94.530 2,037.49 85.757 2,245.95 Japan 1,964,710 1,047.984 1,874.75 950.716 2,066.56 Australia 27,385 32.069 853.93 29.093 941.29 CATEGORY TOTAL 35,706,212 35,021.802 1,019.54 31,771.254 1,123.85 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 110,423 180.302 612.43 163.568 675.09 Mexico 561,029 325.709 1,722.48 295.479 1,898.71 Brazil 166,530 142.470 1,168.87 129.247 1,288.46 Argentina 501,164 275.814 1,817.03 250.215 2,002.93 France 581,607 566.564 1,026.55 513.979 1,131.58 Federal Republic of Germany 943,216 883.695 1,067.35 801.675 1,176.56 Poland 75,229 86.396 870.74 78.378 959.82 Spain 507,050 244.440 2,074.33 221.753 2,286.55 Italy 54,476 41.099 1,325.46 37.285 1,461.07 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/11/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE India 4,228 4.200 1,006.45 3.811 1,109.42 China 30,559 38.842 786.75 35.237 867.24 Korea, South 7,193 0.830 8,665.85 0.753 9,552.46 Japan 767,278 1,126.408 681.17 1,021.861 750.86 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,309,982 3,916.776 1,100.39 3,553.241 1,212.97 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 1,214,785 494.259 2,457.79 448.385 2,709.25 Mexico 337,900 222.988 1,515.32 202.292 1,670.36 Sweden 3,616 1.992 1,814.37 1.808 2,000.00 United Kingdom 5,610 0.178 31,415.48 0.162 34,629.63 Federal Republic of Germany 3,563 1.964 1,813.86 1.782 1,999.44 Italy 9,600 2.997 3,203.01 2.719 3,530.71 India 287,778 253.559 1,134.95 230.025 1,251.07 Vietnam 72,017 88.296 815.63 80.101 899.08 Korea, South 20,040 5.661 3,539.72 5.136 3,901.87 Japan 176,658 74.994 2,355.61 68.034 2,596.61 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,131,567 1,146.892 1,858.56 1,040.444 2,048.71 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 24,805,369 26,153.371 948.46 23,725.946 1,045.50 Mexico 4,292,859 3,036.966 1,413.54 2,755.090 1,558.16 Colombia 4,348 8.725 498.29 7.916 549.27 Brazil 259,273 490.153 528.96 444.660 583.08 United Kingdom 120,348 102.116 1,178.53 92.639 1,299.11 Belgium 18,724 10.607 1,765.16 9.623 1,945.75 France 60,090 57.510 1,044.85 52.173 1,151.75 Federal Republic of Germany 14,823 1.050 14,110.39 0.953 15,554.04 Austria 201,459 157.338 1,280.42 142.735 1,411.42 Switzerland 63,912 22.646 2,822.10 20.545 3,110.83 Turkey 5,026,315 8,740.917 575.03 7,929.629 633.87 China 76,566 98.312 778.80 89.188 858.48 Korea, South 5,178,411 8,694.595 595.59 7,887.607 656.52 Japan 612,001 808.483 756.97 733.444 834.42 CATEGORY TOTAL 40,734,498 48,382.797 841.92 43,892.148 928.06 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 134,371 179.663 747.90 162.988 824.42 Mexico 62,678 42.349 1,480.01 38.419 1,631.43 CATEGORY TOTAL 197,049 222.013 887.56 201.407 978.36 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 17,526,199 18,635.214 940.49 16,905.587 1,036.71 Mexico 8,003,804 9,658.591 828.67 8,762.129 913.45 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/11/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Dominican Republic 257,000 322.279 797.44 292.367 879.03 Trinidad and Tobago 95,413 119.059 801.39 108.009 883.38 Colombia 30,203 20.273 1,489.76 18.392 1,642.18 Venezuela 734,768 935.537 785.40 848.706 865.75 Ecuador 80,119 105.149 761.95 95.390 839.91 Chile 201,184 210.857 954.12 191.287 1,051.74 Brazil 849,212 1,262.847 672.46 1,145.636 741.26 Argentina 96,849 174.189 556.00 158.022 612.88 Sweden 317,355 168.541 1,882.95 152.898 2,075.60 United Kingdom 1,378,247 1,308.752 1,053.10 1,187.281 1,160.84 Ireland 21,516 20.482 1,050.48 18.581 1,157.96 Netherlands 50,958 46.797 1,088.90 42.454 1,200.31 Belgium 1,013,124 1,007.352 1,005.73 913.855 1,108.63 Luxembourg 369,516 352.032 1,049.66 319.359 1,157.06 France 1,695,927 1,178.313 1,439.28 1,068.948 1,586.54 Federal Republic of Germany 1,315,532 1,034.677 1,271.44 938.644 1,401.52 Austria 374,236 158.715 2,357.91 143.984 2,599.15 Czech Republic 52,038 39.482 1,318.00 35.818 1,452.84 Lithuania 27,720 44.080 628.85 39.989 693.19 Poland 909,603 942.862 964.72 855.351 1,063.43 Russia 457,583 879.542 520.25 797.908 573.48 Belarus 373,167 441.924 844.41 400.907 930.81 Spain 94,211 99.207 949.63 90.000 1,046.79 Italy 658,634 590.882 1,114.66 536.040 1,228.70 Greece 1,676,731 1,763.767 950.65 1,600.063 1,047.92 Turkey 232,429 316.542 734.27 287.163 809.40 Israel 95,458 130.529 731.32 118.414 806.14 United Arab Emirates 216,136 229.636 941.21 208.323 1,037.50 India 300,002 425.550 704.97 386.053 777.10 Thailand 133,127 143.674 926.59 130.339 1,021.39 Indonesia 42,781 12.160 3,517.97 11.032 3,877.90 China 4,292,968 6,229.724 689.11 5,651.513 759.61 Korea, South 2,570,441 3,072.637 836.56 2,787.451 922.15 Taiwan 930,658 1,118.693 831.92 1,014.862 917.03 Japan 2,828,423 3,312.822 853.78 3,005.343 941.13 Australia 200,678 315.027 637.02 285.788 702.19 Egypt 1,557,256 2,037.384 764.34 1,848.285 842.54 South Africa 1,604,857 2,358.929 680.33 2,139.985 749.94 CATEGORY TOTAL 53,666,063 61,224.729 876.54 55,542.156 966.22 BLACK PLATE...........................28 Canada 13,172 24.315 541.70 22.059 597.13 Netherlands 296,056 391.772 755.68 355.410 833.00 Belgium 358,060 635.892 563.08 576.872 620.69 France 50,240 71.275 704.87 64.660 776.99 Federal Republic of Germany 72,947 65.034 1,121.67 58.998 1,236.43 India 120,419 228.095 527.93 206.925 581.95 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/11/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Taiwan 295,229 510.138 578.72 462.790 637.93 Japan 2,020,865 2,514.906 803.55 2,281.485 885.77 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,226,988 4,441.430 726.57 4,029.199 800.90 TIN PLATE.............................29 Canada 6,224,858 9,787.504 636.00 8,879.077 701.07 Mexico 5,839 7.751 753.28 7.032 830.35 Brazil 1,012,649 1,593.025 635.68 1,445.169 700.71 Netherlands 1,623,589 2,632.878 616.66 2,388.508 679.75 Belgium 323,747 595.606 543.56 540.325 599.17 France 1,297,268 2,404.888 539.43 2,181.679 594.62 Federal Republic of Germany 6,039,852 10,556.602 572.14 9,576.791 630.68 Spain 79,118 52.442 1,508.66 47.575 1,663.02 Korea, South 73,299 114.607 639.57 103.970 705.00 Japan 404,888 588.739 687.72 534.096 758.08 CATEGORY TOTAL 17,085,107 28,334.046 602.99 25,704.222 664.68 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A Canada 1,969,925 3,028.808 650.40 2,747.690 716.94 Brazil 18,941 42.641 444.19 38.684 489.63 Netherlands 1,441,756 2,677.839 538.40 2,429.296 593.49 Belgium 1,374,496 1,980.867 693.89 1,797.013 764.88 France 69,879 111.705 625.56 101.338 689.56 Federal Republic of Germany 1,566,114 2,449.346 639.40 2,222.010 704.82 Korea, South 679,901 991.899 685.45 899.836 755.58 Japan 2,298,657 3,521.859 652.68 3,194.978 719.46 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,419,669 14,804.968 636.25 13,430.845 701.35 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 14,337,121 24,570.625 583.51 22,290.103 643.21 Mexico 20,553,363 33,593.220 611.83 30,475.266 674.43 Venezuela 11,612,623 19,727.576 588.65 17,896.561 648.87 Sweden 274,707 294.740 932.03 267.384 1,027.39 Finland 193,039 256.494 752.60 232.688 829.60 United Kingdom 74,215 131.184 565.73 119.009 623.61 Netherlands 14,270,964 28,732.059 496.69 26,065.293 547.51 Belgium 928,422 1,496.232 620.51 1,357.360 683.99 France 8,774,962 14,976.871 585.90 13,586.793 645.84 Federal Republic of Germany 233,808 426.835 547.77 387.219 603.81 Austria 276,772 591.235 468.12 536.360 516.02 Russia 45,147,386 84,770.547 532.58 76,902.569 587.07 Italy 13,706,996 24,797.407 552.76 22,495.836 609.31 Serbia and Montenegro 3,842,625 6,749.891 569.29 6,123.400 627.53 Bulgaria 2,640,998 5,815.836 454.10 5,276.040 500.56 Turkey 8,471,970 15,821.710 535.46 14,353.218 590.25 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/11/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Saudi Arabia 660,688 1,304.915 506.31 1,183.800 558.11 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 8,843,405 16,658.763 530.86 15,112.580 585.17 Korea, South 29,986,844 63,673.621 470.95 57,763.754 519.13 Japan 191,077 336.248 568.26 305.040 626.40 Australia 12,140,943 23,400.387 518.84 21,228.480 571.92 New Zealand 842,278 1,475.123 570.99 1,338.210 629.41 Egypt 5,423,681 10,243.486 529.48 9,292.737 583.65 South Africa 2,932,474 6,108.390 480.07 5,541.440 529.19 CATEGORY TOTAL 222,849,369 417,706.328 533.51 378,936.914 588.09 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 11,474,787 16,478.700 696.34 14,949.230 767.58 Mexico 5,735,221 8,451.765 678.58 7,667.315 748.01 El Salvador 2,096,079 3,422.174 612.50 3,104.545 675.16 Venezuela 1,421,514 2,345.078 606.17 2,127.420 668.19 Brazil 8,396,177 14,146.603 593.51 12,833.586 654.23 Sweden 135,847 218.335 622.19 198.071 685.85 Netherlands 6,214,178 9,521.310 652.66 8,637.590 719.43 Belgium 7,159,236 10,894.646 657.13 9,883.460 724.37 Luxembourg 870,724 1,313.764 662.77 1,191.827 730.58 France 1,552,405 2,271.946 683.29 2,061.076 753.20 Federal Republic of Germany 226,062 330.050 684.93 299.417 755.01 Russia 32,463,911 58,647.255 553.55 53,203.910 610.18 Ukraine 600,699 1,113.554 539.44 1,010.200 594.63 Greece 524,849 957.246 548.29 868.400 604.39 Turkey 2,295,749 3,930.146 584.14 3,565.370 643.90 Saudi Arabia 3,797,356 6,862.077 553.38 6,225.174 610.00 India 10,270,054 18,556.254 553.46 16,833.956 610.08 Indonesia 2,830,443 5,131.626 551.57 4,655.335 608.00 China 1,275,441 2,286.523 557.81 2,074.300 614.88 Korea, South 4,770,861 8,050.103 592.65 7,302.933 653.28 Taiwan 25,245,103 47,499.021 531.49 43,090.400 585.86 Japan 1,254,247 2,089.422 600.28 1,895.493 661.70 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 145,056,687 249,301.812 581.85 226,162.864 641.38 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 17,844,492 28,176.763 633.31 25,561.537 698.10 Mexico 17,449,691 18,328.056 952.08 16,626.938 1,049.48 Colombia 1,136,351 1,872.536 606.85 1,698.737 668.94 Brazil 7,131,984 10,819.114 659.20 9,814.938 726.65 Argentina 288,357 921.972 312.76 836.400 344.76 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/11/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Sweden 26,841 30.906 868.46 28.038 957.31 Finland 240,525 358.387 671.13 325.124 739.79 Netherlands 1,218,315 1,648.717 738.95 1,495.692 814.55 Belgium 3,087,559 3,227.216 956.73 2,927.682 1,054.61 Luxembourg 44,876 61.519 729.45 55.810 804.09 Federal Republic of Germany 172,775 371.478 465.10 337.000 512.69 Austria 168,273 173.292 971.04 157.208 1,070.38 Kazakhstan 914,347 1,184.526 771.91 1,074.585 850.88 Spain 127,496 213.030 598.49 193.258 659.72 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 55,357,166 85,862.090 644.72 77,892.800 710.68 Indonesia 2,033,030 3,422.963 593.94 3,105.261 654.71 China 20,890,666 36,936.251 565.59 33,508.013 623.45 Korea, South 10,321,366 13,113.665 787.07 11,896.521 867.60 Taiwan 28,452,122 38,179.931 745.21 34,636.261 821.45 Japan 172,445 235.387 732.60 213.540 807.55 South Africa 289,899 396.450 731.24 359.654 806.05 CATEGORY TOTAL 172,810,867 253,662.099 681.26 230,118.451 750.96 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 252,275 325.462 775.13 295.255 854.43 Brazil 8,980 11.982 749.45 10.870 826.13 Belgium 331,086 492.887 671.73 447.140 740.45 Federal Republic of Germany 472,881 773.449 611.39 701.662 673.94 Kazakhstan 151,025 139.840 1,079.98 126.861 1,190.48 Thailand 530,467 773.017 686.23 701.270 756.44 Korea, South 385,200 558.011 690.31 506.220 760.93 Taiwan 1,216,440 1,721.473 706.63 1,561.695 778.92 Japan 107,636 129.635 830.30 117.603 915.25 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,455,990 4,925.760 701.62 4,468.576 773.40 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 Canada 6,908,330 8,388.571 823.54 7,609.986 907.80 Mexico 15,772,757 16,872.243 934.83 15,306.246 1,030.48 Brazil 24,946 25.363 983.56 23.009 1,084.18 Argentina 92,065 116.656 789.20 105.829 869.94 United Kingdom 104,863 134.382 780.33 121.910 860.17 Belgium 176,613 185.955 949.76 168.696 1,046.93 Luxembourg 1,539,124 1,871.877 822.24 1,698.139 906.36 France 40,932 12.190 3,357.71 11.059 3,701.24 Federal Republic of Germany 483,248 158.726 3,044.54 143.994 3,356.03 Austria 38,406 28.472 1,348.87 25.830 1,486.88 Korea, South 6,241,350 8,379.021 744.88 7,601.323 821.09 Taiwan 7,838,321 9,881.930 793.20 8,964.739 874.35 Japan 2,267,689 2,402.019 944.08 2,179.076 1,040.67 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/11/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Australia 57,890 23.468 2,466.74 21.290 2,719.12 CATEGORY TOTAL 41,586,534 48,480.878 857.79 43,981.126 945.55 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 2,624,152 4,425.544 592.96 4,014.788 653.62 Mexico 687,480 824.979 833.33 748.409 918.59 United Kingdom 160,625 252.816 635.34 229.351 700.35 Federal Republic of Germany 6,734 13.134 512.71 11.915 565.17 Turkey 62,821 153.544 409.14 139.293 451.00 Korea, South 3,088 5.204 593.39 4.721 654.10 Egypt 904,223 1,410.685 640.98 1,279.753 706.56 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,449,123 7,085.908 627.88 6,428.230 692.12 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 3,179,847 3,682.153 863.58 3,340.394 951.94 Mexico 370,950 340.325 1,089.99 308.738 1,201.50 Brazil 118,297 155.025 763.08 140.637 841.15 Sweden 816,115 195.144 4,182.11 177.032 4,609.99 United Kingdom 957,598 500.284 1,914.11 453.851 2,109.94 Netherlands 124,172 73.083 1,699.05 66.300 1,872.88 France 85,266 14.002 6,089.27 12.703 6,712.27 Federal Republic of Germany 1,890,405 1,284.244 1,472.00 1,165.047 1,622.60 Austria 727,413 133.174 5,462.10 120.814 6,020.93 Switzerland 56,549 36.753 1,538.61 33.342 1,696.03 Italy 108,879 25.380 4,289.83 23.025 4,728.73 India 507,242 713.870 710.55 647.613 783.25 China 25,776 22.444 1,148.45 20.361 1,265.95 Korea, South 907,579 1,276.823 710.81 1,158.315 783.53 Taiwan 195,072 120.177 1,623.20 109.023 1,789.27 Japan 519,308 508.520 1,021.21 461.322 1,125.70 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,590,468 9,081.407 1,166.17 8,238.517 1,285.48 GRAND TOTAL 1,584,745,997 2,769,190.772 572.28 2,512,168.319 630.83 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/11/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Sweden 230,200 102.454 2,246.86 92.945 2,476.73 United Kingdom 32,888 12.814 2,566.49 11.625 2,829.08 Italy 1,754,333 957.516 1,832.17 868.645 2,019.62 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,017,421 1,072.785 1,880.54 973.215 2,072.94 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 10,558 6.448 1,637.28 5.850 1,804.79 Sweden 8,029,879 3,161.206 2,540.13 2,867.799 2,800.01 United Kingdom 13,017,661 5,674.360 2,294.12 5,147.695 2,528.83 Netherlands 9,614 6.623 1,451.44 6.009 1,599.93 France 4,512 3.108 1,451.50 2.820 1,600.00 Federal Republic of Germany 253,601 44.530 5,695.05 40.397 6,277.72 Spain 11,406,730 5,693.013 2,003.64 5,164.616 2,208.63 Italy 2,717,885 1,687.493 1,610.60 1,530.869 1,775.39 India 4,800 0.230 20,834.87 0.209 22,966.51 China 86,348 48.832 1,768.25 44.300 1,949.16 Korea, South 37,938 22.605 1,678.29 20.507 1,850.00 Taiwan 116,318 21.894 5,312.76 19.862 5,856.31 Japan 21,568 8.160 2,643.00 7.403 2,913.41 CATEGORY TOTAL 35,717,412 16,378.507 2,180.75 14,858.336 2,403.86 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 22,572 8.429 2,677.78 7.647 2,951.75 Sweden 1,711,628 649.155 2,636.70 588.904 2,906.46 United Kingdom 2,639,056 1,077.964 2,448.19 977.913 2,698.66 France 498,772 164.875 3,025.13 149.573 3,334.64 Federal Republic of Germany 164,533 90.608 1,815.86 82.199 2,001.64 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 10,427,701 4,548.904 2,292.35 4,126.698 2,526.89 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Italy 529,929 110.657 4,788.90 100.387 5,278.86 India 490,020 155.329 3,154.70 140.913 3,477.46 Japan 40,150 9.822 4,087.47 8.911 4,505.67 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/11/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 1,060,099 275.810 3,843.58 250.211 4,236.82 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Brazil 5,458 1.341 4,068.54 1.217 4,484.80 Sweden 138,986 53.552 2,595.32 48.582 2,860.85 Netherlands 15,362 0.468 32,791.00 0.425 36,145.88 Belgium 1,343,545 414.326 3,242.72 375.871 3,574.48 France 949,603 252.273 3,764.18 228.859 4,149.29 Federal Republic of Germany 1,204,800 504.805 2,386.66 457.952 2,630.84 Austria 24,689 7.221 3,418.94 6.551 3,768.74 Italy 487,760 196.394 2,483.57 178.166 2,737.67 China 13,742 4.197 3,273.78 3.808 3,608.72 Korea, South 324,017 125.412 2,583.62 113.772 2,847.95 Taiwan 600,063 182.378 3,290.21 165.451 3,626.83 Japan 170,728 70.459 2,423.06 63.920 2,670.96 South Africa 237,175 143.707 1,650.40 130.369 1,819.26 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,515,928 1,956.539 2,819.23 1,774.943 3,107.66 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 7,044 3.941 1,786.97 3.576 1,969.80 Sweden 1,053,468 337.409 3,122.22 306.093 3,441.66 Finland 48,235 19.951 2,417.57 18.100 2,664.92 Belgium 1,223,093 445.686 2,744.29 404.320 3,025.06 France 32,810 11.475 2,859.24 10.410 3,151.78 Federal Republic of Germany 2,837,448 1,148.448 2,470.68 1,041.855 2,723.46 China 6,450 3.608 1,787.22 3.274 1,970.07 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,208,548 1,970.522 2,643.23 1,787.628 2,913.66 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 188,774 40.873 4,618.47 37.080 5,090.99 Trinidad and Tobago 71,609 89.838 797.09 81.500 878.64 Sweden 74,287 6.271 11,846.03 5.689 13,058.01 Finland 2,743 0.652 4,203.39 0.592 4,633.45 United Kingdom 773,501 308.957 2,503.58 280.282 2,759.72 Belgium 5,243 1.561 3,356.65 1.417 3,700.07 France 212,354 25.712 8,258.78 23.326 9,103.75 Federal Republic of Germany 842,767 239.882 3,513.25 217.618 3,872.69 Austria 767,051 245.549 3,123.81 222.759 3,443.41 Portugal 139,485 43.281 3,222.77 39.264 3,552.49 Italy 1,366,297 442.823 3,085.42 401.723 3,401.09 India 317,325 107.079 2,963.45 97.141 3,266.64 China 39,270 20.020 1,961.52 18.162 2,162.21 Taiwan 248,824 90.732 2,742.40 82.311 3,022.97 Japan 295,245 9.132 32,328.53 8.285 35,636.09 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,344,775 1,672.370 3,195.93 1,517.149 3,522.91 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/11/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 26,299 4.773 5,509.94 4.330 6,073.67 France 24,269 3.418 7,099.80 3.101 7,826.19 Italy 568,261 210.316 2,701.93 190.796 2,978.37 India 1,358,222 554.466 2,449.60 503.004 2,700.22 China 57,670 23.384 2,466.17 21.214 2,718.49 Japan 50,091 12.421 4,032.46 11.269 4,445.03 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,084,812 808.781 2,577.72 733.714 2,841.45 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 279,542 47.368 5,901.43 42.972 6,505.21 Brazil 123,744 45.997 2,690.25 41.728 2,965.49 Sweden 344,164 90.978 3,782.93 82.534 4,169.97 United Kingdom 791,105 317.325 2,493.04 287.873 2,748.10 Netherlands 2,440 0.850 2,867.27 0.772 3,160.62 Belgium 6,670 1.726 3,863.94 1.566 4,259.26 France 1,558,237 451.163 3,453.82 409.289 3,807.18 Federal Republic of Germany 1,660,041 689.747 2,406.74 625.729 2,652.97 Austria 679,833 185.080 3,673.18 167.902 4,048.99 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 Italy 3,746,329 1,024.438 3,656.96 929.355 4,031.11 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 1,971,913 802.409 2,457.49 727.934 2,708.92 China 875,125 136.185 6,426.00 123.545 7,083.45 Korea, South 78,564 26.169 3,002.07 23.741 3,309.21 Taiwan 3,212,379 1,108.466 2,898.04 1,005.584 3,194.54 Japan 129,805 34.076 3,809.19 30.914 4,198.91 CATEGORY TOTAL 17,578,691 5,782.527 3,039.97 5,245.822 3,350.99 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D Canada 9,246,597 1,747.129 5,292.45 1,584.970 5,833.93 Mexico 323,274 99.494 3,249.16 90.260 3,581.59 Brazil 31,309 14.009 2,234.88 12.709 2,463.53 Sweden 1,560,907 273.556 5,705.98 248.166 6,289.77 Finland 210,662 72.547 2,903.78 65.814 3,200.87 Denmark 2,956 0.106 27,645.76 0.097 30,474.23 United Kingdom 156,375 23.331 6,702.31 21.166 7,388.03 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/11/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Ireland 5,864 1.219 4,809.89 1.106 5,301.99 Netherlands 64,577 29.311 2,203.12 26.591 2,428.53 Belgium 148,925 19.866 7,496.12 18.023 8,263.05 France 1,445,540 291.882 4,952.48 264.791 5,459.17 Federal Republic of Germany 3,572,747 358.887 9,955.07 325.577 10,973.59 Austria 1,246,323 242.054 5,148.94 219.588 5,675.73 Czech Republic 19,452 2.889 6,732.76 2.621 7,421.59 Slovakia 2,824 0.497 5,680.47 0.451 6,261.64 Switzerland 23,765 0.268 88,357.59 0.244 97,397.54 Spain 251,126 31.031 8,092.71 28.151 8,920.68 Italy 115,548 40.216 2,873.13 36.484 3,167.09 Turkey 115,214 18.674 6,169.67 16.941 6,800.90 India 225,529 41.259 5,466.11 37.430 6,025.35 Thailand 205,358 64.559 3,180.93 58.567 3,506.38 Malaysia 247,822 85.672 2,892.66 77.721 3,188.61 Singapore 74,413 49.328 1,508.52 44.750 1,662.86 China 4,293,675 1,238.087 3,467.99 1,123.174 3,822.80 Korea, South 5,442,110 1,628.168 3,342.47 1,477.050 3,684.45 Taiwan 3,894,207 1,232.736 3,158.99 1,118.320 3,482.19 Japan 4,700,919 1,405.127 3,345.55 1,274.711 3,687.83 Australia 4,339 1.965 2,207.67 1.783 2,433.54 South Africa 214,597 73.518 2,918.95 66.695 3,217.59 CATEGORY TOTAL 37,846,954 9,087.397 4,164.77 8,243.951 4,590.88 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 19,299 3.470 5,561.55 3.148 6,130.56 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/11/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Brazil 22,324 14.037 1,590.26 12.735 1,752.96 United Kingdom 136,902 58.230 2,351.03 52.826 2,591.56 Belgium 17,212 5.125 3,357.95 4.650 3,701.51 Federal Republic of Germany 119,150 31.193 3,819.74 28.298 4,210.54 Austria 3,833 0.866 4,423.97 0.786 4,876.59 Italy 259,282 126.889 2,043.37 115.112 2,252.43 India 203,325 80.930 2,512.34 73.419 2,769.38 China 374,580 170.919 2,191.55 155.056 2,415.77 Japan 282,873 186.668 1,515.37 169.343 1,670.41 South Africa 3,175,566 1,403.502 2,262.60 1,273.236 2,494.09 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,595,047 2,078.364 2,210.90 1,885.461 2,437.09 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 288,222 110.202 2,615.39 99.974 2,882.97 Mexico 21,730,017 10,433.555 2,082.70 9,465.165 2,295.79 Brazil 3,284,245 1,404.531 2,338.32 1,274.170 2,577.56 Sweden 1,957,477 538.596 3,634.40 488.607 4,006.24 Finland 1,093,154 381.355 2,866.50 345.960 3,159.77 United Kingdom 101,110 10.284 9,831.24 9.330 10,837.08 Belgium 4,153,031 1,532.897 2,709.27 1,390.622 2,986.46 France 2,843,140 1,777.532 1,599.49 1,612.551 1,763.13 Federal Republic of Germany 12,751,081 5,083.072 2,508.54 4,611.287 2,765.19 Spain 235,837 149.969 1,572.57 136.050 1,733.46 Italy 6,099,190 2,766.896 2,204.34 2,510.087 2,429.87 India 296,519 113.783 2,605.98 103.223 2,872.61 Thailand 738,144 366.408 2,014.54 332.400 2,220.65 China 8,606,984 4,079.228 2,109.95 3,700.615 2,325.83 Korea, South 3,687,450 1,673.006 2,204.09 1,517.726 2,429.59 Taiwan 8,294,469 3,018.489 2,747.89 2,738.328 3,029.03 Japan 1,309,133 593.274 2,206.62 538.210 2,432.38 South Africa 1,411,667 679.695 2,076.91 616.610 2,289.40 CATEGORY TOTAL 78,880,870 34,712.782 2,272.39 31,490.915 2,504.88 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Finland 534,571 233.412 2,290.24 211.748 2,524.56 France 15,475 3.250 4,760.49 2.949 5,247.54 Federal Republic of Germany 5,966 1.092 5,461.42 0.991 6,020.18 Slovenia 35,053 14.462 2,423.75 13.120 2,671.72 Japan 40,187 4.981 8,067.50 4.519 8,892.90 CATEGORY TOTAL 631,252 257.198 2,454.33 233.327 2,705.44 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 455,399 153.963 2,957.85 139.673 3,260.47 Mexico 2,210,944 1,139.526 1,940.23 1,033.761 2,138.74 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/11/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Brazil 190,971 72.091 2,649.02 65.400 2,920.05 Sweden 2,548,819 510.091 4,996.79 462.747 5,508.02 Finland 1,170,730 429.825 2,723.73 389.931 3,002.40 United Kingdom 178,164 37.893 4,701.76 34.376 5,182.80 Ireland 7,956 0.303 26,245.69 0.275 28,930.91 Belgium 1,023,394 348.236 2,938.79 315.915 3,239.46 France 712,741 188.825 3,774.59 171.300 4,160.78 Federal Republic of Germany 944,023 328.788 2,871.22 298.272 3,164.97 Austria 8,959 1.980 4,522.80 1.797 4,985.53 Switzerland 2,558 0.783 3,263.82 0.711 3,597.75 Italy 93,683 14.098 6,644.86 12.790 7,324.71 India 697,882 200.824 3,475.08 182.185 3,830.62 Thailand 42,200 15.930 2,648.99 14.452 2,920.01 Indonesia 104,693 37.940 2,759.40 34.419 3,041.72 China 29,146 10.207 2,855.38 9.260 3,147.52 Korea, South 573,538 447.846 1,280.66 406.280 1,411.68 Taiwan 218,166 86.412 2,524.71 78.392 2,783.01 Japan 1,474,289 173.961 8,474.81 157.815 9,341.88 South Africa 127,582 104.917 1,216.02 95.180 1,340.43 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,815,837 4,304.448 2,977.35 3,904.931 3,281.96 GRAND TOTAL 232,619,189 88,666.954 2,623.52 80,437.331 2,891.93