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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 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 11,016,268 22,784.878 483.49 20,670.100 532.96 WIRE RODS..............................3 22,598,113 34,880.763 647.87 31,643.305 714.15 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 8,415,677 13,499.382 623.41 12,246.437 687.19 STEEL PILING...........................5 1,119,945 1,279.036 875.62 1,160.323 965.20 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 12,935,039 15,085.495 857.45 13,685.335 945.18 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 10,614,287 17,487.984 606.95 15,864.837 669.04 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 128,797 498.365 258.44 452.110 284.88 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 43,923,938 67,650.054 649.28 61,371.114 715.71 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 4,940,342 8,728.575 566.00 7,918.433 623.90 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 18,335 53.554 342.36 48.584 377.39 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 7,763,937 6,651.658 1,167.22 6,034.285 1,286.64 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,001,766 800.813 1,250.94 726.486 1,378.92 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 21,508,951 23,406.755 918.92 21,234.257 1,012.94 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 6,630,948 8,030.270 825.74 7,284.941 910.23 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 14,198,258 18,128.309 783.21 16,445.730 863.34 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 121,999 132.993 917.33 120.650 1,011.18 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 595,698 274.919 2,166.81 249.403 2,388.50 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 12,896,896 11,193.915 1,152.13 10,154.952 1,270.01 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 128,463 184.785 695.20 167.635 766.33 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 9,246,597 1,747.129 5,292.45 1,584.970 5,833.93 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 1,981,494 725.512 2,731.16 658.174 3,010.59 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 25,342,642 26,638.507 951.35 24,166.054 1,048.69 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 134,371 179.663 747.90 162.988 824.42 WIRE DRAWN............................23 18,386,276 19,383.561 948.55 17,584.476 1,045.60 BLACK PLATE...........................28 13,172 24.315 541.70 22.059 597.13 TIN PLATE.............................29 6,224,858 9,787.504 636.00 8,879.077 701.07 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 1,969,925 3,028.808 650.40 2,747.690 716.94 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 16,183,578 27,691.541 584.42 25,121.351 644.22 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 15,028,409 21,247.233 707.31 19,275.171 779.68 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 21,914,450 34,997.430 626.17 31,749.144 690.24 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,194,462 1,234.074 967.90 1,119.534 1,066.93 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 6,908,330 8,388.571 823.54 7,609.986 907.80 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 3,019,604 5,263.559 573.68 4,775.022 632.37 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 3,804,075 4,036.602 942.40 3,661.945 1,038.81 COUNTRY TOTAL 311,909,900 415,126.528 751.36 376,596.558 828.23 Mexico INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 1,126,513 1,705.659 660.46 1,547.349 728.03 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 83,181,192 179,206.066 464.17 162,573.055 511.65 WIRE RODS..............................3 2,122,467 3,656.709 580.43 3,317.312 639.82 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,462,476 2,546.844 574.23 2,310.459 632.98 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,161,283 3,396.718 636.29 3,081.452 701.38 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/11/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 3,854,522 6,263.174 615.43 5,681.858 678.39 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 1,681,310 2,942.984 571.29 2,669.831 629.74 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 7,048,239 15,058.357 468.06 13,660.716 515.95 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 47,086 55.358 850.57 50.220 937.59 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,362 0.156 15,089.94 0.142 16,633.80 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 3,685,083 3,758.709 980.41 3,409.845 1,080.72 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,799,257 1,830.035 983.18 1,660.181 1,083.77 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,117,916 2,352.697 900.21 2,134.332 992.31 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 306,286 357.333 857.14 324.168 944.84 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 10,548,949 12,125.332 869.99 10,999.920 959.00 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 561,029 325.709 1,722.48 295.479 1,898.71 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 323,274 99.494 3,249.16 90.260 3,581.59 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 346,360 226.565 1,528.74 205.537 1,685.15 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 4,298,271 3,041.045 1,413.42 2,758.791 1,558.03 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 62,678 42.349 1,480.01 38.419 1,631.43 WIRE DRAWN............................23 9,678,326 11,117.788 870.53 10,085.891 959.59 TIN PLATE.............................29 5,839 7.751 753.28 7.032 830.35 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 20,553,363 33,593.220 611.83 30,475.266 674.43 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 27,465,238 18,885.321 1,454.32 17,132.480 1,603.11 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 17,449,691 18,328.056 952.08 16,626.938 1,049.48 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 15,772,757 16,872.243 934.83 15,306.246 1,030.48 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 687,480 824.979 833.33 748.409 918.59 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,604,791 1,523.681 1,709.54 1,382.261 1,884.44 COUNTRY TOTAL 220,954,038 340,144.348 649.59 308,573.849 716.05 Guatemala STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,017,440 876.521 1,160.77 795.167 1,279.53 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 33,300 44.603 746.57 40.464 822.95 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,050,740 921.125 1,140.71 835.631 1,257.42 El Salvador SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,096,079 3,422.174 612.50 3,104.545 675.16 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,096,079 3,422.174 612.50 3,104.545 675.16 Dominican Republic BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 3,386,795 7,629.291 443.92 6,921.179 489.34 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 51,267 157.115 326.30 142.533 359.69 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 86,473 126.126 685.61 114.420 755.75 WIRE DRAWN............................23 257,000 322.279 797.44 292.367 879.03 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 37,970 80.763 470.14 73.267 518.24 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,819,505 8,315.576 459.32 7,543.766 506.31 Trinidad and Tobago WIRE RODS..............................3 16,881,766 30,246.013 558.15 27,438.730 615.25 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/11/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 601,503 1,145.962 524.89 1,039.600 578.59 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 14,642 24.250 603.77 22.000 665.55 WIRE DRAWN............................23 95,413 119.059 801.39 108.009 883.38 COUNTRY TOTAL 17,593,324 31,535.286 557.89 28,608.339 614.97 Colombia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 139,748 168.121 831.23 152.517 916.28 TOOL STEEL............................17 34,521 23.312 1,480.78 21.149 1,632.28 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,803,845 1,957.982 1,432.01 1,776.252 1,578.52 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,650,708 2,415.392 1,097.42 2,191.208 1,209.70 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 35,470 20.774 1,707.41 18.846 1,882.10 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 4,348 8.725 498.29 7.916 549.27 WIRE DRAWN............................23 30,203 20.273 1,489.76 18.392 1,642.18 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,136,351 1,872.536 606.85 1,698.737 668.94 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,835,194 6,487.118 1,053.66 5,885.017 1,161.46 Venezuela WIRE RODS..............................3 1,579,825 3,286.143 480.75 2,981.140 529.94 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 937,597 1,634.459 573.64 1,482.757 632.33 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 1,234,949 2,469.199 500.14 2,240.021 551.31 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 4,531,554 10,657.246 425.21 9,668.094 468.71 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 3,347,291 4,504.412 743.11 4,086.335 819.14 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 43,377 92.279 470.06 83.715 518.15 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 142,068 189.134 751.15 171.580 828.00 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 382,220 397.950 960.47 361.015 1,058.74 WIRE DRAWN............................23 734,768 935.537 785.40 848.706 865.75 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 11,612,623 19,727.576 588.65 17,896.561 648.87 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,421,514 2,345.078 606.17 2,127.420 668.19 COUNTRY TOTAL 25,967,786 46,239.018 561.60 41,947.344 619.06 Ecuador STANDARD PIPE.........................18 22,255 22.265 999.52 20.199 1,101.79 WIRE DRAWN............................23 80,119 105.149 761.95 95.390 839.91 COUNTRY TOTAL 102,374 127.415 803.47 115.589 885.67 Chile STANDARD PIPE.........................18 818,201 1,548.910 528.24 1,405.148 582.29 WIRE DRAWN............................23 201,184 210.857 954.12 191.287 1,051.74 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,019,385 1,759.767 579.27 1,596.435 638.54 Brazil BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 70,808,268 178,281.307 397.17 161,734.127 437.81 WIRE RODS..............................3 4,703,483 10,797.235 435.62 9,795.090 480.19 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/11/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 255,466 506.373 504.50 459.374 556.12 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 4,872,699 5,106.343 954.24 4,632.398 1,051.87 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 13,325 19.515 682.80 17.704 752.65 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 128,403 78.983 1,625.69 71.653 1,792.01 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 228,485 532.019 429.47 482.640 473.41 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 1,403,610 3,442.473 407.73 3,122.960 449.45 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 219,767 111.201 1,976.30 100.880 2,178.50 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,585,945 1,077.324 2,400.34 977.333 2,645.92 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 18,244 20.995 868.94 19.047 957.84 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 3,461,615 4,499.453 769.34 4,081.837 848.05 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 132,471 170.841 775.40 154.985 854.73 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,298,849 2,305.223 563.44 2,091.264 621.08 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 812,411 1,577.579 514.97 1,431.156 567.66 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,341,588 1,700.410 788.98 1,542.587 869.70 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 166,530 142.470 1,168.87 129.247 1,288.46 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 31,309 14.009 2,234.88 12.709 2,463.53 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 259,273 490.153 528.96 444.660 583.08 WIRE DRAWN............................23 940,952 1,268.839 741.58 1,151.072 817.46 TIN PLATE.............................29 1,012,649 1,593.025 635.68 1,445.169 700.71 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 18,941 42.641 444.19 38.684 489.63 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 22,324 14.037 1,590.26 12.735 1,752.96 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 11,680,422 15,551.134 751.10 14,107.756 827.94 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 7,673,056 11,495.536 667.48 10,428.578 735.77 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 8,980 11.982 749.45 10.870 826.13 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 24,946 25.363 983.56 23.009 1,084.18 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 309,268 227.116 1,361.71 206.037 1,501.03 COUNTRY TOTAL 114,433,279 241,103.591 474.62 218,725.561 523.18 Argentina BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 16,373,454 33,926.180 482.62 30,777.322 532.00 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 847,230 1,628.315 520.31 1,477.183 573.54 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 672,185 1,256.001 535.18 1,139.426 589.93 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 107,911 155.488 694.01 141.057 765.02 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 562,966 772.046 729.19 700.389 803.79 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 6,394,481 8,191.525 780.62 7,431.229 860.49 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 192,548 309.213 622.70 280.514 686.41 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,368,835 1,695.542 807.31 1,538.171 889.91 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 657,007 362.569 1,812.08 328.918 1,997.48 WIRE DRAWN............................23 96,849 174.189 556.00 158.022 612.88 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 288,357 921.972 312.76 836.400 344.76 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 92,065 116.656 789.20 105.829 869.94 COUNTRY TOTAL 27,653,888 49,509.703 558.55 44,914.460 615.70 Sweden INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 230,200 102.454 2,246.86 92.945 2,476.73 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 8,029,879 3,161.206 2,540.13 2,867.799 2,800.01 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/11/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE WIRE RODS..............................3 1,711,628 649.155 2,636.70 588.904 2,906.46 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,664,948 2,530.068 1,053.31 2,295.240 1,161.08 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,053,468 337.409 3,122.22 306.093 3,441.66 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,426,685 684.238 2,085.07 620.731 2,298.39 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 373,127 111.672 3,341.25 101.308 3,683.10 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,867,069 1,165.551 2,459.84 1,057.371 2,711.51 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 44,729 50.397 887.52 45.720 978.32 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,222,798 866.490 1,411.21 786.067 1,555.59 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 270,065 237.836 1,135.51 215.762 1,251.68 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,560,907 273.556 5,705.98 248.166 6,289.77 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 3,616 1.992 1,814.37 1.808 2,000.00 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,923,705 700.744 2,745.23 635.705 3,026.10 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,556,874 2,329.633 668.29 2,113.409 736.66 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,125,183 2,728.026 1,145.58 2,474.825 1,262.79 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 26,841 30.906 868.46 28.038 957.31 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 482,092 559.464 861.70 507.538 949.86 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 4,197,873 933.679 4,496.05 847.020 4,956.05 COUNTRY TOTAL 32,771,687 17,454.487 1,877.55 15,834.449 2,069.64 Norway STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,228,736 1,602.006 767.00 1,453.316 845.47 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,228,736 1,602.006 767.00 1,453.316 845.47 Finland WIRE RODS..............................3 74,463 123.985 600.58 112.478 662.02 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 550,940 644.214 855.21 584.422 942.71 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 48,235 19.951 2,417.57 18.100 2,664.92 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,743 0.652 4,203.39 0.592 4,633.45 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 5,555 1.107 5,014.34 1.005 5,527.36 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 210,662 72.547 2,903.78 65.814 3,200.87 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 547,616 206.276 2,654.77 187.131 2,926.38 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 193,039 256.494 752.60 232.688 829.60 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,093,154 381.355 2,866.50 345.960 3,159.77 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 251,114 374.944 669.74 340.144 738.26 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 534,571 233.412 2,290.24 211.748 2,524.56 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,170,730 429.825 2,723.73 389.931 3,002.40 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,682,822 2,744.768 1,706.09 2,490.013 1,880.64 Denmark LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 139,638 101.641 1,373.82 92.208 1,514.38 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 14,824 2.986 4,964.23 2.709 5,472.13 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 2,956 0.106 27,645.76 0.097 30,474.23 WIRE DRAWN............................23 65,070 6.890 9,443.37 6.251 10,409.53 COUNTRY TOTAL 222,488 111.625 1,993.16 101.265 2,197.09 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/11/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE United Kingdom INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 32,888 12.814 2,566.49 11.625 2,829.08 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 13,319,050 6,289.036 2,117.82 5,705.320 2,334.50 WIRE RODS..............................3 4,351,336 4,878.799 891.89 4,425.974 983.14 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,199,852 1,967.807 609.74 1,785.165 672.12 STEEL PILING...........................5 4,991 8.930 558.84 8.102 616.02 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 197,011 160.543 1,227.15 145.643 1,352.70 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 16,004,091 18,224.897 878.14 16,533.354 967.99 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 84,480 71.758 1,177.29 65.098 1,297.74 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 3,137,456 2,525.169 1,242.47 2,290.796 1,369.59 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,047,639 253.668 4,129.96 230.124 4,552.50 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 63,323 14.417 4,392.21 13.079 4,841.58 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 402,394 57.491 6,999.25 52.155 7,715.35 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 2,292 4.432 517.10 4.021 570.01 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 6,450 11.827 545.33 10.730 601.12 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 444,217 278.749 1,593.61 252.877 1,756.65 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 156,375 23.331 6,702.31 21.166 7,388.03 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 77,096 7.172 10,748.48 6.507 11,848.16 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 120,348 102.116 1,178.53 92.639 1,299.11 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,014,234 1,428.347 1,410.19 1,295.775 1,554.46 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 211,117 189.415 1,114.57 171.835 1,228.60 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 143,865 67.792 2,122.15 61.500 2,339.27 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 104,863 134.382 780.33 121.910 860.17 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 443,334 456.664 970.81 414.279 1,070.13 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 160,625 252.816 635.34 229.351 700.35 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,189,171 562.782 2,113.02 510.548 2,329.21 COUNTRY TOTAL 44,918,498 37,985.166 1,182.53 34,459.573 1,303.51 Ireland STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 5,864 1.219 4,809.89 1.106 5,301.99 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 6,214 2.446 2,540.45 2.219 2,800.36 WIRE DRAWN............................23 21,516 20.482 1,050.48 18.581 1,157.96 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 3,059 4.163 734.73 3.777 809.90 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 7,956 0.303 26,245.69 0.275 28,930.91 COUNTRY TOTAL 44,609 28.613 1,559.00 25.958 1,718.51 Netherlands BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 9,614 6.623 1,451.44 6.009 1,599.93 WIRE RODS..............................3 367,843 554.201 663.74 502.763 731.64 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 15,362 0.468 32,791.00 0.425 36,145.88 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 12,450,193 21,872.008 569.23 19,841.958 627.47 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 741,351 859.653 862.38 779.865 950.61 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 5,639 2.945 1,914.53 2.672 2,110.40 TOOL STEEL............................17 199,785 203.162 983.38 184.306 1,083.99 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 14,481 12.503 1,158.15 11.343 1,276.65 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/11/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 64,577 29.311 2,203.12 26.591 2,428.53 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 10,500 0.403 26,025.80 0.366 28,688.52 WIRE DRAWN............................23 93,348 51.298 1,819.71 46.537 2,005.89 BLACK PLATE...........................28 296,056 391.772 755.68 355.410 833.00 TIN PLATE.............................29 1,623,589 2,632.878 616.66 2,388.508 679.75 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 1,441,756 2,677.839 538.40 2,429.296 593.49 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 15,396,019 30,827.245 499.43 27,966.015 550.53 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 6,965,509 10,990.709 633.76 9,970.607 698.60 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,218,315 1,648.717 738.95 1,495.692 814.55 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 124,172 73.083 1,699.05 66.300 1,872.88 COUNTRY TOTAL 41,038,109 72,834.827 563.44 66,074.663 621.09 Belgium INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 214,085 325.457 657.80 295.250 725.10 WIRE RODS..............................3 992,949 2,130.426 466.08 1,932.691 513.77 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,661,441 1,304.032 2,040.93 1,182.999 2,249.74 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,275,414 536.241 2,378.43 486.470 2,621.77 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 5,243 1.561 3,356.65 1.417 3,700.07 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 96,913 98.296 985.93 89.173 1,086.80 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 31,283 13.576 2,304.28 12.316 2,540.03 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 13,138 16.421 800.07 14.897 881.92 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 148,925 19.866 7,496.12 18.023 8,263.05 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 18,724 10.607 1,765.16 9.623 1,945.75 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,087,513 1,018.223 1,068.05 923.717 1,177.32 BLACK PLATE...........................28 358,060 635.892 563.08 576.872 620.69 TIN PLATE.............................29 323,747 595.606 543.56 540.325 599.17 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 1,374,496 1,980.867 693.89 1,797.013 764.88 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,338,956 2,146.243 623.86 1,947.040 687.69 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 11,427,788 12,588.944 907.76 11,420.502 1,000.64 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 3,087,559 3,227.216 956.73 2,927.682 1,054.61 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 331,086 492.887 671.73 447.140 740.45 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 176,613 185.955 949.76 168.696 1,046.93 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,023,394 348.236 2,938.79 315.915 3,239.46 COUNTRY TOTAL 25,987,327 27,676.561 938.97 25,107.761 1,035.03 Luxembourg STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 6,268,764 8,709.208 719.79 7,900.863 793.43 STEEL PILING...........................5 4,118,391 6,080.133 677.35 5,515.806 746.65 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 457,849 714.308 640.97 648.010 706.55 WIRE DRAWN............................23 369,516 352.032 1,049.66 319.359 1,157.06 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 870,724 1,313.764 662.77 1,191.827 730.58 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 44,876 61.519 729.45 55.810 804.09 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 1,539,124 1,871.877 822.24 1,698.139 906.36 COUNTRY TOTAL 13,669,244 19,102.844 715.56 17,329.814 788.77 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/11/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE France BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 253,568 290.480 872.92 263.520 962.23 WIRE RODS..............................3 549,223 248.422 2,210.84 225.365 2,437.04 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,168,712 1,087.474 1,994.26 986.541 2,198.30 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,691,402 4,489.291 599.52 4,072.618 660.85 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,462,370 2,613.513 942.17 2,370.940 1,038.56 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 24,269 3.418 7,099.80 3.101 7,826.19 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 3,225,549 2,030.945 1,588.20 1,842.443 1,750.69 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,044,451 503.906 2,072.71 457.136 2,284.77 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 516,470 828.257 623.56 751.383 687.36 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 662,107 757.040 874.60 686.776 964.08 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 362,100 826.755 437.98 750.020 482.79 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 767,243 950.455 807.24 862.239 889.83 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 996,945 991.315 1,005.68 899.307 1,108.57 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 1,258,379 985.125 1,277.38 893.691 1,408.07 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,445,540 291.882 4,952.48 264.791 5,459.17 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 19,743 7.770 2,540.86 7.049 2,800.82 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 60,090 57.510 1,044.85 52.173 1,151.75 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,111,826 1,245.083 1,696.13 1,129.521 1,869.67 BLACK PLATE...........................28 50,240 71.275 704.87 64.660 776.99 TIN PLATE.............................29 1,297,268 2,404.888 539.43 2,181.679 594.62 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 69,879 111.705 625.56 101.338 689.56 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 10,503,325 17,524.718 599.34 15,898.162 660.66 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 5,278,776 5,218.099 1,011.63 4,733.782 1,115.13 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 238,970 327.151 730.46 296.787 805.19 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 40,932 12.190 3,357.71 11.059 3,701.24 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 121,452 108.131 1,123.19 98.095 1,238.11 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 15,475 3.250 4,760.49 2.949 5,247.54 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,805,271 330.338 5,464.91 299.678 6,024.04 COUNTRY TOTAL 40,041,575 44,320.401 903.46 40,206.803 995.89 Federal Republic of Germany BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 8,038,250 23,566.780 341.08 21,379.430 375.98 WIRE RODS..............................3 7,594,047 13,456.848 564.33 12,207.851 622.06 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,437,266 2,577.392 557.64 2,338.172 614.70 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 4,069,571 3,960.753 1,027.47 3,593.136 1,132.60 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 3,663,395 2,723.147 1,345.28 2,470.399 1,482.92 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 5,884 3.734 1,575.52 3.388 1,736.72 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,784,050 2,703.831 1,029.67 2,452.875 1,135.02 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 6,211,835 4,658.077 1,333.56 4,225.738 1,470.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 6,065,765 4,307.117 1,408.31 3,907.352 1,552.40 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,477,403 1,649.984 1,501.47 1,496.841 1,655.09 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 620,832 606.613 1,023.44 550.311 1,128.15 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 6,388,609 7,753.764 823.94 7,034.099 908.23 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 247,274 145.416 1,700.45 131.920 1,874.42 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 194,165 226.381 857.69 205.370 945.44 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 3,190,756 2,635.521 1,210.67 2,390.906 1,334.54 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/11/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 3,259,291 2,467.257 1,321.02 2,238.259 1,456.17 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 3,572,747 358.887 9,955.07 325.577 10,973.59 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 12,092 2.981 4,055.33 2.705 4,470.24 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 14,823 1.050 14,110.39 0.953 15,554.04 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,628,008 1,275.519 2,060.34 1,157.132 2,271.14 BLACK PLATE...........................28 72,947 65.034 1,121.67 58.998 1,236.43 TIN PLATE.............................29 6,039,852 10,556.602 572.14 9,576.791 630.68 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 1,566,114 2,449.346 639.40 2,222.010 704.82 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 410,330 550.193 745.79 499.127 822.10 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 14,368,343 7,226.464 1,988.30 6,555.740 2,191.72 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 2,972,758 7,032.325 422.73 6,379.620 465.98 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,418,384 2,255.015 628.99 2,045.716 693.34 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 483,248 158.726 3,044.54 143.994 3,356.03 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 1,724,720 1,950.657 884.17 1,769.607 974.63 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 59,990 60.697 988.34 55.064 1,089.46 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 5,885,451 3,486.220 1,688.20 3,162.647 1,860.93 COUNTRY TOTAL 97,478,200 110,872.345 879.19 100,581.728 969.14 Austria PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 437,316 641.628 681.57 582.076 751.30 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 365,457 556.398 656.83 504.756 724.03 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 865,867 285.207 3,035.92 258.736 3,346.53 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 120,674 29.151 4,139.52 26.446 4,563.03 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 760,018 236.333 3,215.87 214.398 3,544.89 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,023,068 520.024 3,890.34 471.758 4,288.36 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 8,936,881 9,978.614 895.60 9,052.449 987.23 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 356,350 470.271 757.75 426.623 835.28 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 164,611 84.999 1,936.62 77.110 2,134.76 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,246,323 242.054 5,148.94 219.588 5,675.73 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 201,459 157.338 1,280.42 142.735 1,411.42 WIRE DRAWN............................23 501,924 204.431 2,455.22 185.457 2,706.42 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 751,334 1,397.727 537.54 1,267.997 592.54 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 168,273 173.292 971.04 157.208 1,070.38 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 38,406 28.472 1,348.87 25.830 1,486.88 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 828,168 150.205 5,513.57 136.264 6,077.67 COUNTRY TOTAL 17,766,129 15,156.149 1,172.21 13,749.431 1,292.14 Czech Republic BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 66,140 175.029 377.88 158.784 416.54 WIRE RODS..............................3 393,993 826.223 476.86 749.538 525.65 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,919,839 4,059.675 472.90 3,682.877 521.29 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 1,959,676 4,498.862 435.59 4,081.301 480.16 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,769,309 4,553.416 608.18 4,130.791 670.41 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 34,142 6.633 5,146.74 6.018 5,673.31 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 17,208 24.559 700.67 22.280 772.35 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,297,959 1,714.342 757.12 1,555.226 834.58 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/11/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 437,249 617.095 708.56 559.820 781.05 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 693,271 1,087.535 637.47 986.596 702.69 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 19,205 29.365 654.00 26.640 720.91 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 19,452 2.889 6,732.76 2.621 7,421.59 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 113,350 4.053 27,965.58 3.677 30,826.76 WIRE DRAWN............................23 52,038 39.482 1,318.00 35.818 1,452.84 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,792,831 17,639.166 555.18 16,001.987 611.98 Slovakia STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 2,824 0.497 5,680.47 0.451 6,261.64 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,824 0.497 5,680.47 0.451 6,261.64 Switzerland PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 11,947 20.576 580.60 18.667 640.01 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 746,585 206.004 3,624.12 186.884 3,994.91 TOOL STEEL............................17 14,541 9.704 1,498.34 8.804 1,651.64 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,219 0.688 3,220.87 0.625 3,550.40 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,433,640 630.443 2,274.02 571.929 2,506.67 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 23,765 0.268 88,357.59 0.244 97,397.54 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 63,912 22.646 2,822.10 20.545 3,110.83 WIRE DRAWN............................23 267,460 65.174 4,103.78 59.125 4,523.64 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 89,678 58.283 1,538.65 52.874 1,696.07 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,653,747 1,013.792 2,617.64 919.697 2,885.46 Latvia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 179,912 62.892 2,860.63 57.055 3,153.31 COUNTRY TOTAL 179,912 62.892 2,860.63 57.055 3,153.31 Lithuania WIRE DRAWN............................23 27,720 44.080 628.85 39.989 693.19 COUNTRY TOTAL 27,720 44.080 628.85 39.989 693.19 Poland STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 94,918 142.211 667.44 129.012 735.73 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 497,483 570.311 872.30 517.378 961.55 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 21,300 36.041 590.99 32.696 651.46 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 24,850 91.307 272.16 82.833 300.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 163,102 123.955 1,315.81 112.451 1,450.43 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 105,501 107.857 978.15 97.847 1,078.22 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 377,011 459.528 820.43 416.877 904.37 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 75,229 86.396 870.74 78.378 959.82 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,196,632 1,195.417 1,001.02 1,084.465 1,103.43 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 37,267 40.322 924.22 36.580 1,018.78 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/11/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 2,593,293 2,853.350 908.86 2,588.517 1,001.85 Russia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 45,937,336 102,062.445 450.09 92,589.519 496.14 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 585,447 789.763 741.29 716.462 817.14 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 18,887,791 36,506.159 517.39 33,117.840 570.32 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 439,385 866.396 507.14 785.982 559.03 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,467,795 2,146.966 683.66 1,947.696 753.61 TOOL STEEL............................17 385,975 291.616 1,323.57 264.550 1,458.99 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 792,651 1,460.973 542.55 1,325.373 598.06 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,992,169 4,500.858 664.80 4,083.111 732.82 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 308,602 653.540 472.20 592.882 520.51 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 61,683 152.796 403.69 138.615 445.00 WIRE DRAWN............................23 457,583 879.542 520.25 797.908 573.48 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 47,853,698 90,157.210 530.78 81,789.269 585.09 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 32,463,911 58,647.255 553.55 53,203.910 610.18 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 3,211,720 4,257.651 754.34 3,862.478 831.52 COUNTRY TOTAL 155,845,746 303,373.177 513.71 275,215.595 566.27 Belarus WIRE DRAWN............................23 373,167 441.924 844.41 400.907 930.81 COUNTRY TOTAL 373,167 441.924 844.41 400.907 930.81 Ukraine BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 18,162,796 37,649.812 482.41 34,155.345 531.77 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 4,980,927 9,922.871 501.96 9,001.880 553.32 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 2,747,700 2,241.089 1,226.06 2,033.083 1,351.49 TOOL STEEL............................17 5,725 1.570 3,644.66 1.425 4,017.54 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,065,411 2,711.938 761.60 2,460.230 839.52 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 4,097,493 5,777.030 709.27 5,240.835 781.84 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 593,801 851.913 697.02 772.843 768.33 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,941,759 4,220.475 697.02 3,828.752 768.33 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 523,581 890.615 587.89 807.953 648.03 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 600,699 1,113.554 539.44 1,010.200 594.63 COUNTRY TOTAL 36,719,892 65,380.871 561.63 59,312.546 619.09 Georgia MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 4,910 0.349 14,051.35 0.317 15,488.96 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,910 0.349 14,051.35 0.317 15,488.96 Kazakhstan SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 914,347 1,184.526 771.91 1,074.585 850.88 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 151,025 139.840 1,079.98 126.861 1,190.48 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/11/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 1,065,372 1,324.367 804.44 1,201.446 886.74 Spain BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 11,406,730 5,693.013 2,003.64 5,164.616 2,208.63 WIRE RODS..............................3 4,038,535 7,740.584 521.74 7,022.142 575.11 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 3,491,621 6,865.644 508.56 6,228.410 560.60 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 50,484 39.938 1,264.03 36.232 1,393.35 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,019,223 1,056.809 964.43 958.722 1,063.11 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,358,277 1,488.930 912.25 1,350.735 1,005.58 TOOL STEEL............................17 514,013 360.113 1,427.36 326.690 1,573.40 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 34,759 21.330 1,629.52 19.351 1,796.24 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 242,272 86.719 2,793.73 78.671 3,079.56 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 654,570 276.210 2,369.82 250.574 2,612.28 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 251,126 31.031 8,092.71 28.151 8,920.68 WIRE DRAWN............................23 494,611 173.281 2,854.39 157.198 3,146.42 TIN PLATE.............................29 79,118 52.442 1,508.66 47.575 1,663.02 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 235,837 149.969 1,572.57 136.050 1,733.46 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 2,125,674 3,674.692 578.46 3,333.626 637.65 COUNTRY TOTAL 25,996,850 27,710.712 938.15 25,138.743 1,034.13 Portugal BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 139,485 43.281 3,222.77 39.264 3,552.49 COUNTRY TOTAL 139,485 43.281 3,222.77 39.264 3,552.49 Italy INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 1,754,333 957.516 1,832.17 868.645 2,019.62 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 8,518,707 13,668.862 623.22 12,400.187 686.98 WIRE RODS..............................3 10,908,594 19,130.122 570.23 17,354.560 628.57 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 547,112 114.702 4,769.85 104.056 5,257.86 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 3,969,451 5,622.204 706.03 5,100.380 778.27 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,428,638 2,590.164 551.56 2,349.758 607.99 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,520,397 639.456 2,377.64 580.105 2,620.90 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 571,845 213.341 2,680.42 193.540 2,954.66 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 3,947,865 1,188.039 3,323.01 1,077.772 3,662.99 TOOL STEEL............................17 363,656 308.029 1,180.59 279.440 1,301.37 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 235,039 184.216 1,275.89 167.118 1,406.43 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,590 0.115 22,377.23 0.105 24,666.67 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 31,550 36.526 863.76 33.136 952.14 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,079,301 950.463 1,135.55 862.246 1,251.73 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 78,867 55.912 1,410.54 50.723 1,554.86 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 115,548 40.216 2,873.13 36.484 3,167.09 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 11,817 4.133 2,858.72 3.750 3,151.20 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,348,094 2,017.662 1,163.77 1,830.393 1,282.84 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 13,966,278 24,924.296 560.35 22,610.948 617.68 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 6,099,190 2,766.896 2,204.34 2,510.087 2,429.87 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/11/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 11,816 10.187 1,159.85 9.242 1,278.51 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 202,562 39.479 5,130.84 35.815 5,655.79 COUNTRY TOTAL 57,713,250 75,462.546 764.79 68,458.490 843.04 Slovenia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 24,543 14.702 1,669.29 13.338 1,840.08 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,722,697 928.956 1,854.44 842.735 2,044.17 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 35,053 14.462 2,423.75 13.120 2,671.72 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,782,293 958.121 1,860.20 869.193 2,050.51 Serbia and Montenegro PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 9,064,733 16,090.510 563.36 14,597.070 621.00 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 3,842,625 6,749.891 569.29 6,123.400 627.53 COUNTRY TOTAL 12,907,358 22,840.402 565.11 20,720.470 622.93 Greece LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 12,868,111 23,705.277 542.84 21,505.072 598.38 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,676,731 1,763.767 950.65 1,600.063 1,047.92 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 524,849 957.246 548.29 868.400 604.39 COUNTRY TOTAL 15,069,691 26,426.291 570.25 23,973.535 628.60 Romania PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 6,594,233 10,654.946 618.89 9,666.008 682.21 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 325,769 544.089 598.74 493.590 660.00 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 8,962,101 22,755.843 393.84 20,643.760 434.13 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 588,091 755.234 778.69 685.137 858.36 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,402,048 3,791.841 633.48 3,439.902 698.29 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 3,051,614 3,294.743 926.21 2,988.942 1,020.97 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 1,711,432 2,636.760 649.07 2,392.030 715.47 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,619,404 3,861.039 678.42 3,502.677 747.83 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,120,502 1,500.064 746.97 1,360.836 823.39 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 6,300 6.649 947.49 6.032 1,044.43 COUNTRY TOTAL 27,381,494 49,801.213 549.82 45,178.914 606.07 Bulgaria PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,663,848 5,733.476 464.61 5,201.324 512.15 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 2,542,141 9,340.766 272.16 8,473.803 300.00 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,640,998 5,815.836 454.10 5,276.040 500.56 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,846,987 20,890.079 375.63 18,951.167 414.06 Turkey BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 5,638,999 18,596.714 303.23 16,870.660 334.25 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/11/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE WIRE RODS..............................3 12,522,005 28,348.870 441.71 25,717.670 486.90 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 10,774 7.808 1,379.73 7.084 1,520.89 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 4,327,320 8,083.246 535.34 7,333.000 590.12 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 728,752 1,436.616 507.27 1,303.277 559.17 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 2,004,826 4,716.481 425.07 4,278.721 468.56 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 31,306,623 73,965.888 423.26 67,100.744 466.56 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,093,800 1,753.474 623.79 1,590.726 687.61 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,794,730 958.080 1,873.26 869.156 2,064.91 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 115,214 18.674 6,169.67 16.941 6,800.90 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 5,026,315 8,740.917 575.03 7,929.629 633.87 WIRE DRAWN............................23 477,616 559.565 853.55 507.629 940.88 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 8,471,970 15,821.710 535.46 14,353.218 590.25 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,399,684 3,952.192 607.18 3,585.370 669.30 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 3,179,395 4,623.643 687.64 4,194.500 757.99 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 62,821 153.544 409.14 139.293 451.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 79,160,844 171,737.428 460.94 155,797.618 508.10 Israel WIRE DRAWN............................23 95,458 130.529 731.32 118.414 806.14 COUNTRY TOTAL 95,458 130.529 731.32 118.414 806.14 Saudi Arabia PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 289,240 579.694 498.95 525.890 550.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 406,897 171.358 2,374.53 155.454 2,617.48 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 660,688 1,304.915 506.31 1,183.800 558.11 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,797,356 6,862.077 553.38 6,225.174 610.00 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 2,262,896 3,504.195 645.77 3,178.954 711.84 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,417,077 12,422.242 597.08 11,269.272 658.17 United Arab Emirates BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 212,097 79.453 2,669.45 72.079 2,942.56 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 835,948 1,145.748 729.61 1,039.406 804.26 WIRE DRAWN............................23 216,136 229.636 941.21 208.323 1,037.50 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,264,181 1,454.838 868.95 1,319.808 957.85 Oman STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,921,698 3,160.355 608.06 2,867.027 670.28 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,921,698 3,160.355 608.06 2,867.027 670.28 India BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 4,800 0.230 20,834.87 0.209 22,966.51 WIRE RODS..............................3 362,761 140.800 2,576.42 127.732 2,840.02 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 490,020 155.329 3,154.70 140.913 3,477.46 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/11/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 35,075 40.135 873.92 36.410 963.33 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 554,999 407.780 1,361.03 369.932 1,500.27 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 1,358,222 554.466 2,449.60 503.004 2,700.22 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,982,244 821.938 2,411.67 745.650 2,658.41 TOOL STEEL............................17 20,286 3.466 5,851.56 3.145 6,450.24 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,722,802 4,062.853 670.17 3,685.760 738.74 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 3,188,808 3,710.668 859.36 3,366.263 947.28 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 588,653 1,039.007 566.55 942.572 624.52 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 240,487 424.777 566.15 385.352 624.07 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 375,691 293.959 1,278.03 266.676 1,408.79 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 4,228 4.200 1,006.45 3.811 1,109.42 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 225,529 41.259 5,466.11 37.430 6,025.35 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 294,077 256.039 1,148.56 232.275 1,266.07 WIRE DRAWN............................23 3,837,898 1,779.817 2,156.34 1,614.624 2,376.96 BLACK PLATE...........................28 120,419 228.095 527.93 206.925 581.95 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,742,910 4,620.579 593.63 4,191.720 654.36 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 10,566,573 18,670.038 565.96 16,937.179 623.87 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 55,436,270 85,971.086 644.82 77,991.680 710.80 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,205,124 914.695 1,317.51 829.798 1,452.31 COUNTRY TOTAL 86,357,876 124,141.228 695.64 112,619.060 766.81 Thailand PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,081,715 1,976.388 547.32 1,792.950 603.32 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 2,215,927 6,106.600 362.87 5,539.816 400.00 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,212,676 3,700.313 597.97 3,356.869 659.15 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 3,579 1.101 3,250.07 0.999 3,582.58 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 205,358 64.559 3,180.93 58.567 3,506.38 WIRE DRAWN............................23 351,687 277.492 1,267.37 251.737 1,397.04 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 13,948,423 27,213.273 512.56 24,687.473 565.00 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 738,144 366.408 2,014.54 332.400 2,220.65 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 530,467 773.017 686.23 701.270 756.44 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 42,200 15.930 2,648.99 14.452 2,920.01 COUNTRY TOTAL 21,330,176 40,495.084 526.73 36,736.533 580.63 Vietnam PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 72,017 88.296 815.63 80.101 899.08 COUNTRY TOTAL 72,017 88.296 815.63 80.101 899.08 Malaysia PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 851,605 1,313.237 648.48 1,191.349 714.82 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 4,388,349 8,325.898 527.07 7,553.130 581.00 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 553,751 360.811 1,534.74 327.323 1,691.76 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 72,661 79.539 913.52 72.157 1,006.98 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 247,822 85.672 2,892.66 77.721 3,188.61 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 8,843,405 16,658.763 530.86 15,112.580 585.17 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/11/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 14,957,593 26,823.922 557.62 24,334.260 614.67 Singapore STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 74,413 49.328 1,508.52 44.750 1,662.86 COUNTRY TOTAL 74,413 49.328 1,508.52 44.750 1,662.86 Indonesia BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 7,926 1.517 5,221.75 1.377 5,755.99 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,064,595 1,839.818 578.64 1,669.056 637.84 WIRE DRAWN............................23 42,781 12.160 3,517.97 11.032 3,877.90 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,830,443 5,131.626 551.57 4,655.335 608.00 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 2,033,030 3,422.963 593.94 3,105.261 654.71 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 104,693 37.940 2,759.40 34.419 3,041.72 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,083,468 10,446.028 582.37 9,476.480 641.95 Philippines STANDARD PIPE.........................18 4,583,416 7,828.720 585.46 7,102.098 645.36 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,583,416 7,828.720 585.46 7,102.098 645.36 China INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 2,005 4.267 469.88 3.871 517.95 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 2,246,432 5,217.370 430.57 4,733.120 474.62 WIRE RODS..............................3 43,654,150 110,284.879 395.83 100,048.788 436.33 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 969,392 1,602.900 604.77 1,454.127 666.65 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,207,786 2,080.847 580.43 1,887.714 639.81 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 6,450 3.608 1,787.22 3.274 1,970.07 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 2,852 4.825 590.98 4.378 651.44 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 189,590 126.016 1,504.49 114.320 1,658.41 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 57,670 23.384 2,466.17 21.214 2,718.49 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,125,574 421.482 2,670.51 382.363 2,943.73 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,313,901 326.707 4,021.65 296.384 4,433.10 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 15,395,531 28,087.675 548.12 25,480.718 604.20 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 13,190,741 18,147.398 726.87 16,463.048 801.23 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 47,876 20.452 2,340.86 18.554 2,580.36 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,729,369 2,682.595 644.66 2,433.610 710.62 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,562,082 2,081.078 750.61 1,887.923 827.41 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 30,559 38.842 786.75 35.237 867.24 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 4,293,675 1,238.087 3,467.99 1,123.174 3,822.80 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 189,038 165.649 1,141.19 150.275 1,257.95 WIRE DRAWN............................23 5,949,150 6,835.386 870.35 6,200.960 959.39 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 374,580 170.919 2,191.55 155.056 2,415.77 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 9,882,425 6,365.752 1,552.44 5,774.915 1,711.27 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 21,288,675 37,692.679 564.80 34,194.233 622.58 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 54,922 32.651 1,682.06 29.621 1,854.16 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/11/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 124,764,425 223,655.459 557.84 202,896.877 614.92 Korea, South BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 37,938 22.605 1,678.29 20.507 1,850.00 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,458,703 1,009.684 1,444.71 915.971 1,592.52 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 554,503 1,092.079 507.75 990.718 559.70 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 5,671,624 9,429.426 601.48 8,554.234 663.02 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 39,149 47.049 832.07 42.683 917.20 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 21,100 69.445 303.83 63.000 334.92 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 3,565,896 5,298.789 672.96 4,806.982 741.82 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 311,918 741.978 420.39 673.112 463.40 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 185,633 184.020 1,008.76 166.941 1,111.97 TOOL STEEL............................17 349,521 202.408 1,726.81 183.622 1,903.48 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 3,114,235 4,950.640 629.06 4,491.147 693.42 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,012,437 3,017.308 666.96 2,737.257 735.20 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 2,844,511 5,035.999 564.84 4,568.583 622.62 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 878,838 1,446.763 607.45 1,312.482 669.60 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 1,515,430 2,494.267 607.57 2,262.762 669.73 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,504,006 3,722.478 672.67 3,376.977 741.49 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 7,193 0.830 8,665.85 0.753 9,552.46 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 5,442,110 1,628.168 3,342.47 1,477.050 3,684.45 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 20,040 5.661 3,539.72 5.136 3,901.87 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 5,573,915 9,374.565 594.58 8,504.465 655.41 WIRE DRAWN............................23 6,209,572 5,384.546 1,153.22 4,884.780 1,271.21 TIN PLATE.............................29 73,299 114.607 639.57 103.970 705.00 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 679,901 991.899 685.45 899.836 755.58 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 29,986,844 63,673.621 470.95 57,763.754 519.13 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 9,548,411 11,653.553 819.36 10,571.929 903.19 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 10,321,366 13,113.665 787.07 11,896.521 867.60 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 385,200 558.011 690.31 506.220 760.93 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 6,241,350 8,379.021 744.88 7,601.323 821.09 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 3,088 5.204 593.39 4.721 654.10 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,481,117 1,724.670 858.78 1,564.595 946.65 COUNTRY TOTAL 101,038,848 155,372.974 650.30 140,952.031 716.83 Hong Kong MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,042 3.970 514.29 3.602 566.91 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,042 3.970 514.29 3.602 566.91 Taiwan BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 116,318 21.894 5,312.76 19.862 5,856.31 WIRE RODS..............................3 2,833,079 1,234.770 2,294.42 1,120.165 2,529.16 STEEL PILING...........................5 12,511 3.971 3,150.09 3.603 3,472.38 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 600,063 182.378 3,290.21 165.451 3,626.83 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 652,415 962.368 677.93 873.046 747.29 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/11/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 207,804 467.477 444.52 424.089 490.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 3,280,754 1,146.795 2,860.80 1,040.356 3,153.49 TOOL STEEL............................17 764,054 412.006 1,854.47 373.766 2,044.20 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,906,967 5,366.412 541.70 4,868.329 597.12 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,081,088 1,822.347 593.24 1,653.206 653.93 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 26,800 45.366 590.74 41.156 651.18 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 196,892 323.106 609.37 293.117 671.72 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 192,606 94.530 2,037.49 85.757 2,245.95 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 6,083 1.289 4,716.59 1.170 5,199.15 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 3,894,207 1,232.736 3,158.99 1,118.320 3,482.19 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 15,000 7.056 2,125.55 6.402 2,343.02 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 609,625 206.973 2,945.43 187.763 3,246.78 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,523,496 1,999.483 1,262.07 1,813.901 1,391.20 BLACK PLATE...........................28 295,229 510.138 578.72 462.790 637.93 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 33,539,572 50,517.510 663.92 45,828.728 731.85 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 28,452,122 38,179.931 745.21 34,636.261 821.45 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,216,440 1,721.473 706.63 1,561.695 778.92 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 7,838,321 9,881.930 793.20 8,964.739 874.35 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 413,238 206.589 2,000.28 187.415 2,204.94 COUNTRY TOTAL 91,674,684 116,548.540 786.58 105,731.087 867.06 Japan BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 72,233 72.209 1,000.33 65.507 1,102.68 WIRE RODS..............................3 3,001,173 6,173.377 486.15 5,600.395 535.89 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 47,660 17.433 2,733.89 15.815 3,013.59 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,073,548 2,507.533 826.93 2,274.797 911.53 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 215,819 354.564 608.69 321.656 670.96 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 139,442 971.053 143.60 880.925 158.29 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 4,836 1.640 2,948.35 1.488 3,250.00 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 4,200 7.106 591.00 6.447 651.47 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 6,156,201 9,001.271 683.93 8,165.818 753.90 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 1,036,530 2,495.408 415.37 2,263.797 457.87 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 5,179,581 13,067.588 396.37 11,854.720 436.92 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 499,932 435.178 1,148.80 394.787 1,266.33 TOOL STEEL............................17 4,293,488 4,293.882 999.91 3,895.346 1,102.21 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 797,406 733.091 1,087.73 665.050 1,199.02 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 8,472,670 3,853.637 2,198.62 3,495.962 2,423.56 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 6,350,275 8,201.222 774.31 7,440.026 853.53 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 16,106 5.653 2,848.73 5.129 3,140.18 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 2,603,988 3,360.752 774.82 3,048.824 854.10 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 4,144,421 2,501.745 1,656.61 2,269.546 1,826.10 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 1,119,210 1,269.354 881.72 1,151.539 971.93 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 4,700,919 1,405.127 3,345.55 1,274.711 3,687.83 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 176,658 74.994 2,355.61 68.034 2,596.61 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 722,981 879.010 822.49 797.425 906.64 WIRE DRAWN............................23 6,421,276 5,844.357 1,098.71 5,301.913 1,211.12 BLACK PLATE...........................28 2,020,865 2,514.906 803.55 2,281.485 885.77 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/11/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE TIN PLATE.............................29 404,888 588.739 687.72 534.096 758.08 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 2,298,657 3,521.859 652.68 3,194.978 719.46 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 974,908 1,388.216 702.27 1,259.369 774.12 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 7,399,881 10,357.071 714.48 9,395.780 787.57 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 9,137,893 12,754.840 716.43 11,571.000 789.72 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 466,419 631.545 738.54 572.929 814.10 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 2,267,689 2,402.019 944.08 2,179.076 1,040.67 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 666,833 996.277 669.32 903.808 737.80 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 49,005 14.132 3,467.48 12.821 3,822.24 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,102,821 721.461 2,914.67 654.499 3,212.87 COUNTRY TOTAL 86,040,412 103,418.264 831.97 93,819.498 917.08 Australia PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 4,024 5.145 782.03 4.668 862.04 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 27,385 32.069 853.93 29.093 941.29 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 4,339 1.965 2,207.67 1.783 2,433.54 WIRE DRAWN............................23 214,275 318.448 672.87 288.892 741.71 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 12,140,943 23,400.387 518.84 21,228.480 571.92 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 89,727 95.043 944.06 86.222 1,040.65 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 57,890 23.468 2,466.74 21.290 2,719.12 COUNTRY TOTAL 12,538,583 23,876.528 525.14 21,660.428 578.87 New Zealand PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 204,081 361.304 564.84 327.770 622.63 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 842,278 1,475.123 570.99 1,338.210 629.41 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 647,961 1,063.454 609.30 964.750 671.64 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,694,320 2,899.882 584.27 2,630.730 644.05 Algeria LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 36,072 92.279 390.90 83.715 430.89 COUNTRY TOTAL 36,072 92.279 390.90 83.715 430.89 Egypt WIRE RODS..............................3 5,594,756 13,952.854 400.98 12,657.820 442.00 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,121,688 3,413.831 621.50 3,096.977 685.08 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 14,004 11.726 1,194.23 10.638 1,316.41 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,557,256 2,037.384 764.34 1,848.285 842.54 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 5,423,681 10,243.486 529.48 9,292.737 583.65 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 904,223 1,410.685 640.98 1,279.753 706.56 COUNTRY TOTAL 15,615,608 31,069.969 502.59 28,186.210 554.02 South Africa WIRE RODS..............................3 1,188,848 2,702.199 439.96 2,451.395 484.97 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/11/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 5,877 10.800 544.14 9.798 599.82 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,821,348 3,099.105 587.70 2,811.462 647.83 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,282,689 2,486.174 515.93 2,255.420 568.71 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 31,610 87.857 359.79 79.703 396.60 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 298,390 505.515 590.27 458.596 650.66 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 214,597 73.518 2,918.95 66.695 3,217.59 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,604,857 2,358.929 680.33 2,139.985 749.94 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 6,108,040 7,511.892 813.12 6,814.676 896.31 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 15,174,270 24,318.292 623.99 22,061.190 687.83 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 289,899 396.450 731.24 359.654 806.05 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 127,582 104.917 1,216.02 95.180 1,340.43 COUNTRY TOTAL 28,148,007 43,655.653 644.77 39,603.754 710.74 GRAND TOTAL 2,096,252,956 3,210,220.095 652.99 2,912,263.503 719.80 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/11/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 577,954 560.409 1,031.31 508.395 1,136.82 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 386,036 627.675 615.02 569.418 677.95 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 9,467,227 10,047.086 942.29 9,114.566 1,038.69 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,447,224 3,413.171 716.99 3,096.378 790.35 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 22,464,097 34,436.754 652.33 31,240.507 719.07 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 401,538 743.994 539.71 674.941 594.92 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,988,260 1,802.951 1,102.78 1,635.611 1,215.61 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,001,766 800.813 1,250.94 726.486 1,378.92 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 185,276 46.104 4,018.64 41.825 4,429.79 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 4,922,526 4,466.362 1,102.13 4,051.817 1,214.89 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 14,181,244 18,101.204 783.44 16,421.141 863.60 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 3,297,229 3,192.453 1,032.82 2,896.146 1,138.49 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 18,040 4.483 4,024.00 4.067 4,435.70 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 766,709 231.252 3,315.46 209.789 3,654.67 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 537,273 485.135 1,107.47 440.108 1,220.78 WIRE DRAWN............................23 840,778 744.876 1,128.75 675.741 1,244.23 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,846,457 3,120.915 591.64 2,831.248 652.17 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,265,400 4,658.329 700.98 4,225.967 772.70 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 4,069,958 6,820.667 596.71 6,187.607 657.76 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 942,187 908.611 1,036.95 824.279 1,143.04 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 395,452 838.014 471.89 760.234 520.17 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 168,829 200.486 842.10 181.878 928.25 COUNTRY TOTAL 74,171,460 96,251.756 770.60 87,318.149 849.44 Mexico INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 1,126,513 1,705.659 660.46 1,547.349 728.03 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 4,822,359 8,403.871 573.83 7,623.866 632.53 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,164,043 2,213.662 525.84 2,008.201 579.64 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 415,895 739.150 562.67 670.546 620.23 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 7,251 5.540 1,308.79 5.026 1,442.70 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,362 0.156 15,089.94 0.142 16,633.80 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,296 2.917 786.89 2.647 867.40 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 201,675 198.714 1,014.90 180.271 1,118.73 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 8,460 3.576 2,365.11 3.245 2,607.09 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 5,412 4.079 1,326.58 3.701 1,462.31 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,674,522 1,459.197 1,147.56 1,323.762 1,264.97 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 22,897 43.830 522.40 39.762 575.85 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,453,685 14,780.356 639.61 13,408.518 705.05 Guatemala MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 33,300 44.603 746.57 40.464 822.95 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/11/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 33,300 44.603 746.57 40.464 822.95 Dominican Republic SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 37,970 80.763 470.14 73.267 518.24 COUNTRY TOTAL 37,970 80.763 470.14 73.267 518.24 Trinidad and Tobago BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 529,894 1,056.124 501.73 958.100 553.07 COUNTRY TOTAL 529,894 1,056.124 501.73 958.100 553.07 Colombia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 139,748 168.121 831.23 152.517 916.28 TOOL STEEL............................17 34,521 23.312 1,480.78 21.149 1,632.28 COUNTRY TOTAL 174,269 191.433 910.33 173.666 1,003.47 Venezuela MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 382,220 397.950 960.47 361.015 1,058.74 COUNTRY TOTAL 382,220 397.950 960.47 361.015 1,058.74 Brazil BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 21,449,085 44,125.759 486.09 40,030.227 535.82 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 4,860,609 5,086.725 955.55 4,614.601 1,053.31 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 119,036 56.573 2,104.08 51.323 2,319.35 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 80,154 47.349 1,692.81 42.955 1,866.00 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,585,945 1,077.324 2,400.34 977.333 2,645.92 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 732,287 648.583 1,129.06 588.385 1,244.57 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 118,008 106.350 1,109.61 96.480 1,223.13 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 541,072 676.422 799.90 613.640 881.74 COUNTRY TOTAL 30,486,196 51,825.089 588.25 47,014.944 648.44 Argentina STANDARD PIPE.........................18 287,717 353.482 813.95 320.674 897.23 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 990,696 1,148.866 862.33 1,042.234 950.55 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 155,843 86.755 1,796.35 78.703 1,980.14 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,434,256 1,589.103 902.56 1,441.611 994.90 Sweden PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,525,962 2,476.515 1,019.97 2,246.658 1,124.32 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,352,398 677.967 1,994.78 615.042 2,198.87 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 28,963 20.694 1,399.53 18.774 1,542.72 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,867,069 1,165.551 2,459.84 1,057.371 2,711.51 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/11/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,018,752 776.765 1,311.53 704.670 1,445.72 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 270,065 237.836 1,135.51 215.762 1,251.68 WIRE DRAWN............................23 429,158 327.396 1,310.82 297.009 1,444.93 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,282,167 2,034.893 630.09 1,846.025 694.56 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,031,859 1,971.094 523.50 1,788.147 577.05 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 482,092 559.464 861.70 507.538 949.86 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 832,939 228.444 3,646.14 207.241 4,019.18 COUNTRY TOTAL 12,121,424 10,476.624 1,157.00 9,504.237 1,275.37 Finland PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 550,940 644.214 855.21 584.422 942.71 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 5,555 1.107 5,014.34 1.005 5,527.36 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 547,616 206.276 2,654.77 187.131 2,926.38 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 10,589 16.556 639.56 15.020 704.99 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,114,700 868.155 1,283.99 787.578 1,415.35 United Kingdom BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 4,680 4.661 1,003.93 4.229 1,106.64 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 963,485 1,746.456 551.68 1,584.359 608.12 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 197,011 160.543 1,227.15 145.643 1,352.70 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,054,416 1,082.717 973.86 982.225 1,073.50 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 12,352 8.818 1,400.69 8.000 1,544.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 910,033 789.511 1,152.65 716.233 1,270.58 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,047,639 253.668 4,129.96 230.124 4,552.50 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 173,285 10.883 15,922.37 9.873 17,551.40 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,251 3.752 599.90 3.404 661.28 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 420,661 275.983 1,524.23 250.368 1,680.17 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 71,486 6.994 10,220.81 6.345 11,266.51 WIRE DRAWN............................23 144,604 7.215 20,040.11 6.546 22,090.44 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 42,755 57.507 743.47 52.170 819.53 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 443,334 456.664 970.81 414.279 1,070.13 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 53,409 24.604 2,170.68 22.321 2,392.77 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,541,401 4,889.982 1,133.21 4,436.119 1,249.16 Ireland PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 6,214 2.446 2,540.45 2.219 2,800.36 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 3,059 4.163 734.73 3.777 809.90 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,273 6.609 1,402.99 5.996 1,546.53 Netherlands PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 7,490,260 12,330.888 607.44 11,186.397 669.59 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 741,351 859.653 862.38 779.865 950.61 TOOL STEEL............................17 199,785 203.162 983.38 184.306 1,083.99 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 10,500 0.403 26,025.80 0.366 28,688.52 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/11/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE WIRE DRAWN............................23 33,549 2.276 14,738.57 2.065 16,246.49 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,125,055 2,095.186 536.97 1,900.722 591.91 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 751,331 1,469.399 511.32 1,333.017 563.63 COUNTRY TOTAL 10,351,831 16,960.970 610.33 15,386.738 672.78 Belgium INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 214,085 325.457 657.80 295.250 725.10 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,317,896 889.706 1,481.27 807.128 1,632.82 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 31,283 13.576 2,304.28 12.316 2,540.03 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 393,322 644.885 609.91 585.030 672.31 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 115,521 161.400 715.74 146.420 788.97 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,072,107 2,035.024 1,018.22 1,846.144 1,122.40 Luxembourg STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,232,473 1,929.169 638.86 1,750.114 704.22 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,232,473 1,929.169 638.86 1,750.114 704.22 France BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 69,341 10.040 6,905.82 9.109 7,612.36 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,219,109 835.201 1,459.66 757.682 1,609.00 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 83,620 145.394 575.12 131.900 633.97 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,305,430 1,174.570 1,111.41 1,065.553 1,225.12 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,546,956 1,457.204 1,061.59 1,321.954 1,170.20 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,044,451 503.906 2,072.71 457.136 2,284.77 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 150,991 179.948 839.08 163.247 924.92 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 404,782 371.419 1,089.82 336.946 1,201.33 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 676,772 418.560 1,616.90 379.712 1,782.33 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 19,743 7.770 2,540.86 7.049 2,800.82 WIRE DRAWN............................23 49,534 3.215 15,405.04 2.917 16,981.15 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,728,363 2,547.847 678.36 2,311.369 747.77 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 883,231 1,168.620 755.79 1,060.155 833.11 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 238,970 327.151 730.46 296.787 805.19 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 121,452 108.131 1,123.19 98.095 1,238.11 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,007,264 127.509 7,899.50 115.675 8,707.71 COUNTRY TOTAL 10,550,009 9,386.493 1,123.96 8,515.286 1,238.95 Federal Republic of Germany BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 1,345,931 3,054.251 440.67 2,770.771 485.76 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,756,849 3,356.319 821.39 3,044.803 905.43 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 27,688 50.089 552.78 45.440 609.33 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 5,884 3.734 1,575.52 3.388 1,736.72 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 892,994 1,079.721 827.06 979.507 911.68 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 281,100 152.603 1,842.02 138.440 2,030.48 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,477,403 1,649.984 1,501.47 1,496.841 1,655.09 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/11/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STANDARD PIPE.........................18 217,070 163.757 1,325.56 148.558 1,461.18 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,299,221 1,282.329 1,013.17 1,163.310 1,116.83 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 14,582 24.303 599.99 22.048 661.38 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,822,284 1,587.830 1,147.66 1,440.456 1,265.07 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 2,316,075 1,583.562 1,462.57 1,436.584 1,612.21 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 8,529 1.017 8,382.86 0.923 9,240.52 WIRE DRAWN............................23 371,287 98.685 3,762.33 89.526 4,147.25 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 57,372 92.164 622.50 83.610 686.19 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,391,200 1,813.341 767.20 1,645.036 845.70 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 2,799,983 6,660.846 420.36 6,042.620 463.37 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 945,503 1,481.565 638.18 1,344.054 703.47 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 1,724,720 1,950.657 884.17 1,769.607 974.63 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 47,290 46.471 1,017.62 42.158 1,121.73 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 3,051,023 1,873.187 1,628.79 1,699.328 1,795.43 COUNTRY TOTAL 23,853,988 28,006.424 851.73 25,407.008 938.87 Austria PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 70,215 84.471 831.23 76.631 916.27 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 98,816 39.657 2,491.71 35.977 2,746.64 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 120,674 29.151 4,139.52 26.446 4,563.03 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,023,068 520.024 3,890.34 471.758 4,288.36 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,964,592 4,372.077 678.07 3,966.283 747.45 WIRE DRAWN............................23 127,688 45.716 2,793.06 41.473 3,078.82 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 470,729 805.625 584.30 730.851 644.08 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 91,796 15.049 6,099.46 13.653 6,723.50 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,967,578 5,911.773 1,009.44 5,363.072 1,112.72 Czech Republic RAILS STANDARD.........................7 60,500 117.699 514.02 106.775 566.61 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,397,265 3,794.409 631.79 3,442.231 696.43 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 825,574 1,014.789 813.54 920.602 896.78 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 113,350 4.053 27,965.58 3.677 30,826.76 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,396,689 4,930.951 688.85 4,473.285 759.33 Switzerland PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 11,947 20.576 580.60 18.667 640.01 TOOL STEEL............................17 14,541 9.704 1,498.34 8.804 1,651.64 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 245,758 140.422 1,750.14 127.389 1,929.19 WIRE DRAWN............................23 8,493 0.334 25,428.13 0.303 28,029.70 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 30,571 20.746 1,473.54 18.821 1,624.30 COUNTRY TOTAL 311,310 191.784 1,623.23 173.984 1,789.30 Poland PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 497,483 570.311 872.30 517.378 961.55 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/11/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 80,993 80.920 1,000.89 73.410 1,103.30 WIRE DRAWN............................23 287,029 252.554 1,136.50 229.114 1,252.78 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 37,267 40.322 924.22 36.580 1,018.78 COUNTRY TOTAL 902,772 944.109 956.22 856.482 1,054.05 Russia PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 342,108 456.546 749.34 414.172 826.00 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 436,428 877.770 497.20 796.300 548.07 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 313,862 572.002 548.71 518.912 604.85 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 378,603 352.662 1,073.56 319.930 1,183.39 TOOL STEEL............................17 385,975 291.616 1,323.57 264.550 1,458.99 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,741,413 2,703.985 644.02 2,453.015 709.91 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,706,312 5,386.663 502.41 4,886.700 553.81 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 3,211,720 4,257.651 754.34 3,862.478 831.52 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,516,421 14,898.898 638.73 13,516.057 704.08 Ukraine BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,470,692 2,530.972 581.08 2,296.060 640.53 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,155,514 615.103 1,878.57 558.013 2,070.77 TOOL STEEL............................17 5,725 1.570 3,644.66 1.425 4,017.54 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,631,931 3,147.646 836.16 2,855.498 921.71 Spain STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,844,695 3,487.742 528.91 3,164.028 583.02 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 50,484 39.938 1,264.03 36.232 1,393.35 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 811,617 708.827 1,145.01 643.038 1,262.16 TOOL STEEL............................17 514,013 360.113 1,427.36 326.690 1,573.40 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 147,520 31.769 4,643.42 28.821 5,118.49 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,998,178 3,461.662 577.23 3,140.368 636.29 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,366,507 8,090.055 663.35 7,339.177 731.21 Italy BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 989,146 1,244.601 794.75 1,129.084 876.06 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 111,891 119.823 933.80 108.702 1,029.34 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 60,786 23.565 2,579.48 21.378 2,843.39 TOOL STEEL............................17 363,656 308.029 1,180.59 279.440 1,301.37 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 16,984 17.481 971.54 15.859 1,070.94 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,590 0.115 22,377.23 0.105 24,666.67 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 360,256 307.067 1,173.21 278.567 1,293.25 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 24,391 14.812 1,646.61 13.438 1,815.08 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 2,217 1.136 1,950.76 1.031 2,150.34 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,510,076 1,378.097 1,095.77 1,250.189 1,207.88 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 11,816 10.187 1,159.85 9.242 1,278.51 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/11/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 3,453,809 3,424.918 1,008.44 3,107.035 1,111.61 Slovenia TOOL STEEL............................17 1,722,697 928.956 1,854.44 842.735 2,044.17 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,722,697 928.956 1,854.44 842.735 2,044.17 Romania PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 811,934 1,280.897 633.88 1,162.011 698.73 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 325,769 544.089 598.74 493.590 660.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 530,185 732.407 723.89 664.429 797.96 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 471,018 794.072 593.17 720.371 653.85 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 6,300 6.649 947.49 6.032 1,044.43 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,145,206 3,358.116 638.81 3,046.433 704.17 Turkey BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 238,118 232.036 1,026.21 210.500 1,131.20 WIRE DRAWN............................23 245,187 243.022 1,008.91 220.466 1,112.13 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 103,935 22.046 4,714.41 20.000 5,196.75 COUNTRY TOTAL 587,240 497.104 1,181.32 450.966 1,302.18 India TOOL STEEL............................17 20,286 3.466 5,851.56 3.145 6,450.24 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 48,027 53.188 902.95 48.252 995.34 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,216,184 1,512.224 804.24 1,371.867 886.52 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 6,299 2.480 2,539.71 2.250 2,799.56 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 79,104 108.996 725.75 98.880 800.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,369,900 1,680.356 815.24 1,524.394 898.65 Thailand WIRE DRAWN............................23 26,577 34.833 762.98 31.600 841.04 COUNTRY TOTAL 26,577 34.833 762.98 31.600 841.04 China PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,194,044 2,076.650 574.99 1,883.906 633.81 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 148,017 103.424 1,431.16 93.825 1,577.59 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 128,324 82.765 1,550.44 75.084 1,709.07 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,313,901 326.707 4,021.65 296.384 4,433.10 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 5,055,509 5,367.660 941.85 4,869.461 1,038.21 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 198,466 271.084 732.12 245.924 807.02 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 112,472 67.336 1,670.29 61.087 1,841.18 WIRE DRAWN............................23 123,676 57.432 2,153.41 52.102 2,373.73 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 398,009 756.427 526.17 686.220 580.00 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/11/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 8,672,418 9,109.490 952.02 8,263.993 1,049.42 Korea, South BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 881,739 1,246.509 707.37 1,130.815 779.74 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 34,804 39.974 870.66 36.264 959.74 TOOL STEEL............................17 349,521 202.408 1,726.81 183.622 1,903.48 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 66,728 109.897 607.19 99.697 669.31 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 395,504 679.969 581.65 616.858 641.16 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,700,212 1,692.623 1,004.48 1,535.523 1,107.25 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,090,100 1,930.444 564.69 1,751.270 622.46 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,518,608 5,901.827 765.63 5,354.049 843.96 Hong Kong MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,042 3.970 514.29 3.602 566.91 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,042 3.970 514.29 3.602 566.91 Taiwan BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 19,754 8.151 2,423.33 7.395 2,671.26 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 56,125 33.721 1,664.35 30.592 1,834.63 TOOL STEEL............................17 764,054 412.006 1,854.47 373.766 2,044.20 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 6,083 1.289 4,716.59 1.170 5,199.15 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 15,000 7.056 2,125.55 6.402 2,343.02 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 609,625 206.973 2,945.43 187.763 3,246.78 WIRE DRAWN............................23 489,040 567.601 861.59 514.920 949.74 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,959,681 1,236.801 1,584.47 1,122.008 1,746.58 Japan BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 10,677 1.091 9,783.85 0.990 10,784.85 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,515,351 1,907.709 794.33 1,730.645 875.60 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 67,795 131.230 516.61 119.050 569.47 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 139,442 971.053 143.60 880.925 158.29 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 4,706,211 6,885.325 683.51 6,246.264 753.44 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 320,868 372.223 862.03 337.676 950.22 TOOL STEEL............................17 4,293,488 4,293.882 999.91 3,895.346 1,102.21 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 329,977 178.238 1,851.33 161.695 2,040.74 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 7,808,175 3,290.134 2,373.21 2,984.761 2,616.01 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 2,069,883 1,930.285 1,072.32 1,751.126 1,182.03 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 16,106 5.653 2,848.73 5.129 3,140.18 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,179,711 1,453.760 1,499.36 1,318.830 1,652.76 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 351,932 142.945 2,462.00 129.678 2,713.89 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 110,980 70.526 1,573.58 63.981 1,734.58 WIRE DRAWN............................23 3,091,929 2,448.834 1,262.61 2,221.546 1,391.79 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 500,958 865.298 578.94 784.986 638.17 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 4,836,501 7,674.374 630.21 6,962.077 694.69 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 8,965,448 12,519.453 716.12 11,357.460 789.39 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/11/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 358,783 501.910 714.83 455.326 787.97 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 666,833 996.277 669.32 903.808 737.80 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 8,818 9.151 963.57 8.302 1,062.15 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 109,224 38.979 2,802.06 35.362 3,088.74 COUNTRY TOTAL 42,459,090 46,688.341 909.42 42,354.963 1,002.46 Australia SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 54,547 12.892 4,230.87 11.696 4,663.73 COUNTRY TOTAL 54,547 12.892 4,230.87 11.696 4,663.73 South Africa BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 272,291 592.900 459.25 537.870 506.24 COUNTRY TOTAL 272,291 592.900 459.25 537.870 506.24 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 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 10,427,756 22,218.020 469.34 20,155.855 517.36 WIRE RODS..............................3 22,575,541 34,872.333 647.38 31,635.658 713.61 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 8,029,641 12,871.706 623.82 11,677.019 687.64 STEEL PILING...........................5 1,119,945 1,279.036 875.62 1,160.323 965.20 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 3,467,812 5,038.408 688.28 4,570.769 758.69 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 8,160,019 14,070.870 579.92 12,764.883 639.26 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 128,797 498.365 258.44 452.110 284.88 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 21,271,067 33,172.425 641.23 30,093.527 706.83 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 4,512,505 7,979.807 565.49 7,239.162 623.35 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 18,335 53.554 342.36 48.584 377.39 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 5,496,135 4,801.338 1,144.71 4,355.702 1,261.83 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 21,323,675 23,360.650 912.80 21,192.432 1,006.19 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,708,422 3,563.908 479.37 3,233.124 528.41 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 17,014 27.104 627.71 24.589 691.94 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 121,999 132.993 917.33 120.650 1,011.18 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 595,698 274.919 2,166.81 249.403 2,388.50 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 9,599,667 8,001.461 1,199.74 7,258.806 1,322.49 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 110,423 180.302 612.43 163.568 675.09 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 1,214,785 494.259 2,457.79 448.385 2,709.25 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 24,805,369 26,153.371 948.46 23,725.946 1,045.50 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 134,371 179.663 747.90 162.988 824.42 WIRE DRAWN............................23 17,526,199 18,635.214 940.49 16,905.587 1,036.71 BLACK PLATE...........................28 13,172 24.315 541.70 22.059 597.13 TIN PLATE.............................29 6,224,858 9,787.504 636.00 8,879.077 701.07 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 1,969,925 3,028.808 650.40 2,747.690 716.94 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 14,337,121 24,570.625 583.51 22,290.103 643.21 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 11,474,787 16,478.700 696.34 14,949.230 767.58 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 17,844,492 28,176.763 633.31 25,561.537 698.10 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 252,275 325.462 775.13 295.255 854.43 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 6,908,330 8,388.571 823.54 7,609.986 907.80 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 2,624,152 4,425.544 592.96 4,014.788 653.62 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 3,179,847 3,682.153 863.58 3,340.394 951.94 COUNTRY TOTAL 227,194,134 316,748.171 717.27 287,349.189 790.66 Mexico BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 78,358,833 170,802.195 458.77 154,949.189 505.71 WIRE RODS..............................3 2,122,467 3,656.709 580.43 3,317.312 639.82 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,462,476 2,546.844 574.23 2,310.459 632.98 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,161,283 3,396.718 636.29 3,081.452 701.38 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,690,479 4,049.512 664.40 3,673.657 732.37 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 1,265,415 2,203.833 574.19 1,999.285 632.93 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 7,048,239 15,058.357 468.06 13,660.716 515.95 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/11/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 39,835 49.817 799.61 45.194 881.42 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 3,685,083 3,758.709 980.41 3,409.845 1,080.72 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,796,961 1,827.117 983.49 1,657.534 1,084.12 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,117,916 2,352.697 900.21 2,134.332 992.31 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 306,286 357.333 857.14 324.168 944.84 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 10,347,274 11,926.618 867.58 10,819.649 956.34 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 561,029 325.709 1,722.48 295.479 1,898.71 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 337,900 222.988 1,515.32 202.292 1,670.36 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 4,292,859 3,036.966 1,413.54 2,755.090 1,558.16 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 62,678 42.349 1,480.01 38.419 1,631.43 WIRE DRAWN............................23 8,003,804 9,658.591 828.67 8,762.129 913.45 TIN PLATE.............................29 5,839 7.751 753.28 7.032 830.35 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 20,553,363 33,593.220 611.83 30,475.266 674.43 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 5,735,221 8,451.765 678.58 7,667.315 748.01 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 17,449,691 18,328.056 952.08 16,626.938 1,049.48 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 15,772,757 16,872.243 934.83 15,306.246 1,030.48 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 687,480 824.979 833.33 748.409 918.59 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 370,950 340.325 1,089.99 308.738 1,201.50 COUNTRY TOTAL 187,236,118 313,691.414 596.88 284,576.145 657.95 Guatemala STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,017,440 876.521 1,160.77 795.167 1,279.53 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,017,440 876.521 1,160.77 795.167 1,279.53 El Salvador SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,096,079 3,422.174 612.50 3,104.545 675.16 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,096,079 3,422.174 612.50 3,104.545 675.16 Dominican Republic BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 3,386,795 7,629.291 443.92 6,921.179 489.34 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 51,267 157.115 326.30 142.533 359.69 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 86,473 126.126 685.61 114.420 755.75 WIRE DRAWN............................23 257,000 322.279 797.44 292.367 879.03 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,781,535 8,234.813 459.21 7,470.499 506.20 Trinidad and Tobago WIRE RODS..............................3 16,881,766 30,246.013 558.15 27,438.730 615.25 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 14,642 24.250 603.77 22.000 665.55 WIRE DRAWN............................23 95,413 119.059 801.39 108.009 883.38 COUNTRY TOTAL 16,991,821 30,389.324 559.14 27,568.739 616.34 Colombia STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,803,845 1,957.982 1,432.01 1,776.252 1,578.52 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/11/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,650,708 2,415.392 1,097.42 2,191.208 1,209.70 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 35,470 20.774 1,707.41 18.846 1,882.10 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 4,348 8.725 498.29 7.916 549.27 WIRE DRAWN............................23 30,203 20.273 1,489.76 18.392 1,642.18 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,136,351 1,872.536 606.85 1,698.737 668.94 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,660,925 6,295.685 1,058.01 5,711.351 1,166.26 Venezuela WIRE RODS..............................3 1,579,825 3,286.143 480.75 2,981.140 529.94 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 937,597 1,634.459 573.64 1,482.757 632.33 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 1,234,949 2,469.199 500.14 2,240.021 551.31 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 4,531,554 10,657.246 425.21 9,668.094 468.71 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 3,347,291 4,504.412 743.11 4,086.335 819.14 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 43,377 92.279 470.06 83.715 518.15 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 142,068 189.134 751.15 171.580 828.00 WIRE DRAWN............................23 734,768 935.537 785.40 848.706 865.75 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 11,612,623 19,727.576 588.65 17,896.561 648.87 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,421,514 2,345.078 606.17 2,127.420 668.19 COUNTRY TOTAL 25,585,566 45,841.067 558.14 41,586.329 615.24 Ecuador STANDARD PIPE.........................18 22,255 22.265 999.52 20.199 1,101.79 WIRE DRAWN............................23 80,119 105.149 761.95 95.390 839.91 COUNTRY TOTAL 102,374 127.415 803.47 115.589 885.67 Chile STANDARD PIPE.........................18 818,201 1,548.910 528.24 1,405.148 582.29 WIRE DRAWN............................23 201,184 210.857 954.12 191.287 1,051.74 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,019,385 1,759.767 579.27 1,596.435 638.54 Brazil BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 49,359,183 134,155.547 367.93 121,703.900 405.57 WIRE RODS..............................3 4,703,483 10,797.235 435.62 9,795.090 480.19 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 255,466 506.373 504.50 459.374 556.12 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 6,632 18.276 362.87 16.580 400.00 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 13,325 19.515 682.80 17.704 752.65 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 9,367 22.409 417.98 20.330 460.75 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 228,485 532.019 429.47 482.640 473.41 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 1,403,610 3,442.473 407.73 3,122.960 449.45 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 15,869 17.854 888.81 16.197 979.75 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 18,244 20.995 868.94 19.047 957.84 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,729,328 3,850.870 708.76 3,493.452 781.27 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 132,471 170.841 775.40 154.985 854.73 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,298,849 2,305.223 563.44 2,091.264 621.08 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/11/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 812,411 1,577.579 514.97 1,431.156 567.66 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,223,580 1,594.059 767.59 1,446.107 846.12 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 166,530 142.470 1,168.87 129.247 1,288.46 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 259,273 490.153 528.96 444.660 583.08 WIRE DRAWN............................23 849,212 1,262.847 672.46 1,145.636 741.26 TIN PLATE.............................29 1,012,649 1,593.025 635.68 1,445.169 700.71 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 18,941 42.641 444.19 38.684 489.63 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 8,396,177 14,146.603 593.51 12,833.586 654.23 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 7,131,984 10,819.114 659.20 9,814.938 726.65 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 8,980 11.982 749.45 10.870 826.13 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 24,946 25.363 983.56 23.009 1,084.18 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 118,297 155.025 763.08 140.637 841.15 COUNTRY TOTAL 80,197,292 187,720.501 427.22 170,297.221 470.93 Argentina BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 16,373,454 33,926.180 482.62 30,777.322 532.00 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 847,230 1,628.315 520.31 1,477.183 573.54 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 672,185 1,256.001 535.18 1,139.426 589.93 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 107,911 155.488 694.01 141.057 765.02 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 275,249 418.564 657.60 379.715 724.88 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 6,394,481 8,191.525 780.62 7,431.229 860.49 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 192,548 309.213 622.70 280.514 686.41 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 378,139 546.676 691.70 495.937 762.47 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 501,164 275.814 1,817.03 250.215 2,002.93 WIRE DRAWN............................23 96,849 174.189 556.00 158.022 612.88 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 288,357 921.972 312.76 836.400 344.76 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 92,065 116.656 789.20 105.829 869.94 COUNTRY TOTAL 26,219,632 47,920.599 547.15 43,472.849 603.13 Sweden STANDARD PIPE.........................18 44,729 50.397 887.52 45.720 978.32 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 204,046 89.724 2,274.13 81.397 2,506.80 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 3,616 1.992 1,814.37 1.808 2,000.00 WIRE DRAWN............................23 317,355 168.541 1,882.95 152.898 2,075.60 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 274,707 294.740 932.03 267.384 1,027.39 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 135,847 218.335 622.19 198.071 685.85 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 26,841 30.906 868.46 28.038 957.31 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 816,115 195.144 4,182.11 177.032 4,609.99 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,823,256 1,049.783 1,736.79 952.348 1,914.49 Norway STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,228,736 1,602.006 767.00 1,453.316 845.47 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,228,736 1,602.006 767.00 1,453.316 845.47 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/11/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Finland WIRE RODS..............................3 74,463 123.985 600.58 112.478 662.02 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 193,039 256.494 752.60 232.688 829.60 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 240,525 358.387 671.13 325.124 739.79 COUNTRY TOTAL 508,027 738.868 687.57 670.290 757.92 Denmark LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 139,638 101.641 1,373.82 92.208 1,514.38 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 14,824 2.986 4,964.23 2.709 5,472.13 COUNTRY TOTAL 154,462 104.628 1,476.30 94.917 1,627.34 United Kingdom BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 296,709 610.014 486.40 553.396 536.16 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,712,280 3,800.835 450.50 3,448.061 496.59 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 236,367 221.350 1,067.84 200.806 1,177.09 STEEL PILING...........................5 4,991 8.930 558.84 8.102 616.02 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 14,176,174 16,833.222 842.15 15,270.847 928.32 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 72,128 62.939 1,145.98 57.098 1,263.23 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,436,318 1,418.332 1,012.68 1,286.690 1,116.29 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 63,323 14.417 4,392.21 13.079 4,841.58 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 229,109 46.607 4,915.67 42.282 5,418.59 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 2,292 4.432 517.10 4.021 570.01 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 4,199 8.075 519.97 7.326 573.16 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 23,556 2.765 8,517.20 2.509 9,388.60 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 5,610 0.178 31,415.48 0.162 34,629.63 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 120,348 102.116 1,178.53 92.639 1,299.11 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,378,247 1,308.752 1,053.10 1,187.281 1,160.84 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 74,215 131.184 565.73 119.009 623.61 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 104,863 134.382 780.33 121.910 860.17 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 160,625 252.816 635.34 229.351 700.35 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 957,598 500.284 1,914.11 453.851 2,109.94 COUNTRY TOTAL 21,058,952 25,461.642 827.09 23,098.420 911.71 Ireland WIRE DRAWN............................23 21,516 20.482 1,050.48 18.581 1,157.96 COUNTRY TOTAL 21,516 20.482 1,050.48 18.581 1,157.96 Netherlands WIRE RODS..............................3 367,843 554.201 663.74 502.763 731.64 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 4,959,933 9,541.120 519.85 8,655.561 573.03 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 3,199 2.094 1,527.41 1.900 1,683.68 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 14,481 12.503 1,158.15 11.343 1,276.65 WIRE DRAWN............................23 50,958 46.797 1,088.90 42.454 1,200.31 BLACK PLATE...........................28 296,056 391.772 755.68 355.410 833.00 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/11/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE TIN PLATE.............................29 1,623,589 2,632.878 616.66 2,388.508 679.75 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 1,441,756 2,677.839 538.40 2,429.296 593.49 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 14,270,964 28,732.059 496.69 26,065.293 547.51 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 6,214,178 9,521.310 652.66 8,637.590 719.43 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,218,315 1,648.717 738.95 1,495.692 814.55 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 124,172 73.083 1,699.05 66.300 1,872.88 COUNTRY TOTAL 30,585,444 55,834.378 547.79 50,652.110 603.83 Belgium WIRE RODS..............................3 992,949 2,130.426 466.08 1,932.691 513.77 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 52,321 90.554 577.78 82.150 636.90 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 90,243 96.570 934.48 87.607 1,030.09 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 13,138 16.421 800.07 14.897 881.92 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 18,724 10.607 1,765.16 9.623 1,945.75 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,013,124 1,007.352 1,005.73 913.855 1,108.63 BLACK PLATE...........................28 358,060 635.892 563.08 576.872 620.69 TIN PLATE.............................29 323,747 595.606 543.56 540.325 599.17 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 1,374,496 1,980.867 693.89 1,797.013 764.88 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 928,422 1,496.232 620.51 1,357.360 683.99 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 7,159,236 10,894.646 657.13 9,883.460 724.37 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 3,087,559 3,227.216 956.73 2,927.682 1,054.61 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 331,086 492.887 671.73 447.140 740.45 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 176,613 185.955 949.76 168.696 1,046.93 COUNTRY TOTAL 15,919,718 22,861.236 696.36 20,739.371 767.61 Luxembourg STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 5,036,291 6,780.038 742.81 6,150.749 818.81 STEEL PILING...........................5 4,118,391 6,080.133 677.35 5,515.806 746.65 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 457,849 714.308 640.97 648.010 706.55 WIRE DRAWN............................23 369,516 352.032 1,049.66 319.359 1,157.06 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 870,724 1,313.764 662.77 1,191.827 730.58 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 44,876 61.519 729.45 55.810 804.09 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 1,539,124 1,871.877 822.24 1,698.139 906.36 COUNTRY TOTAL 12,436,771 17,173.674 724.18 15,579.700 798.27 France BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 179,715 277.331 648.02 251.591 714.31 WIRE RODS..............................3 50,451 83.546 603.87 75.792 665.65 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,574,972 4,332.421 594.35 3,930.308 655.16 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 944,586 1,413.229 668.39 1,282.061 736.77 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 120,356 122.576 981.88 111.200 1,082.34 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 516,470 828.257 623.56 751.383 687.36 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 511,116 577.091 885.68 523.529 976.29 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 362,100 826.755 437.98 750.020 482.79 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 767,243 950.455 807.24 862.239 889.83 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/11/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 592,163 619.896 955.26 562.361 1,052.99 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 581,607 566.564 1,026.55 513.979 1,131.58 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 60,090 57.510 1,044.85 52.173 1,151.75 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,695,927 1,178.313 1,439.28 1,068.948 1,586.54 BLACK PLATE...........................28 50,240 71.275 704.87 64.660 776.99 TIN PLATE.............................29 1,297,268 2,404.888 539.43 2,181.679 594.62 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 69,879 111.705 625.56 101.338 689.56 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 8,774,962 14,976.871 585.90 13,586.793 645.84 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,552,405 2,271.946 683.29 2,061.076 753.20 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 40,932 12.190 3,357.71 11.059 3,701.24 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 85,266 14.002 6,089.27 12.703 6,712.27 COUNTRY TOTAL 20,827,748 31,696.833 657.09 28,754.892 724.32 Federal Republic of Germany BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 6,438,718 20,467.999 314.57 18,568.262 346.76 WIRE RODS..............................3 7,429,514 13,366.239 555.84 12,125.652 612.71 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,437,266 2,577.392 557.64 2,338.172 614.70 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 107,922 99.627 1,083.25 90.381 1,194.08 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 798,259 1,524.610 523.58 1,383.104 577.15 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,048,289 1,384.227 757.31 1,255.750 834.79 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 6,211,835 4,658.077 1,333.56 4,225.738 1,470.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 4,124,624 3,464.765 1,190.45 3,143.183 1,312.24 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 403,762 442.856 911.72 401.753 1,005.00 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 5,089,388 6,471.435 786.44 5,870.789 866.90 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 247,274 145.416 1,700.45 131.920 1,874.42 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 179,583 202.077 888.68 183.322 979.60 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,368,472 1,047.691 1,306.18 950.450 1,439.81 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 943,216 883.695 1,067.35 801.675 1,176.56 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 3,563 1.964 1,813.86 1.782 1,999.44 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 14,823 1.050 14,110.39 0.953 15,554.04 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,315,532 1,034.677 1,271.44 938.644 1,401.52 BLACK PLATE...........................28 72,947 65.034 1,121.67 58.998 1,236.43 TIN PLATE.............................29 6,039,852 10,556.602 572.14 9,576.791 630.68 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 1,566,114 2,449.346 639.40 2,222.010 704.82 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 233,808 426.835 547.77 387.219 603.81 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 226,062 330.050 684.93 299.417 755.01 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 172,775 371.478 465.10 337.000 512.69 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 472,881 773.449 611.39 701.662 673.94 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 483,248 158.726 3,044.54 143.994 3,356.03 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 6,734 13.134 512.71 11.915 565.17 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,890,405 1,284.244 1,472.00 1,165.047 1,622.60 COUNTRY TOTAL 48,326,866 74,202.707 651.28 67,315.583 717.91 Austria PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 342,412 549.936 622.64 498.894 686.34 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 365,457 556.398 656.83 504.756 724.03 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/11/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 80,185 51.253 1,564.49 46.496 1,724.56 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 5,972,289 5,606.536 1,065.24 5,086.166 1,174.22 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 356,350 470.271 757.75 426.623 835.28 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 164,611 84.999 1,936.62 77.110 2,134.76 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 201,459 157.338 1,280.42 142.735 1,411.42 WIRE DRAWN............................23 374,236 158.715 2,357.91 143.984 2,599.15 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 276,772 591.235 468.12 536.360 516.02 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 168,273 173.292 971.04 157.208 1,070.38 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 38,406 28.472 1,348.87 25.830 1,486.88 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 727,413 133.174 5,462.10 120.814 6,020.93 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,067,863 8,561.623 1,059.13 7,766.976 1,167.49 Czech Republic BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 66,140 175.029 377.88 158.784 416.54 WIRE RODS..............................3 393,993 826.223 476.86 749.538 525.65 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,919,839 4,059.675 472.90 3,682.877 521.29 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 1,899,176 4,381.163 433.49 3,974.526 477.84 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 372,044 759.007 490.17 688.560 540.32 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 17,208 24.559 700.67 22.280 772.35 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 472,385 699.553 675.27 634.624 744.35 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 437,249 617.095 708.56 559.820 781.05 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 693,271 1,087.535 637.47 986.596 702.69 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 19,205 29.365 654.00 26.640 720.91 WIRE DRAWN............................23 52,038 39.482 1,318.00 35.818 1,452.84 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,342,548 12,698.692 499.46 11,520.063 550.57 Switzerland BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 23,910 18.894 1,265.43 17.141 1,394.90 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,219 0.688 3,220.87 0.625 3,550.40 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,187,882 490.021 2,424.14 444.540 2,672.16 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 63,912 22.646 2,822.10 20.545 3,110.83 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 56,549 36.753 1,538.61 33.342 1,696.03 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,334,472 569.005 2,345.27 516.193 2,585.22 Lithuania WIRE DRAWN............................23 27,720 44.080 628.85 39.989 693.19 COUNTRY TOTAL 27,720 44.080 628.85 39.989 693.19 Poland STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 94,918 142.211 667.44 129.012 735.73 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 21,300 36.041 590.99 32.696 651.46 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 24,850 91.307 272.16 82.833 300.00 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 105,501 107.857 978.15 97.847 1,078.22 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 377,011 459.528 820.43 416.877 904.37 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/11/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 75,229 86.396 870.74 78.378 959.82 WIRE DRAWN............................23 909,603 942.862 964.72 855.351 1,063.43 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,608,412 1,866.205 861.86 1,692.994 950.04 Russia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 45,937,336 102,062.445 450.09 92,589.519 496.14 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 243,339 333.217 730.27 302.290 804.99 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 18,451,363 35,628.389 517.88 32,321.540 570.87 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 125,523 294.394 426.38 267.070 470.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 937,032 1,666.010 562.44 1,511.380 619.98 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 792,651 1,460.973 542.55 1,325.373 598.06 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,250,756 1,796.872 696.07 1,630.096 767.29 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 308,602 653.540 472.20 592.882 520.51 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 61,683 152.796 403.69 138.615 445.00 WIRE DRAWN............................23 457,583 879.542 520.25 797.908 573.48 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 45,147,386 84,770.547 532.58 76,902.569 587.07 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 32,463,911 58,647.255 553.55 53,203.910 610.18 COUNTRY TOTAL 146,177,165 288,345.985 506.95 261,583.152 558.82 Belarus WIRE DRAWN............................23 373,167 441.924 844.41 400.907 930.81 COUNTRY TOTAL 373,167 441.924 844.41 400.907 930.81 Ukraine BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 18,162,796 37,649.812 482.41 34,155.345 531.77 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 3,510,235 7,391.899 474.88 6,705.820 523.46 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,295,530 1,499.804 863.80 1,360.600 952.18 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,065,411 2,711.938 761.60 2,460.230 839.52 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 4,097,493 5,777.030 709.27 5,240.835 781.84 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 593,801 851.913 697.02 772.843 768.33 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,941,759 4,220.475 697.02 3,828.752 768.33 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 523,581 890.615 587.89 807.953 648.03 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 600,699 1,113.554 539.44 1,010.200 594.63 COUNTRY TOTAL 33,791,305 62,107.043 544.08 56,342.578 599.75 Georgia MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 4,910 0.349 14,051.35 0.317 15,488.96 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,910 0.349 14,051.35 0.317 15,488.96 Kazakhstan SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 914,347 1,184.526 771.91 1,074.585 850.88 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 151,025 139.840 1,079.98 126.861 1,190.48 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/11/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 1,065,372 1,324.367 804.44 1,201.446 886.74 Spain WIRE RODS..............................3 4,038,535 7,740.584 521.74 7,022.142 575.11 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,646,926 3,377.901 487.56 3,064.382 537.44 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 207,606 347.981 596.60 315.684 657.64 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,350,668 1,488.048 907.68 1,349.935 1,000.54 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 34,759 21.330 1,629.52 19.351 1,796.24 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 242,272 86.719 2,793.73 78.671 3,079.56 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 507,050 244.440 2,074.33 221.753 2,286.55 WIRE DRAWN............................23 94,211 99.207 949.63 90.000 1,046.79 TIN PLATE.............................29 79,118 52.442 1,508.66 47.575 1,663.02 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 127,496 213.030 598.49 193.258 659.72 COUNTRY TOTAL 8,328,641 13,671.688 609.19 12,402.751 671.52 Italy BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 4,811,676 10,736.767 448.15 9,740.234 494.00 WIRE RODS..............................3 10,252,896 18,734.961 547.26 16,996.076 603.25 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 17,183 4.044 4,248.61 3.669 4,683.29 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 3,481,691 5,425.810 641.69 4,922.214 707.34 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,428,638 2,590.164 551.56 2,349.758 607.99 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 42,209 76.809 549.53 69.680 605.75 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 3,584 3.024 1,184.89 2.744 1,306.12 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 140,750 140.036 1,005.10 127.039 1,107.93 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 218,055 166.734 1,307.80 151.259 1,441.60 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 31,550 36.526 863.76 33.136 952.14 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 719,045 643.395 1,117.58 583.679 1,231.92 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 54,476 41.099 1,325.46 37.285 1,461.07 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 9,600 2.997 3,203.01 2.719 3,530.71 WIRE DRAWN............................23 658,634 590.882 1,114.66 536.040 1,228.70 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 13,706,996 24,797.407 552.76 22,495.836 609.31 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 108,879 25.380 4,289.83 23.025 4,728.73 COUNTRY TOTAL 35,685,862 64,016.042 557.45 58,074.393 614.49 Serbia and Montenegro PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 9,064,733 16,090.510 563.36 14,597.070 621.00 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 3,842,625 6,749.891 569.29 6,123.400 627.53 COUNTRY TOTAL 12,907,358 22,840.402 565.11 20,720.470 622.93 Greece LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 12,868,111 23,705.277 542.84 21,505.072 598.38 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,676,731 1,763.767 950.65 1,600.063 1,047.92 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 524,849 957.246 548.29 868.400 604.39 COUNTRY TOTAL 15,069,691 26,426.291 570.25 23,973.535 628.60 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/11/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Romania PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 5,782,299 9,374.049 616.84 8,503.997 679.95 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 8,962,101 22,755.843 393.84 20,643.760 434.13 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 57,906 22.826 2,536.77 20.708 2,796.31 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,402,048 3,791.841 633.48 3,439.902 698.29 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 3,051,614 3,294.743 926.21 2,988.942 1,020.97 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 1,711,432 2,636.760 649.07 2,392.030 715.47 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,619,404 3,861.039 678.42 3,502.677 747.83 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 649,484 705.991 919.96 640.465 1,014.08 COUNTRY TOTAL 25,236,288 46,443.097 543.38 42,132.481 598.97 Bulgaria PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,663,848 5,733.476 464.61 5,201.324 512.15 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 2,542,141 9,340.766 272.16 8,473.803 300.00 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,640,998 5,815.836 454.10 5,276.040 500.56 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,846,987 20,890.079 375.63 18,951.167 414.06 Turkey BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 5,638,999 18,596.714 303.23 16,870.660 334.25 WIRE RODS..............................3 12,522,005 28,348.870 441.71 25,717.670 486.90 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 10,774 7.808 1,379.73 7.084 1,520.89 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 4,327,320 8,083.246 535.34 7,333.000 590.12 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 490,634 1,204.580 407.31 1,092.777 448.98 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 2,004,826 4,716.481 425.07 4,278.721 468.56 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 31,306,623 73,965.888 423.26 67,100.744 466.56 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,093,800 1,753.474 623.79 1,590.726 687.61 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,794,730 958.080 1,873.26 869.156 2,064.91 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 5,026,315 8,740.917 575.03 7,929.629 633.87 WIRE DRAWN............................23 232,429 316.542 734.27 287.163 809.40 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 8,471,970 15,821.710 535.46 14,353.218 590.25 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,295,749 3,930.146 584.14 3,565.370 643.90 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 3,179,395 4,623.643 687.64 4,194.500 757.99 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 62,821 153.544 409.14 139.293 451.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 78,458,390 171,221.649 458.23 155,329.711 505.11 Israel WIRE DRAWN............................23 95,458 130.529 731.32 118.414 806.14 COUNTRY TOTAL 95,458 130.529 731.32 118.414 806.14 Saudi Arabia PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 289,240 579.694 498.95 525.890 550.00 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 660,688 1,304.915 506.31 1,183.800 558.11 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,797,356 6,862.077 553.38 6,225.174 610.00 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/11/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 2,262,896 3,504.195 645.77 3,178.954 711.84 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,010,180 12,250.883 572.22 11,113.818 630.76 United Arab Emirates STANDARD PIPE.........................18 835,948 1,145.748 729.61 1,039.406 804.26 WIRE DRAWN............................23 216,136 229.636 941.21 208.323 1,037.50 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,052,084 1,375.385 764.94 1,247.729 843.20 Oman STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,921,698 3,160.355 608.06 2,867.027 670.28 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,921,698 3,160.355 608.06 2,867.027 670.28 India RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 35,075 40.135 873.92 36.410 963.33 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 237,674 300.700 790.40 272.791 871.27 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 10,331 19.528 529.02 17.716 583.15 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,674,775 4,009.665 667.08 3,637.508 735.33 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,972,624 2,198.444 897.28 1,994.396 989.08 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 588,653 1,039.007 566.55 942.572 624.52 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 240,487 424.777 566.15 385.352 624.07 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 375,691 293.959 1,278.03 266.676 1,408.79 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 4,228 4.200 1,006.45 3.811 1,109.42 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 287,778 253.559 1,134.95 230.025 1,251.07 WIRE DRAWN............................23 300,002 425.550 704.97 386.053 777.10 BLACK PLATE...........................28 120,419 228.095 527.93 206.925 581.95 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,539,585 4,539.648 559.42 4,118.301 616.66 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 10,270,054 18,556.254 553.46 16,833.956 610.08 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 55,357,166 85,862.090 644.72 77,892.800 710.68 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 507,242 713.870 710.55 647.613 783.25 COUNTRY TOTAL 75,521,784 118,909.489 635.12 107,872.905 700.10 Thailand PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,081,715 1,976.388 547.32 1,792.950 603.32 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 2,215,927 6,106.600 362.87 5,539.816 400.00 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,212,676 3,700.313 597.97 3,356.869 659.15 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 3,579 1.101 3,250.07 0.999 3,582.58 WIRE DRAWN............................23 133,127 143.674 926.59 130.339 1,021.39 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 13,948,423 27,213.273 512.56 24,687.473 565.00 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 530,467 773.017 686.23 701.270 756.44 COUNTRY TOTAL 20,125,914 39,914.368 504.23 36,209.716 555.82 Vietnam PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 72,017 88.296 815.63 80.101 899.08 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/11/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 72,017 88.296 815.63 80.101 899.08 Malaysia PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 851,605 1,313.237 648.48 1,191.349 714.82 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 4,388,349 8,325.898 527.07 7,553.130 581.00 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 553,751 360.811 1,534.74 327.323 1,691.76 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 72,661 79.539 913.52 72.157 1,006.98 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 8,843,405 16,658.763 530.86 15,112.580 585.17 COUNTRY TOTAL 14,709,771 26,738.249 550.14 24,256.539 606.42 Indonesia BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 7,926 1.517 5,221.75 1.377 5,755.99 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,064,595 1,839.818 578.64 1,669.056 637.84 WIRE DRAWN............................23 42,781 12.160 3,517.97 11.032 3,877.90 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,830,443 5,131.626 551.57 4,655.335 608.00 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 2,033,030 3,422.963 593.94 3,105.261 654.71 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,978,775 10,408.087 574.44 9,442.061 633.21 Philippines STANDARD PIPE.........................18 4,583,416 7,828.720 585.46 7,102.098 645.36 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,583,416 7,828.720 585.46 7,102.098 645.36 China INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 2,005 4.267 469.88 3.871 517.95 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 2,160,084 5,168.537 417.93 4,688.820 460.69 WIRE RODS..............................3 43,298,310 110,017.647 393.56 99,806.359 433.82 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 969,392 1,602.900 604.77 1,454.127 666.65 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 2,852 4.825 590.98 4.378 651.44 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,303 2.571 895.52 2.333 987.14 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 122,125 202.532 602.99 183.734 664.68 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 15,395,531 28,087.675 548.12 25,480.718 604.20 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 8,135,232 12,779.738 636.57 11,593.587 701.70 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 47,876 20.452 2,340.86 18.554 2,580.36 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,729,369 2,682.595 644.66 2,433.610 710.62 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,363,616 1,809.993 753.38 1,641.999 830.46 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 30,559 38.842 786.75 35.237 867.24 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 76,566 98.312 778.80 89.188 858.48 WIRE DRAWN............................23 4,292,968 6,229.724 689.11 5,651.513 759.61 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,275,441 2,286.523 557.81 2,074.300 614.88 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 20,890,666 36,936.251 565.59 33,508.013 623.45 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 25,776 22.444 1,148.45 20.361 1,265.95 COUNTRY TOTAL 99,820,671 207,995.836 479.92 188,690.702 529.02 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/11/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Korea, South WIRE RODS..............................3 297,283 489.832 606.91 444.369 669.00 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 554,503 1,092.079 507.75 990.718 559.70 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 5,347,607 9,304.014 574.76 8,440.462 633.57 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 39,149 47.049 832.07 42.683 917.20 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 21,100 69.445 303.83 63.000 334.92 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,684,157 4,052.279 662.38 3,676.167 730.15 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 311,918 741.978 420.39 673.112 463.40 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 72,265 117.876 613.06 106.936 675.78 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 3,114,235 4,950.640 629.06 4,491.147 693.42 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,012,437 3,017.308 666.96 2,737.257 735.20 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 2,844,511 5,035.999 564.84 4,568.583 622.62 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 878,838 1,446.763 607.45 1,312.482 669.60 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 1,515,430 2,494.267 607.57 2,262.762 669.73 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,437,278 3,612.581 674.66 3,277.280 743.69 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 7,193 0.830 8,665.85 0.753 9,552.46 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 20,040 5.661 3,539.72 5.136 3,901.87 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 5,178,411 8,694.595 595.59 7,887.607 656.52 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,570,441 3,072.637 836.56 2,787.451 922.15 TIN PLATE.............................29 73,299 114.607 639.57 103.970 705.00 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 679,901 991.899 685.45 899.836 755.58 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 29,986,844 63,673.621 470.95 57,763.754 519.13 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 4,770,861 8,050.103 592.65 7,302.933 653.28 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 10,321,366 13,113.665 787.07 11,896.521 867.60 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 385,200 558.011 690.31 506.220 760.93 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 6,241,350 8,379.021 744.88 7,601.323 821.09 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 3,088 5.204 593.39 4.721 654.10 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 907,579 1,276.823 710.81 1,158.315 783.53 COUNTRY TOTAL 83,276,284 144,408.801 576.67 131,005.498 635.67 Taiwan WIRE RODS..............................3 19,029 19.734 964.24 17.903 1,062.89 STEEL PILING...........................5 12,511 3.971 3,150.09 3.603 3,472.38 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 383,837 863.484 444.52 783.340 490.00 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 207,804 467.477 444.52 424.089 490.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 12,250 4.607 2,658.62 4.180 2,930.62 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,906,967 5,366.412 541.70 4,868.329 597.12 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,081,088 1,822.347 593.24 1,653.206 653.93 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 26,800 45.366 590.74 41.156 651.18 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 196,892 323.106 609.37 293.117 671.72 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 192,606 94.530 2,037.49 85.757 2,245.95 WIRE DRAWN............................23 930,658 1,118.693 831.92 1,014.862 917.03 BLACK PLATE...........................28 295,229 510.138 578.72 462.790 637.93 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 25,245,103 47,499.021 531.49 43,090.400 585.86 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 28,452,122 38,179.931 745.21 34,636.261 821.45 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,216,440 1,721.473 706.63 1,561.695 778.92 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 7,838,321 9,881.930 793.20 8,964.739 874.35 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/11/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 195,072 120.177 1,623.20 109.023 1,789.27 COUNTRY TOTAL 69,212,729 108,042.406 640.61 98,014.450 706.15 Japan BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 39,988 62.957 635.16 57.114 700.14 WIRE RODS..............................3 2,959,802 6,153.587 480.99 5,582.442 530.20 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 7,510 7.610 986.81 6.904 1,087.78 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 387,469 529.365 731.95 480.232 806.84 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 148,024 223.334 662.79 202.606 730.60 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 4,836 1.640 2,948.35 1.488 3,250.00 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 4,200 7.106 591.00 6.447 651.47 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,154,745 2,106.812 548.10 1,911.269 604.18 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 986,439 2,482.986 397.28 2,252.528 437.93 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 5,179,581 13,067.588 396.37 11,854.720 436.92 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 49,259 28.877 1,705.81 26.197 1,880.33 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 467,429 554.853 842.44 503.355 928.63 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 664,495 563.502 1,179.22 511.201 1,299.87 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 4,280,392 6,270.937 682.58 5,688.900 752.41 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 2,603,988 3,360.752 774.82 3,048.824 854.10 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,964,710 1,047.984 1,874.75 950.716 2,066.56 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 767,278 1,126.408 681.17 1,021.861 750.86 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 176,658 74.994 2,355.61 68.034 2,596.61 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 612,001 808.483 756.97 733.444 834.42 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,828,423 3,312.822 853.78 3,005.343 941.13 BLACK PLATE...........................28 2,020,865 2,514.906 803.55 2,281.485 885.77 TIN PLATE.............................29 404,888 588.739 687.72 534.096 758.08 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 2,298,657 3,521.859 652.68 3,194.978 719.46 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 191,077 336.248 568.26 305.040 626.40 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,254,247 2,089.422 600.28 1,895.493 661.70 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 172,445 235.387 732.60 213.540 807.55 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 107,636 129.635 830.30 117.603 915.25 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 2,267,689 2,402.019 944.08 2,179.076 1,040.67 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 519,308 508.520 1,021.21 461.322 1,125.70 COUNTRY TOTAL 34,524,039 54,119.345 637.92 49,096.258 703.19 Australia PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 4,024 5.145 782.03 4.668 862.04 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 27,385 32.069 853.93 29.093 941.29 WIRE DRAWN............................23 200,678 315.027 637.02 285.788 702.19 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 12,140,943 23,400.387 518.84 21,228.480 571.92 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 35,180 82.150 428.24 74.526 472.05 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 57,890 23.468 2,466.74 21.290 2,719.12 COUNTRY TOTAL 12,466,100 23,858.248 522.51 21,643.845 575.97 New Zealand IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/11/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 204,081 361.304 564.84 327.770 622.63 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 842,278 1,475.123 570.99 1,338.210 629.41 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 647,961 1,063.454 609.30 964.750 671.64 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,694,320 2,899.882 584.27 2,630.730 644.05 Algeria LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 36,072 92.279 390.90 83.715 430.89 COUNTRY TOTAL 36,072 92.279 390.90 83.715 430.89 Egypt WIRE RODS..............................3 5,594,756 13,952.854 400.98 12,657.820 442.00 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,121,688 3,413.831 621.50 3,096.977 685.08 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 14,004 11.726 1,194.23 10.638 1,316.41 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,557,256 2,037.384 764.34 1,848.285 842.54 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 5,423,681 10,243.486 529.48 9,292.737 583.65 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 904,223 1,410.685 640.98 1,279.753 706.56 COUNTRY TOTAL 15,615,608 31,069.969 502.59 28,186.210 554.02 South Africa WIRE RODS..............................3 1,188,848 2,702.199 439.96 2,451.395 484.97 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 5,877 10.800 544.14 9.798 599.82 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,584,173 2,955.398 536.03 2,681.093 590.87 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,010,398 1,893.274 533.68 1,717.550 588.28 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 31,610 87.857 359.79 79.703 396.60 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 298,390 505.515 590.27 458.596 650.66 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,604,857 2,358.929 680.33 2,139.985 749.94 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,932,474 6,108.390 480.07 5,541.440 529.19 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 13,762,603 23,638.596 582.21 21,444.580 641.78 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 289,899 396.450 731.24 359.654 806.05 COUNTRY TOTAL 22,709,129 40,657.411 558.55 36,883.794 615.69 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 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 10,558 6.448 1,637.28 5.850 1,804.79 WIRE RODS..............................3 22,572 8.429 2,677.78 7.647 2,951.75 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 7,044 3.941 1,786.97 3.576 1,969.80 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 188,774 40.873 4,618.47 37.080 5,090.99 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 26,299 4.773 5,509.94 4.330 6,073.67 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 279,542 47.368 5,901.43 42.972 6,505.21 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 9,246,597 1,747.129 5,292.45 1,584.970 5,833.93 WIRE DRAWN............................23 19,299 3.470 5,561.55 3.148 6,130.56 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 288,222 110.202 2,615.39 99.974 2,882.97 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 455,399 153.963 2,957.85 139.673 3,260.47 COUNTRY TOTAL 10,544,306 2,126.600 4,958.29 1,929.220 5,465.58 Mexico STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 323,274 99.494 3,249.16 90.260 3,581.59 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 21,730,017 10,433.555 2,082.70 9,465.165 2,295.79 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,210,944 1,139.526 1,940.23 1,033.761 2,138.74 COUNTRY TOTAL 24,264,235 11,672.576 2,078.74 10,589.186 2,291.42 Trinidad and Tobago BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 71,609 89.838 797.09 81.500 878.64 COUNTRY TOTAL 71,609 89.838 797.09 81.500 878.64 Brazil PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 5,458 1.341 4,068.54 1.217 4,484.80 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 123,744 45.997 2,690.25 41.728 2,965.49 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 31,309 14.009 2,234.88 12.709 2,463.53 WIRE DRAWN............................23 91,740 5.992 15,310.00 5.436 16,876.38 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 22,324 14.037 1,590.26 12.735 1,752.96 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,284,245 1,404.531 2,338.32 1,274.170 2,577.56 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 190,971 72.091 2,649.02 65.400 2,920.05 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,749,791 1,558.000 2,406.80 1,413.395 2,653.04 Sweden INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 230,200 102.454 2,246.86 92.945 2,476.73 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 8,029,879 3,161.206 2,540.13 2,867.799 2,800.01 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,711,628 649.155 2,636.70 588.904 2,906.46 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 138,986 53.552 2,595.32 48.582 2,860.85 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,053,468 337.409 3,122.22 306.093 3,441.66 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 74,287 6.271 11,846.03 5.689 13,058.01 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/11/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 344,164 90.978 3,782.93 82.534 4,169.97 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,560,907 273.556 5,705.98 248.166 6,289.77 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,177,192 204.807 5,747.81 185.798 6,335.87 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,957,477 538.596 3,634.40 488.607 4,006.24 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,548,819 510.091 4,996.79 462.747 5,508.02 COUNTRY TOTAL 18,827,007 5,928.078 3,175.90 5,377.864 3,500.83 Finland PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 48,235 19.951 2,417.57 18.100 2,664.92 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,743 0.652 4,203.39 0.592 4,633.45 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 210,662 72.547 2,903.78 65.814 3,200.87 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,093,154 381.355 2,866.50 345.960 3,159.77 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 534,571 233.412 2,290.24 211.748 2,524.56 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,170,730 429.825 2,723.73 389.931 3,002.40 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,060,095 1,137.744 2,689.61 1,032.145 2,964.79 Denmark STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 2,956 0.106 27,645.76 0.097 30,474.23 WIRE DRAWN............................23 65,070 6.890 9,443.37 6.251 10,409.53 COUNTRY TOTAL 68,026 6.997 9,721.51 6.348 10,716.13 United Kingdom INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 32,888 12.814 2,566.49 11.625 2,829.08 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 13,017,661 5,674.360 2,294.12 5,147.695 2,528.83 WIRE RODS..............................3 2,639,056 1,077.964 2,448.19 977.913 2,698.66 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 773,501 308.957 2,503.58 280.282 2,759.72 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 791,105 317.325 2,493.04 287.873 2,748.10 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 156,375 23.331 6,702.31 21.166 7,388.03 WIRE DRAWN............................23 491,383 112.378 4,372.58 101.948 4,819.94 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 136,902 58.230 2,351.03 52.826 2,591.56 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 101,110 10.284 9,831.24 9.330 10,837.08 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 178,164 37.893 4,701.76 34.376 5,182.80 COUNTRY TOTAL 18,318,145 7,633.541 2,399.69 6,925.034 2,645.21 Ireland STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 5,864 1.219 4,809.89 1.106 5,301.99 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 7,956 0.303 26,245.69 0.275 28,930.91 COUNTRY TOTAL 13,820 1.522 9,078.42 1.381 10,007.24 Netherlands BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 9,614 6.623 1,451.44 6.009 1,599.93 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 15,362 0.468 32,791.00 0.425 36,145.88 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 2,440 0.850 2,867.27 0.772 3,160.62 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/11/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 64,577 29.311 2,203.12 26.591 2,428.53 WIRE DRAWN............................23 8,841 2.224 3,974.44 2.018 4,381.07 COUNTRY TOTAL 100,834 39.479 2,554.10 35.815 2,815.41 Belgium PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,343,545 414.326 3,242.72 375.871 3,574.48 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,223,093 445.686 2,744.29 404.320 3,025.06 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 5,243 1.561 3,356.65 1.417 3,700.07 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 6,670 1.726 3,863.94 1.566 4,259.26 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 148,925 19.866 7,496.12 18.023 8,263.05 WIRE DRAWN............................23 74,389 10.870 6,842.89 9.862 7,542.99 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 17,212 5.125 3,357.95 4.650 3,701.51 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 4,153,031 1,532.897 2,709.27 1,390.622 2,986.46 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,023,394 348.236 2,938.79 315.915 3,239.46 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,995,502 2,780.299 2,875.77 2,522.246 3,169.99 France BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 4,512 3.108 1,451.50 2.820 1,600.00 WIRE RODS..............................3 498,772 164.875 3,025.13 149.573 3,334.64 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 949,603 252.273 3,764.18 228.859 4,149.29 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 32,810 11.475 2,859.24 10.410 3,151.78 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 212,354 25.712 8,258.78 23.326 9,103.75 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 24,269 3.418 7,099.80 3.101 7,826.19 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,558,237 451.163 3,453.82 409.289 3,807.18 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,445,540 291.882 4,952.48 264.791 5,459.17 WIRE DRAWN............................23 366,365 63.554 5,764.55 57.656 6,354.33 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,843,140 1,777.532 1,599.49 1,612.551 1,763.13 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 15,475 3.250 4,760.49 2.949 5,247.54 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 712,741 188.825 3,774.59 171.300 4,160.78 COUNTRY TOTAL 8,663,818 3,237.074 2,676.43 2,936.625 2,950.26 Federal Republic of Germany BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 253,601 44.530 5,695.05 40.397 6,277.72 WIRE RODS..............................3 164,533 90.608 1,815.86 82.199 2,001.64 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,204,800 504.805 2,386.66 457.952 2,630.84 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,837,448 1,148.448 2,470.68 1,041.855 2,723.46 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 842,767 239.882 3,513.25 217.618 3,872.69 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,660,041 689.747 2,406.74 625.729 2,652.97 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 3,572,747 358.887 9,955.07 325.577 10,973.59 WIRE DRAWN............................23 941,189 142.156 6,620.81 128.962 7,298.19 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 119,150 31.193 3,819.74 28.298 4,210.54 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 12,751,081 5,083.072 2,508.54 4,611.287 2,765.19 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 5,966 1.092 5,461.42 0.991 6,020.18 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 944,023 328.788 2,871.22 298.272 3,164.97 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/11/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 25,297,346 8,663.213 2,920.09 7,859.137 3,218.85 Austria PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 24,689 7.221 3,418.94 6.551 3,768.74 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 767,051 245.549 3,123.81 222.759 3,443.41 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 679,833 185.080 3,673.18 167.902 4,048.99 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,246,323 242.054 5,148.94 219.588 5,675.73 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 3,833 0.866 4,423.97 0.786 4,876.59 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 8,959 1.980 4,522.80 1.797 4,985.53 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,730,688 682.752 3,999.53 619.383 4,408.72 Czech Republic BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 34,142 6.633 5,146.74 6.018 5,673.31 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 19,452 2.889 6,732.76 2.621 7,421.59 COUNTRY TOTAL 53,594 9.522 5,627.93 8.639 6,203.73 Slovakia STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 2,824 0.497 5,680.47 0.451 6,261.64 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,824 0.497 5,680.47 0.451 6,261.64 Switzerland BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 722,675 187.109 3,862.31 169.743 4,257.47 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 23,765 0.268 88,357.59 0.244 97,397.54 WIRE DRAWN............................23 258,967 64.840 3,993.93 58.822 4,402.55 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,558 0.783 3,263.82 0.711 3,597.75 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,007,965 253.002 3,984.01 229.520 4,391.62 Latvia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 179,912 62.892 2,860.63 57.055 3,153.31 COUNTRY TOTAL 179,912 62.892 2,860.63 57.055 3,153.31 Poland BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 82,109 43.035 1,907.94 39.041 2,103.15 COUNTRY TOTAL 82,109 43.035 1,907.94 39.041 2,103.15 Russia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 152,160 128.293 1,186.03 116.386 1,307.37 COUNTRY TOTAL 152,160 128.293 1,186.03 116.386 1,307.37 Ukraine BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 296,656 126.181 2,351.03 114.470 2,591.56 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/11/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 296,656 126.181 2,351.03 114.470 2,591.56 Spain BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 11,406,730 5,693.013 2,003.64 5,164.616 2,208.63 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 7,609 0.881 8,628.46 0.800 9,511.25 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 251,126 31.031 8,092.71 28.151 8,920.68 WIRE DRAWN............................23 400,400 74.073 5,405.47 67.198 5,958.51 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 235,837 149.969 1,572.57 136.050 1,733.46 COUNTRY TOTAL 12,301,702 5,948.968 2,067.87 5,396.815 2,279.44 Portugal BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 139,485 43.281 3,222.77 39.264 3,552.49 COUNTRY TOTAL 139,485 43.281 3,222.77 39.264 3,552.49 Italy INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 1,754,333 957.516 1,832.17 868.645 2,019.62 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 2,717,885 1,687.493 1,610.60 1,530.869 1,775.39 WIRE RODS..............................3 655,698 395.160 1,659.32 358.484 1,829.09 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 529,929 110.657 4,788.90 100.387 5,278.86 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 487,760 196.394 2,483.57 178.166 2,737.67 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,366,297 442.823 3,085.42 401.723 3,401.09 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 568,261 210.316 2,701.93 190.796 2,978.37 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 3,746,329 1,024.438 3,656.96 929.355 4,031.11 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 115,548 40.216 2,873.13 36.484 3,167.09 WIRE DRAWN............................23 179,384 48.682 3,684.78 44.164 4,061.77 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 259,282 126.889 2,043.37 115.112 2,252.43 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 6,099,190 2,766.896 2,204.34 2,510.087 2,429.87 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 93,683 14.098 6,644.86 12.790 7,324.71 COUNTRY TOTAL 18,573,579 8,021.585 2,315.45 7,277.062 2,552.35 Slovenia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 24,543 14.702 1,669.29 13.338 1,840.08 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 35,053 14.462 2,423.75 13.120 2,671.72 COUNTRY TOTAL 59,596 29.164 2,043.41 26.458 2,252.48 Turkey STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 115,214 18.674 6,169.67 16.941 6,800.90 COUNTRY TOTAL 115,214 18.674 6,169.67 16.941 6,800.90 Saudi Arabia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 406,897 171.358 2,374.53 155.454 2,617.48 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/11/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 406,897 171.358 2,374.53 155.454 2,617.48 United Arab Emirates BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 212,097 79.453 2,669.45 72.079 2,942.56 COUNTRY TOTAL 212,097 79.453 2,669.45 72.079 2,942.56 India BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 4,800 0.230 20,834.87 0.209 22,966.51 WIRE RODS..............................3 362,761 140.800 2,576.42 127.732 2,840.02 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 490,020 155.329 3,154.70 140.913 3,477.46 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 317,325 107.079 2,963.45 97.141 3,266.64 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 1,358,222 554.466 2,449.60 503.004 2,700.22 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,971,913 802.409 2,457.49 727.934 2,708.92 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 225,529 41.259 5,466.11 37.430 6,025.35 WIRE DRAWN............................23 3,537,896 1,354.267 2,612.41 1,228.571 2,879.68 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 203,325 80.930 2,512.34 73.419 2,769.38 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 296,519 113.783 2,605.98 103.223 2,872.61 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 697,882 200.824 3,475.08 182.185 3,830.62 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,466,192 3,551.382 2,665.49 3,221.761 2,938.20 Thailand STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 205,358 64.559 3,180.93 58.567 3,506.38 WIRE DRAWN............................23 191,983 98.985 1,939.51 89.798 2,137.94 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 738,144 366.408 2,014.54 332.400 2,220.65 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 42,200 15.930 2,648.99 14.452 2,920.01 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,177,685 545.883 2,157.39 495.217 2,378.12 Malaysia STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 247,822 85.672 2,892.66 77.721 3,188.61 COUNTRY TOTAL 247,822 85.672 2,892.66 77.721 3,188.61 Singapore STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 74,413 49.328 1,508.52 44.750 1,662.86 COUNTRY TOTAL 74,413 49.328 1,508.52 44.750 1,662.86 Indonesia STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 104,693 37.940 2,759.40 34.419 3,041.72 COUNTRY TOTAL 104,693 37.940 2,759.40 34.419 3,041.72 China BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 86,348 48.832 1,768.25 44.300 1,949.16 WIRE RODS..............................3 355,840 267.232 1,331.58 242.429 1,467.81 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/11/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 13,742 4.197 3,273.78 3.808 3,608.72 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 6,450 3.608 1,787.22 3.274 1,970.07 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 39,270 20.020 1,961.52 18.162 2,162.21 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 57,670 23.384 2,466.17 21.214 2,718.49 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 875,125 136.185 6,426.00 123.545 7,083.45 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 4,293,675 1,238.087 3,467.99 1,123.174 3,822.80 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,532,506 548.228 2,795.38 497.345 3,081.37 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 374,580 170.919 2,191.55 155.056 2,415.77 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 8,606,984 4,079.228 2,109.95 3,700.615 2,325.83 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 29,146 10.207 2,855.38 9.260 3,147.52 COUNTRY TOTAL 16,271,336 6,550.132 2,484.12 5,942.182 2,738.28 Korea, South BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 37,938 22.605 1,678.29 20.507 1,850.00 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,161,420 519.852 2,234.14 471.602 2,462.71 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 324,017 125.412 2,583.62 113.772 2,847.95 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 78,564 26.169 3,002.07 23.741 3,309.21 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 5,442,110 1,628.168 3,342.47 1,477.050 3,684.45 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,938,919 619.284 3,130.90 561.806 3,451.23 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,687,450 1,673.006 2,204.09 1,517.726 2,429.59 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 573,538 447.846 1,280.66 406.280 1,411.68 COUNTRY TOTAL 13,243,956 5,062.345 2,616.17 4,592.484 2,883.83 Taiwan BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 116,318 21.894 5,312.76 19.862 5,856.31 WIRE RODS..............................3 2,814,050 1,215.035 2,316.02 1,102.262 2,552.98 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 600,063 182.378 3,290.21 165.451 3,626.83 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 248,824 90.732 2,742.40 82.311 3,022.97 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 3,212,379 1,108.466 2,898.04 1,005.584 3,194.54 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 3,894,207 1,232.736 3,158.99 1,118.320 3,482.19 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,103,798 313.187 3,524.40 284.119 3,884.98 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 8,294,469 3,018.489 2,747.89 2,738.328 3,029.03 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 218,166 86.412 2,524.71 78.392 2,783.01 COUNTRY TOTAL 20,502,274 7,269.332 2,820.38 6,594.629 3,108.94 Japan BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 21,568 8.160 2,643.00 7.403 2,913.41 WIRE RODS..............................3 41,371 19.789 2,090.52 17.953 2,304.41 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 40,150 9.822 4,087.47 8.911 4,505.67 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 170,728 70.459 2,423.06 63.920 2,670.96 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 295,245 9.132 32,328.53 8.285 35,636.09 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 50,091 12.421 4,032.46 11.269 4,445.03 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 129,805 34.076 3,809.19 30.914 4,198.91 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 4,700,919 1,405.127 3,345.55 1,274.711 3,687.83 WIRE DRAWN............................23 500,924 82.699 6,057.14 75.024 6,676.85 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL OCTOBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/11/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 282,873 186.668 1,515.37 169.343 1,670.41 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,309,133 593.274 2,206.62 538.210 2,432.38 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 40,187 4.981 8,067.50 4.519 8,892.90 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,474,289 173.961 8,474.81 157.815 9,341.88 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,057,283 2,610.577 3,469.46 2,368.277 3,824.42 Australia STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 4,339 1.965 2,207.67 1.783 2,433.54 WIRE DRAWN............................23 13,597 3.421 3,973.90 3.104 4,380.48 COUNTRY TOTAL 17,936 5.386 3,329.50 4.887 3,670.15 South Africa PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 237,175 143.707 1,650.40 130.369 1,819.26 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 214,597 73.518 2,918.95 66.695 3,217.59 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 3,175,566 1,403.502 2,262.60 1,273.236 2,494.09 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,411,667 679.695 2,076.91 616.610 2,289.40 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 127,582 104.917 1,216.02 95.180 1,340.43 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,166,587 2,405.341 2,147.96 2,182.090 2,367.72 GRAND TOTAL 232,619,189 88,666.954 2,623.52 80,437.331 2,891.93