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RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/12/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab Canada 3,857,862 7,990.727 482.79 7,249.068 532.19 Mexico 63,546,898 138,132.570 460.04 125,311.795 507.11 Venezuela 10,967,303 25,925.527 423.03 23,519.250 466.31 Brazil 78,355,263 200,119.167 391.54 181,545.106 431.60 Finland 2,290,954 5,428.330 422.04 4,924.500 465.22 United Kingdom 9,037,363 20,049.847 450.74 18,188.921 496.86 France 138,213 249.475 554.02 226.320 610.70 Federal Republic of Germany 530,816 514.341 1,032.03 466.603 1,137.62 Russia 92,040,264 198,214.091 464.35 179,816.850 511.86 Australia 16,969,922 39,918.272 425.12 36,213.258 468.61 South Africa 15,061,619 32,843.731 458.58 29,795.340 505.50 CATEGORY TOTAL 292,796,477 669,386.083 437.41 607,257.011 482.16 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate Canada 14,349,788 16,850.358 851.60 15,286.392 938.73 Brazil 50,421 38.994 1,293.04 35.375 1,425.33 Sweden 4,805,007 4,444.235 1,081.18 4,031.744 1,191.79 Finland 258,331 245.413 1,052.64 222.635 1,160.33 United Kingdom 978,192 937.914 1,042.94 850.862 1,149.65 Belgium 2,216,206 2,014.229 1,100.27 1,827.279 1,212.84 France 882,837 598.328 1,475.50 542.795 1,626.46 Federal Republic of Germany 2,058,043 1,941.835 1,059.84 1,761.604 1,168.28 Austria 348,149 481.835 722.55 437.114 796.47 Czech Republic 714,861 1,650.619 433.09 1,497.417 477.40 Switzerland 8,757 15.082 580.59 13.683 639.99 Russia 135,545 217.485 623.24 197.300 687.00 Spain 4,369 3.743 1,167.11 3.396 1,286.51 Italy 850,125 1,341.034 633.93 1,216.566 698.79 Romania 11,171,460 18,398.647 607.19 16,690.977 669.31 Turkey 297,987 571.175 521.71 518.162 575.08 Thailand 7,799,569 14,625.263 533.29 13,267.820 587.86 Malaysia 953,766 1,418.214 672.51 1,286.583 741.32 Indonesia 147,143 212.543 692.30 192.816 763.13 Korea, South 1,918,406 3,340.657 574.26 3,030.594 633.01 Japan 2,066,063 2,992.941 690.31 2,715.152 760.94 South Africa 219,689 350.334 627.08 317.818 691.24 CATEGORY TOTAL 52,234,714 72,690.889 718.59 65,944.084 792.11 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled Canada 35,423,951 59,891.136 591.47 54,332.340 651.99 Mexico 19,072,215 30,348.103 628.45 27,531.344 692.75 Venezuela 3,596,396 6,510.472 552.40 5,906.203 608.92 Brazil 41,065 57.196 717.96 51.888 791.42 Sweden 1,341,312 1,387.785 966.51 1,258.978 1,065.40 United Kingdom 403,755 614.030 657.55 557.039 724.82 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/12/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Netherlands 22,164,568 44,187.305 501.60 40,086.061 552.92 Belgium 5,092,474 7,823.343 650.93 7,097.220 717.53 France 9,513,004 15,263.563 623.25 13,846.876 687.01 Federal Republic of Germany 4,891,407 7,612.968 642.51 6,906.371 708.25 Austria 2,243,720 4,052.345 553.68 3,676.227 610.33 Hungary 672,153 1,136.383 591.48 1,030.910 652.00 Russia 33,504,775 62,398.843 536.95 56,607.295 591.88 Italy 21,206,006 38,610.230 549.23 35,026.622 605.43 Macedonia (Skopje) 5,791,409 10,632.792 544.67 9,645.910 600.40 Serbia and Montenegro 19,277,193 34,535.767 558.18 31,330.330 615.29 Romania 4,241,026 7,466.106 568.04 6,773.140 626.15 Bulgaria 5,209,739 9,618.485 541.64 8,725.746 597.05 Turkey 24,140,817 44,957.551 536.97 40,784.816 591.91 Thailand 17,805,971 33,047.743 538.80 29,980.417 593.92 Malaysia 11,932,616 86,436.027 138.05 78,413.467 152.18 Korea, South 17,456,411 37,375.829 467.05 33,906.792 514.84 Japan 4,656,000 8,624.869 539.83 7,824.352 595.07 Australia 13,064,598 23,037.792 567.09 20,899.540 625.11 New Zealand 318,502 529.969 600.98 480.780 662.47 Egypt 26,406,095 48,308.796 546.61 43,825.015 602.53 South Africa 1,578,072 3,148.233 501.26 2,856.030 552.54 CATEGORY TOTAL 311,045,250 627,613.674 495.60 569,361.709 546.31 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled Canada 16,437,978 24,557.393 669.37 22,278.099 737.85 Mexico 5,212,983 7,709.021 676.22 6,993.509 745.40 Dominican Republic 11,247 43.200 260.34 39.191 286.98 Venezuela 7,473,111 12,149.883 615.08 11,022.192 678.01 Brazil 4,174,734 6,723.440 620.92 6,099.404 684.45 Argentina 35,001 60.346 580.01 54.745 639.35 Sweden 1,489,730 1,407.506 1,058.42 1,276.869 1,166.71 Denmark 5,200 12.143 428.23 11.016 472.04 United Kingdom 1,717,317 1,305.343 1,315.61 1,184.188 1,450.21 Netherlands 3,366,691 5,204.293 646.91 4,721.257 713.09 Belgium 17,673,601 25,931.802 681.54 23,524.942 751.27 France 2,369,335 1,353.945 1,749.95 1,228.279 1,928.99 Federal Republic of Germany 8,042,928 8,962.729 897.37 8,130.854 989.19 Austria 1,043,868 196.901 5,301.48 178.626 5,843.87 Switzerland 231,168 127.563 1,812.18 115.724 1,997.58 Russia 42,112,374 72,198.151 583.29 65,497.080 642.97 Ukraine 1,050,721 2,146.772 489.44 1,947.520 539.52 Spain 17,150 22.729 754.52 20.620 831.72 Italy 34,843 13.041 2,671.71 11.831 2,945.06 Greece 3,543,872 5,651.228 627.10 5,126.710 691.26 Romania 9,418 4.882 1,929.07 4.429 2,126.44 India 4,104,372 6,726.659 610.16 6,102.325 672.59 Thailand 6,260,978 10,335.229 605.79 9,375.965 667.77 China 9,610,324 17,397.737 552.39 15,782.966 608.90 Korea, South 6,246,247 10,086.829 619.25 9,150.620 682.60 Taiwan 32,333,124 59,043.787 547.61 53,563.638 603.64 Japan 8,639,164 11,817.511 731.05 10,720.669 805.84 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/12/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE New Zealand 241,915 394.032 613.95 357.460 676.76 CATEGORY TOTAL 183,489,394 291,584.108 629.28 264,520.728 693.67 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated Canada 36,159,061 52,890.488 683.66 47,981.457 753.60 Mexico 25,035,098 25,179.546 994.26 22,842.507 1,095.99 Venezuela 277,729 370.094 750.43 335.744 827.20 Chile 12,046 18.314 657.72 16.615 725.01 Brazil 23,400,254 31,901.904 733.51 28,940.929 808.55 Argentina 8,554,343 12,794.714 668.58 11,607.173 736.99 Sweden 512,020 182.240 2,809.58 165.326 3,097.03 United Kingdom 1,957,042 2,839.474 689.23 2,575.929 759.74 Netherlands 1,424,830 1,796.093 793.29 1,629.389 874.46 Belgium 2,617,455 2,792.998 937.15 2,533.766 1,033.03 Luxembourg 935,249 1,109.597 842.87 1,006.610 929.11 France 2,664,390 3,376.683 789.06 3,063.277 869.78 Federal Republic of Germany 7,860,663 12,699.651 618.97 11,520.933 682.29 Austria 283,386 291.809 971.13 264.725 1,070.49 Estonia 4,269,683 5,932.014 719.77 5,381.435 793.41 Russia 2,075,821 3,113.345 666.75 2,824.380 734.97 Kazakhstan 6,233,619 8,774.155 710.45 7,959.782 783.14 Spain 2,644,701 4,624.659 571.87 4,195.422 630.38 Italy 59,948 41.945 1,429.20 38.052 1,575.42 Turkey 4,022,345 6,195.687 649.22 5,620.635 715.64 India 50,042,444 74,190.329 674.51 67,304.354 743.52 Thailand 1,128,053 1,669.405 675.72 1,514.460 744.85 Malaysia 7,729,554 12,635.730 611.72 11,462.945 674.31 Indonesia 411,395 606.276 678.56 550.005 747.98 China 14,772,568 23,688.161 623.63 21,489.545 687.43 Korea, South 22,304,837 28,431.151 784.52 25,792.314 864.79 Taiwan 69,129,370 88,919.343 777.44 80,666.294 856.98 Japan 7,480,467 9,609.808 778.42 8,717.874 858.06 Australia 117,165 64.498 1,816.56 58.512 2,002.41 New Zealand 230,625 1,385.852 166.41 1,257.225 183.44 South Africa 31,435 31.217 1,006.97 28.320 1,109.99 CATEGORY TOTAL 304,377,596 418,157.196 727.90 379,345.935 802.37 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin Canada 5,591,010 8,545.441 654.27 7,752.296 721.21 Brazil 247,551 328.488 753.61 298.000 830.71 Netherlands 2,832,243 5,050.429 560.79 4,581.674 618.17 Belgium 68,608 108.686 631.25 98.599 695.83 France 6,849,021 11,219.574 610.45 10,178.230 672.91 Federal Republic of Germany 5,413,519 9,450.166 572.85 8,573.049 631.46 Turkey 3,722,328 5,177.224 718.98 4,696.700 792.54 China 1,201,028 1,504.783 798.14 1,365.117 879.80 Korea, South 1,669,957 2,431.898 686.69 2,206.182 756.94 Japan 2,399,967 3,318.020 723.31 3,010.058 797.32 CATEGORY TOTAL 29,995,232 47,134.713 636.37 42,759.905 701.48 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/12/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar Canada 51,898,192 76,748.868 676.21 69,625.422 745.39 Mexico 10,180,541 15,916.395 639.63 14,439.115 705.07 Trinidad and Tobago 3,416 3.056 1,117.54 2.773 1,231.88 Venezuela 663,428 1,523.403 435.49 1,382.009 480.05 Brazil 284,561 233.276 1,219.84 211.625 1,344.65 Argentina 4,459,950 6,664.304 669.23 6,045.757 737.70 Sweden 1,151,565 534.000 2,156.49 484.437 2,377.12 Norway 276,972 384.526 720.29 348.837 793.99 United Kingdom 19,511,030 26,684.033 731.19 24,207.355 806.00 Netherlands 350,694 355.846 985.52 322.819 1,086.35 Luxembourg 558,473 773.412 722.09 701.628 795.97 France 1,868,239 1,820.625 1,026.15 1,651.644 1,131.14 Federal Republic of Germany 7,140,761 7,345.592 972.12 6,663.811 1,071.57 Austria 494,657 204.734 2,416.09 185.732 2,663.28 Czech Republic 45,620 39.989 1,140.80 36.278 1,257.51 Switzerland 9,836 7.600 1,294.14 6.895 1,426.54 Poland 46,203 20.130 2,295.18 18.262 2,530.01 Ukraine 53,009 51.977 1,019.85 47.153 1,124.19 Spain 10,278,299 15,162.368 677.88 13,755.073 747.24 Italy 2,529,463 1,572.861 1,608.19 1,426.876 1,772.73 Bulgaria 1,967,264 4,469.418 440.16 4,054.589 485.19 Turkey 11,535,988 10,245.264 1,125.98 9,294.350 1,241.18 India 186,757 216.395 863.03 196.311 951.33 China 585,389 898.865 651.25 815.437 717.88 Korea, South 405,872 607.117 668.52 550.768 736.92 Taiwan 70,875 46.140 1,536.07 41.858 1,693.22 Japan 11,071,194 14,958.813 740.11 13,570.411 815.83 Australia 9,342 16.477 566.96 14.948 624.97 South Africa 173,867 149.029 1,166.66 135.197 1,286.03 CATEGORY TOTAL 137,811,457 187,654.525 734.39 170,237.370 809.53 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar Canada 7,287,859 6,326.335 1,151.99 5,739.157 1,269.85 Mexico 107,170 88.095 1,216.52 79.919 1,340.98 Colombia 294,723 347.073 849.17 314.860 936.04 Brazil 40,877 20.646 1,979.87 18.730 2,182.43 Sweden 970,600 873.185 1,111.56 792.141 1,225.29 United Kingdom 4,806,498 4,164.366 1,154.20 3,777.851 1,272.28 France 2,284,213 2,102.604 1,086.37 1,907.451 1,197.52 Federal Republic of Germany 3,836,268 3,158.017 1,214.77 2,864.906 1,339.06 Switzerland 19,304 9.680 1,994.11 8.782 2,198.13 Poland 35,481 21.766 1,630.09 19.746 1,796.87 Russia 6,027,805 3,720.405 1,620.20 3,375.096 1,785.97 Ukraine 2,987,256 1,645.824 1,815.05 1,493.067 2,000.75 Spain 1,104,901 1,154.982 956.64 1,047.783 1,054.51 Italy 468,730 428.618 1,093.58 388.836 1,205.47 China 93,391 187.142 499.04 169.773 550.09 Korea, South 301,848 399.822 754.95 362.713 832.20 Taiwan 47,294 27.309 1,731.76 24.775 1,908.94 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/12/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 565,617 658.141 859.42 597.056 947.34 South Africa 215,257 343.023 627.53 311.186 691.73 CATEGORY TOTAL 31,495,092 25,677.042 1,226.59 23,293.828 1,352.08 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar Canada 113,433 116.099 977.03 105.324 1,076.99 Mexico 9,986,535 23,476.666 425.38 21,297.680 468.90 Dominican Republic 1,584,008 3,416.643 463.62 3,099.528 511.05 Colombia 225,322 500.449 450.24 454.000 496.30 Brazil 325,771 675.247 482.45 612.574 531.81 United Kingdom 99,152 364.321 272.16 330.507 300.00 Federal Republic of Germany 62,861 59.883 1,049.73 54.325 1,157.13 Latvia 4,615,029 11,047.118 417.76 10,021.780 460.50 Bulgaria 4,727,361 11,589.416 407.90 10,513.745 449.64 Turkey 43,524,816 95,357.261 456.44 86,506.677 503.14 Thailand 51,302 115.173 445.43 104.484 491.00 China 11,223 14.881 754.17 13.500 831.33 Japan 9,022,635 22,201.007 406.41 20,140.421 447.99 CATEGORY TOTAL 74,349,448 168,934.170 440.11 153,254.545 485.14 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular Canada 62,776,918 64,078.140 979.69 58,130.728 1,079.93 Mexico 16,202,328 15,369.543 1,054.18 13,943.019 1,162.04 Guatemala 1,048,063 1,261.419 830.86 1,144.341 915.87 Dominican Republic 96,811 153.482 630.76 139.237 695.30 Colombia 2,713,810 1,848.405 1,468.19 1,676.846 1,618.40 Venezuela 1,874,328 3,271.407 572.94 2,967.772 631.56 Chile 398,426 558.979 712.77 507.098 785.70 Brazil 2,636,562 4,315.228 610.99 3,914.711 673.50 Argentina 122,456 179.467 682.33 162.810 752.14 Sweden 99,487 45.028 2,209.43 40.849 2,435.48 Finland 420,528 134.293 3,131.41 121.829 3,451.79 Denmark 26,432 6.349 4,162.97 5.760 4,588.89 United Kingdom 73,666 30.225 2,437.22 27.420 2,686.58 Ireland 9,576 1.684 5,685.34 1.528 6,267.02 Belgium 108,870 71.213 1,528.78 64.604 1,685.19 France 88,337 43.580 2,026.96 39.536 2,234.34 Federal Republic of Germany 1,348,622 784.356 1,719.40 711.556 1,895.31 Austria 328,691 209.081 1,572.07 189.676 1,732.91 Switzerland 1,855,417 778.886 2,382.14 706.594 2,625.86 Spain 143,923 58.174 2,473.99 52.775 2,727.11 Italy 808,920 514.451 1,572.39 466.703 1,733.27 Romania 2,358,433 3,781.600 623.66 3,430.611 687.47 Turkey 7,978,370 13,811.953 577.64 12,529.997 636.74 United Arab Emirates 1,312,428 1,775.048 739.38 1,610.297 815.02 Oman 1,895,494 3,198.533 592.61 2,901.662 653.24 India 3,551,595 5,477.823 648.36 4,969.399 714.69 Pakistan 96,668 190.250 508.11 172.592 560.10 Thailand 232,500 445.718 521.63 404.349 575.00 Vietnam 56,719 65.479 866.21 59.402 954.83 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/12/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Malaysia 1,791,028 2,283.062 784.48 2,071.160 864.75 China 16,784,124 29,825.831 562.74 27,057.547 620.31 Korea, South 11,647,424 18,651.756 624.47 16,920.594 688.36 Taiwan 3,528,912 5,672.689 622.09 5,146.179 685.73 Japan 10,243,996 12,841.099 797.75 11,649.253 879.37 Australia 531,990 876.141 607.20 794.822 669.32 South Africa 164,857 327.961 502.67 297.522 554.10 CATEGORY TOTAL 155,356,709 192,938.351 805.21 175,030.778 887.60 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges Canada 5,338,442 1,170.557 4,560.60 1,061.912 5,027.20 Mexico 2,550,813 1,391.119 1,833.64 1,262.003 2,021.24 Venezuela 53,702 15.911 3,374.97 14.435 3,720.26 Brazil 44,917 45.974 977.01 41.707 1,076.97 Sweden 64,473 8.408 7,667.66 7.628 8,452.15 Norway 44,050 0.148 296,011.10 0.135 326,296.30 Denmark 37,268 4.177 8,920.57 3.790 9,833.25 United Kingdom 359,363 31.715 11,330.76 28.772 12,490.03 Netherlands 153,997 69.217 2,224.83 62.793 2,452.45 Belgium 2,915 0.881 3,305.56 0.800 3,643.75 France 883,481 528.199 1,672.63 479.175 1,843.75 Federal Republic of Germany 925,688 180.194 5,137.15 163.470 5,662.74 Austria 181,522 57.455 3,159.34 52.123 3,482.57 Slovakia 6,512 0.019 328,199.37 0.018 361,777.78 Hungary 10,868 1.458 7,452.22 1.323 8,214.66 Switzerland 55,123 2.504 22,010.02 2.272 24,261.88 Poland 5,444 0.383 14,191.71 0.348 15,643.68 Spain 108,221 65.468 1,653.03 59.392 1,822.15 Italy 2,426,404 850.086 2,854.30 771.186 3,146.33 Romania 566,701 271.905 2,084.18 246.669 2,297.41 Israel 703,795 202.636 3,473.19 183.829 3,828.53 India 3,354,148 2,791.204 1,201.68 2,532.139 1,324.63 Thailand 748,992 574.619 1,303.46 521.286 1,436.82 Vietnam 60,748 37.500 1,619.92 34.020 1,785.66 Malaysia 802,067 601.535 1,333.37 545.704 1,469.78 Indonesia 292,044 38.801 7,526.65 35.200 8,296.70 China 5,043,815 2,670.626 1,888.63 2,422.752 2,081.85 Korea, South 2,948,178 1,201.308 2,454.14 1,089.809 2,705.22 Taiwan 1,491,693 497.046 3,001.11 450.913 3,308.16 Japan 1,905,252 353.206 5,394.15 320.424 5,946.03 Australia 17,827 0.831 21,448.79 0.754 23,643.24 New Zealand 6,098 0.964 6,322.30 0.875 6,969.14 CATEGORY TOTAL 31,194,561 13,666.072 2,282.63 12,397.656 2,516.17 Stainless Steel Bar Canada 520,327 89.180 5,834.55 80.903 6,431.49 Mexico 95,121 28.725 3,311.42 26.059 3,650.22 Trinidad and Tobago 53,198 64.451 825.40 58.469 909.85 Brazil 30,437 10.346 2,941.83 9.386 3,242.81 Sweden 518,121 147.534 3,511.87 133.841 3,871.17 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/12/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Denmark 7,784 3.315 2,347.58 3.008 2,587.77 United Kingdom 1,221,401 336.940 3,624.98 305.667 3,995.85 France 1,849,596 529.532 3,492.88 480.384 3,850.24 Federal Republic of Germany 1,998,094 663.819 3,010.00 602.207 3,317.95 Austria 1,204,291 308.787 3,900.07 280.127 4,299.09 Czech Republic 87,956 20.106 4,374.58 18.240 4,822.15 Switzerland 540,167 142.335 3,795.02 129.125 4,183.29 Latvia 247,908 102.590 2,416.47 93.069 2,663.70 Lithuania 67,382 20.560 3,277.29 18.652 3,612.59 Poland 46,091 21.452 2,148.56 19.461 2,368.38 Ukraine 527,412 251.161 2,099.89 227.850 2,314.73 Spain 15,491 0.725 21,357.45 0.658 23,542.55 Portugal 151,871 42.863 3,543.14 38.885 3,905.64 Italy 9,017,283 2,562.583 3,518.83 2,324.737 3,878.84 Slovenia 46,817 24.631 1,900.72 22.345 2,095.19 Saudi Arabia 105,152 36.920 2,848.04 33.494 3,139.43 United Arab Emirates 142,657 77.825 1,833.04 70.602 2,020.58 India 4,169,644 1,712.712 2,434.53 1,553.747 2,683.61 China 225,946 97.955 2,306.61 88.864 2,542.60 Korea, South 121,071 35.416 3,418.53 32.129 3,768.28 Taiwan 4,086,467 1,387.745 2,944.68 1,258.942 3,245.95 Japan 352,365 87.329 4,034.89 79.224 4,447.71 CATEGORY TOTAL 27,450,050 8,807.547 3,116.65 7,990.075 3,435.52 Stainless Steel Rod Sweden 1,502,697 601.042 2,500.15 545.257 2,755.94 United Kingdom 3,686,607 1,419.439 2,597.23 1,287.694 2,862.95 France 249,769 50.174 4,977.96 45.518 5,487.26 Federal Republic of Germany 328,923 241.668 1,361.05 219.238 1,500.30 Austria 5,538 2.070 2,675.18 1.878 2,948.88 Italy 459,868 244.914 1,877.67 222.183 2,069.77 India 126,143 41.647 3,028.82 37.782 3,338.71 China 1,280,511 703.801 1,819.42 638.478 2,005.57 Korea, South 356,084 317.705 1,120.80 288.218 1,235.47 Taiwan 2,867,675 1,102.551 2,600.94 1,000.218 2,867.05 Japan 61,856 26.847 2,303.94 24.356 2,539.66 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,925,671 4,751.864 2,299.24 4,310.820 2,534.48 Stainless Steel Wire Canada 33,141 7.042 4,705.75 6.389 5,187.20 Brazil 7,344 2.338 3,141.14 2.121 3,462.52 Sweden 2,106,052 302.441 6,963.51 274.370 7,675.96 Denmark 151,081 16.811 8,986.85 15.251 9,906.30 United Kingdom 511,863 114.090 4,486.47 103.501 4,945.49 Ireland 2,179 0.547 3,977.38 0.497 4,384.31 Belgium 110,714 7.869 14,068.93 7.139 15,508.33 France 208,603 34.435 6,057.86 31.239 6,677.65 Federal Republic of Germany 702,333 125.086 5,614.76 113.477 6,189.21 Switzerland 236,127 43.945 5,373.14 39.867 5,922.87 Spain 265,778 58.521 4,541.53 53.090 5,006.18 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/12/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Italy 207,392 38.898 5,331.64 35.288 5,877.13 Israel 108,225 61.271 1,766.31 55.585 1,947.02 India 2,344,285 889.524 2,635.44 806.963 2,905.07 Thailand 127,993 46.575 2,748.05 42.253 3,029.21 China 1,193,013 385.537 3,094.41 349.754 3,411.01 Korea, South 2,588,770 808.959 3,200.12 733.876 3,527.53 Hong Kong 56,933 19.739 2,884.28 17.907 3,179.37 Taiwan 1,136,876 282.721 4,021.18 256.481 4,432.59 Japan 574,229 173.772 3,304.48 157.644 3,642.57 Australia 5,353 20.040 267.12 18.180 294.44 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,678,284 3,440.171 3,685.36 3,120.872 4,062.42 GRAND TOTAL 1,655,199,935 2,732,436.412 605.76 2,478,825.316 667.74 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/12/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Flat Products Canada 111,819,650 170,725.545 654.97 154,879.653 721.98 Mexico 112,867,194 201,369.242 560.50 182,679.155 617.84 Dominican Republic 11,247 43.200 260.34 39.191 286.98 Venezuela 22,314,539 44,955.978 496.36 40,783.389 547.15 Chile 12,046 18.314 657.72 16.615 725.01 Brazil 106,269,288 239,169.191 444.33 216,970.701 489.79 Argentina 8,589,344 12,855.060 668.17 11,661.918 736.53 Sweden 8,148,069 7,421.768 1,097.86 6,732.917 1,210.18 Finland 2,549,285 5,673.743 449.31 5,147.135 495.28 Denmark 5,200 12.143 428.23 11.016 472.04 United Kingdom 14,093,669 25,746.610 547.40 23,356.939 603.40 Netherlands 29,788,332 56,238.122 529.68 51,018.381 583.87 Belgium 27,668,344 38,671.060 715.48 35,081.806 788.68 Luxembourg 935,249 1,109.597 842.87 1,006.610 929.11 France 22,416,800 32,061.571 699.18 29,085.777 770.71 Federal Republic of Germany 28,797,376 41,181.693 699.28 37,359.414 770.82 Austria 3,919,123 5,022.891 780.25 4,556.692 860.08 Czech Republic 714,861 1,650.619 433.09 1,497.417 477.40 Hungary 672,153 1,136.383 591.48 1,030.910 652.00 Switzerland 239,925 142.646 1,681.95 129.407 1,854.03 Estonia 4,269,683 5,932.014 719.77 5,381.435 793.41 Russia 169,868,779 336,141.918 505.35 304,942.905 557.05 Ukraine 1,050,721 2,146.772 489.44 1,947.520 539.52 Kazakhstan 6,233,619 8,774.155 710.45 7,959.782 783.14 Spain 2,666,220 4,651.132 573.24 4,219.438 631.89 Italy 22,150,922 40,006.251 553.69 36,293.071 610.33 Macedonia (Skopje) 5,791,409 10,632.792 544.67 9,645.910 600.40 Serbia and Montenegro 19,277,193 34,535.767 558.18 31,330.330 615.29 Greece 3,543,872 5,651.228 627.10 5,126.710 691.26 Romania 15,421,904 25,869.636 596.14 23,468.546 657.13 Bulgaria 5,209,739 9,618.485 541.64 8,725.746 597.05 Turkey 32,183,477 56,901.638 565.60 51,620.313 623.47 India 54,146,816 80,916.989 669.16 73,406.679 737.63 Thailand 32,994,571 59,677.642 552.88 54,138.662 609.45 Malaysia 20,615,936 100,489.972 205.15 91,162.995 226.14 Indonesia 558,538 818.819 682.13 742.821 751.91 China 25,583,920 42,590.682 600.69 38,637.628 662.15 Korea, South 49,595,858 81,666.366 607.30 74,086.502 669.43 Taiwan 101,462,494 147,963.130 685.73 134,229.932 755.89 Japan 25,241,661 36,363.151 694.15 32,988.105 765.17 Australia 30,151,685 63,020.563 478.44 57,171.310 527.39 New Zealand 791,042 2,309.854 342.46 2,095.465 377.50 Egypt 26,406,095 48,308.796 546.61 43,825.015 602.53 South Africa 16,890,815 36,373.516 464.37 32,997.508 511.88 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,173,938,663 2,126,566.665 552.03 1,929,189.372 608.51 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/12/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE GRAND TOTAL 1,173,938,663 2,126,566.665 552.03 1,929,189.372 608.51