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RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/12/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 8,841 23.450 377.01 21.274 415.58 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 13,949,452 31,359.404 444.83 28,448.781 490.34 WIRE RODS..............................3 21,445,092 32,517.854 659.49 29,499.710 726.96 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 8,518,420 13,713.846 621.15 12,440.996 684.71 STEEL PILING...........................5 410,765 435.980 942.16 395.515 1,038.56 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 14,318,562 16,824.421 851.06 15,262.863 938.13 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 13,734,659 23,370.461 587.69 21,201.332 647.82 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 4,420 4.875 906.57 4.423 999.32 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 19,384 23.990 807.98 21.764 890.65 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 283,066 421.116 672.18 382.031 740.95 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 44,445,385 65,472.750 678.84 59,395.897 748.29 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 3,566,940 6,264.524 569.39 5,683.083 627.64 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 113,433 116.099 977.03 105.324 1,076.99 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 7,462,861 6,357.401 1,173.89 5,767.339 1,293.99 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,245,508 991.304 1,256.43 899.297 1,384.98 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 22,435,711 25,124.422 892.98 22,792.499 984.35 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,574,627 3,496.154 736.42 3,171.659 811.76 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 1,317,638 1,429.583 921.69 1,296.897 1,015.99 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 89,254 73.007 1,222.54 66.231 1,347.62 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 670,405 467.869 1,432.89 424.444 1,579.49 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 13,607,614 11,465.535 1,186.83 10,401.362 1,308.25 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 341,219 858.733 397.35 779.030 438.00 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 8,141,272 1,540.285 5,285.56 1,397.324 5,826.33 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 2,411,922 841.051 2,867.75 762.989 3,161.15 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 24,478,207 25,931.973 943.94 23,525.097 1,040.51 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 31,214 59.837 521.64 54.284 575.01 WIRE DRAWN............................23 17,587,614 18,243.287 964.06 16,550.037 1,062.69 BLACK PLATE...........................28 78,286 168.081 465.76 152.481 513.41 TIN PLATE.............................29 4,617,583 7,135.544 647.12 6,473.259 713.33 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 973,427 1,409.896 690.42 1,279.037 761.06 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 18,236,188 30,239.275 603.06 27,432.617 664.76 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 16,369,666 24,702.830 662.66 22,410.037 730.46 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 24,822,157 39,505.953 628.31 35,839.208 692.60 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,375,473 1,192.848 1,153.10 1,082.134 1,271.07 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 6,773,771 8,033.414 843.20 7,287.793 929.47 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 17,843 1.631 10,937.10 1.480 12,056.08 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 3,493,135 6,315.560 553.10 5,729.382 609.69 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 3,568,533 4,007.642 890.43 3,635.673 981.53 COUNTRY TOTAL 303,539,547 410,141.905 740.08 372,074.583 815.80 Mexico INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 1,448,155 1,802.513 803.41 1,635.213 885.61 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/12/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 64,511,085 140,120.587 460.40 127,115.295 507.50 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,245,405 2,061.651 604.08 1,870.299 665.89 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,069,696 1,945.455 549.84 1,764.888 606.10 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,788,489 2,802.377 638.20 2,542.275 703.50 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 4,744,215 7,422.102 639.20 6,733.220 704.60 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 1,851,196 3,311.249 559.06 3,003.916 616.26 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 9,986,535 23,476.666 425.38 21,297.680 468.90 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 38,026 35.902 1,059.15 32.570 1,167.52 TOOL STEEL............................17 127,868 85.601 1,493.77 77.656 1,646.60 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 3,684,168 3,737.922 985.62 3,390.987 1,086.46 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 233,789 409.590 570.79 371.574 629.19 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 9,900 11.023 898.11 10.000 990.00 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,827,427 2,186.857 835.64 1,983.884 921.14 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 154,254 160.527 960.92 145.628 1,059.23 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 12,795,833 13,871.363 922.46 12,583.893 1,016.84 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 331,360 233.693 1,417.93 212.003 1,563.00 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 272,288 68.233 3,990.56 61.900 4,398.84 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 361,061 207.639 1,738.89 188.367 1,916.80 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 3,531,904 2,255.667 1,565.79 2,046.308 1,725.99 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 108,136 108.015 1,001.12 97.990 1,103.54 WIRE DRAWN............................23 9,715,100 10,877.848 893.11 9,868.221 984.48 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 16,829,886 26,969.251 624.04 24,466.100 687.89 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 25,043,776 17,840.389 1,403.77 16,184.534 1,547.39 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 12,294,305 12,509.656 982.79 11,348.573 1,083.33 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 4,164 3.306 1,259.17 3.000 1,388.00 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 12,486,343 12,436.474 1,004.01 11,282.183 1,106.73 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 467,631 583.943 800.82 529.745 882.75 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,396,252 1,509.582 1,587.36 1,369.471 1,749.76 COUNTRY TOTAL 189,358,247 289,045.094 655.12 262,217.373 722.14 Guatemala STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,042,864 1,252.755 832.46 1,136.481 917.63 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 5,199 8.664 600.06 7.860 661.45 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,048,063 1,261.419 830.86 1,144.341 915.87 El Salvador WIRE DRAWN............................23 67,619 93.418 723.83 84.748 797.88 COUNTRY TOTAL 67,619 93.418 723.83 84.748 797.88 Costa Rica STANDARD PIPE.........................18 8,638 3.013 2,866.23 2.734 3,159.47 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 7,185 1.399 5,132.38 1.270 5,657.48 COUNTRY TOTAL 15,823 4.413 3,585.01 4.004 3,951.80 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/12/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Dominican Republic INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 2,367 5.037 469.87 4.570 517.94 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 1,584,008 3,416.643 463.62 3,099.528 511.05 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 21,120 60.431 349.48 54.823 385.24 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 75,691 93.050 813.44 84.414 896.66 WIRE DRAWN............................23 172,919 247.560 698.49 224.583 769.96 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 11,247 43.200 260.34 39.191 286.98 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,867,352 3,865.924 483.03 3,507.109 532.45 Trinidad and Tobago WIRE RODS..............................3 3,420,581 6,589.780 519.07 5,978.150 572.18 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 56,614 67.507 838.63 61.242 924.43 WIRE DRAWN............................23 26,411 32.474 813.29 29.460 896.50 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,503,606 6,689.762 523.73 6,068.852 577.31 Colombia BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 225,322 500.449 450.24 454.000 496.30 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 294,723 347.073 849.17 314.860 936.04 TOOL STEEL............................17 472,667 182.725 2,586.76 165.766 2,851.41 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,359,302 1,643.489 1,435.54 1,490.949 1,582.42 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,959,989 2,752.258 1,075.48 2,496.808 1,185.51 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 4,954 8.631 573.97 7.830 632.69 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 829,227 1,087.665 762.39 986.714 840.39 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 354,508 204.916 1,730.01 185.897 1,907.01 WIRE DRAWN............................23 60,085 40.339 1,489.50 36.595 1,641.89 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,560,777 6,767.549 1,117.21 6,139.419 1,231.51 Venezuela BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 10,967,303 25,925.527 423.03 23,519.250 466.31 WIRE RODS..............................3 5,507,263 11,305.299 487.14 10,255.998 536.98 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 168,139 363.016 463.17 329.323 510.56 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 786,010 1,345.826 584.03 1,220.914 643.79 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 642,388 1,505.018 426.83 1,365.330 470.50 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,411,273 2,840.581 496.83 2,576.933 547.66 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 7,178,629 9,104.267 788.49 8,259.255 869.16 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 633,431 843.281 751.15 765.012 828.00 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 648,292 863.066 751.15 782.961 828.00 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 463,055 430.826 1,074.81 390.839 1,184.77 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,103,572 1,351.962 816.27 1,226.480 899.79 BLACK PLATE...........................28 1,032,707 1,630.858 633.23 1,479.490 698.02 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,810,386 5,164.645 544.16 4,685.289 599.83 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 6,440,404 10,519.025 612.26 9,542.702 674.90 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 277,729 370.094 750.43 335.744 827.20 COUNTRY TOTAL 40,070,581 73,563.297 544.71 66,735.520 600.44 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/12/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Ecuador STANDARD PIPE.........................18 133,875 176.960 756.52 160.536 833.93 WIRE DRAWN............................23 161,428 171.147 943.21 155.262 1,039.71 COUNTRY TOTAL 295,303 348.107 848.31 315.798 935.10 Chile STANDARD PIPE.........................18 241,134 371.110 649.76 336.666 716.24 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 157,292 187.869 837.24 170.432 922.90 WIRE DRAWN............................23 183,396 205.057 894.36 186.025 985.87 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 12,046 18.314 657.72 16.615 725.01 COUNTRY TOTAL 593,868 782.352 759.08 709.738 836.74 Brazil INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 8,547 19.426 439.98 17.623 484.99 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 79,971,827 202,734.228 394.47 183,917.450 434.82 WIRE RODS..............................3 6,322,205 14,271.760 442.99 12,947.127 488.31 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 687,928 1,419.754 484.54 1,287.980 534.11 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 53,168 40.288 1,319.69 36.549 1,454.70 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 296,479 237.772 1,246.90 215.704 1,374.47 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 325,771 675.247 482.45 612.574 531.81 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 45,769 21.255 2,153.24 19.283 2,373.54 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,155,802 768.534 2,805.08 697.203 3,092.07 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 6,570 0.620 10,586.51 0.563 11,669.63 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 3,015,276 3,263.063 924.06 2,960.202 1,018.60 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 715,854 935.105 765.53 848.314 843.85 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 405,992 754.972 537.76 684.900 592.78 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 1,467,990 2,576.740 569.71 2,337.580 628.00 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,287,449 1,911.584 673.50 1,734.161 742.40 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 143,224 122.445 1,169.69 111.081 1,289.37 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 1,387,334 2,432.595 570.31 2,206.814 628.66 WIRE DRAWN............................23 597,388 838.424 712.51 760.606 785.41 TIN PLATE.............................29 247,551 328.488 753.61 298.000 830.71 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 112,417 135.047 832.43 122.513 917.59 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 6,277,513 7,521.223 834.64 6,823.141 920.03 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 16,566,637 22,717.763 729.24 20,609.214 803.85 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 6,833,617 9,184.141 744.07 8,331.715 820.19 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 501,303 307.552 1,629.98 279.007 1,796.74 COUNTRY TOTAL 129,433,611 273,218.037 473.74 247,859.304 522.21 Argentina WIRE RODS..............................3 3,667,387 7,136.709 513.88 6,474.316 566.45 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 4,438,807 6,622.311 670.28 6,007.662 738.86 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 21,143 41.992 503.49 38.095 555.01 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 467,725 610.809 765.75 554.117 844.09 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/12/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,957,647 2,327.553 841.07 2,111.522 927.13 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 920,980 1,289.770 714.07 1,170.060 787.12 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,657,948 1,560.296 1,062.58 1,415.478 1,171.30 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 829,963 459.379 1,806.71 416.742 1,991.55 WIRE DRAWN............................23 98,055 174.341 562.43 158.160 619.97 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 35,001 60.346 580.01 54.745 639.35 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 8,554,343 12,794.714 668.58 11,607.173 736.99 COUNTRY TOTAL 22,648,999 33,078.225 684.71 30,008.070 754.76 Sweden INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 98,300 62.930 1,562.03 57.090 1,721.84 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 8,069,987 3,062.803 2,634.84 2,778.529 2,904.41 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,491,469 686.703 2,171.93 622.967 2,394.14 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 5,158,473 4,559.653 1,131.33 4,136.449 1,247.08 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,677,498 468.578 3,579.98 425.087 3,946.25 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,189,019 533.176 2,230.07 483.690 2,458.23 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 625,628 254.988 2,453.55 231.322 2,704.58 TOOL STEEL............................17 3,289,409 1,398.110 2,352.75 1,268.345 2,593.47 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 11,105 2.240 4,955.38 2.033 5,462.37 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,455,286 1,676.701 867.95 1,521.078 956.75 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,129,829 801.421 1,409.78 727.038 1,554.02 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 430,306 348.168 1,235.91 315.853 1,362.36 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,241,301 196.454 6,318.50 178.221 6,964.95 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,679,678 684.034 3,917.46 620.546 4,318.26 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,543,459 1,453.530 1,061.87 1,318.621 1,170.51 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,213,926 896.458 2,469.63 813.254 2,722.31 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 47,451 56.465 840.35 51.225 926.33 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 888,985 949.339 936.42 861.227 1,032.23 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,615,588 510.926 5,119.30 463.505 5,643.06 COUNTRY TOTAL 35,856,697 18,602.688 1,927.50 16,876.080 2,124.71 Norway STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 276,972 384.526 720.29 348.837 793.99 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 4,579,114 1,794.201 2,552.17 1,627.673 2,813.29 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,856,086 2,178.728 2,228.86 1,976.510 2,456.90 Finland BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 3,909,217 9,305.268 420.11 8,441.600 463.09 WIRE RODS..............................3 23,597 82.721 285.26 75.044 314.44 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 331,158 269.347 1,229.48 244.348 1,355.27 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 61,635 25.640 2,403.78 23.261 2,649.71 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 120,347 45.070 2,670.21 40.887 2,943.40 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 420,528 134.293 3,131.41 121.829 3,451.79 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 953,990 369.866 2,579.28 335.537 2,843.17 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 742,435 303.193 2,448.71 275.053 2,699.24 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/12/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 6,562,907 10,535.402 622.94 9,557.559 686.67 Denmark BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 7,784 3.315 2,347.58 3.008 2,587.77 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 42,052 14.014 3,000.55 12.714 3,307.54 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 35,301 29.492 1,196.96 26.755 1,319.42 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 26,432 6.349 4,162.97 5.760 4,588.89 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 2,777 0.110 25,192.53 0.100 27,770.00 WIRE DRAWN............................23 160,545 24.024 6,682.45 21.795 7,366.14 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 56,805 9.810 5,790.18 8.900 6,382.58 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 5,200 12.143 428.23 11.016 472.04 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 14,280 1.351 10,566.56 1.226 11,647.63 COUNTRY TOTAL 351,176 100.612 3,490.39 91.274 3,847.49 United Kingdom INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 32,009 13.216 2,421.86 11.990 2,669.64 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 20,243,660 25,577.504 791.46 23,203.528 872.44 WIRE RODS..............................3 5,131,670 4,550.286 1,127.77 4,127.952 1,243.15 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 10,300,963 17,366.187 593.16 15,754.345 653.85 STEEL PILING...........................5 165,182 239.827 688.75 217.568 759.22 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,038,716 945.764 1,098.28 857.983 1,210.65 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 9,561,561 10,418.837 917.72 9,451.813 1,011.61 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 136,998 38.279 3,578.84 34.727 3,945.00 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 99,152 364.321 272.16 330.507 300.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 5,467,866 4,142.147 1,320.06 3,757.694 1,455.11 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,230,087 497.771 2,471.19 451.571 2,724.02 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 46,851 16.804 2,787.96 15.245 3,073.20 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,349,957 1,421.016 949.99 1,289.125 1,047.19 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 68,210 28.078 2,429.30 25.472 2,677.84 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 29,319 47.511 617.09 43.102 680.22 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 742,509 440.064 1,687.27 399.220 1,859.90 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 103,671 14.283 7,257.97 12.958 8,000.54 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 39,144 3.493 11,205.70 3.169 12,352.16 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,543,897 936.093 1,649.30 849.210 1,818.04 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 182,259 38.691 4,710.62 35.100 5,192.56 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,246,929 1,183.253 1,053.81 1,073.430 1,161.63 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 16,076 18.560 866.13 16.838 954.75 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 955,382 1,677.035 569.69 1,521.381 627.97 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 682,753 767.601 889.46 696.357 980.46 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 221,496 575.339 384.98 521.939 424.37 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,640,931 797.971 2,056.38 723.908 2,266.77 COUNTRY TOTAL 62,277,248 72,119.944 863.52 65,426.132 951.87 Ireland BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 2,346 1.615 1,451.74 1.466 1,600.27 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/12/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,196 2.123 1,034.36 1.926 1,140.19 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 26,099 6.633 3,934.30 6.018 4,336.82 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 9,576 1.684 5,685.34 1.528 6,267.02 WIRE DRAWN............................23 57,835 9.349 6,185.69 8.482 6,818.56 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 7,062 0.367 19,238.86 0.333 21,207.21 COUNTRY TOTAL 105,114 21.773 4,827.51 19.753 5,321.42 Netherlands PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 6,465,275 11,427.127 565.78 10,366.519 623.67 TOOL STEEL............................17 375,851 375.231 1,001.65 340.404 1,104.13 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 2,854 0.234 12,155.43 0.213 13,399.06 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 19,154 6.254 3,062.43 5.674 3,375.75 WIRE DRAWN............................23 38,945 25.079 1,552.84 22.752 1,711.72 BLACK PLATE...........................28 281,419 373.321 753.82 338.672 830.95 TIN PLATE.............................29 2,811,531 5,012.283 560.93 4,547.068 618.32 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 20,712 38.146 542.96 34.606 598.51 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 15,699,293 32,760.178 479.22 29,719.542 528.25 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,192,934 4,847.767 658.64 4,397.822 726.03 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,390,270 1,779.158 781.42 1,614.026 861.37 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 22,860 11.244 2,032.96 10.201 2,240.96 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 11,700 5.690 2,056.19 5.162 2,266.56 COUNTRY TOTAL 30,332,798 56,661.718 535.33 51,402.661 590.10 Belgium INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 613,455 890.209 689.11 807.585 759.62 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 2,389,282 2,736.420 873.14 2,482.440 962.47 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 7,126,368 3,460.900 2,059.11 3,139.677 2,269.78 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,837,637 1,024.474 1,793.74 929.388 1,977.25 TOOL STEEL............................17 25,843 19.603 1,318.29 17.784 1,453.16 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 57,567 42.095 1,367.55 38.188 1,507.46 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 16,298 7.979 2,042.45 7.239 2,251.42 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 31,832 13.668 2,328.83 12.400 2,567.10 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 19,471 15.449 1,260.26 14.016 1,389.20 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,249,764 997.368 1,253.06 904.798 1,381.26 BLACK PLATE...........................28 253,149 388.586 651.46 352.520 718.11 TIN PLATE.............................29 68,608 108.686 631.25 98.599 695.83 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 5,501,685 7,638.105 720.29 6,929.175 793.99 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 21,814,710 27,164.009 803.07 24,642.782 885.24 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 195,472 214.030 913.29 194.165 1,006.73 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 611,306 839.068 728.55 761.190 803.09 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 1,810,677 1,739.899 1,040.68 1,578.411 1,147.15 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 848,829 320.949 2,644.74 291.161 2,915.33 COUNTRY TOTAL 44,471,953 47,621.508 933.86 43,201.518 1,029.41 Luxembourg IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/12/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE WIRE RODS..............................3 172,164 265.232 649.11 240.615 715.52 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,577,924 3,383.125 761.99 3,069.121 839.96 STEEL PILING...........................5 1,791,306 2,464.465 726.85 2,235.726 801.22 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 106,650 276.872 385.19 251.175 424.60 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 11,909 0.264 45,015.28 0.240 49,620.83 WIRE DRAWN............................23 337,562 306.960 1,099.69 278.470 1,212.20 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 935,249 1,109.597 842.87 1,006.610 929.11 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,932,764 7,806.519 759.98 7,081.957 837.73 France BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 633,324 956.071 662.42 867.334 730.20 WIRE RODS..............................3 118,667 34.043 3,485.72 30.884 3,842.35 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 18,048 14.584 1,237.46 13.231 1,364.07 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,417,411 751.542 1,886.00 681.788 2,078.96 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 670,972 1,050.691 638.60 953.172 703.94 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 10,369 17.584 589.68 15.952 650.01 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,851,143 1,655.652 1,118.07 1,501.983 1,232.47 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 2,114 0.220 9,588.95 0.200 10,570.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 4,110,823 2,630.496 1,562.76 2,386.347 1,722.64 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,049,402 448.753 2,338.48 407.102 2,577.74 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 385,883 458.786 841.10 416.204 927.15 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,117,399 2,364.492 895.50 2,145.032 987.12 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 1,694,094 1,213.509 1,396.03 1,100.878 1,538.86 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 763,335 799.652 954.58 725.433 1,052.25 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 957,943 1,032.689 927.62 936.840 1,022.53 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 2,157,690 1,777.543 1,213.86 1,612.561 1,338.05 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 2,124,158 350.972 6,052.21 318.397 6,671.41 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 4,200 2.314 1,814.37 2.100 2,000.00 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 33,150 20.432 1,622.42 18.536 1,788.41 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,450,002 921.011 1,574.36 835.528 1,735.43 BLACK PLATE...........................28 211,022 290.723 725.85 263.740 800.11 TIN PLATE.............................29 5,280,366 8,966.192 588.92 8,133.995 649.17 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 1,568,655 2,253.382 696.13 2,044.235 767.36 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 8,864,296 14,220.985 623.32 12,901.065 687.10 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 5,948,919 5,450.363 1,091.47 4,944.488 1,203.14 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 302,454 426.605 708.98 387.010 781.51 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 22,964 7.602 3,020.53 6.897 3,329.56 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 2,567 0.310 8,257.96 0.282 9,102.84 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,882,692 379.694 4,958.44 344.453 5,465.74 COUNTRY TOTAL 45,654,062 48,496.907 941.38 43,995.667 1,037.69 Federal Republic of Germany BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 10,390,265 23,212.767 447.61 21,058.274 493.41 WIRE RODS..............................3 9,158,529 14,468.407 633.00 13,125.522 697.76 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 3,446,283 5,328.595 646.75 4,834.022 712.92 STEEL PILING...........................5 17,526 8.777 1,996.65 7.963 2,200.93 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/12/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 3,061,795 2,351.379 1,302.13 2,133.136 1,435.35 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 5,571,932 6,060.058 919.45 5,497.594 1,013.52 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 7,329 0.448 16,336.02 0.407 18,007.37 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 5,850,239 5,142.737 1,137.57 4,665.414 1,253.96 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 62,861 59.883 1,049.73 54.325 1,157.13 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 5,084,835 3,632.431 1,399.84 3,295.287 1,543.06 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,389,072 1,401.036 1,705.22 1,270.999 1,879.68 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,784,179 1,939.097 920.11 1,759.120 1,014.25 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 9,620,876 8,738.127 1,101.02 7,927.098 1,213.67 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 283,866 232.666 1,220.05 211.072 1,344.88 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 7,347 11.430 642.73 10.370 708.49 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 3,974,310 3,379.062 1,176.16 3,065.435 1,296.49 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 3,798,963 3,094.094 1,227.81 2,806.916 1,353.43 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,778,707 272.177 6,535.11 246.915 7,203.72 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 96,887 6.677 14,508.82 6.058 15,993.23 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 250,318 164.494 1,521.74 149.227 1,677.43 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,268,030 1,094.229 2,072.72 992.669 2,284.78 BLACK PLATE...........................28 2,550,839 3,279.963 777.70 2,975.534 857.27 TIN PLATE.............................29 4,332,797 7,815.709 554.37 7,090.294 611.09 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 1,080,722 1,634.457 661.21 1,482.755 728.86 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,650,278 2,338.015 705.85 2,121.013 778.06 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 8,767,819 5,724.243 1,531.70 5,192.948 1,688.41 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 3,961,943 8,216.784 482.18 7,454.144 531.51 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,829,302 2,978.739 614.12 2,702.268 676.95 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 565,579 180.620 3,131.32 163.856 3,451.68 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 2,612,951 2,955.873 883.99 2,681.524 974.43 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 95,477 183.400 520.59 166.378 573.86 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 5,336,708 3,154.923 1,691.55 2,862.099 1,864.61 COUNTRY TOTAL 101,688,564 119,061.312 854.09 108,010.636 941.47 Austria BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 3,920 2.700 1,451.50 2.450 1,600.00 WIRE RODS..............................3 5,538 2.070 2,675.18 1.878 2,948.88 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 45,625 9.947 4,586.69 9.024 5,055.96 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 374,415 489.364 765.10 443.944 843.38 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 127,327 161.047 790.62 146.100 871.51 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 413,047 606.413 681.13 550.129 750.82 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,423,054 391.386 3,635.93 355.060 4,007.93 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 230,269 112.187 2,052.53 101.775 2,262.53 TOOL STEEL............................17 4,000,609 1,041.468 3,841.31 944.805 4,234.32 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 6,736,191 7,255.979 928.36 6,582.516 1,023.35 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 536,783 719.950 745.58 653.128 821.86 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 111,701 41.944 2,663.10 38.051 2,935.56 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,123,447 203.462 5,521.65 184.578 6,086.57 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 216,990 167.137 1,298.27 151.625 1,431.10 WIRE DRAWN............................23 494,607 109.203 4,529.21 99.068 4,992.60 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,116,393 3,891.297 543.88 3,530.127 599.52 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/12/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 29,745 0.981 30,319.35 0.890 33,421.35 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 283,386 291.809 971.13 264.725 1,070.49 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,043,868 196.901 5,301.48 178.626 5,843.87 COUNTRY TOTAL 19,316,915 15,695.254 1,230.75 14,238.499 1,356.67 Czech Republic BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 271,981 715.101 380.34 648.729 419.25 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 714,861 1,650.619 433.09 1,497.417 477.40 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 58,778 44.112 1,332.46 40.018 1,468.79 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 74,798 15.983 4,679.70 14.500 5,158.48 TOOL STEEL............................17 9,359 3.101 3,017.18 2.814 3,325.87 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 53,893 3.582 15,043.36 3.250 16,582.46 WIRE DRAWN............................23 72,566 60.018 1,209.06 54.448 1,332.76 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,256,236 2,492.519 504.00 2,261.176 555.57 Slovakia STANDARD PIPE.........................18 3,182 0.121 26,242.39 0.110 28,927.27 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 488,047 607.922 802.81 551.498 884.95 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 7,645 1.408 5,426.78 1.278 5,982.00 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 764,259 890.851 857.90 808.167 945.67 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,263,133 1,500.303 841.92 1,361.053 928.06 Hungary SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 672,153 1,136.383 591.48 1,030.910 652.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 672,153 1,136.383 591.48 1,030.910 652.00 Switzerland STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 7,117 5.694 1,249.79 5.166 1,377.66 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 8,757 15.082 580.59 13.683 639.99 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 4,441 5.090 872.41 4.618 961.67 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 518,783 141.141 3,675.64 128.041 4,051.69 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 7,325 1.636 4,474.84 1.485 4,932.66 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 4,059 9.942 408.23 9.020 450.00 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,829,308 770.127 2,375.33 698.648 2,618.35 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 31,803 1.764 18,020.74 1.601 19,864.46 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 4,364 1.717 2,541.05 1.558 2,801.03 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 56,005 37.094 1,509.77 33.652 1,664.24 WIRE DRAWN............................23 239,452 47.403 5,051.33 43.004 5,568.13 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 236,570 129.406 1,828.11 117.396 2,015.15 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,947,984 1,166.103 2,528.06 1,057.872 2,786.71 Estonia SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 4,269,683 5,932.014 719.77 5,381.435 793.41 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/12/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 4,269,683 5,932.014 719.77 5,381.435 793.41 Latvia BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 4,615,029 11,047.118 417.76 10,021.780 460.50 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 247,908 102.590 2,416.47 93.069 2,663.70 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,862,937 11,149.709 436.15 10,114.849 480.77 Lithuania BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 67,382 20.560 3,277.29 18.652 3,612.59 COUNTRY TOTAL 67,382 20.560 3,277.29 18.652 3,612.59 Poland STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 60,717 30.773 1,973.05 27.917 2,174.91 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 92,063 163.682 562.45 148.490 619.99 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,241 0.981 2,284.27 0.890 2,517.98 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 81,572 43.218 1,887.44 39.207 2,080.55 TOOL STEEL............................17 13,293 4.003 3,320.27 3.632 3,659.97 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,232,256 1,203.611 1,023.80 1,091.898 1,128.54 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,482,142 1,446.269 1,024.80 1,312.034 1,129.65 Russia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 92,888,211 199,379.625 465.89 180,874.205 513.55 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 107,599 198.225 542.81 179.827 598.35 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 135,545 217.485 623.24 197.300 687.00 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 17,462,994 32,699.251 534.05 29,664.270 588.69 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 6,027,805 3,720.405 1,620.20 3,375.096 1,785.97 TOOL STEEL............................17 952,473 683.299 1,393.93 619.879 1,536.55 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 5,112,318 7,956.012 642.57 7,217.575 708.32 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,843,851 3,126.751 589.70 2,836.542 650.03 WIRE DRAWN............................23 466,736 927.660 503.13 841.560 554.61 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 16,041,781 29,699.592 540.13 26,943.025 595.40 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 40,716,618 70,107.607 580.77 63,600.570 640.19 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 2,075,821 3,113.345 666.75 2,824.380 734.97 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 4,696,567 5,467.853 858.94 4,960.355 946.82 COUNTRY TOTAL 188,528,319 357,297.117 527.65 324,134.584 581.64 Belarus WIRE DRAWN............................23 314,232 360.845 870.82 327.354 959.91 COUNTRY TOTAL 314,232 360.845 870.82 327.354 959.91 Ukraine BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 162,052 166.132 975.44 150.713 1,075.24 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/12/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 3,405,625 1,782.830 1,910.23 1,617.357 2,105.67 TOOL STEEL............................17 260,848 47.431 5,499.49 43.029 6,062.14 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 475,393 672.765 706.62 610.323 778.92 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 8,767,228 11,018.856 795.66 9,996.141 877.06 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 63,931 106.924 597.91 97.000 659.08 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 526,680 98.716 5,335.29 89.554 5,881.14 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,050,721 2,146.772 489.44 1,947.520 539.52 COUNTRY TOTAL 14,712,478 16,040.429 917.21 14,551.637 1,011.05 Kazakhstan SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 6,233,619 8,774.155 710.45 7,959.782 783.14 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,233,619 8,774.155 710.45 7,959.782 783.14 Kyrgyzstan TOOL STEEL............................17 2,542 1.581 1,607.01 1.435 1,771.43 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,542 1.581 1,607.01 1.435 1,771.43 Spain BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 25,211,278 12,480.650 2,020.03 11,322.259 2,226.70 WIRE RODS..............................3 3,379,803 5,638.369 599.43 5,115.044 660.76 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 94,984 187.151 507.52 169.781 559.45 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 4,369 3.743 1,167.11 3.396 1,286.51 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 27,035 33.756 800.89 30.623 882.83 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 227,710 286.829 793.89 260.207 875.11 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 10,278,299 15,162.368 677.88 13,755.073 747.24 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,116,008 1,155.533 965.79 1,048.283 1,064.61 TOOL STEEL............................17 390,394 304.651 1,281.45 276.375 1,412.55 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,189,364 1,113.142 1,068.47 1,009.826 1,177.79 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 4,787,513 3,995.872 1,198.11 3,624.996 1,320.69 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 950,546 793.628 1,197.72 719.968 1,320.26 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 960,506 600.779 1,598.77 545.018 1,762.34 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,883,879 281.221 6,698.91 255.120 7,384.29 WIRE DRAWN............................23 529,027 368.382 1,436.08 334.191 1,583.01 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 308,683 167.000 1,848.40 151.500 2,037.51 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 2,380,195 4,117.343 578.09 3,735.192 637.23 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 264,506 507.316 521.38 460.230 574.73 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 74,573 49.812 1,497.08 45.189 1,650.25 COUNTRY TOTAL 54,058,672 47,247.552 1,144.16 42,862.271 1,261.22 Portugal BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 143,453 40.873 3,509.67 37.080 3,868.74 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 8,418 1.989 4,230.85 1.805 4,663.71 COUNTRY TOTAL 151,871 42.863 3,543.14 38.885 3,905.64 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/12/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Italy INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 1,196,480 757.141 1,580.26 686.867 1,741.94 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 2,209,513 1,267.438 1,743.29 1,149.801 1,921.65 WIRE RODS..............................3 2,479,016 3,670.240 675.44 3,329.587 744.54 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,154,671 1,045.744 1,104.16 948.684 1,217.13 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,894,631 1,734.268 1,092.47 1,573.302 1,204.24 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,252,151 4,294.096 524.48 3,895.540 578.14 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 3,068,597 1,023.959 2,996.79 928.921 3,303.40 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 1,394,590 492.912 2,829.28 447.163 3,118.75 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 6,164,907 1,946.162 3,167.73 1,765.529 3,491.82 TOOL STEEL............................17 6,154 0.342 17,951.18 0.311 19,787.78 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 834,616 594.038 1,404.99 538.903 1,548.73 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,684 1.091 2,459.48 0.990 2,711.11 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 1,017,011 1,023.717 993.45 928.701 1,095.09 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 794,138 836.903 948.90 759.226 1,045.98 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,093,652 889.110 1,230.05 806.588 1,355.90 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 397,658 410.153 969.53 372.085 1,068.73 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 375,361 100.198 3,746.16 90.899 4,129.43 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,601,632 2,138.504 1,216.57 1,940.019 1,341.03 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 19,207,170 34,410.307 558.18 31,216.515 615.29 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 7,474,642 3,328.899 2,245.38 3,019.928 2,475.11 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 34,952 36.333 961.98 32.961 1,060.40 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 112,522 30.974 3,632.68 28.100 4,004.34 COUNTRY TOTAL 55,766,748 60,032.540 928.94 54,460.620 1,023.98 Slovenia PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 9,937 1.812 5,483.39 1.644 6,044.40 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 46,817 24.631 1,900.72 22.345 2,095.19 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,470,001 1,260.129 1,960.12 1,143.171 2,160.66 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 49,056 22.531 2,177.24 20.440 2,400.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,575,811 1,309.104 1,967.61 1,187.600 2,168.92 Macedonia (Skopje) PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 3,771,800 6,919.889 545.07 6,277.620 600.83 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,019,609 3,712.903 543.94 3,368.290 599.59 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,791,409 10,632.792 544.67 9,645.910 600.40 Serbia and Montenegro PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 10,208,870 18,301.250 557.82 16,602.620 614.90 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 9,068,323 16,234.516 558.58 14,727.710 615.73 COUNTRY TOTAL 19,277,193 34,535.767 558.18 31,330.330 615.29 Greece IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/12/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,031,213 1,081.026 953.92 980.691 1,051.52 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,543,872 5,651.228 627.10 5,126.710 691.26 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,575,085 6,732.255 679.58 6,107.401 749.11 Romania PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 11,171,460 18,398.647 607.19 16,690.977 669.31 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,700,305 2,993.259 568.04 2,715.440 626.16 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,868,585 2,859.754 653.41 2,594.326 720.26 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 3,937,700 4,456.792 883.53 4,043.135 973.92 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 785,210 1,213.956 646.82 1,101.283 713.00 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,060,725 2,990.679 689.05 2,713.100 759.55 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 644,277 683.684 942.36 620.228 1,038.77 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,540,721 4,472.847 568.03 4,057.700 626.15 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 9,418 4.882 1,929.07 4.429 2,126.44 COUNTRY TOTAL 24,718,401 38,074.503 649.21 34,540.618 715.63 Bulgaria PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,185,070 4,008.536 545.10 3,636.484 600.87 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 200,061 448.230 446.34 406.628 492.00 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 1,767,203 4,021.187 439.47 3,647.961 484.44 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 4,727,361 11,589.416 407.90 10,513.745 449.64 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 3,024,669 5,609.949 539.16 5,089.262 594.32 COUNTRY TOTAL 11,904,364 25,677.320 463.61 23,294.080 511.05 Turkey BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 1,816,887 2,172.583 836.28 1,970.935 921.84 WIRE RODS..............................3 24,840,833 60,049.975 413.67 54,476.437 455.99 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 121,888 273.788 445.19 248.377 490.74 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 297,987 571.175 521.71 518.162 575.08 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 5,352,574 10,060.395 532.04 9,126.640 586.48 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 3,378,133 4,333.296 779.58 3,931.102 859.33 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 7,804,982 5,344.397 1,460.40 4,848.357 1,609.82 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 43,524,816 95,357.261 456.44 86,506.677 503.14 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 3,613,752 6,299.248 573.68 5,714.584 632.37 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 513,075 897.543 571.64 814.238 630.13 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 553,176 960.115 576.16 871.002 635.10 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,588,539 2,630.621 603.86 2,386.460 665.65 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 6,325 1.343 4,707.09 1.219 5,188.68 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 2,776,079 4,882.083 568.63 4,428.953 626.80 WIRE DRAWN............................23 434,959 446.983 973.10 405.497 1,072.66 TIN PLATE.............................29 3,722,328 5,177.224 718.98 4,696.700 792.54 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 18,788,243 34,897.155 538.39 31,658.176 593.47 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 4,022,345 6,195.687 649.22 5,620.635 715.64 COUNTRY TOTAL 123,156,921 240,550.882 511.98 218,224.151 564.36 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/12/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Israel LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 3,646 8.736 417.31 7.926 460.01 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 53,440 10.579 5,051.05 9.598 5,567.83 WIRE DRAWN............................23 279,792 278.826 1,003.46 252.947 1,106.13 COUNTRY TOTAL 336,878 298.143 1,129.92 270.471 1,245.52 Saudi Arabia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 105,152 36.920 2,848.04 33.494 3,139.43 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 27,140 36.517 743.21 33.128 819.25 COUNTRY TOTAL 132,292 73.438 1,801.41 66.622 1,985.71 United Arab Emirates BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 142,657 77.825 1,833.04 70.602 2,020.58 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,312,428 1,775.048 739.38 1,610.297 815.02 WIRE DRAWN............................23 174,537 169.240 1,031.30 153.532 1,136.81 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,629,622 2,022.113 805.90 1,834.431 888.35 Oman STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,895,494 3,198.533 592.61 2,901.662 653.24 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,895,494 3,198.533 592.61 2,901.662 653.24 India BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 51,310 6.941 7,392.04 6.297 8,148.32 WIRE RODS..............................3 126,143 41.647 3,028.82 37.782 3,338.71 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 159,166 60.725 2,621.09 55.089 2,889.25 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 94,022 53.707 1,750.62 48.723 1,929.73 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 214,053 222.192 963.37 201.570 1,061.93 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 1,786,452 711.651 2,510.29 645.600 2,767.12 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 2,126,161 915.070 2,323.49 830.138 2,561.21 TOOL STEEL............................17 22,612 7.525 3,004.73 6.827 3,312.14 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 3,240,899 5,100.730 635.38 4,627.306 700.39 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,067,999 1,216.720 877.77 1,103.791 967.57 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 21,006 29.720 706.78 26.962 779.10 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 384,142 620.027 619.56 562.480 682.94 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 662,180 1,165.491 568.16 1,057.316 626.28 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 529,392 524.650 1,009.04 475.955 1,112.27 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 736,580 1,229.369 599.15 1,115.266 660.45 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 88,587 24.605 3,600.25 22.322 3,968.60 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 155,493 156.780 991.79 142.229 1,093.26 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,773,475 1,500.517 1,848.35 1,361.247 2,037.45 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 251,957 101.073 2,492.82 91.692 2,747.86 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 4,779,824 6,734.082 709.80 6,109.059 782.42 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 50,007,443 74,157.635 674.34 67,274.694 743.33 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/12/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 354,321 383.814 923.16 348.191 1,017.61 COUNTRY TOTAL 69,633,217 94,964.683 733.25 86,150.536 808.27 Pakistan STANDARD PIPE.........................18 96,668 190.250 508.11 172.592 560.10 COUNTRY TOTAL 96,668 190.250 508.11 172.592 560.10 Thailand PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 7,799,569 14,625.263 533.29 13,267.820 587.86 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 4,461,817 8,307.955 537.05 7,536.853 592.00 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 51,302 115.173 445.43 104.484 491.00 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 236,778 447.153 529.52 405.651 583.70 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 421,838 110.323 3,823.64 100.084 4,214.84 WIRE DRAWN............................23 371,631 335.690 1,107.07 304.533 1,220.33 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 13,714,456 24,886.921 551.07 22,577.042 607.45 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 6,912,150 10,699.277 646.04 9,706.224 712.14 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,128,053 1,669.405 675.72 1,514.460 744.85 COUNTRY TOTAL 35,097,594 61,197.166 573.52 55,517.151 632.19 Vietnam OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 5,600 0.694 8,063.87 0.630 8,888.89 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 56,719 65.479 866.21 59.402 954.83 COUNTRY TOTAL 62,319 66.173 941.75 60.032 1,038.10 Malaysia WIRE RODS..............................3 4,792,232 11,040.945 434.04 10,016.180 478.45 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 953,766 1,418.214 672.51 1,286.583 741.32 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 281,841 2,131.699 132.21 1,933.846 145.74 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,875 8.340 344.72 7.566 379.99 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,167,501 1,645.200 709.64 1,492.501 782.24 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 623,527 637.862 977.53 578.659 1,077.54 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 734,035 267.577 2,743.26 242.742 3,023.93 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 11,650,775 84,304.327 138.20 76,479.621 152.34 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 7,729,554 12,635.730 611.72 11,462.945 674.31 COUNTRY TOTAL 27,936,106 114,089.897 244.86 103,500.643 269.91 Singapore STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 124,255 46.141 2,692.90 41.859 2,968.42 COUNTRY TOTAL 124,255 46.141 2,692.90 41.859 2,968.42 Indonesia PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 147,143 212.543 692.30 192.816 763.13 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/12/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE WIRE DRAWN............................23 43,212 13.609 3,175.22 12.346 3,500.08 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 411,395 606.276 678.56 550.005 747.98 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 107,697 31.204 3,451.36 28.308 3,804.47 COUNTRY TOTAL 709,447 863.633 821.47 783.475 905.51 Philippines STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 2,668 0.191 13,910.17 0.174 15,333.33 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,668 0.191 13,910.17 0.174 15,333.33 China INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 7,506 4.696 1,598.06 4.261 1,761.56 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 120,890 185.621 651.27 168.393 717.90 WIRE RODS..............................3 15,923,123 36,849.312 432.11 33,429.143 476.32 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 30,064 57.376 523.98 52.051 577.59 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 14,630 16.396 892.24 14.875 983.53 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 21,030 26.455 794.92 24.000 876.25 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 522,450 727.475 718.17 659.955 791.64 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 90,996 132.989 684.23 120.646 754.24 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 11,223 14.881 754.17 13.500 831.33 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 236,574 243.353 972.14 220.767 1,071.60 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,455,749 909.717 2,699.46 825.282 2,975.65 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 15,877,576 28,354.566 559.97 25,722.837 617.26 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 20,405,084 28,556.293 714.56 25,905.841 787.66 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 481,890 735.174 655.48 666.939 722.54 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,097,098 1,629.109 673.43 1,477.904 742.33 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,576,661 3,418.654 753.71 3,101.352 830.82 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 48,131 44.896 1,072.05 40.729 1,181.74 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 4,068,732 1,189.884 3,419.44 1,079.445 3,769.28 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 6,739 11.070 608.73 10.043 671.01 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 656,737 727.017 903.33 659.539 995.75 WIRE DRAWN............................23 7,259,331 9,494.357 764.59 8,613.139 842.82 TIN PLATE.............................29 1,201,028 1,504.783 798.14 1,365.117 879.80 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 20,773,383 22,527.433 922.14 20,436.550 1,016.48 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 14,750,658 23,665.933 623.29 21,469.380 687.06 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 6,813 1.793 3,798.80 1.627 4,187.46 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 414,171 301.658 1,372.98 273.660 1,513.45 COUNTRY TOTAL 109,058,267 161,330.903 675.99 146,356.975 745.15 Korea, South BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 937,021 1,233.461 759.67 1,118.978 837.39 WIRE RODS..............................3 356,084 317.705 1,120.80 288.218 1,235.47 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,088,903 2,467.008 441.39 2,238.033 486.54 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,221,692 3,460.875 641.95 3,139.654 707.62 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 310,701 495.599 626.92 449.600 691.06 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 536,608 852.305 629.60 773.199 694.01 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/12/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 330,065 495.319 666.37 449.346 734.55 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 62,008 107.640 576.06 97.650 635.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 422,919 435.238 971.69 394.842 1,071.11 TOOL STEEL............................17 298,489 101.051 2,953.84 91.672 3,256.05 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 5,656,055 8,850.080 639.10 8,028.660 704.48 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 8,778,974 12,375.343 709.39 11,226.726 781.97 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 2,472,108 3,967.003 623.17 3,598.806 686.92 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,832,058 2,882.188 635.65 2,614.678 700.68 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 4,464,564 7,079.956 630.59 6,422.830 695.11 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,390,415 3,694.232 647.07 3,351.352 713.27 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 107,221 27.444 3,906.87 24.897 4,306.58 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 5,120,835 1,552.501 3,298.44 1,408.406 3,635.91 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 10,113 2.971 3,402.95 2.696 3,751.11 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 1,274,085 2,264.122 562.73 2,053.978 620.30 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 6,591 9.501 693.65 8.620 764.62 WIRE DRAWN............................23 6,954,724 5,948.871 1,169.08 5,396.727 1,288.69 TIN PLATE.............................29 232,238 326.934 710.35 296.590 783.03 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 1,437,719 2,104.964 683.01 1,909.592 752.89 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 17,145,710 36,880.230 464.90 33,457.192 512.47 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 13,646,861 13,969.374 976.91 12,672.807 1,076.86 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 13,819,538 17,324.629 797.68 15,716.644 879.29 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 107,609 151.788 708.94 137.700 781.47 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 6,956,665 9,037.637 769.74 8,198.809 848.50 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,667,576 1,715.825 971.88 1,556.571 1,071.31 COUNTRY TOTAL 100,646,149 140,131.807 718.22 127,125.473 791.71 Hong Kong STANDARD PIPE.........................18 18,000 2.541 7,081.24 2.306 7,805.72 WIRE DRAWN............................23 62,764 21.122 2,971.43 19.162 3,275.44 COUNTRY TOTAL 80,764 23.664 3,412.89 21.468 3,762.06 Taiwan BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 13,637 2.158 6,318.33 1.958 6,964.76 WIRE RODS..............................3 2,867,675 1,102.551 2,600.94 1,000.218 2,867.05 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 11,254 0.997 11,281.17 0.905 12,435.36 STEEL PILING...........................5 37,014 56.253 657.99 51.032 725.31 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 437,876 157.767 2,775.46 143.124 3,059.42 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 806,040 326.503 2,468.70 296.199 2,721.28 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 3,387,342 1,133.694 2,987.88 1,028.471 3,293.57 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,204,190 536.801 2,243.27 486.978 2,472.78 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,920,735 5,300.563 551.02 4,808.592 607.40 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 234,803 394.507 595.18 357.891 656.07 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 99,052 157.891 627.34 143.237 691.53 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 82,394 139.742 589.61 126.772 649.94 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 1,809,177 3,000.523 602.95 2,722.030 664.64 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 120,723 57.460 2,100.99 52.127 2,315.94 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/12/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 4,519 0.313 14,435.10 0.284 15,911.97 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 4,523,844 1,311.268 3,449.98 1,189.563 3,802.95 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 4,780 4.241 1,126.91 3.848 1,242.20 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 499,282 199.003 2,508.91 180.533 2,765.60 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,573,284 1,971.044 1,305.54 1,788.102 1,439.11 BLACK PLATE...........................28 82,590 131.941 625.96 119.695 690.00 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 39,099,193 61,171.861 639.17 55,494.195 704.56 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 51,804,248 66,015.818 784.72 59,888.560 865.01 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 252,178 378.566 666.14 343.430 734.29 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 17,072,944 22,524.958 757.96 20,434.304 835.50 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 276,622 161.253 1,715.45 146.287 1,890.95 COUNTRY TOTAL 130,225,396 166,237.686 783.37 150,808.335 863.52 Japan INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 35,670 22.269 1,601.71 20.203 1,765.58 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 378,386 545.337 693.86 494.722 764.85 WIRE RODS..............................3 5,356,049 10,545.011 507.92 9,566.276 559.89 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 76,188 18.363 4,148.91 16.659 4,573.38 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,570,150 3,203.152 802.38 2,905.852 884.47 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,798,568 3,395.365 529.71 3,080.225 583.91 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 7,960,494 12,529.147 635.36 11,366.255 700.36 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 68,899 76.572 899.79 69.465 991.85 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 8,693,223 12,014.763 723.55 10,899.613 797.57 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 46,853 10.647 4,400.49 9.659 4,850.71 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 9,022,635 22,201.007 406.41 20,140.421 447.99 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 775,010 715.770 1,082.76 649.336 1,193.54 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,883,173 3,087.484 933.83 2,800.920 1,029.37 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 152,019 100.882 1,506.89 91.519 1,661.06 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 15,611,802 9,345.574 1,670.50 8,478.165 1,841.41 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 7,724,438 11,262.330 685.86 10,217.017 756.04 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 11,807,122 15,537.051 759.93 14,094.980 837.68 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 2,772,839 4,211.085 658.46 3,820.234 725.83 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 4,927,674 3,118.856 1,579.96 2,829.380 1,741.61 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 737,433 784.187 940.38 711.403 1,036.59 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 3,436,773 798.088 4,306.25 724.014 4,746.83 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 233,282 99.248 2,350.48 90.037 2,590.96 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 181,943 122.985 1,479.38 111.571 1,630.74 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 477,307 649.666 734.70 589.368 809.86 WIRE DRAWN............................23 7,487,652 7,853.711 953.39 7,124.769 1,050.93 BLACK PLATE...........................28 2,719,489 3,852.115 705.97 3,494.581 778.20 TIN PLATE.............................29 452,514 633.820 713.95 574.992 786.99 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 1,947,453 2,684.200 725.52 2,435.066 799.75 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,925,523 5,246.389 557.63 4,759.446 614.68 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 6,303,819 8,149.884 773.49 7,393.453 852.62 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 4,639,583 6,361.496 729.32 5,771.054 803.94 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 580,931 783.217 741.72 710.523 817.61 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 1,080,668 1,148.377 941.04 1,041.791 1,037.32 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/12/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 775,608 1,137.568 681.81 1,031.985 751.57 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 13,541 13.192 1,026.42 11.968 1,131.43 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 3,451,109 919.518 3,753.17 834.173 4,137.16 COUNTRY TOTAL 120,105,820 153,178.343 784.09 138,961.095 864.31 Australia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 16,973,817 39,927.496 425.12 36,221.626 468.61 TOOL STEEL............................17 5,005 0.790 6,332.58 0.717 6,980.47 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 62,799 93.894 668.82 85.180 737.25 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 1,800,460 3,860.954 466.33 3,502.600 514.04 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 136,484 190.525 716.36 172.842 789.65 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 83,580 8.681 9,627.03 7.876 10,611.99 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 332,707 591.720 562.27 536.800 619.80 WIRE DRAWN............................23 116,857 192.804 606.09 174.909 668.10 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 13,064,598 23,037.792 567.09 20,899.540 625.11 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 37,718 47.214 798.87 42.832 880.60 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 79,447 17.284 4,596.50 15.680 5,066.77 COUNTRY TOTAL 32,693,472 67,969.159 481.00 61,660.602 530.22 New Zealand PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 30,879 50.419 612.44 45.740 675.10 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 287,623 479.549 599.78 435.040 661.14 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 241,915 394.032 613.95 357.460 676.76 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 230,625 1,385.852 166.41 1,257.225 183.44 COUNTRY TOTAL 791,042 2,309.854 342.46 2,095.465 377.50 Egypt PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 4,458,475 7,864.977 566.88 7,134.990 624.87 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,918,762 2,326.145 824.87 2,110.244 909.26 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 20,894,612 38,798.709 538.54 35,197.607 593.64 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 1,053,008 1,645.108 640.08 1,492.418 705.57 COUNTRY TOTAL 28,324,857 50,634.941 559.39 45,935.259 616.63 Gabon OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 176,475 173.875 1,014.95 157.737 1,118.79 COUNTRY TOTAL 176,475 173.875 1,014.95 157.737 1,118.79 South Africa BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 15,061,619 32,843.731 458.58 29,795.340 505.50 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 629,135 482.241 1,304.61 437.482 1,438.08 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 173,867 149.029 1,166.66 135.197 1,286.03 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 215,257 343.023 627.53 311.186 691.73 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 143,136 251.412 569.33 228.078 627.57 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/12/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 680,790 992.207 686.14 900.116 756.34 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 11,975 4.777 2,506.59 4.334 2,763.04 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 460,791 190.908 2,413.68 173.189 2,660.63 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 21,721 76.548 283.75 69.444 312.78 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,932,987 2,741.422 705.10 2,486.977 777.24 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 8,875,985 5,969.268 1,486.95 5,415.231 1,639.08 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,821,818 1,152.499 2,448.43 1,045.530 2,698.94 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 31,435 31.217 1,006.97 28.320 1,109.99 COUNTRY TOTAL 31,060,516 45,228.287 686.75 41,030.424 757.01 GRAND TOTAL 2,276,818,313 3,434,144.346 662.99 3,115,404.224 730.83 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/12/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 670,025 871.601 768.73 790.704 847.38 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,239,277 3,765.898 594.62 3,416.367 655.46 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 10,043,730 10,557.367 951.35 9,577.485 1,048.68 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,732,823 3,978.986 686.81 3,609.677 757.08 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 4,420 4.875 906.57 4.423 999.32 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 23,799,961 35,053.325 678.96 31,799.851 748.43 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 97,489 192.208 507.20 174.369 559.10 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,937,700 1,718.178 1,127.76 1,558.706 1,243.15 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,245,508 991.304 1,256.43 899.297 1,384.98 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 90,717 27.217 3,333.08 24.691 3,674.09 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,456,077 1,297.138 1,122.53 1,176.745 1,237.38 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 1,317,638 1,429.583 921.69 1,296.897 1,015.99 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 3,451,672 3,139.325 1,099.49 2,847.949 1,211.99 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 8,257 1.173 7,033.45 1.065 7,753.05 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 1,192,642 354.267 3,366.50 321.386 3,710.93 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 740,068 449.458 1,646.58 407.742 1,815.04 WIRE DRAWN............................23 571,718 488.732 1,169.80 443.371 1,289.48 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,154,045 3,383.494 636.63 3,069.455 701.77 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 5,420,828 7,565.596 716.51 6,863.396 789.82 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 4,210,306 7,074.471 595.14 6,417.854 656.03 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,224,441 1,038.923 1,178.57 942.496 1,299.15 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 17,843 1.631 10,937.10 1.480 12,056.08 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 310,554 694.924 446.89 630.425 492.61 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 151,780 191.874 791.04 174.066 871.97 COUNTRY TOTAL 65,089,519 84,271.562 772.38 76,449.897 851.40 Mexico INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 1,448,155 1,802.513 803.41 1,635.213 885.61 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 6,933,834 10,993.742 630.71 9,973.358 695.24 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,004,311 1,635.772 613.97 1,483.948 676.78 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 928,377 1,671.168 555.53 1,516.059 612.36 TOOL STEEL............................17 127,868 85.601 1,493.77 77.656 1,646.60 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 143,081 320.563 446.34 290.810 492.01 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,308,048 1,339.607 976.44 1,215.272 1,076.34 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 15,732 3.992 3,940.32 3.622 4,343.46 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 9,396 5.082 1,848.60 4.611 2,037.74 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,782,852 1,553.729 1,147.47 1,409.520 1,264.86 COUNTRY TOTAL 13,701,654 19,411.772 705.84 17,610.069 778.06 Costa Rica STANDARD PIPE.........................18 8,638 3.013 2,866.23 2.734 3,159.47 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/12/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 8,638 3.013 2,866.23 2.734 3,159.47 Dominican Republic SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 11,247 43.200 260.34 39.191 286.98 COUNTRY TOTAL 11,247 43.200 260.34 39.191 286.98 Colombia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 294,723 347.073 849.17 314.860 936.04 TOOL STEEL............................17 472,667 182.725 2,586.76 165.766 2,851.41 COUNTRY TOTAL 767,390 529.799 1,448.45 480.626 1,596.65 Venezuela MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 463,055 430.826 1,074.81 390.839 1,184.77 WIRE DRAWN............................23 14,691 19.658 747.31 17.834 823.76 COUNTRY TOTAL 477,746 450.484 1,060.52 408.673 1,169.02 Brazil BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 945,913 1,386.223 682.37 1,257.561 752.18 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 50,421 38.994 1,293.04 35.375 1,425.33 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 237,841 183.196 1,298.28 166.193 1,431.11 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 40,877 20.646 1,979.87 18.730 2,182.43 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,155,802 768.534 2,805.08 697.203 3,092.07 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 671,158 590.502 1,136.59 535.695 1,252.87 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 171,625 163.465 1,049.92 148.293 1,157.34 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 41,065 57.196 717.96 51.888 791.42 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 280,000 564.343 496.15 511.964 546.91 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 11,806 8.668 1,361.93 7.864 1,501.27 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,606,508 3,781.771 1,218.08 3,430.766 1,342.71 Argentina STANDARD PIPE.........................18 41,541 26.606 1,561.31 24.137 1,721.05 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,957,647 2,327.553 841.07 2,111.522 927.13 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 9,222 11.249 819.80 10.205 903.67 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,517,080 1,430.185 1,060.76 1,297.443 1,169.28 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 721,525 359.208 2,008.65 325.869 2,214.16 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,247,015 4,154.804 1,022.19 3,769.176 1,126.78 Sweden PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 4,753,519 4,302.346 1,104.87 3,903.024 1,217.91 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,146,609 528.288 2,170.42 479.255 2,392.48 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 133,681 108.468 1,232.44 98.401 1,358.53 TOOL STEEL............................17 3,289,409 1,398.110 2,352.75 1,268.345 2,593.47 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/12/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,060 0.718 2,866.26 0.652 3,159.51 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 911,521 707.302 1,288.73 641.654 1,420.58 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 414,913 347.564 1,193.77 315.305 1,315.91 WIRE DRAWN............................23 206,677 171.318 1,206.39 155.418 1,329.81 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 874,156 1,052.715 830.38 955.008 915.34 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 237,277 386.162 614.45 350.321 677.31 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 888,985 949.339 936.42 861.227 1,032.23 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 455,176 125.715 3,620.69 114.047 3,991.13 COUNTRY TOTAL 13,313,983 10,078.051 1,321.09 9,142.657 1,456.25 Norway OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 4,579,114 1,794.201 2,552.17 1,627.673 2,813.29 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,579,114 1,794.201 2,552.17 1,627.673 2,813.29 Finland BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 166,990 388.344 430.01 352.300 474.00 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 258,331 245.413 1,052.64 222.635 1,160.33 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 420,528 134.293 3,131.41 121.829 3,451.79 COUNTRY TOTAL 845,849 768.050 1,101.29 696.764 1,213.97 Denmark STANDARD PIPE.........................18 42,052 14.014 3,000.55 12.714 3,307.54 COUNTRY TOTAL 42,052 14.014 3,000.55 12.714 3,307.54 United Kingdom BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 207,617 149.940 1,384.66 136.024 1,526.33 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 7,648,399 12,393.185 617.15 11,242.912 680.29 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 978,192 937.914 1,042.94 850.862 1,149.65 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,700,000 1,751.158 970.79 1,588.625 1,070.11 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 2,520,349 2,025.621 1,244.24 1,837.613 1,371.53 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,230,087 497.771 2,471.19 451.571 2,724.02 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 365,421 142.966 2,555.99 129.697 2,817.50 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 29,319 47.511 617.09 43.102 680.22 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 740,031 439.748 1,682.85 398.933 1,855.03 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 39,144 3.493 11,205.70 3.169 12,352.16 WIRE DRAWN............................23 85,162 8.338 10,212.52 7.565 11,257.37 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 182,259 38.691 4,710.62 35.100 5,192.56 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 969,817 1,138.334 851.96 1,032.680 939.13 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 682,753 767.601 889.46 696.357 980.46 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 22,704 7.776 2,919.45 7.055 3,218.14 COUNTRY TOTAL 17,401,254 20,350.055 855.10 18,461.265 942.58 Ireland IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/12/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,196 2.123 1,034.36 1.926 1,140.19 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 9,576 1.684 5,685.34 1.528 6,267.02 COUNTRY TOTAL 11,772 3.807 3,091.89 3.454 3,408.22 Netherlands PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 3,442,124 5,552.471 619.93 5,037.119 683.35 TOOL STEEL............................17 375,851 375.231 1,001.65 340.404 1,104.13 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 19,154 6.254 3,062.43 5.674 3,375.75 WIRE DRAWN............................23 13,190 0.888 14,845.87 0.806 16,364.76 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,286,463 2,605.015 493.84 2,363.231 544.37 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 334,917 578.921 578.52 525.189 637.71 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 149,997 192.735 778.25 174.847 857.88 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,621,696 9,311.518 603.74 8,447.270 665.50 Belgium INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 613,455 890.209 689.11 807.585 759.62 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 721,533 104.851 6,881.45 95.120 7,585.50 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,250,108 803.464 1,555.90 728.891 1,715.08 TOOL STEEL............................17 25,843 19.603 1,318.29 17.784 1,453.16 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 3,024,859 4,536.131 666.84 4,115.110 735.06 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 245,548 328.587 747.28 298.090 823.74 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,881,346 6,682.848 880.07 6,062.580 970.11 Luxembourg STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 123,535 173.895 710.40 157.755 783.08 COUNTRY TOTAL 123,535 173.895 710.40 157.755 783.08 France BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 474,608 692.471 685.38 628.200 755.50 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 882,837 598.328 1,475.50 542.795 1,626.46 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 10,369 17.584 589.68 15.952 650.01 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,123,982 835.363 1,345.50 757.829 1,483.16 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 2,011,703 1,880.811 1,069.59 1,706.244 1,179.02 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,049,402 448.753 2,338.48 407.102 2,577.74 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 10,433 1.516 6,878.39 1.376 7,582.12 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,894,551 1,897.773 998.30 1,721.632 1,100.44 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 339,958 286.276 1,187.52 259.706 1,309.01 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 1,178,694 723.129 1,629.99 656.012 1,796.76 WIRE DRAWN............................23 7,113 0.374 18,978.84 0.340 20,920.59 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 44,481 16.356 2,719.54 14.838 2,997.78 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,524,741 2,952.618 855.09 2,678.571 942.57 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 302,454 426.605 708.98 387.010 781.51 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,269,135 130.994 9,688.48 118.836 10,679.72 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/12/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 13,124,461 10,908.957 1,203.09 9,896.443 1,326.18 Federal Republic of Germany BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 4,014,728 5,322.035 754.36 4,828.071 831.54 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,877,255 1,809.361 1,037.52 1,641.426 1,143.67 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 296,355 414.270 715.37 375.820 788.56 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,897,645 2,187.195 1,324.82 1,984.191 1,460.37 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 164,247 113.787 1,443.46 103.226 1,591.14 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,389,072 1,401.036 1,705.22 1,270.999 1,879.68 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 195,284 141.132 1,383.70 128.033 1,525.26 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 5,454,808 4,310.571 1,265.45 3,910.486 1,394.92 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 7,347 11.430 642.73 10.370 708.49 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,729,331 1,377.852 1,255.09 1,249.967 1,383.50 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 2,173,684 1,656.611 1,312.13 1,502.853 1,446.37 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 76,271 4.808 15,862.43 4.362 17,485.33 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 45,908 21.958 2,090.72 19.920 2,304.62 WIRE DRAWN............................23 307,405 63.487 4,841.97 57.595 5,337.36 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 536,440 584.886 917.17 530.600 1,011.01 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,264,907 1,801.372 702.19 1,634.178 774.03 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 3,122,493 6,764.662 461.59 6,136.800 508.81 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 606,868 937.702 647.19 850.670 713.40 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 2,612,951 2,955.873 883.99 2,681.524 974.43 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 14,101 30.375 464.23 27.556 511.72 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,151,060 1,156.814 1,859.47 1,049.445 2,049.71 COUNTRY TOTAL 31,938,160 33,067.226 965.86 29,998.092 1,064.67 Austria STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 45,625 9.947 4,586.69 9.024 5,055.96 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 138,616 164.739 841.43 149.449 927.51 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 127,327 161.047 790.62 146.100 871.51 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 324,189 117.455 2,760.10 106.554 3,042.49 TOOL STEEL............................17 4,000,609 1,041.468 3,841.31 944.805 4,234.32 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,023,009 2,899.524 697.70 2,630.405 769.09 WIRE DRAWN............................23 75,395 16.790 4,490.36 15.232 4,949.78 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,205,576 2,014.613 598.42 1,827.627 659.64 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 631,731 106.895 5,909.80 96.974 6,514.44 COUNTRY TOTAL 8,572,077 6,532.482 1,312.22 5,926.170 1,446.48 Czech Republic BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 45,620 39.989 1,140.80 36.278 1,257.51 TOOL STEEL............................17 9,359 3.101 3,017.18 2.814 3,325.87 COUNTRY TOTAL 54,979 43.091 1,275.87 39.092 1,406.40 Switzerland PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 8,757 15.082 580.59 13.683 639.99 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/12/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 4,441 5.090 872.41 4.618 961.67 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 4,059 9.942 408.23 9.020 450.00 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 159,823 92.251 1,732.47 83.689 1,909.73 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 4,364 1.717 2,541.05 1.558 2,801.03 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 28,301 31.196 907.18 28.301 1,000.00 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 50,537 34.733 1,454.98 31.510 1,603.84 COUNTRY TOTAL 260,282 190.015 1,369.80 172.379 1,509.94 Poland BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,241 0.981 2,284.27 0.890 2,517.98 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 35,481 21.766 1,630.09 19.746 1,796.87 TOOL STEEL............................17 13,293 4.003 3,320.27 3.632 3,659.97 WIRE DRAWN............................23 253,595 177.608 1,427.83 161.124 1,573.91 COUNTRY TOTAL 304,610 204.359 1,490.56 185.392 1,643.06 Russia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 566,296 662.913 854.25 601.385 941.65 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 3,481,587 2,074.394 1,678.36 1,881.860 1,850.08 TOOL STEEL............................17 952,473 683.299 1,393.93 619.879 1,536.55 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 4,696,567 5,467.853 858.94 4,960.355 946.82 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,696,923 8,888.461 1,090.96 8,063.479 1,202.57 Ukraine BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 46,182 44.996 1,026.35 40.820 1,131.36 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 2,044,092 543.680 3,759.73 493.219 4,144.39 TOOL STEEL............................17 260,848 47.431 5,499.49 43.029 6,062.14 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,545,505 2,025.601 762.99 1,837.595 841.05 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,896,627 2,661.709 1,463.96 2,414.663 1,613.74 Kyrgyzstan TOOL STEEL............................17 2,542 1.581 1,607.01 1.435 1,771.43 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,542 1.581 1,607.01 1.435 1,771.43 Spain PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 4,369 3.743 1,167.11 3.396 1,286.51 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 848,157 862.758 983.08 782.682 1,083.65 TOOL STEEL............................17 390,394 304.651 1,281.45 276.375 1,412.55 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 292,076 185.031 1,578.52 167.858 1,740.02 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 4,787,513 3,995.872 1,198.11 3,624.996 1,320.69 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 312,827 230.613 1,356.50 209.209 1,495.28 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 39,645 9.083 4,364.73 8.240 4,811.29 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,946,410 3,411.535 570.54 3,094.894 628.91 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/12/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 8,621,391 9,003.290 957.58 8,167.650 1,055.55 Italy INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 66,415 88.890 747.16 80.640 823.60 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 458,751 228.666 2,006.20 207.443 2,211.46 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 714,770 928.167 770.09 842.020 848.88 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,575,278 300.233 5,246.85 272.367 5,783.66 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 98,355 66.760 1,473.25 60.564 1,623.98 TOOL STEEL............................17 6,154 0.342 17,951.18 0.311 19,787.78 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 332,623 333.503 997.36 302.549 1,099.40 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,684 1.091 2,459.48 0.990 2,711.11 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 26,850 31.272 858.58 28.370 946.42 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 301,276 262.614 1,147.22 238.240 1,264.59 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 175,463 175.604 999.19 159.306 1,101.42 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,761,095 1,635.714 1,076.65 1,483.896 1,186.80 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 24,996 5.611 4,454.13 5.091 4,909.84 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,544,710 4,058.474 1,366.21 3,681.787 1,505.98 Slovenia TOOL STEEL............................17 2,470,001 1,260.129 1,960.12 1,143.171 2,160.66 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,470,001 1,260.129 1,960.12 1,143.171 2,160.66 Romania OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,685,423 2,670.978 1,005.41 2,423.072 1,108.27 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 221,240 290.191 762.39 263.257 840.40 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 9,418 4.882 1,929.07 4.429 2,126.44 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,916,081 2,966.052 983.15 2,690.758 1,083.74 Turkey BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 1,816,887 2,172.583 836.28 1,970.935 921.84 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,752,793 3,193.196 862.08 2,896.820 950.28 WIRE DRAWN............................23 260,878 257.914 1,011.49 233.976 1,114.98 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,830,558 5,623.694 858.97 5,101.731 946.85 Israel MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,340 2.588 904.09 2.348 996.59 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,340 2.588 904.09 2.348 996.59 Saudi Arabia MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 27,140 36.517 743.21 33.128 819.25 COUNTRY TOTAL 27,140 36.517 743.21 33.128 819.25 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/12/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE India TOOL STEEL............................17 22,612 7.525 3,004.73 6.827 3,312.14 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 162,823 175.873 925.79 159.550 1,020.51 WIRE DRAWN............................23 21,540 17.959 1,199.33 16.293 1,322.04 COUNTRY TOTAL 206,975 201.359 1,027.89 182.670 1,133.05 Thailand WIRE DRAWN............................23 104,970 119.049 881.73 108.000 971.94 COUNTRY TOTAL 104,970 119.049 881.73 108.000 971.94 Malaysia PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 7,546 10.414 724.56 9.448 798.69 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,875 8.340 344.72 7.566 379.99 COUNTRY TOTAL 10,421 18.754 555.65 17.014 612.50 Indonesia PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,068 2.940 703.17 2.668 775.11 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,068 2.940 703.17 2.668 775.11 China BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 390,557 573.939 680.49 520.669 750.11 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,455,749 909.717 2,699.46 825.282 2,975.65 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 663,862 852.002 779.18 772.924 858.90 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 4,531,428 5,936.758 763.28 5,385.738 841.38 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 283,107 314.741 899.49 285.529 991.52 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 6,739 11.070 608.73 10.043 671.01 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 67,437 26.046 2,589.10 23.629 2,853.99 WIRE DRAWN............................23 259,627 126.896 2,045.97 115.119 2,255.29 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,915 0.744 3,917.70 0.675 4,318.52 COUNTRY TOTAL 8,661,421 8,751.917 989.66 7,939.608 1,090.91 Korea, South BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 937,021 1,233.461 759.67 1,118.978 837.39 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 260,273 324.359 802.42 294.254 884.52 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 141,725 109.111 1,298.90 98.984 1,431.80 TOOL STEEL............................17 298,489 101.051 2,953.84 91.672 3,256.05 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 162,989 258.506 630.50 234.513 695.01 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 103,650 27.154 3,817.07 24.634 4,207.60 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 325,065 567.389 572.91 514.727 631.53 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,553,242 1,493.221 1,040.20 1,354.628 1,146.62 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 705,163 1,015.647 694.30 921.380 765.33 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,487,617 5,129.901 874.80 4,653.770 964.30 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/12/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Taiwan BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 50,938 41.711 1,221.20 37.840 1,346.14 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 35,269 22.702 1,553.56 20.595 1,712.50 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,204,190 536.801 2,243.27 486.978 2,472.78 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 3,012 2.004 1,502.99 1.818 1,656.77 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,232 2.840 785.73 2.577 866.12 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 5,000 0.330 15,119.75 0.300 16,666.67 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 499,282 199.003 2,508.91 180.533 2,765.60 WIRE DRAWN............................23 393,275 449.491 874.93 407.772 964.45 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,193,198 1,254.885 1,747.73 1,138.413 1,926.54 Japan INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 33,367 18.364 1,816.93 16.660 2,002.82 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 10,972 1.102 9,953.63 1.000 10,972.00 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,507,446 2,227.810 676.65 2,021.036 745.88 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,649,461 3,173.230 519.80 2,878.707 572.99 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 140,253 234.191 598.88 212.455 660.15 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 7,324,689 9,533.888 768.28 8,649.001 846.88 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 241,045 263.900 913.39 239.407 1,006.84 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,883,173 3,087.484 933.83 2,800.920 1,029.37 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 90,005 60.746 1,481.66 55.108 1,633.25 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 15,608,363 9,345.253 1,670.19 8,477.874 1,841.07 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 1,188,568 1,435.189 828.16 1,301.982 912.89 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 7,110,739 9,535.819 745.69 8,650.752 821.98 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,676,417 1,756.035 1,524.12 1,593.049 1,680.06 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 140,194 52.442 2,673.29 47.575 2,946.80 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 2,475 0.974 2,539.91 0.884 2,799.77 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 181,943 122.985 1,479.38 111.571 1,630.74 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 477,307 649.666 734.70 589.368 809.86 WIRE DRAWN............................23 3,453,240 3,479.899 992.34 3,156.913 1,093.87 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,671,739 4,896.563 545.64 4,442.089 601.46 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,894,458 5,140.389 757.62 4,663.284 835.13 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 3,596,063 4,827.906 744.85 4,379.804 821.06 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 508,666 700.573 726.07 635.550 800.36 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 775,608 1,137.568 681.81 1,031.985 751.57 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 277,197 80.340 3,450.26 72.884 3,803.26 COUNTRY TOTAL 56,443,388 61,762.328 913.88 56,029.858 1,007.38 Australia TOOL STEEL............................17 5,005 0.790 6,332.58 0.717 6,980.47 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 244,447 459.069 532.48 416.461 586.96 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 79,447 17.284 4,596.50 15.680 5,066.77 COUNTRY TOTAL 328,899 477.144 689.31 432.858 759.83 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/12/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Gabon OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 176,475 173.875 1,014.95 157.737 1,118.79 COUNTRY TOTAL 176,475 173.875 1,014.95 157.737 1,118.79 South Africa BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 18,234 16.274 1,120.40 14.764 1,235.03 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 11,975 4.777 2,506.59 4.334 2,763.04 COUNTRY TOTAL 30,209 21.051 1,434.97 19.098 1,581.79 GRAND TOTAL 301,638,841 325,184.694 927.59 295,002.676 1,022.50 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/12/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 8,841 23.450 377.01 21.274 415.58 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 13,275,668 30,487.747 435.44 27,658.027 479.99 WIRE RODS..............................3 21,445,092 32,517.854 659.49 29,499.710 726.96 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 6,279,143 9,947.947 631.20 9,024.629 695.78 STEEL PILING...........................5 410,765 435.980 942.16 395.515 1,038.56 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 4,274,832 6,267.054 682.11 5,685.378 751.90 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 10,993,031 19,383.249 567.14 17,584.193 625.17 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 19,384 23.990 807.98 21.764 890.65 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 283,066 421.116 672.18 382.031 740.95 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 20,329,689 30,356.287 669.70 27,538.769 738.22 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 3,469,451 6,072.316 571.36 5,508.714 629.81 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 113,433 116.099 977.03 105.324 1,076.99 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 5,386,545 4,621.619 1,165.51 4,192.664 1,284.75 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 22,344,994 25,097.205 890.34 22,767.808 981.43 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,118,550 2,199.015 508.66 1,994.914 560.70 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 89,254 73.007 1,222.54 66.231 1,347.62 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 670,405 467.869 1,432.89 424.444 1,579.49 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 10,155,942 8,326.210 1,219.76 7,553.413 1,344.55 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 332,962 857.559 388.27 777.965 427.99 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 1,219,280 486.783 2,504.77 441.603 2,761.03 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 23,738,139 25,482.514 931.55 23,117.355 1,026.85 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 31,214 59.837 521.64 54.284 575.01 WIRE DRAWN............................23 16,982,755 17,747.512 956.91 16,100.277 1,054.81 BLACK PLATE...........................28 78,286 168.081 465.76 152.481 513.41 TIN PLATE.............................29 4,617,583 7,135.544 647.12 6,473.259 713.33 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 973,427 1,409.896 690.42 1,279.037 761.06 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 16,082,143 26,855.781 598.83 24,363.162 660.10 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 10,811,661 17,054.265 633.96 15,471.374 698.82 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 20,611,851 32,431.482 635.55 29,421.354 700.57 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 151,032 153.924 981.21 139.638 1,081.60 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 6,773,771 8,033.414 843.20 7,287.793 929.47 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 3,182,581 5,620.636 566.23 5,098.957 624.16 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 3,145,240 3,734.216 842.28 3,387.625 928.45 COUNTRY TOTAL 229,400,010 324,069.475 707.87 293,990.966 780.30 Mexico BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 57,577,251 129,126.845 445.90 117,141.937 491.52 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,245,405 2,061.651 604.08 1,870.299 665.89 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,069,696 1,945.455 549.84 1,764.888 606.10 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,785,032 2,799.110 637.71 2,539.311 702.96 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 3,681,658 5,765.469 638.57 5,230.347 703.90 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 900,358 1,637.220 549.93 1,485.262 606.19 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/12/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 9,986,535 23,476.666 425.38 21,297.680 468.90 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 27,612 31.725 870.34 28.781 959.38 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 3,684,168 3,737.922 985.62 3,390.987 1,086.46 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 90,708 89.027 1,018.88 80.764 1,123.12 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 9,900 11.023 898.11 10.000 990.00 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,827,427 2,186.857 835.64 1,983.884 921.14 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 154,254 160.527 960.92 145.628 1,059.23 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 11,487,785 12,531.755 916.69 11,368.621 1,010.48 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 331,360 233.693 1,417.93 212.003 1,563.00 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 345,329 203.646 1,695.73 184.745 1,869.22 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 3,522,508 2,250.585 1,565.15 2,041.697 1,725.28 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 108,136 108.015 1,001.12 97.990 1,103.54 WIRE DRAWN............................23 7,932,248 9,324.119 850.72 8,458.701 937.76 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 16,819,552 26,965.049 623.75 24,462.288 687.57 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 5,096,560 7,585.315 671.90 6,881.284 740.64 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 12,294,305 12,509.656 982.79 11,348.573 1,083.33 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 4,164 3.306 1,259.17 3.000 1,388.00 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 12,486,343 12,436.474 1,004.01 11,282.183 1,106.73 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 467,631 583.943 800.82 529.745 882.75 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 366,709 353.815 1,036.44 320.976 1,142.48 COUNTRY TOTAL 153,302,634 258,118.878 593.92 234,161.574 654.69 Guatemala STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,042,864 1,252.755 832.46 1,136.481 917.63 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 5,199 8.664 600.06 7.860 661.45 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,048,063 1,261.419 830.86 1,144.341 915.87 El Salvador WIRE DRAWN............................23 67,619 93.418 723.83 84.748 797.88 COUNTRY TOTAL 67,619 93.418 723.83 84.748 797.88 Dominican Republic INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 2,367 5.037 469.87 4.570 517.94 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 1,584,008 3,416.643 463.62 3,099.528 511.05 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 21,120 60.431 349.48 54.823 385.24 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 75,691 93.050 813.44 84.414 896.66 WIRE DRAWN............................23 172,919 247.560 698.49 224.583 769.96 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,856,105 3,822.724 485.55 3,467.918 535.22 Trinidad and Tobago WIRE RODS..............................3 3,420,581 6,589.780 519.07 5,978.150 572.18 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 3,416 3.056 1,117.54 2.773 1,231.88 WIRE DRAWN............................23 26,411 32.474 813.29 29.460 896.50 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/12/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 3,450,408 6,625.311 520.79 6,010.383 574.07 Colombia BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 225,322 500.449 450.24 454.000 496.30 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,359,302 1,643.489 1,435.54 1,490.949 1,582.42 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,959,989 2,752.258 1,075.48 2,496.808 1,185.51 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 4,954 8.631 573.97 7.830 632.69 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 829,227 1,087.665 762.39 986.714 840.39 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 354,508 204.916 1,730.01 185.897 1,907.01 WIRE DRAWN............................23 60,085 40.339 1,489.50 36.595 1,641.89 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,793,387 6,237.749 1,089.08 5,658.793 1,200.50 Venezuela BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 10,967,303 25,925.527 423.03 23,519.250 466.31 WIRE RODS..............................3 5,507,263 11,305.299 487.14 10,255.998 536.98 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 168,139 363.016 463.17 329.323 510.56 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 786,010 1,345.826 584.03 1,220.914 643.79 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 642,388 1,505.018 426.83 1,365.330 470.50 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,411,273 2,840.581 496.83 2,576.933 547.66 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 7,178,629 9,104.267 788.49 8,259.255 869.16 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 633,431 843.281 751.15 765.012 828.00 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 648,292 863.066 751.15 782.961 828.00 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,088,881 1,332.303 817.29 1,208.646 900.91 BLACK PLATE...........................28 1,032,707 1,630.858 633.23 1,479.490 698.02 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,810,386 5,164.645 544.16 4,685.289 599.83 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 6,440,404 10,519.025 612.26 9,542.702 674.90 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 277,729 370.094 750.43 335.744 827.20 COUNTRY TOTAL 39,592,835 73,112.813 541.53 66,326.847 596.94 Ecuador STANDARD PIPE.........................18 133,875 176.960 756.52 160.536 833.93 WIRE DRAWN............................23 161,428 171.147 943.21 155.262 1,039.71 COUNTRY TOTAL 295,303 348.107 848.31 315.798 935.10 Chile STANDARD PIPE.........................18 241,134 371.110 649.76 336.666 716.24 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 157,292 187.869 837.24 170.432 922.90 WIRE DRAWN............................23 183,396 205.057 894.36 186.025 985.87 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 12,046 18.314 657.72 16.615 725.01 COUNTRY TOTAL 593,868 782.352 759.08 709.738 836.74 Brazil INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 8,547 19.426 439.98 17.623 484.99 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 79,025,914 201,348.004 392.48 182,659.889 432.64 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/12/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE WIRE RODS..............................3 6,322,205 14,271.760 442.99 12,947.127 488.31 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 687,928 1,419.754 484.54 1,287.980 534.11 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 33,093 44.839 738.03 40.678 813.54 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 325,771 675.247 482.45 612.574 531.81 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 6,570 0.620 10,586.51 0.563 11,669.63 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,344,118 2,672.560 877.11 2,424.507 966.84 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 715,854 935.105 765.53 848.314 843.85 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 405,992 754.972 537.76 684.900 592.78 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 1,467,990 2,576.740 569.71 2,337.580 628.00 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,115,824 1,748.119 638.30 1,585.868 703.60 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 143,224 122.445 1,169.69 111.081 1,289.37 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 1,387,334 2,432.595 570.31 2,206.814 628.66 WIRE DRAWN............................23 590,044 836.086 705.72 758.485 777.92 TIN PLATE.............................29 247,551 328.488 753.61 298.000 830.71 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,971,752 6,526.987 608.51 5,921.185 670.77 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 16,286,637 22,153.419 735.17 20,097.250 810.39 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 6,833,617 9,184.141 744.07 8,331.715 820.19 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 191,176 187.784 1,018.06 170.355 1,122.22 COUNTRY TOTAL 122,111,141 268,239.101 455.23 243,342.488 501.81 Argentina WIRE RODS..............................3 3,667,387 7,136.709 513.88 6,474.316 566.45 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 4,438,807 6,622.311 670.28 6,007.662 738.86 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 21,143 41.992 503.49 38.095 555.01 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 426,184 584.202 729.51 529.980 804.15 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 911,758 1,278.520 713.13 1,159.855 786.10 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 140,868 130.111 1,082.67 118.035 1,193.44 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 108,438 100.170 1,082.54 90.873 1,193.29 WIRE DRAWN............................23 98,055 174.341 562.43 158.160 619.97 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 35,001 60.346 580.01 54.745 639.35 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 8,554,343 12,794.714 668.58 11,607.173 736.99 COUNTRY TOTAL 18,401,984 28,923.421 636.23 26,238.894 701.32 Sweden WIRE RODS..............................3 25,625 89.830 285.26 81.493 314.44 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 51,488 141.889 362.87 128.720 400.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 4,717 0.606 7,780.35 0.550 8,576.36 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 9,045 1.522 5,941.70 1.381 6,549.60 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,455,286 1,676.701 867.95 1,521.078 956.75 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 218,308 94.119 2,319.47 85.384 2,556.78 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 15,393 0.604 25,482.30 0.548 28,089.42 WIRE DRAWN............................23 366,949 210.274 1,745.09 190.758 1,923.64 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 467,156 335.069 1,394.21 303.970 1,536.85 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 47,451 56.465 840.35 51.225 926.33 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 372,861 72.063 5,174.06 65.375 5,703.42 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/12/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 3,034,279 2,679.147 1,132.55 2,430.482 1,248.43 Norway STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 276,972 384.526 720.29 348.837 793.99 COUNTRY TOTAL 276,972 384.526 720.29 348.837 793.99 Finland BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 3,742,227 8,916.924 419.68 8,089.300 462.61 WIRE RODS..............................3 23,597 82.721 285.26 75.044 314.44 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,765,824 8,999.646 418.44 8,164.344 461.25 Denmark LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 35,301 29.492 1,196.96 26.755 1,319.42 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 26,432 6.349 4,162.97 5.760 4,588.89 WIRE DRAWN............................23 9,464 7.213 1,311.98 6.544 1,446.21 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 5,200 12.143 428.23 11.016 472.04 COUNTRY TOTAL 76,397 55.198 1,384.05 50.075 1,525.65 United Kingdom BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 9,359,777 20,798.395 450.02 18,867.992 496.07 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,547,538 3,171.912 487.89 2,877.511 537.80 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,652,564 4,973.002 533.39 4,511.433 587.96 STEEL PILING...........................5 165,182 239.827 688.75 217.568 759.22 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 7,699,672 8,600.086 895.30 7,801.869 986.90 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 99,152 364.321 272.16 330.507 300.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,974,421 1,852.730 1,065.68 1,680.769 1,174.71 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 46,851 16.804 2,787.96 15.245 3,073.20 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 984,536 1,278.050 770.34 1,159.428 849.16 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 68,210 28.078 2,429.30 25.472 2,677.84 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,478 0.316 7,832.77 0.287 8,634.15 WIRE DRAWN............................23 946,872 813.664 1,163.71 738.144 1,282.77 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 16,076 18.560 866.13 16.838 954.75 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 955,382 1,677.035 569.69 1,521.381 627.97 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 221,496 575.339 384.98 521.939 424.37 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,289,441 687.614 1,875.24 623.794 2,067.09 COUNTRY TOTAL 28,029,648 45,095.738 621.56 40,910.177 685.15 Ireland WIRE DRAWN............................23 55,656 8.801 6,323.14 7.985 6,970.07 COUNTRY TOTAL 55,656 8.801 6,323.14 7.985 6,970.07 Netherlands PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 3,023,151 5,874.656 514.61 5,329.400 567.26 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/12/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE WIRE DRAWN............................23 25,755 24.191 1,064.64 21.946 1,173.56 BLACK PLATE...........................28 281,419 373.321 753.82 338.672 830.95 TIN PLATE.............................29 2,811,531 5,012.283 560.93 4,547.068 618.32 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 20,712 38.146 542.96 34.606 598.51 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 14,412,830 30,155.162 477.96 27,356.311 526.86 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,750,355 4,252.050 646.83 3,857.396 713.01 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,240,273 1,586.422 781.80 1,439.179 861.79 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 22,860 11.244 2,032.96 10.201 2,240.96 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 11,700 5.690 2,056.19 5.162 2,266.56 COUNTRY TOTAL 24,600,586 47,333.169 519.73 42,939.941 572.91 Belgium BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 1,667,749 2,631.569 633.75 2,387.320 698.59 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 741,764 1,116.244 664.52 1,012.640 732.51 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 266,868 414.623 643.64 376.140 709.49 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 57,567 42.095 1,367.55 38.188 1,507.46 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 31,832 13.668 2,328.83 12.400 2,567.10 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 19,471 15.449 1,260.26 14.016 1,389.20 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,139,050 989.499 1,151.14 897.659 1,268.91 BLACK PLATE...........................28 253,149 388.586 651.46 352.520 718.11 TIN PLATE.............................29 68,608 108.686 631.25 98.599 695.83 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,025,081 2,967.110 682.51 2,691.718 752.34 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 17,174,904 25,214.627 681.15 22,874.332 750.84 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 195,472 214.030 913.29 194.165 1,006.73 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 611,306 839.068 728.55 761.190 803.09 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 1,810,677 1,739.899 1,040.68 1,578.411 1,147.15 COUNTRY TOTAL 26,063,498 36,695.159 710.27 33,289.298 782.94 Luxembourg WIRE RODS..............................3 172,164 265.232 649.11 240.615 715.52 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,454,389 3,209.230 764.79 2,911.366 843.04 STEEL PILING...........................5 1,791,306 2,464.465 726.85 2,235.726 801.22 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 106,650 276.872 385.19 251.175 424.60 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 11,909 0.264 45,015.28 0.240 49,620.83 WIRE DRAWN............................23 337,562 306.960 1,099.69 278.470 1,212.20 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 935,249 1,109.597 842.87 1,006.610 929.11 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,809,229 7,632.624 761.11 6,924.202 838.97 France BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 138,213 249.475 554.02 226.320 610.70 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 18,048 14.584 1,237.46 13.231 1,364.07 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 662,555 1,046.009 633.41 948.924 698.22 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 575,187 802.738 716.53 728.232 789.84 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 272,510 221.792 1,228.67 201.207 1,354.38 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 375,450 457.269 821.07 414.828 905.07 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/12/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 222,848 466.718 477.48 423.400 526.33 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 1,694,094 1,213.509 1,396.03 1,100.878 1,538.86 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 763,335 799.652 954.58 725.433 1,052.25 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 617,985 746.412 827.94 677.134 912.65 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 978,996 1,054.414 928.47 956.549 1,023.47 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 4,200 2.314 1,814.37 2.100 2,000.00 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 33,150 20.432 1,622.42 18.536 1,788.41 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,234,286 886.201 1,392.78 803.949 1,535.28 BLACK PLATE...........................28 211,022 290.723 725.85 263.740 800.11 TIN PLATE.............................29 5,280,366 8,966.192 588.92 8,133.995 649.17 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 1,568,655 2,253.382 696.13 2,044.235 767.36 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 8,805,968 14,201.198 620.09 12,883.114 683.53 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 537,594 813.001 661.25 737.543 728.90 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 22,964 7.602 3,020.53 6.897 3,329.56 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 165,815 109.083 1,520.07 98.959 1,675.59 COUNTRY TOTAL 24,183,241 34,622.711 698.48 31,409.204 769.94 Federal Republic of Germany BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 6,246,404 17,853.013 349.88 16,195.986 385.68 WIRE RODS..............................3 8,829,606 14,226.738 620.63 12,906.284 684.13 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 3,446,283 5,328.595 646.75 4,834.022 712.92 STEEL PILING...........................5 17,526 8.777 1,996.65 7.963 2,200.93 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 180,788 132.473 1,364.71 120.178 1,504.34 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,932,030 4,705.192 623.15 4,268.480 686.90 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 7,329 0.448 16,336.02 0.407 18,007.37 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,322,269 2,770.553 838.20 2,513.405 923.95 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 62,861 59.883 1,049.73 54.325 1,157.13 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 3,695,814 3,050.612 1,211.50 2,767.470 1,335.45 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,588,895 1,797.965 883.72 1,631.087 974.13 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 4,166,068 4,427.555 940.94 4,016.612 1,037.21 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 283,866 232.666 1,220.05 211.072 1,344.88 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,244,979 2,001.210 1,121.81 1,815.468 1,236.58 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 1,625,279 1,437.482 1,130.64 1,304.063 1,246.32 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 20,616 1.869 11,027.43 1.696 12,155.66 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 204,410 142.536 1,434.09 129.307 1,580.81 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,258,292 905.655 1,389.37 821.597 1,531.52 BLACK PLATE...........................28 2,550,839 3,279.963 777.70 2,975.534 857.27 TIN PLATE.............................29 4,332,797 7,815.709 554.37 7,090.294 611.09 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 1,080,722 1,634.457 661.21 1,482.755 728.86 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,033,745 1,726.356 598.80 1,566.125 660.07 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 588,939 1,296.494 454.26 1,176.160 500.73 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 839,450 1,452.122 578.08 1,317.344 637.23 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,222,434 2,041.036 598.93 1,851.598 660.20 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 565,579 180.620 3,131.32 163.856 3,451.68 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 78,736 151.887 518.38 137.790 571.42 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,394,883 1,713.904 1,397.33 1,554.828 1,540.29 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/12/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 53,821,439 80,375.784 669.62 72,915.706 738.13 Austria PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 209,533 317.096 660.79 287.665 728.39 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 413,047 606.413 681.13 550.129 750.82 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 124,843 77.331 1,614.39 70.154 1,779.56 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 4,713,182 4,356.455 1,081.88 3,952.111 1,192.57 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 536,783 719.950 745.58 653.128 821.86 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 111,701 41.944 2,663.10 38.051 2,935.56 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 216,990 167.137 1,298.27 151.625 1,431.10 WIRE DRAWN............................23 419,212 92.413 4,536.27 83.836 5,000.38 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 910,817 1,876.684 485.33 1,702.500 534.99 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 283,386 291.809 971.13 264.725 1,070.49 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 412,137 90.005 4,579.00 81.652 5,047.48 COUNTRY TOTAL 8,351,631 8,637.241 966.93 7,835.576 1,065.86 Czech Republic BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 269,603 713.463 377.88 647.243 416.54 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 714,861 1,650.619 433.09 1,497.417 477.40 WIRE DRAWN............................23 72,566 60.018 1,209.06 54.448 1,332.76 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,057,030 2,424.100 436.05 2,199.108 480.66 Slovakia STANDARD PIPE.........................18 3,182 0.121 26,242.39 0.110 28,927.27 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 488,047 607.922 802.81 551.498 884.95 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 7,645 1.408 5,426.78 1.278 5,982.00 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 764,259 890.851 857.90 808.167 945.67 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,263,133 1,500.303 841.92 1,361.053 928.06 Hungary SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 672,153 1,136.383 591.48 1,030.910 652.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 672,153 1,136.383 591.48 1,030.910 652.00 Switzerland STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 7,117 5.694 1,249.79 5.166 1,377.66 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 19,304 9.680 1,994.11 8.782 2,198.13 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 7,325 1.636 4,474.84 1.485 4,932.66 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,669,485 677.876 2,462.82 614.959 2,714.79 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 27,704 5.898 4,696.81 5.351 5,177.35 WIRE DRAWN............................23 3,325 3.457 961.55 3.137 1,059.93 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 180,631 92.830 1,945.83 84.214 2,144.90 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,914,891 797.074 2,402.40 723.094 2,648.19 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/12/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Estonia SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 4,269,683 5,932.014 719.77 5,381.435 793.41 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,269,683 5,932.014 719.77 5,381.435 793.41 Latvia BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 4,615,029 11,047.118 417.76 10,021.780 460.50 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,615,029 11,047.118 417.76 10,021.780 460.50 Poland STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 60,717 30.773 1,973.05 27.917 2,174.91 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 92,063 163.682 562.45 148.490 619.99 WIRE DRAWN............................23 978,661 1,026.002 953.86 930.774 1,051.45 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,131,441 1,220.457 927.06 1,107.181 1,021.91 Russia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 92,321,915 198,716.712 464.59 180,272.820 512.12 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 107,599 198.225 542.81 179.827 598.35 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 135,545 217.485 623.24 197.300 687.00 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 17,462,994 32,699.251 534.05 29,664.270 588.69 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 2,546,218 1,646.010 1,546.90 1,493.236 1,705.17 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 5,112,318 7,956.012 642.57 7,217.575 708.32 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,843,851 3,126.751 589.70 2,836.542 650.03 WIRE DRAWN............................23 466,736 927.660 503.13 841.560 554.61 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 16,041,781 29,699.592 540.13 26,943.025 595.40 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 40,716,618 70,107.607 580.77 63,600.570 640.19 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 2,075,821 3,113.345 666.75 2,824.380 734.97 COUNTRY TOTAL 178,831,396 348,408.655 513.28 316,071.105 565.79 Belarus WIRE DRAWN............................23 314,232 360.845 870.82 327.354 959.91 COUNTRY TOTAL 314,232 360.845 870.82 327.354 959.91 Ukraine BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 6,827 6.980 977.95 6.333 1,078.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 943,164 1,102.143 855.75 999.848 943.31 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 475,393 672.765 706.62 610.323 778.92 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 7,221,723 8,993.254 803.02 8,158.546 885.17 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 63,931 106.924 597.91 97.000 659.08 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,050,721 2,146.772 489.44 1,947.520 539.52 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,761,759 13,028.842 749.24 11,819.570 825.90 Kazakhstan IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/12/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 6,233,619 8,774.155 710.45 7,959.782 783.14 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,233,619 8,774.155 710.45 7,959.782 783.14 Spain WIRE RODS..............................3 3,379,803 5,638.369 599.43 5,115.044 660.76 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 94,984 187.151 507.52 169.781 559.45 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 27,035 33.756 800.89 30.623 882.83 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 227,710 286.829 793.89 260.207 875.11 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 9,430,142 14,299.609 659.47 12,972.391 726.94 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,104,901 1,154.982 956.64 1,047.783 1,054.51 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 897,288 928.110 966.79 841.968 1,065.70 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 637,719 563.015 1,132.69 510.759 1,248.57 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 920,861 591.696 1,556.31 536.778 1,715.53 WIRE DRAWN............................23 263,249 309.860 849.57 281.101 936.49 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 17,150 22.729 754.52 20.620 831.72 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 433,785 705.807 614.59 640.298 677.47 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 264,506 507.316 521.38 460.230 574.73 COUNTRY TOTAL 17,699,133 25,229.234 701.53 22,887.583 773.31 Italy WIRE RODS..............................3 2,019,148 3,425.325 589.48 3,107.404 649.79 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 22,401 3.216 6,964.31 2.918 7,676.83 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 850,125 1,341.034 633.93 1,216.566 698.79 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,252,151 4,294.096 524.48 3,895.540 578.14 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 191,909 314.600 610.01 285.401 672.42 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 10,867 7.131 1,523.71 6.470 1,679.60 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 370,375 361.857 1,023.54 328.272 1,128.26 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 501,993 260.535 1,926.77 236.354 2,123.90 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 990,161 992.444 997.70 900.331 1,099.77 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 794,138 836.903 948.90 759.226 1,045.98 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 792,376 626.496 1,264.77 568.348 1,394.17 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 222,195 234.548 947.33 212.779 1,044.25 WIRE DRAWN............................23 633,145 463.891 1,364.86 420.835 1,504.50 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 18,953,855 34,316.134 552.33 31,131.082 608.84 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 34,952 36.333 961.98 32.961 1,060.40 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 34,843 13.041 2,671.71 11.831 2,945.06 COUNTRY TOTAL 28,674,634 47,527.591 603.33 43,116.318 665.05 Macedonia (Skopje) PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 3,771,800 6,919.889 545.07 6,277.620 600.83 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,019,609 3,712.903 543.94 3,368.290 599.59 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,791,409 10,632.792 544.67 9,645.910 600.40 Serbia and Montenegro IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/12/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 10,208,870 18,301.250 557.82 16,602.620 614.90 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 9,068,323 16,234.516 558.58 14,727.710 615.73 COUNTRY TOTAL 19,277,193 34,535.767 558.18 31,330.330 615.29 Greece WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,031,213 1,081.026 953.92 980.691 1,051.52 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,543,872 5,651.228 627.10 5,126.710 691.26 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,575,085 6,732.255 679.58 6,107.401 749.11 Romania PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 11,171,460 18,398.647 607.19 16,690.977 669.31 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,700,305 2,993.259 568.04 2,715.440 626.16 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,868,585 2,859.754 653.41 2,594.326 720.26 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,252,277 1,785.813 701.24 1,620.063 772.98 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 785,210 1,213.956 646.82 1,101.283 713.00 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,060,725 2,990.679 689.05 2,713.100 759.55 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 423,037 393.493 1,075.08 356.971 1,185.07 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,540,721 4,472.847 568.03 4,057.700 626.15 COUNTRY TOTAL 21,802,320 35,108.451 621.00 31,849.860 684.53 Bulgaria PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,185,070 4,008.536 545.10 3,636.484 600.87 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 200,061 448.230 446.34 406.628 492.00 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 1,767,203 4,021.187 439.47 3,647.961 484.44 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 4,727,361 11,589.416 407.90 10,513.745 449.64 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 3,024,669 5,609.949 539.16 5,089.262 594.32 COUNTRY TOTAL 11,904,364 25,677.320 463.61 23,294.080 511.05 Turkey WIRE RODS..............................3 24,840,833 60,049.975 413.67 54,476.437 455.99 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 121,888 273.788 445.19 248.377 490.74 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 297,987 571.175 521.71 518.162 575.08 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 5,352,574 10,060.395 532.04 9,126.640 586.48 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 625,340 1,140.100 548.50 1,034.282 604.61 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 7,804,982 5,344.397 1,460.40 4,848.357 1,609.82 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 43,524,816 95,357.261 456.44 86,506.677 503.14 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 3,613,752 6,299.248 573.68 5,714.584 632.37 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 513,075 897.543 571.64 814.238 630.13 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 553,176 960.115 576.16 871.002 635.10 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,588,539 2,630.621 603.86 2,386.460 665.65 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 2,776,079 4,882.083 568.63 4,428.953 626.80 WIRE DRAWN............................23 174,081 189.069 920.72 171.521 1,014.93 TIN PLATE.............................29 3,722,328 5,177.224 718.98 4,696.700 792.54 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 18,788,243 34,897.155 538.39 31,658.176 593.47 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/12/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 4,022,345 6,195.687 649.22 5,620.635 715.64 COUNTRY TOTAL 118,320,038 234,925.844 503.65 213,121.201 555.18 Israel LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 3,646 8.736 417.31 7.926 460.01 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 51,100 7.991 6,394.09 7.250 7,048.28 WIRE DRAWN............................23 171,567 217.554 788.62 197.362 869.30 COUNTRY TOTAL 226,313 234.282 965.98 212.538 1,064.81 United Arab Emirates STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,312,428 1,775.048 739.38 1,610.297 815.02 WIRE DRAWN............................23 174,537 169.240 1,031.30 153.532 1,136.81 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,486,965 1,944.288 764.79 1,763.829 843.03 Oman STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,895,494 3,198.533 592.61 2,901.662 653.24 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,895,494 3,198.533 592.61 2,901.662 653.24 India BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 149,848 189.508 790.72 171.919 871.62 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 14,297 19.362 738.40 17.565 813.95 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 3,240,899 5,100.730 635.38 4,627.306 700.39 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,067,999 1,216.720 877.77 1,103.791 967.57 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 21,006 29.720 706.78 26.962 779.10 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 384,142 620.027 619.56 562.480 682.94 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 662,180 1,165.491 568.16 1,057.316 626.28 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 366,569 348.776 1,051.01 316.405 1,158.54 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 736,580 1,229.369 599.15 1,115.266 660.45 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 155,493 156.780 991.79 142.229 1,093.26 WIRE DRAWN............................23 407,650 593.033 687.40 537.991 757.73 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,865,972 6,404.234 603.66 5,809.825 665.42 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 50,007,443 74,157.635 674.34 67,274.694 743.33 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 273,401 355.120 769.88 322.160 848.65 COUNTRY TOTAL 61,353,479 91,586.511 669.90 83,085.909 738.43 Pakistan STANDARD PIPE.........................18 96,668 190.250 508.11 172.592 560.10 COUNTRY TOTAL 96,668 190.250 508.11 172.592 560.10 Thailand PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 7,799,569 14,625.263 533.29 13,267.820 587.86 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 4,461,817 8,307.955 537.05 7,536.853 592.00 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/12/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 51,302 115.173 445.43 104.484 491.00 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 236,778 447.153 529.52 405.651 583.70 WIRE DRAWN............................23 138,668 170.064 815.38 154.280 898.81 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 13,344,154 24,739.787 539.38 22,443.564 594.56 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 6,260,978 10,335.229 605.79 9,375.965 667.77 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,128,053 1,669.405 675.72 1,514.460 744.85 COUNTRY TOTAL 33,421,319 60,410.034 553.24 54,803.077 609.84 Vietnam OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 5,600 0.694 8,063.87 0.630 8,888.89 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 56,719 65.479 866.21 59.402 954.83 COUNTRY TOTAL 62,319 66.173 941.75 60.032 1,038.10 Malaysia WIRE RODS..............................3 4,792,232 11,040.945 434.04 10,016.180 478.45 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 946,220 1,407.799 672.13 1,277.135 740.89 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 281,841 2,131.699 132.21 1,933.846 145.74 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,167,501 1,645.200 709.64 1,492.501 782.24 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 623,527 637.862 977.53 578.659 1,077.54 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 11,650,775 84,304.327 138.20 76,479.621 152.34 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 7,729,554 12,635.730 611.72 11,462.945 674.31 COUNTRY TOTAL 27,191,650 113,803.565 238.93 103,240.887 263.38 Indonesia PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 145,075 209.602 692.14 190.148 762.96 WIRE DRAWN............................23 43,212 13.609 3,175.22 12.346 3,500.08 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 411,395 606.276 678.56 550.005 747.98 COUNTRY TOTAL 599,682 829.487 722.95 752.499 796.92 China BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 60,447 143.977 419.84 130.614 462.79 WIRE RODS..............................3 14,642,612 36,145.510 405.10 32,790.665 446.55 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 30,064 57.376 523.98 52.051 577.59 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 14,630 16.396 892.24 14.875 983.53 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 21,030 26.455 794.92 24.000 876.25 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 55,874 112.665 495.93 102.208 546.67 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 48,640 114.012 426.62 103.430 470.27 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 11,223 14.881 754.17 13.500 831.33 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 129,003 205.247 628.53 186.197 692.83 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 15,213,714 27,502.563 553.17 24,949.913 609.77 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 15,873,656 22,619.535 701.77 20,520.103 773.57 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 481,890 735.174 655.48 666.939 722.54 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,097,098 1,629.109 673.43 1,477.904 742.33 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,293,554 3,103.912 738.92 2,815.823 814.52 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/12/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 48,131 44.896 1,072.05 40.729 1,181.74 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 589,300 700.970 840.69 635.910 926.70 WIRE DRAWN............................23 5,806,691 8,981.923 646.49 8,148.266 712.63 TIN PLATE.............................29 1,201,028 1,504.783 798.14 1,365.117 879.80 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 9,485,618 17,286.595 548.73 15,682.140 604.87 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 14,750,658 23,665.933 623.29 21,469.380 687.06 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 6,813 1.793 3,798.80 1.627 4,187.46 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 136,888 130.832 1,046.29 118.689 1,153.33 COUNTRY TOTAL 81,998,562 144,744.545 566.51 131,310.080 624.47 Korea, South STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,088,903 2,467.008 441.39 2,238.033 486.54 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,918,406 3,340.657 574.26 3,030.594 633.01 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 310,701 495.599 626.92 449.600 691.06 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 536,608 852.305 629.60 773.199 694.01 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 69,792 170.959 408.24 155.092 450.00 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 62,008 107.640 576.06 97.650 635.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 160,123 290.711 550.80 263.729 607.15 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 5,656,055 8,850.080 639.10 8,028.660 704.48 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 8,778,974 12,375.343 709.39 11,226.726 781.97 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 2,472,108 3,967.003 623.17 3,598.806 686.92 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,832,058 2,882.188 635.65 2,614.678 700.68 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 4,464,564 7,079.956 630.59 6,422.830 695.11 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,227,426 3,435.725 648.31 3,116.839 714.64 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 3,571 0.289 12,317.71 0.263 13,577.95 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 10,113 2.971 3,402.95 2.696 3,751.11 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 949,020 1,696.733 559.32 1,539.251 616.55 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 6,591 9.501 693.65 8.620 764.62 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,812,712 3,646.690 771.31 3,308.223 850.22 TIN PLATE.............................29 232,238 326.934 710.35 296.590 783.03 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 1,437,719 2,104.964 683.01 1,909.592 752.89 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 17,145,710 36,880.230 464.90 33,457.192 512.47 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 5,838,525 9,704.547 601.63 8,803.820 663.18 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 13,819,538 17,324.629 797.68 15,716.644 879.29 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 107,609 151.788 708.94 137.700 781.47 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 6,956,665 9,037.637 769.74 8,198.809 848.50 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,123,584 1,283.730 875.25 1,164.581 964.80 COUNTRY TOTAL 80,021,321 128,485.829 622.80 116,560.417 686.52 Hong Kong STANDARD PIPE.........................18 18,000 2.541 7,081.24 2.306 7,805.72 WIRE DRAWN............................23 5,831 1.383 4,214.98 1.255 4,646.22 COUNTRY TOTAL 23,831 3.925 6,071.08 3.561 6,692.22 Taiwan IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/12/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 11,254 0.997 11,281.17 0.905 12,435.36 STEEL PILING...........................5 37,014 56.253 657.99 51.032 725.31 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 8,683 3.431 2,530.38 3.113 2,789.27 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 12,025 4.607 2,609.78 4.180 2,876.79 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,920,735 5,300.563 551.02 4,808.592 607.40 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 231,791 392.503 590.55 356.073 650.96 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 99,052 157.891 627.34 143.237 691.53 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 80,162 136.901 585.55 124.195 645.45 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 1,809,177 3,000.523 602.95 2,722.030 664.64 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 115,723 57.129 2,025.63 51.827 2,232.87 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 4,519 0.313 14,435.10 0.284 15,911.97 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 4,780 4.241 1,126.91 3.848 1,242.20 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,043,133 1,238.831 842.03 1,123.849 928.18 BLACK PLATE...........................28 82,590 131.941 625.96 119.695 690.00 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 32,196,036 58,885.947 546.75 53,420.448 602.69 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 51,804,248 66,015.818 784.72 59,888.560 865.01 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 252,178 378.566 666.14 343.430 734.29 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 17,072,944 22,524.958 757.96 20,434.304 835.50 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 54,498 25.898 2,104.27 23.495 2,319.56 COUNTRY TOTAL 107,840,542 158,317.319 681.17 143,623.097 750.86 Japan INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 2,303 3.905 589.68 3.543 650.01 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 321,885 533.649 603.18 484.119 664.89 WIRE RODS..............................3 5,294,193 10,518.163 503.34 9,541.920 554.84 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 558,617 765.131 730.09 694.116 804.79 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 138,572 216.240 640.82 196.170 706.39 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 7,820,241 12,294.956 636.05 11,153.800 701.13 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 68,899 76.572 899.79 69.465 991.85 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,348,603 2,480.184 543.75 2,249.986 599.38 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 9,022,635 22,201.007 406.41 20,140.421 447.99 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 324,572 394.240 823.28 357.649 907.52 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 62,014 40.136 1,545.09 36.411 1,703.17 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 3,439 0.320 10,720.99 0.291 11,817.87 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 6,535,870 9,827.141 665.08 8,915.035 733.13 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 4,696,383 6,001.232 782.57 5,444.228 862.64 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 2,772,839 4,211.085 658.46 3,820.234 725.83 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,251,257 1,362.821 1,651.91 1,236.331 1,820.92 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 597,239 731.744 816.18 663.828 899.69 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 230,807 98.274 2,348.60 89.153 2,588.89 WIRE DRAWN............................23 3,460,183 4,200.038 823.85 3,810.212 908.13 BLACK PLATE...........................28 2,719,489 3,852.115 705.97 3,494.581 778.20 TIN PLATE.............................29 452,514 633.820 713.95 574.992 786.99 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 1,947,453 2,684.200 725.52 2,435.066 799.75 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 188,145 326.105 576.95 295.838 635.97 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,567,009 2,419.383 647.69 2,194.828 713.96 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,043,520 1,533.590 680.44 1,391.250 750.06 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/12/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 72,265 82.643 874.42 74.973 963.88 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 1,080,668 1,148.377 941.04 1,041.791 1,037.32 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 8,083 12.729 634.98 11.548 699.95 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 584,688 504.431 1,159.10 457.613 1,277.69 COUNTRY TOTAL 55,174,385 89,154.243 618.86 80,879.392 682.18 Australia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 16,973,817 39,927.496 425.12 36,221.626 468.61 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 62,799 93.894 668.82 85.180 737.25 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 1,800,460 3,860.954 466.33 3,502.600 514.04 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 136,484 190.525 716.36 172.842 789.65 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 88,260 132.651 665.35 120.339 733.43 WIRE DRAWN............................23 111,504 172.764 645.41 156.729 711.44 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 13,064,598 23,037.792 567.09 20,899.540 625.11 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 37,718 47.214 798.87 42.832 880.60 COUNTRY TOTAL 32,275,640 67,463.293 478.42 61,201.688 527.37 New Zealand PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 30,879 50.419 612.44 45.740 675.10 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 287,623 479.549 599.78 435.040 661.14 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 241,915 394.032 613.95 357.460 676.76 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 230,625 1,385.852 166.41 1,257.225 183.44 COUNTRY TOTAL 791,042 2,309.854 342.46 2,095.465 377.50 Egypt PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 4,458,475 7,864.977 566.88 7,134.990 624.87 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,918,762 2,326.145 824.87 2,110.244 909.26 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 20,894,612 38,798.709 538.54 35,197.607 593.64 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 1,053,008 1,645.108 640.08 1,492.418 705.57 COUNTRY TOTAL 28,324,857 50,634.941 559.39 45,935.259 616.63 South Africa BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 15,061,619 32,843.731 458.58 29,795.340 505.50 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 215,660 348.196 619.36 315.879 682.73 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 155,633 132.754 1,172.34 120.433 1,292.28 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 215,257 343.023 627.53 311.186 691.73 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 143,136 251.412 569.33 228.078 627.57 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 680,790 992.207 686.14 900.116 756.34 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 21,721 76.548 283.75 69.444 312.78 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,932,987 2,741.422 705.10 2,486.977 777.24 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,582,101 3,150.370 502.20 2,857.969 553.58 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 31,435 31.217 1,006.97 28.320 1,109.99 COUNTRY TOTAL 20,040,339 40,910.886 489.85 37,113.742 539.97 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/12/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE GRAND TOTAL 1,725,914,707 3,013,441.699 572.74 2,733,749.096 631.34 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/12/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 3,759 0.055 68,202.17 0.050 75,180.00 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 8,805 8.225 1,070.46 7.462 1,179.98 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 315,735 63.137 5,000.79 57.277 5,512.42 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 138,616 17.602 7,874.65 15.969 8,680.32 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 8,141,272 1,540.285 5,285.56 1,397.324 5,826.33 WIRE DRAWN............................23 33,141 7.042 4,705.75 6.389 5,187.20 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 137,177 82.967 1,653.38 75.267 1,822.54 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 271,513 81.551 3,329.36 73.982 3,669.99 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,050,018 1,800.867 5,025.37 1,633.720 5,539.52 Mexico PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 3,457 3.267 1,058.08 2.964 1,166.33 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 58,246 20.861 2,792.07 18.925 3,077.73 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 22,461 2.860 7,852.13 2.595 8,655.49 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 10,414 4.176 2,493.38 3.789 2,748.48 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 272,288 68.233 3,990.56 61.900 4,398.84 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 10,334 4.202 2,459.30 3.812 2,710.91 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 19,947,216 10,255.074 1,945.11 9,303.250 2,144.11 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,029,543 1,155.767 1,756.01 1,048.495 1,935.67 COUNTRY TOTAL 22,353,959 11,514.443 1,941.38 10,445.730 2,140.01 Costa Rica STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 7,185 1.399 5,132.38 1.270 5,657.48 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,185 1.399 5,132.38 1.270 5,657.48 Trinidad and Tobago BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 53,198 64.451 825.40 58.469 909.85 COUNTRY TOTAL 53,198 64.451 825.40 58.469 909.85 Brazil PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,747 1.294 2,122.69 1.174 2,339.86 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 25,545 9.736 2,623.58 8.833 2,892.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 4,892 0.609 8,025.22 0.553 8,846.29 WIRE DRAWN............................23 7,344 2.338 3,141.14 2.121 3,462.52 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 71,352 77.850 916.52 70.625 1,010.29 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,305,761 994.236 2,319.13 901.956 2,556.40 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 298,321 111.099 2,685.16 100.788 2,959.89 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,715,962 1,197.164 2,268.66 1,086.050 2,500.77 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/12/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Sweden INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 98,300 62.930 1,562.03 57.090 1,721.84 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 8,069,987 3,062.803 2,634.84 2,778.529 2,904.41 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,465,844 596.872 2,455.87 541.474 2,707.14 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 353,466 115.417 3,062.50 104.705 3,375.83 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,677,498 468.578 3,579.98 425.087 3,946.25 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 42,410 4.888 8,675.02 4.435 9,562.57 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 487,230 145.914 3,339.16 132.371 3,680.79 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,241,301 196.454 6,318.50 178.221 6,964.95 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,106,052 302.441 6,963.51 274.370 7,675.96 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 202,147 65.745 3,074.71 59.643 3,389.28 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,976,649 510.296 3,873.53 462.933 4,269.84 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,787,551 313.147 5,708.33 284.083 6,292.35 COUNTRY TOTAL 19,508,435 5,845.490 3,337.35 5,302.941 3,678.80 Finland PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 72,827 23.934 3,042.77 21.713 3,354.07 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 61,635 25.640 2,403.78 23.261 2,649.71 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 120,347 45.070 2,670.21 40.887 2,943.40 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 953,990 369.866 2,579.28 335.537 2,843.17 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 742,435 303.193 2,448.71 275.053 2,699.24 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,951,234 767.705 2,541.64 696.451 2,801.68 Denmark BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 7,784 3.315 2,347.58 3.008 2,587.77 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 2,777 0.110 25,192.53 0.100 27,770.00 WIRE DRAWN............................23 151,081 16.811 8,986.85 15.251 9,906.30 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 56,805 9.810 5,790.18 8.900 6,382.58 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 14,280 1.351 10,566.56 1.226 11,647.63 COUNTRY TOTAL 232,727 31.399 7,411.85 28.485 8,170.16 United Kingdom INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 32,009 13.216 2,421.86 11.990 2,669.64 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 10,676,266 4,629.168 2,306.30 4,199.512 2,542.26 WIRE RODS..............................3 3,584,132 1,378.374 2,600.26 1,250.441 2,866.29 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 60,524 7.849 7,710.50 7.121 8,499.37 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 161,889 67.592 2,395.07 61.319 2,640.11 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 136,998 38.279 3,578.84 34.727 3,945.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 973,096 263.796 3,688.82 239.312 4,066.22 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 103,671 14.283 7,257.97 12.958 8,000.54 WIRE DRAWN............................23 511,863 114.090 4,486.47 103.501 4,945.49 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 277,112 44.919 6,169.13 40.750 6,800.29 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 328,786 102.579 3,205.17 93.059 3,533.09 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/12/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 16,846,346 6,674.151 2,524.12 6,054.690 2,782.36 Ireland BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 2,346 1.615 1,451.74 1.466 1,600.27 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 26,099 6.633 3,934.30 6.018 4,336.82 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,179 0.547 3,977.38 0.497 4,384.31 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 7,062 0.367 19,238.86 0.333 21,207.21 COUNTRY TOTAL 37,686 9.164 4,112.12 8.314 4,532.84 Netherlands STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 2,854 0.234 12,155.43 0.213 13,399.06 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 107,662 16.795 6,410.01 15.237 7,065.83 COUNTRY TOTAL 110,516 17.030 6,489.22 15.450 7,153.14 Belgium PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 5,134,496 1,541.191 3,331.51 1,398.146 3,672.36 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,570,769 609.851 2,575.66 553.248 2,839.18 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 16,298 7.979 2,042.45 7.239 2,251.42 WIRE DRAWN............................23 110,714 7.869 14,068.93 7.139 15,508.33 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 451,745 134.864 3,349.62 122.347 3,692.33 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 4,394,258 1,620.794 2,711.18 1,470.360 2,988.56 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 848,829 320.949 2,644.74 291.161 2,915.33 COUNTRY TOTAL 12,527,109 4,243.500 2,952.07 3,849.640 3,254.10 France BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 20,503 14.125 1,451.54 12.814 1,600.05 WIRE RODS..............................3 118,667 34.043 3,485.72 30.884 3,842.35 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 534,574 153.213 3,489.08 138.993 3,846.05 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 8,417 4.682 1,797.50 4.248 1,981.40 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 151,974 17.550 8,659.00 15.922 9,544.91 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 2,114 0.220 9,588.95 0.200 10,570.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,826,610 527.892 3,460.19 478.896 3,814.21 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 2,124,158 350.972 6,052.21 318.397 6,671.41 WIRE DRAWN............................23 208,603 34.435 6,057.86 31.239 6,677.65 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 13,847 3.431 4,035.27 3.113 4,448.12 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,886,584 1,684.743 1,713.37 1,528.374 1,888.66 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 2,567 0.310 8,257.96 0.282 9,102.84 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 447,742 139.616 3,206.94 126.658 3,535.05 COUNTRY TOTAL 8,346,360 2,965.238 2,814.73 2,690.020 3,102.71 Federal Republic of Germany BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 129,133 37.717 3,423.66 34.217 3,773.94 WIRE RODS..............................3 328,923 241.668 1,361.05 219.238 1,500.30 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,003,752 409.543 2,450.90 371.532 2,701.66 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/12/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,343,547 940.595 2,491.56 853.294 2,746.47 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 630,325 184.987 3,407.39 167.818 3,756.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,224,774 468.031 2,616.86 424.591 2,884.60 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,778,707 272.177 6,535.11 246.915 7,203.72 WIRE DRAWN............................23 702,333 125.086 5,614.76 113.477 6,189.21 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 80,093 26.772 2,991.57 24.288 3,297.64 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 6,913,973 2,626.377 2,632.51 2,382.610 2,901.85 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 2,640 1.137 2,320.71 1.032 2,558.14 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 790,765 284.204 2,782.38 257.826 3,067.05 COUNTRY TOTAL 15,928,965 5,618.300 2,835.19 5,096.838 3,125.26 Austria BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 3,920 2.700 1,451.50 2.450 1,600.00 WIRE RODS..............................3 5,538 2.070 2,675.18 1.878 2,948.88 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 26,266 7.528 3,488.74 6.830 3,845.68 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,098,865 273.930 4,011.47 248.506 4,421.89 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 105,426 34.856 3,024.60 31.621 3,334.05 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,123,447 203.462 5,521.65 184.578 6,086.57 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 29,745 0.981 30,319.35 0.890 33,421.35 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,393,207 525.530 4,553.89 476.753 5,019.80 Czech Republic BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 2,378 1.638 1,451.74 1.486 1,600.27 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 13,158 4.122 3,191.64 3.740 3,518.18 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 74,798 15.983 4,679.70 14.500 5,158.48 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 53,893 3.582 15,043.36 3.250 16,582.46 COUNTRY TOTAL 144,227 25.326 5,694.66 22.976 6,277.29 Switzerland BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 499,479 131.460 3,799.46 119.259 4,188.19 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 31,803 1.764 18,020.74 1.601 19,864.46 WIRE DRAWN............................23 236,127 43.945 5,373.14 39.867 5,922.87 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 5,402 1.843 2,930.99 1.672 3,230.86 COUNTRY TOTAL 772,811 179.014 4,317.04 162.399 4,758.72 Latvia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 247,908 102.590 2,416.47 93.069 2,663.70 COUNTRY TOTAL 247,908 102.590 2,416.47 93.069 2,663.70 Lithuania BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 67,382 20.560 3,277.29 18.652 3,612.59 COUNTRY TOTAL 67,382 20.560 3,277.29 18.652 3,612.59 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/12/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Poland BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 46,091 21.452 2,148.56 19.461 2,368.38 COUNTRY TOTAL 46,091 21.452 2,148.56 19.461 2,368.38 Ukraine BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 109,043 114.155 955.22 103.560 1,052.95 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 418,369 137.006 3,053.65 124.290 3,366.07 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 526,680 98.716 5,335.29 89.554 5,881.14 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,054,092 349.877 3,012.74 317.404 3,320.98 Spain BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 25,211,278 12,480.650 2,020.03 11,322.259 2,226.70 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 11,107 0.551 20,152.21 0.500 22,214.00 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,883,879 281.221 6,698.91 255.120 7,384.29 WIRE DRAWN............................23 265,778 58.521 4,541.53 53.090 5,006.18 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 291,533 144.270 2,020.74 130.880 2,227.48 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 74,573 49.812 1,497.08 45.189 1,650.25 COUNTRY TOTAL 27,738,148 13,015.027 2,131.24 11,807.038 2,349.29 Portugal BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 143,453 40.873 3,509.67 37.080 3,868.74 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 8,418 1.989 4,230.85 1.805 4,663.71 COUNTRY TOTAL 151,871 42.863 3,543.14 38.885 3,905.64 Italy INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 1,130,065 668.250 1,691.08 606.227 1,864.10 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 1,750,762 1,038.771 1,685.42 942.358 1,857.85 WIRE RODS..............................3 459,868 244.914 1,877.67 222.183 2,069.77 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 417,500 114.360 3,650.74 103.746 4,024.25 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,044,506 393.234 2,656.19 356.736 2,927.95 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,301,410 409.126 3,180.95 371.153 3,506.40 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 1,383,723 485.780 2,848.45 440.693 3,139.88 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 5,696,177 1,517.543 3,753.55 1,376.693 4,137.58 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 375,361 100.198 3,746.16 90.899 4,129.43 WIRE DRAWN............................23 207,392 38.898 5,331.64 35.288 5,877.13 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 253,315 94.173 2,689.87 85.433 2,965.07 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 7,474,642 3,328.899 2,245.38 3,019.928 2,475.11 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 52,683 12.321 4,275.65 11.178 4,713.10 COUNTRY TOTAL 21,547,404 8,446.474 2,551.05 7,662.515 2,812.05 Slovenia PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 9,937 1.812 5,483.39 1.644 6,044.40 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/12/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 46,817 24.631 1,900.72 22.345 2,095.19 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 49,056 22.531 2,177.24 20.440 2,400.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 105,810 48.974 2,160.51 44.429 2,381.55 Turkey STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 6,325 1.343 4,707.09 1.219 5,188.68 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,325 1.343 4,707.09 1.219 5,188.68 Israel WIRE DRAWN............................23 108,225 61.271 1,766.31 55.585 1,947.02 COUNTRY TOTAL 108,225 61.271 1,766.31 55.585 1,947.02 Saudi Arabia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 105,152 36.920 2,848.04 33.494 3,139.43 COUNTRY TOTAL 105,152 36.920 2,848.04 33.494 3,139.43 United Arab Emirates BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 142,657 77.825 1,833.04 70.602 2,020.58 COUNTRY TOTAL 142,657 77.825 1,833.04 70.602 2,020.58 India BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 51,310 6.941 7,392.04 6.297 8,148.32 WIRE RODS..............................3 126,143 41.647 3,028.82 37.782 3,338.71 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 159,166 60.725 2,621.09 55.089 2,889.25 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 94,022 53.707 1,750.62 48.723 1,929.73 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 64,205 32.684 1,964.38 29.651 2,165.36 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 1,786,452 711.651 2,510.29 645.600 2,767.12 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 2,111,864 895.708 2,357.76 812.573 2,598.98 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 88,587 24.605 3,600.25 22.322 3,968.60 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,344,285 889.524 2,635.44 806.963 2,905.07 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 251,957 101.073 2,492.82 91.692 2,747.86 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 913,852 329.848 2,770.52 299.234 3,053.97 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 80,920 28.694 2,820.08 26.031 3,108.60 COUNTRY TOTAL 8,072,763 3,176.812 2,541.15 2,881.957 2,801.14 Thailand STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 421,838 110.323 3,823.64 100.084 4,214.84 WIRE DRAWN............................23 127,993 46.575 2,748.05 42.253 3,029.21 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 370,302 147.134 2,516.76 133.478 2,774.25 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 651,172 364.048 1,788.70 330.259 1,971.70 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,571,305 668.082 2,351.96 606.074 2,592.60 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/12/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Malaysia STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 734,035 267.577 2,743.26 242.742 3,023.93 COUNTRY TOTAL 734,035 267.577 2,743.26 242.742 3,023.93 Singapore STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 124,255 46.141 2,692.90 41.859 2,968.42 COUNTRY TOTAL 124,255 46.141 2,692.90 41.859 2,968.42 Indonesia STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 107,697 31.204 3,451.36 28.308 3,804.47 COUNTRY TOTAL 107,697 31.204 3,451.36 28.308 3,804.47 Philippines STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 2,668 0.191 13,910.17 0.174 15,333.33 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,668 0.191 13,910.17 0.174 15,333.33 China INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 7,506 4.696 1,598.06 4.261 1,761.56 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 60,443 41.644 1,451.41 37.779 1,599.91 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,280,511 703.801 1,819.42 638.478 2,005.57 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 76,019 40.871 1,859.95 37.078 2,050.25 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 42,356 18.977 2,231.92 17.216 2,460.27 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 107,571 38.106 2,822.88 34.570 3,111.69 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 4,068,732 1,189.884 3,419.44 1,079.445 3,769.28 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,193,013 385.537 3,094.41 349.754 3,411.01 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 11,287,765 5,240.838 2,153.81 4,754.410 2,374.17 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 274,368 170.082 1,613.15 154.296 1,778.19 COUNTRY TOTAL 18,398,284 7,834.440 2,348.39 7,107.287 2,588.65 Korea, South WIRE RODS..............................3 356,084 317.705 1,120.80 288.218 1,235.47 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 303,286 120.218 2,522.80 109.060 2,780.91 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 121,071 35.416 3,418.53 32.129 3,768.28 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 5,120,835 1,552.501 3,298.44 1,408.406 3,635.91 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,588,770 808.959 3,200.12 733.876 3,527.53 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 7,103,173 3,249.179 2,186.14 2,947.607 2,409.81 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 543,992 432.094 1,258.96 391.990 1,387.77 COUNTRY TOTAL 16,137,211 6,516.075 2,476.52 5,911.286 2,729.90 Hong Kong WIRE DRAWN............................23 56,933 19.739 2,884.28 17.907 3,179.37 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/12/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 56,933 19.739 2,884.28 17.907 3,179.37 Taiwan BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 13,637 2.158 6,318.33 1.958 6,964.76 WIRE RODS..............................3 2,867,675 1,102.551 2,600.94 1,000.218 2,867.05 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 437,876 157.767 2,775.46 143.124 3,059.42 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 746,419 281.360 2,652.89 255.246 2,924.31 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 3,340,048 1,106.385 3,018.88 1,003.696 3,327.75 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 4,523,844 1,311.268 3,449.98 1,189.563 3,802.95 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,136,876 282.721 4,021.18 256.481 4,432.59 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 6,903,157 2,285.914 3,019.87 2,073.747 3,328.83 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 222,124 135.354 1,641.05 122.792 1,808.95 COUNTRY TOTAL 20,191,656 6,665.481 3,029.29 6,046.825 3,339.22 Japan BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 45,529 10.585 4,301.08 9.603 4,741.12 WIRE RODS..............................3 61,856 26.847 2,303.94 24.356 2,539.66 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 76,188 18.363 4,148.91 16.659 4,573.38 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 504,087 210.210 2,398.01 190.700 2,643.35 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 10,535 5.895 1,787.06 5.348 1,969.90 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 19,931 0.690 28,883.55 0.626 31,838.66 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 46,853 10.647 4,400.49 9.659 4,850.71 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 209,393 57.628 3,633.48 52.280 4,005.22 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 3,436,773 798.088 4,306.25 724.014 4,746.83 WIRE DRAWN............................23 574,229 173.772 3,304.48 157.644 3,642.57 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 65,639 23.720 2,767.17 21.519 3,050.28 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 842,352 590.112 1,427.44 535.341 1,573.49 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 5,458 0.462 11,789.09 0.420 12,995.24 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,589,224 334.745 7,734.91 303.676 8,526.27 COUNTRY TOTAL 8,488,047 2,261.771 3,752.83 2,051.845 4,136.79 Australia STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 83,580 8.681 9,627.03 7.876 10,611.99 WIRE DRAWN............................23 5,353 20.040 267.12 18.180 294.44 COUNTRY TOTAL 88,933 28.721 3,096.36 26.056 3,413.15 South Africa PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 413,475 134.044 3,084.61 121.603 3,400.20 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 460,791 190.908 2,413.68 173.189 2,660.63 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 7,293,884 2,818.898 2,587.49 2,557.262 2,852.22 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,821,818 1,152.499 2,448.43 1,045.530 2,698.94 COUNTRY TOTAL 10,989,968 4,296.349 2,557.98 3,897.584 2,819.69 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 29/12/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE GRAND TOTAL 249,264,765 95,517.952 2,609.61 86,652.453 2,876.60