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RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/12/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Canada 8,841 23.450 377.01 21.274 415.58 Mexico 1,396,771 1,713.060 815.37 1,554.063 898.79 Sweden 98,300 62.930 1,562.03 57.090 1,721.84 United Kingdom 32,009 13.216 2,421.86 11.990 2,669.64 Belgium 613,455 890.209 689.11 807.585 759.62 Federal Republic of Germany 153,428 17.617 8,709.02 15.982 9,600.05 Italy 1,010,489 627.322 1,610.80 569.098 1,775.60 China 7,506 4.696 1,598.06 4.261 1,761.56 Japan 33,367 18.364 1,816.93 16.660 2,002.82 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,354,166 3,370.870 995.04 3,058.003 1,096.85 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 13,145,362 29,591.495 444.23 26,844.961 489.68 Mexico 64,511,085 140,120.587 460.40 127,115.295 507.50 Venezuela 10,967,303 25,925.527 423.03 23,519.250 466.31 Brazil 55,140,916 133,876.639 411.88 121,450.879 454.02 Sweden 8,069,987 3,062.584 2,635.02 2,778.331 2,904.62 Finland 2,332,744 5,600.015 416.56 5,080.250 459.18 United Kingdom 11,091,171 5,385.335 2,059.51 4,885.496 2,270.22 Ireland 2,346 1.615 1,451.74 1.466 1,600.27 Belgium 882,473 1,347.222 655.03 1,222.180 722.05 France 482,050 74.374 6,481.43 67.471 7,144.55 Federal Republic of Germany 9,089,000 21,839.570 416.17 19,812.531 458.75 Austria 3,920 2.700 1,451.50 2.450 1,600.00 Czech Republic 170,806 447.356 381.81 405.835 420.88 Russia 92,851,621 199,342.279 465.79 180,840.325 513.45 Spain 12,069,808 5,868.449 2,056.73 5,323.769 2,267.15 Italy 1,872,361 1,114.392 1,680.16 1,010.960 1,852.06 Turkey 1,816,887 2,172.583 836.28 1,970.935 921.84 India 51,310 6.941 7,392.04 6.297 8,148.32 China 70,272 104.266 673.97 94.589 742.92 Korea, South 937,021 1,233.461 759.67 1,118.978 837.39 Taiwan 13,637 2.158 6,318.33 1.958 6,964.76 Japan 367,414 544.235 675.10 493.722 744.17 Australia 16,973,817 39,927.496 425.12 36,221.626 468.61 South Africa 15,061,619 32,843.731 458.58 29,795.340 505.50 CATEGORY TOTAL 317,974,930 650,435.023 488.87 590,064.894 538.88 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 20,859,263 31,698.479 658.05 28,756.385 725.38 Mexico 1,245,405 2,061.651 604.08 1,870.299 665.89 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/12/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Trinidad and Tobago 3,420,581 6,589.780 519.07 5,978.150 572.18 Venezuela 5,507,263 11,305.299 487.14 10,255.998 536.98 Brazil 6,322,205 14,271.760 442.99 12,947.127 488.31 Argentina 1,590,181 3,191.894 498.19 2,895.639 549.16 Sweden 1,341,978 625.938 2,143.95 567.842 2,363.29 Finland 23,597 82.721 285.26 75.044 314.44 United Kingdom 4,827,388 4,384.613 1,100.98 3,977.656 1,213.63 Luxembourg 172,164 265.232 649.11 240.615 715.52 France 118,667 34.043 3,485.72 30.884 3,842.35 Federal Republic of Germany 9,158,529 14,468.407 633.00 13,125.522 697.76 Austria 5,538 2.070 2,675.18 1.878 2,948.88 Spain 3,379,803 5,638.369 599.43 5,115.044 660.76 Italy 459,868 244.914 1,877.67 222.183 2,069.77 Turkey 24,840,833 60,049.975 413.67 54,476.437 455.99 India 56,258 20.511 2,742.71 18.608 3,023.32 Malaysia 4,792,232 11,040.945 434.04 10,016.180 478.45 China 15,786,996 36,791.579 429.09 33,376.769 472.99 Korea, South 356,084 317.705 1,120.80 288.218 1,235.47 Taiwan 2,483,070 945.551 2,626.06 857.790 2,894.73 Japan 5,356,049 10,545.011 507.92 9,566.276 559.89 CATEGORY TOTAL 112,103,952 214,576.458 522.44 194,660.544 575.89 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 8,024,581 12,951.982 619.56 11,749.844 682.95 Mexico 972,092 1,735.137 560.24 1,574.091 617.56 Venezuela 12,002 10.613 1,130.87 9.628 1,246.57 Brazil 653,373 1,354.896 482.23 1,229.142 531.57 Norway 276,972 384.526 720.29 348.837 793.99 United Kingdom 10,223,172 17,185.434 594.87 15,590.368 655.74 Luxembourg 2,577,924 3,383.125 761.99 3,069.121 839.96 Federal Republic of Germany 3,350,091 5,222.026 641.53 4,737.344 707.17 Austria 45,625 9.947 4,586.69 9.024 5,055.96 Switzerland 7,117 5.694 1,249.79 5.166 1,377.66 Poland 48,445 26.263 1,844.56 23.826 2,033.28 Russia 81,268 151.205 537.47 137.171 592.46 Spain 94,984 187.151 507.52 169.781 559.45 Italy 1,082,330 1,193.162 907.11 1,082.419 999.92 Turkey 72,377 184.680 391.90 167.539 432.00 India 159,166 60.725 2,621.09 55.089 2,889.25 China 30,064 57.376 523.98 52.051 577.59 Korea, South 1,085,221 2,466.427 440.00 2,237.506 485.01 Taiwan 11,254 0.997 11,281.17 0.905 12,435.36 Japan 76,188 18.363 4,148.91 16.659 4,573.38 CATEGORY TOTAL 28,884,246 46,589.737 619.97 42,265.511 683.40 STEEL PILING...........................5 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/12/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 410,765 435.980 942.16 395.515 1,038.56 United Kingdom 165,182 239.827 688.75 217.568 759.22 Luxembourg 1,791,306 2,464.465 726.85 2,235.726 801.22 Federal Republic of Germany 17,526 8.777 1,996.65 7.963 2,200.93 Taiwan 37,014 56.253 657.99 51.032 725.31 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,421,793 3,205.304 755.56 2,907.804 832.86 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 13,264,730 15,458.537 858.08 14,023.753 945.88 Brazil 53,168 40.288 1,319.69 36.549 1,454.70 Sweden 4,966,722 4,493.760 1,105.25 4,076.672 1,218.33 Finland 331,158 269.347 1,229.48 244.348 1,355.27 United Kingdom 959,297 907.888 1,056.62 823.623 1,164.73 Belgium 7,126,368 3,460.900 2,059.11 3,139.677 2,269.78 France 1,283,322 679.888 1,887.55 616.785 2,080.66 Federal Republic of Germany 3,061,795 2,351.379 1,302.13 2,133.136 1,435.35 Austria 365,611 486.779 751.08 441.599 827.93 Czech Republic 714,861 1,650.619 433.09 1,497.417 477.40 Switzerland 8,757 15.082 580.59 13.683 639.99 Spain 4,369 3.743 1,167.11 3.396 1,286.51 Italy 1,894,631 1,734.268 1,092.47 1,573.302 1,204.24 Slovenia 9,937 1.812 5,483.39 1.644 6,044.40 Romania 11,171,460 18,398.647 607.19 16,690.977 669.31 Turkey 152,425 291.264 523.32 264.231 576.86 Thailand 4,547,564 8,538.280 532.61 7,745.800 587.10 Malaysia 902,353 1,345.660 670.57 1,220.763 739.17 Indonesia 102,369 155.587 657.95 141.147 725.27 Korea, South 2,221,692 3,460.875 641.95 3,139.654 707.62 Taiwan 437,876 157.767 2,775.46 143.124 3,059.42 Japan 2,534,214 3,155.165 803.20 2,862.319 885.37 South Africa 610,465 461.956 1,321.48 419.080 1,456.68 CATEGORY TOTAL 56,725,144 67,519.501 840.13 61,252.679 926.08 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 13,169,586 22,442.766 586.81 20,359.741 646.84 Mexico 1,673,690 2,624.448 637.73 2,380.860 702.98 Venezuela 786,010 1,345.826 584.03 1,220.914 643.79 Sweden 1,308,959 385.618 3,394.44 349.827 3,741.73 Finland 61,635 25.640 2,403.78 23.261 2,649.71 Netherlands 6,465,275 11,427.127 565.78 10,366.519 623.67 Belgium 1,648,654 741.290 2,224.03 672.488 2,451.57 France 670,972 1,050.691 638.60 953.172 703.94 Federal Republic of Germany 5,571,932 6,060.058 919.45 5,497.594 1,013.52 Austria 127,327 161.047 790.62 146.100 871.51 Russia 16,901,300 31,624.497 534.44 28,689.270 589.12 Italy 2,252,151 4,294.096 524.48 3,895.540 578.14 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/12/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Macedonia (Skopje) 1,956,086 3,572.931 547.47 3,241.310 603.49 Serbia and Montenegro 10,208,870 18,301.250 557.82 16,602.620 614.90 Romania 1,700,305 2,993.259 568.04 2,715.440 626.16 Bulgaria 2,156,980 3,954.214 545.49 3,587.204 601.30 Turkey 5,352,574 10,060.395 532.04 9,126.640 586.48 Thailand 4,461,817 8,307.955 537.05 7,536.853 592.00 Malaysia 281,841 2,131.699 132.21 1,933.846 145.74 Korea, South 310,701 495.599 626.92 449.600 691.06 Japan 1,710,304 3,215.058 531.97 2,916.653 586.39 New Zealand 30,879 50.419 612.44 45.740 675.10 Egypt 3,867,663 6,816.431 567.40 6,183.764 625.45 CATEGORY TOTAL 82,675,511 142,082.327 581.88 128,894.956 641.42 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Canada 4,420 4.875 906.57 4.423 999.32 Luxembourg 106,650 276.872 385.19 251.175 424.60 France 10,369 6.613 1,567.77 6.000 1,728.17 Federal Republic of Germany 7,329 0.448 16,336.02 0.407 18,007.37 Spain 27,035 33.756 800.89 30.623 882.83 Japan 7,960,494 12,501.571 636.76 11,341.238 701.91 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,116,297 12,824.138 632.89 11,633.866 697.64 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 Canada 19,384 23.990 807.98 21.764 890.65 Luxembourg 11,909 0.264 45,015.28 0.240 49,620.83 Austria 413,047 606.413 681.13 550.129 750.82 Poland 92,063 163.682 562.45 148.490 619.99 Spain 227,710 286.829 793.89 260.207 875.11 China 14,630 16.396 892.24 14.875 983.53 Korea, South 536,608 852.305 629.60 773.199 694.01 Japan 68,899 76.572 899.79 69.465 991.85 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,384,250 2,026.454 683.09 1,838.369 752.98 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 Canada 196,351 274.388 715.60 248.921 788.81 China 21,030 26.455 794.92 24.000 876.25 CATEGORY TOTAL 217,381 300.843 722.57 272.921 796.50 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 41,996,457 61,731.018 680.31 56,001.454 749.92 Mexico 4,689,287 7,349.453 638.05 6,667.314 703.32 Trinidad and Tobago 56,614 67.507 838.63 61.242 924.43 Brazil 296,479 237.772 1,246.90 215.704 1,374.47 Argentina 4,438,807 6,622.311 670.28 6,007.662 738.86 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/12/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Sweden 1,189,019 533.176 2,230.07 483.690 2,458.23 United Kingdom 9,256,834 10,232.442 904.66 9,282.718 997.21 France 1,818,536 1,609.762 1,129.69 1,460.352 1,245.27 Federal Republic of Germany 4,457,505 4,148.595 1,074.46 3,763.544 1,184.39 Austria 1,386,825 376.365 3,684.78 341.433 4,061.78 Czech Republic 58,778 44.112 1,332.46 40.018 1,468.79 Switzerland 4,441 5.090 872.41 4.618 961.67 Poland 2,241 0.981 2,284.27 0.890 2,517.98 Ukraine 162,052 166.132 975.44 150.713 1,075.24 Spain 4,028,098 6,342.337 635.11 5,753.673 700.09 Portugal 143,453 40.873 3,509.67 37.080 3,868.74 Italy 1,479,421 762.993 1,938.97 692.176 2,137.35 Turkey 3,078,648 3,729.305 825.53 3,383.170 909.99 India 214,053 222.192 963.37 201.570 1,061.93 China 127,785 79.479 1,607.76 72.103 1,772.26 Korea, South 330,065 495.319 666.37 449.346 734.55 Taiwan 773,057 295.093 2,619.71 267.704 2,887.73 Japan 8,623,028 11,895.165 724.92 10,791.116 799.09 South Africa 173,867 149.029 1,166.66 135.197 1,286.03 CATEGORY TOTAL 88,785,350 117,136.512 757.96 106,264.487 835.51 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 3,027,213 5,324.826 568.51 4,830.603 626.67 Mexico 1,770,859 3,156.094 561.09 2,863.162 618.50 Argentina 21,143 41.992 503.49 38.095 555.01 United Kingdom 136,998 38.279 3,578.84 34.727 3,945.00 France 2,114 0.220 9,588.95 0.200 10,570.00 Italy 1,069,440 371.835 2,876.11 337.324 3,170.36 Turkey 3,293,963 4,548.809 724.14 4,126.612 798.22 India 1,786,452 711.651 2,510.29 645.600 2,767.12 China 42,356 18.977 2,231.92 17.216 2,460.27 Korea, South 62,008 107.640 576.06 97.650 635.00 Japan 46,853 10.647 4,400.49 9.659 4,850.71 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,259,399 14,330.977 785.67 13,000.848 866.05 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 Canada 113,433 116.099 977.03 105.324 1,076.99 Mexico 9,940,241 23,381.283 425.14 21,211.150 468.63 Dominican Republic 1,436,808 3,063.904 468.95 2,779.528 516.93 Colombia 225,322 500.449 450.24 454.000 496.30 Brazil 325,771 675.247 482.45 612.574 531.81 United Kingdom 48,409 177.872 272.16 161.363 300.00 Federal Republic of Germany 62,861 59.883 1,049.73 54.325 1,157.13 Latvia 4,615,029 11,047.118 417.76 10,021.780 460.50 Bulgaria 4,727,361 11,589.416 407.90 10,513.745 449.64 Turkey 36,258,249 89,908.270 403.28 81,563.434 444.54 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/12/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Thailand 51,302 115.173 445.43 104.484 491.00 China 11,223 14.881 754.17 13.500 831.33 Japan 9,022,635 22,201.007 406.41 20,140.421 447.99 CATEGORY TOTAL 66,838,644 162,850.607 410.43 147,735.628 452.42 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 6,590,667 5,669.308 1,162.52 5,143.112 1,281.46 Mexico 27,055 29.561 915.20 26.818 1,008.84 Colombia 259,194 305.966 847.13 277.568 933.80 Brazil 45,769 21.255 2,153.24 19.283 2,373.54 Sweden 616,932 248.672 2,480.90 225.592 2,734.72 Denmark 7,784 3.315 2,347.58 3.008 2,587.77 United Kingdom 4,248,936 3,143.415 1,351.69 2,851.659 1,489.99 France 4,096,601 2,619.366 1,563.97 2,376.250 1,723.98 Federal Republic of Germany 4,665,923 3,312.468 1,408.59 3,005.022 1,552.71 Austria 222,324 109.855 2,023.79 99.659 2,230.85 Czech Republic 74,798 15.983 4,679.70 14.500 5,158.48 Switzerland 518,783 141.141 3,675.64 128.041 4,051.69 Latvia 114,391 61.909 1,847.73 56.163 2,036.77 Poland 81,572 43.218 1,887.44 39.207 2,080.55 Russia 2,350,888 1,157.918 2,030.27 1,050.446 2,237.99 Ukraine 1,090,301 1,532.983 711.23 1,390.700 783.99 Spain 1,113,613 1,153.119 965.74 1,046.093 1,064.54 Portugal 8,418 1.989 4,230.85 1.805 4,663.71 Italy 5,791,165 1,674.444 3,458.56 1,519.031 3,812.41 Slovenia 46,817 24.631 1,900.72 22.345 2,095.19 Saudi Arabia 105,152 36.920 2,848.04 33.494 3,139.43 United Arab Emirates 142,657 77.825 1,833.04 70.602 2,020.58 India 2,073,003 893.969 2,318.87 810.996 2,556.12 China 209,271 187.136 1,118.28 169.767 1,232.70 Korea, South 353,012 302.377 1,167.46 274.312 1,286.90 Taiwan 3,316,053 1,113.403 2,978.30 1,010.063 3,283.02 Japan 711,972 659.911 1,078.89 598.662 1,189.27 South Africa 215,257 343.023 627.53 311.186 691.73 CATEGORY TOTAL 39,098,308 24,885.094 1,571.15 22,575.384 1,731.90 TOOL STEEL............................17 Canada 1,170,077 939.301 1,245.69 852.120 1,373.14 Mexico 92,139 60.189 1,530.82 54.603 1,687.43 Colombia 227,496 25.947 8,767.62 23.539 9,664.64 Brazil 2,047,990 710.105 2,884.06 644.197 3,179.14 Sweden 2,815,968 984.618 2,859.96 893.231 3,152.56 United Kingdom 1,195,193 461.058 2,592.28 418.265 2,857.50 Netherlands 375,851 375.231 1,001.65 340.404 1,104.13 France 905,857 390.291 2,320.97 354.067 2,558.43 Federal Republic of Germany 2,345,308 1,368.246 1,714.10 1,241.253 1,889.47 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/12/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Austria 3,664,862 995.249 3,682.36 902.875 4,059.10 Czech Republic 3,033 1.043 2,905.48 0.947 3,202.75 Poland 13,293 4.003 3,320.27 3.632 3,659.97 Russia 116,846 75.504 1,547.53 68.497 1,705.86 Ukraine 252,626 44.092 5,729.46 40.000 6,315.65 Kyrgyzstan 2,542 1.581 1,607.01 1.435 1,771.43 Spain 375,226 296.308 1,266.33 268.807 1,395.89 Italy 6,154 0.342 17,951.18 0.311 19,787.78 Slovenia 2,470,001 1,260.129 1,960.12 1,143.171 2,160.66 Malaysia 2,875 8.340 344.72 7.566 379.99 China 2,345,526 864.566 2,712.95 784.322 2,990.51 Korea, South 298,489 101.051 2,953.84 91.672 3,256.05 Taiwan 1,204,190 536.801 2,243.27 486.978 2,472.78 Japan 2,883,173 3,087.484 933.83 2,800.920 1,029.37 CATEGORY TOTAL 24,814,715 12,591.491 1,970.75 11,422.812 2,172.38 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 21,235,714 23,830.017 891.13 21,618.234 982.31 Mexico 3,383,923 3,450.495 980.71 3,130.238 1,081.04 Guatemala 1,013,615 1,230.741 823.58 1,116.510 907.84 Dominican Republic 21,120 60.431 349.48 54.823 385.24 Colombia 1,882,403 1,038.319 1,812.93 941.948 1,998.41 Venezuela 959,122 2,114.055 453.69 1,917.839 500.11 Ecuador 110,571 110.439 1,001.19 100.189 1,103.62 Chile 104,094 149.683 695.43 135.791 766.58 Brazil 6,570 0.620 10,586.51 0.563 11,669.63 Argentina 160,030 202.466 790.40 183.675 871.27 Sweden 11,105 1.534 7,237.28 1.392 7,977.73 United Kingdom 40,698 7.996 5,089.69 7.254 5,610.42 France 385,883 458.786 841.10 416.204 927.15 Federal Republic of Germany 1,776,470 1,938.237 916.54 1,758.340 1,010.31 Switzerland 7,325 1.636 4,474.84 1.485 4,932.66 Ukraine 475,393 672.765 706.62 610.323 778.92 Spain 1,189,364 1,113.142 1,068.47 1,009.826 1,177.79 Italy 513,913 477.656 1,075.90 433.323 1,185.98 Romania 1,868,585 2,859.754 653.41 2,594.326 720.26 Turkey 3,613,752 6,299.248 573.68 5,714.584 632.37 United Arab Emirates 1,297,057 1,753.549 739.68 1,590.794 815.35 Oman 1,665,547 2,825.888 589.39 2,563.604 649.69 India 2,866,049 4,496.841 637.35 4,079.467 702.55 Pakistan 96,668 190.250 508.11 172.592 560.10 Malaysia 1,167,501 1,645.200 709.64 1,492.501 782.24 China 15,762,881 28,182.746 559.31 25,566.965 616.53 Korea, South 5,431,008 8,497.115 639.16 7,708.456 704.55 Hong Kong 18,000 2.541 7,081.24 2.306 7,805.72 Taiwan 2,920,735 5,300.563 551.02 4,808.592 607.40 Japan 152,019 100.882 1,506.89 91.519 1,661.06 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/12/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Australia 62,799 93.894 668.82 85.180 737.25 South Africa 140,523 246.814 569.35 223.906 627.60 CATEGORY TOTAL 70,340,437 99,354.320 707.98 90,132.749 780.41 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 2,574,627 3,496.154 736.42 3,171.659 811.76 Mexico 90,708 89.027 1,018.88 80.764 1,123.12 Colombia 2,758,806 2,581.896 1,068.52 2,342.258 1,177.84 Venezuela 7,178,629 9,104.267 788.49 8,259.255 869.16 Brazil 691,569 980.365 705.42 889.373 777.59 Sweden 1,455,286 1,676.701 867.95 1,521.078 956.75 Norway 3,736 1.306 2,860.12 1.185 3,152.74 United Kingdom 810,430 708.663 1,143.60 642.889 1,260.61 Ireland 2,196 2.123 1,034.36 1.926 1,140.19 France 2,117,399 2,364.492 895.50 2,145.032 987.12 Federal Republic of Germany 9,614,625 8,737.938 1,100.33 7,926.927 1,212.91 Austria 6,736,191 7,255.979 928.36 6,582.516 1,023.35 Switzerland 4,059 9.942 408.23 9.020 450.00 Russia 321,751 459.359 700.43 416.724 772.10 Ukraine 8,767,228 11,018.856 795.66 9,996.141 877.06 Spain 4,787,513 3,995.872 1,198.11 3,624.996 1,320.69 Italy 2,684 0.109 24,594.79 0.099 27,111.11 Romania 3,937,700 4,456.792 883.53 4,043.135 973.92 India 1,067,999 1,216.720 877.77 1,103.791 967.57 Vietnam 5,600 0.694 8,063.87 0.630 8,888.89 China 17,900,828 25,012.693 715.67 22,691.140 788.89 Korea, South 8,778,974 12,375.343 709.39 11,226.726 781.97 Taiwan 234,803 394.507 595.18 357.891 656.07 Japan 15,493,168 6,409.307 2,417.29 5,814.428 2,664.61 South Africa 680,790 992.207 686.14 900.116 756.34 CATEGORY TOTAL 96,017,299 103,341.324 929.13 93,749.699 1,024.19 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 1,317,638 1,429.583 921.69 1,296.897 1,015.99 Mexico 9,900 11.023 898.11 10.000 990.00 Brazil 715,854 935.105 765.53 848.314 843.85 United Kingdom 68,210 28.078 2,429.30 25.472 2,677.84 France 1,694,094 1,213.509 1,396.03 1,100.878 1,538.86 Federal Republic of Germany 283,866 232.666 1,220.05 211.072 1,344.88 Italy 990,161 992.444 997.70 900.331 1,099.77 Romania 785,210 1,213.956 646.82 1,101.283 713.00 India 21,006 29.720 706.78 26.962 779.10 China 481,890 735.174 655.48 666.939 722.54 Korea, South 2,472,108 3,967.003 623.17 3,598.806 686.92 Taiwan 79,058 130.040 607.95 117.971 670.15 Japan 7,724,438 8,441.801 915.02 7,658.276 1,008.64 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/12/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 16,643,433 19,360.109 859.68 17,563.201 947.63 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 89,254 73.007 1,222.54 66.231 1,347.62 Mexico 1,804,890 2,163.769 834.14 1,962.939 919.48 Colombia 4,954 8.631 573.97 7.830 632.69 Venezuela 633,431 843.281 751.15 765.012 828.00 Brazil 198,559 498.487 398.32 452.220 439.08 Argentina 14,869 14.044 1,058.70 12.741 1,167.02 United Kingdom 3,437 4.373 785.78 3.968 866.18 France 763,335 799.652 954.58 725.433 1,052.25 Federal Republic of Germany 7,347 11.430 642.73 10.370 708.49 Austria 536,783 719.950 745.58 653.128 821.86 Slovakia 488,047 607.922 802.81 551.498 884.95 Russia 1,843,851 3,126.751 589.70 2,836.542 650.03 Italy 794,138 836.903 948.90 759.226 1,045.98 Romania 2,060,725 2,990.679 689.05 2,713.100 759.55 Turkey 513,075 897.543 571.64 814.238 630.13 Israel 3,646 8.736 417.31 7.926 460.01 India 384,142 620.027 619.56 562.480 682.94 China 1,097,098 1,629.109 673.43 1,477.904 742.33 Korea, South 1,832,058 2,882.188 635.65 2,614.678 700.68 Taiwan 80,162 136.901 585.55 124.195 645.45 Japan 7,918,555 10,801.218 733.12 9,798.703 808.12 CATEGORY TOTAL 21,072,356 29,674.611 710.11 26,920.362 782.77 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Canada 670,405 467.869 1,432.89 424.444 1,579.49 Mexico 154,254 160.527 960.92 145.628 1,059.23 Colombia 560,950 678.461 826.80 615.490 911.39 Venezuela 648,292 863.066 751.15 782.961 828.00 Brazil 1,467,990 2,576.740 569.71 2,337.580 628.00 Denmark 35,301 29.492 1,196.96 26.755 1,319.42 Turkey 553,176 960.115 576.16 871.002 635.10 India 662,180 1,165.491 568.16 1,057.316 626.28 Korea, South 4,464,564 7,079.956 630.59 6,422.830 695.11 Taiwan 1,809,177 3,000.523 602.95 2,722.030 664.64 Japan 2,772,839 4,211.085 658.46 3,820.234 725.83 Australia 1,800,460 3,860.954 466.33 3,502.600 514.04 CATEGORY TOTAL 15,599,588 25,054.283 622.63 22,728.870 686.33 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 12,391,944 10,479.801 1,182.46 9,507.119 1,303.44 Mexico 12,201,466 13,242.800 921.37 12,013.670 1,015.63 Guatemala 5,199 8.664 600.06 7.860 661.45 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/12/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Dominican Republic 10,511 31.505 333.63 28.581 367.76 Colombia 17,322 12.753 1,358.19 11.570 1,497.15 Venezuela 463,055 430.826 1,074.81 390.839 1,184.77 Brazil 828,871 1,295.535 639.79 1,175.290 705.25 Argentina 497,957 352.053 1,414.43 319.378 1,559.15 Sweden 1,040,314 744.059 1,398.16 675.000 1,541.21 Denmark 26,432 6.349 4,162.97 5.760 4,588.89 United Kingdom 742,509 440.064 1,687.27 399.220 1,859.90 Belgium 57,567 42.095 1,367.55 38.188 1,507.46 France 957,943 1,032.689 927.62 936.840 1,022.53 Federal Republic of Germany 2,960,320 2,382.640 1,242.45 2,161.496 1,369.57 Austria 111,701 41.944 2,663.10 38.051 2,935.56 Slovakia 7,645 1.408 5,426.78 1.278 5,982.00 Switzerland 1,829,308 770.127 2,375.33 698.648 2,618.35 Ukraine 63,931 106.924 597.91 97.000 659.08 Spain 938,036 792.117 1,184.21 718.597 1,305.37 Italy 1,093,652 889.110 1,230.05 806.588 1,355.90 Romania 624,692 662.476 942.96 600.989 1,039.44 Turkey 1,534,445 2,527.400 607.12 2,292.820 669.24 Israel 53,440 10.579 5,051.05 9.598 5,567.83 India 366,569 348.776 1,051.01 316.405 1,158.54 Thailand 232,500 445.718 521.63 404.349 575.00 China 2,293,367 3,023.147 758.60 2,742.554 836.22 Korea, South 2,134,505 3,329.508 641.09 3,020.480 706.68 Taiwan 120,723 57.460 2,100.99 52.127 2,315.94 Japan 4,888,506 3,115.759 1,568.96 2,826.570 1,729.48 Australia 136,484 190.525 716.36 172.842 789.65 CATEGORY TOTAL 48,630,914 46,814.825 1,038.79 42,469.707 1,145.07 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 332,448 855.909 388.42 776.468 428.15 Mexico 331,360 233.693 1,417.93 212.003 1,563.00 Chile 157,292 187.869 837.24 170.432 922.90 Argentina 829,963 459.379 1,806.71 416.742 1,991.55 Sweden 362,824 324.392 1,118.47 294.284 1,232.90 France 2,157,690 1,777.543 1,213.86 1,612.561 1,338.05 Federal Republic of Germany 3,329,958 2,755.173 1,208.62 2,499.452 1,332.28 Slovakia 764,259 890.851 857.90 808.167 945.67 Spain 920,861 591.696 1,556.31 536.778 1,715.53 Italy 397,658 410.153 969.53 372.085 1,068.73 India 597,184 939.450 635.67 852.255 700.71 China 44,490 44.002 1,011.09 39.918 1,114.53 Korea, South 37,221 21.746 1,711.59 19.728 1,886.71 Taiwan 4,519 0.313 14,435.10 0.284 15,911.97 Japan 703,307 776.367 905.89 704.309 998.58 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,971,034 10,268.540 1,068.41 9,315.466 1,177.72 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/12/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D Canada 7,558,723 1,440.968 5,245.59 1,307.225 5,782.27 Mexico 270,214 66.848 4,042.18 60.644 4,455.74 Costa Rica 7,185 1.399 5,132.38 1.270 5,657.48 Sweden 1,146,350 184.963 6,197.71 167.796 6,831.81 Finland 120,347 45.070 2,670.21 40.887 2,943.40 Denmark 2,777 0.110 25,192.53 0.100 27,770.00 United Kingdom 103,671 14.283 7,257.97 12.958 8,000.54 Ireland 26,099 6.633 3,934.30 6.018 4,336.82 Netherlands 2,854 0.234 12,155.43 0.213 13,399.06 Belgium 16,298 7.979 2,042.45 7.239 2,251.42 France 1,434,663 210.423 6,817.98 190.893 7,515.53 Federal Republic of Germany 1,751,030 269.919 6,487.23 244.867 7,150.94 Austria 1,110,604 201.938 5,499.70 183.196 6,062.38 Czech Republic 53,893 3.582 15,043.36 3.250 16,582.46 Switzerland 31,803 1.764 18,020.74 1.601 19,864.46 Ukraine 526,680 98.716 5,335.29 89.554 5,881.14 Spain 1,635,311 236.885 6,903.38 214.899 7,609.67 Italy 375,361 100.198 3,746.16 90.899 4,129.43 Turkey 2,626 0.516 5,079.46 0.469 5,599.15 India 56,433 9.757 5,783.46 8.852 6,375.17 Thailand 392,503 101.499 3,867.04 92.079 4,262.68 Malaysia 734,035 267.577 2,743.26 242.742 3,023.93 Singapore 124,255 46.141 2,692.90 41.859 2,968.42 Philippines 2,668 0.191 13,910.17 0.174 15,333.33 China 3,828,295 1,101.629 3,475.12 999.382 3,830.66 Korea, South 4,748,755 1,461.217 3,249.86 1,325.595 3,582.36 Taiwan 4,316,631 1,231.626 3,504.82 1,117.313 3,863.40 Japan 3,436,773 798.088 4,306.25 724.014 4,746.83 Australia 83,580 8.681 9,627.03 7.876 10,611.99 South Africa 460,791 190.908 2,413.68 173.189 2,660.63 CATEGORY TOTAL 34,361,208 8,109.760 4,237.02 7,357.053 4,670.51 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 2,172,406 766.206 2,835.27 695.091 3,125.35 Mexico 328,444 190.560 1,723.56 172.874 1,899.90 United Kingdom 39,144 3.493 11,205.70 3.169 12,352.16 Ireland 3,226 1.269 2,540.43 1.152 2,800.35 Belgium 31,832 13.668 2,328.83 12.400 2,567.10 France 4,200 2.314 1,814.37 2.100 2,000.00 Federal Republic of Germany 75,250 3.492 21,548.51 3.168 23,753.16 Switzerland 4,364 1.717 2,541.05 1.558 2,801.03 India 155,493 156.780 991.79 142.229 1,093.26 Vietnam 56,719 65.479 866.21 59.402 954.83 China 6,739 11.070 608.73 10.043 671.01 Korea, South 10,113 2.971 3,402.95 2.696 3,751.11 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/12/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 233,282 99.248 2,350.48 90.037 2,590.96 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,121,212 1,318.274 2,367.65 1,195.919 2,609.89 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 21,949,195 23,385.577 938.58 21,215.045 1,034.61 Mexico 3,527,580 2,253.111 1,565.65 2,043.989 1,725.83 Brazil 1,387,334 2,432.595 570.31 2,206.814 628.66 Finland 420,528 134.293 3,131.41 121.829 3,451.79 Netherlands 19,154 6.254 3,062.43 5.674 3,375.75 Belgium 19,471 15.449 1,260.26 14.016 1,389.20 France 33,150 20.432 1,622.42 18.536 1,788.41 Federal Republic of Germany 250,318 164.494 1,521.74 149.227 1,677.43 Austria 216,990 167.137 1,298.27 151.625 1,431.10 Switzerland 56,005 37.094 1,509.77 33.652 1,664.24 Turkey 2,603,636 4,553.032 571.85 4,130.443 630.35 China 512,989 562.728 911.61 510.499 1,004.88 Korea, South 1,274,085 2,264.122 562.73 2,053.978 620.30 Taiwan 499,282 199.003 2,508.91 180.533 2,765.60 Japan 120,510 83.785 1,438.31 76.009 1,585.47 Australia 332,707 591.720 562.27 536.800 619.80 South Africa 21,721 76.548 283.75 69.444 312.78 CATEGORY TOTAL 33,244,655 36,947.384 899.78 33,518.113 991.84 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 24,288 39.280 618.32 35.635 681.58 Mexico 108,136 108.015 1,001.12 97.990 1,103.54 Korea, South 6,591 9.501 693.65 8.620 764.62 CATEGORY TOTAL 139,015 156.798 886.59 142.245 977.29 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 16,232,818 16,776.861 967.57 15,219.717 1,066.57 Mexico 9,573,451 10,738.512 891.51 9,741.817 982.72 El Salvador 33,700 46.569 723.65 42.247 797.69 Dominican Republic 172,919 247.560 698.49 224.583 769.96 Trinidad and Tobago 26,411 32.474 813.29 29.460 896.50 Colombia 60,085 40.339 1,489.50 36.595 1,641.89 Venezuela 978,040 1,210.833 807.74 1,098.450 890.38 Ecuador 147,277 151.609 971.42 137.538 1,070.81 Chile 178,016 200.059 889.82 181.491 980.85 Brazil 520,956 750.132 694.49 680.509 765.54 Argentina 98,055 174.341 562.43 158.160 619.97 Sweden 2,557,427 662.632 3,859.50 601.130 4,254.37 Denmark 151,081 16.811 8,986.85 15.251 9,906.30 United Kingdom 1,440,390 913.035 1,577.58 828.292 1,738.99 Ireland 57,835 9.349 6,185.69 8.482 6,818.56 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/12/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Netherlands 38,945 25.079 1,552.84 22.752 1,711.72 Belgium 1,249,764 997.368 1,253.06 904.798 1,381.26 Luxembourg 337,562 306.960 1,099.69 278.470 1,212.20 France 1,242,865 821.712 1,512.53 745.445 1,667.28 Federal Republic of Germany 2,101,153 1,068.839 1,965.83 969.635 2,166.95 Austria 468,580 89.913 5,211.46 81.568 5,744.65 Czech Republic 24,433 17.519 1,394.65 15.893 1,537.34 Switzerland 239,452 47.403 5,051.33 43.004 5,568.13 Poland 1,189,172 1,153.623 1,030.81 1,046.550 1,136.28 Russia 235,429 463.721 507.70 420.681 559.64 Belarus 197,108 218.927 900.33 198.608 992.45 Spain 522,095 361.433 1,444.51 327.887 1,592.30 Italy 2,461,177 2,031.285 1,211.64 1,842.752 1,335.60 Greece 1,010,525 1,059.482 953.79 961.147 1,051.37 Turkey 408,122 410.297 994.70 372.216 1,096.47 Israel 279,792 278.826 1,003.46 252.947 1,106.13 United Arab Emirates 174,537 169.240 1,031.30 153.532 1,136.81 India 2,409,601 1,286.534 1,872.94 1,167.125 2,064.56 Thailand 314,097 243.019 1,292.47 220.464 1,424.71 Indonesia 43,212 13.609 3,175.22 12.346 3,500.08 China 6,974,246 9,085.403 767.63 8,242.142 846.17 Korea, South 6,718,107 5,770.309 1,164.25 5,234.738 1,283.37 Hong Kong 62,764 21.122 2,971.43 19.162 3,275.44 Taiwan 2,492,611 1,880.410 1,325.57 1,705.880 1,461.19 Japan 7,325,421 7,722.798 948.54 7,006.007 1,045.59 Australia 116,857 192.804 606.09 174.909 668.10 Egypt 1,796,237 2,168.887 828.18 1,967.582 912.92 South Africa 1,861,479 2,649.246 702.64 2,403.357 774.53 CATEGORY TOTAL 74,523,804 72,526.903 1,027.53 65,795.319 1,132.66 BLACK PLATE...........................28 Canada 78,286 168.081 465.76 152.481 513.41 Venezuela 1,032,707 1,630.858 633.23 1,479.490 698.02 Netherlands 281,419 373.321 753.82 338.672 830.95 Belgium 253,149 388.586 651.46 352.520 718.11 France 211,022 290.723 725.85 263.740 800.11 Federal Republic of Germany 2,513,596 3,246.879 774.16 2,945.520 853.36 Japan 2,719,489 3,852.115 705.97 3,494.581 778.20 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,089,668 9,950.565 712.49 9,027.004 785.38 TIN PLATE.............................29 Canada 4,374,505 6,771.195 646.05 6,142.727 712.14 Brazil 247,551 328.488 753.61 298.000 830.71 Netherlands 2,811,531 5,012.283 560.93 4,547.068 618.32 Belgium 68,608 108.686 631.25 98.599 695.83 France 5,280,366 8,966.192 588.92 8,133.995 649.17 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/12/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Federal Republic of Germany 1,360,817 2,377.860 572.29 2,157.159 630.84 Turkey 2,860,580 4,050.166 706.29 3,674.250 778.55 China 1,201,028 1,504.783 798.14 1,365.117 879.80 Korea, South 232,238 326.934 710.35 296.590 783.03 Japan 452,514 633.820 713.95 574.992 786.99 CATEGORY TOTAL 18,889,738 30,080.410 627.97 27,288.497 692.22 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A Canada 948,043 1,381.236 686.37 1,253.037 756.60 Netherlands 20,712 38.146 542.96 34.606 598.51 France 1,568,655 2,253.382 696.13 2,044.235 767.36 Federal Republic of Germany 1,080,722 1,634.457 661.21 1,482.755 728.86 Korea, South 1,437,719 2,104.964 683.01 1,909.592 752.89 Japan 1,947,453 2,684.200 725.52 2,435.066 799.75 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,003,304 10,096.387 693.64 9,159.291 764.61 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 17,000,446 28,305.820 600.60 25,678.616 662.05 Mexico 15,835,028 25,495.593 621.09 23,129.220 684.63 Venezuela 2,810,386 5,164.645 544.16 4,685.289 599.83 Brazil 112,417 135.047 832.43 122.513 917.59 Sweden 1,346,735 1,385.852 971.77 1,257.225 1,071.20 Denmark 56,805 9.810 5,790.18 8.900 6,382.58 United Kingdom 182,259 38.691 4,710.62 35.100 5,192.56 Netherlands 15,699,293 32,760.178 479.22 29,719.542 528.25 Belgium 1,942,075 2,292.503 847.14 2,079.725 933.81 France 8,864,296 14,218.327 623.44 12,898.653 687.23 Federal Republic of Germany 1,650,278 2,338.015 705.85 2,121.013 778.06 Austria 2,116,393 3,891.297 543.88 3,530.127 599.52 Hungary 672,153 1,136.383 591.48 1,030.910 652.00 Russia 13,427,172 24,858.904 540.14 22,551.625 595.40 Italy 19,207,170 34,410.307 558.18 31,216.515 615.29 Macedonia (Skopje) 799,554 1,465.015 545.76 1,329.040 601.60 Serbia and Montenegro 9,068,323 16,234.516 558.58 14,727.710 615.73 Romania 2,540,721 4,472.847 568.03 4,057.700 626.15 Bulgaria 1,896,543 3,432.995 552.45 3,114.362 608.97 Turkey 18,562,349 34,465.238 538.58 31,266.347 593.68 India 52,944 28.255 1,873.76 25.633 2,065.46 Thailand 13,344,154 24,739.787 539.38 22,443.564 594.56 Malaysia 10,134,628 71,587.113 141.57 64,942.755 156.05 Korea, South 17,145,710 36,880.230 464.90 33,457.192 512.47 Japan 2,912,264 5,231.850 556.64 4,746.256 613.59 Australia 13,064,598 23,037.792 567.09 20,899.540 625.11 New Zealand 287,623 479.549 599.78 435.040 661.14 Egypt 20,772,344 38,572.195 538.53 34,992.117 593.63 South Africa 7,297,913 2,380.111 3,066.21 2,159.201 3,379.91 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/12/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 218,802,574 439,448.879 497.90 398,661.430 548.84 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 14,908,341 22,606.568 659.47 20,508.340 726.94 Mexico 24,816,897 17,509.156 1,417.37 15,884.044 1,562.38 Dominican Republic 11,247 43.200 260.34 39.191 286.98 Venezuela 6,440,404 10,519.025 612.26 9,542.702 674.90 Brazil 6,184,599 7,485.220 826.24 6,790.480 910.77 Argentina 35,001 60.346 580.01 54.745 639.35 Sweden 2,180,818 891.704 2,445.67 808.941 2,695.89 Finland 895,440 345.185 2,594.08 313.147 2,859.49 Denmark 5,200 12.143 428.23 11.016 472.04 United Kingdom 808,762 712.226 1,135.54 646.121 1,251.72 Netherlands 3,146,771 4,706.285 668.63 4,269.472 737.04 Belgium 18,885,159 23,028.433 820.08 20,891.049 903.98 France 5,702,169 5,344.970 1,066.83 4,848.877 1,175.98 Federal Republic of Germany 8,394,148 5,574.769 1,505.74 5,057.347 1,659.79 Austria 29,745 0.981 30,319.35 0.890 33,421.35 Russia 39,175,575 67,311.011 582.01 61,063.540 641.55 Ukraine 1,050,721 2,146.772 489.44 1,947.520 539.52 Spain 246,683 124.687 1,978.40 113.115 2,180.82 Italy 7,474,642 3,328.899 2,245.38 3,019.928 2,475.11 Greece 3,543,872 5,651.228 627.10 5,126.710 691.26 India 2,158,118 2,593.904 832.00 2,353.151 917.12 Thailand 6,850,450 10,667.616 642.17 9,677.502 707.87 China 18,594,684 21,547.043 862.98 19,547.155 951.27 Korea, South 13,453,344 13,883.462 969.02 12,594.869 1,068.16 Taiwan 35,615,375 54,845.401 649.38 49,754.925 715.82 Japan 6,303,819 8,149.884 773.49 7,393.453 852.62 New Zealand 241,915 394.032 613.95 357.460 676.76 South Africa 2,821,818 1,152.499 2,448.43 1,045.530 2,698.94 CATEGORY TOTAL 229,975,717 290,636.663 791.28 263,661.220 872.24 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 22,163,317 35,322.527 627.46 32,044.067 691.65 Mexico 11,937,608 12,134.674 983.76 11,008.395 1,084.41 Venezuela 277,729 370.094 750.43 335.744 827.20 Brazil 16,566,637 22,717.763 729.24 20,609.214 803.85 Argentina 8,554,343 12,794.714 668.58 11,607.173 736.99 Sweden 24,425 29.861 817.94 27.090 901.62 Netherlands 1,390,270 1,779.158 781.42 1,614.026 861.37 Belgium 195,472 214.030 913.29 194.165 1,006.73 France 302,454 426.605 708.98 387.010 781.51 Federal Republic of Germany 3,919,908 8,149.169 481.02 7,392.804 530.23 Austria 244,425 247.070 989.29 224.139 1,090.51 Estonia 3,141,210 4,348.005 722.45 3,944.445 796.36 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/12/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Russia 2,075,821 3,113.345 666.75 2,824.380 734.97 Kazakhstan 6,145,078 8,696.202 706.64 7,889.064 778.94 Spain 1,865,781 3,227.617 578.07 2,928.046 637.21 Italy 34,952 36.333 961.98 32.961 1,060.40 Turkey 4,022,345 6,195.687 649.22 5,620.635 715.64 India 43,160,093 64,415.155 670.03 58,436.463 738.58 Malaysia 7,729,554 12,635.730 611.72 11,462.945 674.31 Indonesia 411,395 606.276 678.56 550.005 747.98 China 14,750,658 23,665.933 623.29 21,469.380 687.06 Korea, South 13,064,100 16,406.079 796.30 14,883.349 877.77 Taiwan 46,974,281 59,924.394 783.89 54,362.512 864.09 Japan 4,431,535 6,073.187 729.69 5,509.505 804.34 New Zealand 230,625 1,385.852 166.41 1,257.225 183.44 South Africa 31,435 31.217 1,006.97 28.320 1,109.99 CATEGORY TOTAL 213,645,451 304,946.690 700.60 276,643.062 772.28 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 1,375,473 1,192.848 1,153.10 1,082.134 1,271.07 Mexico 4,164 3.306 1,259.17 3.000 1,388.00 Netherlands 22,860 11.244 2,032.96 10.201 2,240.96 Belgium 611,306 839.068 728.55 761.190 803.09 Federal Republic of Germany 1,712,681 2,799.316 611.82 2,539.498 674.42 Spain 264,506 507.316 521.38 460.230 574.73 Thailand 1,128,053 1,669.405 675.72 1,514.460 744.85 Korea, South 107,609 151.788 708.94 137.700 781.47 Taiwan 252,178 378.566 666.14 343.430 734.29 Japan 306,769 420.259 729.95 381.253 804.63 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,785,599 7,973.121 725.64 7,233.096 799.88 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 Canada 6,426,777 7,642.915 840.88 6,933.538 926.91 Mexico 12,158,847 12,131.187 1,002.28 11,005.231 1,104.82 Chile 12,046 18.314 657.72 16.615 725.01 Brazil 6,833,617 9,184.141 744.07 8,331.715 820.19 United Kingdom 955,382 1,677.035 569.69 1,521.381 627.97 Netherlands 11,700 5.690 2,056.19 5.162 2,266.56 Belgium 1,810,677 1,739.899 1,040.68 1,578.411 1,147.15 Luxembourg 935,249 1,109.597 842.87 1,006.610 929.11 France 22,964 7.602 3,020.53 6.897 3,329.56 Federal Republic of Germany 492,902 155.037 3,179.24 140.648 3,504.51 Korea, South 5,987,264 7,849.919 762.72 7,121.329 840.75 Taiwan 15,744,531 19,779.029 796.02 17,943.239 877.46 Japan 901,484 942.130 956.86 854.687 1,054.75 CATEGORY TOTAL 52,293,440 62,242.500 840.16 56,465.463 926.11 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/12/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 Canada 17,843 1.631 10,937.10 1.480 12,056.08 Sweden 888,985 949.339 936.42 861.227 1,032.23 United Kingdom 682,753 767.601 889.46 696.357 980.46 Federal Republic of Germany 1,578,180 2,012.669 784.12 1,825.864 864.35 Russia 4,696,567 5,467.853 858.94 4,960.355 946.82 Romania 9,418 4.882 1,929.07 4.429 2,126.44 Japan 775,608 1,137.568 681.81 1,031.985 751.57 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,649,354 10,341.547 836.37 9,381.697 921.94 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 3,130,742 5,640.942 555.00 5,117.378 611.79 Mexico 464,926 579.683 802.03 525.880 884.09 United Kingdom 79,429 137.202 578.92 124.468 638.15 France 2,567 0.310 8,257.96 0.282 9,102.84 Federal Republic of Germany 95,477 183.400 520.59 166.378 573.86 Slovenia 49,056 22.531 2,177.24 20.440 2,400.00 Japan 13,541 13.192 1,026.42 11.968 1,131.43 Egypt 815,186 1,276.342 638.69 1,157.879 704.03 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,650,924 7,853.605 592.20 7,124.673 652.79 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 3,188,959 3,585.383 889.43 3,252.606 980.43 Mexico 2,388,608 1,503.605 1,588.59 1,364.048 1,751.12 Brazil 58,171 69.092 841.92 62.680 928.06 Sweden 2,555,341 495.281 5,159.37 449.312 5,687.23 Finland 732,560 298.542 2,453.79 270.833 2,704.84 Denmark 14,280 1.351 10,566.56 1.226 11,647.63 United Kingdom 1,595,103 784.392 2,033.55 711.589 2,241.61 Ireland 7,062 0.367 19,238.86 0.333 21,207.21 Belgium 799,625 305.308 2,619.07 276.971 2,887.04 France 1,520,575 289.798 5,247.00 262.901 5,783.83 Federal Republic of Germany 5,063,282 2,923.897 1,731.69 2,652.516 1,908.86 Austria 963,335 175.946 5,475.16 159.616 6,035.33 Switzerland 236,570 129.406 1,828.11 117.396 2,015.15 Spain 74,573 49.812 1,497.08 45.189 1,650.25 Italy 112,522 30.974 3,632.68 28.100 4,004.34 India 228,757 233.580 979.35 211.901 1,079.55 Indonesia 107,697 31.204 3,451.36 28.308 3,804.47 China 304,727 239.794 1,270.78 217.538 1,400.80 Korea, South 1,030,295 1,165.866 883.72 1,057.657 974.13 Taiwan 276,622 161.253 1,715.45 146.287 1,890.95 Japan 3,241,262 731.060 4,433.64 663.207 4,887.26 CATEGORY TOTAL 24,499,926 13,205.921 1,855.22 11,980.214 2,045.03 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/12/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE GRAND TOTAL 2,060,604,736 3,114,428.775 661.63 2,825,363.055 729.32 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/12/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Mexico 1,396,771 1,713.060 815.37 1,554.063 898.79 Belgium 613,455 890.209 689.11 807.585 759.62 Federal Republic of Germany 153,428 17.617 8,709.02 15.982 9,600.05 Japan 33,367 18.364 1,816.93 16.660 2,002.82 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,197,021 2,639.252 832.44 2,394.290 917.61 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 608,997 814.226 747.95 738.654 824.47 Mexico 6,933,834 10,993.742 630.71 9,973.358 695.24 Brazil 945,913 1,386.223 682.37 1,257.561 752.18 Finland 166,990 388.344 430.01 352.300 474.00 United Kingdom 139,327 82.402 1,690.82 74.754 1,863.81 France 474,608 69.247 6,853.82 62.820 7,555.05 Federal Republic of Germany 2,713,463 3,948.839 687.15 3,582.328 757.46 Russia 529,706 625.567 846.76 567.505 933.39 Italy 326,931 183.466 1,781.97 166.438 1,964.28 Turkey 1,816,887 2,172.583 836.28 1,970.935 921.84 Korea, South 937,021 1,233.461 759.67 1,118.978 837.39 CATEGORY TOTAL 15,593,677 21,898.103 712.10 19,865.631 784.96 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 2,121,946 3,565.880 595.07 3,234.913 655.95 United Kingdom 7,648,399 12,393.185 617.15 11,242.912 680.29 Luxembourg 123,535 173.895 710.40 157.755 783.08 Austria 45,625 9.947 4,586.69 9.024 5,055.96 Italy 714,770 928.167 770.09 842.020 848.88 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,654,275 17,071.075 624.11 15,486.624 687.97 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 9,321,244 9,808.707 950.30 8,898.312 1,047.53 Brazil 50,421 38.994 1,293.04 35.375 1,425.33 Sweden 4,723,449 4,287.752 1,101.61 3,889.785 1,214.32 Finland 258,331 245.413 1,052.64 222.635 1,160.33 United Kingdom 954,735 907.402 1,052.16 823.182 1,159.81 Belgium 1,250,108 803.464 1,555.90 728.891 1,715.08 France 788,301 540.005 1,459.80 489.885 1,609.16 Federal Republic of Germany 1,877,255 1,809.361 1,037.52 1,641.426 1,143.67 Austria 138,616 164.739 841.43 149.449 927.51 Switzerland 8,757 15.082 580.59 13.683 639.99 Spain 4,369 3.743 1,167.11 3.396 1,286.51 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/12/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Malaysia 7,546 10.414 724.56 9.448 798.69 Japan 1,507,446 2,227.810 676.65 2,021.036 745.88 CATEGORY TOTAL 20,890,578 20,862.892 1,001.33 18,926.503 1,103.77 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 2,680,638 3,873.818 691.99 3,514.270 762.79 Netherlands 3,442,124 5,552.471 619.93 5,037.119 683.35 Federal Republic of Germany 296,355 414.270 715.37 375.820 788.56 Austria 127,327 161.047 790.62 146.100 871.51 Japan 1,561,197 2,992.923 521.63 2,715.135 575.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,107,641 12,994.531 623.93 11,788.444 687.76 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Canada 4,420 4.875 906.57 4.423 999.32 France 10,369 6.613 1,567.77 6.000 1,728.17 Japan 140,253 206.614 678.81 187.438 748.26 CATEGORY TOTAL 155,042 218.104 710.86 197.861 783.59 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 23,111,801 34,112.336 677.52 30,946.200 746.84 Mexico 952,223 1,568.018 607.28 1,422.483 669.41 Brazil 237,841 183.196 1,298.28 166.193 1,431.11 Sweden 1,146,609 528.288 2,170.42 479.255 2,392.48 United Kingdom 1,565,250 1,719.213 910.45 1,559.645 1,003.59 France 1,123,982 835.363 1,345.50 757.829 1,483.16 Federal Republic of Germany 1,937,929 1,700.616 1,139.54 1,542.774 1,256.13 Austria 310,158 112.663 2,752.95 102.207 3,034.61 Czech Republic 45,620 39.989 1,140.80 36.278 1,257.51 Switzerland 4,441 5.090 872.41 4.618 961.67 Poland 2,241 0.981 2,284.27 0.890 2,517.98 Ukraine 46,182 44.996 1,026.35 40.820 1,131.36 Spain 848,157 862.758 983.08 782.682 1,083.65 Italy 76,835 65.613 1,171.02 59.524 1,290.82 Turkey 2,752,793 3,193.196 862.08 2,896.820 950.28 China 51,766 38.608 1,340.79 35.025 1,477.97 Korea, South 260,273 324.359 802.42 294.254 884.52 Taiwan 24,160 11.899 2,030.35 10.795 2,238.07 Japan 7,254,494 9,414.291 770.58 8,540.504 849.42 South Africa 18,234 16.274 1,120.40 14.764 1,235.03 CATEGORY TOTAL 41,770,989 54,777.757 762.55 49,693.560 840.57 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 82,230 156.781 524.49 142.230 578.15 Mexico 848,040 1,516.013 559.39 1,375.305 616.62 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/12/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 930,270 1,672.795 556.12 1,517.535 613.01 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 1,739,584 1,600.762 1,086.72 1,452.188 1,197.91 Colombia 259,194 305.966 847.13 277.568 933.80 Brazil 40,877 20.646 1,979.87 18.730 2,182.43 Sweden 124,985 102.152 1,223.52 92.671 1,348.70 United Kingdom 1,851,114 1,469.943 1,259.31 1,333.511 1,388.15 France 2,011,703 1,880.811 1,069.59 1,706.244 1,179.02 Federal Republic of Germany 155,519 107.755 1,443.26 97.754 1,590.92 Poland 35,481 21.766 1,630.09 19.746 1,796.87 Russia 149,355 159.504 936.37 144.700 1,032.17 Ukraine 245,327 416.287 589.32 377.650 649.61 Italy 98,355 66.760 1,473.25 60.564 1,623.98 Korea, South 141,725 109.111 1,298.90 98.984 1,431.80 Taiwan 35,269 22.702 1,553.56 20.595 1,712.50 Japan 241,045 263.900 913.39 239.407 1,006.84 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,129,533 6,548.071 1,088.80 5,940.312 1,200.20 TOOL STEEL............................17 Canada 1,170,077 939.301 1,245.69 852.120 1,373.14 Mexico 92,139 60.189 1,530.82 54.603 1,687.43 Colombia 227,496 25.947 8,767.62 23.539 9,664.64 Brazil 2,047,990 710.105 2,884.06 644.197 3,179.14 Sweden 2,815,968 984.618 2,859.96 893.231 3,152.56 United Kingdom 1,195,193 461.058 2,592.28 418.265 2,857.50 Netherlands 375,851 375.231 1,001.65 340.404 1,104.13 France 905,857 390.291 2,320.97 354.067 2,558.43 Federal Republic of Germany 2,345,308 1,368.246 1,714.10 1,241.253 1,889.47 Austria 3,664,862 995.249 3,682.36 902.875 4,059.10 Czech Republic 3,033 1.043 2,905.48 0.947 3,202.75 Poland 13,293 4.003 3,320.27 3.632 3,659.97 Russia 116,846 75.504 1,547.53 68.497 1,705.86 Ukraine 252,626 44.092 5,729.46 40.000 6,315.65 Kyrgyzstan 2,542 1.581 1,607.01 1.435 1,771.43 Spain 375,226 296.308 1,266.33 268.807 1,395.89 Italy 6,154 0.342 17,951.18 0.311 19,787.78 Slovenia 2,470,001 1,260.129 1,960.12 1,143.171 2,160.66 Malaysia 2,875 8.340 344.72 7.566 379.99 China 2,345,526 864.566 2,712.95 784.322 2,990.51 Korea, South 298,489 101.051 2,953.84 91.672 3,256.05 Taiwan 1,204,190 536.801 2,243.27 486.978 2,472.78 Japan 2,883,173 3,087.484 933.83 2,800.920 1,029.37 CATEGORY TOTAL 24,814,715 12,591.491 1,970.75 11,422.812 2,172.38 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/12/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 78,365 24.720 3,170.05 22.426 3,494.38 Argentina 37,574 22.999 1,633.67 20.865 1,800.81 Sweden 2,060 0.012 169,891.01 0.011 187,272.73 France 10,433 1.516 6,878.39 1.376 7,582.12 Federal Republic of Germany 195,284 141.132 1,383.70 128.033 1,525.26 Spain 292,076 185.031 1,578.52 167.858 1,740.02 Italy 332,623 333.503 997.36 302.549 1,099.40 China 663,862 852.002 779.18 772.924 858.90 Japan 90,005 60.746 1,481.66 55.108 1,633.25 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,702,282 1,621.664 1,049.71 1,471.150 1,157.11 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 1,456,077 1,297.138 1,122.53 1,176.745 1,237.38 Norway 3,736 1.306 2,860.12 1.185 3,152.74 United Kingdom 365,421 142.966 2,555.99 129.697 2,817.50 Ireland 2,196 2.123 1,034.36 1.926 1,140.19 France 1,894,551 1,897.773 998.30 1,721.632 1,100.44 Federal Republic of Germany 5,448,557 4,310.383 1,264.05 3,910.315 1,393.38 Austria 2,023,009 2,899.524 697.70 2,630.405 769.09 Switzerland 4,059 9.942 408.23 9.020 450.00 Ukraine 1,545,505 2,025.601 762.99 1,837.595 841.05 Spain 4,787,513 3,995.872 1,198.11 3,624.996 1,320.69 Italy 2,684 0.109 24,594.79 0.099 27,111.11 Romania 2,685,423 2,670.978 1,005.41 2,423.072 1,108.27 China 2,608,397 3,433.350 759.72 3,114.684 837.45 Taiwan 3,012 2.004 1,502.99 1.818 1,656.77 Japan 15,489,729 6,408.987 2,416.88 5,814.137 2,664.15 CATEGORY TOTAL 38,319,869 29,098.062 1,316.92 26,397.326 1,451.66 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 1,317,638 1,429.583 921.69 1,296.897 1,015.99 Japan 1,188,568 1,435.189 828.16 1,301.982 912.89 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,506,206 2,864.772 874.84 2,598.879 964.34 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Argentina 9,222 11.249 819.80 10.205 903.67 United Kingdom 3,437 4.373 785.78 3.968 866.18 Federal Republic of Germany 7,347 11.430 642.73 10.370 708.49 Japan 7,110,739 9,535.819 745.69 8,650.752 821.98 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,130,745 9,562.873 745.67 8,675.295 821.96 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 3,196,275 2,910.162 1,098.31 2,640.056 1,210.68 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/12/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Mexico 1,004,120 1,057.465 949.55 959.317 1,046.70 Venezuela 463,055 430.826 1,074.81 390.839 1,184.77 Brazil 171,625 163.465 1,049.92 148.293 1,157.34 Argentina 382,984 253.358 1,511.63 229.843 1,666.29 Sweden 822,006 649.940 1,264.74 589.616 1,394.14 United Kingdom 740,031 439.748 1,682.85 398.933 1,855.03 France 339,958 286.276 1,187.52 259.706 1,309.01 Federal Republic of Germany 1,338,016 997.828 1,340.93 905.215 1,478.12 Switzerland 159,823 92.251 1,732.47 83.689 1,909.73 Spain 312,827 230.613 1,356.50 209.209 1,495.28 Italy 301,276 262.614 1,147.22 238.240 1,264.59 Romania 221,240 290.191 762.39 263.257 840.40 Israel 2,340 2.588 904.09 2.348 996.59 China 197,701 180.734 1,093.87 163.960 1,205.79 Korea, South 162,989 258.506 630.50 234.513 695.01 Taiwan 5,000 0.330 15,119.75 0.300 16,666.67 Japan 2,637,249 1,752.937 1,504.47 1,590.239 1,658.40 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,458,515 10,259.840 1,214.30 9,307.573 1,338.54 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 8,257 1.173 7,033.45 1.065 7,753.05 Argentina 721,525 359.208 2,008.65 325.869 2,214.16 Sweden 362,824 324.392 1,118.47 294.284 1,232.90 France 1,178,694 723.129 1,629.99 656.012 1,796.76 Federal Republic of Germany 1,749,387 1,336.183 1,309.24 1,212.166 1,443.19 Italy 175,463 175.604 999.19 159.306 1,101.42 Korea, South 33,650 21.456 1,568.29 19.465 1,728.74 Japan 106,068 44.622 2,377.00 40.481 2,620.19 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,335,868 2,985.772 1,452.18 2,708.648 1,600.75 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 1,034,102 318.634 3,245.42 289.060 3,577.46 Mexico 9,190 1.658 5,539.55 1.505 6,106.31 United Kingdom 39,144 3.493 11,205.70 3.169 12,352.16 Ireland 3,226 1.269 2,540.43 1.152 2,800.35 Federal Republic of Germany 72,624 3.373 21,530.52 3.060 23,733.33 Switzerland 4,364 1.717 2,541.05 1.558 2,801.03 China 6,739 11.070 608.73 10.043 671.01 Japan 2,475 0.974 2,539.91 0.884 2,799.77 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,171,864 342.191 3,424.59 310.431 3,774.96 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 530,762 415.162 1,278.44 376.629 1,409.24 Mexico 5,072 2.526 2,007.52 2.292 2,212.91 Finland 420,528 134.293 3,131.41 121.829 3,451.79 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/12/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Netherlands 19,154 6.254 3,062.43 5.674 3,375.75 Federal Republic of Germany 45,908 21.958 2,090.72 19.920 2,304.62 Switzerland 28,301 31.196 907.18 28.301 1,000.00 China 67,437 26.046 2,589.10 23.629 2,853.99 Korea, South 325,065 567.389 572.91 514.727 631.53 Taiwan 499,282 199.003 2,508.91 180.533 2,765.60 Japan 120,510 83.785 1,438.31 76.009 1,585.47 Australia 244,447 459.069 532.48 416.461 586.96 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,306,466 1,946.685 1,184.82 1,766.004 1,306.04 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 529,919 453.296 1,169.03 411.224 1,288.64 Mexico 1,656,151 1,437.376 1,152.20 1,303.966 1,270.09 Venezuela 14,691 19.658 747.31 17.834 823.76 Sweden 206,677 171.318 1,206.39 155.418 1,329.81 United Kingdom 85,162 8.338 10,212.52 7.565 11,257.37 Netherlands 13,190 0.888 14,845.87 0.806 16,364.76 France 7,113 0.374 18,978.84 0.340 20,920.59 Federal Republic of Germany 307,405 63.487 4,841.97 57.595 5,337.36 Austria 75,395 16.790 4,490.36 15.232 4,949.78 Poland 253,595 177.608 1,427.83 161.124 1,573.91 Italy 1,683,840 1,573.165 1,070.35 1,427.152 1,179.86 Turkey 260,878 257.914 1,011.49 233.976 1,114.98 India 21,540 17.959 1,199.33 16.293 1,322.04 Thailand 104,970 119.049 881.73 108.000 971.94 China 240,408 108.223 2,221.40 98.179 2,448.67 Korea, South 1,492,445 1,437.528 1,038.20 1,304.104 1,144.42 Taiwan 393,275 449.491 874.93 407.772 964.45 Japan 3,376,076 3,427.237 985.07 3,109.138 1,085.86 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,722,730 9,739.709 1,100.93 8,835.718 1,213.57 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 1,800,482 2,821.613 638.10 2,559.725 703.39 Brazil 41,065 57.196 717.96 51.888 791.42 Sweden 874,156 1,052.715 830.38 955.008 915.34 United Kingdom 182,259 38.691 4,710.62 35.100 5,192.56 Netherlands 1,286,463 2,605.015 493.84 2,363.231 544.37 Belgium 13,060 20.447 638.70 18.550 704.04 France 44,481 16.356 2,719.54 14.838 2,997.78 Federal Republic of Germany 536,440 584.886 917.17 530.600 1,011.01 Austria 1,205,576 2,014.613 598.42 1,827.627 659.64 Japan 2,658,480 4,882.024 544.54 4,428.899 600.26 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,642,462 14,093.559 613.22 12,785.466 675.96 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/12/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 5,034,341 7,031.365 715.98 6,378.749 789.24 Dominican Republic 11,247 43.200 260.34 39.191 286.98 Sweden 237,277 386.162 614.45 350.321 677.31 United Kingdom 578,183 681.437 848.48 618.190 935.28 Netherlands 288,754 437.439 660.10 396.839 727.64 Belgium 32,787 45.106 726.88 40.920 801.25 France 2,493,089 2,944.496 846.69 2,671.203 933.32 Federal Republic of Germany 1,199,567 1,777.799 674.75 1,612.793 743.78 Korea, South 705,163 1,015.647 694.30 921.380 765.33 Japan 3,894,458 5,140.389 757.62 4,663.284 835.13 CATEGORY TOTAL 14,474,866 19,503.045 742.18 17,692.870 818.12 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 3,636,902 6,102.291 595.99 5,535.907 656.97 Brazil 280,000 564.343 496.15 511.964 546.91 Netherlands 149,997 192.735 778.25 174.847 857.88 France 302,454 426.605 708.98 387.010 781.51 Federal Republic of Germany 3,080,458 6,697.046 459.97 6,075.460 507.03 Spain 1,477,611 2,607.120 566.76 2,365.141 624.75 Japan 3,388,015 4,539.597 746.32 4,118.255 822.68 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,315,437 21,129.740 582.85 19,168.584 642.48 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 1,224,441 1,038.923 1,178.57 942.496 1,299.15 Federal Republic of Germany 594,877 920.804 646.04 835.340 712.14 Japan 234,504 337.615 694.59 306.280 765.65 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,053,822 2,297.343 894.00 2,084.116 985.46 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 Canada 17,843 1.631 10,937.10 1.480 12,056.08 Sweden 888,985 949.339 936.42 861.227 1,032.23 United Kingdom 682,753 767.601 889.46 696.357 980.46 Federal Republic of Germany 1,578,180 2,012.669 784.12 1,825.864 864.35 Russia 4,696,567 5,467.853 858.94 4,960.355 946.82 Romania 9,418 4.882 1,929.07 4.429 2,126.44 Japan 775,608 1,137.568 681.81 1,031.985 751.57 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,649,354 10,341.547 836.37 9,381.697 921.94 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 222,556 498.675 446.29 452.391 491.95 Federal Republic of Germany 14,101 30.375 464.23 27.556 511.72 CATEGORY TOTAL 236,657 529.050 447.32 479.947 493.09 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/12/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 151,780 191.874 791.04 174.066 871.97 Sweden 455,176 125.715 3,620.69 114.047 3,991.13 United Kingdom 22,704 7.776 2,919.45 7.055 3,218.14 France 1,066,745 92.554 11,525.59 83.964 12,704.79 Federal Republic of Germany 2,045,279 1,015.545 2,013.97 921.288 2,220.02 Austria 631,731 106.895 5,909.80 96.974 6,514.44 Switzerland 50,537 34.733 1,454.98 31.510 1,603.84 Italy 24,996 5.611 4,454.13 5.091 4,909.84 Japan 277,197 49.611 5,587.33 45.007 6,158.98 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,726,145 1,630.320 2,898.91 1,479.002 3,195.50 GRAND TOTAL 263,997,029 289,220.257 912.79 262,376.278 1,006.18 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/12/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Canada 8,841 23.450 377.01 21.274 415.58 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,841 23.450 377.01 21.274 415.58 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 12,532,606 28,777.214 435.50 26,106.257 480.06 Mexico 57,577,251 129,126.845 445.90 117,141.937 491.52 Venezuela 10,967,303 25,925.527 423.03 23,519.250 466.31 Brazil 54,195,003 132,490.416 409.05 120,193.318 450.90 Finland 2,165,754 5,211.671 415.56 4,727.950 458.07 United Kingdom 275,578 673.765 409.01 611.230 450.86 Belgium 882,473 1,347.222 655.03 1,222.180 722.05 Federal Republic of Germany 6,246,404 17,853.013 349.88 16,195.986 385.68 Czech Republic 168,428 445.718 377.88 404.349 416.54 Russia 92,321,915 198,716.712 464.59 180,272.820 512.12 China 32,765 78.423 417.79 71.145 460.54 Japan 321,885 533.649 603.18 484.119 664.89 Australia 16,973,817 39,927.496 425.12 36,221.626 468.61 South Africa 15,061,619 32,843.731 458.58 29,795.340 505.50 CATEGORY TOTAL 269,722,801 613,951.409 439.32 556,967.507 484.27 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 20,859,263 31,698.479 658.05 28,756.385 725.38 Mexico 1,245,405 2,061.651 604.08 1,870.299 665.89 Trinidad and Tobago 3,420,581 6,589.780 519.07 5,978.150 572.18 Venezuela 5,507,263 11,305.299 487.14 10,255.998 536.98 Brazil 6,322,205 14,271.760 442.99 12,947.127 488.31 Argentina 1,590,181 3,191.894 498.19 2,895.639 549.16 Sweden 25,625 89.830 285.26 81.493 314.44 Finland 23,597 82.721 285.26 75.044 314.44 United Kingdom 1,522,894 3,126.026 487.17 2,835.884 537.01 Luxembourg 172,164 265.232 649.11 240.615 715.52 Federal Republic of Germany 8,829,606 14,226.738 620.63 12,906.284 684.13 Spain 3,379,803 5,638.369 599.43 5,115.044 660.76 Turkey 24,840,833 60,049.975 413.67 54,476.437 455.99 Malaysia 4,792,232 11,040.945 434.04 10,016.180 478.45 China 14,642,612 36,145.510 405.10 32,790.665 446.55 Japan 5,294,193 10,518.163 503.34 9,541.920 554.84 CATEGORY TOTAL 102,468,457 210,302.380 487.24 190,783.164 537.09 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/12/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 5,902,635 9,386.102 628.87 8,514.931 693.21 Mexico 972,092 1,735.137 560.24 1,574.091 617.56 Venezuela 12,002 10.613 1,130.87 9.628 1,246.57 Brazil 653,373 1,354.896 482.23 1,229.142 531.57 Norway 276,972 384.526 720.29 348.837 793.99 United Kingdom 2,574,773 4,792.248 537.28 4,347.456 592.25 Luxembourg 2,454,389 3,209.230 764.79 2,911.366 843.04 Federal Republic of Germany 3,350,091 5,222.026 641.53 4,737.344 707.17 Switzerland 7,117 5.694 1,249.79 5.166 1,377.66 Poland 48,445 26.263 1,844.56 23.826 2,033.28 Russia 81,268 151.205 537.47 137.171 592.46 Spain 94,984 187.151 507.52 169.781 559.45 Italy 22,401 3.216 6,964.31 2.918 7,676.83 Turkey 72,377 184.680 391.90 167.539 432.00 China 30,064 57.376 523.98 52.051 577.59 Korea, South 1,085,221 2,466.427 440.00 2,237.506 485.01 Taiwan 11,254 0.997 11,281.17 0.905 12,435.36 CATEGORY TOTAL 17,649,458 29,177.795 604.89 26,469.658 666.78 STEEL PILING...........................5 Canada 410,765 435.980 942.16 395.515 1,038.56 United Kingdom 165,182 239.827 688.75 217.568 759.22 Luxembourg 1,791,306 2,464.465 726.85 2,235.726 801.22 Federal Republic of Germany 17,526 8.777 1,996.65 7.963 2,200.93 Taiwan 37,014 56.253 657.99 51.032 725.31 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,421,793 3,205.304 755.56 2,907.804 832.86 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 3,943,486 5,649.829 697.98 5,125.441 769.39 Sweden 51,488 141.889 362.87 128.720 400.00 Belgium 741,764 1,116.244 664.52 1,012.640 732.51 Federal Republic of Germany 180,788 132.473 1,364.71 120.178 1,504.34 Austria 209,533 317.096 660.79 287.665 728.39 Czech Republic 714,861 1,650.619 433.09 1,497.417 477.40 Italy 850,125 1,341.034 633.93 1,216.566 698.79 Romania 11,171,460 18,398.647 607.19 16,690.977 669.31 Turkey 152,425 291.264 523.32 264.231 576.86 Thailand 4,547,564 8,538.280 532.61 7,745.800 587.10 Malaysia 894,807 1,335.245 670.14 1,211.315 738.71 Indonesia 102,369 155.587 657.95 141.147 725.27 Korea, South 1,918,406 3,340.657 574.26 3,030.594 633.01 Japan 522,681 717.144 728.84 650.583 803.40 South Africa 196,990 327.912 600.74 297.477 662.20 CATEGORY TOTAL 26,198,747 43,453.927 602.91 39,420.751 664.59 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/12/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 10,480,143 18,560.722 564.64 16,838.009 622.41 Mexico 1,670,233 2,621.180 637.21 2,377.896 702.40 Venezuela 786,010 1,345.826 584.03 1,220.914 643.79 Netherlands 3,023,151 5,874.656 514.61 5,329.400 567.26 Belgium 77,885 131.439 592.55 119.240 653.18 France 662,555 1,046.009 633.41 948.924 698.22 Federal Republic of Germany 2,932,030 4,705.192 623.15 4,268.480 686.90 Russia 16,901,300 31,624.497 534.44 28,689.270 589.12 Italy 2,252,151 4,294.096 524.48 3,895.540 578.14 Macedonia (Skopje) 1,956,086 3,572.931 547.47 3,241.310 603.49 Serbia and Montenegro 10,208,870 18,301.250 557.82 16,602.620 614.90 Romania 1,700,305 2,993.259 568.04 2,715.440 626.16 Bulgaria 2,156,980 3,954.214 545.49 3,587.204 601.30 Turkey 5,352,574 10,060.395 532.04 9,126.640 586.48 Thailand 4,461,817 8,307.955 537.05 7,536.853 592.00 Malaysia 281,841 2,131.699 132.21 1,933.846 145.74 Korea, South 310,701 495.599 626.92 449.600 691.06 Japan 138,572 216.240 640.82 196.170 706.39 New Zealand 30,879 50.419 612.44 45.740 675.10 Egypt 3,867,663 6,816.431 567.40 6,183.764 625.45 CATEGORY TOTAL 69,251,746 127,104.020 544.84 115,306.860 600.59 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Luxembourg 106,650 276.872 385.19 251.175 424.60 Federal Republic of Germany 7,329 0.448 16,336.02 0.407 18,007.37 Spain 27,035 33.756 800.89 30.623 882.83 Japan 7,820,241 12,294.956 636.05 11,153.800 701.13 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,961,255 12,606.034 631.54 11,436.005 696.16 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 Canada 19,384 23.990 807.98 21.764 890.65 Luxembourg 11,909 0.264 45,015.28 0.240 49,620.83 Austria 413,047 606.413 681.13 550.129 750.82 Poland 92,063 163.682 562.45 148.490 619.99 Spain 227,710 286.829 793.89 260.207 875.11 China 14,630 16.396 892.24 14.875 983.53 Korea, South 536,608 852.305 629.60 773.199 694.01 Japan 68,899 76.572 899.79 69.465 991.85 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,384,250 2,026.454 683.09 1,838.369 752.98 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 Canada 196,351 274.388 715.60 248.921 788.81 China 21,030 26.455 794.92 24.000 876.25 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/12/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 217,381 300.843 722.57 272.921 796.50 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 18,568,921 27,555.545 673.87 24,997.977 742.82 Mexico 3,678,818 5,760.573 638.62 5,225.906 703.96 Trinidad and Tobago 3,416 3.056 1,117.54 2.773 1,231.88 Brazil 33,093 44.839 738.03 40.678 813.54 Argentina 4,438,807 6,622.311 670.28 6,007.662 738.86 United Kingdom 7,563,229 8,465.846 893.38 7,680.089 984.78 France 542,580 756.847 716.89 686.601 790.24 Federal Republic of Germany 1,889,251 2,262.991 834.85 2,052.952 920.26 Ukraine 6,827 6.980 977.95 6.333 1,078.00 Spain 3,179,941 5,479.578 580.33 4,970.991 639.70 Italy 191,909 314.600 610.01 285.401 672.42 Turkey 325,855 536.108 607.81 486.350 670.00 India 149,848 189.508 790.72 171.919 871.62 Korea, South 69,792 170.959 408.24 155.092 450.00 Taiwan 8,683 3.431 2,530.38 3.113 2,789.27 Japan 1,348,603 2,480.184 543.75 2,249.986 599.38 South Africa 155,633 132.754 1,172.34 120.433 1,292.28 CATEGORY TOTAL 42,155,206 60,786.119 693.50 55,144.256 764.45 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 2,944,983 5,168.045 569.84 4,688.373 628.15 Mexico 900,358 1,637.220 549.93 1,485.262 606.19 Argentina 21,143 41.992 503.49 38.095 555.01 Italy 5,687 4.550 1,249.80 4.128 1,377.66 Turkey 3,293,963 4,548.809 724.14 4,126.612 798.22 Korea, South 62,008 107.640 576.06 97.650 635.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,228,142 11,508.259 628.08 10,440.120 692.34 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 Canada 113,433 116.099 977.03 105.324 1,076.99 Mexico 9,940,241 23,381.283 425.14 21,211.150 468.63 Dominican Republic 1,436,808 3,063.904 468.95 2,779.528 516.93 Colombia 225,322 500.449 450.24 454.000 496.30 Brazil 325,771 675.247 482.45 612.574 531.81 United Kingdom 48,409 177.872 272.16 161.363 300.00 Federal Republic of Germany 62,861 59.883 1,049.73 54.325 1,157.13 Latvia 4,615,029 11,047.118 417.76 10,021.780 460.50 Bulgaria 4,727,361 11,589.416 407.90 10,513.745 449.64 Turkey 36,258,249 89,908.270 403.28 81,563.434 444.54 Thailand 51,302 115.173 445.43 104.484 491.00 China 11,223 14.881 754.17 13.500 831.33 Japan 9,022,635 22,201.007 406.41 20,140.421 447.99 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/12/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 66,838,644 162,850.607 410.43 147,735.628 452.42 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 4,712,467 4,050.943 1,163.30 3,674.955 1,282.32 Mexico 19,243 26.830 717.21 24.340 790.59 Sweden 4,717 0.606 7,780.35 0.550 8,576.36 United Kingdom 1,495,424 1,434.151 1,042.72 1,301.041 1,149.41 France 258,288 210.662 1,226.07 191.110 1,351.51 Federal Republic of Germany 3,301,003 2,737.730 1,205.74 2,483.628 1,329.11 Austria 124,843 77.331 1,614.39 70.154 1,779.56 Switzerland 19,304 9.680 1,994.11 8.782 2,198.13 Russia 2,201,533 998.413 2,205.03 905.746 2,430.63 Ukraine 426,605 979.689 435.45 888.760 480.00 Spain 1,102,506 1,152.568 956.56 1,045.593 1,054.43 Italy 191,045 136.724 1,397.30 124.034 1,540.26 India 14,297 19.362 738.40 17.565 813.95 China 101,700 149.029 682.42 135.197 752.24 Korea, South 90,216 157.849 571.53 143.199 630.00 Taiwan 12,025 4.607 2,609.78 4.180 2,876.79 Japan 264,185 339.510 778.13 307.999 857.75 South Africa 215,257 343.023 627.53 311.186 691.73 CATEGORY TOTAL 14,554,658 12,828.716 1,134.54 11,638.019 1,250.61 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 21,157,349 23,805.296 888.77 21,595.808 979.70 Mexico 3,383,923 3,450.495 980.71 3,130.238 1,081.04 Guatemala 1,013,615 1,230.741 823.58 1,116.510 907.84 Dominican Republic 21,120 60.431 349.48 54.823 385.24 Colombia 1,882,403 1,038.319 1,812.93 941.948 1,998.41 Venezuela 959,122 2,114.055 453.69 1,917.839 500.11 Ecuador 110,571 110.439 1,001.19 100.189 1,103.62 Chile 104,094 149.683 695.43 135.791 766.58 Brazil 6,570 0.620 10,586.51 0.563 11,669.63 Argentina 122,456 179.467 682.33 162.810 752.14 Sweden 9,045 1.522 5,941.70 1.381 6,549.60 United Kingdom 40,698 7.996 5,089.69 7.254 5,610.42 France 375,450 457.269 821.07 414.828 905.07 Federal Republic of Germany 1,581,186 1,797.105 879.85 1,630.307 969.87 Switzerland 7,325 1.636 4,474.84 1.485 4,932.66 Ukraine 475,393 672.765 706.62 610.323 778.92 Spain 897,288 928.110 966.79 841.968 1,065.70 Italy 181,290 144.153 1,257.62 130.774 1,386.28 Romania 1,868,585 2,859.754 653.41 2,594.326 720.26 Turkey 3,613,752 6,299.248 573.68 5,714.584 632.37 United Arab Emirates 1,297,057 1,753.549 739.68 1,590.794 815.35 Oman 1,665,547 2,825.888 589.39 2,563.604 649.69 India 2,866,049 4,496.841 637.35 4,079.467 702.55 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/12/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Pakistan 96,668 190.250 508.11 172.592 560.10 Malaysia 1,167,501 1,645.200 709.64 1,492.501 782.24 China 15,099,019 27,330.744 552.46 24,794.041 608.98 Korea, South 5,431,008 8,497.115 639.16 7,708.456 704.55 Hong Kong 18,000 2.541 7,081.24 2.306 7,805.72 Taiwan 2,920,735 5,300.563 551.02 4,808.592 607.40 Japan 62,014 40.136 1,545.09 36.411 1,703.17 Australia 62,799 93.894 668.82 85.180 737.25 South Africa 140,523 246.814 569.35 223.906 627.60 CATEGORY TOTAL 68,638,155 97,732.655 702.31 88,661.599 774.16 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 1,118,550 2,199.015 508.66 1,994.914 560.70 Mexico 90,708 89.027 1,018.88 80.764 1,123.12 Colombia 2,758,806 2,581.896 1,068.52 2,342.258 1,177.84 Venezuela 7,178,629 9,104.267 788.49 8,259.255 869.16 Brazil 691,569 980.365 705.42 889.373 777.59 Sweden 1,455,286 1,676.701 867.95 1,521.078 956.75 United Kingdom 445,009 565.697 786.66 513.192 867.14 France 222,848 466.718 477.48 423.400 526.33 Federal Republic of Germany 4,166,068 4,427.555 940.94 4,016.612 1,037.21 Austria 4,713,182 4,356.455 1,081.88 3,952.111 1,192.57 Russia 321,751 459.359 700.43 416.724 772.10 Ukraine 7,221,723 8,993.254 803.02 8,158.546 885.17 Romania 1,252,277 1,785.813 701.24 1,620.063 772.98 India 1,067,999 1,216.720 877.77 1,103.791 967.57 Vietnam 5,600 0.694 8,063.87 0.630 8,888.89 China 15,292,431 21,579.342 708.66 19,576.456 781.16 Korea, South 8,778,974 12,375.343 709.39 11,226.726 781.97 Taiwan 231,791 392.503 590.55 356.073 650.96 Japan 3,439 0.320 10,720.99 0.291 11,817.87 South Africa 680,790 992.207 686.14 900.116 756.34 CATEGORY TOTAL 57,697,430 74,243.261 777.14 67,352.373 856.65 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Mexico 9,900 11.023 898.11 10.000 990.00 Brazil 715,854 935.105 765.53 848.314 843.85 United Kingdom 68,210 28.078 2,429.30 25.472 2,677.84 France 1,694,094 1,213.509 1,396.03 1,100.878 1,538.86 Federal Republic of Germany 283,866 232.666 1,220.05 211.072 1,344.88 Italy 990,161 992.444 997.70 900.331 1,099.77 Romania 785,210 1,213.956 646.82 1,101.283 713.00 India 21,006 29.720 706.78 26.962 779.10 China 481,890 735.174 655.48 666.939 722.54 Korea, South 2,472,108 3,967.003 623.17 3,598.806 686.92 Taiwan 79,058 130.040 607.95 117.971 670.15 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/12/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 6,535,870 7,006.612 932.81 6,356.294 1,028.25 CATEGORY TOTAL 14,137,227 16,495.336 857.04 14,964.322 944.73 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 89,254 73.007 1,222.54 66.231 1,347.62 Mexico 1,804,890 2,163.769 834.14 1,962.939 919.48 Colombia 4,954 8.631 573.97 7.830 632.69 Venezuela 633,431 843.281 751.15 765.012 828.00 Brazil 198,559 498.487 398.32 452.220 439.08 Argentina 5,647 2.795 2,020.06 2.536 2,226.74 France 763,335 799.652 954.58 725.433 1,052.25 Austria 536,783 719.950 745.58 653.128 821.86 Slovakia 488,047 607.922 802.81 551.498 884.95 Russia 1,843,851 3,126.751 589.70 2,836.542 650.03 Italy 794,138 836.903 948.90 759.226 1,045.98 Romania 2,060,725 2,990.679 689.05 2,713.100 759.55 Turkey 513,075 897.543 571.64 814.238 630.13 Israel 3,646 8.736 417.31 7.926 460.01 India 384,142 620.027 619.56 562.480 682.94 China 1,097,098 1,629.109 673.43 1,477.904 742.33 Korea, South 1,832,058 2,882.188 635.65 2,614.678 700.68 Taiwan 80,162 136.901 585.55 124.195 645.45 Japan 807,816 1,265.399 638.39 1,147.951 703.70 CATEGORY TOTAL 13,941,611 20,111.738 693.21 18,245.067 764.13 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Canada 670,405 467.869 1,432.89 424.444 1,579.49 Mexico 154,254 160.527 960.92 145.628 1,059.23 Colombia 560,950 678.461 826.80 615.490 911.39 Venezuela 648,292 863.066 751.15 782.961 828.00 Brazil 1,467,990 2,576.740 569.71 2,337.580 628.00 Denmark 35,301 29.492 1,196.96 26.755 1,319.42 Turkey 553,176 960.115 576.16 871.002 635.10 India 662,180 1,165.491 568.16 1,057.316 626.28 Korea, South 4,464,564 7,079.956 630.59 6,422.830 695.11 Taiwan 1,809,177 3,000.523 602.95 2,722.030 664.64 Japan 2,772,839 4,211.085 658.46 3,820.234 725.83 Australia 1,800,460 3,860.954 466.33 3,502.600 514.04 CATEGORY TOTAL 15,599,588 25,054.283 622.63 22,728.870 686.33 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 9,195,669 7,569.639 1,214.81 6,867.063 1,339.10 Mexico 11,197,346 12,185.334 918.92 11,054.353 1,012.94 Guatemala 5,199 8.664 600.06 7.860 661.45 Dominican Republic 10,511 31.505 333.63 28.581 367.76 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/12/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Colombia 17,322 12.753 1,358.19 11.570 1,497.15 Brazil 657,246 1,132.070 580.57 1,026.997 639.97 Argentina 114,973 98.695 1,164.93 89.535 1,284.11 Sweden 218,308 94.119 2,319.47 85.384 2,556.78 Denmark 26,432 6.349 4,162.97 5.760 4,588.89 United Kingdom 2,478 0.316 7,832.77 0.287 8,634.15 Belgium 57,567 42.095 1,367.55 38.188 1,507.46 France 617,985 746.412 827.94 677.134 912.65 Federal Republic of Germany 1,622,304 1,384.812 1,171.50 1,256.281 1,291.35 Austria 111,701 41.944 2,663.10 38.051 2,935.56 Slovakia 7,645 1.408 5,426.78 1.278 5,982.00 Switzerland 1,669,485 677.876 2,462.82 614.959 2,714.79 Ukraine 63,931 106.924 597.91 97.000 659.08 Spain 625,209 561.503 1,113.45 509.388 1,227.37 Italy 792,376 626.496 1,264.77 568.348 1,394.17 Romania 403,452 372.285 1,083.72 337.732 1,194.59 Turkey 1,534,445 2,527.400 607.12 2,292.820 669.24 Israel 51,100 7.991 6,394.09 7.250 7,048.28 India 366,569 348.776 1,051.01 316.405 1,158.54 Thailand 232,500 445.718 521.63 404.349 575.00 China 2,095,666 2,842.412 737.28 2,578.594 812.72 Korea, South 1,971,516 3,071.002 641.98 2,785.967 707.66 Taiwan 115,723 57.129 2,025.63 51.827 2,232.87 Japan 2,251,257 1,362.821 1,651.91 1,236.331 1,820.92 Australia 136,484 190.525 716.36 172.842 789.65 CATEGORY TOTAL 36,172,399 36,554.985 989.53 33,162.134 1,090.77 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 324,191 854.735 379.29 775.403 418.09 Mexico 331,360 233.693 1,417.93 212.003 1,563.00 Chile 157,292 187.869 837.24 170.432 922.90 Argentina 108,438 100.170 1,082.54 90.873 1,193.29 France 978,996 1,054.414 928.47 956.549 1,023.47 Federal Republic of Germany 1,580,571 1,418.989 1,113.87 1,287.286 1,227.83 Slovakia 764,259 890.851 857.90 808.167 945.67 Spain 920,861 591.696 1,556.31 536.778 1,715.53 Italy 222,195 234.548 947.33 212.779 1,044.25 India 597,184 939.450 635.67 852.255 700.71 China 44,490 44.002 1,011.09 39.918 1,114.53 Korea, South 3,571 0.289 12,317.71 0.263 13,577.95 Taiwan 4,519 0.313 14,435.10 0.284 15,911.97 Japan 597,239 731.744 816.18 663.828 899.69 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,635,166 7,282.768 911.08 6,606.818 1,004.29 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 1,138,304 447.572 2,543.28 406.031 2,803.49 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/12/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Mexico 319,254 188.901 1,690.05 171.369 1,862.96 Belgium 31,832 13.668 2,328.83 12.400 2,567.10 France 4,200 2.314 1,814.37 2.100 2,000.00 Federal Republic of Germany 2,626 0.119 22,058.04 0.108 24,314.81 India 155,493 156.780 991.79 142.229 1,093.26 Vietnam 56,719 65.479 866.21 59.402 954.83 Korea, South 10,113 2.971 3,402.95 2.696 3,751.11 Japan 230,807 98.274 2,348.60 89.153 2,588.89 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,949,348 976.083 1,997.11 885.488 2,201.44 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 21,418,433 22,970.415 932.44 20,838.416 1,027.83 Mexico 3,522,508 2,250.585 1,565.15 2,041.697 1,725.28 Brazil 1,387,334 2,432.595 570.31 2,206.814 628.66 Belgium 19,471 15.449 1,260.26 14.016 1,389.20 France 33,150 20.432 1,622.42 18.536 1,788.41 Federal Republic of Germany 204,410 142.536 1,434.09 129.307 1,580.81 Austria 216,990 167.137 1,298.27 151.625 1,431.10 Switzerland 27,704 5.898 4,696.81 5.351 5,177.35 Turkey 2,603,636 4,553.032 571.85 4,130.443 630.35 China 445,552 536.682 830.20 486.870 915.14 Korea, South 949,020 1,696.733 559.32 1,539.251 616.55 Australia 88,260 132.651 665.35 120.339 733.43 South Africa 21,721 76.548 283.75 69.444 312.78 CATEGORY TOTAL 30,938,189 35,000.699 883.93 31,752.109 974.37 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 24,288 39.280 618.32 35.635 681.58 Mexico 108,136 108.015 1,001.12 97.990 1,103.54 Korea, South 6,591 9.501 693.65 8.620 764.62 CATEGORY TOTAL 139,015 156.798 886.59 142.245 977.29 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 15,681,770 16,319.239 960.94 14,804.569 1,059.25 Mexico 7,917,300 9,301.135 851.22 8,437.851 938.31 El Salvador 33,700 46.569 723.65 42.247 797.69 Dominican Republic 172,919 247.560 698.49 224.583 769.96 Trinidad and Tobago 26,411 32.474 813.29 29.460 896.50 Colombia 60,085 40.339 1,489.50 36.595 1,641.89 Venezuela 963,349 1,191.174 808.74 1,080.616 891.48 Ecuador 147,277 151.609 971.42 137.538 1,070.81 Chile 178,016 200.059 889.82 181.491 980.85 Brazil 513,612 747.794 686.84 678.388 757.11 Argentina 98,055 174.341 562.43 158.160 619.97 Sweden 366,949 210.274 1,745.09 190.758 1,923.64 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/12/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE United Kingdom 946,872 813.664 1,163.71 738.144 1,282.77 Ireland 55,656 8.801 6,323.14 7.985 6,970.07 Netherlands 25,755 24.191 1,064.64 21.946 1,173.56 Belgium 1,139,050 989.499 1,151.14 897.659 1,268.91 Luxembourg 337,562 306.960 1,099.69 278.470 1,212.20 France 1,108,730 801.511 1,383.30 727.119 1,524.83 Federal Republic of Germany 1,218,422 899.949 1,353.88 816.421 1,492.39 Austria 393,185 73.122 5,377.04 66.336 5,927.17 Czech Republic 24,433 17.519 1,394.65 15.893 1,537.34 Switzerland 3,325 3.457 961.55 3.137 1,059.93 Poland 935,577 976.014 958.57 885.426 1,056.64 Russia 235,429 463.721 507.70 420.681 559.64 Belarus 197,108 218.927 900.33 198.608 992.45 Spain 256,317 302.911 846.18 274.797 932.75 Italy 569,945 419.222 1,359.53 380.312 1,498.62 Greece 1,010,525 1,059.482 953.79 961.147 1,051.37 Turkey 147,244 152.383 966.27 138.240 1,065.13 Israel 171,567 217.554 788.62 197.362 869.30 United Arab Emirates 174,537 169.240 1,031.30 153.532 1,136.81 India 349,830 495.723 705.70 449.713 777.90 Thailand 81,134 77.394 1,048.32 70.211 1,155.57 Indonesia 43,212 13.609 3,175.22 12.346 3,500.08 China 5,540,825 8,591.642 644.91 7,794.209 710.89 Korea, South 2,636,892 3,523.821 748.30 3,196.758 824.86 Hong Kong 5,831 1.383 4,214.98 1.255 4,646.22 Taiwan 962,460 1,148.196 838.24 1,041.627 924.00 Japan 3,396,570 4,124.540 823.50 3,741.721 907.76 Australia 111,504 172.764 645.41 156.729 711.44 Egypt 1,796,237 2,168.887 828.18 1,967.582 912.92 South Africa 1,861,479 2,649.246 702.64 2,403.357 774.53 CATEGORY TOTAL 51,896,656 59,547.919 871.51 54,020.979 960.68 BLACK PLATE...........................28 Canada 78,286 168.081 465.76 152.481 513.41 Venezuela 1,032,707 1,630.858 633.23 1,479.490 698.02 Netherlands 281,419 373.321 753.82 338.672 830.95 Belgium 253,149 388.586 651.46 352.520 718.11 France 211,022 290.723 725.85 263.740 800.11 Federal Republic of Germany 2,513,596 3,246.879 774.16 2,945.520 853.36 Japan 2,719,489 3,852.115 705.97 3,494.581 778.20 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,089,668 9,950.565 712.49 9,027.004 785.38 TIN PLATE.............................29 Canada 4,374,505 6,771.195 646.05 6,142.727 712.14 Brazil 247,551 328.488 753.61 298.000 830.71 Netherlands 2,811,531 5,012.283 560.93 4,547.068 618.32 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/12/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Belgium 68,608 108.686 631.25 98.599 695.83 France 5,280,366 8,966.192 588.92 8,133.995 649.17 Federal Republic of Germany 1,360,817 2,377.860 572.29 2,157.159 630.84 Turkey 2,860,580 4,050.166 706.29 3,674.250 778.55 China 1,201,028 1,504.783 798.14 1,365.117 879.80 Korea, South 232,238 326.934 710.35 296.590 783.03 Japan 452,514 633.820 713.95 574.992 786.99 CATEGORY TOTAL 18,889,738 30,080.410 627.97 27,288.497 692.22 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A Canada 948,043 1,381.236 686.37 1,253.037 756.60 Netherlands 20,712 38.146 542.96 34.606 598.51 France 1,568,655 2,253.382 696.13 2,044.235 767.36 Federal Republic of Germany 1,080,722 1,634.457 661.21 1,482.755 728.86 Korea, South 1,437,719 2,104.964 683.01 1,909.592 752.89 Japan 1,947,453 2,684.200 725.52 2,435.066 799.75 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,003,304 10,096.387 693.64 9,159.291 764.61 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 15,199,964 25,484.207 596.45 23,118.891 657.47 Mexico 15,824,694 25,491.391 620.79 23,125.408 684.30 Venezuela 2,810,386 5,164.645 544.16 4,685.289 599.83 Sweden 414,833 311.389 1,332.20 282.488 1,468.50 Netherlands 14,412,830 30,155.162 477.96 27,356.311 526.86 Belgium 1,477,270 2,137.191 691.22 1,938.828 761.94 France 8,805,968 14,201.198 620.09 12,883.114 683.53 Federal Republic of Germany 1,033,745 1,726.356 598.80 1,566.125 660.07 Austria 910,817 1,876.684 485.33 1,702.500 534.99 Hungary 672,153 1,136.383 591.48 1,030.910 652.00 Russia 13,427,172 24,858.904 540.14 22,551.625 595.40 Italy 18,953,855 34,316.134 552.33 31,131.082 608.84 Macedonia (Skopje) 799,554 1,465.015 545.76 1,329.040 601.60 Serbia and Montenegro 9,068,323 16,234.516 558.58 14,727.710 615.73 Romania 2,540,721 4,472.847 568.03 4,057.700 626.15 Bulgaria 1,896,543 3,432.995 552.45 3,114.362 608.97 Turkey 18,562,349 34,465.238 538.58 31,266.347 593.68 Thailand 13,344,154 24,739.787 539.38 22,443.564 594.56 Malaysia 10,134,628 71,587.113 141.57 64,942.755 156.05 Korea, South 17,145,710 36,880.230 464.90 33,457.192 512.47 Japan 188,145 326.105 576.95 295.838 635.97 Australia 13,064,598 23,037.792 567.09 20,899.540 625.11 New Zealand 287,623 479.549 599.78 435.040 661.14 Egypt 20,772,344 38,572.195 538.53 34,992.117 593.63 South Africa 4,029 2.137 1,885.02 1.939 2,077.88 CATEGORY TOTAL 201,752,408 422,555.175 477.46 383,335.715 526.31 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/12/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 9,739,574 15,493.320 628.63 14,055.308 692.95 Mexico 4,903,101 7,274.777 673.99 6,599.569 742.94 Venezuela 6,440,404 10,519.025 612.26 9,542.702 674.90 Brazil 3,971,752 6,526.987 608.51 5,921.185 670.77 Argentina 35,001 60.346 580.01 54.745 639.35 Denmark 5,200 12.143 428.23 11.016 472.04 Netherlands 2,750,355 4,252.050 646.83 3,857.396 713.01 Belgium 14,470,637 21,366.757 677.25 19,383.602 746.54 France 537,594 813.001 661.25 737.543 728.90 Federal Republic of Germany 567,053 1,269.706 446.60 1,151.859 492.29 Russia 39,175,575 67,311.011 582.01 61,063.540 641.55 Ukraine 1,050,721 2,146.772 489.44 1,947.520 539.52 Greece 3,543,872 5,651.228 627.10 5,126.710 691.26 India 1,433,080 2,322.683 616.99 2,107.104 680.12 Thailand 6,260,978 10,335.229 605.79 9,375.965 667.77 China 9,485,618 17,286.595 548.73 15,682.140 604.87 Korea, South 5,838,525 9,704.547 601.63 8,803.820 663.18 Taiwan 28,712,218 52,559.487 546.28 47,681.178 602.17 Japan 1,567,009 2,419.383 647.69 2,194.828 713.96 New Zealand 241,915 394.032 613.95 357.460 676.76 CATEGORY TOTAL 140,730,182 237,719.088 592.00 215,655.190 652.57 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 18,526,415 29,220.236 634.03 26,508.160 698.89 Mexico 11,937,608 12,134.674 983.76 11,008.395 1,084.41 Venezuela 277,729 370.094 750.43 335.744 827.20 Brazil 16,286,637 22,153.419 735.17 20,097.250 810.39 Argentina 8,554,343 12,794.714 668.58 11,607.173 736.99 Sweden 24,425 29.861 817.94 27.090 901.62 Netherlands 1,240,273 1,586.422 781.80 1,439.179 861.79 Belgium 195,472 214.030 913.29 194.165 1,006.73 Federal Republic of Germany 839,450 1,452.122 578.08 1,317.344 637.23 Austria 244,425 247.070 989.29 224.139 1,090.51 Estonia 3,141,210 4,348.005 722.45 3,944.445 796.36 Russia 2,075,821 3,113.345 666.75 2,824.380 734.97 Kazakhstan 6,145,078 8,696.202 706.64 7,889.064 778.94 Spain 388,170 620.496 625.58 562.905 689.58 Italy 34,952 36.333 961.98 32.961 1,060.40 Turkey 4,022,345 6,195.687 649.22 5,620.635 715.64 India 43,160,093 64,415.155 670.03 58,436.463 738.58 Malaysia 7,729,554 12,635.730 611.72 11,462.945 674.31 Indonesia 411,395 606.276 678.56 550.005 747.98 China 14,750,658 23,665.933 623.29 21,469.380 687.06 Korea, South 13,064,100 16,406.079 796.30 14,883.349 877.77 Taiwan 46,974,281 59,924.394 783.89 54,362.512 864.09 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/12/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 1,043,520 1,533.590 680.44 1,391.250 750.06 New Zealand 230,625 1,385.852 166.41 1,257.225 183.44 South Africa 31,435 31.217 1,006.97 28.320 1,109.99 CATEGORY TOTAL 201,330,014 283,816.949 709.37 257,474.478 781.94 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 151,032 153.924 981.21 139.638 1,081.60 Mexico 4,164 3.306 1,259.17 3.000 1,388.00 Netherlands 22,860 11.244 2,032.96 10.201 2,240.96 Belgium 611,306 839.068 728.55 761.190 803.09 Federal Republic of Germany 1,117,804 1,878.512 595.05 1,704.158 655.93 Spain 264,506 507.316 521.38 460.230 574.73 Thailand 1,128,053 1,669.405 675.72 1,514.460 744.85 Korea, South 107,609 151.788 708.94 137.700 781.47 Taiwan 252,178 378.566 666.14 343.430 734.29 Japan 72,265 82.643 874.42 74.973 963.88 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,731,777 5,675.777 657.49 5,148.980 724.76 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 Canada 6,426,777 7,642.915 840.88 6,933.538 926.91 Mexico 12,158,847 12,131.187 1,002.28 11,005.231 1,104.82 Chile 12,046 18.314 657.72 16.615 725.01 Brazil 6,833,617 9,184.141 744.07 8,331.715 820.19 United Kingdom 955,382 1,677.035 569.69 1,521.381 627.97 Netherlands 11,700 5.690 2,056.19 5.162 2,266.56 Belgium 1,810,677 1,739.899 1,040.68 1,578.411 1,147.15 Luxembourg 935,249 1,109.597 842.87 1,006.610 929.11 France 22,964 7.602 3,020.53 6.897 3,329.56 Federal Republic of Germany 492,902 155.037 3,179.24 140.648 3,504.51 Korea, South 5,987,264 7,849.919 762.72 7,121.329 840.75 Taiwan 15,744,531 19,779.029 796.02 17,943.239 877.46 Japan 901,484 942.130 956.86 854.687 1,054.75 CATEGORY TOTAL 52,293,440 62,242.500 840.16 56,465.463 926.11 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 2,908,186 5,142.266 565.55 4,664.987 623.41 Mexico 464,926 579.683 802.03 525.880 884.09 United Kingdom 79,429 137.202 578.92 124.468 638.15 Federal Republic of Germany 78,736 151.887 518.38 137.790 571.42 Japan 8,083 12.729 634.98 11.548 699.95 Egypt 815,186 1,276.342 638.69 1,157.879 704.03 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,354,546 7,300.111 596.50 6,622.552 657.53 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/12/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 2,811,068 3,326.260 845.11 3,017.534 931.58 Mexico 359,065 347.837 1,032.28 315.553 1,137.89 Brazil 58,171 69.092 841.92 62.680 928.06 Sweden 372,861 72.063 5,174.06 65.375 5,703.42 United Kingdom 1,289,441 687.614 1,875.24 623.794 2,067.09 France 165,815 109.083 1,520.07 98.959 1,675.59 Federal Republic of Germany 2,332,839 1,669.314 1,397.48 1,514.377 1,540.46 Austria 331,604 69.050 4,802.31 62.642 5,293.64 Switzerland 180,631 92.830 1,945.83 84.214 2,144.90 Italy 34,843 13.041 2,671.71 11.831 2,945.06 India 147,837 204.886 721.56 185.870 795.38 China 92,840 95.869 968.40 86.971 1,067.48 Korea, South 1,030,295 1,165.866 883.72 1,057.657 974.13 Taiwan 54,498 25.898 2,104.27 23.495 2,319.56 Japan 523,401 379.427 1,379.45 344.211 1,520.58 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,785,209 8,328.139 1,174.96 7,555.163 1,295.17 GRAND TOTAL 1,572,766,449 2,741,046.957 573.78 2,486,636.673 632.49 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/12/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Sweden 98,300 62.930 1,562.03 57.090 1,721.84 United Kingdom 32,009 13.216 2,421.86 11.990 2,669.64 Italy 1,010,489 627.322 1,610.80 569.098 1,775.60 China 7,506 4.696 1,598.06 4.261 1,761.56 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,148,304 708.167 1,621.51 642.439 1,787.41 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 3,759 0.055 68,202.17 0.050 75,180.00 Sweden 8,069,987 3,062.584 2,635.02 2,778.331 2,904.62 United Kingdom 10,676,266 4,629.168 2,306.30 4,199.512 2,542.26 Ireland 2,346 1.615 1,451.74 1.466 1,600.27 France 7,442 5.126 1,451.57 4.651 1,600.09 Federal Republic of Germany 129,133 37.717 3,423.66 34.217 3,773.94 Austria 3,920 2.700 1,451.50 2.450 1,600.00 Czech Republic 2,378 1.638 1,451.74 1.486 1,600.27 Spain 12,069,808 5,868.449 2,056.73 5,323.769 2,267.15 Italy 1,545,430 930.925 1,660.10 844.522 1,829.95 India 51,310 6.941 7,392.04 6.297 8,148.32 China 37,507 25.842 1,451.36 23.444 1,599.85 Taiwan 13,637 2.158 6,318.33 1.958 6,964.76 Japan 45,529 10.585 4,301.08 9.603 4,741.12 CATEGORY TOTAL 32,658,452 14,585.510 2,239.10 13,231.756 2,468.19 WIRE RODS..............................3 Sweden 1,316,353 536.107 2,455.39 486.349 2,706.60 United Kingdom 3,304,494 1,258.587 2,625.56 1,141.772 2,894.18 France 118,667 34.043 3,485.72 30.884 3,842.35 Federal Republic of Germany 328,923 241.668 1,361.05 219.238 1,500.30 Austria 5,538 2.070 2,675.18 1.878 2,948.88 Italy 459,868 244.914 1,877.67 222.183 2,069.77 India 56,258 20.511 2,742.71 18.608 3,023.32 China 1,144,384 646.068 1,771.30 586.104 1,952.53 Korea, South 356,084 317.705 1,120.80 288.218 1,235.47 Taiwan 2,483,070 945.551 2,626.06 857.790 2,894.73 Japan 61,856 26.847 2,303.94 24.356 2,539.66 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,635,495 4,274.078 2,254.40 3,877.380 2,485.05 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Italy 345,159 261.777 1,318.52 237.481 1,453.42 India 159,166 60.725 2,621.09 55.089 2,889.25 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/12/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 76,188 18.363 4,148.91 16.659 4,573.38 CATEGORY TOTAL 580,513 340.866 1,703.05 309.229 1,877.29 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Brazil 2,747 1.294 2,122.69 1.174 2,339.86 Sweden 191,785 64.118 2,991.12 58.167 3,297.14 Finland 72,827 23.934 3,042.77 21.713 3,354.07 United Kingdom 4,562 0.486 9,384.53 0.441 10,344.67 Belgium 5,134,496 1,541.191 3,331.51 1,398.146 3,672.36 France 495,021 139.883 3,538.82 126.900 3,900.87 Federal Republic of Germany 1,003,752 409.543 2,450.90 371.532 2,701.66 Austria 17,462 4.943 3,532.05 4.485 3,893.42 Italy 1,044,506 393.234 2,656.19 356.736 2,927.95 Slovenia 9,937 1.812 5,483.39 1.644 6,044.40 Korea, South 303,286 120.218 2,522.80 109.060 2,780.91 Taiwan 437,876 157.767 2,775.46 143.124 3,059.42 Japan 504,087 210.210 2,398.01 190.700 2,643.35 South Africa 413,475 134.044 3,084.61 121.603 3,400.20 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,635,819 3,202.681 3,008.67 2,905.425 3,316.49 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 8,805 8.225 1,070.46 7.462 1,179.98 Mexico 3,457 3.267 1,058.08 2.964 1,166.33 Sweden 1,308,959 385.618 3,394.44 349.827 3,741.73 Finland 61,635 25.640 2,403.78 23.261 2,649.71 Belgium 1,570,769 609.851 2,575.66 553.248 2,839.18 France 8,417 4.682 1,797.50 4.248 1,981.40 Federal Republic of Germany 2,343,547 940.595 2,491.56 853.294 2,746.47 Japan 10,535 5.895 1,787.06 5.348 1,969.90 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,316,124 1,983.776 2,679.80 1,799.652 2,953.97 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 315,735 63.137 5,000.79 57.277 5,512.42 Mexico 58,246 20.861 2,792.07 18.925 3,077.73 Trinidad and Tobago 53,198 64.451 825.40 58.469 909.85 Brazil 25,545 9.736 2,623.58 8.833 2,892.00 Sweden 42,410 4.888 8,675.02 4.435 9,562.57 United Kingdom 128,355 47.381 2,708.96 42.984 2,986.11 France 151,974 17.550 8,659.00 15.922 9,544.91 Federal Republic of Germany 630,325 184.987 3,407.39 167.818 3,756.00 Austria 1,076,667 263.701 4,082.90 239.226 4,500.63 Czech Republic 13,158 4.122 3,191.64 3.740 3,518.18 Ukraine 109,043 114.155 955.22 103.560 1,052.95 Portugal 143,453 40.873 3,509.67 37.080 3,868.74 Italy 1,210,677 382.778 3,162.86 347.251 3,486.46 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/12/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE India 64,205 32.684 1,964.38 29.651 2,165.36 China 76,019 40.871 1,859.95 37.078 2,050.25 Taiwan 740,214 279.762 2,645.87 253.796 2,916.57 Japan 19,931 0.690 28,883.55 0.626 31,838.66 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,859,155 1,572.635 3,089.82 1,426.671 3,405.94 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Mexico 22,461 2.860 7,852.13 2.595 8,655.49 United Kingdom 136,998 38.279 3,578.84 34.727 3,945.00 France 2,114 0.220 9,588.95 0.200 10,570.00 Italy 1,063,753 367.285 2,896.26 333.196 3,192.57 India 1,786,452 711.651 2,510.29 645.600 2,767.12 China 42,356 18.977 2,231.92 17.216 2,460.27 Japan 46,853 10.647 4,400.49 9.659 4,850.71 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,100,987 1,149.923 2,696.69 1,043.193 2,972.59 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 138,616 17.602 7,874.65 15.969 8,680.32 Mexico 7,812 2.731 2,859.94 2.478 3,152.54 Brazil 4,892 0.609 8,025.22 0.553 8,846.29 Sweden 487,230 145.914 3,339.16 132.371 3,680.79 Denmark 7,784 3.315 2,347.58 3.008 2,587.77 United Kingdom 902,398 239.319 3,770.68 217.107 4,156.47 France 1,826,610 527.892 3,460.19 478.896 3,814.21 Federal Republic of Germany 1,209,401 466.983 2,589.82 423.640 2,854.78 Austria 97,481 32.523 2,997.23 29.505 3,303.88 Czech Republic 74,798 15.983 4,679.70 14.500 5,158.48 Switzerland 499,479 131.460 3,799.46 119.259 4,188.19 Latvia 114,391 61.909 1,847.73 56.163 2,036.77 Poland 46,091 21.452 2,148.56 19.461 2,368.38 Ukraine 418,369 137.006 3,053.65 124.290 3,366.07 Spain 11,107 0.551 20,152.21 0.500 22,214.00 Portugal 8,418 1.989 4,230.85 1.805 4,663.71 Italy 5,501,765 1,470.960 3,740.25 1,334.433 4,122.92 Slovenia 46,817 24.631 1,900.72 22.345 2,095.19 Saudi Arabia 105,152 36.920 2,848.04 33.494 3,139.43 United Arab Emirates 142,657 77.825 1,833.04 70.602 2,020.58 India 2,058,706 874.607 2,353.86 793.431 2,594.69 China 107,571 38.106 2,822.88 34.570 3,111.69 Korea, South 121,071 35.416 3,418.53 32.129 3,768.28 Taiwan 3,268,759 1,086.093 3,009.65 985.288 3,317.57 Japan 206,742 56.500 3,659.15 51.256 4,033.52 CATEGORY TOTAL 17,414,117 5,508.306 3,161.43 4,997.053 3,484.88 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/12/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 7,558,723 1,440.968 5,245.59 1,307.225 5,782.27 Mexico 270,214 66.848 4,042.18 60.644 4,455.74 Costa Rica 7,185 1.399 5,132.38 1.270 5,657.48 Sweden 1,146,350 184.963 6,197.71 167.796 6,831.81 Finland 120,347 45.070 2,670.21 40.887 2,943.40 Denmark 2,777 0.110 25,192.53 0.100 27,770.00 United Kingdom 103,671 14.283 7,257.97 12.958 8,000.54 Ireland 26,099 6.633 3,934.30 6.018 4,336.82 Netherlands 2,854 0.234 12,155.43 0.213 13,399.06 Belgium 16,298 7.979 2,042.45 7.239 2,251.42 France 1,434,663 210.423 6,817.98 190.893 7,515.53 Federal Republic of Germany 1,751,030 269.919 6,487.23 244.867 7,150.94 Austria 1,110,604 201.938 5,499.70 183.196 6,062.38 Czech Republic 53,893 3.582 15,043.36 3.250 16,582.46 Switzerland 31,803 1.764 18,020.74 1.601 19,864.46 Ukraine 526,680 98.716 5,335.29 89.554 5,881.14 Spain 1,635,311 236.885 6,903.38 214.899 7,609.67 Italy 375,361 100.198 3,746.16 90.899 4,129.43 Turkey 2,626 0.516 5,079.46 0.469 5,599.15 India 56,433 9.757 5,783.46 8.852 6,375.17 Thailand 392,503 101.499 3,867.04 92.079 4,262.68 Malaysia 734,035 267.577 2,743.26 242.742 3,023.93 Singapore 124,255 46.141 2,692.90 41.859 2,968.42 Philippines 2,668 0.191 13,910.17 0.174 15,333.33 China 3,828,295 1,101.629 3,475.12 999.382 3,830.66 Korea, South 4,748,755 1,461.217 3,249.86 1,325.595 3,582.36 Taiwan 4,316,631 1,231.626 3,504.82 1,117.313 3,863.40 Japan 3,436,773 798.088 4,306.25 724.014 4,746.83 Australia 83,580 8.681 9,627.03 7.876 10,611.99 South Africa 460,791 190.908 2,413.68 173.189 2,660.63 CATEGORY TOTAL 34,361,208 8,109.760 4,237.02 7,357.053 4,670.51 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 21,129 4.325 4,884.79 3.924 5,384.56 Brazil 7,344 2.338 3,141.14 2.121 3,462.52 Sweden 1,983,801 281.038 7,058.82 254.954 7,781.02 Denmark 151,081 16.811 8,986.85 15.251 9,906.30 United Kingdom 408,356 91.032 4,485.84 82.583 4,944.79 Ireland 2,179 0.547 3,977.38 0.497 4,384.31 Belgium 110,714 7.869 14,068.93 7.139 15,508.33 France 127,022 19.826 6,406.79 17.986 7,062.27 Federal Republic of Germany 575,326 105.401 5,458.40 95.619 6,016.86 Switzerland 236,127 43.945 5,373.14 39.867 5,922.87 Spain 265,778 58.521 4,541.53 53.090 5,006.18 Italy 207,392 38.898 5,331.64 35.288 5,877.13 Israel 108,225 61.271 1,766.31 55.585 1,947.02 India 2,038,231 772.851 2,637.29 701.119 2,907.11 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/12/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Thailand 127,993 46.575 2,748.05 42.253 3,029.21 China 1,193,013 385.537 3,094.41 349.754 3,411.01 Korea, South 2,588,770 808.959 3,200.12 733.876 3,527.53 Hong Kong 56,933 19.739 2,884.28 17.907 3,179.37 Taiwan 1,136,876 282.721 4,021.18 256.481 4,432.59 Japan 552,775 171.021 3,232.20 155.148 3,562.89 Australia 5,353 20.040 267.12 18.180 294.44 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,904,418 3,239.275 3,675.03 2,938.622 4,051.02 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Mexico 10,334 4.202 2,459.30 3.812 2,710.91 Brazil 71,352 77.850 916.52 70.625 1,010.29 Sweden 57,746 21.747 2,655.29 19.729 2,926.96 Denmark 56,805 9.810 5,790.18 8.900 6,382.58 Belgium 451,745 134.864 3,349.62 122.347 3,692.33 France 13,847 0.772 17,919.82 0.701 19,753.21 Federal Republic of Germany 80,093 26.772 2,991.57 24.288 3,297.64 Italy 253,315 94.173 2,689.87 85.433 2,965.07 India 52,944 28.255 1,873.76 25.633 2,065.46 Japan 65,639 23.720 2,767.17 21.519 3,050.28 South Africa 7,293,884 2,377.973 3,067.27 2,157.262 3,381.08 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,407,704 2,800.144 3,002.60 2,540.249 3,309.80 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 134,426 81.882 1,641.68 74.283 1,809.65 Mexico 19,913,796 10,234.378 1,945.77 9,284.475 2,144.85 Brazil 2,212,847 958.233 2,309.30 869.295 2,545.57 Sweden 1,943,541 505.541 3,844.47 458.620 4,237.80 Finland 895,440 345.185 2,594.08 313.147 2,859.49 United Kingdom 230,579 30.788 7,489.09 27.931 8,255.31 Netherlands 107,662 16.795 6,410.01 15.237 7,065.83 Belgium 4,381,735 1,616.568 2,710.52 1,466.527 2,987.83 France 2,671,486 1,587.472 1,682.86 1,440.131 1,855.03 Federal Republic of Germany 6,627,528 2,527.262 2,622.41 2,292.695 2,890.72 Austria 29,745 0.981 30,319.35 0.890 33,421.35 Spain 246,683 124.687 1,978.40 113.115 2,180.82 Italy 7,474,642 3,328.899 2,245.38 3,019.928 2,475.11 India 725,038 271.220 2,673.24 246.047 2,946.75 Thailand 589,472 332.387 1,773.45 301.537 1,954.89 China 9,109,066 4,260.448 2,138.05 3,865.015 2,356.80 Korea, South 6,909,656 3,163.267 2,184.34 2,869.669 2,407.82 Taiwan 6,903,157 2,285.914 3,019.87 2,073.747 3,328.83 Japan 842,352 590.112 1,427.44 535.341 1,573.49 South Africa 2,821,818 1,152.499 2,448.43 1,045.530 2,698.94 CATEGORY TOTAL 74,770,669 33,414.529 2,237.67 30,313.160 2,466.61 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/12/04 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 France 2,567 0.310 8,257.96 0.282 9,102.84 Federal Republic of Germany 2,640 1.137 2,320.71 1.032 2,558.14 Slovenia 49,056 22.531 2,177.24 20.440 2,400.00 Japan 5,458 0.462 11,789.09 0.420 12,995.24 CATEGORY TOTAL 59,721 24.442 2,443.31 22.174 2,693.29 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 226,111 67.247 3,362.37 61.006 3,706.37 Mexico 2,029,543 1,155.767 1,756.01 1,048.495 1,935.67 Sweden 1,727,304 297.502 5,806.01 269.890 6,400.03 Finland 732,560 298.542 2,453.79 270.833 2,704.84 Denmark 14,280 1.351 10,566.56 1.226 11,647.63 United Kingdom 282,958 89.000 3,179.28 80.740 3,504.56 Ireland 7,062 0.367 19,238.86 0.333 21,207.21 Belgium 799,625 305.308 2,619.07 276.971 2,887.04 France 288,015 88.160 3,266.93 79.978 3,601.18 Federal Republic of Germany 685,164 239.037 2,866.35 216.851 3,159.61 Switzerland 5,402 1.843 2,930.99 1.672 3,230.86 Spain 74,573 49.812 1,497.08 45.189 1,650.25 Italy 52,683 12.321 4,275.65 11.178 4,713.10 India 80,920 28.694 2,820.08 26.031 3,108.60 Indonesia 107,697 31.204 3,451.36 28.308 3,804.47 China 211,887 143.925 1,472.20 130.567 1,622.82 Taiwan 222,124 135.354 1,641.05 122.792 1,808.95 Japan 2,440,664 302.021 8,081.10 273.989 8,907.89 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,988,572 3,247.462 3,075.81 2,946.049 3,390.50 GRAND TOTAL 223,841,258 84,161.560 2,659.66 76,350.105 2,931.77