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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 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 8,841 23.450 377.01 21.274 415.58 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 13,145,362 29,591.495 444.23 26,844.961 489.68 WIRE RODS..............................3 20,859,263 31,698.479 658.05 28,756.385 725.38 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 8,024,581 12,951.982 619.56 11,749.844 682.95 STEEL PILING...........................5 410,765 435.980 942.16 395.515 1,038.56 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 13,264,730 15,458.537 858.08 14,023.753 945.88 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 13,169,586 22,442.766 586.81 20,359.741 646.84 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 4,420 4.875 906.57 4.423 999.32 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 19,384 23.990 807.98 21.764 890.65 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 196,351 274.388 715.60 248.921 788.81 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 41,996,457 61,731.018 680.31 56,001.454 749.92 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 3,027,213 5,324.826 568.51 4,830.603 626.67 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 113,433 116.099 977.03 105.324 1,076.99 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 6,590,667 5,669.308 1,162.52 5,143.112 1,281.46 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,170,077 939.301 1,245.69 852.120 1,373.14 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 21,235,714 23,830.017 891.13 21,618.234 982.31 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,574,627 3,496.154 736.42 3,171.659 811.76 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 1,317,638 1,429.583 921.69 1,296.897 1,015.99 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 89,254 73.007 1,222.54 66.231 1,347.62 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 670,405 467.869 1,432.89 424.444 1,579.49 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 12,391,944 10,479.801 1,182.46 9,507.119 1,303.44 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 332,448 855.909 388.42 776.468 428.15 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 7,558,723 1,440.968 5,245.59 1,307.225 5,782.27 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 2,172,406 766.206 2,835.27 695.091 3,125.35 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 21,949,195 23,385.577 938.58 21,215.045 1,034.61 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 24,288 39.280 618.32 35.635 681.58 WIRE DRAWN............................23 16,232,818 16,776.861 967.57 15,219.717 1,066.57 BLACK PLATE...........................28 78,286 168.081 465.76 152.481 513.41 TIN PLATE.............................29 4,374,505 6,771.195 646.05 6,142.727 712.14 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 948,043 1,381.236 686.37 1,253.037 756.60 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 17,000,446 28,305.820 600.60 25,678.616 662.05 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 14,908,341 22,606.568 659.47 20,508.340 726.94 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 22,163,317 35,322.527 627.46 32,044.067 691.65 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,375,473 1,192.848 1,153.10 1,082.134 1,271.07 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 6,426,777 7,642.915 840.88 6,933.538 926.91 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 17,843 1.631 10,937.10 1.480 12,056.08 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 3,130,742 5,640.942 555.00 5,117.378 611.79 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 3,188,959 3,585.383 889.43 3,252.606 980.43 COUNTRY TOTAL 282,163,322 382,346.891 737.98 346,859.363 813.48 Mexico INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 1,396,771 1,713.060 815.37 1,554.063 898.79 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/12/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 64,511,085 140,120.587 460.40 127,115.295 507.50 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,245,405 2,061.651 604.08 1,870.299 665.89 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 972,092 1,735.137 560.24 1,574.091 617.56 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,673,690 2,624.448 637.73 2,380.860 702.98 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 4,689,287 7,349.453 638.05 6,667.314 703.32 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 1,770,859 3,156.094 561.09 2,863.162 618.50 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 9,940,241 23,381.283 425.14 21,211.150 468.63 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 27,055 29.561 915.20 26.818 1,008.84 TOOL STEEL............................17 92,139 60.189 1,530.82 54.603 1,687.43 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 3,383,923 3,450.495 980.71 3,130.238 1,081.04 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 90,708 89.027 1,018.88 80.764 1,123.12 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 9,900 11.023 898.11 10.000 990.00 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,804,890 2,163.769 834.14 1,962.939 919.48 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 154,254 160.527 960.92 145.628 1,059.23 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 12,201,466 13,242.800 921.37 12,013.670 1,015.63 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 331,360 233.693 1,417.93 212.003 1,563.00 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 270,214 66.848 4,042.18 60.644 4,455.74 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 328,444 190.560 1,723.56 172.874 1,899.90 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 3,527,580 2,253.111 1,565.65 2,043.989 1,725.83 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 108,136 108.015 1,001.12 97.990 1,103.54 WIRE DRAWN............................23 9,573,451 10,738.512 891.51 9,741.817 982.72 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 15,835,028 25,495.593 621.09 23,129.220 684.63 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 24,816,897 17,509.156 1,417.37 15,884.044 1,562.38 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 11,937,608 12,134.674 983.76 11,008.395 1,084.41 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 4,164 3.306 1,259.17 3.000 1,388.00 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 12,158,847 12,131.187 1,002.28 11,005.231 1,104.82 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 464,926 579.683 802.03 525.880 884.09 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,388,608 1,503.605 1,588.59 1,364.048 1,751.12 COUNTRY TOTAL 185,709,028 284,297.061 653.22 257,910.029 720.05 Guatemala STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,013,615 1,230.741 823.58 1,116.510 907.84 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 5,199 8.664 600.06 7.860 661.45 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,018,814 1,239.405 822.02 1,124.370 906.12 El Salvador WIRE DRAWN............................23 33,700 46.569 723.65 42.247 797.69 COUNTRY TOTAL 33,700 46.569 723.65 42.247 797.69 Costa Rica STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 7,185 1.399 5,132.38 1.270 5,657.48 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,185 1.399 5,132.38 1.270 5,657.48 Dominican Republic IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/12/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 1,436,808 3,063.904 468.95 2,779.528 516.93 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 21,120 60.431 349.48 54.823 385.24 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 10,511 31.505 333.63 28.581 367.76 WIRE DRAWN............................23 172,919 247.560 698.49 224.583 769.96 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 11,247 43.200 260.34 39.191 286.98 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,652,605 3,446.602 479.49 3,126.706 528.55 Trinidad and Tobago WIRE RODS..............................3 3,420,581 6,589.780 519.07 5,978.150 572.18 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 56,614 67.507 838.63 61.242 924.43 WIRE DRAWN............................23 26,411 32.474 813.29 29.460 896.50 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,503,606 6,689.762 523.73 6,068.852 577.31 Colombia BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 225,322 500.449 450.24 454.000 496.30 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 259,194 305.966 847.13 277.568 933.80 TOOL STEEL............................17 227,496 25.947 8,767.62 23.539 9,664.64 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,882,403 1,038.319 1,812.93 941.948 1,998.41 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,758,806 2,581.896 1,068.52 2,342.258 1,177.84 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 4,954 8.631 573.97 7.830 632.69 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 560,950 678.461 826.80 615.490 911.39 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 17,322 12.753 1,358.19 11.570 1,497.15 WIRE DRAWN............................23 60,085 40.339 1,489.50 36.595 1,641.89 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,996,532 5,192.764 1,154.79 4,710.798 1,272.93 Venezuela BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 10,967,303 25,925.527 423.03 23,519.250 466.31 WIRE RODS..............................3 5,507,263 11,305.299 487.14 10,255.998 536.98 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 12,002 10.613 1,130.87 9.628 1,246.57 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 786,010 1,345.826 584.03 1,220.914 643.79 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 959,122 2,114.055 453.69 1,917.839 500.11 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 7,178,629 9,104.267 788.49 8,259.255 869.16 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 633,431 843.281 751.15 765.012 828.00 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 648,292 863.066 751.15 782.961 828.00 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 463,055 430.826 1,074.81 390.839 1,184.77 WIRE DRAWN............................23 978,040 1,210.833 807.74 1,098.450 890.38 BLACK PLATE...........................28 1,032,707 1,630.858 633.23 1,479.490 698.02 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,810,386 5,164.645 544.16 4,685.289 599.83 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 6,440,404 10,519.025 612.26 9,542.702 674.90 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 277,729 370.094 750.43 335.744 827.20 COUNTRY TOTAL 38,694,373 70,838.220 546.24 64,263.371 602.12 Ecuador STANDARD PIPE.........................18 110,571 110.439 1,001.19 100.189 1,103.62 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/12/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE WIRE DRAWN............................23 147,277 151.609 971.42 137.538 1,070.81 COUNTRY TOTAL 257,848 262.049 983.97 237.727 1,084.64 Chile STANDARD PIPE.........................18 104,094 149.683 695.43 135.791 766.58 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 157,292 187.869 837.24 170.432 922.90 WIRE DRAWN............................23 178,016 200.059 889.82 181.491 980.85 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 12,046 18.314 657.72 16.615 725.01 COUNTRY TOTAL 451,448 555.927 812.06 504.329 895.15 Brazil BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 55,140,916 133,876.639 411.88 121,450.879 454.02 WIRE RODS..............................3 6,322,205 14,271.760 442.99 12,947.127 488.31 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 653,373 1,354.896 482.23 1,229.142 531.57 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 53,168 40.288 1,319.69 36.549 1,454.70 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 296,479 237.772 1,246.90 215.704 1,374.47 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 325,771 675.247 482.45 612.574 531.81 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 45,769 21.255 2,153.24 19.283 2,373.54 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,047,990 710.105 2,884.06 644.197 3,179.14 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 6,570 0.620 10,586.51 0.563 11,669.63 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 691,569 980.365 705.42 889.373 777.59 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 715,854 935.105 765.53 848.314 843.85 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 198,559 498.487 398.32 452.220 439.08 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 1,467,990 2,576.740 569.71 2,337.580 628.00 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 828,871 1,295.535 639.79 1,175.290 705.25 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 1,387,334 2,432.595 570.31 2,206.814 628.66 WIRE DRAWN............................23 520,956 750.132 694.49 680.509 765.54 TIN PLATE.............................29 247,551 328.488 753.61 298.000 830.71 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 112,417 135.047 832.43 122.513 917.59 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 6,184,599 7,485.220 826.24 6,790.480 910.77 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 16,566,637 22,717.763 729.24 20,609.214 803.85 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 6,833,617 9,184.141 744.07 8,331.715 820.19 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 58,171 69.092 841.92 62.680 928.06 COUNTRY TOTAL 100,706,366 200,577.303 502.08 181,960.720 553.45 Argentina WIRE RODS..............................3 1,590,181 3,191.894 498.19 2,895.639 549.16 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 4,438,807 6,622.311 670.28 6,007.662 738.86 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 21,143 41.992 503.49 38.095 555.01 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 160,030 202.466 790.40 183.675 871.27 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 14,869 14.044 1,058.70 12.741 1,167.02 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 497,957 352.053 1,414.43 319.378 1,559.15 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 829,963 459.379 1,806.71 416.742 1,991.55 WIRE DRAWN............................23 98,055 174.341 562.43 158.160 619.97 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 35,001 60.346 580.01 54.745 639.35 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/12/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 8,554,343 12,794.714 668.58 11,607.173 736.99 COUNTRY TOTAL 16,240,349 23,913.545 679.13 21,694.010 748.61 Sweden INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 98,300 62.930 1,562.03 57.090 1,721.84 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 8,069,987 3,062.584 2,635.02 2,778.331 2,904.62 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,341,978 625.938 2,143.95 567.842 2,363.29 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 4,966,722 4,493.760 1,105.25 4,076.672 1,218.33 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,308,959 385.618 3,394.44 349.827 3,741.73 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,189,019 533.176 2,230.07 483.690 2,458.23 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 616,932 248.672 2,480.90 225.592 2,734.72 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,815,968 984.618 2,859.96 893.231 3,152.56 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 11,105 1.534 7,237.28 1.392 7,977.73 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,455,286 1,676.701 867.95 1,521.078 956.75 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,040,314 744.059 1,398.16 675.000 1,541.21 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 362,824 324.392 1,118.47 294.284 1,232.90 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,146,350 184.963 6,197.71 167.796 6,831.81 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,557,427 662.632 3,859.50 601.130 4,254.37 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,346,735 1,385.852 971.77 1,257.225 1,071.20 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,180,818 891.704 2,445.67 808.941 2,695.89 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 24,425 29.861 817.94 27.090 901.62 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 888,985 949.339 936.42 861.227 1,032.23 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,555,341 495.281 5,159.37 449.312 5,687.23 COUNTRY TOTAL 33,977,475 17,743.624 1,914.91 16,096.750 2,110.83 Norway STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 276,972 384.526 720.29 348.837 793.99 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 3,736 1.306 2,860.12 1.185 3,152.74 COUNTRY TOTAL 280,708 385.833 727.54 350.022 801.97 Finland BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 2,332,744 5,600.015 416.56 5,080.250 459.18 WIRE RODS..............................3 23,597 82.721 285.26 75.044 314.44 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 331,158 269.347 1,229.48 244.348 1,355.27 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 61,635 25.640 2,403.78 23.261 2,649.71 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 120,347 45.070 2,670.21 40.887 2,943.40 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 420,528 134.293 3,131.41 121.829 3,451.79 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 895,440 345.185 2,594.08 313.147 2,859.49 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 732,560 298.542 2,453.79 270.833 2,704.84 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,918,009 6,800.816 723.15 6,169.599 797.14 Denmark BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 7,784 3.315 2,347.58 3.008 2,587.77 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 35,301 29.492 1,196.96 26.755 1,319.42 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/12/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 26,432 6.349 4,162.97 5.760 4,588.89 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 2,777 0.110 25,192.53 0.100 27,770.00 WIRE DRAWN............................23 151,081 16.811 8,986.85 15.251 9,906.30 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 56,805 9.810 5,790.18 8.900 6,382.58 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 5,200 12.143 428.23 11.016 472.04 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 14,280 1.351 10,566.56 1.226 11,647.63 COUNTRY TOTAL 299,660 79.384 3,774.81 72.016 4,161.02 United Kingdom INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 32,009 13.216 2,421.86 11.990 2,669.64 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 11,091,171 5,385.335 2,059.51 4,885.496 2,270.22 WIRE RODS..............................3 4,827,388 4,384.613 1,100.98 3,977.656 1,213.63 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 10,223,172 17,185.434 594.87 15,590.368 655.74 STEEL PILING...........................5 165,182 239.827 688.75 217.568 759.22 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 959,297 907.888 1,056.62 823.623 1,164.73 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 9,256,834 10,232.442 904.66 9,282.718 997.21 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 136,998 38.279 3,578.84 34.727 3,945.00 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 48,409 177.872 272.16 161.363 300.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 4,248,936 3,143.415 1,351.69 2,851.659 1,489.99 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,195,193 461.058 2,592.28 418.265 2,857.50 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 40,698 7.996 5,089.69 7.254 5,610.42 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 810,430 708.663 1,143.60 642.889 1,260.61 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 68,210 28.078 2,429.30 25.472 2,677.84 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 3,437 4.373 785.78 3.968 866.18 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 742,509 440.064 1,687.27 399.220 1,859.90 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 103,671 14.283 7,257.97 12.958 8,000.54 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 39,144 3.493 11,205.70 3.169 12,352.16 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,440,390 913.035 1,577.58 828.292 1,738.99 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 182,259 38.691 4,710.62 35.100 5,192.56 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 808,762 712.226 1,135.54 646.121 1,251.72 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 955,382 1,677.035 569.69 1,521.381 627.97 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 682,753 767.601 889.46 696.357 980.46 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 79,429 137.202 578.92 124.468 638.15 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,595,103 784.392 2,033.55 711.589 2,241.61 COUNTRY TOTAL 49,736,766 48,406.522 1,027.48 43,913.671 1,132.60 Ireland BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 2,346 1.615 1,451.74 1.466 1,600.27 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,196 2.123 1,034.36 1.926 1,140.19 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 26,099 6.633 3,934.30 6.018 4,336.82 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 3,226 1.269 2,540.43 1.152 2,800.35 WIRE DRAWN............................23 57,835 9.349 6,185.69 8.482 6,818.56 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 7,062 0.367 19,238.86 0.333 21,207.21 COUNTRY TOTAL 98,764 21.359 4,623.90 19.377 5,096.97 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/12/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Netherlands PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 6,465,275 11,427.127 565.78 10,366.519 623.67 TOOL STEEL............................17 375,851 375.231 1,001.65 340.404 1,104.13 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 2,854 0.234 12,155.43 0.213 13,399.06 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 19,154 6.254 3,062.43 5.674 3,375.75 WIRE DRAWN............................23 38,945 25.079 1,552.84 22.752 1,711.72 BLACK PLATE...........................28 281,419 373.321 753.82 338.672 830.95 TIN PLATE.............................29 2,811,531 5,012.283 560.93 4,547.068 618.32 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 20,712 38.146 542.96 34.606 598.51 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 15,699,293 32,760.178 479.22 29,719.542 528.25 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,146,771 4,706.285 668.63 4,269.472 737.04 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,390,270 1,779.158 781.42 1,614.026 861.37 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 22,860 11.244 2,032.96 10.201 2,240.96 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 11,700 5.690 2,056.19 5.162 2,266.56 COUNTRY TOTAL 30,286,635 56,520.237 535.85 51,274.311 590.68 Belgium INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 613,455 890.209 689.11 807.585 759.62 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 882,473 1,347.222 655.03 1,222.180 722.05 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 7,126,368 3,460.900 2,059.11 3,139.677 2,269.78 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,648,654 741.290 2,224.03 672.488 2,451.57 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 57,567 42.095 1,367.55 38.188 1,507.46 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 16,298 7.979 2,042.45 7.239 2,251.42 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 31,832 13.668 2,328.83 12.400 2,567.10 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 19,471 15.449 1,260.26 14.016 1,389.20 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,249,764 997.368 1,253.06 904.798 1,381.26 BLACK PLATE...........................28 253,149 388.586 651.46 352.520 718.11 TIN PLATE.............................29 68,608 108.686 631.25 98.599 695.83 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,942,075 2,292.503 847.14 2,079.725 933.81 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 18,885,159 23,028.433 820.08 20,891.049 903.98 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 195,472 214.030 913.29 194.165 1,006.73 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 611,306 839.068 728.55 761.190 803.09 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 1,810,677 1,739.899 1,040.68 1,578.411 1,147.15 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 799,625 305.308 2,619.07 276.971 2,887.04 COUNTRY TOTAL 36,211,953 36,432.702 993.94 33,051.201 1,095.63 Luxembourg WIRE RODS..............................3 172,164 265.232 649.11 240.615 715.52 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,577,924 3,383.125 761.99 3,069.121 839.96 STEEL PILING...........................5 1,791,306 2,464.465 726.85 2,235.726 801.22 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 106,650 276.872 385.19 251.175 424.60 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 11,909 0.264 45,015.28 0.240 49,620.83 WIRE DRAWN............................23 337,562 306.960 1,099.69 278.470 1,212.20 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 935,249 1,109.597 842.87 1,006.610 929.11 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,932,764 7,806.519 759.98 7,081.957 837.73 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/12/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE France BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 482,050 74.374 6,481.43 67.471 7,144.55 WIRE RODS..............................3 118,667 34.043 3,485.72 30.884 3,842.35 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,283,322 679.888 1,887.55 616.785 2,080.66 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 670,972 1,050.691 638.60 953.172 703.94 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 10,369 6.613 1,567.77 6.000 1,728.17 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,818,536 1,609.762 1,129.69 1,460.352 1,245.27 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 2,114 0.220 9,588.95 0.200 10,570.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 4,096,601 2,619.366 1,563.97 2,376.250 1,723.98 TOOL STEEL............................17 905,857 390.291 2,320.97 354.067 2,558.43 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 385,883 458.786 841.10 416.204 927.15 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,117,399 2,364.492 895.50 2,145.032 987.12 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 1,694,094 1,213.509 1,396.03 1,100.878 1,538.86 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 763,335 799.652 954.58 725.433 1,052.25 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 957,943 1,032.689 927.62 936.840 1,022.53 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 2,157,690 1,777.543 1,213.86 1,612.561 1,338.05 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,434,663 210.423 6,817.98 190.893 7,515.53 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 4,200 2.314 1,814.37 2.100 2,000.00 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 33,150 20.432 1,622.42 18.536 1,788.41 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,242,865 821.712 1,512.53 745.445 1,667.28 BLACK PLATE...........................28 211,022 290.723 725.85 263.740 800.11 TIN PLATE.............................29 5,280,366 8,966.192 588.92 8,133.995 649.17 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 1,568,655 2,253.382 696.13 2,044.235 767.36 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 8,864,296 14,218.327 623.44 12,898.653 687.23 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 5,702,169 5,344.970 1,066.83 4,848.877 1,175.98 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 302,454 426.605 708.98 387.010 781.51 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 22,964 7.602 3,020.53 6.897 3,329.56 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 2,567 0.310 8,257.96 0.282 9,102.84 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,520,575 289.798 5,247.00 262.901 5,783.83 COUNTRY TOTAL 43,654,778 46,964.724 929.52 42,605.693 1,024.62 Federal Republic of Germany INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 153,428 17.617 8,709.02 15.982 9,600.05 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 9,089,000 21,839.570 416.17 19,812.531 458.75 WIRE RODS..............................3 9,158,529 14,468.407 633.00 13,125.522 697.76 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 3,350,091 5,222.026 641.53 4,737.344 707.17 STEEL PILING...........................5 17,526 8.777 1,996.65 7.963 2,200.93 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 3,061,795 2,351.379 1,302.13 2,133.136 1,435.35 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 5,571,932 6,060.058 919.45 5,497.594 1,013.52 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 7,329 0.448 16,336.02 0.407 18,007.37 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 4,457,505 4,148.595 1,074.46 3,763.544 1,184.39 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 62,861 59.883 1,049.73 54.325 1,157.13 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 4,665,923 3,312.468 1,408.59 3,005.022 1,552.71 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,345,308 1,368.246 1,714.10 1,241.253 1,889.47 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,776,470 1,938.237 916.54 1,758.340 1,010.31 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 9,614,625 8,737.938 1,100.33 7,926.927 1,212.91 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/12/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 283,866 232.666 1,220.05 211.072 1,344.88 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 7,347 11.430 642.73 10.370 708.49 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,960,320 2,382.640 1,242.45 2,161.496 1,369.57 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 3,329,958 2,755.173 1,208.62 2,499.452 1,332.28 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,751,030 269.919 6,487.23 244.867 7,150.94 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 75,250 3.492 21,548.51 3.168 23,753.16 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 250,318 164.494 1,521.74 149.227 1,677.43 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,101,153 1,068.839 1,965.83 969.635 2,166.95 BLACK PLATE...........................28 2,513,596 3,246.879 774.16 2,945.520 853.36 TIN PLATE.............................29 1,360,817 2,377.860 572.29 2,157.159 630.84 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 1,080,722 1,634.457 661.21 1,482.755 728.86 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,650,278 2,338.015 705.85 2,121.013 778.06 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 8,394,148 5,574.769 1,505.74 5,057.347 1,659.79 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 3,919,908 8,149.169 481.02 7,392.804 530.23 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,712,681 2,799.316 611.82 2,539.498 674.42 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 492,902 155.037 3,179.24 140.648 3,504.51 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 1,578,180 2,012.669 784.12 1,825.864 864.35 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 95,477 183.400 520.59 166.378 573.86 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 5,063,282 2,923.897 1,731.69 2,652.516 1,908.86 COUNTRY TOTAL 91,953,555 107,817.787 852.86 97,810.679 940.12 Austria BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 3,920 2.700 1,451.50 2.450 1,600.00 WIRE RODS..............................3 5,538 2.070 2,675.18 1.878 2,948.88 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 45,625 9.947 4,586.69 9.024 5,055.96 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 365,611 486.779 751.08 441.599 827.93 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 127,327 161.047 790.62 146.100 871.51 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 413,047 606.413 681.13 550.129 750.82 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,386,825 376.365 3,684.78 341.433 4,061.78 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 222,324 109.855 2,023.79 99.659 2,230.85 TOOL STEEL............................17 3,664,862 995.249 3,682.36 902.875 4,059.10 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 6,736,191 7,255.979 928.36 6,582.516 1,023.35 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 536,783 719.950 745.58 653.128 821.86 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 111,701 41.944 2,663.10 38.051 2,935.56 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,110,604 201.938 5,499.70 183.196 6,062.38 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 216,990 167.137 1,298.27 151.625 1,431.10 WIRE DRAWN............................23 468,580 89.913 5,211.46 81.568 5,744.65 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,116,393 3,891.297 543.88 3,530.127 599.52 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 29,745 0.981 30,319.35 0.890 33,421.35 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 244,425 247.070 989.29 224.139 1,090.51 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 963,335 175.946 5,475.16 159.616 6,035.33 COUNTRY TOTAL 18,769,826 15,542.588 1,207.64 14,100.003 1,331.19 Czech Republic BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 170,806 447.356 381.81 405.835 420.88 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 714,861 1,650.619 433.09 1,497.417 477.40 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/12/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 58,778 44.112 1,332.46 40.018 1,468.79 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 74,798 15.983 4,679.70 14.500 5,158.48 TOOL STEEL............................17 3,033 1.043 2,905.48 0.947 3,202.75 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 53,893 3.582 15,043.36 3.250 16,582.46 WIRE DRAWN............................23 24,433 17.519 1,394.65 15.893 1,537.34 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,100,602 2,180.216 504.81 1,977.860 556.46 Slovakia LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 488,047 607.922 802.81 551.498 884.95 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 7,645 1.408 5,426.78 1.278 5,982.00 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 764,259 890.851 857.90 808.167 945.67 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,259,951 1,500.182 839.87 1,360.943 925.79 Hungary SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 672,153 1,136.383 591.48 1,030.910 652.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 672,153 1,136.383 591.48 1,030.910 652.00 Switzerland STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 7,117 5.694 1,249.79 5.166 1,377.66 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 8,757 15.082 580.59 13.683 639.99 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 4,441 5.090 872.41 4.618 961.67 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 518,783 141.141 3,675.64 128.041 4,051.69 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 7,325 1.636 4,474.84 1.485 4,932.66 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 4,059 9.942 408.23 9.020 450.00 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,829,308 770.127 2,375.33 698.648 2,618.35 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 31,803 1.764 18,020.74 1.601 19,864.46 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 4,364 1.717 2,541.05 1.558 2,801.03 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 56,005 37.094 1,509.77 33.652 1,664.24 WIRE DRAWN............................23 239,452 47.403 5,051.33 43.004 5,568.13 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 236,570 129.406 1,828.11 117.396 2,015.15 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,947,984 1,166.103 2,528.06 1,057.872 2,786.71 Estonia SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 3,141,210 4,348.005 722.45 3,944.445 796.36 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,141,210 4,348.005 722.45 3,944.445 796.36 Latvia BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 4,615,029 11,047.118 417.76 10,021.780 460.50 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 114,391 61.909 1,847.73 56.163 2,036.77 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,729,420 11,109.027 425.73 10,077.943 469.28 Poland IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/12/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 48,445 26.263 1,844.56 23.826 2,033.28 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 92,063 163.682 562.45 148.490 619.99 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,241 0.981 2,284.27 0.890 2,517.98 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 81,572 43.218 1,887.44 39.207 2,080.55 TOOL STEEL............................17 13,293 4.003 3,320.27 3.632 3,659.97 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,189,172 1,153.623 1,030.81 1,046.550 1,136.28 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,426,786 1,391.772 1,025.16 1,262.595 1,130.04 Russia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 92,851,621 199,342.279 465.79 180,840.325 513.45 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 81,268 151.205 537.47 137.171 592.46 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 16,901,300 31,624.497 534.44 28,689.270 589.12 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 2,350,888 1,157.918 2,030.27 1,050.446 2,237.99 TOOL STEEL............................17 116,846 75.504 1,547.53 68.497 1,705.86 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 321,751 459.359 700.43 416.724 772.10 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,843,851 3,126.751 589.70 2,836.542 650.03 WIRE DRAWN............................23 235,429 463.721 507.70 420.681 559.64 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 13,427,172 24,858.904 540.14 22,551.625 595.40 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 39,175,575 67,311.011 582.01 61,063.540 641.55 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 2,075,821 3,113.345 666.75 2,824.380 734.97 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 4,696,567 5,467.853 858.94 4,960.355 946.82 COUNTRY TOTAL 174,078,089 337,152.353 516.32 305,859.556 569.14 Belarus WIRE DRAWN............................23 197,108 218.927 900.33 198.608 992.45 COUNTRY TOTAL 197,108 218.927 900.33 198.608 992.45 Ukraine BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 162,052 166.132 975.44 150.713 1,075.24 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,090,301 1,532.983 711.23 1,390.700 783.99 TOOL STEEL............................17 252,626 44.092 5,729.46 40.000 6,315.65 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 475,393 672.765 706.62 610.323 778.92 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 8,767,228 11,018.856 795.66 9,996.141 877.06 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 63,931 106.924 597.91 97.000 659.08 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 526,680 98.716 5,335.29 89.554 5,881.14 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,050,721 2,146.772 489.44 1,947.520 539.52 COUNTRY TOTAL 12,388,932 15,787.244 784.74 14,321.951 865.03 Kazakhstan SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 6,145,078 8,696.202 706.64 7,889.064 778.94 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,145,078 8,696.202 706.64 7,889.064 778.94 Kyrgyzstan IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/12/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE TOOL STEEL............................17 2,542 1.581 1,607.01 1.435 1,771.43 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,542 1.581 1,607.01 1.435 1,771.43 Spain BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 12,069,808 5,868.449 2,056.73 5,323.769 2,267.15 WIRE RODS..............................3 3,379,803 5,638.369 599.43 5,115.044 660.76 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 94,984 187.151 507.52 169.781 559.45 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 4,369 3.743 1,167.11 3.396 1,286.51 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 27,035 33.756 800.89 30.623 882.83 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 227,710 286.829 793.89 260.207 875.11 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 4,028,098 6,342.337 635.11 5,753.673 700.09 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,113,613 1,153.119 965.74 1,046.093 1,064.54 TOOL STEEL............................17 375,226 296.308 1,266.33 268.807 1,395.89 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,189,364 1,113.142 1,068.47 1,009.826 1,177.79 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 4,787,513 3,995.872 1,198.11 3,624.996 1,320.69 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 938,036 792.117 1,184.21 718.597 1,305.37 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 920,861 591.696 1,556.31 536.778 1,715.53 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,635,311 236.885 6,903.38 214.899 7,609.67 WIRE DRAWN............................23 522,095 361.433 1,444.51 327.887 1,592.30 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 246,683 124.687 1,978.40 113.115 2,180.82 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,865,781 3,227.617 578.07 2,928.046 637.21 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 264,506 507.316 521.38 460.230 574.73 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 74,573 49.812 1,497.08 45.189 1,650.25 COUNTRY TOTAL 33,765,369 30,810.646 1,095.90 27,950.956 1,208.02 Portugal BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 143,453 40.873 3,509.67 37.080 3,868.74 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 8,418 1.989 4,230.85 1.805 4,663.71 COUNTRY TOTAL 151,871 42.863 3,543.14 38.885 3,905.64 Italy INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 1,010,489 627.322 1,610.80 569.098 1,775.60 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 1,872,361 1,114.392 1,680.16 1,010.960 1,852.06 WIRE RODS..............................3 459,868 244.914 1,877.67 222.183 2,069.77 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,082,330 1,193.162 907.11 1,082.419 999.92 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,894,631 1,734.268 1,092.47 1,573.302 1,204.24 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,252,151 4,294.096 524.48 3,895.540 578.14 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,479,421 762.993 1,938.97 692.176 2,137.35 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 1,069,440 371.835 2,876.11 337.324 3,170.36 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 5,791,165 1,674.444 3,458.56 1,519.031 3,812.41 TOOL STEEL............................17 6,154 0.342 17,951.18 0.311 19,787.78 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 513,913 477.656 1,075.90 433.323 1,185.98 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,684 0.109 24,594.79 0.099 27,111.11 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 990,161 992.444 997.70 900.331 1,099.77 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 794,138 836.903 948.90 759.226 1,045.98 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/12/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,093,652 889.110 1,230.05 806.588 1,355.90 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 397,658 410.153 969.53 372.085 1,068.73 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 375,361 100.198 3,746.16 90.899 4,129.43 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,461,177 2,031.285 1,211.64 1,842.752 1,335.60 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 19,207,170 34,410.307 558.18 31,216.515 615.29 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 7,474,642 3,328.899 2,245.38 3,019.928 2,475.11 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 34,952 36.333 961.98 32.961 1,060.40 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 112,522 30.974 3,632.68 28.100 4,004.34 COUNTRY TOTAL 50,376,040 55,562.152 906.66 50,405.151 999.42 Slovenia PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 9,937 1.812 5,483.39 1.644 6,044.40 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 46,817 24.631 1,900.72 22.345 2,095.19 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,470,001 1,260.129 1,960.12 1,143.171 2,160.66 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 49,056 22.531 2,177.24 20.440 2,400.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,575,811 1,309.104 1,967.61 1,187.600 2,168.92 Macedonia (Skopje) PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,956,086 3,572.931 547.47 3,241.310 603.49 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 799,554 1,465.015 545.76 1,329.040 601.60 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,755,640 5,037.947 546.98 4,570.350 602.94 Serbia and Montenegro PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 10,208,870 18,301.250 557.82 16,602.620 614.90 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 9,068,323 16,234.516 558.58 14,727.710 615.73 COUNTRY TOTAL 19,277,193 34,535.767 558.18 31,330.330 615.29 Greece WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,010,525 1,059.482 953.79 961.147 1,051.37 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,543,872 5,651.228 627.10 5,126.710 691.26 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,554,397 6,710.711 678.68 6,087.857 748.11 Romania PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 11,171,460 18,398.647 607.19 16,690.977 669.31 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,700,305 2,993.259 568.04 2,715.440 626.16 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,868,585 2,859.754 653.41 2,594.326 720.26 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 3,937,700 4,456.792 883.53 4,043.135 973.92 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 785,210 1,213.956 646.82 1,101.283 713.00 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,060,725 2,990.679 689.05 2,713.100 759.55 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 624,692 662.476 942.96 600.989 1,039.44 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,540,721 4,472.847 568.03 4,057.700 626.15 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 9,418 4.882 1,929.07 4.429 2,126.44 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/12/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 24,698,816 38,053.295 649.06 34,521.379 715.46 Bulgaria PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,156,980 3,954.214 545.49 3,587.204 601.30 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 4,727,361 11,589.416 407.90 10,513.745 449.64 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,896,543 3,432.995 552.45 3,114.362 608.97 COUNTRY TOTAL 8,780,884 18,976.626 462.72 17,215.311 510.06 Turkey BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 1,816,887 2,172.583 836.28 1,970.935 921.84 WIRE RODS..............................3 24,840,833 60,049.975 413.67 54,476.437 455.99 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 72,377 184.680 391.90 167.539 432.00 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 152,425 291.264 523.32 264.231 576.86 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 5,352,574 10,060.395 532.04 9,126.640 586.48 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 3,078,648 3,729.305 825.53 3,383.170 909.99 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 3,293,963 4,548.809 724.14 4,126.612 798.22 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 36,258,249 89,908.270 403.28 81,563.434 444.54 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 3,613,752 6,299.248 573.68 5,714.584 632.37 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 513,075 897.543 571.64 814.238 630.13 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 553,176 960.115 576.16 871.002 635.10 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,534,445 2,527.400 607.12 2,292.820 669.24 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 2,626 0.516 5,079.46 0.469 5,599.15 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 2,603,636 4,553.032 571.85 4,130.443 630.35 WIRE DRAWN............................23 408,122 410.297 994.70 372.216 1,096.47 TIN PLATE.............................29 2,860,580 4,050.166 706.29 3,674.250 778.55 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 18,562,349 34,465.238 538.58 31,266.347 593.68 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 4,022,345 6,195.687 649.22 5,620.635 715.64 COUNTRY TOTAL 109,540,062 231,304.533 473.58 209,836.002 522.03 Israel LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 3,646 8.736 417.31 7.926 460.01 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 53,440 10.579 5,051.05 9.598 5,567.83 WIRE DRAWN............................23 279,792 278.826 1,003.46 252.947 1,106.13 COUNTRY TOTAL 336,878 298.143 1,129.92 270.471 1,245.52 Saudi Arabia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 105,152 36.920 2,848.04 33.494 3,139.43 COUNTRY TOTAL 105,152 36.920 2,848.04 33.494 3,139.43 United Arab Emirates BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 142,657 77.825 1,833.04 70.602 2,020.58 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,297,057 1,753.549 739.68 1,590.794 815.35 WIRE DRAWN............................23 174,537 169.240 1,031.30 153.532 1,136.81 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/12/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 1,614,251 2,000.615 806.88 1,814.928 889.43 Oman STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,665,547 2,825.888 589.39 2,563.604 649.69 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,665,547 2,825.888 589.39 2,563.604 649.69 India BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 51,310 6.941 7,392.04 6.297 8,148.32 WIRE RODS..............................3 56,258 20.511 2,742.71 18.608 3,023.32 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 159,166 60.725 2,621.09 55.089 2,889.25 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 214,053 222.192 963.37 201.570 1,061.93 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 1,786,452 711.651 2,510.29 645.600 2,767.12 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 2,073,003 893.969 2,318.87 810.996 2,556.12 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,866,049 4,496.841 637.35 4,079.467 702.55 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,067,999 1,216.720 877.77 1,103.791 967.57 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 21,006 29.720 706.78 26.962 779.10 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 384,142 620.027 619.56 562.480 682.94 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 662,180 1,165.491 568.16 1,057.316 626.28 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 366,569 348.776 1,051.01 316.405 1,158.54 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 597,184 939.450 635.67 852.255 700.71 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 56,433 9.757 5,783.46 8.852 6,375.17 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 155,493 156.780 991.79 142.229 1,093.26 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,409,601 1,286.534 1,872.94 1,167.125 2,064.56 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 52,944 28.255 1,873.76 25.633 2,065.46 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,158,118 2,593.904 832.00 2,353.151 917.12 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 43,160,093 64,415.155 670.03 58,436.463 738.58 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 228,757 233.580 979.35 211.901 1,079.55 COUNTRY TOTAL 58,526,810 79,456.990 736.58 72,082.190 811.95 Pakistan STANDARD PIPE.........................18 96,668 190.250 508.11 172.592 560.10 COUNTRY TOTAL 96,668 190.250 508.11 172.592 560.10 Thailand PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 4,547,564 8,538.280 532.61 7,745.800 587.10 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 4,461,817 8,307.955 537.05 7,536.853 592.00 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 51,302 115.173 445.43 104.484 491.00 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 232,500 445.718 521.63 404.349 575.00 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 392,503 101.499 3,867.04 92.079 4,262.68 WIRE DRAWN............................23 314,097 243.019 1,292.47 220.464 1,424.71 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 13,344,154 24,739.787 539.38 22,443.564 594.56 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 6,850,450 10,667.616 642.17 9,677.502 707.87 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,128,053 1,669.405 675.72 1,514.460 744.85 COUNTRY TOTAL 31,322,440 54,828.458 571.28 49,739.555 629.73 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/12/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Vietnam OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 5,600 0.694 8,063.87 0.630 8,888.89 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 56,719 65.479 866.21 59.402 954.83 COUNTRY TOTAL 62,319 66.173 941.75 60.032 1,038.10 Malaysia WIRE RODS..............................3 4,792,232 11,040.945 434.04 10,016.180 478.45 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 902,353 1,345.660 670.57 1,220.763 739.17 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 281,841 2,131.699 132.21 1,933.846 145.74 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,875 8.340 344.72 7.566 379.99 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,167,501 1,645.200 709.64 1,492.501 782.24 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 734,035 267.577 2,743.26 242.742 3,023.93 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 10,134,628 71,587.113 141.57 64,942.755 156.05 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 7,729,554 12,635.730 611.72 11,462.945 674.31 COUNTRY TOTAL 25,745,019 100,662.266 255.76 91,319.298 281.92 Singapore STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 124,255 46.141 2,692.90 41.859 2,968.42 COUNTRY TOTAL 124,255 46.141 2,692.90 41.859 2,968.42 Indonesia PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 102,369 155.587 657.95 141.147 725.27 WIRE DRAWN............................23 43,212 13.609 3,175.22 12.346 3,500.08 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 411,395 606.276 678.56 550.005 747.98 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 107,697 31.204 3,451.36 28.308 3,804.47 COUNTRY TOTAL 664,673 806.677 823.96 731.806 908.26 Philippines STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 2,668 0.191 13,910.17 0.174 15,333.33 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,668 0.191 13,910.17 0.174 15,333.33 China INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 7,506 4.696 1,598.06 4.261 1,761.56 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 70,272 104.266 673.97 94.589 742.92 WIRE RODS..............................3 15,786,996 36,791.579 429.09 33,376.769 472.99 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 30,064 57.376 523.98 52.051 577.59 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 14,630 16.396 892.24 14.875 983.53 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 21,030 26.455 794.92 24.000 876.25 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 127,785 79.479 1,607.76 72.103 1,772.26 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 42,356 18.977 2,231.92 17.216 2,460.27 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 11,223 14.881 754.17 13.500 831.33 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 209,271 187.136 1,118.28 169.767 1,232.70 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/12/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE TOOL STEEL............................17 2,345,526 864.566 2,712.95 784.322 2,990.51 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 15,762,881 28,182.746 559.31 25,566.965 616.53 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 17,900,828 25,012.693 715.67 22,691.140 788.89 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 481,890 735.174 655.48 666.939 722.54 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,097,098 1,629.109 673.43 1,477.904 742.33 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,293,367 3,023.147 758.60 2,742.554 836.22 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 44,490 44.002 1,011.09 39.918 1,114.53 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 3,828,295 1,101.629 3,475.12 999.382 3,830.66 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 6,739 11.070 608.73 10.043 671.01 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 512,989 562.728 911.61 510.499 1,004.88 WIRE DRAWN............................23 6,974,246 9,085.403 767.63 8,242.142 846.17 TIN PLATE.............................29 1,201,028 1,504.783 798.14 1,365.117 879.80 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 18,594,684 21,547.043 862.98 19,547.155 951.27 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 14,750,658 23,665.933 623.29 21,469.380 687.06 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 304,727 239.794 1,270.78 217.538 1,400.80 COUNTRY TOTAL 102,420,579 154,511.075 662.87 140,170.129 730.69 Korea, South BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 937,021 1,233.461 759.67 1,118.978 837.39 WIRE RODS..............................3 356,084 317.705 1,120.80 288.218 1,235.47 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,085,221 2,466.427 440.00 2,237.506 485.01 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,221,692 3,460.875 641.95 3,139.654 707.62 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 310,701 495.599 626.92 449.600 691.06 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 536,608 852.305 629.60 773.199 694.01 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 330,065 495.319 666.37 449.346 734.55 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 62,008 107.640 576.06 97.650 635.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 353,012 302.377 1,167.46 274.312 1,286.90 TOOL STEEL............................17 298,489 101.051 2,953.84 91.672 3,256.05 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 5,431,008 8,497.115 639.16 7,708.456 704.55 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 8,778,974 12,375.343 709.39 11,226.726 781.97 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 2,472,108 3,967.003 623.17 3,598.806 686.92 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,832,058 2,882.188 635.65 2,614.678 700.68 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 4,464,564 7,079.956 630.59 6,422.830 695.11 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,134,505 3,329.508 641.09 3,020.480 706.68 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 37,221 21.746 1,711.59 19.728 1,886.71 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 4,748,755 1,461.217 3,249.86 1,325.595 3,582.36 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 10,113 2.971 3,402.95 2.696 3,751.11 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 1,274,085 2,264.122 562.73 2,053.978 620.30 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 6,591 9.501 693.65 8.620 764.62 WIRE DRAWN............................23 6,718,107 5,770.309 1,164.25 5,234.738 1,283.37 TIN PLATE.............................29 232,238 326.934 710.35 296.590 783.03 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 1,437,719 2,104.964 683.01 1,909.592 752.89 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 17,145,710 36,880.230 464.90 33,457.192 512.47 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 13,453,344 13,883.462 969.02 12,594.869 1,068.16 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 13,064,100 16,406.079 796.30 14,883.349 877.77 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 107,609 151.788 708.94 137.700 781.47 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 5,987,264 7,849.919 762.72 7,121.329 840.75 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/12/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,030,295 1,165.866 883.72 1,057.657 974.13 COUNTRY TOTAL 96,857,269 136,262.994 710.81 123,615.744 783.54 Hong Kong STANDARD PIPE.........................18 18,000 2.541 7,081.24 2.306 7,805.72 WIRE DRAWN............................23 62,764 21.122 2,971.43 19.162 3,275.44 COUNTRY TOTAL 80,764 23.664 3,412.89 21.468 3,762.06 Taiwan BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 13,637 2.158 6,318.33 1.958 6,964.76 WIRE RODS..............................3 2,483,070 945.551 2,626.06 857.790 2,894.73 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 11,254 0.997 11,281.17 0.905 12,435.36 STEEL PILING...........................5 37,014 56.253 657.99 51.032 725.31 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 437,876 157.767 2,775.46 143.124 3,059.42 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 773,057 295.093 2,619.71 267.704 2,887.73 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 3,316,053 1,113.403 2,978.30 1,010.063 3,283.02 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,204,190 536.801 2,243.27 486.978 2,472.78 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,920,735 5,300.563 551.02 4,808.592 607.40 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 234,803 394.507 595.18 357.891 656.07 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 79,058 130.040 607.95 117.971 670.15 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 80,162 136.901 585.55 124.195 645.45 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 1,809,177 3,000.523 602.95 2,722.030 664.64 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 120,723 57.460 2,100.99 52.127 2,315.94 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 4,519 0.313 14,435.10 0.284 15,911.97 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 4,316,631 1,231.626 3,504.82 1,117.313 3,863.40 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 499,282 199.003 2,508.91 180.533 2,765.60 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,492,611 1,880.410 1,325.57 1,705.880 1,461.19 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 35,615,375 54,845.401 649.38 49,754.925 715.82 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 46,974,281 59,924.394 783.89 54,362.512 864.09 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 252,178 378.566 666.14 343.430 734.29 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 15,744,531 19,779.029 796.02 17,943.239 877.46 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 276,622 161.253 1,715.45 146.287 1,890.95 COUNTRY TOTAL 119,696,839 150,528.021 795.18 136,556.763 876.54 Japan INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 33,367 18.364 1,816.93 16.660 2,002.82 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 367,414 544.235 675.10 493.722 744.17 WIRE RODS..............................3 5,356,049 10,545.011 507.92 9,566.276 559.89 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 76,188 18.363 4,148.91 16.659 4,573.38 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,534,214 3,155.165 803.20 2,862.319 885.37 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,710,304 3,215.058 531.97 2,916.653 586.39 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 7,960,494 12,501.571 636.76 11,341.238 701.91 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 68,899 76.572 899.79 69.465 991.85 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 8,623,028 11,895.165 724.92 10,791.116 799.09 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 46,853 10.647 4,400.49 9.659 4,850.71 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/12/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 9,022,635 22,201.007 406.41 20,140.421 447.99 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 711,972 659.911 1,078.89 598.662 1,189.27 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,883,173 3,087.484 933.83 2,800.920 1,029.37 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 152,019 100.882 1,506.89 91.519 1,661.06 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 15,493,168 6,409.307 2,417.29 5,814.428 2,664.61 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 7,724,438 8,441.801 915.02 7,658.276 1,008.64 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 7,918,555 10,801.218 733.12 9,798.703 808.12 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 2,772,839 4,211.085 658.46 3,820.234 725.83 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 4,888,506 3,115.759 1,568.96 2,826.570 1,729.48 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 703,307 776.367 905.89 704.309 998.58 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 3,436,773 798.088 4,306.25 724.014 4,746.83 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 233,282 99.248 2,350.48 90.037 2,590.96 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 120,510 83.785 1,438.31 76.009 1,585.47 WIRE DRAWN............................23 7,325,421 7,722.798 948.54 7,006.007 1,045.59 BLACK PLATE...........................28 2,719,489 3,852.115 705.97 3,494.581 778.20 TIN PLATE.............................29 452,514 633.820 713.95 574.992 786.99 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 1,947,453 2,684.200 725.52 2,435.066 799.75 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,912,264 5,231.850 556.64 4,746.256 613.59 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 6,303,819 8,149.884 773.49 7,393.453 852.62 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 4,431,535 6,073.187 729.69 5,509.505 804.34 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 306,769 420.259 729.95 381.253 804.63 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 901,484 942.130 956.86 854.687 1,054.75 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 775,608 1,137.568 681.81 1,031.985 751.57 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 13,541 13.192 1,026.42 11.968 1,131.43 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 3,241,262 731.060 4,433.64 663.207 4,887.26 COUNTRY TOTAL 114,169,146 140,358.173 813.41 127,330.829 896.63 Australia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 16,973,817 39,927.496 425.12 36,221.626 468.61 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 62,799 93.894 668.82 85.180 737.25 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 1,800,460 3,860.954 466.33 3,502.600 514.04 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 136,484 190.525 716.36 172.842 789.65 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 83,580 8.681 9,627.03 7.876 10,611.99 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 332,707 591.720 562.27 536.800 619.80 WIRE DRAWN............................23 116,857 192.804 606.09 174.909 668.10 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 13,064,598 23,037.792 567.09 20,899.540 625.11 COUNTRY TOTAL 32,571,302 67,903.871 479.67 61,601.373 528.74 New Zealand PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 30,879 50.419 612.44 45.740 675.10 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 287,623 479.549 599.78 435.040 661.14 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 241,915 394.032 613.95 357.460 676.76 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 230,625 1,385.852 166.41 1,257.225 183.44 COUNTRY TOTAL 791,042 2,309.854 342.46 2,095.465 377.50 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/12/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Egypt PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 3,867,663 6,816.431 567.40 6,183.764 625.45 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,796,237 2,168.887 828.18 1,967.582 912.92 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 20,772,344 38,572.195 538.53 34,992.117 593.63 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 815,186 1,276.342 638.69 1,157.879 704.03 COUNTRY TOTAL 27,251,430 48,833.856 558.04 44,301.342 615.14 South Africa BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 15,061,619 32,843.731 458.58 29,795.340 505.50 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 610,465 461.956 1,321.48 419.080 1,456.68 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 173,867 149.029 1,166.66 135.197 1,286.03 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 215,257 343.023 627.53 311.186 691.73 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 140,523 246.814 569.35 223.906 627.60 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 680,790 992.207 686.14 900.116 756.34 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 460,791 190.908 2,413.68 173.189 2,660.63 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 21,721 76.548 283.75 69.444 312.78 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,861,479 2,649.246 702.64 2,403.357 774.53 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 7,297,913 2,380.111 3,066.21 2,159.201 3,379.91 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,821,818 1,152.499 2,448.43 1,045.530 2,698.94 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 31,435 31.217 1,006.97 28.320 1,109.99 COUNTRY TOTAL 29,377,678 41,517.293 707.60 37,663.866 780.00 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 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 608,997 814.226 747.95 738.654 824.47 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,121,946 3,565.880 595.07 3,234.913 655.95 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 9,321,244 9,808.707 950.30 8,898.312 1,047.53 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,680,638 3,873.818 691.99 3,514.270 762.79 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 4,420 4.875 906.57 4.423 999.32 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 23,111,801 34,112.336 677.52 30,946.200 746.84 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 82,230 156.781 524.49 142.230 578.15 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,739,584 1,600.762 1,086.72 1,452.188 1,197.91 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,170,077 939.301 1,245.69 852.120 1,373.14 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 78,365 24.720 3,170.05 22.426 3,494.38 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,456,077 1,297.138 1,122.53 1,176.745 1,237.38 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 1,317,638 1,429.583 921.69 1,296.897 1,015.99 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 3,196,275 2,910.162 1,098.31 2,640.056 1,210.68 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 8,257 1.173 7,033.45 1.065 7,753.05 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 1,034,102 318.634 3,245.42 289.060 3,577.46 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 530,762 415.162 1,278.44 376.629 1,409.24 WIRE DRAWN............................23 529,919 453.296 1,169.03 411.224 1,288.64 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,800,482 2,821.613 638.10 2,559.725 703.39 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 5,034,341 7,031.365 715.98 6,378.749 789.24 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 3,636,902 6,102.291 595.99 5,535.907 656.97 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,224,441 1,038.923 1,178.57 942.496 1,299.15 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 17,843 1.631 10,937.10 1.480 12,056.08 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 222,556 498.675 446.29 452.391 491.95 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 151,780 191.874 791.04 174.066 871.97 COUNTRY TOTAL 61,080,677 79,412.938 769.15 72,042.226 847.85 Mexico INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 1,396,771 1,713.060 815.37 1,554.063 898.79 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 6,933,834 10,993.742 630.71 9,973.358 695.24 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 952,223 1,568.018 607.28 1,422.483 669.41 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 848,040 1,516.013 559.39 1,375.305 616.62 TOOL STEEL............................17 92,139 60.189 1,530.82 54.603 1,687.43 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,004,120 1,057.465 949.55 959.317 1,046.70 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 9,190 1.658 5,539.55 1.505 6,106.31 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 5,072 2.526 2,007.52 2.292 2,212.91 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,656,151 1,437.376 1,152.20 1,303.966 1,270.09 COUNTRY TOTAL 12,897,540 18,350.052 702.86 16,646.892 774.77 Dominican Republic SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 11,247 43.200 260.34 39.191 286.98 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/12/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 11,247 43.200 260.34 39.191 286.98 Colombia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 259,194 305.966 847.13 277.568 933.80 TOOL STEEL............................17 227,496 25.947 8,767.62 23.539 9,664.64 COUNTRY TOTAL 486,690 331.913 1,466.32 301.107 1,616.34 Venezuela MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 463,055 430.826 1,074.81 390.839 1,184.77 WIRE DRAWN............................23 14,691 19.658 747.31 17.834 823.76 COUNTRY TOTAL 477,746 450.484 1,060.52 408.673 1,169.02 Brazil BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 945,913 1,386.223 682.37 1,257.561 752.18 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 50,421 38.994 1,293.04 35.375 1,425.33 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 237,841 183.196 1,298.28 166.193 1,431.11 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 40,877 20.646 1,979.87 18.730 2,182.43 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,047,990 710.105 2,884.06 644.197 3,179.14 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 171,625 163.465 1,049.92 148.293 1,157.34 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 41,065 57.196 717.96 51.888 791.42 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 280,000 564.343 496.15 511.964 546.91 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,815,732 3,124.170 1,221.36 2,834.201 1,346.32 Argentina STANDARD PIPE.........................18 37,574 22.999 1,633.67 20.865 1,800.81 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 9,222 11.249 819.80 10.205 903.67 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 382,984 253.358 1,511.63 229.843 1,666.29 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 721,525 359.208 2,008.65 325.869 2,214.16 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,151,305 646.816 1,779.96 586.782 1,962.07 Sweden PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 4,723,449 4,287.752 1,101.61 3,889.785 1,214.32 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,146,609 528.288 2,170.42 479.255 2,392.48 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 124,985 102.152 1,223.52 92.671 1,348.70 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,815,968 984.618 2,859.96 893.231 3,152.56 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,060 0.012 169,891.01 0.011 187,272.73 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 822,006 649.940 1,264.74 589.616 1,394.14 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 362,824 324.392 1,118.47 294.284 1,232.90 WIRE DRAWN............................23 206,677 171.318 1,206.39 155.418 1,329.81 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 874,156 1,052.715 830.38 955.008 915.34 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 237,277 386.162 614.45 350.321 677.31 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 888,985 949.339 936.42 861.227 1,032.23 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 455,176 125.715 3,620.69 114.047 3,991.13 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/12/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 12,660,172 9,562.409 1,323.95 8,674.874 1,459.41 Norway OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 3,736 1.306 2,860.12 1.185 3,152.74 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,736 1.306 2,860.12 1.185 3,152.74 Finland BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 166,990 388.344 430.01 352.300 474.00 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 258,331 245.413 1,052.64 222.635 1,160.33 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 420,528 134.293 3,131.41 121.829 3,451.79 COUNTRY TOTAL 845,849 768.050 1,101.29 696.764 1,213.97 United Kingdom BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 139,327 82.402 1,690.82 74.754 1,863.81 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 7,648,399 12,393.185 617.15 11,242.912 680.29 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 954,735 907.402 1,052.16 823.182 1,159.81 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,565,250 1,719.213 910.45 1,559.645 1,003.59 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,851,114 1,469.943 1,259.31 1,333.511 1,388.15 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,195,193 461.058 2,592.28 418.265 2,857.50 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 365,421 142.966 2,555.99 129.697 2,817.50 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 3,437 4.373 785.78 3.968 866.18 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 740,031 439.748 1,682.85 398.933 1,855.03 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 39,144 3.493 11,205.70 3.169 12,352.16 WIRE DRAWN............................23 85,162 8.338 10,212.52 7.565 11,257.37 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 182,259 38.691 4,710.62 35.100 5,192.56 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 578,183 681.437 848.48 618.190 935.28 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 682,753 767.601 889.46 696.357 980.46 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 22,704 7.776 2,919.45 7.055 3,218.14 COUNTRY TOTAL 16,053,112 19,127.634 839.26 17,352.303 925.13 Ireland OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,196 2.123 1,034.36 1.926 1,140.19 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 3,226 1.269 2,540.43 1.152 2,800.35 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,422 3.392 1,598.04 3.078 1,761.53 Netherlands PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 3,442,124 5,552.471 619.93 5,037.119 683.35 TOOL STEEL............................17 375,851 375.231 1,001.65 340.404 1,104.13 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 19,154 6.254 3,062.43 5.674 3,375.75 WIRE DRAWN............................23 13,190 0.888 14,845.87 0.806 16,364.76 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,286,463 2,605.015 493.84 2,363.231 544.37 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 288,754 437.439 660.10 396.839 727.64 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 149,997 192.735 778.25 174.847 857.88 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/12/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 5,575,533 9,170.037 608.02 8,318.920 670.22 Belgium INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 613,455 890.209 689.11 807.585 759.62 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,250,108 803.464 1,555.90 728.891 1,715.08 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 13,060 20.447 638.70 18.550 704.04 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 32,787 45.106 726.88 40.920 801.25 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,909,410 1,759.228 1,085.37 1,595.946 1,196.41 Luxembourg STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 123,535 173.895 710.40 157.755 783.08 COUNTRY TOTAL 123,535 173.895 710.40 157.755 783.08 France BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 474,608 69.247 6,853.82 62.820 7,555.05 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 788,301 540.005 1,459.80 489.885 1,609.16 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 10,369 6.613 1,567.77 6.000 1,728.17 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,123,982 835.363 1,345.50 757.829 1,483.16 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 2,011,703 1,880.811 1,069.59 1,706.244 1,179.02 TOOL STEEL............................17 905,857 390.291 2,320.97 354.067 2,558.43 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 10,433 1.516 6,878.39 1.376 7,582.12 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,894,551 1,897.773 998.30 1,721.632 1,100.44 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 339,958 286.276 1,187.52 259.706 1,309.01 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 1,178,694 723.129 1,629.99 656.012 1,796.76 WIRE DRAWN............................23 7,113 0.374 18,978.84 0.340 20,920.59 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 44,481 16.356 2,719.54 14.838 2,997.78 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,493,089 2,944.496 846.69 2,671.203 933.32 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 302,454 426.605 708.98 387.010 781.51 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,066,745 92.554 11,525.59 83.964 12,704.79 COUNTRY TOTAL 12,652,338 10,111.417 1,251.29 9,172.926 1,379.31 Federal Republic of Germany INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 153,428 17.617 8,709.02 15.982 9,600.05 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 2,713,463 3,948.839 687.15 3,582.328 757.46 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,877,255 1,809.361 1,037.52 1,641.426 1,143.67 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 296,355 414.270 715.37 375.820 788.56 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,937,929 1,700.616 1,139.54 1,542.774 1,256.13 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 155,519 107.755 1,443.26 97.754 1,590.92 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,345,308 1,368.246 1,714.10 1,241.253 1,889.47 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 195,284 141.132 1,383.70 128.033 1,525.26 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 5,448,557 4,310.383 1,264.05 3,910.315 1,393.38 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 7,347 11.430 642.73 10.370 708.49 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,338,016 997.828 1,340.93 905.215 1,478.12 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 1,749,387 1,336.183 1,309.24 1,212.166 1,443.19 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 72,624 3.373 21,530.52 3.060 23,733.33 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/12/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 45,908 21.958 2,090.72 19.920 2,304.62 WIRE DRAWN............................23 307,405 63.487 4,841.97 57.595 5,337.36 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 536,440 584.886 917.17 530.600 1,011.01 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,199,567 1,777.799 674.75 1,612.793 743.78 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 3,080,458 6,697.046 459.97 6,075.460 507.03 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 594,877 920.804 646.04 835.340 712.14 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 1,578,180 2,012.669 784.12 1,825.864 864.35 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 14,101 30.375 464.23 27.556 511.72 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,045,279 1,015.545 2,013.97 921.288 2,220.02 COUNTRY TOTAL 27,692,687 29,291.613 945.41 26,572.912 1,042.14 Austria STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 45,625 9.947 4,586.69 9.024 5,055.96 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 138,616 164.739 841.43 149.449 927.51 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 127,327 161.047 790.62 146.100 871.51 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 310,158 112.663 2,752.95 102.207 3,034.61 TOOL STEEL............................17 3,664,862 995.249 3,682.36 902.875 4,059.10 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,023,009 2,899.524 697.70 2,630.405 769.09 WIRE DRAWN............................23 75,395 16.790 4,490.36 15.232 4,949.78 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,205,576 2,014.613 598.42 1,827.627 659.64 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 631,731 106.895 5,909.80 96.974 6,514.44 COUNTRY TOTAL 8,222,299 6,481.470 1,268.59 5,879.893 1,398.38 Czech Republic BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 45,620 39.989 1,140.80 36.278 1,257.51 TOOL STEEL............................17 3,033 1.043 2,905.48 0.947 3,202.75 COUNTRY TOTAL 48,653 41.033 1,185.69 37.225 1,307.00 Switzerland PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 8,757 15.082 580.59 13.683 639.99 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 4,441 5.090 872.41 4.618 961.67 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 4,059 9.942 408.23 9.020 450.00 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 159,823 92.251 1,732.47 83.689 1,909.73 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 4,364 1.717 2,541.05 1.558 2,801.03 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 28,301 31.196 907.18 28.301 1,000.00 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 50,537 34.733 1,454.98 31.510 1,603.84 COUNTRY TOTAL 260,282 190.015 1,369.80 172.379 1,509.94 Poland BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,241 0.981 2,284.27 0.890 2,517.98 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 35,481 21.766 1,630.09 19.746 1,796.87 TOOL STEEL............................17 13,293 4.003 3,320.27 3.632 3,659.97 WIRE DRAWN............................23 253,595 177.608 1,427.83 161.124 1,573.91 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/12/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 304,610 204.359 1,490.56 185.392 1,643.06 Russia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 529,706 625.567 846.76 567.505 933.39 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 149,355 159.504 936.37 144.700 1,032.17 TOOL STEEL............................17 116,846 75.504 1,547.53 68.497 1,705.86 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 4,696,567 5,467.853 858.94 4,960.355 946.82 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,492,474 6,328.430 867.90 5,741.057 956.70 Ukraine BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 46,182 44.996 1,026.35 40.820 1,131.36 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 245,327 416.287 589.32 377.650 649.61 TOOL STEEL............................17 252,626 44.092 5,729.46 40.000 6,315.65 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,545,505 2,025.601 762.99 1,837.595 841.05 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,089,640 2,530.977 825.63 2,296.065 910.10 Kyrgyzstan TOOL STEEL............................17 2,542 1.581 1,607.01 1.435 1,771.43 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,542 1.581 1,607.01 1.435 1,771.43 Spain PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 4,369 3.743 1,167.11 3.396 1,286.51 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 848,157 862.758 983.08 782.682 1,083.65 TOOL STEEL............................17 375,226 296.308 1,266.33 268.807 1,395.89 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 292,076 185.031 1,578.52 167.858 1,740.02 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 4,787,513 3,995.872 1,198.11 3,624.996 1,320.69 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 312,827 230.613 1,356.50 209.209 1,495.28 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,477,611 2,607.120 566.76 2,365.141 624.75 COUNTRY TOTAL 8,097,779 8,181.450 989.77 7,422.089 1,091.04 Italy BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 326,931 183.466 1,781.97 166.438 1,964.28 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 714,770 928.167 770.09 842.020 848.88 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 76,835 65.613 1,171.02 59.524 1,290.82 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 98,355 66.760 1,473.25 60.564 1,623.98 TOOL STEEL............................17 6,154 0.342 17,951.18 0.311 19,787.78 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 332,623 333.503 997.36 302.549 1,099.40 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,684 0.109 24,594.79 0.099 27,111.11 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 301,276 262.614 1,147.22 238.240 1,264.59 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 175,463 175.604 999.19 159.306 1,101.42 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,683,840 1,573.165 1,070.35 1,427.152 1,179.86 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 24,996 5.611 4,454.13 5.091 4,909.84 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,743,927 3,594.960 1,041.44 3,261.294 1,147.99 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/12/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Slovenia TOOL STEEL............................17 2,470,001 1,260.129 1,960.12 1,143.171 2,160.66 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,470,001 1,260.129 1,960.12 1,143.171 2,160.66 Romania OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,685,423 2,670.978 1,005.41 2,423.072 1,108.27 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 221,240 290.191 762.39 263.257 840.40 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 9,418 4.882 1,929.07 4.429 2,126.44 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,916,081 2,966.052 983.15 2,690.758 1,083.74 Turkey BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 1,816,887 2,172.583 836.28 1,970.935 921.84 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,752,793 3,193.196 862.08 2,896.820 950.28 WIRE DRAWN............................23 260,878 257.914 1,011.49 233.976 1,114.98 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,830,558 5,623.694 858.97 5,101.731 946.85 Israel MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,340 2.588 904.09 2.348 996.59 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,340 2.588 904.09 2.348 996.59 India WIRE DRAWN............................23 21,540 17.959 1,199.33 16.293 1,322.04 COUNTRY TOTAL 21,540 17.959 1,199.33 16.293 1,322.04 Thailand WIRE DRAWN............................23 104,970 119.049 881.73 108.000 971.94 COUNTRY TOTAL 104,970 119.049 881.73 108.000 971.94 Malaysia PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 7,546 10.414 724.56 9.448 798.69 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,875 8.340 344.72 7.566 379.99 COUNTRY TOTAL 10,421 18.754 555.65 17.014 612.50 China BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 51,766 38.608 1,340.79 35.025 1,477.97 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,345,526 864.566 2,712.95 784.322 2,990.51 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 663,862 852.002 779.18 772.924 858.90 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,608,397 3,433.350 759.72 3,114.684 837.45 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 197,701 180.734 1,093.87 163.960 1,205.79 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 6,739 11.070 608.73 10.043 671.01 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/12/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 67,437 26.046 2,589.10 23.629 2,853.99 WIRE DRAWN............................23 240,408 108.223 2,221.40 98.179 2,448.67 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,181,836 5,514.603 1,120.99 5,002.766 1,235.68 Korea, South BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 937,021 1,233.461 759.67 1,118.978 837.39 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 260,273 324.359 802.42 294.254 884.52 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 141,725 109.111 1,298.90 98.984 1,431.80 TOOL STEEL............................17 298,489 101.051 2,953.84 91.672 3,256.05 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 162,989 258.506 630.50 234.513 695.01 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 33,650 21.456 1,568.29 19.465 1,728.74 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 325,065 567.389 572.91 514.727 631.53 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,492,445 1,437.528 1,038.20 1,304.104 1,144.42 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 705,163 1,015.647 694.30 921.380 765.33 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,356,820 5,068.510 859.59 4,598.077 947.53 Taiwan BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 24,160 11.899 2,030.35 10.795 2,238.07 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 35,269 22.702 1,553.56 20.595 1,712.50 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,204,190 536.801 2,243.27 486.978 2,472.78 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 3,012 2.004 1,502.99 1.818 1,656.77 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 5,000 0.330 15,119.75 0.300 16,666.67 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 499,282 199.003 2,508.91 180.533 2,765.60 WIRE DRAWN............................23 393,275 449.491 874.93 407.772 964.45 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,164,188 1,222.232 1,770.68 1,108.791 1,951.84 Japan INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 33,367 18.364 1,816.93 16.660 2,002.82 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,507,446 2,227.810 676.65 2,021.036 745.88 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,561,197 2,992.923 521.63 2,715.135 575.00 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 140,253 206.614 678.81 187.438 748.26 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 7,254,494 9,414.291 770.58 8,540.504 849.42 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 241,045 263.900 913.39 239.407 1,006.84 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,883,173 3,087.484 933.83 2,800.920 1,029.37 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 90,005 60.746 1,481.66 55.108 1,633.25 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 15,489,729 6,408.987 2,416.88 5,814.137 2,664.15 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 1,188,568 1,435.189 828.16 1,301.982 912.89 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 7,110,739 9,535.819 745.69 8,650.752 821.98 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,637,249 1,752.937 1,504.47 1,590.239 1,658.40 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 106,068 44.622 2,377.00 40.481 2,620.19 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 2,475 0.974 2,539.91 0.884 2,799.77 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 120,510 83.785 1,438.31 76.009 1,585.47 WIRE DRAWN............................23 3,376,076 3,427.237 985.07 3,109.138 1,085.86 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,658,480 4,882.024 544.54 4,428.899 600.26 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,894,458 5,140.389 757.62 4,663.284 835.13 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/12/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 3,388,015 4,539.597 746.32 4,118.255 822.68 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 234,504 337.615 694.59 306.280 765.65 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 775,608 1,137.568 681.81 1,031.985 751.57 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 277,197 49.611 5,587.33 45.007 6,158.98 COUNTRY TOTAL 54,970,656 57,048.496 963.58 51,753.540 1,062.16 Australia STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 244,447 459.069 532.48 416.461 586.96 COUNTRY TOTAL 244,447 459.069 532.48 416.461 586.96 South Africa BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 18,234 16.274 1,120.40 14.764 1,235.03 COUNTRY TOTAL 18,234 16.274 1,120.40 14.764 1,235.03 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 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 8,841 23.450 377.01 21.274 415.58 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 12,532,606 28,777.214 435.50 26,106.257 480.06 WIRE RODS..............................3 20,859,263 31,698.479 658.05 28,756.385 725.38 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 5,902,635 9,386.102 628.87 8,514.931 693.21 STEEL PILING...........................5 410,765 435.980 942.16 395.515 1,038.56 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 3,943,486 5,649.829 697.98 5,125.441 769.39 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 10,480,143 18,560.722 564.64 16,838.009 622.41 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 19,384 23.990 807.98 21.764 890.65 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 196,351 274.388 715.60 248.921 788.81 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 18,568,921 27,555.545 673.87 24,997.977 742.82 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 2,944,983 5,168.045 569.84 4,688.373 628.15 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 113,433 116.099 977.03 105.324 1,076.99 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 4,712,467 4,050.943 1,163.30 3,674.955 1,282.32 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 21,157,349 23,805.296 888.77 21,595.808 979.70 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,118,550 2,199.015 508.66 1,994.914 560.70 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 89,254 73.007 1,222.54 66.231 1,347.62 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 670,405 467.869 1,432.89 424.444 1,579.49 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 9,195,669 7,569.639 1,214.81 6,867.063 1,339.10 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 324,191 854.735 379.29 775.403 418.09 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 1,138,304 447.572 2,543.28 406.031 2,803.49 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 21,418,433 22,970.415 932.44 20,838.416 1,027.83 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 24,288 39.280 618.32 35.635 681.58 WIRE DRAWN............................23 15,681,770 16,319.239 960.94 14,804.569 1,059.25 BLACK PLATE...........................28 78,286 168.081 465.76 152.481 513.41 TIN PLATE.............................29 4,374,505 6,771.195 646.05 6,142.727 712.14 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 948,043 1,381.236 686.37 1,253.037 756.60 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 15,199,964 25,484.207 596.45 23,118.891 657.47 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 9,739,574 15,493.320 628.63 14,055.308 692.95 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 18,526,415 29,220.236 634.03 26,508.160 698.89 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 151,032 153.924 981.21 139.638 1,081.60 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 6,426,777 7,642.915 840.88 6,933.538 926.91 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 2,908,186 5,142.266 565.55 4,664.987 623.41 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,811,068 3,326.260 845.11 3,017.534 931.58 COUNTRY TOTAL 212,675,341 301,250.508 705.98 273,289.941 778.20 Mexico BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 57,577,251 129,126.845 445.90 117,141.937 491.52 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,245,405 2,061.651 604.08 1,870.299 665.89 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 972,092 1,735.137 560.24 1,574.091 617.56 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,670,233 2,621.180 637.21 2,377.896 702.40 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 3,678,818 5,760.573 638.62 5,225.906 703.96 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 900,358 1,637.220 549.93 1,485.262 606.19 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/12/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 9,940,241 23,381.283 425.14 21,211.150 468.63 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 19,243 26.830 717.21 24.340 790.59 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 3,383,923 3,450.495 980.71 3,130.238 1,081.04 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 90,708 89.027 1,018.88 80.764 1,123.12 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 9,900 11.023 898.11 10.000 990.00 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,804,890 2,163.769 834.14 1,962.939 919.48 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 154,254 160.527 960.92 145.628 1,059.23 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 11,197,346 12,185.334 918.92 11,054.353 1,012.94 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 331,360 233.693 1,417.93 212.003 1,563.00 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 319,254 188.901 1,690.05 171.369 1,862.96 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 3,522,508 2,250.585 1,565.15 2,041.697 1,725.28 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 108,136 108.015 1,001.12 97.990 1,103.54 WIRE DRAWN............................23 7,917,300 9,301.135 851.22 8,437.851 938.31 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 15,824,694 25,491.391 620.79 23,125.408 684.30 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 4,903,101 7,274.777 673.99 6,599.569 742.94 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 11,937,608 12,134.674 983.76 11,008.395 1,084.41 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 4,164 3.306 1,259.17 3.000 1,388.00 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 12,158,847 12,131.187 1,002.28 11,005.231 1,104.82 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 464,926 579.683 802.03 525.880 884.09 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 359,065 347.837 1,032.28 315.553 1,137.89 COUNTRY TOTAL 150,495,625 254,456.092 591.44 230,838.749 651.95 Guatemala STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,013,615 1,230.741 823.58 1,116.510 907.84 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 5,199 8.664 600.06 7.860 661.45 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,018,814 1,239.405 822.02 1,124.370 906.12 El Salvador WIRE DRAWN............................23 33,700 46.569 723.65 42.247 797.69 COUNTRY TOTAL 33,700 46.569 723.65 42.247 797.69 Dominican Republic BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 1,436,808 3,063.904 468.95 2,779.528 516.93 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 21,120 60.431 349.48 54.823 385.24 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 10,511 31.505 333.63 28.581 367.76 WIRE DRAWN............................23 172,919 247.560 698.49 224.583 769.96 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,641,358 3,403.401 482.27 3,087.515 531.61 Trinidad and Tobago WIRE RODS..............................3 3,420,581 6,589.780 519.07 5,978.150 572.18 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 3,416 3.056 1,117.54 2.773 1,231.88 WIRE DRAWN............................23 26,411 32.474 813.29 29.460 896.50 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,450,408 6,625.311 520.79 6,010.383 574.07 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/12/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Colombia BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 225,322 500.449 450.24 454.000 496.30 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,882,403 1,038.319 1,812.93 941.948 1,998.41 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,758,806 2,581.896 1,068.52 2,342.258 1,177.84 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 4,954 8.631 573.97 7.830 632.69 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 560,950 678.461 826.80 615.490 911.39 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 17,322 12.753 1,358.19 11.570 1,497.15 WIRE DRAWN............................23 60,085 40.339 1,489.50 36.595 1,641.89 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,509,842 4,860.850 1,133.51 4,409.691 1,249.48 Venezuela BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 10,967,303 25,925.527 423.03 23,519.250 466.31 WIRE RODS..............................3 5,507,263 11,305.299 487.14 10,255.998 536.98 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 12,002 10.613 1,130.87 9.628 1,246.57 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 786,010 1,345.826 584.03 1,220.914 643.79 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 959,122 2,114.055 453.69 1,917.839 500.11 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 7,178,629 9,104.267 788.49 8,259.255 869.16 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 633,431 843.281 751.15 765.012 828.00 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 648,292 863.066 751.15 782.961 828.00 WIRE DRAWN............................23 963,349 1,191.174 808.74 1,080.616 891.48 BLACK PLATE...........................28 1,032,707 1,630.858 633.23 1,479.490 698.02 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,810,386 5,164.645 544.16 4,685.289 599.83 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 6,440,404 10,519.025 612.26 9,542.702 674.90 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 277,729 370.094 750.43 335.744 827.20 COUNTRY TOTAL 38,216,627 70,387.736 542.94 63,854.698 598.49 Ecuador STANDARD PIPE.........................18 110,571 110.439 1,001.19 100.189 1,103.62 WIRE DRAWN............................23 147,277 151.609 971.42 137.538 1,070.81 COUNTRY TOTAL 257,848 262.049 983.97 237.727 1,084.64 Chile STANDARD PIPE.........................18 104,094 149.683 695.43 135.791 766.58 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 157,292 187.869 837.24 170.432 922.90 WIRE DRAWN............................23 178,016 200.059 889.82 181.491 980.85 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 12,046 18.314 657.72 16.615 725.01 COUNTRY TOTAL 451,448 555.927 812.06 504.329 895.15 Brazil BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 54,195,003 132,490.416 409.05 120,193.318 450.90 WIRE RODS..............................3 6,322,205 14,271.760 442.99 12,947.127 488.31 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 653,373 1,354.896 482.23 1,229.142 531.57 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 33,093 44.839 738.03 40.678 813.54 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/12/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 325,771 675.247 482.45 612.574 531.81 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 6,570 0.620 10,586.51 0.563 11,669.63 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 691,569 980.365 705.42 889.373 777.59 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 715,854 935.105 765.53 848.314 843.85 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 198,559 498.487 398.32 452.220 439.08 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 1,467,990 2,576.740 569.71 2,337.580 628.00 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 657,246 1,132.070 580.57 1,026.997 639.97 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 1,387,334 2,432.595 570.31 2,206.814 628.66 WIRE DRAWN............................23 513,612 747.794 686.84 678.388 757.11 TIN PLATE.............................29 247,551 328.488 753.61 298.000 830.71 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,971,752 6,526.987 608.51 5,921.185 670.77 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 16,286,637 22,153.419 735.17 20,097.250 810.39 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 6,833,617 9,184.141 744.07 8,331.715 820.19 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 58,171 69.092 841.92 62.680 928.06 COUNTRY TOTAL 94,565,907 196,403.069 481.49 178,173.918 530.75 Argentina WIRE RODS..............................3 1,590,181 3,191.894 498.19 2,895.639 549.16 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 4,438,807 6,622.311 670.28 6,007.662 738.86 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 21,143 41.992 503.49 38.095 555.01 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 122,456 179.467 682.33 162.810 752.14 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 5,647 2.795 2,020.06 2.536 2,226.74 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 114,973 98.695 1,164.93 89.535 1,284.11 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 108,438 100.170 1,082.54 90.873 1,193.29 WIRE DRAWN............................23 98,055 174.341 562.43 158.160 619.97 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 35,001 60.346 580.01 54.745 639.35 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 8,554,343 12,794.714 668.58 11,607.173 736.99 COUNTRY TOTAL 15,089,044 23,266.729 648.52 21,107.228 714.88 Sweden WIRE RODS..............................3 25,625 89.830 285.26 81.493 314.44 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 51,488 141.889 362.87 128.720 400.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 4,717 0.606 7,780.35 0.550 8,576.36 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 9,045 1.522 5,941.70 1.381 6,549.60 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,455,286 1,676.701 867.95 1,521.078 956.75 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 218,308 94.119 2,319.47 85.384 2,556.78 WIRE DRAWN............................23 366,949 210.274 1,745.09 190.758 1,923.64 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 414,833 311.389 1,332.20 282.488 1,468.50 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 24,425 29.861 817.94 27.090 901.62 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 372,861 72.063 5,174.06 65.375 5,703.42 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,943,537 2,628.258 1,119.96 2,384.317 1,234.54 Norway STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 276,972 384.526 720.29 348.837 793.99 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/12/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 276,972 384.526 720.29 348.837 793.99 Finland BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 2,165,754 5,211.671 415.56 4,727.950 458.07 WIRE RODS..............................3 23,597 82.721 285.26 75.044 314.44 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,189,351 5,294.393 413.52 4,802.994 455.83 Denmark LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 35,301 29.492 1,196.96 26.755 1,319.42 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 26,432 6.349 4,162.97 5.760 4,588.89 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 5,200 12.143 428.23 11.016 472.04 COUNTRY TOTAL 66,933 47.984 1,394.88 43.531 1,537.59 United Kingdom BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 275,578 673.765 409.01 611.230 450.86 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,522,894 3,126.026 487.17 2,835.884 537.01 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,574,773 4,792.248 537.28 4,347.456 592.25 STEEL PILING...........................5 165,182 239.827 688.75 217.568 759.22 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 7,563,229 8,465.846 893.38 7,680.089 984.78 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 48,409 177.872 272.16 161.363 300.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,495,424 1,434.151 1,042.72 1,301.041 1,149.41 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 40,698 7.996 5,089.69 7.254 5,610.42 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 445,009 565.697 786.66 513.192 867.14 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 68,210 28.078 2,429.30 25.472 2,677.84 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,478 0.316 7,832.77 0.287 8,634.15 WIRE DRAWN............................23 946,872 813.664 1,163.71 738.144 1,282.77 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 955,382 1,677.035 569.69 1,521.381 627.97 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 79,429 137.202 578.92 124.468 638.15 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,289,441 687.614 1,875.24 623.794 2,067.09 COUNTRY TOTAL 17,473,008 22,827.342 765.44 20,708.623 843.76 Ireland WIRE DRAWN............................23 55,656 8.801 6,323.14 7.985 6,970.07 COUNTRY TOTAL 55,656 8.801 6,323.14 7.985 6,970.07 Netherlands PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 3,023,151 5,874.656 514.61 5,329.400 567.26 WIRE DRAWN............................23 25,755 24.191 1,064.64 21.946 1,173.56 BLACK PLATE...........................28 281,419 373.321 753.82 338.672 830.95 TIN PLATE.............................29 2,811,531 5,012.283 560.93 4,547.068 618.32 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 20,712 38.146 542.96 34.606 598.51 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 14,412,830 30,155.162 477.96 27,356.311 526.86 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,750,355 4,252.050 646.83 3,857.396 713.01 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,240,273 1,586.422 781.80 1,439.179 861.79 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/12/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 22,860 11.244 2,032.96 10.201 2,240.96 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 11,700 5.690 2,056.19 5.162 2,266.56 COUNTRY TOTAL 24,600,586 47,333.169 519.73 42,939.941 572.91 Belgium BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 882,473 1,347.222 655.03 1,222.180 722.05 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 741,764 1,116.244 664.52 1,012.640 732.51 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 77,885 131.439 592.55 119.240 653.18 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 57,567 42.095 1,367.55 38.188 1,507.46 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 31,832 13.668 2,328.83 12.400 2,567.10 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 19,471 15.449 1,260.26 14.016 1,389.20 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,139,050 989.499 1,151.14 897.659 1,268.91 BLACK PLATE...........................28 253,149 388.586 651.46 352.520 718.11 TIN PLATE.............................29 68,608 108.686 631.25 98.599 695.83 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,477,270 2,137.191 691.22 1,938.828 761.94 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 14,470,637 21,366.757 677.25 19,383.602 746.54 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 195,472 214.030 913.29 194.165 1,006.73 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 611,306 839.068 728.55 761.190 803.09 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 1,810,677 1,739.899 1,040.68 1,578.411 1,147.15 COUNTRY TOTAL 21,837,161 30,449.840 717.15 27,623.638 790.52 Luxembourg WIRE RODS..............................3 172,164 265.232 649.11 240.615 715.52 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,454,389 3,209.230 764.79 2,911.366 843.04 STEEL PILING...........................5 1,791,306 2,464.465 726.85 2,235.726 801.22 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 106,650 276.872 385.19 251.175 424.60 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 11,909 0.264 45,015.28 0.240 49,620.83 WIRE DRAWN............................23 337,562 306.960 1,099.69 278.470 1,212.20 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 935,249 1,109.597 842.87 1,006.610 929.11 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,809,229 7,632.624 761.11 6,924.202 838.97 France PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 662,555 1,046.009 633.41 948.924 698.22 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 542,580 756.847 716.89 686.601 790.24 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 258,288 210.662 1,226.07 191.110 1,351.51 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 375,450 457.269 821.07 414.828 905.07 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 222,848 466.718 477.48 423.400 526.33 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 1,694,094 1,213.509 1,396.03 1,100.878 1,538.86 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 763,335 799.652 954.58 725.433 1,052.25 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 617,985 746.412 827.94 677.134 912.65 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 978,996 1,054.414 928.47 956.549 1,023.47 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 4,200 2.314 1,814.37 2.100 2,000.00 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 33,150 20.432 1,622.42 18.536 1,788.41 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,108,730 801.511 1,383.30 727.119 1,524.83 BLACK PLATE...........................28 211,022 290.723 725.85 263.740 800.11 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/12/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE TIN PLATE.............................29 5,280,366 8,966.192 588.92 8,133.995 649.17 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 1,568,655 2,253.382 696.13 2,044.235 767.36 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 8,805,968 14,201.198 620.09 12,883.114 683.53 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 537,594 813.001 661.25 737.543 728.90 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 22,964 7.602 3,020.53 6.897 3,329.56 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 165,815 109.083 1,520.07 98.959 1,675.59 COUNTRY TOTAL 23,854,595 34,216.940 697.16 31,041.095 768.48 Federal Republic of Germany BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 6,246,404 17,853.013 349.88 16,195.986 385.68 WIRE RODS..............................3 8,829,606 14,226.738 620.63 12,906.284 684.13 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 3,350,091 5,222.026 641.53 4,737.344 707.17 STEEL PILING...........................5 17,526 8.777 1,996.65 7.963 2,200.93 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 180,788 132.473 1,364.71 120.178 1,504.34 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,932,030 4,705.192 623.15 4,268.480 686.90 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 7,329 0.448 16,336.02 0.407 18,007.37 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,889,251 2,262.991 834.85 2,052.952 920.26 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 62,861 59.883 1,049.73 54.325 1,157.13 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 3,301,003 2,737.730 1,205.74 2,483.628 1,329.11 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,581,186 1,797.105 879.85 1,630.307 969.87 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 4,166,068 4,427.555 940.94 4,016.612 1,037.21 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 283,866 232.666 1,220.05 211.072 1,344.88 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,622,304 1,384.812 1,171.50 1,256.281 1,291.35 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 1,580,571 1,418.989 1,113.87 1,287.286 1,227.83 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 2,626 0.119 22,058.04 0.108 24,314.81 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 204,410 142.536 1,434.09 129.307 1,580.81 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,218,422 899.949 1,353.88 816.421 1,492.39 BLACK PLATE...........................28 2,513,596 3,246.879 774.16 2,945.520 853.36 TIN PLATE.............................29 1,360,817 2,377.860 572.29 2,157.159 630.84 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 1,080,722 1,634.457 661.21 1,482.755 728.86 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,033,745 1,726.356 598.80 1,566.125 660.07 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 567,053 1,269.706 446.60 1,151.859 492.29 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 839,450 1,452.122 578.08 1,317.344 637.23 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,117,804 1,878.512 595.05 1,704.158 655.93 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 492,902 155.037 3,179.24 140.648 3,504.51 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 78,736 151.887 518.38 137.790 571.42 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,332,839 1,669.314 1,397.48 1,514.377 1,540.46 COUNTRY TOTAL 48,894,006 73,075.145 669.09 66,292.676 737.55 Austria PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 209,533 317.096 660.79 287.665 728.39 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 413,047 606.413 681.13 550.129 750.82 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 124,843 77.331 1,614.39 70.154 1,779.56 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 4,713,182 4,356.455 1,081.88 3,952.111 1,192.57 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 536,783 719.950 745.58 653.128 821.86 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 111,701 41.944 2,663.10 38.051 2,935.56 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/12/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 216,990 167.137 1,298.27 151.625 1,431.10 WIRE DRAWN............................23 393,185 73.122 5,377.04 66.336 5,927.17 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 910,817 1,876.684 485.33 1,702.500 534.99 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 244,425 247.070 989.29 224.139 1,090.51 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 331,604 69.050 4,802.31 62.642 5,293.64 COUNTRY TOTAL 8,206,110 8,552.257 959.53 7,758.480 1,057.70 Czech Republic BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 168,428 445.718 377.88 404.349 416.54 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 714,861 1,650.619 433.09 1,497.417 477.40 WIRE DRAWN............................23 24,433 17.519 1,394.65 15.893 1,537.34 COUNTRY TOTAL 907,722 2,113.856 429.42 1,917.659 473.35 Slovakia LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 488,047 607.922 802.81 551.498 884.95 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 7,645 1.408 5,426.78 1.278 5,982.00 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 764,259 890.851 857.90 808.167 945.67 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,259,951 1,500.182 839.87 1,360.943 925.79 Hungary SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 672,153 1,136.383 591.48 1,030.910 652.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 672,153 1,136.383 591.48 1,030.910 652.00 Switzerland STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 7,117 5.694 1,249.79 5.166 1,377.66 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 19,304 9.680 1,994.11 8.782 2,198.13 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 7,325 1.636 4,474.84 1.485 4,932.66 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,669,485 677.876 2,462.82 614.959 2,714.79 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 27,704 5.898 4,696.81 5.351 5,177.35 WIRE DRAWN............................23 3,325 3.457 961.55 3.137 1,059.93 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 180,631 92.830 1,945.83 84.214 2,144.90 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,914,891 797.074 2,402.40 723.094 2,648.19 Estonia SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 3,141,210 4,348.005 722.45 3,944.445 796.36 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,141,210 4,348.005 722.45 3,944.445 796.36 Latvia BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 4,615,029 11,047.118 417.76 10,021.780 460.50 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,615,029 11,047.118 417.76 10,021.780 460.50 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/12/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Poland STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 48,445 26.263 1,844.56 23.826 2,033.28 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 92,063 163.682 562.45 148.490 619.99 WIRE DRAWN............................23 935,577 976.014 958.57 885.426 1,056.64 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,076,085 1,165.960 922.92 1,057.742 1,017.34 Russia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 92,321,915 198,716.712 464.59 180,272.820 512.12 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 81,268 151.205 537.47 137.171 592.46 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 16,901,300 31,624.497 534.44 28,689.270 589.12 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 2,201,533 998.413 2,205.03 905.746 2,430.63 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 321,751 459.359 700.43 416.724 772.10 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,843,851 3,126.751 589.70 2,836.542 650.03 WIRE DRAWN............................23 235,429 463.721 507.70 420.681 559.64 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 13,427,172 24,858.904 540.14 22,551.625 595.40 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 39,175,575 67,311.011 582.01 61,063.540 641.55 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 2,075,821 3,113.345 666.75 2,824.380 734.97 COUNTRY TOTAL 168,585,615 330,823.922 509.59 300,118.499 561.73 Belarus WIRE DRAWN............................23 197,108 218.927 900.33 198.608 992.45 COUNTRY TOTAL 197,108 218.927 900.33 198.608 992.45 Ukraine BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 6,827 6.980 977.95 6.333 1,078.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 426,605 979.689 435.45 888.760 480.00 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 475,393 672.765 706.62 610.323 778.92 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 7,221,723 8,993.254 803.02 8,158.546 885.17 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 63,931 106.924 597.91 97.000 659.08 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,050,721 2,146.772 489.44 1,947.520 539.52 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,245,200 12,906.388 716.33 11,708.482 789.62 Kazakhstan SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 6,145,078 8,696.202 706.64 7,889.064 778.94 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,145,078 8,696.202 706.64 7,889.064 778.94 Spain WIRE RODS..............................3 3,379,803 5,638.369 599.43 5,115.044 660.76 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 94,984 187.151 507.52 169.781 559.45 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 27,035 33.756 800.89 30.623 882.83 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 227,710 286.829 793.89 260.207 875.11 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 3,179,941 5,479.578 580.33 4,970.991 639.70 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,102,506 1,152.568 956.56 1,045.593 1,054.43 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/12/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STANDARD PIPE.........................18 897,288 928.110 966.79 841.968 1,065.70 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 625,209 561.503 1,113.45 509.388 1,227.37 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 920,861 591.696 1,556.31 536.778 1,715.53 WIRE DRAWN............................23 256,317 302.911 846.18 274.797 932.75 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 388,170 620.496 625.58 562.905 689.58 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 264,506 507.316 521.38 460.230 574.73 COUNTRY TOTAL 11,364,330 16,290.288 697.61 14,778.305 768.99 Italy STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 22,401 3.216 6,964.31 2.918 7,676.83 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 850,125 1,341.034 633.93 1,216.566 698.79 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,252,151 4,294.096 524.48 3,895.540 578.14 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 191,909 314.600 610.01 285.401 672.42 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 5,687 4.550 1,249.80 4.128 1,377.66 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 191,045 136.724 1,397.30 124.034 1,540.26 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 181,290 144.153 1,257.62 130.774 1,386.28 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 990,161 992.444 997.70 900.331 1,099.77 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 794,138 836.903 948.90 759.226 1,045.98 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 792,376 626.496 1,264.77 568.348 1,394.17 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 222,195 234.548 947.33 212.779 1,044.25 WIRE DRAWN............................23 569,945 419.222 1,359.53 380.312 1,498.62 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 18,953,855 34,316.134 552.33 31,131.082 608.84 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 34,952 36.333 961.98 32.961 1,060.40 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 34,843 13.041 2,671.71 11.831 2,945.06 COUNTRY TOTAL 26,087,073 43,713.499 596.77 39,656.231 657.83 Macedonia (Skopje) PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,956,086 3,572.931 547.47 3,241.310 603.49 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 799,554 1,465.015 545.76 1,329.040 601.60 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,755,640 5,037.947 546.98 4,570.350 602.94 Serbia and Montenegro PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 10,208,870 18,301.250 557.82 16,602.620 614.90 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 9,068,323 16,234.516 558.58 14,727.710 615.73 COUNTRY TOTAL 19,277,193 34,535.767 558.18 31,330.330 615.29 Greece WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,010,525 1,059.482 953.79 961.147 1,051.37 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,543,872 5,651.228 627.10 5,126.710 691.26 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,554,397 6,710.711 678.68 6,087.857 748.11 Romania PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 11,171,460 18,398.647 607.19 16,690.977 669.31 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/12/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,700,305 2,993.259 568.04 2,715.440 626.16 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,868,585 2,859.754 653.41 2,594.326 720.26 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,252,277 1,785.813 701.24 1,620.063 772.98 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 785,210 1,213.956 646.82 1,101.283 713.00 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,060,725 2,990.679 689.05 2,713.100 759.55 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 403,452 372.285 1,083.72 337.732 1,194.59 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,540,721 4,472.847 568.03 4,057.700 626.15 COUNTRY TOTAL 21,782,735 35,087.243 620.82 31,830.621 684.33 Bulgaria PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,156,980 3,954.214 545.49 3,587.204 601.30 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 4,727,361 11,589.416 407.90 10,513.745 449.64 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,896,543 3,432.995 552.45 3,114.362 608.97 COUNTRY TOTAL 8,780,884 18,976.626 462.72 17,215.311 510.06 Turkey WIRE RODS..............................3 24,840,833 60,049.975 413.67 54,476.437 455.99 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 72,377 184.680 391.90 167.539 432.00 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 152,425 291.264 523.32 264.231 576.86 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 5,352,574 10,060.395 532.04 9,126.640 586.48 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 325,855 536.108 607.81 486.350 670.00 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 3,293,963 4,548.809 724.14 4,126.612 798.22 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 36,258,249 89,908.270 403.28 81,563.434 444.54 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 3,613,752 6,299.248 573.68 5,714.584 632.37 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 513,075 897.543 571.64 814.238 630.13 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 553,176 960.115 576.16 871.002 635.10 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,534,445 2,527.400 607.12 2,292.820 669.24 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 2,603,636 4,553.032 571.85 4,130.443 630.35 WIRE DRAWN............................23 147,244 152.383 966.27 138.240 1,065.13 TIN PLATE.............................29 2,860,580 4,050.166 706.29 3,674.250 778.55 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 18,562,349 34,465.238 538.58 31,266.347 593.68 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 4,022,345 6,195.687 649.22 5,620.635 715.64 COUNTRY TOTAL 104,706,878 225,680.322 463.96 204,733.802 511.43 Israel LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 3,646 8.736 417.31 7.926 460.01 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 51,100 7.991 6,394.09 7.250 7,048.28 WIRE DRAWN............................23 171,567 217.554 788.62 197.362 869.30 COUNTRY TOTAL 226,313 234.282 965.98 212.538 1,064.81 United Arab Emirates STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,297,057 1,753.549 739.68 1,590.794 815.35 WIRE DRAWN............................23 174,537 169.240 1,031.30 153.532 1,136.81 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/12/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 1,471,594 1,922.789 765.34 1,744.326 843.65 Oman STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,665,547 2,825.888 589.39 2,563.604 649.69 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,665,547 2,825.888 589.39 2,563.604 649.69 India BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 149,848 189.508 790.72 171.919 871.62 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 14,297 19.362 738.40 17.565 813.95 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,866,049 4,496.841 637.35 4,079.467 702.55 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,067,999 1,216.720 877.77 1,103.791 967.57 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 21,006 29.720 706.78 26.962 779.10 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 384,142 620.027 619.56 562.480 682.94 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 662,180 1,165.491 568.16 1,057.316 626.28 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 366,569 348.776 1,051.01 316.405 1,158.54 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 597,184 939.450 635.67 852.255 700.71 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 155,493 156.780 991.79 142.229 1,093.26 WIRE DRAWN............................23 349,830 495.723 705.70 449.713 777.90 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,433,080 2,322.683 616.99 2,107.104 680.12 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 43,160,093 64,415.155 670.03 58,436.463 738.58 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 147,837 204.886 721.56 185.870 795.38 COUNTRY TOTAL 51,375,607 76,621.129 670.51 69,509.539 739.12 Pakistan STANDARD PIPE.........................18 96,668 190.250 508.11 172.592 560.10 COUNTRY TOTAL 96,668 190.250 508.11 172.592 560.10 Thailand PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 4,547,564 8,538.280 532.61 7,745.800 587.10 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 4,461,817 8,307.955 537.05 7,536.853 592.00 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 51,302 115.173 445.43 104.484 491.00 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 232,500 445.718 521.63 404.349 575.00 WIRE DRAWN............................23 81,134 77.394 1,048.32 70.211 1,155.57 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 13,344,154 24,739.787 539.38 22,443.564 594.56 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 6,260,978 10,335.229 605.79 9,375.965 667.77 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,128,053 1,669.405 675.72 1,514.460 744.85 COUNTRY TOTAL 30,107,502 54,228.945 555.19 49,195.686 611.99 Vietnam OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 5,600 0.694 8,063.87 0.630 8,888.89 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 56,719 65.479 866.21 59.402 954.83 COUNTRY TOTAL 62,319 66.173 941.75 60.032 1,038.10 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/12/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Malaysia WIRE RODS..............................3 4,792,232 11,040.945 434.04 10,016.180 478.45 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 894,807 1,335.245 670.14 1,211.315 738.71 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 281,841 2,131.699 132.21 1,933.846 145.74 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,167,501 1,645.200 709.64 1,492.501 782.24 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 10,134,628 71,587.113 141.57 64,942.755 156.05 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 7,729,554 12,635.730 611.72 11,462.945 674.31 COUNTRY TOTAL 25,000,563 100,375.934 249.07 91,059.542 274.55 Indonesia PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 102,369 155.587 657.95 141.147 725.27 WIRE DRAWN............................23 43,212 13.609 3,175.22 12.346 3,500.08 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 411,395 606.276 678.56 550.005 747.98 COUNTRY TOTAL 556,976 775.473 718.24 703.498 791.72 China BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 32,765 78.423 417.79 71.145 460.54 WIRE RODS..............................3 14,642,612 36,145.510 405.10 32,790.665 446.55 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 30,064 57.376 523.98 52.051 577.59 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 14,630 16.396 892.24 14.875 983.53 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 21,030 26.455 794.92 24.000 876.25 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 11,223 14.881 754.17 13.500 831.33 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 101,700 149.029 682.42 135.197 752.24 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 15,099,019 27,330.744 552.46 24,794.041 608.98 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 15,292,431 21,579.342 708.66 19,576.456 781.16 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 481,890 735.174 655.48 666.939 722.54 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,097,098 1,629.109 673.43 1,477.904 742.33 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,095,666 2,842.412 737.28 2,578.594 812.72 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 44,490 44.002 1,011.09 39.918 1,114.53 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 445,552 536.682 830.20 486.870 915.14 WIRE DRAWN............................23 5,540,825 8,591.642 644.91 7,794.209 710.89 TIN PLATE.............................29 1,201,028 1,504.783 798.14 1,365.117 879.80 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 9,485,618 17,286.595 548.73 15,682.140 604.87 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 14,750,658 23,665.933 623.29 21,469.380 687.06 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 92,840 95.869 968.40 86.971 1,067.48 COUNTRY TOTAL 80,481,139 142,330.365 565.45 129,119.972 623.31 Korea, South STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,085,221 2,466.427 440.00 2,237.506 485.01 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,918,406 3,340.657 574.26 3,030.594 633.01 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 310,701 495.599 626.92 449.600 691.06 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 536,608 852.305 629.60 773.199 694.01 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 69,792 170.959 408.24 155.092 450.00 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 62,008 107.640 576.06 97.650 635.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 90,216 157.849 571.53 143.199 630.00 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/12/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STANDARD PIPE.........................18 5,431,008 8,497.115 639.16 7,708.456 704.55 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 8,778,974 12,375.343 709.39 11,226.726 781.97 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 2,472,108 3,967.003 623.17 3,598.806 686.92 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,832,058 2,882.188 635.65 2,614.678 700.68 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 4,464,564 7,079.956 630.59 6,422.830 695.11 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,971,516 3,071.002 641.98 2,785.967 707.66 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 3,571 0.289 12,317.71 0.263 13,577.95 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 10,113 2.971 3,402.95 2.696 3,751.11 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 949,020 1,696.733 559.32 1,539.251 616.55 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 6,591 9.501 693.65 8.620 764.62 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,636,892 3,523.821 748.30 3,196.758 824.86 TIN PLATE.............................29 232,238 326.934 710.35 296.590 783.03 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 1,437,719 2,104.964 683.01 1,909.592 752.89 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 17,145,710 36,880.230 464.90 33,457.192 512.47 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 5,838,525 9,704.547 601.63 8,803.820 663.18 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 13,064,100 16,406.079 796.30 14,883.349 877.77 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 107,609 151.788 708.94 137.700 781.47 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 5,987,264 7,849.919 762.72 7,121.329 840.75 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,030,295 1,165.866 883.72 1,057.657 974.13 COUNTRY TOTAL 77,472,827 125,287.698 618.36 113,659.120 681.62 Hong Kong STANDARD PIPE.........................18 18,000 2.541 7,081.24 2.306 7,805.72 WIRE DRAWN............................23 5,831 1.383 4,214.98 1.255 4,646.22 COUNTRY TOTAL 23,831 3.925 6,071.08 3.561 6,692.22 Taiwan STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 11,254 0.997 11,281.17 0.905 12,435.36 STEEL PILING...........................5 37,014 56.253 657.99 51.032 725.31 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 8,683 3.431 2,530.38 3.113 2,789.27 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 12,025 4.607 2,609.78 4.180 2,876.79 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,920,735 5,300.563 551.02 4,808.592 607.40 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 231,791 392.503 590.55 356.073 650.96 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 79,058 130.040 607.95 117.971 670.15 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 80,162 136.901 585.55 124.195 645.45 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 1,809,177 3,000.523 602.95 2,722.030 664.64 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 115,723 57.129 2,025.63 51.827 2,232.87 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 4,519 0.313 14,435.10 0.284 15,911.97 WIRE DRAWN............................23 962,460 1,148.196 838.24 1,041.627 924.00 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 28,712,218 52,559.487 546.28 47,681.178 602.17 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 46,974,281 59,924.394 783.89 54,362.512 864.09 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 252,178 378.566 666.14 343.430 734.29 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 15,744,531 19,779.029 796.02 17,943.239 877.46 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 54,498 25.898 2,104.27 23.495 2,319.56 COUNTRY TOTAL 98,010,307 142,898.839 685.87 129,635.683 756.04 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/12/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 321,885 533.649 603.18 484.119 664.89 WIRE RODS..............................3 5,294,193 10,518.163 503.34 9,541.920 554.84 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 522,681 717.144 728.84 650.583 803.40 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 138,572 216.240 640.82 196.170 706.39 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 7,820,241 12,294.956 636.05 11,153.800 701.13 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 68,899 76.572 899.79 69.465 991.85 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,348,603 2,480.184 543.75 2,249.986 599.38 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 9,022,635 22,201.007 406.41 20,140.421 447.99 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 264,185 339.510 778.13 307.999 857.75 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 62,014 40.136 1,545.09 36.411 1,703.17 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 3,439 0.320 10,720.99 0.291 11,817.87 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 6,535,870 7,006.612 932.81 6,356.294 1,028.25 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 807,816 1,265.399 638.39 1,147.951 703.70 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 2,772,839 4,211.085 658.46 3,820.234 725.83 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,251,257 1,362.821 1,651.91 1,236.331 1,820.92 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 597,239 731.744 816.18 663.828 899.69 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 230,807 98.274 2,348.60 89.153 2,588.89 WIRE DRAWN............................23 3,396,570 4,124.540 823.50 3,741.721 907.76 BLACK PLATE...........................28 2,719,489 3,852.115 705.97 3,494.581 778.20 TIN PLATE.............................29 452,514 633.820 713.95 574.992 786.99 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 1,947,453 2,684.200 725.52 2,435.066 799.75 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 188,145 326.105 576.95 295.838 635.97 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,567,009 2,419.383 647.69 2,194.828 713.96 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,043,520 1,533.590 680.44 1,391.250 750.06 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 72,265 82.643 874.42 74.973 963.88 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 901,484 942.130 956.86 854.687 1,054.75 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 8,083 12.729 634.98 11.548 699.95 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 523,401 379.427 1,379.45 344.211 1,520.58 COUNTRY TOTAL 50,883,108 81,084.510 627.53 73,558.651 691.74 Australia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 16,973,817 39,927.496 425.12 36,221.626 468.61 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 62,799 93.894 668.82 85.180 737.25 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 1,800,460 3,860.954 466.33 3,502.600 514.04 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 136,484 190.525 716.36 172.842 789.65 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 88,260 132.651 665.35 120.339 733.43 WIRE DRAWN............................23 111,504 172.764 645.41 156.729 711.44 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 13,064,598 23,037.792 567.09 20,899.540 625.11 COUNTRY TOTAL 32,237,922 67,416.079 478.19 61,158.856 527.12 New Zealand PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 30,879 50.419 612.44 45.740 675.10 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 287,623 479.549 599.78 435.040 661.14 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 241,915 394.032 613.95 357.460 676.76 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/12/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 230,625 1,385.852 166.41 1,257.225 183.44 COUNTRY TOTAL 791,042 2,309.854 342.46 2,095.465 377.50 Egypt PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 3,867,663 6,816.431 567.40 6,183.764 625.45 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,796,237 2,168.887 828.18 1,967.582 912.92 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 20,772,344 38,572.195 538.53 34,992.117 593.63 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 815,186 1,276.342 638.69 1,157.879 704.03 COUNTRY TOTAL 27,251,430 48,833.856 558.04 44,301.342 615.14 South Africa BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 15,061,619 32,843.731 458.58 29,795.340 505.50 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 196,990 327.912 600.74 297.477 662.20 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 155,633 132.754 1,172.34 120.433 1,292.28 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 215,257 343.023 627.53 311.186 691.73 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 140,523 246.814 569.35 223.906 627.60 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 680,790 992.207 686.14 900.116 756.34 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 21,721 76.548 283.75 69.444 312.78 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,861,479 2,649.246 702.64 2,403.357 774.53 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 4,029 2.137 1,885.02 1.939 2,077.88 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 31,435 31.217 1,006.97 28.320 1,109.99 COUNTRY TOTAL 18,369,476 37,645.593 487.96 34,151.518 537.88 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 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 3,759 0.055 68,202.17 0.050 75,180.00 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 8,805 8.225 1,070.46 7.462 1,179.98 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 315,735 63.137 5,000.79 57.277 5,512.42 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 138,616 17.602 7,874.65 15.969 8,680.32 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 7,558,723 1,440.968 5,245.59 1,307.225 5,782.27 WIRE DRAWN............................23 21,129 4.325 4,884.79 3.924 5,384.56 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 134,426 81.882 1,641.68 74.283 1,809.65 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 226,111 67.247 3,362.37 61.006 3,706.37 COUNTRY TOTAL 8,407,304 1,683.444 4,994.11 1,527.196 5,505.06 Mexico PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 3,457 3.267 1,058.08 2.964 1,166.33 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 58,246 20.861 2,792.07 18.925 3,077.73 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 22,461 2.860 7,852.13 2.595 8,655.49 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 7,812 2.731 2,859.94 2.478 3,152.54 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 270,214 66.848 4,042.18 60.644 4,455.74 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 10,334 4.202 2,459.30 3.812 2,710.91 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 19,913,796 10,234.378 1,945.77 9,284.475 2,144.85 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,029,543 1,155.767 1,756.01 1,048.495 1,935.67 COUNTRY TOTAL 22,315,863 11,490.917 1,942.04 10,424.388 2,140.74 Costa Rica STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 7,185 1.399 5,132.38 1.270 5,657.48 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,185 1.399 5,132.38 1.270 5,657.48 Trinidad and Tobago BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 53,198 64.451 825.40 58.469 909.85 COUNTRY TOTAL 53,198 64.451 825.40 58.469 909.85 Brazil PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,747 1.294 2,122.69 1.174 2,339.86 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 25,545 9.736 2,623.58 8.833 2,892.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 4,892 0.609 8,025.22 0.553 8,846.29 WIRE DRAWN............................23 7,344 2.338 3,141.14 2.121 3,462.52 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 71,352 77.850 916.52 70.625 1,010.29 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,212,847 958.233 2,309.30 869.295 2,545.57 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,324,727 1,050.062 2,213.89 952.601 2,440.40 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/12/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Sweden INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 98,300 62.930 1,562.03 57.090 1,721.84 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 8,069,987 3,062.584 2,635.02 2,778.331 2,904.62 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,316,353 536.107 2,455.39 486.349 2,706.60 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 191,785 64.118 2,991.12 58.167 3,297.14 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,308,959 385.618 3,394.44 349.827 3,741.73 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 42,410 4.888 8,675.02 4.435 9,562.57 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 487,230 145.914 3,339.16 132.371 3,680.79 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,146,350 184.963 6,197.71 167.796 6,831.81 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,983,801 281.038 7,058.82 254.954 7,781.02 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 57,746 21.747 2,655.29 19.729 2,926.96 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,943,541 505.541 3,844.47 458.620 4,237.80 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,727,304 297.502 5,806.01 269.890 6,400.03 COUNTRY TOTAL 18,373,766 5,552.956 3,308.83 5,037.559 3,647.35 Finland PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 72,827 23.934 3,042.77 21.713 3,354.07 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 61,635 25.640 2,403.78 23.261 2,649.71 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 120,347 45.070 2,670.21 40.887 2,943.40 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 895,440 345.185 2,594.08 313.147 2,859.49 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 732,560 298.542 2,453.79 270.833 2,704.84 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,882,809 738.373 2,549.94 669.841 2,810.83 Denmark BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 7,784 3.315 2,347.58 3.008 2,587.77 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 2,777 0.110 25,192.53 0.100 27,770.00 WIRE DRAWN............................23 151,081 16.811 8,986.85 15.251 9,906.30 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 56,805 9.810 5,790.18 8.900 6,382.58 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 14,280 1.351 10,566.56 1.226 11,647.63 COUNTRY TOTAL 232,727 31.399 7,411.85 28.485 8,170.16 United Kingdom INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 32,009 13.216 2,421.86 11.990 2,669.64 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 10,676,266 4,629.168 2,306.30 4,199.512 2,542.26 WIRE RODS..............................3 3,304,494 1,258.587 2,625.56 1,141.772 2,894.18 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 4,562 0.486 9,384.53 0.441 10,344.67 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 128,355 47.381 2,708.96 42.984 2,986.11 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 136,998 38.279 3,578.84 34.727 3,945.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 902,398 239.319 3,770.68 217.107 4,156.47 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 103,671 14.283 7,257.97 12.958 8,000.54 WIRE DRAWN............................23 408,356 91.032 4,485.84 82.583 4,944.79 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 230,579 30.788 7,489.09 27.931 8,255.31 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 282,958 89.000 3,179.28 80.740 3,504.56 COUNTRY TOTAL 16,210,646 6,451.545 2,512.68 5,852.745 2,769.75 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/12/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Ireland BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 2,346 1.615 1,451.74 1.466 1,600.27 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 26,099 6.633 3,934.30 6.018 4,336.82 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,179 0.547 3,977.38 0.497 4,384.31 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 7,062 0.367 19,238.86 0.333 21,207.21 COUNTRY TOTAL 37,686 9.164 4,112.12 8.314 4,532.84 Netherlands STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 2,854 0.234 12,155.43 0.213 13,399.06 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 107,662 16.795 6,410.01 15.237 7,065.83 COUNTRY TOTAL 110,516 17.030 6,489.22 15.450 7,153.14 Belgium PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 5,134,496 1,541.191 3,331.51 1,398.146 3,672.36 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,570,769 609.851 2,575.66 553.248 2,839.18 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 16,298 7.979 2,042.45 7.239 2,251.42 WIRE DRAWN............................23 110,714 7.869 14,068.93 7.139 15,508.33 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 451,745 134.864 3,349.62 122.347 3,692.33 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 4,381,735 1,616.568 2,710.52 1,466.527 2,987.83 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 799,625 305.308 2,619.07 276.971 2,887.04 COUNTRY TOTAL 12,465,382 4,223.633 2,951.34 3,831.617 3,253.30 France BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 7,442 5.126 1,451.57 4.651 1,600.09 WIRE RODS..............................3 118,667 34.043 3,485.72 30.884 3,842.35 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 495,021 139.883 3,538.82 126.900 3,900.87 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 8,417 4.682 1,797.50 4.248 1,981.40 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 151,974 17.550 8,659.00 15.922 9,544.91 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 2,114 0.220 9,588.95 0.200 10,570.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,826,610 527.892 3,460.19 478.896 3,814.21 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,434,663 210.423 6,817.98 190.893 7,515.53 WIRE DRAWN............................23 127,022 19.826 6,406.79 17.986 7,062.27 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 13,847 0.772 17,919.82 0.701 19,753.21 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,671,486 1,587.472 1,682.86 1,440.131 1,855.03 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 2,567 0.310 8,257.96 0.282 9,102.84 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 288,015 88.160 3,266.93 79.978 3,601.18 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,147,845 2,636.366 2,711.25 2,391.672 2,988.64 Federal Republic of Germany BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 129,133 37.717 3,423.66 34.217 3,773.94 WIRE RODS..............................3 328,923 241.668 1,361.05 219.238 1,500.30 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,003,752 409.543 2,450.90 371.532 2,701.66 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,343,547 940.595 2,491.56 853.294 2,746.47 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/12/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 630,325 184.987 3,407.39 167.818 3,756.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,209,401 466.983 2,589.82 423.640 2,854.78 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,751,030 269.919 6,487.23 244.867 7,150.94 WIRE DRAWN............................23 575,326 105.401 5,458.40 95.619 6,016.86 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 80,093 26.772 2,991.57 24.288 3,297.64 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 6,627,528 2,527.262 2,622.41 2,292.695 2,890.72 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 2,640 1.137 2,320.71 1.032 2,558.14 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 685,164 239.037 2,866.35 216.851 3,159.61 COUNTRY TOTAL 15,366,862 5,451.028 2,819.08 4,945.091 3,107.50 Austria BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 3,920 2.700 1,451.50 2.450 1,600.00 WIRE RODS..............................3 5,538 2.070 2,675.18 1.878 2,948.88 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 17,462 4.943 3,532.05 4.485 3,893.42 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,076,667 263.701 4,082.90 239.226 4,500.63 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 97,481 32.523 2,997.23 29.505 3,303.88 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,110,604 201.938 5,499.70 183.196 6,062.38 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 29,745 0.981 30,319.35 0.890 33,421.35 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,341,417 508.859 4,601.30 461.630 5,072.06 Czech Republic BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 2,378 1.638 1,451.74 1.486 1,600.27 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 13,158 4.122 3,191.64 3.740 3,518.18 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 74,798 15.983 4,679.70 14.500 5,158.48 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 53,893 3.582 15,043.36 3.250 16,582.46 COUNTRY TOTAL 144,227 25.326 5,694.66 22.976 6,277.29 Switzerland BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 499,479 131.460 3,799.46 119.259 4,188.19 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 31,803 1.764 18,020.74 1.601 19,864.46 WIRE DRAWN............................23 236,127 43.945 5,373.14 39.867 5,922.87 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 5,402 1.843 2,930.99 1.672 3,230.86 COUNTRY TOTAL 772,811 179.014 4,317.04 162.399 4,758.72 Latvia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 114,391 61.909 1,847.73 56.163 2,036.77 COUNTRY TOTAL 114,391 61.909 1,847.73 56.163 2,036.77 Poland BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 46,091 21.452 2,148.56 19.461 2,368.38 COUNTRY TOTAL 46,091 21.452 2,148.56 19.461 2,368.38 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/12/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Ukraine BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 109,043 114.155 955.22 103.560 1,052.95 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 418,369 137.006 3,053.65 124.290 3,366.07 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 526,680 98.716 5,335.29 89.554 5,881.14 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,054,092 349.877 3,012.74 317.404 3,320.98 Spain BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 12,069,808 5,868.449 2,056.73 5,323.769 2,267.15 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 11,107 0.551 20,152.21 0.500 22,214.00 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,635,311 236.885 6,903.38 214.899 7,609.67 WIRE DRAWN............................23 265,778 58.521 4,541.53 53.090 5,006.18 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 246,683 124.687 1,978.40 113.115 2,180.82 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 74,573 49.812 1,497.08 45.189 1,650.25 COUNTRY TOTAL 14,303,260 6,338.907 2,256.42 5,750.562 2,487.28 Portugal BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 143,453 40.873 3,509.67 37.080 3,868.74 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 8,418 1.989 4,230.85 1.805 4,663.71 COUNTRY TOTAL 151,871 42.863 3,543.14 38.885 3,905.64 Italy INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 1,010,489 627.322 1,610.80 569.098 1,775.60 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 1,545,430 930.925 1,660.10 844.522 1,829.95 WIRE RODS..............................3 459,868 244.914 1,877.67 222.183 2,069.77 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 345,159 261.777 1,318.52 237.481 1,453.42 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,044,506 393.234 2,656.19 356.736 2,927.95 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,210,677 382.778 3,162.86 347.251 3,486.46 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 1,063,753 367.285 2,896.26 333.196 3,192.57 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 5,501,765 1,470.960 3,740.25 1,334.433 4,122.92 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 375,361 100.198 3,746.16 90.899 4,129.43 WIRE DRAWN............................23 207,392 38.898 5,331.64 35.288 5,877.13 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 253,315 94.173 2,689.87 85.433 2,965.07 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 7,474,642 3,328.899 2,245.38 3,019.928 2,475.11 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 52,683 12.321 4,275.65 11.178 4,713.10 COUNTRY TOTAL 20,545,040 8,253.692 2,489.19 7,487.626 2,743.87 Slovenia PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 9,937 1.812 5,483.39 1.644 6,044.40 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 46,817 24.631 1,900.72 22.345 2,095.19 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 49,056 22.531 2,177.24 20.440 2,400.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 105,810 48.974 2,160.51 44.429 2,381.55 Turkey IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/12/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 2,626 0.516 5,079.46 0.469 5,599.15 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,626 0.516 5,079.46 0.469 5,599.15 Israel WIRE DRAWN............................23 108,225 61.271 1,766.31 55.585 1,947.02 COUNTRY TOTAL 108,225 61.271 1,766.31 55.585 1,947.02 Saudi Arabia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 105,152 36.920 2,848.04 33.494 3,139.43 COUNTRY TOTAL 105,152 36.920 2,848.04 33.494 3,139.43 United Arab Emirates BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 142,657 77.825 1,833.04 70.602 2,020.58 COUNTRY TOTAL 142,657 77.825 1,833.04 70.602 2,020.58 India BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 51,310 6.941 7,392.04 6.297 8,148.32 WIRE RODS..............................3 56,258 20.511 2,742.71 18.608 3,023.32 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 159,166 60.725 2,621.09 55.089 2,889.25 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 64,205 32.684 1,964.38 29.651 2,165.36 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 1,786,452 711.651 2,510.29 645.600 2,767.12 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 2,058,706 874.607 2,353.86 793.431 2,594.69 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 56,433 9.757 5,783.46 8.852 6,375.17 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,038,231 772.851 2,637.29 701.119 2,907.11 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 52,944 28.255 1,873.76 25.633 2,065.46 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 725,038 271.220 2,673.24 246.047 2,946.75 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 80,920 28.694 2,820.08 26.031 3,108.60 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,129,663 2,817.901 2,530.13 2,556.358 2,788.99 Thailand STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 392,503 101.499 3,867.04 92.079 4,262.68 WIRE DRAWN............................23 127,993 46.575 2,748.05 42.253 3,029.21 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 589,472 332.387 1,773.45 301.537 1,954.89 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,109,968 480.463 2,310.20 435.869 2,546.56 Malaysia STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 734,035 267.577 2,743.26 242.742 3,023.93 COUNTRY TOTAL 734,035 267.577 2,743.26 242.742 3,023.93 Singapore STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 124,255 46.141 2,692.90 41.859 2,968.42 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/12/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 124,255 46.141 2,692.90 41.859 2,968.42 Indonesia STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 107,697 31.204 3,451.36 28.308 3,804.47 COUNTRY TOTAL 107,697 31.204 3,451.36 28.308 3,804.47 Philippines STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 2,668 0.191 13,910.17 0.174 15,333.33 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,668 0.191 13,910.17 0.174 15,333.33 China INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 7,506 4.696 1,598.06 4.261 1,761.56 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 37,507 25.842 1,451.36 23.444 1,599.85 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,144,384 646.068 1,771.30 586.104 1,952.53 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 76,019 40.871 1,859.95 37.078 2,050.25 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 42,356 18.977 2,231.92 17.216 2,460.27 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 107,571 38.106 2,822.88 34.570 3,111.69 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 3,828,295 1,101.629 3,475.12 999.382 3,830.66 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,193,013 385.537 3,094.41 349.754 3,411.01 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 9,109,066 4,260.448 2,138.05 3,865.015 2,356.80 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 211,887 143.925 1,472.20 130.567 1,622.82 COUNTRY TOTAL 15,757,604 6,666.105 2,363.84 6,047.391 2,605.69 Korea, South WIRE RODS..............................3 356,084 317.705 1,120.80 288.218 1,235.47 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 303,286 120.218 2,522.80 109.060 2,780.91 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 121,071 35.416 3,418.53 32.129 3,768.28 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 4,748,755 1,461.217 3,249.86 1,325.595 3,582.36 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,588,770 808.959 3,200.12 733.876 3,527.53 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 6,909,656 3,163.267 2,184.34 2,869.669 2,407.82 COUNTRY TOTAL 15,027,622 5,906.785 2,544.13 5,358.547 2,804.42 Hong Kong WIRE DRAWN............................23 56,933 19.739 2,884.28 17.907 3,179.37 COUNTRY TOTAL 56,933 19.739 2,884.28 17.907 3,179.37 Taiwan BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 13,637 2.158 6,318.33 1.958 6,964.76 WIRE RODS..............................3 2,483,070 945.551 2,626.06 857.790 2,894.73 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 437,876 157.767 2,775.46 143.124 3,059.42 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 740,214 279.762 2,645.87 253.796 2,916.57 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 3,268,759 1,086.093 3,009.65 985.288 3,317.57 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL NOVEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 13/12/04 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 4,316,631 1,231.626 3,504.82 1,117.313 3,863.40 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,136,876 282.721 4,021.18 256.481 4,432.59 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 6,903,157 2,285.914 3,019.87 2,073.747 3,328.83 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 222,124 135.354 1,641.05 122.792 1,808.95 COUNTRY TOTAL 19,522,344 6,406.950 3,047.06 5,812.289 3,358.80 Japan BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 45,529 10.585 4,301.08 9.603 4,741.12 WIRE RODS..............................3 61,856 26.847 2,303.94 24.356 2,539.66 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 76,188 18.363 4,148.91 16.659 4,573.38 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 504,087 210.210 2,398.01 190.700 2,643.35 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 10,535 5.895 1,787.06 5.348 1,969.90 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 19,931 0.690 28,883.55 0.626 31,838.66 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 46,853 10.647 4,400.49 9.659 4,850.71 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 206,742 56.500 3,659.15 51.256 4,033.52 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 3,436,773 798.088 4,306.25 724.014 4,746.83 WIRE DRAWN............................23 552,775 171.021 3,232.20 155.148 3,562.89 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 65,639 23.720 2,767.17 21.519 3,050.28 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 842,352 590.112 1,427.44 535.341 1,573.49 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 5,458 0.462 11,789.09 0.420 12,995.24 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,440,664 302.021 8,081.10 273.989 8,907.89 COUNTRY TOTAL 8,315,382 2,225.166 3,736.97 2,018.638 4,119.30 Australia STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 83,580 8.681 9,627.03 7.876 10,611.99 WIRE DRAWN............................23 5,353 20.040 267.12 18.180 294.44 COUNTRY TOTAL 88,933 28.721 3,096.36 26.056 3,413.15 South Africa PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 413,475 134.044 3,084.61 121.603 3,400.20 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 460,791 190.908 2,413.68 173.189 2,660.63 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 7,293,884 2,377.973 3,067.27 2,157.262 3,381.08 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,821,818 1,152.499 2,448.43 1,045.530 2,698.94 COUNTRY TOTAL 10,989,968 3,855.425 2,850.52 3,497.584 3,142.16 GRAND TOTAL 223,841,258 84,161.560 2,659.66 76,350.105 2,931.77