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RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/01/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Canada 10,245 16.892 606.47 15.325 668.52 Mexico 871,455 1,225.022 711.38 1,111.322 784.16 Sweden 51,809 22.101 2,344.16 20.050 2,583.99 United Kingdom 206,667 74.165 2,786.56 67.282 3,071.65 Belgium 939,909 1,242.381 756.54 1,127.070 833.94 Federal Republic of Germany 155,955 87.801 1,776.23 79.652 1,957.95 Italy 5,231,051 2,659.453 1,966.96 2,412.616 2,168.21 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,467,091 5,327.818 1,401.53 4,833.317 1,544.92 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 8,889,884 19,486.603 456.20 17,677.954 502.88 Mexico 121,746,083 248,417.168 490.09 225,360.328 540.23 Brazil 60,137,231 125,790.915 478.07 114,115.631 526.99 Argentina 15,410,986 32,985.824 467.20 29,924.245 515.00 Sweden 5,512,089 2,097.611 2,627.79 1,902.922 2,896.64 Finland 888,981 2,116.382 420.05 1,919.950 463.02 United Kingdom 12,676,572 6,147.927 2,061.93 5,577.308 2,272.88 Netherlands 10,158 6.997 1,451.67 6.348 1,600.19 Belgium 680,371 1,019.169 667.57 924.575 735.87 France 1,015,381 138.516 7,330.40 125.660 8,080.38 Federal Republic of Germany 7,135,884 15,044.038 474.33 13,647.726 522.86 Austria 5,432 0.077 70,397.56 0.070 77,600.00 Czech Republic 151,045 119.125 1,267.95 108.069 1,397.67 Russia 11,406,729 25,498.359 447.35 23,131.729 493.12 Belarus 367,595 880.878 417.30 799.120 460.00 Ukraine 459,203 612.730 749.44 555.860 826.11 Spain 15,185,660 8,142.646 1,864.95 7,386.887 2,055.76 Italy 4,438,749 2,111.603 2,102.08 1,915.615 2,317.14 Turkey 192,344 549.281 350.17 498.300 386.00 China 12,525,200 29,301.409 427.46 26,581.799 471.19 Japan 11,162 14.408 774.69 13.071 853.95 CATEGORY TOTAL 278,846,739 520,481.675 535.75 472,173.167 590.56 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 15,690,394 23,246.118 674.97 21,088.530 744.03 Mexico 1,601,671 2,749.683 582.49 2,494.472 642.09 Trinidad and Tobago 7,623,594 15,995.601 476.61 14,510.970 525.37 Venezuela 6,609,567 14,518.957 455.24 13,171.380 501.81 Brazil 6,786,964 14,645.503 463.42 13,286.181 510.83 Argentina 1,590,955 3,820.296 416.45 3,465.716 459.06 Sweden 1,692,338 557.188 3,037.28 505.473 3,348.03 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/01/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE United Kingdom 3,913,525 4,445.952 880.24 4,033.301 970.30 Netherlands 464,719 683.017 680.39 619.623 750.00 Belgium 938,850 2,083.819 450.54 1,890.410 496.64 Luxembourg 296,746 413.721 717.26 375.322 790.64 France 322,843 106.528 3,030.58 96.641 3,340.64 Federal Republic of Germany 10,946,077 22,491.583 486.67 20,404.027 536.47 Austria 38,136 14.253 2,675.46 12.931 2,949.19 Spain 1,717,677 3,135.868 547.75 2,844.813 603.79 Italy 3,978,644 5,698.359 698.21 5,169.466 769.64 Turkey 17,191,036 40,451.506 424.98 36,697.000 468.46 India 436,875 146.091 2,990.42 132.532 3,296.37 Thailand 327,371 504.643 648.72 457.805 715.09 Malaysia 4,366,245 10,938.547 399.16 9,923.286 440.00 China 49,254,337 120,131.925 410.00 108,981.880 451.95 Korea, South 488,872 218.195 2,240.52 197.944 2,469.75 Taiwan 2,852,891 1,230.532 2,318.42 1,116.321 2,555.62 Japan 4,080,819 7,729.245 527.97 7,011.856 581.99 South Africa 1,865,943 4,020.144 464.15 3,647.015 511.64 CATEGORY TOTAL 145,077,089 299,977.288 483.63 272,134.895 533.11 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 4,315,449 6,880.178 627.23 6,241.595 691.40 Mexico 565,568 1,017.828 555.66 923.359 612.51 Venezuela 371,006 822.047 451.32 745.749 497.49 Brazil 6,138,697 13,809.979 444.51 12,528.206 489.99 Norway 869,777 1,119.895 776.66 1,015.952 856.12 United Kingdom 3,053,962 4,500.858 678.53 4,083.111 747.95 Luxembourg 6,500,409 8,874.421 732.49 8,050.742 807.43 France 2,390 1.496 1,596.59 1.358 1,759.94 Federal Republic of Germany 2,633,964 4,209.327 625.74 3,818.639 689.77 Austria 67,142 14.222 4,720.99 12.902 5,204.00 Poland 155,950 265.168 588.12 240.557 648.29 Russia 156,862 289.804 541.27 262.906 596.65 Spain 39,448 45.637 864.37 41.402 952.80 Italy 1,331,338 1,669.332 797.53 1,514.393 879.12 Turkey 2,484,817 4,493.721 552.95 4,076.637 609.53 India 413,545 147.510 2,803.50 133.819 3,090.33 Korea, South 2,008,079 4,634.909 433.25 4,204.720 477.58 Taiwan 49,666 41.617 1,193.38 37.755 1,315.48 Japan 33,746 9.268 3,641.04 8.408 4,013.56 CATEGORY TOTAL 31,191,815 52,847.225 590.23 47,942.210 650.61 STEEL PILING...........................5 Canada 192,721 286.344 673.04 259.767 741.90 United Kingdom 55,941 76.823 728.18 69.693 802.68 Luxembourg 1,142,024 1,555.355 734.25 1,410.995 809.37 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/01/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Italy 2,275 3.457 657.90 3.137 725.22 China 20,204 23.408 863.10 21.236 951.40 South Africa 95,171 35.968 2,645.96 32.630 2,916.67 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,508,336 1,981.357 761.26 1,797.458 839.15 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 13,989,528 15,839.322 883.22 14,369.196 973.58 Mexico 7,800 19.012 410.25 17.248 452.23 Brazil 7,370,263 5,478.301 1,345.36 4,969.833 1,483.00 Sweden 11,861,404 5,875.840 2,018.67 5,330.474 2,225.21 Finland 757,979 780.080 971.67 707.677 1,071.08 United Kingdom 334,277 230.259 1,451.74 208.888 1,600.27 Belgium 6,842,789 4,137.750 1,653.75 3,753.705 1,822.94 France 2,065,077 1,148.389 1,798.24 1,041.802 1,982.22 Federal Republic of Germany 4,054,872 3,666.863 1,105.81 3,326.524 1,218.95 Austria 305,769 242.381 1,261.52 219.885 1,390.59 Czech Republic 3,651,911 5,752.189 634.87 5,218.300 699.83 Hungary 125,542 193.642 648.32 175.670 714.65 Switzerland 23,092 39.772 580.60 36.081 640.00 Russia 453,749 499.813 907.84 453.423 1,000.72 Ukraine 9,659,972 9,434.290 1,023.92 8,558.647 1,128.68 Italy 6,288,233 8,317.673 756.01 7,545.669 833.36 Romania 5,206,008 8,626.727 603.47 7,826.038 665.22 Turkey 340,180 624.150 545.03 566.220 600.79 Malaysia 580,790 828.412 701.09 751.523 772.82 Indonesia 319,095 428.749 744.25 388.955 820.39 Korea, South 7,803,182 13,278.916 587.64 12,046.434 647.76 Taiwan 828,724 275.531 3,007.73 249.958 3,315.45 Japan 2,783,064 3,274.882 849.82 2,970.924 936.77 Australia 42,372 19.141 2,213.60 17.365 2,440.08 South Africa 1,833,629 2,755.066 665.55 2,499.355 733.64 CATEGORY TOTAL 87,529,301 91,767.163 953.82 83,249.794 1,051.41 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 15,643,859 25,359.698 616.88 23,005.938 679.99 Mexico 1,973,726 3,243.082 608.60 2,942.076 670.86 Venezuela 707,991 1,207.108 586.52 1,095.071 646.53 Sweden 1,146,691 462.797 2,477.74 419.843 2,731.24 Netherlands 3,544,465 6,038.936 586.94 5,478.433 646.99 Belgium 1,224,887 521.166 2,350.28 472.794 2,590.74 France 5,879,406 8,741.903 672.55 7,930.524 741.36 Federal Republic of Germany 6,070,326 5,204.296 1,166.41 4,721.260 1,285.74 Austria 111,011 272.094 407.99 246.840 449.73 Hungary 271,792 443.195 613.26 402.060 676.00 Russia 3,066,873 5,460.077 561.69 4,953.300 619.16 Italy 66,880 122.080 547.83 110.750 603.88 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/01/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Turkey 3,395,411 6,056.191 560.65 5,494.086 618.01 Malaysia 2,035,510 3,813.588 533.75 3,459.630 588.36 Korea, South 109,418 178.055 614.52 161.529 677.39 Taiwan 230,446 76.863 2,998.14 69.729 3,304.88 Japan 692,032 1,283.029 539.37 1,163.945 594.56 New Zealand 2,272,018 3,679.062 617.55 3,337.590 680.74 Egypt 2,025,532 3,586.870 564.71 3,253.955 622.48 CATEGORY TOTAL 50,468,274 75,750.098 666.25 68,719.353 734.41 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Canada 54,900 101.447 541.16 92.032 596.53 Czech Republic 2,499,914 4,282.333 583.77 3,884.869 643.50 Spain 918,096 1,687.056 544.20 1,530.472 599.88 Japan 7,786,780 12,264.976 634.88 11,126.603 699.83 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,259,690 18,335.814 614.08 16,633.976 676.91 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 Canada 9,472 19.106 495.75 17.333 546.47 Luxembourg 33,888 46.403 730.28 42.097 805.00 Austria 516,380 603.874 855.11 547.826 942.60 Spain 530,636 684.256 775.49 620.747 854.83 China 240,744 360.731 667.38 327.250 735.66 Korea, South 441,189 685.593 643.51 621.960 709.35 Japan 169,366 170.492 993.39 154.668 1,095.03 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,941,675 2,570.458 755.38 2,331.881 832.66 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 Canada 178,577 349.581 510.83 317.135 563.09 Switzerland 28,366 47.997 590.98 43.543 651.45 India 40,500 42.222 959.19 38.304 1,057.33 China 6,726 6.189 1,086.68 5.615 1,197.86 Korea, South 4,668 5.219 894.35 4.735 985.85 Australia 153,149 228.344 670.69 207.151 739.31 CATEGORY TOTAL 411,986 679.555 606.26 616.483 668.28 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 35,449,168 51,075.013 694.06 46,334.486 765.07 Mexico 6,640,092 10,513.236 631.59 9,537.450 696.21 Trinidad and Tobago 1,435,051 246.108 5,830.97 223.266 6,427.54 Brazil 225,164 188.473 1,194.67 170.980 1,316.90 Argentina 998,244 1,773.004 563.02 1,608.443 620.63 Sweden 1,678,007 768.549 2,183.34 697.217 2,406.72 United Kingdom 14,699,012 16,802.317 874.82 15,242.810 964.32 Netherlands 1,309,763 889.319 1,472.77 806.777 1,623.45 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/01/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Belgium 9,391 2.310 4,064.59 2.096 4,480.44 France 1,708,604 1,254.141 1,362.37 1,137.738 1,501.76 Federal Republic of Germany 2,283,379 1,609.063 1,419.07 1,459.718 1,564.26 Austria 1,034,909 273.954 3,777.67 248.527 4,164.17 Czech Republic 4,335,871 7,019.957 617.65 6,368.400 680.84 Switzerland 23,596 12.156 1,941.05 11.028 2,139.64 Poland 53,406 21.206 2,518.41 19.238 2,776.07 Russia 3,590,467 6,974.301 514.81 6,326.982 567.48 Belarus 588,328 1,398.424 420.71 1,268.630 463.75 Ukraine 402,165 514.452 781.73 466.704 861.71 Spain 9,737,391 10,625.367 916.43 9,639.174 1,010.19 Portugal 136,670 46.103 2,964.45 41.824 3,267.74 Italy 1,166,052 519.087 2,246.35 470.908 2,476.18 Turkey 3,792,949 5,165.766 734.25 4,686.306 809.37 India 1,026,504 938.774 1,093.45 851.642 1,205.32 China 1,172,512 1,401.329 836.71 1,271.265 922.32 Korea, South 2,646,038 3,073.022 861.05 2,787.800 949.15 Taiwan 465,245 185.677 2,505.66 168.444 2,762.02 Japan 7,813,048 10,279.542 760.06 9,325.447 837.82 South Africa 3,667,000 6,685.640 548.49 6,065.113 604.61 CATEGORY TOTAL 108,088,026 140,256.302 770.65 127,238.413 849.49 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 4,116,377 7,331.682 561.45 6,651.192 618.89 Mexico 1,060,708 1,943.659 545.73 1,763.259 601.56 Venezuela 641,888 1,503.849 426.83 1,364.270 470.50 Brazil 431,663 1,016.743 424.55 922.374 467.99 Argentina 110,624 226.307 488.82 205.303 538.83 France 38,242 5.435 7,035.61 4.931 7,755.42 Italy 865,331 286.913 3,016.00 260.284 3,324.56 Turkey 3,759,430 3,618.751 1,038.87 3,282.877 1,145.16 India 2,580,850 1,025.558 2,516.53 930.371 2,774.00 China 96,823 33.902 2,855.91 30.756 3,148.10 Korea, South 314,195 602.249 521.70 546.352 575.08 Japan 1,124,214 139.629 8,051.39 126.670 8,875.14 CATEGORY TOTAL 15,140,345 17,734.683 853.71 16,088.639 941.06 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 Canada 116,885 146.025 800.44 132.472 882.34 Mexico 1,930,600 4,164.533 463.58 3,778.002 511.01 Dominican Republic 530,753 1,120.333 473.75 1,016.350 522.21 Trinidad and Tobago 28,923 45.560 634.82 41.332 699.77 Brazil 2,359,713 5,677.780 415.60 5,150.797 458.13 Federal Republic of Germany 4,647,070 10,833.203 428.97 9,827.720 472.85 Spain 3,932,653 10,573.186 371.95 9,591.836 410.00 Turkey 1,345,583 3,169.339 424.56 2,875.177 468.00 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/01/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Thailand 662,345 1,437.560 460.74 1,304.133 507.88 Japan 2,247,459 5,634.471 398.88 5,111.508 439.69 CATEGORY TOTAL 17,801,984 42,801.994 415.91 38,829.327 458.47 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 6,626,740 5,415.872 1,223.58 4,913.198 1,348.76 Mexico 75,193 84.531 889.52 76.686 980.53 Colombia 70,438 81.539 863.86 73.971 952.24 Brazil 104,956 71.261 1,472.84 64.647 1,623.52 Sweden 699,568 303.451 2,305.37 275.287 2,541.23 Norway 3,330 0.288 11,530.25 0.262 12,709.92 United Kingdom 5,126,902 3,309.696 1,549.06 3,002.507 1,707.54 Belgium 44,103 32.026 1,377.08 29.054 1,517.97 France 4,393,054 2,103.643 2,088.31 1,908.394 2,301.96 Federal Republic of Germany 4,688,529 3,037.889 1,543.35 2,755.928 1,701.25 Austria 283,673 112.400 2,523.77 101.968 2,781.98 Czech Republic 93,964 173.619 541.21 157.505 596.58 Switzerland 612,761 176.028 3,481.04 159.690 3,837.19 Latvia 248,936 82.106 3,031.86 74.486 3,342.05 Lithuania 129,988 40.796 3,186.25 37.010 3,512.24 Poland 354,802 340.294 1,042.63 308.710 1,149.31 Russia 4,027,580 2,968.005 1,357.00 2,692.530 1,495.83 Belarus 3,941 0.771 5,107.45 0.700 5,630.00 Ukraine 6,210,382 6,526.439 951.57 5,920.688 1,048.93 Spain 1,465,160 1,456.504 1,005.94 1,321.319 1,108.86 Italy 6,349,143 2,176.575 2,917.03 1,974.557 3,215.48 Slovenia 131,753 61.850 2,130.18 56.110 2,348.12 Romania 379,354 149.335 2,540.28 135.475 2,800.18 Saudi Arabia 165,100 76.239 2,165.55 69.163 2,387.11 India 3,417,119 1,391.418 2,455.85 1,262.274 2,707.11 China 1,991,393 1,080.842 1,842.45 980.524 2,030.95 Korea, South 68,727 43.411 1,583.16 39.382 1,745.14 Taiwan 5,756,994 2,011.561 2,861.95 1,824.858 3,154.76 Japan 592,159 502.873 1,177.55 456.199 1,298.03 Australia 8,978 3.820 2,349.89 3.466 2,590.31 New Zealand 6,107 11.219 544.33 10.178 600.02 Egypt 16,990 15.497 1,096.31 14.059 1,208.48 South Africa 18,938 27.298 693.73 24.765 764.71 CATEGORY TOTAL 54,166,755 33,869.111 1,599.30 30,725.550 1,762.92 TOOL STEEL............................17 Canada 1,040,177 798.754 1,302.25 724.618 1,435.48 Mexico 182,327 111.305 1,638.07 100.975 1,805.66 Brazil 2,503,294 849.002 2,948.51 770.202 3,250.18 Sweden 5,426,150 6,638.240 817.41 6,022.112 901.04 United Kingdom 818,817 184.967 4,426.81 167.800 4,879.72 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/01/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Netherlands 847,508 809.997 1,046.31 734.818 1,153.36 France 1,649,072 1,144.420 1,440.97 1,038.201 1,588.39 Federal Republic of Germany 3,137,038 1,957.385 1,602.67 1,775.711 1,766.64 Austria 2,690,686 639.215 4,209.35 579.887 4,640.02 Czech Republic 57,731 31.532 1,830.83 28.606 2,018.14 Slovakia 45,444 17.416 2,609.25 15.800 2,876.20 Switzerland 81,025 4.777 16,960.01 4.334 18,695.20 Poland 59,034 21.484 2,747.81 19.490 3,028.94 Russia 370,650 262.418 1,412.44 238.062 1,556.95 Ukraine 740,322 155.615 4,757.38 141.172 5,244.11 Spain 989,096 603.839 1,638.01 547.794 1,805.60 Slovenia 2,686,211 1,294.698 2,074.78 1,174.531 2,287.05 India 67,820 10.876 6,235.46 9.867 6,873.42 China 4,566,651 1,874.284 2,436.48 1,700.323 2,685.76 Korea, South 105,581 36.839 2,865.99 33.420 3,159.22 Taiwan 1,626,191 817.785 1,988.53 741.883 2,191.98 Japan 4,603,452 4,902.395 939.02 4,447.380 1,035.09 South Africa 14,843 13.406 1,107.17 12.162 1,220.44 CATEGORY TOTAL 34,309,120 23,180.661 1,480.08 21,029.148 1,631.50 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 19,579,628 22,388.080 874.56 20,310.131 964.03 Mexico 3,903,842 3,935.859 991.87 3,570.553 1,093.34 Guatemala 526,768 488.291 1,078.80 442.971 1,189.17 Dominican Republic 37,632 79.859 471.23 72.447 519.44 Colombia 1,992,351 1,166.961 1,707.30 1,058.650 1,881.97 Venezuela 25,031 24.347 1,028.06 22.088 1,133.24 Ecuador 156,823 156.025 1,005.11 141.544 1,107.95 Peru 7,149 10.471 682.68 9.500 752.53 Chile 742,052 1,079.424 687.45 979.238 757.79 Brazil 3,047 0.157 19,330.02 0.143 21,307.69 Argentina 915,084 926.077 988.13 840.124 1,089.22 Denmark 14,018 8.267 1,695.59 7.500 1,869.07 United Kingdom 38,645 16.188 2,387.18 14.686 2,631.42 Netherlands 1,528,337 1,652.528 924.85 1,499.149 1,019.47 France 68,698 57.263 1,199.67 51.949 1,322.41 Federal Republic of Germany 1,235,376 973.922 1,268.45 883.528 1,398.23 Russia 111,924 193.482 578.47 175.524 637.66 Ukraine 1,850,225 2,699.885 685.30 2,449.296 755.41 Spain 2,998,523 2,595.306 1,155.36 2,354.423 1,273.57 Italy 949,743 615.973 1,541.86 558.802 1,699.61 Romania 1,010,300 1,471.114 686.76 1,334.573 757.02 United Arab Emirates 1,341,512 1,801.273 744.76 1,634.088 820.95 Oman 1,113,187 1,725.150 645.27 1,565.031 711.29 India 2,700,532 4,050.415 666.73 3,674.476 734.94 China 17,271,981 29,917.465 577.32 27,140.676 636.39 Korea, South 3,496,131 5,098.693 685.69 4,625.458 755.85 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/01/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Taiwan 1,675,512 2,888.000 580.16 2,619.951 639.52 Japan 3,554,251 3,647.109 974.54 3,308.603 1,074.25 Australia 2,088 3.152 662.31 2.860 730.07 South Africa 736,787 1,083.048 680.29 982.525 749.89 CATEGORY TOTAL 69,587,177 90,753.801 766.77 82,330.487 845.22 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 1,327,378 1,007.639 1,317.32 914.115 1,452.09 Mexico 2,122,548 1,988.588 1,067.36 1,804.018 1,176.57 Colombia 1,300,598 1,480.039 878.76 1,342.670 968.67 Venezuela 1,904,555 2,281.059 834.94 2,069.343 920.37 Brazil 192,334 129.889 1,480.75 117.834 1,632.25 Argentina 8,552 11.602 737.06 10.526 812.46 United Kingdom 200,963 48.836 4,114.99 44.304 4,536.00 France 72,579 105.646 687.00 95.841 757.29 Federal Republic of Germany 11,068,311 11,476.613 964.42 10,411.412 1,063.09 Austria 13,257,871 13,411.569 988.54 12,166.775 1,089.68 Czech Republic 3,737,913 4,701.835 794.99 4,265.435 876.33 Slovakia 4,770 11.684 408.23 10.600 450.00 Poland 351,996 409.758 859.03 371.727 946.92 Russia 2,436,990 3,889.912 626.49 3,528.870 690.59 Ukraine 7,554,182 9,069.714 832.90 8,227.909 918.12 Spain 515,957 409.650 1,259.50 371.629 1,388.37 Turkey 2,369,618 3,498.602 677.30 3,173.880 746.60 India 2,910,627 3,184.671 913.95 2,889.086 1,007.46 Indonesia 613,444 552.412 1,110.48 501.140 1,224.10 China 13,995,283 19,998.381 699.82 18,142.232 771.42 Korea, South 5,821,255 8,932.663 651.68 8,103.578 718.36 Japan 7,667,907 2,534.457 3,025.46 2,299.222 3,335.00 Equatorial Guinea 3,125,134 1,156.809 2,701.51 1,049.440 2,977.91 South Africa 975,406 1,432.310 681.00 1,299.371 750.68 CATEGORY TOTAL 83,536,171 91,724.353 910.73 83,210.957 1,003.91 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 274,206 223.319 1,227.86 202.592 1,353.49 Mexico 8,387 5.490 1,527.52 4.981 1,683.80 Argentina 245,024 392.513 624.24 356.082 688.11 Federal Republic of Germany 250,527 209.417 1,196.31 189.980 1,318.70 Czech Republic 1,169,497 1,609.581 726.58 1,460.188 800.92 Poland 402,626 474.477 848.57 430.439 935.38 Italy 8,044,534 7,916.051 1,016.23 7,181.323 1,120.20 Greece 3,374,658 6,655.284 507.06 6,037.574 558.94 Romania 66,751 89.520 745.65 81.212 821.94 China 168,602 593.671 284.00 538.570 313.05 Korea, South 2,542,804 3,958.320 642.39 3,590.929 708.12 Japan 6,901,997 10,454.367 660.20 9,484.045 727.75 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/01/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 23,449,613 32,582.014 719.71 29,557.915 793.34 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 196,928 219.730 896.23 199.336 987.92 Mexico 1,218,746 1,424.919 855.31 1,292.666 942.82 Venezuela 23,770 31.645 751.14 28.708 827.99 Brazil 523,134 882.476 592.80 800.569 653.45 Argentina 4,313,150 5,098.800 845.91 4,625.555 932.46 Sweden 11,136 18.560 599.98 16.838 661.36 United Kingdom 5,063 6.443 785.81 5.845 866.21 France 147,072 174.047 845.01 157.893 931.47 Federal Republic of Germany 70,094 26.135 2,681.92 23.710 2,956.31 Austria 707,970 947.898 746.88 859.919 823.30 Czech Republic 2,818,108 4,128.014 682.68 3,744.873 752.52 Slovakia 84,410 119.026 709.17 107.979 781.73 Poland 17,238 20.385 845.62 18.493 932.14 Ukraine 208,601 336.491 619.93 305.260 683.36 Italy 9,788,114 10,770.094 908.82 9,770.468 1,001.81 Romania 1,231,469 1,760.109 699.65 1,596.745 771.24 Turkey 123,179 184.802 666.54 167.650 734.74 China 3,857,906 6,456.546 597.52 5,857.282 658.65 Korea, South 914,303 1,427.604 640.45 1,295.101 705.97 Japan 5,814,356 6,992.223 831.55 6,343.240 916.62 CATEGORY TOTAL 32,074,747 41,025.954 781.82 37,218.130 861.80 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Canada 1,388,036 1,439.991 963.92 1,306.339 1,062.54 Mexico 684,076 757.006 903.66 686.745 996.11 Brazil 434,595 759.950 571.87 689.416 630.38 Argentina 860,913 1,323.152 650.65 1,200.344 717.22 Greece 1,203,221 2,590.988 464.39 2,350.506 511.90 Turkey 185,744 288.496 643.83 261.720 709.71 China 1,529,184 2,916.326 524.35 2,645.648 578.00 Korea, South 3,535,355 5,488.168 644.18 4,978.784 710.08 Taiwan 12,865 20.523 626.83 18.619 690.96 Japan 4,696,165 6,809.423 689.66 6,177.407 760.22 South Africa 597,840 914.032 654.07 829.197 720.99 CATEGORY TOTAL 15,127,994 23,308.062 649.05 21,144.725 715.45 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 11,048,626 9,647.773 1,145.20 8,752.315 1,262.37 Mexico 14,933,733 16,304.355 915.94 14,791.067 1,009.65 Dominican Republic 362,210 707.693 511.82 642.009 564.18 Venezuela 439,411 392.908 1,118.35 356.441 1,232.77 Brazil 195,138 168.802 1,156.01 153.135 1,274.29 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/01/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Argentina 3,259,562 3,043.673 1,070.93 2,761.175 1,180.50 Sweden 1,121,259 745.529 1,503.98 676.333 1,657.85 Denmark 26,211 4.349 6,025.91 3.946 6,642.42 United Kingdom 482,072 289.613 1,664.54 262.733 1,834.84 Netherlands 11,073 0.011 1,004,525.95 0.010 1,107,300.00 Belgium 21,532 16.219 1,327.55 14.714 1,463.37 France 694,856 669.037 1,038.59 606.941 1,144.85 Federal Republic of Germany 4,114,042 3,319.823 1,239.24 3,011.694 1,366.02 Austria 198,694 61.996 3,204.94 56.242 3,532.84 Slovakia 15,648 7.314 2,139.18 6.636 2,358.05 Hungary 2,425 0.035 68,747.61 0.032 75,781.25 Switzerland 2,215,846 980.080 2,260.88 889.114 2,492.20 Russia 1,230,087 2,054.966 598.59 1,864.235 659.83 Ukraine 459,072 762.397 602.14 691.636 663.75 Spain 2,154,342 1,954.594 1,102.19 1,773.179 1,214.96 Italy 1,275,472 1,098.625 1,160.97 996.657 1,279.75 Romania 267,389 213.740 1,251.00 193.902 1,378.99 Turkey 241,850 428.384 564.56 388.624 622.32 Israel 102,291 14.936 6,848.48 13.550 7,549.15 India 1,127,280 1,115.249 1,010.79 1,011.738 1,114.20 China 4,063,596 5,998.710 677.41 5,441.940 746.72 Korea, South 3,553,823 5,409.247 656.99 4,907.188 724.21 Hong Kong 7,698 1.620 4,750.69 1.470 5,236.73 Taiwan 46,875 29.140 1,608.58 26.436 1,773.15 Japan 5,728,625 3,177.084 1,803.11 2,882.203 1,987.59 Australia 80,344 104.840 766.34 95.110 844.75 South Africa 19,825 9.066 2,186.62 8.225 2,410.33 CATEGORY TOTAL 59,500,907 58,731.824 1,013.09 53,280.630 1,116.75 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 407,924 1,223.600 333.38 1,110.032 367.49 Mexico 1,249,576 735.885 1,698.06 667.584 1,871.79 Chile 63,059 215.938 292.02 195.896 321.90 Argentina 602,174 350.065 1,720.18 317.574 1,896.17 Sweden 207,697 169.339 1,226.51 153.622 1,352.00 France 2,051,185 1,526.081 1,344.09 1,384.438 1,481.60 Federal Republic of Germany 2,743,863 2,392.178 1,147.01 2,170.148 1,264.37 Czech Republic 531,568 735.491 722.74 667.227 796.68 Poland 169,911 195.418 869.47 177.281 958.43 Spain 1,080,867 465.413 2,322.38 422.216 2,559.99 Italy 1,148,328 783.815 1,465.05 711.066 1,614.94 China 614,225 770.111 797.58 698.634 879.18 Japan 1,346,492 812.651 1,656.91 737.225 1,826.43 South Africa 9,576 3.417 2,802.32 3.100 3,089.03 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,226,445 10,379.407 1,177.95 9,416.043 1,298.47 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/01/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D Canada 7,094,776 1,347.332 5,265.79 1,222.280 5,804.54 Mexico 312,136 72.991 4,276.32 66.217 4,713.83 Sweden 945,497 120.307 7,859.01 109.141 8,663.08 Finland 82,888 28.703 2,887.77 26.039 3,183.23 Denmark 14,914 0.649 22,970.73 0.589 25,320.88 United Kingdom 685,882 52.837 12,981.07 47.933 14,309.18 Ireland 11,048 3.122 3,537.80 2.833 3,899.75 Netherlands 13,408 0.574 23,346.52 0.521 25,735.12 Belgium 25,610 4.662 5,492.44 4.230 6,054.37 France 3,188,317 491.428 6,487.85 445.817 7,151.63 Federal Republic of Germany 1,425,314 221.919 6,422.66 201.322 7,079.77 Austria 774,001 136.888 5,654.25 124.183 6,232.75 Switzerland 59,745 0.777 76,879.10 0.705 84,744.68 Ukraine 102,729 22.324 4,601.73 20.252 5,072.54 Spain 5,802,367 833.605 6,960.57 756.234 7,672.71 Italy 277,371 61.833 4,485.81 56.094 4,944.75 Turkey 2,961 0.022 134,308.74 0.020 148,050.00 India 278,684 39.708 7,018.24 36.023 7,736.28 Thailand 350,879 118.304 2,965.90 107.324 3,269.34 Malaysia 586,978 211.820 2,771.12 192.160 3,054.63 Singapore 300,193 107.957 2,780.67 97.937 3,065.16 China 6,652,351 2,017.466 3,297.38 1,830.215 3,634.74 Korea, South 4,874,762 1,359.365 3,586.06 1,233.196 3,952.95 Hong Kong 6,230 0.562 11,081.89 0.510 12,215.69 Taiwan 4,003,190 1,238.878 3,231.30 1,123.892 3,561.90 Japan 4,544,420 1,302.947 3,487.80 1,182.014 3,844.64 South Africa 216,408 151.184 1,431.42 137.152 1,577.87 CATEGORY TOTAL 42,633,059 9,948.172 4,285.52 9,024.833 4,723.97 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 1,731,745 605.888 2,858.19 549.653 3,150.62 Mexico 387,753 220.752 1,756.51 200.263 1,936.22 Colombia 24,408 16.735 1,458.48 15.182 1,607.69 Sweden 3,462 1.362 2,541.00 1.236 2,800.97 Denmark 297,484 38.908 7,645.78 35.297 8,428.03 United Kingdom 30,196 16.939 1,782.61 15.367 1,964.99 France 8,536 4.128 2,067.75 3.745 2,279.31 Federal Republic of Germany 52,294 8.906 5,871.33 8.080 6,472.03 Israel 2,521 0.992 2,541.13 0.900 2,801.11 India 80,668 53.322 1,512.84 48.373 1,667.62 Vietnam 80,401 87.571 918.11 79.444 1,012.05 China 36,672 35.604 1,029.98 32.300 1,135.36 Korea, South 75,589 25.861 2,922.86 23.461 3,221.90 Japan 174,080 77.086 2,258.23 69.932 2,489.28 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,985,809 1,194.059 2,500.55 1,083.233 2,756.39 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/01/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 21,932,816 24,097.620 910.17 21,861.000 1,003.29 Mexico 3,409,968 2,150.155 1,585.92 1,950.589 1,748.17 Brazil 903,452 1,400.135 645.26 1,270.182 711.28 Argentina 144,513 292.446 494.15 265.303 544.71 Finland 268,747 85.649 3,137.75 77.700 3,458.78 United Kingdom 2,875 2.160 1,330.69 1.960 1,466.84 Netherlands 22,559 6.944 3,248.44 6.300 3,580.79 France 4,510 2.592 1,739.54 2.352 1,917.52 Federal Republic of Germany 852,334 518.531 1,643.75 470.404 1,811.92 Austria 134,195 101.112 1,327.18 91.728 1,462.97 Switzerland 2,607 2.873 907.18 2.607 1,000.00 Spain 13,572 8.765 1,548.33 7.952 1,706.74 Turkey 5,859,591 10,180.751 575.56 9,235.825 634.44 China 2,869,044 3,718.970 771.46 3,373.794 850.39 Korea, South 6,067,238 10,104.474 600.45 9,166.628 661.88 Taiwan 593,594 194.940 3,045.00 176.847 3,356.54 Japan 650,039 749.394 867.42 679.839 956.17 Australia 37,314 57.378 650.31 52.053 716.85 South Africa 16,910 53.076 318.60 48.150 351.19 CATEGORY TOTAL 43,785,878 53,727.975 814.95 48,741.213 898.33 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Mexico 215,846 260.207 829.52 236.056 914.38 Korea, South 301,700 457.314 659.72 414.869 727.22 Japan 55,500 141.434 392.41 128.307 432.56 CATEGORY TOTAL 573,046 858.956 667.14 779.232 735.40 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 14,666,343 15,640.841 937.70 14,189.137 1,033.63 Mexico 8,165,409 9,057.238 901.53 8,216.591 993.77 El Salvador 32,932 46.950 701.42 42.593 773.18 Honduras 34,320 42.990 798.32 39.000 880.00 Dominican Republic 150,658 195.782 769.52 177.611 848.25 Trinidad and Tobago 139,521 177.179 787.45 160.735 868.02 Colombia 18,379 18.705 982.57 16.969 1,083.09 Venezuela 1,591,237 2,153.760 738.82 1,953.859 814.41 Ecuador 67,861 96.914 700.22 87.919 771.86 Chile 229,723 261.506 878.46 237.235 968.34 Brazil 992,967 1,421.643 698.46 1,289.694 769.92 Argentina 48,331 87.072 555.07 78.991 611.85 Sweden 1,991,984 642.990 3,098.00 583.311 3,414.96 Denmark 294,900 22.887 12,884.88 20.763 14,203.15 United Kingdom 2,156,335 1,696.770 1,270.85 1,539.285 1,400.87 Ireland 28,012 3.171 8,832.83 2.877 9,736.53 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/01/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Netherlands 60,267 48.664 1,238.41 44.148 1,365.11 Belgium 1,002,852 616.631 1,626.34 559.399 1,792.73 Luxembourg 594,782 464.878 1,279.43 421.731 1,410.34 France 2,002,130 835.575 2,396.11 758.022 2,641.26 Federal Republic of Germany 2,272,323 1,087.936 2,088.65 986.960 2,302.35 Austria 460,861 174.790 2,636.65 158.567 2,906.41 Czech Republic 74,586 65.068 1,146.27 59.029 1,263.55 Switzerland 240,372 63.085 3,810.27 57.230 4,200.10 Poland 1,132,601 1,102.582 1,027.23 1,000.246 1,132.32 Russia 69,270 132.850 521.41 120.520 574.76 Belarus 327,819 362.068 905.41 328.463 998.04 Spain 535,727 212.645 2,519.34 192.909 2,777.10 Italy 2,175,126 1,855.538 1,172.23 1,683.317 1,292.17 Greece 543,856 522.054 1,041.76 473.600 1,148.34 Romania 22,012 24.250 907.68 22.000 1,000.55 Turkey 624,129 576.346 1,082.91 522.853 1,193.70 Israel 638,638 851.807 749.74 772.747 826.45 United Arab Emirates 19,144 21.185 903.64 19.219 996.10 India 4,358,808 2,628.744 1,658.13 2,384.758 1,827.78 Thailand 461,010 479.452 961.53 434.952 1,059.91 Singapore 65,893 60.528 1,088.62 54.911 1,200.00 Indonesia 83,808 17.000 4,929.61 15.423 5,433.96 China 7,891,611 8,271.514 954.07 7,503.794 1,051.68 Korea, South 8,435,964 7,545.273 1,118.05 6,844.959 1,232.43 Hong Kong 62,504 13.947 4,481.36 12.653 4,939.86 Taiwan 2,918,337 2,497.253 1,168.62 2,265.471 1,288.18 Japan 7,002,214 6,874.941 1,018.51 6,236.844 1,122.72 Australia 418,665 313.826 1,334.06 284.699 1,470.55 Egypt 758,995 968.820 783.42 878.899 863.57 South Africa 813,747 1,178.522 690.48 1,069.138 761.12 CATEGORY TOTAL 76,676,963 71,434.196 1,073.39 64,804.031 1,183.21 BLACK PLATE...........................28 Canada 27,882 62.470 446.33 56.672 491.99 Venezuela 272,401 419.864 648.78 380.895 715.16 Chile 445,781 751.809 592.94 682.030 653.61 Netherlands 248,331 337.853 735.02 306.496 810.23 Belgium 2,102,385 2,870.152 732.50 2,603.759 807.44 France 46,002 60.627 758.77 55.000 836.40 Federal Republic of Germany 344,771 385.667 893.96 349.872 985.42 Japan 1,197,788 1,510.677 792.88 1,370.464 874.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,685,341 6,399.122 732.18 5,805.188 807.10 TIN PLATE.............................29 Canada 6,560,393 10,007.159 655.57 9,078.345 722.64 Chile 45,833 71.670 639.50 65.018 704.93 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/01/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Netherlands 3,784,582 6,353.812 595.64 5,764.083 656.58 Belgium 81,789 123.253 663.58 111.814 731.47 France 7,493,625 12,163.639 616.07 11,034.671 679.10 Federal Republic of Germany 9,976,776 16,964.386 588.10 15,389.837 648.27 China 2,106,462 2,618.567 804.43 2,375.525 886.74 Korea, South 218,123 329.348 662.29 298.780 730.05 Japan 609,889 853.811 714.31 774.565 787.40 CATEGORY TOTAL 30,877,472 49,485.648 623.97 44,892.638 687.81 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A Canada 1,018,602 1,531.928 664.91 1,389.743 732.94 United Kingdom 278,467 422.019 659.84 382.850 727.35 Netherlands 561,089 1,079.302 519.86 979.127 573.05 France 32,932 50.160 656.53 45.505 723.70 Federal Republic of Germany 1,275,826 1,972.566 646.78 1,789.483 712.96 Japan 1,831,406 2,660.023 688.49 2,413.133 758.93 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,998,322 7,716.001 647.79 6,999.841 714.06 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 21,342,740 36,822.675 579.61 33,404.979 638.91 Mexico 7,795,226 12,541.796 621.54 11,377.730 685.13 Venezuela 1,369,448 2,361.188 579.98 2,142.035 639.32 Brazil 190,507 227.380 837.83 206.276 923.55 Sweden 3,931,707 6,024.668 652.60 5,465.489 719.37 Finland 50,315 23.038 2,183.97 20.900 2,407.42 United Kingdom 45,197 20.200 2,237.37 18.326 2,466.28 Netherlands 9,102,072 16,452.457 553.23 14,925.423 609.84 Belgium 391,981 546.001 717.91 495.324 791.36 France 19,747,276 30,319.464 651.31 27,505.363 717.94 Federal Republic of Germany 413,132 575.791 717.50 522.349 790.91 Austria 544,434 1,036.703 525.16 940.482 578.89 Hungary 1,047,095 1,681.514 622.71 1,525.445 686.42 Russia 2,629,281 4,739.294 554.78 4,299.417 611.54 Spain 251,155 462.044 543.57 419.160 599.19 Italy 9,999,259 17,965.903 556.57 16,298.398 613.51 Turkey 9,790,476 17,647.149 554.79 16,009.229 611.55 India 474,386 173.663 2,731.64 157.545 3,011.11 Malaysia 6,678,884 12,374.813 539.72 11,226.245 594.93 Indonesia 4,757 5.059 940.19 4.590 1,036.38 China 103,865 44.290 2,345.07 40.180 2,584.99 Korea, South 15,290,535 32,250.445 474.12 29,257.120 522.63 Taiwan 14,355 20.274 708.02 18.393 780.46 Japan 1,963,632 3,085.502 636.41 2,799.122 701.52 Australia 26,283,829 44,874.485 585.72 40,709.460 645.64 New Zealand 7,636,552 12,366.153 617.54 11,218.389 680.72 Egypt 22,267,798 41,614.111 535.10 37,751.698 589.85 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/01/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE South Africa 6,080,906 2,574.764 2,361.73 2,335.788 2,603.36 CATEGORY TOTAL 175,440,800 298,830.840 587.09 271,094.855 647.16 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 15,879,518 22,536.746 704.61 20,444.998 776.69 Mexico 32,340,577 26,819.091 1,205.88 24,329.877 1,329.25 Dominican Republic 17,236 34.392 501.16 31.200 552.44 Colombia 26,186 42.262 619.60 38.340 682.99 Venezuela 6,007,725 9,744.798 616.51 8,840.335 679.58 Chile 392,623 706.206 555.96 640.660 612.84 Brazil 30,279,171 39,268.799 771.07 35,624.066 849.96 Argentina 5,576,601 9,037.370 617.06 8,198.567 680.19 Sweden 6,177,348 7,864.253 785.50 7,134.333 865.86 Finland 2,401,013 905.830 2,650.62 821.756 2,921.81 United Kingdom 131,380 29.729 4,419.21 26.970 4,871.34 Netherlands 8,925,713 14,466.298 617.00 13,123.609 680.13 Belgium 15,000,891 15,334.776 978.23 13,911.479 1,078.31 Luxembourg 889,836 1,291.258 689.12 1,171.410 759.63 France 3,018,274 2,414.573 1,250.02 2,190.465 1,377.91 Federal Republic of Germany 11,169,360 6,029.379 1,852.49 5,469.763 2,042.02 Russia 15,312,568 26,614.273 575.35 24,144.070 634.22 Spain 366,893 245.130 1,496.72 222.379 1,649.85 Italy 20,994,921 16,218.744 1,294.48 14,713.402 1,426.92 Romania 86,455 36.751 2,352.45 33.340 2,593.13 Turkey 4,218,072 7,294.058 578.29 6,617.060 637.45 Saudi Arabia 6,172,616 10,714.132 576.12 9,719.700 635.06 India 2,057,392 2,972.529 692.14 2,696.634 762.95 Thailand 709,191 396.755 1,787.47 359.931 1,970.35 Malaysia 171,068 36.135 4,734.01 32.782 5,218.35 Singapore 11,294 1.283 8,802.19 1.164 9,702.75 Indonesia 6,290,446 11,573.077 543.54 10,498.922 599.15 China 33,374,461 32,751.551 1,019.02 29,711.716 1,123.28 Korea, South 14,793,549 17,343.369 852.98 15,733.645 940.25 Taiwan 24,033,569 34,982.045 687.03 31,735.187 757.32 Japan 9,366,201 12,322.204 760.11 11,178.519 837.87 New Zealand 986,879 1,615.800 610.77 1,465.830 673.26 South Africa 5,958,455 4,563.230 1,305.75 4,139.694 1,439.35 CATEGORY TOTAL 283,137,482 336,206.842 842.15 305,001.803 928.31 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 25,234,693 41,270.976 611.44 37,440.411 674.00 Mexico 10,198,012 10,548.075 966.81 9,569.056 1,065.73 Costa Rica 131,359 137.672 954.14 124.894 1,051.76 Colombia 902,937 1,395.956 646.82 1,266.391 713.00 Venezuela 1,820,260 2,561.539 710.61 2,323.790 783.32 Brazil 46,992,371 66,243.312 709.39 60,094.939 781.97 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/01/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Argentina 14,005,802 20,051.009 698.51 18,189.975 769.97 Sweden 110,813 124.360 891.06 112.818 982.23 Finland 361,303 418.635 863.05 379.780 951.35 United Kingdom 5,393 5.477 984.59 4.969 1,085.33 Netherlands 4,006,077 5,371.884 745.75 4,873.293 822.05 Belgium 401,057 375.206 1,068.90 340.382 1,178.26 France 90,757 132.488 685.02 120.192 755.10 Federal Republic of Germany 3,451,901 7,372.942 468.18 6,688.623 516.09 Austria 244,919 228.890 1,070.03 207.646 1,179.50 Switzerland 17,285 19.053 907.18 17.285 1,000.00 Estonia 2,253,911 2,250.332 1,001.59 2,041.468 1,104.06 Russia 2,795,932 4,154.103 673.05 3,768.540 741.91 Kazakhstan 283,326 302.588 936.34 274.504 1,032.14 Spain 1,236,602 2,174.009 568.81 1,972.229 627.01 Greece 14,032 20.626 680.29 18.712 749.89 Turkey 3,313,032 4,764.088 695.42 4,321.910 766.57 Saudi Arabia 3,811,520 5,737.353 664.33 5,204.841 732.30 India 27,550,051 42,355.047 650.45 38,423.864 717.00 Malaysia 2,791,498 4,432.122 629.83 4,020.755 694.27 Indonesia 2,726,404 4,800.228 567.97 4,354.695 626.08 China 13,358,483 20,012.051 667.52 18,154.633 735.82 Korea, South 26,137,611 33,501.160 780.20 30,391.750 860.02 Taiwan 17,076,407 22,902.462 745.61 20,776.770 821.90 Japan 2,743,590 3,338.508 821.80 3,028.645 905.88 New Zealand 17,636 21.985 802.16 19.945 884.23 South Africa 13,404,456 18,384.584 729.11 16,678.219 803.71 CATEGORY TOTAL 227,489,430 325,408.737 699.09 295,205.924 770.61 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 1,002,445 896.636 1,118.01 813.415 1,232.39 Brazil 287,057 394.209 728.18 357.621 802.68 Argentina 1,010,136 1,386.227 728.69 1,257.565 803.25 Belgium 714,160 810.617 881.01 735.380 971.14 Federal Republic of Germany 2,539,776 3,976.442 638.71 3,607.369 704.05 Thailand 9,706 11.133 871.80 10.100 960.99 Korea, South 155,533 214.522 725.02 194.612 799.20 Taiwan 1,319,693 1,641.719 803.85 1,489.343 886.09 Japan 827,324 1,132.037 730.83 1,026.967 805.60 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,865,830 10,463.546 751.74 9,492.372 828.65 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 Canada 5,403,128 6,276.406 860.86 5,693.862 948.94 Mexico 7,417,331 7,196.015 1,030.76 6,528.117 1,136.21 Chile 968,099 1,452.702 666.41 1,317.870 734.59 Brazil 10,005,503 13,784.741 725.84 12,505.311 800.10 Argentina 94,872 117.638 806.47 106.720 888.98 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/01/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE United Kingdom 516,737 776.456 665.51 704.390 733.60 Belgium 376,195 418.043 899.89 379.243 991.96 Luxembourg 729,319 824.211 884.87 747.712 975.40 France 42,245 11.767 3,590.07 10.675 3,957.38 Federal Republic of Germany 688,803 622.728 1,106.10 564.930 1,219.27 Austria 26,259 19.126 1,372.93 17.351 1,513.40 Latvia 18,625 3.031 6,144.12 2.750 6,772.73 Korea, South 7,085,385 9,471.166 748.10 8,592.100 824.64 Taiwan 3,943,526 5,035.822 783.09 4,568.423 863.21 Japan 1,531,405 1,171.315 1,307.42 1,062.600 1,441.19 CATEGORY TOTAL 38,847,432 47,181.174 823.37 42,802.054 907.61 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 Canada 7,812 6.675 1,170.23 6.056 1,289.96 Sweden 352,554 410.751 858.31 372.628 946.13 United Kingdom 552,105 628.447 878.52 570.118 968.40 Federal Republic of Germany 1,464,857 1,320.793 1,109.07 1,198.204 1,222.54 Poland 56,062 60.638 924.53 55.010 1,019.12 Russia 1,564,533 1,521.123 1,028.54 1,379.940 1,133.77 Romania 9,660 9.371 1,030.75 8.502 1,136.20 Japan 1,288,597 1,776.196 725.48 1,611.339 799.71 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,296,180 5,733.998 923.65 5,201.797 1,018.14 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 3,249,937 6,421.463 506.11 5,825.455 557.89 Mexico 589,966 705.562 836.16 640.076 921.71 Colombia 17,808 55.888 318.64 50.701 351.24 United Kingdom 44,030 136.715 322.06 124.026 355.01 Belgium 4,916 7.012 700.99 6.362 772.71 Federal Republic of Germany 1,025,141 1,288.756 795.45 1,169.141 876.83 Austria 12,069 1.895 6,365.59 1.720 7,016.86 Slovenia 106,183 80.821 1,313.80 73.320 1,448.21 Thailand 8,458 4.190 2,018.14 3.802 2,224.62 China 39,595 18.813 2,104.65 17.067 2,319.97 Japan 12,312 24.163 509.52 21.921 561.65 Egypt 490,224 754.449 649.78 684.425 716.26 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,600,639 9,499.733 589.56 8,618.016 649.88 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 2,423,834 2,720.496 890.95 2,467.994 982.11 Mexico 2,563,870 1,272.909 2,014.18 1,154.764 2,220.25 Brazil 251,431 268.472 936.53 243.554 1,032.34 Sweden 4,633,992 1,029.249 4,502.30 933.720 4,962.94 Norway 2,974 0.327 9,084.07 0.297 10,013.47 Finland 1,207,241 538.786 2,240.67 488.779 2,469.91 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/01/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE United Kingdom 1,580,858 677.887 2,332.04 614.969 2,570.63 Ireland 9,362 0.375 24,906.35 0.341 27,454.55 Netherlands 10,985 11.525 953.08 10.456 1,050.59 Belgium 914,341 363.968 2,512.14 330.187 2,769.16 France 1,820,759 342.688 5,313.16 310.882 5,856.75 Federal Republic of Germany 5,793,806 2,832.078 2,045.78 2,569.219 2,255.08 Austria 931,756 157.864 5,902.26 143.212 6,506.13 Switzerland 147,492 92.608 1,592.64 84.013 1,755.59 Spain 438,055 159.365 2,748.74 144.574 3,029.97 Italy 97,981 24.332 4,026.77 22.074 4,438.75 Romania 40,103 23.729 1,690.01 21.527 1,862.92 India 1,591,911 949.022 1,677.42 860.939 1,849.04 Thailand 14,249 19.159 743.71 17.381 819.80 Singapore 217,089 62.749 3,459.64 56.925 3,813.60 Indonesia 213,183 91.887 2,320.04 83.359 2,557.41 China 833,124 556.572 1,496.88 504.914 1,650.03 Korea, South 1,102,916 1,138.863 968.44 1,033.160 1,067.52 Taiwan 333,938 179.463 1,860.75 162.807 2,051.13 Japan 2,107,708 615.382 3,425.04 558.266 3,775.45 South Africa 27,150 20.569 1,319.94 18.660 1,454.98 CATEGORY TOTAL 29,310,108 14,150.336 2,071.34 12,836.973 2,283.26 GRAND TOTAL 2,120,915,071 2,924,305.971 725.27 2,652,886.500 799.47 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/01/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Canada 7,917 15.390 514.41 13.962 567.04 Mexico 851,797 1,183.187 719.92 1,073.370 793.57 Belgium 939,909 1,242.381 756.54 1,127.070 833.94 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,799,623 2,440.959 737.26 2,214.402 812.69 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 3,204,948 5,923.658 541.04 5,373.854 596.40 Mexico 25,493,560 51,161.974 498.29 46,413.376 549.27 Brazil 24,848,648 50,975.111 487.47 46,243.856 537.34 United Kingdom 289,174 190.331 1,519.32 172.666 1,674.76 France 1,012,812 138.449 7,315.41 125.599 8,063.85 Federal Republic of Germany 3,338,034 5,214.015 640.20 4,730.077 705.70 Czech Republic 99,271 44.450 2,233.28 40.325 2,461.77 Russia 759,645 904.255 840.08 820.327 926.03 Ukraine 233,566 339.930 687.10 308.380 757.40 Italy 406,429 313.119 1,298.00 284.057 1,430.80 CATEGORY TOTAL 59,686,087 115,205.297 518.08 104,512.517 571.09 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 1,384,728 2,487.413 556.69 2,256.544 613.65 Venezuela 12,038 28.202 426.84 25.585 470.51 United Kingdom 2,319,106 3,470.169 668.30 3,148.086 736.67 Luxembourg 453,251 772.901 586.43 701.165 646.43 Federal Republic of Germany 9,604 13.821 694.84 12.539 765.93 Austria 67,142 14.222 4,720.99 12.902 5,204.00 Italy 927,278 1,156.346 801.90 1,049.020 883.95 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,173,147 7,943.077 651.28 7,205.841 717.91 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 9,759,909 9,783.879 997.55 8,875.789 1,099.61 Brazil 7,353,686 5,476.336 1,342.81 4,968.050 1,480.20 Sweden 11,730,494 5,828.938 2,012.46 5,287.926 2,218.35 Finland 757,979 780.080 971.67 707.677 1,071.08 United Kingdom 157,062 184.714 850.30 167.570 937.29 Belgium 2,054,278 1,646.785 1,247.45 1,493.939 1,375.07 France 1,407,593 946.117 1,487.76 858.304 1,639.97 Federal Republic of Germany 2,928,664 3,006.594 974.08 2,727.537 1,073.74 Austria 220,189 193.082 1,140.39 175.162 1,257.06 Switzerland 23,092 39.772 580.60 36.081 640.00 Russia 291,429 365.051 798.32 331.169 880.00 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/01/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Ukraine 9,659,972 9,434.290 1,023.92 8,558.647 1,128.68 Indonesia 12,548 16.232 773.01 14.726 852.10 Japan 2,048,406 2,511.028 815.76 2,277.967 899.23 Australia 2,346 0.402 5,830.84 0.365 6,427.40 South Africa 305,566 67.240 4,544.34 61.000 5,009.28 CATEGORY TOTAL 48,713,213 40,280.548 1,209.35 36,541.909 1,333.08 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 2,103,530 3,089.556 680.85 2,802.799 750.51 Sweden 104,597 130.683 800.38 118.554 882.27 Netherlands 842,710 1,324.630 636.18 1,201.685 701.27 France 2,077,386 2,829.137 734.28 2,566.551 809.41 Japan 651,578 1,202.681 541.77 1,091.055 597.20 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,779,801 8,576.689 673.90 7,780.644 742.84 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Canada 54,900 101.447 541.16 92.032 596.53 Japan 77,876 144.946 537.28 131.493 592.24 CATEGORY TOTAL 132,776 246.394 538.88 223.525 594.01 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 18,285,623 26,569.590 688.22 24,103.534 758.63 Mexico 3,841,430 6,564.165 585.21 5,954.912 645.09 Trinidad and Tobago 1,421,312 223.831 6,349.91 203.057 6,999.57 Brazil 220,524 177.295 1,243.82 160.840 1,371.08 Sweden 1,600,218 724.660 2,208.23 657.401 2,434.16 United Kingdom 1,415,871 1,753.149 807.62 1,590.431 890.24 Netherlands 1,309,763 889.319 1,472.77 806.777 1,623.45 France 804,236 689.299 1,166.74 625.322 1,286.11 Federal Republic of Germany 1,154,183 1,148.621 1,004.84 1,042.012 1,107.65 Austria 239,585 62.983 3,803.91 57.138 4,193.09 Czech Republic 3,207,140 4,728.089 678.32 4,289.252 747.72 Switzerland 23,596 12.156 1,941.05 11.028 2,139.64 Poland 53,406 21.206 2,518.41 19.238 2,776.07 Russia 2,046,814 3,464.874 590.73 3,143.282 651.17 Ukraine 398,988 507.232 786.60 460.154 867.07 Spain 9,326,418 10,017.237 931.04 9,087.488 1,026.29 Italy 21,698 28.990 748.44 26.300 825.02 Turkey 2,483,467 2,935.625 845.98 2,663.155 932.53 India 240,504 286.589 839.19 259.990 925.05 China 670,167 1,054.988 635.24 957.070 700.23 Korea, South 1,014,674 1,171.476 866.15 1,062.746 954.77 Taiwan 55,528 39.043 1,422.20 35.420 1,567.70 Japan 6,625,958 8,157.512 812.25 7,400.373 895.35 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/01/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 56,461,103 71,227.941 792.68 64,616.920 873.78 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 335,670 598.241 561.09 542.716 618.50 Mexico 549,658 1,010.385 544.01 916.607 599.67 CATEGORY TOTAL 885,328 1,608.627 550.36 1,459.323 606.67 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 1,699,814 1,320.818 1,286.94 1,198.227 1,418.61 Colombia 70,438 81.539 863.86 73.971 952.24 Brazil 66,425 34.109 1,947.38 30.944 2,146.62 Sweden 156,710 123.538 1,268.51 112.072 1,398.30 United Kingdom 1,789,649 1,108.925 1,613.86 1,006.001 1,778.97 France 1,676,481 1,350.542 1,241.34 1,225.192 1,368.34 Federal Republic of Germany 365,826 130.315 2,807.24 118.220 3,094.45 Czech Republic 93,964 173.619 541.21 157.505 596.58 Poland 345,086 326.295 1,057.59 296.010 1,165.79 Russia 2,372,266 602.625 3,936.55 546.693 4,339.30 Ukraine 5,284,538 4,434.264 1,191.75 4,022.698 1,313.68 Spain 465,679 462.070 1,007.81 419.183 1,110.92 Italy 94,385 71.366 1,322.53 64.743 1,457.84 China 45,846 52.570 872.09 47.691 961.31 Korea, South 34,554 36.150 955.84 32.795 1,053.64 Taiwan 28,841 24.243 1,189.66 21.993 1,311.37 Japan 402,499 443.339 907.88 402.191 1,000.77 CATEGORY TOTAL 14,993,001 10,776.334 1,391.29 9,776.129 1,533.63 TOOL STEEL............................17 Canada 1,040,177 798.754 1,302.25 724.618 1,435.48 Mexico 182,327 111.305 1,638.07 100.975 1,805.66 Brazil 2,503,294 849.002 2,948.51 770.202 3,250.18 Sweden 5,426,150 6,638.240 817.41 6,022.112 901.04 United Kingdom 818,817 184.967 4,426.81 167.800 4,879.72 Netherlands 847,508 809.997 1,046.31 734.818 1,153.36 France 1,649,072 1,144.420 1,440.97 1,038.201 1,588.39 Federal Republic of Germany 3,137,038 1,957.385 1,602.67 1,775.711 1,766.64 Austria 2,690,686 639.215 4,209.35 579.887 4,640.02 Czech Republic 57,731 31.532 1,830.83 28.606 2,018.14 Slovakia 45,444 17.416 2,609.25 15.800 2,876.20 Switzerland 81,025 4.777 16,960.01 4.334 18,695.20 Poland 59,034 21.484 2,747.81 19.490 3,028.94 Russia 370,650 262.418 1,412.44 238.062 1,556.95 Ukraine 740,322 155.615 4,757.38 141.172 5,244.11 Spain 989,096 603.839 1,638.01 547.794 1,805.60 Slovenia 2,686,211 1,294.698 2,074.78 1,174.531 2,287.05 India 67,820 10.876 6,235.46 9.867 6,873.42 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/01/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE China 4,566,651 1,874.284 2,436.48 1,700.323 2,685.76 Korea, South 105,581 36.839 2,865.99 33.420 3,159.22 Taiwan 1,626,191 817.785 1,988.53 741.883 2,191.98 Japan 4,603,452 4,902.395 939.02 4,447.380 1,035.09 South Africa 14,843 13.406 1,107.17 12.162 1,220.44 CATEGORY TOTAL 34,309,120 23,180.661 1,480.08 21,029.148 1,631.50 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 68,961 10.134 6,804.48 9.194 7,500.65 Mexico 34,330 32.173 1,067.04 29.187 1,176.21 Argentina 482,879 338.297 1,427.38 306.898 1,573.42 Denmark 14,018 8.267 1,695.59 7.500 1,869.07 France 5,807 1.102 5,268.02 1.000 5,807.00 Federal Republic of Germany 161,166 114.580 1,406.57 103.946 1,550.48 Spain 527,804 379.407 1,391.13 344.193 1,533.45 Italy 235,573 79.775 2,952.95 72.371 3,255.07 India 13,650 1.183 11,529.87 1.074 12,709.50 China 106,980 132.102 809.83 119.841 892.68 Japan 1,492,438 918.072 1,625.62 832.862 1,791.94 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,143,606 2,015.097 1,560.03 1,828.066 1,719.63 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 527,513 430.637 1,224.96 390.668 1,350.28 Brazil 7,733 0.809 9,557.58 0.734 10,535.42 Argentina 3,874 5.379 720.17 4.880 793.85 United Kingdom 184,319 23.851 7,727.67 21.638 8,518.30 France 68,283 103.469 659.93 93.866 727.45 Federal Republic of Germany 7,443,801 7,323.952 1,016.36 6,644.180 1,120.35 Austria 6,526,305 7,523.776 867.42 6,825.457 956.17 Czech Republic 2,327,278 2,728.186 853.05 2,474.970 940.33 Poland 351,996 409.758 859.03 371.727 946.92 Spain 137,734 119.684 1,150.81 108.576 1,268.55 Indonesia 613,444 552.412 1,110.48 501.140 1,224.10 China 2,963,994 3,819.568 776.00 3,465.055 855.40 Japan 7,360,685 2,407.471 3,057.43 2,184.022 3,370.24 Equatorial Guinea 3,125,134 1,156.809 2,701.51 1,049.440 2,977.91 CATEGORY TOTAL 31,642,093 26,605.767 1,189.29 24,136.353 1,310.97 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 193,841 144.158 1,344.64 130.778 1,482.21 Japan 827,338 1,016.237 814.12 921.915 897.41 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,021,179 1,160.395 880.03 1,052.693 970.06 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/01/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Sweden 11,136 18.560 599.98 16.838 661.36 United Kingdom 5,063 6.443 785.81 5.845 866.21 Federal Republic of Germany 5,076 6.459 785.81 5.860 866.21 CATEGORY TOTAL 21,275 31.463 676.19 28.543 745.37 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 3,181,679 3,015.016 1,055.28 2,735.178 1,163.24 Mexico 3,413,724 2,907.800 1,173.99 2,637.913 1,294.10 Venezuela 439,411 392.908 1,118.35 356.441 1,232.77 Brazil 21,655 12.389 1,747.78 11.240 1,926.60 Argentina 2,786,230 2,388.306 1,166.61 2,166.636 1,285.97 Sweden 870,197 658.895 1,320.69 597.740 1,455.81 United Kingdom 482,072 289.613 1,664.54 262.733 1,834.84 Netherlands 11,073 0.011 1,004,525.95 0.010 1,107,300.00 France 209,054 160.417 1,303.19 145.528 1,436.52 Federal Republic of Germany 1,663,805 1,270.794 1,309.26 1,152.846 1,443.22 Austria 3,134 3.485 899.15 3.162 991.14 Switzerland 189,663 108.908 1,741.49 98.800 1,919.67 Spain 693,037 783.718 884.29 710.978 974.77 Italy 370,982 364.049 1,019.04 330.260 1,123.30 India 9,457 6.093 1,551.96 5.528 1,710.75 China 104,044 56.174 1,852.14 50.961 2,041.64 Korea, South 114,605 169.872 674.65 154.106 743.68 Taiwan 23,811 17.452 1,364.30 15.833 1,503.88 Japan 3,234,373 1,897.713 1,704.35 1,721.577 1,878.73 South Africa 19,825 9.066 2,186.62 8.225 2,410.33 CATEGORY TOTAL 17,841,831 14,512.690 1,229.40 13,165.695 1,355.18 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 5,934 0.059 99,689.55 0.054 109,888.89 Argentina 210,796 112.038 1,881.45 101.640 2,073.95 Sweden 207,697 169.339 1,226.51 153.622 1,352.00 France 1,479,037 909.837 1,625.61 825.391 1,791.92 Federal Republic of Germany 1,086,930 741.297 1,466.25 672.494 1,616.27 Spain 419,226 97.463 4,301.38 88.417 4,741.46 Italy 171,706 61.654 2,784.97 55.932 3,069.91 China 614,225 770.111 797.58 698.634 879.18 Japan 695,172 239.261 2,905.50 217.054 3,202.76 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,890,723 3,101.063 1,577.11 2,813.238 1,738.47 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 941,481 245.177 3,840.00 222.421 4,232.88 Mexico 30,212 13.622 2,217.82 12.358 2,444.73 Colombia 24,408 16.735 1,458.48 15.182 1,607.69 Sweden 3,462 1.362 2,541.00 1.236 2,800.97 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/01/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Denmark 297,484 38.908 7,645.78 35.297 8,428.03 United Kingdom 30,196 16.939 1,782.61 15.367 1,964.99 France 3,656 1.438 2,541.51 1.305 2,801.53 Federal Republic of Germany 52,294 8.906 5,871.33 8.080 6,472.03 Israel 2,521 0.992 2,541.13 0.900 2,801.11 India 64,252 40.309 1,593.97 36.568 1,757.06 China 36,672 35.604 1,029.98 32.300 1,135.36 Japan 28,573 10.610 2,692.81 9.626 2,968.31 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,515,211 430.606 3,518.78 390.640 3,878.79 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 874,522 788.226 1,109.48 715.067 1,222.99 Mexico 17,063 7.189 2,373.40 6.522 2,616.22 Finland 268,747 85.649 3,137.75 77.700 3,458.78 United Kingdom 2,875 2.160 1,330.69 1.960 1,466.84 Netherlands 22,559 6.944 3,248.44 6.300 3,580.79 Federal Republic of Germany 56,633 17.411 3,252.71 15.795 3,585.50 Switzerland 2,607 2.873 907.18 2.607 1,000.00 China 147,534 56.435 2,614.23 51.197 2,881.69 Korea, South 229,740 392.685 585.05 356.238 644.91 Taiwan 593,594 194.940 3,045.00 176.847 3,356.54 Japan 208,397 102.718 2,028.81 93.185 2,236.38 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,424,271 1,657.234 1,462.84 1,503.418 1,612.51 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 593,873 521.926 1,137.85 473.484 1,254.26 Mexico 1,204,013 1,075.105 1,119.90 975.320 1,234.48 Sweden 286,361 212.479 1,347.71 192.758 1,485.60 United Kingdom 264,379 12.474 21,192.95 11.317 23,361.23 France 49,931 5.216 9,572.41 4.732 10,551.78 Federal Republic of Germany 161,433 50.923 3,170.11 46.197 3,494.45 Austria 130,903 40.783 3,209.72 36.998 3,538.11 Switzerland 3,677 0.881 4,169.65 0.800 4,596.25 Poland 315,611 227.165 1,389.34 206.081 1,531.49 Italy 1,784,565 1,623.089 1,099.49 1,472.442 1,211.98 Turkey 555,316 492.381 1,127.82 446.681 1,243.20 India 21,373 18.153 1,177.32 16.469 1,297.77 Thailand 59,698 67.902 879.17 61.600 969.12 China 333,777 296.323 1,126.39 268.820 1,241.64 Korea, South 2,563,437 2,448.679 1,046.87 2,221.405 1,153.97 Taiwan 524,220 576.094 909.96 522.624 1,003.05 Japan 3,150,863 2,847.602 1,106.50 2,583.302 1,219.70 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,003,430 10,517.182 1,141.32 9,541.030 1,258.09 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/01/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 3,801,415 6,245.051 608.71 5,665.417 670.99 Brazil 59,267 91.826 645.42 83.304 711.45 Sweden 3,399,447 5,663.670 600.22 5,137.997 661.63 Netherlands 1,095,713 2,219.990 493.57 2,013.942 544.06 France 2,334,102 3,416.637 683.16 3,099.522 753.05 Federal Republic of Germany 20,514 28.627 716.60 25.970 789.91 Austria 366,023 640.641 571.34 581.180 629.79 Japan 1,658,401 2,848.469 582.21 2,584.089 641.77 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,734,882 21,154.914 601.98 19,191.421 663.57 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 4,901,025 6,936.456 706.56 6,292.649 778.85 Dominican Republic 17,236 34.392 501.16 31.200 552.44 Brazil 98,038 174.176 562.87 158.010 620.45 Sweden 4,069,138 7,047.673 577.37 6,393.544 636.44 United Kingdom 70,098 21.770 3,219.84 19.750 3,549.27 Netherlands 1,389,264 2,595.861 535.18 2,354.927 589.94 Belgium 108,504 113.545 955.60 103.007 1,053.37 France 655,197 770.734 850.09 699.199 937.07 Federal Republic of Germany 1,324,243 1,848.920 716.22 1,677.313 789.50 Korea, South 734,145 1,100.580 667.05 998.430 735.30 Japan 5,748,109 7,984.451 719.91 7,243.375 793.57 CATEGORY TOTAL 19,114,997 28,628.564 667.69 25,971.404 736.00 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 3,814,032 6,264.973 608.79 5,683.490 671.07 Brazil 231,715 437.313 529.86 396.724 584.07 Finland 115,222 130.976 879.71 118.820 969.72 Netherlands 1,078,267 1,495.897 720.82 1,357.056 794.56 France 90,757 132.488 685.02 120.192 755.10 Federal Republic of Germany 2,645,775 5,694.296 464.64 5,165.780 512.17 Spain 984,727 1,747.032 563.66 1,584.882 621.33 China 26,250 19.631 1,337.17 17.809 1,473.97 Japan 2,564,836 3,127.504 820.09 2,837.225 903.99 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,551,581 19,050.114 606.38 17,281.978 668.42 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 914,819 793.058 1,153.53 719.451 1,271.55 Brazil 4,102 6.725 609.94 6.101 672.35 Belgium 135,936 41.667 3,262.41 37.800 3,596.19 Federal Republic of Germany 1,112,914 1,755.440 633.98 1,592.509 698.84 Korea, South 8,333 11.201 743.91 10.162 820.02 Taiwan 76,046 108.583 700.35 98.505 772.00 Japan 625,165 887.611 704.32 805.228 776.38 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/01/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 2,877,315 3,604.288 798.30 3,269.756 879.98 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 Canada 7,812 6.675 1,170.23 6.056 1,289.96 Sweden 352,554 410.751 858.31 372.628 946.13 United Kingdom 552,105 628.447 878.52 570.118 968.40 Federal Republic of Germany 1,464,857 1,320.793 1,109.07 1,198.204 1,222.54 Poland 56,062 60.638 924.53 55.010 1,019.12 Russia 1,564,533 1,521.123 1,028.54 1,379.940 1,133.77 Romania 9,660 9.371 1,030.75 8.502 1,136.20 Japan 1,288,597 1,776.196 725.48 1,611.339 799.71 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,296,180 5,733.998 923.65 5,201.797 1,018.14 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 237,650 930.514 255.40 844.149 281.53 Federal Republic of Germany 59,113 59.761 989.14 54.215 1,090.34 CATEGORY TOTAL 296,763 990.276 299.68 898.364 330.34 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 68,781 94.055 731.28 85.326 806.10 Brazil 25,479 16.924 1,505.42 15.354 1,659.44 Sweden 947,877 288.042 3,290.75 261.308 3,627.43 Norway 2,974 0.327 9,084.07 0.297 10,013.47 United Kingdom 76,486 31.878 2,399.27 28.920 2,644.74 France 1,184,773 122.504 9,671.28 111.134 10,660.76 Federal Republic of Germany 2,924,205 1,240.569 2,357.15 1,125.426 2,598.31 Austria 545,913 96.906 5,633.41 87.912 6,209.77 Japan 51,189 18.820 2,719.80 17.074 2,998.07 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,827,677 1,910.030 3,051.09 1,732.751 3,363.25 GRAND TOTAL 360,136,213 422,590.217 852.21 383,367.505 939.40 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/01/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Mexico 19,658 41.834 469.89 37.952 517.97 CATEGORY TOTAL 19,658 41.834 469.89 37.952 517.97 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 5,684,936 13,562.944 419.15 12,304.100 462.04 Mexico 96,245,210 197,254.973 487.92 178,946.752 537.84 Brazil 35,288,583 74,815.804 471.67 67,871.775 519.93 Argentina 15,410,986 32,985.824 467.20 29,924.245 515.00 Finland 888,981 2,116.382 420.05 1,919.950 463.02 United Kingdom 446,124 1,056.448 422.29 958.394 465.49 Belgium 680,371 1,019.169 667.57 924.575 735.87 Federal Republic of Germany 3,591,423 9,724.944 369.30 8,822.324 407.08 Czech Republic 44,666 69.778 640.11 63.302 705.60 Russia 10,647,084 24,594.103 432.91 22,311.402 477.20 Belarus 367,595 880.878 417.30 799.120 460.00 Ukraine 110,905 226.392 489.88 205.380 540.00 Spain 669,870 1,137.320 588.99 1,031.760 649.25 Turkey 192,344 549.281 350.17 498.300 386.00 China 12,474,016 29,268.052 426.20 26,551.538 469.80 Japan 2,250 8.267 272.16 7.500 300.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 182,745,344 389,270.566 469.46 353,140.417 517.49 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 15,690,394 23,246.118 674.97 21,088.530 744.03 Mexico 1,601,671 2,749.683 582.49 2,494.472 642.09 Trinidad and Tobago 7,623,594 15,995.601 476.61 14,510.970 525.37 Venezuela 6,609,567 14,518.957 455.24 13,171.380 501.81 Brazil 6,786,964 14,645.503 463.42 13,286.181 510.83 Argentina 1,590,955 3,820.296 416.45 3,465.716 459.06 United Kingdom 1,613,709 3,375.568 478.06 3,062.265 526.97 Netherlands 464,719 683.017 680.39 619.623 750.00 Belgium 938,850 2,083.819 450.54 1,890.410 496.64 Luxembourg 296,746 413.721 717.26 375.322 790.64 Federal Republic of Germany 10,857,430 22,431.323 484.03 20,349.360 533.55 Spain 1,717,677 3,135.868 547.75 2,844.813 603.79 Italy 2,796,564 5,051.433 553.62 4,582.585 610.26 Turkey 17,191,036 40,451.506 424.98 36,697.000 468.46 Thailand 327,371 504.643 648.72 457.805 715.09 Malaysia 4,366,245 10,938.547 399.16 9,923.286 440.00 China 48,361,185 119,551.141 404.52 108,455.002 445.91 Taiwan 41,726 57.203 729.43 51.894 804.06 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/01/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 4,056,031 7,717.956 525.53 7,001.614 579.30 South Africa 1,865,943 4,020.144 464.15 3,647.015 511.64 CATEGORY TOTAL 134,798,377 295,392.058 456.34 267,975.243 503.03 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 2,930,721 4,392.765 667.17 3,985.051 735.43 Mexico 565,568 1,017.828 555.66 923.359 612.51 Venezuela 358,968 793.844 452.19 720.164 498.45 Brazil 6,138,697 13,809.979 444.51 12,528.206 489.99 Norway 869,777 1,119.895 776.66 1,015.952 856.12 United Kingdom 734,856 1,030.688 712.98 935.025 785.92 Luxembourg 6,047,158 8,101.519 746.42 7,349.577 822.79 France 2,390 1.496 1,596.59 1.358 1,759.94 Federal Republic of Germany 2,624,360 4,195.505 625.52 3,806.100 689.51 Poland 155,950 265.168 588.12 240.557 648.29 Russia 156,862 289.804 541.27 262.906 596.65 Spain 39,448 45.637 864.37 41.402 952.80 Italy 225,372 453.487 496.98 411.397 547.82 Turkey 2,484,817 4,493.721 552.95 4,076.637 609.53 Korea, South 2,008,079 4,634.909 433.25 4,204.720 477.58 Taiwan 49,666 41.617 1,193.38 37.755 1,315.48 Japan 6,007 2.399 2,503.20 2.177 2,759.30 CATEGORY TOTAL 25,398,696 44,690.270 568.33 40,542.343 626.47 STEEL PILING...........................5 Canada 192,721 286.344 673.04 259.767 741.90 United Kingdom 55,941 76.823 728.18 69.693 802.68 Luxembourg 1,142,024 1,555.355 734.25 1,410.995 809.37 Italy 2,275 3.457 657.90 3.137 725.22 China 20,204 23.408 863.10 21.236 951.40 South Africa 95,171 35.968 2,645.96 32.630 2,916.67 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,508,336 1,981.357 761.26 1,797.458 839.15 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 4,196,185 6,044.638 694.20 5,483.605 765.22 Mexico 7,800 19.012 410.25 17.248 452.23 Belgium 849,699 1,215.132 699.26 1,102.350 770.81 France 184,568 68.208 2,705.93 61.878 2,982.77 Federal Republic of Germany 236,642 273.320 865.80 247.952 954.39 Austria 19,422 32.672 594.44 29.640 655.26 Czech Republic 3,651,911 5,752.189 634.87 5,218.300 699.83 Hungary 125,542 193.642 648.32 175.670 714.65 Russia 162,320 134.761 1,204.49 122.254 1,327.73 Italy 5,461,776 7,992.526 683.36 7,250.700 753.28 Romania 5,206,008 8,626.727 603.47 7,826.038 665.22 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/01/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Turkey 340,180 624.150 545.03 566.220 600.79 Malaysia 580,790 828.412 701.09 751.523 772.82 Indonesia 306,547 412.516 743.11 374.229 819.14 Korea, South 7,803,182 13,278.916 587.64 12,046.434 647.76 Japan 459,324 624.515 735.49 566.551 810.74 Australia 40,026 18.739 2,135.94 17.000 2,354.47 South Africa 1,528,063 2,687.825 568.51 2,438.355 626.68 CATEGORY TOTAL 31,159,985 48,827.909 638.16 44,295.947 703.45 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 13,519,242 22,262.969 607.25 20,196.632 669.38 Mexico 1,973,726 3,243.082 608.60 2,942.076 670.86 Venezuela 707,991 1,207.108 586.52 1,095.071 646.53 Netherlands 2,701,755 4,714.306 573.10 4,276.748 631.73 Belgium 36,773 54.233 678.05 49.200 747.42 France 3,802,020 5,912.766 643.02 5,363.973 708.81 Federal Republic of Germany 2,305,002 3,492.804 659.93 3,168.620 727.45 Austria 111,011 272.094 407.99 246.840 449.73 Hungary 271,792 443.195 613.26 402.060 676.00 Russia 3,066,873 5,460.077 561.69 4,953.300 619.16 Italy 66,880 122.080 547.83 110.750 603.88 Turkey 3,395,411 6,056.191 560.65 5,494.086 618.01 Malaysia 2,035,510 3,813.588 533.75 3,459.630 588.36 Korea, South 109,418 178.055 614.52 161.529 677.39 Japan 40,454 80.347 503.49 72.890 555.00 New Zealand 2,272,018 3,679.062 617.55 3,337.590 680.74 Egypt 2,025,532 3,586.870 564.71 3,253.955 622.48 CATEGORY TOTAL 38,441,408 64,578.834 595.26 58,584.950 656.17 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Czech Republic 2,499,914 4,282.333 583.77 3,884.869 643.50 Spain 918,096 1,687.056 544.20 1,530.472 599.88 Japan 7,708,904 12,120.030 636.05 10,995.110 701.12 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,126,914 18,089.420 615.11 16,410.451 678.04 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 Canada 9,472 19.106 495.75 17.333 546.47 Luxembourg 33,888 46.403 730.28 42.097 805.00 Austria 516,380 603.874 855.11 547.826 942.60 Spain 530,636 684.256 775.49 620.747 854.83 China 240,744 360.731 667.38 327.250 735.66 Korea, South 441,189 685.593 643.51 621.960 709.35 Japan 169,366 170.492 993.39 154.668 1,095.03 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,941,675 2,570.458 755.38 2,331.881 832.66 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/01/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 Canada 178,577 349.581 510.83 317.135 563.09 Switzerland 28,366 47.997 590.98 43.543 651.45 India 40,500 42.222 959.19 38.304 1,057.33 China 6,726 6.189 1,086.68 5.615 1,197.86 Korea, South 4,668 5.219 894.35 4.735 985.85 Australia 153,149 228.344 670.69 207.151 739.31 CATEGORY TOTAL 411,986 679.555 606.26 616.483 668.28 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 16,987,865 24,469.714 694.24 22,198.558 765.27 Mexico 2,798,662 3,949.071 708.69 3,582.538 781.20 Brazil 4,640 11.177 415.12 10.140 457.59 Argentina 998,244 1,773.004 563.02 1,608.443 620.63 Sweden 58,196 43.040 1,352.11 39.046 1,490.45 United Kingdom 12,946,924 14,935.630 866.85 13,549.380 955.54 France 419,861 512.450 819.32 464.887 903.15 Federal Republic of Germany 94,180 156.742 600.86 142.194 662.33 Czech Republic 1,088,645 2,279.397 477.60 2,067.835 526.47 Russia 1,543,653 3,509.427 439.86 3,183.700 484.86 Belarus 588,328 1,398.424 420.71 1,268.630 463.75 Ukraine 3,177 7.220 440.02 6.550 485.04 Spain 410,973 608.129 675.80 551.686 744.94 Italy 135,151 175.436 770.37 159.153 849.19 Turkey 1,309,482 2,230.141 587.17 2,023.151 647.25 India 384,610 480.990 799.62 436.347 881.43 China 341,333 274.651 1,242.78 249.160 1,369.93 Korea, South 1,119,390 1,682.236 665.42 1,526.100 733.50 Japan 1,171,793 2,121.470 552.35 1,924.566 608.86 South Africa 3,667,000 6,685.640 548.49 6,065.113 604.61 CATEGORY TOTAL 46,072,107 67,303.997 684.54 61,057.177 754.57 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 3,780,707 6,733.440 561.48 6,108.476 618.93 Mexico 487,378 932.171 522.84 845.652 576.33 Venezuela 641,888 1,503.849 426.83 1,364.270 470.50 Brazil 431,663 1,016.743 424.55 922.374 467.99 Argentina 110,624 226.307 488.82 205.303 538.83 Turkey 3,759,430 3,618.751 1,038.87 3,282.877 1,145.16 Korea, South 314,195 602.249 521.70 546.352 575.08 Japan 1,098,566 133.859 8,206.88 121.435 9,046.54 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,624,451 14,767.372 719.45 13,396.739 793.06 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/01/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 116,885 146.025 800.44 132.472 882.34 Mexico 1,930,600 4,164.533 463.58 3,778.002 511.01 Dominican Republic 530,753 1,120.333 473.75 1,016.350 522.21 Trinidad and Tobago 28,923 45.560 634.82 41.332 699.77 Brazil 2,359,713 5,677.780 415.60 5,150.797 458.13 Federal Republic of Germany 4,647,070 10,833.203 428.97 9,827.720 472.85 Spain 3,932,653 10,573.186 371.95 9,591.836 410.00 Turkey 1,345,583 3,169.339 424.56 2,875.177 468.00 Thailand 662,345 1,437.560 460.74 1,304.133 507.88 Japan 2,247,459 5,634.471 398.88 5,111.508 439.69 CATEGORY TOTAL 17,801,984 42,801.994 415.91 38,829.327 458.47 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 4,799,777 4,070.586 1,179.14 3,692.775 1,299.78 Mexico 70,979 81.912 866.52 74.310 955.17 Brazil 31,733 35.713 888.54 32.399 979.44 Sweden 7,247 3.279 2,209.87 2.975 2,435.97 United Kingdom 2,054,513 1,793.777 1,145.36 1,627.288 1,262.54 Belgium 21,520 22.998 935.71 20.864 1,031.44 France 80,264 59.198 1,355.84 53.704 1,494.56 Federal Republic of Germany 3,136,632 2,476.777 1,266.42 2,246.895 1,395.99 Austria 100,941 55.261 1,826.62 50.132 2,013.50 Switzerland 22,485 16.172 1,390.37 14.671 1,532.62 Poland 9,716 13.999 694.03 12.700 765.04 Russia 1,612,321 2,330.459 691.85 2,114.158 762.63 Ukraine 838,178 2,061.960 406.50 1,870.580 448.08 Spain 996,989 994.275 1,002.73 901.992 1,105.32 Italy 646,389 598.492 1,080.03 542.943 1,190.53 China 109,489 218.218 501.74 197.965 553.07 Taiwan 16,861 7.481 2,253.73 6.787 2,484.31 Japan 38,568 20.403 1,890.24 18.510 2,083.63 New Zealand 6,107 11.219 544.33 10.178 600.02 Egypt 16,990 15.497 1,096.31 14.059 1,208.48 South Africa 18,938 27.298 693.73 24.765 764.71 CATEGORY TOTAL 14,636,637 14,914.984 981.34 13,530.650 1,081.74 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 19,510,667 22,377.946 871.87 20,300.937 961.07 Mexico 3,869,512 3,903.686 991.25 3,541.366 1,092.66 Guatemala 526,768 488.291 1,078.80 442.971 1,189.17 Dominican Republic 37,632 79.859 471.23 72.447 519.44 Colombia 1,992,351 1,166.961 1,707.30 1,058.650 1,881.97 Venezuela 25,031 24.347 1,028.06 22.088 1,133.24 Ecuador 156,823 156.025 1,005.11 141.544 1,107.95 Peru 7,149 10.471 682.68 9.500 752.53 Chile 742,052 1,079.424 687.45 979.238 757.79 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/01/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Brazil 3,047 0.157 19,330.02 0.143 21,307.69 Argentina 432,205 587.780 735.32 533.226 810.55 United Kingdom 38,645 16.188 2,387.18 14.686 2,631.42 Netherlands 1,528,337 1,652.528 924.85 1,499.149 1,019.47 France 62,891 56.161 1,119.82 50.949 1,234.39 Federal Republic of Germany 1,074,210 859.341 1,250.04 779.582 1,377.93 Russia 111,924 193.482 578.47 175.524 637.66 Ukraine 1,850,225 2,699.885 685.30 2,449.296 755.41 Spain 2,470,719 2,215.898 1,115.00 2,010.230 1,229.07 Italy 714,170 536.198 1,331.91 486.431 1,468.18 Romania 1,010,300 1,471.114 686.76 1,334.573 757.02 United Arab Emirates 1,341,512 1,801.273 744.76 1,634.088 820.95 Oman 1,113,187 1,725.150 645.27 1,565.031 711.29 India 2,686,882 4,049.231 663.55 3,673.402 731.44 China 17,165,001 29,785.363 576.29 27,020.835 635.25 Korea, South 3,496,131 5,098.693 685.69 4,625.458 755.85 Taiwan 1,675,512 2,888.000 580.16 2,619.951 639.52 Japan 2,061,813 2,729.036 755.51 2,475.741 832.81 Australia 2,088 3.152 662.31 2.860 730.07 South Africa 736,787 1,083.048 680.29 982.525 749.89 CATEGORY TOTAL 66,443,571 88,738.704 748.76 80,502.421 825.36 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 799,865 577.001 1,386.24 523.447 1,528.07 Mexico 2,122,548 1,988.588 1,067.36 1,804.018 1,176.57 Colombia 1,300,598 1,480.039 878.76 1,342.670 968.67 Venezuela 1,904,555 2,281.059 834.94 2,069.343 920.37 Brazil 184,601 129.080 1,430.12 117.100 1,576.44 Argentina 4,678 6.223 751.65 5.646 828.55 United Kingdom 16,644 24.984 666.16 22.666 734.32 France 4,296 2.177 1,973.30 1.975 2,175.19 Federal Republic of Germany 3,624,510 4,152.661 872.82 3,767.232 962.11 Austria 6,731,566 5,887.793 1,143.31 5,341.318 1,260.28 Czech Republic 1,410,635 1,973.649 714.73 1,790.465 787.86 Slovakia 4,770 11.684 408.23 10.600 450.00 Russia 2,436,990 3,889.912 626.49 3,528.870 690.59 Ukraine 7,554,182 9,069.714 832.90 8,227.909 918.12 Spain 378,223 289.966 1,304.37 263.053 1,437.82 Turkey 2,369,618 3,498.602 677.30 3,173.880 746.60 India 2,910,627 3,184.671 913.95 2,889.086 1,007.46 China 11,031,289 16,178.813 681.84 14,677.177 751.59 Korea, South 5,821,255 8,932.663 651.68 8,103.578 718.36 Japan 307,222 126.986 2,419.33 115.200 2,666.86 South Africa 975,406 1,432.310 681.00 1,299.371 750.68 CATEGORY TOTAL 51,894,078 65,118.585 796.92 59,074.604 878.45 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/01/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 80,365 79.161 1,015.20 71.814 1,119.07 Mexico 8,387 5.490 1,527.52 4.981 1,683.80 Argentina 245,024 392.513 624.24 356.082 688.11 Federal Republic of Germany 250,527 209.417 1,196.31 189.980 1,318.70 Czech Republic 1,169,497 1,609.581 726.58 1,460.188 800.92 Poland 402,626 474.477 848.57 430.439 935.38 Italy 8,044,534 7,916.051 1,016.23 7,181.323 1,120.20 Greece 3,374,658 6,655.284 507.06 6,037.574 558.94 Romania 66,751 89.520 745.65 81.212 821.94 China 168,602 593.671 284.00 538.570 313.05 Korea, South 2,542,804 3,958.320 642.39 3,590.929 708.12 Japan 6,074,659 9,438.130 643.63 8,562.130 709.48 CATEGORY TOTAL 22,428,434 31,421.619 713.79 28,505.222 786.82 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 196,928 219.730 896.23 199.336 987.92 Mexico 1,218,746 1,424.919 855.31 1,292.666 942.82 Venezuela 23,770 31.645 751.14 28.708 827.99 Brazil 523,134 882.476 592.80 800.569 653.45 Argentina 4,313,150 5,098.800 845.91 4,625.555 932.46 France 147,072 174.047 845.01 157.893 931.47 Federal Republic of Germany 65,018 19.676 3,304.39 17.850 3,642.46 Austria 707,970 947.898 746.88 859.919 823.30 Czech Republic 2,818,108 4,128.014 682.68 3,744.873 752.52 Slovakia 84,410 119.026 709.17 107.979 781.73 Poland 17,238 20.385 845.62 18.493 932.14 Ukraine 208,601 336.491 619.93 305.260 683.36 Italy 9,788,114 10,770.094 908.82 9,770.468 1,001.81 Romania 1,231,469 1,760.109 699.65 1,596.745 771.24 Turkey 123,179 184.802 666.54 167.650 734.74 China 3,857,906 6,456.546 597.52 5,857.282 658.65 Korea, South 914,303 1,427.604 640.45 1,295.101 705.97 Japan 5,814,356 6,992.223 831.55 6,343.240 916.62 CATEGORY TOTAL 32,053,472 40,994.490 781.90 37,189.587 861.89 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Canada 1,388,036 1,439.991 963.92 1,306.339 1,062.54 Mexico 684,076 757.006 903.66 686.745 996.11 Brazil 434,595 759.950 571.87 689.416 630.38 Argentina 860,913 1,323.152 650.65 1,200.344 717.22 Greece 1,203,221 2,590.988 464.39 2,350.506 511.90 Turkey 185,744 288.496 643.83 261.720 709.71 China 1,529,184 2,916.326 524.35 2,645.648 578.00 Korea, South 3,535,355 5,488.168 644.18 4,978.784 710.08 Taiwan 12,865 20.523 626.83 18.619 690.96 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/01/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 4,696,165 6,809.423 689.66 6,177.407 760.22 South Africa 597,840 914.032 654.07 829.197 720.99 CATEGORY TOTAL 15,127,994 23,308.062 649.05 21,144.725 715.45 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 7,866,947 6,632.756 1,186.08 6,017.137 1,307.42 Mexico 11,520,009 13,396.555 859.92 12,153.154 947.90 Dominican Republic 362,210 707.693 511.82 642.009 564.18 Brazil 173,483 156.412 1,109.14 141.895 1,222.62 Argentina 473,332 655.366 722.24 594.539 796.13 Sweden 251,062 86.633 2,897.96 78.593 3,194.46 Denmark 26,211 4.349 6,025.91 3.946 6,642.42 Belgium 21,532 16.219 1,327.55 14.714 1,463.37 France 485,802 508.620 955.14 461.413 1,052.86 Federal Republic of Germany 2,450,237 2,049.028 1,195.80 1,858.848 1,318.15 Austria 195,560 58.510 3,342.30 53.080 3,684.25 Slovakia 15,648 7.314 2,139.18 6.636 2,358.05 Hungary 2,425 0.035 68,747.61 0.032 75,781.25 Switzerland 2,026,183 871.171 2,325.81 790.314 2,563.77 Russia 1,230,087 2,054.966 598.59 1,864.235 659.83 Ukraine 459,072 762.397 602.14 691.636 663.75 Spain 1,461,305 1,170.875 1,248.04 1,062.201 1,375.73 Italy 904,490 734.576 1,231.31 666.397 1,357.28 Romania 267,389 213.740 1,251.00 193.902 1,378.99 Turkey 241,850 428.384 564.56 388.624 622.32 Israel 102,291 14.936 6,848.48 13.550 7,549.15 India 1,117,823 1,109.156 1,007.81 1,006.210 1,110.92 China 3,959,552 5,942.535 666.31 5,390.979 734.48 Korea, South 3,439,218 5,239.374 656.42 4,753.082 723.58 Hong Kong 7,698 1.620 4,750.69 1.470 5,236.73 Taiwan 23,064 11.687 1,973.34 10.603 2,175.23 Japan 2,494,252 1,279.370 1,949.59 1,160.626 2,149.06 Australia 80,344 104.840 766.34 95.110 844.75 CATEGORY TOTAL 41,659,076 44,219.134 942.11 40,114.935 1,038.49 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 401,990 1,223.540 328.55 1,109.978 362.16 Mexico 1,249,576 735.885 1,698.06 667.584 1,871.79 Chile 63,059 215.938 292.02 195.896 321.90 Argentina 391,378 238.026 1,644.26 215.934 1,812.49 France 572,148 616.243 928.44 559.047 1,023.43 Federal Republic of Germany 1,656,933 1,650.880 1,003.67 1,497.654 1,106.35 Czech Republic 531,568 735.491 722.74 667.227 796.68 Poland 169,911 195.418 869.47 177.281 958.43 Spain 661,641 367.950 1,798.18 333.799 1,982.15 Italy 976,622 722.161 1,352.36 655.134 1,490.72 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/01/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 651,320 573.390 1,135.91 520.171 1,252.13 South Africa 9,576 3.417 2,802.32 3.100 3,089.03 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,335,722 7,278.344 1,007.88 6,602.805 1,111.00 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 790,264 360.711 2,190.85 327.232 2,415.00 Mexico 357,541 207.129 1,726.17 187.905 1,902.78 France 4,880 2.689 1,814.37 2.440 2,000.00 India 16,416 13.012 1,261.53 11.805 1,390.60 Vietnam 80,401 87.571 918.11 79.444 1,012.05 Korea, South 75,589 25.861 2,922.86 23.461 3,221.90 Japan 145,507 66.475 2,188.87 60.306 2,412.81 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,470,598 763.452 1,926.25 692.593 2,123.32 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 21,058,294 23,309.394 903.43 21,145.933 995.86 Mexico 3,392,905 2,142.966 1,583.27 1,944.067 1,745.26 Brazil 903,452 1,400.135 645.26 1,270.182 711.28 Argentina 144,513 292.446 494.15 265.303 544.71 France 4,510 2.592 1,739.54 2.352 1,917.52 Federal Republic of Germany 795,701 501.120 1,587.84 454.609 1,750.30 Austria 134,195 101.112 1,327.18 91.728 1,462.97 Spain 13,572 8.765 1,548.33 7.952 1,706.74 Turkey 5,859,591 10,180.751 575.56 9,235.825 634.44 China 2,721,510 3,662.535 743.07 3,322.597 819.09 Korea, South 5,837,498 9,711.789 601.07 8,810.390 662.57 Japan 441,642 646.675 682.94 586.654 752.82 Australia 37,314 57.378 650.31 52.053 716.85 South Africa 16,910 53.076 318.60 48.150 351.19 CATEGORY TOTAL 41,361,607 52,070.741 794.33 47,237.795 875.60 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Mexico 215,846 260.207 829.52 236.056 914.38 Korea, South 301,700 457.314 659.72 414.869 727.22 Japan 55,500 141.434 392.41 128.307 432.56 CATEGORY TOTAL 573,046 858.956 667.14 779.232 735.40 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 13,893,961 15,100.425 920.10 13,698.879 1,014.24 Mexico 6,961,396 7,982.132 872.12 7,241.271 961.35 El Salvador 32,932 46.950 701.42 42.593 773.18 Honduras 34,320 42.990 798.32 39.000 880.00 Dominican Republic 150,658 195.782 769.52 177.611 848.25 Trinidad and Tobago 139,521 177.179 787.45 160.735 868.02 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/01/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Colombia 18,379 18.705 982.57 16.969 1,083.09 Venezuela 1,591,237 2,153.760 738.82 1,953.859 814.41 Ecuador 67,861 96.914 700.22 87.919 771.86 Chile 229,723 261.506 878.46 237.235 968.34 Brazil 976,590 1,416.584 689.40 1,285.104 759.93 Argentina 48,331 87.072 555.07 78.991 611.85 Sweden 471,788 209.862 2,248.08 190.384 2,478.09 United Kingdom 1,170,627 1,521.146 769.57 1,379.961 848.30 Ireland 28,012 3.171 8,832.83 2.877 9,736.53 Netherlands 54,603 48.654 1,122.25 44.139 1,237.07 Belgium 822,622 596.827 1,378.32 541.433 1,519.34 Luxembourg 594,782 464.878 1,279.43 421.731 1,410.34 France 1,366,009 719.287 1,899.11 652.527 2,093.41 Federal Republic of Germany 1,344,562 901.417 1,491.61 817.752 1,644.22 Austria 329,958 134.006 2,462.25 121.569 2,714.16 Czech Republic 74,586 65.068 1,146.27 59.029 1,263.55 Switzerland 3,315 3.446 961.73 3.127 1,060.12 Poland 816,990 875.416 933.26 794.165 1,028.74 Russia 69,270 132.850 521.41 120.520 574.76 Belarus 327,819 362.068 905.41 328.463 998.04 Spain 149,049 156.594 951.82 142.060 1,049.20 Italy 166,720 130.403 1,278.49 118.300 1,409.30 Greece 543,856 522.054 1,041.76 473.600 1,148.34 Romania 22,012 24.250 907.68 22.000 1,000.55 Turkey 68,813 83.965 819.54 76.172 903.39 Israel 638,638 851.807 749.74 772.747 826.45 United Arab Emirates 19,144 21.185 903.64 19.219 996.10 India 976,700 1,352.332 722.23 1,226.816 796.13 Thailand 351,571 392.303 896.17 355.892 987.86 Singapore 65,893 60.528 1,088.62 54.911 1,200.00 Indonesia 83,808 17.000 4,929.61 15.423 5,433.96 China 6,098,266 7,476.267 815.68 6,782.358 899.14 Korea, South 3,394,910 4,248.740 799.04 3,854.394 880.79 Hong Kong 62,504 13.947 4,481.36 12.653 4,939.86 Taiwan 1,583,596 1,705.530 928.51 1,547.232 1,023.50 Japan 3,211,122 3,918.921 819.39 3,555.187 903.22 Australia 140,898 212.766 662.22 193.019 729.97 Egypt 758,995 968.820 783.42 878.899 863.57 South Africa 813,747 1,178.522 690.48 1,069.138 761.12 CATEGORY TOTAL 50,770,094 56,954.053 891.42 51,667.863 982.62 BLACK PLATE...........................28 Canada 27,882 62.470 446.33 56.672 491.99 Venezuela 272,401 419.864 648.78 380.895 715.16 Chile 445,781 751.809 592.94 682.030 653.61 Netherlands 248,331 337.853 735.02 306.496 810.23 Belgium 2,102,385 2,870.152 732.50 2,603.759 807.44 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/01/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE France 46,002 60.627 758.77 55.000 836.40 Federal Republic of Germany 344,771 385.667 893.96 349.872 985.42 Japan 1,197,788 1,510.677 792.88 1,370.464 874.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,685,341 6,399.122 732.18 5,805.188 807.10 TIN PLATE.............................29 Canada 6,560,393 10,007.159 655.57 9,078.345 722.64 Chile 45,833 71.670 639.50 65.018 704.93 Netherlands 3,784,582 6,353.812 595.64 5,764.083 656.58 Belgium 81,789 123.253 663.58 111.814 731.47 France 7,493,625 12,163.639 616.07 11,034.671 679.10 Federal Republic of Germany 9,976,776 16,964.386 588.10 15,389.837 648.27 China 2,106,462 2,618.567 804.43 2,375.525 886.74 Korea, South 218,123 329.348 662.29 298.780 730.05 Japan 609,889 853.811 714.31 774.565 787.40 CATEGORY TOTAL 30,877,472 49,485.648 623.97 44,892.638 687.81 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A Canada 1,018,602 1,531.928 664.91 1,389.743 732.94 United Kingdom 278,467 422.019 659.84 382.850 727.35 Netherlands 561,089 1,079.302 519.86 979.127 573.05 France 32,932 50.160 656.53 45.505 723.70 Federal Republic of Germany 1,275,826 1,972.566 646.78 1,789.483 712.96 Japan 1,831,406 2,660.023 688.49 2,413.133 758.93 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,998,322 7,716.001 647.79 6,999.841 714.06 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 17,541,325 30,577.624 573.67 27,739.562 632.36 Mexico 7,795,226 12,541.796 621.54 11,377.730 685.13 Venezuela 1,369,448 2,361.188 579.98 2,142.035 639.32 Brazil 7,088 16.746 423.26 15.192 466.56 Sweden 532,260 360.998 1,474.41 327.492 1,625.26 Netherlands 8,006,359 14,232.467 562.54 12,911.481 620.10 Belgium 381,112 541.212 704.18 490.980 776.23 France 17,413,174 26,902.826 647.26 24,405.841 713.48 Federal Republic of Germany 319,243 521.128 612.60 472.760 675.27 Austria 172,892 395.156 437.53 358.480 482.29 Hungary 1,047,095 1,681.514 622.71 1,525.445 686.42 Russia 2,629,281 4,739.294 554.78 4,299.417 611.54 Spain 251,155 462.044 543.57 419.160 599.19 Italy 8,991,442 17,532.728 512.84 15,905.428 565.31 Turkey 9,790,476 17,647.149 554.79 16,009.229 611.55 Malaysia 6,678,884 12,374.813 539.72 11,226.245 594.93 Indonesia 4,757 5.059 940.19 4.590 1,036.38 Korea, South 15,290,535 32,250.445 474.12 29,257.120 522.63 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/01/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Taiwan 14,355 20.274 708.02 18.393 780.46 Japan 88,886 152.806 581.69 138.624 641.20 Australia 26,283,829 44,874.485 585.72 40,709.460 645.64 New Zealand 7,636,552 12,366.153 617.54 11,218.389 680.72 Egypt 22,267,798 41,614.111 535.10 37,751.698 589.85 CATEGORY TOTAL 154,513,172 274,172.028 563.56 248,724.751 621.22 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 10,888,473 15,570.083 699.32 14,124.946 770.87 Mexico 10,974,094 16,678.866 657.96 15,130.817 725.28 Colombia 26,186 42.262 619.60 38.340 682.99 Venezuela 6,007,725 9,744.798 616.51 8,840.335 679.58 Chile 392,623 706.206 555.96 640.660 612.84 Brazil 22,433,971 35,655.091 629.19 32,345.764 693.57 Argentina 5,576,601 9,037.370 617.06 8,198.567 680.19 Sweden 161,864 253.603 638.26 230.065 703.56 Netherlands 7,536,449 11,870.436 634.89 10,768.682 699.85 Belgium 8,978,958 12,874.768 697.41 11,679.797 768.76 Luxembourg 889,836 1,291.258 689.12 1,171.410 759.63 France 206,657 311.711 662.98 282.780 730.80 Federal Republic of Germany 143,695 358.427 400.90 325.160 441.92 Russia 15,312,568 26,614.273 575.35 24,144.070 634.22 Italy 5,149,295 9,167.629 561.68 8,316.736 619.15 Turkey 4,218,072 7,294.058 578.29 6,617.060 637.45 Saudi Arabia 6,172,616 10,714.132 576.12 9,719.700 635.06 India 1,655,977 2,828.963 585.37 2,566.393 645.25 Indonesia 6,087,019 11,490.787 529.73 10,424.270 583.93 China 15,313,267 25,040.837 611.53 22,716.672 674.10 Korea, South 8,530,047 13,822.429 617.12 12,539.501 680.25 Taiwan 17,989,420 32,913.517 546.57 29,858.649 602.49 Japan 2,476,316 3,782.742 654.64 3,431.647 721.61 New Zealand 986,879 1,615.800 610.77 1,465.830 673.26 South Africa 1,653,401 2,753.688 600.43 2,498.105 661.86 CATEGORY TOTAL 159,762,009 262,433.745 608.77 238,075.956 671.05 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 21,420,661 35,006.003 611.91 31,756.921 674.52 Mexico 10,198,012 10,548.075 966.81 9,569.056 1,065.73 Costa Rica 131,359 137.672 954.14 124.894 1,051.76 Colombia 902,937 1,395.956 646.82 1,266.391 713.00 Venezuela 1,820,260 2,561.539 710.61 2,323.790 783.32 Brazil 46,760,656 65,805.999 710.58 59,698.215 783.28 Argentina 14,005,802 20,051.009 698.51 18,189.975 769.97 Sweden 110,813 124.360 891.06 112.818 982.23 Finland 246,081 287.659 855.46 260.960 942.98 United Kingdom 5,393 5.477 984.59 4.969 1,085.33 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/01/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Netherlands 2,927,810 3,875.986 755.37 3,516.237 832.65 Belgium 401,057 375.206 1,068.90 340.382 1,178.26 Federal Republic of Germany 806,126 1,678.646 480.22 1,522.843 529.36 Austria 244,919 228.890 1,070.03 207.646 1,179.50 Switzerland 17,285 19.053 907.18 17.285 1,000.00 Estonia 2,253,911 2,250.332 1,001.59 2,041.468 1,104.06 Russia 2,795,932 4,154.103 673.05 3,768.540 741.91 Kazakhstan 283,326 302.588 936.34 274.504 1,032.14 Spain 251,875 426.976 589.90 387.347 650.26 Greece 14,032 20.626 680.29 18.712 749.89 Turkey 3,313,032 4,764.088 695.42 4,321.910 766.57 Saudi Arabia 3,811,520 5,737.353 664.33 5,204.841 732.30 India 27,550,051 42,355.047 650.45 38,423.864 717.00 Malaysia 2,791,498 4,432.122 629.83 4,020.755 694.27 Indonesia 2,726,404 4,800.228 567.97 4,354.695 626.08 China 13,332,233 19,992.420 666.86 18,136.824 735.09 Korea, South 26,137,611 33,501.160 780.20 30,391.750 860.02 Taiwan 17,076,407 22,902.462 745.61 20,776.770 821.90 Japan 178,754 211.004 847.16 191.420 933.83 New Zealand 17,636 21.985 802.16 19.945 884.23 South Africa 13,404,456 18,384.584 729.11 16,678.219 803.71 CATEGORY TOTAL 215,937,849 306,358.622 704.85 277,923.946 776.97 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 87,626 103.577 845.99 93.964 932.55 Brazil 282,955 387.484 730.24 351.520 804.95 Argentina 1,010,136 1,386.227 728.69 1,257.565 803.25 Belgium 578,224 768.950 751.97 697.580 828.90 Federal Republic of Germany 1,426,862 2,221.002 642.44 2,014.860 708.17 Thailand 9,706 11.133 871.80 10.100 960.99 Korea, South 147,200 203.321 723.98 184.450 798.05 Taiwan 1,243,647 1,533.136 811.18 1,390.838 894.17 Japan 202,159 244.425 827.08 221.739 911.70 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,988,515 6,859.258 727.27 6,222.616 801.67 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 Canada 5,403,128 6,276.406 860.86 5,693.862 948.94 Mexico 7,417,331 7,196.015 1,030.76 6,528.117 1,136.21 Chile 968,099 1,452.702 666.41 1,317.870 734.59 Brazil 10,005,503 13,784.741 725.84 12,505.311 800.10 Argentina 94,872 117.638 806.47 106.720 888.98 United Kingdom 516,737 776.456 665.51 704.390 733.60 Belgium 376,195 418.043 899.89 379.243 991.96 Luxembourg 729,319 824.211 884.87 747.712 975.40 France 42,245 11.767 3,590.07 10.675 3,957.38 Federal Republic of Germany 688,803 622.728 1,106.10 564.930 1,219.27 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/01/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Austria 26,259 19.126 1,372.93 17.351 1,513.40 Latvia 18,625 3.031 6,144.12 2.750 6,772.73 Korea, South 7,085,385 9,471.166 748.10 8,592.100 824.64 Taiwan 3,943,526 5,035.822 783.09 4,568.423 863.21 Japan 1,531,405 1,171.315 1,307.42 1,062.600 1,441.19 CATEGORY TOTAL 38,847,432 47,181.174 823.37 42,802.054 907.61 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 3,007,298 5,488.477 547.93 4,979.064 603.99 Mexico 589,966 705.562 836.16 640.076 921.71 Colombia 17,808 55.888 318.64 50.701 351.24 United Kingdom 44,030 136.715 322.06 124.026 355.01 Belgium 4,916 7.012 700.99 6.362 772.71 Federal Republic of Germany 823,234 1,210.247 680.22 1,097.918 749.81 Japan 12,312 24.163 509.52 21.921 561.65 Egypt 490,224 754.449 649.78 684.425 716.26 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,989,788 8,382.516 595.26 7,604.493 656.16 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 1,987,804 2,485.222 799.85 2,254.557 881.68 Mexico 194,507 174.115 1,117.11 157.955 1,231.41 Brazil 225,952 251.547 898.25 228.200 990.15 Sweden 1,061,412 229.453 4,625.82 208.157 5,099.09 United Kingdom 1,275,630 595.403 2,142.46 540.141 2,361.66 Netherlands 10,985 11.525 953.08 10.456 1,050.59 Belgium 8,707 11.999 725.60 10.886 799.83 France 257,397 87.347 2,946.83 79.240 3,248.32 Federal Republic of Germany 2,525,401 1,471.252 1,716.50 1,334.698 1,892.11 Austria 385,843 60.957 6,329.67 55.300 6,977.27 Switzerland 147,492 92.608 1,592.64 84.013 1,755.59 Italy 94,231 24.059 3,916.66 21.826 4,317.37 India 661,723 608.012 1,088.34 551.580 1,199.69 Thailand 14,249 19.159 743.71 17.381 819.80 China 134,356 240.774 558.02 218.427 615.11 Korea, South 993,261 1,096.802 905.60 995.003 998.25 Taiwan 78,841 54.388 1,449.60 49.340 1,597.91 Japan 504,093 414.757 1,215.39 376.262 1,339.74 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,561,884 7,929.388 1,331.99 7,193.422 1,468.27 GRAND TOTAL 1,477,967,034 2,394,554.269 617.22 2,172,303.705 680.37 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/01/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Canada 2,328 1.502 1,549.47 1.363 1,708.00 Sweden 51,809 22.101 2,344.16 20.050 2,583.99 United Kingdom 206,667 74.165 2,786.56 67.282 3,071.65 Federal Republic of Germany 155,955 87.801 1,776.23 79.652 1,957.95 Italy 5,231,051 2,659.453 1,966.96 2,412.616 2,168.21 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,647,810 2,845.023 1,985.15 2,580.963 2,188.26 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Mexico 7,313 0.220 33,171.22 0.200 36,565.00 Sweden 5,512,089 2,097.611 2,627.79 1,902.922 2,896.64 United Kingdom 11,941,274 4,901.148 2,436.42 4,446.248 2,685.70 Netherlands 10,158 6.997 1,451.67 6.348 1,600.19 France 2,569 0.067 38,205.87 0.061 42,114.75 Federal Republic of Germany 206,427 105.077 1,964.52 95.325 2,165.51 Austria 5,432 0.077 70,397.56 0.070 77,600.00 Czech Republic 7,108 4.896 1,451.66 4.442 1,600.18 Ukraine 114,732 46.407 2,472.28 42.100 2,725.23 Spain 14,515,790 7,005.326 2,072.11 6,355.127 2,284.11 Italy 4,032,320 1,798.484 2,242.07 1,631.558 2,471.45 China 51,184 33.357 1,534.43 30.261 1,691.42 Japan 8,912 6.140 1,451.24 5.571 1,599.71 CATEGORY TOTAL 36,415,308 16,005.812 2,275.13 14,520.233 2,507.90 WIRE RODS..............................3 Sweden 1,692,338 557.188 3,037.28 505.473 3,348.03 United Kingdom 2,299,816 1,070.383 2,148.59 971.036 2,368.41 France 322,843 106.528 3,030.58 96.641 3,340.64 Federal Republic of Germany 88,647 60.260 1,471.07 54.667 1,621.58 Austria 38,136 14.253 2,675.46 12.931 2,949.19 Italy 1,182,080 646.925 1,827.23 586.881 2,014.17 India 436,875 146.091 2,990.42 132.532 3,296.37 China 893,152 580.783 1,537.84 526.878 1,695.18 Korea, South 488,872 218.195 2,240.52 197.944 2,469.75 Taiwan 2,811,165 1,173.329 2,395.89 1,064.427 2,641.01 Japan 24,788 11.289 2,195.60 10.242 2,420.23 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,278,712 4,585.230 2,241.70 4,159.652 2,471.05 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Italy 178,688 59.498 3,003.24 53.976 3,310.51 India 413,545 147.510 2,803.50 133.819 3,090.33 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/01/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 27,739 6.868 4,038.58 6.231 4,451.77 CATEGORY TOTAL 619,972 213.876 2,898.73 194.026 3,195.30 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 33,434 10.804 3,094.35 9.802 3,410.94 Brazil 16,577 1.965 8,434.33 1.783 9,297.25 Sweden 130,910 46.901 2,791.19 42.548 3,076.76 United Kingdom 177,215 45.545 3,890.96 41.318 4,289.05 Belgium 3,938,812 1,275.832 3,087.25 1,157.416 3,403.11 France 472,916 134.063 3,527.56 121.620 3,888.47 Federal Republic of Germany 889,566 386.949 2,298.92 351.035 2,534.12 Austria 66,158 16.626 3,979.15 15.083 4,386.26 Italy 826,457 325.147 2,541.79 294.969 2,801.84 Taiwan 828,724 275.531 3,007.73 249.958 3,315.45 Japan 275,334 139.338 1,976.00 126.406 2,178.17 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,656,103 2,658.705 2,879.64 2,411.938 3,174.25 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 21,087 7.172 2,939.88 6.507 3,240.66 Sweden 1,042,094 332.114 3,137.76 301.289 3,458.79 Belgium 1,188,114 466.932 2,544.51 423.594 2,804.84 Federal Republic of Germany 3,765,324 1,711.492 2,200.02 1,552.640 2,425.11 Taiwan 230,446 76.863 2,998.14 69.729 3,304.88 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,247,065 2,594.574 2,407.74 2,353.759 2,654.08 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 175,680 35.708 4,919.87 32.394 5,423.23 Trinidad and Tobago 13,739 22.276 616.75 20.209 679.85 Sweden 19,593 0.848 23,083.73 0.770 25,445.45 United Kingdom 336,217 113.536 2,961.30 102.999 3,264.27 Belgium 9,391 2.310 4,064.59 2.096 4,480.44 France 484,507 52.391 9,247.77 47.529 10,193.92 Federal Republic of Germany 1,035,016 303.699 3,408.02 275.512 3,756.70 Austria 795,324 210.970 3,769.84 191.389 4,155.54 Czech Republic 40,086 12.470 3,214.48 11.313 3,543.36 Portugal 136,670 46.103 2,964.45 41.824 3,267.74 Italy 1,009,203 314.660 3,207.28 285.455 3,535.42 India 401,390 171.194 2,344.64 155.305 2,584.53 China 161,012 71.688 2,245.99 65.035 2,475.77 Korea, South 511,974 219.309 2,334.49 198.954 2,573.33 Taiwan 409,717 146.633 2,794.15 133.024 3,080.02 Japan 15,297 0.559 27,317.34 0.508 30,112.20 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,554,816 1,724.362 3,221.37 1,564.316 3,550.96 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/01/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Mexico 23,672 1.102 21,474.88 1.000 23,672.00 France 38,242 5.435 7,035.61 4.931 7,755.42 Italy 865,331 286.913 3,016.00 260.284 3,324.56 India 2,580,850 1,025.558 2,516.53 930.371 2,774.00 China 96,823 33.902 2,855.91 30.756 3,148.10 Japan 25,648 5.770 4,444.60 5.235 4,899.33 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,630,566 1,358.683 2,672.12 1,232.577 2,945.51 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 127,149 24.466 5,196.78 22.196 5,728.46 Mexico 4,214 2.619 1,608.96 2.376 1,773.57 Brazil 6,798 1.437 4,729.33 1.304 5,213.19 Sweden 535,611 176.634 3,032.32 160.240 3,342.55 Norway 3,330 0.288 11,530.25 0.262 12,709.92 United Kingdom 1,282,740 406.993 3,151.75 369.218 3,474.21 Belgium 22,583 9.027 2,501.46 8.190 2,757.39 France 2,636,309 693.902 3,799.25 629.498 4,187.95 Federal Republic of Germany 1,186,071 430.797 2,753.20 390.813 3,034.88 Austria 182,732 57.139 3,198.00 51.836 3,525.19 Switzerland 590,276 159.856 3,692.55 145.019 4,070.34 Latvia 248,936 82.106 3,031.86 74.486 3,342.05 Lithuania 129,988 40.796 3,186.25 37.010 3,512.24 Russia 42,993 34.920 1,231.18 31.679 1,357.15 Belarus 3,941 0.771 5,107.45 0.700 5,630.00 Ukraine 87,666 30.214 2,901.47 27.410 3,198.32 Spain 2,492 0.158 15,699.34 0.144 17,305.56 Italy 5,608,369 1,506.716 3,722.24 1,366.871 4,103.07 Slovenia 131,753 61.850 2,130.18 56.110 2,348.12 Romania 379,354 149.335 2,540.28 135.475 2,800.18 Saudi Arabia 165,100 76.239 2,165.55 69.163 2,387.11 India 3,417,119 1,391.418 2,455.85 1,262.274 2,707.11 China 1,836,058 810.053 2,266.59 734.868 2,498.49 Korea, South 34,173 7.260 4,706.43 6.587 5,187.95 Taiwan 5,711,292 1,979.836 2,884.73 1,796.078 3,179.87 Japan 151,092 39.129 3,861.30 35.498 4,256.35 Australia 8,978 3.820 2,349.89 3.466 2,590.31 CATEGORY TOTAL 24,537,117 8,177.792 3,000.46 7,418.771 3,307.44 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D Canada 7,094,776 1,347.332 5,265.79 1,222.280 5,804.54 Mexico 312,136 72.991 4,276.32 66.217 4,713.83 Sweden 945,497 120.307 7,859.01 109.141 8,663.08 Finland 82,888 28.703 2,887.77 26.039 3,183.23 Denmark 14,914 0.649 22,970.73 0.589 25,320.88 United Kingdom 685,882 52.837 12,981.07 47.933 14,309.18 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/01/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Ireland 11,048 3.122 3,537.80 2.833 3,899.75 Netherlands 13,408 0.574 23,346.52 0.521 25,735.12 Belgium 25,610 4.662 5,492.44 4.230 6,054.37 France 3,188,317 491.428 6,487.85 445.817 7,151.63 Federal Republic of Germany 1,425,314 221.919 6,422.66 201.322 7,079.77 Austria 774,001 136.888 5,654.25 124.183 6,232.75 Switzerland 59,745 0.777 76,879.10 0.705 84,744.68 Ukraine 102,729 22.324 4,601.73 20.252 5,072.54 Spain 5,802,367 833.605 6,960.57 756.234 7,672.71 Italy 277,371 61.833 4,485.81 56.094 4,944.75 Turkey 2,961 0.022 134,308.74 0.020 148,050.00 India 278,684 39.708 7,018.24 36.023 7,736.28 Thailand 350,879 118.304 2,965.90 107.324 3,269.34 Malaysia 586,978 211.820 2,771.12 192.160 3,054.63 Singapore 300,193 107.957 2,780.67 97.937 3,065.16 China 6,652,351 2,017.466 3,297.38 1,830.215 3,634.74 Korea, South 4,874,762 1,359.365 3,586.06 1,233.196 3,952.95 Hong Kong 6,230 0.562 11,081.89 0.510 12,215.69 Taiwan 4,003,190 1,238.878 3,231.30 1,123.892 3,561.90 Japan 4,544,420 1,302.947 3,487.80 1,182.014 3,844.64 South Africa 216,408 151.184 1,431.42 137.152 1,577.87 CATEGORY TOTAL 42,633,059 9,948.172 4,285.52 9,024.833 4,723.97 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 178,509 18.490 9,654.27 16.774 10,642.01 Brazil 16,377 5.059 3,236.81 4.590 3,567.97 Sweden 1,233,835 220.648 5,591.86 200.169 6,163.97 Denmark 294,900 22.887 12,884.88 20.763 14,203.15 United Kingdom 721,329 163.149 4,421.27 148.007 4,873.61 Netherlands 5,664 0.009 570,921.76 0.009 629,333.33 Belgium 180,230 19.804 9,100.63 17.966 10,031.73 France 586,190 111.072 5,277.56 100.763 5,817.51 Federal Republic of Germany 766,328 135.596 5,651.54 123.011 6,229.75 Switzerland 233,380 58.756 3,971.99 53.303 4,378.37 Spain 386,678 56.051 6,898.63 50.849 7,604.44 Italy 223,841 102.046 2,193.52 92.575 2,417.94 India 3,360,735 1,258.258 2,670.94 1,141.473 2,944.21 Thailand 49,741 19.246 2,584.44 17.460 2,848.85 China 1,459,568 498.923 2,925.43 452.616 3,224.74 Korea, South 2,477,617 847.853 2,922.22 769.160 3,221.20 Taiwan 810,521 215.628 3,758.88 195.615 4,143.45 Japan 640,229 108.417 5,905.20 98.355 6,509.37 Australia 277,767 101.059 2,748.54 91.680 3,029.74 CATEGORY TOTAL 13,903,439 3,962.960 3,508.35 3,595.138 3,867.29 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/01/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Brazil 124,152 118.807 1,044.99 107.780 1,151.90 Finland 50,315 23.038 2,183.97 20.900 2,407.42 United Kingdom 45,197 20.200 2,237.37 18.326 2,466.28 Belgium 10,869 4.788 2,269.84 4.344 2,502.07 Federal Republic of Germany 73,375 26.035 2,818.27 23.619 3,106.61 Austria 5,519 0.906 6,090.94 0.822 6,714.11 Italy 1,007,817 433.175 2,326.58 392.970 2,564.62 India 474,386 173.663 2,731.64 157.545 3,011.11 China 103,865 44.290 2,345.07 40.180 2,584.99 Japan 216,345 84.226 2,568.61 76.409 2,831.41 South Africa 6,080,906 2,574.764 2,361.73 2,335.788 2,603.36 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,192,746 3,503.897 2,338.18 3,178.683 2,577.40 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 90,020 30.206 2,980.14 27.403 3,285.04 Mexico 21,366,483 10,140.225 2,107.10 9,199.060 2,322.68 Brazil 7,747,162 3,439.532 2,252.39 3,120.292 2,482.83 Sweden 1,946,346 562.976 3,457.24 510.724 3,810.95 Finland 2,401,013 905.830 2,650.62 821.756 2,921.81 United Kingdom 61,282 7.958 7,700.02 7.220 8,487.81 Belgium 5,913,429 2,346.461 2,520.15 2,128.675 2,777.99 France 2,156,420 1,332.127 1,618.78 1,208.486 1,784.40 Federal Republic of Germany 9,701,422 3,822.031 2,538.29 3,467.290 2,797.98 Spain 366,893 245.130 1,496.72 222.379 1,649.85 Italy 15,845,626 7,051.115 2,247.25 6,396.666 2,477.17 Romania 86,455 36.751 2,352.45 33.340 2,593.13 India 401,415 143.566 2,796.03 130.241 3,082.09 Thailand 709,191 396.755 1,787.47 359.931 1,970.35 Malaysia 171,068 36.135 4,734.01 32.782 5,218.35 Singapore 11,294 1.283 8,802.19 1.164 9,702.75 Indonesia 203,427 82.289 2,472.08 74.652 2,725.00 China 18,061,194 7,710.713 2,342.35 6,995.044 2,582.00 Korea, South 5,529,357 2,420.359 2,284.52 2,195.714 2,518.25 Taiwan 6,044,149 2,068.528 2,921.96 1,876.538 3,220.90 Japan 1,141,776 555.010 2,057.22 503.497 2,267.69 South Africa 4,305,054 1,809.541 2,379.09 1,641.589 2,622.49 CATEGORY TOTAL 104,260,476 45,144.533 2,309.48 40,954.443 2,545.77 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 4,989 2.471 2,018.71 2.242 2,225.25 Federal Republic of Germany 142,794 18.748 7,616.45 17.008 8,395.70 Austria 12,069 1.895 6,365.59 1.720 7,016.86 Slovenia 106,183 80.821 1,313.80 73.320 1,448.21 Thailand 8,458 4.190 2,018.14 3.802 2,224.62 China 39,595 18.813 2,104.65 17.067 2,319.97 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - FINAL PREPARED 28/01/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 314,088 126.941 2,474.28 115.159 2,727.43 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 367,249 141.218 2,600.58 128.111 2,866.65 Mexico 2,369,363 1,098.793 2,156.33 996.809 2,376.95 Sweden 2,624,703 511.753 5,128.84 464.255 5,653.58 Finland 1,207,241 538.786 2,240.67 488.779 2,469.91 United Kingdom 228,742 50.604 4,520.16 45.908 4,982.62 Ireland 9,362 0.375 24,906.35 0.341 27,454.55 Belgium 905,634 351.969 2,573.05 319.301 2,836.30 France 378,589 132.837 2,850.02 120.508 3,141.61 Federal Republic of Germany 344,200 120.256 2,862.21 109.095 3,155.05 Spain 438,055 159.365 2,748.74 144.574 3,029.97 Italy 3,750 0.273 13,717.52 0.248 15,120.97 Romania 40,103 23.729 1,690.01 21.527 1,862.92 India 930,188 341.009 2,727.75 309.359 3,006.82 Singapore 217,089 62.749 3,459.64 56.925 3,813.60 Indonesia 213,183 91.887 2,320.04 83.359 2,557.41 China 698,768 315.797 2,212.71 286.487 2,439.09 Korea, South 109,655 42.060 2,607.05 38.157 2,873.78 Taiwan 255,097 125.075 2,039.54 113.467 2,248.20 Japan 1,552,426 181.804 8,539.00 164.930 9,412.64 South Africa 27,150 20.569 1,319.94 18.660 1,454.98 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,920,547 4,310.917 2,997.17 3,910.800 3,303.81 GRAND TOTAL 282,811,824 107,161.484 2,639.12 97,215.291 2,909.13