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RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 4,592,401 9,471.829 484.85 8,592.702 534.45 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 13,756,102 15,572.343 883.37 14,126.996 973.75 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 40,182,408 68,561.469 586.08 62,197.936 646.04 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 15,571,962 21,973.266 708.68 19,933.818 781.18 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 33,814,461 51,485.128 656.78 46,706.536 723.98 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 7,565,025 11,522.842 656.52 10,453.350 723.69 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 42,201,401 62,065.527 679.95 56,304.915 749.52 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 6,441,105 5,375.692 1,198.19 4,876.748 1,320.78 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 116,885 146.025 800.44 132.472 882.34 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 53,178,628 56,161.194 946.89 50,948.593 1,043.77 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 4,586,051 977.050 4,693.77 886.366 5,173.99 Stainless Steel Bar 311,675 60.979 5,111.12 55.320 5,634.04 Stainless Steel Wire 178,509 18.490 9,654.27 16.774 10,642.01 COUNTRY TOTAL 222,496,613 303,391.840 733.36 275,232.525 808.40 Mexico Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 120,040,673 244,718.275 490.53 222,004.748 540.71 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 7,800 19.012 410.25 17.248 452.23 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 10,358,918 16,490.442 628.18 14,959.882 692.45 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 11,061,994 16,772.874 659.52 15,216.100 726.99 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 17,721,950 17,824.198 994.26 16,169.845 1,095.99 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 10,276,933 15,700.576 654.56 14,243.327 721.53 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 165,935 145.298 1,142.03 131.813 1,258.87 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 1,902,443 4,098.427 464.19 3,718.032 511.68 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 15,099,991 14,912.336 1,012.58 13,528.248 1,116.18 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 2,120,781 1,287.535 1,647.16 1,168.033 1,815.69 Stainless Steel Bar 27,886 3.721 7,493.41 3.376 8,260.07 COUNTRY TOTAL 188,785,304 331,972.699 568.68 301,160.652 626.86 Guatemala Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 526,768 488.291 1,078.80 442.971 1,189.17 COUNTRY TOTAL 526,768 488.291 1,078.80 442.971 1,189.17 Costa Rica Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 131,359 137.672 954.14 124.894 1,051.76 COUNTRY TOTAL 131,359 137.672 954.14 124.894 1,051.76 Dominican Republic Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 17,236 34.392 501.16 31.200 552.44 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 530,753 1,120.333 473.75 1,016.350 522.21 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 327,665 721.480 454.16 654.516 500.62 COUNTRY TOTAL 875,654 1,876.206 466.72 1,702.066 514.47 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Trinidad and Tobago Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 1,421,312 223.831 6,349.91 203.057 6,999.57 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 14,532 24.250 599.24 22.000 660.55 Stainless Steel Bar 13,739 22.276 616.75 20.209 679.85 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,449,583 270.359 5,361.69 245.266 5,910.25 Colombia Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 17,808 55.888 318.64 50.701 351.24 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 26,186 42.262 619.60 38.340 682.99 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 902,937 1,395.956 646.82 1,266.391 713.00 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 70,438 81.539 863.86 73.971 952.24 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 2,016,759 1,183.696 1,703.78 1,073.832 1,878.10 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,034,128 2,759.343 1,099.58 2,503.235 1,212.08 Venezuela Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 2,077,439 3,568.297 582.19 3,237.106 641.76 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 6,280,126 10,164.663 617.84 9,221.230 681.05 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 1,610,781 2,206.290 730.09 2,001.514 804.78 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 653,926 1,532.052 426.83 1,389.855 470.50 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 439,411 392.908 1,118.35 356.441 1,232.77 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 75,825 65.148 1,163.87 59.102 1,282.95 COUNTRY TOTAL 11,137,508 17,929.361 621.19 16,265.248 684.74 Peru Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 7,149 10.471 682.68 9.500 752.53 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,149 10.471 682.68 9.500 752.53 Chile Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 838,404 1,458.015 575.03 1,322.690 633.86 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 968,099 1,452.702 666.41 1,317.870 734.59 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 805,111 1,295.363 621.53 1,175.134 685.12 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,611,614 4,206.081 620.91 3,815.694 684.44 Brazil Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 30,850,507 64,539.542 478.01 58,549.305 526.91 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 7,353,686 5,476.336 1,342.81 4,968.050 1,480.20 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 66,355 108.573 611.15 98.496 673.68 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 22,747,649 36,060.433 630.82 32,713.484 695.36 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 53,016,644 74,331.220 713.25 67,432.168 786.22 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 662,005 1,208.933 547.59 1,096.726 603.62 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 98,158 69.823 1,405.80 63.343 1,549.63 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 2,359,713 5,677.780 415.60 5,150.797 458.13 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 1,076,935 1,556.548 691.87 1,412.077 762.66 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 22,802 1.236 18,436.39 1.122 20,322.64 Stainless Steel Bar 6,798 1.437 4,729.33 1.304 5,213.19 Stainless Steel Wire 16,377 5.059 3,236.81 4.590 3,567.97 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 118,277,629 189,036.924 625.69 171,491.462 689.70 Argentina Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 15,410,986 32,985.824 467.20 29,924.245 515.00 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 5,576,601 9,037.370 617.06 8,198.567 680.19 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 15,110,810 21,554.875 701.04 19,554.260 772.76 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 633,278 1,036.515 610.97 940.311 673.48 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 391,907 685.918 571.36 622.255 629.82 COUNTRY TOTAL 37,123,582 65,300.504 568.50 59,239.638 626.67 Sweden Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 11,730,494 4,467.625 2,625.67 4,052.963 2,894.30 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 3,990,596 6,132.868 650.69 5,563.646 717.26 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 5,643,802 7,943.044 710.53 7,205.811 783.23 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 1,049,275 397.692 2,638.41 360.781 2,908.34 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 1,462,128 701.508 2,084.26 636.398 2,297.51 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 725,757 646.476 1,122.63 586.474 1,237.49 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 114,214 48.716 2,344.46 44.195 2,584.32 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 107,309 9.931 10,804.56 9.010 11,909.99 Stainless Steel Bar 580,979 173.681 3,345.09 157.561 3,687.33 Stainless Steel Rod 1,692,338 557.188 3,037.28 505.473 3,348.03 Stainless Steel Wire 1,233,835 220.648 5,591.86 200.169 6,163.97 COUNTRY TOTAL 28,330,727 21,299.383 1,330.12 19,322.481 1,466.21 Norway Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 2,974 0.327 9,084.07 0.297 10,013.47 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 869,777 1,119.895 776.66 1,015.952 856.12 Stainless Steel Bar 3,330 0.288 11,530.25 0.262 12,709.92 COUNTRY TOTAL 876,081 1,120.511 781.86 1,016.511 861.85 Finland Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 416,898 941.704 442.71 854.300 488.00 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 757,979 780.080 971.67 707.677 1,071.08 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 361,303 418.635 863.05 379.780 951.35 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 268,747 85.649 3,137.75 77.700 3,458.78 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 10,451 0.627 16,662.55 0.569 18,367.31 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,815,378 2,226.696 815.28 2,020.026 898.69 Denmark Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 181,015 28.010 6,462.32 25.411 7,123.49 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 15,766 2.308 6,830.31 2.094 7,529.13 Stainless Steel Wire 294,900 22.887 12,884.88 20.763 14,203.15 COUNTRY TOTAL 491,681 53.206 9,241.02 48.268 10,186.48 United Kingdom Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 157,062 184.714 850.30 167.570 937.29 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 44,030 136.715 322.06 124.026 355.01 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 1,660,232 1,130.821 1,468.16 1,025.864 1,618.37 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 639,956 818.281 782.07 742.333 862.09 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 278,467 422.019 659.84 382.850 727.35 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 17,140,746 20,760.795 825.63 18,833.882 910.10 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 3,958,665 2,989.067 1,324.38 2,711.637 1,459.88 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 17,726 14.888 1,190.55 13.507 1,312.36 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 644,196 113.324 5,684.54 102.806 6,266.13 Stainless Steel Bar 1,362,691 427.785 3,185.45 388.081 3,511.36 Stainless Steel Rod 2,495,709 1,138.968 2,191.20 1,033.255 2,415.39 Stainless Steel Wire 721,329 163.149 4,421.27 148.007 4,873.61 COUNTRY TOTAL 29,120,809 28,300.531 1,028.98 25,673.818 1,134.26 Ireland Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 44,986 13.329 3,375.01 12.092 3,720.31 COUNTRY TOTAL 44,986 13.329 3,375.01 12.092 3,720.31 Netherlands Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 12,646,537 22,491.394 562.28 20,403.856 619.81 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 9,020,940 14,586.307 618.45 13,232.479 681.73 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 4,006,077 5,371.884 745.75 4,873.293 822.05 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 4,345,671 7,433.114 584.64 6,743.210 644.45 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 2,106,599 1,660.917 1,268.33 1,506.759 1,398.10 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 11,073 0.011 1,004,525.95 0.010 1,107,300.00 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 41,740 21.950 1,901.57 19.913 2,096.12 Stainless Steel Wire 5,664 0.009 570,921.76 0.009 629,333.33 COUNTRY TOTAL 32,184,301 51,565.589 624.14 46,779.529 688.00 Belgium Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 2,903,977 2,861.917 1,014.70 2,596.289 1,118.51 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 422,801 602.459 701.79 546.542 773.59 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 10,751,986 15,257.580 704.70 13,841.448 776.80 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 1,603,447 1,720.145 932.16 1,560.490 1,027.53 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 81,789 123.253 663.58 111.814 731.47 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 21,520 22.998 935.71 20.864 1,031.44 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 21,532 16.219 1,327.55 14.714 1,463.37 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 7,758 1.305 5,944.21 1.184 6,552.36 Stainless Steel Bar 29,752 10.638 2,796.66 9.651 3,082.79 Stainless Steel Wire 180,230 19.804 9,100.63 17.966 10,031.73 COUNTRY TOTAL 16,024,792 20,636.322 776.53 18,720.962 855.98 Luxembourg Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 889,836 1,291.258 689.12 1,171.410 759.63 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 729,319 824.211 884.87 747.712 975.40 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 2,802,252 4,043.826 692.97 3,668.499 763.87 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,421,407 6,159.296 717.84 5,587.621 791.29 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE France Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 1,592,161 1,014.326 1,569.67 920.182 1,730.27 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 15,570,434 23,644.222 658.53 21,449.684 725.91 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 1,713,262 583.048 2,938.45 528.933 3,239.09 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 769,766 914.132 842.07 829.287 928.23 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 6,599,951 11,029.421 598.40 10,005.726 659.62 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 1,636,873 1,701.418 962.06 1,543.501 1,060.49 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 1,857,162 1,499.048 1,238.89 1,359.914 1,365.65 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 94,612 51.935 1,821.73 47.115 2,008.11 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 842,079 522.591 1,611.35 474.087 1,776.21 Stainless Steel Bar 2,849,768 716.254 3,978.71 649.775 4,385.78 Stainless Steel Rod 632,133 142.004 4,451.51 128.824 4,906.95 Stainless Steel Wire 586,190 111.072 5,277.56 100.763 5,817.51 COUNTRY TOTAL 34,744,391 41,929.475 828.64 38,037.791 913.42 Federal Republic of Germany Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 427,269 637.229 670.51 578.085 739.11 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 3,165,306 3,279.914 965.06 2,975.489 1,063.79 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 3,223,141 4,971.299 648.35 4,509.888 714.68 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 5,311,596 3,798.180 1,398.46 3,445.652 1,541.54 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 8,368,572 13,553.805 617.43 12,295.809 680.60 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 11,252,602 18,936.953 594.21 17,179.320 655.01 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 3,148,662 3,713.610 847.87 3,368.932 934.62 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 3,391,388 2,548.360 1,330.81 2,311.834 1,466.97 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 4,647,070 10,833.203 428.97 9,827.720 472.85 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 1,667,749 1,009.316 1,652.35 915.637 1,821.41 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 1,493,672 447.902 3,334.82 406.330 3,676.01 Stainless Steel Bar 2,404,585 745.424 3,225.79 676.238 3,555.83 Stainless Steel Rod 91,370 62.380 1,464.71 56.591 1,614.57 Stainless Steel Wire 766,328 135.596 5,651.54 123.011 6,229.75 COUNTRY TOTAL 49,359,310 64,673.177 763.21 58,670.536 841.30 Austria Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 239,611 225.755 1,061.37 204.802 1,169.96 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 411,266 739.496 556.14 670.860 613.04 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 931,756 154.683 6,023.61 140.327 6,639.89 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 271,178 248.016 1,093.39 224.997 1,205.25 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 717,204 182.531 3,929.20 165.590 4,331.20 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 302,195 145.363 2,078.89 131.872 2,291.58 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 454,379 114.245 3,977.21 103.642 4,384.12 Stainless Steel Bar 957,015 260.005 3,680.75 235.873 4,057.33 Stainless Steel Rod 38,136 14.253 2,675.46 12.931 2,949.19 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,322,740 2,084.353 2,073.90 1,890.894 2,286.08 Czech Republic Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 3,651,911 5,752.189 634.87 5,218.300 699.83 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 3,984,585 6,828.527 583.52 6,194.738 643.22 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 93,964 173.619 541.21 157.505 596.58 Stainless Steel Bar 40,086 12.470 3,214.48 11.313 3,543.36 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 7,770,546 12,766.807 608.65 11,581.856 670.92 Hungary Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 125,542 193.642 648.32 175.670 714.65 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 1,318,887 2,124.709 620.74 1,927.505 684.25 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 2,425 0.035 68,747.61 0.032 75,781.25 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,446,854 2,318.388 624.08 2,103.207 687.93 Switzerland Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 23,092 39.772 580.60 36.081 640.00 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 147,492 92.608 1,592.64 84.013 1,755.59 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 23,596 12.156 1,941.05 11.028 2,139.64 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 22,485 16.172 1,390.37 14.671 1,532.62 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 2,167,831 880.217 2,462.84 798.520 2,714.81 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 17,827 1.825 9,765.93 1.656 10,765.10 Stainless Steel Bar 590,276 159.856 3,692.55 145.019 4,070.34 Stainless Steel Wire 233,380 58.756 3,971.99 53.303 4,378.37 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,225,979 1,261.364 2,557.53 1,144.291 2,819.19 Estonia Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 2,253,911 2,250.332 1,001.59 2,041.468 1,104.06 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,253,911 2,250.332 1,001.59 2,041.468 1,104.06 Latvia Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 18,625 3.031 6,144.12 2.750 6,772.73 Stainless Steel Bar 248,936 82.106 3,031.86 74.486 3,342.05 COUNTRY TOTAL 267,561 85.138 3,142.67 77.236 3,464.20 Lithuania Stainless Steel Bar 129,988 40.796 3,186.25 37.010 3,512.24 COUNTRY TOTAL 129,988 40.796 3,186.25 37.010 3,512.24 Poland Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 18,588 20.117 923.99 18.250 1,018.52 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 58,455 24.141 2,421.33 21.901 2,669.06 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 354,802 340.294 1,042.63 308.710 1,149.31 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 5,444 0.383 14,191.71 0.348 15,643.68 COUNTRY TOTAL 437,289 384.936 1,136.00 349.209 1,252.23 Russia Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 10,144,938 23,434.208 432.91 21,259.162 477.20 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 453,749 499.813 907.84 453.423 1,000.72 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 5,696,154 10,199.371 558.48 9,252.717 615.62 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 15,312,568 26,614.273 575.35 24,144.070 634.22 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 2,795,932 4,154.103 673.05 3,768.540 741.91 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 3,590,467 6,974.301 514.81 6,326.982 567.48 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 3,984,587 2,933.085 1,358.50 2,660.851 1,497.49 Stainless Steel Bar 42,993 34.920 1,231.18 31.679 1,357.15 COUNTRY TOTAL 42,021,388 74,844.077 561.45 67,897.424 618.90 Belarus Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 588,328 1,398.424 420.71 1,268.630 463.75 Stainless Steel Bar 3,941 0.771 5,107.45 0.700 5,630.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 592,269 1,399.196 423.29 1,269.330 466.60 Ukraine Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 9,659,972 9,434.290 1,023.92 8,558.647 1,128.68 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 402,165 514.452 781.73 466.704 861.71 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 6,122,716 4,253.610 1,439.42 3,858.812 1,586.68 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 4,639 2.850 1,627.39 2.586 1,793.89 Stainless Steel Bar 87,666 30.214 2,901.47 27.410 3,198.32 COUNTRY TOTAL 16,277,158 14,235.419 1,143.43 12,914.159 1,260.41 Kazakhstan Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 241,765 257.871 937.54 233.937 1,033.46 COUNTRY TOTAL 241,765 257.871 937.54 233.937 1,033.46 Spain Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 1,236,602 2,174.009 568.81 1,972.229 627.01 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 9,740,008 10,627.226 916.51 9,640.860 1,010.28 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 1,462,668 1,456.345 1,004.34 1,321.175 1,107.10 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 3,932,653 10,573.186 371.95 9,591.836 410.00 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 217,282 102.026 2,129.66 92.557 2,347.55 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 916,286 550.491 1,664.49 499.398 1,834.78 Stainless Steel Bar 22,430 0.960 23,361.84 0.871 25,752.01 Stainless Steel Wire 373,472 55.214 6,763.99 50.090 7,456.02 COUNTRY TOTAL 17,901,401 25,539.461 700.93 23,169.016 772.64 Portugal Stainless Steel Bar 136,670 46.103 2,964.45 41.824 3,267.74 COUNTRY TOTAL 136,670 46.103 2,964.45 41.824 3,267.74 Italy Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 5,461,776 7,992.526 683.36 7,250.700 753.28 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 9,058,322 17,654.809 513.08 16,016.178 565.57 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 5,243,526 9,191.688 570.46 8,338.562 628.83 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 1,326,072 1,824.580 726.78 1,655.232 801.14 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 740,774 669.858 1,105.87 607.686 1,219.01 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 898,970 654.359 1,373.82 593.625 1,514.37 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 1,654,049 645.717 2,561.57 585.785 2,823.65 Stainless Steel Bar 7,475,200 2,127.550 3,513.52 1,930.082 3,873.00 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Stainless Steel Rod 1,060,984 582.651 1,820.96 528.573 2,007.26 Stainless Steel Wire 223,841 102.046 2,193.52 92.575 2,417.94 COUNTRY TOTAL 33,143,514 41,445.789 799.68 37,598.998 881.50 Slovenia Stainless Steel Bar 131,753 61.850 2,130.18 56.110 2,348.12 COUNTRY TOTAL 131,753 61.850 2,130.18 56.110 2,348.12 Greece Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 14,032 20.626 680.29 18.712 749.89 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 3,374,658 6,655.284 507.06 6,037.574 558.94 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,388,690 6,675.910 507.60 6,056.286 559.53 Romania Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 5,206,008 8,626.727 603.47 7,826.038 665.22 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 9,660 9.371 1,030.75 8.502 1,136.20 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 957,123 1,416.326 675.78 1,284.870 744.92 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 563,525 423.393 1,330.97 384.096 1,467.15 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,736,316 10,475.819 643.03 9,503.506 708.82 Turkey Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 55,649 96.868 574.48 87.878 633.25 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 12,949,652 23,267.682 556.55 21,108.092 613.49 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 4,218,072 7,294.058 578.29 6,617.060 637.45 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 3,313,032 4,764.088 695.42 4,321.910 766.57 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 9,573,901 12,262.940 780.72 11,124.756 860.59 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 1,345,583 3,169.339 424.56 2,875.177 468.00 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 6,101,441 10,609.136 575.11 9,624.449 633.95 COUNTRY TOTAL 37,557,330 61,464.113 611.04 55,759.322 673.56 Israel Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 2,521 0.992 2,541.13 0.900 2,801.11 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 243,923 36.311 6,717.56 32.941 7,404.85 COUNTRY TOTAL 246,444 37.303 6,606.49 33.841 7,282.41 Saudi Arabia Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 6,172,616 10,714.132 576.12 9,719.700 635.06 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 3,811,520 5,737.353 664.33 5,204.841 732.30 Stainless Steel Bar 165,100 76.239 2,165.55 69.163 2,387.11 COUNTRY TOTAL 10,149,236 16,527.724 614.07 14,993.704 676.90 United Arab Emirates Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 1,293,683 1,737.712 744.47 1,576.427 820.64 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,293,683 1,737.712 744.47 1,576.427 820.64 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Oman Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 1,103,902 1,712.592 644.58 1,553.638 710.53 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,103,902 1,712.592 644.58 1,553.638 710.53 India Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 1,717,812 2,906.199 591.09 2,636.461 651.56 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 27,664,827 42,455.433 651.62 38,514.932 718.29 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 625,114 767.579 814.40 696.337 897.72 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 3,320,058 4,752.878 698.54 4,311.740 770.00 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 5,266,416 4,083.085 1,289.81 3,704.114 1,421.77 Stainless Steel Bar 6,921,218 2,778.907 2,490.63 2,520.983 2,745.44 Stainless Steel Rod 436,875 146.091 2,990.42 132.532 3,296.37 Stainless Steel Wire 3,360,735 1,258.258 2,670.94 1,141.473 2,944.21 COUNTRY TOTAL 49,313,055 59,148.434 833.72 53,658.572 919.02 Thailand Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 14,249 19.159 743.71 17.381 819.80 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 9,706 11.133 871.80 10.100 960.99 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 662,345 1,437.560 460.74 1,304.133 507.88 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 1,024,389 743.542 1,377.71 674.531 1,518.67 Stainless Steel Wire 49,741 19.246 2,584.44 17.460 2,848.85 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,760,430 2,230.642 789.20 2,023.605 869.95 Vietnam Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 80,401 87.571 918.11 79.444 1,012.05 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 81,540 52.396 1,556.22 47.533 1,715.44 COUNTRY TOTAL 161,941 139.968 1,156.98 126.977 1,275.36 Malaysia Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 580,790 828.412 701.09 751.523 772.82 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 1,382,873 2,634.198 524.97 2,389.705 578.68 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 2,791,498 4,432.122 629.83 4,020.755 694.27 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 873,250 571.326 1,528.46 518.299 1,684.84 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,628,411 8,466.059 664.82 7,680.282 732.84 Indonesia Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 319,095 428.749 744.25 388.955 820.39 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 4,757 5.059 940.19 4.590 1,036.38 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 4,536,842 8,564.802 529.71 7,769.860 583.90 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 2,726,404 4,800.228 567.97 4,354.695 626.08 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,587,098 13,798.839 549.84 12,518.100 606.09 China Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 9,670,310 22,207.686 435.45 20,146.480 480.00 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 15,416,100 25,239.691 610.79 22,897.069 673.28 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 13,315,487 19,949.374 667.46 18,097.773 735.75 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 2,106,462 2,618.567 804.43 2,375.525 886.74 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 691,854 1,055.047 655.76 957.123 722.85 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 155,335 270.789 573.64 245.656 632.33 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 22,846,224 38,748.136 589.61 35,151.728 649.93 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 5,010,259 2,933.677 1,707.84 2,661.388 1,882.57 Stainless Steel Bar 2,075,175 905.117 2,292.71 821.109 2,527.28 Stainless Steel Rod 893,152 580.783 1,537.84 526.878 1,695.18 Stainless Steel Wire 1,459,568 498.923 2,925.43 452.616 3,224.74 COUNTRY TOTAL 73,639,926 115,007.793 640.30 104,333.345 705.81 Korea, South Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 7,803,182 13,278.916 587.64 12,046.434 647.76 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 15,399,953 32,428.500 474.89 29,418.649 523.48 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 8,814,411 14,089.753 625.59 12,782.013 689.59 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 34,821,571 45,116.909 771.81 40,929.383 850.77 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 218,123 329.348 662.29 298.780 730.05 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 2,477,867 3,477.353 712.57 3,154.603 785.48 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 34,554 36.150 955.84 32.795 1,053.64 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 15,515,749 24,588.332 631.02 22,306.166 695.58 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 1,966,045 670.974 2,930.13 608.698 3,229.92 Stainless Steel Bar 546,147 226.570 2,410.50 205.541 2,657.12 Stainless Steel Rod 488,872 218.195 2,240.52 197.944 2,469.75 Stainless Steel Wire 2,477,617 847.853 2,922.22 769.160 3,221.20 COUNTRY TOTAL 90,564,091 135,308.858 669.31 122,750.166 737.79 Hong Kong Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 7,698 1.620 4,750.69 1.470 5,236.73 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,698 1.620 4,750.69 1.470 5,236.73 Taiwan Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 14,355 20.274 708.02 18.393 780.46 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 18,036,663 32,932.343 547.69 29,875.728 603.72 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 22,352,911 29,597.375 755.23 26,850.295 832.50 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 105,194 80.661 1,304.14 73.175 1,437.57 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 45,702 31.724 1,440.59 28.780 1,587.98 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 2,313,744 3,111.182 743.69 2,822.418 819.77 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 1,134,268 423.339 2,679.34 384.047 2,953.46 Stainless Steel Bar 6,121,009 2,126.470 2,878.48 1,929.102 3,172.98 Stainless Steel Rod 2,811,165 1,173.329 2,395.89 1,064.427 2,641.01 Stainless Steel Wire 810,521 215.628 3,758.88 195.615 4,143.45 COUNTRY TOTAL 53,745,532 69,712.330 770.96 63,241.980 849.84 Japan Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 2,507,730 3,135.543 799.78 2,844.518 881.60 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 2,439,319 4,284.305 569.36 3,886.658 627.61 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 7,546,865 10,470.474 720.78 9,498.657 794.52 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 8,170,852 9,485.753 861.38 8,605.333 949.51 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 2,441,295 3,513.834 694.77 3,187.698 765.85 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 12,539,126 15,130.959 828.71 13,726.579 913.49 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 441,067 463.743 951.10 420.701 1,048.41 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 2,247,459 5,634.471 398.88 5,111.508 439.69 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 12,096,944 15,218.922 794.86 13,806.378 876.19 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 1,897,708 472.518 4,016.15 428.662 4,427.05 Stainless Steel Bar 219,776 52.328 4,199.90 47.472 4,629.59 Stainless Steel Rod 24,788 11.289 2,195.60 10.242 2,420.23 Stainless Steel Wire 622,404 103.931 5,988.60 94.285 6,601.30 COUNTRY TOTAL 53,195,333 67,978.076 782.54 61,668.691 862.60 Australia Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 42,372 19.141 2,213.60 17.365 2,440.08 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 26,283,829 44,874.485 585.72 40,709.460 645.64 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 32,761 49.469 662.25 44.878 730.00 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 119,746 165.372 724.10 150.023 798.18 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 238,440 22.503 10,595.60 20.415 11,679.65 Stainless Steel Bar 4,469 1.901 2,350.27 1.725 2,590.72 Stainless Steel Wire 233,579 89.939 2,597.06 81.592 2,862.77 COUNTRY TOTAL 26,955,196 45,222.813 596.05 41,025.458 657.04 New Zealand Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 9,908,570 16,045.215 617.54 14,555.979 680.72 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 986,879 1,615.800 610.77 1,465.830 673.26 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 17,636 21.985 802.16 19.945 884.23 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 6,107 11.219 544.33 10.178 600.02 COUNTRY TOTAL 10,919,192 17,694.221 617.10 16,051.932 680.24 Egypt Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 24,783,554 45,955.431 539.30 41,690.078 594.47 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 16,990 15.497 1,096.31 14.059 1,208.48 COUNTRY TOTAL 24,800,544 45,970.928 539.48 41,704.137 594.68 South Africa Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 1,833,629 2,755.066 665.55 2,499.355 733.64 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 1,653,401 2,753.688 600.43 2,498.105 661.86 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 13,404,456 18,384.584 729.11 16,678.219 803.71 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 3,667,000 6,685.640 548.49 6,065.113 604.61 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 18,938 27.298 693.73 24.765 764.71 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 773,522 1,145.190 675.45 1,038.900 744.56 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 48,100 47.323 1,016.41 42.931 1,120.40 COUNTRY TOTAL 21,399,046 31,798.793 672.95 28,847.388 741.80 GRAND TOTAL 1,394,324,634 2,045,489.719 681.66 1,855,637.582 751.40