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RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/05 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 1,956.473 2,673.71 1,774.883 2,947.27 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,467,091 4,624.838 1,614.56 4,195.584 1,779.75 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 8,873,157 19,442.337 456.38 17,637.797 503.08 Mexico 121,746,083 248,417.168 490.09 225,360.328 540.23 Brazil 35,401,112 74,272.957 476.64 67,379.313 525.40 Argentina 15,410,986 32,985.824 467.20 29,924.245 515.00 Sweden 5,512,089 2,084.843 2,643.89 1,891.339 2,914.38 Finland 888,981 2,116.382 420.05 1,919.950 463.02 United Kingdom 12,408,731 5,513.663 2,250.54 5,001.913 2,480.80 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 63,115 34.492 1,829.82 31.291 2,017.03 Russia 11,406,729 25,498.359 447.35 23,131.729 493.12 Ukraine 459,203 612.730 749.44 555.860 826.11 Spain 14,515,790 7,005.326 2,072.11 6,355.127 2,284.11 Italy 3,891,074 1,934.263 2,011.66 1,754.735 2,217.47 Turkey 192,344 549.281 350.17 498.300 386.00 China 10,218,028 23,468.332 435.40 21,290.119 479.94 Japan 11,162 14.408 774.69 13.071 853.95 CATEGORY TOTAL 249,845,810 460,159.171 542.96 417,449.496 598.51 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 United Kingdom 3,913,525 4,445.952 880.24 4,033.301 970.30 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 8,577,608 16,687.364 514.02 15,138.527 566.61 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 3,857,548 5,634.085 684.68 5,111.158 754.73 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 286,108 442.271 646.91 401.222 713.09 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 2,824,259 1,192.356 2,368.64 1,081.688 2,610.97 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 142,517,629 294,008.247 484.74 266,719.871 534.33 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 4,306,027 6,859.118 627.78 6,222.489 692.01 Mexico 552,011 992.286 556.30 900.187 613.22 Venezuela 339,980 796.520 426.83 722.591 470.50 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 3,047,427 4,479.029 680.38 4,063.308 749.99 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 369,928 134.647 2,747.39 122.150 3,028.47 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 31,087,658 52,740.402 589.45 47,845.302 649.75 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 13,770,822 15,571.503 884.36 14,126.234 974.84 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 11,800,435 4,491.728 2,627.15 4,074.829 2,895.93 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 6,283,826 8,316.268 755.61 7,544.394 832.91 Romania 5,206,008 8,626.727 603.47 7,826.038 665.22 Turkey 55,649 96.868 574.48 87.878 633.25 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 777,773 257.147 3,024.62 233.280 3,334.07 Japan 2,779,302 3,272.338 849.33 2,968.616 936.23 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 86,905,975 89,565.617 970.31 81,252.584 1,069.58 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 1,042,137 433.641 2,403.22 393.393 2,649.10 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 3,863,842 5,691.239 678.91 5,163.007 748.37 Federal Republic of Germany 6,070,326 5,204.296 1,166.41 4,721.260 1,285.74 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 634,564 1,227.169 517.10 1,113.270 570.00 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Korea, South 109,418 178.055 614.52 161.529 677.39 Taiwan 228,301 76.675 2,977.49 69.559 3,282.12 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 46,834,054 69,811.577 670.86 63,332.016 739.50 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Canada 54,900 395.673 138.75 358.949 152.95 Czech Republic 2,499,914 4,282.333 583.77 3,884.869 643.50 Spain 703,833 1,309.909 537.31 1,188.330 592.29 Japan 7,786,780 12,264.976 634.88 11,126.603 699.83 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,045,427 18,252.893 605.13 16,558.751 667.04 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 Canada 7,219 18.511 389.98 16.793 429.88 Luxembourg 33,888 46.403 730.28 42.097 805.00 Austria 516,380 603.874 855.11 547.826 942.60 Spain 476,507 612.264 778.27 555.437 857.90 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 1,885,293 2,497.870 754.76 2,266.031 831.98 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 Canada 178,577 528.155 338.11 479.135 372.71 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 343,120 767.909 446.82 696.636 492.54 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 35,429,461 51,051.518 693.99 46,313.172 765.00 Mexico 6,344,996 9,849.007 644.23 8,934.872 710.14 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 633,278 1,036.515 610.97 940.311 673.48 Sweden 1,481,721 702.357 2,109.64 637.168 2,325.48 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 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 995,742 268.796 3,704.45 243.848 4,083.45 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Czech Republic 4,024,671 6,840.998 588.32 6,206.051 648.51 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 1,145,580 516.472 2,218.09 468.536 2,445.02 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 798,350 1,077.138 741.18 977.164 817.01 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 106,466,970 138,254.975 770.08 125,422.839 848.86 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 4,116,377 7,331.682 561.45 6,651.192 618.89 Mexico 1,047,869 1,918.814 546.10 1,740.720 601.97 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 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 2,555,298 1,018.023 2,510.06 923.536 2,766.86 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 14,991,330 17,475.996 857.82 15,853.962 945.59 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 Canada 116,885 146.025 800.44 132.472 882.34 Mexico 1,902,443 4,098.427 464.19 3,718.032 511.68 Dominican Republic 530,753 1,120.333 473.75 1,016.350 522.21 Trinidad and Tobago 14,532 24.250 599.24 22.000 660.55 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 17,759,436 42,714.578 415.77 38,750.025 458.31 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 681,374 296.393 2,298.88 268.884 2,534.08 Norway 3,330 0.288 11,530.25 0.262 12,709.92 United Kingdom 5,059,788 3,285.137 1,540.21 2,980.227 1,697.79 Belgium 41,881 31.326 1,336.92 28.419 1,473.70 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 262,632 104.296 2,518.13 94.616 2,775.77 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 4,283.825 1,449.73 3,886.222 1,598.05 Spain 1,465,160 1,456.504 1,005.94 1,321.319 1,108.86 Italy 6,183,224 2,138.951 2,890.77 1,940.425 3,186.53 Slovenia 131,753 61.850 2,130.18 56.110 2,348.12 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 4,469 1.901 2,350.27 1.725 2,590.72 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 53,508,402 31,397.196 1,704.24 28,483.066 1,878.60 TOOL STEEL............................17 Canada 1,031,426 781.215 1,320.28 708.707 1,455.36 Mexico 137,231 90.839 1,510.70 82.408 1,665.26 Brazil 2,503,294 849.002 2,948.51 770.202 3,250.18 Sweden 5,392,644 6,628.650 813.54 6,013.412 896.77 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 1,593,108 1,068.022 1,491.64 968.894 1,644.25 Federal Republic of Germany 2,427,093 1,489.035 1,629.98 1,350.831 1,796.74 Austria 2,664,155 631.431 4,219.23 572.825 4,650.91 Czech Republic 20,281 7.601 2,668.01 6.896 2,940.98 Slovakia 45,444 17.416 2,609.25 15.800 2,876.20 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 CATEGORY TOTAL 33,377,034 22,543.195 1,480.58 20,450.849 1,632.06 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 19,539,140 22,347.131 874.35 20,272.982 963.80 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 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 Ukraine 1,084,916 1,746.578 621.17 1,584.470 684.72 Spain 1,140,515 914.228 1,247.52 829.374 1,375.15 Italy 617,454 449.628 1,373.25 407.896 1,513.75 Romania 1,010,300 1,471.114 686.76 1,334.573 757.02 United Arab Emirates 1,293,683 1,737.712 744.47 1,576.427 820.64 Oman 1,113,187 1,725.150 645.27 1,565.031 711.29 India 2,670,618 4,027.983 663.02 3,654.126 730.85 China 17,271,981 29,917.465 577.32 27,140.676 636.39 Korea, South 3,119,707 4,709.186 662.47 4,272.103 730.25 Taiwan 1,675,512 2,888.000 580.16 2,619.951 639.52 Japan 3,554,251 3,482.089 1,020.72 3,158.899 1,125.15 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 66,010,974 87,069.851 758.14 78,988.463 835.70 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 1,327,378 1,007.639 1,317.32 914.115 1,452.09 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 Slovakia 4,770 11.684 408.23 10.600 450.00 Poland 351,996 409.758 859.03 371.727 946.92 Russia 1,781,837 2,867.353 621.42 2,601.220 685.00 Ukraine 8,233,241 9,885.006 832.90 8,967.530 918.12 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 Indonesia 613,444 552.412 1,110.48 501.140 1,224.10 China 12,989,165 18,245.064 711.93 16,551.649 784.77 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 South Africa 975,406 1,432.310 681.00 1,299.371 750.68 CATEGORY TOTAL 75,553,178 83,785.439 901.75 76,008.894 994.00 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 Italy 3,448,399 3,438.493 1,002.88 3,119.350 1,105.49 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 CATEGORY TOTAL 18,450,852 27,629.979 667.78 25,065.503 736.11 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 504,534 777.122 649.23 704.994 715.66 Slovakia 84,410 119.026 709.17 107.979 781.73 Ukraine 208,601 336.491 619.93 305.260 683.36 Italy 7,739,663 8,155.885 948.97 7,398.897 1,046.06 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 27,695,484 35,040.468 790.39 31,788.187 871.25 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 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 15,115,129 23,287.539 649.07 21,126.106 715.47 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 11,045,301 9,646.599 1,144.99 8,751.250 1,262.14 Mexico 14,933,733 16,304.355 915.94 14,791.067 1,009.65 Dominican Republic 290,033 641.621 452.03 582.069 498.28 Venezuela 439,411 392.908 1,118.35 356.441 1,232.77 Brazil 187,978 160.882 1,168.42 145.950 1,287.96 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 2,167,831 880.217 2,462.84 798.520 2,714.81 Russia 498,275 821.182 606.78 744.964 668.86 Ukraine 459,072 762.397 602.14 691.636 663.75 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Spain 1,802,111 1,597.328 1,128.20 1,449.072 1,243.63 Italy 1,275,472 1,098.625 1,160.97 996.657 1,279.75 Romania 127,381 106.365 1,197.58 96.493 1,320.11 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 3,543,023 5,399.207 656.21 4,898.080 723.35 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 58,135,379 56,848.328 1,022.64 51,571.951 1,127.27 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 500,166 692.137 722.64 627.897 796.57 Spain 807,899 396.868 2,035.69 360.033 2,243.96 Italy 935,139 639.673 1,461.90 580.302 1,611.47 China 614,225 770.111 797.58 698.634 879.18 Japan 1,312,366 795.557 1,649.62 721.718 1,818.39 South Africa 9,576 3.417 2,802.32 3.100 3,089.03 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,504,849 9,910.853 1,160.83 8,990.978 1,279.60 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 3,177,273 489.449 6,491.53 444.021 7,155.68 Federal Republic of Germany 1,394,701 219.752 6,346.70 199.356 6,996.03 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 Spain 4,665,881 625.714 7,456.88 567.639 8,219.80 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 6,111,527 1,833.405 3,333.43 1,663.238 3,674.48 Korea, South 4,839,519 1,351.658 3,580.43 1,226.204 3,946.75 Hong Kong 6,230 0.562 11,081.89 0.510 12,215.69 Taiwan 3,987,417 1,226.228 3,251.77 1,112.416 3,584.47 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 40,760,347 9,509.393 4,286.32 8,626.779 4,724.86 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 1,722,435 595.610 2,891.88 540.329 3,187.75 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 154,804 23.661 6,542.55 21.465 7,211.93 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 16,416 13.012 1,261.53 11.805 1,390.60 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 65,910 16.780 3,927.78 15.223 4,329.63 Japan 174,080 77.086 2,258.23 69.932 2,489.28 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,759,888 1,119.144 2,466.07 1,015.271 2,718.38 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 14,761,237 15,645.459 943.48 14,193.326 1,040.01 Mexico 8,144,217 9,036.821 901.23 8,198.069 993.43 El Salvador 15,407 22.448 686.32 20.365 756.54 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 134,285 172.193 779.85 156.211 859.64 Venezuela 1,577,067 2,134.273 738.92 1,936.181 814.52 Ecuador 67,861 96.914 700.22 87.919 771.86 Chile 208,394 238.834 872.55 216.667 961.82 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 2,145,770 1,687.379 1,271.66 1,530.765 1,401.76 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 404,751 130.241 3,107.70 118.153 3,425.65 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 522,521 211.809 2,466.94 192.150 2,719.34 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 544,142 514.933 1,056.72 467.140 1,164.84 Israel 638,638 851.807 749.74 772.747 826.45 United Arab Emirates 19,144 21.185 903.64 19.219 996.10 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE India 4,358,808 2,628.744 1,658.13 2,384.758 1,827.78 Thailand 319,821 268.389 1,191.63 243.479 1,313.55 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 7,624,097 8,060.247 945.89 7,312.136 1,042.66 Korea, South 8,405,560 7,506.384 1,119.79 6,809.679 1,234.35 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 6,935,299 6,847.465 1,012.83 6,211.918 1,116.45 Australia 374,477 302.706 1,237.10 274.611 1,363.66 Egypt 756,838 966.397 783.15 876.701 863.28 South Africa 813,747 1,178.522 690.48 1,069.138 761.12 CATEGORY TOTAL 75,933,779 70,706.443 1,073.93 64,143.825 1,183.80 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 1,506.779 794.93 1,366.928 876.26 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,685,341 6,395.224 732.63 5,801.652 807.59 TIN PLATE.............................29 Canada 6,560,393 10,007.159 655.57 9,078.345 722.64 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 6,567,019 10,979.261 598.13 9,960.221 659.32 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 29,905,033 48,229.600 620.06 43,753.170 683.49 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A Canada 1,004,632 1,515.683 662.82 1,375.005 730.64 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 4,984,352 7,699.755 647.34 6,985.103 713.57 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 21,333,402 36,801.596 579.69 33,385.856 639.00 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 3,885,999 6,002.184 647.43 5,445.092 713.67 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 11,706,592 17,952.983 652.07 16,286.677 718.78 Federal Republic of Germany 413,132 575.791 717.50 522.349 790.91 Austria 416,785 740.402 562.92 671.682 620.51 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 Italy 9,999,259 17,965.903 556.57 16,298.398 613.51 Turkey 9,554,241 17,211.490 555.11 15,614.006 611.90 India 421,198 154.233 2,730.92 139.918 3,010.32 Malaysia 748,309 1,407.028 531.84 1,276.435 586.25 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 South Africa 6,080,906 2,574.764 2,361.73 2,335.788 2,603.36 CATEGORY TOTAL 160,746,268 274,239.576 586.15 248,786.029 646.12 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 15,864,581 22,517.224 704.55 20,427.288 776.64 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 6,175,036 7,863.713 785.26 7,133.843 865.60 Finland 2,327,553 885.757 2,627.75 803.546 2,896.60 United Kingdom 131,380 29.729 4,419.21 26.970 4,871.34 Netherlands 8,772,609 14,248.453 615.69 12,925.983 678.68 Belgium 14,666,358 14,838.167 988.42 13,460.963 1,089.55 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 354,048 238.860 1,482.24 216.691 1,633.88 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 31,152 5.695 5,469.45 5.167 6,029.03 Singapore 11,294 1.283 8,802.19 1.164 9,702.75 Indonesia 4,740,269 8,647.091 548.19 7,844.512 604.28 China 32,087,758 32,365.966 991.40 29,361.919 1,092.84 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 8,793,575 11,192.997 785.63 10,154.119 866.01 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 278,996,869 330,974.765 842.96 300,255.341 929.20 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 25,165,396 41,211.673 610.64 37,386.612 673.11 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 1,610,781 2,206.290 730.09 2,001.514 804.78 Brazil 46,992,371 66,243.312 709.39 60,094.939 781.97 Argentina 14,005,802 20,051.009 698.51 18,189.975 769.97 Sweden 100,232 111.212 901.27 100.890 993.48 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 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 241,765 257.871 937.54 233.937 1,033.46 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 13,283,964 19,907.453 667.29 18,059.743 735.56 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 227,066,708 324,812.668 699.07 294,665.179 770.59 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 5,351,742 6,214.643 861.15 5,637.831 949.26 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 5,737,216 7,693.698 745.70 6,979.608 822.00 Argentina 94,872 117.638 806.47 106.720 888.98 United Kingdom 511,062 769.505 664.14 698.084 732.09 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 34,522,084 41,021.416 841.56 37,214.014 927.66 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 18,588 20.117 923.99 18.250 1,018.52 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 1,288,597 1,776.196 725.48 1,611.339 799.71 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,258,706 5,693.477 923.64 5,165.037 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 721,176 947.487 761.15 859.546 839.02 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 Egypt 490,224 754.449 649.78 684.425 716.26 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,284,362 9,134.300 578.52 8,286.500 637.71 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 215,640 231.165 932.84 209.710 1,028.28 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 966,836 429.813 2,249.43 389.920 2,479.58 United Kingdom 1,569,277 677.705 2,315.57 614.804 2,552.48 Ireland 9,362 0.375 24,906.35 0.341 27,454.55 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 5,436,354 2,795.153 1,944.92 2,535.721 2,143.91 Austria 931,756 154.683 6,023.61 140.327 6,639.89 Switzerland 147,492 92.608 1,592.64 84.013 1,755.59 Spain 401,180 150.831 2,659.79 136.832 2,931.92 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 1,106,799 518.631 2,134.07 470.495 2,352.41 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 147,541 72.277 2,041.31 65.569 2,250.16 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 315,625 161.273 1,957.08 146.305 2,157.31 Japan 2,107,708 615.382 3,425.04 558.266 3,775.45 CATEGORY TOTAL 28,020,802 13,454.949 2,082.56 12,206.128 2,295.63 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE GRAND TOTAL 2,029,158,703 2,778,409.484 730.33 2,520,531.396 805.05 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/05 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 1,790,000 2,690.281 665.36 2,440.583 733.43 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 59,689 32.132 1,857.60 29.150 2,047.65 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 36,587,857 66,908.149 546.84 60,698.069 602.78 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 9,706,786 9,693.673 1,001.35 8,793.955 1,103.80 Brazil 7,353,686 5,476.336 1,342.81 4,968.050 1,480.20 Sweden 11,730,494 4,467.625 2,625.67 4,052.963 2,894.30 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 - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/05 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 48,660,090 38,829.028 1,253.19 35,225.112 1,381.40 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 1,843,050 2,518.366 731.84 2,284.624 806.72 Japan 651,578 1,202.681 541.77 1,091.055 597.20 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,545,465 8,265.918 670.88 7,498.717 739.52 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Canada 54,900 395.673 138.75 358.949 152.95 Japan 77,876 144.946 537.28 131.493 592.24 CATEGORY TOTAL 132,776 540.619 245.60 490.442 270.73 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 18,265,916 26,546.096 688.08 24,082.220 758.48 Mexico 3,546,334 5,899.936 601.08 5,352.334 662.58 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 1,403,932 658.467 2,132.12 597.352 2,350.26 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 200,418 57.826 3,465.87 52.459 3,820.47 Czech Republic 2,895,940 4,549.130 636.59 4,126.903 701.72 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 640,799 997.400 642.47 904.827 708.20 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 - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 55,570,279 70,232.321 791.24 63,713.708 872.19 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 335,670 598.241 561.09 542.716 618.50 Mexico 536,819 985.540 544.69 894.068 600.42 CATEGORY TOTAL 872,489 1,583.782 550.89 1,436.784 607.25 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 153,509 121.705 1,261.32 110.409 1,390.37 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 2,191.650 2,411.21 1,988.232 2,657.91 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 14,989,800 8,531.887 1,756.91 7,740.000 1,936.67 TOOL STEEL............................17 Canada 1,031,426 781.215 1,320.28 708.707 1,455.36 Mexico 137,231 90.839 1,510.70 82.408 1,665.26 Brazil 2,503,294 849.002 2,948.51 770.202 3,250.18 Sweden 5,392,644 6,628.650 813.54 6,013.412 896.77 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 1,593,108 1,068.022 1,491.64 968.894 1,644.25 Federal Republic of Germany 2,427,093 1,489.035 1,629.98 1,350.831 1,796.74 Austria 2,664,155 631.431 4,219.23 572.825 4,650.91 Czech Republic 20,281 7.601 2,668.01 6.896 2,940.98 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 - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/05 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 CATEGORY TOTAL 33,377,034 22,543.195 1,480.58 20,450.849 1,632.06 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 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 511,801 368.430 1,389.14 334.235 1,531.26 Italy 55,833 22.572 2,473.55 20.477 2,726.62 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 1,492,438 753.052 1,981.85 683.158 2,184.62 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,933,845 1,773.629 1,654.15 1,609.010 1,823.39 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 Poland 351,996 409.758 859.03 371.727 946.92 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 CATEGORY TOTAL 26,051,947 22,601.086 1,152.69 20,503.367 1,270.62 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 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 14,495 4.469 3,242.82 4.055 3,574.60 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 17,834,671 14,504.770 1,229.57 13,158.510 1,355.37 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 146,258 28.918 5,057.68 26.234 5,575.13 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 661,046 222.167 2,975.44 201.547 3,279.86 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,583,629 3,015.424 1,520.06 2,735.548 1,675.58 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 Denmark 154,804 23.661 6,542.55 21.465 7,211.93 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 1,308,279 375.050 3,488.28 340.240 3,845.17 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 492,776 456.238 1,080.08 413.893 1,190.59 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 3,107,827 2,829.258 1,098.46 2,566.661 1,210.84 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,897,854 10,462.696 1,137.17 9,491.601 1,253.51 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 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 302,077 420.996 717.53 381.922 790.94 Federal Republic of Germany 20,514 28.627 716.60 25.970 789.91 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 10,702,857 18,159.274 589.39 16,473.821 649.69 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 5,175,483 6,855.244 754.97 6,218.975 832.21 CATEGORY TOTAL 18,542,371 27,499.356 674.28 24,947.004 743.27 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 Japan 2,564,836 3,127.504 820.09 2,837.225 903.99 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,525,331 19,030.483 605.62 17,264.169 667.59 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 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Poland 18,588 20.117 923.99 18.250 1,018.52 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 5,258,706 5,693.477 923.64 5,165.037 1,018.14 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 237,650 930.514 255.40 844.149 281.53 Federal Republic of Germany 37,045 39.898 928.49 36.195 1,023.48 CATEGORY TOTAL 274,695 970.412 283.07 880.344 312.03 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 2,566,753 1,207.235 2,126.14 1,095.186 2,343.67 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 5,470,225 1,876.696 2,914.82 1,702.511 3,213.03 GRAND TOTAL 325,437,010 360,234.679 903.40 326,799.495 995.83 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/05 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 5,668,209 13,518.679 419.29 12,263.943 462.18 Mexico 96,245,210 197,254.973 487.92 178,946.752 537.84 Brazil 33,611,112 71,582.676 469.54 64,938.730 517.58 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 178,283 422.184 422.29 382.999 465.49 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 Russia 10,647,084 24,594.103 432.91 22,311.402 477.20 Ukraine 110,905 226.392 489.88 205.380 540.00 Turkey 192,344 549.281 350.17 498.300 386.00 China 10,166,844 23,434.975 433.83 21,259.858 478.22 Japan 2,250 8.267 272.16 7.500 300.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 177,394,002 377,437.853 470.00 342,405.958 518.08 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 8,488,961 16,627.104 510.55 15,083.860 562.78 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 286,108 442.271 646.91 401.222 713.09 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 13,094 19.026 688.18 17.261 758.59 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 132,360,013 289,487.291 457.22 262,618.527 504.00 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 2,921,299 4,371.704 668.23 3,965.945 736.60 Mexico 552,011 992.286 556.30 900.187 613.22 Venezuela 327,942 768.317 426.83 697.006 470.50 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 728,321 1,008.859 721.93 915.222 795.79 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 25,338,156 44,596.310 568.17 40,457.104 626.30 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 4,030,602 5,867.024 686.99 5,322.477 757.28 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 Turkey 55,649 96.868 574.48 87.878 633.25 Malaysia 580,790 828.412 701.09 751.523 772.82 Indonesia 306,547 412.516 743.11 374.229 819.14 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 30,709,871 48,123.014 638.15 43,656.477 703.44 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 2,020,792 3,172.873 636.90 2,878.383 702.06 Federal Republic of Germany 2,305,002 3,492.804 659.93 3,168.620 727.45 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 634,564 1,227.169 517.10 1,113.270 570.00 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 35,148,223 58,980.428 595.93 53,506.160 656.90 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Czech Republic 2,499,914 4,282.333 583.77 3,884.869 643.50 Spain 703,833 1,309.909 537.31 1,188.330 592.29 Japan 7,708,904 12,120.030 636.05 10,995.110 701.12 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,912,651 17,712.273 616.11 16,068.309 679.14 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 Canada 7,219 18.511 389.98 16.793 429.88 Luxembourg 33,888 46.403 730.28 42.097 805.00 Austria 516,380 603.874 855.11 547.826 942.60 Spain 476,507 612.264 778.27 555.437 857.90 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 1,885,293 2,497.870 754.76 2,266.031 831.98 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 Canada 178,577 528.155 338.11 479.135 372.71 China 6,726 6.189 1,086.68 5.615 1,197.86 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 343,120 767.909 446.82 696.636 492.54 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 633,278 1,036.515 610.97 940.311 673.48 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 15,257 18.576 821.32 16.852 905.35 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 45,381,065 66,311.432 684.36 60,156.737 754.38 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 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 10,513,827 14,541.065 723.04 13,191.436 797.02 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 Canada 116,885 146.025 800.44 132.472 882.34 Mexico 1,902,443 4,098.427 464.19 3,718.032 511.68 Dominican Republic 530,753 1,120.333 473.75 1,016.350 522.21 Trinidad and Tobago 14,532 24.250 599.24 22.000 660.55 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 17,759,436 42,714.578 415.77 38,750.025 458.31 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 19,470,179 22,336.996 871.66 20,263.788 960.84 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 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 Ukraine 1,084,916 1,746.578 621.17 1,584.470 684.72 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Spain 628,714 545.797 1,151.92 495.139 1,269.77 Italy 561,621 427.056 1,315.10 387.419 1,449.65 Romania 1,010,300 1,471.114 686.76 1,334.573 757.02 United Arab Emirates 1,293,683 1,737.712 744.47 1,576.427 820.64 Oman 1,113,187 1,725.150 645.27 1,565.031 711.29 India 2,656,968 4,026.799 659.82 3,653.052 727.33 China 17,165,001 29,785.363 576.29 27,020.835 635.25 Korea, South 3,119,707 4,709.186 662.47 4,272.103 730.25 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 63,077,129 85,296.222 739.51 77,379.453 815.17 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 Slovakia 4,770 11.684 408.23 10.600 450.00 Russia 1,781,837 2,867.353 621.42 2,601.220 685.00 Ukraine 8,233,241 9,885.006 832.90 8,967.530 918.12 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 10,025,171 14,425.496 694.96 13,086.594 766.06 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 49,501,231 61,184.352 809.05 55,505.527 891.83 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 Italy 3,448,399 3,438.493 1,002.88 3,119.350 1,105.49 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 17,429,673 26,469.584 658.48 24,012.810 725.85 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 504,534 777.122 649.23 704.994 715.66 Slovakia 84,410 119.026 709.17 107.979 781.73 Ukraine 208,601 336.491 619.93 305.260 683.36 Italy 7,739,663 8,155.885 948.97 7,398.897 1,046.06 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 27,674,209 35,009.004 790.49 31,759.644 871.36 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 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 15,115,129 23,287.539 649.07 21,126.106 715.47 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 7,863,622 6,631.582 1,185.78 6,016.072 1,307.10 Mexico 11,520,009 13,396.555 859.92 12,153.154 947.90 Dominican Republic 290,033 641.621 452.03 582.069 498.28 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 1,978,168 771.309 2,564.69 699.720 2,827.09 Russia 498,275 821.182 606.78 744.964 668.86 Ukraine 459,072 762.397 602.14 691.636 663.75 Spain 1,109,074 813.609 1,363.15 738.094 1,502.62 Italy 904,490 734.576 1,231.31 666.397 1,357.28 Romania 127,381 106.365 1,197.58 96.493 1,320.11 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 3,428,418 5,229.334 655.61 4,743.974 722.69 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 40,300,708 42,343.558 951.76 38,413.441 1,049.13 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 500,166 692.137 722.64 627.897 796.57 Spain 661,641 367.950 1,798.18 333.799 1,982.15 Italy 763,433 578.018 1,320.78 524.370 1,455.91 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 6,921,220 6,895.429 1,003.74 6,255.430 1,106.43 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 780,954 350.433 2,228.54 317.908 2,456.54 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 65,910 16.780 3,927.78 15.223 4,329.63 Japan 145,507 66.475 2,188.87 60.306 2,412.81 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 1,451,609 744.094 1,950.84 675.031 2,150.43 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 13,988,855 15,105.042 926.10 13,703.068 1,020.86 Mexico 6,940,204 7,961.715 871.70 7,222.749 960.88 El Salvador 15,407 22.448 686.32 20.365 756.54 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 134,285 172.193 779.85 156.211 859.64 Venezuela 1,577,067 2,134.273 738.92 1,936.181 814.52 Ecuador 67,861 96.914 700.22 87.919 771.86 Chile 208,394 238.834 872.55 216.667 961.82 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 1,160,062 1,511.754 767.36 1,371.441 845.87 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 273,848 89.458 3,061.19 81.155 3,374.38 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 51,366 58.694 875.14 53.247 964.67 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 210,382 181.240 1,160.79 164.419 1,279.55 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 5,830,752 7,265.001 802.58 6,590.700 884.69 Korea, South 3,364,506 4,209.851 799.20 3,819.114 880.97 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 3,205,068 3,914.275 818.82 3,550.972 902.59 Australia 140,898 212.766 662.22 193.019 729.97 Egypt 756,838 966.397 783.15 876.701 863.28 South Africa 813,747 1,178.522 690.48 1,069.138 761.12 CATEGORY TOTAL 50,207,705 56,297.230 891.83 51,072.003 983.08 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 1,506.779 794.93 1,366.928 876.26 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,685,341 6,395.224 732.63 5,801.652 807.59 TIN PLATE.............................29 Canada 6,560,393 10,007.159 655.57 9,078.345 722.64 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 6,567,019 10,979.261 598.13 9,960.221 659.32 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 29,905,033 48,229.600 620.06 43,753.170 683.49 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A Canada 1,004,632 1,515.683 662.82 1,375.005 730.64 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 4,984,352 7,699.755 647.34 6,985.103 713.57 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 17,531,987 30,556.544 573.76 27,720.439 632.46 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 486,552 338.514 1,437.32 307.095 1,584.37 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 11,404,515 17,531.986 650.50 15,904.755 717.05 Federal Republic of Germany 319,243 521.128 612.60 472.760 675.27 Austria 45,243 98.855 457.67 89.680 504.49 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 Italy 8,991,442 17,532.728 512.84 15,905.428 565.31 Turkey 9,554,241 17,211.490 555.11 15,614.006 611.90 Malaysia 748,309 1,407.028 531.84 1,276.435 586.25 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 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 141,903,853 252,595.835 561.78 229,151.152 619.26 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 10,873,536 15,550.561 699.24 14,107.236 770.78 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Netherlands 7,383,345 11,652.591 633.62 10,571.056 698.45 Belgium 8,644,425 12,378.159 698.36 11,229.281 769.81 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 4,536,842 8,564.802 529.71 7,769.860 583.90 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 157,709,258 258,773.783 609.45 234,755.694 671.80 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 21,351,364 34,946.700 610.97 31,703.122 673.48 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 1,610,781 2,206.290 730.09 2,001.514 804.78 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 100,232 111.212 901.27 100.890 993.48 Finland 246,081 287.659 855.46 260.960 942.98 United Kingdom 5,393 5.477 984.59 4.969 1,085.33 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 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 241,765 257.871 937.54 233.937 1,033.46 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 13,283,964 19,907.453 667.29 18,059.743 735.56 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 215,541,377 305,782.184 704.89 277,401.010 777.00 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 5,351,742 6,214.643 861.15 5,637.831 949.26 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 5,737,216 7,693.698 745.70 6,979.608 822.00 Argentina 94,872 117.638 806.47 106.720 888.98 United Kingdom 511,062 769.505 664.14 698.084 732.09 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 34,522,084 41,021.416 841.56 37,214.014 927.66 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 541,337 888.840 609.04 806.343 671.35 Egypt 490,224 754.449 649.78 684.425 716.26 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,695,579 8,036.946 584.25 7,290.997 644.02 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 190,161 214.240 887.60 194.356 978.42 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 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 1,467.660 1,720.70 1,331.440 1,896.74 Austria 385,843 57.777 6,678.07 52.415 7,361.31 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 176,611 177.621 994.31 161.136 1,096.04 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 60,528 36.197 1,672.15 32.838 1,843.23 Japan 504,093 414.757 1,215.39 376.262 1,339.74 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,011,683 7,425.203 1,348.34 6,736.033 1,486.29 GRAND TOTAL 1,426,470,629 2,313,384.130 616.62 2,098,667.373 679.70 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/05 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 1,956.473 2,673.71 1,774.883 2,947.27 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,647,810 2,142.043 2,636.65 1,943.230 2,906.40 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Mexico 7,313 0.220 33,171.22 0.200 36,565.00 Sweden 5,512,089 2,084.843 2,643.89 1,891.339 2,914.38 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 3,426 2.360 1,451.67 2.141 1,600.19 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 3,484,645 1,621.144 2,149.50 1,470.678 2,369.41 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 35,863,951 15,813.168 2,267.98 14,345.469 2,500.02 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 1,060,984 582.651 1,820.96 528.573 2,007.26 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 10,157,616 4,520.956 2,246.78 4,101.344 2,476.66 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Italy 178,688 59.498 3,003.24 53.976 3,310.51 India 369,928 134.647 2,747.39 122.150 3,028.47 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/05 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 576,355 201.014 2,867.24 182.357 3,160.59 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 69,941 24.103 2,901.74 21.866 3,198.62 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 822,050 323.742 2,539.21 293.694 2,799.00 Taiwan 777,773 257.147 3,024.62 233.280 3,334.07 Japan 271,572 136.794 1,985.25 124.098 2,188.37 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,536,014 2,613.573 2,883.41 2,370.995 3,178.42 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 21,087 7.172 2,939.88 6.507 3,240.66 Sweden 937,540 302.958 3,094.62 274.839 3,411.23 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 228,301 76.675 2,977.49 69.559 3,282.12 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,140,366 2,565.230 2,393.69 2,327.139 2,638.59 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 988,731 312.045 3,168.55 283.083 3,492.72 India 401,390 171.194 2,344.64 155.305 2,584.53 China 142,294 61.161 2,326.52 55.485 2,564.55 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 5,515,626 1,711.220 3,223.21 1,552.394 3,552.98 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/05 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 2,555,298 1,018.023 2,510.06 923.536 2,766.86 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 3,605,014 1,351.148 2,668.11 1,225.742 2,941.09 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 520,618 171.409 3,037.28 155.500 3,348.03 Norway 3,330 0.288 11,530.25 0.262 12,709.92 United Kingdom 1,215,626 382.433 3,178.66 346.938 3,503.87 Belgium 20,361 8.327 2,444.90 7.555 2,695.04 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 161,691 49.035 3,297.45 44.484 3,634.81 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 5,442,450 1,469.092 3,704.63 1,332.739 4,083.66 Slovenia 131,753 61.850 2,130.18 56.110 2,348.12 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 4,469 1.901 2,350.27 1.725 2,590.72 CATEGORY TOTAL 23,881,965 7,950.325 3,003.90 7,212.416 3,311.23 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 3,177,273 489.449 6,491.53 444.021 7,155.68 Federal Republic of Germany 1,394,701 219.752 6,346.70 199.356 6,996.03 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 Spain 4,665,881 625.714 7,456.88 567.639 8,219.80 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 6,111,527 1,833.405 3,333.43 1,663.238 3,674.48 Korea, South 4,839,519 1,351.658 3,580.43 1,226.204 3,946.75 Hong Kong 6,230 0.562 11,081.89 0.510 12,215.69 Taiwan 3,987,417 1,226.228 3,251.77 1,112.416 3,584.47 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 40,760,347 9,509.393 4,286.32 8,626.779 4,724.86 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 373,472 55.214 6,763.99 50.090 7,456.02 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 622,404 103.931 5,988.60 94.285 6,601.30 Australia 233,579 89.939 2,597.06 81.592 2,862.77 CATEGORY TOTAL 13,828,220 3,946.516 3,503.90 3,580.221 3,862.39 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 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 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 421,198 154.233 2,730.92 139.918 3,010.32 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 8,139,558 3,484.466 2,335.96 3,161.056 2,574.95 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 1,944,034 562.436 3,456.45 510.234 3,810.08 Finland 2,327,553 885.757 2,627.75 803.546 2,896.60 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 354,048 238.860 1,482.24 216.691 1,633.88 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 31,152 5.695 5,469.45 5.167 6,029.03 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 16,774,491 7,325.128 2,289.99 6,645.247 2,524.28 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 102,745,240 44,701.624 2,298.47 40,552.643 2,533.63 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 CATEGORY TOTAL 314,088 126.941 2,474.28 115.159 2,727.43 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE 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 966,836 429.813 2,249.43 389.920 2,479.58 United Kingdom 217,161 50.423 4,306.78 45.743 4,747.41 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 401,180 150.831 2,659.79 136.832 2,931.92 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 147,541 72.277 2,041.31 65.569 2,250.16 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 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,538,894 4,153.049 3,019.20 3,767.584 3,328.10 GRAND TOTAL 277,251,064 104,790.674 2,645.76 95,064.528 2,916.45