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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 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 10,245 16.892 606.47 15.325 668.52 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 8,873,157 19,442.337 456.38 17,637.797 503.08 WIRE RODS..............................3 15,690,394 23,246.118 674.97 21,088.530 744.03 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 4,306,027 6,859.118 627.78 6,222.489 692.01 STEEL PILING...........................5 192,721 286.344 673.04 259.767 741.90 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 13,770,822 15,571.503 884.36 14,126.234 974.84 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 15,643,859 25,359.698 616.88 23,005.938 679.99 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 54,900 395.673 138.75 358.949 152.95 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 7,219 18.511 389.98 16.793 429.88 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 178,577 528.155 338.11 479.135 372.71 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 35,429,461 51,051.518 693.99 46,313.172 765.00 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 4,116,377 7,331.682 561.45 6,651.192 618.89 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 116,885 146.025 800.44 132.472 882.34 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 6,626,740 5,415.872 1,223.58 4,913.198 1,348.76 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,031,426 781.215 1,320.28 708.707 1,455.36 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 19,539,140 22,347.131 874.35 20,272.982 963.80 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,327,378 1,007.639 1,317.32 914.115 1,452.09 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 274,206 223.319 1,227.86 202.592 1,353.49 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 196,928 219.730 896.23 199.336 987.92 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 1,388,036 1,439.991 963.92 1,306.339 1,062.54 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 11,045,301 9,646.599 1,144.99 8,751.250 1,262.14 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 407,924 1,223.600 333.38 1,110.032 367.49 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 7,094,776 1,347.332 5,265.79 1,222.280 5,804.54 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 1,722,435 595.610 2,891.88 540.329 3,187.75 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 21,932,816 24,097.620 910.17 21,861.000 1,003.29 WIRE DRAWN............................23 14,761,237 15,645.459 943.48 14,193.326 1,040.01 BLACK PLATE...........................28 27,882 62.470 446.33 56.672 491.99 TIN PLATE.............................29 6,560,393 10,007.159 655.57 9,078.345 722.64 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 1,004,632 1,515.683 662.82 1,375.005 730.64 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 21,333,402 36,801.596 579.69 33,385.856 639.00 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 15,864,581 22,517.224 704.55 20,427.288 776.64 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 25,165,396 41,211.673 610.64 37,386.612 673.11 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,002,445 896.636 1,118.01 813.415 1,232.39 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 5,351,742 6,214.643 861.15 5,637.831 949.26 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 7,812 6.675 1,170.23 6.056 1,289.96 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 3,249,937 6,421.463 506.11 5,825.455 557.89 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,423,834 2,720.496 890.95 2,467.994 982.11 COUNTRY TOTAL 267,731,043 362,620.424 738.32 328,963.808 813.86 Mexico INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 871,455 1,225.022 711.38 1,111.322 784.16 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 121,746,083 248,417.168 490.09 225,360.328 540.23 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE WIRE RODS..............................3 1,601,671 2,749.683 582.49 2,494.472 642.09 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 552,011 992.286 556.30 900.187 613.22 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 7,800 19.012 410.25 17.248 452.23 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,973,726 3,243.082 608.60 2,942.076 670.86 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 6,344,996 9,849.007 644.23 8,934.872 710.14 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 1,047,869 1,918.814 546.10 1,740.720 601.97 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 1,902,443 4,098.427 464.19 3,718.032 511.68 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 75,193 84.531 889.52 76.686 980.53 TOOL STEEL............................17 137,231 90.839 1,510.70 82.408 1,665.26 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 3,903,842 3,935.859 991.87 3,570.553 1,093.34 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,122,548 1,988.588 1,067.36 1,804.018 1,176.57 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 8,387 5.490 1,527.52 4.981 1,683.80 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,218,746 1,424.919 855.31 1,292.666 942.82 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 684,076 757.006 903.66 686.745 996.11 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 14,933,733 16,304.355 915.94 14,791.067 1,009.65 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 1,249,576 735.885 1,698.06 667.584 1,871.79 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 312,136 72.991 4,276.32 66.217 4,713.83 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 387,753 220.752 1,756.51 200.263 1,936.22 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 3,409,968 2,150.155 1,585.92 1,950.589 1,748.17 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 215,846 260.207 829.52 236.056 914.38 WIRE DRAWN............................23 8,144,217 9,036.821 901.23 8,198.069 993.43 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 7,795,226 12,541.796 621.54 11,377.730 685.13 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 32,340,577 26,819.091 1,205.88 24,329.877 1,329.25 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 10,198,012 10,548.075 966.81 9,569.056 1,065.73 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 7,417,331 7,196.015 1,030.76 6,528.117 1,136.21 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 589,966 705.562 836.16 640.076 921.71 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,563,870 1,272.909 2,014.18 1,154.764 2,220.25 COUNTRY TOTAL 233,756,288 368,664.363 634.06 334,446.779 698.93 Guatemala STANDARD PIPE.........................18 526,768 488.291 1,078.80 442.971 1,189.17 COUNTRY TOTAL 526,768 488.291 1,078.80 442.971 1,189.17 El Salvador WIRE DRAWN............................23 15,407 22.448 686.32 20.365 756.54 COUNTRY TOTAL 15,407 22.448 686.32 20.365 756.54 Honduras WIRE DRAWN............................23 34,320 42.990 798.32 39.000 880.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 34,320 42.990 798.32 39.000 880.00 Costa Rica SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 131,359 137.672 954.14 124.894 1,051.76 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 131,359 137.672 954.14 124.894 1,051.76 Dominican Republic BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 530,753 1,120.333 473.75 1,016.350 522.21 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 37,632 79.859 471.23 72.447 519.44 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 290,033 641.621 452.03 582.069 498.28 WIRE DRAWN............................23 150,658 195.782 769.52 177.611 848.25 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 17,236 34.392 501.16 31.200 552.44 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,026,312 2,071.988 495.33 1,879.677 546.00 Trinidad and Tobago WIRE RODS..............................3 7,623,594 15,995.601 476.61 14,510.970 525.37 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,435,051 246.108 5,830.97 223.266 6,427.54 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 14,532 24.250 599.24 22.000 660.55 WIRE DRAWN............................23 134,285 172.193 779.85 156.211 859.64 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,207,462 16,438.154 560.13 14,912.447 617.43 Colombia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 70,438 81.539 863.86 73.971 952.24 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,992,351 1,166.961 1,707.30 1,058.650 1,881.97 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,300,598 1,480.039 878.76 1,342.670 968.67 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 24,408 16.735 1,458.48 15.182 1,607.69 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 26,186 42.262 619.60 38.340 682.99 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 902,937 1,395.956 646.82 1,266.391 713.00 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 17,808 55.888 318.64 50.701 351.24 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,334,726 4,239.383 1,022.49 3,845.905 1,127.10 Venezuela WIRE RODS..............................3 6,609,567 14,518.957 455.24 13,171.380 501.81 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 339,980 796.520 426.83 722.591 470.50 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 707,991 1,207.108 586.52 1,095.071 646.53 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 641,888 1,503.849 426.83 1,364.270 470.50 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 25,031 24.347 1,028.06 22.088 1,133.24 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,904,555 2,281.059 834.94 2,069.343 920.37 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 23,770 31.645 751.14 28.708 827.99 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 439,411 392.908 1,118.35 356.441 1,232.77 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,577,067 2,134.273 738.92 1,936.181 814.52 BLACK PLATE...........................28 272,401 419.864 648.78 380.895 715.16 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,369,448 2,361.188 579.98 2,142.035 639.32 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 6,007,725 9,744.798 616.51 8,840.335 679.58 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,610,781 2,206.290 730.09 2,001.514 804.78 COUNTRY TOTAL 21,529,615 37,622.813 572.25 34,130.852 630.80 Ecuador IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STANDARD PIPE.........................18 156,823 156.025 1,005.11 141.544 1,107.95 WIRE DRAWN............................23 67,861 96.914 700.22 87.919 771.86 COUNTRY TOTAL 224,684 252.939 888.29 229.463 979.17 Peru STANDARD PIPE.........................18 7,149 10.471 682.68 9.500 752.53 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,149 10.471 682.68 9.500 752.53 Chile STANDARD PIPE.........................18 742,052 1,079.424 687.45 979.238 757.79 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 63,059 215.938 292.02 195.896 321.90 WIRE DRAWN............................23 208,394 238.834 872.55 216.667 961.82 BLACK PLATE...........................28 445,781 751.809 592.94 682.030 653.61 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 392,623 706.206 555.96 640.660 612.84 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 968,099 1,452.702 666.41 1,317.870 734.59 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,820,008 4,444.915 634.43 4,032.361 699.34 Brazil BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 35,401,112 74,272.957 476.64 67,379.313 525.40 WIRE RODS..............................3 6,786,964 14,645.503 463.42 13,286.181 510.83 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 6,138,697 13,809.979 444.51 12,528.206 489.99 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 7,370,263 5,478.301 1,345.36 4,969.833 1,483.00 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 225,164 188.473 1,194.67 170.980 1,316.90 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 431,663 1,016.743 424.55 922.374 467.99 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 2,359,713 5,677.780 415.60 5,150.797 458.13 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 104,956 71.261 1,472.84 64.647 1,623.52 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,503,294 849.002 2,948.51 770.202 3,250.18 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 3,047 0.157 19,330.02 0.143 21,307.69 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 192,334 129.889 1,480.75 117.834 1,632.25 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 523,134 882.476 592.80 800.569 653.45 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 434,595 759.950 571.87 689.416 630.38 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 187,978 160.882 1,168.42 145.950 1,287.96 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 903,452 1,400.135 645.26 1,270.182 711.28 WIRE DRAWN............................23 992,967 1,421.643 698.46 1,289.694 769.92 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 190,507 227.380 837.83 206.276 923.55 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 30,279,171 39,268.799 771.07 35,624.066 849.96 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 46,992,371 66,243.312 709.39 60,094.939 781.97 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 287,057 394.209 728.18 357.621 802.68 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 5,737,216 7,693.698 745.70 6,979.608 822.00 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 215,640 231.165 932.84 209.710 1,028.28 COUNTRY TOTAL 148,261,295 234,823.704 631.37 213,028.541 695.97 Argentina BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 15,410,986 32,985.824 467.20 29,924.245 515.00 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE WIRE RODS..............................3 1,590,955 3,820.296 416.45 3,465.716 459.06 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 633,278 1,036.515 610.97 940.311 673.48 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 915,084 926.077 988.13 840.124 1,089.22 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 8,552 11.602 737.06 10.526 812.46 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 245,024 392.513 624.24 356.082 688.11 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 4,313,150 5,098.800 845.91 4,625.555 932.46 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 860,913 1,323.152 650.65 1,200.344 717.22 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 3,259,562 3,043.673 1,070.93 2,761.175 1,180.50 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 602,174 350.065 1,720.18 317.574 1,896.17 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 144,513 292.446 494.15 265.303 544.71 WIRE DRAWN............................23 48,331 87.072 555.07 78.991 611.85 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 5,576,601 9,037.370 617.06 8,198.567 680.19 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 14,005,802 20,051.009 698.51 18,189.975 769.97 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,010,136 1,386.227 728.69 1,257.565 803.25 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 94,872 117.638 806.47 106.720 888.98 COUNTRY TOTAL 48,719,933 79,960.287 609.30 72,538.773 671.64 Sweden INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 51,809 22.101 2,344.16 20.050 2,583.99 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 5,512,089 2,084.843 2,643.89 1,891.339 2,914.38 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,692,338 557.188 3,037.28 505.473 3,348.03 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 11,800,435 4,491.728 2,627.15 4,074.829 2,895.93 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,042,137 433.641 2,403.22 393.393 2,649.10 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,481,721 702.357 2,109.64 637.168 2,325.48 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 681,374 296.393 2,298.88 268.884 2,534.08 TOOL STEEL............................17 5,392,644 6,628.650 813.54 6,013.412 896.77 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 11,136 18.560 599.98 16.838 661.36 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,121,259 745.529 1,503.98 676.333 1,657.85 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 207,697 169.339 1,226.51 153.622 1,352.00 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 945,497 120.307 7,859.01 109.141 8,663.08 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 3,462 1.362 2,541.00 1.236 2,800.97 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,991,984 642.990 3,098.00 583.311 3,414.96 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 3,885,999 6,002.184 647.43 5,445.092 713.67 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 6,175,036 7,863.713 785.26 7,133.843 865.60 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 100,232 111.212 901.27 100.890 993.48 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 352,554 410.751 858.31 372.628 946.13 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 4,633,992 1,029.249 4,502.30 933.720 4,962.94 COUNTRY TOTAL 47,083,395 32,332.106 1,456.24 29,331.202 1,605.23 Norway STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 869,777 1,119.895 776.66 1,015.952 856.12 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 3,330 0.288 11,530.25 0.262 12,709.92 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,974 0.327 9,084.07 0.297 10,013.47 COUNTRY TOTAL 876,081 1,120.511 781.86 1,016.511 861.85 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Finland BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 888,981 2,116.382 420.05 1,919.950 463.02 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 757,979 780.080 971.67 707.677 1,071.08 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 82,888 28.703 2,887.77 26.039 3,183.23 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 268,747 85.649 3,137.75 77.700 3,458.78 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 50,315 23.038 2,183.97 20.900 2,407.42 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,327,553 885.757 2,627.75 803.546 2,896.60 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 361,303 418.635 863.05 379.780 951.35 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 966,836 429.813 2,249.43 389.920 2,479.58 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,704,602 4,768.059 1,196.42 4,325.512 1,318.83 Denmark MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 26,211 4.349 6,025.91 3.946 6,642.42 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 14,914 0.649 22,970.73 0.589 25,320.88 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 154,804 23.661 6,542.55 21.465 7,211.93 WIRE DRAWN............................23 294,900 22.887 12,884.88 20.763 14,203.15 COUNTRY TOTAL 490,829 51.547 9,521.90 46.763 10,496.10 United Kingdom INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 206,667 74.165 2,786.56 67.282 3,071.65 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 12,408,731 5,513.663 2,250.54 5,001.913 2,480.80 WIRE RODS..............................3 3,913,525 4,445.952 880.24 4,033.301 970.30 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 3,047,427 4,479.029 680.38 4,063.308 749.99 STEEL PILING...........................5 55,941 76.823 728.18 69.693 802.68 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 334,277 230.259 1,451.74 208.888 1,600.27 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 14,699,012 16,802.317 874.82 15,242.810 964.32 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 5,059,788 3,285.137 1,540.21 2,980.227 1,697.79 TOOL STEEL............................17 818,817 184.967 4,426.81 167.800 4,879.72 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 38,645 16.188 2,387.18 14.686 2,631.42 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 200,963 48.836 4,114.99 44.304 4,536.00 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 5,063 6.443 785.81 5.845 866.21 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 482,072 289.613 1,664.54 262.733 1,834.84 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 685,882 52.837 12,981.07 47.933 14,309.18 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 30,196 16.939 1,782.61 15.367 1,964.99 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 2,875 2.160 1,330.69 1.960 1,466.84 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,145,770 1,687.379 1,271.66 1,530.765 1,401.76 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 278,467 422.019 659.84 382.850 727.35 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 45,197 20.200 2,237.37 18.326 2,466.28 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 131,380 29.729 4,419.21 26.970 4,871.34 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 5,393 5.477 984.59 4.969 1,085.33 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 511,062 769.505 664.14 698.084 732.09 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 552,105 628.447 878.52 570.118 968.40 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 44,030 136.715 322.06 124.026 355.01 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,569,277 677.705 2,315.57 614.804 2,552.48 COUNTRY TOTAL 47,272,562 39,902.514 1,184.70 36,198.962 1,305.91 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Ireland STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 11,048 3.122 3,537.80 2.833 3,899.75 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 9,362 0.375 24,906.35 0.341 27,454.55 COUNTRY TOTAL 20,410 3.498 5,833.54 3.174 6,430.37 Netherlands BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 10,158 6.997 1,451.67 6.348 1,600.19 WIRE RODS..............................3 464,719 683.017 680.39 619.623 750.00 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 3,544,465 6,038.936 586.94 5,478.433 646.99 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,309,763 889.319 1,472.77 806.777 1,623.45 TOOL STEEL............................17 847,508 809.997 1,046.31 734.818 1,153.36 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,528,337 1,652.528 924.85 1,499.149 1,019.47 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 11,073 0.011 1,004,525.95 0.010 1,107,300.00 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 13,408 0.574 23,346.52 0.521 25,735.12 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 22,559 6.944 3,248.44 6.300 3,580.79 WIRE DRAWN............................23 60,267 48.664 1,238.41 44.148 1,365.11 BLACK PLATE...........................28 248,331 337.853 735.02 306.496 810.23 TIN PLATE.............................29 3,784,582 6,353.812 595.64 5,764.083 656.58 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 561,089 1,079.302 519.86 979.127 573.05 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 9,102,072 16,452.457 553.23 14,925.423 609.84 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 8,772,609 14,248.453 615.69 12,925.983 678.68 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 4,006,077 5,371.884 745.75 4,873.293 822.05 COUNTRY TOTAL 34,287,017 53,980.756 635.17 48,970.532 700.16 Belgium INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 939,909 1,242.381 756.54 1,127.070 833.94 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 680,371 1,019.169 667.57 924.575 735.87 WIRE RODS..............................3 938,850 2,083.819 450.54 1,890.410 496.64 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 6,842,789 4,137.750 1,653.75 3,753.705 1,822.94 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,224,887 521.166 2,350.28 472.794 2,590.74 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 9,391 2.310 4,064.59 2.096 4,480.44 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 41,881 31.326 1,336.92 28.419 1,473.70 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 21,532 16.219 1,327.55 14.714 1,463.37 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 25,610 4.662 5,492.44 4.230 6,054.37 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,002,852 616.631 1,626.34 559.399 1,792.73 BLACK PLATE...........................28 2,102,385 2,870.152 732.50 2,603.759 807.44 TIN PLATE.............................29 81,789 123.253 663.58 111.814 731.47 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 391,981 546.001 717.91 495.324 791.36 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 14,666,358 14,838.167 988.42 13,460.963 1,089.55 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 401,057 375.206 1,068.90 340.382 1,178.26 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 714,160 810.617 881.01 735.380 971.14 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 376,195 418.043 899.89 379.243 991.96 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 4,916 7.012 700.99 6.362 772.71 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 914,341 363.968 2,512.14 330.187 2,769.16 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 31,381,254 30,027.862 1,045.07 27,240.826 1,151.99 Luxembourg WIRE RODS..............................3 296,746 413.721 717.26 375.322 790.64 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 6,500,409 8,874.421 732.49 8,050.742 807.43 STEEL PILING...........................5 1,142,024 1,555.355 734.25 1,410.995 809.37 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 33,888 46.403 730.28 42.097 805.00 WIRE DRAWN............................23 594,782 464.878 1,279.43 421.731 1,410.34 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 889,836 1,291.258 689.12 1,171.410 759.63 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 729,319 824.211 884.87 747.712 975.40 COUNTRY TOTAL 10,187,004 13,470.250 756.26 12,220.009 833.63 France BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 1,015,381 138.516 7,330.40 125.660 8,080.38 WIRE RODS..............................3 322,843 106.528 3,030.58 96.641 3,340.64 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,390 1.496 1,596.59 1.358 1,759.94 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,065,077 1,148.389 1,798.24 1,041.802 1,982.22 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 3,863,842 5,691.239 678.91 5,163.007 748.37 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,708,604 1,254.141 1,362.37 1,137.738 1,501.76 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 38,242 5.435 7,035.61 4.931 7,755.42 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 4,393,054 2,103.643 2,088.31 1,908.394 2,301.96 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,593,108 1,068.022 1,491.64 968.894 1,644.25 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 68,698 57.263 1,199.67 51.949 1,322.41 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 72,579 105.646 687.00 95.841 757.29 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 147,072 174.047 845.01 157.893 931.47 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 694,856 669.037 1,038.59 606.941 1,144.85 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 2,051,185 1,526.081 1,344.09 1,384.438 1,481.60 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 3,177,273 489.449 6,491.53 444.021 7,155.68 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 8,536 4.128 2,067.75 3.745 2,279.31 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 4,510 2.592 1,739.54 2.352 1,917.52 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,002,130 835.575 2,396.11 758.022 2,641.26 BLACK PLATE...........................28 46,002 60.627 758.77 55.000 836.40 TIN PLATE.............................29 6,567,019 10,979.261 598.13 9,960.221 659.32 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 32,932 50.160 656.53 45.505 723.70 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 11,706,592 17,952.983 652.07 16,286.677 718.78 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,018,274 2,414.573 1,250.02 2,190.465 1,377.91 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 90,757 132.488 685.02 120.192 755.10 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 42,245 11.767 3,590.07 10.675 3,957.38 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,820,759 342.688 5,313.16 310.882 5,856.75 COUNTRY TOTAL 46,553,960 47,325.787 983.69 42,933.244 1,084.33 Federal Republic of Germany INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 155,955 87.801 1,776.23 79.652 1,957.95 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 7,135,884 15,044.038 474.33 13,647.726 522.86 WIRE RODS..............................3 8,577,608 16,687.364 514.02 15,138.527 566.61 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,633,964 4,209.327 625.74 3,818.639 689.77 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 4,054,872 3,666.863 1,105.81 3,326.524 1,218.95 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 6,070,326 5,204.296 1,166.41 4,721.260 1,285.74 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,283,379 1,609.063 1,419.07 1,459.718 1,564.26 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 4,647,070 10,833.203 428.97 9,827.720 472.85 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 4,688,529 3,037.889 1,543.35 2,755.928 1,701.25 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,427,093 1,489.035 1,629.98 1,350.831 1,796.74 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,235,376 973.922 1,268.45 883.528 1,398.23 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 11,068,311 11,476.613 964.42 10,411.412 1,063.09 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 250,527 209.417 1,196.31 189.980 1,318.70 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 70,094 26.135 2,681.92 23.710 2,956.31 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 4,114,042 3,319.823 1,239.24 3,011.694 1,366.02 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 2,743,863 2,392.178 1,147.01 2,170.148 1,264.37 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,394,701 219.752 6,346.70 199.356 6,996.03 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 52,294 8.906 5,871.33 8.080 6,472.03 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 852,334 518.531 1,643.75 470.404 1,811.92 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,272,323 1,087.936 2,088.65 986.960 2,302.35 BLACK PLATE...........................28 344,771 385.667 893.96 349.872 985.42 TIN PLATE.............................29 9,976,776 16,964.386 588.10 15,389.837 648.27 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 1,275,826 1,972.566 646.78 1,789.483 712.96 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 413,132 575.791 717.50 522.349 790.91 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 11,169,360 6,029.379 1,852.49 5,469.763 2,042.02 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 3,451,901 7,372.942 468.18 6,688.623 516.09 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 2,539,776 3,976.442 638.71 3,607.369 704.05 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 688,803 622.728 1,106.10 564.930 1,219.27 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 1,464,857 1,320.793 1,109.07 1,198.204 1,222.54 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 721,176 947.487 761.15 859.546 839.02 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 5,436,354 2,795.153 1,944.92 2,535.721 2,143.91 COUNTRY TOTAL 104,211,277 125,065.443 833.25 113,457.494 918.51 Austria BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 5,432 0.077 70,397.56 0.070 77,600.00 WIRE RODS..............................3 38,136 14.253 2,675.46 12.931 2,949.19 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 67,142 14.222 4,720.99 12.902 5,204.00 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 305,769 242.381 1,261.52 219.885 1,390.59 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 516,380 603.874 855.11 547.826 942.60 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 995,742 268.796 3,704.45 243.848 4,083.45 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 262,632 104.296 2,518.13 94.616 2,775.77 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,664,155 631.431 4,219.23 572.825 4,650.91 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 13,257,871 13,411.569 988.54 12,166.775 1,089.68 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 707,970 947.898 746.88 859.919 823.30 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 198,694 61.996 3,204.94 56.242 3,532.84 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 774,001 136.888 5,654.25 124.183 6,232.75 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 134,195 101.112 1,327.18 91.728 1,462.97 WIRE DRAWN............................23 404,751 130.241 3,107.70 118.153 3,425.65 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 416,785 740.402 562.92 671.682 620.51 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 244,919 228.890 1,070.03 207.646 1,179.50 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 26,259 19.126 1,372.93 17.351 1,513.40 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 12,069 1.895 6,365.59 1.720 7,016.86 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 931,756 154.683 6,023.61 140.327 6,639.89 COUNTRY TOTAL 21,964,658 17,814.039 1,233.00 16,160.629 1,359.15 Czech Republic BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 63,115 34.492 1,829.82 31.291 2,017.03 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 3,651,911 5,752.189 634.87 5,218.300 699.83 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 2,499,914 4,282.333 583.77 3,884.869 643.50 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 4,024,671 6,840.998 588.32 6,206.051 648.51 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 93,964 173.619 541.21 157.505 596.58 TOOL STEEL............................17 20,281 7.601 2,668.01 6.896 2,940.98 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 1,169,497 1,609.581 726.58 1,460.188 800.92 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 504,534 777.122 649.23 704.994 715.66 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 500,166 692.137 722.64 627.897 796.57 WIRE DRAWN............................23 74,586 65.068 1,146.27 59.029 1,263.55 COUNTRY TOTAL 12,602,639 20,235.145 622.81 18,357.020 686.53 Slovakia TOOL STEEL............................17 45,444 17.416 2,609.25 15.800 2,876.20 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 4,770 11.684 408.23 10.600 450.00 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 84,410 119.026 709.17 107.979 781.73 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 15,648 7.314 2,139.18 6.636 2,358.05 COUNTRY TOTAL 150,272 155.442 966.74 141.015 1,065.65 Hungary PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 125,542 193.642 648.32 175.670 714.65 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 271,792 443.195 613.26 402.060 676.00 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,425 0.035 68,747.61 0.032 75,781.25 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,047,095 1,681.514 622.71 1,525.445 686.42 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,446,854 2,318.388 624.08 2,103.207 687.93 Switzerland PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 23,092 39.772 580.60 36.081 640.00 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 23,596 12.156 1,941.05 11.028 2,139.64 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 612,761 176.028 3,481.04 159.690 3,837.19 TOOL STEEL............................17 81,025 4.777 16,960.01 4.334 18,695.20 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,167,831 880.217 2,462.84 798.520 2,714.81 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 59,745 0.777 76,879.10 0.705 84,744.68 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 2,607 2.873 907.18 2.607 1,000.00 WIRE DRAWN............................23 240,372 63.085 3,810.27 57.230 4,200.10 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 147,492 92.608 1,592.64 84.013 1,755.59 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,358,521 1,272.296 2,639.73 1,154.208 2,909.81 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Estonia SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 2,253,911 2,250.332 1,001.59 2,041.468 1,104.06 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,253,911 2,250.332 1,001.59 2,041.468 1,104.06 Latvia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 248,936 82.106 3,031.86 74.486 3,342.05 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 18,625 3.031 6,144.12 2.750 6,772.73 COUNTRY TOTAL 267,561 85.138 3,142.67 77.236 3,464.20 Lithuania BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 129,988 40.796 3,186.25 37.010 3,512.24 COUNTRY TOTAL 129,988 40.796 3,186.25 37.010 3,512.24 Poland STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 155,950 265.168 588.12 240.557 648.29 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 53,406 21.206 2,518.41 19.238 2,776.07 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 354,802 340.294 1,042.63 308.710 1,149.31 TOOL STEEL............................17 59,034 21.484 2,747.81 19.490 3,028.94 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 351,996 409.758 859.03 371.727 946.92 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,132,601 1,102.582 1,027.23 1,000.246 1,132.32 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 18,588 20.117 923.99 18.250 1,018.52 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,126,377 2,180.611 975.13 1,978.218 1,074.90 Russia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 11,406,729 25,498.359 447.35 23,131.729 493.12 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 156,862 289.804 541.27 262.906 596.65 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 453,749 499.813 907.84 453.423 1,000.72 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 3,066,873 5,460.077 561.69 4,953.300 619.16 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 3,590,467 6,974.301 514.81 6,326.982 567.48 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 4,027,580 2,968.005 1,357.00 2,692.530 1,495.83 TOOL STEEL............................17 370,650 262.418 1,412.44 238.062 1,556.95 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,781,837 2,867.353 621.42 2,601.220 685.00 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 498,275 821.182 606.78 744.964 668.86 WIRE DRAWN............................23 69,270 132.850 521.41 120.520 574.76 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,629,281 4,739.294 554.78 4,299.417 611.54 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 15,312,568 26,614.273 575.35 24,144.070 634.22 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 2,795,932 4,154.103 673.05 3,768.540 741.91 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 1,564,533 1,521.123 1,028.54 1,379.940 1,133.77 COUNTRY TOTAL 47,724,606 82,802.960 576.36 75,117.603 635.33 Belarus BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 588,328 1,398.424 420.71 1,268.630 463.75 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 3,941 0.771 5,107.45 0.700 5,630.00 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE WIRE DRAWN............................23 327,819 362.068 905.41 328.463 998.04 COUNTRY TOTAL 920,088 1,761.264 522.40 1,597.793 575.85 Ukraine BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 459,203 612.730 749.44 555.860 826.11 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 9,659,972 9,434.290 1,023.92 8,558.647 1,128.68 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 402,165 514.452 781.73 466.704 861.71 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 6,210,382 4,283.825 1,449.73 3,886.222 1,598.05 TOOL STEEL............................17 740,322 155.615 4,757.38 141.172 5,244.11 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,084,916 1,746.578 621.17 1,584.470 684.72 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 8,233,241 9,885.006 832.90 8,967.530 918.12 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 208,601 336.491 619.93 305.260 683.36 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 459,072 762.397 602.14 691.636 663.75 COUNTRY TOTAL 27,457,874 27,731.390 990.14 25,157.501 1,091.44 Kazakhstan SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 241,765 257.871 937.54 233.937 1,033.46 COUNTRY TOTAL 241,765 257.871 937.54 233.937 1,033.46 Spain BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 14,515,790 7,005.326 2,072.11 6,355.127 2,284.11 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,717,677 3,135.868 547.75 2,844.813 603.79 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 39,448 45.637 864.37 41.402 952.80 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 703,833 1,309.909 537.31 1,188.330 592.29 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 476,507 612.264 778.27 555.437 857.90 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 9,737,391 10,625.367 916.43 9,639.174 1,010.19 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 3,932,653 10,573.186 371.95 9,591.836 410.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,465,160 1,456.504 1,005.94 1,321.319 1,108.86 TOOL STEEL............................17 989,096 603.839 1,638.01 547.794 1,805.60 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,140,515 914.228 1,247.52 829.374 1,375.15 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 378,223 289.966 1,304.37 263.053 1,437.82 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,802,111 1,597.328 1,128.20 1,449.072 1,243.63 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 807,899 396.868 2,035.69 360.033 2,243.96 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 4,665,881 625.714 7,456.88 567.639 8,219.80 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 13,572 8.765 1,548.33 7.952 1,706.74 WIRE DRAWN............................23 522,521 211.809 2,466.94 192.150 2,719.34 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 354,048 238.860 1,482.24 216.691 1,633.88 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,236,602 2,174.009 568.81 1,972.229 627.01 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 401,180 150.831 2,659.79 136.832 2,931.92 COUNTRY TOTAL 44,900,107 41,976.286 1,069.65 38,080.257 1,179.09 Portugal BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 136,670 46.103 2,964.45 41.824 3,267.74 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 136,670 46.103 2,964.45 41.824 3,267.74 Italy INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 5,231,051 1,956.473 2,673.71 1,774.883 2,947.27 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 3,891,074 1,934.263 2,011.66 1,754.735 2,217.47 WIRE RODS..............................3 3,857,548 5,634.085 684.68 5,111.158 754.73 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,331,338 1,669.332 797.53 1,514.393 879.12 STEEL PILING...........................5 2,275 3.457 657.90 3.137 725.22 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 6,283,826 8,316.268 755.61 7,544.394 832.91 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 66,880 122.080 547.83 110.750 603.88 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,145,580 516.472 2,218.09 468.536 2,445.02 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 865,331 286.913 3,016.00 260.284 3,324.56 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 6,183,224 2,138.951 2,890.77 1,940.425 3,186.53 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 617,454 449.628 1,373.25 407.896 1,513.75 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 3,448,399 3,438.493 1,002.88 3,119.350 1,105.49 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 7,739,663 8,155.885 948.97 7,398.897 1,046.06 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,275,472 1,098.625 1,160.97 996.657 1,279.75 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 935,139 639.673 1,461.90 580.302 1,611.47 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 277,371 61.833 4,485.81 56.094 4,944.75 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,175,126 1,855.538 1,172.23 1,683.317 1,292.17 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 9,999,259 17,965.903 556.57 16,298.398 613.51 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 20,994,921 16,218.744 1,294.48 14,713.402 1,426.92 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 97,981 24.332 4,026.77 22.074 4,438.75 COUNTRY TOTAL 76,418,912 72,486.959 1,054.24 65,759.082 1,162.10 Slovenia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 131,753 61.850 2,130.18 56.110 2,348.12 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,686,211 1,294.698 2,074.78 1,174.531 2,287.05 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 106,183 80.821 1,313.80 73.320 1,448.21 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,924,147 1,437.370 2,034.37 1,303.961 2,242.51 Greece LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 3,374,658 6,655.284 507.06 6,037.574 558.94 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 1,203,221 2,590.988 464.39 2,350.506 511.90 WIRE DRAWN............................23 543,856 522.054 1,041.76 473.600 1,148.34 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 14,032 20.626 680.29 18.712 749.89 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,135,767 9,788.953 524.65 8,880.392 578.33 Romania PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 5,206,008 8,626.727 603.47 7,826.038 665.22 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,010,300 1,471.114 686.76 1,334.573 757.02 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 66,751 89.520 745.65 81.212 821.94 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,231,469 1,760.109 699.65 1,596.745 771.24 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 127,381 106.365 1,197.58 96.493 1,320.11 WIRE DRAWN............................23 22,012 24.250 907.68 22.000 1,000.55 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 86,455 36.751 2,352.45 33.340 2,593.13 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 9,660 9.371 1,030.75 8.502 1,136.20 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 40,103 23.729 1,690.01 21.527 1,862.92 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,800,139 12,147.941 642.10 11,020.430 707.79 Turkey BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 192,344 549.281 350.17 498.300 386.00 WIRE RODS..............................3 17,191,036 40,451.506 424.98 36,697.000 468.46 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,484,817 4,493.721 552.95 4,076.637 609.53 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 55,649 96.868 574.48 87.878 633.25 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 3,395,411 6,056.191 560.65 5,494.086 618.01 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 3,792,949 5,165.766 734.25 4,686.306 809.37 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 3,759,430 3,618.751 1,038.87 3,282.877 1,145.16 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 1,345,583 3,169.339 424.56 2,875.177 468.00 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,369,618 3,498.602 677.30 3,173.880 746.60 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 123,179 184.802 666.54 167.650 734.74 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 185,744 288.496 643.83 261.720 709.71 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 241,850 428.384 564.56 388.624 622.32 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 2,961 0.022 134,308.74 0.020 148,050.00 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 5,859,591 10,180.751 575.56 9,235.825 634.44 WIRE DRAWN............................23 544,142 514.933 1,056.72 467.140 1,164.84 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 9,554,241 17,211.490 555.11 15,614.006 611.90 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 4,218,072 7,294.058 578.29 6,617.060 637.45 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 3,313,032 4,764.088 695.42 4,321.910 766.57 COUNTRY TOTAL 58,629,649 107,967.059 543.03 97,946.096 598.59 Israel MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 102,291 14.936 6,848.48 13.550 7,549.15 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 2,521 0.992 2,541.13 0.900 2,801.11 WIRE DRAWN............................23 638,638 851.807 749.74 772.747 826.45 COUNTRY TOTAL 743,450 867.735 856.77 787.197 944.43 Saudi Arabia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 165,100 76.239 2,165.55 69.163 2,387.11 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 6,172,616 10,714.132 576.12 9,719.700 635.06 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 3,811,520 5,737.353 664.33 5,204.841 732.30 COUNTRY TOTAL 10,149,236 16,527.724 614.07 14,993.704 676.90 United Arab Emirates STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,293,683 1,737.712 744.47 1,576.427 820.64 WIRE DRAWN............................23 19,144 21.185 903.64 19.219 996.10 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,312,827 1,758.898 746.39 1,595.646 822.76 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Oman STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,113,187 1,725.150 645.27 1,565.031 711.29 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,113,187 1,725.150 645.27 1,565.031 711.29 India WIRE RODS..............................3 436,875 146.091 2,990.42 132.532 3,296.37 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 369,928 134.647 2,747.39 122.150 3,028.47 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,026,504 938.774 1,093.45 851.642 1,205.32 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 2,555,298 1,018.023 2,510.06 923.536 2,766.86 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 3,417,119 1,391.418 2,455.85 1,262.274 2,707.11 TOOL STEEL............................17 67,820 10.876 6,235.46 9.867 6,873.42 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,670,618 4,027.983 663.02 3,654.126 730.85 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,910,627 3,184.671 913.95 2,889.086 1,007.46 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,127,280 1,115.249 1,010.79 1,011.738 1,114.20 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 278,684 39.708 7,018.24 36.023 7,736.28 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 16,416 13.012 1,261.53 11.805 1,390.60 WIRE DRAWN............................23 4,358,808 2,628.744 1,658.13 2,384.758 1,827.78 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 421,198 154.233 2,730.92 139.918 3,010.32 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,057,392 2,972.529 692.14 2,696.634 762.95 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 27,550,051 42,355.047 650.45 38,423.864 717.00 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,106,799 518.631 2,134.07 470.495 2,352.41 COUNTRY TOTAL 50,371,417 60,649.645 830.53 55,020.448 915.50 Thailand WIRE RODS..............................3 286,108 442.271 646.91 401.222 713.09 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 662,345 1,437.560 460.74 1,304.133 507.88 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 350,879 118.304 2,965.90 107.324 3,269.34 WIRE DRAWN............................23 319,821 268.389 1,191.63 243.479 1,313.55 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 709,191 396.755 1,787.47 359.931 1,970.35 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 9,706 11.133 871.80 10.100 960.99 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 8,458 4.190 2,018.14 3.802 2,224.62 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 14,249 19.159 743.71 17.381 819.80 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,360,757 2,697.765 875.08 2,447.372 964.61 Vietnam PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 80,401 87.571 918.11 79.444 1,012.05 COUNTRY TOTAL 80,401 87.571 918.11 79.444 1,012.05 Malaysia WIRE RODS..............................3 4,366,245 10,938.547 399.16 9,923.286 440.00 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 580,790 828.412 701.09 751.523 772.82 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 634,564 1,227.169 517.10 1,113.270 570.00 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 586,978 211.820 2,771.12 192.160 3,054.63 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 748,309 1,407.028 531.84 1,276.435 586.25 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 31,152 5.695 5,469.45 5.167 6,029.03 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 2,791,498 4,432.122 629.83 4,020.755 694.27 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,739,536 19,050.795 511.24 17,282.596 563.55 Singapore STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 300,193 107.957 2,780.67 97.937 3,065.16 WIRE DRAWN............................23 65,893 60.528 1,088.62 54.911 1,200.00 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 11,294 1.283 8,802.19 1.164 9,702.75 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 217,089 62.749 3,459.64 56.925 3,813.60 COUNTRY TOTAL 594,469 232.518 2,556.66 210.937 2,818.23 Indonesia PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 319,095 428.749 744.25 388.955 820.39 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 613,444 552.412 1,110.48 501.140 1,224.10 WIRE DRAWN............................23 83,808 17.000 4,929.61 15.423 5,433.96 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 4,757 5.059 940.19 4.590 1,036.38 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 4,740,269 8,647.091 548.19 7,844.512 604.28 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 2,726,404 4,800.228 567.97 4,354.695 626.08 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 147,541 72.277 2,041.31 65.569 2,250.16 COUNTRY TOTAL 8,635,318 14,522.819 594.60 13,174.884 655.44 China BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 10,218,028 23,468.332 435.40 21,290.119 479.94 WIRE RODS..............................3 49,254,337 120,131.925 410.00 108,981.880 451.95 STEEL PILING...........................5 20,204 23.408 863.10 21.236 951.40 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 240,744 360.731 667.38 327.250 735.66 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 6,726 6.189 1,086.68 5.615 1,197.86 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 798,350 1,077.138 741.18 977.164 817.01 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 96,823 33.902 2,855.91 30.756 3,148.10 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,991,393 1,080.842 1,842.45 980.524 2,030.95 TOOL STEEL............................17 4,566,651 1,874.284 2,436.48 1,700.323 2,685.76 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 17,271,981 29,917.465 577.32 27,140.676 636.39 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 12,989,165 18,245.064 711.93 16,551.649 784.77 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 168,602 593.671 284.00 538.570 313.05 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 3,857,906 6,456.546 597.52 5,857.282 658.65 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 1,529,184 2,916.326 524.35 2,645.648 578.00 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 4,063,596 5,998.710 677.41 5,441.940 746.72 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 614,225 770.111 797.58 698.634 879.18 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 6,111,527 1,833.405 3,333.43 1,663.238 3,674.48 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 36,672 35.604 1,029.98 32.300 1,135.36 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 2,869,044 3,718.970 771.46 3,373.794 850.39 WIRE DRAWN............................23 7,624,097 8,060.247 945.89 7,312.136 1,042.66 TIN PLATE.............................29 2,106,462 2,618.567 804.43 2,375.525 886.74 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 103,865 44.290 2,345.07 40.180 2,584.99 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 32,087,758 32,365.966 991.40 29,361.919 1,092.84 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 13,283,964 19,907.453 667.29 18,059.743 735.56 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 39,595 18.813 2,104.65 17.067 2,319.97 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 833,124 556.572 1,496.88 504.914 1,650.03 COUNTRY TOTAL 172,784,023 282,114.544 612.46 255,930.082 675.12 Korea, South WIRE RODS..............................3 488,872 218.195 2,240.52 197.944 2,469.75 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,008,079 4,634.909 433.25 4,204.720 477.58 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 7,803,182 13,278.916 587.64 12,046.434 647.76 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 109,418 178.055 614.52 161.529 677.39 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 441,189 685.593 643.51 621.960 709.35 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 4,668 5.219 894.35 4.735 985.85 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,646,038 3,073.022 861.05 2,787.800 949.15 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 314,195 602.249 521.70 546.352 575.08 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 68,727 43.411 1,583.16 39.382 1,745.14 TOOL STEEL............................17 105,581 36.839 2,865.99 33.420 3,159.22 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 3,119,707 4,709.186 662.47 4,272.103 730.25 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 5,821,255 8,932.663 651.68 8,103.578 718.36 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 2,542,804 3,958.320 642.39 3,590.929 708.12 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 914,303 1,427.604 640.45 1,295.101 705.97 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 3,535,355 5,488.168 644.18 4,978.784 710.08 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 3,543,023 5,399.207 656.21 4,898.080 723.35 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 4,839,519 1,351.658 3,580.43 1,226.204 3,946.75 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 65,910 16.780 3,927.78 15.223 4,329.63 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 6,067,238 10,104.474 600.45 9,166.628 661.88 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 301,700 457.314 659.72 414.869 727.22 WIRE DRAWN............................23 8,405,560 7,506.384 1,119.79 6,809.679 1,234.35 TIN PLATE.............................29 218,123 329.348 662.29 298.780 730.05 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 15,290,535 32,250.445 474.12 29,257.120 522.63 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 14,793,549 17,343.369 852.98 15,733.645 940.25 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 26,137,611 33,501.160 780.20 30,391.750 860.02 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 155,533 214.522 725.02 194.612 799.20 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 7,085,385 9,471.166 748.10 8,592.100 824.64 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,102,916 1,138.863 968.44 1,033.160 1,067.52 COUNTRY TOTAL 117,929,975 166,357.051 708.90 150,916.621 781.42 Hong Kong MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 7,698 1.620 4,750.69 1.470 5,236.73 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 6,230 0.562 11,081.89 0.510 12,215.69 WIRE DRAWN............................23 62,504 13.947 4,481.36 12.653 4,939.86 COUNTRY TOTAL 76,432 16.130 4,738.47 14.633 5,223.26 Taiwan WIRE RODS..............................3 2,824,259 1,192.356 2,368.64 1,081.688 2,610.97 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 49,666 41.617 1,193.38 37.755 1,315.48 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 777,773 257.147 3,024.62 233.280 3,334.07 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 228,301 76.675 2,977.49 69.559 3,282.12 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 465,245 185.677 2,505.66 168.444 2,762.02 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 5,756,994 2,011.561 2,861.95 1,824.858 3,154.76 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,626,191 817.785 1,988.53 741.883 2,191.98 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,675,512 2,888.000 580.16 2,619.951 639.52 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 46,875 29.140 1,608.58 26.436 1,773.15 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 3,987,417 1,226.228 3,251.77 1,112.416 3,584.47 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 593,594 194.940 3,045.00 176.847 3,356.54 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,918,337 2,497.253 1,168.62 2,265.471 1,288.18 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 14,355 20.274 708.02 18.393 780.46 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 24,033,569 34,982.045 687.03 31,735.187 757.32 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 17,076,407 22,902.462 745.61 20,776.770 821.90 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,319,693 1,641.719 803.85 1,489.343 886.09 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 3,943,526 5,035.822 783.09 4,568.423 863.21 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 315,625 161.273 1,957.08 146.305 2,157.31 COUNTRY TOTAL 67,653,339 76,161.983 888.28 69,093.009 979.16 Japan BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 11,162 14.408 774.69 13.071 853.95 WIRE RODS..............................3 4,080,819 7,729.245 527.97 7,011.856 581.99 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 33,746 9.268 3,641.04 8.408 4,013.56 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,779,302 3,272.338 849.33 2,968.616 936.23 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 692,032 1,283.029 539.37 1,163.945 594.56 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 7,786,780 12,264.976 634.88 11,126.603 699.83 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 169,366 170.492 993.39 154.668 1,095.03 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 7,813,048 10,279.542 760.06 9,325.447 837.82 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 1,124,214 139.629 8,051.39 126.670 8,875.14 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 2,247,459 5,634.471 398.88 5,111.508 439.69 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 592,159 502.873 1,177.55 456.199 1,298.03 TOOL STEEL............................17 4,603,452 4,902.395 939.02 4,447.380 1,035.09 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 3,554,251 3,482.089 1,020.72 3,158.899 1,125.15 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 7,667,907 2,534.457 3,025.46 2,299.222 3,335.00 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 6,901,997 10,454.367 660.20 9,484.045 727.75 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 5,814,356 6,992.223 831.55 6,343.240 916.62 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 4,696,165 6,809.423 689.66 6,177.407 760.22 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 5,728,625 3,177.084 1,803.11 2,882.203 1,987.59 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 1,312,366 795.557 1,649.62 721.718 1,818.39 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 4,544,420 1,302.947 3,487.80 1,182.014 3,844.64 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 174,080 77.086 2,258.23 69.932 2,489.28 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 650,039 749.394 867.42 679.839 956.17 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 55,500 141.434 392.41 128.307 432.56 WIRE DRAWN............................23 6,935,299 6,847.465 1,012.83 6,211.918 1,116.45 BLACK PLATE...........................28 1,197,788 1,506.779 794.93 1,366.928 876.26 TIN PLATE.............................29 609,889 853.811 714.31 774.565 787.40 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 1,831,406 2,660.023 688.49 2,413.133 758.93 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,963,632 3,085.502 636.41 2,799.122 701.52 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 8,793,575 11,192.997 785.63 10,154.119 866.01 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 2,743,590 3,338.508 821.80 3,028.645 905.88 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 827,324 1,132.037 730.83 1,026.967 805.60 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 1,531,405 1,171.315 1,307.42 1,062.600 1,441.19 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 1,288,597 1,776.196 725.48 1,611.339 799.71 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,107,708 615.382 3,425.04 558.266 3,775.45 COUNTRY TOTAL 102,863,458 116,898.757 879.94 106,048.799 969.96 Australia PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 42,372 19.141 2,213.60 17.365 2,440.08 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 153,149 228.344 670.69 207.151 739.31 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 4,469 1.901 2,350.27 1.725 2,590.72 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,088 3.152 662.31 2.860 730.07 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 80,344 104.840 766.34 95.110 844.75 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 37,314 57.378 650.31 52.053 716.85 WIRE DRAWN............................23 374,477 302.706 1,237.10 274.611 1,363.66 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 26,283,829 44,874.485 585.72 40,709.460 645.64 COUNTRY TOTAL 26,978,042 45,591.952 591.73 41,360.335 652.27 New Zealand PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,272,018 3,679.062 617.55 3,337.590 680.74 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 6,107 11.219 544.33 10.178 600.02 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 7,636,552 12,366.153 617.54 11,218.389 680.72 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 986,879 1,615.800 610.77 1,465.830 673.26 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 17,636 21.985 802.16 19.945 884.23 COUNTRY TOTAL 10,919,192 17,694.221 617.10 16,051.932 680.24 Egypt PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,025,532 3,586.870 564.71 3,253.955 622.48 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 16,990 15.497 1,096.31 14.059 1,208.48 WIRE DRAWN............................23 756,838 966.397 783.15 876.701 863.28 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 22,267,798 41,614.111 535.10 37,751.698 589.85 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 490,224 754.449 649.78 684.425 716.26 COUNTRY TOTAL 25,557,382 46,937.326 544.50 42,580.838 600.21 South Africa WIRE RODS..............................3 1,865,943 4,020.144 464.15 3,647.015 511.64 STEEL PILING...........................5 95,171 35.968 2,645.96 32.630 2,916.67 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,833,629 2,755.066 665.55 2,499.355 733.64 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 3,667,000 6,685.640 548.49 6,065.113 604.61 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 18,938 27.298 693.73 24.765 764.71 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 736,787 1,083.048 680.29 982.525 749.89 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 975,406 1,432.310 681.00 1,299.371 750.68 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 597,840 914.032 654.07 829.197 720.99 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 19,825 9.066 2,186.62 8.225 2,410.33 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 9,576 3.417 2,802.32 3.100 3,089.03 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 216,408 151.184 1,431.42 137.152 1,577.87 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 16,910 53.076 318.60 48.150 351.19 WIRE DRAWN............................23 813,747 1,178.522 690.48 1,069.138 761.12 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 6,080,906 2,574.764 2,361.73 2,335.788 2,603.36 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 5,958,455 4,563.230 1,305.75 4,139.694 1,439.35 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 13,404,456 18,384.584 729.11 16,678.219 803.71 COUNTRY TOTAL 36,310,997 43,871.357 827.67 39,799.437 912.35 GRAND TOTAL 2,029,158,703 2,778,409.484 730.33 2,520,531.397 805.05 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 7,917 15.390 514.41 13.962 567.04 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 3,204,948 5,923.658 541.04 5,373.854 596.40 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,384,728 2,487.413 556.69 2,256.544 613.65 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 9,706,786 9,693.673 1,001.35 8,793.955 1,103.80 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,103,530 3,089.556 680.85 2,802.799 750.51 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 54,900 395.673 138.75 358.949 152.95 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 18,265,916 26,546.096 688.08 24,082.220 758.48 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 335,670 598.241 561.09 542.716 618.50 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,699,814 1,320.818 1,286.94 1,198.227 1,418.61 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,031,426 781.215 1,320.28 708.707 1,455.36 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 68,961 10.134 6,804.48 9.194 7,500.65 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 527,513 430.637 1,224.96 390.668 1,350.28 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 193,841 144.158 1,344.64 130.778 1,482.21 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 3,181,679 3,015.016 1,055.28 2,735.178 1,163.24 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 5,934 0.059 99,689.55 0.054 109,888.89 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 941,481 245.177 3,840.00 222.421 4,232.88 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 874,522 788.226 1,109.48 715.067 1,222.99 WIRE DRAWN............................23 593,873 521.926 1,137.85 473.484 1,254.26 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 3,801,415 6,245.051 608.71 5,665.417 670.99 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 4,901,025 6,936.456 706.56 6,292.649 778.85 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 3,814,032 6,264.973 608.79 5,683.490 671.07 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 914,819 793.058 1,153.53 719.451 1,271.55 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 7,812 6.675 1,170.23 6.056 1,289.96 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 237,650 930.514 255.40 844.149 281.53 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 68,781 94.055 731.28 85.326 806.10 COUNTRY TOTAL 57,928,973 77,277.859 749.62 70,105.315 826.31 Mexico INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 851,797 1,183.187 719.92 1,073.370 793.57 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 25,493,560 51,161.974 498.29 46,413.376 549.27 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 3,546,334 5,899.936 601.08 5,352.334 662.58 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 536,819 985.540 544.69 894.068 600.42 TOOL STEEL............................17 137,231 90.839 1,510.70 82.408 1,665.26 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 34,330 32.173 1,067.04 29.187 1,176.21 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 3,413,724 2,907.800 1,173.99 2,637.913 1,294.10 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 30,212 13.622 2,217.82 12.358 2,444.73 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 17,063 7.189 2,373.40 6.522 2,616.22 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,204,013 1,075.105 1,119.90 975.320 1,234.48 COUNTRY TOTAL 35,265,083 63,357.370 556.61 57,476.856 613.55 Dominican Republic IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 17,236 34.392 501.16 31.200 552.44 COUNTRY TOTAL 17,236 34.392 501.16 31.200 552.44 Trinidad and Tobago BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,421,312 223.831 6,349.91 203.057 6,999.57 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,421,312 223.831 6,349.91 203.057 6,999.57 Colombia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 70,438 81.539 863.86 73.971 952.24 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 24,408 16.735 1,458.48 15.182 1,607.69 COUNTRY TOTAL 94,846 98.274 965.11 89.153 1,063.86 Venezuela STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 12,038 28.202 426.84 25.585 470.51 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 439,411 392.908 1,118.35 356.441 1,232.77 COUNTRY TOTAL 451,449 421.111 1,072.04 382.026 1,181.72 Brazil BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 1,790,000 2,690.281 665.36 2,440.583 733.43 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 7,353,686 5,476.336 1,342.81 4,968.050 1,480.20 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 220,524 177.295 1,243.82 160.840 1,371.08 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 66,425 34.109 1,947.38 30.944 2,146.62 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,503,294 849.002 2,948.51 770.202 3,250.18 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 7,733 0.809 9,557.58 0.734 10,535.42 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 14,495 4.469 3,242.82 4.055 3,574.60 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 59,267 91.826 645.42 83.304 711.45 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 98,038 174.176 562.87 158.010 620.45 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 231,715 437.313 529.86 396.724 584.07 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 4,102 6.725 609.94 6.101 672.35 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 25,479 16.924 1,505.42 15.354 1,659.44 COUNTRY TOTAL 12,374,758 9,959.270 1,242.54 9,034.901 1,369.66 Argentina STANDARD PIPE.........................18 482,879 338.297 1,427.38 306.898 1,573.42 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 3,874 5.379 720.17 4.880 793.85 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,786,230 2,388.306 1,166.61 2,166.636 1,285.97 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 210,796 112.038 1,881.45 101.640 2,073.95 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,483,779 2,844.021 1,224.95 2,580.054 1,350.27 Sweden PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 11,730,494 4,467.625 2,625.67 4,052.963 2,894.30 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 104,597 130.683 800.38 118.554 882.27 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,403,932 658.467 2,132.12 597.352 2,350.26 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 153,509 121.705 1,261.32 110.409 1,390.37 TOOL STEEL............................17 5,392,644 6,628.650 813.54 6,013.412 896.77 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 11,136 18.560 599.98 16.838 661.36 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 870,197 658.895 1,320.69 597.740 1,455.81 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 207,697 169.339 1,226.51 153.622 1,352.00 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 3,462 1.362 2,541.00 1.236 2,800.97 WIRE DRAWN............................23 286,361 212.479 1,347.71 192.758 1,485.60 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 3,399,447 5,663.670 600.22 5,137.997 661.63 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 4,069,138 7,047.673 577.37 6,393.544 636.44 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 352,554 410.751 858.31 372.628 946.13 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 947,877 288.042 3,290.75 261.308 3,627.43 COUNTRY TOTAL 28,933,045 26,477.908 1,092.72 24,020.361 1,204.52 Norway STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,974 0.327 9,084.07 0.297 10,013.47 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,974 0.327 9,084.07 0.297 10,013.47 Finland PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 757,979 780.080 971.67 707.677 1,071.08 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 268,747 85.649 3,137.75 77.700 3,458.78 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 115,222 130.976 879.71 118.820 969.72 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,141,948 996.706 1,145.72 904.197 1,262.94 Denmark PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 154,804 23.661 6,542.55 21.465 7,211.93 COUNTRY TOTAL 154,804 23.661 6,542.55 21.465 7,211.93 United Kingdom BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 289,174 190.331 1,519.32 172.666 1,674.76 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,319,106 3,470.169 668.30 3,148.086 736.67 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 157,062 184.714 850.30 167.570 937.29 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,415,871 1,753.149 807.62 1,590.431 890.24 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,789,649 1,108.925 1,613.86 1,006.001 1,778.97 TOOL STEEL............................17 818,817 184.967 4,426.81 167.800 4,879.72 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 184,319 23.851 7,727.67 21.638 8,518.30 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 5,063 6.443 785.81 5.845 866.21 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 482,072 289.613 1,664.54 262.733 1,834.84 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 30,196 16.939 1,782.61 15.367 1,964.99 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 2,875 2.160 1,330.69 1.960 1,466.84 WIRE DRAWN............................23 264,379 12.474 21,192.95 11.317 23,361.23 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 70,098 21.770 3,219.84 19.750 3,549.27 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 552,105 628.447 878.52 570.118 968.40 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 76,486 31.878 2,399.27 28.920 2,644.74 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 8,457,272 7,925.838 1,067.05 7,190.202 1,176.22 Netherlands PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 842,710 1,324.630 636.18 1,201.685 701.27 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,309,763 889.319 1,472.77 806.777 1,623.45 TOOL STEEL............................17 847,508 809.997 1,046.31 734.818 1,153.36 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 11,073 0.011 1,004,525.95 0.010 1,107,300.00 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 22,559 6.944 3,248.44 6.300 3,580.79 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,095,713 2,219.990 493.57 2,013.942 544.06 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,389,264 2,595.861 535.18 2,354.927 589.94 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,078,267 1,495.897 720.82 1,357.056 794.56 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,596,857 9,342.653 706.10 8,475.515 778.34 Belgium INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 939,909 1,242.381 756.54 1,127.070 833.94 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,054,278 1,646.785 1,247.45 1,493.939 1,375.07 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 108,504 113.545 955.60 103.007 1,053.37 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 135,936 41.667 3,262.41 37.800 3,596.19 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,238,627 3,044.380 1,063.81 2,761.816 1,172.64 Luxembourg STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 453,251 772.901 586.43 701.165 646.43 COUNTRY TOTAL 453,251 772.901 586.43 701.165 646.43 France BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 1,012,812 138.449 7,315.41 125.599 8,063.85 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,407,593 946.117 1,487.76 858.304 1,639.97 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,843,050 2,518.366 731.84 2,284.624 806.72 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 804,236 689.299 1,166.74 625.322 1,286.11 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,676,481 1,350.542 1,241.34 1,225.192 1,368.34 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,593,108 1,068.022 1,491.64 968.894 1,644.25 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 5,807 1.102 5,268.02 1.000 5,807.00 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 68,283 103.469 659.93 93.866 727.45 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 209,054 160.417 1,303.19 145.528 1,436.52 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 1,479,037 909.837 1,625.61 825.391 1,791.92 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 3,656 1.438 2,541.51 1.305 2,801.53 WIRE DRAWN............................23 49,931 5.216 9,572.41 4.732 10,551.78 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 302,077 420.996 717.53 381.922 790.94 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 655,197 770.734 850.09 699.199 937.07 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 90,757 132.488 685.02 120.192 755.10 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,184,773 122.504 9,671.28 111.134 10,660.76 COUNTRY TOTAL 12,385,852 9,339.003 1,326.25 8,472.204 1,461.94 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Federal Republic of Germany BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 3,338,034 5,214.015 640.20 4,730.077 705.70 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 9,604 13.821 694.84 12.539 765.93 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,928,664 3,006.594 974.08 2,727.537 1,073.74 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,154,183 1,148.621 1,004.84 1,042.012 1,107.65 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 365,826 130.315 2,807.24 118.220 3,094.45 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,427,093 1,489.035 1,629.98 1,350.831 1,796.74 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 161,166 114.580 1,406.57 103.946 1,550.48 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 7,443,801 7,323.952 1,016.36 6,644.180 1,120.35 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 5,076 6.459 785.81 5.860 866.21 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,663,805 1,270.794 1,309.26 1,152.846 1,443.22 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 1,086,930 741.297 1,466.25 672.494 1,616.27 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 52,294 8.906 5,871.33 8.080 6,472.03 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 56,633 17.411 3,252.71 15.795 3,585.50 WIRE DRAWN............................23 161,433 50.923 3,170.11 46.197 3,494.45 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 20,514 28.627 716.60 25.970 789.91 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,324,243 1,848.920 716.22 1,677.313 789.50 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 2,645,775 5,694.296 464.64 5,165.780 512.17 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,112,914 1,755.440 633.98 1,592.509 698.84 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 1,464,857 1,320.793 1,109.07 1,198.204 1,222.54 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 37,045 39.898 928.49 36.195 1,023.48 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,566,753 1,207.235 2,126.14 1,095.186 2,343.67 COUNTRY TOTAL 30,026,643 32,431.941 925.84 29,421.771 1,020.56 Austria STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 67,142 14.222 4,720.99 12.902 5,204.00 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 220,189 193.082 1,140.39 175.162 1,257.06 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 200,418 57.826 3,465.87 52.459 3,820.47 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,664,155 631.431 4,219.23 572.825 4,650.91 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 6,526,305 7,523.776 867.42 6,825.457 956.17 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 3,134 3.485 899.15 3.162 991.14 WIRE DRAWN............................23 130,903 40.783 3,209.72 36.998 3,538.11 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 366,023 640.641 571.34 581.180 629.79 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 545,913 96.906 5,633.41 87.912 6,209.77 COUNTRY TOTAL 10,724,182 9,202.155 1,165.40 8,348.057 1,284.63 Czech Republic BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 59,689 32.132 1,857.60 29.150 2,047.65 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,895,940 4,549.130 636.59 4,126.903 701.72 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 93,964 173.619 541.21 157.505 596.58 TOOL STEEL............................17 20,281 7.601 2,668.01 6.896 2,940.98 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,069,874 4,762.483 644.60 4,320.454 710.54 Slovakia TOOL STEEL............................17 45,444 17.416 2,609.25 15.800 2,876.20 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 45,444 17.416 2,609.25 15.800 2,876.20 Switzerland PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 23,092 39.772 580.60 36.081 640.00 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 23,596 12.156 1,941.05 11.028 2,139.64 TOOL STEEL............................17 81,025 4.777 16,960.01 4.334 18,695.20 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 189,663 108.908 1,741.49 98.800 1,919.67 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 2,607 2.873 907.18 2.607 1,000.00 WIRE DRAWN............................23 3,677 0.881 4,169.65 0.800 4,596.25 COUNTRY TOTAL 323,660 169.370 1,910.96 153.650 2,106.48 Poland BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 53,406 21.206 2,518.41 19.238 2,776.07 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 345,086 326.295 1,057.59 296.010 1,165.79 TOOL STEEL............................17 59,034 21.484 2,747.81 19.490 3,028.94 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 351,996 409.758 859.03 371.727 946.92 WIRE DRAWN............................23 315,611 227.165 1,389.34 206.081 1,531.49 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 18,588 20.117 923.99 18.250 1,018.52 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,143,721 1,026.026 1,114.71 930.796 1,228.76 Russia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 759,645 904.255 840.08 820.327 926.03 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 291,429 365.051 798.32 331.169 880.00 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,046,814 3,464.874 590.73 3,143.282 651.17 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 2,372,266 602.625 3,936.55 546.693 4,339.30 TOOL STEEL............................17 370,650 262.418 1,412.44 238.062 1,556.95 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 1,564,533 1,521.123 1,028.54 1,379.940 1,133.77 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,405,337 7,120.348 1,040.02 6,459.473 1,146.43 Ukraine BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 233,566 339.930 687.10 308.380 757.40 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 9,659,972 9,434.290 1,023.92 8,558.647 1,128.68 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 398,988 507.232 786.60 460.154 867.07 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 5,284,538 2,191.650 2,411.21 1,988.232 2,657.91 TOOL STEEL............................17 740,322 155.615 4,757.38 141.172 5,244.11 COUNTRY TOTAL 16,317,386 12,628.719 1,292.09 11,456.585 1,424.28 Spain BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 9,326,418 10,017.237 931.04 9,087.488 1,026.29 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 465,679 462.070 1,007.81 419.183 1,110.92 TOOL STEEL............................17 989,096 603.839 1,638.01 547.794 1,805.60 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 511,801 368.430 1,389.14 334.235 1,531.26 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 693,037 783.718 884.29 710.978 974.77 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 146,258 28.918 5,057.68 26.234 5,575.13 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 984,727 1,747.032 563.66 1,584.882 621.33 COUNTRY TOTAL 13,117,016 14,011.248 936.18 12,710.794 1,031.96 Italy BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 406,429 313.119 1,298.00 284.057 1,430.80 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 927,278 1,156.346 801.90 1,049.020 883.95 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 21,698 28.990 748.44 26.300 825.02 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 94,385 71.366 1,322.53 64.743 1,457.84 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 55,833 22.572 2,473.55 20.477 2,726.62 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 370,982 364.049 1,019.04 330.260 1,123.30 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 171,706 61.654 2,784.97 55.932 3,069.91 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,784,565 1,623.089 1,099.49 1,472.442 1,211.98 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,832,876 3,641.187 1,052.64 3,303.231 1,160.34 Slovenia TOOL STEEL............................17 2,686,211 1,294.698 2,074.78 1,174.531 2,287.05 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,686,211 1,294.698 2,074.78 1,174.531 2,287.05 Romania SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 9,660 9.371 1,030.75 8.502 1,136.20 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,660 9.371 1,030.75 8.502 1,136.20 Turkey BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,483,467 2,935.625 845.98 2,663.155 932.53 WIRE DRAWN............................23 492,776 456.238 1,080.08 413.893 1,190.59 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,976,243 3,391.863 877.47 3,077.048 967.24 Israel PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 2,521 0.992 2,541.13 0.900 2,801.11 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,521 0.992 2,541.13 0.900 2,801.11 India BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 240,504 286.589 839.19 259.990 925.05 TOOL STEEL............................17 67,820 10.876 6,235.46 9.867 6,873.42 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 13,650 1.183 11,529.87 1.074 12,709.50 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 9,457 6.093 1,551.96 5.528 1,710.75 WIRE DRAWN............................23 21,373 18.153 1,177.32 16.469 1,297.77 COUNTRY TOTAL 352,804 322.897 1,092.62 292.928 1,204.41 Thailand IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE WIRE DRAWN............................23 59,698 67.902 879.17 61.600 969.12 COUNTRY TOTAL 59,698 67.902 879.17 61.600 969.12 Indonesia PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 12,548 16.232 773.01 14.726 852.10 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 613,444 552.412 1,110.48 501.140 1,224.10 COUNTRY TOTAL 625,992 568.644 1,100.85 515.866 1,213.48 China BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 640,799 997.400 642.47 904.827 708.20 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 45,846 52.570 872.09 47.691 961.31 TOOL STEEL............................17 4,566,651 1,874.284 2,436.48 1,700.323 2,685.76 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 106,980 132.102 809.83 119.841 892.68 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,963,994 3,819.568 776.00 3,465.055 855.40 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 104,044 56.174 1,852.14 50.961 2,041.64 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 614,225 770.111 797.58 698.634 879.18 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 36,672 35.604 1,029.98 32.300 1,135.36 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 147,534 56.435 2,614.23 51.197 2,881.69 WIRE DRAWN............................23 333,777 296.323 1,126.39 268.820 1,241.64 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,560,522 8,090.575 1,181.69 7,339.649 1,302.59 Korea, South BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,014,674 1,171.476 866.15 1,062.746 954.77 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 34,554 36.150 955.84 32.795 1,053.64 TOOL STEEL............................17 105,581 36.839 2,865.99 33.420 3,159.22 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 114,605 169.872 674.65 154.106 743.68 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 229,740 392.685 585.05 356.238 644.91 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,563,437 2,448.679 1,046.87 2,221.405 1,153.97 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 734,145 1,100.580 667.05 998.430 735.30 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 8,333 11.201 743.91 10.162 820.02 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,805,069 5,367.485 895.22 4,869.302 986.81 Taiwan BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 55,528 39.043 1,422.20 35.420 1,567.70 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 28,841 24.243 1,189.66 21.993 1,311.37 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,626,191 817.785 1,988.53 741.883 2,191.98 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 23,811 17.452 1,364.30 15.833 1,503.88 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 593,594 194.940 3,045.00 176.847 3,356.54 WIRE DRAWN............................23 524,220 576.094 909.96 522.624 1,003.05 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 76,046 108.583 700.35 98.505 772.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,928,231 1,778.143 1,646.79 1,613.105 1,815.28 Japan IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,048,406 2,511.028 815.76 2,277.967 899.23 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 651,578 1,202.681 541.77 1,091.055 597.20 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 77,876 144.946 537.28 131.493 592.24 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 6,625,958 8,157.512 812.25 7,400.373 895.35 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 402,499 443.339 907.88 402.191 1,000.77 TOOL STEEL............................17 4,603,452 4,902.395 939.02 4,447.380 1,035.09 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,492,438 753.052 1,981.85 683.158 2,184.62 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 7,360,685 2,407.471 3,057.43 2,184.022 3,370.24 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 827,338 1,016.237 814.12 921.915 897.41 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 3,234,373 1,897.713 1,704.35 1,721.577 1,878.73 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 661,046 222.167 2,975.44 201.547 3,279.86 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 28,573 10.610 2,692.81 9.626 2,968.31 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 208,397 102.718 2,028.81 93.185 2,236.38 WIRE DRAWN............................23 3,107,827 2,829.258 1,098.46 2,566.661 1,210.84 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,658,401 2,848.469 582.21 2,584.089 641.77 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 5,175,483 6,855.244 754.97 6,218.975 832.21 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 2,564,836 3,127.504 820.09 2,837.225 903.99 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 625,165 887.611 704.32 805.228 776.38 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 1,288,597 1,776.196 725.48 1,611.339 799.71 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 51,189 18.820 2,719.80 17.074 2,998.07 COUNTRY TOTAL 42,694,117 42,114.982 1,013.75 38,206.080 1,117.47 Australia PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,346 0.402 5,830.84 0.365 6,427.40 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,346 0.402 5,830.84 0.365 6,427.40 South Africa PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 305,566 67.240 4,544.34 61.000 5,009.28 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 19,825 9.066 2,186.62 8.225 2,410.33 COUNTRY TOTAL 325,391 76.307 4,264.21 69.225 4,700.48 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 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 5,668,209 13,518.679 419.29 12,263.943 462.18 WIRE RODS..............................3 15,690,394 23,246.118 674.97 21,088.530 744.03 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,921,299 4,371.704 668.23 3,965.945 736.60 STEEL PILING...........................5 192,721 286.344 673.04 259.767 741.90 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 4,030,602 5,867.024 686.99 5,322.477 757.28 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 13,519,242 22,262.969 607.25 20,196.632 669.38 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 7,219 18.511 389.98 16.793 429.88 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 178,577 528.155 338.11 479.135 372.71 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 16,987,865 24,469.714 694.24 22,198.558 765.27 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 3,780,707 6,733.440 561.48 6,108.476 618.93 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 116,885 146.025 800.44 132.472 882.34 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 4,799,777 4,070.586 1,179.14 3,692.775 1,299.78 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 19,470,179 22,336.996 871.66 20,263.788 960.84 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 799,865 577.001 1,386.24 523.447 1,528.07 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 80,365 79.161 1,015.20 71.814 1,119.07 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 196,928 219.730 896.23 199.336 987.92 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 1,388,036 1,439.991 963.92 1,306.339 1,062.54 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 7,863,622 6,631.582 1,185.78 6,016.072 1,307.10 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 401,990 1,223.540 328.55 1,109.978 362.16 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 780,954 350.433 2,228.54 317.908 2,456.54 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 21,058,294 23,309.394 903.43 21,145.933 995.86 WIRE DRAWN............................23 13,988,855 15,105.042 926.10 13,703.068 1,020.86 BLACK PLATE...........................28 27,882 62.470 446.33 56.672 491.99 TIN PLATE.............................29 6,560,393 10,007.159 655.57 9,078.345 722.64 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 1,004,632 1,515.683 662.82 1,375.005 730.64 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 17,531,987 30,556.544 573.76 27,720.439 632.46 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 10,873,536 15,550.561 699.24 14,107.236 770.78 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 21,351,364 34,946.700 610.97 31,703.122 673.48 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 87,626 103.577 845.99 93.964 932.55 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 5,351,742 6,214.643 861.15 5,637.831 949.26 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 3,007,298 5,488.477 547.93 4,979.064 603.99 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,987,804 2,485.222 799.85 2,254.557 881.68 COUNTRY TOTAL 201,706,849 283,723.190 710.93 257,389.421 783.66 Mexico INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 19,658 41.834 469.89 37.952 517.97 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 96,245,210 197,254.973 487.92 178,946.752 537.84 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,601,671 2,749.683 582.49 2,494.472 642.09 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 552,011 992.286 556.30 900.187 613.22 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 7,800 19.012 410.25 17.248 452.23 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,973,726 3,243.082 608.60 2,942.076 670.86 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,798,662 3,949.071 708.69 3,582.538 781.20 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 487,378 932.171 522.84 845.652 576.33 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 1,902,443 4,098.427 464.19 3,718.032 511.68 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 70,979 81.912 866.52 74.310 955.17 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 3,869,512 3,903.686 991.25 3,541.366 1,092.66 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,122,548 1,988.588 1,067.36 1,804.018 1,176.57 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 8,387 5.490 1,527.52 4.981 1,683.80 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,218,746 1,424.919 855.31 1,292.666 942.82 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 684,076 757.006 903.66 686.745 996.11 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 11,520,009 13,396.555 859.92 12,153.154 947.90 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 1,249,576 735.885 1,698.06 667.584 1,871.79 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 357,541 207.129 1,726.17 187.905 1,902.78 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 3,392,905 2,142.966 1,583.27 1,944.067 1,745.26 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 215,846 260.207 829.52 236.056 914.38 WIRE DRAWN............................23 6,940,204 7,961.715 871.70 7,222.749 960.88 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 7,795,226 12,541.796 621.54 11,377.730 685.13 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 10,974,094 16,678.866 657.96 15,130.817 725.28 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 10,198,012 10,548.075 966.81 9,569.056 1,065.73 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 7,417,331 7,196.015 1,030.76 6,528.117 1,136.21 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 589,966 705.562 836.16 640.076 921.71 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 194,507 174.115 1,117.11 157.955 1,231.41 COUNTRY TOTAL 174,408,024 293,991.040 593.24 266,704.261 653.94 Guatemala STANDARD PIPE.........................18 526,768 488.291 1,078.80 442.971 1,189.17 COUNTRY TOTAL 526,768 488.291 1,078.80 442.971 1,189.17 El Salvador WIRE DRAWN............................23 15,407 22.448 686.32 20.365 756.54 COUNTRY TOTAL 15,407 22.448 686.32 20.365 756.54 Honduras WIRE DRAWN............................23 34,320 42.990 798.32 39.000 880.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 34,320 42.990 798.32 39.000 880.00 Costa Rica SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 131,359 137.672 954.14 124.894 1,051.76 COUNTRY TOTAL 131,359 137.672 954.14 124.894 1,051.76 Dominican Republic BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 530,753 1,120.333 473.75 1,016.350 522.21 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 37,632 79.859 471.23 72.447 519.44 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 290,033 641.621 452.03 582.069 498.28 WIRE DRAWN............................23 150,658 195.782 769.52 177.611 848.25 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 1,009,076 2,037.596 495.23 1,848.477 545.90 Trinidad and Tobago WIRE RODS..............................3 7,623,594 15,995.601 476.61 14,510.970 525.37 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 14,532 24.250 599.24 22.000 660.55 WIRE DRAWN............................23 134,285 172.193 779.85 156.211 859.64 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,772,411 16,192.045 480.01 14,689.181 529.12 Colombia STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,992,351 1,166.961 1,707.30 1,058.650 1,881.97 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,300,598 1,480.039 878.76 1,342.670 968.67 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 26,186 42.262 619.60 38.340 682.99 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 902,937 1,395.956 646.82 1,266.391 713.00 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 17,808 55.888 318.64 50.701 351.24 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,239,880 4,141.109 1,023.85 3,756.752 1,128.60 Venezuela WIRE RODS..............................3 6,609,567 14,518.957 455.24 13,171.380 501.81 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 327,942 768.317 426.83 697.006 470.50 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 707,991 1,207.108 586.52 1,095.071 646.53 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 641,888 1,503.849 426.83 1,364.270 470.50 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 25,031 24.347 1,028.06 22.088 1,133.24 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,904,555 2,281.059 834.94 2,069.343 920.37 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 23,770 31.645 751.14 28.708 827.99 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,577,067 2,134.273 738.92 1,936.181 814.52 BLACK PLATE...........................28 272,401 419.864 648.78 380.895 715.16 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,369,448 2,361.188 579.98 2,142.035 639.32 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 6,007,725 9,744.798 616.51 8,840.335 679.58 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,610,781 2,206.290 730.09 2,001.514 804.78 COUNTRY TOTAL 21,078,166 37,201.702 566.59 33,748.826 624.56 Ecuador STANDARD PIPE.........................18 156,823 156.025 1,005.11 141.544 1,107.95 WIRE DRAWN............................23 67,861 96.914 700.22 87.919 771.86 COUNTRY TOTAL 224,684 252.939 888.29 229.463 979.17 Peru STANDARD PIPE.........................18 7,149 10.471 682.68 9.500 752.53 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,149 10.471 682.68 9.500 752.53 Chile STANDARD PIPE.........................18 742,052 1,079.424 687.45 979.238 757.79 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 63,059 215.938 292.02 195.896 321.90 WIRE DRAWN............................23 208,394 238.834 872.55 216.667 961.82 BLACK PLATE...........................28 445,781 751.809 592.94 682.030 653.61 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 392,623 706.206 555.96 640.660 612.84 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 968,099 1,452.702 666.41 1,317.870 734.59 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,820,008 4,444.915 634.43 4,032.361 699.34 Brazil BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 33,611,112 71,582.676 469.54 64,938.730 517.58 WIRE RODS..............................3 6,786,964 14,645.503 463.42 13,286.181 510.83 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 6,138,697 13,809.979 444.51 12,528.206 489.99 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 4,640 11.177 415.12 10.140 457.59 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 431,663 1,016.743 424.55 922.374 467.99 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 2,359,713 5,677.780 415.60 5,150.797 458.13 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 31,733 35.713 888.54 32.399 979.44 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 3,047 0.157 19,330.02 0.143 21,307.69 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 184,601 129.080 1,430.12 117.100 1,576.44 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 523,134 882.476 592.80 800.569 653.45 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 434,595 759.950 571.87 689.416 630.38 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 173,483 156.412 1,109.14 141.895 1,222.62 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 903,452 1,400.135 645.26 1,270.182 711.28 WIRE DRAWN............................23 976,590 1,416.584 689.40 1,285.104 759.93 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 7,088 16.746 423.26 15.192 466.56 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 22,433,971 35,655.091 629.19 32,345.764 693.57 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 46,760,656 65,805.999 710.58 59,698.215 783.28 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 282,955 387.484 730.24 351.520 804.95 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 5,737,216 7,693.698 745.70 6,979.608 822.00 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 190,161 214.240 887.60 194.356 978.42 COUNTRY TOTAL 127,975,471 221,297.631 578.30 200,757.891 637.46 Argentina BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 15,410,986 32,985.824 467.20 29,924.245 515.00 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,590,955 3,820.296 416.45 3,465.716 459.06 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 633,278 1,036.515 610.97 940.311 673.48 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 432,205 587.780 735.32 533.226 810.55 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 4,678 6.223 751.65 5.646 828.55 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 245,024 392.513 624.24 356.082 688.11 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 4,313,150 5,098.800 845.91 4,625.555 932.46 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 860,913 1,323.152 650.65 1,200.344 717.22 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 473,332 655.366 722.24 594.539 796.13 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 391,378 238.026 1,644.26 215.934 1,812.49 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 144,513 292.446 494.15 265.303 544.71 WIRE DRAWN............................23 48,331 87.072 555.07 78.991 611.85 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 5,576,601 9,037.370 617.06 8,198.567 680.19 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 14,005,802 20,051.009 698.51 18,189.975 769.97 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,010,136 1,386.227 728.69 1,257.565 803.25 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 94,872 117.638 806.47 106.720 888.98 COUNTRY TOTAL 45,236,154 77,116.265 586.60 69,958.719 646.61 Sweden BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 58,196 43.040 1,352.11 39.046 1,490.45 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 7,247 3.279 2,209.87 2.975 2,435.97 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 251,062 86.633 2,897.96 78.593 3,194.46 WIRE DRAWN............................23 471,788 209.862 2,248.08 190.384 2,478.09 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 486,552 338.514 1,437.32 307.095 1,584.37 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 161,864 253.603 638.26 230.065 703.56 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 100,232 111.212 901.27 100.890 993.48 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,061,412 229.453 4,625.82 208.157 5,099.09 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,598,353 1,275.599 2,036.97 1,157.205 2,245.37 Norway STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 869,777 1,119.895 776.66 1,015.952 856.12 COUNTRY TOTAL 869,777 1,119.895 776.66 1,015.952 856.12 Finland BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 888,981 2,116.382 420.05 1,919.950 463.02 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 246,081 287.659 855.46 260.960 942.98 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,135,062 2,404.041 472.15 2,180.910 520.45 Denmark MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 26,211 4.349 6,025.91 3.946 6,642.42 COUNTRY TOTAL 26,211 4.349 6,025.91 3.946 6,642.42 United Kingdom BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 178,283 422.184 422.29 382.999 465.49 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,613,709 3,375.568 478.06 3,062.265 526.97 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 728,321 1,008.859 721.93 915.222 795.79 STEEL PILING...........................5 55,941 76.823 728.18 69.693 802.68 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 12,946,924 14,935.630 866.85 13,549.380 955.54 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 2,054,513 1,793.777 1,145.36 1,627.288 1,262.54 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 38,645 16.188 2,387.18 14.686 2,631.42 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 16,644 24.984 666.16 22.666 734.32 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,160,062 1,511.754 767.36 1,371.441 845.87 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 278,467 422.019 659.84 382.850 727.35 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 5,393 5.477 984.59 4.969 1,085.33 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 511,062 769.505 664.14 698.084 732.09 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 44,030 136.715 322.06 124.026 355.01 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,275,630 595.403 2,142.46 540.141 2,361.66 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 20,907,624 25,094.892 833.14 22,765.710 918.38 Netherlands WIRE RODS..............................3 464,719 683.017 680.39 619.623 750.00 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,701,755 4,714.306 573.10 4,276.748 631.73 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,528,337 1,652.528 924.85 1,499.149 1,019.47 WIRE DRAWN............................23 54,603 48.654 1,122.25 44.139 1,237.07 BLACK PLATE...........................28 248,331 337.853 735.02 306.496 810.23 TIN PLATE.............................29 3,784,582 6,353.812 595.64 5,764.083 656.58 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 561,089 1,079.302 519.86 979.127 573.05 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 8,006,359 14,232.467 562.54 12,911.481 620.10 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 7,383,345 11,652.591 633.62 10,571.056 698.45 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 2,927,810 3,875.986 755.37 3,516.237 832.65 COUNTRY TOTAL 27,660,930 44,630.520 619.78 40,488.139 683.19 Belgium BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 680,371 1,019.169 667.57 924.575 735.87 WIRE RODS..............................3 938,850 2,083.819 450.54 1,890.410 496.64 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 849,699 1,215.132 699.26 1,102.350 770.81 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 36,773 54.233 678.05 49.200 747.42 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 21,520 22.998 935.71 20.864 1,031.44 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 21,532 16.219 1,327.55 14.714 1,463.37 WIRE DRAWN............................23 822,622 596.827 1,378.32 541.433 1,519.34 BLACK PLATE...........................28 2,102,385 2,870.152 732.50 2,603.759 807.44 TIN PLATE.............................29 81,789 123.253 663.58 111.814 731.47 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 381,112 541.212 704.18 490.980 776.23 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 8,644,425 12,378.159 698.36 11,229.281 769.81 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 401,057 375.206 1,068.90 340.382 1,178.26 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 578,224 768.950 751.97 697.580 828.90 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 376,195 418.043 899.89 379.243 991.96 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 4,916 7.012 700.99 6.362 772.71 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 8,707 11.999 725.60 10.886 799.83 COUNTRY TOTAL 15,950,177 22,502.392 708.82 20,413.833 781.34 Luxembourg WIRE RODS..............................3 296,746 413.721 717.26 375.322 790.64 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 6,047,158 8,101.519 746.42 7,349.577 822.79 STEEL PILING...........................5 1,142,024 1,555.355 734.25 1,410.995 809.37 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 33,888 46.403 730.28 42.097 805.00 WIRE DRAWN............................23 594,782 464.878 1,279.43 421.731 1,410.34 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 889,836 1,291.258 689.12 1,171.410 759.63 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 729,319 824.211 884.87 747.712 975.40 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,733,753 12,697.348 766.60 11,518.844 845.03 France IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,390 1.496 1,596.59 1.358 1,759.94 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 184,568 68.208 2,705.93 61.878 2,982.77 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,020,792 3,172.873 636.90 2,878.383 702.06 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 419,861 512.450 819.32 464.887 903.15 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 80,264 59.198 1,355.84 53.704 1,494.56 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 62,891 56.161 1,119.82 50.949 1,234.39 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 4,296 2.177 1,973.30 1.975 2,175.19 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 147,072 174.047 845.01 157.893 931.47 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 485,802 508.620 955.14 461.413 1,052.86 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 572,148 616.243 928.44 559.047 1,023.43 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 4,880 2.689 1,814.37 2.440 2,000.00 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 4,510 2.592 1,739.54 2.352 1,917.52 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,366,009 719.287 1,899.11 652.527 2,093.41 BLACK PLATE...........................28 46,002 60.627 758.77 55.000 836.40 TIN PLATE.............................29 6,567,019 10,979.261 598.13 9,960.221 659.32 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 32,932 50.160 656.53 45.505 723.70 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 11,404,515 17,531.986 650.50 15,904.755 717.05 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 206,657 311.711 662.98 282.780 730.80 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 42,245 11.767 3,590.07 10.675 3,957.38 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 257,397 87.347 2,946.83 79.240 3,248.32 COUNTRY TOTAL 23,912,250 34,928.908 684.60 31,686.982 754.64 Federal Republic of Germany BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 3,591,423 9,724.944 369.30 8,822.324 407.08 WIRE RODS..............................3 8,488,961 16,627.104 510.55 15,083.860 562.78 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,624,360 4,195.505 625.52 3,806.100 689.51 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 236,642 273.320 865.80 247.952 954.39 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,305,002 3,492.804 659.93 3,168.620 727.45 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 94,180 156.742 600.86 142.194 662.33 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 4,647,070 10,833.203 428.97 9,827.720 472.85 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 3,136,632 2,476.777 1,266.42 2,246.895 1,395.99 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,074,210 859.341 1,250.04 779.582 1,377.93 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 3,624,510 4,152.661 872.82 3,767.232 962.11 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 250,527 209.417 1,196.31 189.980 1,318.70 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 65,018 19.676 3,304.39 17.850 3,642.46 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,450,237 2,049.028 1,195.80 1,858.848 1,318.15 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 1,656,933 1,650.880 1,003.67 1,497.654 1,106.35 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 795,701 501.120 1,587.84 454.609 1,750.30 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,344,562 901.417 1,491.61 817.752 1,644.22 BLACK PLATE...........................28 344,771 385.667 893.96 349.872 985.42 TIN PLATE.............................29 9,976,776 16,964.386 588.10 15,389.837 648.27 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 1,275,826 1,972.566 646.78 1,789.483 712.96 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 319,243 521.128 612.60 472.760 675.27 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 143,695 358.427 400.90 325.160 441.92 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 806,126 1,678.646 480.22 1,522.843 529.36 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,426,862 2,221.002 642.44 2,014.860 708.17 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 688,803 622.728 1,106.10 564.930 1,219.27 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 541,337 888.840 609.04 806.343 671.35 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,525,401 1,467.660 1,720.70 1,331.440 1,896.74 COUNTRY TOTAL 54,434,808 85,205.002 638.87 77,296.700 704.23 Austria PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 19,422 32.672 594.44 29.640 655.26 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 516,380 603.874 855.11 547.826 942.60 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 100,941 55.261 1,826.62 50.132 2,013.50 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 6,731,566 5,887.793 1,143.31 5,341.318 1,260.28 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 707,970 947.898 746.88 859.919 823.30 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 195,560 58.510 3,342.30 53.080 3,684.25 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 134,195 101.112 1,327.18 91.728 1,462.97 WIRE DRAWN............................23 273,848 89.458 3,061.19 81.155 3,374.38 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 45,243 98.855 457.67 89.680 504.49 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 244,919 228.890 1,070.03 207.646 1,179.50 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 26,259 19.126 1,372.93 17.351 1,513.40 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 385,843 57.777 6,678.07 52.415 7,361.31 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,382,146 8,181.230 1,146.79 7,421.890 1,264.12 Czech Republic PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 3,651,911 5,752.189 634.87 5,218.300 699.83 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 2,499,914 4,282.333 583.77 3,884.869 643.50 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,088,645 2,279.397 477.60 2,067.835 526.47 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 1,169,497 1,609.581 726.58 1,460.188 800.92 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 504,534 777.122 649.23 704.994 715.66 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 500,166 692.137 722.64 627.897 796.57 WIRE DRAWN............................23 74,586 65.068 1,146.27 59.029 1,263.55 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,489,253 15,457.830 613.88 14,023.112 676.69 Slovakia OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 4,770 11.684 408.23 10.600 450.00 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 84,410 119.026 709.17 107.979 781.73 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 15,648 7.314 2,139.18 6.636 2,358.05 COUNTRY TOTAL 104,828 138.025 759.48 125.215 837.18 Hungary PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 125,542 193.642 648.32 175.670 714.65 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 271,792 443.195 613.26 402.060 676.00 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,425 0.035 68,747.61 0.032 75,781.25 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,047,095 1,681.514 622.71 1,525.445 686.42 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,446,854 2,318.388 624.08 2,103.207 687.93 Switzerland IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 22,485 16.172 1,390.37 14.671 1,532.62 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,978,168 771.309 2,564.69 699.720 2,827.09 WIRE DRAWN............................23 3,315 3.446 961.73 3.127 1,060.12 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 147,492 92.608 1,592.64 84.013 1,755.59 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,151,460 883.536 2,435.06 801.531 2,684.19 Estonia SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 2,253,911 2,250.332 1,001.59 2,041.468 1,104.06 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,253,911 2,250.332 1,001.59 2,041.468 1,104.06 Latvia SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 18,625 3.031 6,144.12 2.750 6,772.73 COUNTRY TOTAL 18,625 3.031 6,144.12 2.750 6,772.73 Poland STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 155,950 265.168 588.12 240.557 648.29 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 9,716 13.999 694.03 12.700 765.04 WIRE DRAWN............................23 816,990 875.416 933.26 794.165 1,028.74 COUNTRY TOTAL 982,656 1,154.584 851.09 1,047.422 938.17 Russia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 10,647,084 24,594.103 432.91 22,311.402 477.20 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 156,862 289.804 541.27 262.906 596.65 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 162,320 134.761 1,204.49 122.254 1,327.73 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 3,066,873 5,460.077 561.69 4,953.300 619.16 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,543,653 3,509.427 439.86 3,183.700 484.86 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,612,321 2,330.459 691.85 2,114.158 762.63 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,781,837 2,867.353 621.42 2,601.220 685.00 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 498,275 821.182 606.78 744.964 668.86 WIRE DRAWN............................23 69,270 132.850 521.41 120.520 574.76 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,629,281 4,739.294 554.78 4,299.417 611.54 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 15,312,568 26,614.273 575.35 24,144.070 634.22 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 2,795,932 4,154.103 673.05 3,768.540 741.91 COUNTRY TOTAL 40,276,276 75,647.691 532.42 68,626.451 586.89 Belarus BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 588,328 1,398.424 420.71 1,268.630 463.75 WIRE DRAWN............................23 327,819 362.068 905.41 328.463 998.04 COUNTRY TOTAL 916,147 1,760.493 520.39 1,597.093 573.63 Ukraine BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 110,905 226.392 489.88 205.380 540.00 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 3,177 7.220 440.02 6.550 485.04 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 838,178 2,061.960 406.50 1,870.580 448.08 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,084,916 1,746.578 621.17 1,584.470 684.72 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 8,233,241 9,885.006 832.90 8,967.530 918.12 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 208,601 336.491 619.93 305.260 683.36 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 459,072 762.397 602.14 691.636 663.75 COUNTRY TOTAL 10,938,090 15,026.048 727.94 13,631.406 802.42 Kazakhstan SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 241,765 257.871 937.54 233.937 1,033.46 COUNTRY TOTAL 241,765 257.871 937.54 233.937 1,033.46 Spain WIRE RODS..............................3 1,717,677 3,135.868 547.75 2,844.813 603.79 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 39,448 45.637 864.37 41.402 952.80 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 703,833 1,309.909 537.31 1,188.330 592.29 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 476,507 612.264 778.27 555.437 857.90 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 410,973 608.129 675.80 551.686 744.94 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 3,932,653 10,573.186 371.95 9,591.836 410.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 996,989 994.275 1,002.73 901.992 1,105.32 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 628,714 545.797 1,151.92 495.139 1,269.77 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 378,223 289.966 1,304.37 263.053 1,437.82 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,109,074 813.609 1,363.15 738.094 1,502.62 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 661,641 367.950 1,798.18 333.799 1,982.15 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 13,572 8.765 1,548.33 7.952 1,706.74 WIRE DRAWN............................23 149,049 156.594 951.82 142.060 1,049.20 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 251,875 426.976 589.90 387.347 650.26 COUNTRY TOTAL 11,470,228 19,888.931 576.71 18,042.940 635.72 Italy WIRE RODS..............................3 2,796,564 5,051.433 553.62 4,582.585 610.26 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 225,372 453.487 496.98 411.397 547.82 STEEL PILING...........................5 2,275 3.457 657.90 3.137 725.22 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 5,461,776 7,992.526 683.36 7,250.700 753.28 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 66,880 122.080 547.83 110.750 603.88 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 135,151 175.436 770.37 159.153 849.19 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 646,389 598.492 1,080.03 542.943 1,190.53 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 561,621 427.056 1,315.10 387.419 1,449.65 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 3,448,399 3,438.493 1,002.88 3,119.350 1,105.49 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 7,739,663 8,155.885 948.97 7,398.897 1,046.06 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 904,490 734.576 1,231.31 666.397 1,357.28 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 763,433 578.018 1,320.78 524.370 1,455.91 WIRE DRAWN............................23 166,720 130.403 1,278.49 118.300 1,409.30 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 8,991,442 17,532.728 512.84 15,905.428 565.31 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 5,149,295 9,167.629 561.68 8,316.736 619.15 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 94,231 24.059 3,916.66 21.826 4,317.37 COUNTRY TOTAL 37,153,701 54,585.766 680.65 49,519.388 750.29 Greece LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 3,374,658 6,655.284 507.06 6,037.574 558.94 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 1,203,221 2,590.988 464.39 2,350.506 511.90 WIRE DRAWN............................23 543,856 522.054 1,041.76 473.600 1,148.34 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 14,032 20.626 680.29 18.712 749.89 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,135,767 9,788.953 524.65 8,880.392 578.33 Romania PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 5,206,008 8,626.727 603.47 7,826.038 665.22 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,010,300 1,471.114 686.76 1,334.573 757.02 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 66,751 89.520 745.65 81.212 821.94 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,231,469 1,760.109 699.65 1,596.745 771.24 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 127,381 106.365 1,197.58 96.493 1,320.11 WIRE DRAWN............................23 22,012 24.250 907.68 22.000 1,000.55 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,663,921 12,078.088 634.53 10,957.061 699.45 Turkey BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 192,344 549.281 350.17 498.300 386.00 WIRE RODS..............................3 17,191,036 40,451.506 424.98 36,697.000 468.46 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,484,817 4,493.721 552.95 4,076.637 609.53 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 55,649 96.868 574.48 87.878 633.25 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 3,395,411 6,056.191 560.65 5,494.086 618.01 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,309,482 2,230.141 587.17 2,023.151 647.25 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 3,759,430 3,618.751 1,038.87 3,282.877 1,145.16 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 1,345,583 3,169.339 424.56 2,875.177 468.00 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,369,618 3,498.602 677.30 3,173.880 746.60 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 123,179 184.802 666.54 167.650 734.74 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 185,744 288.496 643.83 261.720 709.71 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 241,850 428.384 564.56 388.624 622.32 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 5,859,591 10,180.751 575.56 9,235.825 634.44 WIRE DRAWN............................23 51,366 58.694 875.14 53.247 964.67 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 9,554,241 17,211.490 555.11 15,614.006 611.90 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 4,218,072 7,294.058 578.29 6,617.060 637.45 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 3,313,032 4,764.088 695.42 4,321.910 766.57 COUNTRY TOTAL 55,650,445 104,575.173 532.16 94,869.028 586.60 Israel MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 102,291 14.936 6,848.48 13.550 7,549.15 WIRE DRAWN............................23 638,638 851.807 749.74 772.747 826.45 COUNTRY TOTAL 740,929 866.743 854.84 786.297 942.30 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Saudi Arabia SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 6,172,616 10,714.132 576.12 9,719.700 635.06 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 3,811,520 5,737.353 664.33 5,204.841 732.30 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,984,136 16,451.485 606.88 14,924.541 668.97 United Arab Emirates STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,293,683 1,737.712 744.47 1,576.427 820.64 WIRE DRAWN............................23 19,144 21.185 903.64 19.219 996.10 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,312,827 1,758.898 746.39 1,595.646 822.76 Oman STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,113,187 1,725.150 645.27 1,565.031 711.29 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,113,187 1,725.150 645.27 1,565.031 711.29 India BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 384,610 480.990 799.62 436.347 881.43 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,656,968 4,026.799 659.82 3,653.052 727.33 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,910,627 3,184.671 913.95 2,889.086 1,007.46 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,117,823 1,109.156 1,007.81 1,006.210 1,110.92 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 16,416 13.012 1,261.53 11.805 1,390.60 WIRE DRAWN............................23 976,700 1,352.332 722.23 1,226.816 796.13 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,655,977 2,828.963 585.37 2,566.393 645.25 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 27,550,051 42,355.047 650.45 38,423.864 717.00 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 176,611 177.621 994.31 161.136 1,096.04 COUNTRY TOTAL 37,445,783 55,528.595 674.35 50,374.709 743.34 Thailand WIRE RODS..............................3 286,108 442.271 646.91 401.222 713.09 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 662,345 1,437.560 460.74 1,304.133 507.88 WIRE DRAWN............................23 210,382 181.240 1,160.79 164.419 1,279.55 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 9,706 11.133 871.80 10.100 960.99 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 14,249 19.159 743.71 17.381 819.80 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,182,790 2,091.365 565.56 1,897.255 623.42 Vietnam PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 80,401 87.571 918.11 79.444 1,012.05 COUNTRY TOTAL 80,401 87.571 918.11 79.444 1,012.05 Malaysia WIRE RODS..............................3 4,366,245 10,938.547 399.16 9,923.286 440.00 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 580,790 828.412 701.09 751.523 772.82 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 634,564 1,227.169 517.10 1,113.270 570.00 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 748,309 1,407.028 531.84 1,276.435 586.25 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 2,791,498 4,432.122 629.83 4,020.755 694.27 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,121,406 18,833.279 484.32 17,085.269 533.88 Singapore WIRE DRAWN............................23 65,893 60.528 1,088.62 54.911 1,200.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 65,893 60.528 1,088.62 54.911 1,200.00 Indonesia PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 306,547 412.516 743.11 374.229 819.14 WIRE DRAWN............................23 83,808 17.000 4,929.61 15.423 5,433.96 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 4,757 5.059 940.19 4.590 1,036.38 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 4,536,842 8,564.802 529.71 7,769.860 583.90 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 2,726,404 4,800.228 567.97 4,354.695 626.08 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,658,358 13,799.607 554.97 12,518.797 611.75 China BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 10,166,844 23,434.975 433.83 21,259.858 478.22 WIRE RODS..............................3 48,361,185 119,551.141 404.52 108,455.002 445.91 STEEL PILING...........................5 20,204 23.408 863.10 21.236 951.40 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 240,744 360.731 667.38 327.250 735.66 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 6,726 6.189 1,086.68 5.615 1,197.86 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 15,257 18.576 821.32 16.852 905.35 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 109,489 218.218 501.74 197.965 553.07 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 17,165,001 29,785.363 576.29 27,020.835 635.25 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 10,025,171 14,425.496 694.96 13,086.594 766.06 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 168,602 593.671 284.00 538.570 313.05 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 3,857,906 6,456.546 597.52 5,857.282 658.65 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 1,529,184 2,916.326 524.35 2,645.648 578.00 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 3,959,552 5,942.535 666.31 5,390.979 734.48 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 2,721,510 3,662.535 743.07 3,322.597 819.09 WIRE DRAWN............................23 5,830,752 7,265.001 802.58 6,590.700 884.69 TIN PLATE.............................29 2,106,462 2,618.567 804.43 2,375.525 886.74 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 15,313,267 25,040.837 611.53 22,716.672 674.10 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 13,283,964 19,907.453 667.29 18,059.743 735.56 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 134,356 240.774 558.02 218.427 615.11 COUNTRY TOTAL 135,016,176 262,468.351 514.41 238,107.350 567.04 Korea, South STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,008,079 4,634.909 433.25 4,204.720 477.58 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 7,803,182 13,278.916 587.64 12,046.434 647.76 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 109,418 178.055 614.52 161.529 677.39 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 441,189 685.593 643.51 621.960 709.35 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 4,668 5.219 894.35 4.735 985.85 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,119,390 1,682.236 665.42 1,526.100 733.50 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 314,195 602.249 521.70 546.352 575.08 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 3,119,707 4,709.186 662.47 4,272.103 730.25 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 5,821,255 8,932.663 651.68 8,103.578 718.36 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 2,542,804 3,958.320 642.39 3,590.929 708.12 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 914,303 1,427.604 640.45 1,295.101 705.97 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 3,535,355 5,488.168 644.18 4,978.784 710.08 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 3,428,418 5,229.334 655.61 4,743.974 722.69 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 65,910 16.780 3,927.78 15.223 4,329.63 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 5,837,498 9,711.789 601.07 8,810.390 662.57 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 301,700 457.314 659.72 414.869 727.22 WIRE DRAWN............................23 3,364,506 4,209.851 799.20 3,819.114 880.97 TIN PLATE.............................29 218,123 329.348 662.29 298.780 730.05 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 15,290,535 32,250.445 474.12 29,257.120 522.63 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 8,530,047 13,822.429 617.12 12,539.501 680.25 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 26,137,611 33,501.160 780.20 30,391.750 860.02 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 147,200 203.321 723.98 184.450 798.05 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 7,085,385 9,471.166 748.10 8,592.100 824.64 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 993,261 1,096.802 905.60 995.003 998.25 COUNTRY TOTAL 99,133,739 155,882.868 635.95 141,414.599 701.01 Hong Kong MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 7,698 1.620 4,750.69 1.470 5,236.73 WIRE DRAWN............................23 62,504 13.947 4,481.36 12.653 4,939.86 COUNTRY TOTAL 70,202 15.567 4,509.40 14.123 4,970.76 Taiwan WIRE RODS..............................3 13,094 19.026 688.18 17.261 758.59 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 49,666 41.617 1,193.38 37.755 1,315.48 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 16,861 7.481 2,253.73 6.787 2,484.31 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,675,512 2,888.000 580.16 2,619.951 639.52 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 23,064 11.687 1,973.34 10.603 2,175.23 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,583,596 1,705.530 928.51 1,547.232 1,023.50 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 14,355 20.274 708.02 18.393 780.46 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 17,989,420 32,913.517 546.57 29,858.649 602.49 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 17,076,407 22,902.462 745.61 20,776.770 821.90 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,243,647 1,533.136 811.18 1,390.838 894.17 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 3,943,526 5,035.822 783.09 4,568.423 863.21 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 60,528 36.197 1,672.15 32.838 1,843.23 COUNTRY TOTAL 43,689,676 67,114.756 650.97 60,885.500 717.57 Japan BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 2,250 8.267 272.16 7.500 300.00 WIRE RODS..............................3 4,056,031 7,717.956 525.53 7,001.614 579.30 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 6,007 2.399 2,503.20 2.177 2,759.30 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 459,324 624.515 735.49 566.551 810.74 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 40,454 80.347 503.49 72.890 555.00 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 7,708,904 12,120.030 636.05 10,995.110 701.12 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 169,366 170.492 993.39 154.668 1,095.03 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,171,793 2,121.470 552.35 1,924.566 608.86 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 1,098,566 133.859 8,206.88 121.435 9,046.54 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 2,247,459 5,634.471 398.88 5,111.508 439.69 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 38,568 20.403 1,890.24 18.510 2,083.63 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,061,813 2,729.036 755.51 2,475.741 832.81 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 307,222 126.986 2,419.33 115.200 2,666.86 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 6,074,659 9,438.130 643.63 8,562.130 709.48 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 5,814,356 6,992.223 831.55 6,343.240 916.62 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 4,696,165 6,809.423 689.66 6,177.407 760.22 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,494,252 1,279.370 1,949.59 1,160.626 2,149.06 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 651,320 573.390 1,135.91 520.171 1,252.13 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 145,507 66.475 2,188.87 60.306 2,412.81 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 441,642 646.675 682.94 586.654 752.82 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 55,500 141.434 392.41 128.307 432.56 WIRE DRAWN............................23 3,205,068 3,914.275 818.82 3,550.972 902.59 BLACK PLATE...........................28 1,197,788 1,506.779 794.93 1,366.928 876.26 TIN PLATE.............................29 609,889 853.811 714.31 774.565 787.40 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 1,831,406 2,660.023 688.49 2,413.133 758.93 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 88,886 152.806 581.69 138.624 641.20 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,476,316 3,782.742 654.64 3,431.647 721.61 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 178,754 211.004 847.16 191.420 933.83 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 202,159 244.425 827.08 221.739 911.70 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 1,531,405 1,171.315 1,307.42 1,062.600 1,441.19 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 504,093 414.757 1,215.39 376.262 1,339.74 COUNTRY TOTAL 51,566,922 72,349.301 712.75 65,634.201 785.67 Australia PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 40,026 18.739 2,135.94 17.000 2,354.47 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 153,149 228.344 670.69 207.151 739.31 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,088 3.152 662.31 2.860 730.07 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 80,344 104.840 766.34 95.110 844.75 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 37,314 57.378 650.31 52.053 716.85 WIRE DRAWN............................23 140,898 212.766 662.22 193.019 729.97 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 26,283,829 44,874.485 585.72 40,709.460 645.64 COUNTRY TOTAL 26,737,648 45,499.708 587.64 41,276.653 647.77 New Zealand PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,272,018 3,679.062 617.55 3,337.590 680.74 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 6,107 11.219 544.33 10.178 600.02 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 7,636,552 12,366.153 617.54 11,218.389 680.72 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 986,879 1,615.800 610.77 1,465.830 673.26 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 17,636 21.985 802.16 19.945 884.23 COUNTRY TOTAL 10,919,192 17,694.221 617.10 16,051.932 680.24 Egypt PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,025,532 3,586.870 564.71 3,253.955 622.48 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 16,990 15.497 1,096.31 14.059 1,208.48 WIRE DRAWN............................23 756,838 966.397 783.15 876.701 863.28 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 22,267,798 41,614.111 535.10 37,751.698 589.85 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 490,224 754.449 649.78 684.425 716.26 COUNTRY TOTAL 25,557,382 46,937.326 544.50 42,580.838 600.21 South Africa WIRE RODS..............................3 1,865,943 4,020.144 464.15 3,647.015 511.64 STEEL PILING...........................5 95,171 35.968 2,645.96 32.630 2,916.67 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,528,063 2,687.825 568.51 2,438.355 626.68 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 3,667,000 6,685.640 548.49 6,065.113 604.61 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 18,938 27.298 693.73 24.765 764.71 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 736,787 1,083.048 680.29 982.525 749.89 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 975,406 1,432.310 681.00 1,299.371 750.68 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 597,840 914.032 654.07 829.197 720.99 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 9,576 3.417 2,802.32 3.100 3,089.03 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 16,910 53.076 318.60 48.150 351.19 WIRE DRAWN............................23 813,747 1,178.522 690.48 1,069.138 761.12 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,653,401 2,753.688 600.43 2,498.105 661.86 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 13,404,456 18,384.584 729.11 16,678.219 803.71 COUNTRY TOTAL 25,383,238 39,259.559 646.55 35,615.683 712.70 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 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 2,328 1.502 1,549.47 1.363 1,708.00 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 33,434 10.804 3,094.35 9.802 3,410.94 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 21,087 7.172 2,939.88 6.507 3,240.66 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 175,680 35.708 4,919.87 32.394 5,423.23 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 127,149 24.466 5,196.78 22.196 5,728.46 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 7,094,776 1,347.332 5,265.79 1,222.280 5,804.54 WIRE DRAWN............................23 178,509 18.490 9,654.27 16.774 10,642.01 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 90,020 30.206 2,980.14 27.403 3,285.04 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 4,989 2.471 2,018.71 2.242 2,225.25 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 367,249 141.218 2,600.58 128.111 2,866.65 COUNTRY TOTAL 8,095,221 1,619.374 4,998.98 1,469.072 5,510.43 Mexico BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 7,313 0.220 33,171.22 0.200 36,565.00 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 23,672 1.102 21,474.88 1.000 23,672.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 4,214 2.619 1,608.96 2.376 1,773.57 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 312,136 72.991 4,276.32 66.217 4,713.83 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 21,366,483 10,140.225 2,107.10 9,199.060 2,322.68 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,369,363 1,098.793 2,156.33 996.809 2,376.95 COUNTRY TOTAL 24,083,181 11,315.952 2,128.25 10,265.662 2,345.99 Trinidad and Tobago BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 13,739 22.276 616.75 20.209 679.85 COUNTRY TOTAL 13,739 22.276 616.75 20.209 679.85 Brazil PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 16,577 1.965 8,434.33 1.783 9,297.25 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 6,798 1.437 4,729.33 1.304 5,213.19 WIRE DRAWN............................23 16,377 5.059 3,236.81 4.590 3,567.97 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 124,152 118.807 1,044.99 107.780 1,151.90 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 7,747,162 3,439.532 2,252.39 3,120.292 2,482.83 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,911,066 3,566.801 2,217.97 3,235.749 2,444.89 Sweden INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 51,809 22.101 2,344.16 20.050 2,583.99 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 5,512,089 2,084.843 2,643.89 1,891.339 2,914.38 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,692,338 557.188 3,037.28 505.473 3,348.03 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 69,941 24.103 2,901.74 21.866 3,198.62 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 937,540 302.958 3,094.62 274.839 3,411.23 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 19,593 0.848 23,083.73 0.770 25,445.45 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 520,618 171.409 3,037.28 155.500 3,348.03 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 945,497 120.307 7,859.01 109.141 8,663.08 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,233,835 220.648 5,591.86 200.169 6,163.97 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,944,034 562.436 3,456.45 510.234 3,810.08 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,624,703 511.753 5,128.84 464.255 5,653.58 COUNTRY TOTAL 15,551,997 4,578.598 3,396.67 4,153.636 3,744.19 Norway BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 3,330 0.288 11,530.25 0.262 12,709.92 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,330 0.288 11,530.25 0.262 12,709.92 Finland STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 82,888 28.703 2,887.77 26.039 3,183.23 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 50,315 23.038 2,183.97 20.900 2,407.42 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,327,553 885.757 2,627.75 803.546 2,896.60 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 966,836 429.813 2,249.43 389.920 2,479.58 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,427,592 1,367.312 2,506.81 1,240.405 2,763.28 Denmark STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 14,914 0.649 22,970.73 0.589 25,320.88 WIRE DRAWN............................23 294,900 22.887 12,884.88 20.763 14,203.15 COUNTRY TOTAL 309,814 23.536 13,163.10 21.352 14,509.84 United Kingdom INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 206,667 74.165 2,786.56 67.282 3,071.65 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 11,941,274 4,901.148 2,436.42 4,446.248 2,685.70 WIRE RODS..............................3 2,299,816 1,070.383 2,148.59 971.036 2,368.41 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 177,215 45.545 3,890.96 41.318 4,289.05 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 336,217 113.536 2,961.30 102.999 3,264.27 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,215,626 382.433 3,178.66 346.938 3,503.87 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 685,882 52.837 12,981.07 47.933 14,309.18 WIRE DRAWN............................23 721,329 163.149 4,421.27 148.007 4,873.61 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 45,197 20.200 2,237.37 18.326 2,466.28 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 61,282 7.958 7,700.02 7.220 8,487.81 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 217,161 50.423 4,306.78 45.743 4,747.41 COUNTRY TOTAL 17,907,666 6,881.782 2,602.18 6,243.050 2,868.42 Ireland STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 11,048 3.122 3,537.80 2.833 3,899.75 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 9,362 0.375 24,906.35 0.341 27,454.55 COUNTRY TOTAL 20,410 3.498 5,833.54 3.174 6,430.37 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Netherlands BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 10,158 6.997 1,451.67 6.348 1,600.19 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 13,408 0.574 23,346.52 0.521 25,735.12 WIRE DRAWN............................23 5,664 0.009 570,921.76 0.009 629,333.33 COUNTRY TOTAL 29,230 7.581 3,855.34 6.878 4,249.78 Belgium PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 3,938,812 1,275.832 3,087.25 1,157.416 3,403.11 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,188,114 466.932 2,544.51 423.594 2,804.84 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 9,391 2.310 4,064.59 2.096 4,480.44 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 20,361 8.327 2,444.90 7.555 2,695.04 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 25,610 4.662 5,492.44 4.230 6,054.37 WIRE DRAWN............................23 180,230 19.804 9,100.63 17.966 10,031.73 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 10,869 4.788 2,269.84 4.344 2,502.07 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 5,913,429 2,346.461 2,520.15 2,128.675 2,777.99 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 905,634 351.969 2,573.05 319.301 2,836.30 COUNTRY TOTAL 12,192,450 4,481.089 2,720.87 4,065.177 2,999.24 France BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 2,569 0.067 38,205.87 0.061 42,114.75 WIRE RODS..............................3 322,843 106.528 3,030.58 96.641 3,340.64 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 472,916 134.063 3,527.56 121.620 3,888.47 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 484,507 52.391 9,247.77 47.529 10,193.92 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 38,242 5.435 7,035.61 4.931 7,755.42 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 2,636,309 693.902 3,799.25 629.498 4,187.95 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 3,177,273 489.449 6,491.53 444.021 7,155.68 WIRE DRAWN............................23 586,190 111.072 5,277.56 100.763 5,817.51 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,156,420 1,332.127 1,618.78 1,208.486 1,784.40 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 378,589 132.837 2,850.02 120.508 3,141.61 COUNTRY TOTAL 10,255,858 3,057.874 3,353.92 2,774.058 3,697.06 Federal Republic of Germany INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 155,955 87.801 1,776.23 79.652 1,957.95 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 206,427 105.077 1,964.52 95.325 2,165.51 WIRE RODS..............................3 88,647 60.260 1,471.07 54.667 1,621.58 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 889,566 386.949 2,298.92 351.035 2,534.12 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 3,765,324 1,711.492 2,200.02 1,552.640 2,425.11 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,035,016 303.699 3,408.02 275.512 3,756.70 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,186,071 430.797 2,753.20 390.813 3,034.88 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,394,701 219.752 6,346.70 199.356 6,996.03 WIRE DRAWN............................23 766,328 135.596 5,651.54 123.011 6,229.75 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 73,375 26.035 2,818.27 23.619 3,106.61 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 9,701,422 3,822.031 2,538.29 3,467.290 2,797.98 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 142,794 18.748 7,616.45 17.008 8,395.70 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 344,200 120.256 2,862.21 109.095 3,155.05 COUNTRY TOTAL 19,749,826 7,428.499 2,658.66 6,739.023 2,930.67 Austria BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 5,432 0.077 70,397.56 0.070 77,600.00 WIRE RODS..............................3 38,136 14.253 2,675.46 12.931 2,949.19 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 66,158 16.626 3,979.15 15.083 4,386.26 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 795,324 210.970 3,769.84 191.389 4,155.54 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 161,691 49.035 3,297.45 44.484 3,634.81 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 774,001 136.888 5,654.25 124.183 6,232.75 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 5,519 0.906 6,090.94 0.822 6,714.11 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 12,069 1.895 6,365.59 1.720 7,016.86 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,858,330 430.653 4,315.14 390.682 4,756.63 Czech Republic BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 3,426 2.360 1,451.67 2.141 1,600.19 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 40,086 12.470 3,214.48 11.313 3,543.36 COUNTRY TOTAL 43,512 14.830 2,933.96 13.454 3,234.13 Switzerland BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 590,276 159.856 3,692.55 145.019 4,070.34 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 59,745 0.777 76,879.10 0.705 84,744.68 WIRE DRAWN............................23 233,380 58.756 3,971.99 53.303 4,378.37 COUNTRY TOTAL 883,401 219.389 4,026.63 199.027 4,438.60 Latvia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 248,936 82.106 3,031.86 74.486 3,342.05 COUNTRY TOTAL 248,936 82.106 3,031.86 74.486 3,342.05 Lithuania BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 129,988 40.796 3,186.25 37.010 3,512.24 COUNTRY TOTAL 129,988 40.796 3,186.25 37.010 3,512.24 Russia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 42,993 34.920 1,231.18 31.679 1,357.15 COUNTRY TOTAL 42,993 34.920 1,231.18 31.679 1,357.15 Belarus BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 3,941 0.771 5,107.45 0.700 5,630.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,941 0.771 5,107.45 0.700 5,630.00 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Ukraine BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 114,732 46.407 2,472.28 42.100 2,725.23 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 87,666 30.214 2,901.47 27.410 3,198.32 COUNTRY TOTAL 202,398 76.621 2,641.53 69.510 2,911.78 Spain BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 14,515,790 7,005.326 2,072.11 6,355.127 2,284.11 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 2,492 0.158 15,699.34 0.144 17,305.56 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 4,665,881 625.714 7,456.88 567.639 8,219.80 WIRE DRAWN............................23 373,472 55.214 6,763.99 50.090 7,456.02 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 354,048 238.860 1,482.24 216.691 1,633.88 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 401,180 150.831 2,659.79 136.832 2,931.92 COUNTRY TOTAL 20,312,863 8,076.106 2,515.18 7,326.523 2,772.51 Portugal BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 136,670 46.103 2,964.45 41.824 3,267.74 COUNTRY TOTAL 136,670 46.103 2,964.45 41.824 3,267.74 Italy INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 5,231,051 1,956.473 2,673.71 1,774.883 2,947.27 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 3,484,645 1,621.144 2,149.50 1,470.678 2,369.41 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,060,984 582.651 1,820.96 528.573 2,007.26 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 178,688 59.498 3,003.24 53.976 3,310.51 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 822,050 323.742 2,539.21 293.694 2,799.00 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 988,731 312.045 3,168.55 283.083 3,492.72 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 865,331 286.913 3,016.00 260.284 3,324.56 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 5,442,450 1,469.092 3,704.63 1,332.739 4,083.66 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 277,371 61.833 4,485.81 56.094 4,944.75 WIRE DRAWN............................23 223,841 102.046 2,193.52 92.575 2,417.94 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,007,817 433.175 2,326.58 392.970 2,564.62 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 15,845,626 7,051.115 2,247.25 6,396.666 2,477.17 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 3,750 0.273 13,717.52 0.248 15,120.97 COUNTRY TOTAL 35,432,335 14,260.005 2,484.74 12,936.463 2,738.95 Slovenia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 131,753 61.850 2,130.18 56.110 2,348.12 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 106,183 80.821 1,313.80 73.320 1,448.21 COUNTRY TOTAL 237,936 142.672 1,667.71 129.430 1,838.34 Romania SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 86,455 36.751 2,352.45 33.340 2,593.13 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 40,103 23.729 1,690.01 21.527 1,862.92 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 126,558 60.480 2,092.54 54.867 2,306.63 Turkey STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 2,961 0.022 134,308.74 0.020 148,050.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,961 0.022 134,308.74 0.020 148,050.00 Saudi Arabia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 165,100 76.239 2,165.55 69.163 2,387.11 COUNTRY TOTAL 165,100 76.239 2,165.55 69.163 2,387.11 India WIRE RODS..............................3 436,875 146.091 2,990.42 132.532 3,296.37 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 369,928 134.647 2,747.39 122.150 3,028.47 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 401,390 171.194 2,344.64 155.305 2,584.53 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 2,555,298 1,018.023 2,510.06 923.536 2,766.86 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 3,417,119 1,391.418 2,455.85 1,262.274 2,707.11 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 278,684 39.708 7,018.24 36.023 7,736.28 WIRE DRAWN............................23 3,360,735 1,258.258 2,670.94 1,141.473 2,944.21 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 421,198 154.233 2,730.92 139.918 3,010.32 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 401,415 143.566 2,796.03 130.241 3,082.09 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 930,188 341.009 2,727.75 309.359 3,006.82 COUNTRY TOTAL 12,572,830 4,798.151 2,620.35 4,352.811 2,888.44 Thailand STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 350,879 118.304 2,965.90 107.324 3,269.34 WIRE DRAWN............................23 49,741 19.246 2,584.44 17.460 2,848.85 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 709,191 396.755 1,787.47 359.931 1,970.35 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 8,458 4.190 2,018.14 3.802 2,224.62 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,118,269 538.497 2,076.65 488.517 2,289.11 Malaysia STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 586,978 211.820 2,771.12 192.160 3,054.63 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 31,152 5.695 5,469.45 5.167 6,029.03 COUNTRY TOTAL 618,130 217.515 2,841.77 197.327 3,132.52 Singapore STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 300,193 107.957 2,780.67 97.937 3,065.16 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 11,294 1.283 8,802.19 1.164 9,702.75 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 217,089 62.749 3,459.64 56.925 3,813.60 COUNTRY TOTAL 528,576 171.989 3,073.31 156.026 3,387.74 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Indonesia SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 203,427 82.289 2,472.08 74.652 2,725.00 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 147,541 72.277 2,041.31 65.569 2,250.16 COUNTRY TOTAL 350,968 154.567 2,270.65 140.221 2,502.96 China BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 51,184 33.357 1,534.43 30.261 1,691.42 WIRE RODS..............................3 893,152 580.783 1,537.84 526.878 1,695.18 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 142,294 61.161 2,326.52 55.485 2,564.55 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 96,823 33.902 2,855.91 30.756 3,148.10 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,836,058 810.053 2,266.59 734.868 2,498.49 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 6,111,527 1,833.405 3,333.43 1,663.238 3,674.48 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,459,568 498.923 2,925.43 452.616 3,224.74 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 103,865 44.290 2,345.07 40.180 2,584.99 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 16,774,491 7,325.128 2,289.99 6,645.247 2,524.28 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 39,595 18.813 2,104.65 17.067 2,319.97 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 698,768 315.797 2,212.71 286.487 2,439.09 COUNTRY TOTAL 28,207,325 11,555.617 2,441.01 10,483.083 2,690.75 Korea, South WIRE RODS..............................3 488,872 218.195 2,240.52 197.944 2,469.75 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 511,974 219.309 2,334.49 198.954 2,573.33 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 34,173 7.260 4,706.43 6.587 5,187.95 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 4,839,519 1,351.658 3,580.43 1,226.204 3,946.75 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,477,617 847.853 2,922.22 769.160 3,221.20 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 5,529,357 2,420.359 2,284.52 2,195.714 2,518.25 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 109,655 42.060 2,607.05 38.157 2,873.78 COUNTRY TOTAL 13,991,167 5,106.698 2,739.77 4,632.720 3,020.08 Hong Kong STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 6,230 0.562 11,081.89 0.510 12,215.69 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,230 0.562 11,081.89 0.510 12,215.69 Taiwan WIRE RODS..............................3 2,811,165 1,173.329 2,395.89 1,064.427 2,641.01 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 777,773 257.147 3,024.62 233.280 3,334.07 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 228,301 76.675 2,977.49 69.559 3,282.12 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 409,717 146.633 2,794.15 133.024 3,080.02 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 5,711,292 1,979.836 2,884.73 1,796.078 3,179.87 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 3,987,417 1,226.228 3,251.77 1,112.416 3,584.47 WIRE DRAWN............................23 810,521 215.628 3,758.88 195.615 4,143.45 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 6,044,149 2,068.528 2,921.96 1,876.538 3,220.90 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 255,097 125.075 2,039.54 113.467 2,248.20 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL DECEMBER - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/01/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 21,035,432 7,269.084 2,893.82 6,594.404 3,189.89 Japan BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 8,912 6.140 1,451.24 5.571 1,599.71 WIRE RODS..............................3 24,788 11.289 2,195.60 10.242 2,420.23 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 27,739 6.868 4,038.58 6.231 4,451.77 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 271,572 136.794 1,985.25 124.098 2,188.37 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 15,297 0.559 27,317.34 0.508 30,112.20 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 25,648 5.770 4,444.60 5.235 4,899.33 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 151,092 39.129 3,861.30 35.498 4,256.35 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 4,544,420 1,302.947 3,487.80 1,182.014 3,844.64 WIRE DRAWN............................23 622,404 103.931 5,988.60 94.285 6,601.30 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 216,345 84.226 2,568.61 76.409 2,831.41 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,141,776 555.010 2,057.22 503.497 2,267.69 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,552,426 181.804 8,539.00 164.930 9,412.64 COUNTRY TOTAL 8,602,419 2,434.473 3,533.58 2,208.518 3,895.11 Australia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 4,469 1.901 2,350.27 1.725 2,590.72 WIRE DRAWN............................23 233,579 89.939 2,597.06 81.592 2,862.77 COUNTRY TOTAL 238,048 91.841 2,591.95 83.317 2,857.14 South Africa STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 216,408 151.184 1,431.42 137.152 1,577.87 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 6,080,906 2,574.764 2,361.73 2,335.788 2,603.36 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 4,305,054 1,809.541 2,379.09 1,641.589 2,622.49 COUNTRY TOTAL 10,602,368 4,535.490 2,337.65 4,114.529 2,576.81 GRAND TOTAL 277,251,064 104,790.674 2,645.76 95,064.528 2,916.45