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RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/02/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Canada 58,941 33.120 1,779.62 30.046 1,961.69 Mexico 1,256,100 1,577.520 796.25 1,431.103 877.71 Brazil 1,532,754 28.687 53,429.07 26.025 58,895.45 Sweden 561,139 323.710 1,733.46 293.665 1,910.81 United Kingdom 314,241 69.563 4,517.32 63.107 4,979.50 Belgium 203,703 250.467 813.29 227.220 896.50 Federal Republic of Germany 275,720 116.735 2,361.91 105.901 2,603.56 Italy 2,693,915 1,599.230 1,684.51 1,450.798 1,856.85 India 58,193 22.458 2,591.14 20.374 2,856.24 China 3,900 0.155 25,092.35 0.141 27,659.57 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,958,606 4,021.649 1,730.29 3,648.380 1,907.31 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 25,395,646 53,234.752 477.05 48,293.769 525.86 Mexico 78,098,824 160,707.519 485.97 145,791.450 535.69 Venezuela 15,655,570 32,124.531 487.34 29,142.893 537.20 Brazil 107,066,850 245,291.322 436.49 222,524.607 481.15 Sweden 4,934,972 1,619.687 3,046.87 1,469.356 3,358.60 Finland 2,346,072 5,680.539 413.00 5,153.300 455.26 United Kingdom 11,155,710 5,265.755 2,118.54 4,777.014 2,335.29 Belgium 879,741 1,338.977 657.02 1,214.700 724.25 France 1,158,596 161.444 7,176.44 146.460 7,910.67 Federal Republic of Germany 4,603,803 11,149.706 412.91 10,114.846 455.15 Czech Republic 93,641 19.629 4,770.31 17.808 5,258.37 Russia 9,593,757 22,206.508 432.02 20,145.411 476.23 Ukraine 12,246,443 23,352.986 524.41 21,185.479 578.06 Spain 605,706 235.376 2,573.35 213.530 2,836.63 Italy 5,383,976 4,179.952 1,288.05 3,791.990 1,419.83 Turkey 2,184,850 2,706.239 807.34 2,455.060 889.94 India 2,542 0.203 12,465.21 0.185 13,740.54 China 7,149,205 16,183.774 441.75 14,681.677 486.95 Taiwan 13,637 2.158 6,318.33 1.958 6,964.76 Japan 23,065 3.378 6,826.83 3.065 7,525.29 Australia 19,317,702 39,515.686 488.86 35,848.038 538.88 CATEGORY TOTAL 307,910,308 624,980.129 492.67 566,972.596 543.08 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 3,842,845 5,634.906 681.97 5,111.903 751.74 Mexico 955,079 1,928.146 495.34 1,749.186 546.01 Brazil 6,435,841 12,919.998 498.13 11,720.829 549.09 Sweden 1,880,345 622.196 3,022.11 564.447 3,331.30 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/02/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Finland 51,397 108.745 472.64 98.652 520.99 United Kingdom 3,204,495 3,251.804 985.45 2,949.988 1,086.27 Netherlands 80,578 105.221 765.80 95.455 844.15 France 194,934 59.510 3,275.63 53.987 3,610.76 Federal Republic of Germany 5,787,437 6,784.170 853.08 6,154.498 940.36 Spain 2,799,602 4,192.860 667.71 3,803.700 736.02 Italy 1,426,008 565.854 2,520.10 513.335 2,777.93 Turkey 1,635,039 4,051.808 403.53 3,675.740 444.82 Thailand 67,773 101.075 670.52 91.694 739.12 Malaysia 509,962 1,164.435 437.95 1,056.358 482.75 China 3,209,555 5,269.136 609.12 4,780.082 671.44 Korea, South 830,391 386.049 2,151.00 350.218 2,371.07 Taiwan 3,099,946 1,282.417 2,417.27 1,163.390 2,664.58 Japan 4,745,760 8,577.941 553.25 7,781.780 609.86 South Africa 277,351 481.429 576.10 436.746 635.04 CATEGORY TOTAL 41,034,338 57,487.710 713.79 52,151.988 786.82 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 5,880,332 9,774.998 601.57 8,867.732 663.12 Mexico 919,828 1,721.538 534.31 1,561.754 588.97 Brazil 3,653,699 7,897.302 462.65 7,164.314 509.99 Norway 1,127,810 1,377.702 818.62 1,249.831 902.37 United Kingdom 2,833,094 4,175.854 678.45 3,788.273 747.86 Luxembourg 3,665,877 4,816.086 761.17 4,369.081 839.05 Federal Republic of Germany 2,089,262 2,676.298 780.65 2,427.898 860.52 Austria 15,260 3.051 5,001.32 2.768 5,513.01 Poland 48,827 30.155 1,619.15 27.357 1,784.81 Russia 16,080 30.109 534.05 27.315 588.69 Spain 8,266,236 17,382.703 475.54 15,769.328 524.20 Italy 561,168 449.591 1,248.17 407.863 1,375.87 Turkey 67,495 145.851 462.77 132.314 510.11 India 244,440 76.613 3,190.54 69.503 3,516.97 Korea, South 5,460,442 10,929.942 499.59 9,915.480 550.70 Taiwan 17,891 21.338 838.44 19.358 924.22 Japan 175,225 42.360 4,136.50 38.429 4,559.71 CATEGORY TOTAL 35,042,966 61,551.500 569.33 55,838.598 627.58 STEEL PILING...........................5 Canada 82,859 97.896 846.40 88.810 932.99 Luxembourg 4,061,533 5,300.351 766.28 4,808.399 844.67 China 2,787 4.236 657.90 3.843 725.21 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,147,179 5,402.483 767.64 4,901.052 846.18 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 18,335,839 18,434.582 994.64 16,723.577 1,096.41 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/02/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Chile 367,962 233.654 1,574.81 211.968 1,735.93 Brazil 1,200,159 900.009 1,333.50 816.475 1,469.93 Sweden 747,242 343.430 2,175.82 311.555 2,398.43 Norway 257,442 312.440 823.97 283.441 908.27 Finland 408,651 358.554 1,139.72 325.275 1,256.32 United Kingdom 241,819 141.988 1,703.09 128.810 1,877.33 Belgium 3,635,766 1,462.665 2,485.71 1,326.908 2,740.03 France 3,141,506 2,664.785 1,178.90 2,417.453 1,299.51 Federal Republic of Germany 3,054,486 2,309.362 1,322.65 2,095.019 1,457.98 Austria 56,259 14.995 3,751.64 13.604 4,135.47 Switzerland 9,203 15.851 580.59 14.380 639.99 Ukraine 3,585,495 3,047.837 1,176.41 2,764.952 1,296.77 Italy 577,188 337.572 1,709.82 306.241 1,884.75 Thailand 2,143,494 3,965.672 540.51 3,597.599 595.81 Malaysia 2,250,378 3,827.615 587.93 3,472.355 648.08 Indonesia 394,851 554.653 711.89 503.173 784.72 China 537,816 849.620 633.01 770.763 697.77 Korea, South 4,547,882 7,537.592 603.36 6,837.991 665.09 Taiwan 1,314,445 407.672 3,224.27 369.834 3,554.15 Japan 2,386,748 2,649.343 900.88 2,403.445 993.05 Australia 569,841 313.034 1,820.38 283.980 2,006.62 New Zealand 19,691 35.400 556.23 32.115 613.14 South Africa 244,234 131.520 1,857.01 119.313 2,047.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 50,028,397 50,849.855 983.85 46,130.226 1,084.50 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 24,552,035 37,830.010 649.01 34,318.818 715.41 Mexico 1,202,727 2,063.466 582.87 1,871.946 642.50 Dominican Republic 4,307 14.110 305.23 12.801 336.46 Venezuela 798,807 1,460.185 547.06 1,324.658 603.03 Sweden 2,422,596 697.746 3,472.03 632.985 3,827.26 Netherlands 2,575,710 4,506.859 571.51 4,088.555 629.98 Belgium 947,715 391.679 2,419.62 355.326 2,667.17 France 2,975,389 4,396.835 676.71 3,988.743 745.95 Federal Republic of Germany 2,230,292 1,002.582 2,224.55 909.528 2,452.14 Austria 8,142 19.025 427.94 17.260 471.73 Russia 1,953,614 3,986.199 490.09 3,616.220 540.24 Spain 10,584 4.773 2,217.47 4.330 2,444.34 Turkey 6,221,616 11,124.963 559.25 10,092.400 616.47 Thailand 1,917,748 3,392.773 565.24 3,077.873 623.08 Malaysia 2,228,373 4,264.973 522.48 3,869.120 575.94 Japan 444,325 804.078 552.59 729.448 609.12 New Zealand 1,787,464 2,935.783 608.85 2,663.299 671.15 Egypt 3,863 5.988 645.03 5.433 711.03 CATEGORY TOTAL 52,285,307 78,902.035 662.66 71,578.743 730.46 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/02/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Canada 37,005 72.502 510.40 65.773 562.62 Luxembourg 16,990 22.839 743.87 20.720 819.98 Czech Republic 3,085,140 6,250.388 493.59 5,670.259 544.09 Italy 3,022,240 5,222.567 578.69 4,737.835 637.89 Korea, South 19,646 38.491 510.40 34.919 562.62 Japan 8,193,800 13,173.993 621.97 11,951.249 685.60 CATEGORY TOTAL 14,374,821 24,780.783 580.08 22,480.755 639.43 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 Canada 19,249 4.941 3,895.25 4.483 4,293.78 Federal Republic of Germany 2,860 1.315 2,174.81 1.193 2,397.32 Austria 361,543 311.257 1,161.56 282.368 1,280.40 Poland 110,041 189.531 580.60 171.940 640.00 Spain 76,141 89.764 848.23 81.433 935.01 Korea, South 501,984 793.991 632.23 720.297 696.91 Japan 70,974 46.195 1,536.38 41.908 1,693.57 Australia 3,365 0.606 5,550.32 0.550 6,118.18 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,146,157 1,437.603 797.27 1,304.172 878.84 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 Canada 166,282 145.466 1,143.10 131.965 1,260.05 Australia 551,501 894.109 616.82 811.123 679.92 CATEGORY TOTAL 717,783 1,039.576 690.46 943.088 761.10 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 39,492,729 57,088.293 691.78 51,789.643 762.56 Mexico 7,789,318 11,980.503 650.17 10,868.533 716.69 Trinidad and Tobago 86,246 108.893 792.02 98.787 873.05 Brazil 734,731 442.224 1,661.45 401.179 1,831.43 Sweden 948,809 448.339 2,116.27 406.727 2,332.79 United Kingdom 2,283,531 1,466.910 1,556.69 1,330.759 1,715.96 Netherlands 65,684 12.400 5,296.67 11.250 5,838.58 France 1,667,398 702.695 2,372.86 637.475 2,615.63 Federal Republic of Germany 1,927,929 1,343.077 1,435.46 1,218.420 1,582.32 Austria 1,091,389 377.230 2,893.16 342.218 3,189.16 Czech Republic 12,747 9.569 1,332.09 8.681 1,468.38 Switzerland 19,567 19.699 993.28 17.871 1,094.90 Ukraine 5,023,823 7,475.182 672.07 6,781.373 740.83 Spain 2,552,528 2,404.187 1,061.70 2,181.043 1,170.32 Portugal 354,361 106.440 3,329.20 96.561 3,669.81 Italy 3,485,865 4,465.028 780.70 4,050.607 860.58 Bulgaria 2,637,109 6,465.601 407.87 5,865.497 449.60 Turkey 4,509,772 8,878.593 507.94 8,054.527 559.91 India 399,014 390.215 1,022.55 353.998 1,127.16 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/02/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE China 283,014 392.082 721.82 355.691 795.67 Korea, South 1,390,310 1,702.391 816.68 1,544.384 900.24 Taiwan 353,742 126.878 2,788.04 115.102 3,073.29 Japan 8,581,227 11,752.563 730.16 10,661.749 804.86 South Africa 153,142 257.586 594.53 233.679 655.35 CATEGORY TOTAL 85,843,985 118,416.590 724.93 107,425.754 799.10 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 3,014,324 5,623.016 536.07 5,101.116 590.91 Mexico 561,324 1,051.933 533.61 954.298 588.21 Brazil 355,031 770.667 460.68 699.138 507.81 United Kingdom 31,098 11.244 2,765.58 10.201 3,048.52 Austria 14,477 1.705 8,489.54 1.547 9,358.11 Switzerland 10,820 10.144 1,066.58 9.203 1,175.70 Italy 1,252,400 445.699 2,809.96 404.332 3,097.45 Turkey 753,067 1,770.665 425.30 1,606.321 468.81 India 1,614,350 635.547 2,540.09 576.559 2,799.97 China 267,704 554.904 482.43 503.401 531.79 Japan 94,516 23.225 4,069.46 21.070 4,485.81 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,969,111 10,898.753 731.19 9,887.186 806.00 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 Canada 93,674 128.184 730.78 116.287 805.54 Mexico 5,112,897 11,619.325 440.03 10,540.878 485.05 Dominican Republic 1,467,665 3,128.437 469.14 2,838.072 517.13 Brazil 1,023,742 2,783.552 367.78 2,525.197 405.41 Federal Republic of Germany 107,933 180.685 597.35 163.915 658.47 Romania 4,773,747 12,904.721 369.92 11,706.970 407.77 Bulgaria 46,753 114.018 410.05 103.436 452.00 India 32,557 47.184 689.99 42.805 760.59 Hong Kong 1,097,085 2,761.024 397.35 2,504.760 438.00 Japan 20,409 47.461 430.02 43.056 474.01 CATEGORY TOTAL 13,776,462 33,714.596 408.62 30,585.376 450.43 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 5,290,922 4,325.420 1,223.22 3,923.957 1,348.36 Mexico 73,883 88.704 832.92 80.471 918.13 Colombia 269,863 303.082 890.39 274.952 981.49 Brazil 39,901 37.212 1,072.24 33.759 1,181.94 Argentina 7,288 2.512 2,901.08 2.279 3,197.89 Sweden 600,403 225.435 2,663.30 204.512 2,935.78 Denmark 3,794 0.551 6,883.72 0.500 7,588.00 United Kingdom 2,876,355 2,015.695 1,426.98 1,828.609 1,572.97 Netherlands 13,749 11.854 1,159.84 10.754 1,278.50 Belgium 157,758 142.039 1,110.66 128.856 1,224.30 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/02/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE France 3,473,668 1,647.353 2,108.64 1,494.454 2,324.37 Federal Republic of Germany 1,868,534 830.222 2,250.64 753.165 2,480.91 Austria 43,763 13.383 3,270.01 12.141 3,604.56 Czech Republic 107,149 21.594 4,961.92 19.590 5,469.58 Switzerland 856,887 232.165 3,690.85 210.617 4,068.46 Latvia 284,427 83.573 3,403.30 75.817 3,751.49 Poland 181,526 76.110 2,385.04 69.046 2,629.06 Russia 17,610 14.429 1,220.44 13.090 1,345.30 Ukraine 3,868,230 3,505.778 1,103.39 3,180.390 1,216.28 Spain 406,995 399.649 1,018.38 362.556 1,122.57 Portugal 51,818 8.182 6,332.82 7.423 6,980.74 Italy 8,396,901 2,610.718 3,216.32 2,368.405 3,545.38 Slovenia 37,886 20.226 1,873.11 18.349 2,064.74 Saudi Arabia 168,671 75.360 2,238.19 68.366 2,467.18 United Arab Emirates 306,063 127.777 2,395.28 115.918 2,640.34 India 2,888,909 1,219.480 2,368.97 1,106.294 2,611.34 China 1,411,370 658.875 2,142.09 597.722 2,361.25 Korea, South 116,620 138.911 839.53 126.018 925.42 Taiwan 5,624,668 1,780.597 3,158.87 1,615.331 3,482.05 Japan 823,960 635.413 1,296.73 576.438 1,429.40 Australia 5,384 2.326 2,313.73 2.111 2,550.45 CATEGORY TOTAL 40,274,955 21,254.639 1,894.88 19,281.890 2,088.75 TOOL STEEL............................17 Canada 1,090,066 825.872 1,319.90 749.219 1,454.94 Mexico 96,178 43.464 2,212.81 39.430 2,439.21 Haiti 14,415 21.213 679.50 19.245 749.03 Dominican Republic 30,626 7.275 4,209.61 6.600 4,640.30 Colombia 35,912 10.628 3,378.85 9.642 3,724.54 Brazil 1,770,577 553.820 3,197.02 502.418 3,524.11 Sweden 2,225,858 1,039.905 2,140.44 943.387 2,359.43 United Kingdom 1,365,453 452.535 3,017.34 410.533 3,326.05 Netherlands 432,769 408.423 1,059.61 370.516 1,168.02 France 2,714,030 2,081.145 1,304.10 1,887.984 1,437.53 Federal Republic of Germany 3,932,460 2,040.232 1,927.46 1,850.868 2,124.66 Austria 2,793,306 563.315 4,958.69 511.031 5,466.02 Czech Republic 47,064 13.791 3,412.66 12.511 3,761.81 Poland 248,102 132.646 1,870.40 120.335 2,061.76 Russia 775,715 450.932 1,720.25 409.079 1,896.25 Ukraine 299,617 77.290 3,876.49 70.117 4,273.10 Spain 627,118 410.648 1,527.14 372.534 1,683.38 Italy 203,541 254.908 798.49 231.249 880.18 Slovenia 1,409,732 678.921 2,076.43 615.907 2,288.87 India 184,203 145.686 1,264.38 132.165 1,393.74 China 2,889,437 903.791 3,197.02 819.906 3,524.11 Korea, South 314,112 126.715 2,478.88 114.954 2,732.50 Taiwan 1,409,868 690.143 2,042.86 626.088 2,251.87 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/02/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 4,543,632 5,498.234 826.38 4,987.916 910.93 CATEGORY TOTAL 29,453,791 17,431.542 1,689.68 15,813.634 1,862.56 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 26,243,274 30,613.382 857.25 27,772.001 944.95 Mexico 3,088,400 3,239.098 953.48 2,938.462 1,051.03 Guatemala 424,430 388.403 1,092.75 352.354 1,204.56 Dominican Republic 110,271 283.021 389.62 256.753 429.48 Colombia 604,683 567.378 1,065.75 514.717 1,174.79 Venezuela 150,294 158.118 950.51 143.443 1,047.76 Ecuador 138,983 77.887 1,784.42 70.658 1,966.98 Chile 337,777 480.904 702.38 436.269 774.24 Argentina 290,521 400.622 725.17 363.439 799.37 Sweden 6,925 0.142 48,699.66 0.129 53,682.17 United Kingdom 61,526 18.672 3,295.09 16.939 3,632.21 France 16,232 15.738 1,031.34 14.278 1,136.85 Federal Republic of Germany 1,514,809 1,117.135 1,355.98 1,013.449 1,494.71 Slovakia 135,736 159.146 852.90 144.375 940.16 Ukraine 611,979 850.920 719.20 771.942 792.78 Spain 416,467 333.509 1,248.74 302.555 1,376.50 Italy 379,194 253.491 1,495.88 229.964 1,648.93 Romania 48,930 50.252 973.69 45.588 1,073.31 Turkey 2,009,637 2,929.171 686.08 2,657.300 756.27 United Arab Emirates 952,142 1,162.729 818.89 1,054.811 902.67 Oman 1,235,559 1,867.398 661.65 1,694.076 729.34 India 4,540,867 7,175.594 632.82 6,509.592 697.57 Thailand 5,747,063 9,767.148 588.41 8,860.611 648.61 Philippines 2,094,921 3,430.809 610.62 3,112.379 673.09 China 14,241,281 25,316.487 562.53 22,966.738 620.08 Korea, South 3,543,615 5,173.768 684.92 4,693.565 754.99 Taiwan 1,090,962 1,816.949 600.44 1,648.309 661.87 Japan 1,981,352 1,531.178 1,294.00 1,389.062 1,426.40 South Africa 63,956 123.807 516.58 112.316 569.43 CATEGORY TOTAL 72,081,786 99,302.870 725.88 90,086.074 800.14 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 3,963,149 3,291.459 1,204.07 2,985.963 1,327.26 Mexico 1,446,133 1,486.425 972.89 1,348.463 1,072.43 Colombia 3,628,186 3,283.742 1,104.89 2,978.962 1,217.94 Venezuela 3,994,819 5,552.277 719.49 5,036.943 793.10 Brazil 7,010,229 7,350.231 953.74 6,668.020 1,051.32 Argentina 127,658 178.789 714.01 162.195 787.06 United Kingdom 142,295 9.490 14,992.79 8.610 16,526.71 Federal Republic of Germany 7,784,339 5,893.119 1,320.92 5,346.150 1,456.06 Austria 7,318,322 6,268.235 1,167.53 5,686.449 1,286.98 Czech Republic 3,301 8.086 408.21 7.336 449.97 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/02/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Russia 2,116,912 3,150.426 671.94 2,858.020 740.69 Spain 4,849,452 3,992.247 1,214.72 3,621.707 1,339.00 Romania 1,011,808 1,633.952 619.24 1,482.297 682.59 Turkey 1,058,316 1,515.071 698.53 1,374.450 769.99 India 2,954,586 3,430.864 861.18 3,112.429 949.29 China 19,522,432 27,327.182 714.40 24,790.810 787.49 Korea, South 10,618,958 16,001.694 663.61 14,516.497 731.51 Taiwan 826,652 1,218.556 678.39 1,105.456 747.79 Japan 16,505,520 5,597.745 2,948.60 5,078.191 3,250.28 South Africa 1,732,125 2,195.764 788.85 1,991.965 869.56 CATEGORY TOTAL 96,615,192 99,385.366 972.13 90,160.913 1,071.59 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Mexico 2,404 1.628 1,476.56 1.477 1,627.62 Brazil 591,741 699.564 845.87 634.634 932.41 United Kingdom 450,458 565.176 797.02 512.720 878.57 Italy 1,268,730 1,083.513 1,170.94 982.947 1,290.74 China 262,632 258.741 1,015.04 234.726 1,118.89 Korea, South 2,900,137 4,382.381 661.77 3,975.631 729.48 Taiwan 273,012 395.623 690.08 358.904 760.68 Japan 8,327,913 8,839.768 942.10 8,019.305 1,038.48 CATEGORY TOTAL 14,077,027 16,226.397 867.54 14,720.344 956.30 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Mexico 2,075,808 2,402.621 863.98 2,179.622 952.37 Colombia 46,821 81.968 571.20 74.361 629.64 Venezuela 830,808 1,888.264 439.99 1,713.005 485.00 Brazil 3,947,950 5,691.315 693.68 5,163.076 764.65 Argentina 792,167 1,090.206 726.62 989.019 800.96 France 273,939 257.045 1,065.72 233.188 1,174.76 Austria 139,111 119.944 1,159.79 108.812 1,278.45 Czech Republic 14,742 17.082 862.99 15.497 951.28 Slovakia 414,685 551.767 751.56 500.555 828.45 Italy 1,214,865 1,587.360 765.34 1,440.030 843.64 India 147,537 242.593 608.17 220.077 670.39 China 3,856,886 6,051.505 637.34 5,489.835 702.55 Korea, South 2,112,005 3,214.322 657.06 2,915.985 724.29 Taiwan 272,223 435.327 625.33 394.923 689.31 Japan 8,302,265 9,850.231 842.85 8,935.982 929.08 CATEGORY TOTAL 24,441,812 33,481.557 730.01 30,373.967 804.70 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Canada 1,010,659 251.697 4,015.38 228.336 4,426.19 Mexico 687,986 780.500 881.47 708.058 971.65 Colombia 72,983 129.919 561.76 117.861 619.23 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/02/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Brazil 1,836,274 2,671.506 687.36 2,423.551 757.68 Denmark 56,490 19.841 2,847.05 18.000 3,138.33 United Kingdom 64,408 7.526 8,557.41 6.828 9,432.92 Belgium 5,082 0.594 8,553.46 0.539 9,428.57 Turkey 226,877 312.505 725.99 283.500 800.27 India 522,867 846.536 617.65 767.965 680.85 Korea, South 4,060,817 6,215.084 653.38 5,638.231 720.23 Taiwan 2,154,361 3,504.857 614.68 3,179.554 677.57 South Africa 242,292 420.515 576.18 381.485 635.13 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,941,096 15,161.084 721.66 13,753.908 795.49 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 13,585,711 11,550.563 1,176.19 10,478.498 1,296.53 Mexico 11,732,318 12,593.626 931.61 11,424.749 1,026.92 Dominican Republic 162,275 396.368 409.40 359.580 451.29 Brazil 1,041,671 1,214.976 857.36 1,102.208 945.08 Argentina 1,549,920 1,231.851 1,258.20 1,117.517 1,386.93 Sweden 667,987 476.554 1,401.70 432.323 1,545.11 Denmark 12,028 1.828 6,577.23 1.659 7,250.15 United Kingdom 932,610 479.111 1,946.54 434.643 2,145.69 Belgium 32,560 19.062 1,708.09 17.293 1,882.84 France 1,113,779 1,028.743 1,082.66 933.261 1,193.43 Federal Republic of Germany 3,648,863 2,745.674 1,328.95 2,490.835 1,464.92 Austria 175,235 59.808 2,929.95 54.257 3,229.72 Slovakia 50,536 19.866 2,543.72 18.023 2,803.97 Switzerland 1,790,096 768.860 2,328.24 697.499 2,566.45 Ukraine 13,124 9.787 1,340.91 8.879 1,478.09 Spain 209,306 136.277 1,535.88 123.629 1,693.02 Italy 1,266,917 1,031.986 1,227.65 936.203 1,353.25 Romania 2,233 2.016 1,107.57 1.829 1,220.89 Turkey 28,001 20.168 1,388.32 18.297 1,530.36 India 910,167 1,005.014 905.63 911.734 998.28 Malaysia 16,718 13.555 1,233.33 12.297 1,359.52 China 4,431,239 4,315.460 1,026.83 3,914.921 1,131.88 Korea, South 2,093,149 2,968.966 705.01 2,693.402 777.14 Hong Kong 7,698 1.620 4,750.69 1.470 5,236.73 Taiwan 50,561 39.354 1,284.75 35.702 1,416.20 Japan 7,452,934 4,567.473 1,631.74 4,143.543 1,798.69 Australia 39,045 50.456 773.84 45.773 853.01 CATEGORY TOTAL 53,016,681 46,749.035 1,134.07 42,410.024 1,250.10 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 21,387 20.526 1,041.94 18.621 1,148.54 Mexico 883,421 487.748 1,811.22 442.478 1,996.53 Chile 165,698 208.337 795.33 189.001 876.70 Brazil 275,780 262.535 1,050.45 238.168 1,157.92 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/02/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Argentina 553,406 235.210 2,352.82 213.379 2,593.54 Sweden 151,374 128.865 1,174.67 116.905 1,294.85 United Kingdom 87,425 3.666 23,845.65 3.326 26,285.33 Netherlands 35,356 19.595 1,804.27 17.777 1,988.86 France 1,886,192 1,641.800 1,148.86 1,489.417 1,266.40 Federal Republic of Germany 3,305,274 2,439.016 1,355.17 2,212.639 1,493.82 Slovakia 496,848 484.290 1,025.93 439.341 1,130.89 Spain 273,608 134.358 2,036.40 121.888 2,244.75 Italy 1,385,782 778.103 1,780.97 705.884 1,963.19 India 93,347 153.161 609.47 138.946 671.82 China 17,100 5.520 3,097.62 5.008 3,414.54 Korea, South 95,778 128.828 743.46 116.871 819.52 Taiwan 4,300 0.112 38,244.07 0.102 42,156.86 Japan 253,216 119.281 2,122.85 108.210 2,340.04 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,985,292 7,250.958 1,377.10 6,577.961 1,517.99 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D Canada 7,961,478 1,547.966 5,143.18 1,404.292 5,669.39 Mexico 261,191 68.423 3,817.26 62.073 4,207.80 Brazil 26,361 4.404 5,984.56 3.996 6,596.85 Sweden 945,360 120.737 7,829.90 109.531 8,630.98 Finland 291,982 105.259 2,773.92 95.490 3,057.72 United Kingdom 490,882 3.560 137,870.21 3.230 151,975.85 Ireland 10,232 1.561 6,550.68 1.417 7,220.89 Belgium 37,772 5.502 6,864.22 4.992 7,566.51 France 2,676,544 482.430 5,548.04 437.654 6,115.66 Federal Republic of Germany 2,496,399 243.106 10,268.73 220.543 11,319.33 Austria 1,858,120 312.435 5,947.21 283.437 6,555.67 Czech Republic 336,932 25.684 13,117.88 23.301 14,459.98 Switzerland 15,061 0.275 54,652.45 0.250 60,244.00 Spain 1,965,604 318.067 6,179.83 288.546 6,812.10 Italy 449,163 106.823 4,204.71 96.909 4,634.89 Turkey 326,612 113.157 2,886.34 102.655 3,181.65 India 3,087 0.123 25,004.29 0.112 27,562.50 Thailand 260,680 81.749 3,188.76 74.162 3,515.01 Malaysia 1,212,446 438.203 2,766.85 397.532 3,049.93 Singapore 124,414 47.003 2,646.90 42.641 2,917.71 China 6,039,605 1,633.857 3,696.53 1,482.211 4,074.73 Korea, South 5,268,685 1,491.688 3,532.03 1,353.237 3,893.39 Taiwan 5,985,032 1,724.804 3,469.98 1,564.717 3,824.99 Japan 4,776,740 1,159.638 4,119.16 1,052.007 4,540.60 Australia 2,800 0.099 28,223.53 0.090 31,111.11 South Africa 731,329 260.024 2,812.54 235.890 3,100.30 CATEGORY TOTAL 44,554,511 10,296.593 4,327.11 9,340.915 4,769.82 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/02/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 2,318,869 764.537 3,033.03 693.577 3,343.35 Mexico 345,069 191.103 1,805.67 173.366 1,990.41 United Kingdom 3,111 1.834 1,696.07 1.664 1,869.59 France 7,021 3.300 2,127.37 2.994 2,345.02 Federal Republic of Germany 52,166 3.545 14,715.24 3.216 16,220.77 Italy 3,628 1.427 2,541.52 1.295 2,801.54 India 198,535 162.461 1,222.04 147.383 1,347.07 Vietnam 107,097 110.527 968.96 100.269 1,068.10 Korea, South 86,062 20.238 4,252.40 18.360 4,687.47 Taiwan 10,000 3.196 3,128.22 2.900 3,448.28 Japan 65,596 29.828 2,199.10 27.060 2,424.09 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,197,154 1,292.001 2,474.58 1,172.084 2,727.75 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 24,939,220 27,286.884 913.96 24,754.252 1,007.47 Mexico 3,205,636 2,499.596 1,282.46 2,267.596 1,413.67 Argentina 545,985 872.968 625.43 791.944 689.42 Sweden 4,445 4.899 907.18 4.445 1,000.00 Finland 907,218 242.625 3,739.17 220.106 4,121.73 United Kingdom 90,775 85.345 1,063.62 77.424 1,172.44 Netherlands 10,717 1.528 7,009.59 1.387 7,726.75 Belgium 8,875 7.533 1,178.12 6.834 1,298.65 France 2,144 2.363 907.18 2.144 1,000.00 Federal Republic of Germany 900,757 607.438 1,482.88 551.059 1,634.59 Austria 148,826 133.371 1,115.87 120.993 1,230.04 Spain 2,454 1.576 1,556.81 1.430 1,716.08 Italy 9,735 8.765 1,110.59 7.952 1,224.22 Turkey 3,103,513 5,103.580 608.10 4,629.892 670.32 Malaysia 10,411 9.870 1,054.80 8.954 1,162.72 China 750,794 1,103.920 680.12 1,001.460 749.70 Korea, South 3,705,586 5,928.508 625.05 5,378.254 688.99 Taiwan 827,825 265.699 3,115.64 241.039 3,434.40 Japan 493,824 652.842 756.42 592.249 833.81 Australia 8,814 11.793 747.35 10.699 823.82 South Africa 12,256 32.549 376.54 29.528 415.06 CATEGORY TOTAL 39,689,810 44,863.661 884.68 40,699.641 975.19 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 25,935 39.801 651.61 36.107 718.28 Mexico 153,479 142.882 1,074.16 129.621 1,184.06 Korea, South 88,821 124.278 714.69 112.744 787.81 CATEGORY TOTAL 268,235 306.962 873.84 278.472 963.24 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 18,585,622 19,859.497 935.86 18,016.238 1,031.60 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/02/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Mexico 8,356,471 9,836.833 849.51 8,923.828 936.42 Dominican Republic 105,995 136.244 777.98 123.599 857.57 Trinidad and Tobago 189,954 233.910 812.08 212.200 895.16 Colombia 26,245 17.017 1,542.24 15.438 1,700.03 Venezuela 89,732 135.984 659.87 123.363 727.38 Ecuador 29,692 39.052 760.31 35.428 838.09 Chile 178,870 204.918 872.88 185.899 962.19 Brazil 579,303 833.909 694.68 756.510 765.76 Argentina 101,108 173.920 581.35 157.778 640.82 Sweden 2,380,067 665.953 3,573.92 604.143 3,939.58 Denmark 93,498 2.180 42,881.69 1.978 47,268.96 United Kingdom 1,857,831 1,274.919 1,457.21 1,156.588 1,606.30 Netherlands 69,410 41.281 1,681.38 37.450 1,853.40 Belgium 861,142 587.070 1,466.84 532.582 1,616.92 Luxembourg 428,612 305.633 1,402.37 277.266 1,545.85 France 2,570,097 1,274.929 2,015.87 1,156.597 2,222.12 Federal Republic of Germany 2,188,843 989.543 2,211.97 897.699 2,438.28 Austria 1,355,641 218.353 6,208.47 198.087 6,843.66 Czech Republic 5,718 0.992 5,763.65 0.900 6,353.33 Slovakia 33,832 21.293 1,588.85 19.317 1,751.41 Switzerland 320,783 74.311 4,316.75 67.414 4,758.40 Poland 1,617,678 1,676.131 965.13 1,520.561 1,063.87 Belarus 289,705 344.268 841.51 312.315 927.61 Spain 330,434 59.900 5,516.36 54.341 6,080.75 Italy 3,042,835 2,097.028 1,451.02 1,902.393 1,599.48 Greece 1,734,677 1,718.225 1,009.57 1,558.748 1,112.87 Turkey 436,182 412.995 1,056.14 374.663 1,164.20 Israel 133,938 174.948 765.58 158.711 843.91 United Arab Emirates 241,311 260.063 927.89 235.926 1,022.82 India 3,258,258 1,954.664 1,666.91 1,773.242 1,837.46 Thailand 338,366 202.958 1,667.17 184.121 1,837.74 Malaysia 82,197 72.303 1,136.83 65.593 1,253.14 Indonesia 41,717 11.389 3,662.90 10.332 4,037.65 China 7,045,211 9,126.621 771.94 8,279.534 850.92 Korea, South 7,496,662 5,622.185 1,333.41 5,100.362 1,469.83 Taiwan 3,056,915 2,409.116 1,268.89 2,185.514 1,398.72 Japan 7,180,237 6,552.095 1,095.87 5,943.963 1,207.99 Australia 200,397 178.468 1,122.87 161.904 1,237.75 Egypt 937,152 1,215.951 770.71 1,103.093 849.57 South Africa 1,668,754 2,467.584 676.27 2,238.556 745.46 CATEGORY TOTAL 79,541,092 73,484.652 1,082.42 66,664.174 1,193.16 BLACK PLATE...........................28 Canada 11,408 19.875 573.97 18.031 632.69 Netherlands 109,021 148.675 733.28 134.876 808.31 Belgium 79,421 105.799 750.67 95.980 827.47 Federal Republic of Germany 91,581 96.645 947.60 87.675 1,044.55 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/02/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE China 74,951 117.357 638.66 106.465 704.00 Taiwan 497,151 780.761 636.75 708.295 701.90 Japan 2,299,693 2,623.316 876.64 2,379.833 966.33 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,163,226 3,892.430 812.66 3,531.155 895.80 TIN PLATE.............................29 Canada 6,172,643 8,378.751 736.70 7,601.078 812.07 Brazil 29,686 43.977 675.02 39.896 744.08 Netherlands 2,436,364 4,451.524 547.31 4,038.356 603.31 Belgium 259,559 354.768 731.63 321.841 806.48 France 2,762,001 4,826.122 572.30 4,378.186 630.86 Federal Republic of Germany 4,432,838 8,033.382 551.80 7,287.764 608.26 Turkey 44,544 52.001 856.59 47.175 944.23 China 433,267 503.095 861.20 456.401 949.31 Korea, South 250,642 359.221 697.74 325.880 769.12 Taiwan 240,144 243.303 987.02 220.721 1,088.00 Japan 384,191 547.082 702.25 496.305 774.10 CATEGORY TOTAL 17,445,879 27,793.231 627.70 25,213.603 691.92 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A Canada 1,601,574 2,146.480 746.14 1,947.255 822.48 United Kingdom 76,021 143.102 531.24 129.820 585.59 Netherlands 238,675 503.639 473.90 456.894 522.39 France 1,699,815 2,453.630 692.78 2,225.897 763.65 Federal Republic of Germany 889,726 1,497.677 594.07 1,358.671 654.85 Korea, South 105,072 155.580 675.36 141.140 744.45 Japan 1,681,746 2,446.796 687.33 2,219.697 757.65 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,292,629 9,346.907 673.23 8,479.374 742.11 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 24,712,875 40,607.757 608.58 36,838.748 670.84 Mexico 10,143,591 16,747.999 605.66 15,193.534 667.63 Venezuela 4,386,160 7,656.941 572.83 6,946.262 631.44 Sweden 3,219,102 5,103.735 630.73 4,630.032 695.27 Finland 175,727 83.417 2,106.60 75.675 2,322.13 United Kingdom 85,054 21.982 3,869.21 19.942 4,265.07 Netherlands 4,262,875 7,991.180 533.45 7,249.479 588.03 Belgium 1,819,424 2,611.033 696.82 2,368.690 768.11 France 10,649,411 16,189.988 657.78 14,687.315 725.08 Federal Republic of Germany 278,975 283.545 983.88 257.228 1,084.54 Austria 365,808 626.167 584.20 568.050 643.97 Russia 1,469,122 2,941.731 499.41 2,668.695 550.50 Italy 806,288 373.230 2,160.30 338.589 2,381.32 Turkey 24,136,075 43,627.031 553.24 39,577.788 609.84 India 265,190 97.449 2,721.30 88.405 2,999.72 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/02/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Thailand 2,430,313 4,499.751 540.10 4,082.107 595.36 Malaysia 4,553,058 8,512.554 534.86 7,722.462 589.59 Korea, South 27,479,051 58,526.164 469.52 53,094.058 517.55 Taiwan 59,056 17.684 3,339.45 16.043 3,681.11 Japan 2,728,230 4,394.271 620.86 3,986.417 684.38 Australia 9,236,975 15,862.894 582.30 14,390.580 641.88 New Zealand 4,533,571 7,366.810 615.40 6,683.060 678.37 Egypt 19,778,878 36,482.213 542.15 33,096.117 597.62 South Africa 72,377 57.823 1,251.68 52.457 1,379.74 CATEGORY TOTAL 157,647,186 280,683.360 561.65 254,631.733 619.12 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 15,088,605 21,436.486 703.87 19,446.859 775.89 Mexico 30,205,912 28,246.929 1,069.35 25,625.191 1,178.76 Venezuela 3,606,717 5,784.329 623.53 5,247.457 687.33 Brazil 18,787,504 23,458.227 800.89 21,280.952 882.83 Argentina 2,569,073 4,350.088 590.58 3,946.335 651.00 Sweden 5,842,840 2,788.987 2,094.97 2,530.128 2,309.31 Finland 3,390,138 1,202.430 2,819.40 1,090.827 3,107.86 United Kingdom 89,056 46.172 1,928.77 41.887 2,126.10 Netherlands 1,786,111 3,052.230 585.18 2,768.938 645.05 Belgium 9,938,811 6,938.096 1,432.50 6,294.137 1,579.06 Luxembourg 87,672 117.318 747.30 106.430 823.75 France 3,106,749 2,850.510 1,089.89 2,585.940 1,201.40 Federal Republic of Germany 9,466,846 4,285.068 2,209.26 3,887.350 2,435.30 Austria 27,532 3.142 8,760.65 2.851 9,656.96 Latvia 58,796 18.637 3,154.65 16.908 3,477.41 Russia 17,699,548 27,614.301 640.96 25,051.280 706.53 Spain 428,923 194.491 2,205.35 176.440 2,430.99 Italy 6,935,149 3,114.537 2,226.70 2,825.462 2,454.52 Romania 386,140 160.331 2,408.39 145.450 2,654.80 Turkey 1,124,547 1,675.814 671.04 1,520.274 739.70 India 1,838,500 1,164.449 1,578.86 1,056.371 1,740.39 Thailand 4,929,303 6,574.406 749.77 5,964.203 826.48 Indonesia 156,013 282.853 551.57 256.600 608.00 China 20,283,662 19,787.520 1,025.07 17,950.942 1,129.95 Korea, South 10,416,800 10,812.846 963.37 9,809.252 1,061.94 Taiwan 10,364,155 10,943.309 947.08 9,927.606 1,043.97 Japan 8,161,323 11,365.703 718.07 10,310.796 791.53 New Zealand 1,498,228 2,396.126 625.27 2,173.730 689.24 South Africa 6,197,064 7,238.001 856.18 6,566.206 943.78 CATEGORY TOTAL 194,471,717 207,903.352 935.39 188,606.802 1,031.10 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 28,432,090 45,757.075 621.37 41,510.132 684.94 Mexico 18,498,395 19,290.881 958.92 17,500.398 1,057.03 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/02/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Venezuela 1,541,849 1,980.769 778.41 1,796.924 858.05 Brazil 958,968 1,678.411 571.35 1,522.630 629.81 Argentina 3,946,719 5,765.014 684.60 5,229.935 754.64 Sweden 130,847 145.908 896.77 132.366 988.52 Netherlands 357,259 535.457 667.20 485.759 735.47 Belgium 417,304 511.902 815.20 464.390 898.61 France 56,717 61.828 917.33 56.090 1,011.18 Federal Republic of Germany 3,740,324 7,933.373 471.47 7,197.037 519.70 Austria 309,725 296.545 1,044.44 269.022 1,151.30 Kazakhstan 240,446 268.332 896.08 243.427 987.75 Spain 2,873,774 4,962.189 579.13 4,501.624 638.39 Italy 198,121 197.001 1,005.68 178.717 1,108.57 Turkey 1,163,906 1,849.529 629.30 1,677.865 693.68 India 18,664,149 27,711.289 673.52 25,139.266 742.43 Indonesia 1,479,557 2,256.935 655.56 2,047.458 722.63 China 20,156,500 29,263.945 688.78 26,547.812 759.25 Korea, South 9,642,051 12,209.069 789.74 11,075.885 870.54 Taiwan 34,786,616 44,125.209 788.36 40,029.728 869.02 Japan 3,371,920 4,005.066 841.91 3,633.336 928.05 New Zealand 35,287 39.231 899.46 35.590 991.49 South Africa 4,440,234 6,306.710 704.05 5,721.353 776.08 CATEGORY TOTAL 155,442,758 217,151.677 715.83 196,996.744 789.06 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 1,170,178 990.056 1,181.93 898.164 1,302.86 Mexico 2,643 3.237 816.37 2.937 899.90 Argentina 441,781 615.866 717.33 558.705 790.72 Belgium 162,415 214.873 755.86 194.930 833.20 Luxembourg 293,257 428.909 683.73 389.100 753.68 France 6,670 1.022 6,520.39 0.928 7,187.50 Federal Republic of Germany 2,675,970 4,426.621 604.52 4,015.765 666.37 Spain 284,583 590.684 481.79 535.860 531.08 Thailand 514,492 733.450 701.47 665.375 773.24 Korea, South 263,164 364.192 722.60 330.390 796.53 Taiwan 518,844 712.563 728.14 646.427 802.63 Japan 908,400 1,107.384 820.31 1,004.603 904.24 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,242,397 10,188.863 710.82 9,243.184 783.54 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 Canada 9,833,304 9,638.175 1,020.25 8,743.608 1,124.63 Mexico 11,358,853 11,478.933 989.54 10,413.516 1,090.78 Argentina 373,811 488.567 765.12 443.221 843.40 United Kingdom 338,530 509.397 664.57 462.118 732.56 Belgium 278,111 220.976 1,258.55 200.467 1,387.32 Luxembourg 259,134 295.904 875.74 268.440 965.33 France 20,798 4.338 4,793.61 3.936 5,284.04 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/02/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Federal Republic of Germany 155,508 62.885 2,472.87 57.049 2,725.87 Austria 24,013 17.718 1,355.25 16.074 1,493.90 Israel 5,800 7.103 816.52 6.444 900.06 China 407,040 606.017 671.66 549.770 740.38 Korea, South 10,492,651 13,305.252 788.61 12,070.325 869.29 Taiwan 10,636,767 12,655.776 840.47 11,481.131 926.46 Japan 1,244,614 835.359 1,489.91 757.826 1,642.35 CATEGORY TOTAL 45,428,934 50,126.407 906.29 45,473.925 999.01 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 Sweden 31,450 5.101 6,164.86 4.628 6,795.59 United Kingdom 608,808 473.149 1,286.71 429.234 1,418.36 Federal Republic of Germany 1,242,025 1,522.014 816.04 1,380.749 899.53 Poland 43,575 41.336 1,054.15 37.500 1,162.00 Russia 2,689,749 2,927.594 918.76 2,655.870 1,012.76 Romania 4,001 2.687 1,488.78 2.438 1,641.10 Japan 1,070,999 1,483.560 721.91 1,345.864 795.77 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,690,607 6,455.445 881.52 5,856.283 971.71 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 4,776,202 8,625.226 553.75 7,824.676 610.40 Mexico 609,322 760.219 801.51 689.660 883.51 Belgium 2,798 8.781 318.64 7.966 351.24 Federal Republic of Germany 193,758 159.141 1,217.52 144.371 1,342.08 Austria 7,873 1.184 6,643.97 1.075 7,323.72 Slovenia 78,459 45.745 1,715.10 41.500 1,890.58 Turkey 142,167 330.021 430.78 299.391 474.85 China 6,000 2.972 2,018.21 2.697 2,224.69 Japan 36,754 48.282 761.23 43.801 839.11 Egypt 462,641 731.917 632.09 663.985 696.76 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,315,974 10,713.495 589.53 9,719.122 649.85 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 3,399,345 3,468.323 980.11 3,146.411 1,080.39 Mexico 3,573,594 1,864.646 1,916.50 1,691.579 2,112.58 Brazil 45,510 43.240 1,052.49 39.227 1,160.17 Sweden 3,948,257 725.330 5,443.39 658.009 6,000.31 Finland 1,006,772 375.012 2,684.63 340.206 2,959.30 Denmark 14,280 2.204 6,477.30 2.000 7,140.00 United Kingdom 1,120,832 456.996 2,452.61 414.580 2,703.54 Belgium 562,507 245.870 2,287.82 223.050 2,521.89 France 2,049,494 348.895 5,874.23 316.513 6,475.23 Federal Republic of Germany 4,567,887 3,083.026 1,481.62 2,796.875 1,633.21 Austria 693,318 134.395 5,158.77 121.922 5,686.57 Switzerland 213,023 69.242 3,076.47 62.816 3,391.22 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/02/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Spain 97,262 43.453 2,238.32 39.420 2,467.33 Italy 115,835 41.233 2,809.28 37.406 3,096.70 India 689,428 571.018 1,207.37 518.019 1,330.89 Thailand 141,653 190.221 744.67 172.566 820.86 Indonesia 80,379 19.147 4,197.96 17.370 4,627.46 China 148,532 114.118 1,301.55 103.527 1,434.72 Korea, South 806,065 947.455 850.77 859.517 937.81 Taiwan 242,959 134.527 1,806.02 122.041 1,990.80 Japan 3,891,234 1,106.557 3,516.52 1,003.852 3,876.30 South Africa 68,064 35.825 1,899.90 32.500 2,094.28 CATEGORY TOTAL 27,476,230 14,020.741 1,959.68 12,719.406 2,160.18 GRAND TOTAL 1,765,991,391 2,398,246.505 736.37 2,175,653.246 811.71 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/02/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Canada 34,808 23.930 1,454.57 21.709 1,603.39 Mexico 1,175,483 1,405.953 836.08 1,275.460 921.61 Brazil 1,532,754 28.687 53,429.07 26.025 58,895.45 Belgium 203,703 250.467 813.29 227.220 896.50 China 3,900 0.155 25,092.35 0.141 27,659.57 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,950,648 1,709.193 1,726.34 1,550.555 1,902.96 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 3,498,153 6,399.150 546.66 5,805.213 602.59 Mexico 17,643,578 30,252.438 583.21 27,444.558 642.88 Brazil 1,639,474 2,386.763 686.90 2,165.236 757.18 United Kingdom 61,079 44.355 1,377.02 40.239 1,517.91 France 1,158,596 161.444 7,176.44 146.460 7,910.67 Federal Republic of Germany 1,552,791 2,251.960 689.53 2,042.945 760.07 Czech Republic 93,641 19.629 4,770.31 17.808 5,258.37 Italy 2,342,235 2,900.132 807.63 2,630.957 890.26 Turkey 2,184,850 2,706.239 807.34 2,455.060 889.94 Japan 10,595 0.121 87,378.41 0.110 96,318.18 CATEGORY TOTAL 30,184,992 47,122.236 640.57 42,748.586 706.11 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 991,341 1,788.662 554.24 1,622.648 610.94 United Kingdom 2,180,516 3,353.828 650.16 3,042.543 716.68 Luxembourg 2,919 3.680 793.07 3.339 874.21 Federal Republic of Germany 369,463 521.481 708.49 473.080 780.97 Austria 15,260 3.051 5,001.32 2.768 5,513.01 Spain 4,490,253 9,486.335 473.34 8,605.861 521.77 Italy 327,531 400.050 818.72 362.920 902.49 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,377,283 15,557.090 538.49 14,113.159 593.58 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 11,511,841 10,232.331 1,125.05 9,282.618 1,240.15 Chile 367,962 233.654 1,574.81 211.968 1,735.93 Brazil 1,197,503 899.702 1,331.00 816.197 1,467.17 Sweden 344,270 202.686 1,698.54 183.874 1,872.31 Finland 408,651 358.554 1,139.72 325.275 1,256.32 United Kingdom 241,819 141.988 1,703.09 128.810 1,877.33 Belgium 811,760 602.875 1,346.48 546.920 1,484.24 France 1,073,852 618.788 1,735.41 561.356 1,912.96 Federal Republic of Germany 1,551,722 1,625.956 954.34 1,475.043 1,051.98 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/02/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Switzerland 9,203 15.851 580.59 14.380 639.99 Ukraine 3,585,495 3,047.837 1,176.41 2,764.952 1,296.77 Japan 1,707,539 2,064.287 827.18 1,872.691 911.81 Australia 555,081 305.729 1,815.60 277.353 2,001.35 South Africa 143,218 39.739 3,603.93 36.051 3,972.65 CATEGORY TOTAL 23,509,916 20,389.984 1,153.01 18,497.488 1,270.98 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 7,703,034 10,152.675 758.72 9,210.355 836.34 Netherlands 64,792 142.683 454.10 129.440 500.56 France 1,371,218 1,961.260 699.15 1,779.226 770.68 Japan 396,142 749.882 528.27 680.282 582.32 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,535,186 13,006.501 733.11 11,799.303 808.11 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Canada 37,005 72.502 510.40 65.773 562.62 Korea, South 19,646 38.491 510.40 34.919 562.62 Japan 427,152 963.005 443.56 873.624 488.94 CATEGORY TOTAL 483,803 1,073.999 450.47 974.316 496.56 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 21,070,367 30,708.983 686.13 27,858.729 756.33 Mexico 4,829,540 7,987.311 604.65 7,245.969 666.51 Brazil 697,203 413.842 1,684.70 375.432 1,857.07 Sweden 828,699 399.551 2,074.07 362.467 2,286.27 United Kingdom 994,755 850.970 1,168.96 771.988 1,288.56 France 947,946 600.448 1,578.73 544.718 1,740.25 Federal Republic of Germany 1,314,687 1,038.028 1,266.52 941.684 1,396.10 Austria 129,316 39.170 3,301.35 35.535 3,639.12 Czech Republic 12,747 9.569 1,332.09 8.681 1,468.38 Ukraine 3,710,522 5,074.509 731.21 4,603.519 806.02 Spain 2,552,528 2,404.187 1,061.70 2,181.043 1,170.32 Italy 1,107,738 1,592.092 695.78 1,444.322 766.96 Bulgaria 2,637,109 6,465.601 407.87 5,865.497 449.60 Turkey 1,435,411 2,132.137 673.23 1,934.243 742.10 India 269,583 257.731 1,045.98 233.810 1,153.00 China 49,820 42.453 1,173.52 38.513 1,293.59 Korea, South 888,936 1,092.240 813.86 990.864 897.13 Japan 7,057,574 9,055.308 779.39 8,214.840 859.12 South Africa 153,142 257.586 594.53 233.679 655.35 CATEGORY TOTAL 50,687,623 70,421.725 719.77 63,885.533 793.41 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 157,838 284.603 554.59 258.188 611.33 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/02/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Mexico 257,973 489.292 527.24 443.879 581.18 United Kingdom 16,990 10.031 1,693.74 9.100 1,867.03 Austria 14,477 1.705 8,489.54 1.547 9,358.11 CATEGORY TOTAL 447,278 785.632 569.32 712.714 627.57 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 1,741,402 1,726.473 1,008.65 1,566.231 1,111.84 Colombia 269,863 303.082 890.39 274.952 981.49 Sweden 124,030 100.491 1,234.24 91.164 1,360.52 United Kingdom 1,615,570 1,316.277 1,227.38 1,194.107 1,352.95 Belgium 140,461 122.568 1,145.98 111.192 1,263.23 France 822,828 548.245 1,500.84 497.360 1,654.39 Federal Republic of Germany 516,773 231.574 2,231.56 210.081 2,459.88 Poland 17,405 12.114 1,436.72 10.990 1,583.71 Ukraine 1,502,993 1,018.524 1,475.66 923.990 1,626.63 Spain 15,664 16.675 939.33 15.128 1,035.43 Italy 234,938 154.724 1,518.43 140.364 1,673.78 China 118,032 130.126 907.05 118.049 999.86 Korea, South 30,302 29.823 1,016.06 27.055 1,120.01 Taiwan 20,213 12.136 1,665.48 11.010 1,835.88 Japan 597,304 573.029 1,042.36 519.844 1,149.01 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,767,778 6,295.868 1,233.79 5,711.517 1,360.02 TOOL STEEL............................17 Canada 1,090,066 825.872 1,319.90 749.219 1,454.94 Mexico 96,178 43.464 2,212.81 39.430 2,439.21 Haiti 14,415 21.213 679.50 19.245 749.03 Dominican Republic 30,626 7.275 4,209.61 6.600 4,640.30 Colombia 35,912 10.628 3,378.85 9.642 3,724.54 Brazil 1,770,577 553.820 3,197.02 502.418 3,524.11 Sweden 2,225,858 1,039.905 2,140.44 943.387 2,359.43 United Kingdom 1,365,453 452.535 3,017.34 410.533 3,326.05 Netherlands 432,769 408.423 1,059.61 370.516 1,168.02 France 2,714,030 2,081.145 1,304.10 1,887.984 1,437.53 Federal Republic of Germany 3,932,460 2,040.232 1,927.46 1,850.868 2,124.66 Austria 2,793,306 563.315 4,958.69 511.031 5,466.02 Czech Republic 47,064 13.791 3,412.66 12.511 3,761.81 Poland 248,102 132.646 1,870.40 120.335 2,061.76 Russia 775,715 450.932 1,720.25 409.079 1,896.25 Ukraine 299,617 77.290 3,876.49 70.117 4,273.10 Spain 627,118 410.648 1,527.14 372.534 1,683.38 Italy 203,541 254.908 798.49 231.249 880.18 Slovenia 1,409,732 678.921 2,076.43 615.907 2,288.87 India 184,203 145.686 1,264.38 132.165 1,393.74 China 2,889,437 903.791 3,197.02 819.906 3,524.11 Korea, South 314,112 126.715 2,478.88 114.954 2,732.50 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/02/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Taiwan 1,409,868 690.143 2,042.86 626.088 2,251.87 Japan 4,543,632 5,498.234 826.38 4,987.916 910.93 CATEGORY TOTAL 29,453,791 17,431.542 1,689.68 15,813.634 1,862.56 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 170,019 34.762 4,890.88 31.536 5,391.27 Argentina 19,309 16.740 1,153.41 15.187 1,271.42 Federal Republic of Germany 155,654 113.096 1,376.30 102.599 1,517.11 Italy 73,450 29.235 2,512.36 26.522 2,769.40 China 25,766 21.024 1,225.53 19.073 1,350.91 Japan 1,139,902 541.845 2,103.74 491.554 2,318.98 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,584,100 756.704 2,093.42 686.471 2,307.60 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 2,995,567 2,408.929 1,243.53 2,185.345 1,370.75 Brazil 4,321,770 4,016.273 1,076.06 3,643.503 1,186.16 United Kingdom 106,747 7.867 13,568.63 7.137 14,956.84 Federal Republic of Germany 7,779,041 5,880.142 1,322.93 5,334.377 1,458.28 Austria 3,955,584 3,560.765 1,110.88 3,230.273 1,224.54 Czech Republic 3,301 8.086 408.21 7.336 449.97 Spain 4,849,452 3,992.247 1,214.72 3,621.707 1,339.00 India 618,014 742.241 832.63 673.350 917.82 China 3,304,699 4,371.862 755.90 3,966.088 833.24 Japan 15,529,109 5,145.529 3,017.98 4,667.947 3,326.75 CATEGORY TOTAL 43,463,284 30,133.945 1,442.34 27,337.063 1,589.90 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Japan 2,014,582 2,208.664 912.13 2,003.667 1,005.45 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,014,582 2,208.664 912.13 2,003.667 1,005.45 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Mexico 5,321 8.868 600.02 8.045 661.40 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,321 8.868 600.02 8.045 661.40 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 3,328,172 2,976.622 1,118.10 2,700.347 1,232.50 Mexico 1,241,892 1,119.813 1,109.02 1,015.878 1,222.48 Brazil 122,791 121.319 1,012.13 110.059 1,115.68 Argentina 1,056,108 792.347 1,332.88 718.806 1,469.25 Sweden 610,708 451.064 1,353.93 409.199 1,492.45 United Kingdom 932,610 479.111 1,946.54 434.643 2,145.69 France 352,862 263.148 1,340.93 238.724 1,478.12 Federal Republic of Germany 2,099,648 1,519.242 1,382.04 1,378.234 1,523.43 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/02/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Switzerland 226,889 134.559 1,686.17 122.070 1,858.68 Italy 239,441 165.593 1,445.96 150.224 1,593.89 Turkey 28,001 20.168 1,388.32 18.297 1,530.36 India 3,978 2.518 1,579.34 2.285 1,740.92 China 105,596 57.658 1,831.40 52.307 2,018.77 Korea, South 26,741 41.829 639.29 37.947 704.69 Taiwan 23,686 17.425 1,359.29 15.808 1,498.36 Japan 5,065,026 3,280.576 1,543.94 2,976.090 1,701.91 CATEGORY TOTAL 15,464,149 11,443.000 1,351.41 10,380.918 1,489.67 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Argentina 308,790 117.171 2,635.37 106.296 2,905.00 Sweden 151,374 128.865 1,174.67 116.905 1,294.85 France 1,247,181 883.267 1,412.01 801.287 1,556.47 Federal Republic of Germany 1,965,385 1,235.732 1,590.46 1,121.038 1,753.18 Italy 525,268 143.493 3,660.57 130.175 4,035.09 China 17,100 5.520 3,097.62 5.008 3,414.54 Taiwan 4,300 0.112 38,244.07 0.102 42,156.86 Japan 214,172 82.225 2,604.68 74.594 2,871.17 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,433,570 2,596.388 1,707.59 2,355.405 1,882.30 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 963,985 238.557 4,040.89 216.416 4,454.31 Mexico 3,454 1.636 2,110.05 1.485 2,325.93 United Kingdom 3,111 1.834 1,696.07 1.664 1,869.59 France 7,021 3.300 2,127.37 2.994 2,345.02 Federal Republic of Germany 36,406 3.251 11,195.59 2.950 12,341.02 Italy 3,628 1.427 2,541.52 1.295 2,801.54 India 61,984 38.943 1,591.64 35.329 1,754.48 Taiwan 10,000 3.196 3,128.22 2.900 3,448.28 Japan 6,193 0.660 9,379.29 0.599 10,338.90 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,095,782 292.809 3,742.31 265.632 4,125.19 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 925,826 907.877 1,019.77 823.613 1,124.10 Mexico 7,501 4.102 1,828.26 3.722 2,015.31 Sweden 4,445 4.899 907.18 4.445 1,000.00 Finland 907,218 242.625 3,739.17 220.106 4,121.73 United Kingdom 9,775 8.925 1,095.19 8.097 1,207.24 Netherlands 6,670 1.300 5,127.90 1.180 5,652.54 Federal Republic of Germany 56,674 25.196 2,249.27 22.858 2,479.39 China 159,030 64.974 2,447.57 58.944 2,697.98 Korea, South 94,307 166.275 567.17 150.843 625.20 Taiwan 827,825 265.699 3,115.64 241.039 3,434.40 Japan 51,129 33.267 1,536.89 30.180 1,694.14 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/02/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 3,050,400 1,725.146 1,768.20 1,565.027 1,949.10 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 12,735 15.979 796.98 14.496 878.52 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,735 15.979 796.98 14.496 878.52 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 546,251 471.103 1,159.51 427.378 1,278.14 Mexico 1,314,649 1,132.603 1,160.73 1,027.481 1,279.49 Venezuela 14,370 18.937 758.80 17.180 836.44 Sweden 247,316 179.303 1,379.32 162.661 1,520.44 United Kingdom 113,606 5.880 19,318.02 5.335 21,294.47 Netherlands 7,388 0.330 22,340.94 0.300 24,626.67 Federal Republic of Germany 242,024 43.813 5,523.95 39.747 6,089.11 Austria 213,277 48.814 4,369.11 44.284 4,816.12 Switzerland 6,854 0.934 7,332.37 0.848 8,082.55 Poland 483,259 336.319 1,436.90 305.104 1,583.92 Italy 1,967,441 1,580.686 1,244.68 1,433.975 1,372.02 Turkey 386,757 342.956 1,127.71 311.125 1,243.09 China 314,138 261.909 1,199.42 237.600 1,322.13 Korea, South 2,622,004 2,441.080 1,074.12 2,214.512 1,184.01 Taiwan 688,711 595.579 1,156.37 540.301 1,274.68 Japan 3,136,276 2,592.302 1,209.84 2,351.698 1,333.62 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,304,321 10,052.557 1,224.00 9,119.529 1,349.23 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 2,440,545 3,609.936 676.06 3,274.880 745.23 Sweden 2,806,846 4,867.591 576.64 4,415.806 635.64 Finland 20,122 18.006 1,117.50 16.335 1,231.83 United Kingdom 53,646 10.747 4,991.47 9.750 5,502.15 Netherlands 867,286 1,343.483 645.55 1,218.788 711.60 France 3,721,316 5,452.649 682.48 4,946.562 752.30 Austria 349,502 605.830 576.90 549.600 635.92 Japan 2,337,397 3,920.835 596.15 3,556.923 657.14 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,596,660 19,829.080 635.26 17,988.644 700.26 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 3,056,368 3,838.490 796.24 3,482.221 877.71 Brazil 42,766 76.963 555.67 69.820 612.52 Sweden 167,352 285.631 585.90 259.121 645.84 United Kingdom 32,801 38.349 855.32 34.790 942.83 Netherlands 948,524 1,961.616 483.54 1,779.549 533.01 France 1,310,496 1,593.863 822.21 1,445.929 906.33 Federal Republic of Germany 518,704 484.098 1,071.48 439.167 1,181.11 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/02/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Turkey 114,300 22.612 5,054.66 20.514 5,571.80 Korea, South 629,640 865.027 727.88 784.740 802.35 Taiwan 71,831 111.366 645.00 101.030 710.99 Japan 4,742,161 7,446.703 636.81 6,755.538 701.97 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,634,943 16,724.724 695.67 15,172.419 766.85 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 6,095,740 10,326.065 590.33 9,367.652 650.72 Brazil 557,361 1,150.515 484.44 1,043.730 534.01 France 56,717 61.828 917.33 56.090 1,011.18 Federal Republic of Germany 3,401,185 7,257.218 468.66 6,583.640 516.61 Spain 2,240,822 3,951.924 567.02 3,585.127 625.03 Japan 2,452,847 2,813.580 871.79 2,552.438 960.98 CATEGORY TOTAL 14,804,672 25,561.133 579.19 23,188.677 638.44 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 1,152,907 980.332 1,176.04 889.343 1,296.36 Federal Republic of Germany 741,361 1,167.865 634.80 1,059.470 699.75 Japan 630,917 710.265 888.28 644.342 979.16 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,525,185 2,858.463 883.41 2,593.155 973.79 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 Sweden 31,450 5.101 6,164.86 4.628 6,795.59 United Kingdom 608,808 473.149 1,286.71 429.234 1,418.36 Federal Republic of Germany 1,242,025 1,522.014 816.04 1,380.749 899.53 Poland 43,575 41.336 1,054.15 37.500 1,162.00 Russia 2,689,749 2,927.594 918.76 2,655.870 1,012.76 Romania 4,001 2.687 1,488.78 2.438 1,641.10 Japan 1,070,999 1,483.560 721.91 1,345.864 795.77 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,690,607 6,455.445 881.52 5,856.283 971.71 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 264,835 629.451 420.74 571.029 463.79 Federal Republic of Germany 26,924 24.234 1,110.99 21.985 1,224.65 CATEGORY TOTAL 291,759 653.685 446.33 593.014 491.99 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 370,533 413.315 896.49 374.954 988.21 Sweden 542,618 142.721 3,801.93 129.475 4,190.91 United Kingdom 102,518 40.353 2,540.50 36.608 2,800.43 France 1,151,347 112.054 10,274.90 101.654 11,326.14 Federal Republic of Germany 2,361,205 1,682.266 1,403.59 1,526.127 1,547.19 Austria 427,471 78.946 5,414.70 71.619 5,968.68 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/02/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 209,645 41.505 5,051.04 37.653 5,567.82 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,165,337 2,511.163 2,056.95 2,278.090 2,267.40 GRAND TOTAL 299,535,705 327,621.534 914.27 297,213.340 1,007.81 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/02/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Mexico 80,617 171.566 469.89 155.643 517.96 CATEGORY TOTAL 80,617 171.566 469.89 155.643 517.96 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 21,891,922 46,831.764 467.46 42,485.074 515.29 Mexico 60,449,427 130,454.799 463.37 118,346.637 510.78 Venezuela 15,655,570 32,124.531 487.34 29,142.893 537.20 Brazil 105,427,376 242,904.558 434.03 220,359.371 478.43 Finland 2,346,072 5,680.539 413.00 5,153.300 455.26 United Kingdom 470,577 1,062.739 442.80 964.101 488.10 Belgium 879,741 1,338.977 657.02 1,214.700 724.25 Federal Republic of Germany 2,972,128 8,888.161 334.39 8,063.207 368.60 Russia 9,593,757 22,206.508 432.02 20,145.411 476.23 Ukraine 12,246,443 23,352.986 524.41 21,185.479 578.06 Italy 133,119 156.153 852.49 141.660 939.71 China 7,105,860 16,157.216 439.79 14,657.584 484.79 Australia 19,317,702 39,515.686 488.86 35,848.038 538.88 CATEGORY TOTAL 258,489,694 570,674.622 452.95 517,707.455 499.30 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 3,842,845 5,634.906 681.97 5,111.903 751.74 Mexico 955,079 1,928.146 495.34 1,749.186 546.01 Brazil 6,435,841 12,919.998 498.13 11,720.829 549.09 Finland 51,397 108.745 472.64 98.652 520.99 United Kingdom 1,199,806 2,432.971 493.14 2,207.155 543.60 Netherlands 80,578 105.221 765.80 95.455 844.15 France 10,230 13.011 786.22 11.804 866.66 Federal Republic of Germany 5,549,479 6,607.342 839.90 5,994.082 925.83 Spain 2,799,602 4,192.860 667.71 3,803.700 736.02 Turkey 1,635,039 4,051.808 403.53 3,675.740 444.82 Thailand 67,773 101.075 670.52 91.694 739.12 Malaysia 509,962 1,164.435 437.95 1,056.358 482.75 China 2,108,224 4,533.949 464.99 4,113.131 512.56 Korea, South 17,322 17.107 1,012.52 15.520 1,116.11 Japan 4,685,773 8,549.642 548.07 7,756.107 604.14 South Africa 277,351 481.429 576.10 436.746 635.04 CATEGORY TOTAL 30,226,301 52,842.653 572.01 47,938.062 630.53 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 4,888,991 7,986.335 612.17 7,245.084 674.80 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/02/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Mexico 919,828 1,721.538 534.31 1,561.754 588.97 Brazil 3,653,699 7,897.302 462.65 7,164.314 509.99 Norway 1,127,810 1,377.702 818.62 1,249.831 902.37 United Kingdom 652,578 822.026 793.87 745.730 875.09 Luxembourg 3,662,958 4,812.405 761.15 4,365.742 839.02 Federal Republic of Germany 1,719,799 2,154.817 798.12 1,954.818 879.77 Poland 48,827 30.155 1,619.15 27.357 1,784.81 Russia 16,080 30.109 534.05 27.315 588.69 Spain 3,775,983 7,896.368 478.19 7,163.467 527.12 Italy 14,899 3.818 3,901.89 3.464 4,301.10 Turkey 67,495 145.851 462.77 132.314 510.11 Korea, South 5,460,442 10,929.942 499.59 9,915.480 550.70 Taiwan 17,891 21.338 838.44 19.358 924.22 CATEGORY TOTAL 26,027,280 45,829.713 567.91 41,576.028 626.02 STEEL PILING...........................5 Canada 82,859 97.896 846.40 88.810 932.99 Luxembourg 4,061,533 5,300.351 766.28 4,808.399 844.67 China 2,787 4.236 657.90 3.843 725.21 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,147,179 5,402.483 767.64 4,901.052 846.18 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 6,823,998 8,202.250 831.97 7,440.959 917.09 Norway 257,442 312.440 823.97 283.441 908.27 France 1,234,557 1,837.031 672.04 1,666.527 740.80 Federal Republic of Germany 49,058 58.023 845.49 52.638 931.99 Italy 102,295 110.054 929.49 99.840 1,024.59 Thailand 2,143,494 3,965.672 540.51 3,597.599 595.81 Malaysia 2,250,378 3,827.615 587.93 3,472.355 648.08 Indonesia 394,851 554.653 711.89 503.173 784.72 China 308,210 762.552 404.18 691.776 445.53 Korea, South 4,342,342 7,458.065 582.23 6,765.845 641.80 Japan 315,382 439.667 717.32 398.860 790.71 Australia 14,760 7.305 2,020.53 6.627 2,227.25 New Zealand 19,691 35.400 556.23 32.115 613.14 South Africa 3,788 12.653 299.37 11.479 329.99 CATEGORY TOTAL 18,260,246 27,583.386 662.00 25,023.234 729.73 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 16,849,001 27,677.334 608.77 25,108.463 671.05 Mexico 1,202,727 2,063.466 582.87 1,871.946 642.50 Dominican Republic 4,307 14.110 305.23 12.801 336.46 Venezuela 798,807 1,460.185 547.06 1,324.658 603.03 Netherlands 2,510,918 4,364.176 575.35 3,959.115 634.21 France 1,604,171 2,435.574 658.64 2,209.517 726.03 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/02/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Federal Republic of Germany 2,722 6.000 453.59 5.444 500.00 Austria 8,142 19.025 427.94 17.260 471.73 Russia 1,953,614 3,986.199 490.09 3,616.220 540.24 Turkey 6,221,616 11,124.963 559.25 10,092.400 616.47 Thailand 1,917,748 3,392.773 565.24 3,077.873 623.08 Malaysia 2,228,373 4,264.973 522.48 3,869.120 575.94 Japan 48,183 54.196 889.05 49.166 980.01 New Zealand 1,787,464 2,935.783 608.85 2,663.299 671.15 Egypt 3,863 5.988 645.03 5.433 711.03 CATEGORY TOTAL 37,141,656 63,804.753 582.11 57,882.715 641.67 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Luxembourg 16,990 22.839 743.87 20.720 819.98 Czech Republic 3,085,140 6,250.388 493.59 5,670.259 544.09 Italy 3,022,240 5,222.567 578.69 4,737.835 637.89 Japan 7,766,648 12,210.987 636.04 11,077.625 701.11 CATEGORY TOTAL 13,891,018 23,706.784 585.95 21,506.439 645.90 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 Canada 19,249 4.941 3,895.25 4.483 4,293.78 Federal Republic of Germany 2,860 1.315 2,174.81 1.193 2,397.32 Austria 361,543 311.257 1,161.56 282.368 1,280.40 Poland 110,041 189.531 580.60 171.940 640.00 Spain 76,141 89.764 848.23 81.433 935.01 Korea, South 501,984 793.991 632.23 720.297 696.91 Japan 70,974 46.195 1,536.38 41.908 1,693.57 Australia 3,365 0.606 5,550.32 0.550 6,118.18 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,146,157 1,437.603 797.27 1,304.172 878.84 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 Canada 166,282 145.466 1,143.10 131.965 1,260.05 Australia 551,501 894.109 616.82 811.123 679.92 CATEGORY TOTAL 717,783 1,039.576 690.46 943.088 761.10 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 18,106,582 26,316.815 688.02 23,874.220 758.42 Mexico 2,888,873 3,971.842 727.34 3,603.196 801.75 Brazil 37,528 28.381 1,322.28 25.747 1,457.57 Sweden 56,309 42.975 1,310.25 38.987 1,444.30 United Kingdom 295,167 297.852 990.98 270.207 1,092.37 France 19,603 24.935 786.15 22.621 866.58 Federal Republic of Germany 126,490 158.902 796.02 144.154 877.46 Switzerland 19,567 19.699 993.28 17.871 1,094.90 Ukraine 1,313,301 2,400.672 547.06 2,177.854 603.03 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/02/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Italy 1,850,362 2,701.554 684.92 2,450.810 755.00 Turkey 3,074,361 6,746.456 455.70 6,120.284 502.32 India 99,271 124.647 796.42 113.078 877.90 China 129,028 306.752 420.63 278.281 463.66 Korea, South 501,374 610.151 821.72 553.520 905.79 Japan 1,523,653 2,697.254 564.89 2,446.909 622.68 CATEGORY TOTAL 30,041,469 46,448.893 646.76 42,137.739 712.94 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 2,856,486 5,338.412 535.08 4,842.928 589.83 Mexico 303,351 562.640 539.16 510.419 594.32 Brazil 355,031 770.667 460.68 699.138 507.81 Switzerland 10,820 10.144 1,066.58 9.203 1,175.70 Turkey 753,067 1,770.665 425.30 1,606.321 468.81 China 267,704 554.904 482.43 503.401 531.79 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,546,459 9,007.435 504.75 8,171.410 556.39 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 Canada 93,674 128.184 730.78 116.287 805.54 Mexico 5,112,897 11,619.325 440.03 10,540.878 485.05 Dominican Republic 1,467,665 3,128.437 469.14 2,838.072 517.13 Brazil 1,023,742 2,783.552 367.78 2,525.197 405.41 Federal Republic of Germany 107,933 180.685 597.35 163.915 658.47 Romania 4,773,747 12,904.721 369.92 11,706.970 407.77 Bulgaria 46,753 114.018 410.05 103.436 452.00 India 32,557 47.184 689.99 42.805 760.59 Hong Kong 1,097,085 2,761.024 397.35 2,504.760 438.00 Japan 20,409 47.461 430.02 43.056 474.01 CATEGORY TOTAL 13,776,462 33,714.596 408.62 30,585.376 450.43 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 2,971,427 2,496.613 1,190.18 2,264.890 1,311.95 Mexico 71,770 88.429 811.61 80.222 894.64 Brazil 32,108 35.717 898.95 32.402 990.93 United Kingdom 559,434 508.928 1,099.24 461.692 1,211.70 Netherlands 13,749 11.854 1,159.84 10.754 1,278.50 Belgium 17,297 19.471 888.34 17.664 979.22 France 442,482 444.289 995.93 403.053 1,097.83 Federal Republic of Germany 287,911 199.015 1,446.68 180.544 1,594.69 Switzerland 2,359 1.102 2,140.05 1.000 2,359.00 Ukraine 1,152,584 2,043.420 564.05 1,853.760 621.75 Spain 384,184 382.686 1,003.91 347.167 1,106.63 Italy 352,116 364.285 966.59 330.474 1,065.49 India 80,525 43.081 1,869.13 39.083 2,060.36 China 234,551 347.079 675.79 314.865 744.93 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/02/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Korea, South 71,295 105.551 675.45 95.755 744.56 Taiwan 2,116 1.202 1,759.49 1.091 1,939.51 Japan 35,719 19.901 1,794.82 18.054 1,978.45 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,711,627 7,112.628 943.62 6,452.470 1,040.16 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 26,073,255 30,578.619 852.66 27,740.465 939.90 Mexico 3,088,400 3,239.098 953.48 2,938.462 1,051.03 Guatemala 424,430 388.403 1,092.75 352.354 1,204.56 Dominican Republic 110,271 283.021 389.62 256.753 429.48 Colombia 604,683 567.378 1,065.75 514.717 1,174.79 Venezuela 150,294 158.118 950.51 143.443 1,047.76 Ecuador 138,983 77.887 1,784.42 70.658 1,966.98 Chile 337,777 480.904 702.38 436.269 774.24 Argentina 271,212 383.882 706.50 348.252 778.78 Sweden 6,925 0.142 48,699.66 0.129 53,682.17 United Kingdom 61,526 18.672 3,295.09 16.939 3,632.21 France 16,232 15.738 1,031.34 14.278 1,136.85 Federal Republic of Germany 1,359,155 1,004.039 1,353.69 910.850 1,492.18 Slovakia 135,736 159.146 852.90 144.375 940.16 Ukraine 611,979 850.920 719.20 771.942 792.78 Spain 416,467 333.509 1,248.74 302.555 1,376.50 Italy 305,744 224.256 1,363.37 203.442 1,502.86 Romania 48,930 50.252 973.69 45.588 1,073.31 Turkey 2,009,637 2,929.171 686.08 2,657.300 756.27 United Arab Emirates 952,142 1,162.729 818.89 1,054.811 902.67 Oman 1,235,559 1,867.398 661.65 1,694.076 729.34 India 4,540,867 7,175.594 632.82 6,509.592 697.57 Thailand 5,747,063 9,767.148 588.41 8,860.611 648.61 Philippines 2,094,921 3,430.809 610.62 3,112.379 673.09 China 14,215,515 25,295.463 561.98 22,947.665 619.48 Korea, South 3,543,615 5,173.768 684.92 4,693.565 754.99 Taiwan 1,090,962 1,816.949 600.44 1,648.309 661.87 Japan 841,450 989.332 850.52 897.508 937.54 South Africa 63,956 123.807 516.58 112.316 569.43 CATEGORY TOTAL 70,497,686 98,546.165 715.38 89,399.603 788.57 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 967,582 882.530 1,096.37 800.618 1,208.54 Mexico 1,446,133 1,486.425 972.89 1,348.463 1,072.43 Colombia 3,628,186 3,283.742 1,104.89 2,978.962 1,217.94 Venezuela 3,994,819 5,552.277 719.49 5,036.943 793.10 Brazil 2,688,459 3,333.958 806.39 3,024.517 888.89 Argentina 127,658 178.789 714.01 162.195 787.06 United Kingdom 35,548 1.623 21,893.15 1.473 24,133.06 Federal Republic of Germany 5,298 12.977 408.24 11.773 450.01 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/02/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Austria 3,362,738 2,707.469 1,242.02 2,456.176 1,369.09 Russia 2,116,912 3,150.426 671.94 2,858.020 740.69 Romania 1,011,808 1,633.952 619.24 1,482.297 682.59 Turkey 1,058,316 1,515.071 698.53 1,374.450 769.99 India 2,336,572 2,688.623 869.06 2,439.079 957.97 China 16,217,733 22,955.320 706.49 20,824.722 778.77 Korea, South 10,618,958 16,001.694 663.61 14,516.497 731.51 Taiwan 826,652 1,218.556 678.39 1,105.456 747.79 Japan 976,411 452.216 2,159.17 410.244 2,380.07 South Africa 1,732,125 2,195.764 788.85 1,991.965 869.56 CATEGORY TOTAL 53,151,908 69,251.420 767.52 62,823.850 846.05 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Mexico 2,404 1.628 1,476.56 1.477 1,627.62 Brazil 591,741 699.564 845.87 634.634 932.41 United Kingdom 450,458 565.176 797.02 512.720 878.57 Italy 1,268,730 1,083.513 1,170.94 982.947 1,290.74 China 262,632 258.741 1,015.04 234.726 1,118.89 Korea, South 2,900,137 4,382.381 661.77 3,975.631 729.48 Taiwan 273,012 395.623 690.08 358.904 760.68 Japan 6,313,331 6,631.103 952.08 6,015.638 1,049.49 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,062,445 14,017.732 860.51 12,716.677 948.55 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Mexico 2,070,487 2,393.753 864.95 2,171.577 953.45 Colombia 46,821 81.968 571.20 74.361 629.64 Venezuela 830,808 1,888.264 439.99 1,713.005 485.00 Brazil 3,947,950 5,691.315 693.68 5,163.076 764.65 Argentina 792,167 1,090.206 726.62 989.019 800.96 France 273,939 257.045 1,065.72 233.188 1,174.76 Austria 139,111 119.944 1,159.79 108.812 1,278.45 Czech Republic 14,742 17.082 862.99 15.497 951.28 Slovakia 414,685 551.767 751.56 500.555 828.45 Italy 1,214,865 1,587.360 765.34 1,440.030 843.64 India 147,537 242.593 608.17 220.077 670.39 China 3,856,886 6,051.505 637.34 5,489.835 702.55 Korea, South 2,112,005 3,214.322 657.06 2,915.985 724.29 Taiwan 272,223 435.327 625.33 394.923 689.31 Japan 8,302,265 9,850.231 842.85 8,935.982 929.08 CATEGORY TOTAL 24,436,491 33,472.689 730.04 30,365.922 804.73 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Canada 1,010,659 251.697 4,015.38 228.336 4,426.19 Mexico 687,986 780.500 881.47 708.058 971.65 Colombia 72,983 129.919 561.76 117.861 619.23 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/02/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Brazil 1,836,274 2,671.506 687.36 2,423.551 757.68 Denmark 56,490 19.841 2,847.05 18.000 3,138.33 United Kingdom 64,408 7.526 8,557.41 6.828 9,432.92 Belgium 5,082 0.594 8,553.46 0.539 9,428.57 Turkey 226,877 312.505 725.99 283.500 800.27 India 522,867 846.536 617.65 767.965 680.85 Korea, South 4,060,817 6,215.084 653.38 5,638.231 720.23 Taiwan 2,154,361 3,504.857 614.68 3,179.554 677.57 South Africa 242,292 420.515 576.18 381.485 635.13 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,941,096 15,161.084 721.66 13,753.908 795.49 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 10,257,539 8,573.941 1,196.36 7,778.151 1,318.76 Mexico 10,490,426 11,473.813 914.29 10,408.871 1,007.84 Dominican Republic 162,275 396.368 409.40 359.580 451.29 Brazil 918,880 1,093.656 840.19 992.149 926.15 Argentina 493,812 439.503 1,123.57 398.711 1,238.52 Sweden 57,279 25.489 2,247.13 23.124 2,477.04 Denmark 12,028 1.828 6,577.23 1.659 7,250.15 Belgium 32,560 19.062 1,708.09 17.293 1,882.84 France 760,917 765.595 993.89 694.537 1,095.57 Federal Republic of Germany 1,549,215 1,226.432 1,263.19 1,112.601 1,392.43 Austria 175,235 59.808 2,929.95 54.257 3,229.72 Slovakia 50,536 19.866 2,543.72 18.023 2,803.97 Switzerland 1,563,207 634.301 2,464.45 575.429 2,716.59 Ukraine 13,124 9.787 1,340.91 8.879 1,478.09 Spain 209,306 136.277 1,535.88 123.629 1,693.02 Italy 1,027,476 866.393 1,185.92 785.979 1,307.26 Romania 2,233 2.016 1,107.57 1.829 1,220.89 India 906,189 1,002.495 903.93 909.449 996.42 Malaysia 16,718 13.555 1,233.33 12.297 1,359.52 China 4,325,643 4,257.801 1,015.93 3,862.614 1,119.87 Korea, South 2,066,408 2,927.137 705.95 2,655.455 778.17 Hong Kong 7,698 1.620 4,750.69 1.470 5,236.73 Taiwan 26,875 21.929 1,225.53 19.894 1,350.91 Japan 2,387,908 1,286.896 1,855.56 1,167.453 2,045.40 Australia 39,045 50.456 773.84 45.773 853.01 CATEGORY TOTAL 37,552,532 35,306.035 1,063.63 32,029.106 1,172.45 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 21,387 20.526 1,041.94 18.621 1,148.54 Mexico 883,421 487.748 1,811.22 442.478 1,996.53 Chile 165,698 208.337 795.33 189.001 876.70 Brazil 275,780 262.535 1,050.45 238.168 1,157.92 Argentina 244,616 118.038 2,072.34 107.083 2,284.36 United Kingdom 87,425 3.666 23,845.65 3.326 26,285.33 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/02/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Netherlands 35,356 19.595 1,804.27 17.777 1,988.86 France 639,011 758.533 842.43 688.130 928.62 Federal Republic of Germany 1,339,889 1,203.283 1,113.53 1,091.601 1,227.45 Slovakia 496,848 484.290 1,025.93 439.341 1,130.89 Spain 273,608 134.358 2,036.40 121.888 2,244.75 Italy 860,514 634.610 1,355.97 575.709 1,494.70 India 93,347 153.161 609.47 138.946 671.82 Korea, South 95,778 128.828 743.46 116.871 819.52 Japan 39,044 37.055 1,053.67 33.616 1,161.47 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,551,722 4,654.569 1,192.75 4,222.556 1,314.78 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 1,354,884 525.979 2,575.92 477.161 2,839.47 Mexico 341,615 189.466 1,803.04 171.881 1,987.51 Federal Republic of Germany 15,760 0.293 53,749.01 0.266 59,248.12 India 136,551 123.518 1,105.51 112.054 1,218.62 Vietnam 107,097 110.527 968.96 100.269 1,068.10 Korea, South 86,062 20.238 4,252.40 18.360 4,687.47 Japan 59,403 29.168 2,036.56 26.461 2,244.93 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,101,372 999.192 2,103.07 906.452 2,318.24 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 24,013,394 26,379.006 910.32 23,930.639 1,003.46 Mexico 3,198,135 2,495.493 1,281.56 2,263.874 1,412.68 Argentina 545,985 872.968 625.43 791.944 689.42 United Kingdom 81,000 76.419 1,059.93 69.327 1,168.38 Netherlands 4,047 0.228 17,736.12 0.207 19,550.72 Belgium 8,875 7.533 1,178.12 6.834 1,298.65 France 2,144 2.363 907.18 2.144 1,000.00 Federal Republic of Germany 844,083 582.241 1,449.71 528.201 1,598.03 Austria 148,826 133.371 1,115.87 120.993 1,230.04 Spain 2,454 1.576 1,556.81 1.430 1,716.08 Italy 9,735 8.765 1,110.59 7.952 1,224.22 Turkey 3,103,513 5,103.580 608.10 4,629.892 670.32 Malaysia 10,411 9.870 1,054.80 8.954 1,162.72 China 591,764 1,038.945 569.58 942.516 627.86 Korea, South 3,611,279 5,762.232 626.72 5,227.411 690.84 Japan 442,695 619.574 714.51 562.069 787.62 Australia 8,814 11.793 747.35 10.699 823.82 South Africa 12,256 32.549 376.54 29.528 415.06 CATEGORY TOTAL 36,639,410 43,138.515 849.34 39,134.614 936.24 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 13,200 23.822 554.11 21.611 610.80 Mexico 153,479 142.882 1,074.16 129.621 1,184.06 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/02/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Korea, South 88,821 124.278 714.69 112.744 787.81 CATEGORY TOTAL 255,500 290.983 878.06 263.976 967.89 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 17,758,864 19,340.865 918.20 17,545.743 1,012.15 Mexico 7,041,822 8,704.230 809.01 7,896.347 891.78 Dominican Republic 105,995 136.244 777.98 123.599 857.57 Trinidad and Tobago 189,954 233.910 812.08 212.200 895.16 Colombia 26,245 17.017 1,542.24 15.438 1,700.03 Venezuela 75,362 117.046 643.86 106.183 709.74 Ecuador 29,692 39.052 760.31 35.428 838.09 Chile 178,870 204.918 872.88 185.899 962.19 Brazil 579,303 833.909 694.68 756.510 765.76 Argentina 101,108 173.920 581.35 157.778 640.82 Sweden 305,704 112.975 2,705.92 102.490 2,982.77 United Kingdom 1,135,197 1,114.907 1,018.20 1,011.427 1,122.37 Netherlands 45,045 39.852 1,130.28 36.154 1,245.92 Belgium 770,657 577.832 1,333.70 524.201 1,470.16 Luxembourg 428,612 305.633 1,402.37 277.266 1,545.85 France 2,098,150 1,185.132 1,770.39 1,075.134 1,951.52 Federal Republic of Germany 1,147,565 804.583 1,426.28 729.906 1,572.21 Austria 1,142,364 169.538 6,738.07 153.803 7,427.45 Slovakia 33,832 21.293 1,588.85 19.317 1,751.41 Switzerland 3,329 3.462 961.48 3.141 1,059.85 Poland 1,134,419 1,339.811 846.70 1,215.457 933.33 Belarus 289,705 344.268 841.51 312.315 927.61 Spain 18,409 18.385 1,001.28 16.679 1,103.72 Italy 532,527 402.678 1,322.46 365.304 1,457.76 Greece 1,734,677 1,718.225 1,009.57 1,558.748 1,112.87 Turkey 49,425 70.038 705.68 63.538 777.88 Israel 133,938 174.948 765.58 158.711 843.91 United Arab Emirates 241,311 260.063 927.89 235.926 1,022.82 India 689,505 931.580 740.15 845.116 815.87 Thailand 123,615 123.507 1,000.87 112.044 1,103.27 Malaysia 82,197 72.303 1,136.83 65.593 1,253.14 Indonesia 41,717 11.389 3,662.90 10.332 4,037.65 China 5,648,950 8,473.314 666.68 7,686.864 734.88 Korea, South 2,264,270 2,407.467 940.52 2,184.018 1,036.75 Taiwan 1,396,771 1,550.524 900.84 1,406.613 993.00 Japan 3,386,364 3,861.194 877.02 3,502.818 966.75 Australia 73,392 102.711 714.55 93.178 787.65 Egypt 937,152 1,215.951 770.71 1,103.093 849.57 South Africa 1,668,754 2,467.584 676.27 2,238.556 745.46 CATEGORY TOTAL 53,644,768 59,682.277 898.84 54,142.867 990.80 BLACK PLATE...........................28 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/02/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 11,408 19.875 573.97 18.031 632.69 Netherlands 109,021 148.675 733.28 134.876 808.31 Belgium 79,421 105.799 750.67 95.980 827.47 Federal Republic of Germany 91,581 96.645 947.60 87.675 1,044.55 China 74,951 117.357 638.66 106.465 704.00 Taiwan 497,151 780.761 636.75 708.295 701.90 Japan 2,299,693 2,623.316 876.64 2,379.833 966.33 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,163,226 3,892.430 812.66 3,531.155 895.80 TIN PLATE.............................29 Canada 6,172,643 8,378.751 736.70 7,601.078 812.07 Brazil 29,686 43.977 675.02 39.896 744.08 Netherlands 2,436,364 4,451.524 547.31 4,038.356 603.31 Belgium 259,559 354.768 731.63 321.841 806.48 France 2,762,001 4,826.122 572.30 4,378.186 630.86 Federal Republic of Germany 4,432,838 8,033.382 551.80 7,287.764 608.26 Turkey 44,544 52.001 856.59 47.175 944.23 China 433,267 503.095 861.20 456.401 949.31 Korea, South 250,642 359.221 697.74 325.880 769.12 Taiwan 240,144 243.303 987.02 220.721 1,088.00 Japan 384,191 547.082 702.25 496.305 774.10 CATEGORY TOTAL 17,445,879 27,793.231 627.70 25,213.603 691.92 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A Canada 1,601,574 2,146.480 746.14 1,947.255 822.48 United Kingdom 76,021 143.102 531.24 129.820 585.59 Netherlands 238,675 503.639 473.90 456.894 522.39 France 1,699,815 2,453.630 692.78 2,225.897 763.65 Federal Republic of Germany 889,726 1,497.677 594.07 1,358.671 654.85 Korea, South 105,072 155.580 675.36 141.140 744.45 Japan 1,681,746 2,446.796 687.33 2,219.697 757.65 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,292,629 9,346.907 673.23 8,479.374 742.11 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 22,272,330 36,997.820 601.99 33,563.868 663.58 Mexico 10,143,591 16,747.999 605.66 15,193.534 667.63 Venezuela 4,386,160 7,656.941 572.83 6,946.262 631.44 Sweden 412,256 236.143 1,745.78 214.226 1,924.40 Netherlands 3,395,589 6,647.697 510.79 6,030.691 563.05 Belgium 1,595,041 2,528.293 630.88 2,293.630 695.42 France 6,928,095 10,737.339 645.23 9,740.753 711.25 Federal Republic of Germany 157,718 247.071 638.35 224.140 703.66 Austria 8,820 19.047 463.04 17.280 510.42 Russia 1,469,122 2,941.731 499.41 2,668.695 550.50 Turkey 24,136,075 43,627.031 553.24 39,577.788 609.84 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/02/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Thailand 2,430,313 4,499.751 540.10 4,082.107 595.36 Malaysia 4,553,058 8,512.554 534.86 7,722.462 589.59 Korea, South 27,456,131 58,525.502 469.13 53,093.458 517.13 Japan 222,684 414.084 537.77 375.651 592.79 Australia 9,236,975 15,862.894 582.30 14,390.580 641.88 New Zealand 4,533,571 7,366.810 615.40 6,683.060 678.37 Egypt 19,778,878 36,482.213 542.15 33,096.117 597.62 CATEGORY TOTAL 143,116,407 260,050.930 550.34 235,914.302 606.65 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 11,729,988 17,502.543 670.19 15,878.045 738.76 Mexico 12,367,869 19,501.159 634.21 17,691.159 699.10 Venezuela 3,606,717 5,784.329 623.53 5,247.457 687.33 Brazil 13,302,547 21,000.425 633.44 19,051.271 698.25 Argentina 2,569,073 4,350.088 590.58 3,946.335 651.00 Sweden 711,185 1,173.395 606.09 1,064.487 668.10 Netherlands 663,946 1,068.907 621.14 969.697 684.69 Belgium 2,930,032 4,270.903 686.04 3,874.500 756.23 Luxembourg 87,672 117.318 747.30 106.430 823.75 France 311,729 411.338 757.84 373.160 835.38 Federal Republic of Germany 164,283 329.450 498.66 298.873 549.67 Russia 17,699,548 27,614.301 640.96 25,051.280 706.53 Turkey 1,010,247 1,653.201 611.09 1,499.760 673.61 India 292,554 584.800 500.26 530.522 551.45 Thailand 3,564,707 5,967.040 597.40 5,413.210 658.52 Indonesia 156,013 282.853 551.57 256.600 608.00 China 8,679,943 14,523.325 597.66 13,175.343 658.80 Korea, South 5,092,756 7,840.728 649.53 7,112.991 715.98 Taiwan 5,470,116 9,164.795 596.86 8,314.165 657.93 Japan 2,432,474 3,485.322 697.92 3,161.832 769.32 New Zealand 1,498,228 2,396.126 625.27 2,173.730 689.24 South Africa 3,676,870 6,131.186 599.70 5,562.120 661.06 CATEGORY TOTAL 98,018,497 155,153.543 631.75 140,752.967 696.39 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 22,336,350 35,431.009 630.42 32,142.480 694.92 Mexico 18,498,395 19,290.881 958.92 17,500.398 1,057.03 Venezuela 1,541,849 1,980.769 778.41 1,796.924 858.05 Brazil 401,607 527.896 760.77 478.900 838.60 Argentina 3,946,719 5,765.014 684.60 5,229.935 754.64 Sweden 130,847 145.908 896.77 132.366 988.52 Netherlands 357,259 535.457 667.20 485.759 735.47 Belgium 417,304 511.902 815.20 464.390 898.61 Federal Republic of Germany 339,139 676.154 501.57 613.397 552.89 Austria 309,725 296.545 1,044.44 269.022 1,151.30 Kazakhstan 240,446 268.332 896.08 243.427 987.75 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/02/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Spain 632,952 1,010.264 626.52 916.497 690.62 Italy 198,121 197.001 1,005.68 178.717 1,108.57 Turkey 1,163,906 1,849.529 629.30 1,677.865 693.68 India 18,664,149 27,711.289 673.52 25,139.266 742.43 Indonesia 1,479,557 2,256.935 655.56 2,047.458 722.63 China 20,156,500 29,263.945 688.78 26,547.812 759.25 Korea, South 9,642,051 12,209.069 789.74 11,075.885 870.54 Taiwan 34,786,616 44,125.209 788.36 40,029.728 869.02 Japan 919,073 1,191.485 771.37 1,080.898 850.29 New Zealand 35,287 39.231 899.46 35.590 991.49 South Africa 4,440,234 6,306.710 704.05 5,721.353 776.08 CATEGORY TOTAL 140,638,086 191,590.544 734.06 173,808.067 809.16 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 17,271 9.723 1,776.21 8.821 1,957.94 Mexico 2,643 3.237 816.37 2.937 899.90 Argentina 441,781 615.866 717.33 558.705 790.72 Belgium 162,415 214.873 755.86 194.930 833.20 Luxembourg 293,257 428.909 683.73 389.100 753.68 France 6,670 1.022 6,520.39 0.928 7,187.50 Federal Republic of Germany 1,934,609 3,258.756 593.66 2,956.295 654.40 Spain 284,583 590.684 481.79 535.860 531.08 Thailand 514,492 733.450 701.47 665.375 773.24 Korea, South 263,164 364.192 722.60 330.390 796.53 Taiwan 518,844 712.563 728.14 646.427 802.63 Japan 277,483 397.119 698.74 360.261 770.23 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,717,212 7,330.400 643.51 6,650.029 709.35 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 Canada 9,833,304 9,638.175 1,020.25 8,743.608 1,124.63 Mexico 11,358,853 11,478.933 989.54 10,413.516 1,090.78 Argentina 373,811 488.567 765.12 443.221 843.40 United Kingdom 338,530 509.397 664.57 462.118 732.56 Belgium 278,111 220.976 1,258.55 200.467 1,387.32 Luxembourg 259,134 295.904 875.74 268.440 965.33 France 20,798 4.338 4,793.61 3.936 5,284.04 Federal Republic of Germany 155,508 62.885 2,472.87 57.049 2,725.87 Austria 24,013 17.718 1,355.25 16.074 1,493.90 Israel 5,800 7.103 816.52 6.444 900.06 China 407,040 606.017 671.66 549.770 740.38 Korea, South 10,492,651 13,305.252 788.61 12,070.325 869.29 Taiwan 10,636,767 12,655.776 840.47 11,481.131 926.46 Japan 1,244,614 835.359 1,489.91 757.826 1,642.35 CATEGORY TOTAL 45,428,934 50,126.407 906.29 45,473.925 999.01 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/02/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 4,511,367 7,995.774 564.22 7,253.647 621.94 Mexico 609,322 760.219 801.51 689.660 883.51 Belgium 2,798 8.781 318.64 7.966 351.24 Federal Republic of Germany 114,593 123.679 926.53 112.200 1,021.33 Turkey 142,167 330.021 430.78 299.391 474.85 Japan 22,768 41.353 550.57 37.515 606.90 Egypt 462,641 731.917 632.09 663.985 696.76 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,865,656 9,991.748 587.05 9,064.364 647.11 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 2,746,193 2,978.611 921.97 2,702.152 1,016.30 Mexico 286,120 287.696 994.52 260.994 1,096.27 Brazil 45,510 43.240 1,052.49 39.227 1,160.17 Sweden 611,585 126.593 4,831.08 114.844 5,325.35 United Kingdom 833,857 375.201 2,222.43 340.377 2,449.80 France 208,657 36.841 5,663.65 33.422 6,243.10 Federal Republic of Germany 1,841,803 1,309.186 1,406.83 1,187.674 1,550.76 Austria 265,847 55.449 4,794.39 50.303 5,284.91 Switzerland 213,023 69.242 3,076.47 62.816 3,391.22 Italy 112,830 40.473 2,787.75 36.717 3,072.96 India 448,517 485.009 924.76 439.993 1,019.37 Thailand 141,653 190.221 744.67 172.566 820.86 China 98,631 99.885 987.44 90.615 1,088.46 Korea, South 796,258 937.764 849.10 850.726 935.97 Taiwan 48,132 20.594 2,337.13 18.683 2,576.25 Japan 782,557 598.430 1,307.68 542.887 1,441.47 South Africa 68,064 35.825 1,899.90 32.500 2,094.28 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,549,237 7,690.268 1,241.73 6,976.496 1,368.77 GRAND TOTAL 1,226,274,641 1,986,263.776 617.38 1,801,908.696 680.54 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/02/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Canada 24,133 9.189 2,626.02 8.337 2,894.69 Sweden 561,139 323.710 1,733.46 293.665 1,910.81 United Kingdom 314,241 69.563 4,517.32 63.107 4,979.50 Federal Republic of Germany 275,720 116.735 2,361.91 105.901 2,603.56 Italy 2,693,915 1,599.230 1,684.51 1,450.798 1,856.85 India 58,193 22.458 2,591.14 20.374 2,856.24 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,927,341 2,140.888 1,834.44 1,942.182 2,022.13 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 5,571 3.838 1,451.44 3.482 1,599.94 Mexico 5,819 0.281 20,701.61 0.255 22,819.61 Sweden 4,934,972 1,619.687 3,046.87 1,469.356 3,358.60 United Kingdom 10,624,054 4,158.660 2,554.68 3,772.674 2,816.05 Federal Republic of Germany 78,884 9.583 8,231.24 8.694 9,073.38 Spain 605,706 235.376 2,573.35 213.530 2,836.63 Italy 2,908,622 1,123.666 2,588.51 1,019.373 2,853.34 India 2,542 0.203 12,465.21 0.185 13,740.54 China 43,345 26.557 1,632.09 24.093 1,799.07 Taiwan 13,637 2.158 6,318.33 1.958 6,964.76 Japan 12,470 3.257 3,828.29 2.955 4,219.97 CATEGORY TOTAL 19,235,622 7,183.270 2,677.84 6,516.555 2,951.81 WIRE RODS..............................3 Sweden 1,880,345 622.196 3,022.11 564.447 3,331.30 United Kingdom 2,004,689 818.832 2,448.23 742.833 2,698.71 France 184,704 46.498 3,972.23 42.183 4,378.64 Federal Republic of Germany 237,958 176.828 1,345.70 160.416 1,483.38 Italy 1,426,008 565.854 2,520.10 513.335 2,777.93 China 1,101,331 735.187 1,498.03 666.951 1,651.29 Korea, South 813,069 368.941 2,203.79 334.698 2,429.26 Taiwan 3,099,946 1,282.417 2,417.27 1,163.390 2,664.58 Japan 59,987 28.299 2,119.71 25.673 2,336.58 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,808,037 4,645.056 2,326.78 4,213.926 2,564.84 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Italy 218,738 45.722 4,784.01 41.479 5,273.46 India 244,440 76.613 3,190.54 69.503 3,516.97 Japan 175,225 42.360 4,136.50 38.429 4,559.71 CATEGORY TOTAL 638,403 164.697 3,876.22 149.411 4,272.80 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/02/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Brazil 2,656 0.306 8,667.21 0.278 9,553.96 Sweden 402,972 140.744 2,863.15 127.681 3,156.08 Belgium 2,824,006 859.789 3,284.53 779.988 3,620.58 France 833,097 208.965 3,986.78 189.570 4,394.67 Federal Republic of Germany 1,453,706 625.382 2,324.51 567.338 2,562.33 Austria 56,259 14.995 3,751.64 13.604 4,135.47 Italy 474,893 227.518 2,087.28 206.401 2,300.83 China 229,606 87.068 2,637.08 78.987 2,906.88 Korea, South 205,540 79.527 2,584.52 72.146 2,848.95 Taiwan 1,314,445 407.672 3,224.27 369.834 3,554.15 Japan 363,827 145.388 2,502.45 131.894 2,758.48 South Africa 97,228 79.127 1,228.76 71.783 1,354.47 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,258,235 2,876.484 2,870.95 2,609.504 3,164.68 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Sweden 2,422,596 697.746 3,472.03 632.985 3,827.26 Belgium 947,715 391.679 2,419.62 355.326 2,667.17 Federal Republic of Germany 2,227,570 996.581 2,235.21 904.084 2,463.90 Spain 10,584 4.773 2,217.47 4.330 2,444.34 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,608,465 2,090.780 2,682.47 1,896.725 2,956.92 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 315,780 62.494 5,052.93 56.694 5,569.90 Mexico 70,905 21.349 3,321.15 19.368 3,660.94 Trinidad and Tobago 86,246 108.893 792.02 98.787 873.05 Sweden 63,801 5.812 10,976.54 5.273 12,099.56 United Kingdom 993,609 318.087 3,123.70 288.564 3,443.29 Netherlands 65,684 12.400 5,296.67 11.250 5,838.58 France 699,849 77.311 9,052.31 70.136 9,978.46 Federal Republic of Germany 486,752 146.146 3,330.57 132.582 3,671.33 Austria 962,073 338.060 2,845.86 306.683 3,137.03 Portugal 354,361 106.440 3,329.20 96.561 3,669.81 Italy 527,765 171.381 3,079.47 155.475 3,394.53 India 30,160 7.837 3,848.20 7.110 4,241.91 China 104,166 42.876 2,429.44 38.897 2,678.00 Taiwan 353,742 126.878 2,788.04 115.102 3,073.29 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,114,893 1,545.971 3,308.53 1,402.482 3,647.03 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A United Kingdom 14,108 1.213 11,624.49 1.101 12,813.81 Italy 1,252,400 445.699 2,809.96 404.332 3,097.45 India 1,614,350 635.547 2,540.09 576.559 2,799.97 Japan 94,516 23.225 4,069.46 21.070 4,485.81 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/02/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 2,975,374 1,105.686 2,690.97 1,003.062 2,966.29 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 578,093 102.334 5,649.07 92.836 6,227.03 Mexico 2,113 0.274 7,698.32 0.249 8,485.94 Brazil 7,793 1.495 5,209.80 1.357 5,742.82 Argentina 7,288 2.512 2,901.08 2.279 3,197.89 Sweden 476,373 124.944 3,812.67 113.348 4,202.75 Denmark 3,794 0.551 6,883.72 0.500 7,588.00 United Kingdom 701,351 190.490 3,681.82 172.810 4,058.51 France 2,208,358 654.817 3,372.48 594.041 3,717.52 Federal Republic of Germany 1,063,850 399.631 2,662.08 362.540 2,934.43 Austria 43,763 13.383 3,270.01 12.141 3,604.56 Czech Republic 107,149 21.594 4,961.92 19.590 5,469.58 Switzerland 854,528 231.063 3,698.24 209.617 4,076.62 Latvia 284,427 83.573 3,403.30 75.817 3,751.49 Poland 164,121 63.995 2,564.56 58.056 2,826.94 Russia 17,610 14.429 1,220.44 13.090 1,345.30 Ukraine 1,212,653 443.834 2,732.22 402.640 3,011.75 Spain 7,147 0.287 24,841.58 0.261 27,383.14 Portugal 51,818 8.182 6,332.82 7.423 6,980.74 Italy 7,809,847 2,091.708 3,733.72 1,897.567 4,115.72 Slovenia 37,886 20.226 1,873.11 18.349 2,064.74 Saudi Arabia 168,671 75.360 2,238.19 68.366 2,467.18 United Arab Emirates 306,063 127.777 2,395.28 115.918 2,640.34 India 2,808,384 1,176.398 2,387.27 1,067.211 2,631.52 China 1,058,787 181.669 5,828.09 164.808 6,424.37 Korea, South 15,023 3.536 4,248.33 3.208 4,682.98 Taiwan 5,602,339 1,767.258 3,170.07 1,603.230 3,494.41 Japan 190,937 42.483 4,494.43 38.540 4,954.26 Australia 5,384 2.326 2,313.73 2.111 2,550.45 CATEGORY TOTAL 25,795,550 7,846.142 3,287.67 7,117.903 3,624.04 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D Canada 7,961,478 1,547.966 5,143.18 1,404.292 5,669.39 Mexico 261,191 68.423 3,817.26 62.073 4,207.80 Brazil 26,361 4.404 5,984.56 3.996 6,596.85 Sweden 945,360 120.737 7,829.90 109.531 8,630.98 Finland 291,982 105.259 2,773.92 95.490 3,057.72 United Kingdom 490,882 3.560 137,870.21 3.230 151,975.85 Ireland 10,232 1.561 6,550.68 1.417 7,220.89 Belgium 37,772 5.502 6,864.22 4.992 7,566.51 France 2,676,544 482.430 5,548.04 437.654 6,115.66 Federal Republic of Germany 2,496,399 243.106 10,268.73 220.543 11,319.33 Austria 1,858,120 312.435 5,947.21 283.437 6,555.67 Czech Republic 336,932 25.684 13,117.88 23.301 14,459.98 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/02/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Switzerland 15,061 0.275 54,652.45 0.250 60,244.00 Spain 1,965,604 318.067 6,179.83 288.546 6,812.10 Italy 449,163 106.823 4,204.71 96.909 4,634.89 Turkey 326,612 113.157 2,886.34 102.655 3,181.65 India 3,087 0.123 25,004.29 0.112 27,562.50 Thailand 260,680 81.749 3,188.76 74.162 3,515.01 Malaysia 1,212,446 438.203 2,766.85 397.532 3,049.93 Singapore 124,414 47.003 2,646.90 42.641 2,917.71 China 6,039,605 1,633.857 3,696.53 1,482.211 4,074.73 Korea, South 5,268,685 1,491.688 3,532.03 1,353.237 3,893.39 Taiwan 5,985,032 1,724.804 3,469.98 1,564.717 3,824.99 Japan 4,776,740 1,159.638 4,119.16 1,052.007 4,540.60 Australia 2,800 0.099 28,223.53 0.090 31,111.11 South Africa 731,329 260.024 2,812.54 235.890 3,100.30 CATEGORY TOTAL 44,554,511 10,296.593 4,327.11 9,340.915 4,769.82 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 280,507 47.528 5,901.89 43.117 6,505.72 Sweden 1,827,047 373.674 4,889.41 338.992 5,389.65 Denmark 93,498 2.180 42,881.69 1.978 47,268.96 United Kingdom 609,028 154.131 3,951.35 139.826 4,355.61 Netherlands 16,977 1.097 15,463.13 0.996 17,045.18 Belgium 90,485 9.238 9,794.37 8.381 10,796.44 France 471,947 89.797 5,255.68 81.463 5,793.39 Federal Republic of Germany 799,254 141.146 5,662.58 128.046 6,241.93 Czech Republic 5,718 0.992 5,763.65 0.900 6,353.33 Switzerland 310,600 69.914 4,442.60 63.425 4,897.12 Spain 312,025 41.515 7,515.92 37.662 8,284.88 Italy 542,867 113.663 4,776.08 103.114 5,264.73 India 2,568,753 1,023.083 2,510.80 928.126 2,767.68 Thailand 214,751 79.451 2,702.93 72.077 2,979.47 China 1,082,123 391.397 2,764.77 355.070 3,047.63 Korea, South 2,610,388 773.637 3,374.18 701.832 3,719.39 Taiwan 971,433 263.011 3,693.50 238.600 4,071.39 Japan 657,597 98.598 6,669.45 89.447 7,351.81 Australia 127,005 75.757 1,676.47 68.726 1,847.99 CATEGORY TOTAL 13,592,003 3,749.817 3,624.71 3,401.778 3,995.56 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Finland 155,605 65.411 2,378.88 59.340 2,622.26 United Kingdom 31,408 11.234 2,795.61 10.192 3,081.63 Belgium 224,383 82.739 2,711.92 75.060 2,989.38 Federal Republic of Germany 121,257 36.473 3,324.54 33.088 3,664.68 Austria 7,486 1.289 5,804.43 1.170 6,398.29 Italy 806,288 373.230 2,160.30 338.589 2,381.32 India 265,190 97.449 2,721.30 88.405 2,999.72 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/02/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Korea, South 22,920 0.661 34,654.47 0.600 38,200.00 Taiwan 59,056 17.684 3,339.45 16.043 3,681.11 Japan 168,149 59.351 2,833.09 53.843 3,122.95 South Africa 72,377 57.823 1,251.68 52.457 1,379.74 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,934,119 803.349 2,407.57 728.787 2,653.89 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 302,249 95.452 3,166.49 86.593 3,490.46 Mexico 17,838,043 8,745.770 2,039.62 7,934.032 2,248.29 Brazil 5,442,191 2,380.838 2,285.83 2,159.861 2,519.70 Sweden 4,964,303 1,329.960 3,732.67 1,206.520 4,114.56 Finland 3,390,138 1,202.430 2,819.40 1,090.827 3,107.86 United Kingdom 56,255 7.823 7,190.88 7.097 7,926.59 Netherlands 173,641 21.706 7,999.42 19.692 8,817.84 Belgium 7,008,779 2,667.192 2,627.77 2,419.637 2,896.62 France 1,484,524 845.308 1,756.19 766.851 1,935.87 Federal Republic of Germany 8,783,859 3,471.519 2,530.26 3,149.310 2,789.14 Austria 27,532 3.142 8,760.65 2.851 9,656.96 Latvia 58,796 18.637 3,154.65 16.908 3,477.41 Spain 428,923 194.491 2,205.35 176.440 2,430.99 Italy 6,935,149 3,114.537 2,226.70 2,825.462 2,454.52 Romania 386,140 160.331 2,408.39 145.450 2,654.80 India 1,545,946 579.649 2,667.04 525.849 2,939.90 Thailand 1,364,596 607.365 2,246.75 550.993 2,476.61 China 11,603,719 5,264.195 2,204.27 4,775.599 2,429.79 Korea, South 4,694,404 2,107.090 2,227.91 1,911.521 2,455.85 Taiwan 4,822,208 1,667.147 2,892.49 1,512.411 3,188.42 Japan 986,688 433.677 2,275.16 393.426 2,507.94 South Africa 2,520,194 1,106.815 2,276.98 1,004.086 2,509.94 CATEGORY TOTAL 84,818,277 36,025.084 2,354.42 32,681.416 2,595.31 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Federal Republic of Germany 52,241 11.228 4,652.69 10.186 5,128.71 Austria 7,873 1.184 6,643.97 1.075 7,323.72 Slovenia 78,459 45.745 1,715.10 41.500 1,890.58 China 6,000 2.972 2,018.21 2.697 2,224.69 Japan 13,986 6.929 2,018.44 6.286 2,224.94 CATEGORY TOTAL 158,559 68.061 2,329.66 61.744 2,568.01 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 282,619 76.395 3,699.41 69.305 4,077.90 Mexico 3,287,474 1,576.949 2,084.70 1,430.585 2,297.99 Sweden 2,794,054 456.015 6,127.11 413.690 6,753.98 Finland 1,006,772 375.012 2,684.63 340.206 2,959.30 Denmark 14,280 2.204 6,477.30 2.000 7,140.00 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL JANUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 15/02/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE United Kingdom 184,457 41.441 4,451.03 37.595 4,906.42 Belgium 562,507 245.870 2,287.82 223.050 2,521.89 France 689,490 200.000 3,447.45 181.437 3,800.16 Federal Republic of Germany 364,879 91.573 3,984.55 83.074 4,392.22 Spain 97,262 43.453 2,238.32 39.420 2,467.33 Italy 3,005 0.759 3,956.59 0.689 4,361.39 India 240,911 86.008 2,801.00 78.026 3,087.57 Indonesia 80,379 19.147 4,197.96 17.370 4,627.46 China 49,901 14.233 3,506.00 12.912 3,864.70 Korea, South 9,807 9.690 1,012.03 8.791 1,115.57 Taiwan 194,827 113.932 1,710.02 103.358 1,884.97 Japan 2,899,032 466.621 6,212.81 423.312 6,848.45 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,761,656 3,819.309 3,341.35 3,464.820 3,683.21 GRAND TOTAL 240,181,045 84,361.194 2,847.06 76,531.210 3,138.34