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RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/03/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 15,275,005 32,207.644 474.27 29,218.292 522.79 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 18,705,593 20,251.697 923.66 18,372.036 1,018.16 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 51,428,064 85,402.947 602.18 77,476.273 663.79 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 15,852,428 21,825.125 726.34 19,799.426 800.65 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 42,152,573 59,201.443 712.02 53,706.661 784.87 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 7,898,697 10,215.321 773.22 9,267.186 852.33 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 40,830,063 61,632.016 662.48 55,911.641 730.26 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 4,159,738 3,624.807 1,147.57 3,288.371 1,264.98 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 36,159 31.001 1,166.37 28.124 1,285.70 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 64,397,747 67,823.365 949.49 61,528.340 1,046.64 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 4,887,231 973.093 5,022.36 882.776 5,536.21 Stainless Steel Bar 244,164 41.898 5,827.46 38.010 6,423.68 Stainless Steel Wire 210,354 34.657 6,069.46 31.441 6,690.44 COUNTRY TOTAL 266,077,816 363,265.021 732.46 329,548.577 807.40 Mexico Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 112,878,940 217,953.228 517.90 197,723.899 570.89 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 8,000 20.414 391.87 18.520 431.97 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 12,948,123 22,041.092 587.45 19,995.348 647.56 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 14,977,141 23,599.919 634.63 21,409.493 699.56 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 22,169,384 23,239.006 953.97 21,082.078 1,051.57 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 2,661 2.992 889.14 2.715 980.11 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 12,821,570 21,209.702 604.51 19,241.124 666.36 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 115,232 130.547 882.68 118.431 972.99 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 6,788,157 15,636.291 434.13 14,185.009 478.54 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 19,766,115 20,013.732 987.63 18,156.158 1,088.67 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 2,596,191 1,411.897 1,838.80 1,280.852 2,026.93 Stainless Steel Bar 24,299 12.281 1,978.43 11.142 2,180.85 Stainless Steel Wire 41,033 8.047 5,098.55 7.301 5,620.19 COUNTRY TOTAL 205,136,846 345,279.156 594.12 313,232.070 654.90 Guatemala Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 97,765 123.495 791.65 112.033 872.64 COUNTRY TOTAL 97,765 123.495 791.65 112.033 872.64 Dominican Republic Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 11,399 33.492 340.34 30.384 375.16 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 2,351,121 5,181.753 453.73 4,700.809 500.15 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 150,792 404.120 373.14 366.612 411.31 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,513,312 5,619.366 447.26 5,097.805 493.02 Trinidad and Tobago Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 545,068 1,447.984 376.43 1,313.590 414.95 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/03/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Stainless Steel Bar 53,185 66.653 797.93 60.467 879.57 COUNTRY TOTAL 598,253 1,514.638 394.98 1,374.057 435.39 Colombia Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 1,350,247 2,101.396 642.55 1,906.355 708.29 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 215,430 237.228 908.11 215.210 1,001.02 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 1,451,613 2,134.559 680.05 1,936.440 749.63 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,017,290 4,473.183 674.53 4,058.005 743.54 Venezuela Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 20,340,731 45,143.833 450.58 40,953.808 496.67 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 591,923 1,054.126 561.53 956.288 618.98 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 568,799 886.280 641.78 804.020 707.44 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 980,039 1,543.226 635.06 1,399.992 700.03 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 933,160 793.871 1,175.46 720.188 1,295.72 COUNTRY TOTAL 23,414,652 49,421.337 473.78 44,834.296 522.25 Chile Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 5,827 4.929 1,182.06 4.472 1,303.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,827 4.929 1,182.06 4.472 1,303.00 Brazil Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 55,310,184 125,347.516 441.25 113,713.386 486.40 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 4,097,409 3,275.888 1,250.78 2,971.837 1,378.75 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 633,086 882.089 717.71 800.218 791.14 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 356,613 659.446 540.78 598.240 596.10 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 1,364,938 1,925.120 709.01 1,746.440 781.55 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 98,434 57.625 1,708.17 52.277 1,882.93 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 2,111,985 5,597.053 377.34 5,077.563 415.94 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 2,668,623 4,054.135 658.25 3,677.851 725.59 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 265,252 121.754 2,178.58 110.454 2,401.47 Stainless Steel Bar 22,851 2.436 9,380.13 2.210 10,339.82 COUNTRY TOTAL 66,929,375 141,923.065 471.59 128,750.476 519.84 Argentina Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 349,145 589.477 592.30 534.765 652.89 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 2,327,200 3,447.114 675.12 3,127.171 744.19 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 1,119,648 2,271.146 492.99 2,060.350 543.43 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 551,065 795.405 692.81 721.580 763.69 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,347,058 7,103.144 611.99 6,443.866 674.60 Sweden Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 11,686,206 9,346.459 1,250.34 8,478.968 1,378.26 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 2,870,603 3,738.473 767.85 3,391.487 846.41 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 1,269,543 1,133.230 1,120.29 1,028.050 1,234.90 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 521,850 180.535 2,890.57 163.779 3,186.31 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/03/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 2,683,080 971.906 2,760.64 881.699 3,043.08 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 980,105 832.472 1,177.34 755.207 1,297.80 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 80,627 202.059 399.03 183.305 439.85 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 187,555 10.560 17,760.66 9.580 19,577.77 Stainless Steel Bar 1,118,468 378.385 2,955.89 343.266 3,258.31 Stainless Steel Rod 1,316,514 408.858 3,219.98 370.910 3,549.42 Stainless Steel Wire 2,076,520 341.400 6,082.37 309.713 6,704.66 COUNTRY TOTAL 24,791,071 17,544.342 1,413.05 15,915.964 1,557.62 Norway Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 459,824 451.757 1,017.85 409.828 1,121.99 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 2,329 0.267 8,694.79 0.243 9,584.36 COUNTRY TOTAL 462,153 452.025 1,022.40 410.071 1,127.01 Finland Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 798,654 761.739 1,048.46 691.039 1,155.73 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 273,330 144.724 1,888.62 131.292 2,081.85 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 391,826 123.651 3,168.79 112.175 3,492.99 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 2,666 0.178 14,929.35 0.162 16,456.79 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,466,476 1,030.294 1,423.36 934.668 1,568.98 Denmark Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 19,247 3.887 4,950.55 3.527 5,457.05 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 13,621 1.919 7,097.51 1.741 7,823.66 Stainless Steel Bar 2,717 0.102 26,503.46 0.093 29,215.05 Stainless Steel Wire 38,848 0.763 50,854.72 0.693 56,057.72 COUNTRY TOTAL 74,433 6.673 11,153.70 6.054 12,294.85 United Kingdom Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 556,582 1,189.284 468.00 1,078.901 515.88 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 653,833 725.605 901.09 658.258 993.28 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 192,623 304.523 632.54 276.259 697.26 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 1,497,799 935.931 1,600.33 849.063 1,764.06 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 608,454 576.182 1,056.01 522.704 1,164.05 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 280,097 425.047 658.98 385.597 726.40 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 9,178,673 11,556.231 794.26 10,483.640 875.52 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 3,161,911 2,317.452 1,364.39 2,102.358 1,503.98 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 656,309 533.565 1,230.04 484.043 1,355.89 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 228,665 9.907 23,079.82 8.988 25,441.14 Stainless Steel Bar 1,307,036 346.071 3,776.78 313.951 4,163.18 Stainless Steel Rod 2,754,708 1,044.285 2,637.89 947.360 2,907.77 Stainless Steel Wire 564,075 144.205 3,911.61 130.821 4,311.81 COUNTRY TOTAL 21,640,765 20,108.294 1,076.21 18,241.943 1,186.32 Ireland Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 17,209 35.792 480.81 32.470 530.00 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/03/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 17,209 35.792 480.81 32.470 530.00 Netherlands Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 1,630,087 2,704.022 602.84 2,453.049 664.51 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 866,914 1,311.988 660.76 1,190.216 728.37 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 1,024,807 1,580.747 648.31 1,434.030 714.63 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 394,448 378.906 1,041.02 343.738 1,147.53 Stainless Steel Wire 16,414 0.660 24,858.99 0.599 27,402.34 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,932,670 5,976.324 658.04 5,421.632 725.37 Belgium Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 7,281,119 5,443.090 1,337.68 4,937.890 1,474.54 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 563,733 838.729 672.13 760.883 740.89 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 1,849,138 2,656.631 696.05 2,410.056 767.26 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 8,474,826 8,892.184 953.06 8,066.856 1,050.57 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 620,613 797.779 777.93 723.734 857.52 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 55,028 26.521 2,074.84 24.060 2,287.12 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 21,624 9.327 2,318.24 8.462 2,555.42 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 60,068 4.136 14,519.79 3.753 16,005.33 Stainless Steel Bar 23,604 5.814 4,059.37 5.275 4,474.69 Stainless Steel Wire 74,903 6.337 11,819.60 5.749 13,028.87 COUNTRY TOTAL 19,024,656 18,680.553 1,018.42 16,946.718 1,122.62 Luxembourg Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 232,421 318.714 729.25 289.133 803.85 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 1,416,137 1,660.311 852.93 1,506.210 940.20 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 300,731 371.412 809.70 336.940 892.54 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,949,289 2,350.439 829.33 2,132.283 914.18 France Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 1,034,668 671.020 1,541.93 608.740 1,699.69 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 2,261,238 3,480.419 649.70 3,157.384 716.17 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 950,691 414.720 2,292.37 376.228 2,526.90 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 3,704,166 4,366.387 848.34 3,961.121 935.13 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 3,782,388 6,091.835 620.89 5,526.422 684.42 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 2,928,591 2,629.782 1,113.62 2,385.699 1,227.56 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 3,432,542 2,788.394 1,231.01 2,529.590 1,356.96 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 16,214 11.255 1,440.51 10.211 1,587.90 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 634,345 355.705 1,783.34 322.691 1,965.80 Stainless Steel Bar 1,734,804 500.577 3,465.61 454.116 3,820.18 Stainless Steel Rod 410,009 136.797 2,997.19 124.101 3,303.83 Stainless Steel Wire 284,015 65.001 4,369.39 58.968 4,816.43 COUNTRY TOTAL 21,173,671 21,511.897 984.28 19,515.271 1,084.98 Federal Republic of Germany Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 263,531 659.013 399.89 597.847 440.80 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 3,398,059 3,975.227 854.81 3,606.267 942.26 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 833,624 1,391.215 599.21 1,262.090 660.51 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/03/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 4,937,609 4,730.870 1,043.70 4,291.775 1,150.48 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 8,446,400 13,604.079 620.87 12,341.417 684.39 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 6,096,561 10,529.486 579.00 9,552.192 638.24 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 1,436,507 1,422.373 1,009.94 1,290.356 1,113.26 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 570,220 367.000 1,553.73 332.937 1,712.70 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 49,792 52.272 952.54 47.421 1,050.00 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 4,400,085 2,960.483 1,486.27 2,685.706 1,638.33 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 966,743 123.315 7,839.59 111.870 8,641.66 Stainless Steel Bar 2,283,122 845.502 2,700.31 767.027 2,976.59 Stainless Steel Rod 337,089 150.811 2,235.17 136.814 2,463.85 Stainless Steel Wire 853,030 164.096 5,198.34 148.866 5,730.19 COUNTRY TOTAL 34,872,372 40,975.749 851.05 37,172.585 938.12 Austria Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 190,623 143.365 1,329.63 130.059 1,465.67 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 656,833 1,268.385 517.85 1,150.660 570.83 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 630,873 129.658 4,865.66 117.624 5,363.47 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 179,873 178.245 1,009.13 161.702 1,112.37 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 327,004 106.658 3,065.90 96.759 3,379.57 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 38,327 1.771 21,636.39 1.607 23,850.03 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 381,296 273.208 1,395.62 247.851 1,538.41 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 273,848 90.971 3,010.26 82.528 3,318.24 Stainless Steel Bar 1,290,421 488.299 2,642.68 442.978 2,913.06 Stainless Steel Rod 6,752 2.396 2,817.53 2.174 3,105.80 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,975,850 2,682.961 1,481.89 2,433.942 1,633.50 Czech Republic Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 546,990 686.446 796.84 622.734 878.37 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 3,700,921 5,144.301 719.42 4,666.833 793.03 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 2,409 0.052 45,529.35 0.048 50,187.50 Stainless Steel Bar 33,333 7.440 4,479.88 6.750 4,938.22 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,283,653 5,838.241 733.72 5,296.365 808.79 Slovakia Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 476,157 834.737 570.43 757.261 628.79 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 241,870 429.717 562.86 389.833 620.45 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 5,853 1.129 5,180.25 1.025 5,710.24 COUNTRY TOTAL 723,880 1,265.584 571.97 1,148.119 630.49 Hungary Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 476,725 866.962 549.88 786.495 606.14 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 766,180 1,363.435 561.95 1,236.888 619.44 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 2,812 1.106 2,540.84 1.004 2,800.80 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,245,717 2,231.504 558.24 2,024.387 615.36 Switzerland Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 9,691 16.691 580.61 15.142 640.01 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/03/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 365,225 199.623 1,829.57 181.095 2,016.76 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 5,976 0.896 6,668.31 0.813 7,350.55 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 2,297,387 984.569 2,333.39 893.187 2,572.12 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 75,118 20.138 3,730.14 18.269 4,111.77 Stainless Steel Bar 338,638 104.543 3,239.22 94.840 3,570.62 Stainless Steel Wire 104,204 36.969 2,818.66 33.538 3,107.04 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,196,239 1,363.430 2,344.26 1,236.884 2,584.11 Latvia Stainless Steel Bar 156,542 53.107 2,947.66 48.178 3,249.24 COUNTRY TOTAL 156,542 53.107 2,947.66 48.178 3,249.24 Poland Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 1,271,483 1,177.119 1,080.16 1,067.865 1,190.68 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 20,704 19.742 1,048.71 17.910 1,156.00 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 109,640 83.067 1,319.88 75.358 1,454.92 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 534,613 463.433 1,153.59 420.420 1,271.62 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 10,888 1.545 7,045.24 1.402 7,766.05 Stainless Steel Bar 57,841 21.253 2,721.46 19.281 2,999.90 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,005,169 1,766.162 1,135.33 1,602.236 1,251.48 Russia Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 32,124,358 66,600.090 482.35 60,418.603 531.70 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 10,382,800 19,967.481 519.99 18,114.200 573.19 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 17,541,063 29,328.339 598.09 26,606.230 659.28 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 1,728,500 2,233.817 773.79 2,026.486 852.95 Stainless Steel Bar 2,400 2.011 1,193.01 1.825 1,315.07 COUNTRY TOTAL 61,779,121 118,131.742 522.97 107,167.344 576.47 Ukraine Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 16,275,637 34,574.702 470.74 31,365.651 518.90 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 7,413 14.700 504.27 13.336 555.86 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 269,362 161.950 1,663.24 146.919 1,833.40 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 727,679 1,101.406 660.68 999.179 728.28 Stainless Steel Bar 175,117 71.484 2,449.71 64.850 2,700.34 COUNTRY TOTAL 17,455,208 35,924.243 485.89 32,589.935 535.60 Kazakhstan Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 189,544 175.504 1,080.00 159.215 1,190.49 COUNTRY TOTAL 189,544 175.504 1,080.00 159.215 1,190.49 Spain Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 111,126 194.977 569.94 176.881 628.25 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 393,394 663.555 592.86 601.968 653.51 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 2,071,940 3,449.093 600.72 3,128.966 662.18 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 691,566 481.546 1,436.13 436.852 1,583.07 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/03/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 424,789 416.730 1,019.34 378.052 1,123.63 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 185,152 80.768 2,292.38 73.272 2,526.91 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 294,720 180.707 1,630.92 163.935 1,797.79 Stainless Steel Bar 71,832 2.781 25,828.34 2.523 28,470.87 Stainless Steel Wire 531,906 91.938 5,785.47 83.405 6,377.39 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,776,425 5,562.100 858.74 5,045.854 946.60 Portugal Stainless Steel Bar 185,770 58.494 3,175.87 53.065 3,500.80 COUNTRY TOTAL 185,770 58.494 3,175.87 53.065 3,500.80 Italy Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 397,453 577.583 688.13 523.975 758.53 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 395,091 770.819 512.56 699.276 565.00 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 48,664 19.674 2,473.51 17.848 2,726.58 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 536,482 558.996 959.72 507.113 1,057.91 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 870,691 720.910 1,207.77 653.999 1,331.33 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 10,772,976 12,126.063 888.41 11,000.583 979.31 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 1,826,626 510.479 3,578.26 463.099 3,944.35 Stainless Steel Bar 9,112,208 2,130.501 4,277.02 1,932.759 4,714.61 Stainless Steel Rod 525,704 202.640 2,594.28 183.832 2,859.70 Stainless Steel Wire 267,516 67.511 3,962.55 61.245 4,367.96 COUNTRY TOTAL 24,753,411 17,685.178 1,399.67 16,043.729 1,542.87 Slovenia Stainless Steel Bar 299,878 140.807 2,129.71 127.738 2,347.60 COUNTRY TOTAL 299,878 140.807 2,129.71 127.738 2,347.60 Romania Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 2,142 1.210 1,769.75 1.098 1,950.82 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 1,173,419 1,608.445 729.54 1,459.158 804.18 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 18,111 1.267 14,286.98 1.150 15,748.70 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 327,758 295.291 1,109.95 267.884 1,223.51 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,521,430 1,906.215 798.14 1,729.290 879.80 Bulgaria Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 2,835,367 6,921.282 409.66 6,278.884 451.57 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,835,367 6,921.282 409.66 6,278.884 451.57 Turkey Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 280,262 452.595 619.23 410.588 682.59 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 20,834 36.453 571.52 33.070 630.00 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 6,697,880 13,941.694 480.42 12,647.696 529.57 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 19,613,071 51,320.504 382.17 46,557.192 421.27 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 19,838,384 32,803.385 604.77 29,758.739 666.64 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/03/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 46,450,431 98,554.633 471.32 89,407.285 519.54 Iran Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 7,662 11.458 668.67 10.395 737.09 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,662 11.458 668.67 10.395 737.09 Israel Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 6,700 16.412 408.23 14.889 450.00 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 487,779 207.189 2,354.27 187.959 2,595.14 COUNTRY TOTAL 494,479 223.601 2,211.43 202.848 2,437.68 Saudi Arabia Stainless Steel Bar 292,334 132.556 2,205.36 120.253 2,430.99 COUNTRY TOTAL 292,334 132.556 2,205.36 120.253 2,430.99 United Arab Emirates Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 926,595 1,156.367 801.30 1,049.039 883.28 Stainless Steel Bar 265,338 98.215 2,701.58 89.100 2,977.98 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,191,933 1,254.583 950.06 1,138.139 1,047.26 Oman Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 1,428,480 2,192.158 651.63 1,988.693 718.30 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,428,480 2,192.158 651.63 1,988.693 718.30 India Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 790,583 1,197.678 660.10 1,086.516 727.63 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 21,345,110 30,168.144 707.54 27,368.088 779.93 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 302,824 363.726 832.56 329.967 917.74 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 2,558,098 3,236.893 790.29 2,936.461 871.15 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 4,411,282 3,504.189 1,258.86 3,178.948 1,387.65 Stainless Steel Bar 5,562,800 2,178.058 2,554.02 1,975.902 2,815.32 Stainless Steel Rod 190,209 57.453 3,310.66 52.121 3,649.37 Stainless Steel Wire 2,037,885 794.735 2,564.23 720.972 2,826.58 COUNTRY TOTAL 37,198,791 41,500.879 896.34 37,648.975 988.04 Thailand Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 3,993,725 7,528.189 530.50 6,829.461 584.78 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 13,109 17.660 742.29 16.021 818.24 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 13,253 15.619 848.48 14.170 935.29 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 936,426 1,882.116 497.54 1,707.428 548.44 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 697,291 468.957 1,486.90 425.431 1,639.02 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,653,804 9,912.543 570.37 8,992.511 628.72 Vietnam Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 62,708 65.255 960.96 59.199 1,059.27 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/03/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 73,359 50.667 1,447.84 45.965 1,595.98 COUNTRY TOTAL 136,067 115.923 1,173.77 105.164 1,293.86 Malaysia Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 6,911,835 12,628.372 547.33 11,456.270 603.32 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 1,696,420 2,733.402 620.63 2,479.702 684.12 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 10,149 5.825 1,742.10 5.285 1,920.34 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 362,481 257.925 1,405.37 233.986 1,549.16 COUNTRY TOTAL 8,980,885 15,625.526 574.76 14,175.243 633.56 Indonesia Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 473,788 676.717 700.13 613.908 771.76 COUNTRY TOTAL 473,788 676.717 700.13 613.908 771.76 China Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 472,458 950.280 497.18 862.080 548.04 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 3,083,506 5,050.287 610.56 4,581.545 673.03 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 3,778,831 5,392.178 700.80 4,891.703 772.50 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 404,323 511.698 790.16 464.205 871.00 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 1,686,028 2,885.724 584.27 2,617.886 644.04 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 101,146 171.331 590.35 155.429 650.75 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 20,294,775 34,579.668 586.90 31,370.156 646.95 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 5,137,636 2,894.526 1,774.95 2,625.871 1,956.55 Stainless Steel Bar 1,925,574 324.540 5,933.24 294.418 6,540.27 Stainless Steel Rod 524,275 338.359 1,549.46 306.955 1,707.99 Stainless Steel Wire 1,589,754 525.277 3,026.50 476.524 3,336.15 COUNTRY TOTAL 38,998,306 53,623.871 727.26 48,646.772 801.66 Korea, South Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 4,499,770 7,542.134 596.62 6,842.111 657.66 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 30,435,645 62,131.115 489.86 56,364.416 539.98 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 6,752,667 12,065.307 559.68 10,945.466 616.94 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 31,128,249 41,002.266 759.18 37,196.641 836.86 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 368,383 435.989 844.94 395.523 931.38 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 5,152,778 7,617.715 676.42 6,910.677 745.63 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 349,041 309.181 1,128.92 280.485 1,244.42 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 2,001,733 5,516.331 362.87 5,004.333 400.00 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 18,152,330 26,609.658 682.17 24,139.883 751.96 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 2,738,245 897.199 3,051.99 813.926 3,364.24 Stainless Steel Bar 10,807 2.449 4,412.22 2.222 4,863.64 Stainless Steel Rod 666,138 326.636 2,039.38 296.320 2,248.04 Stainless Steel Wire 2,293,185 769.271 2,980.98 697.872 3,285.97 COUNTRY TOTAL 104,548,971 165,225.258 632.77 149,889.875 697.51 Taiwan Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 10,843 13.707 791.04 12.435 871.97 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 15,094,218 26,117.131 577.94 23,693.070 637.07 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/03/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 22,385,581 28,322.083 790.39 25,693.369 871.26 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 29,290 12.787 2,290.44 11.601 2,524.78 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 112,327 82.953 1,354.10 75.254 1,492.64 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 1,422,739 1,814.894 783.92 1,646.445 864.13 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 1,071,248 349.902 3,061.56 317.426 3,374.80 Stainless Steel Bar 5,824,740 1,915.146 3,041.41 1,737.392 3,352.58 Stainless Steel Rod 1,994,664 820.525 2,430.96 744.368 2,679.67 Stainless Steel Wire 1,050,988 406.704 2,584.16 368.956 2,848.55 COUNTRY TOTAL 48,996,638 59,855.835 818.58 54,300.316 902.33 Japan Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 1,612,131 1,639.974 983.02 1,487.760 1,083.60 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 2,616,324 4,409.464 593.34 4,000.200 654.05 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 3,309,366 4,496.566 735.98 4,079.218 811.27 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 5,429,281 6,409.498 847.07 5,814.601 933.73 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 1,611,492 2,272.644 709.08 2,061.709 781.63 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 10,703,460 14,448.745 740.79 13,107.685 816.58 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 509,558 512.829 993.62 465.231 1,095.28 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 2,121,577 5,464.104 388.28 4,956.954 428.00 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 11,554,769 13,819.698 836.11 12,537.023 921.65 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 2,115,037 389.459 5,430.70 353.312 5,986.32 Stainless Steel Bar 106,948 17.024 6,282.16 15.444 6,924.89 Stainless Steel Wire 774,571 98.412 7,870.69 89.278 8,675.94 COUNTRY TOTAL 42,464,514 53,978.422 786.69 48,968.415 867.18 Australia Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 182,877 93.872 1,948.14 85.160 2,147.45 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 9,973,306 17,432.409 572.11 15,814.420 630.65 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 50,854 64.514 788.25 58.527 868.90 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 8,598 0.757 11,353.68 0.687 12,515.28 COUNTRY TOTAL 10,215,635 17,591.554 580.71 15,958.794 640.13 New Zealand Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 24,701 33.990 726.70 30.836 801.04 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 1,304,606 2,137.491 610.34 1,939.100 672.79 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 271,635 436.382 622.47 395.880 686.15 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 13,122 5.999 2,187.04 5.443 2,410.80 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,614,064 2,613.864 617.50 2,371.259 680.68 Egypt Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 41,100,739 77,142.802 532.79 69,982.793 587.30 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 163,082 278.708 585.14 252.840 645.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 41,263,821 77,421.510 532.98 70,235.633 587.51 South Africa Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 4,270,676 10,909.880 391.45 9,897.280 431.50 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 3,244,088 4,506.018 719.95 4,087.792 793.60 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/03/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 4,019,877 5,705.605 704.55 5,176.040 776.63 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 29,907 61.257 488.22 55.572 538.17 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 31,619 48.484 652.15 43.984 718.88 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 19,206 22.161 866.62 20.105 955.28 COUNTRY TOTAL 11,615,373 21,253.408 546.52 19,280.773 602.43 GRAND TOTAL 1,232,952,139 1,870,870.593 659.03 1,697,225.732 726.45