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RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/03/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Canada 15,686 40.880 383.71 37.086 422.96 Mexico 1,457,545 1,844.718 790.12 1,673.501 870.96 United Kingdom 419,433 161.566 2,596.03 146.571 2,861.64 Belgium 1,312,116 1,592.765 823.80 1,444.933 908.08 Federal Republic of Germany 232,948 278.545 836.30 252.692 921.87 Italy 4,010,112 1,849.846 2,167.81 1,678.153 2,389.60 India 53,625 20.028 2,677.37 18.170 2,951.29 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,501,465 5,788.351 1,295.96 5,251.106 1,428.55 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 21,145,094 46,821.163 451.61 42,475.457 497.82 Mexico 114,061,026 220,443.035 517.42 199,982.614 570.35 Costa Rica 7,920 5.456 1,451.50 4.950 1,600.00 Venezuela 20,340,731 45,143.833 450.58 40,953.808 496.67 Brazil 59,776,815 133,758.832 446.90 121,344.006 492.62 Sweden 7,539,991 2,557.499 2,948.19 2,320.125 3,249.82 United Kingdom 15,040,610 8,588.856 1,751.18 7,791.682 1,930.34 Belgium 2,737,266 3,932.980 695.98 3,567.941 767.18 Luxembourg 6,356 4.379 1,451.31 3.973 1,599.80 France 983,551 139.530 7,049.00 126.580 7,770.19 Federal Republic of Germany 11,873,915 28,846.871 411.62 26,169.449 453.73 Czech Republic 175,599 41.554 4,225.71 37.698 4,658.05 Russia 32,293,256 66,811.898 483.35 60,610.752 532.80 Ukraine 16,275,637 34,574.702 470.74 31,365.651 518.90 Spain 16,037,658 7,033.208 2,280.28 6,380.421 2,513.57 Italy 2,975,963 1,396.988 2,130.27 1,267.327 2,348.22 Turkey 4,679,626 13,226.673 353.80 11,999.040 390.00 China 141,086 71.449 1,974.62 64.818 2,176.65 Korea, South 2,126,261 2,897.724 733.77 2,628.772 808.84 Japan 347,131 409.568 847.55 371.554 934.27 South Africa 4,270,676 10,909.880 391.45 9,897.280 431.50 CATEGORY TOTAL 332,836,168 627,616.087 530.32 569,363.898 584.58 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 2,995,725 4,372.416 685.14 3,966.591 755.24 Mexico 16,467 21.869 752.95 19.840 829.99 Trinidad and Tobago 1,042,655 2,199.022 474.14 1,994.920 522.66 Venezuela 553,709 988.416 560.20 896.677 617.51 Brazil 8,256,950 13,398.571 616.26 12,154.983 679.31 Argentina 865,667 1,771.473 488.67 1,607.054 538.67 Sweden 1,273,267 403.418 3,156.20 365.975 3,479.11 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/03/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Finland 53,517 37.809 1,415.45 34.300 1,560.26 United Kingdom 3,029,901 2,661.456 1,138.44 2,414.433 1,254.91 Netherlands 7,158 9.346 765.85 8.479 844.20 France 339,532 128.780 2,636.51 116.828 2,906.26 Federal Republic of Germany 5,192,601 5,309.309 978.02 4,816.526 1,078.08 Austria 6,752 2.396 2,817.53 2.174 3,105.80 Spain 4,186,444 6,106.258 685.60 5,539.506 755.74 Italy 1,820,966 2,546.588 715.06 2,310.227 788.22 Turkey 290,002 720.294 402.62 653.440 443.81 India 190,209 57.453 3,310.66 52.121 3,649.37 Thailand 155,095 221.711 699.54 201.133 771.11 China 2,102,008 3,732.800 563.12 3,386.341 620.73 Korea, South 771,770 430.888 1,791.11 390.896 1,974.36 Taiwan 1,994,664 820.525 2,430.96 744.368 2,679.67 Japan 2,990,551 5,688.397 525.73 5,160.429 579.52 CATEGORY TOTAL 38,135,610 51,629.205 738.64 46,837.241 814.22 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 5,558,139 8,804.867 631.26 7,987.644 695.84 Mexico 1,263,696 2,331.313 542.05 2,114.933 597.51 Brazil 947,570 2,048.850 462.49 1,858.686 509.81 Argentina 19,640 39.663 495.17 35.982 545.83 Norway 459,824 451.757 1,017.85 409.828 1,121.99 United Kingdom 6,234,708 9,214.263 676.64 8,359.042 745.86 Netherlands 3,389 1.873 1,808.50 1.700 1,993.53 Belgium 296,781 385.332 770.19 349.568 848.99 Luxembourg 3,209,074 4,880.329 657.55 4,427.362 724.83 Federal Republic of Germany 1,369,354 2,069.032 661.83 1,876.995 729.55 Switzerland 2,785 9.302 299.39 8.439 330.02 Poland 541,311 937.686 577.28 850.655 636.35 Russia 42,866 58.948 727.18 53.477 801.58 Spain 13,889 28.944 479.85 26.258 528.94 Italy 453,429 443.578 1,022.21 402.408 1,126.79 Turkey 438,852 745.508 588.66 676.314 648.89 India 255,244 89.682 2,846.07 81.359 3,137.26 China 68,815 134.829 510.39 122.315 562.60 Korea, South 904,441 2,106.678 429.32 1,911.147 473.25 Japan 543,505 912.272 595.77 827.600 656.72 South Africa 3,379 10.863 311.05 9.855 342.87 CATEGORY TOTAL 22,630,691 35,705.580 633.81 32,391.567 698.66 STEEL PILING...........................5 United Kingdom 43,518 69.889 622.67 63.403 686.37 Luxembourg 3,834,325 4,718.176 812.67 4,280.259 895.82 China 3,100 4.711 658.00 4.274 725.32 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/03/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 3,880,943 4,792.777 809.75 4,347.936 892.59 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 18,705,677 20,250.883 923.70 18,371.298 1,018.20 Mexico 8,000 20.414 391.87 18.520 431.97 Brazil 4,105,654 3,278.248 1,252.39 2,973.978 1,380.53 Sweden 11,852,740 9,395.185 1,261.58 8,523.171 1,390.65 Finland 798,654 761.739 1,048.46 691.039 1,155.73 United Kingdom 677,793 730.202 928.23 662.429 1,023.19 Belgium 11,834,422 6,760.180 1,750.61 6,132.734 1,929.71 France 3,304,572 1,004.918 3,288.40 911.647 3,624.84 Federal Republic of Germany 4,548,632 4,447.951 1,022.64 4,035.115 1,127.26 Austria 234,519 155.870 1,504.58 141.403 1,658.52 Czech Republic 546,990 686.446 796.84 622.734 878.37 Slovakia 476,157 834.737 570.43 757.261 628.79 Hungary 476,725 866.962 549.88 786.495 606.14 Switzerland 9,691 16.691 580.61 15.142 640.01 Poland 1,271,483 1,177.119 1,080.16 1,067.865 1,190.68 Italy 1,311,392 959.333 1,366.98 870.293 1,506.84 Turkey 280,262 452.595 619.23 410.588 682.59 Thailand 3,993,725 7,528.189 530.50 6,829.461 584.78 Malaysia 6,911,835 12,628.372 547.33 11,456.270 603.32 Indonesia 473,788 676.717 700.13 613.908 771.76 China 557,999 984.694 566.67 893.300 624.65 Korea, South 5,009,022 7,729.839 648.01 7,012.394 714.31 Taiwan 754,550 213.983 3,526.20 194.123 3,886.97 Japan 1,674,695 1,661.763 1,007.78 1,507.527 1,110.89 Australia 182,877 93.872 1,948.14 85.160 2,147.45 New Zealand 24,701 33.990 726.70 30.836 801.04 South Africa 3,244,088 4,506.018 719.95 4,087.792 793.60 CATEGORY TOTAL 83,270,643 87,856.923 947.80 79,702.483 1,044.77 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 22,428,648 35,016.067 640.52 31,766.051 706.06 Mexico 1,949,845 3,379.793 576.91 3,066.098 635.94 Sweden 4,083,840 2,333.610 1,750.01 2,117.016 1,929.05 Finland 143,512 51.742 2,773.58 46.940 3,057.35 Belgium 1,050,961 404.228 2,599.92 366.710 2,865.92 France 593,763 924.630 642.16 838.811 707.86 Federal Republic of Germany 2,425,001 1,112.842 2,179.11 1,009.554 2,402.05 Russia 5,322,186 10,218.753 520.83 9,270.300 574.11 Ukraine 7,413 14.700 504.27 13.336 555.86 Turkey 20,834 36.453 571.52 33.070 630.00 Malaysia 1,652,210 2,671.990 618.34 2,423.990 681.61 Korea, South 65,252 114.001 572.38 103.420 630.94 Japan 495,655 873.162 567.65 792.120 625.73 New Zealand 449,708 732.926 613.58 664.900 676.35 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/03/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Egypt 5,296,221 10,046.717 527.16 9,114.231 581.09 CATEGORY TOTAL 45,985,049 67,931.620 676.93 61,626.547 746.19 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Canada 7,610 13.427 566.76 12.181 624.74 Luxembourg 42,366 71.511 592.44 64.874 653.05 Austria 96,785 81.082 1,193.66 73.557 1,315.78 China 10,738 21.038 510.39 19.086 562.61 Korea, South 27,220 12.515 2,174.88 11.354 2,397.39 Japan 11,024,125 18,052.784 610.66 16,377.215 673.14 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,208,844 18,252.359 614.10 16,558.267 676.93 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 Luxembourg 5,809 7.149 812.49 6.486 895.62 Austria 157,032 167.662 936.60 152.101 1,032.42 Poland 30,352 47.189 643.19 42.810 708.99 Spain 94,560 113.387 833.96 102.863 919.28 Italy 3,989 1.834 2,174.74 1.664 2,397.24 China 86,140 102.944 836.76 93.390 922.37 Korea, South 18,302 24.599 744.01 22.316 820.13 Japan 481,830 556.816 865.33 505.136 953.86 CATEGORY TOTAL 878,014 1,021.584 859.46 926.766 947.40 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 Canada 47,753 60.854 784.71 55.206 865.00 China 66,987 95.520 701.28 86.655 773.03 CATEGORY TOTAL 114,740 156.374 733.75 141.861 808.82 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 36,251,061 54,535.781 664.72 49,474.043 732.73 Mexico 7,405,664 12,943.305 572.16 11,741.973 630.70 Trinidad and Tobago 598,253 1,514.638 394.98 1,374.057 435.39 Brazil 698,113 444.396 1,570.92 403.150 1,731.65 Argentina 234,341 460.009 509.43 417.314 561.55 Sweden 2,738,446 969.919 2,823.38 879.896 3,112.24 United Kingdom 3,948,795 2,768.825 1,426.16 2,511.837 1,572.07 Belgium 7,608 1.873 4,059.92 1.700 4,475.29 Luxembourg 49,335 34.988 1,410.04 31.741 1,554.30 France 2,495,624 2,027.405 1,230.94 1,839.232 1,356.88 Federal Republic of Germany 692,219 390.807 1,771.25 354.535 1,952.47 Austria 1,415,461 517.391 2,735.76 469.370 3,015.66 Czech Republic 3,700,921 5,144.301 719.42 4,666.833 793.03 Poland 87,843 72.476 1,212.01 65.750 1,336.02 Ukraine 269,362 161.950 1,663.24 146.919 1,833.40 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/03/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Spain 691,566 481.546 1,436.13 436.852 1,583.07 Portugal 185,770 58.494 3,175.87 53.065 3,500.80 Italy 2,967,182 559.795 5,300.48 507.838 5,842.77 Bulgaria 2,080,232 5,123.456 406.02 4,647.923 447.56 Turkey 4,773,320 9,840.847 485.05 8,927.469 534.68 India 489,727 406.999 1,203.26 369.224 1,326.37 China 1,068,641 1,642.113 650.77 1,489.701 717.35 Korea, South 5,024,349 7,442.839 675.06 6,752.032 744.12 Taiwan 684,422 246.184 2,780.12 223.335 3,064.55 Japan 6,536,638 7,734.782 845.10 7,016.879 931.56 South Africa 29,907 61.257 488.22 55.572 538.17 CATEGORY TOTAL 85,124,800 115,586.391 736.46 104,858.240 811.81 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 2,711,755 4,947.356 548.12 4,488.168 604.20 Mexico 1,191,812 2,248.445 530.06 2,039.756 584.29 Brazil 621,997 1,411.479 440.67 1,280.473 485.76 United Kingdom 162,799 53.047 3,068.92 48.124 3,382.91 France 13,758 1.485 9,258.94 1.348 10,206.23 Federal Republic of Germany 22,515 19.250 1,169.56 17.464 1,289.22 Italy 1,241,669 397.107 3,126.78 360.250 3,446.69 Bulgaria 755,135 1,797.826 420.03 1,630.961 463.00 Turkey 1,658,403 3,600.752 460.57 3,266.549 507.69 India 1,601,477 659.709 2,427.55 598.479 2,675.91 China 613,079 1,138.179 538.65 1,032.539 593.76 Korea, South 118,276 167.441 706.37 151.900 778.64 Taiwan 14,312 1.666 8,587.06 1.512 9,465.61 Japan 973,625 2,399.371 405.78 2,176.674 447.30 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,700,612 18,843.121 620.95 17,094.197 684.48 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 Canada 36,159 31.001 1,166.37 28.124 1,285.70 Mexico 6,788,157 15,636.291 434.13 14,185.009 478.54 Dominican Republic 2,351,121 5,181.753 453.73 4,700.809 500.15 Brazil 2,111,985 5,597.053 377.34 5,077.563 415.94 Federal Republic of Germany 49,792 52.272 952.54 47.421 1,050.00 Turkey 19,613,071 51,320.504 382.17 46,557.192 421.27 Korea, South 2,001,733 5,516.331 362.87 5,004.333 400.00 Japan 2,121,577 5,464.104 388.28 4,956.954 428.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 35,073,595 88,799.313 394.98 80,557.405 435.39 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 4,231,149 3,643.308 1,161.35 3,305.155 1,280.17 Mexico 90,926 117.842 771.59 106.905 850.53 Colombia 215,430 237.228 908.11 215.210 1,001.02 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/03/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Brazil 163,997 128.296 1,278.26 116.389 1,409.04 Sweden 1,141,429 407.005 2,804.46 369.229 3,091.39 United Kingdom 3,947,469 2,574.165 1,533.49 2,335.244 1,690.39 Belgium 22,427 7.280 3,080.31 6.605 3,395.46 France 5,125,868 3,286.127 1,559.85 2,981.126 1,719.44 Federal Republic of Germany 2,609,593 1,177.835 2,215.58 1,068.515 2,442.26 Austria 240,291 79.337 3,028.71 71.974 3,338.58 Czech Republic 33,333 7.440 4,479.88 6.750 4,938.22 Switzerland 344,614 105.439 3,268.36 95.653 3,602.75 Latvia 156,542 53.107 2,947.66 48.178 3,249.24 Poland 592,454 484.687 1,222.34 439.701 1,347.40 Russia 1,730,900 2,235.829 774.16 2,028.311 853.37 Ukraine 175,117 71.484 2,449.71 64.850 2,700.34 Spain 430,929 416.932 1,033.57 378.235 1,139.32 Italy 5,390,537 1,920.375 2,807.02 1,742.136 3,094.21 Slovenia 299,878 140.807 2,129.71 127.738 2,347.60 Romania 1,173,419 1,608.445 729.54 1,459.158 804.18 Saudi Arabia 292,334 132.556 2,205.36 120.253 2,430.99 United Arab Emirates 265,338 98.215 2,701.58 89.100 2,977.98 India 3,494,010 1,380.066 2,531.77 1,251.976 2,790.80 China 1,972,088 488.310 4,038.59 442.988 4,451.79 Korea, South 359,848 311.631 1,154.72 282.707 1,272.87 Taiwan 5,267,623 1,763.036 2,987.81 1,599.400 3,293.50 Japan 577,288 529.184 1,090.90 480.068 1,202.51 CATEGORY TOTAL 40,344,831 23,405.980 1,723.70 21,233.554 1,900.05 TOOL STEEL............................17 Canada 1,669,039 1,145.629 1,456.87 1,039.298 1,605.93 Mexico 35,005 21.513 1,627.09 19.517 1,793.56 Colombia 94,878 15.910 5,963.14 14.434 6,573.23 Brazil 2,018,735 658.286 3,066.65 597.188 3,380.40 Sweden 3,114,945 1,199.164 2,597.60 1,087.864 2,863.36 United Kingdom 1,079,271 291.392 3,703.84 264.347 4,082.78 Netherlands 505,140 457.710 1,103.62 415.228 1,216.54 Belgium 13,559 6.635 2,043.28 6.020 2,252.33 France 2,170,960 1,079.358 2,011.34 979.178 2,217.12 Federal Republic of Germany 3,392,936 2,122.328 1,598.69 1,925.345 1,762.25 Austria 4,031,932 745.150 5,410.90 675.989 5,964.49 Czech Republic 42,385 12.643 3,352.31 11.470 3,695.29 Switzerland 55,772 37.094 1,503.49 33.652 1,657.32 Poland 389,630 311.496 1,250.83 282.585 1,378.81 Russia 1,317,900 610.749 2,157.84 554.063 2,378.61 Ukraine 158,314 24.006 6,594.73 21.778 7,269.45 Spain 980,931 597.356 1,642.12 541.913 1,810.13 Italy 95,453 37.912 2,517.69 34.394 2,775.28 Slovenia 3,727,606 1,535.858 2,427.05 1,393.308 2,675.36 India 34,009 29.772 1,142.30 27.009 1,259.17 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/03/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE China 1,674,482 610.861 2,741.18 554.164 3,021.64 Korea, South 315,161 133.752 2,356.30 121.338 2,597.38 Taiwan 1,956,183 943.895 2,072.46 856.288 2,284.49 Japan 3,370,474 3,515.762 958.68 3,189.447 1,056.76 CATEGORY TOTAL 32,244,700 16,144.245 1,997.29 14,645.817 2,201.63 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 26,624,407 30,451.110 874.33 27,624.791 963.79 Mexico 4,175,096 4,609.797 905.70 4,181.939 998.36 Guatemala 97,765 123.495 791.65 112.033 872.64 Dominican Republic 71,438 194.195 367.87 176.171 405.50 Colombia 1,204,320 1,903.114 632.82 1,726.477 697.56 Venezuela 933,160 793.871 1,175.46 720.188 1,295.72 Brazil 38,005 32.460 1,170.79 29.448 1,290.58 Argentina 819,145 941.134 870.38 853.783 959.43 Sweden 91,505 202.772 451.27 183.952 497.44 United Kingdom 60,237 22.284 2,703.11 20.216 2,979.67 Ireland 17,209 35.792 480.81 32.470 530.00 France 103,460 91.348 1,132.59 82.870 1,248.46 Federal Republic of Germany 1,099,587 752.341 1,461.55 682.513 1,611.09 Slovakia 34,106 23.718 1,437.95 21.517 1,585.07 Ukraine 855,880 1,278.040 669.68 1,159.419 738.20 Spain 764,421 650.534 1,175.07 590.155 1,295.29 Italy 384,061 190.133 2,019.96 172.486 2,226.62 Romania 93,501 88.482 1,056.72 80.270 1,164.83 Turkey 4,221,375 6,856.747 615.65 6,220.338 678.64 United Arab Emirates 926,595 1,156.367 801.30 1,049.039 883.28 Oman 1,428,480 2,192.158 651.63 1,988.693 718.30 India 1,852,852 2,790.333 664.03 2,531.349 731.96 China 13,896,471 23,946.218 580.32 21,723.650 639.69 Korea, South 3,830,432 5,481.890 698.74 4,973.089 770.23 Taiwan 1,113,988 1,743.960 638.77 1,582.095 704.12 Japan 1,313,253 1,522.347 862.65 1,381.051 950.91 CATEGORY TOTAL 66,050,749 88,074.651 749.94 79,900.002 826.67 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 4,006,242 3,413.240 1,173.74 3,096.441 1,293.82 Mexico 868,909 956.991 907.96 868.168 1,000.85 Colombia 5,107,107 4,561.900 1,119.51 4,138.488 1,234.05 Venezuela 2,979,056 3,366.921 884.80 3,054.421 975.33 Chile 102,924 94.067 1,094.15 85.337 1,206.09 Brazil 212,872 170.476 1,248.69 154.654 1,376.44 Sweden 5,552,470 5,607.706 990.15 5,087.227 1,091.45 United Kingdom 1,343,729 1,401.845 958.54 1,271.733 1,056.61 Federal Republic of Germany 9,911,356 9,748.131 1,016.74 8,843.359 1,120.77 Austria 11,753,375 9,596.445 1,224.76 8,705.751 1,350.07 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/03/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Czech Republic 578,078 784.315 737.05 711.519 812.46 Poland 85,347 105.151 811.66 95.392 894.70 Russia 1,781,460 2,220.467 802.29 2,014.375 884.37 Ukraine 5,301,056 6,122.222 865.87 5,553.988 954.46 Spain 787,054 582.037 1,352.24 528.016 1,490.59 Romania 1,269,461 1,634.528 776.65 1,482.820 856.11 Turkey 3,691,403 6,714.883 549.73 6,091.642 605.98 India 3,538,016 3,488.292 1,014.25 3,164.527 1,118.02 Vietnam 6,700 0.694 9,647.84 0.630 10,634.92 China 30,797,272 38,892.999 791.85 35,283.146 872.86 Korea, South 6,756,218 9,848.013 686.05 8,933.970 756.24 Taiwan 1,204,470 1,856.924 648.64 1,684.574 715.00 Japan 5,164,236 1,744.710 2,959.94 1,582.775 3,262.77 CATEGORY TOTAL 102,798,811 112,912.970 910.43 102,432.953 1,003.57 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 344,062 41.451 8,300.39 37.604 9,149.61 Mexico 14,875 10.747 1,384.04 9.750 1,525.64 Brazil 2,105,520 3,197.880 658.41 2,901.069 725.77 United Kingdom 635,173 517.679 1,226.96 469.631 1,352.49 Federal Republic of Germany 1,358,328 1,154.680 1,176.37 1,047.509 1,296.72 Czech Republic 244,859 331.935 737.67 301.127 813.14 Ukraine 715,061 1,081.233 661.34 980.879 729.00 Italy 11,471,258 12,790.902 896.83 11,603.715 988.58 China 750,786 1,253.017 599.18 1,136.719 660.49 Korea, South 4,332,639 4,981.115 869.81 4,518.793 958.80 Japan 7,363,395 9,971.215 738.47 9,045.737 814.02 South Africa 31,619 48.484 652.15 43.984 718.88 CATEGORY TOTAL 29,367,575 35,380.343 830.05 32,096.517 914.98 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 166,151 74.464 2,231.28 67.553 2,459.57 Mexico 3,183,472 3,681.654 864.69 3,339.942 953.15 Brazil 753,047 1,008.178 746.94 914.604 823.36 Argentina 694,360 983.136 706.27 891.887 778.53 United Kingdom 5,546 5.186 1,069.34 4.705 1,178.75 France 1,616,646 1,586.484 1,019.01 1,439.235 1,123.27 Federal Republic of Germany 35,312 11.887 2,970.56 10.784 3,274.48 Austria 2,916,955 3,234.183 901.91 2,934.003 994.19 Czech Republic 1,661,381 2,312.199 718.53 2,097.593 792.04 Slovakia 458,418 533.916 858.59 484.361 946.44 Ukraine 161,260 186.240 865.87 168.955 954.46 Spain 85,017 80.914 1,050.71 73.404 1,158.21 Italy 851,100 927.229 917.90 841.169 1,011.81 Turkey 1,738,251 2,884.323 602.65 2,616.615 664.31 China 2,634,675 4,253.577 619.40 3,858.782 682.77 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/03/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Korea, South 1,489,688 2,180.452 683.20 1,978.074 753.10 Taiwan 25,054 42.054 595.75 38.151 656.71 CATEGORY TOTAL 18,476,333 23,986.085 770.29 21,759.817 849.10 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Canada 390,162 79.990 4,877.62 72.566 5,376.65 Mexico 1,181,212 1,347.141 876.83 1,222.107 966.54 Brazil 1,688,236 2,413.800 699.41 2,189.764 770.97 Denmark 96,738 48.561 1,992.08 44.054 2,195.90 Spain 6,365 0.321 19,774.77 0.292 21,797.95 Italy 2,561 0.138 18,438.90 0.126 20,325.40 Turkey 2,327,095 3,870.873 601.18 3,511.598 662.69 China 962,873 1,833.088 525.27 1,662.950 579.02 Korea, South 3,362,038 5,013.339 670.62 4,548.026 739.23 Taiwan 1,798,954 2,883.128 623.96 2,615.531 687.80 Japan 491,337 586.997 837.03 532.515 922.67 South Africa 15,451 23.639 653.62 21.445 720.49 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,323,022 18,101.020 680.79 16,420.974 750.44 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 13,424,437 11,295.750 1,188.45 10,247.335 1,310.04 Mexico 13,995,980 15,514.523 902.12 14,074.543 994.42 Dominican Republic 79,354 209.925 378.01 190.441 416.69 Colombia 304,899 263.415 1,157.48 238.967 1,275.90 Brazil 63,778 57.958 1,100.41 52.579 1,212.99 Argentina 931,671 510.877 1,823.67 463.460 2,010.25 Sweden 840,743 555.033 1,514.76 503.518 1,669.74 Denmark 19,247 3.887 4,950.55 3.527 5,457.05 United Kingdom 842,002 437.228 1,925.77 396.647 2,122.80 Belgium 2,892 1.248 2,315.60 1.133 2,552.52 France 1,050,993 902.839 1,164.10 819.042 1,283.20 Federal Republic of Germany 4,699,558 3,292.819 1,427.21 2,987.196 1,573.23 Austria 226,705 119.696 1,894.00 108.587 2,087.77 Slovakia 156,746 64.488 2,430.60 58.503 2,679.28 Switzerland 2,343,022 1,007.282 2,326.08 913.792 2,564.06 Ukraine 169,535 253.707 668.23 230.160 736.60 Spain 1,297,518 985.214 1,316.99 893.772 1,451.73 Italy 804,625 571.602 1,407.67 518.549 1,551.69 Romania 192,039 157.573 1,218.73 142.948 1,343.42 Turkey 4,767,914 7,611.382 626.42 6,904.932 690.51 Saudi Arabia 11,657 7.932 1,469.57 7.196 1,619.93 India 1,153,738 829.994 1,390.05 752.959 1,532.27 Thailand 690,611 1,379.501 500.62 1,251.463 551.84 Malaysia 3,551 0.111 31,895.19 0.101 35,158.42 China 2,827,984 3,593.439 786.99 3,259.914 867.50 Korea, South 3,810,613 5,731.923 664.81 5,199.915 732.82 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/03/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Taiwan 17,112 9.526 1,796.31 8.642 1,980.10 Japan 5,121,867 3,118.243 1,642.55 2,828.824 1,810.60 Australia 48,569 61.187 793.78 55.508 874.99 CATEGORY TOTAL 59,899,360 58,548.315 1,023.08 53,114.153 1,127.75 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 107,310 37.120 2,890.87 33.675 3,186.64 Mexico 792,008 446.092 1,775.44 404.688 1,957.08 Argentina 269,475 145.301 1,854.60 131.815 2,044.34 Sweden 142,649 102.212 1,395.61 92.726 1,538.39 Belgium 29,456 21.579 1,364.97 19.577 1,504.62 France 3,222,737 2,297.056 1,402.99 2,083.855 1,546.53 Federal Republic of Germany 3,938,892 2,977.441 1,322.91 2,701.090 1,458.26 Czech Republic 146,040 185.750 786.22 168.510 866.65 Slovakia 687,362 541.131 1,270.23 490.906 1,400.19 Spain 487,754 226.091 2,157.33 205.107 2,378.05 Italy 618,162 524.122 1,179.42 475.476 1,300.09 India 217,729 270.703 804.31 245.578 886.60 China 4,013 1.433 2,800.41 1.300 3,086.92 Taiwan 2,062 0.076 27,110.37 0.069 29,884.06 Japan 382,022 263.395 1,450.38 238.948 1,598.77 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,047,671 8,039.506 1,374.17 7,293.320 1,514.77 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D Canada 8,663,249 1,648.977 5,253.71 1,495.928 5,791.22 Mexico 311,309 98.902 3,147.63 89.723 3,469.67 Brazil 192,015 72.540 2,646.99 65.808 2,917.81 Sweden 1,998,825 235.081 8,502.71 213.262 9,372.63 Finland 192,670 68.625 2,807.56 62.256 3,094.80 Denmark 5,877 0.882 6,656.09 0.801 7,337.08 United Kingdom 186,278 3.041 61,249.95 2.759 67,516.49 Ireland 3,596 1.215 2,957.60 1.103 3,260.20 Netherlands 2,429 0.621 3,907.01 0.564 4,306.74 France 3,127,908 556.379 5,621.90 504.739 6,197.08 Federal Republic of Germany 2,073,950 234.861 8,830.52 213.063 9,733.98 Austria 705,259 123.760 5,698.56 112.274 6,281.59 Switzerland 258,811 20.125 12,859.54 18.258 14,175.21 Ukraine 85,647 15.297 5,598.62 13.878 6,171.42 Spain 5,324,644 657.172 8,102.35 596.177 8,931.31 Italy 251,461 73.181 3,436.14 66.389 3,787.69 India 407,021 73.806 5,514.72 66.956 6,078.93 Malaysia 625,607 204.111 3,065.02 185.167 3,378.61 Singapore 198,207 68.396 2,897.92 62.048 3,194.41 China 5,642,970 1,578.888 3,574.01 1,432.344 3,939.68 Korea, South 5,651,250 1,560.078 3,622.41 1,415.280 3,993.03 Taiwan 3,825,477 1,141.940 3,349.98 1,035.951 3,692.72 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/03/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 7,809,356 2,321.970 3,363.24 2,106.457 3,707.34 CATEGORY TOTAL 47,543,816 10,759.861 4,418.63 9,761.185 4,870.70 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 1,737,053 512.789 3,387.46 465.195 3,734.03 Mexico 292,369 156.703 1,865.75 142.159 2,056.63 United Kingdom 119,889 5.100 23,505.84 4.627 25,910.74 France 14,127 6.914 2,043.01 6.273 2,252.03 Federal Republic of Germany 45,555 7.588 6,003.31 6.884 6,617.52 Hungary 2,812 1.106 2,540.84 1.004 2,800.80 Italy 10,919 0.531 20,550.94 0.482 22,653.53 India 73,323 68.145 1,075.97 61.821 1,186.05 Vietnam 62,708 65.255 960.96 59.199 1,059.27 Korea, South 60,898 14.660 4,153.82 13.300 4,578.80 Japan 133,256 62.247 2,140.74 56.470 2,359.77 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,552,909 901.044 2,833.28 817.414 3,123.15 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 24,712,589 26,535.075 931.32 24,072.222 1,026.60 Mexico 4,852,535 3,259.220 1,488.86 2,956.716 1,641.19 Brazil 556,465 852.373 652.84 773.260 719.64 Finland 391,826 123.651 3,168.79 112.175 3,492.99 United Kingdom 23,143 18.098 1,278.70 16.419 1,409.53 Belgium 18,732 8.078 2,318.65 7.329 2,555.87 France 11,948 13.170 907.18 11.948 1,000.00 Federal Republic of Germany 2,120,115 1,415.978 1,497.28 1,284.554 1,650.47 Austria 225,095 182.422 1,233.92 165.491 1,360.16 Italy 9,836 8.353 1,177.50 7.578 1,297.97 Romania 18,111 1.267 14,286.98 1.150 15,748.70 Turkey 10,849,095 18,335.255 591.71 16,633.469 652.24 Thailand 245,815 502.615 489.07 455.965 539.11 Malaysia 6,598 5.714 1,154.63 5.184 1,272.76 China 4,397,992 7,450.588 590.29 6,759.062 650.68 Korea, South 5,831,982 9,812.239 594.36 8,901.516 655.17 Taiwan 322,236 98.720 3,264.12 89.558 3,598.07 Japan 1,865,146 2,510.698 742.88 2,277.668 818.88 Australia 2,285 3.327 686.62 3.019 756.87 CATEGORY TOTAL 56,461,544 71,136.850 793.70 64,534.283 874.91 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 121,165 131.462 921.67 119.261 1,015.96 Mexico 175,184 158.662 1,104.13 143.936 1,217.10 Korea, South 474,232 705.720 671.98 640.219 740.73 Japan 400,414 612.200 654.06 555.379 720.97 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/03/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 1,170,995 1,608.045 728.21 1,458.795 802.71 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 17,195,210 18,149.710 947.41 16,465.145 1,044.34 Mexico 9,104,447 10,397.889 875.61 9,432.809 965.19 El Salvador 16,468 23.120 712.25 20.975 785.13 Honduras 77,912 110.495 705.11 100.240 777.25 Dominican Republic 101,280 143.633 705.13 130.302 777.27 Trinidad and Tobago 106,802 128.867 828.77 116.907 913.56 Venezuela 482,177 647.854 744.27 587.724 820.41 Ecuador 49,913 69.698 716.13 63.229 789.40 Chile 124,053 138.922 892.97 126.028 984.33 Brazil 815,682 1,151.640 708.28 1,044.751 780.74 Argentina 52,500 87.343 601.07 79.237 662.57 Sweden 2,436,202 517.939 4,703.64 469.867 5,184.88 Denmark 44,208 4.070 10,859.69 3.693 11,970.76 United Kingdom 1,755,599 1,224.837 1,433.33 1,111.154 1,579.98 Netherlands 120,515 61.348 1,964.45 55.654 2,165.43 Belgium 1,153,784 1,035.978 1,113.71 939.824 1,227.66 Luxembourg 125,236 25.337 4,942.67 22.986 5,448.36 France 2,106,194 1,047.444 2,010.79 950.226 2,216.52 Federal Republic of Germany 2,282,258 1,028.169 2,219.73 932.740 2,446.83 Austria 452,008 152.962 2,955.03 138.765 3,257.36 Czech Republic 56,788 42.199 1,345.69 38.283 1,483.37 Slovakia 46,255 25.397 1,821.26 23.040 2,007.60 Switzerland 104,204 36.969 2,818.66 33.538 3,107.04 Poland 1,481,710 1,439.683 1,029.19 1,306.059 1,134.49 Russia 162,433 330.482 491.50 299.809 541.79 Belarus 218,122 195.210 1,117.37 177.092 1,231.69 Spain 547,147 113.111 4,837.24 102.613 5,332.14 Italy 2,078,182 1,490.482 1,394.30 1,352.143 1,536.95 Greece 982,427 944.287 1,040.39 856.643 1,146.83 Turkey 186,171 166.861 1,115.72 151.374 1,229.87 Israel 413,680 501.076 825.58 454.569 910.05 United Arab Emirates 113,149 198.018 571.41 179.639 629.87 India 2,565,351 1,518.556 1,689.33 1,377.612 1,862.17 Thailand 56,712 47.693 1,189.09 43.267 1,310.74 Malaysia 10,349 8.581 1,205.97 7.785 1,329.35 Indonesia 69,989 14.441 4,846.42 13.101 5,342.26 China 8,920,707 12,261.633 727.53 11,123.570 801.96 Korea, South 7,020,016 5,243.674 1,338.76 4,756.983 1,475.73 Taiwan 2,349,719 1,828.382 1,285.14 1,658.681 1,416.62 Japan 6,803,763 6,031.703 1,128.00 5,471.871 1,243.41 Australia 42,357 60.283 702.63 54.688 774.52 Egypt 1,137,563 1,481.496 767.85 1,343.991 846.41 South Africa 825,006 1,182.677 697.57 1,072.907 768.94 CATEGORY TOTAL 74,794,248 71,310.167 1,048.86 64,691.514 1,156.17 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/03/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BLACK PLATE...........................28 Canada 2,372 1.708 1,388.29 1.550 1,530.32 Mexico 125,968 195.632 643.90 177.475 709.78 Belgium 563,266 794.909 708.59 721.130 781.09 Federal Republic of Germany 253,330 220.206 1,150.42 199.768 1,268.12 India 212,200 349.482 607.18 317.045 669.31 Taiwan 157,627 264.295 596.40 239.765 657.42 Japan 515,066 616.420 835.58 559.207 921.07 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,829,829 2,442.655 749.11 2,215.940 825.76 TIN PLATE.............................29 Canada 5,935,864 7,678.425 773.06 6,965.752 852.15 Mexico 2,661 2.992 889.14 2.715 980.11 Netherlands 1,024,807 1,580.747 648.31 1,434.030 714.63 Belgium 620,613 797.779 777.93 723.734 857.52 France 3,093,245 5,070.605 610.03 4,599.977 672.45 Federal Republic of Germany 4,716,261 8,363.681 563.90 7,587.406 621.59 China 404,323 511.698 790.16 464.205 871.00 Korea, South 247,818 299.723 826.82 271.905 911.41 Japan 224,079 326.981 685.29 296.633 755.41 CATEGORY TOTAL 16,269,671 24,632.635 660.49 22,346.357 728.07 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A Canada 1,962,833 2,536.896 773.71 2,301.434 852.87 United Kingdom 280,097 425.047 658.98 385.597 726.40 France 689,143 1,021.230 674.82 926.445 743.86 Federal Republic of Germany 1,380,300 2,165.805 637.31 1,964.786 702.52 Korea, South 120,565 136.265 884.78 123.618 975.30 Japan 1,387,413 1,945.662 713.08 1,765.076 786.04 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,820,351 8,230.907 707.13 7,466.956 779.48 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 23,930,459 41,747.299 573.22 37,872.524 631.87 Mexico 10,380,774 17,906.979 579.71 16,244.943 639.02 Venezuela 591,923 1,054.126 561.53 956.288 618.98 Brazil 207,402 193.786 1,070.26 175.800 1,179.76 Sweden 1,817,794 2,371.850 766.40 2,151.707 844.81 Finland 24,847 11.001 2,258.60 9.980 2,489.68 Belgium 593,052 848.981 698.55 770.183 770.01 France 1,667,475 2,555.788 652.43 2,318.573 719.18 Federal Republic of Germany 760,193 1,200.524 633.22 1,089.098 698.00 Austria 706,375 1,280.143 551.79 1,161.327 608.25 Slovakia 241,870 429.717 562.86 389.833 620.45 Hungary 766,180 1,363.435 561.95 1,236.888 619.44 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/03/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Russia 5,060,614 9,748.728 519.11 8,843.900 572.22 Spain 111,126 194.977 569.94 176.881 628.25 Italy 612,982 877.257 698.75 795.835 770.24 Israel 6,700 16.412 408.23 14.889 450.00 Malaysia 44,210 61.411 719.89 55.712 793.55 Korea, South 30,370,393 62,017.114 489.71 56,260.996 539.81 Taiwan 2,725 0.236 11,498.04 0.215 12,674.42 Japan 2,147,462 3,547.186 605.40 3,217.954 667.34 Australia 9,973,306 17,432.409 572.11 15,814.420 630.65 New Zealand 854,898 1,404.564 608.66 1,274.200 670.93 Egypt 35,797,571 67,085.216 533.61 60,858.702 588.21 South Africa 18,778 14.317 1,311.50 12.989 1,445.68 CATEGORY TOTAL 126,689,109 233,363.468 542.88 211,703.837 598.43 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 15,745,365 21,202.011 742.64 19,234.147 818.62 Mexico 32,281,607 31,663.988 1,019.51 28,725.095 1,123.81 Dominican Republic 11,399 33.492 340.34 30.384 375.16 Venezuela 568,799 886.280 641.78 804.020 707.44 Brazil 4,126,764 2,392.741 1,724.70 2,170.659 1,901.16 Argentina 349,145 589.477 592.30 534.765 652.89 Sweden 3,017,874 1,380.958 2,185.35 1,252.785 2,408.93 Finland 2,754,139 810.366 3,398.64 735.152 3,746.35 United Kingdom 305,688 92.422 3,307.52 83.844 3,645.91 Netherlands 1,785,761 2,733.957 653.18 2,480.205 720.01 Belgium 6,517,289 3,648.697 1,786.20 3,310.044 1,968.94 Luxembourg 232,421 318.714 729.25 289.133 803.85 France 4,537,144 4,001.002 1,134.00 3,629.649 1,250.02 Federal Republic of Germany 8,684,791 5,025.188 1,728.25 4,558.776 1,905.07 Russia 13,440,225 23,922.342 561.83 21,701.990 619.31 Spain 642,018 815.500 787.27 739.810 867.81 Italy 11,800,320 4,727.592 2,496.05 4,288.801 2,751.43 India 1,516,569 1,015.656 1,493.19 921.388 1,645.96 Thailand 491,335 214.389 2,291.79 194.491 2,526.26 Malaysia 46,569 10.129 4,597.53 9.189 5,067.91 China 16,481,677 10,543.933 1,563.14 9,565.298 1,723.07 Korea, South 12,610,319 19,768.744 637.89 17,933.908 703.16 Taiwan 20,734,676 27,867.203 744.05 25,280.709 820.18 Japan 3,586,066 4,699.007 763.15 4,262.869 841.23 New Zealand 271,635 436.382 622.47 395.880 686.15 South Africa 2,716,933 1,128.782 2,406.96 1,024.015 2,653.22 CATEGORY TOTAL 165,256,528 169,928.963 972.50 154,157.006 1,072.00 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 29,164,723 46,658.085 625.07 42,327.515 689.03 Mexico 12,893,320 14,021.983 919.51 12,720.533 1,013.58 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/03/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Colombia 1,350,247 2,101.396 642.55 1,906.355 708.29 Venezuela 980,039 1,543.226 635.06 1,399.992 700.03 Brazil 297,456 586.487 507.18 532.053 559.07 Argentina 2,157,131 3,205.575 672.93 2,908.050 741.78 Sweden 84,729 67.740 1,250.79 61.453 1,378.76 Finland 273,330 144.724 1,888.62 131.292 2,081.85 United Kingdom 108,299 106.548 1,016.43 96.659 1,120.42 Netherlands 866,914 1,311.988 660.76 1,190.216 728.37 Belgium 5,916,192 6,552.727 902.86 5,944.536 995.23 France 274,237 313.320 875.26 284.240 964.81 Federal Republic of Germany 3,464,909 7,425.345 466.63 6,736.162 514.37 Austria 179,873 178.245 1,009.13 161.702 1,112.37 Kazakhstan 189,544 175.504 1,080.00 159.215 1,190.49 Spain 2,071,940 3,449.093 600.72 3,128.966 662.18 India 21,182,529 29,983.559 706.47 27,200.635 778.75 China 3,629,028 5,191.932 698.97 4,710.043 770.49 Korea, South 19,604,990 25,235.935 776.87 22,893.662 856.35 Taiwan 15,282,114 19,833.979 770.50 17,993.089 849.33 Japan 3,129,623 4,020.779 778.36 3,647.591 858.00 Egypt 163,082 278.708 585.14 252.840 645.00 South Africa 4,019,877 5,705.605 704.55 5,176.040 776.63 CATEGORY TOTAL 127,284,126 178,092.494 714.71 161,562.839 787.83 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 1,886,883 1,604.527 1,175.97 1,455.603 1,296.29 Mexico 14,095 19.566 720.38 17.750 794.08 Brazil 26,511 32.740 809.72 29.702 892.57 Argentina 170,069 241.539 704.10 219.121 776.14 Belgium 69,944 93.981 744.23 85.259 820.37 Luxembourg 234,770 284.820 824.27 258.385 908.61 Federal Republic of Germany 2,682,635 4,350.799 616.58 3,946.980 679.67 India 92,426 111.346 830.07 101.012 915.00 Thailand 13,253 15.619 848.48 14.170 935.29 Korea, South 588,124 777.041 756.88 704.920 834.31 Japan 301,400 401.722 750.27 364.437 827.03 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,080,110 7,933.705 766.36 7,197.339 844.77 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 Canada 8,203,371 7,861.133 1,043.54 7,131.502 1,150.30 Mexico 9,154,460 9,109.897 1,004.89 8,264.362 1,107.70 Sweden 10,868 0.593 18,325.81 0.538 20,200.74 United Kingdom 226,036 339.634 665.53 308.111 733.62 Belgium 2,488,690 2,245.474 1,108.31 2,037.061 1,221.71 Luxembourg 1,181,367 1,375.491 858.87 1,247.825 946.74 France 1,020,184 1,146.196 890.06 1,039.812 981.12 Federal Republic of Germany 726,821 709.978 1,023.72 644.082 1,128.46 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/03/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE China 131,686 175.906 748.61 159.580 825.20 Korea, South 5,704,981 7,048.595 809.38 6,394.380 892.19 Taiwan 7,103,467 8,488.103 836.87 7,700.280 922.49 Japan 959,781 813.267 1,180.15 737.784 1,300.90 CATEGORY TOTAL 36,911,712 39,314.271 938.89 35,665.317 1,034.95 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 Sweden 275,298 348.798 789.27 316.425 870.03 United Kingdom 741,447 634.051 1,169.38 575.202 1,289.02 Federal Republic of Germany 811,750 641.845 1,264.71 582.273 1,394.11 Poland 20,704 19.742 1,048.71 17.910 1,156.00 Russia 6,068,281 6,995.588 867.44 6,346.293 956.19 Romania 2,142 1.210 1,769.75 1.098 1,950.82 China 194,612 225.973 861.22 205.000 949.33 Japan 97,625 87.762 1,112.37 79.617 1,226.18 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,211,859 8,954.973 917.02 8,123.818 1,010.84 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 5,154,991 8,666.029 594.85 7,861.692 655.71 Mexico 617,504 754.319 818.62 684.307 902.38 Sweden 3,360 0.246 13,607.77 0.224 15,000.00 United Kingdom 192,623 304.523 632.54 276.259 697.26 France 2,457 0.308 7,960.55 0.280 8,775.00 Federal Republic of Germany 219,901 224.068 981.40 203.272 1,081.81 Austria 22,311 3.417 6,529.10 3.100 7,197.10 Slovenia 90,986 84.646 1,074.89 76.790 1,184.87 Iran 7,662 11.458 668.67 10.395 737.09 Taiwan 10,843 13.707 791.04 12.435 871.97 Egypt 6,947 10.868 639.17 9.860 704.56 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,329,585 10,073.594 628.33 9,138.614 692.62 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 3,528,542 3,862.613 913.51 3,504.105 1,006.97 Mexico 1,839,434 981.097 1,874.87 890.037 2,066.69 Chile 5,827 4.929 1,182.06 4.472 1,303.00 Brazil 163,483 165.378 988.54 150.029 1,089.68 Sweden 4,058,460 830.223 4,888.40 753.166 5,388.53 Finland 1,015,930 327.041 3,106.43 296.687 3,424.25 United Kingdom 1,544,622 632.264 2,443.00 573.581 2,692.94 Belgium 567,941 207.978 2,730.77 188.675 3,010.16 France 1,246,750 270.481 4,609.37 245.377 5,080.96 Federal Republic of Germany 5,098,590 3,302.643 1,543.79 2,996.109 1,701.74 Austria 630,873 129.658 4,865.66 117.624 5,363.47 Switzerland 365,225 199.623 1,829.57 181.095 2,016.76 Italy 102,537 27.699 3,701.70 25.129 4,080.43 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/03/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE India 914,794 579.398 1,578.87 525.622 1,740.40 Thailand 13,109 17.660 742.29 16.021 818.24 Indonesia 118,950 52.287 2,274.94 47.434 2,507.69 China 88,985 64.778 1,373.68 58.766 1,514.23 Korea, South 967,531 992.227 975.11 900.134 1,074.87 Taiwan 292,215 132.476 2,205.78 120.181 2,431.46 Japan 3,364,346 733.236 4,588.35 665.181 5,057.79 CATEGORY TOTAL 25,928,144 13,513.699 1,918.66 12,259.425 2,114.96 GRAND TOTAL 1,760,028,762 2,360,770.151 745.53 2,141,655.260 821.81 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/03/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Canada 15,686 40.880 383.71 37.086 422.96 Mexico 1,352,708 1,621.605 834.18 1,471.096 919.52 Belgium 1,312,116 1,592.765 823.80 1,444.933 908.08 Federal Republic of Germany 200,028 260.255 768.58 236.100 847.22 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,880,538 3,515.506 819.38 3,189.215 903.21 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 5,309,786 10,157.744 522.73 9,214.953 576.21 Mexico 5,530,718 7,707.810 717.55 6,992.410 790.96 Brazil 25,723,667 53,998.511 476.38 48,986.639 525.12 United Kingdom 515,352 810.070 636.18 734.884 701.27 France 983,551 139.530 7,049.00 126.580 7,770.19 Federal Republic of Germany 1,901,937 2,504.507 759.41 2,272.052 837.10 Czech Republic 175,599 41.554 4,225.71 37.698 4,658.05 Russia 124,020 135.701 913.92 123.106 1,007.42 Italy 825,719 454.918 1,815.09 412.695 2,000.80 Korea, South 2,126,261 2,897.724 733.77 2,628.772 808.84 Japan 6,549 0.121 54,010.50 0.110 59,536.36 CATEGORY TOTAL 43,223,159 78,848.194 548.18 71,529.899 604.27 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 540,010 956.756 564.42 867.955 622.16 United Kingdom 4,849,592 7,142.995 678.93 6,480.018 748.39 Italy 357,645 414.005 863.86 375.580 952.25 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,747,247 8,513.757 675.05 7,723.553 744.12 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 11,316,050 10,440.642 1,083.85 9,471.594 1,194.74 Brazil 4,097,409 3,275.888 1,250.78 2,971.837 1,378.75 Sweden 11,640,498 9,323.975 1,248.45 8,458.571 1,376.18 Finland 798,654 761.739 1,048.46 691.039 1,155.73 United Kingdom 653,833 725.605 901.09 658.258 993.28 Belgium 6,342,895 4,069.037 1,558.82 3,691.370 1,718.30 France 1,034,668 671.020 1,541.93 608.740 1,699.69 Federal Republic of Germany 2,703,422 2,806.993 963.10 2,546.462 1,061.64 Austria 190,623 143.365 1,329.63 130.059 1,465.67 Switzerland 9,691 16.691 580.61 15.142 640.01 Poland 1,271,483 1,177.119 1,080.16 1,067.865 1,190.68 Japan 1,256,530 1,120.570 1,121.33 1,016.565 1,236.05 Australia 182,877 93.872 1,948.14 85.160 2,147.45 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/03/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 41,498,633 34,626.522 1,198.46 31,412.662 1,321.08 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 3,482,462 4,919.041 707.96 4,462.481 780.39 Sweden 1,049,449 1,366.376 768.05 1,239.556 846.63 Federal Republic of Germany 24,501 35.002 699.97 31.754 771.59 Japan 465,640 813.516 572.38 738.010 630.94 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,022,052 7,133.937 703.97 6,471.801 775.99 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Canada 7,610 13.427 566.76 12.181 624.74 Luxembourg 42,366 71.511 592.44 64.874 653.05 Austria 96,785 81.082 1,193.66 73.557 1,315.78 China 10,738 21.038 510.39 19.086 562.61 Korea, South 20,100 8.515 2,360.44 7.725 2,601.94 Japan 2,628,555 4,837.574 543.36 4,388.575 598.95 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,806,154 5,033.149 557.53 4,565.998 614.58 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 19,331,123 29,415.958 657.16 26,685.716 724.40 Mexico 5,224,656 9,589.123 544.85 8,699.109 600.60 Trinidad and Tobago 429,583 1,030.616 416.82 934.960 459.47 Brazil 614,183 269.992 2,274.82 244.933 2,507.56 Sweden 2,609,790 918.943 2,839.99 833.652 3,130.55 United Kingdom 2,434,393 1,962.537 1,240.43 1,780.385 1,367.34 Luxembourg 49,335 34.988 1,410.04 31.741 1,554.30 France 2,391,536 2,013.929 1,187.50 1,827.007 1,308.99 Federal Republic of Germany 475,488 323.706 1,468.88 293.662 1,619.17 Austria 261,752 71.433 3,664.30 64.803 4,039.20 Czech Republic 2,958,175 3,701.431 799.20 3,357.883 880.96 Poland 87,843 72.476 1,212.01 65.750 1,336.02 Ukraine 269,362 161.950 1,663.24 146.919 1,833.40 Spain 691,566 481.546 1,436.13 436.852 1,583.07 Italy 31,329 31.468 995.56 28.548 1,097.41 Bulgaria 1,548,878 3,858.407 401.43 3,500.289 442.50 Turkey 127,950 240.724 531.52 218.382 585.90 India 86,302 69.319 1,244.98 62.886 1,372.36 China 802,804 1,156.223 694.33 1,048.909 765.37 Korea, South 1,145,551 1,491.724 767.94 1,353.270 846.51 Taiwan 29,290 12.787 2,290.44 11.601 2,524.78 Japan 5,353,926 5,589.886 957.79 5,071.061 1,055.78 CATEGORY TOTAL 46,954,815 62,499.179 751.29 56,698.318 828.15 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/03/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 110,563 186.439 593.02 169.135 653.70 Mexico 331,708 631.068 525.63 572.496 579.41 United Kingdom 17,325 10.260 1,688.55 9.308 1,861.30 CATEGORY TOTAL 459,596 827.768 555.22 750.939 612.03 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 1,541,254 1,336.841 1,152.91 1,212.763 1,270.86 Colombia 215,430 237.228 908.11 215.210 1,001.02 Brazil 82,395 39.766 2,071.95 36.076 2,283.93 Sweden 70,374 33.194 2,120.02 30.114 2,336.92 United Kingdom 2,307,119 1,576.685 1,463.27 1,430.345 1,612.98 France 3,133,846 2,497.759 1,254.66 2,265.930 1,383.03 Federal Republic of Germany 242,113 141.315 1,713.28 128.199 1,888.57 Austria 38,327 1.771 21,636.39 1.607 23,850.03 Poland 510,601 439.304 1,162.30 398.530 1,281.21 Russia 497,031 652.303 761.96 591.760 839.92 Spain 16,985 12.308 1,379.95 11.166 1,521.14 Italy 609,650 473.407 1,287.79 429.468 1,419.55 Romania 1,173,419 1,608.445 729.54 1,459.158 804.18 China 22,326 15.718 1,420.32 14.260 1,565.64 Korea, South 296,850 224.464 1,322.48 203.631 1,457.78 Taiwan 78,779 46.100 1,708.84 41.822 1,883.67 Japan 470,568 461.896 1,018.77 419.026 1,123.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,307,067 9,798.514 1,153.96 8,889.065 1,272.02 TOOL STEEL............................17 Canada 1,669,039 1,145.629 1,456.87 1,039.298 1,605.93 Mexico 35,005 21.513 1,627.09 19.517 1,793.56 Colombia 94,878 15.910 5,963.14 14.434 6,573.23 Brazil 2,018,735 658.286 3,066.65 597.188 3,380.40 Sweden 3,114,945 1,199.164 2,597.60 1,087.864 2,863.36 United Kingdom 1,079,271 291.392 3,703.84 264.347 4,082.78 Netherlands 505,140 457.710 1,103.62 415.228 1,216.54 Belgium 13,559 6.635 2,043.28 6.020 2,252.33 France 2,170,960 1,079.358 2,011.34 979.178 2,217.12 Federal Republic of Germany 3,392,936 2,122.328 1,598.69 1,925.345 1,762.25 Austria 4,031,932 745.150 5,410.90 675.989 5,964.49 Czech Republic 42,385 12.643 3,352.31 11.470 3,695.29 Switzerland 55,772 37.094 1,503.49 33.652 1,657.32 Poland 389,630 311.496 1,250.83 282.585 1,378.81 Russia 1,317,900 610.749 2,157.84 554.063 2,378.61 Ukraine 158,314 24.006 6,594.73 21.778 7,269.45 Spain 980,931 597.356 1,642.12 541.913 1,810.13 Italy 95,453 37.912 2,517.69 34.394 2,775.28 Slovenia 3,727,606 1,535.858 2,427.05 1,393.308 2,675.36 India 34,009 29.772 1,142.30 27.009 1,259.17 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/03/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE China 1,674,482 610.861 2,741.18 554.164 3,021.64 Korea, South 315,161 133.752 2,356.30 121.338 2,597.38 Taiwan 1,956,183 943.895 2,072.46 856.288 2,284.49 Japan 3,370,474 3,515.762 958.68 3,189.447 1,056.76 CATEGORY TOTAL 32,244,700 16,144.245 1,997.29 14,645.817 2,201.63 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 321,764 56.929 5,651.93 51.646 6,230.18 Mexico 10,233 10.758 951.15 9.760 1,048.46 Argentina 268,080 145.728 1,839.58 132.203 2,027.79 United Kingdom 43,907 19.087 2,300.29 17.316 2,535.63 Federal Republic of Germany 284,627 222.699 1,278.07 202.030 1,408.84 Spain 153,055 102.872 1,487.82 93.324 1,640.04 Italy 168,915 60.522 2,790.95 54.905 3,076.50 China 4,120 1.877 2,194.72 1.703 2,419.26 Japan 187,275 133.472 1,403.10 121.084 1,546.65 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,441,976 753.948 1,912.56 683.971 2,108.24 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 3,194,175 2,685.590 1,189.38 2,436.327 1,311.06 Mexico 86,854 147.498 588.85 133.808 649.09 Colombia 67,085 92.723 723.50 84.117 797.52 Chile 102,924 94.067 1,094.15 85.337 1,206.09 United Kingdom 138,029 9.800 14,083.66 8.891 15,524.58 Federal Republic of Germany 4,577,255 4,133.355 1,107.39 3,749.718 1,220.69 Austria 2,174,160 2,071.266 1,049.68 1,879.022 1,157.07 Poland 85,347 105.151 811.66 95.392 894.70 Spain 456,394 383.852 1,188.98 348.225 1,310.63 India 1,014,853 1,022.889 992.14 927.950 1,093.65 China 7,130,547 7,186.852 992.17 6,519.805 1,093.67 Japan 5,131,236 1,665.509 3,080.88 1,510.925 3,396.09 CATEGORY TOTAL 24,158,859 19,598.557 1,232.69 17,779.517 1,358.80 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 344,062 41.451 8,300.39 37.604 9,149.61 United Kingdom 211,818 24.574 8,619.27 22.294 9,501.12 CATEGORY TOTAL 555,880 66.026 8,419.08 59.898 9,280.44 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B United Kingdom 3,030 5.049 600.04 4.581 661.43 Federal Republic of Germany 17,683 2.033 8,694.72 1.845 9,584.28 CATEGORY TOTAL 20,713 7.083 2,924.14 6.426 3,223.31 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/03/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 3,203,347 2,782.099 1,151.41 2,523.879 1,269.22 Mexico 1,678,274 1,323.000 1,268.54 1,200.206 1,398.32 Argentina 777,031 444.585 1,747.77 403.321 1,926.58 Sweden 817,564 553.924 1,475.95 502.512 1,626.95 United Kingdom 834,670 436.805 1,910.85 396.263 2,106.35 France 522,358 402.147 1,298.92 364.822 1,431.82 Federal Republic of Germany 2,901,616 2,275.427 1,275.20 2,064.234 1,405.66 Austria 6,000 0.833 7,199.88 0.756 7,936.51 Switzerland 394,317 223.020 1,768.07 202.321 1,948.97 Spain 486,857 363.070 1,340.94 329.372 1,478.14 Italy 107,562 94.222 1,141.58 85.477 1,258.37 Saudi Arabia 11,657 7.932 1,469.57 7.196 1,619.93 India 382,185 294.709 1,296.82 267.356 1,429.50 Malaysia 3,551 0.111 31,895.19 0.101 35,158.42 China 288,019 286.703 1,004.59 260.093 1,107.37 Korea, South 280,234 385.261 727.39 349.503 801.81 Japan 2,638,865 1,882.008 1,402.15 1,707.330 1,545.61 CATEGORY TOTAL 15,334,107 11,755.862 1,304.38 10,664.742 1,437.83 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Argentina 192,665 103.404 1,863.22 93.807 2,053.84 Sweden 142,649 102.212 1,395.61 92.726 1,538.39 France 2,143,425 1,167.301 1,836.22 1,058.958 2,024.09 Federal Republic of Germany 2,053,188 1,174.080 1,748.76 1,065.108 1,927.68 Spain 97,041 19.730 4,918.38 17.899 5,421.59 Italy 111,278 35.904 3,099.28 32.572 3,416.37 Taiwan 2,062 0.076 27,110.37 0.069 29,884.06 Japan 211,734 133.435 1,586.78 121.051 1,749.13 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,954,042 2,736.145 1,810.59 2,482.190 1,995.84 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 790,956 199.099 3,972.67 180.620 4,379.12 Mexico 20,637 10.507 1,964.08 9.532 2,165.02 United Kingdom 119,889 5.100 23,505.84 4.627 25,910.74 France 5,536 2.179 2,540.30 1.977 2,800.20 Federal Republic of Germany 31,801 1.323 24,021.14 1.201 26,478.77 Hungary 2,812 1.106 2,540.84 1.004 2,800.80 Italy 8,429 0.489 17,222.21 0.444 18,984.23 Japan 6,757 1.829 3,692.68 1.660 4,070.48 CATEGORY TOTAL 986,817 221.636 4,452.42 201.065 4,907.95 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 1,022,254 859.706 1,189.07 779.913 1,310.73 Finland 391,826 123.651 3,168.79 112.175 3,492.99 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/03/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE United Kingdom 23,143 18.098 1,278.70 16.419 1,409.53 Federal Republic of Germany 36,350 21.323 1,704.72 19.344 1,879.14 China 417,513 621.467 671.82 563.786 740.55 Korea, South 207,386 344.958 601.19 312.941 662.70 Taiwan 322,236 98.720 3,264.12 89.558 3,598.07 Japan 98,231 51.372 1,912.15 46.604 2,107.78 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,518,939 2,139.299 1,177.46 1,940.740 1,297.93 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 61,908 63.436 975.90 57.549 1,075.74 Japan 350,910 489.170 717.36 443.768 790.75 CATEGORY TOTAL 412,818 552.607 747.04 501.317 823.47 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 638,630 589.232 1,083.83 534.543 1,194.72 Mexico 1,209,958 1,059.853 1,141.63 961.483 1,258.43 Sweden 110,474 85.173 1,297.05 77.268 1,429.75 United Kingdom 104,817 9.924 10,561.86 9.003 11,642.45 Netherlands 36,652 2.137 17,148.09 1.939 18,902.53 France 10,759 0.677 15,870.57 0.615 17,494.31 Federal Republic of Germany 217,021 30.538 7,106.49 27.704 7,833.56 Austria 195,209 42.588 4,583.57 38.636 5,052.52 Poland 368,158 250.937 1,467.13 227.647 1,617.23 Italy 1,493,832 1,174.460 1,271.93 1,065.453 1,402.06 Turkey 127,364 101.135 1,259.33 91.749 1,388.18 China 484,796 470.407 1,030.59 426.747 1,136.03 Korea, South 1,981,585 1,749.291 1,132.79 1,586.931 1,248.69 Taiwan 370,312 382.112 969.12 346.647 1,068.27 Japan 3,075,143 2,717.703 1,131.52 2,465.460 1,247.29 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,424,710 8,666.176 1,202.92 7,861.825 1,325.99 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 2,402,256 4,036.130 595.19 3,661.517 656.08 Sweden 1,667,053 2,285.917 729.27 2,073.750 803.88 France 3,726 2.549 1,461.38 2.313 1,610.89 Austria 421,880 751.004 561.75 681.300 619.23 Japan 2,093,151 3,504.566 597.26 3,179.290 658.37 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,588,066 10,580.168 622.68 9,598.170 686.39 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 4,400,975 5,496.402 800.70 4,986.254 882.62 Dominican Republic 11,399 33.492 340.34 30.384 375.16 Sweden 277,448 402.520 689.28 365.161 759.80 United Kingdom 224,138 85.550 2,619.95 77.610 2,888.00 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/03/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Netherlands 875,911 1,415.488 618.80 1,284.110 682.12 France 2,430,184 2,901.514 837.56 2,632.210 923.25 Federal Republic of Germany 1,221,279 1,818.205 671.69 1,649.449 740.42 Russia 61,117 106.538 573.66 96.650 632.35 China 2,260 3.832 589.66 3.477 649.99 Korea, South 4,579,813 7,229.958 633.45 6,558.910 698.26 Japan 1,373,323 1,948.614 704.77 1,767.754 776.87 CATEGORY TOTAL 15,457,847 21,442.119 720.91 19,451.969 794.67 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 5,527,643 9,262.880 596.75 8,403.146 657.81 Brazil 297,456 586.487 507.18 532.053 559.07 Finland 273,330 144.724 1,888.62 131.292 2,081.85 Netherlands 113,765 179.430 634.03 162.777 698.90 Belgium 384,882 111.112 3,463.88 100.800 3,818.27 France 274,237 313.320 875.26 284.240 964.81 Federal Republic of Germany 2,073,004 4,430.143 467.93 4,018.960 515.81 Spain 1,537,403 2,619.924 586.81 2,376.756 646.85 Japan 3,075,935 3,962.621 776.24 3,594.831 855.65 CATEGORY TOTAL 13,557,655 21,610.647 627.36 19,604.855 691.55 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 1,519,562 1,231.304 1,234.11 1,117.021 1,360.37 Brazil 4,458 7.309 609.90 6.631 672.30 Federal Republic of Germany 1,130,463 1,861.174 607.39 1,688.430 669.54 Japan 69,921 92.583 755.22 83.990 832.49 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,724,404 3,192.372 853.41 2,896.072 940.72 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 Sweden 275,298 348.798 789.27 316.425 870.03 United Kingdom 741,447 634.051 1,169.38 575.202 1,289.02 Federal Republic of Germany 811,750 641.845 1,264.71 582.273 1,394.11 Poland 20,704 19.742 1,048.71 17.910 1,156.00 Russia 6,068,281 6,995.588 867.44 6,346.293 956.19 Romania 2,142 1.210 1,769.75 1.098 1,950.82 China 194,612 225.973 861.22 205.000 949.33 Japan 97,625 87.762 1,112.37 79.617 1,226.18 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,211,859 8,954.973 917.02 8,123.818 1,010.84 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 460,604 982.716 468.70 891.506 516.66 Sweden 3,360 0.246 13,607.77 0.224 15,000.00 Federal Republic of Germany 71,842 66.827 1,075.03 60.625 1,185.02 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/03/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 535,806 1,049.791 510.39 952.355 562.61 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 521,141 584.337 891.85 530.102 983.10 Sweden 482,686 166.708 2,895.40 151.235 3,191.63 United Kingdom 133,099 70.030 1,900.57 63.531 2,095.02 France 425,280 28.255 15,051.21 25.633 16,591.11 Federal Republic of Germany 2,749,926 2,007.686 1,369.70 1,821.343 1,509.83 Austria 436,064 80.058 5,446.81 72.628 6,004.08 Switzerland 33,945 6.525 5,201.76 5.920 5,733.95 Japan 43,669 18.653 2,341.09 16.922 2,580.61 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,825,810 2,962.255 1,629.10 2,687.314 1,795.77 GRAND TOTAL 304,854,269 343,230.446 888.19 311,373.511 979.06 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/03/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Mexico 104,837 223.113 469.88 202.405 517.96 United Kingdom 38,872 82.726 469.89 75.048 517.96 CATEGORY TOTAL 143,709 305.839 469.88 277.453 517.96 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 15,690,458 36,624.094 428.42 33,224.829 472.25 Mexico 108,527,398 212,735.186 510.15 192,990.169 562.35 Venezuela 20,340,731 45,143.833 450.58 40,953.808 496.67 Brazil 34,053,148 79,760.321 426.94 72,357.367 470.62 United Kingdom 532,696 1,117.968 476.49 1,014.204 525.24 Belgium 2,733,953 3,930.697 695.54 3,565.870 766.70 Federal Republic of Germany 9,874,852 26,289.263 375.62 23,849.225 414.05 Russia 32,169,236 66,676.197 482.47 60,487.646 531.83 Ukraine 16,275,637 34,574.702 470.74 31,365.651 518.90 Turkey 4,679,626 13,226.673 353.80 11,999.040 390.00 China 22,015 40.784 539.79 36.999 595.02 Japan 295,178 402.236 733.84 364.903 808.92 South Africa 4,270,676 10,909.880 391.45 9,897.280 431.50 CATEGORY TOTAL 249,465,604 531,431.839 469.42 482,106.991 517.45 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 2,995,725 4,372.416 685.14 3,966.591 755.24 Mexico 16,467 21.869 752.95 19.840 829.99 Trinidad and Tobago 1,042,655 2,199.022 474.14 1,994.920 522.66 Venezuela 553,709 988.416 560.20 896.677 617.51 Brazil 8,256,950 13,398.571 616.26 12,154.983 679.31 Argentina 865,667 1,771.473 488.67 1,607.054 538.67 Finland 53,517 37.809 1,415.45 34.300 1,560.26 United Kingdom 886,432 1,819.149 487.28 1,650.305 537.13 Netherlands 7,158 9.346 765.85 8.479 844.20 Federal Republic of Germany 4,855,512 5,158.498 941.26 4,679.712 1,037.57 Spain 4,186,444 6,106.258 685.60 5,539.506 755.74 Italy 1,295,262 2,343.948 552.60 2,126.395 609.14 Turkey 290,002 720.294 402.62 653.440 443.81 Thailand 155,095 221.711 699.54 201.133 771.11 China 1,577,733 3,394.441 464.80 3,079.386 512.35 Korea, South 105,632 104.252 1,013.24 94.576 1,116.90 Japan 2,990,551 5,688.397 525.73 5,160.429 579.52 CATEGORY TOTAL 30,134,511 48,355.876 623.18 43,867.726 686.94 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/03/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 5,018,129 7,848.111 639.41 7,119.689 704.82 Mexico 1,263,696 2,331.313 542.05 2,114.933 597.51 Brazil 947,570 2,048.850 462.49 1,858.686 509.81 Argentina 19,640 39.663 495.17 35.982 545.83 Norway 459,824 451.757 1,017.85 409.828 1,121.99 United Kingdom 1,385,116 2,071.268 668.73 1,879.024 737.15 Netherlands 3,389 1.873 1,808.50 1.700 1,993.53 Belgium 296,781 385.332 770.19 349.568 848.99 Luxembourg 3,209,074 4,880.329 657.55 4,427.362 724.83 Federal Republic of Germany 1,354,002 2,063.988 656.01 1,872.419 723.13 Switzerland 2,785 9.302 299.39 8.439 330.02 Poland 541,311 937.686 577.28 850.655 636.35 Russia 42,866 58.948 727.18 53.477 801.58 Spain 13,889 28.944 479.85 26.258 528.94 Italy 83,275 24.847 3,351.49 22.541 3,694.38 Turkey 438,852 745.508 588.66 676.314 648.89 China 68,815 134.829 510.39 122.315 562.60 Korea, South 904,441 2,106.678 429.32 1,911.147 473.25 Japan 543,505 912.272 595.77 827.600 656.72 South Africa 3,379 10.863 311.05 9.855 342.87 CATEGORY TOTAL 16,600,339 27,092.370 612.73 24,577.792 675.42 STEEL PILING...........................5 United Kingdom 43,518 69.889 622.67 63.403 686.37 Luxembourg 3,834,325 4,718.176 812.67 4,280.259 895.82 China 3,100 4.711 658.00 4.274 725.32 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,880,943 4,792.777 809.75 4,347.936 892.59 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 7,387,287 9,809.907 753.04 8,899.401 830.09 Mexico 8,000 20.414 391.87 18.520 431.97 Sweden 45,708 22.483 2,032.93 20.397 2,240.92 Belgium 938,224 1,374.052 682.82 1,246.520 752.67 Federal Republic of Germany 694,637 1,168.234 594.60 1,059.805 655.44 Czech Republic 546,990 686.446 796.84 622.734 878.37 Slovakia 476,157 834.737 570.43 757.261 628.79 Hungary 476,725 866.962 549.88 786.495 606.14 Italy 388,858 569.839 682.40 516.950 752.22 Turkey 280,262 452.595 619.23 410.588 682.59 Thailand 3,993,725 7,528.189 530.50 6,829.461 584.78 Malaysia 6,911,835 12,628.372 547.33 11,456.270 603.32 Indonesia 473,788 676.717 700.13 613.908 771.76 China 472,458 950.280 497.18 862.080 548.04 Korea, South 4,499,770 7,542.134 596.62 6,842.111 657.66 Japan 355,601 519.403 684.63 471.195 754.68 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/03/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE New Zealand 24,701 33.990 726.70 30.836 801.04 South Africa 3,244,088 4,506.018 719.95 4,087.792 793.60 CATEGORY TOTAL 31,218,814 50,190.781 622.00 45,532.324 685.64 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 18,946,186 30,097.025 629.50 27,303.570 693.91 Mexico 1,949,845 3,379.793 576.91 3,066.098 635.94 France 593,763 924.630 642.16 838.811 707.86 Russia 5,322,186 10,218.753 520.83 9,270.300 574.11 Ukraine 7,413 14.700 504.27 13.336 555.86 Turkey 20,834 36.453 571.52 33.070 630.00 Malaysia 1,652,210 2,671.990 618.34 2,423.990 681.61 Korea, South 65,252 114.001 572.38 103.420 630.94 Japan 30,015 59.646 503.22 54.110 554.70 New Zealand 449,708 732.926 613.58 664.900 676.35 Egypt 5,296,221 10,046.717 527.16 9,114.231 581.09 CATEGORY TOTAL 34,333,633 58,296.638 588.95 52,885.836 649.20 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Korea, South 7,120 4.000 1,779.87 3.629 1,961.97 Japan 8,395,570 13,215.209 635.30 11,988.640 700.29 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,402,690 13,219.210 635.64 11,992.269 700.68 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 Luxembourg 5,809 7.149 812.49 6.486 895.62 Austria 157,032 167.662 936.60 152.101 1,032.42 Poland 30,352 47.189 643.19 42.810 708.99 Spain 94,560 113.387 833.96 102.863 919.28 Italy 3,989 1.834 2,174.74 1.664 2,397.24 China 86,140 102.944 836.76 93.390 922.37 Korea, South 18,302 24.599 744.01 22.316 820.13 Japan 481,830 556.816 865.33 505.136 953.86 CATEGORY TOTAL 878,014 1,021.584 859.46 926.766 947.40 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 Canada 47,753 60.854 784.71 55.206 865.00 China 66,987 95.520 701.28 86.655 773.03 CATEGORY TOTAL 114,740 156.374 733.75 141.861 808.82 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 16,775,780 25,092.129 668.57 22,763.203 736.97 Mexico 2,161,208 3,344.439 646.21 3,034.025 712.32 Trinidad and Tobago 115,485 417.368 276.70 378.630 305.01 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/03/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Brazil 83,930 174.404 481.24 158.217 530.47 Argentina 234,341 460.009 509.43 417.314 561.55 Sweden 62,019 41.836 1,482.43 37.953 1,634.10 United Kingdom 547,176 566.765 965.44 514.161 1,064.21 France 5,891 4.100 1,436.62 3.720 1,583.60 Federal Republic of Germany 3,516 0.330 10,632.21 0.300 11,720.00 Czech Republic 742,746 1,442.869 514.77 1,308.950 567.44 Italy 50,681 72.801 696.16 66.044 767.38 Bulgaria 531,354 1,265.049 420.03 1,147.634 463.00 Turkey 4,645,370 9,600.122 483.89 8,709.087 533.39 India 201,418 274.949 732.56 249.430 807.51 China 261,247 482.123 541.87 437.375 597.31 Korea, South 3,878,798 5,951.114 651.78 5,398.762 718.46 Japan 1,148,535 2,144.316 535.62 1,945.292 590.42 South Africa 29,907 61.257 488.22 55.572 538.17 CATEGORY TOTAL 31,479,402 51,395.987 612.49 46,625.669 675.15 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 2,601,192 4,760.917 546.36 4,319.033 602.26 Mexico 860,104 1,617.376 531.79 1,467.260 586.20 Brazil 621,997 1,411.479 440.67 1,280.473 485.76 Federal Republic of Germany 18,389 18.735 981.48 16.997 1,081.90 Bulgaria 755,135 1,797.826 420.03 1,630.961 463.00 Turkey 1,658,403 3,600.752 460.57 3,266.549 507.69 China 554,182 1,116.637 496.30 1,012.997 547.07 Korea, South 118,276 167.441 706.37 151.900 778.64 Japan 968,584 2,399.282 403.70 2,176.593 445.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,156,262 16,890.450 482.89 15,322.763 532.30 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 Canada 36,159 31.001 1,166.37 28.124 1,285.70 Mexico 6,788,157 15,636.291 434.13 14,185.009 478.54 Dominican Republic 2,351,121 5,181.753 453.73 4,700.809 500.15 Brazil 2,111,985 5,597.053 377.34 5,077.563 415.94 Federal Republic of Germany 49,792 52.272 952.54 47.421 1,050.00 Turkey 19,613,071 51,320.504 382.17 46,557.192 421.27 Korea, South 2,001,733 5,516.331 362.87 5,004.333 400.00 Japan 2,121,577 5,464.104 388.28 4,956.954 428.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 35,073,595 88,799.313 394.98 80,557.405 435.39 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 2,629,785 2,298.644 1,144.06 2,085.296 1,261.11 Mexico 86,427 115.303 749.56 104.602 826.25 Brazil 58,751 86.093 682.41 78.103 752.22 United Kingdom 838,807 731.985 1,145.93 664.046 1,263.18 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/03/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Belgium 6,431 3.340 1,925.45 3.030 2,122.44 France 298,696 290.635 1,027.73 263.660 1,132.88 Federal Republic of Germany 410,939 273.340 1,503.40 247.970 1,657.21 Austria 65,252 35.225 1,852.41 31.956 2,041.93 Switzerland 5,976 0.896 6,668.31 0.813 7,350.55 Poland 24,012 24.129 995.13 21.890 1,096.94 Russia 1,231,469 1,581.514 778.66 1,434.726 858.33 Spain 407,804 404.422 1,008.36 366.886 1,111.53 Italy 261,041 247.502 1,054.70 224.531 1,162.61 India 15,104 19.456 776.28 17.651 855.70 China 87,675 173.359 505.74 157.269 557.48 Korea, South 52,191 84.717 616.06 76.854 679.09 Taiwan 33,548 36.852 910.33 33.432 1,003.47 Japan 38,990 50.932 765.53 46.205 843.85 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,552,898 6,458.351 1,014.64 5,858.920 1,118.45 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 26,302,643 30,394.181 865.38 27,573.145 953.92 Mexico 4,164,863 4,599.038 905.59 4,172.179 998.25 Guatemala 97,765 123.495 791.65 112.033 872.64 Dominican Republic 71,438 194.195 367.87 176.171 405.50 Colombia 1,204,320 1,903.114 632.82 1,726.477 697.56 Venezuela 933,160 793.871 1,175.46 720.188 1,295.72 Brazil 38,005 32.460 1,170.79 29.448 1,290.58 Argentina 551,065 795.405 692.81 721.580 763.69 Sweden 91,505 202.772 451.27 183.952 497.44 United Kingdom 16,330 3.196 5,108.39 2.900 5,631.03 Ireland 17,209 35.792 480.81 32.470 530.00 France 103,460 91.348 1,132.59 82.870 1,248.46 Federal Republic of Germany 814,960 529.641 1,538.70 480.483 1,696.13 Slovakia 34,106 23.718 1,437.95 21.517 1,585.07 Ukraine 855,880 1,278.040 669.68 1,159.419 738.20 Spain 611,366 547.662 1,116.32 496.831 1,230.53 Italy 215,146 129.610 1,659.94 117.581 1,829.77 Romania 93,501 88.482 1,056.72 80.270 1,164.83 Turkey 4,221,375 6,856.747 615.65 6,220.338 678.64 United Arab Emirates 926,595 1,156.367 801.30 1,049.039 883.28 Oman 1,428,480 2,192.158 651.63 1,988.693 718.30 India 1,852,852 2,790.333 664.03 2,531.349 731.96 China 13,892,351 23,944.341 580.19 21,721.947 639.55 Korea, South 3,830,432 5,481.890 698.74 4,973.089 770.23 Taiwan 1,113,988 1,743.960 638.77 1,582.095 704.12 Japan 1,125,978 1,388.875 810.71 1,259.967 893.66 CATEGORY TOTAL 64,608,773 87,320.702 739.90 79,216.031 815.60 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/03/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 812,067 727.650 1,116.01 660.114 1,230.19 Mexico 782,055 809.493 966.10 734.360 1,064.95 Colombia 5,040,022 4,469.177 1,127.73 4,054.371 1,243.11 Venezuela 2,979,056 3,366.921 884.80 3,054.421 975.33 Brazil 212,872 170.476 1,248.69 154.654 1,376.44 Sweden 5,552,470 5,607.706 990.15 5,087.227 1,091.45 United Kingdom 1,205,700 1,392.044 866.14 1,262.842 954.75 Federal Republic of Germany 5,334,101 5,614.776 950.01 5,093.641 1,047.21 Austria 9,579,215 7,525.178 1,272.96 6,826.729 1,403.19 Czech Republic 578,078 784.315 737.05 711.519 812.46 Russia 1,781,460 2,220.467 802.29 2,014.375 884.37 Ukraine 5,301,056 6,122.222 865.87 5,553.988 954.46 Spain 330,660 198.185 1,668.44 179.791 1,839.14 Romania 1,269,461 1,634.528 776.65 1,482.820 856.11 Turkey 3,691,403 6,714.883 549.73 6,091.642 605.98 India 2,523,163 2,465.403 1,023.43 2,236.577 1,128.14 Vietnam 6,700 0.694 9,647.84 0.630 10,634.92 China 23,666,725 31,706.147 746.44 28,763.341 822.81 Korea, South 6,756,218 9,848.013 686.05 8,933.970 756.24 Taiwan 1,204,470 1,856.924 648.64 1,684.574 715.00 Japan 33,000 79.201 416.66 71.850 459.29 CATEGORY TOTAL 78,639,952 93,314.413 842.74 84,653.436 928.96 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Mexico 14,875 10.747 1,384.04 9.750 1,525.64 Brazil 2,105,520 3,197.880 658.41 2,901.069 725.77 United Kingdom 423,355 493.104 858.55 447.337 946.39 Federal Republic of Germany 1,358,328 1,154.680 1,176.37 1,047.509 1,296.72 Czech Republic 244,859 331.935 737.67 301.127 813.14 Ukraine 715,061 1,081.233 661.34 980.879 729.00 Italy 11,471,258 12,790.902 896.83 11,603.715 988.58 China 750,786 1,253.017 599.18 1,136.719 660.49 Korea, South 4,332,639 4,981.115 869.81 4,518.793 958.80 Japan 7,363,395 9,971.215 738.47 9,045.737 814.02 South Africa 31,619 48.484 652.15 43.984 718.88 CATEGORY TOTAL 28,811,695 35,314.317 815.86 32,036.619 899.34 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 166,151 74.464 2,231.28 67.553 2,459.57 Mexico 3,183,472 3,681.654 864.69 3,339.942 953.15 Brazil 753,047 1,008.178 746.94 914.604 823.36 Argentina 694,360 983.136 706.27 891.887 778.53 United Kingdom 2,516 0.136 18,407.08 0.124 20,290.32 France 1,616,646 1,586.484 1,019.01 1,439.235 1,123.27 Federal Republic of Germany 17,629 9.853 1,789.10 8.939 1,972.14 Austria 2,916,955 3,234.183 901.91 2,934.003 994.19 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/03/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Czech Republic 1,661,381 2,312.199 718.53 2,097.593 792.04 Slovakia 458,418 533.916 858.59 484.361 946.44 Ukraine 161,260 186.240 865.87 168.955 954.46 Spain 85,017 80.914 1,050.71 73.404 1,158.21 Italy 851,100 927.229 917.90 841.169 1,011.81 Turkey 1,738,251 2,884.323 602.65 2,616.615 664.31 China 2,634,675 4,253.577 619.40 3,858.782 682.77 Korea, South 1,489,688 2,180.452 683.20 1,978.074 753.10 Taiwan 25,054 42.054 595.75 38.151 656.71 CATEGORY TOTAL 18,455,620 23,979.002 769.66 21,753.391 848.40 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Canada 390,162 79.990 4,877.62 72.566 5,376.65 Mexico 1,181,212 1,347.141 876.83 1,222.107 966.54 Brazil 1,688,236 2,413.800 699.41 2,189.764 770.97 Denmark 96,738 48.561 1,992.08 44.054 2,195.90 Spain 6,365 0.321 19,774.77 0.292 21,797.95 Italy 2,561 0.138 18,438.90 0.126 20,325.40 Turkey 2,327,095 3,870.873 601.18 3,511.598 662.69 China 962,873 1,833.088 525.27 1,662.950 579.02 Korea, South 3,362,038 5,013.339 670.62 4,548.026 739.23 Taiwan 1,798,954 2,883.128 623.96 2,615.531 687.80 Japan 491,337 586.997 837.03 532.515 922.67 South Africa 15,451 23.639 653.62 21.445 720.49 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,323,022 18,101.020 680.79 16,420.974 750.44 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 10,221,090 8,513.650 1,200.55 7,723.456 1,323.38 Mexico 12,317,706 14,191.523 867.96 12,874.337 956.76 Dominican Republic 79,354 209.925 378.01 190.441 416.69 Colombia 304,899 263.415 1,157.48 238.967 1,275.90 Brazil 63,778 57.958 1,100.41 52.579 1,212.99 Argentina 154,640 66.291 2,332.71 60.139 2,571.38 Sweden 23,179 1.108 20,902.23 1.006 23,040.76 Denmark 19,247 3.887 4,950.55 3.527 5,457.05 United Kingdom 7,332 0.423 17,321.56 0.384 19,093.75 Belgium 2,892 1.248 2,315.60 1.133 2,552.52 France 528,635 500.691 1,055.81 454.220 1,163.83 Federal Republic of Germany 1,797,942 1,017.391 1,767.21 922.962 1,948.01 Austria 220,705 118.863 1,856.80 107.831 2,046.77 Slovakia 156,746 64.488 2,430.60 58.503 2,679.28 Switzerland 1,948,705 784.262 2,484.76 711.471 2,738.98 Ukraine 169,535 253.707 668.23 230.160 736.60 Spain 810,661 622.144 1,303.01 564.400 1,436.32 Italy 697,063 477.380 1,460.18 433.072 1,609.58 Romania 192,039 157.573 1,218.73 142.948 1,343.42 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/03/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Turkey 4,767,914 7,611.382 626.42 6,904.932 690.51 India 771,553 535.285 1,441.39 485.603 1,588.86 Thailand 690,611 1,379.501 500.62 1,251.463 551.84 China 2,539,965 3,306.735 768.12 2,999.821 846.71 Korea, South 3,530,379 5,346.662 660.30 4,850.412 727.85 Taiwan 17,112 9.526 1,796.31 8.642 1,980.10 Japan 2,483,002 1,236.235 2,008.52 1,121.494 2,214.01 Australia 48,569 61.187 793.78 55.508 874.99 CATEGORY TOTAL 44,565,253 46,792.452 952.40 42,449.411 1,049.84 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 107,310 37.120 2,890.87 33.675 3,186.64 Mexico 792,008 446.092 1,775.44 404.688 1,957.08 Argentina 76,810 41.896 1,833.32 38.008 2,020.89 Belgium 29,456 21.579 1,364.97 19.577 1,504.62 France 1,079,312 1,129.755 955.35 1,024.897 1,053.09 Federal Republic of Germany 1,885,704 1,803.360 1,045.66 1,635.982 1,152.64 Czech Republic 146,040 185.750 786.22 168.510 866.65 Slovakia 687,362 541.131 1,270.23 490.906 1,400.19 Spain 390,713 206.361 1,893.34 187.208 2,087.05 Italy 506,884 488.217 1,038.23 442.904 1,144.46 India 217,729 270.703 804.31 245.578 886.60 China 4,013 1.433 2,800.41 1.300 3,086.92 Japan 170,288 129.959 1,310.32 117.897 1,444.38 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,093,629 5,303.361 1,149.01 4,811.130 1,266.57 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 946,097 313.690 3,016.02 284.575 3,324.60 Mexico 271,732 146.196 1,858.68 132.627 2,048.84 France 8,591 4.735 1,814.16 4.296 1,999.77 Federal Republic of Germany 13,754 6.264 2,195.57 5.683 2,420.20 Italy 2,490 0.041 59,444.49 0.038 65,526.32 India 73,323 68.145 1,075.97 61.821 1,186.05 Vietnam 62,708 65.255 960.96 59.199 1,059.27 Korea, South 60,898 14.660 4,153.82 13.300 4,578.80 Japan 126,499 60.417 2,093.74 54.810 2,307.95 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,566,092 679.408 2,305.08 616.349 2,540.92 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 23,690,335 25,675.368 922.69 23,292.309 1,017.09 Mexico 4,852,535 3,259.220 1,488.86 2,956.716 1,641.19 Brazil 556,465 852.373 652.84 773.260 719.64 Belgium 18,732 8.078 2,318.65 7.329 2,555.87 France 11,948 13.170 907.18 11.948 1,000.00 Federal Republic of Germany 2,083,765 1,394.654 1,494.11 1,265.210 1,646.97 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/03/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Austria 225,095 182.422 1,233.92 165.491 1,360.16 Italy 9,836 8.353 1,177.50 7.578 1,297.97 Romania 18,111 1.267 14,286.98 1.150 15,748.70 Turkey 10,849,095 18,335.255 591.71 16,633.469 652.24 Thailand 245,815 502.615 489.07 455.965 539.11 Malaysia 6,598 5.714 1,154.63 5.184 1,272.76 China 3,980,479 6,829.120 582.87 6,195.276 642.50 Korea, South 5,624,596 9,467.280 594.11 8,588.575 654.89 Japan 1,766,915 2,459.326 718.45 2,231.064 791.96 Australia 2,285 3.327 686.62 3.019 756.87 CATEGORY TOTAL 53,942,605 68,997.550 781.80 62,593.543 861.79 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 59,257 68.025 871.10 61.712 960.22 Mexico 175,184 158.662 1,104.13 143.936 1,217.10 Korea, South 474,232 705.720 671.98 640.219 740.73 Japan 49,504 123.030 402.37 111.611 443.54 CATEGORY TOTAL 758,177 1,055.438 718.35 957.478 791.85 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 16,346,226 17,525.820 932.69 15,899.161 1,028.12 Mexico 7,853,456 9,329.987 841.74 8,464.025 927.86 El Salvador 16,468 23.120 712.25 20.975 785.13 Honduras 77,912 110.495 705.11 100.240 777.25 Dominican Republic 101,280 143.633 705.13 130.302 777.27 Trinidad and Tobago 106,802 128.867 828.77 116.907 913.56 Venezuela 482,177 647.854 744.27 587.724 820.41 Ecuador 49,913 69.698 716.13 63.229 789.40 Chile 124,053 138.922 892.97 126.028 984.33 Brazil 815,682 1,151.640 708.28 1,044.751 780.74 Argentina 52,500 87.343 601.07 79.237 662.57 Sweden 249,208 91.366 2,727.57 82.886 3,006.64 Denmark 5,360 3.306 1,620.84 3.000 1,786.67 United Kingdom 1,086,707 1,070.707 1,014.94 971.330 1,118.78 Netherlands 67,449 58.550 1,151.98 53.116 1,269.84 Belgium 1,078,881 1,029.641 1,047.82 934.075 1,155.03 Luxembourg 125,236 25.337 4,942.67 22.986 5,448.36 France 1,811,420 981.765 1,845.06 890.643 2,033.83 Federal Republic of Germany 1,212,207 833.534 1,454.30 756.170 1,603.09 Austria 256,799 110.373 2,326.64 100.129 2,564.68 Czech Republic 56,788 42.199 1,345.69 38.283 1,483.37 Slovakia 46,255 25.397 1,821.26 23.040 2,007.60 Poland 1,113,552 1,188.745 936.75 1,078.412 1,032.58 Russia 162,433 330.482 491.50 299.809 541.79 Belarus 218,122 195.210 1,117.37 177.092 1,231.69 Spain 15,241 21.173 719.83 19.208 793.47 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/03/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Italy 316,834 248.510 1,274.93 225.445 1,405.37 Greece 982,427 944.287 1,040.39 856.643 1,146.83 Turkey 58,807 65.725 894.74 59.625 986.28 Israel 413,680 501.076 825.58 454.569 910.05 United Arab Emirates 113,149 198.018 571.41 179.639 629.87 India 527,466 723.821 728.72 656.640 803.28 Thailand 56,712 47.693 1,189.09 43.267 1,310.74 Malaysia 10,349 8.581 1,205.97 7.785 1,329.35 Indonesia 69,989 14.441 4,846.42 13.101 5,342.26 China 6,846,157 11,265.948 607.69 10,220.299 669.86 Korea, South 2,745,246 2,725.111 1,007.39 2,472.180 1,110.46 Taiwan 928,419 1,039.565 893.08 943.078 984.46 Japan 2,954,049 3,215.587 918.67 2,917.133 1,012.65 Australia 42,357 60.283 702.63 54.688 774.52 Egypt 1,137,563 1,481.496 767.85 1,343.991 846.41 South Africa 825,006 1,182.677 697.57 1,072.907 768.94 CATEGORY TOTAL 51,560,337 59,088.001 872.60 53,603.748 961.88 BLACK PLATE...........................28 Canada 2,372 1.708 1,388.29 1.550 1,530.32 Mexico 125,968 195.632 643.90 177.475 709.78 Belgium 563,266 794.909 708.59 721.130 781.09 Federal Republic of Germany 253,330 220.206 1,150.42 199.768 1,268.12 India 212,200 349.482 607.18 317.045 669.31 Taiwan 157,627 264.295 596.40 239.765 657.42 Japan 515,066 616.420 835.58 559.207 921.07 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,829,829 2,442.655 749.11 2,215.940 825.76 TIN PLATE.............................29 Canada 5,935,864 7,678.425 773.06 6,965.752 852.15 Mexico 2,661 2.992 889.14 2.715 980.11 Netherlands 1,024,807 1,580.747 648.31 1,434.030 714.63 Belgium 620,613 797.779 777.93 723.734 857.52 France 3,093,245 5,070.605 610.03 4,599.977 672.45 Federal Republic of Germany 4,716,261 8,363.681 563.90 7,587.406 621.59 China 404,323 511.698 790.16 464.205 871.00 Korea, South 247,818 299.723 826.82 271.905 911.41 Japan 224,079 326.981 685.29 296.633 755.41 CATEGORY TOTAL 16,269,671 24,632.635 660.49 22,346.357 728.07 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A Canada 1,962,833 2,536.896 773.71 2,301.434 852.87 United Kingdom 280,097 425.047 658.98 385.597 726.40 France 689,143 1,021.230 674.82 926.445 743.86 Federal Republic of Germany 1,380,300 2,165.805 637.31 1,964.786 702.52 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/03/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Korea, South 120,565 136.265 884.78 123.618 975.30 Japan 1,387,413 1,945.662 713.08 1,765.076 786.04 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,820,351 8,230.907 707.13 7,466.956 779.48 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 21,528,203 37,711.169 570.87 34,211.007 629.28 Mexico 10,380,774 17,906.979 579.71 16,244.943 639.02 Venezuela 591,923 1,054.126 561.53 956.288 618.98 Sweden 150,741 85.932 1,754.17 77.957 1,933.64 Belgium 563,733 838.729 672.13 760.883 740.89 France 1,663,749 2,553.238 651.62 2,316.260 718.29 Federal Republic of Germany 639,782 1,145.108 558.71 1,038.825 615.87 Austria 234,953 517.380 454.12 469.360 500.58 Slovakia 241,870 429.717 562.86 389.833 620.45 Hungary 766,180 1,363.435 561.95 1,236.888 619.44 Russia 5,060,614 9,748.728 519.11 8,843.900 572.22 Spain 111,126 194.977 569.94 176.881 628.25 Italy 403,686 778.563 518.50 706.301 571.55 Israel 6,700 16.412 408.23 14.889 450.00 Malaysia 44,210 61.411 719.89 55.712 793.55 Korea, South 30,370,393 62,017.114 489.71 56,260.996 539.81 Japan 27,518 31.735 867.10 28.790 955.82 Australia 9,973,306 17,432.409 572.11 15,814.420 630.65 New Zealand 854,898 1,404.564 608.66 1,274.200 670.93 Egypt 35,797,571 67,085.216 533.61 60,858.702 588.21 CATEGORY TOTAL 119,411,930 222,376.952 536.98 201,737.035 591.92 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 11,131,112 15,630.828 712.13 14,180.053 784.98 Mexico 14,760,551 23,308.576 633.27 21,145.191 698.06 Venezuela 568,799 886.280 641.78 804.020 707.44 Brazil 502,249 756.928 663.54 686.674 731.42 Argentina 349,145 589.477 592.30 534.765 652.89 Sweden 111,819 211.753 528.06 192.100 582.09 Netherlands 754,176 1,288.534 585.30 1,168.939 645.18 Belgium 1,285,872 1,861.721 690.69 1,688.926 761.35 Luxembourg 232,421 318.714 729.25 289.133 803.85 France 234,322 312.913 748.84 283.870 825.46 Federal Republic of Germany 335,100 462.130 725.12 419.238 799.31 Russia 13,379,108 23,815.803 561.77 21,605.340 619.25 Spain 393,394 663.555 592.86 601.968 653.51 India 349,713 550.919 634.78 499.786 699.73 China 2,834,955 4,781.627 592.88 4,337.821 653.54 Korea, South 6,435,477 11,783.815 546.13 10,690.101 602.00 Taiwan 14,757,695 25,772.325 572.62 23,380.267 631.20 Japan 1,774,837 2,548.894 696.32 2,312.319 767.56 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/03/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE New Zealand 271,635 436.382 622.47 395.880 686.15 CATEGORY TOTAL 70,462,380 115,981.185 607.53 105,216.391 669.69 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 23,637,080 37,395.205 632.09 33,924.369 696.76 Mexico 12,893,320 14,021.983 919.51 12,720.533 1,013.58 Colombia 1,350,247 2,101.396 642.55 1,906.355 708.29 Venezuela 980,039 1,543.226 635.06 1,399.992 700.03 Argentina 2,157,131 3,205.575 672.93 2,908.050 741.78 Sweden 84,729 67.740 1,250.79 61.453 1,378.76 United Kingdom 108,299 106.548 1,016.43 96.659 1,120.42 Netherlands 753,149 1,132.557 665.00 1,027.439 733.04 Belgium 5,531,310 6,441.614 858.68 5,843.736 946.54 Federal Republic of Germany 1,391,905 2,995.201 464.71 2,717.202 512.26 Austria 179,873 178.245 1,009.13 161.702 1,112.37 Kazakhstan 189,544 175.504 1,080.00 159.215 1,190.49 Spain 534,537 829.169 644.67 752.210 710.62 India 21,182,529 29,983.559 706.47 27,200.635 778.75 China 3,629,028 5,191.932 698.97 4,710.043 770.49 Korea, South 19,604,990 25,235.935 776.87 22,893.662 856.35 Taiwan 15,282,114 19,833.979 770.50 17,993.089 849.33 Japan 53,688 58.157 923.14 52.760 1,017.59 Egypt 163,082 278.708 585.14 252.840 645.00 South Africa 4,019,877 5,705.605 704.55 5,176.040 776.63 CATEGORY TOTAL 113,726,471 156,481.847 726.77 141,957.984 801.13 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 367,321 373.222 984.19 338.582 1,084.88 Mexico 14,095 19.566 720.38 17.750 794.08 Brazil 22,053 25.431 867.16 23.071 955.88 Argentina 170,069 241.539 704.10 219.121 776.14 Belgium 69,944 93.981 744.23 85.259 820.37 Luxembourg 234,770 284.820 824.27 258.385 908.61 Federal Republic of Germany 1,552,172 2,489.624 623.46 2,258.550 687.24 India 92,426 111.346 830.07 101.012 915.00 Thailand 13,253 15.619 848.48 14.170 935.29 Korea, South 588,124 777.041 756.88 704.920 834.31 Japan 231,479 309.139 748.78 280.447 825.39 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,355,706 4,741.333 707.76 4,301.267 780.17 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 Canada 8,203,371 7,861.133 1,043.54 7,131.502 1,150.30 Mexico 9,154,460 9,109.897 1,004.89 8,264.362 1,107.70 Sweden 10,868 0.593 18,325.81 0.538 20,200.74 United Kingdom 226,036 339.634 665.53 308.111 733.62 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/03/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Belgium 2,488,690 2,245.474 1,108.31 2,037.061 1,221.71 Luxembourg 1,181,367 1,375.491 858.87 1,247.825 946.74 France 1,020,184 1,146.196 890.06 1,039.812 981.12 Federal Republic of Germany 726,821 709.978 1,023.72 644.082 1,128.46 China 131,686 175.906 748.61 159.580 825.20 Korea, South 5,704,981 7,048.595 809.38 6,394.380 892.19 Taiwan 7,103,467 8,488.103 836.87 7,700.280 922.49 Japan 959,781 813.267 1,180.15 737.784 1,300.90 CATEGORY TOTAL 36,911,712 39,314.271 938.89 35,665.317 1,034.95 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 4,610,609 7,658.011 602.06 6,947.233 663.66 Mexico 617,504 754.319 818.62 684.307 902.38 United Kingdom 192,623 304.523 632.54 276.259 697.26 Federal Republic of Germany 97,499 144.277 675.78 130.886 744.92 Iran 7,662 11.458 668.67 10.395 737.09 Taiwan 10,843 13.707 791.04 12.435 871.97 Egypt 6,947 10.868 639.17 9.860 704.56 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,543,687 8,897.165 623.08 8,071.375 686.83 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 2,694,424 3,189.545 844.77 2,893.508 931.20 Mexico 198,131 183.270 1,081.09 166.260 1,191.69 Chile 5,827 4.929 1,182.06 4.472 1,303.00 Brazil 163,483 165.378 988.54 150.029 1,089.68 Sweden 548,545 115.651 4,743.10 104.917 5,228.37 United Kingdom 1,091,337 489.103 2,231.30 443.707 2,459.59 France 270,650 78.907 3,429.95 71.584 3,780.87 Federal Republic of Germany 1,802,183 1,134.847 1,588.04 1,029.517 1,750.51 Austria 194,809 49.599 3,927.63 44.996 4,329.47 Switzerland 331,280 193.097 1,715.61 175.175 1,891.14 Italy 48,664 19.674 2,473.51 17.848 2,726.58 India 298,825 370.515 806.51 336.126 889.03 Thailand 13,109 17.660 742.29 16.021 818.24 China 69,796 63.192 1,104.50 57.327 1,217.51 Korea, South 967,531 992.227 975.11 900.134 1,074.87 Taiwan 178,896 80.510 2,222.02 73.038 2,449.36 Japan 572,904 461.917 1,240.27 419.045 1,367.17 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,450,394 7,610.028 1,241.83 6,903.704 1,368.89 GRAND TOTAL 1,200,542,440 1,929,062.049 622.35 1,750,016.146 686.02 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/03/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A United Kingdom 380,561 78.840 4,826.97 71.523 5,320.82 Federal Republic of Germany 32,920 18.289 1,799.94 16.592 1,984.09 Italy 4,010,112 1,849.846 2,167.81 1,678.153 2,389.60 India 53,625 20.028 2,677.37 18.170 2,951.29 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,477,218 1,967.005 2,276.16 1,784.438 2,509.04 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 144,850 39.324 3,683.41 35.675 4,060.27 Mexico 2,910 0.038 75,425.95 0.035 83,142.86 Costa Rica 7,920 5.456 1,451.50 4.950 1,600.00 Sweden 7,539,991 2,557.499 2,948.19 2,320.125 3,249.82 United Kingdom 13,992,562 6,660.817 2,100.73 6,042.594 2,315.65 Belgium 3,313 2.282 1,451.23 2.071 1,599.71 Luxembourg 6,356 4.379 1,451.31 3.973 1,599.80 Federal Republic of Germany 97,126 53.100 1,829.10 48.172 2,016.23 Spain 16,037,658 7,033.208 2,280.28 6,380.421 2,513.57 Italy 2,150,244 942.070 2,282.47 854.632 2,515.99 China 119,071 30.665 3,882.94 27.819 4,280.20 Japan 45,404 7.210 6,297.18 6.541 6,941.45 CATEGORY TOTAL 40,147,405 17,336.053 2,315.83 15,727.008 2,552.77 WIRE RODS..............................3 Sweden 1,273,267 403.418 3,156.20 365.975 3,479.11 United Kingdom 2,143,469 842.306 2,544.76 764.128 2,805.12 France 339,532 128.780 2,636.51 116.828 2,906.26 Federal Republic of Germany 337,089 150.811 2,235.17 136.814 2,463.85 Austria 6,752 2.396 2,817.53 2.174 3,105.80 Italy 525,704 202.640 2,594.28 183.832 2,859.70 India 190,209 57.453 3,310.66 52.121 3,649.37 China 524,275 338.359 1,549.46 306.955 1,707.99 Korea, South 666,138 326.636 2,039.38 296.320 2,248.04 Taiwan 1,994,664 820.525 2,430.96 744.368 2,679.67 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,001,099 3,273.329 2,444.33 2,969.515 2,694.41 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Federal Republic of Germany 15,352 5.044 3,043.51 4.576 3,354.90 Italy 12,509 4.725 2,647.07 4.287 2,917.89 India 255,244 89.682 2,846.07 81.359 3,137.26 CATEGORY TOTAL 283,105 99.452 2,846.63 90.222 3,137.87 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/03/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 2,340 0.334 7,005.98 0.303 7,722.77 Brazil 8,245 2.360 3,493.57 2.141 3,851.00 Sweden 166,534 48.725 3,417.80 44.203 3,767.48 United Kingdom 23,960 4.597 5,211.26 4.171 5,744.43 Belgium 4,553,303 1,317.089 3,457.09 1,194.844 3,810.79 France 2,269,904 333.897 6,798.20 302.907 7,493.73 Federal Republic of Germany 1,150,573 472.723 2,433.92 428.848 2,682.94 Austria 43,896 12.504 3,510.38 11.344 3,869.53 Italy 922,534 389.493 2,368.55 353.343 2,610.87 China 85,541 34.414 2,485.63 31.220 2,739.94 Korea, South 509,252 187.704 2,713.05 170.283 2,990.62 Taiwan 754,550 213.983 3,526.20 194.123 3,886.97 Japan 62,564 21.789 2,871.31 19.767 3,165.07 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,553,196 3,039.619 3,471.88 2,757.497 3,827.09 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Sweden 3,034,391 967.233 3,137.18 877.460 3,458.15 Finland 143,512 51.742 2,773.58 46.940 3,057.35 Belgium 1,050,961 404.228 2,599.92 366.710 2,865.92 Federal Republic of Germany 2,400,500 1,077.839 2,227.14 977.800 2,455.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,629,364 2,501.044 2,650.64 2,268.910 2,921.83 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 144,158 27.694 5,205.30 25.124 5,737.86 Mexico 19,800 9.743 2,032.16 8.839 2,240.07 Trinidad and Tobago 53,185 66.653 797.93 60.467 879.57 Sweden 66,637 9.139 7,291.29 8.291 8,037.27 United Kingdom 967,226 239.522 4,038.15 217.291 4,451.29 Belgium 7,608 1.873 4,059.92 1.700 4,475.29 France 98,197 9.375 10,474.17 8.505 11,545.80 Federal Republic of Germany 213,215 66.770 3,193.26 60.573 3,519.97 Austria 1,153,709 445.958 2,587.03 404.567 2,851.71 Portugal 185,770 58.494 3,175.87 53.065 3,500.80 Italy 2,885,172 455.525 6,333.72 413.246 6,981.73 India 202,007 62.730 3,220.25 56.908 3,549.71 China 4,590 3.766 1,218.61 3.417 1,343.28 Taiwan 655,132 233.396 2,806.95 211.734 3,094.13 Japan 34,177 0.579 58,944.60 0.526 64,975.29 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,690,583 1,691.223 3,956.06 1,534.253 4,360.81 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A United Kingdom 145,474 42.787 3,399.93 38.816 3,747.78 France 13,758 1.485 9,258.94 1.348 10,206.23 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/03/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Federal Republic of Germany 4,126 0.514 8,015.09 0.467 8,835.12 Italy 1,241,669 397.107 3,126.78 360.250 3,446.69 India 1,601,477 659.709 2,427.55 598.479 2,675.91 China 58,897 21.541 2,734.14 19.542 3,013.87 Taiwan 14,312 1.666 8,587.06 1.512 9,465.61 Japan 5,041 0.089 56,458.27 0.081 62,234.57 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,084,754 1,124.902 2,742.24 1,020.495 3,022.80 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 60,110 7.821 7,684.74 7.096 8,470.97 Mexico 4,499 2.538 1,772.22 2.303 1,953.54 Brazil 22,851 2.436 9,380.13 2.210 10,339.82 Sweden 1,071,055 373.810 2,865.24 339.115 3,158.38 United Kingdom 801,543 265.494 3,019.05 240.853 3,327.93 Belgium 15,996 3.940 4,059.11 3.575 4,474.41 France 1,693,326 497.733 3,402.08 451.536 3,750.15 Federal Republic of Germany 1,956,541 763.180 2,563.67 692.346 2,825.96 Austria 136,712 42.340 3,228.84 38.411 3,559.19 Czech Republic 33,333 7.440 4,479.88 6.750 4,938.22 Switzerland 338,638 104.543 3,239.22 94.840 3,570.62 Latvia 156,542 53.107 2,947.66 48.178 3,249.24 Poland 57,841 21.253 2,721.46 19.281 2,999.90 Russia 2,400 2.011 1,193.01 1.825 1,315.07 Ukraine 175,117 71.484 2,449.71 64.850 2,700.34 Spain 6,140 0.201 30,437.79 0.183 33,551.91 Italy 4,519,846 1,199.465 3,768.22 1,088.137 4,153.75 Slovenia 299,878 140.807 2,129.71 127.738 2,347.60 Saudi Arabia 292,334 132.556 2,205.36 120.253 2,430.99 United Arab Emirates 265,338 98.215 2,701.58 89.100 2,977.98 India 3,478,906 1,360.610 2,556.87 1,234.325 2,818.47 China 1,862,087 299.232 6,222.88 271.459 6,859.55 Korea, South 10,807 2.449 4,412.22 2.222 4,863.64 Taiwan 5,155,296 1,680.082 3,068.48 1,524.146 3,382.42 Japan 67,730 16.354 4,141.24 14.837 4,564.94 CATEGORY TOTAL 22,484,866 7,149.114 3,145.13 6,485.569 3,466.91 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D Canada 8,663,249 1,648.977 5,253.71 1,495.928 5,791.22 Mexico 311,309 98.902 3,147.63 89.723 3,469.67 Brazil 192,015 72.540 2,646.99 65.808 2,917.81 Sweden 1,998,825 235.081 8,502.71 213.262 9,372.63 Finland 192,670 68.625 2,807.56 62.256 3,094.80 Denmark 5,877 0.882 6,656.09 0.801 7,337.08 United Kingdom 186,278 3.041 61,249.95 2.759 67,516.49 Ireland 3,596 1.215 2,957.60 1.103 3,260.20 Netherlands 2,429 0.621 3,907.01 0.564 4,306.74 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/03/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE France 3,127,908 556.379 5,621.90 504.739 6,197.08 Federal Republic of Germany 2,073,950 234.861 8,830.52 213.063 9,733.98 Austria 705,259 123.760 5,698.56 112.274 6,281.59 Switzerland 258,811 20.125 12,859.54 18.258 14,175.21 Ukraine 85,647 15.297 5,598.62 13.878 6,171.42 Spain 5,324,644 657.172 8,102.35 596.177 8,931.31 Italy 251,461 73.181 3,436.14 66.389 3,787.69 India 407,021 73.806 5,514.72 66.956 6,078.93 Malaysia 625,607 204.111 3,065.02 185.167 3,378.61 Singapore 198,207 68.396 2,897.92 62.048 3,194.41 China 5,642,970 1,578.888 3,574.01 1,432.344 3,939.68 Korea, South 5,651,250 1,560.078 3,622.41 1,415.280 3,993.03 Taiwan 3,825,477 1,141.940 3,349.98 1,035.951 3,692.72 Japan 7,809,356 2,321.970 3,363.24 2,106.457 3,707.34 CATEGORY TOTAL 47,543,816 10,759.861 4,418.63 9,761.185 4,870.70 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 210,354 34.657 6,069.46 31.441 6,690.44 Mexico 41,033 8.047 5,098.55 7.301 5,620.19 Sweden 2,076,520 341.400 6,082.37 309.713 6,704.66 Denmark 38,848 0.763 50,854.72 0.693 56,057.72 United Kingdom 564,075 144.205 3,911.61 130.821 4,311.81 Netherlands 16,414 0.660 24,858.99 0.599 27,402.34 Belgium 74,903 6.337 11,819.60 5.749 13,028.87 France 284,015 65.001 4,369.39 58.968 4,816.43 Federal Republic of Germany 853,030 164.096 5,198.34 148.866 5,730.19 Switzerland 104,204 36.969 2,818.66 33.538 3,107.04 Spain 531,906 91.938 5,785.47 83.405 6,377.39 Italy 267,516 67.511 3,962.55 61.245 4,367.96 India 2,037,885 794.735 2,564.23 720.972 2,826.58 China 1,589,754 525.277 3,026.50 476.524 3,336.15 Korea, South 2,293,185 769.271 2,980.98 697.872 3,285.97 Taiwan 1,050,988 406.704 2,584.16 368.956 2,848.55 Japan 774,571 98.412 7,870.69 89.278 8,675.94 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,809,201 3,555.990 3,602.15 3,225.941 3,970.69 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Brazil 207,402 193.786 1,070.26 175.800 1,179.76 Finland 24,847 11.001 2,258.60 9.980 2,489.68 Belgium 29,319 10.251 2,859.97 9.300 3,152.58 Federal Republic of Germany 120,411 55.416 2,172.84 50.273 2,395.14 Austria 49,542 11.758 4,213.35 10.667 4,644.42 Italy 209,296 98.694 2,120.65 89.534 2,337.61 Taiwan 2,725 0.236 11,498.04 0.215 12,674.42 Japan 26,793 10.884 2,461.64 9.874 2,713.49 South Africa 18,778 14.317 1,311.50 12.989 1,445.68 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/03/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 689,113 406.347 1,695.87 368.632 1,869.38 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 213,278 74.780 2,852.04 67.840 3,143.84 Mexico 17,521,056 8,355.411 2,096.97 7,579.904 2,311.51 Brazil 3,624,515 1,635.812 2,215.73 1,483.985 2,442.42 Sweden 2,628,607 766.683 3,428.54 695.524 3,779.32 Finland 2,754,139 810.366 3,398.64 735.152 3,746.35 United Kingdom 81,550 6.871 11,867.33 6.234 13,081.49 Netherlands 155,674 29.934 5,200.51 27.156 5,732.58 Belgium 5,231,417 1,786.976 2,927.52 1,621.118 3,227.04 France 1,872,638 786.574 2,380.75 713.569 2,624.33 Federal Republic of Germany 7,128,412 2,744.852 2,597.01 2,490.089 2,862.71 Spain 248,624 151.944 1,636.28 137.842 1,803.69 Italy 11,800,320 4,727.592 2,496.05 4,288.801 2,751.43 India 1,166,856 464.736 2,510.79 421.602 2,767.67 Thailand 491,335 214.389 2,291.79 194.491 2,526.26 Malaysia 46,569 10.129 4,597.53 9.189 5,067.91 China 13,644,462 5,758.472 2,369.46 5,224.000 2,611.88 Korea, South 1,595,029 754.969 2,112.71 684.897 2,328.86 Taiwan 5,976,981 2,094.878 2,853.14 1,900.442 3,145.05 Japan 437,906 201.498 2,173.25 182.796 2,395.60 South Africa 2,716,933 1,128.782 2,406.96 1,024.015 2,653.22 CATEGORY TOTAL 79,336,301 32,505.658 2,440.69 29,488.646 2,690.40 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 83,778 25.301 3,311.21 22.953 3,649.98 France 2,457 0.308 7,960.55 0.280 8,775.00 Federal Republic of Germany 50,560 12.964 3,899.95 11.761 4,298.95 Austria 22,311 3.417 6,529.10 3.100 7,197.10 Slovenia 90,986 84.646 1,074.89 76.790 1,184.87 CATEGORY TOTAL 250,092 126.637 1,974.86 114.884 2,176.91 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 312,977 88.730 3,527.28 80.495 3,888.15 Mexico 1,641,303 797.827 2,057.22 723.777 2,267.69 Sweden 3,027,229 547.863 5,525.51 497.014 6,090.83 Finland 1,015,930 327.041 3,106.43 296.687 3,424.25 United Kingdom 320,186 73.130 4,378.28 66.343 4,826.22 Belgium 567,941 207.978 2,730.77 188.675 3,010.16 France 550,820 163.318 3,372.68 148.160 3,717.74 Federal Republic of Germany 546,481 160.109 3,413.17 145.249 3,762.37 Italy 53,873 8.025 6,712.37 7.281 7,399.12 India 615,969 208.883 2,948.86 189.496 3,250.56 Indonesia 118,950 52.287 2,274.94 47.434 2,507.69 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/03/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE China 19,189 1.586 12,097.27 1.439 13,334.95 Taiwan 113,319 51.966 2,180.63 47.143 2,403.73 Japan 2,747,773 252.665 10,875.16 229.214 11,987.81 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,651,940 2,941.414 3,961.34 2,668.407 4,366.63 GRAND TOTAL 254,632,053 88,477.656 2,877.92 80,265.602 3,172.37