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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 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 15,686 40.880 383.71 37.086 422.96 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 21,145,094 46,821.163 451.61 42,475.457 497.82 WIRE RODS..............................3 2,995,725 4,372.416 685.14 3,966.591 755.24 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 5,558,139 8,804.867 631.26 7,987.644 695.84 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 18,705,677 20,250.883 923.70 18,371.298 1,018.20 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 22,428,648 35,016.067 640.52 31,766.051 706.06 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 7,610 13.427 566.76 12.181 624.74 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 47,753 60.854 784.71 55.206 865.00 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 36,251,061 54,535.781 664.72 49,474.043 732.73 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 2,711,755 4,947.356 548.12 4,488.168 604.20 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 36,159 31.001 1,166.37 28.124 1,285.70 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 4,231,149 3,643.308 1,161.35 3,305.155 1,280.17 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,669,039 1,145.629 1,456.87 1,039.298 1,605.93 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 26,624,407 30,451.110 874.33 27,624.791 963.79 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 4,006,242 3,413.240 1,173.74 3,096.441 1,293.82 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 344,062 41.451 8,300.39 37.604 9,149.61 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 166,151 74.464 2,231.28 67.553 2,459.57 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 390,162 79.990 4,877.62 72.566 5,376.65 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 13,424,437 11,295.750 1,188.45 10,247.335 1,310.04 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 107,310 37.120 2,890.87 33.675 3,186.64 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 8,663,249 1,648.977 5,253.71 1,495.928 5,791.22 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 1,737,053 512.789 3,387.46 465.195 3,734.03 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 24,712,589 26,535.075 931.32 24,072.222 1,026.60 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 121,165 131.462 921.67 119.261 1,015.96 WIRE DRAWN............................23 17,195,210 18,149.710 947.41 16,465.145 1,044.34 BLACK PLATE...........................28 2,372 1.708 1,388.29 1.550 1,530.32 TIN PLATE.............................29 5,935,864 7,678.425 773.06 6,965.752 852.15 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 1,962,833 2,536.896 773.71 2,301.434 852.87 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 23,930,459 41,747.299 573.22 37,872.524 631.87 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 15,745,365 21,202.011 742.64 19,234.147 818.62 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 29,164,723 46,658.085 625.07 42,327.515 689.03 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,886,883 1,604.527 1,175.97 1,455.603 1,296.29 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 8,203,371 7,861.133 1,043.54 7,131.502 1,150.30 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 5,154,991 8,666.029 594.85 7,861.692 655.71 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 3,528,542 3,862.613 913.51 3,504.105 1,006.97 COUNTRY TOTAL 308,810,935 413,873.513 746.15 375,459.842 822.49 Mexico INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 1,457,545 1,844.718 790.12 1,673.501 870.96 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 114,061,026 220,443.035 517.42 199,982.614 570.35 WIRE RODS..............................3 16,467 21.869 752.95 19.840 829.99 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,263,696 2,331.313 542.05 2,114.933 597.51 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/03/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 8,000 20.414 391.87 18.520 431.97 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,949,845 3,379.793 576.91 3,066.098 635.94 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 7,405,664 12,943.305 572.16 11,741.973 630.70 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 1,191,812 2,248.445 530.06 2,039.756 584.29 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 6,788,157 15,636.291 434.13 14,185.009 478.54 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 90,926 117.842 771.59 106.905 850.53 TOOL STEEL............................17 35,005 21.513 1,627.09 19.517 1,793.56 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 4,175,096 4,609.797 905.70 4,181.939 998.36 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 868,909 956.991 907.96 868.168 1,000.85 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 14,875 10.747 1,384.04 9.750 1,525.64 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 3,183,472 3,681.654 864.69 3,339.942 953.15 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 1,181,212 1,347.141 876.83 1,222.107 966.54 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 13,995,980 15,514.523 902.12 14,074.543 994.42 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 792,008 446.092 1,775.44 404.688 1,957.08 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 311,309 98.902 3,147.63 89.723 3,469.67 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 292,369 156.703 1,865.75 142.159 2,056.63 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 4,852,535 3,259.220 1,488.86 2,956.716 1,641.19 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 175,184 158.662 1,104.13 143.936 1,217.10 WIRE DRAWN............................23 9,104,447 10,397.889 875.61 9,432.809 965.19 BLACK PLATE...........................28 125,968 195.632 643.90 177.475 709.78 TIN PLATE.............................29 2,661 2.992 889.14 2.715 980.11 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 10,380,774 17,906.979 579.71 16,244.943 639.02 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 32,281,607 31,663.988 1,019.51 28,725.095 1,123.81 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 12,893,320 14,021.983 919.51 12,720.533 1,013.58 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 14,095 19.566 720.38 17.750 794.08 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 9,154,460 9,109.897 1,004.89 8,264.362 1,107.70 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 617,504 754.319 818.62 684.307 902.38 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,839,434 981.097 1,874.87 890.037 2,066.69 COUNTRY TOTAL 240,525,362 374,303.327 642.59 339,562.363 708.34 Guatemala STANDARD PIPE.........................18 97,765 123.495 791.65 112.033 872.64 COUNTRY TOTAL 97,765 123.495 791.65 112.033 872.64 El Salvador WIRE DRAWN............................23 16,468 23.120 712.25 20.975 785.13 COUNTRY TOTAL 16,468 23.120 712.25 20.975 785.13 Honduras WIRE DRAWN............................23 77,912 110.495 705.11 100.240 777.25 COUNTRY TOTAL 77,912 110.495 705.11 100.240 777.25 Costa Rica BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 7,920 5.456 1,451.50 4.950 1,600.00 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/03/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 7,920 5.456 1,451.50 4.950 1,600.00 Dominican Republic BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 2,351,121 5,181.753 453.73 4,700.809 500.15 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 71,438 194.195 367.87 176.171 405.50 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 79,354 209.925 378.01 190.441 416.69 WIRE DRAWN............................23 101,280 143.633 705.13 130.302 777.27 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 11,399 33.492 340.34 30.384 375.16 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,614,592 5,762.999 453.69 5,228.107 500.10 Trinidad and Tobago WIRE RODS..............................3 1,042,655 2,199.022 474.14 1,994.920 522.66 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 598,253 1,514.638 394.98 1,374.057 435.39 WIRE DRAWN............................23 106,802 128.867 828.77 116.907 913.56 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,747,710 3,842.528 454.83 3,485.884 501.37 Colombia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 215,430 237.228 908.11 215.210 1,001.02 TOOL STEEL............................17 94,878 15.910 5,963.14 14.434 6,573.23 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,204,320 1,903.114 632.82 1,726.477 697.56 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 5,107,107 4,561.900 1,119.51 4,138.488 1,234.05 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 304,899 263.415 1,157.48 238.967 1,275.90 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,350,247 2,101.396 642.55 1,906.355 708.29 COUNTRY TOTAL 8,276,881 9,082.966 911.25 8,239.931 1,004.48 Venezuela BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 20,340,731 45,143.833 450.58 40,953.808 496.67 WIRE RODS..............................3 553,709 988.416 560.20 896.677 617.51 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 933,160 793.871 1,175.46 720.188 1,295.72 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,979,056 3,366.921 884.80 3,054.421 975.33 WIRE DRAWN............................23 482,177 647.854 744.27 587.724 820.41 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 591,923 1,054.126 561.53 956.288 618.98 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 568,799 886.280 641.78 804.020 707.44 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 980,039 1,543.226 635.06 1,399.992 700.03 COUNTRY TOTAL 27,429,594 54,424.531 503.99 49,373.118 555.56 Ecuador WIRE DRAWN............................23 49,913 69.698 716.13 63.229 789.40 COUNTRY TOTAL 49,913 69.698 716.13 63.229 789.40 Chile OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 102,924 94.067 1,094.15 85.337 1,206.09 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/03/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE WIRE DRAWN............................23 124,053 138.922 892.97 126.028 984.33 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 5,827 4.929 1,182.06 4.472 1,303.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 232,804 237.919 978.50 215.837 1,078.61 Brazil BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 59,776,815 133,758.832 446.90 121,344.006 492.62 WIRE RODS..............................3 8,256,950 13,398.571 616.26 12,154.983 679.31 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 947,570 2,048.850 462.49 1,858.686 509.81 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 4,105,654 3,278.248 1,252.39 2,973.978 1,380.53 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 698,113 444.396 1,570.92 403.150 1,731.65 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 621,997 1,411.479 440.67 1,280.473 485.76 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 2,111,985 5,597.053 377.34 5,077.563 415.94 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 163,997 128.296 1,278.26 116.389 1,409.04 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,018,735 658.286 3,066.65 597.188 3,380.40 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 38,005 32.460 1,170.79 29.448 1,290.58 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 212,872 170.476 1,248.69 154.654 1,376.44 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 2,105,520 3,197.880 658.41 2,901.069 725.77 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 753,047 1,008.178 746.94 914.604 823.36 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 1,688,236 2,413.800 699.41 2,189.764 770.97 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 63,778 57.958 1,100.41 52.579 1,212.99 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 192,015 72.540 2,646.99 65.808 2,917.81 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 556,465 852.373 652.84 773.260 719.64 WIRE DRAWN............................23 815,682 1,151.640 708.28 1,044.751 780.74 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 207,402 193.786 1,070.26 175.800 1,179.76 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 4,126,764 2,392.741 1,724.70 2,170.659 1,901.16 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 297,456 586.487 507.18 532.053 559.07 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 26,511 32.740 809.72 29.702 892.57 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 163,483 165.378 988.54 150.029 1,089.68 COUNTRY TOTAL 89,949,052 173,052.460 519.78 156,990.596 572.96 Argentina WIRE RODS..............................3 865,667 1,771.473 488.67 1,607.054 538.67 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 19,640 39.663 495.17 35.982 545.83 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 234,341 460.009 509.43 417.314 561.55 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 819,145 941.134 870.38 853.783 959.43 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 694,360 983.136 706.27 891.887 778.53 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 931,671 510.877 1,823.67 463.460 2,010.25 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 269,475 145.301 1,854.60 131.815 2,044.34 WIRE DRAWN............................23 52,500 87.343 601.07 79.237 662.57 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 349,145 589.477 592.30 534.765 652.89 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 2,157,131 3,205.575 672.93 2,908.050 741.78 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 170,069 241.539 704.10 219.121 776.14 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,563,144 8,975.532 731.23 8,142.468 806.04 Sweden IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/03/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 7,539,991 2,557.499 2,948.19 2,320.125 3,249.82 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,273,267 403.418 3,156.20 365.975 3,479.11 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 11,852,740 9,395.185 1,261.58 8,523.171 1,390.65 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 4,083,840 2,333.610 1,750.01 2,117.016 1,929.05 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,738,446 969.919 2,823.38 879.896 3,112.24 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,141,429 407.005 2,804.46 369.229 3,091.39 TOOL STEEL............................17 3,114,945 1,199.164 2,597.60 1,087.864 2,863.36 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 91,505 202.772 451.27 183.952 497.44 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 5,552,470 5,607.706 990.15 5,087.227 1,091.45 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 840,743 555.033 1,514.76 503.518 1,669.74 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 142,649 102.212 1,395.61 92.726 1,538.39 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,998,825 235.081 8,502.71 213.262 9,372.63 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,436,202 517.939 4,703.64 469.867 5,184.88 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,817,794 2,371.850 766.40 2,151.707 844.81 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,017,874 1,380.958 2,185.35 1,252.785 2,408.93 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 84,729 67.740 1,250.79 61.453 1,378.76 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 10,868 0.593 18,325.81 0.538 20,200.74 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 275,298 348.798 789.27 316.425 870.03 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 3,360 0.246 13,607.77 0.224 15,000.00 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 4,058,460 830.223 4,888.40 753.166 5,388.53 COUNTRY TOTAL 52,075,435 29,486.958 1,766.05 26,750.126 1,946.74 Norway STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 459,824 451.757 1,017.85 409.828 1,121.99 COUNTRY TOTAL 459,824 451.757 1,017.85 409.828 1,121.99 Finland WIRE RODS..............................3 53,517 37.809 1,415.45 34.300 1,560.26 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 798,654 761.739 1,048.46 691.039 1,155.73 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 143,512 51.742 2,773.58 46.940 3,057.35 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 192,670 68.625 2,807.56 62.256 3,094.80 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 391,826 123.651 3,168.79 112.175 3,492.99 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 24,847 11.001 2,258.60 9.980 2,489.68 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,754,139 810.366 3,398.64 735.152 3,746.35 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 273,330 144.724 1,888.62 131.292 2,081.85 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,015,930 327.041 3,106.43 296.687 3,424.25 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,648,425 2,336.702 2,417.26 2,119.821 2,664.58 Denmark LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 96,738 48.561 1,992.08 44.054 2,195.90 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 19,247 3.887 4,950.55 3.527 5,457.05 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 5,877 0.882 6,656.09 0.801 7,337.08 WIRE DRAWN............................23 44,208 4.070 10,859.69 3.693 11,970.76 COUNTRY TOTAL 166,070 57.402 2,893.06 52.075 3,189.05 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/03/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE United Kingdom INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 419,433 161.566 2,596.03 146.571 2,861.64 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 15,040,610 8,588.856 1,751.18 7,791.682 1,930.34 WIRE RODS..............................3 3,029,901 2,661.456 1,138.44 2,414.433 1,254.91 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 6,234,708 9,214.263 676.64 8,359.042 745.86 STEEL PILING...........................5 43,518 69.889 622.67 63.403 686.37 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 677,793 730.202 928.23 662.429 1,023.19 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 3,948,795 2,768.825 1,426.16 2,511.837 1,572.07 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 162,799 53.047 3,068.92 48.124 3,382.91 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 3,947,469 2,574.165 1,533.49 2,335.244 1,690.39 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,079,271 291.392 3,703.84 264.347 4,082.78 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 60,237 22.284 2,703.11 20.216 2,979.67 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,343,729 1,401.845 958.54 1,271.733 1,056.61 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 635,173 517.679 1,226.96 469.631 1,352.49 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 5,546 5.186 1,069.34 4.705 1,178.75 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 842,002 437.228 1,925.77 396.647 2,122.80 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 186,278 3.041 61,249.95 2.759 67,516.49 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 119,889 5.100 23,505.84 4.627 25,910.74 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 23,143 18.098 1,278.70 16.419 1,409.53 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,755,599 1,224.837 1,433.33 1,111.154 1,579.98 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 280,097 425.047 658.98 385.597 726.40 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 305,688 92.422 3,307.52 83.844 3,645.91 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 108,299 106.548 1,016.43 96.659 1,120.42 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 226,036 339.634 665.53 308.111 733.62 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 741,447 634.051 1,169.38 575.202 1,289.02 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 192,623 304.523 632.54 276.259 697.26 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,544,622 632.264 2,443.00 573.581 2,692.94 COUNTRY TOTAL 42,954,705 33,283.460 1,290.57 30,194.256 1,422.61 Ireland STANDARD PIPE.........................18 17,209 35.792 480.81 32.470 530.00 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 3,596 1.215 2,957.60 1.103 3,260.20 COUNTRY TOTAL 20,805 37.007 562.18 33.573 619.69 Netherlands WIRE RODS..............................3 7,158 9.346 765.85 8.479 844.20 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 3,389 1.873 1,808.50 1.700 1,993.53 TOOL STEEL............................17 505,140 457.710 1,103.62 415.228 1,216.54 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 2,429 0.621 3,907.01 0.564 4,306.74 WIRE DRAWN............................23 120,515 61.348 1,964.45 55.654 2,165.43 TIN PLATE.............................29 1,024,807 1,580.747 648.31 1,434.030 714.63 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,785,761 2,733.957 653.18 2,480.205 720.01 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 866,914 1,311.988 660.76 1,190.216 728.37 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,316,113 6,157.593 700.94 5,586.076 772.66 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/03/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Belgium INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 1,312,116 1,592.765 823.80 1,444.933 908.08 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 2,737,266 3,932.980 695.98 3,567.941 767.18 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 296,781 385.332 770.19 349.568 848.99 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 11,834,422 6,760.180 1,750.61 6,132.734 1,929.71 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,050,961 404.228 2,599.92 366.710 2,865.92 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 7,608 1.873 4,059.92 1.700 4,475.29 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 22,427 7.280 3,080.31 6.605 3,395.46 TOOL STEEL............................17 13,559 6.635 2,043.28 6.020 2,252.33 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,892 1.248 2,315.60 1.133 2,552.52 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 29,456 21.579 1,364.97 19.577 1,504.62 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 18,732 8.078 2,318.65 7.329 2,555.87 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,153,784 1,035.978 1,113.71 939.824 1,227.66 BLACK PLATE...........................28 563,266 794.909 708.59 721.130 781.09 TIN PLATE.............................29 620,613 797.779 777.93 723.734 857.52 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 593,052 848.981 698.55 770.183 770.01 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 6,517,289 3,648.697 1,786.20 3,310.044 1,968.94 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 5,916,192 6,552.727 902.86 5,944.536 995.23 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 69,944 93.981 744.23 85.259 820.37 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 2,488,690 2,245.474 1,108.31 2,037.061 1,221.71 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 567,941 207.978 2,730.77 188.675 3,010.16 COUNTRY TOTAL 35,816,991 29,348.695 1,220.39 26,624.696 1,345.25 Luxembourg BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 6,356 4.379 1,451.31 3.973 1,599.80 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 3,209,074 4,880.329 657.55 4,427.362 724.83 STEEL PILING...........................5 3,834,325 4,718.176 812.67 4,280.259 895.82 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 42,366 71.511 592.44 64.874 653.05 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 5,809 7.149 812.49 6.486 895.62 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 49,335 34.988 1,410.04 31.741 1,554.30 WIRE DRAWN............................23 125,236 25.337 4,942.67 22.986 5,448.36 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 232,421 318.714 729.25 289.133 803.85 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 234,770 284.820 824.27 258.385 908.61 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 1,181,367 1,375.491 858.87 1,247.825 946.74 COUNTRY TOTAL 8,921,059 11,720.899 761.12 10,633.024 839.00 France BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 983,551 139.530 7,049.00 126.580 7,770.19 WIRE RODS..............................3 339,532 128.780 2,636.51 116.828 2,906.26 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 3,304,572 1,004.918 3,288.40 911.647 3,624.84 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 593,763 924.630 642.16 838.811 707.86 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,495,624 2,027.405 1,230.94 1,839.232 1,356.88 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 13,758 1.485 9,258.94 1.348 10,206.23 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 5,125,868 3,286.127 1,559.85 2,981.126 1,719.44 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,170,960 1,079.358 2,011.34 979.178 2,217.12 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/03/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STANDARD PIPE.........................18 103,460 91.348 1,132.59 82.870 1,248.46 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,616,646 1,586.484 1,019.01 1,439.235 1,123.27 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,050,993 902.839 1,164.10 819.042 1,283.20 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 3,222,737 2,297.056 1,402.99 2,083.855 1,546.53 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 3,127,908 556.379 5,621.90 504.739 6,197.08 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 14,127 6.914 2,043.01 6.273 2,252.03 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 11,948 13.170 907.18 11.948 1,000.00 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,106,194 1,047.444 2,010.79 950.226 2,216.52 TIN PLATE.............................29 3,093,245 5,070.605 610.03 4,599.977 672.45 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 689,143 1,021.230 674.82 926.445 743.86 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,667,475 2,555.788 652.43 2,318.573 719.18 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 4,537,144 4,001.002 1,134.00 3,629.649 1,250.02 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 274,237 313.320 875.26 284.240 964.81 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 1,020,184 1,146.196 890.06 1,039.812 981.12 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 2,457 0.308 7,960.55 0.280 8,775.00 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,246,750 270.481 4,609.37 245.377 5,080.96 COUNTRY TOTAL 38,812,276 29,472.809 1,316.88 26,737.291 1,451.62 Federal Republic of Germany INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 232,948 278.545 836.30 252.692 921.87 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 11,873,915 28,846.871 411.62 26,169.449 453.73 WIRE RODS..............................3 5,192,601 5,309.309 978.02 4,816.526 1,078.08 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,369,354 2,069.032 661.83 1,876.995 729.55 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 4,548,632 4,447.951 1,022.64 4,035.115 1,127.26 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,425,001 1,112.842 2,179.11 1,009.554 2,402.05 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 692,219 390.807 1,771.25 354.535 1,952.47 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 22,515 19.250 1,169.56 17.464 1,289.22 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 49,792 52.272 952.54 47.421 1,050.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 2,609,593 1,177.835 2,215.58 1,068.515 2,442.26 TOOL STEEL............................17 3,392,936 2,122.328 1,598.69 1,925.345 1,762.25 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,099,587 752.341 1,461.55 682.513 1,611.09 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 9,911,356 9,748.131 1,016.74 8,843.359 1,120.77 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 1,358,328 1,154.680 1,176.37 1,047.509 1,296.72 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 35,312 11.887 2,970.56 10.784 3,274.48 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 4,699,558 3,292.819 1,427.21 2,987.196 1,573.23 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 3,938,892 2,977.441 1,322.91 2,701.090 1,458.26 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 2,073,950 234.861 8,830.52 213.063 9,733.98 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 45,555 7.588 6,003.31 6.884 6,617.52 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 2,120,115 1,415.978 1,497.28 1,284.554 1,650.47 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,282,258 1,028.169 2,219.73 932.740 2,446.83 BLACK PLATE...........................28 253,330 220.206 1,150.42 199.768 1,268.12 TIN PLATE.............................29 4,716,261 8,363.681 563.90 7,587.406 621.59 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 1,380,300 2,165.805 637.31 1,964.786 702.52 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 760,193 1,200.524 633.22 1,089.098 698.00 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 8,684,791 5,025.188 1,728.25 4,558.776 1,905.07 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 3,464,909 7,425.345 466.63 6,736.162 514.37 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 2,682,635 4,350.799 616.58 3,946.980 679.67 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/03/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 726,821 709.978 1,023.72 644.082 1,128.46 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 811,750 641.845 1,264.71 582.273 1,394.11 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 219,901 224.068 981.40 203.272 1,081.81 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 5,098,590 3,302.643 1,543.79 2,996.109 1,701.74 COUNTRY TOTAL 88,773,898 100,081.036 887.02 90,792.015 977.77 Austria WIRE RODS..............................3 6,752 2.396 2,817.53 2.174 3,105.80 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 234,519 155.870 1,504.58 141.403 1,658.52 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 96,785 81.082 1,193.66 73.557 1,315.78 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 157,032 167.662 936.60 152.101 1,032.42 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,415,461 517.391 2,735.76 469.370 3,015.66 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 240,291 79.337 3,028.71 71.974 3,338.58 TOOL STEEL............................17 4,031,932 745.150 5,410.90 675.989 5,964.49 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 11,753,375 9,596.445 1,224.76 8,705.751 1,350.07 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,916,955 3,234.183 901.91 2,934.003 994.19 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 226,705 119.696 1,894.00 108.587 2,087.77 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 705,259 123.760 5,698.56 112.274 6,281.59 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 225,095 182.422 1,233.92 165.491 1,360.16 WIRE DRAWN............................23 452,008 152.962 2,955.03 138.765 3,257.36 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 706,375 1,280.143 551.79 1,161.327 608.25 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 179,873 178.245 1,009.13 161.702 1,112.37 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 22,311 3.417 6,529.10 3.100 7,197.10 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 630,873 129.658 4,865.66 117.624 5,363.47 COUNTRY TOTAL 24,001,601 16,749.827 1,432.95 15,195.192 1,579.55 Czech Republic BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 175,599 41.554 4,225.71 37.698 4,658.05 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 546,990 686.446 796.84 622.734 878.37 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 3,700,921 5,144.301 719.42 4,666.833 793.03 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 33,333 7.440 4,479.88 6.750 4,938.22 TOOL STEEL............................17 42,385 12.643 3,352.31 11.470 3,695.29 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 578,078 784.315 737.05 711.519 812.46 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 244,859 331.935 737.67 301.127 813.14 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,661,381 2,312.199 718.53 2,097.593 792.04 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 146,040 185.750 786.22 168.510 866.65 WIRE DRAWN............................23 56,788 42.199 1,345.69 38.283 1,483.37 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,186,374 9,548.787 752.60 8,662.517 829.59 Slovakia PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 476,157 834.737 570.43 757.261 628.79 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 34,106 23.718 1,437.95 21.517 1,585.07 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 458,418 533.916 858.59 484.361 946.44 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 156,746 64.488 2,430.60 58.503 2,679.28 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 687,362 541.131 1,270.23 490.906 1,400.19 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/03/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE WIRE DRAWN............................23 46,255 25.397 1,821.26 23.040 2,007.60 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 241,870 429.717 562.86 389.833 620.45 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,100,914 2,453.106 856.43 2,225.421 944.05 Hungary PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 476,725 866.962 549.88 786.495 606.14 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 2,812 1.106 2,540.84 1.004 2,800.80 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 766,180 1,363.435 561.95 1,236.888 619.44 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,245,717 2,231.504 558.24 2,024.387 615.36 Switzerland STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,785 9.302 299.39 8.439 330.02 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 9,691 16.691 580.61 15.142 640.01 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 344,614 105.439 3,268.36 95.653 3,602.75 TOOL STEEL............................17 55,772 37.094 1,503.49 33.652 1,657.32 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,343,022 1,007.282 2,326.08 913.792 2,564.06 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 258,811 20.125 12,859.54 18.258 14,175.21 WIRE DRAWN............................23 104,204 36.969 2,818.66 33.538 3,107.04 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 365,225 199.623 1,829.57 181.095 2,016.76 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,484,124 1,432.529 2,432.15 1,299.569 2,680.98 Latvia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 156,542 53.107 2,947.66 48.178 3,249.24 COUNTRY TOTAL 156,542 53.107 2,947.66 48.178 3,249.24 Poland STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 541,311 937.686 577.28 850.655 636.35 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,271,483 1,177.119 1,080.16 1,067.865 1,190.68 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 30,352 47.189 643.19 42.810 708.99 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 87,843 72.476 1,212.01 65.750 1,336.02 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 592,454 484.687 1,222.34 439.701 1,347.40 TOOL STEEL............................17 389,630 311.496 1,250.83 282.585 1,378.81 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 85,347 105.151 811.66 95.392 894.70 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,481,710 1,439.683 1,029.19 1,306.059 1,134.49 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 20,704 19.742 1,048.71 17.910 1,156.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,500,834 4,595.233 979.46 4,168.727 1,079.67 Russia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 32,293,256 66,811.898 483.35 60,610.752 532.80 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 42,866 58.948 727.18 53.477 801.58 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 5,322,186 10,218.753 520.83 9,270.300 574.11 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,730,900 2,235.829 774.16 2,028.311 853.37 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,317,900 610.749 2,157.84 554.063 2,378.61 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/03/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,781,460 2,220.467 802.29 2,014.375 884.37 WIRE DRAWN............................23 162,433 330.482 491.50 299.809 541.79 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 5,060,614 9,748.728 519.11 8,843.900 572.22 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 13,440,225 23,922.342 561.83 21,701.990 619.31 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 6,068,281 6,995.588 867.44 6,346.293 956.19 COUNTRY TOTAL 67,220,121 123,153.789 545.82 111,723.270 601.67 Belarus WIRE DRAWN............................23 218,122 195.210 1,117.37 177.092 1,231.69 COUNTRY TOTAL 218,122 195.210 1,117.37 177.092 1,231.69 Ukraine BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 16,275,637 34,574.702 470.74 31,365.651 518.90 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 7,413 14.700 504.27 13.336 555.86 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 269,362 161.950 1,663.24 146.919 1,833.40 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 175,117 71.484 2,449.71 64.850 2,700.34 TOOL STEEL............................17 158,314 24.006 6,594.73 21.778 7,269.45 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 855,880 1,278.040 669.68 1,159.419 738.20 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 5,301,056 6,122.222 865.87 5,553.988 954.46 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 715,061 1,081.233 661.34 980.879 729.00 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 161,260 186.240 865.87 168.955 954.46 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 169,535 253.707 668.23 230.160 736.60 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 85,647 15.297 5,598.62 13.878 6,171.42 COUNTRY TOTAL 24,174,282 43,783.586 552.13 39,719.813 608.62 Kazakhstan SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 189,544 175.504 1,080.00 159.215 1,190.49 COUNTRY TOTAL 189,544 175.504 1,080.00 159.215 1,190.49 Spain BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 16,037,658 7,033.208 2,280.28 6,380.421 2,513.57 WIRE RODS..............................3 4,186,444 6,106.258 685.60 5,539.506 755.74 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 13,889 28.944 479.85 26.258 528.94 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 94,560 113.387 833.96 102.863 919.28 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 691,566 481.546 1,436.13 436.852 1,583.07 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 430,929 416.932 1,033.57 378.235 1,139.32 TOOL STEEL............................17 980,931 597.356 1,642.12 541.913 1,810.13 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 764,421 650.534 1,175.07 590.155 1,295.29 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 787,054 582.037 1,352.24 528.016 1,490.59 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 85,017 80.914 1,050.71 73.404 1,158.21 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 6,365 0.321 19,774.77 0.292 21,797.95 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,297,518 985.214 1,316.99 893.772 1,451.73 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 487,754 226.091 2,157.33 205.107 2,378.05 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 5,324,644 657.172 8,102.35 596.177 8,931.31 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/03/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE WIRE DRAWN............................23 547,147 113.111 4,837.24 102.613 5,332.14 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 111,126 194.977 569.94 176.881 628.25 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 642,018 815.500 787.27 739.810 867.81 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 2,071,940 3,449.093 600.72 3,128.966 662.18 COUNTRY TOTAL 34,560,981 22,532.604 1,533.82 20,441.241 1,690.75 Portugal BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 185,770 58.494 3,175.87 53.065 3,500.80 COUNTRY TOTAL 185,770 58.494 3,175.87 53.065 3,500.80 Italy INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 4,010,112 1,849.846 2,167.81 1,678.153 2,389.60 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 2,975,963 1,396.988 2,130.27 1,267.327 2,348.22 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,820,966 2,546.588 715.06 2,310.227 788.22 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 453,429 443.578 1,022.21 402.408 1,126.79 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,311,392 959.333 1,366.98 870.293 1,506.84 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 3,989 1.834 2,174.74 1.664 2,397.24 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,967,182 559.795 5,300.48 507.838 5,842.77 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 1,241,669 397.107 3,126.78 360.250 3,446.69 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 5,390,537 1,920.375 2,807.02 1,742.136 3,094.21 TOOL STEEL............................17 95,453 37.912 2,517.69 34.394 2,775.28 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 384,061 190.133 2,019.96 172.486 2,226.62 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 11,471,258 12,790.902 896.83 11,603.715 988.58 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 851,100 927.229 917.90 841.169 1,011.81 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 2,561 0.138 18,438.90 0.126 20,325.40 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 804,625 571.602 1,407.67 518.549 1,551.69 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 618,162 524.122 1,179.42 475.476 1,300.09 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 251,461 73.181 3,436.14 66.389 3,787.69 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 10,919 0.531 20,550.94 0.482 22,653.53 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 9,836 8.353 1,177.50 7.578 1,297.97 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,078,182 1,490.482 1,394.30 1,352.143 1,536.95 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 612,982 877.257 698.75 795.835 770.24 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 11,800,320 4,727.592 2,496.05 4,288.801 2,751.43 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 102,537 27.699 3,701.70 25.129 4,080.43 COUNTRY TOTAL 49,268,696 32,322.589 1,524.28 29,322.568 1,680.23 Slovenia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 299,878 140.807 2,129.71 127.738 2,347.60 TOOL STEEL............................17 3,727,606 1,535.858 2,427.05 1,393.308 2,675.36 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 90,986 84.646 1,074.89 76.790 1,184.87 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,118,470 1,761.312 2,338.30 1,597.836 2,577.53 Greece WIRE DRAWN............................23 982,427 944.287 1,040.39 856.643 1,146.83 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/03/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 982,427 944.287 1,040.39 856.643 1,146.83 Romania BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,173,419 1,608.445 729.54 1,459.158 804.18 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 93,501 88.482 1,056.72 80.270 1,164.83 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,269,461 1,634.528 776.65 1,482.820 856.11 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 192,039 157.573 1,218.73 142.948 1,343.42 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 18,111 1.267 14,286.98 1.150 15,748.70 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 2,142 1.210 1,769.75 1.098 1,950.82 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,748,673 3,491.508 787.25 3,167.444 867.79 Bulgaria BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,080,232 5,123.456 406.02 4,647.923 447.56 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 755,135 1,797.826 420.03 1,630.961 463.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,835,367 6,921.282 409.66 6,278.884 451.57 Turkey BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 4,679,626 13,226.673 353.80 11,999.040 390.00 WIRE RODS..............................3 290,002 720.294 402.62 653.440 443.81 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 438,852 745.508 588.66 676.314 648.89 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 280,262 452.595 619.23 410.588 682.59 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 20,834 36.453 571.52 33.070 630.00 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 4,773,320 9,840.847 485.05 8,927.469 534.68 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 1,658,403 3,600.752 460.57 3,266.549 507.69 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 19,613,071 51,320.504 382.17 46,557.192 421.27 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 4,221,375 6,856.747 615.65 6,220.338 678.64 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 3,691,403 6,714.883 549.73 6,091.642 605.98 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,738,251 2,884.323 602.65 2,616.615 664.31 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 2,327,095 3,870.873 601.18 3,511.598 662.69 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 4,767,914 7,611.382 626.42 6,904.932 690.51 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 10,849,095 18,335.255 591.71 16,633.469 652.24 WIRE DRAWN............................23 186,171 166.861 1,115.72 151.374 1,229.87 COUNTRY TOTAL 59,535,674 126,383.957 471.07 114,653.630 519.27 Iran STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 7,662 11.458 668.67 10.395 737.09 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,662 11.458 668.67 10.395 737.09 Israel WIRE DRAWN............................23 413,680 501.076 825.58 454.569 910.05 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 6,700 16.412 408.23 14.889 450.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 420,380 517.488 812.35 469.458 895.46 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/03/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Saudi Arabia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 292,334 132.556 2,205.36 120.253 2,430.99 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 11,657 7.932 1,469.57 7.196 1,619.93 COUNTRY TOTAL 303,991 140.488 2,163.82 127.449 2,385.20 United Arab Emirates BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 265,338 98.215 2,701.58 89.100 2,977.98 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 926,595 1,156.367 801.30 1,049.039 883.28 WIRE DRAWN............................23 113,149 198.018 571.41 179.639 629.87 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,305,082 1,452.601 898.44 1,317.778 990.37 Oman STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,428,480 2,192.158 651.63 1,988.693 718.30 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,428,480 2,192.158 651.63 1,988.693 718.30 India INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 53,625 20.028 2,677.37 18.170 2,951.29 WIRE RODS..............................3 190,209 57.453 3,310.66 52.121 3,649.37 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 255,244 89.682 2,846.07 81.359 3,137.26 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 489,727 406.999 1,203.26 369.224 1,326.37 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 1,601,477 659.709 2,427.55 598.479 2,675.91 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 3,494,010 1,380.066 2,531.77 1,251.976 2,790.80 TOOL STEEL............................17 34,009 29.772 1,142.30 27.009 1,259.17 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,852,852 2,790.333 664.03 2,531.349 731.96 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 3,538,016 3,488.292 1,014.25 3,164.527 1,118.02 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,153,738 829.994 1,390.05 752.959 1,532.27 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 217,729 270.703 804.31 245.578 886.60 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 407,021 73.806 5,514.72 66.956 6,078.93 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 73,323 68.145 1,075.97 61.821 1,186.05 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,565,351 1,518.556 1,689.33 1,377.612 1,862.17 BLACK PLATE...........................28 212,200 349.482 607.18 317.045 669.31 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,516,569 1,015.656 1,493.19 921.388 1,645.96 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 21,182,529 29,983.559 706.47 27,200.635 778.75 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 92,426 111.346 830.07 101.012 915.00 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 914,794 579.398 1,578.87 525.622 1,740.40 COUNTRY TOTAL 39,844,849 43,722.991 911.30 39,664.842 1,004.54 Thailand WIRE RODS..............................3 155,095 221.711 699.54 201.133 771.11 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 3,993,725 7,528.189 530.50 6,829.461 584.78 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 690,611 1,379.501 500.62 1,251.463 551.84 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 245,815 502.615 489.07 455.965 539.11 WIRE DRAWN............................23 56,712 47.693 1,189.09 43.267 1,310.74 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/03/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 491,335 214.389 2,291.79 194.491 2,526.26 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 13,253 15.619 848.48 14.170 935.29 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 13,109 17.660 742.29 16.021 818.24 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,659,655 9,927.380 570.11 9,005.971 628.43 Vietnam OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 6,700 0.694 9,647.84 0.630 10,634.92 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 62,708 65.255 960.96 59.199 1,059.27 COUNTRY TOTAL 69,408 65.950 1,052.43 59.829 1,160.11 Malaysia PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 6,911,835 12,628.372 547.33 11,456.270 603.32 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,652,210 2,671.990 618.34 2,423.990 681.61 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 3,551 0.111 31,895.19 0.101 35,158.42 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 625,607 204.111 3,065.02 185.167 3,378.61 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 6,598 5.714 1,154.63 5.184 1,272.76 WIRE DRAWN............................23 10,349 8.581 1,205.97 7.785 1,329.35 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 44,210 61.411 719.89 55.712 793.55 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 46,569 10.129 4,597.53 9.189 5,067.91 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,300,929 15,590.423 596.58 14,143.398 657.62 Singapore STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 198,207 68.396 2,897.92 62.048 3,194.41 COUNTRY TOTAL 198,207 68.396 2,897.92 62.048 3,194.41 Indonesia PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 473,788 676.717 700.13 613.908 771.76 WIRE DRAWN............................23 69,989 14.441 4,846.42 13.101 5,342.26 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 118,950 52.287 2,274.94 47.434 2,507.69 COUNTRY TOTAL 662,727 743.445 891.43 674.443 982.63 China BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 141,086 71.449 1,974.62 64.818 2,176.65 WIRE RODS..............................3 2,102,008 3,732.800 563.12 3,386.341 620.73 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 68,815 134.829 510.39 122.315 562.60 STEEL PILING...........................5 3,100 4.711 658.00 4.274 725.32 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 557,999 984.694 566.67 893.300 624.65 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 10,738 21.038 510.39 19.086 562.61 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 86,140 102.944 836.76 93.390 922.37 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 66,987 95.520 701.28 86.655 773.03 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,068,641 1,642.113 650.77 1,489.701 717.35 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 613,079 1,138.179 538.65 1,032.539 593.76 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,972,088 488.310 4,038.59 442.988 4,451.79 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/03/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE TOOL STEEL............................17 1,674,482 610.861 2,741.18 554.164 3,021.64 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 13,896,471 23,946.218 580.32 21,723.650 639.69 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 30,797,272 38,892.999 791.85 35,283.146 872.86 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 750,786 1,253.017 599.18 1,136.719 660.49 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,634,675 4,253.577 619.40 3,858.782 682.77 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 962,873 1,833.088 525.27 1,662.950 579.02 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,827,984 3,593.439 786.99 3,259.914 867.50 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 4,013 1.433 2,800.41 1.300 3,086.92 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 5,642,970 1,578.888 3,574.01 1,432.344 3,939.68 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 4,397,992 7,450.588 590.29 6,759.062 650.68 WIRE DRAWN............................23 8,920,707 12,261.633 727.53 11,123.570 801.96 TIN PLATE.............................29 404,323 511.698 790.16 464.205 871.00 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 16,481,677 10,543.933 1,563.14 9,565.298 1,723.07 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 3,629,028 5,191.932 698.97 4,710.043 770.49 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 131,686 175.906 748.61 159.580 825.20 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 194,612 225.973 861.22 205.000 949.33 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 88,985 64.778 1,373.68 58.766 1,514.23 COUNTRY TOTAL 100,131,217 120,806.561 828.86 109,593.900 913.66 Korea, South BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 2,126,261 2,897.724 733.77 2,628.772 808.84 WIRE RODS..............................3 771,770 430.888 1,791.11 390.896 1,974.36 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 904,441 2,106.678 429.32 1,911.147 473.25 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 5,009,022 7,729.839 648.01 7,012.394 714.31 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 65,252 114.001 572.38 103.420 630.94 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 27,220 12.515 2,174.88 11.354 2,397.39 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 18,302 24.599 744.01 22.316 820.13 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 5,024,349 7,442.839 675.06 6,752.032 744.12 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 118,276 167.441 706.37 151.900 778.64 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 2,001,733 5,516.331 362.87 5,004.333 400.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 359,848 311.631 1,154.72 282.707 1,272.87 TOOL STEEL............................17 315,161 133.752 2,356.30 121.338 2,597.38 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 3,830,432 5,481.890 698.74 4,973.089 770.23 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 6,756,218 9,848.013 686.05 8,933.970 756.24 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 4,332,639 4,981.115 869.81 4,518.793 958.80 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,489,688 2,180.452 683.20 1,978.074 753.10 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 3,362,038 5,013.339 670.62 4,548.026 739.23 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 3,810,613 5,731.923 664.81 5,199.915 732.82 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 5,651,250 1,560.078 3,622.41 1,415.280 3,993.03 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 60,898 14.660 4,153.82 13.300 4,578.80 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 5,831,982 9,812.239 594.36 8,901.516 655.17 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 474,232 705.720 671.98 640.219 740.73 WIRE DRAWN............................23 7,020,016 5,243.674 1,338.76 4,756.983 1,475.73 TIN PLATE.............................29 247,818 299.723 826.82 271.905 911.41 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 120,565 136.265 884.78 123.618 975.30 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 30,370,393 62,017.114 489.71 56,260.996 539.81 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 12,610,319 19,768.744 637.89 17,933.908 703.16 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/03/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 19,604,990 25,235.935 776.87 22,893.662 856.35 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 588,124 777.041 756.88 704.920 834.31 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 5,704,981 7,048.595 809.38 6,394.380 892.19 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 967,531 992.227 975.11 900.134 1,074.87 COUNTRY TOTAL 129,576,362 193,736.997 668.83 175,755.297 737.25 Taiwan WIRE RODS..............................3 1,994,664 820.525 2,430.96 744.368 2,679.67 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 754,550 213.983 3,526.20 194.123 3,886.97 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 684,422 246.184 2,780.12 223.335 3,064.55 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 14,312 1.666 8,587.06 1.512 9,465.61 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 5,267,623 1,763.036 2,987.81 1,599.400 3,293.50 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,956,183 943.895 2,072.46 856.288 2,284.49 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,113,988 1,743.960 638.77 1,582.095 704.12 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,204,470 1,856.924 648.64 1,684.574 715.00 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 25,054 42.054 595.75 38.151 656.71 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 1,798,954 2,883.128 623.96 2,615.531 687.80 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 17,112 9.526 1,796.31 8.642 1,980.10 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 2,062 0.076 27,110.37 0.069 29,884.06 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 3,825,477 1,141.940 3,349.98 1,035.951 3,692.72 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 322,236 98.720 3,264.12 89.558 3,598.07 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,349,719 1,828.382 1,285.14 1,658.681 1,416.62 BLACK PLATE...........................28 157,627 264.295 596.40 239.765 657.42 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,725 0.236 11,498.04 0.215 12,674.42 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 20,734,676 27,867.203 744.05 25,280.709 820.18 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 15,282,114 19,833.979 770.50 17,993.089 849.33 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 7,103,467 8,488.103 836.87 7,700.280 922.49 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 10,843 13.707 791.04 12.435 871.97 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 292,215 132.476 2,205.78 120.181 2,431.46 COUNTRY TOTAL 64,914,493 70,194.009 924.79 63,678.952 1,019.40 Japan BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 347,131 409.568 847.55 371.554 934.27 WIRE RODS..............................3 2,990,551 5,688.397 525.73 5,160.429 579.52 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 543,505 912.272 595.77 827.600 656.72 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,674,695 1,661.763 1,007.78 1,507.527 1,110.89 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 495,655 873.162 567.65 792.120 625.73 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 11,024,125 18,052.784 610.66 16,377.215 673.14 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 481,830 556.816 865.33 505.136 953.86 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 6,536,638 7,734.782 845.10 7,016.879 931.56 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 973,625 2,399.371 405.78 2,176.674 447.30 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 2,121,577 5,464.104 388.28 4,956.954 428.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 577,288 529.184 1,090.90 480.068 1,202.51 TOOL STEEL............................17 3,370,474 3,515.762 958.68 3,189.447 1,056.76 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,313,253 1,522.347 862.65 1,381.051 950.91 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 5,164,236 1,744.710 2,959.94 1,582.775 3,262.77 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/03/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 7,363,395 9,971.215 738.47 9,045.737 814.02 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 491,337 586.997 837.03 532.515 922.67 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 5,121,867 3,118.243 1,642.55 2,828.824 1,810.60 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 382,022 263.395 1,450.38 238.948 1,598.77 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 7,809,356 2,321.970 3,363.24 2,106.457 3,707.34 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 133,256 62.247 2,140.74 56.470 2,359.77 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 1,865,146 2,510.698 742.88 2,277.668 818.88 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 400,414 612.200 654.06 555.379 720.97 WIRE DRAWN............................23 6,803,763 6,031.703 1,128.00 5,471.871 1,243.41 BLACK PLATE...........................28 515,066 616.420 835.58 559.207 921.07 TIN PLATE.............................29 224,079 326.981 685.29 296.633 755.41 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 1,387,413 1,945.662 713.08 1,765.076 786.04 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,147,462 3,547.186 605.40 3,217.954 667.34 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,586,066 4,699.007 763.15 4,262.869 841.23 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 3,129,623 4,020.779 778.36 3,647.591 858.00 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 301,400 401.722 750.27 364.437 827.03 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 959,781 813.267 1,180.15 737.784 1,300.90 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 97,625 87.762 1,112.37 79.617 1,226.18 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 3,364,346 733.236 4,588.35 665.181 5,057.79 COUNTRY TOTAL 83,698,000 93,735.729 892.91 85,035.647 984.27 Australia PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 182,877 93.872 1,948.14 85.160 2,147.45 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 48,569 61.187 793.78 55.508 874.99 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 2,285 3.327 686.62 3.019 756.87 WIRE DRAWN............................23 42,357 60.283 702.63 54.688 774.52 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 9,973,306 17,432.409 572.11 15,814.420 630.65 COUNTRY TOTAL 10,249,394 17,651.080 580.67 16,012.795 640.08 New Zealand PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 24,701 33.990 726.70 30.836 801.04 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 449,708 732.926 613.58 664.900 676.35 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 854,898 1,404.564 608.66 1,274.200 670.93 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 271,635 436.382 622.47 395.880 686.15 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,600,942 2,607.865 613.89 2,365.816 676.70 Egypt PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 5,296,221 10,046.717 527.16 9,114.231 581.09 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,137,563 1,481.496 767.85 1,343.991 846.41 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 35,797,571 67,085.216 533.61 60,858.702 588.21 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 163,082 278.708 585.14 252.840 645.00 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 6,947 10.868 639.17 9.860 704.56 COUNTRY TOTAL 42,401,384 78,903.006 537.39 71,579.624 592.37 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/03/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE South Africa BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 4,270,676 10,909.880 391.45 9,897.280 431.50 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 3,379 10.863 311.05 9.855 342.87 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 3,244,088 4,506.018 719.95 4,087.792 793.60 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 29,907 61.257 488.22 55.572 538.17 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 31,619 48.484 652.15 43.984 718.88 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 15,451 23.639 653.62 21.445 720.49 WIRE DRAWN............................23 825,006 1,182.677 697.57 1,072.907 768.94 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 18,778 14.317 1,311.50 12.989 1,445.68 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,716,933 1,128.782 2,406.96 1,024.015 2,653.22 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 4,019,877 5,705.605 704.55 5,176.040 776.63 COUNTRY TOTAL 15,175,714 23,591.526 643.27 21,401.879 709.08 GRAND TOTAL 1,760,028,762 2,360,770.151 745.53 2,141,655.259 821.81 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/03/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 15,686 40.880 383.71 37.086 422.96 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 5,309,786 10,157.744 522.73 9,214.953 576.21 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 540,010 956.756 564.42 867.955 622.16 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 11,316,050 10,440.642 1,083.85 9,471.594 1,194.74 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 3,482,462 4,919.041 707.96 4,462.481 780.39 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 7,610 13.427 566.76 12.181 624.74 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 19,331,123 29,415.958 657.16 26,685.716 724.40 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 110,563 186.439 593.02 169.135 653.70 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,541,254 1,336.841 1,152.91 1,212.763 1,270.86 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,669,039 1,145.629 1,456.87 1,039.298 1,605.93 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 321,764 56.929 5,651.93 51.646 6,230.18 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 3,194,175 2,685.590 1,189.38 2,436.327 1,311.06 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 344,062 41.451 8,300.39 37.604 9,149.61 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 3,203,347 2,782.099 1,151.41 2,523.879 1,269.22 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 790,956 199.099 3,972.67 180.620 4,379.12 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 1,022,254 859.706 1,189.07 779.913 1,310.73 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 61,908 63.436 975.90 57.549 1,075.74 WIRE DRAWN............................23 638,630 589.232 1,083.83 534.543 1,194.72 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,402,256 4,036.130 595.19 3,661.517 656.08 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 4,400,975 5,496.402 800.70 4,986.254 882.62 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 5,527,643 9,262.880 596.75 8,403.146 657.81 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,519,562 1,231.304 1,234.11 1,117.021 1,360.37 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 460,604 982.716 468.70 891.506 516.66 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 521,141 584.337 891.85 530.102 983.10 COUNTRY TOTAL 67,732,860 87,484.679 774.23 79,364.789 853.44 Mexico INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 1,352,708 1,621.605 834.18 1,471.096 919.52 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 5,530,718 7,707.810 717.55 6,992.410 790.96 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 5,224,656 9,589.123 544.85 8,699.109 600.60 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 331,708 631.068 525.63 572.496 579.41 TOOL STEEL............................17 35,005 21.513 1,627.09 19.517 1,793.56 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 10,233 10.758 951.15 9.760 1,048.46 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 86,854 147.498 588.85 133.808 649.09 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,678,274 1,323.000 1,268.54 1,200.206 1,398.32 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 20,637 10.507 1,964.08 9.532 2,165.02 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,209,958 1,059.853 1,141.63 961.483 1,258.43 COUNTRY TOTAL 15,480,751 22,122.739 699.77 20,069.417 771.36 Dominican Republic SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 11,399 33.492 340.34 30.384 375.16 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/03/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 11,399 33.492 340.34 30.384 375.16 Trinidad and Tobago BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 429,583 1,030.616 416.82 934.960 459.47 COUNTRY TOTAL 429,583 1,030.616 416.82 934.960 459.47 Colombia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 215,430 237.228 908.11 215.210 1,001.02 TOOL STEEL............................17 94,878 15.910 5,963.14 14.434 6,573.23 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 67,085 92.723 723.50 84.117 797.52 COUNTRY TOTAL 377,393 345.862 1,091.17 313.761 1,202.80 Chile OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 102,924 94.067 1,094.15 85.337 1,206.09 COUNTRY TOTAL 102,924 94.067 1,094.15 85.337 1,206.09 Brazil BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 25,723,667 53,998.511 476.38 48,986.639 525.12 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 4,097,409 3,275.888 1,250.78 2,971.837 1,378.75 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 614,183 269.992 2,274.82 244.933 2,507.56 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 82,395 39.766 2,071.95 36.076 2,283.93 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,018,735 658.286 3,066.65 597.188 3,380.40 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 297,456 586.487 507.18 532.053 559.07 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 4,458 7.309 609.90 6.631 672.30 COUNTRY TOTAL 32,838,303 58,836.243 558.13 53,375.357 615.23 Argentina STANDARD PIPE.........................18 268,080 145.728 1,839.58 132.203 2,027.79 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 777,031 444.585 1,747.77 403.321 1,926.58 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 192,665 103.404 1,863.22 93.807 2,053.84 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,237,776 693.718 1,784.26 629.331 1,966.81 Sweden PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 11,640,498 9,323.975 1,248.45 8,458.571 1,376.18 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,049,449 1,366.376 768.05 1,239.556 846.63 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,609,790 918.943 2,839.99 833.652 3,130.55 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 70,374 33.194 2,120.02 30.114 2,336.92 TOOL STEEL............................17 3,114,945 1,199.164 2,597.60 1,087.864 2,863.36 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 817,564 553.924 1,475.95 502.512 1,626.95 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 142,649 102.212 1,395.61 92.726 1,538.39 WIRE DRAWN............................23 110,474 85.173 1,297.05 77.268 1,429.75 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,667,053 2,285.917 729.27 2,073.750 803.88 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/03/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 277,448 402.520 689.28 365.161 759.80 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 275,298 348.798 789.27 316.425 870.03 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 3,360 0.246 13,607.77 0.224 15,000.00 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 482,686 166.708 2,895.40 151.235 3,191.63 COUNTRY TOTAL 22,261,588 16,787.158 1,326.11 15,229.058 1,461.78 Finland PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 798,654 761.739 1,048.46 691.039 1,155.73 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 391,826 123.651 3,168.79 112.175 3,492.99 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 273,330 144.724 1,888.62 131.292 2,081.85 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,463,810 1,030.116 1,421.01 934.506 1,566.40 United Kingdom BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 515,352 810.070 636.18 734.884 701.27 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 4,849,592 7,142.995 678.93 6,480.018 748.39 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 653,833 725.605 901.09 658.258 993.28 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,434,393 1,962.537 1,240.43 1,780.385 1,367.34 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 17,325 10.260 1,688.55 9.308 1,861.30 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 2,307,119 1,576.685 1,463.27 1,430.345 1,612.98 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,079,271 291.392 3,703.84 264.347 4,082.78 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 43,907 19.087 2,300.29 17.316 2,535.63 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 138,029 9.800 14,083.66 8.891 15,524.58 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 211,818 24.574 8,619.27 22.294 9,501.12 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 3,030 5.049 600.04 4.581 661.43 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 834,670 436.805 1,910.85 396.263 2,106.35 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 119,889 5.100 23,505.84 4.627 25,910.74 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 23,143 18.098 1,278.70 16.419 1,409.53 WIRE DRAWN............................23 104,817 9.924 10,561.86 9.003 11,642.45 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 224,138 85.550 2,619.95 77.610 2,888.00 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 741,447 634.051 1,169.38 575.202 1,289.02 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 133,099 70.030 1,900.57 63.531 2,095.02 COUNTRY TOTAL 14,434,872 13,837.620 1,043.16 12,553.282 1,149.89 Netherlands TOOL STEEL............................17 505,140 457.710 1,103.62 415.228 1,216.54 WIRE DRAWN............................23 36,652 2.137 17,148.09 1.939 18,902.53 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 875,911 1,415.488 618.80 1,284.110 682.12 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 113,765 179.430 634.03 162.777 698.90 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,531,468 2,054.767 745.32 1,864.054 821.58 Belgium INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 1,312,116 1,592.765 823.80 1,444.933 908.08 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 6,342,895 4,069.037 1,558.82 3,691.370 1,718.30 TOOL STEEL............................17 13,559 6.635 2,043.28 6.020 2,252.33 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/03/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 384,882 111.112 3,463.88 100.800 3,818.27 COUNTRY TOTAL 8,053,452 5,779.552 1,393.44 5,243.123 1,536.00 Luxembourg RAILS STANDARD.........................7 42,366 71.511 592.44 64.874 653.05 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 49,335 34.988 1,410.04 31.741 1,554.30 COUNTRY TOTAL 91,701 106.499 861.04 96.615 949.14 France BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 983,551 139.530 7,049.00 126.580 7,770.19 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,034,668 671.020 1,541.93 608.740 1,699.69 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,391,536 2,013.929 1,187.50 1,827.007 1,308.99 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 3,133,846 2,497.759 1,254.66 2,265.930 1,383.03 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,170,960 1,079.358 2,011.34 979.178 2,217.12 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 522,358 402.147 1,298.92 364.822 1,431.82 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 2,143,425 1,167.301 1,836.22 1,058.958 2,024.09 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 5,536 2.179 2,540.30 1.977 2,800.20 WIRE DRAWN............................23 10,759 0.677 15,870.57 0.615 17,494.31 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 3,726 2.549 1,461.38 2.313 1,610.89 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,430,184 2,901.514 837.56 2,632.210 923.25 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 274,237 313.320 875.26 284.240 964.81 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 425,280 28.255 15,051.21 25.633 16,591.11 COUNTRY TOTAL 15,530,066 11,219.545 1,384.20 10,178.203 1,525.82 Federal Republic of Germany INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 200,028 260.255 768.58 236.100 847.22 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 1,901,937 2,504.507 759.41 2,272.052 837.10 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,703,422 2,806.993 963.10 2,546.462 1,061.64 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 24,501 35.002 699.97 31.754 771.59 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 475,488 323.706 1,468.88 293.662 1,619.17 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 242,113 141.315 1,713.28 128.199 1,888.57 TOOL STEEL............................17 3,392,936 2,122.328 1,598.69 1,925.345 1,762.25 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 284,627 222.699 1,278.07 202.030 1,408.84 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 4,577,255 4,133.355 1,107.39 3,749.718 1,220.69 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 17,683 2.033 8,694.72 1.845 9,584.28 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,901,616 2,275.427 1,275.20 2,064.234 1,405.66 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 2,053,188 1,174.080 1,748.76 1,065.108 1,927.68 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 31,801 1.323 24,021.14 1.201 26,478.77 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 36,350 21.323 1,704.72 19.344 1,879.14 WIRE DRAWN............................23 217,021 30.538 7,106.49 27.704 7,833.56 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,221,279 1,818.205 671.69 1,649.449 740.42 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 2,073,004 4,430.143 467.93 4,018.960 515.81 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,130,463 1,861.174 607.39 1,688.430 669.54 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 811,750 641.845 1,264.71 582.273 1,394.11 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 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 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,749,926 2,007.686 1,369.70 1,821.343 1,509.83 COUNTRY TOTAL 27,118,230 26,880.777 1,008.83 24,385.838 1,112.05 Austria PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 190,623 143.365 1,329.63 130.059 1,465.67 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 96,785 81.082 1,193.66 73.557 1,315.78 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 261,752 71.433 3,664.30 64.803 4,039.20 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 38,327 1.771 21,636.39 1.607 23,850.03 TOOL STEEL............................17 4,031,932 745.150 5,410.90 675.989 5,964.49 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,174,160 2,071.266 1,049.68 1,879.022 1,157.07 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 6,000 0.833 7,199.88 0.756 7,936.51 WIRE DRAWN............................23 195,209 42.588 4,583.57 38.636 5,052.52 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 421,880 751.004 561.75 681.300 619.23 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 436,064 80.058 5,446.81 72.628 6,004.08 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,852,732 3,988.554 1,968.82 3,618.357 2,170.25 Czech Republic BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 175,599 41.554 4,225.71 37.698 4,658.05 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,958,175 3,701.431 799.20 3,357.883 880.96 TOOL STEEL............................17 42,385 12.643 3,352.31 11.470 3,695.29 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,176,159 3,755.629 845.71 3,407.051 932.23 Hungary PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 2,812 1.106 2,540.84 1.004 2,800.80 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,812 1.106 2,540.84 1.004 2,800.80 Switzerland PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 9,691 16.691 580.61 15.142 640.01 TOOL STEEL............................17 55,772 37.094 1,503.49 33.652 1,657.32 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 394,317 223.020 1,768.07 202.321 1,948.97 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 33,945 6.525 5,201.76 5.920 5,733.95 COUNTRY TOTAL 493,725 283.332 1,742.56 257.035 1,920.85 Poland PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,271,483 1,177.119 1,080.16 1,067.865 1,190.68 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 87,843 72.476 1,212.01 65.750 1,336.02 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 510,601 439.304 1,162.30 398.530 1,281.21 TOOL STEEL............................17 389,630 311.496 1,250.83 282.585 1,378.81 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 85,347 105.151 811.66 95.392 894.70 WIRE DRAWN............................23 368,158 250.937 1,467.13 227.647 1,617.23 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 20,704 19.742 1,048.71 17.910 1,156.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,733,766 2,376.228 1,150.46 2,155.679 1,268.17 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/03/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Russia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 124,020 135.701 913.92 123.106 1,007.42 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 497,031 652.303 761.96 591.760 839.92 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,317,900 610.749 2,157.84 554.063 2,378.61 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 61,117 106.538 573.66 96.650 632.35 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 6,068,281 6,995.588 867.44 6,346.293 956.19 COUNTRY TOTAL 8,068,349 8,500.881 949.12 7,711.872 1,046.22 Ukraine BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 269,362 161.950 1,663.24 146.919 1,833.40 TOOL STEEL............................17 158,314 24.006 6,594.73 21.778 7,269.45 COUNTRY TOTAL 427,676 185.956 2,299.87 168.697 2,535.17 Spain BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 691,566 481.546 1,436.13 436.852 1,583.07 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 16,985 12.308 1,379.95 11.166 1,521.14 TOOL STEEL............................17 980,931 597.356 1,642.12 541.913 1,810.13 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 153,055 102.872 1,487.82 93.324 1,640.04 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 456,394 383.852 1,188.98 348.225 1,310.63 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 486,857 363.070 1,340.94 329.372 1,478.14 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 97,041 19.730 4,918.38 17.899 5,421.59 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,537,403 2,619.924 586.81 2,376.756 646.85 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,420,232 4,580.661 964.98 4,155.507 1,063.70 Italy BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 825,719 454.918 1,815.09 412.695 2,000.80 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 357,645 414.005 863.86 375.580 952.25 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 31,329 31.468 995.56 28.548 1,097.41 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 609,650 473.407 1,287.79 429.468 1,419.55 TOOL STEEL............................17 95,453 37.912 2,517.69 34.394 2,775.28 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 168,915 60.522 2,790.95 54.905 3,076.50 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 107,562 94.222 1,141.58 85.477 1,258.37 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 111,278 35.904 3,099.28 32.572 3,416.37 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 8,429 0.489 17,222.21 0.444 18,984.23 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,493,832 1,174.460 1,271.93 1,065.453 1,402.06 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,809,812 2,777.312 1,371.76 2,519.536 1,512.11 Slovenia TOOL STEEL............................17 3,727,606 1,535.858 2,427.05 1,393.308 2,675.36 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,727,606 1,535.858 2,427.05 1,393.308 2,675.36 Romania IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/03/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,173,419 1,608.445 729.54 1,459.158 804.18 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 2,142 1.210 1,769.75 1.098 1,950.82 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,175,561 1,609.656 730.32 1,460.256 805.04 Bulgaria BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,548,878 3,858.407 401.43 3,500.289 442.50 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,548,878 3,858.407 401.43 3,500.289 442.50 Turkey BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 127,950 240.724 531.52 218.382 585.90 WIRE DRAWN............................23 127,364 101.135 1,259.33 91.749 1,388.18 COUNTRY TOTAL 255,314 341.860 746.84 310.131 823.25 Saudi Arabia MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 11,657 7.932 1,469.57 7.196 1,619.93 COUNTRY TOTAL 11,657 7.932 1,469.57 7.196 1,619.93 India BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 86,302 69.319 1,244.98 62.886 1,372.36 TOOL STEEL............................17 34,009 29.772 1,142.30 27.009 1,259.17 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,014,853 1,022.889 992.14 927.950 1,093.65 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 382,185 294.709 1,296.82 267.356 1,429.50 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,517,349 1,416.691 1,071.05 1,285.201 1,180.63 Malaysia MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 3,551 0.111 31,895.19 0.101 35,158.42 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,551 0.111 31,895.19 0.101 35,158.42 China RAILS STANDARD.........................7 10,738 21.038 510.39 19.086 562.61 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 802,804 1,156.223 694.33 1,048.909 765.37 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 22,326 15.718 1,420.32 14.260 1,565.64 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,674,482 610.861 2,741.18 554.164 3,021.64 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 4,120 1.877 2,194.72 1.703 2,419.26 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 7,130,547 7,186.852 992.17 6,519.805 1,093.67 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 288,019 286.703 1,004.59 260.093 1,107.37 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 417,513 621.467 671.82 563.786 740.55 WIRE DRAWN............................23 484,796 470.407 1,030.59 426.747 1,136.03 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,260 3.832 589.66 3.477 649.99 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 194,612 225.973 861.22 205.000 949.33 COUNTRY TOTAL 11,032,217 10,600.957 1,040.68 9,617.030 1,147.15 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/03/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Korea, South BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 2,126,261 2,897.724 733.77 2,628.772 808.84 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 20,100 8.515 2,360.44 7.725 2,601.94 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,145,551 1,491.724 767.94 1,353.270 846.51 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 296,850 224.464 1,322.48 203.631 1,457.78 TOOL STEEL............................17 315,161 133.752 2,356.30 121.338 2,597.38 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 280,234 385.261 727.39 349.503 801.81 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 207,386 344.958 601.19 312.941 662.70 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,981,585 1,749.291 1,132.79 1,586.931 1,248.69 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 4,579,813 7,229.958 633.45 6,558.910 698.26 COUNTRY TOTAL 10,952,941 14,465.650 757.17 13,123.021 834.64 Taiwan BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 29,290 12.787 2,290.44 11.601 2,524.78 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 78,779 46.100 1,708.84 41.822 1,883.67 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,956,183 943.895 2,072.46 856.288 2,284.49 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 2,062 0.076 27,110.37 0.069 29,884.06 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 322,236 98.720 3,264.12 89.558 3,598.07 WIRE DRAWN............................23 370,312 382.112 969.12 346.647 1,068.27 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,758,862 1,483.694 1,859.45 1,345.985 2,049.70 Japan BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 6,549 0.121 54,010.50 0.110 59,536.36 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,256,530 1,120.570 1,121.33 1,016.565 1,236.05 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 465,640 813.516 572.38 738.010 630.94 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 2,628,555 4,837.574 543.36 4,388.575 598.95 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 5,353,926 5,589.886 957.79 5,071.061 1,055.78 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 470,568 461.896 1,018.77 419.026 1,123.00 TOOL STEEL............................17 3,370,474 3,515.762 958.68 3,189.447 1,056.76 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 187,275 133.472 1,403.10 121.084 1,546.65 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 5,131,236 1,665.509 3,080.88 1,510.925 3,396.09 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,638,865 1,882.008 1,402.15 1,707.330 1,545.61 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 211,734 133.435 1,586.78 121.051 1,749.13 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 6,757 1.829 3,692.68 1.660 4,070.48 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 98,231 51.372 1,912.15 46.604 2,107.78 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 350,910 489.170 717.36 443.768 790.75 WIRE DRAWN............................23 3,075,143 2,717.703 1,131.52 2,465.460 1,247.29 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,093,151 3,504.566 597.26 3,179.290 658.37 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,373,323 1,948.614 704.77 1,767.754 776.87 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 3,075,935 3,962.621 776.24 3,594.831 855.65 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 69,921 92.583 755.22 83.990 832.49 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 97,625 87.762 1,112.37 79.617 1,226.18 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 43,669 18.653 2,341.09 16.922 2,580.61 COUNTRY TOTAL 32,006,017 33,028.632 969.04 29,963.080 1,068.18 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/03/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Australia PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 182,877 93.872 1,948.14 85.160 2,147.45 COUNTRY TOTAL 182,877 93.872 1,948.14 85.160 2,147.45 GRAND TOTAL 304,854,269 343,230.446 888.19 311,373.510 979.06 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/03/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 15,690,458 36,624.094 428.42 33,224.829 472.25 WIRE RODS..............................3 2,995,725 4,372.416 685.14 3,966.591 755.24 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 5,018,129 7,848.111 639.41 7,119.689 704.82 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 7,387,287 9,809.907 753.04 8,899.401 830.09 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 18,946,186 30,097.025 629.50 27,303.570 693.91 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 47,753 60.854 784.71 55.206 865.00 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 16,775,780 25,092.129 668.57 22,763.203 736.97 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 2,601,192 4,760.917 546.36 4,319.033 602.26 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 36,159 31.001 1,166.37 28.124 1,285.70 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 2,629,785 2,298.644 1,144.06 2,085.296 1,261.11 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 26,302,643 30,394.181 865.38 27,573.145 953.92 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 812,067 727.650 1,116.01 660.114 1,230.19 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 166,151 74.464 2,231.28 67.553 2,459.57 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 390,162 79.990 4,877.62 72.566 5,376.65 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 10,221,090 8,513.650 1,200.55 7,723.456 1,323.38 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 107,310 37.120 2,890.87 33.675 3,186.64 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 946,097 313.690 3,016.02 284.575 3,324.60 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 23,690,335 25,675.368 922.69 23,292.309 1,017.09 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 59,257 68.025 871.10 61.712 960.22 WIRE DRAWN............................23 16,346,226 17,525.820 932.69 15,899.161 1,028.12 BLACK PLATE...........................28 2,372 1.708 1,388.29 1.550 1,530.32 TIN PLATE.............................29 5,935,864 7,678.425 773.06 6,965.752 852.15 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 1,962,833 2,536.896 773.71 2,301.434 852.87 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 21,528,203 37,711.169 570.87 34,211.007 629.28 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 11,131,112 15,630.828 712.13 14,180.053 784.98 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 23,637,080 37,395.205 632.09 33,924.369 696.76 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 367,321 373.222 984.19 338.582 1,084.88 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 8,203,371 7,861.133 1,043.54 7,131.502 1,150.30 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 4,610,609 7,658.011 602.06 6,947.233 663.66 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,694,424 3,189.545 844.77 2,893.508 931.20 COUNTRY TOTAL 231,242,981 324,441.210 712.74 294,328.198 785.66 Mexico INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 104,837 223.113 469.88 202.405 517.96 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 108,527,398 212,735.186 510.15 192,990.169 562.35 WIRE RODS..............................3 16,467 21.869 752.95 19.840 829.99 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,263,696 2,331.313 542.05 2,114.933 597.51 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 8,000 20.414 391.87 18.520 431.97 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,949,845 3,379.793 576.91 3,066.098 635.94 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,161,208 3,344.439 646.21 3,034.025 712.32 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 860,104 1,617.376 531.79 1,467.260 586.20 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 6,788,157 15,636.291 434.13 14,185.009 478.54 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/03/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 86,427 115.303 749.56 104.602 826.25 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 4,164,863 4,599.038 905.59 4,172.179 998.25 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 782,055 809.493 966.10 734.360 1,064.95 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 14,875 10.747 1,384.04 9.750 1,525.64 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 3,183,472 3,681.654 864.69 3,339.942 953.15 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 1,181,212 1,347.141 876.83 1,222.107 966.54 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 12,317,706 14,191.523 867.96 12,874.337 956.76 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 792,008 446.092 1,775.44 404.688 1,957.08 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 271,732 146.196 1,858.68 132.627 2,048.84 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 4,852,535 3,259.220 1,488.86 2,956.716 1,641.19 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 175,184 158.662 1,104.13 143.936 1,217.10 WIRE DRAWN............................23 7,853,456 9,329.987 841.74 8,464.025 927.86 BLACK PLATE...........................28 125,968 195.632 643.90 177.475 709.78 TIN PLATE.............................29 2,661 2.992 889.14 2.715 980.11 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 10,380,774 17,906.979 579.71 16,244.943 639.02 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 14,760,551 23,308.576 633.27 21,145.191 698.06 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 12,893,320 14,021.983 919.51 12,720.533 1,013.58 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 14,095 19.566 720.38 17.750 794.08 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 9,154,460 9,109.897 1,004.89 8,264.362 1,107.70 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 617,504 754.319 818.62 684.307 902.38 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 198,131 183.270 1,081.09 166.260 1,191.69 COUNTRY TOTAL 205,502,701 342,908.078 599.29 311,081.064 660.61 Guatemala STANDARD PIPE.........................18 97,765 123.495 791.65 112.033 872.64 COUNTRY TOTAL 97,765 123.495 791.65 112.033 872.64 El Salvador WIRE DRAWN............................23 16,468 23.120 712.25 20.975 785.13 COUNTRY TOTAL 16,468 23.120 712.25 20.975 785.13 Honduras WIRE DRAWN............................23 77,912 110.495 705.11 100.240 777.25 COUNTRY TOTAL 77,912 110.495 705.11 100.240 777.25 Dominican Republic BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 2,351,121 5,181.753 453.73 4,700.809 500.15 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 71,438 194.195 367.87 176.171 405.50 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 79,354 209.925 378.01 190.441 416.69 WIRE DRAWN............................23 101,280 143.633 705.13 130.302 777.27 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,603,193 5,729.507 454.35 5,197.723 500.83 Trinidad and Tobago IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/03/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE WIRE RODS..............................3 1,042,655 2,199.022 474.14 1,994.920 522.66 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 115,485 417.368 276.70 378.630 305.01 WIRE DRAWN............................23 106,802 128.867 828.77 116.907 913.56 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,264,942 2,745.258 460.77 2,490.457 507.92 Colombia STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,204,320 1,903.114 632.82 1,726.477 697.56 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 5,040,022 4,469.177 1,127.73 4,054.371 1,243.11 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 304,899 263.415 1,157.48 238.967 1,275.90 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,350,247 2,101.396 642.55 1,906.355 708.29 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,899,488 8,737.104 904.13 7,926.170 996.63 Venezuela BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 20,340,731 45,143.833 450.58 40,953.808 496.67 WIRE RODS..............................3 553,709 988.416 560.20 896.677 617.51 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 933,160 793.871 1,175.46 720.188 1,295.72 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,979,056 3,366.921 884.80 3,054.421 975.33 WIRE DRAWN............................23 482,177 647.854 744.27 587.724 820.41 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 591,923 1,054.126 561.53 956.288 618.98 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 568,799 886.280 641.78 804.020 707.44 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 980,039 1,543.226 635.06 1,399.992 700.03 COUNTRY TOTAL 27,429,594 54,424.531 503.99 49,373.118 555.56 Ecuador WIRE DRAWN............................23 49,913 69.698 716.13 63.229 789.40 COUNTRY TOTAL 49,913 69.698 716.13 63.229 789.40 Chile WIRE DRAWN............................23 124,053 138.922 892.97 126.028 984.33 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 5,827 4.929 1,182.06 4.472 1,303.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 129,880 143.851 902.87 130.500 995.25 Brazil BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 34,053,148 79,760.321 426.94 72,357.367 470.62 WIRE RODS..............................3 8,256,950 13,398.571 616.26 12,154.983 679.31 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 947,570 2,048.850 462.49 1,858.686 509.81 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 83,930 174.404 481.24 158.217 530.47 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 621,997 1,411.479 440.67 1,280.473 485.76 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 2,111,985 5,597.053 377.34 5,077.563 415.94 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 58,751 86.093 682.41 78.103 752.22 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 38,005 32.460 1,170.79 29.448 1,290.58 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 212,872 170.476 1,248.69 154.654 1,376.44 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 2,105,520 3,197.880 658.41 2,901.069 725.77 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/03/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 753,047 1,008.178 746.94 914.604 823.36 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 1,688,236 2,413.800 699.41 2,189.764 770.97 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 63,778 57.958 1,100.41 52.579 1,212.99 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 556,465 852.373 652.84 773.260 719.64 WIRE DRAWN............................23 815,682 1,151.640 708.28 1,044.751 780.74 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 502,249 756.928 663.54 686.674 731.42 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 22,053 25.431 867.16 23.071 955.88 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 163,483 165.378 988.54 150.029 1,089.68 COUNTRY TOTAL 53,055,721 112,309.281 472.41 101,885.295 520.74 Argentina WIRE RODS..............................3 865,667 1,771.473 488.67 1,607.054 538.67 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 19,640 39.663 495.17 35.982 545.83 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 234,341 460.009 509.43 417.314 561.55 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 551,065 795.405 692.81 721.580 763.69 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 694,360 983.136 706.27 891.887 778.53 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 154,640 66.291 2,332.71 60.139 2,571.38 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 76,810 41.896 1,833.32 38.008 2,020.89 WIRE DRAWN............................23 52,500 87.343 601.07 79.237 662.57 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 349,145 589.477 592.30 534.765 652.89 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 2,157,131 3,205.575 672.93 2,908.050 741.78 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 170,069 241.539 704.10 219.121 776.14 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,325,368 8,281.813 643.02 7,513.137 708.81 Sweden PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 45,708 22.483 2,032.93 20.397 2,240.92 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 62,019 41.836 1,482.43 37.953 1,634.10 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 91,505 202.772 451.27 183.952 497.44 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 5,552,470 5,607.706 990.15 5,087.227 1,091.45 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 23,179 1.108 20,902.23 1.006 23,040.76 WIRE DRAWN............................23 249,208 91.366 2,727.57 82.886 3,006.64 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 150,741 85.932 1,754.17 77.957 1,933.64 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 111,819 211.753 528.06 192.100 582.09 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 84,729 67.740 1,250.79 61.453 1,378.76 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 10,868 0.593 18,325.81 0.538 20,200.74 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 548,545 115.651 4,743.10 104.917 5,228.37 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,930,791 6,448.944 1,074.72 5,850.386 1,184.67 Norway STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 459,824 451.757 1,017.85 409.828 1,121.99 COUNTRY TOTAL 459,824 451.757 1,017.85 409.828 1,121.99 Finland WIRE RODS..............................3 53,517 37.809 1,415.45 34.300 1,560.26 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/03/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 53,517 37.809 1,415.45 34.300 1,560.26 Denmark LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 96,738 48.561 1,992.08 44.054 2,195.90 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 19,247 3.887 4,950.55 3.527 5,457.05 WIRE DRAWN............................23 5,360 3.306 1,620.84 3.000 1,786.67 COUNTRY TOTAL 121,345 55.755 2,176.36 50.581 2,399.02 United Kingdom INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 38,872 82.726 469.89 75.048 517.96 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 532,696 1,117.968 476.49 1,014.204 525.24 WIRE RODS..............................3 886,432 1,819.149 487.28 1,650.305 537.13 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,385,116 2,071.268 668.73 1,879.024 737.15 STEEL PILING...........................5 43,518 69.889 622.67 63.403 686.37 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 547,176 566.765 965.44 514.161 1,064.21 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 838,807 731.985 1,145.93 664.046 1,263.18 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 16,330 3.196 5,108.39 2.900 5,631.03 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,205,700 1,392.044 866.14 1,262.842 954.75 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 423,355 493.104 858.55 447.337 946.39 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,516 0.136 18,407.08 0.124 20,290.32 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 7,332 0.423 17,321.56 0.384 19,093.75 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,086,707 1,070.707 1,014.94 971.330 1,118.78 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 280,097 425.047 658.98 385.597 726.40 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 108,299 106.548 1,016.43 96.659 1,120.42 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 226,036 339.634 665.53 308.111 733.62 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 192,623 304.523 632.54 276.259 697.26 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,091,337 489.103 2,231.30 443.707 2,459.59 COUNTRY TOTAL 8,912,949 11,084.223 804.11 10,055.441 886.38 Ireland STANDARD PIPE.........................18 17,209 35.792 480.81 32.470 530.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 17,209 35.792 480.81 32.470 530.00 Netherlands WIRE RODS..............................3 7,158 9.346 765.85 8.479 844.20 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 3,389 1.873 1,808.50 1.700 1,993.53 WIRE DRAWN............................23 67,449 58.550 1,151.98 53.116 1,269.84 TIN PLATE.............................29 1,024,807 1,580.747 648.31 1,434.030 714.63 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 754,176 1,288.534 585.30 1,168.939 645.18 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 753,149 1,132.557 665.00 1,027.439 733.04 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,610,128 4,071.609 641.06 3,693.703 706.64 Belgium IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/03/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 2,733,953 3,930.697 695.54 3,565.870 766.70 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 296,781 385.332 770.19 349.568 848.99 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 938,224 1,374.052 682.82 1,246.520 752.67 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 6,431 3.340 1,925.45 3.030 2,122.44 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,892 1.248 2,315.60 1.133 2,552.52 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 29,456 21.579 1,364.97 19.577 1,504.62 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 18,732 8.078 2,318.65 7.329 2,555.87 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,078,881 1,029.641 1,047.82 934.075 1,155.03 BLACK PLATE...........................28 563,266 794.909 708.59 721.130 781.09 TIN PLATE.............................29 620,613 797.779 777.93 723.734 857.52 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 563,733 838.729 672.13 760.883 740.89 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,285,872 1,861.721 690.69 1,688.926 761.35 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 5,531,310 6,441.614 858.68 5,843.736 946.54 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 69,944 93.981 744.23 85.259 820.37 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 2,488,690 2,245.474 1,108.31 2,037.061 1,221.71 COUNTRY TOTAL 16,228,778 19,828.183 818.47 17,987.831 902.21 Luxembourg STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 3,209,074 4,880.329 657.55 4,427.362 724.83 STEEL PILING...........................5 3,834,325 4,718.176 812.67 4,280.259 895.82 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 5,809 7.149 812.49 6.486 895.62 WIRE DRAWN............................23 125,236 25.337 4,942.67 22.986 5,448.36 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 232,421 318.714 729.25 289.133 803.85 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 234,770 284.820 824.27 258.385 908.61 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 1,181,367 1,375.491 858.87 1,247.825 946.74 COUNTRY TOTAL 8,823,002 11,610.020 759.95 10,532.436 837.70 France PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 593,763 924.630 642.16 838.811 707.86 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 5,891 4.100 1,436.62 3.720 1,583.60 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 298,696 290.635 1,027.73 263.660 1,132.88 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 103,460 91.348 1,132.59 82.870 1,248.46 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,616,646 1,586.484 1,019.01 1,439.235 1,123.27 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 528,635 500.691 1,055.81 454.220 1,163.83 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 1,079,312 1,129.755 955.35 1,024.897 1,053.09 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 8,591 4.735 1,814.16 4.296 1,999.77 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 11,948 13.170 907.18 11.948 1,000.00 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,811,420 981.765 1,845.06 890.643 2,033.83 TIN PLATE.............................29 3,093,245 5,070.605 610.03 4,599.977 672.45 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 689,143 1,021.230 674.82 926.445 743.86 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,663,749 2,553.238 651.62 2,316.260 718.29 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 234,322 312.913 748.84 283.870 825.46 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 1,020,184 1,146.196 890.06 1,039.812 981.12 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 270,650 78.907 3,429.95 71.584 3,780.87 COUNTRY TOTAL 13,029,655 15,710.409 829.36 14,252.248 914.22 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/03/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Federal Republic of Germany BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 9,874,852 26,289.263 375.62 23,849.225 414.05 WIRE RODS..............................3 4,855,512 5,158.498 941.26 4,679.712 1,037.57 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,354,002 2,063.988 656.01 1,872.419 723.13 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 694,637 1,168.234 594.60 1,059.805 655.44 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 3,516 0.330 10,632.21 0.300 11,720.00 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 18,389 18.735 981.48 16.997 1,081.90 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 49,792 52.272 952.54 47.421 1,050.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 410,939 273.340 1,503.40 247.970 1,657.21 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 814,960 529.641 1,538.70 480.483 1,696.13 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 5,334,101 5,614.776 950.01 5,093.641 1,047.21 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 1,358,328 1,154.680 1,176.37 1,047.509 1,296.72 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 17,629 9.853 1,789.10 8.939 1,972.14 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,797,942 1,017.391 1,767.21 922.962 1,948.01 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 1,885,704 1,803.360 1,045.66 1,635.982 1,152.64 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 13,754 6.264 2,195.57 5.683 2,420.20 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 2,083,765 1,394.654 1,494.11 1,265.210 1,646.97 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,212,207 833.534 1,454.30 756.170 1,603.09 BLACK PLATE...........................28 253,330 220.206 1,150.42 199.768 1,268.12 TIN PLATE.............................29 4,716,261 8,363.681 563.90 7,587.406 621.59 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 1,380,300 2,165.805 637.31 1,964.786 702.52 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 639,782 1,145.108 558.71 1,038.825 615.87 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 335,100 462.130 725.12 419.238 799.31 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,391,905 2,995.201 464.71 2,717.202 512.26 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,552,172 2,489.624 623.46 2,258.550 687.24 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 726,821 709.978 1,023.72 644.082 1,128.46 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 97,499 144.277 675.78 130.886 744.92 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,802,183 1,134.847 1,588.04 1,029.517 1,750.51 COUNTRY TOTAL 44,675,382 67,219.683 664.62 60,980.688 732.62 Austria RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 157,032 167.662 936.60 152.101 1,032.42 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 65,252 35.225 1,852.41 31.956 2,041.93 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 9,579,215 7,525.178 1,272.96 6,826.729 1,403.19 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,916,955 3,234.183 901.91 2,934.003 994.19 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 220,705 118.863 1,856.80 107.831 2,046.77 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 225,095 182.422 1,233.92 165.491 1,360.16 WIRE DRAWN............................23 256,799 110.373 2,326.64 100.129 2,564.68 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 234,953 517.380 454.12 469.360 500.58 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 179,873 178.245 1,009.13 161.702 1,112.37 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 194,809 49.599 3,927.63 44.996 4,329.47 COUNTRY TOTAL 14,030,688 12,119.135 1,157.73 10,994.298 1,276.18 Czech Republic PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 546,990 686.446 796.84 622.734 878.37 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/03/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 742,746 1,442.869 514.77 1,308.950 567.44 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 578,078 784.315 737.05 711.519 812.46 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 244,859 331.935 737.67 301.127 813.14 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,661,381 2,312.199 718.53 2,097.593 792.04 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 146,040 185.750 786.22 168.510 866.65 WIRE DRAWN............................23 56,788 42.199 1,345.69 38.283 1,483.37 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,976,882 5,785.717 687.36 5,248.716 757.69 Slovakia PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 476,157 834.737 570.43 757.261 628.79 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 34,106 23.718 1,437.95 21.517 1,585.07 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 458,418 533.916 858.59 484.361 946.44 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 156,746 64.488 2,430.60 58.503 2,679.28 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 687,362 541.131 1,270.23 490.906 1,400.19 WIRE DRAWN............................23 46,255 25.397 1,821.26 23.040 2,007.60 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 241,870 429.717 562.86 389.833 620.45 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,100,914 2,453.106 856.43 2,225.421 944.05 Hungary PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 476,725 866.962 549.88 786.495 606.14 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 766,180 1,363.435 561.95 1,236.888 619.44 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,242,905 2,230.397 557.26 2,023.383 614.27 Switzerland STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,785 9.302 299.39 8.439 330.02 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 5,976 0.896 6,668.31 0.813 7,350.55 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,948,705 784.262 2,484.76 711.471 2,738.98 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 331,280 193.097 1,715.61 175.175 1,891.14 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,288,746 987.558 2,317.58 895.898 2,554.69 Poland STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 541,311 937.686 577.28 850.655 636.35 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 30,352 47.189 643.19 42.810 708.99 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 24,012 24.129 995.13 21.890 1,096.94 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,113,552 1,188.745 936.75 1,078.412 1,032.58 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,709,227 2,197.751 777.72 1,993.767 857.29 Russia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 32,169,236 66,676.197 482.47 60,487.646 531.83 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 42,866 58.948 727.18 53.477 801.58 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 5,322,186 10,218.753 520.83 9,270.300 574.11 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,231,469 1,581.514 778.66 1,434.726 858.33 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,781,460 2,220.467 802.29 2,014.375 884.37 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/03/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE WIRE DRAWN............................23 162,433 330.482 491.50 299.809 541.79 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 5,060,614 9,748.728 519.11 8,843.900 572.22 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 13,379,108 23,815.803 561.77 21,605.340 619.25 COUNTRY TOTAL 59,149,372 114,650.896 515.91 104,009.573 568.69 Belarus WIRE DRAWN............................23 218,122 195.210 1,117.37 177.092 1,231.69 COUNTRY TOTAL 218,122 195.210 1,117.37 177.092 1,231.69 Ukraine BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 16,275,637 34,574.702 470.74 31,365.651 518.90 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 7,413 14.700 504.27 13.336 555.86 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 855,880 1,278.040 669.68 1,159.419 738.20 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 5,301,056 6,122.222 865.87 5,553.988 954.46 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 715,061 1,081.233 661.34 980.879 729.00 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 161,260 186.240 865.87 168.955 954.46 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 169,535 253.707 668.23 230.160 736.60 COUNTRY TOTAL 23,485,842 43,510.847 539.77 39,472.388 594.99 Kazakhstan SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 189,544 175.504 1,080.00 159.215 1,190.49 COUNTRY TOTAL 189,544 175.504 1,080.00 159.215 1,190.49 Spain WIRE RODS..............................3 4,186,444 6,106.258 685.60 5,539.506 755.74 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 13,889 28.944 479.85 26.258 528.94 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 94,560 113.387 833.96 102.863 919.28 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 407,804 404.422 1,008.36 366.886 1,111.53 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 611,366 547.662 1,116.32 496.831 1,230.53 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 330,660 198.185 1,668.44 179.791 1,839.14 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 85,017 80.914 1,050.71 73.404 1,158.21 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 6,365 0.321 19,774.77 0.292 21,797.95 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 810,661 622.144 1,303.01 564.400 1,436.32 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 390,713 206.361 1,893.34 187.208 2,087.05 WIRE DRAWN............................23 15,241 21.173 719.83 19.208 793.47 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 111,126 194.977 569.94 176.881 628.25 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 393,394 663.555 592.86 601.968 653.51 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 534,537 829.169 644.67 752.210 710.62 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,991,777 10,017.478 797.78 9,087.706 879.41 Italy WIRE RODS..............................3 1,295,262 2,343.948 552.60 2,126.395 609.14 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 83,275 24.847 3,351.49 22.541 3,694.38 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/03/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 388,858 569.839 682.40 516.950 752.22 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 3,989 1.834 2,174.74 1.664 2,397.24 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 50,681 72.801 696.16 66.044 767.38 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 261,041 247.502 1,054.70 224.531 1,162.61 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 215,146 129.610 1,659.94 117.581 1,829.77 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 11,471,258 12,790.902 896.83 11,603.715 988.58 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 851,100 927.229 917.90 841.169 1,011.81 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 2,561 0.138 18,438.90 0.126 20,325.40 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 697,063 477.380 1,460.18 433.072 1,609.58 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 506,884 488.217 1,038.23 442.904 1,144.46 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 2,490 0.041 59,444.49 0.038 65,526.32 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 9,836 8.353 1,177.50 7.578 1,297.97 WIRE DRAWN............................23 316,834 248.510 1,274.93 225.445 1,405.37 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 403,686 778.563 518.50 706.301 571.55 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 48,664 19.674 2,473.51 17.848 2,726.58 COUNTRY TOTAL 16,608,628 19,129.397 868.23 17,353.902 957.05 Greece WIRE DRAWN............................23 982,427 944.287 1,040.39 856.643 1,146.83 COUNTRY TOTAL 982,427 944.287 1,040.39 856.643 1,146.83 Romania STANDARD PIPE.........................18 93,501 88.482 1,056.72 80.270 1,164.83 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,269,461 1,634.528 776.65 1,482.820 856.11 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 192,039 157.573 1,218.73 142.948 1,343.42 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 18,111 1.267 14,286.98 1.150 15,748.70 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,573,112 1,881.852 835.94 1,707.188 921.46 Bulgaria BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 531,354 1,265.049 420.03 1,147.634 463.00 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 755,135 1,797.826 420.03 1,630.961 463.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,286,489 3,062.875 420.03 2,778.595 463.00 Turkey BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 4,679,626 13,226.673 353.80 11,999.040 390.00 WIRE RODS..............................3 290,002 720.294 402.62 653.440 443.81 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 438,852 745.508 588.66 676.314 648.89 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 280,262 452.595 619.23 410.588 682.59 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 20,834 36.453 571.52 33.070 630.00 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 4,645,370 9,600.122 483.89 8,709.087 533.39 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 1,658,403 3,600.752 460.57 3,266.549 507.69 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 19,613,071 51,320.504 382.17 46,557.192 421.27 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 4,221,375 6,856.747 615.65 6,220.338 678.64 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 3,691,403 6,714.883 549.73 6,091.642 605.98 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/03/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,738,251 2,884.323 602.65 2,616.615 664.31 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 2,327,095 3,870.873 601.18 3,511.598 662.69 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 4,767,914 7,611.382 626.42 6,904.932 690.51 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 10,849,095 18,335.255 591.71 16,633.469 652.24 WIRE DRAWN............................23 58,807 65.725 894.74 59.625 986.28 COUNTRY TOTAL 59,280,360 126,042.096 470.32 114,343.499 518.44 Iran STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 7,662 11.458 668.67 10.395 737.09 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,662 11.458 668.67 10.395 737.09 Israel WIRE DRAWN............................23 413,680 501.076 825.58 454.569 910.05 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 6,700 16.412 408.23 14.889 450.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 420,380 517.488 812.35 469.458 895.46 United Arab Emirates STANDARD PIPE.........................18 926,595 1,156.367 801.30 1,049.039 883.28 WIRE DRAWN............................23 113,149 198.018 571.41 179.639 629.87 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,039,744 1,354.385 767.69 1,228.678 846.23 Oman STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,428,480 2,192.158 651.63 1,988.693 718.30 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,428,480 2,192.158 651.63 1,988.693 718.30 India BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 201,418 274.949 732.56 249.430 807.51 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 15,104 19.456 776.28 17.651 855.70 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,852,852 2,790.333 664.03 2,531.349 731.96 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,523,163 2,465.403 1,023.43 2,236.577 1,128.14 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 771,553 535.285 1,441.39 485.603 1,588.86 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 217,729 270.703 804.31 245.578 886.60 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 73,323 68.145 1,075.97 61.821 1,186.05 WIRE DRAWN............................23 527,466 723.821 728.72 656.640 803.28 BLACK PLATE...........................28 212,200 349.482 607.18 317.045 669.31 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 349,713 550.919 634.78 499.786 699.73 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 21,182,529 29,983.559 706.47 27,200.635 778.75 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 92,426 111.346 830.07 101.012 915.00 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 298,825 370.515 806.51 336.126 889.03 COUNTRY TOTAL 28,318,301 38,513.922 735.27 34,939.253 810.50 Thailand IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/03/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE WIRE RODS..............................3 155,095 221.711 699.54 201.133 771.11 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 3,993,725 7,528.189 530.50 6,829.461 584.78 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 690,611 1,379.501 500.62 1,251.463 551.84 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 245,815 502.615 489.07 455.965 539.11 WIRE DRAWN............................23 56,712 47.693 1,189.09 43.267 1,310.74 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 13,253 15.619 848.48 14.170 935.29 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 13,109 17.660 742.29 16.021 818.24 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,168,320 9,712.991 532.10 8,811.480 586.54 Vietnam OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 6,700 0.694 9,647.84 0.630 10,634.92 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 62,708 65.255 960.96 59.199 1,059.27 COUNTRY TOTAL 69,408 65.950 1,052.43 59.829 1,160.11 Malaysia PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 6,911,835 12,628.372 547.33 11,456.270 603.32 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,652,210 2,671.990 618.34 2,423.990 681.61 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 6,598 5.714 1,154.63 5.184 1,272.76 WIRE DRAWN............................23 10,349 8.581 1,205.97 7.785 1,329.35 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 44,210 61.411 719.89 55.712 793.55 COUNTRY TOTAL 8,625,202 15,376.071 560.95 13,948.941 618.34 Indonesia PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 473,788 676.717 700.13 613.908 771.76 WIRE DRAWN............................23 69,989 14.441 4,846.42 13.101 5,342.26 COUNTRY TOTAL 543,777 691.158 786.76 627.009 867.26 China BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 22,015 40.784 539.79 36.999 595.02 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,577,733 3,394.441 464.80 3,079.386 512.35 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 68,815 134.829 510.39 122.315 562.60 STEEL PILING...........................5 3,100 4.711 658.00 4.274 725.32 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 472,458 950.280 497.18 862.080 548.04 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 86,140 102.944 836.76 93.390 922.37 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 66,987 95.520 701.28 86.655 773.03 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 261,247 482.123 541.87 437.375 597.31 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 554,182 1,116.637 496.30 1,012.997 547.07 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 87,675 173.359 505.74 157.269 557.48 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 13,892,351 23,944.341 580.19 21,721.947 639.55 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 23,666,725 31,706.147 746.44 28,763.341 822.81 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 750,786 1,253.017 599.18 1,136.719 660.49 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 2,634,675 4,253.577 619.40 3,858.782 682.77 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 962,873 1,833.088 525.27 1,662.950 579.02 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,539,965 3,306.735 768.12 2,999.821 846.71 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/03/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 4,013 1.433 2,800.41 1.300 3,086.92 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 3,980,479 6,829.120 582.87 6,195.276 642.50 WIRE DRAWN............................23 6,846,157 11,265.948 607.69 10,220.299 669.86 TIN PLATE.............................29 404,323 511.698 790.16 464.205 871.00 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,834,955 4,781.627 592.88 4,337.821 653.54 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 3,629,028 5,191.932 698.97 4,710.043 770.49 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 131,686 175.906 748.61 159.580 825.20 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 69,796 63.192 1,104.50 57.327 1,217.51 COUNTRY TOTAL 65,548,164 101,613.399 645.07 92,182.151 711.07 Korea, South WIRE RODS..............................3 105,632 104.252 1,013.24 94.576 1,116.90 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 904,441 2,106.678 429.32 1,911.147 473.25 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 4,499,770 7,542.134 596.62 6,842.111 657.66 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 65,252 114.001 572.38 103.420 630.94 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 7,120 4.000 1,779.87 3.629 1,961.97 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 18,302 24.599 744.01 22.316 820.13 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 3,878,798 5,951.114 651.78 5,398.762 718.46 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 118,276 167.441 706.37 151.900 778.64 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 2,001,733 5,516.331 362.87 5,004.333 400.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 52,191 84.717 616.06 76.854 679.09 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 3,830,432 5,481.890 698.74 4,973.089 770.23 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 6,756,218 9,848.013 686.05 8,933.970 756.24 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 4,332,639 4,981.115 869.81 4,518.793 958.80 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 1,489,688 2,180.452 683.20 1,978.074 753.10 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 3,362,038 5,013.339 670.62 4,548.026 739.23 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 3,530,379 5,346.662 660.30 4,850.412 727.85 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 60,898 14.660 4,153.82 13.300 4,578.80 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 5,624,596 9,467.280 594.11 8,588.575 654.89 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 474,232 705.720 671.98 640.219 740.73 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,745,246 2,725.111 1,007.39 2,472.180 1,110.46 TIN PLATE.............................29 247,818 299.723 826.82 271.905 911.41 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 120,565 136.265 884.78 123.618 975.30 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 30,370,393 62,017.114 489.71 56,260.996 539.81 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 6,435,477 11,783.815 546.13 10,690.101 602.00 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 19,604,990 25,235.935 776.87 22,893.662 856.35 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 588,124 777.041 756.88 704.920 834.31 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 5,704,981 7,048.595 809.38 6,394.380 892.19 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 967,531 992.227 975.11 900.134 1,074.87 COUNTRY TOTAL 107,897,760 175,670.235 614.21 159,365.402 677.05 Taiwan BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 33,548 36.852 910.33 33.432 1,003.47 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,113,988 1,743.960 638.77 1,582.095 704.12 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,204,470 1,856.924 648.64 1,684.574 715.00 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B 25,054 42.054 595.75 38.151 656.71 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/03/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 1,798,954 2,883.128 623.96 2,615.531 687.80 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 17,112 9.526 1,796.31 8.642 1,980.10 WIRE DRAWN............................23 928,419 1,039.565 893.08 943.078 984.46 BLACK PLATE...........................28 157,627 264.295 596.40 239.765 657.42 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 14,757,695 25,772.325 572.62 23,380.267 631.20 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 15,282,114 19,833.979 770.50 17,993.089 849.33 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 7,103,467 8,488.103 836.87 7,700.280 922.49 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 10,843 13.707 791.04 12.435 871.97 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 178,896 80.510 2,222.02 73.038 2,449.36 COUNTRY TOTAL 42,612,187 62,064.934 686.57 56,304.377 756.82 Japan BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 295,178 402.236 733.84 364.903 808.92 WIRE RODS..............................3 2,990,551 5,688.397 525.73 5,160.429 579.52 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 543,505 912.272 595.77 827.600 656.72 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 355,601 519.403 684.63 471.195 754.68 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 30,015 59.646 503.22 54.110 554.70 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 8,395,570 13,215.209 635.30 11,988.640 700.29 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 481,830 556.816 865.33 505.136 953.86 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,148,535 2,144.316 535.62 1,945.292 590.42 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 968,584 2,399.282 403.70 2,176.593 445.00 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 2,121,577 5,464.104 388.28 4,956.954 428.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 38,990 50.932 765.53 46.205 843.85 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,125,978 1,388.875 810.71 1,259.967 893.66 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 33,000 79.201 416.66 71.850 459.29 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 7,363,395 9,971.215 738.47 9,045.737 814.02 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 491,337 586.997 837.03 532.515 922.67 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,483,002 1,236.235 2,008.52 1,121.494 2,214.01 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 170,288 129.959 1,310.32 117.897 1,444.38 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 126,499 60.417 2,093.74 54.810 2,307.95 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 1,766,915 2,459.326 718.45 2,231.064 791.96 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 49,504 123.030 402.37 111.611 443.54 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,954,049 3,215.587 918.67 2,917.133 1,012.65 BLACK PLATE...........................28 515,066 616.420 835.58 559.207 921.07 TIN PLATE.............................29 224,079 326.981 685.29 296.633 755.41 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 1,387,413 1,945.662 713.08 1,765.076 786.04 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 27,518 31.735 867.10 28.790 955.82 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,774,837 2,548.894 696.32 2,312.319 767.56 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 53,688 58.157 923.14 52.760 1,017.59 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 231,479 309.139 748.78 280.447 825.39 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 959,781 813.267 1,180.15 737.784 1,300.90 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 572,904 461.917 1,240.27 419.045 1,367.17 COUNTRY TOTAL 39,680,668 57,775.642 686.81 52,413.196 757.07 Australia MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 48,569 61.187 793.78 55.508 874.99 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/03/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 2,285 3.327 686.62 3.019 756.87 WIRE DRAWN............................23 42,357 60.283 702.63 54.688 774.52 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 9,973,306 17,432.409 572.11 15,814.420 630.65 COUNTRY TOTAL 10,066,517 17,557.207 573.36 15,927.635 632.02 New Zealand PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 24,701 33.990 726.70 30.836 801.04 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 449,708 732.926 613.58 664.900 676.35 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 854,898 1,404.564 608.66 1,274.200 670.93 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 271,635 436.382 622.47 395.880 686.15 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,600,942 2,607.865 613.89 2,365.816 676.70 Egypt PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 5,296,221 10,046.717 527.16 9,114.231 581.09 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,137,563 1,481.496 767.85 1,343.991 846.41 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 35,797,571 67,085.216 533.61 60,858.702 588.21 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 163,082 278.708 585.14 252.840 645.00 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 6,947 10.868 639.17 9.860 704.56 COUNTRY TOTAL 42,401,384 78,903.006 537.39 71,579.624 592.37 South Africa BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 4,270,676 10,909.880 391.45 9,897.280 431.50 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 3,379 10.863 311.05 9.855 342.87 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 3,244,088 4,506.018 719.95 4,087.792 793.60 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 29,907 61.257 488.22 55.572 538.17 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A 31,619 48.484 652.15 43.984 718.88 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C 15,451 23.639 653.62 21.445 720.49 WIRE DRAWN............................23 825,006 1,182.677 697.57 1,072.907 768.94 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 4,019,877 5,705.605 704.55 5,176.040 776.63 COUNTRY TOTAL 12,440,003 22,448.425 554.16 20,364.875 610.86 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 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 144,850 39.324 3,683.41 35.675 4,060.27 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,340 0.334 7,005.98 0.303 7,722.77 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 144,158 27.694 5,205.30 25.124 5,737.86 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 60,110 7.821 7,684.74 7.096 8,470.97 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 8,663,249 1,648.977 5,253.71 1,495.928 5,791.22 WIRE DRAWN............................23 210,354 34.657 6,069.46 31.441 6,690.44 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 213,278 74.780 2,852.04 67.840 3,143.84 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 83,778 25.301 3,311.21 22.953 3,649.98 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 312,977 88.730 3,527.28 80.495 3,888.15 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,835,094 1,947.623 5,049.79 1,766.855 5,566.44 Mexico BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 2,910 0.038 75,425.95 0.035 83,142.86 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 19,800 9.743 2,032.16 8.839 2,240.07 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 4,499 2.538 1,772.22 2.303 1,953.54 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 311,309 98.902 3,147.63 89.723 3,469.67 WIRE DRAWN............................23 41,033 8.047 5,098.55 7.301 5,620.19 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 17,521,056 8,355.411 2,096.97 7,579.904 2,311.51 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,641,303 797.827 2,057.22 723.777 2,267.69 COUNTRY TOTAL 19,541,910 9,272.510 2,107.51 8,411.882 2,323.13 Costa Rica BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 7,920 5.456 1,451.50 4.950 1,600.00 COUNTRY TOTAL 7,920 5.456 1,451.50 4.950 1,600.00 Trinidad and Tobago BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 53,185 66.653 797.93 60.467 879.57 COUNTRY TOTAL 53,185 66.653 797.93 60.467 879.57 Brazil PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 8,245 2.360 3,493.57 2.141 3,851.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 22,851 2.436 9,380.13 2.210 10,339.82 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 192,015 72.540 2,646.99 65.808 2,917.81 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 207,402 193.786 1,070.26 175.800 1,179.76 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,624,515 1,635.812 2,215.73 1,483.985 2,442.42 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,055,028 1,906.936 2,126.46 1,729.944 2,344.02 Sweden IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/03/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 7,539,991 2,557.499 2,948.19 2,320.125 3,249.82 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,273,267 403.418 3,156.20 365.975 3,479.11 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 166,534 48.725 3,417.80 44.203 3,767.48 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 3,034,391 967.233 3,137.18 877.460 3,458.15 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 66,637 9.139 7,291.29 8.291 8,037.27 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,071,055 373.810 2,865.24 339.115 3,158.38 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,998,825 235.081 8,502.71 213.262 9,372.63 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,076,520 341.400 6,082.37 309.713 6,704.66 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,628,607 766.683 3,428.54 695.524 3,779.32 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 3,027,229 547.863 5,525.51 497.014 6,090.83 COUNTRY TOTAL 22,883,056 6,250.855 3,660.79 5,670.682 4,035.33 Finland PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 143,512 51.742 2,773.58 46.940 3,057.35 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 192,670 68.625 2,807.56 62.256 3,094.80 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 24,847 11.001 2,258.60 9.980 2,489.68 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,754,139 810.366 3,398.64 735.152 3,746.35 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,015,930 327.041 3,106.43 296.687 3,424.25 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,131,098 1,268.776 3,255.97 1,151.015 3,589.09 Denmark STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 5,877 0.882 6,656.09 0.801 7,337.08 WIRE DRAWN............................23 38,848 0.763 50,854.72 0.693 56,057.72 COUNTRY TOTAL 44,725 1.646 27,157.86 1.494 29,936.41 United Kingdom INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 380,561 78.840 4,826.97 71.523 5,320.82 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 13,992,562 6,660.817 2,100.73 6,042.594 2,315.65 WIRE RODS..............................3 2,143,469 842.306 2,544.76 764.128 2,805.12 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 23,960 4.597 5,211.26 4.171 5,744.43 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 967,226 239.522 4,038.15 217.291 4,451.29 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 145,474 42.787 3,399.93 38.816 3,747.78 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 801,543 265.494 3,019.05 240.853 3,327.93 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 186,278 3.041 61,249.95 2.759 67,516.49 WIRE DRAWN............................23 564,075 144.205 3,911.61 130.821 4,311.81 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 81,550 6.871 11,867.33 6.234 13,081.49 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 320,186 73.130 4,378.28 66.343 4,826.22 COUNTRY TOTAL 19,606,884 8,361.616 2,344.87 7,585.533 2,584.77 Ireland STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 3,596 1.215 2,957.60 1.103 3,260.20 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,596 1.215 2,957.60 1.103 3,260.20 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/03/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Netherlands STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 2,429 0.621 3,907.01 0.564 4,306.74 WIRE DRAWN............................23 16,414 0.660 24,858.99 0.599 27,402.34 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 155,674 29.934 5,200.51 27.156 5,732.58 COUNTRY TOTAL 174,517 31.216 5,590.56 28.319 6,162.54 Belgium BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 3,313 2.282 1,451.23 2.071 1,599.71 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 4,553,303 1,317.089 3,457.09 1,194.844 3,810.79 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,050,961 404.228 2,599.92 366.710 2,865.92 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 7,608 1.873 4,059.92 1.700 4,475.29 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 15,996 3.940 4,059.11 3.575 4,474.41 WIRE DRAWN............................23 74,903 6.337 11,819.60 5.749 13,028.87 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 29,319 10.251 2,859.97 9.300 3,152.58 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 5,231,417 1,786.976 2,927.52 1,621.118 3,227.04 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 567,941 207.978 2,730.77 188.675 3,010.16 COUNTRY TOTAL 11,534,761 3,740.959 3,083.37 3,393.742 3,398.83 Luxembourg BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 6,356 4.379 1,451.31 3.973 1,599.80 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,356 4.379 1,451.31 3.973 1,599.80 France WIRE RODS..............................3 339,532 128.780 2,636.51 116.828 2,906.26 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,269,904 333.897 6,798.20 302.907 7,493.73 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 98,197 9.375 10,474.17 8.505 11,545.80 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 13,758 1.485 9,258.94 1.348 10,206.23 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,693,326 497.733 3,402.08 451.536 3,750.15 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 3,127,908 556.379 5,621.90 504.739 6,197.08 WIRE DRAWN............................23 284,015 65.001 4,369.39 58.968 4,816.43 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,872,638 786.574 2,380.75 713.569 2,624.33 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 2,457 0.308 7,960.55 0.280 8,775.00 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 550,820 163.318 3,372.68 148.160 3,717.74 COUNTRY TOTAL 10,252,555 2,542.855 4,031.91 2,306.840 4,444.42 Federal Republic of Germany INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 32,920 18.289 1,799.94 16.592 1,984.09 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 97,126 53.100 1,829.10 48.172 2,016.23 WIRE RODS..............................3 337,089 150.811 2,235.17 136.814 2,463.85 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 15,352 5.044 3,043.51 4.576 3,354.90 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,150,573 472.723 2,433.92 428.848 2,682.94 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,400,500 1,077.839 2,227.14 977.800 2,455.00 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 213,215 66.770 3,193.26 60.573 3,519.97 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 4,126 0.514 8,015.09 0.467 8,835.12 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/03/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,956,541 763.180 2,563.67 692.346 2,825.96 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 2,073,950 234.861 8,830.52 213.063 9,733.98 WIRE DRAWN............................23 853,030 164.096 5,198.34 148.866 5,730.19 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 120,411 55.416 2,172.84 50.273 2,395.14 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 7,128,412 2,744.852 2,597.01 2,490.089 2,862.71 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 50,560 12.964 3,899.95 11.761 4,298.95 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 546,481 160.109 3,413.17 145.249 3,762.37 COUNTRY TOTAL 16,980,286 5,980.576 2,839.24 5,425.489 3,129.72 Austria WIRE RODS..............................3 6,752 2.396 2,817.53 2.174 3,105.80 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 43,896 12.504 3,510.38 11.344 3,869.53 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,153,709 445.958 2,587.03 404.567 2,851.71 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 136,712 42.340 3,228.84 38.411 3,559.19 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 705,259 123.760 5,698.56 112.274 6,281.59 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 49,542 11.758 4,213.35 10.667 4,644.42 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 22,311 3.417 6,529.10 3.100 7,197.10 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,118,181 642.136 3,298.64 582.537 3,636.13 Czech Republic BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 33,333 7.440 4,479.88 6.750 4,938.22 COUNTRY TOTAL 33,333 7.440 4,479.88 6.750 4,938.22 Switzerland BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 338,638 104.543 3,239.22 94.840 3,570.62 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 258,811 20.125 12,859.54 18.258 14,175.21 WIRE DRAWN............................23 104,204 36.969 2,818.66 33.538 3,107.04 COUNTRY TOTAL 701,653 161.638 4,340.88 146.636 4,785.00 Latvia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 156,542 53.107 2,947.66 48.178 3,249.24 COUNTRY TOTAL 156,542 53.107 2,947.66 48.178 3,249.24 Poland BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 57,841 21.253 2,721.46 19.281 2,999.90 COUNTRY TOTAL 57,841 21.253 2,721.46 19.281 2,999.90 Russia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 2,400 2.011 1,193.01 1.825 1,315.07 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,400 2.011 1,193.01 1.825 1,315.07 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/03/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Ukraine BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 175,117 71.484 2,449.71 64.850 2,700.34 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 85,647 15.297 5,598.62 13.878 6,171.42 COUNTRY TOTAL 260,764 86.782 3,004.79 78.728 3,312.21 Spain BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 16,037,658 7,033.208 2,280.28 6,380.421 2,513.57 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 6,140 0.201 30,437.79 0.183 33,551.91 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 5,324,644 657.172 8,102.35 596.177 8,931.31 WIRE DRAWN............................23 531,906 91.938 5,785.47 83.405 6,377.39 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 248,624 151.944 1,636.28 137.842 1,803.69 COUNTRY TOTAL 22,148,972 7,934.465 2,791.49 7,198.028 3,077.09 Portugal BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 185,770 58.494 3,175.87 53.065 3,500.80 COUNTRY TOTAL 185,770 58.494 3,175.87 53.065 3,500.80 Italy INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 4,010,112 1,849.846 2,167.81 1,678.153 2,389.60 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 2,150,244 942.070 2,282.47 854.632 2,515.99 WIRE RODS..............................3 525,704 202.640 2,594.28 183.832 2,859.70 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 12,509 4.725 2,647.07 4.287 2,917.89 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 922,534 389.493 2,368.55 353.343 2,610.87 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,885,172 455.525 6,333.72 413.246 6,981.73 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 1,241,669 397.107 3,126.78 360.250 3,446.69 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 4,519,846 1,199.465 3,768.22 1,088.137 4,153.75 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 251,461 73.181 3,436.14 66.389 3,787.69 WIRE DRAWN............................23 267,516 67.511 3,962.55 61.245 4,367.96 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 209,296 98.694 2,120.65 89.534 2,337.61 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 11,800,320 4,727.592 2,496.05 4,288.801 2,751.43 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 53,873 8.025 6,712.37 7.281 7,399.12 COUNTRY TOTAL 28,850,256 10,415.879 2,769.83 9,449.130 3,053.22 Slovenia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 299,878 140.807 2,129.71 127.738 2,347.60 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 90,986 84.646 1,074.89 76.790 1,184.87 COUNTRY TOTAL 390,864 225.453 1,733.68 204.528 1,911.05 Saudi Arabia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 292,334 132.556 2,205.36 120.253 2,430.99 COUNTRY TOTAL 292,334 132.556 2,205.36 120.253 2,430.99 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/03/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE United Arab Emirates BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 265,338 98.215 2,701.58 89.100 2,977.98 COUNTRY TOTAL 265,338 98.215 2,701.58 89.100 2,977.98 India INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 53,625 20.028 2,677.37 18.170 2,951.29 WIRE RODS..............................3 190,209 57.453 3,310.66 52.121 3,649.37 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 255,244 89.682 2,846.07 81.359 3,137.26 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 202,007 62.730 3,220.25 56.908 3,549.71 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 1,601,477 659.709 2,427.55 598.479 2,675.91 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 3,478,906 1,360.610 2,556.87 1,234.325 2,818.47 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 407,021 73.806 5,514.72 66.956 6,078.93 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,037,885 794.735 2,564.23 720.972 2,826.58 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,166,856 464.736 2,510.79 421.602 2,767.67 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 615,969 208.883 2,948.86 189.496 3,250.56 COUNTRY TOTAL 10,009,199 3,792.377 2,639.29 3,440.388 2,909.32 Thailand SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 491,335 214.389 2,291.79 194.491 2,526.26 COUNTRY TOTAL 491,335 214.389 2,291.79 194.491 2,526.26 Malaysia STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 625,607 204.111 3,065.02 185.167 3,378.61 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 46,569 10.129 4,597.53 9.189 5,067.91 COUNTRY TOTAL 672,176 214.240 3,137.48 194.356 3,458.48 Singapore STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 198,207 68.396 2,897.92 62.048 3,194.41 COUNTRY TOTAL 198,207 68.396 2,897.92 62.048 3,194.41 Indonesia STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 118,950 52.287 2,274.94 47.434 2,507.69 COUNTRY TOTAL 118,950 52.287 2,274.94 47.434 2,507.69 China BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 119,071 30.665 3,882.94 27.819 4,280.20 WIRE RODS..............................3 524,275 338.359 1,549.46 306.955 1,707.99 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 85,541 34.414 2,485.63 31.220 2,739.94 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 4,590 3.766 1,218.61 3.417 1,343.28 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 58,897 21.541 2,734.14 19.542 3,013.87 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,862,087 299.232 6,222.88 271.459 6,859.55 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 5,642,970 1,578.888 3,574.01 1,432.344 3,939.68 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/03/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,589,754 525.277 3,026.50 476.524 3,336.15 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 13,644,462 5,758.472 2,369.46 5,224.000 2,611.88 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 19,189 1.586 12,097.27 1.439 13,334.95 COUNTRY TOTAL 23,550,836 8,592.204 2,740.95 7,794.719 3,021.38 Korea, South WIRE RODS..............................3 666,138 326.636 2,039.38 296.320 2,248.04 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 509,252 187.704 2,713.05 170.283 2,990.62 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 10,807 2.449 4,412.22 2.222 4,863.64 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 5,651,250 1,560.078 3,622.41 1,415.280 3,993.03 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,293,185 769.271 2,980.98 697.872 3,285.97 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,595,029 754.969 2,112.71 684.897 2,328.86 COUNTRY TOTAL 10,725,661 3,601.111 2,978.43 3,266.874 3,283.16 Taiwan WIRE RODS..............................3 1,994,664 820.525 2,430.96 744.368 2,679.67 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 754,550 213.983 3,526.20 194.123 3,886.97 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 655,132 233.396 2,806.95 211.734 3,094.13 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 14,312 1.666 8,587.06 1.512 9,465.61 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 5,155,296 1,680.082 3,068.48 1,524.146 3,382.42 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 3,825,477 1,141.940 3,349.98 1,035.951 3,692.72 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,050,988 406.704 2,584.16 368.956 2,848.55 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,725 0.236 11,498.04 0.215 12,674.42 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 5,976,981 2,094.878 2,853.14 1,900.442 3,145.05 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 113,319 51.966 2,180.63 47.143 2,403.73 COUNTRY TOTAL 19,543,444 6,645.381 2,940.91 6,028.590 3,241.79 Japan BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 45,404 7.210 6,297.18 6.541 6,941.45 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 62,564 21.789 2,871.31 19.767 3,165.07 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 34,177 0.579 58,944.60 0.526 64,975.29 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 5,041 0.089 56,458.27 0.081 62,234.57 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 67,730 16.354 4,141.24 14.837 4,564.94 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 7,809,356 2,321.970 3,363.24 2,106.457 3,707.34 WIRE DRAWN............................23 774,571 98.412 7,870.69 89.278 8,675.94 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 26,793 10.884 2,461.64 9.874 2,713.49 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 437,906 201.498 2,173.25 182.796 2,395.60 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,747,773 252.665 10,875.16 229.214 11,987.81 COUNTRY TOTAL 12,011,315 2,931.453 4,097.39 2,659.371 4,516.60 South Africa SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 18,778 14.317 1,311.50 12.989 1,445.68 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,716,933 1,128.782 2,406.96 1,024.015 2,653.22 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL FEBUARY - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 21/03/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 2,735,711 1,143.100 2,393.24 1,037.004 2,638.09 GRAND TOTAL 254,632,053 88,477.656 2,877.92 80,265.602 3,172.37