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RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 3,916,482 8,425.039 464.86 7,643.069 512.42 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 24,634,778 25,351.918 971.71 22,998.880 1,071.13 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 69,957,740 118,878.134 588.48 107,844.459 648.69 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 17,054,827 24,045.526 709.27 21,813.741 781.84 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 50,155,873 65,351.905 767.47 59,286.268 845.99 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 11,171,242 14,372.948 777.24 13,038.923 856.76 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 44,779,910 69,565.145 643.71 63,108.456 709.57 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 4,901,884 4,466.254 1,097.54 4,051.719 1,209.83 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 54,383 52.968 1,026.71 48.052 1,131.75 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 90,901,399 91,870.933 989.45 83,343.932 1,090.68 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 5,839,532 1,176.331 4,964.19 1,067.150 5,472.08 Stainless Steel Bar 443,362 85.542 5,182.94 77.603 5,713.21 Stainless Steel Wire 227,862 28.645 7,954.48 25.987 8,768.31 COUNTRY TOTAL 324,039,274 423,671.292 764.84 384,348.240 843.09 Mexico Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 116,550,496 225,268.493 517.38 204,360.197 570.32 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 94,111 143.775 654.57 130.431 721.54 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 13,277,764 22,580.309 588.02 20,484.518 648.19 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 13,865,882 22,168.998 625.46 20,111.383 689.45 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 22,659,697 24,413.803 928.15 22,147.836 1,023.11 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 15,551 17.491 889.06 15.868 980.02 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 13,526,599 22,952.255 589.34 20,821.942 649.63 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 264,115 236.111 1,118.60 214.197 1,233.05 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 7,932,222 19,231.957 412.45 17,446.943 454.65 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 17,123,824 18,877.302 907.11 17,125.206 999.92 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 3,143,961 1,538.004 2,044.18 1,395.255 2,253.32 Stainless Steel Bar 43,105 18.084 2,383.53 16.406 2,627.39 COUNTRY TOTAL 208,497,327 357,446.588 583.30 324,270.182 642.97 Guatemala Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 860,631 1,213.181 709.40 1,100.580 781.98 COUNTRY TOTAL 860,631 1,213.181 709.40 1,100.580 781.98 Costa Rica Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 180,038 225.087 799.86 204.196 881.69 COUNTRY TOTAL 180,038 225.087 799.86 204.196 881.69 Dominican Republic Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 3,377 12.014 281.09 10.899 309.84 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 3,594,018 8,078.712 444.88 7,328.887 490.39 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 153,258 331.366 462.50 300.611 509.82 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 3,750,653 8,422.093 445.33 7,640.397 490.90 Trinidad and Tobago Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 14,413 21.486 670.80 19.492 739.43 Stainless Steel Bar 79,257 133.035 595.76 120.688 656.71 COUNTRY TOTAL 93,670 154.521 606.19 140.180 668.21 Colombia Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 358,886 378.701 947.68 343.552 1,044.63 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 2,510,587 2,926.140 857.99 2,654.551 945.77 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,869,473 3,304.841 868.26 2,998.103 957.10 Venezuela Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 19,754,241 43,440.569 454.74 39,408.633 501.27 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 106,225 179.554 591.60 162.889 652.13 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 2,129,311 3,379.635 630.04 3,065.955 694.50 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 486,823 614.621 792.07 557.575 873.11 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 736,354 944.509 779.62 856.845 859.38 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 39,176 31.540 1,242.09 28.613 1,369.17 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 1,582,023 2,431.660 650.59 2,205.966 717.16 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 110,709 37.125 2,981.99 33.680 3,287.08 COUNTRY TOTAL 24,944,862 51,059.217 488.55 46,320.156 538.53 Chile Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 3,975,566 7,110.192 559.14 6,450.260 616.34 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 99,906 147.394 677.81 133.714 747.16 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,075,472 7,257.586 561.55 6,583.974 619.00 Brazil Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 44,392,846 107,387.351 413.39 97,420.194 455.68 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 1,319,805 989.220 1,334.19 897.406 1,470.69 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 8,439,763 13,390.382 630.29 12,147.554 694.77 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 7,921,142 11,315.004 700.06 10,264.802 771.68 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 610,116 542.275 1,125.10 491.944 1,240.21 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 126,148 64.013 1,970.65 58.072 2,172.27 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 5,760,334 15,889.482 362.52 14,414.700 399.62 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 1,128,348 1,588.358 710.39 1,440.935 783.07 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 59,503 81.308 731.82 73.762 806.69 Stainless Steel Bar 51,664 22.901 2,255.91 20.776 2,486.72 Stainless Steel Wire 8,795 2.407 3,653.25 2.184 4,027.01 COUNTRY TOTAL 69,818,464 151,272.705 461.54 137,232.329 508.76 Argentina Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 1,251,014 2,124.957 588.72 1,927.730 648.96 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 2,840,588 4,054.520 700.60 3,678.200 772.28 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 1,580,326 2,057.103 768.23 1,866.173 846.83 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 222,072 353.506 628.20 320.696 692.47 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 8,611 0.881 9,764.71 0.800 10,763.75 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,902,611 8,590.969 687.07 7,793.599 757.37 Sweden Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 545,015 490.223 1,111.77 444.723 1,225.52 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 7,864,080 11,790.714 666.97 10,696.359 735.21 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 5,800,185 6,774.295 856.20 6,145.539 943.80 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 791,591 252.927 3,129.72 229.452 3,449.92 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 2,541,400 931.583 2,728.04 845.119 3,007.15 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 1,158,943 967.086 1,198.39 877.326 1,320.99 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 138,338 104.635 1,322.09 94.924 1,457.36 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 127,079 3.885 32,704.73 3.525 36,050.78 Stainless Steel Bar 1,170,636 319.716 3,661.48 290.042 4,036.09 Stainless Steel Rod 1,309,628 406.185 3,224.22 368.485 3,554.09 Stainless Steel Wire 2,100,795 359.042 5,851.10 325.718 6,449.74 COUNTRY TOTAL 23,547,690 22,400.295 1,051.22 20,321.212 1,158.77 Norway Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 82,182 92.212 891.22 83.654 982.40 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 1,598,817 1,962.858 814.53 1,780.676 897.87 Stainless Steel Bar 6,426 0.543 11,824.69 0.493 13,034.48 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,687,425 2,055.614 820.89 1,864.823 904.87 Finland Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 1,481,049 3,533.391 419.16 3,205.440 462.04 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 360,424 298.858 1,206.00 271.120 1,329.39 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 344,160 426.803 806.37 387.190 888.87 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 555,279 189.930 2,923.59 172.302 3,222.71 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 9,545 0.609 15,658.37 0.553 17,260.40 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,750,457 4,449.594 618.14 4,036.605 681.38 Denmark Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 10,799 1.176 9,181.53 1.067 10,120.90 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 14,607 1.473 9,911.18 1.337 10,925.21 Stainless Steel Wire 59,112 3.421 17,276.26 3.104 19,043.81 COUNTRY TOTAL 84,518 6.071 13,920.38 5.508 15,344.59 United Kingdom Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 312,675 595.005 525.50 539.780 579.26 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 281,361 134.411 2,093.28 121.936 2,307.45 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 145,216 251.105 578.31 227.799 637.47 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 1,817,701 1,095.686 1,658.96 993.990 1,828.69 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 658,384 797.716 825.34 723.676 909.78 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 149,076 234.753 635.03 212.965 700.00 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 6,904,846 8,251.513 836.80 7,485.649 922.41 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 3,126,327 2,262.452 1,381.83 2,052.463 1,523.21 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 566,099 740.281 764.71 671.572 842.95 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 326,003 24.460 13,327.85 22.190 14,691.44 Stainless Steel Bar 1,400,757 274.226 5,108.03 248.774 5,630.64 Stainless Steel Rod 3,045,194 1,121.237 2,715.92 1,017.170 2,993.79 Stainless Steel Wire 1,091,285 145.953 7,476.93 132.407 8,241.90 COUNTRY TOTAL 19,824,924 15,928.802 1,244.60 14,450.371 1,371.93 Ireland Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 2,300 0.002 1,043,262.75 0.002 1,150,000.00 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 14,770 0.009 1,488,791.38 0.009 1,641,111.11 COUNTRY TOTAL 17,070 0.012 1,407,786.17 0.011 1,551,818.18 Netherlands Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 350,363 660.084 530.78 598.819 585.09 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 843,878 1,683.961 501.13 1,527.665 552.40 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 81,455 117.874 691.03 106.934 761.73 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 1,837,920 3,067.136 599.23 2,782.460 660.54 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 525,671 382.282 1,375.08 346.801 1,515.77 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 14,556 10.002 1,455.26 9.074 1,604.14 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 3,060 0.112 27,215.55 0.102 30,000.00 Stainless Steel Wire 2,963 0.020 141,473.11 0.019 155,947.37 COUNTRY TOTAL 3,659,866 5,921.475 618.07 5,371.874 681.30 Belgium Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 2,516,171 1,602.623 1,570.03 1,453.876 1,730.66 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 823,168 1,243.389 662.04 1,127.984 729.77 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 774,369 1,162.254 666.26 1,054.380 734.43 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 3,964,149 3,982.788 995.32 3,613.126 1,097.15 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 1,587,642 2,123.176 747.77 1,926.114 824.27 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 24,045 21.038 1,142.89 19.086 1,259.82 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 19,576 18.759 1,043.55 17.018 1,150.31 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 115,618 69.946 1,652.96 63.454 1,822.08 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 30,509 1.997 15,274.45 1.812 16,837.20 Stainless Steel Bar 6,512 1.754 3,710.80 1.592 4,090.45 Stainless Steel Wire 61,342 5.379 11,403.39 4.880 12,570.08 COUNTRY TOTAL 9,923,101 10,233.107 969.71 9,283.322 1,068.92 Luxembourg Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 104,714 147.136 711.68 133.480 784.49 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 1,106,499 1,377.672 803.17 1,249.804 885.34 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 1,032,300 1,441.867 715.95 1,308.041 789.20 COUNTRY TOTAL 2,243,513 2,966.677 756.24 2,691.325 833.61 France Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 1,031,894 814.384 1,267.09 738.797 1,396.72 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 11,757,572 18,186.353 646.51 16,498.387 712.65 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 617,507 242.881 2,542.43 220.338 2,802.54 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 2,183,009 2,330.207 936.83 2,113.929 1,032.68 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 9,253,967 14,529.096 636.93 13,180.578 702.09 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 2,500,581 2,239.552 1,116.55 2,031.688 1,230.79 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 2,131,659 1,601.875 1,330.73 1,453.197 1,466.88 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 355,900 574.662 619.32 521.325 682.68 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 645,910 234.079 2,759.37 212.353 3,041.68 Stainless Steel Bar 2,110,859 475.489 4,439.34 431.357 4,893.53 Stainless Steel Rod 1,006,743 235.076 4,282.62 213.258 4,720.77 Stainless Steel Wire 457,191 90.872 5,031.14 82.438 5,545.88 COUNTRY TOTAL 34,052,792 41,554.528 819.47 37,697.645 903.31 Federal Republic of Germany Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 1,980,101 2,340.834 845.90 2,123.570 932.44 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 2,525,838 2,284.945 1,105.43 2,072.868 1,218.52 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 6,756,391 10,226.804 660.66 9,277.604 728.25 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 6,037,722 4,930.268 1,224.62 4,472.666 1,349.92 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 11,021,753 15,688.378 702.54 14,232.262 774.42 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 5,648,635 9,926.871 569.02 9,005.509 627.24 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 4,195,446 3,751.034 1,118.48 3,402.882 1,232.91 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 596,334 398.492 1,496.48 361.506 1,649.58 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 1,802,203 1,016.026 1,773.78 921.724 1,955.25 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 1,165,309 84.357 13,813.91 76.528 15,227.22 Stainless Steel Bar 1,755,589 582.035 3,016.29 528.014 3,324.89 Stainless Steel Rod 258,764 85.863 3,013.67 77.894 3,322.00 Stainless Steel Wire 1,260,240 216.455 5,822.17 196.365 6,417.84 COUNTRY TOTAL 45,004,325 51,532.369 873.32 46,749.392 962.67 Austria Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 652,018 620.065 1,051.53 562.514 1,159.11 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 1,551,014 2,630.312 589.67 2,386.180 650.00 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 1,136,460 212.717 5,342.58 192.974 5,889.19 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 240,939 225.943 1,066.37 204.973 1,175.47 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 1,204,256 259.400 4,642.46 235.324 5,117.44 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 11,162 0.515 21,636.75 0.468 23,850.43 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 304,339 173.505 1,754.06 157.402 1,933.51 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 460,046 131.873 3,488.53 119.634 3,845.45 Stainless Steel Bar 1,188,065 427.231 2,780.85 387.578 3,065.36 Stainless Steel Rod 38,717 13.254 2,921.11 12.024 3,219.98 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,787,016 4,694.820 1,445.64 4,259.071 1,593.54 Czech Republic Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 23,574 30.216 780.17 27.412 859.99 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 892,478 1,232.963 723.85 1,118.526 797.91 Stainless Steel Bar 24,898 6.889 3,613.93 6.250 3,983.68 COUNTRY TOTAL 940,950 1,270.069 740.86 1,152.188 816.66 Hungary Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 4,402 10.279 428.25 9.325 472.06 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE COUNTRY TOTAL 4,402 10.279 428.25 9.325 472.06 Switzerland Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 273,450 150.486 1,817.11 136.519 2,003.02 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 5,705 10.480 544.33 9.508 600.02 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 33,936 30.379 1,117.06 27.560 1,231.35 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 2,404 1.111 2,163.56 1.008 2,384.92 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 2,202,418 900.398 2,446.05 816.828 2,696.31 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 61,138 19.721 3,100.08 17.891 3,417.25 Stainless Steel Bar 1,373,207 261.285 5,255.59 237.034 5,793.29 Stainless Steel Wire 657,332 142.422 4,615.35 129.204 5,087.55 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,609,590 1,516.286 3,040.05 1,375.552 3,351.08 Estonia Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 78,023 111.755 698.16 101.383 769.59 COUNTRY TOTAL 78,023 111.755 698.16 101.383 769.59 Latvia Stainless Steel Bar 349,503 104.130 3,356.38 94.466 3,699.78 COUNTRY TOTAL 349,503 104.130 3,356.38 94.466 3,699.78 Poland Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 27,632 18.300 1,509.90 16.602 1,664.38 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 173,735 155.064 1,120.41 140.672 1,235.04 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 2,722 0.136 19,914.17 0.124 21,951.61 COUNTRY TOTAL 204,089 173.501 1,176.29 157.398 1,296.64 Russia Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Slab 30,894,353 68,229.843 452.80 61,897.090 499.12 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 20,678 24.000 861.56 21.773 949.71 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 57,543,259 107,225.064 536.66 97,272.970 591.56 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 44,643,366 76,439.981 584.03 69,345.204 643.78 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 1,252,921 1,897.683 660.24 1,721.550 727.79 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 988,379 1,432.227 690.10 1,299.295 760.70 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 3,932 2.799 1,404.35 2.540 1,548.03 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 13,416 0.901 14,878.72 0.818 16,400.98 COUNTRY TOTAL 135,360,304 255,252.502 530.30 231,561.240 584.56 Ukraine Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 6,896,073 9,441.940 730.37 8,565.587 805.09 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 208,745 127.680 1,634.90 115.830 1,802.17 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 3,768,083 6,048.669 622.96 5,487.262 686.70 Stainless Steel Bar 156,887 48.799 3,214.94 44.270 3,543.87 COUNTRY TOTAL 11,029,788 15,667.090 704.01 14,212.949 776.04 Kazakhstan IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 213,560 198.003 1,078.57 179.626 1,188.91 COUNTRY TOTAL 213,560 198.003 1,078.57 179.626 1,188.91 Spain Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 572,131 963.045 594.09 873.660 654.87 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 2,919,765 4,921.418 593.28 4,464.637 653.98 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 582,387 400.132 1,455.49 362.994 1,604.40 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 177,720 175.419 1,013.11 159.138 1,116.77 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 144,172 86.330 1,670.00 78.318 1,840.85 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 887,002 565.359 1,568.92 512.886 1,729.43 Stainless Steel Bar 583,087 138.340 4,214.88 125.500 4,646.11 Stainless Steel Wire 348,822 68.921 5,061.11 62.525 5,578.92 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,215,086 7,318.968 849.18 6,639.658 936.06 Portugal Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 3,365 0.321 10,454.38 0.292 11,523.97 Stainless Steel Bar 140,939 39.794 3,541.67 36.101 3,904.02 COUNTRY TOTAL 144,304 40.116 3,597.13 36.393 3,965.16 Italy Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 43,408 50.783 854.77 46.070 942.22 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 14,103,066 26,024.818 541.91 23,609.325 597.35 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 63,280 15.868 3,987.68 14.396 4,395.67 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 2,169,847 2,040.044 1,063.63 1,850.698 1,172.45 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 3,784,549 4,809.374 786.91 4,362.992 867.42 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 559,783 501.461 1,116.30 454.918 1,230.51 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 778,664 467.538 1,665.45 424.144 1,835.85 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 2,798,657 875.437 3,196.87 794.184 3,523.94 Stainless Steel Bar 14,511,927 3,706.740 3,915.01 3,362.699 4,315.56 Stainless Steel Rod 1,030,495 478.578 2,153.24 434.159 2,373.54 Stainless Steel Wire 42,170 6.887 6,122.92 6.248 6,749.36 COUNTRY TOTAL 39,885,846 38,977.532 1,023.30 35,359.833 1,128.00 Slovenia Stainless Steel Bar 266,571 126.599 2,105.63 114.849 2,321.06 COUNTRY TOTAL 266,571 126.599 2,105.63 114.849 2,321.06 Romania Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 2,059,126 3,014.240 683.13 2,734.474 753.02 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 17,431 12.654 1,377.45 11.480 1,518.38 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 8,650 12.032 718.87 10.916 792.41 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 39,277 20.975 1,872.48 19.029 2,064.06 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 8,231,443 23,402.749 351.73 21,230.623 387.72 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 5,903,345 8,672.856 680.67 7,867.885 750.31 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 317,734 208.345 1,525.03 189.008 1,681.06 COUNTRY TOTAL 16,577,006 35,343.855 469.02 32,063.415 517.01 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Bulgaria Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 5,941,012 16,849.588 352.59 15,285.694 388.66 COUNTRY TOTAL 5,941,012 16,849.588 352.59 15,285.694 388.66 Turkey Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 174,640 370.919 470.83 336.493 519.00 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 107,054 7.936 13,488.58 7.200 14,868.61 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 226,064 297.564 759.71 269.946 837.44 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 3,311,681 7,269.038 455.59 6,594.363 502.20 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 6,910,931 18,050.210 382.87 16,374.880 422.04 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 6,483,338 10,538.965 615.18 9,560.791 678.12 COUNTRY TOTAL 17,213,708 36,534.635 471.16 33,143.673 519.37 Israel Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 471,496 87.279 5,402.12 79.179 5,954.81 COUNTRY TOTAL 471,496 87.279 5,402.12 79.179 5,954.81 Saudi Arabia Stainless Steel Bar 83,259 37.355 2,228.85 33.888 2,456.89 COUNTRY TOTAL 83,259 37.355 2,228.85 33.888 2,456.89 United Arab Emirates Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 1,552,034 1,717.266 903.78 1,557.878 996.25 Stainless Steel Bar 213,095 99.902 2,133.03 90.630 2,351.26 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,765,129 1,817.168 971.36 1,648.508 1,070.74 Oman Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 662,215 1,048.226 631.75 950.935 696.38 COUNTRY TOTAL 662,215 1,048.226 631.75 950.935 696.38 India Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 315,626 447.152 705.86 405.650 778.07 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 29,152 21.464 1,358.17 19.472 1,497.12 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 32,827,325 47,115.538 696.74 42,742.510 768.03 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 237,076 246.198 962.94 223.348 1,061.46 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 2,950,866 3,743.563 788.25 3,396.105 868.90 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 4,954,686 3,975.225 1,246.39 3,606.265 1,373.91 Stainless Steel Bar 5,679,223 2,144.554 2,648.21 1,945.508 2,919.15 Stainless Steel Rod 112,145 38.486 2,913.91 34.914 3,212.04 Stainless Steel Wire 2,690,463 987.403 2,724.78 895.758 3,003.56 COUNTRY TOTAL 49,796,562 58,719.588 848.04 53,269.530 934.80 Thailand Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 14,858,771 26,480.348 561.12 24,022.575 618.53 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 871,237 1,391.733 626.01 1,262.560 690.06 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 1,831,429 2,476.738 739.45 2,246.860 815.11 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 11,088,240 17,724.002 625.61 16,078.949 689.61 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 1,652,626 974.347 1,696.14 883.913 1,869.67 Stainless Steel Wire 212,529 76.085 2,793.28 69.024 3,079.06 COUNTRY TOTAL 30,514,832 49,123.256 621.19 44,563.881 684.74 Vietnam Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 90,459 90.904 995.10 82.467 1,096.91 COUNTRY TOTAL 90,459 90.904 995.10 82.467 1,096.91 Malaysia Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 1,704,164 2,537.176 671.68 2,301.688 740.40 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 10,626,379 18,994.222 559.45 17,231.274 616.69 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 125,063 178.960 698.83 162.350 770.33 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 71,660 107.328 667.67 97.367 735.98 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 1,053,481 782.908 1,345.60 710.243 1,483.27 COUNTRY TOTAL 13,580,747 22,600.596 600.90 20,502.922 662.38 Indonesia Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 406,761 593.894 684.90 538.772 754.98 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 3,710,020 5,330.217 696.04 4,835.493 767.25 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 2,015 1.877 1,073.39 1.703 1,183.21 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 26,083 6.020 4,332.13 5.462 4,775.36 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,144,879 5,932.009 698.73 5,381.430 770.22 China Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 2,671,730 4,701.013 568.33 4,264.689 626.48 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 2,735 6.029 453.59 5.470 500.00 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 1,597,236 2,670.121 598.19 2,422.294 659.39 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 12,917,561 20,352.903 634.68 18,463.849 699.61 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 1,737,290 2,167.450 801.54 1,966.279 883.54 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 3,502,427 5,003.602 699.98 4,539.193 771.60 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 24,169 43.857 551.08 39.787 607.46 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 14,740,220 24,463.418 602.54 22,192.846 664.19 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 4,591,817 2,528.601 1,815.95 2,293.909 2,001.74 Stainless Steel Bar 2,354,971 508.939 4,627.21 461.702 5,100.63 Stainless Steel Rod 484,185 308.242 1,570.79 279.633 1,731.50 Stainless Steel Wire 1,550,137 442.813 3,500.65 401.714 3,858.81 COUNTRY TOTAL 46,174,478 63,196.994 730.64 57,331.365 805.40 Korea, South Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 7,421,041 12,255.985 605.50 11,118.446 667.45 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 28,672,994 58,994.480 486.03 53,518.908 535.75 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 1,304,582 1,812.011 719.96 1,643.830 793.62 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 18,563,036 23,120.021 802.90 20,974.137 885.04 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 525,166 658.592 797.41 597.465 878.99 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 797,148 1,395.096 571.39 1,265.611 629.85 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 157,931 139.241 1,134.22 126.318 1,250.27 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 9,542,601 12,307.498 775.35 11,165.178 854.68 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 1,558,658 516.947 3,015.12 468.967 3,323.60 Stainless Steel Bar 768,488 290.639 2,644.13 263.664 2,914.65 Stainless Steel Rod 310,129 159.865 1,939.93 145.028 2,138.41 Stainless Steel Wire 2,215,836 759.907 2,915.93 689.377 3,214.26 COUNTRY TOTAL 71,837,610 112,410.290 639.07 101,976.929 704.45 Hong Kong Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 6,203 1.191 5,205.61 1.081 5,738.21 COUNTRY TOTAL 6,203 1.191 5,205.61 1.081 5,738.21 Taiwan Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 22,812 29.891 763.16 27.117 841.24 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 1,726,975 2,685.903 642.98 2,436.611 708.76 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 36,156,053 44,948.296 804.39 40,776.420 886.69 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 1,098,174 1,352.045 812.23 1,226.555 895.33 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 111,480 41.767 2,669.05 37.891 2,942.12 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 140,575 125.791 1,117.53 114.116 1,231.86 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 1,974,798 1,911.626 1,033.05 1,734.199 1,138.74 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 1,547,697 533.137 2,903.00 483.654 3,200.01 Stainless Steel Bar 7,346,885 2,434.622 3,017.67 2,208.653 3,326.41 Stainless Steel Rod 2,085,669 821.323 2,539.40 745.092 2,799.21 Stainless Steel Wire 1,097,233 253.986 4,320.04 230.413 4,762.03 COUNTRY TOTAL 53,308,351 55,138.390 966.81 50,020.721 1,065.73 Japan Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 3,206,853 3,734.972 858.60 3,388.311 946.45 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 2,382,537 3,840.944 620.30 3,484.447 683.76 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 9,054,161 12,145.627 745.47 11,018.331 821.74 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 4,148,554 4,257.137 974.49 3,862.011 1,074.20 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Tin 1,667,936 2,256.762 739.08 2,047.301 814.70 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 12,187,747 16,183.926 753.08 14,681.815 830.13 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 754,883 727.140 1,038.15 659.651 1,144.37 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 4,198,160 11,102.582 378.12 10,072.096 416.81 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 15,514,566 17,393.913 891.95 15,779.497 983.21 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 2,112,408 293.175 7,205.28 265.964 7,942.46 Stainless Steel Bar 79,875 18.300 4,364.62 16.602 4,811.17 Stainless Steel Wire 617,829 88.005 7,020.37 79.837 7,738.63 COUNTRY TOTAL 55,925,509 72,042.486 776.29 65,355.863 855.71 Australia Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 25,682 9.931 2,585.83 9.010 2,850.39 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 16,001,959 28,865.755 554.36 26,186.580 611.07 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 19,313 16.194 1,192.60 14.691 1,314.61 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 9,983 11.119 897.83 10.087 989.69 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 146,254 187.154 781.46 169.784 861.41 IMPORTS OF SECTION 201 STEEL PRODUCTS MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/05 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 197,184 19.851 9,932.94 18.009 10,949.19 Stainless Steel Bar 66,697 20.291 3,286.97 18.408 3,623.26 Stainless Steel Wire 89,440 23.481 3,808.97 21.302 4,198.67 COUNTRY TOTAL 16,556,512 29,153.779 567.90 26,447.871 626.01 New Zealand Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 39,663 70.860 559.73 64.284 617.00 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 1,684,212 2,741.961 614.24 2,487.466 677.08 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 151,731 240.843 630.00 218.490 694.45 COUNTRY TOTAL 1,875,606 3,053.666 614.21 2,770.240 677.06 Egypt Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 4,006,857 7,040.659 569.10 6,387.181 627.33 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 5,652 6.594 857.14 5.982 944.83 COUNTRY TOTAL 4,012,509 7,047.253 569.37 6,393.163 627.63 South Africa Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Plate 3,882,287 4,915.563 789.79 4,459.325 870.60 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled 16,590 25.242 657.21 22.900 724.45 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-rolled 742,851 1,250.941 593.83 1,134.835 654.59 Flat Products: Carbon & Alloy Steel Coated 1,988,441 2,677.796 742.57 2,429.257 818.54 Carbon & Alloy Steel Hot-rolled bar 1,029,726 1,382.224 744.98 1,253.933 821.20 Carbon & Alloy Steel Cold-Finished Bar 185,317 313.306 591.49 284.227 652.00 Carbon & Alloy Steel Rebar 35,151 26.358 1,333.58 23.912 1,470.02 Carbon & Alloy Steel Welded Tubular 785,525 1,154.010 680.69 1,046.901 750.33 Carbon & Alloy Steel Fittings & Flanges 2,807 4.074 688.98 3.696 759.47 COUNTRY TOTAL 8,668,695 11,749.517 737.79 10,658.986 813.28 GRAND TOTAL 1,393,123,965 2,077,106.328 670.70 1,884,319.695 739.32