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RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Canada 35,598 6.252 5,693.58 5.672 6,276.09 Mexico 707,127 945.311 748.04 857.572 824.57 Sweden 160,228 45.515 3,520.29 41.291 3,880.46 United Kingdom 1,029,409 150.181 6,854.45 136.242 7,555.74 Belgium 591,348 700.055 844.72 635.080 931.14 Federal Republic of Germany 33,005 16.286 2,026.51 14.775 2,233.84 Italy 3,414,906 1,475.693 2,314.10 1,338.727 2,550.86 India 20,761 21.550 963.38 19.550 1,061.94 China 5,200 7.495 693.73 6.800 764.71 Taiwan 208,181 77.716 2,678.73 70.503 2,952.80 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,205,763 3,446.057 1,800.83 3,126.212 1,985.07 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 11,329,637 26,751.110 423.52 24,268.206 466.85 Mexico 116,550,496 225,268.493 517.38 204,360.197 570.32 Venezuela 19,754,241 43,440.569 454.74 39,408.633 501.27 Brazil 44,723,356 107,911.868 414.44 97,896.028 456.85 Sweden 7,730,201 2,686.684 2,877.23 2,437.320 3,171.60 Finland 2,323,682 5,648.340 411.39 5,124.090 453.48 United Kingdom 21,492,494 9,995.440 2,150.23 9,067.714 2,370.22 Belgium 706,125 963.469 732.90 874.045 807.88 France 1,402,654 192.364 7,291.65 174.510 8,037.67 Federal Republic of Germany 3,878,263 3,981.708 974.02 3,612.146 1,073.67 Czech Republic 98,312 25.888 3,797.46 23.486 4,185.98 Russia 31,625,396 68,908.100 458.95 62,512.395 505.91 Ukraine 4,146 6.058 684.35 5.496 754.37 Spain 11,451,767 5,396.281 2,122.16 4,895.426 2,339.28 Italy 3,729,679 1,639.766 2,274.52 1,487.572 2,507.23 India 27,005 5.330 5,065.87 4.836 5,584.16 China 102,688 108.668 944.97 98.582 1,041.65 Japan 20,626 25.484 809.36 23.119 892.17 Australia 3,365 8.389 401.09 7.611 442.12 CATEGORY TOTAL 276,954,133 502,964.019 550.64 456,281.412 606.98 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 3,920,339 6,313.932 620.90 5,727.905 684.43 Mexico 639,326 1,255.456 509.24 1,138.931 561.34 Brazil 11,198,970 17,405.163 643.43 15,789.703 709.26 Sweden 1,290,320 403.741 3,195.91 366.268 3,522.88 Finland 77,725 194.535 399.54 176.480 440.42 United Kingdom 4,590,571 4,117.177 1,114.98 3,735.042 1,229.05 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE France 576,626 189.416 3,044.22 171.836 3,355.68 Federal Republic of Germany 5,720,344 6,044.577 946.36 5,483.550 1,043.18 Austria 38,717 13.254 2,921.11 12.024 3,219.98 Spain 1,694,582 3,612.030 469.15 3,276.780 517.15 Italy 1,021,755 477.730 2,138.77 433.390 2,357.59 India 112,145 38.486 2,913.91 34.914 3,212.04 Thailand 106,232 152.544 696.40 138.386 767.65 Malaysia 221,239 510.881 433.05 463.464 477.36 China 4,116,902 7,548.427 545.40 6,847.820 601.20 Korea, South 310,129 159.865 1,939.93 145.028 2,138.41 Taiwan 2,040,160 803.636 2,538.66 729.047 2,798.39 Japan 5,843,127 9,827.873 594.55 8,915.699 655.38 South Africa 183,972 297.467 618.46 269.858 681.74 CATEGORY TOTAL 43,703,181 59,366.199 736.16 53,856.125 811.48 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 6,956,211 11,267.893 617.35 10,222.064 680.51 Mexico 1,631,374 3,093.610 527.34 2,806.477 581.29 Venezuela 39,176 31.540 1,242.09 28.613 1,369.17 Brazil 791,559 1,783.146 443.91 1,617.644 489.33 Norway 1,598,817 1,962.858 814.53 1,780.676 897.87 United Kingdom 4,754,935 7,033.503 676.04 6,380.689 745.21 Belgium 14,528 17.266 841.39 15.664 927.48 Luxembourg 3,800,183 5,170.382 734.99 4,690.493 810.19 Federal Republic of Germany 3,252,259 3,557.921 914.09 3,227.693 1,007.61 Poland 8,353,061 19,140.663 436.40 17,364.123 481.05 Russia 8,218 15.119 543.54 13.716 599.15 Italy 1,313,333 572.014 2,295.98 518.923 2,530.88 Turkey 118,193 259.356 455.72 235.284 502.34 India 202,716 69.710 2,907.98 63.240 3,205.50 Korea, South 987,645 2,349.478 420.37 2,131.412 463.38 Japan 7,423 1.735 4,278.29 1.574 4,716.01 CATEGORY TOTAL 33,829,631 56,326.201 600.60 51,098.285 662.05 STEEL PILING...........................5 Canada 713,418 778.301 916.64 706.063 1,010.42 United Kingdom 82,814 116.833 708.82 105.990 781.34 Luxembourg 7,407,386 9,521.430 777.97 8,637.699 857.56 Federal Republic of Germany 797,980 983.076 811.72 891.832 894.76 Italy 11,180 16.991 657.99 15.414 725.31 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,012,778 11,416.632 789.44 10,356.998 870.21 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 24,632,100 25,362.121 971.22 23,008.136 1,070.58 Mexico 94,111 143.775 654.57 130.431 721.54 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Brazil 1,319,805 989.220 1,334.19 897.406 1,470.69 Sweden 555,944 493.377 1,126.81 447.585 1,242.10 Norway 82,182 92.212 891.22 83.654 982.40 Finland 732,085 428.871 1,707.00 389.066 1,881.65 United Kingdom 318,365 139.996 2,274.09 127.003 2,506.75 Belgium 10,604,380 3,478.638 3,048.43 3,155.769 3,360.32 France 3,840,744 1,399.444 2,744.48 1,269.555 3,025.27 Federal Republic of Germany 5,049,699 3,203.380 1,576.37 2,906.059 1,737.65 Austria 827,960 663.927 1,247.06 602.305 1,374.65 Czech Republic 23,574 30.216 780.17 27.412 859.99 Russia 20,678 24.000 861.56 21.773 949.71 Ukraine 6,883,636 9,434.678 729.61 8,558.999 804.26 Italy 116,243 72.905 1,594.43 66.139 1,757.56 Romania 2,059,126 3,014.240 683.13 2,734.474 753.02 Thailand 15,608,179 26,832.675 581.69 24,342.201 641.20 Malaysia 1,704,164 2,537.176 671.68 2,301.688 740.40 Indonesia 406,761 593.894 684.90 538.772 754.98 China 2,671,730 4,701.013 568.33 4,264.689 626.48 Korea, South 7,501,640 12,289.474 610.41 11,148.827 672.86 Japan 3,522,123 3,854.431 913.79 3,496.682 1,007.28 Australia 25,682 9.931 2,585.83 9.010 2,850.39 New Zealand 39,663 70.860 559.73 64.284 617.00 South Africa 4,596,604 5,144.734 893.46 4,667.226 984.87 CATEGORY TOTAL 93,237,178 105,005.203 887.93 95,259.145 978.77 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 28,588,156 47,453.736 602.44 43,049.318 664.08 Mexico 1,601,929 2,799.227 572.28 2,539.417 630.83 Brazil 19,980 10.212 1,956.35 9.265 2,156.50 Sweden 3,618,680 1,296.144 2,791.88 1,175.843 3,077.52 United Kingdom 35,591 78.464 453.59 71.182 500.00 Netherlands 83,878 214.509 391.02 194.600 431.03 Belgium 3,564,113 1,398.360 2,548.78 1,268.572 2,809.55 France 2,472,151 3,774.463 654.97 3,424.137 721.98 Federal Republic of Germany 6,147,192 8,988.897 683.86 8,154.593 753.83 Russia 20,087,939 38,805.829 517.65 35,204.066 570.61 Italy 88,721 146.717 604.71 133.100 666.57 Malaysia 4,165,765 7,512.117 554.54 6,814.880 611.27 China 93,188 37.934 2,456.52 34.414 2,707.85 Korea, South 50,723 81.004 626.18 73.486 690.24 Taiwan 6,326 9.049 699.01 8.210 770.52 Japan 258,263 394.321 654.95 357.723 721.96 New Zealand 207,941 337.549 616.03 306.220 679.06 CATEGORY TOTAL 71,090,536 113,338.543 627.24 102,819.026 691.41 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 85,077 154.540 550.52 140.197 606.84 Czech Republic 1,234,644 2,576.574 479.18 2,337.430 528.21 China 6,457 8.372 771.26 7.595 850.16 Japan 16,286,837 26,076.122 624.59 23,655.867 688.49 CATEGORY TOTAL 17,613,015 28,815.609 611.23 26,141.089 673.77 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 Canada 314,168 535.008 587.22 485.352 647.30 Luxembourg 4,466 5.849 763.42 5.307 841.53 Federal Republic of Germany 49,018 34.339 1,427.47 31.152 1,573.51 Austria 198,893 179.596 1,107.45 162.927 1,220.75 Spain 487,982 679.573 718.07 616.499 791.54 China 60,648 81.984 739.75 74.375 815.44 Korea, South 722,495 1,096.825 658.71 995.024 726.11 Japan 133,860 190.076 704.24 172.435 776.29 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,971,530 2,803.255 703.30 2,543.071 775.26 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 Canada 133,668 110.878 1,205.54 100.587 1,328.88 Mexico 34,571 64.871 532.92 58.850 587.44 India 11,763 19.841 592.85 18.000 653.50 China 163,335 223.280 731.52 202.557 806.37 Australia 720,129 1,454.521 495.10 1,319.520 545.75 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,063,466 1,873.392 567.67 1,699.514 625.75 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 36,626,282 56,302.280 650.53 51,076.584 717.09 Mexico 7,390,056 12,965.518 569.98 11,762.124 628.29 Trinidad and Tobago 79,257 133.035 595.76 120.688 656.71 Brazil 442,008 168.549 2,622.42 152.906 2,890.72 Sweden 2,538,233 886.975 2,861.67 804.651 3,154.45 United Kingdom 3,270,864 2,369.672 1,380.30 2,149.731 1,521.52 Netherlands 38,614 32.060 1,204.40 29.085 1,327.63 Belgium 2,647 0.799 3,312.16 0.725 3,651.03 France 2,460,060 1,669.001 1,473.97 1,514.093 1,624.77 Federal Republic of Germany 1,491,295 931.827 1,600.40 845.340 1,764.14 Austria 1,193,514 423.497 2,818.23 384.191 3,106.56 Czech Republic 892,478 1,232.963 723.85 1,118.526 797.91 Switzerland 74,689 34.348 2,174.48 31.160 2,396.95 Poland 5,671 4.872 1,163.95 4.420 1,283.03 Russia 988,379 1,432.227 690.10 1,299.295 760.70 Ukraine 208,745 127.680 1,634.90 115.830 1,802.17 Spain 582,387 400.132 1,455.49 362.994 1,604.40 Portugal 56,526 18.299 3,088.94 16.601 3,404.98 Italy 5,384,654 5,001.581 1,076.59 4,537.360 1,186.74 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Romania 5,025 5.372 935.29 4.874 1,030.98 Turkey 1,428,479 3,033.486 470.90 2,751.933 519.08 India 421,847 310.771 1,357.42 281.927 1,496.30 China 3,652,832 4,864.365 750.94 4,412.879 827.77 Korea, South 1,085,354 1,450.960 748.02 1,316.290 824.56 Taiwan 1,129,263 409.199 2,759.69 371.220 3,042.03 Japan 8,936,871 11,964.654 746.94 10,854.155 823.36 South Africa 1,029,726 1,382.224 744.98 1,253.933 821.20 CATEGORY TOTAL 81,415,756 107,556.358 756.96 97,573.515 834.40 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 4,973,243 9,127.896 544.84 8,280.691 600.58 Mexico 1,857,091 3,664.690 506.75 3,324.552 558.60 Brazil 164,192 370.948 442.63 336.519 487.91 United Kingdom 10,303 1.802 5,716.65 1.635 6,301.53 Federal Republic of Germany 3,184 0.561 5,674.81 0.509 6,255.40 Austria 63,832 11.570 5,516.57 10.497 6,080.98 Italy 859,942 282.541 3,043.60 256.317 3,354.99 Turkey 1,883,202 4,235.552 444.62 3,842.430 490.11 India 1,036,021 372.937 2,778.00 338.323 3,062.22 China 186,969 203.427 919.10 184.546 1,013.13 Japan 2,123 0.037 56,645.70 0.034 62,441.18 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,040,102 18,271.965 604.21 16,576.053 666.03 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 Canada 54,383 52.968 1,026.71 48.052 1,131.75 Mexico 7,932,222 19,231.957 412.45 17,446.943 454.65 Dominican Republic 3,594,018 8,078.712 444.88 7,328.887 490.39 Trinidad and Tobago 14,413 21.486 670.80 19.492 739.43 Brazil 5,760,334 15,889.482 362.52 14,414.700 399.62 Argentina 1,580,326 2,057.103 768.23 1,866.173 846.83 Romania 8,231,443 23,402.749 351.73 21,230.623 387.72 Bulgaria 5,941,012 16,849.588 352.59 15,285.694 388.66 Turkey 6,910,931 18,050.210 382.87 16,374.880 422.04 Japan 4,198,160 11,102.582 378.12 10,072.096 416.81 South Africa 35,151 26.358 1,333.58 23.912 1,470.02 CATEGORY TOTAL 44,252,393 114,763.198 385.60 104,111.452 425.05 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 5,177,370 4,526.045 1,143.91 4,105.961 1,260.94 Mexico 161,047 182.536 882.27 165.594 972.54 Colombia 358,886 378.701 947.68 343.552 1,044.63 Brazil 175,681 86.175 2,038.65 78.177 2,247.22 Sweden 1,306,443 423.448 3,085.25 384.146 3,400.90 Norway 6,426 0.543 11,824.69 0.493 13,034.48 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE United Kingdom 3,996,751 2,438.395 1,639.09 2,212.076 1,806.79 Netherlands 14,556 10.002 1,455.26 9.074 1,604.14 Belgium 23,441 19.714 1,189.00 17.885 1,310.65 France 4,154,003 2,070.677 2,006.11 1,878.488 2,211.35 Federal Republic of Germany 1,887,417 893.090 2,113.36 810.198 2,329.57 Austria 507,707 158.089 3,211.53 143.416 3,540.10 Czech Republic 24,898 6.889 3,613.93 6.250 3,983.68 Switzerland 1,326,067 256.248 5,174.92 232.465 5,704.37 Latvia 349,503 104.130 3,356.38 94.466 3,699.78 Poland 173,735 155.064 1,120.41 140.672 1,235.04 Russia 3,932 2.799 1,404.35 2.540 1,548.03 Ukraine 3,924,970 6,097.468 643.70 5,531.532 709.56 Spain 600,786 307.885 1,951.33 279.309 2,150.97 Portugal 84,413 21.495 3,927.09 19.500 4,328.87 Italy 11,278,513 3,143.649 3,587.71 2,851.872 3,954.78 Slovenia 266,571 126.599 2,105.63 114.849 2,321.06 Romania 42,902 27.636 1,552.39 25.071 1,711.22 Saudi Arabia 83,259 37.355 2,228.85 33.888 2,456.89 United Arab Emirates 213,095 99.902 2,133.03 90.630 2,351.26 India 4,117,377 1,598.669 2,575.50 1,450.289 2,839.00 China 1,944,080 404.931 4,801.01 367.348 5,292.20 Korea, South 495,973 238.892 2,076.13 216.720 2,288.54 Taiwan 6,508,641 2,206.445 2,949.83 2,001.654 3,251.63 Japan 820,824 743.330 1,104.25 674.338 1,217.23 Australia 66,697 20.291 3,286.97 18.408 3,623.26 Egypt 5,652 6.594 857.14 5.982 944.83 South Africa 185,317 313.306 591.49 284.227 652.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 50,286,933 27,107.006 1,855.13 24,591.070 2,044.93 TOOL STEEL............................17 Canada 1,374,649 997.652 1,377.88 905.055 1,518.86 Mexico 191,316 94.142 2,032.19 85.405 2,240.10 Colombia 18,560 21.555 861.03 19.555 949.12 Brazil 2,316,522 772.555 2,998.52 700.851 3,305.30 Sweden 4,128,709 1,486.316 2,777.81 1,348.364 3,062.01 United Kingdom 1,297,207 323.122 4,014.60 293.132 4,425.33 Netherlands 587,400 433.678 1,354.46 393.427 1,493.03 Belgium 36,806 5.999 6,134.46 5.443 6,762.08 France 2,189,628 887.904 2,466.06 805.494 2,718.37 Federal Republic of Germany 3,432,314 1,744.302 1,967.73 1,582.405 2,169.05 Austria 4,537,107 773.177 5,868.13 701.415 6,468.51 Czech Republic 35,881 10.347 3,467.64 9.387 3,822.41 Slovakia 40,305 20.767 1,940.77 18.840 2,139.33 Poland 324,864 270.102 1,202.74 245.033 1,325.80 Russia 116,541 131.086 889.04 118.920 979.99 Ukraine 522,680 75.415 6,930.65 68.416 7,639.73 Spain 470,018 353.716 1,328.80 320.886 1,464.75 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Slovenia 3,253,186 1,216.045 2,675.22 1,103.178 2,948.92 China 4,421,134 1,824.074 2,423.77 1,654.773 2,671.75 Korea, South 499,064 275.997 1,808.22 250.381 1,993.22 Taiwan 1,789,975 789.825 2,266.29 716.518 2,498.16 Japan 3,948,767 4,553.514 867.19 4,130.880 955.91 CATEGORY TOTAL 35,532,633 17,061.302 2,082.64 15,477.758 2,295.72 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 29,592,134 34,824.984 849.74 31,592.703 936.68 Mexico 2,826,970 2,940.157 961.50 2,667.267 1,059.88 Guatemala 860,631 1,213.181 709.40 1,100.580 781.98 Dominican Republic 95,272 231.677 411.23 210.174 453.30 Colombia 3,030,203 2,934.732 1,032.53 2,662.345 1,138.17 Venezuela 1,567,359 2,420.739 647.47 2,196.059 713.71 Ecuador 47,942 44.028 1,088.89 39.942 1,200.29 Argentina 331,465 293.916 1,127.75 266.637 1,243.13 Sweden 109,327 80.845 1,352.29 73.342 1,490.65 United Kingdom 66,817 25.323 2,638.55 22.973 2,908.50 France 162,314 87.460 1,855.85 79.343 2,045.73 Federal Republic of Germany 936,381 627.769 1,491.60 569.503 1,644.21 Russia 13,416 0.901 14,878.72 0.818 16,400.98 Ukraine 34,139 29.708 1,149.14 26.951 1,266.71 Spain 2,407,972 1,940.713 1,240.77 1,760.586 1,367.71 Italy 340,837 231.467 1,472.50 209.984 1,623.16 Romania 3,498,602 5,543.362 631.13 5,028.855 695.71 Turkey 14,279 4.147 3,442.38 3.763 3,794.58 United Arab Emirates 1,552,034 1,717.266 903.78 1,557.878 996.25 Oman 662,215 1,048.226 631.75 950.935 696.38 India 1,805,192 2,537.996 711.27 2,302.432 784.04 Thailand 11,088,240 17,724.002 625.61 16,078.949 689.61 China 11,219,051 18,563.673 604.36 16,840.686 666.19 Korea, South 988,789 1,339.967 737.92 1,215.598 813.42 Taiwan 921,769 1,511.703 609.76 1,371.395 672.14 Japan 2,022,630 1,026.666 1,970.10 931.376 2,171.66 South Africa 116,848 124.725 936.84 113.149 1,032.69 CATEGORY TOTAL 76,312,828 99,069.344 770.30 89,874.223 849.11 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 9,056,236 7,672.841 1,180.30 6,960.687 1,301.05 Mexico 667,495 665.756 1,002.61 603.964 1,105.19 Colombia 6,133,209 5,232.357 1,172.17 4,746.716 1,292.10 Venezuela 3,499,417 3,966.067 882.34 3,597.957 972.61 Brazil 1,092,890 1,570.061 696.08 1,424.336 767.30 United Kingdom 485,238 438.889 1,105.60 398.154 1,218.72 France 7,363 1.436 5,126.33 1.303 5,650.81 Federal Republic of Germany 13,784,209 10,907.532 1,263.73 9,895.150 1,393.03 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Austria 10,709,380 9,270.808 1,155.17 8,410.338 1,273.36 Czech Republic 420,117 562.009 747.53 509.847 824.01 Russia 5,738,942 7,936.980 723.06 7,200.310 797.04 Spain 4,154,017 3,319.539 1,251.38 3,011.436 1,379.41 Romania 880,872 1,088.000 809.62 987.018 892.46 India 2,260,009 2,503.872 902.61 2,271.476 994.95 Indonesia 472,366 373.981 1,263.07 339.270 1,392.30 China 9,553,157 11,479.899 832.16 10,414.393 917.30 Korea, South 1,241,486 1,432.987 866.36 1,299.985 955.00 Taiwan 434,224 615.941 704.98 558.773 777.10 Japan 10,691,365 3,940.909 2,712.92 3,575.134 2,990.48 Australia 3,248 0.153 21,198.11 0.139 23,366.91 South Africa 1,101,727 1,295.924 850.15 1,175.643 937.13 CATEGORY TOTAL 82,386,967 74,275.951 1,109.20 67,382.029 1,222.68 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 21,952,399 17,835.145 1,230.85 16,179.776 1,356.78 United Kingdom 476,819 690.490 690.55 626.403 761.20 France 248,867 531.466 468.27 482.138 516.17 Federal Republic of Germany 800,464 656.188 1,219.87 595.284 1,344.68 Czech Republic 24,135 31.801 758.92 28.850 836.57 Italy 1,364,675 1,079.133 1,264.60 978.974 1,393.98 Romania 2,998,664 3,756.522 798.26 3,407.861 879.93 India 8,800 1.084 8,113.04 0.984 8,943.09 China 165,820 248.776 666.54 225.686 734.74 Korea, South 4,036,533 3,618.147 1,115.64 3,282.329 1,229.78 Japan 12,865,707 16,082.104 800.00 14,589.444 881.85 South Africa 633,861 935.180 677.80 848.382 747.14 CATEGORY TOTAL 45,576,744 45,466.041 1,002.43 41,246.111 1,104.99 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 11,702 16.244 720.36 14.737 794.06 Mexico 3,447,650 3,748.670 919.70 3,400.738 1,013.79 Brazil 2,290,401 2,526.572 906.52 2,292.069 999.27 Argentina 812,138 1,095.908 741.06 994.192 816.88 Norway 28,825 36.684 785.75 33.280 866.14 France 695,659 662.615 1,049.87 601.115 1,157.28 Federal Republic of Germany 77,783 28.392 2,739.59 25.757 3,019.88 Austria 1,238,573 1,273.024 972.94 1,154.869 1,072.48 Czech Republic 58,529 71.807 815.08 65.143 898.47 Russia 1,373,262 2,140.558 641.54 1,941.883 707.18 Spain 34,895 28.194 1,237.63 25.578 1,364.26 Italy 812,102 924.962 877.98 839.112 967.81 Romania 1,505,128 1,970.190 763.95 1,787.327 842.11 China 965,391 1,447.814 666.79 1,313.436 735.01 Korea, South 262,685 352.482 745.24 319.767 821.49 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 4,494 7.622 589.57 6.915 649.89 CATEGORY TOTAL 13,619,217 16,331.749 833.91 14,815.918 919.23 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Canada 291,390 70.091 4,157.28 63.586 4,582.61 Mexico 2,635,380 3,044.773 865.54 2,762.173 954.10 United Kingdom 1,027,111 1,484.559 691.86 1,346.770 762.65 Czech Republic 44,855 17.483 2,565.52 15.861 2,828.01 Greece 353,323 711.043 496.91 645.048 547.75 Korea, South 1,332,973 1,973.927 675.29 1,790.717 744.38 Taiwan 141,709 157.782 898.13 143.138 990.02 Japan 1,871,956 2,437.599 767.95 2,211.354 846.52 South Africa 1,135,928 1,795.215 632.75 1,628.593 697.49 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,834,625 11,692.477 755.58 10,607.240 832.89 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 15,062,375 12,758.623 1,180.56 11,574.432 1,301.35 Mexico 13,885,711 15,774.547 880.26 14,310.433 970.32 Dominican Republic 57,986 99.689 581.66 90.437 641.18 Colombia 1,310,119 1,240.799 1,055.87 1,125.635 1,163.89 Venezuela 14,664 10.920 1,342.78 9.907 1,480.17 Brazil 457,090 457.724 998.61 415.241 1,100.78 Argentina 2,438,591 1,894.732 1,287.04 1,718.873 1,418.72 Sweden 1,158,155 732.127 1,581.90 664.175 1,743.75 Denmark 10,799 1.176 9,181.53 1.067 10,120.90 United Kingdom 664,428 306.013 2,171.24 277.611 2,393.38 Ireland 14,198 15.705 904.00 14.248 996.49 Belgium 109,444 66.129 1,654.99 59.992 1,824.31 France 1,152,744 1,021.841 1,128.10 926.999 1,243.52 Federal Republic of Germany 3,686,188 2,697.774 1,366.38 2,447.381 1,506.18 Austria 154,393 69.918 2,208.19 63.429 2,434.11 Czech Republic 17,121 16.435 1,041.71 14.910 1,148.29 Slovakia 8,648 2.397 3,607.05 2.175 3,976.09 Switzerland 2,194,752 896.862 2,447.14 813.620 2,697.51 Ukraine 3,545 3.096 1,144.88 2.809 1,262.01 Spain 507,101 364.398 1,391.61 330.577 1,533.99 Italy 1,361,291 1,026.401 1,326.28 931.136 1,461.97 Romania 1,817,611 1,484.238 1,224.61 1,346.479 1,349.90 Turkey 1,088,267 1,612.237 675.00 1,462.598 744.06 Saudi Arabia 82,518 52.073 1,584.65 47.240 1,746.78 India 1,753,295 1,316.499 1,331.79 1,194.309 1,468.04 Malaysia 12,754 10.828 1,177.87 9.823 1,298.38 China 4,697,499 6,445.763 728.77 5,847.500 803.33 Korea, South 1,752,475 2,638.652 664.16 2,393.746 732.11 Taiwan 246,296 153.370 1,605.89 139.135 1,770.19 Japan 6,259,430 3,306.366 1,893.14 2,999.486 2,086.83 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Australia 146,254 187.154 781.46 169.784 861.41 CATEGORY TOTAL 62,125,742 56,664.503 1,096.38 51,405.187 1,208.55 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 6,753 5.283 1,278.16 4.793 1,408.93 Mexico 1,199,992 668.676 1,794.58 606.613 1,978.18 Argentina 209,462 165.330 1,266.93 149.985 1,396.55 Sweden 157,658 97.512 1,616.80 88.462 1,782.21 United Kingdom 3,398 3.228 1,052.45 2.929 1,160.12 Netherlands 3,034,436 17.083 177,622.58 15.498 195,795.33 France 2,281,061 1,691.905 1,348.22 1,534.871 1,486.16 Federal Republic of Germany 8,266,273 5,397.784 1,531.42 4,896.789 1,688.10 Spain 7,424 3.042 2,440.20 2.760 2,689.86 Italy 911,166 796.231 1,144.35 722.329 1,261.43 Bulgaria 10,552 16.912 623.91 15.343 687.74 Bahrain 9,500 23.645 401.76 21.451 442.87 India 185,171 240.594 769.64 218.264 848.38 China 16,356 8.089 2,021.79 7.339 2,228.64 Taiwan 7,580 0.705 10,744.47 0.640 11,843.75 Japan 1,079,520 675.704 1,597.62 612.989 1,761.08 CATEGORY TOTAL 17,386,302 9,811.730 1,771.99 8,901.055 1,953.29 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D Canada 8,896,312 1,806.308 4,925.13 1,638.656 5,429.03 Mexico 186,292 52.036 3,580.01 47.207 3,946.28 Brazil 49,480 19.389 2,551.88 17.590 2,812.96 Argentina 6,596 1.141 5,775.86 1.036 6,366.80 Sweden 1,446,849 158.768 9,112.97 144.032 10,045.33 Finland 301,965 109.476 2,758.28 99.315 3,040.48 Denmark 19,747 2.069 9,544.05 1.877 10,520.51 United Kingdom 426,179 48.356 8,813.33 43.868 9,715.03 Ireland 10,072 1.125 8,949.23 1.021 9,864.84 Netherlands 3,055 0.547 5,576.36 0.497 6,146.88 Belgium 109,350 16.238 6,734.14 14.731 7,423.12 France 2,140,346 347.862 6,152.84 315.576 6,782.35 Federal Republic of Germany 1,774,949 207.169 8,567.62 187.941 9,444.18 Austria 1,717,280 238.901 7,188.23 216.728 7,923.66 Czech Republic 189,507 16.911 11,205.70 15.342 12,352.17 Switzerland 28,924 1.770 16,338.37 1.606 18,009.96 Ukraine 139,633 24.508 5,697.26 22.234 6,280.16 Spain 3,084,118 358.717 8,597.63 325.423 9,477.26 Italy 2,860,950 362.198 7,898.85 328.581 8,706.99 Turkey 121,334 42.496 2,855.17 38.552 3,147.28 India 460,472 76.533 6,016.61 69.430 6,632.18 Malaysia 1,106,143 377.391 2,931.02 342.364 3,230.90 Singapore 364,844 115.728 3,152.59 104.987 3,475.14 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE China 4,424,031 1,143.175 3,869.95 1,037.072 4,265.89 Korea, South 4,073,790 1,123.941 3,624.56 1,019.623 3,995.39 Taiwan 4,839,159 1,313.467 3,684.26 1,191.558 4,061.20 Japan 8,292,204 2,297.513 3,609.21 2,084.270 3,978.47 South Africa 5,233 1.022 5,115.62 0.928 5,639.01 CATEGORY TOTAL 47,078,814 10,264.769 4,586.45 9,312.045 5,055.69 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 2,142,681 611.685 3,502.91 554.912 3,861.30 Mexico 350,801 201.676 1,739.42 182.958 1,917.39 United Kingdom 15,869 5.038 3,149.45 4.571 3,471.67 Ireland 2,300 0.002 1,043,262.75 0.002 1,150,000.00 Netherlands 3,060 0.112 27,215.55 0.102 30,000.00 France 47,787 20.127 2,374.26 18.259 2,617.18 Federal Republic of Germany 26,687 1.878 14,207.77 1.704 15,661.38 Italy 10,800 4.250 2,540.87 3.856 2,800.83 India 76,103 65.450 1,162.75 59.376 1,281.71 Vietnam 90,459 90.904 995.10 82.467 1,096.91 Korea, South 48,347 9.887 4,889.60 8.970 5,389.86 Taiwan 5,225 4.299 1,215.40 3.900 1,339.74 Japan 180,264 83.998 2,146.04 76.202 2,365.61 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,000,383 1,099.311 2,729.33 997.279 3,008.57 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 24,811,777 27,340.922 907.50 24,803.275 1,000.34 Mexico 3,031,792 2,449.759 1,237.59 2,222.385 1,364.21 Brazil 679,369 1,138.109 596.93 1,032.476 658.00 Argentina 222,072 353.506 628.20 320.696 692.47 Finland 555,279 189.930 2,923.59 172.302 3,222.71 United Kingdom 73,411 44.751 1,640.41 40.598 1,808.24 Netherlands 14,837 3.362 4,413.08 3.050 4,864.59 Belgium 6,174 3.816 1,617.84 3.462 1,783.36 France 97,171 29.487 3,295.28 26.751 3,632.42 Federal Republic of Germany 125,914 57.580 2,186.75 52.236 2,410.48 Austria 162,361 109.392 1,484.21 99.239 1,636.06 Switzerland 10,951 3.701 2,958.48 3.358 3,261.17 Spain 60,685 45.702 1,327.81 41.461 1,463.66 Italy 159,811 67.270 2,375.64 61.027 2,618.69 Turkey 5,380,792 8,922.579 603.05 8,094.430 664.75 India 306,009 524.787 583.11 476.079 642.77 Malaysia 58,906 96.500 610.42 87.544 672.87 China 850,102 1,287.150 660.45 1,167.684 728.02 Korea, South 2,946,408 4,842.630 608.43 4,393.162 670.68 Taiwan 801,508 242.253 3,308.55 219.769 3,647.05 Japan 169,108 99.739 1,695.50 90.482 1,868.97 South Africa 34,816 94.104 369.97 85.370 407.82 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 40,559,253 47,947.040 845.92 43,496.836 932.46 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 181,882 191.439 950.08 173.671 1,047.28 Mexico 183,101 162.759 1,124.98 147.653 1,240.08 Japan 42,316 92.170 459.10 83.616 506.08 CATEGORY TOTAL 407,299 446.369 912.47 404.940 1,005.83 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 17,092,839 18,533.527 922.27 16,813.338 1,016.62 Mexico 9,323,905 10,683.375 872.75 9,691.798 962.04 Honduras 14,869 24.000 619.53 21.773 682.91 Dominican Republic 173,216 253.261 683.94 229.755 753.92 Trinidad and Tobago 22,803 27.146 839.99 24.627 925.93 Venezuela 1,146,029 1,664.694 688.43 1,510.186 758.87 Ecuador 164,770 233.016 707.12 211.389 779.46 Chile 162,768 182.137 893.66 165.232 985.09 Brazil 1,283,325 1,875.211 684.36 1,701.164 754.38 Sweden 2,871,887 704.208 4,078.18 638.847 4,495.42 Denmark 59,112 3.421 17,276.26 3.104 19,043.81 United Kingdom 1,773,222 586.641 3,022.67 532.192 3,331.92 Netherlands 111,142 69.173 1,606.72 62.753 1,771.10 Belgium 959,972 624.365 1,537.52 566.415 1,694.82 Luxembourg 376,591 68.732 5,479.09 62.353 6,039.66 France 2,171,555 934.592 2,323.53 847.848 2,561.26 Federal Republic of Germany 2,898,763 1,203.328 2,408.95 1,091.642 2,655.42 Austria 502,151 194.172 2,586.11 176.150 2,850.70 Czech Republic 48,978 34.713 1,410.90 31.492 1,555.25 Switzerland 659,807 142.443 4,632.05 129.223 5,105.96 Lithuania 13,368 21.999 607.64 19.958 669.81 Poland 1,664,841 1,705.341 976.25 1,547.060 1,076.13 Belarus 485,743 523.925 927.12 475.297 1,021.98 Spain 513,181 274.203 1,871.54 248.753 2,063.01 Italy 2,335,548 1,635.708 1,427.85 1,483.890 1,573.94 Greece 846,351 833.273 1,015.69 755.933 1,119.61 Turkey 174,228 147.679 1,179.77 133.973 1,300.47 Israel 324,101 437.761 740.36 397.131 816.11 United Arab Emirates 95,565 116.617 819.47 105.794 903.31 India 3,096,365 1,492.071 2,075.21 1,353.585 2,287.53 Thailand 508,399 428.663 1,186.01 388.877 1,307.35 Malaysia 31,503 35.386 890.26 32.102 981.34 Indonesia 60,558 17.046 3,552.59 15.464 3,916.06 China 10,528,582 14,572.265 722.51 13,219.741 796.43 Korea, South 7,815,121 5,763.126 1,356.06 5,228.222 1,494.80 Hong Kong 3,040 1.770 1,717.21 1.606 1,892.90 Taiwan 2,802,361 2,195.075 1,276.66 1,991.340 1,407.27 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 8,108,728 7,479.128 1,084.18 6,784.953 1,195.10 Australia 238,174 233.217 1,021.25 211.571 1,125.74 Egypt 793,732 1,027.014 772.85 931.692 851.93 South Africa 826,466 1,293.355 639.01 1,173.313 704.39 CATEGORY TOTAL 83,083,659 78,276.797 1,061.41 71,011.536 1,170.00 BLACK PLATE...........................28 Canada 17,284 31.695 545.31 28.754 601.10 Mexico 175,675 270.837 648.64 245.700 715.00 Venezuela 549,181 842.838 651.59 764.610 718.25 Chile 2,249,507 3,949.029 569.64 3,582.500 627.92 Belgium 38,110 52.481 726.17 47.610 800.46 Federal Republic of Germany 557,372 494.174 1,127.88 448.308 1,243.28 Russia 438,750 751.169 584.09 681.450 643.85 Taiwan 218,507 335.036 652.19 303.940 718.91 Japan 2,445,817 2,833.779 863.09 2,570.762 951.40 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,690,203 9,561.042 699.74 8,673.634 771.33 TIN PLATE.............................29 Canada 9,604,622 12,456.492 771.05 11,300.343 849.94 Mexico 15,551 17.491 889.06 15.868 980.02 Venezuela 736,354 944.509 779.62 856.845 859.38 United Kingdom 149,076 234.753 635.03 212.965 700.00 Netherlands 1,116,642 1,847.184 604.51 1,675.738 666.36 Belgium 1,587,642 2,123.176 747.77 1,926.114 824.27 France 8,933,911 14,070.191 634.95 12,764.267 699.92 Federal Republic of Germany 4,634,982 8,388.950 552.51 7,610.330 609.04 China 1,737,290 2,167.450 801.54 1,966.279 883.54 Korea, South 525,166 658.592 797.41 597.465 878.99 Taiwan 1,098,174 1,352.045 812.23 1,226.555 895.33 Japan 427,652 495.830 862.50 449.810 950.74 CATEGORY TOTAL 30,567,062 44,756.669 682.96 40,602.579 752.84 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A Canada 1,566,620 1,916.455 817.46 1,738.580 901.09 Netherlands 721,278 1,219.951 591.23 1,106.722 651.72 France 320,056 458.904 697.44 416.311 768.79 Federal Republic of Germany 1,013,653 1,537.921 659.11 1,395.179 726.54 Japan 1,240,284 1,760.931 704.33 1,597.491 776.39 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,861,891 6,894.164 705.22 6,254.283 777.37 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 36,840,389 63,525.695 579.93 57,629.558 639.26 Mexico 10,967,909 18,869.958 581.24 17,118.543 640.70 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Venezuela 106,225 179.554 591.60 162.889 652.13 Brazil 325,880 312.389 1,043.19 283.395 1,149.91 Sweden 7,838,389 11,570.729 677.43 10,496.792 746.74 Finland 24,806 11.100 2,234.72 10.070 2,463.36 United Kingdom 18,445 11.353 1,624.57 10.300 1,790.78 Netherlands 266,485 445.575 598.07 404.219 659.26 Belgium 797,119 1,201.666 663.34 1,090.134 731.21 France 9,285,421 14,411.889 644.29 13,074.250 710.21 Federal Republic of Germany 1,055,468 1,308.149 806.84 1,186.734 889.39 Austria 1,570,421 2,633.705 596.28 2,389.258 657.28 Russia 37,455,320 68,419.235 547.44 62,068.904 603.45 Ukraine 12,437 7.262 1,712.61 6.588 1,887.83 Spain 572,131 963.045 594.09 873.660 654.87 Italy 13,983,650 25,781.033 542.40 23,388.167 597.89 India 315,626 447.152 705.86 405.650 778.07 Malaysia 6,460,614 11,482.105 562.67 10,416.394 620.24 China 78,555 33.406 2,351.48 30.306 2,592.06 Korea, South 28,622,271 58,913.476 485.84 53,445.422 535.54 Taiwan 11,700 1.442 8,108.53 1.309 8,938.12 Japan 2,469,526 3,751.669 658.25 3,403.458 725.59 Australia 16,001,959 28,865.755 554.36 26,186.580 611.07 New Zealand 1,476,271 2,404.411 613.98 2,181.246 676.80 Egypt 3,450,518 6,270.396 550.29 5,688.410 606.59 South Africa 125,783 106.349 1,182.73 96.479 1,303.73 CATEGORY TOTAL 180,133,318 321,928.511 559.54 292,048.715 616.79 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 18,129,545 24,871.436 728.93 22,562.994 803.51 Mexico 29,335,609 29,706.136 987.53 26,948.961 1,088.56 Dominican Republic 3,377 12.014 281.09 10.899 309.84 Venezuela 1,580,130 2,536.797 622.88 2,301.345 686.61 Chile 1,726,059 3,161.163 546.02 2,867.760 601.88 Brazil 11,685,138 12,952.967 902.12 11,750.738 994.42 Argentina 1,251,014 2,124.957 588.72 1,927.730 648.96 Sweden 7,759,343 7,104.457 1,092.18 6,445.057 1,203.92 Finland 1,735,385 650.859 2,666.30 590.450 2,939.09 United Kingdom 85,943 27.046 3,177.62 24.536 3,502.73 Netherlands 963,288 1,700.767 566.38 1,542.911 624.33 Belgium 7,453,817 3,201.240 2,328.42 2,904.117 2,566.64 Luxembourg 104,714 147.136 711.68 133.480 784.49 France 5,340,196 3,431.836 1,556.08 3,113.311 1,715.28 Federal Republic of Germany 6,906,681 3,676.277 1,878.72 3,335.064 2,070.93 Austria 18,900 0.551 34,291.59 0.500 37,800.00 Hungary 4,402 10.279 428.25 9.325 472.06 Russia 44,033,901 75,497.985 583.25 68,490.640 642.92 Spain 25,722 18.987 1,354.69 17.225 1,493.29 Italy 5,846,751 2,366.132 2,471.02 2,146.520 2,723.83 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Romania 92,445 5.820 15,883.47 5.280 17,508.52 Turkey 107,054 7.936 13,488.58 7.200 14,868.61 India 578,968 220.871 2,621.29 200.371 2,889.48 Thailand 969,838 1,454.825 666.64 1,319.796 734.84 China 8,450,713 6,010.368 1,406.02 5,452.516 1,549.87 Korea, South 2,507,398 2,931.341 855.38 2,659.269 942.89 Taiwan 6,222,774 3,792.250 1,640.92 3,440.273 1,808.80 Japan 6,681,568 8,661.235 771.43 7,857.343 850.36 New Zealand 151,731 240.843 630.00 218.490 694.45 South Africa 7,022,189 3,861.805 1,818.37 3,503.372 2,004.41 CATEGORY TOTAL 176,774,593 200,386.331 882.17 181,787.473 972.42 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 32,141,205 48,966.936 656.39 44,422.070 723.54 Mexico 13,212,236 15,075.026 876.43 13,675.838 966.10 Costa Rica 180,038 225.087 799.86 204.196 881.69 Venezuela 486,823 614.621 792.07 557.575 873.11 Brazil 6,781,942 9,960.546 680.88 9,036.058 750.54 Argentina 2,840,588 4,054.520 700.60 3,678.200 772.28 Sweden 54,262 52.309 1,037.33 47.454 1,143.47 Finland 344,160 426.803 806.37 387.190 888.87 United Kingdom 88,809 102.684 864.87 93.154 953.36 Netherlands 81,455 117.874 691.03 106.934 761.73 Belgium 2,437,164 2,282.608 1,067.71 2,070.748 1,176.95 France 179,944 202.064 890.53 183.310 981.64 Federal Republic of Germany 2,099,949 4,802.113 437.30 4,356.405 482.04 Austria 240,939 225.943 1,066.37 204.973 1,175.47 Switzerland 5,705 10.480 544.33 9.508 600.02 Estonia 78,023 111.755 698.16 101.383 769.59 Russia 1,252,921 1,897.683 660.24 1,721.550 727.79 Kazakhstan 213,560 198.003 1,078.57 179.626 1,188.91 Spain 2,919,765 4,921.418 593.28 4,464.637 653.98 Turkey 226,064 297.564 759.71 269.946 837.44 India 32,251,468 46,476.687 693.93 42,162.954 764.92 Malaysia 125,063 178.960 698.83 162.350 770.33 Indonesia 1,520,541 2,149.217 707.49 1,949.738 779.87 China 12,786,992 20,189.652 633.34 18,315.750 698.14 Korea, South 8,008,868 9,681.493 827.23 8,782.906 911.87 Taiwan 26,341,314 33,076.234 796.38 30,006.264 877.86 Japan 1,609,854 1,933.241 832.72 1,753.808 917.92 Australia 19,313 16.194 1,192.60 14.691 1,314.61 South Africa 1,988,441 2,677.796 742.57 2,429.257 818.54 CATEGORY TOTAL 150,517,406 210,925.526 713.60 191,348.473 786.61 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 2,381,122 2,000.956 1,189.99 1,815.238 1,311.74 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Mexico 19,053 15.704 1,213.21 14.247 1,337.33 United Kingdom 4,495 2.857 1,573.22 2.592 1,734.18 Belgium 923,251 1,200.785 768.87 1,089.335 847.54 Luxembourg 559,357 738.272 757.66 669.750 835.17 Federal Republic of Germany 6,095,055 8,787.668 693.59 7,972.041 764.55 Thailand 1,831,429 2,476.738 739.45 2,246.860 815.11 China 6,861 2.081 3,296.71 1.888 3,634.00 Korea, South 131,550 172.379 763.14 156.380 841.22 Taiwan 847,024 1,138.015 744.30 1,032.391 820.45 Japan 266,892 387.482 688.79 351.518 759.26 CATEGORY TOTAL 13,066,089 16,922.943 772.09 15,352.240 851.09 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 Canada 11,944,557 10,280.521 1,161.86 9,326.335 1,280.73 Mexico 9,127,574 9,057.499 1,007.74 8,216.828 1,110.84 Chile 93,814 142.148 659.97 128.955 727.49 Brazil 1,069,814 1,332.723 802.73 1,209.027 884.86 United Kingdom 468,671 657.241 713.09 596.240 786.04 Belgium 603,734 499.394 1,208.93 453.043 1,332.62 Luxembourg 547,142 639.399 855.71 580.054 943.26 France 339,360 302.850 1,120.55 274.741 1,235.20 Federal Republic of Germany 693,395 453.813 1,527.93 411.693 1,684.25 Italy 2,156,850 2,029.360 1,062.82 1,841.005 1,171.56 India 221,701 272.182 814.53 246.920 897.87 Indonesia 2,189,479 3,180.999 688.30 2,885.755 758.72 China 90,403 118.917 760.22 107.880 838.00 Korea, South 9,106,717 11,566.029 787.37 10,492.528 867.92 Taiwan 8,967,715 10,734.045 835.45 9,737.765 920.92 Japan 1,180,007 920.153 1,282.40 834.749 1,413.61 CATEGORY TOTAL 48,800,933 52,187.280 935.11 47,343.518 1,030.78 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 Sweden 334,161 410.083 814.86 372.022 898.23 United Kingdom 843,171 693.692 1,215.48 629.307 1,339.84 Federal Republic of Germany 2,062,980 2,653.853 777.35 2,407.536 856.88 Russia 2,282,018 1,951.693 1,169.25 1,770.547 1,288.88 Romania 17,431 12.654 1,377.45 11.480 1,518.38 Japan 1,047,477 1,434.074 730.42 1,300.971 805.15 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,587,238 7,156.051 920.51 6,491.863 1,014.69 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 4,607,753 7,947.340 579.79 7,209.708 639.10 Mexico 707,926 911.123 776.98 826.558 856.47 United Kingdom 109,625 172.640 634.99 156.617 699.96 Federal Republic of Germany 236,669 228.913 1,033.88 207.667 1,139.66 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Italy 33,973 98.201 345.95 89.087 381.35 Slovenia 56,098 24.438 2,295.50 22.170 2,530.36 Turkey 174,640 370.919 470.83 336.493 519.00 China 13,288 10.478 1,268.11 9.506 1,397.85 Taiwan 16,486 20.841 791.02 18.907 871.95 Japan 7,510 11.826 635.00 10.729 699.97 Egypt 556,339 770.262 722.27 698.771 796.17 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,520,307 10,566.988 617.04 9,586.213 680.18 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 3,516,460 3,551.577 990.11 3,221.938 1,091.41 Mexico 2,647,866 1,571.578 1,684.85 1,425.712 1,857.22 Costa Rica 6,294 1.250 5,035.12 1.134 5,550.26 Chile 6,092 5.245 1,161.29 4.759 1,280.10 Brazil 1,785,340 2,610.436 683.92 2,368.149 753.90 Sweden 3,377,877 651.784 5,182.51 591.289 5,712.73 Finland 298,598 118.349 2,523.02 107.365 2,781.15 Denmark 14,280 1.277 11,177.40 1.159 12,320.97 United Kingdom 1,967,327 758.125 2,594.99 687.760 2,860.48 Belgium 270,476 82.786 3,267.14 75.103 3,601.40 France 2,161,419 529.475 4,082.19 480.332 4,499.84 Federal Republic of Germany 6,498,300 3,708.875 1,752.09 3,364.636 1,931.35 Austria 1,286,158 245.392 5,241.24 222.616 5,777.47 Switzerland 276,656 151.468 1,826.49 137.410 2,013.36 Russia 11,935 6.629 1,800.34 6.014 1,984.54 Spain 11,213 5.405 2,074.28 4.904 2,286.50 Italy 114,023 34.599 3,295.53 31.388 3,632.69 India 654,402 471.396 1,388.22 427.644 1,530.25 China 62,730 48.761 1,286.46 44.236 1,418.08 Korea, South 902,322 913.719 987.53 828.913 1,088.56 Taiwan 234,547 134.492 1,743.94 122.010 1,922.36 Japan 3,957,103 976.561 4,052.08 885.922 4,466.65 CATEGORY TOTAL 30,061,418 16,579.190 1,813.20 15,040.393 1,998.71 GRAND TOTAL 1,912,161,319 2,519,325.736 759.00 2,285,494.507 836.65 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Mexico 679,877 887.318 766.22 804.962 844.61 Belgium 591,348 700.055 844.72 635.080 931.14 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,271,225 1,587.374 800.84 1,440.042 882.77 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 2,976,867 5,193.640 573.18 4,711.593 631.82 Mexico 26,097,359 45,107.328 578.56 40,920.692 637.75 Brazil 20,785,477 40,762.358 509.92 36,979.000 562.09 Finland 303,551 713.448 425.47 647.230 469.00 United Kingdom 64,757 73.697 878.69 66.857 968.59 France 1,402,654 192.364 7,291.65 174.510 8,037.67 Federal Republic of Germany 1,708,899 1,550.093 1,102.45 1,406.222 1,215.24 Czech Republic 90,983 20.839 4,365.96 18.905 4,812.64 Russia 387,108 412.722 937.94 374.416 1,033.90 Italy 466,887 294.441 1,585.67 267.113 1,747.90 Japan 5,643 0.011 511,924.49 0.010 564,300.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 54,290,185 94,320.947 575.59 85,566.548 634.48 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 1,202,379 2,127.580 565.14 1,930.109 622.96 United Kingdom 3,395,945 4,820.733 704.45 4,373.297 776.52 Federal Republic of Germany 15,072 12.632 1,193.11 11.460 1,315.18 Italy 692,451 457.304 1,514.20 414.860 1,669.12 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,305,847 7,418.250 715.24 6,729.726 788.42 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 16,388,665 14,500.175 1,130.24 13,154.342 1,245.87 Brazil 1,319,805 989.220 1,334.19 897.406 1,470.69 Sweden 485,350 331.170 1,465.56 300.433 1,615.50 Finland 360,424 298.858 1,206.00 271.120 1,329.39 United Kingdom 281,361 134.411 2,093.28 121.936 2,307.45 Belgium 2,516,171 1,602.623 1,570.03 1,453.876 1,730.66 France 780,030 422.688 1,845.40 383.457 2,034.20 Federal Republic of Germany 2,374,248 2,138.295 1,110.35 1,939.830 1,223.95 Austria 543,824 489.384 1,111.24 443.962 1,224.93 Ukraine 2,845,543 2,289.542 1,242.84 2,077.039 1,370.00 Indonesia 10,722 16.172 663.00 14.671 730.83 China 2,671,730 4,701.013 568.33 4,264.689 626.48 Japan 2,182,355 2,403.790 907.88 2,180.683 1,000.77 South Africa 127,704 29.793 4,286.34 27.028 4,724.88 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 32,887,932 30,347.142 1,083.72 27,530.472 1,194.60 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 4,441,747 6,356.221 698.80 5,766.269 770.30 Netherlands 74,634 190.347 392.09 172.680 432.21 France 275,855 392.495 702.82 356.066 774.73 Federal Republic of Germany 83,843 125.000 670.74 113.399 739.36 Japan 211,210 332.614 635.00 301.743 699.97 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,087,289 7,396.679 687.78 6,710.157 758.15 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Czech Republic 1,234,644 2,576.574 479.18 2,337.430 528.21 Japan 1,538,716 2,588.903 594.35 2,348.614 655.16 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,773,360 5,165.477 536.90 4,686.044 591.83 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 19,399,460 29,591.208 655.58 26,844.700 722.66 Mexico 5,689,198 10,090.045 563.84 9,153.538 621.53 Brazil 434,302 157.651 2,754.82 143.019 3,036.67 Sweden 2,432,052 838.083 2,901.92 760.297 3,198.82 United Kingdom 1,684,019 1,265.040 1,331.20 1,147.626 1,467.39 Netherlands 38,614 32.060 1,204.40 29.085 1,327.63 France 1,943,860 1,600.349 1,214.65 1,451.813 1,338.92 Federal Republic of Germany 1,193,772 819.402 1,456.88 743.350 1,605.94 Austria 410,411 105.409 3,893.49 95.626 4,291.83 Czech Republic 746,808 957.033 780.34 868.206 860.17 Poland 5,671 4.872 1,163.95 4.420 1,283.03 Russia 389,466 415.786 936.70 377.195 1,032.53 Ukraine 208,745 127.680 1,634.90 115.830 1,802.17 Spain 582,387 400.132 1,455.49 362.994 1,604.40 Italy 1,704,102 2,065.185 825.16 1,873.505 909.58 Romania 5,025 5.372 935.29 4.874 1,030.98 India 4,352 0.686 6,337.19 0.623 6,985.55 China 2,930,003 4,112.367 712.49 3,730.678 785.38 Korea, South 231,664 263.505 879.16 239.048 969.11 Taiwan 99,685 37.087 2,687.85 33.645 2,962.85 Japan 7,318,985 9,119.415 802.57 8,272.997 884.68 South Africa 585,025 920.558 635.51 835.117 700.53 CATEGORY TOTAL 48,037,606 62,928.935 763.36 57,088.186 841.46 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 571,520 1,058.280 540.05 960.056 595.30 Mexico 671,858 1,281.306 524.35 1,162.382 578.00 Austria 63,832 11.570 5,516.57 10.497 6,080.98 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 1,307,210 2,351.157 555.99 2,132.935 612.87 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 1,910,295 1,737.378 1,099.53 1,576.124 1,212.02 Colombia 358,886 378.701 947.68 343.552 1,044.63 Brazil 126,148 64.013 1,970.65 58.072 2,172.27 Sweden 156,033 91.735 1,700.90 83.221 1,874.92 United Kingdom 1,955,080 1,214.366 1,609.96 1,101.655 1,774.68 Belgium 19,576 18.759 1,043.55 17.018 1,150.31 France 1,826,936 1,338.265 1,365.15 1,214.054 1,504.82 Federal Republic of Germany 306,511 140.337 2,184.10 127.312 2,407.56 Austria 11,162 0.515 21,636.75 0.468 23,850.43 Poland 97,792 81.350 1,202.11 73.800 1,325.09 Russia 3,932 2.799 1,404.35 2.540 1,548.03 Ukraine 3,428,624 5,445.137 629.67 4,939.747 694.09 Italy 227,988 190.273 1,198.21 172.613 1,320.80 Korea, South 135,644 103.300 1,313.10 93.713 1,447.44 Taiwan 42,375 24.335 1,741.27 22.077 1,919.42 Japan 713,263 706.133 1,010.10 640.594 1,113.44 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,320,245 11,537.404 981.18 10,466.560 1,081.56 TOOL STEEL............................17 Canada 1,374,649 997.652 1,377.88 905.055 1,518.86 Mexico 191,316 94.142 2,032.19 85.405 2,240.10 Colombia 18,560 21.555 861.03 19.555 949.12 Brazil 2,316,522 772.555 2,998.52 700.851 3,305.30 Sweden 4,128,709 1,486.316 2,777.81 1,348.364 3,062.01 United Kingdom 1,297,207 323.122 4,014.60 293.132 4,425.33 Netherlands 587,400 433.678 1,354.46 393.427 1,493.03 Belgium 36,806 5.999 6,134.46 5.443 6,762.08 France 2,189,628 887.904 2,466.06 805.494 2,718.37 Federal Republic of Germany 3,432,314 1,744.302 1,967.73 1,582.405 2,169.05 Austria 4,537,107 773.177 5,868.13 701.415 6,468.51 Czech Republic 35,881 10.347 3,467.64 9.387 3,822.41 Slovakia 40,305 20.767 1,940.77 18.840 2,139.33 Poland 324,864 270.102 1,202.74 245.033 1,325.80 Russia 116,541 131.086 889.04 118.920 979.99 Ukraine 522,680 75.415 6,930.65 68.416 7,639.73 Spain 470,018 353.716 1,328.80 320.886 1,464.75 Slovenia 3,253,186 1,216.045 2,675.22 1,103.178 2,948.92 China 4,421,134 1,824.074 2,423.77 1,654.773 2,671.75 Korea, South 499,064 275.997 1,808.22 250.381 1,993.22 Taiwan 1,789,975 789.825 2,266.29 716.518 2,498.16 Japan 3,948,767 4,553.514 867.19 4,130.880 955.91 CATEGORY TOTAL 35,532,633 17,061.302 2,082.64 15,477.758 2,295.72 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 200,089 58.940 3,394.76 53.470 3,742.08 Argentina 324,238 289.661 1,119.37 262.777 1,233.89 United Kingdom 25,494 9.503 2,682.73 8.621 2,957.20 Federal Republic of Germany 233,968 184.284 1,269.60 167.180 1,399.50 Spain 3,224 3.152 1,022.64 2.860 1,127.27 Italy 24,821 18.195 1,364.10 16.507 1,503.67 India 10,500 1.617 6,493.14 1.467 7,157.46 Japan 1,891,021 809.516 2,335.99 734.381 2,574.99 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,713,355 1,374.871 1,973.53 1,247.263 2,175.45 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 7,319,212 5,970.185 1,225.96 5,416.063 1,351.39 Mexico 3,005 1.236 2,429.67 1.122 2,678.25 United Kingdom 120,653 24.471 4,930.39 22.200 5,434.82 Federal Republic of Germany 9,916,107 7,323.877 1,353.94 6,644.112 1,492.47 Austria 5,113,099 4,945.110 1,033.97 4,486.130 1,139.76 Spain 2,209,544 1,767.304 1,250.23 1,603.272 1,378.15 Romania 564,646 708.762 796.66 642.979 878.17 India 1,996,757 2,220.585 899.20 2,014.482 991.20 Indonesia 472,366 373.981 1,263.07 339.270 1,392.30 China 2,131,159 2,024.504 1,052.68 1,836.600 1,160.38 Japan 10,689,124 3,940.081 2,712.92 3,574.383 2,990.48 CATEGORY TOTAL 40,535,672 29,300.102 1,383.47 26,580.613 1,525.01 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 21,874,556 17,779.983 1,230.29 16,129.734 1,356.16 Federal Republic of Germany 47,387 78.979 599.99 71.649 661.38 Japan 2,544,384 2,872.833 885.67 2,606.191 976.28 CATEGORY TOTAL 24,466,327 20,731.795 1,180.14 18,807.574 1,300.88 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Argentina 15,935 6.747 2,361.70 6.121 2,603.33 Norway 28,825 36.684 785.75 33.280 866.14 Federal Republic of Germany 40,339 7.683 5,250.35 6.970 5,787.52 CATEGORY TOTAL 85,099 51.115 1,664.85 46.371 1,835.18 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 3,478,101 2,820.248 1,233.26 2,558.487 1,359.44 Mexico 2,025,583 1,540.288 1,315.07 1,397.327 1,449.61 Venezuela 14,664 10.920 1,342.78 9.907 1,480.17 Brazil 8,111 7.475 1,084.96 6.782 1,195.96 Argentina 1,695,812 1,388.387 1,221.43 1,259.524 1,346.39 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Sweden 1,054,701 672.769 1,567.70 610.326 1,728.09 United Kingdom 664,428 306.013 2,171.24 277.611 2,393.38 Ireland 14,198 15.705 904.00 14.248 996.49 France 473,739 381.925 1,240.40 346.477 1,367.30 Federal Republic of Germany 1,648,684 1,162.723 1,417.95 1,054.805 1,563.02 Switzerland 238,380 130.149 1,831.58 118.070 2,018.97 Spain 79,718 68.144 1,169.83 61.820 1,289.52 Italy 167,711 114.354 1,466.58 103.741 1,616.63 Saudi Arabia 82,518 52.073 1,584.65 47.240 1,746.78 India 749,488 560.428 1,337.35 508.412 1,474.17 China 109,582 43.684 2,508.48 39.630 2,765.13 Korea, South 51,664 66.534 776.50 60.359 855.95 Taiwan 98,159 39.276 2,499.18 35.631 2,754.88 Japan 4,190,305 2,441.694 1,716.15 2,215.069 1,891.73 CATEGORY TOTAL 16,845,546 11,822.799 1,424.84 10,725.466 1,570.61 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Argentina 140,352 106.095 1,322.89 96.248 1,458.23 Sweden 157,658 97.512 1,616.80 88.462 1,782.21 United Kingdom 3,398 3.228 1,052.45 2.929 1,160.12 France 1,295,640 750.946 1,725.34 681.247 1,901.87 Federal Republic of Germany 4,320,366 2,298.664 1,879.51 2,085.314 2,071.81 Japan 347,119 130.099 2,668.11 118.024 2,941.09 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,264,533 3,386.546 1,849.83 3,072.224 2,039.09 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 1,077,699 224.384 4,802.92 203.558 5,294.31 Mexico 73,494 43.168 1,702.48 39.162 1,876.67 United Kingdom 12,794 5.035 2,540.83 4.568 2,800.79 Ireland 2,300 0.002 1,043,262.75 0.002 1,150,000.00 Netherlands 3,060 0.112 27,215.55 0.102 30,000.00 France 39,424 15.517 2,540.66 14.077 2,800.60 Federal Republic of Germany 3,650 1.436 2,541.23 1.303 2,801.23 Italy 10,800 4.250 2,540.87 3.856 2,800.83 India 4,529 0.185 24,456.20 0.168 26,958.33 Taiwan 5,225 4.299 1,215.40 3.900 1,339.74 Japan 9,702 3.818 2,540.85 3.464 2,800.81 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,242,677 302.209 4,111.97 274.160 4,532.67 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 976,240 792.611 1,231.68 719.045 1,357.69 Mexico 4,848 2.975 1,629.50 2.699 1,796.22 Finland 555,279 189.930 2,923.59 172.302 3,222.71 United Kingdom 43,085 32.382 1,330.50 29.377 1,466.62 Netherlands 14,837 3.362 4,413.08 3.050 4,864.59 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Federal Republic of Germany 80,680 35.251 2,288.67 31.980 2,522.83 Italy 155,734 62.776 2,480.76 56.950 2,734.57 Malaysia 2,293 0.492 4,653.64 0.447 5,129.75 China 106,408 51.235 2,076.84 46.480 2,289.33 Taiwan 801,508 242.253 3,308.55 219.769 3,647.05 Japan 165,996 99.041 1,676.02 89.849 1,847.50 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,906,908 1,512.313 1,922.16 1,371.948 2,118.82 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 165,082 169.019 976.70 153.332 1,076.63 CATEGORY TOTAL 165,082 169.019 976.70 153.332 1,076.63 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 690,212 632.572 1,091.12 573.860 1,202.75 Mexico 1,629,706 1,410.277 1,155.59 1,279.383 1,273.82 Venezuela 51,406 66.229 776.19 60.082 855.60 Sweden 179,343 101.392 1,768.79 91.982 1,949.76 United Kingdom 82,749 4.970 16,648.63 4.509 18,351.96 Netherlands 32,282 2.027 15,924.82 1.839 17,554.11 France 22,018 1.148 19,169.29 1.042 21,130.52 Federal Republic of Germany 328,660 95.186 3,452.79 86.352 3,806.05 Austria 176,729 34.288 5,154.18 31.106 5,681.51 Poland 25,060 22.287 1,124.39 20.219 1,239.43 Italy 1,850,410 1,302.277 1,420.90 1,181.407 1,566.28 Turkey 171,598 143.842 1,192.96 130.492 1,315.01 Thailand 46,972 50.706 926.35 46.000 1,021.13 China 411,593 405.666 1,014.61 368.015 1,118.41 Korea, South 2,938,537 2,511.172 1,170.19 2,278.098 1,289.91 Hong Kong 3,040 1.770 1,717.21 1.606 1,892.90 Taiwan 296,649 323.291 917.59 293.285 1,011.47 Japan 3,650,209 3,184.134 1,146.37 2,888.599 1,263.66 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,587,173 10,293.243 1,222.86 9,337.876 1,347.97 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 2,811,007 4,528.241 620.77 4,107.953 684.28 Sweden 7,624,507 11,464.144 665.07 10,400.100 733.12 Netherlands 44,162 72.157 612.02 65.460 674.64 Belgium 62,025 25.732 2,410.39 23.344 2,657.00 France 1,163,674 1,701.030 684.10 1,543.149 754.09 Austria 1,207,799 1,875.075 644.13 1,701.040 710.04 Japan 1,932,968 3,098.094 623.92 2,810.545 687.76 CATEGORY TOTAL 14,846,142 22,764.475 652.16 20,651.591 718.89 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 3,128,251 4,188.919 746.79 3,800.125 823.20 Dominican Republic 3,377 12.014 281.09 10.899 309.84 Sweden 4,702,228 6,190.926 759.54 5,616.316 837.24 Netherlands 452,800 952.052 475.60 863.688 524.26 France 1,629,954 1,803.012 904.02 1,635.666 996.51 Federal Republic of Germany 1,175,463 1,357.287 866.04 1,231.311 954.64 Turkey 107,054 7.936 13,488.58 7.200 14,868.61 Korea, South 636,471 952.319 668.34 863.930 736.72 Japan 3,486,952 4,972.670 701.22 4,511.132 772.97 CATEGORY TOTAL 15,322,550 20,437.140 749.74 18,540.267 826.45 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 7,579,513 10,745.383 705.37 9,748.051 777.54 Brazil 288,320 566.839 508.65 514.228 560.69 Finland 149,599 181.627 823.66 164.770 907.93 Belgium 246,603 64.815 3,804.67 58.800 4,193.93 France 22,669 25.705 881.86 23.320 972.08 Federal Republic of Germany 1,701,480 3,999.537 425.42 3,628.320 468.94 Spain 2,416,222 4,137.566 583.97 3,753.538 643.72 China 1,021,384 1,798.163 568.02 1,631.267 626.13 Japan 1,452,836 1,775.711 818.17 1,610.899 901.88 CATEGORY TOTAL 14,878,626 23,295.351 638.70 21,133.193 704.04 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 2,029,484 1,626.523 1,247.74 1,475.558 1,375.40 United Kingdom 4,495 2.857 1,573.22 2.592 1,734.18 Federal Republic of Germany 2,310,345 3,391.160 681.28 3,076.410 750.99 Japan 209,378 342.772 610.84 310.958 673.33 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,553,702 5,363.314 849.05 4,865.518 935.91 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 Sweden 334,161 410.083 814.86 372.022 898.23 United Kingdom 843,171 693.692 1,215.48 629.307 1,339.84 Federal Republic of Germany 2,062,980 2,653.853 777.35 2,407.536 856.88 Russia 2,282,018 1,951.693 1,169.25 1,770.547 1,288.88 Romania 17,431 12.654 1,377.45 11.480 1,518.38 Japan 1,047,477 1,434.074 730.42 1,300.971 805.15 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,587,238 7,156.051 920.51 6,491.863 1,014.69 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 356,487 801.781 444.62 727.364 490.11 CATEGORY TOTAL 356,487 801.781 444.62 727.364 490.11 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 241,101 219.358 1,099.12 198.999 1,211.57 Mexico 5,600 0.013 423,353.00 0.012 466,666.67 Brazil 63,793 10.554 6,044.08 9.575 6,662.45 Sweden 690,974 185.445 3,726.03 168.233 4,107.24 United Kingdom 164,368 64.920 2,531.83 58.895 2,790.87 France 447,244 61.470 7,275.77 55.765 8,020.16 Federal Republic of Germany 3,525,076 2,443.278 1,442.76 2,216.506 1,590.38 Austria 824,777 147.464 5,593.04 133.778 6,165.27 Italy 12,997 10.684 1,216.41 9.693 1,340.86 China 9,423 2.009 4,689.20 1.823 5,168.95 Korea, South 2,507 6.139 408.31 5.570 450.09 Japan 169,190 71.101 2,379.56 64.502 2,623.02 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,157,050 3,222.441 1,910.68 2,923.351 2,106.16 GRAND TOTAL 368,327,699 402,099.245 916.01 364,778.402 1,009.73 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Mexico 27,250 57.992 469.89 52.610 517.96 China 5,200 7.495 693.73 6.800 764.71 CATEGORY TOTAL 32,450 65.488 495.51 59.410 546.20 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 8,299,620 21,525.627 385.57 19,527.726 425.02 Mexico 90,453,137 180,161.164 502.07 163,439.505 553.43 Venezuela 19,754,241 43,440.569 454.74 39,408.633 501.27 Brazil 23,937,879 67,149.510 356.49 60,917.028 392.96 Finland 2,020,131 4,934.892 409.36 4,476.860 451.24 United Kingdom 761,125 1,656.966 459.35 1,503.175 506.34 Belgium 706,125 963.469 732.90 874.045 807.88 Federal Republic of Germany 1,980,101 2,340.834 845.90 2,123.570 932.44 Russia 31,238,288 68,495.377 456.06 62,137.979 502.72 Ukraine 4,146 6.058 684.35 5.496 754.37 Spain 28,159 66.682 422.29 60.493 465.49 China 16,396 60.244 272.16 54.653 300.00 Japan 5,893 21.652 272.16 19.643 300.01 Australia 3,365 8.389 401.09 7.611 442.12 CATEGORY TOTAL 179,208,606 390,831.438 458.53 354,556.417 505.44 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 3,920,339 6,313.932 620.90 5,727.905 684.43 Mexico 639,326 1,255.456 509.24 1,138.931 561.34 Brazil 11,198,970 17,405.163 643.43 15,789.703 709.26 Finland 77,725 194.535 399.54 176.480 440.42 United Kingdom 1,838,808 3,094.459 594.23 2,807.247 655.02 Federal Republic of Germany 5,495,880 5,974.160 919.94 5,419.669 1,014.06 Spain 1,694,582 3,612.030 469.15 3,276.780 517.15 Thailand 106,232 152.544 696.40 138.386 767.65 Malaysia 221,239 510.881 433.05 463.464 477.36 China 3,632,717 7,240.184 501.74 6,568.187 553.08 Japan 5,843,127 9,827.873 594.55 8,915.699 655.38 South Africa 183,972 297.467 618.46 269.858 681.74 CATEGORY TOTAL 34,852,917 55,878.689 623.72 50,692.309 687.54 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 5,753,832 9,140.313 629.50 8,291.955 693.91 Mexico 1,631,374 3,093.610 527.34 2,806.477 581.29 Venezuela 39,176 31.540 1,242.09 28.613 1,369.17 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Brazil 791,559 1,783.146 443.91 1,617.644 489.33 Norway 1,598,817 1,962.858 814.53 1,780.676 897.87 United Kingdom 1,356,093 2,211.925 613.08 2,006.626 675.81 Belgium 14,528 17.266 841.39 15.664 927.48 Luxembourg 3,800,183 5,170.382 734.99 4,690.493 810.19 Federal Republic of Germany 3,225,831 3,542.350 910.65 3,213.567 1,003.82 Poland 8,353,061 19,140.663 436.40 17,364.123 481.05 Russia 8,218 15.119 543.54 13.716 599.15 Italy 25,863 14.192 1,822.33 12.875 2,008.78 Turkey 118,193 259.356 455.72 235.284 502.34 Korea, South 987,645 2,349.478 420.37 2,131.412 463.38 Japan 3,112 0.697 4,459.97 0.633 4,916.27 CATEGORY TOTAL 27,707,485 48,732.902 568.56 44,209.758 626.73 STEEL PILING...........................5 Canada 713,418 778.301 916.64 706.063 1,010.42 United Kingdom 82,814 116.833 708.82 105.990 781.34 Luxembourg 7,407,386 9,521.430 777.97 8,637.699 857.56 Federal Republic of Germany 797,980 983.076 811.72 891.832 894.76 Italy 11,180 16.991 657.99 15.414 725.31 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,012,778 11,416.632 789.44 10,356.998 870.21 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 8,212,665 10,848.846 757.01 9,841.911 834.46 Mexico 94,111 143.775 654.57 130.431 721.54 Sweden 59,665 159.052 375.13 144.290 413.51 Norway 82,182 92.212 891.22 83.654 982.40 France 251,864 391.695 643.01 355.340 708.80 Federal Republic of Germany 151,590 146.649 1,033.69 133.038 1,139.45 Austria 108,194 130.681 827.92 118.552 912.63 Czech Republic 23,574 30.216 780.17 27.412 859.99 Russia 20,678 24.000 861.56 21.773 949.71 Ukraine 4,038,093 7,145.135 565.15 6,481.960 622.97 Italy 43,408 50.783 854.77 46.070 942.22 Romania 2,059,126 3,014.240 683.13 2,734.474 753.02 Thailand 14,858,771 26,480.348 561.12 24,022.575 618.53 Malaysia 1,704,164 2,537.176 671.68 2,301.688 740.40 Indonesia 396,039 577.722 685.52 524.101 755.65 Korea, South 7,421,041 12,255.985 605.50 11,118.446 667.45 Japan 1,024,498 1,331.181 769.62 1,207.628 848.36 Australia 25,682 9.931 2,585.83 9.010 2,850.39 New Zealand 39,663 70.860 559.73 64.284 617.00 South Africa 3,754,583 4,885.769 768.47 4,432.297 847.10 CATEGORY TOTAL 44,369,591 70,326.266 630.91 63,798.934 695.46 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 24,146,409 41,097.515 587.54 37,283.049 647.65 Mexico 1,601,929 2,799.227 572.28 2,539.417 630.83 Sweden 79,580 240.156 331.37 217.866 365.27 United Kingdom 35,591 78.464 453.59 71.182 500.00 Netherlands 9,244 24.162 382.57 21.920 421.72 Belgium 26,049 41.722 624.34 37.850 688.22 France 2,196,296 3,381.968 649.41 3,068.071 715.86 Federal Republic of Germany 5,567,792 8,654.585 643.33 7,851.310 709.15 Russia 20,087,939 38,805.829 517.65 35,204.066 570.61 Italy 88,721 146.717 604.71 133.100 666.57 Malaysia 4,165,765 7,512.117 554.54 6,814.880 611.27 China 2,735 6.029 453.59 5.470 500.00 Korea, South 50,723 81.004 626.18 73.486 690.24 Taiwan 6,326 9.049 699.01 8.210 770.52 Japan 47,053 61.707 762.52 55.980 840.53 New Zealand 207,941 337.549 616.03 306.220 679.06 CATEGORY TOTAL 58,320,093 103,277.807 564.69 93,692.077 622.47 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Canada 85,077 154.540 550.52 140.197 606.84 China 6,457 8.372 771.26 7.595 850.16 Japan 14,748,121 23,487.219 627.92 21,307.253 692.16 CATEGORY TOTAL 14,839,655 23,650.132 627.47 21,455.045 691.66 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 Canada 314,168 535.008 587.22 485.352 647.30 Luxembourg 4,466 5.849 763.42 5.307 841.53 Federal Republic of Germany 49,018 34.339 1,427.47 31.152 1,573.51 Austria 198,893 179.596 1,107.45 162.927 1,220.75 Spain 487,982 679.573 718.07 616.499 791.54 China 60,648 81.984 739.75 74.375 815.44 Korea, South 722,495 1,096.825 658.71 995.024 726.11 Japan 133,860 190.076 704.24 172.435 776.29 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,971,530 2,803.255 703.30 2,543.071 775.26 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 Canada 133,668 110.878 1,205.54 100.587 1,328.88 Mexico 34,571 64.871 532.92 58.850 587.44 India 11,763 19.841 592.85 18.000 653.50 China 163,335 223.280 731.52 202.557 806.37 Australia 720,129 1,454.521 495.10 1,319.520 545.75 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,063,466 1,873.392 567.67 1,699.514 625.75 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 17,140,268 26,694.488 642.09 24,216.839 707.78 Mexico 1,700,858 2,875.473 591.51 2,608.586 652.02 Brazil 7,706 10.898 707.07 9.887 779.41 Sweden 66,102 42.286 1,563.18 38.362 1,723.11 United Kingdom 849,223 959.321 885.23 870.282 975.80 France 23,765 18.443 1,288.50 16.732 1,420.33 Federal Republic of Germany 67,910 35.219 1,928.17 31.951 2,125.44 Czech Republic 145,670 275.930 527.92 250.320 581.94 Switzerland 33,936 30.379 1,117.06 27.560 1,231.35 Russia 598,913 1,016.440 589.23 922.100 649.51 Italy 1,346,025 2,254.407 597.06 2,045.165 658.15 Turkey 1,428,479 3,033.486 470.90 2,751.933 519.08 India 182,091 233.063 781.29 211.432 861.23 China 356,029 623.215 571.28 565.372 629.73 Korea, South 423,244 996.467 424.74 903.980 468.20 Taiwan 5,250 0.457 11,476.44 0.415 12,650.60 Japan 1,610,386 2,844.202 566.20 2,580.218 624.13 South Africa 444,701 461.665 963.25 418.816 1,061.81 CATEGORY TOTAL 26,430,556 42,405.849 623.28 38,469.950 687.04 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 4,401,723 8,069.616 545.47 7,320.635 601.28 Mexico 1,185,233 2,383.383 497.29 2,162.170 548.17 Brazil 162,061 370.208 437.76 335.848 482.54 Italy 4,574 2.558 1,787.79 2.321 1,970.70 Turkey 1,883,202 4,235.552 444.62 3,842.430 490.11 China 88,251 166.290 530.70 150.856 585.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,725,044 15,227.610 507.31 13,814.260 559.21 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 Canada 54,383 52.968 1,026.71 48.052 1,131.75 Mexico 7,932,222 19,231.957 412.45 17,446.943 454.65 Dominican Republic 3,594,018 8,078.712 444.88 7,328.887 490.39 Trinidad and Tobago 14,413 21.486 670.80 19.492 739.43 Brazil 5,760,334 15,889.482 362.52 14,414.700 399.62 Argentina 1,580,326 2,057.103 768.23 1,866.173 846.83 Romania 8,231,443 23,402.749 351.73 21,230.623 387.72 Bulgaria 5,941,012 16,849.588 352.59 15,285.694 388.66 Turkey 6,910,931 18,050.210 382.87 16,374.880 422.04 Japan 4,198,160 11,102.582 378.12 10,072.096 416.81 South Africa 35,151 26.358 1,333.58 23.912 1,470.02 CATEGORY TOTAL 44,252,393 114,763.198 385.60 104,111.452 425.05 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 3,020,240 2,740.285 1,102.16 2,485.946 1,214.93 Mexico 117,942 164.451 717.18 149.188 790.56 Sweden 8,962 16.465 544.30 14.937 599.99 United Kingdom 1,136,913 1,003.708 1,132.71 910.549 1,248.60 Netherlands 14,556 10.002 1,455.26 9.074 1,604.14 France 304,723 263.609 1,155.96 239.143 1,274.23 Federal Republic of Germany 289,823 258.154 1,122.67 234.194 1,237.53 Austria 91,583 48.430 1,891.04 43.935 2,084.51 Switzerland 2,404 1.111 2,163.56 1.008 2,384.92 Poland 75,943 73.713 1,030.24 66.872 1,135.65 Ukraine 339,459 603.531 562.45 547.515 620.00 Spain 177,720 175.419 1,013.11 159.138 1,116.77 Italy 331,795 311.187 1,066.22 282.305 1,175.31 Romania 42,902 27.636 1,552.39 25.071 1,711.22 India 50,633 12.448 4,067.43 11.293 4,483.57 China 58,687 62.030 946.10 56.273 1,042.90 Korea, South 22,287 35.940 620.10 32.605 683.55 Taiwan 98,200 101.455 967.91 92.039 1,066.94 Japan 41,620 21.006 1,981.27 19.057 2,183.97 Egypt 5,652 6.594 857.14 5.982 944.83 South Africa 185,317 313.306 591.49 284.227 652.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,417,361 6,250.490 1,026.70 5,670.351 1,131.74 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 29,392,045 34,766.043 845.42 31,539.233 931.92 Mexico 2,826,970 2,940.157 961.50 2,667.267 1,059.88 Guatemala 860,631 1,213.181 709.40 1,100.580 781.98 Dominican Republic 95,272 231.677 411.23 210.174 453.30 Colombia 3,030,203 2,934.732 1,032.53 2,662.345 1,138.17 Venezuela 1,567,359 2,420.739 647.47 2,196.059 713.71 Ecuador 47,942 44.028 1,088.89 39.942 1,200.29 Argentina 7,227 4.254 1,698.50 3.860 1,872.28 Sweden 109,327 80.845 1,352.29 73.342 1,490.65 United Kingdom 41,323 15.820 2,612.01 14.352 2,879.25 France 162,314 87.460 1,855.85 79.343 2,045.73 Federal Republic of Germany 702,413 443.485 1,583.85 402.323 1,745.89 Russia 13,416 0.901 14,878.72 0.818 16,400.98 Ukraine 34,139 29.708 1,149.14 26.951 1,266.71 Spain 2,404,748 1,937.560 1,241.12 1,757.726 1,368.10 Italy 316,016 213.271 1,481.75 193.477 1,633.35 Romania 3,498,602 5,543.362 631.13 5,028.855 695.71 Turkey 14,279 4.147 3,442.38 3.763 3,794.58 United Arab Emirates 1,552,034 1,717.266 903.78 1,557.878 996.25 Oman 662,215 1,048.226 631.75 950.935 696.38 India 1,794,692 2,536.379 707.58 2,300.965 779.97 Thailand 11,088,240 17,724.002 625.61 16,078.949 689.61 China 11,219,051 18,563.673 604.36 16,840.686 666.19 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Korea, South 988,789 1,339.967 737.92 1,215.598 813.42 Taiwan 921,769 1,511.703 609.76 1,371.395 672.14 Japan 131,609 217.149 606.07 196.995 668.08 South Africa 116,848 124.725 936.84 113.149 1,032.69 CATEGORY TOTAL 73,599,473 97,694.472 753.36 88,626.960 830.44 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 1,737,024 1,702.656 1,020.18 1,544.624 1,124.56 Mexico 664,490 664.519 999.96 602.842 1,102.26 Colombia 6,133,209 5,232.357 1,172.17 4,746.716 1,292.10 Venezuela 3,499,417 3,966.067 882.34 3,597.957 972.61 Brazil 1,092,890 1,570.061 696.08 1,424.336 767.30 United Kingdom 364,585 414.418 879.75 375.954 969.76 France 7,363 1.436 5,126.33 1.303 5,650.81 Federal Republic of Germany 3,868,102 3,583.654 1,079.37 3,251.038 1,189.81 Austria 5,596,281 4,325.697 1,293.73 3,924.208 1,426.09 Czech Republic 420,117 562.009 747.53 509.847 824.01 Russia 5,738,942 7,936.980 723.06 7,200.310 797.04 Spain 1,944,473 1,552.234 1,252.69 1,408.164 1,380.86 Romania 316,226 379.237 833.85 344.039 919.16 India 263,252 283.287 929.28 256.994 1,024.35 China 7,421,998 9,455.395 784.95 8,577.793 865.26 Korea, South 1,241,486 1,432.987 866.36 1,299.985 955.00 Taiwan 434,224 615.941 704.98 558.773 777.10 Japan 2,241 0.827 2,707.06 0.751 2,984.02 Australia 3,248 0.153 21,198.11 0.139 23,366.91 South Africa 1,101,727 1,295.924 850.15 1,175.643 937.13 CATEGORY TOTAL 41,851,295 44,975.849 930.53 40,801.416 1,025.73 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 77,843 55.161 1,411.17 50.042 1,555.55 United Kingdom 476,819 690.490 690.55 626.403 761.20 France 248,867 531.466 468.27 482.138 516.17 Federal Republic of Germany 753,077 577.208 1,304.69 523.635 1,438.17 Czech Republic 24,135 31.801 758.92 28.850 836.57 Italy 1,364,675 1,079.133 1,264.60 978.974 1,393.98 Romania 2,998,664 3,756.522 798.26 3,407.861 879.93 India 8,800 1.084 8,113.04 0.984 8,943.09 China 165,820 248.776 666.54 225.686 734.74 Korea, South 4,036,533 3,618.147 1,115.64 3,282.329 1,229.78 Japan 10,321,323 13,209.271 781.37 11,983.253 861.31 South Africa 633,861 935.180 677.80 848.382 747.14 CATEGORY TOTAL 21,110,417 24,734.246 853.49 22,438.537 940.81 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 11,702 16.244 720.36 14.737 794.06 Mexico 3,447,650 3,748.670 919.70 3,400.738 1,013.79 Brazil 2,290,401 2,526.572 906.52 2,292.069 999.27 Argentina 796,203 1,089.161 731.02 988.071 805.82 France 695,659 662.615 1,049.87 601.115 1,157.28 Federal Republic of Germany 37,444 20.709 1,808.09 18.787 1,993.08 Austria 1,238,573 1,273.024 972.94 1,154.869 1,072.48 Czech Republic 58,529 71.807 815.08 65.143 898.47 Russia 1,373,262 2,140.558 641.54 1,941.883 707.18 Spain 34,895 28.194 1,237.63 25.578 1,364.26 Italy 812,102 924.962 877.98 839.112 967.81 Romania 1,505,128 1,970.190 763.95 1,787.327 842.11 China 965,391 1,447.814 666.79 1,313.436 735.01 Korea, South 262,685 352.482 745.24 319.767 821.49 Japan 4,494 7.622 589.57 6.915 649.89 CATEGORY TOTAL 13,534,118 16,280.634 831.30 14,769.547 916.35 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Canada 291,390 70.091 4,157.28 63.586 4,582.61 Mexico 2,635,380 3,044.773 865.54 2,762.173 954.10 United Kingdom 1,027,111 1,484.559 691.86 1,346.770 762.65 Czech Republic 44,855 17.483 2,565.52 15.861 2,828.01 Greece 353,323 711.043 496.91 645.048 547.75 Korea, South 1,332,973 1,973.927 675.29 1,790.717 744.38 Taiwan 141,709 157.782 898.13 143.138 990.02 Japan 1,871,956 2,437.599 767.95 2,211.354 846.52 South Africa 1,135,928 1,795.215 632.75 1,628.593 697.49 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,834,625 11,692.477 755.58 10,607.240 832.89 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 11,584,274 9,938.375 1,165.61 9,015.945 1,284.87 Mexico 11,860,128 14,234.258 833.21 12,913.106 918.46 Dominican Republic 57,986 99.689 581.66 90.437 641.18 Colombia 1,310,119 1,240.799 1,055.87 1,125.635 1,163.89 Brazil 448,979 450.248 997.18 408.459 1,099.20 Argentina 742,779 506.345 1,466.94 459.349 1,617.03 Sweden 103,454 59.358 1,742.87 53.849 1,921.19 Denmark 10,799 1.176 9,181.53 1.067 10,120.90 Belgium 109,444 66.129 1,654.99 59.992 1,824.31 France 679,005 639.915 1,061.08 580.522 1,169.65 Federal Republic of Germany 2,037,504 1,535.051 1,327.32 1,392.576 1,463.12 Austria 154,393 69.918 2,208.19 63.429 2,434.11 Czech Republic 17,121 16.435 1,041.71 14.910 1,148.29 Slovakia 8,648 2.397 3,607.05 2.175 3,976.09 Switzerland 1,956,372 766.712 2,551.64 695.550 2,812.70 Ukraine 3,545 3.096 1,144.88 2.809 1,262.01 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Spain 427,383 296.253 1,442.62 268.757 1,590.22 Italy 1,193,580 912.046 1,308.68 827.395 1,442.58 Romania 1,817,611 1,484.238 1,224.61 1,346.479 1,349.90 Turkey 1,088,267 1,612.237 675.00 1,462.598 744.06 India 1,003,807 756.071 1,327.66 685.897 1,463.50 Malaysia 12,754 10.828 1,177.87 9.823 1,298.38 China 4,587,917 6,402.078 716.63 5,807.870 789.95 Korea, South 1,700,811 2,572.118 661.25 2,333.387 728.90 Taiwan 148,137 114.093 1,298.38 103.504 1,431.22 Japan 2,069,125 864.671 2,392.96 784.417 2,637.79 Australia 146,254 187.154 781.46 169.784 861.41 CATEGORY TOTAL 45,280,196 44,841.703 1,009.78 40,679.721 1,113.09 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 6,753 5.283 1,278.16 4.793 1,408.93 Mexico 1,199,992 668.676 1,794.58 606.613 1,978.18 Argentina 69,110 59.234 1,166.71 53.737 1,286.08 Netherlands 3,034,436 17.083 177,622.58 15.498 195,795.33 France 985,421 940.959 1,047.25 853.624 1,154.40 Federal Republic of Germany 3,945,907 3,099.119 1,273.23 2,811.475 1,403.50 Spain 7,424 3.042 2,440.20 2.760 2,689.86 Italy 911,166 796.231 1,144.35 722.329 1,261.43 Bulgaria 10,552 16.912 623.91 15.343 687.74 Bahrain 9,500 23.645 401.76 21.451 442.87 India 185,171 240.594 769.64 218.264 848.38 China 16,356 8.089 2,021.79 7.339 2,228.64 Taiwan 7,580 0.705 10,744.47 0.640 11,843.75 Japan 732,401 545.605 1,342.36 494.965 1,479.70 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,121,769 6,425.184 1,730.96 5,828.831 1,908.06 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 1,064,982 387.301 2,749.75 351.354 3,031.08 Mexico 277,307 158.507 1,749.48 143.796 1,928.48 United Kingdom 3,075 0.003 929,864.62 0.003 1,025,000.00 France 8,363 4.609 1,814.15 4.182 1,999.76 Federal Republic of Germany 23,037 0.442 52,116.76 0.401 57,448.88 India 71,574 65.265 1,096.66 59.208 1,208.86 Vietnam 90,459 90.904 995.10 82.467 1,096.91 Korea, South 48,347 9.887 4,889.60 8.970 5,389.86 Japan 170,562 80.179 2,127.24 72.738 2,344.88 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,757,706 797.102 2,205.12 723.119 2,430.73 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 23,835,537 26,548.311 897.82 24,084.230 989.67 Mexico 3,026,944 2,446.784 1,237.11 2,219.686 1,363.68 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Brazil 679,369 1,138.109 596.93 1,032.476 658.00 Argentina 222,072 353.506 628.20 320.696 692.47 United Kingdom 30,326 12.369 2,451.77 11.221 2,702.61 Belgium 6,174 3.816 1,617.84 3.462 1,783.36 France 97,171 29.487 3,295.28 26.751 3,632.42 Federal Republic of Germany 45,234 22.328 2,025.85 20.256 2,233.12 Austria 162,361 109.392 1,484.21 99.239 1,636.06 Switzerland 10,951 3.701 2,958.48 3.358 3,261.17 Spain 60,685 45.702 1,327.81 41.461 1,463.66 Italy 4,077 4.494 907.18 4.077 1,000.00 Turkey 5,380,792 8,922.579 603.05 8,094.430 664.75 India 306,009 524.787 583.11 476.079 642.77 Malaysia 56,613 96.007 589.67 87.097 650.00 China 743,694 1,235.915 601.74 1,121.204 663.30 Korea, South 2,946,408 4,842.630 608.43 4,393.162 670.68 Japan 3,112 0.697 4,459.97 0.633 4,916.27 South Africa 34,816 94.104 369.97 85.370 407.82 CATEGORY TOTAL 37,652,345 46,434.727 810.87 42,124.888 893.83 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 16,800 22.419 749.33 20.339 826.00 Mexico 183,101 162.759 1,124.98 147.653 1,240.08 Japan 42,316 92.170 459.10 83.616 506.08 CATEGORY TOTAL 242,217 277.350 873.33 251.608 962.68 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 16,174,765 17,872.309 905.02 16,213.491 997.61 Mexico 7,694,199 9,273.097 829.73 8,412.415 914.62 Honduras 14,869 24.000 619.53 21.773 682.91 Dominican Republic 173,216 253.261 683.94 229.755 753.92 Trinidad and Tobago 22,803 27.146 839.99 24.627 925.93 Venezuela 1,094,623 1,598.465 684.80 1,450.104 754.86 Ecuador 164,770 233.016 707.12 211.389 779.46 Chile 162,768 182.137 893.66 165.232 985.09 Brazil 1,274,530 1,872.804 680.55 1,698.980 750.17 Sweden 591,749 243.772 2,427.46 221.147 2,675.82 United Kingdom 599,188 435.717 1,375.18 395.276 1,515.87 Netherlands 75,897 67.125 1,130.68 60.895 1,246.36 Belgium 898,630 618.986 1,451.78 561.535 1,600.31 Luxembourg 376,591 68.732 5,479.09 62.353 6,039.66 France 1,692,346 842.571 2,008.55 764.368 2,214.05 Federal Republic of Germany 1,309,863 891.686 1,468.97 808.925 1,619.26 Austria 325,422 159.883 2,035.37 145.044 2,243.61 Czech Republic 48,978 34.713 1,410.90 31.492 1,555.25 Switzerland 2,475 0.020 118,172.78 0.019 130,263.16 Lithuania 13,368 21.999 607.64 19.958 669.81 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Poland 1,639,781 1,683.053 974.29 1,526.841 1,073.97 Belarus 485,743 523.925 927.12 475.297 1,021.98 Spain 164,359 205.281 800.65 186.228 882.57 Italy 442,968 326.543 1,356.54 296.235 1,495.33 Greece 846,351 833.273 1,015.69 755.933 1,119.61 Turkey 2,630 3.837 685.41 3.481 755.53 Israel 324,101 437.761 740.36 397.131 816.11 United Arab Emirates 95,565 116.617 819.47 105.794 903.31 India 405,902 504.667 804.30 457.827 886.58 Thailand 248,898 301.871 824.52 273.853 908.87 Malaysia 31,503 35.386 890.26 32.102 981.34 Indonesia 60,558 17.046 3,552.59 15.464 3,916.06 China 8,566,852 13,723.785 624.23 12,450.012 688.10 Korea, South 2,660,748 2,492.046 1,067.70 2,260.747 1,176.93 Taiwan 1,408,479 1,617.797 870.61 1,467.642 959.69 Japan 3,840,690 4,206.988 912.93 3,816.517 1,006.33 Australia 148,734 209.735 709.15 190.269 781.70 Egypt 793,732 1,027.014 772.85 931.692 851.93 South Africa 826,466 1,293.355 639.01 1,173.313 704.39 CATEGORY TOTAL 55,705,110 64,281.437 866.58 58,315.156 955.24 BLACK PLATE...........................28 Canada 17,284 31.695 545.31 28.754 601.10 Mexico 175,675 270.837 648.64 245.700 715.00 Venezuela 549,181 842.838 651.59 764.610 718.25 Chile 2,249,507 3,949.029 569.64 3,582.500 627.92 Belgium 38,110 52.481 726.17 47.610 800.46 Federal Republic of Germany 557,372 494.174 1,127.88 448.308 1,243.28 Russia 438,750 751.169 584.09 681.450 643.85 Taiwan 218,507 335.036 652.19 303.940 718.91 Japan 2,445,817 2,833.779 863.09 2,570.762 951.40 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,690,203 9,561.042 699.74 8,673.634 771.33 TIN PLATE.............................29 Canada 9,604,622 12,456.492 771.05 11,300.343 849.94 Mexico 15,551 17.491 889.06 15.868 980.02 Venezuela 736,354 944.509 779.62 856.845 859.38 United Kingdom 149,076 234.753 635.03 212.965 700.00 Netherlands 1,116,642 1,847.184 604.51 1,675.738 666.36 Belgium 1,587,642 2,123.176 747.77 1,926.114 824.27 France 8,933,911 14,070.191 634.95 12,764.267 699.92 Federal Republic of Germany 4,634,982 8,388.950 552.51 7,610.330 609.04 China 1,737,290 2,167.450 801.54 1,966.279 883.54 Korea, South 525,166 658.592 797.41 597.465 878.99 Taiwan 1,098,174 1,352.045 812.23 1,226.555 895.33 Japan 427,652 495.830 862.50 449.810 950.74 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 30,567,062 44,756.669 682.96 40,602.579 752.84 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A Canada 1,566,620 1,916.455 817.46 1,738.580 901.09 Netherlands 721,278 1,219.951 591.23 1,106.722 651.72 France 320,056 458.904 697.44 416.311 768.79 Federal Republic of Germany 1,013,653 1,537.921 659.11 1,395.179 726.54 Japan 1,240,284 1,760.931 704.33 1,597.491 776.39 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,861,891 6,894.164 705.22 6,254.283 777.37 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 33,984,272 58,951.711 576.48 53,480.108 635.46 Mexico 10,967,909 18,869.958 581.24 17,118.543 640.70 Venezuela 106,225 179.554 591.60 162.889 652.13 Sweden 159,993 86.413 1,851.48 78.393 2,040.91 Netherlands 222,323 373.417 595.37 338.759 656.29 Belgium 735,094 1,175.934 625.11 1,066.790 689.07 France 8,121,747 12,710.859 638.96 11,531.101 704.33 Federal Republic of Germany 883,232 1,224.050 721.57 1,110.440 795.39 Austria 343,215 755.237 454.45 685.140 500.94 Russia 37,455,320 68,419.235 547.44 62,068.904 603.45 Ukraine 12,437 7.262 1,712.61 6.588 1,887.83 Spain 572,131 963.045 594.09 873.660 654.87 Italy 13,980,372 25,779.899 542.30 23,387.138 597.78 India 315,626 447.152 705.86 405.650 778.07 Malaysia 6,460,614 11,482.105 562.67 10,416.394 620.24 Korea, South 28,622,271 58,913.476 485.84 53,445.422 535.54 Japan 183,796 336.700 545.87 305.450 601.72 Australia 16,001,959 28,865.755 554.36 26,186.580 611.07 New Zealand 1,476,271 2,404.411 613.98 2,181.246 676.80 Egypt 3,450,518 6,270.396 550.29 5,688.410 606.59 South Africa 16,590 25.242 657.21 22.900 724.45 CATEGORY TOTAL 164,071,915 298,241.820 550.13 270,560.505 606.41 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 14,510,362 20,495.814 707.97 18,593.495 780.40 Mexico 13,577,285 21,782.144 623.32 19,760.435 687.09 Venezuela 1,580,130 2,536.797 622.88 2,301.345 686.61 Chile 1,726,059 3,161.163 546.02 2,867.760 601.88 Brazil 6,723,809 10,801.679 622.48 9,799.122 686.16 Argentina 1,251,014 2,124.957 588.72 1,927.730 648.96 Sweden 19,531 27.026 722.66 24.518 796.60 Netherlands 391,078 731.909 534.33 663.977 588.99 Belgium 736,259 1,109.773 663.43 1,006.770 731.31 Luxembourg 104,714 147.136 711.68 133.480 784.49 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE France 109,663 196.652 557.65 178.400 614.70 Federal Republic of Germany 174,939 176.327 992.12 159.962 1,093.63 Hungary 4,402 10.279 428.25 9.325 472.06 Russia 44,033,901 75,497.985 583.25 68,490.640 642.92 Thailand 871,237 1,391.733 626.01 1,262.560 690.06 China 1,587,813 2,668.111 595.11 2,420.471 655.99 Korea, South 1,081,690 1,646.092 657.13 1,493.310 724.36 Taiwan 1,480,767 2,327.255 636.27 2,111.251 701.37 Japan 2,349,790 3,332.890 705.03 3,023.548 777.16 New Zealand 151,731 240.843 630.00 218.490 694.45 South Africa 742,851 1,250.941 593.83 1,134.835 654.59 CATEGORY TOTAL 93,209,025 151,657.517 614.60 137,581.424 677.48 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 24,561,692 38,221.552 642.61 34,674.019 708.36 Mexico 13,212,236 15,075.026 876.43 13,675.838 966.10 Costa Rica 180,038 225.087 799.86 204.196 881.69 Venezuela 486,823 614.621 792.07 557.575 873.11 Brazil 6,493,622 9,393.706 691.27 8,521.830 762.00 Argentina 2,840,588 4,054.520 700.60 3,678.200 772.28 Sweden 54,262 52.309 1,037.33 47.454 1,143.47 Finland 194,561 245.176 793.56 222.420 874.75 United Kingdom 88,809 102.684 864.87 93.154 953.36 Netherlands 81,455 117.874 691.03 106.934 761.73 Belgium 2,190,561 2,217.792 987.72 2,011.948 1,088.78 France 157,275 176.358 891.79 159.990 983.03 Federal Republic of Germany 398,469 802.576 496.49 728.085 547.28 Austria 240,939 225.943 1,066.37 204.973 1,175.47 Switzerland 5,705 10.480 544.33 9.508 600.02 Estonia 78,023 111.755 698.16 101.383 769.59 Russia 1,252,921 1,897.683 660.24 1,721.550 727.79 Kazakhstan 213,560 198.003 1,078.57 179.626 1,188.91 Spain 503,543 783.852 642.40 711.099 708.12 Turkey 226,064 297.564 759.71 269.946 837.44 India 32,251,468 46,476.687 693.93 42,162.954 764.92 Malaysia 125,063 178.960 698.83 162.350 770.33 Indonesia 1,520,541 2,149.217 707.49 1,949.738 779.87 China 11,765,608 18,391.489 639.73 16,684.483 705.18 Korea, South 8,008,868 9,681.493 827.23 8,782.906 911.87 Taiwan 26,341,314 33,076.234 796.38 30,006.264 877.86 Japan 157,018 157.530 996.75 142.909 1,098.73 Australia 19,313 16.194 1,192.60 14.691 1,314.61 South Africa 1,988,441 2,677.796 742.57 2,429.257 818.54 CATEGORY TOTAL 135,638,780 187,630.175 722.90 170,215.280 796.87 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 351,638 374.433 939.12 339.680 1,035.20 Mexico 19,053 15.704 1,213.21 14.247 1,337.33 Belgium 923,251 1,200.785 768.87 1,089.335 847.54 Luxembourg 559,357 738.272 757.66 669.750 835.17 Federal Republic of Germany 3,784,710 5,396.507 701.33 4,895.631 773.08 Thailand 1,831,429 2,476.738 739.45 2,246.860 815.11 China 6,861 2.081 3,296.71 1.888 3,634.00 Korea, South 131,550 172.379 763.14 156.380 841.22 Taiwan 847,024 1,138.015 744.30 1,032.391 820.45 Japan 57,514 44.709 1,286.39 40.560 1,418.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,512,387 11,559.629 736.39 10,486.722 811.73 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 Canada 11,944,557 10,280.521 1,161.86 9,326.335 1,280.73 Mexico 9,127,574 9,057.499 1,007.74 8,216.828 1,110.84 Chile 93,814 142.148 659.97 128.955 727.49 Brazil 1,069,814 1,332.723 802.73 1,209.027 884.86 United Kingdom 468,671 657.241 713.09 596.240 786.04 Belgium 603,734 499.394 1,208.93 453.043 1,332.62 Luxembourg 547,142 639.399 855.71 580.054 943.26 France 339,360 302.850 1,120.55 274.741 1,235.20 Federal Republic of Germany 693,395 453.813 1,527.93 411.693 1,684.25 Italy 2,156,850 2,029.360 1,062.82 1,841.005 1,171.56 India 221,701 272.182 814.53 246.920 897.87 Indonesia 2,189,479 3,180.999 688.30 2,885.755 758.72 China 90,403 118.917 760.22 107.880 838.00 Korea, South 9,106,717 11,566.029 787.37 10,492.528 867.92 Taiwan 8,967,715 10,734.045 835.45 9,737.765 920.92 Japan 1,180,007 920.153 1,282.40 834.749 1,413.61 CATEGORY TOTAL 48,800,933 52,187.280 935.11 47,343.518 1,030.78 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 4,251,266 7,145.559 594.95 6,482.344 655.82 Mexico 707,926 911.123 776.98 826.558 856.47 United Kingdom 109,625 172.640 634.99 156.617 699.96 Federal Republic of Germany 221,524 223.168 992.63 202.455 1,094.19 Italy 33,973 98.201 345.95 89.087 381.35 Turkey 174,640 370.919 470.83 336.493 519.00 Taiwan 16,486 20.841 791.02 18.907 871.95 Japan 7,510 11.826 635.00 10.729 699.97 Egypt 556,339 770.262 722.27 698.771 796.17 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,079,289 9,724.544 625.15 8,821.961 689.11 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 2,846,818 3,213.228 885.97 2,914.993 976.61 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Mexico 408,156 381.574 1,069.66 346.159 1,179.10 Chile 6,092 5.245 1,161.29 4.759 1,280.10 Brazil 1,721,547 2,599.882 662.16 2,358.574 729.91 Sweden 793,403 163.192 4,861.75 148.046 5,359.17 United Kingdom 1,387,210 595.223 2,330.57 539.978 2,569.01 France 94,351 7.038 13,405.45 6.385 14,776.98 Federal Republic of Germany 2,081,150 1,095.128 1,900.37 993.484 2,094.80 Austria 311,683 65.252 4,776.58 59.196 5,265.27 Switzerland 273,450 150.486 1,817.11 136.519 2,003.02 Russia 11,935 6.629 1,800.34 6.014 1,984.54 Italy 63,280 15.868 3,987.68 14.396 4,395.67 India 383,308 388.132 987.57 352.108 1,088.61 China 33,305 42.252 788.23 38.331 868.88 Korea, South 899,815 907.580 991.44 823.343 1,092.88 Taiwan 27,701 23.611 1,173.20 21.420 1,293.23 Japan 675,738 534.478 1,264.29 484.871 1,393.64 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,018,942 10,194.807 1,178.93 9,248.576 1,299.55 GRAND TOTAL 1,277,343,623 2,028,345.992 629.75 1,840,085.050 694.18 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Canada 35,598 6.252 5,693.58 5.672 6,276.09 Sweden 160,228 45.515 3,520.29 41.291 3,880.46 United Kingdom 1,029,409 150.181 6,854.45 136.242 7,555.74 Federal Republic of Germany 33,005 16.286 2,026.51 14.775 2,233.84 Italy 3,414,906 1,475.693 2,314.10 1,338.727 2,550.86 India 20,761 21.550 963.38 19.550 1,061.94 Taiwan 208,181 77.716 2,678.73 70.503 2,952.80 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,902,088 1,793.195 2,733.72 1,626.760 3,013.41 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 53,150 31.842 1,669.16 28.887 1,839.93 Sweden 7,730,201 2,686.684 2,877.23 2,437.320 3,171.60 United Kingdom 20,666,612 8,264.777 2,500.56 7,497.682 2,756.40 Federal Republic of Germany 189,263 90.779 2,084.86 82.354 2,298.16 Czech Republic 7,329 5.049 1,451.38 4.581 1,599.87 Spain 11,423,608 5,329.599 2,143.43 4,834.933 2,362.72 Italy 3,262,792 1,345.325 2,425.28 1,220.459 2,673.41 India 27,005 5.330 5,065.87 4.836 5,584.16 China 86,292 48.423 1,782.03 43.929 1,964.35 Japan 9,090 3.820 2,379.20 3.466 2,622.62 CATEGORY TOTAL 43,455,342 17,811.633 2,439.72 16,158.447 2,689.33 WIRE RODS..............................3 Sweden 1,290,320 403.741 3,195.91 366.268 3,522.88 United Kingdom 2,751,763 1,022.718 2,690.64 927.795 2,965.92 France 576,626 189.416 3,044.22 171.836 3,355.68 Federal Republic of Germany 224,464 70.416 3,187.65 63.881 3,513.78 Austria 38,717 13.254 2,921.11 12.024 3,219.98 Italy 1,021,755 477.730 2,138.77 433.390 2,357.59 India 112,145 38.486 2,913.91 34.914 3,212.04 China 484,185 308.242 1,570.79 279.633 1,731.50 Korea, South 310,129 159.865 1,939.93 145.028 2,138.41 Taiwan 2,040,160 803.636 2,538.66 729.047 2,798.39 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,850,264 3,487.509 2,537.70 3,163.816 2,797.34 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 United Kingdom 2,897 0.844 3,430.96 0.766 3,781.98 Federal Republic of Germany 11,356 2.938 3,864.21 2.666 4,259.56 Italy 595,019 100.517 5,919.55 91.188 6,525.19 India 202,716 69.710 2,907.98 63.240 3,205.50 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 4,311 1.037 4,156.08 0.941 4,581.30 CATEGORY TOTAL 816,299 175.048 4,663.28 158.801 5,140.39 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 30,770 13.098 2,349.08 11.883 2,589.41 Sweden 10,929 3.154 3,464.23 2.862 3,818.66 Finland 371,661 130.013 2,858.64 117.946 3,151.11 United Kingdom 37,004 5.585 6,625.12 5.067 7,302.94 Belgium 8,088,209 1,876.015 4,311.38 1,701.893 4,752.48 France 2,808,850 585.060 4,800.96 530.758 5,292.15 Federal Republic of Germany 2,523,861 918.435 2,748.00 833.191 3,029.15 Austria 175,942 43.862 4,011.26 39.791 4,421.65 Italy 72,835 22.122 3,292.38 20.069 3,629.23 Thailand 749,408 352.327 2,127.02 319.626 2,344.64 Korea, South 80,599 33.489 2,406.71 30.381 2,652.94 Japan 315,270 119.458 2,639.16 108.371 2,909.17 South Africa 714,317 229.171 3,116.95 207.901 3,435.85 CATEGORY TOTAL 15,979,655 4,331.794 3,688.92 3,929.739 4,066.34 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Brazil 19,980 10.212 1,956.35 9.265 2,156.50 Sweden 3,539,100 1,055.988 3,351.46 957.977 3,694.35 Belgium 3,538,064 1,356.638 2,607.96 1,230.722 2,874.79 Federal Republic of Germany 495,557 209.311 2,367.56 189.884 2,609.79 China 90,453 31.905 2,835.05 28.944 3,125.10 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,683,154 2,664.056 2,884.01 2,416.792 3,179.07 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 86,554 16.584 5,219.04 15.045 5,753.01 Trinidad and Tobago 79,257 133.035 595.76 120.688 656.71 Sweden 40,079 6.605 6,067.94 5.992 6,688.75 United Kingdom 737,622 145.309 5,076.20 131.823 5,595.55 Belgium 2,647 0.799 3,312.16 0.725 3,651.03 France 492,435 50.208 9,807.89 45.548 10,811.34 Federal Republic of Germany 229,613 77.204 2,974.08 70.039 3,278.36 Austria 783,103 318.088 2,461.90 288.565 2,713.78 Switzerland 40,753 3.968 10,269.59 3.600 11,320.28 Portugal 56,526 18.299 3,088.94 16.601 3,404.98 Italy 2,334,527 681.988 3,423.12 618.690 3,773.34 India 235,404 77.020 3,056.37 69.872 3,369.07 China 366,800 128.781 2,848.23 116.829 3,139.63 Korea, South 430,446 190.988 2,253.78 173.262 2,484.36 Taiwan 1,024,328 371.655 2,756.12 337.160 3,038.11 Japan 7,500 1.036 7,238.18 0.940 7,978.72 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 6,947,594 2,221.574 3,127.33 2,015.379 3,447.29 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Brazil 2,131 0.739 2,881.09 0.671 3,175.86 United Kingdom 10,303 1.802 5,716.65 1.635 6,301.53 Federal Republic of Germany 3,184 0.561 5,674.81 0.509 6,255.40 Italy 855,368 279.982 3,055.08 253.996 3,367.64 India 1,036,021 372.937 2,778.00 338.323 3,062.22 China 98,718 37.136 2,658.22 33.690 2,930.19 Japan 2,123 0.037 56,645.70 0.034 62,441.18 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,007,848 693.197 2,896.50 628.858 3,192.85 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 246,835 48.381 5,101.84 43.891 5,623.82 Mexico 43,105 18.084 2,383.53 16.406 2,627.39 Brazil 49,533 22.161 2,235.05 20.105 2,463.72 Sweden 1,141,448 315.247 3,620.80 285.988 3,991.24 Norway 6,426 0.543 11,824.69 0.493 13,034.48 United Kingdom 904,758 220.321 4,106.54 199.872 4,526.69 Belgium 3,865 0.955 4,044.14 0.867 4,457.90 France 2,022,344 468.802 4,313.85 425.291 4,755.20 Federal Republic of Germany 1,291,083 494.598 2,610.37 448.692 2,877.44 Austria 404,962 109.143 3,710.38 99.013 4,089.99 Czech Republic 24,898 6.889 3,613.93 6.250 3,983.68 Switzerland 1,323,663 255.137 5,188.04 231.457 5,718.83 Latvia 349,503 104.130 3,356.38 94.466 3,699.78 Ukraine 156,887 48.799 3,214.94 44.270 3,543.87 Spain 423,066 132.465 3,193.77 120.171 3,520.53 Portugal 84,413 21.495 3,927.09 19.500 4,328.87 Italy 10,718,730 2,642.188 4,056.76 2,396.954 4,471.81 Slovenia 266,571 126.599 2,105.63 114.849 2,321.06 Saudi Arabia 83,259 37.355 2,228.85 33.888 2,456.89 United Arab Emirates 213,095 99.902 2,133.03 90.630 2,351.26 India 4,066,744 1,586.221 2,563.79 1,438.996 2,826.10 China 1,885,393 342.901 5,498.35 311.075 6,060.90 Korea, South 338,042 99.651 3,392.25 90.402 3,739.32 Taiwan 6,368,066 2,080.653 3,060.61 1,887.538 3,373.74 Japan 65,941 16.189 4,073.04 14.687 4,489.75 Australia 66,697 20.291 3,286.97 18.408 3,623.26 CATEGORY TOTAL 32,549,327 9,319.112 3,492.75 8,454.159 3,850.10 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D Canada 8,896,312 1,806.308 4,925.13 1,638.656 5,429.03 Mexico 186,292 52.036 3,580.01 47.207 3,946.28 Brazil 49,480 19.389 2,551.88 17.590 2,812.96 Argentina 6,596 1.141 5,775.86 1.036 6,366.80 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Sweden 1,446,849 158.768 9,112.97 144.032 10,045.33 Finland 301,965 109.476 2,758.28 99.315 3,040.48 Denmark 19,747 2.069 9,544.05 1.877 10,520.51 United Kingdom 426,179 48.356 8,813.33 43.868 9,715.03 Ireland 10,072 1.125 8,949.23 1.021 9,864.84 Netherlands 3,055 0.547 5,576.36 0.497 6,146.88 Belgium 109,350 16.238 6,734.14 14.731 7,423.12 France 2,140,346 347.862 6,152.84 315.576 6,782.35 Federal Republic of Germany 1,774,949 207.169 8,567.62 187.941 9,444.18 Austria 1,717,280 238.901 7,188.23 216.728 7,923.66 Czech Republic 189,507 16.911 11,205.70 15.342 12,352.17 Switzerland 28,924 1.770 16,338.37 1.606 18,009.96 Ukraine 139,633 24.508 5,697.26 22.234 6,280.16 Spain 3,084,118 358.717 8,597.63 325.423 9,477.26 Italy 2,860,950 362.198 7,898.85 328.581 8,706.99 Turkey 121,334 42.496 2,855.17 38.552 3,147.28 India 460,472 76.533 6,016.61 69.430 6,632.18 Malaysia 1,106,143 377.391 2,931.02 342.364 3,230.90 Singapore 364,844 115.728 3,152.59 104.987 3,475.14 China 4,424,031 1,143.175 3,869.95 1,037.072 4,265.89 Korea, South 4,073,790 1,123.941 3,624.56 1,019.623 3,995.39 Taiwan 4,839,159 1,313.467 3,684.26 1,191.558 4,061.20 Japan 8,292,204 2,297.513 3,609.21 2,084.270 3,978.47 South Africa 5,233 1.022 5,115.62 0.928 5,639.01 CATEGORY TOTAL 47,078,814 10,264.769 4,586.45 9,312.045 5,055.69 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 227,862 28.645 7,954.48 25.987 8,768.31 Brazil 8,795 2.407 3,653.25 2.184 4,027.01 Sweden 2,100,795 359.042 5,851.10 325.718 6,449.74 Denmark 59,112 3.421 17,276.26 3.104 19,043.81 United Kingdom 1,091,285 145.953 7,476.93 132.407 8,241.90 Netherlands 2,963 0.020 141,473.11 0.019 155,947.37 Belgium 61,342 5.379 11,403.39 4.880 12,570.08 France 457,191 90.872 5,031.14 82.438 5,545.88 Federal Republic of Germany 1,260,240 216.455 5,822.17 196.365 6,417.84 Switzerland 657,332 142.422 4,615.35 129.204 5,087.55 Spain 348,822 68.921 5,061.11 62.525 5,578.92 Italy 42,170 6.887 6,122.92 6.248 6,749.36 India 2,690,463 987.403 2,724.78 895.758 3,003.56 Thailand 212,529 76.085 2,793.28 69.024 3,079.06 China 1,550,137 442.813 3,500.65 401.714 3,858.81 Korea, South 2,215,836 759.907 2,915.93 689.377 3,214.26 Taiwan 1,097,233 253.986 4,320.04 230.413 4,762.03 Japan 617,829 88.005 7,020.37 79.837 7,738.63 Australia 89,440 23.481 3,808.97 21.302 4,198.67 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 14,791,376 3,702.115 3,995.38 3,358.504 4,404.16 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 45,110 45.742 986.17 41.497 1,087.07 Brazil 325,880 312.389 1,043.19 283.395 1,149.91 Sweden 53,889 20.171 2,671.58 18.299 2,944.92 Finland 24,806 11.100 2,234.72 10.070 2,463.36 United Kingdom 18,445 11.353 1,624.57 10.300 1,790.78 Federal Republic of Germany 172,236 84.099 2,048.00 76.294 2,257.53 Austria 19,407 3.392 5,719.86 3.078 6,305.07 Italy 3,278 1.134 2,889.94 1.029 3,185.62 China 78,555 33.406 2,351.48 30.306 2,592.06 Taiwan 11,700 1.442 8,108.53 1.309 8,938.12 Japan 352,762 316.873 1,113.26 287.463 1,227.16 South Africa 109,193 81.106 1,346.28 73.579 1,484.02 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,215,261 922.214 1,317.76 836.619 1,452.59 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 490,932 186.702 2,629.48 169.374 2,898.51 Mexico 15,758,324 7,923.991 1,988.69 7,188.526 2,192.15 Brazil 4,961,329 2,151.287 2,306.21 1,951.616 2,542.16 Sweden 3,037,584 886.503 3,426.48 804.223 3,777.04 Finland 1,735,385 650.859 2,666.30 590.450 2,939.09 United Kingdom 85,943 27.046 3,177.62 24.536 3,502.73 Netherlands 119,410 16.805 7,105.27 15.246 7,832.22 Belgium 6,717,558 2,091.466 3,211.89 1,897.347 3,540.50 France 3,600,579 1,432.172 2,514.07 1,299.245 2,771.29 Federal Republic of Germany 5,556,279 2,142.662 2,593.17 1,943.791 2,858.48 Austria 18,900 0.551 34,291.59 0.500 37,800.00 Spain 25,722 18.987 1,354.69 17.225 1,493.29 Italy 5,846,751 2,366.132 2,471.02 2,146.520 2,723.83 Romania 92,445 5.820 15,883.47 5.280 17,508.52 India 578,968 220.871 2,621.29 200.371 2,889.48 Thailand 98,601 63.091 1,562.82 57.236 1,722.71 China 6,862,900 3,342.256 2,053.37 3,032.045 2,263.46 Korea, South 789,237 332.929 2,370.58 302.029 2,613.12 Taiwan 4,742,007 1,464.995 3,236.87 1,329.022 3,568.04 Japan 844,826 355.674 2,375.28 322.663 2,618.29 South Africa 6,279,338 2,610.864 2,405.08 2,368.537 2,651.15 CATEGORY TOTAL 68,243,018 28,291.673 2,412.12 25,665.782 2,658.91 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Federal Republic of Germany 15,145 5.745 2,636.09 5.212 2,905.79 Slovenia 56,098 24.438 2,295.50 22.170 2,530.36 China 13,288 10.478 1,268.11 9.506 1,397.85 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL MARCH - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 18/04/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 84,531 40.662 2,078.87 36.888 2,291.56 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 428,541 118.990 3,601.49 107.946 3,969.96 Mexico 2,234,110 1,189.989 1,877.42 1,079.541 2,069.50 Costa Rica 6,294 1.250 5,035.12 1.134 5,550.26 Sweden 1,893,500 303.146 6,246.15 275.010 6,885.20 Finland 298,598 118.349 2,523.02 107.365 2,781.15 Denmark 14,280 1.277 11,177.40 1.159 12,320.97 United Kingdom 415,749 97.981 4,243.15 88.887 4,677.28 Belgium 270,476 82.786 3,267.14 75.103 3,601.40 France 1,619,824 460.966 3,513.97 418.182 3,873.49 Federal Republic of Germany 892,074 170.467 5,233.09 154.646 5,768.49 Austria 149,698 32.674 4,581.46 29.642 5,050.20 Switzerland 3,206 0.982 3,264.24 0.891 3,598.20 Spain 11,213 5.405 2,074.28 4.904 2,286.50 Italy 37,746 8.045 4,691.41 7.299 5,171.39 India 271,094 83.264 3,255.83 75.536 3,588.94 China 20,002 4.499 4,445.25 4.082 4,900.05 Taiwan 206,846 110.881 1,865.47 100.590 2,056.33 Japan 3,112,175 370.981 8,389.03 336.549 9,247.32 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,885,426 3,161.941 3,758.90 2,868.466 4,143.48 GRAND TOTAL 266,489,997 88,880.498 2,998.30 80,631.055 3,305.05