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RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/05/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Mexico 1,476,624 1,800.900 819.94 1,633.750 903.82 United Kingdom 921,119 185.322 4,970.35 168.122 5,478.87 Belgium 299,235 294.590 1,015.77 267.248 1,119.69 Federal Republic of Germany 43,602 16.458 2,649.19 14.931 2,920.23 Ukraine 162,342 146.882 1,105.25 133.250 1,218.33 Italy 4,189,614 1,942.992 2,156.27 1,762.654 2,376.88 China 5,200 7.495 693.73 6.800 764.71 Taiwan 155,613 58.016 2,682.20 52.632 2,956.62 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,253,349 4,452.660 1,628.99 4,039.387 1,795.66 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 12,802,927 29,350.924 436.20 26,626.718 480.83 Mexico 90,389,493 176,538.803 512.01 160,153.354 564.39 Brazil 141,464,169 278,109.333 508.66 252,296.615 560.71 Sweden 9,683,295 2,913.178 3,323.96 2,642.792 3,664.04 United Kingdom 21,961,770 9,352.686 2,348.18 8,484.617 2,588.42 Belgium 2,099,090 878.222 2,390.16 796.710 2,634.70 Luxembourg 3,178 0.104 30,347.73 0.095 33,452.63 France 20,710 33.820 612.36 30.681 675.01 Federal Republic of Germany 7,267,961 16,425.267 442.49 14,900.756 487.76 Czech Republic 271,667 66.639 4,076.69 60.454 4,493.78 Russia 29,082,422 63,305.996 459.39 57,430.250 506.40 Ukraine 15,974,700 32,865.038 486.07 29,814.670 535.80 Spain 12,461,878 5,734.176 2,173.26 5,201.959 2,395.61 Italy 1,434,119 580.043 2,472.43 526.207 2,725.39 India 15,999 18.095 884.14 16.416 974.60 Malaysia 4,047 0.066 61,189.63 0.060 67,450.00 China 14,826,581 33,331.229 444.83 30,237.591 490.34 Taiwan 10,343 2.606 3,967.45 2.365 4,373.36 Japan 18,193 2.623 6,934.63 2.380 7,644.12 CATEGORY TOTAL 359,792,542 649,508.857 553.95 589,224.690 610.62 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 18,817,660 32,850.840 572.82 29,801.790 631.43 Mexico 649,550 1,334.731 486.65 1,210.848 536.44 Trinidad and Tobago 3,112,111 6,911.500 450.28 6,270.010 496.35 Venezuela 6,821,985 15,881.684 429.55 14,407.626 473.50 Brazil 7,653,755 11,973.282 639.24 10,861.982 704.64 Argentina 3,835,711 8,034.294 477.42 7,288.591 526.26 Sweden 834,759 295.864 2,821.42 268.404 3,110.08 Finland 25,206 88.362 285.26 80.161 314.44 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/05/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE United Kingdom 6,161,207 7,312.968 842.50 6,634.215 928.70 Belgium 22,928 58.775 390.10 53.320 430.01 Luxembourg 204,527 231.064 885.15 209.618 975.71 France 290,165 533.798 543.59 484.254 599.20 Federal Republic of Germany 8,272,352 15,963.204 518.21 14,481.580 571.23 Austria 2,412 0.795 3,030.65 0.722 3,340.72 Czech Republic 926,257 1,811.566 511.30 1,643.426 563.61 Spain 4,248,865 6,729.555 631.37 6,104.952 695.97 Italy 4,012,955 6,255.884 641.47 5,675.245 707.10 Turkey 6,911,243 18,263.419 378.42 16,568.300 417.14 India 91,978 36.929 2,490.63 33.502 2,745.45 Thailand 145,076 220.579 657.71 200.106 725.00 China 27,016,917 63,253.898 427.12 57,382.988 470.82 Korea, South 586,500 235.626 2,489.11 213.757 2,743.77 Taiwan 3,235,468 1,181.311 2,738.88 1,071.668 3,019.10 Japan 7,378,017 11,556.876 638.41 10,484.225 703.73 South Africa 2,715,305 5,880.285 461.76 5,334.507 509.01 CATEGORY TOTAL 113,972,909 216,897.102 525.47 196,765.797 579.23 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 7,977,425 13,588.322 587.08 12,327.122 647.14 Mexico 1,183,793 2,240.560 528.35 2,032.603 582.40 Brazil 1,557,205 3,683.599 422.74 3,341.706 465.99 Norway 299,956 422.326 710.25 383.128 782.91 United Kingdom 5,980,334 8,545.660 699.81 7,752.495 771.41 Luxembourg 4,804,350 6,817.661 704.69 6,184.880 776.79 Federal Republic of Germany 4,850,399 7,755.504 625.41 7,035.677 689.40 Poland 29,618 20.816 1,422.85 18.884 1,568.42 Spain 2,816,235 6,290.833 447.67 5,706.950 493.47 Italy 824,228 779.897 1,056.84 707.511 1,164.97 Turkey 181,107 349.505 518.18 317.066 571.20 India 124,595 39.040 3,191.43 35.417 3,517.94 Korea, South 2,268,805 4,780.939 474.55 4,337.197 523.10 Taiwan 34,383 28.267 1,216.34 25.644 1,340.78 Japan 2,852 4.499 633.83 4.082 698.68 CATEGORY TOTAL 32,935,285 55,347.434 595.06 50,210.362 655.95 STEEL PILING...........................5 Canada 720,907 1,309.697 550.44 1,188.138 606.75 United Kingdom 18,332 35.327 518.91 32.049 572.00 Luxembourg 11,189,552 14,611.895 765.78 13,255.692 844.13 Federal Republic of Germany 313,209 405.987 771.47 368.306 850.40 China 7,854 15.043 522.10 13.647 575.51 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,249,854 16,377.951 747.95 14,857.832 824.47 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/05/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 21,776,696 22,108.669 984.98 20,056.653 1,085.76 Mexico 84,870 137.788 615.94 125.000 678.96 Venezuela 5,499 7.969 689.99 7.230 760.58 Brazil 5,378,864 4,349.930 1,236.54 3,946.192 1,363.05 Sweden 10,796,833 8,036.465 1,343.48 7,290.561 1,480.93 Finland 375,996 282.774 1,329.67 256.529 1,465.71 United Kingdom 286,681 370.410 773.95 336.031 853.14 Belgium 12,422,332 4,247.096 2,924.90 3,852.902 3,224.15 France 7,910,498 3,312.890 2,387.79 3,005.405 2,632.09 Federal Republic of Germany 4,030,424 2,913.512 1,383.36 2,643.095 1,524.89 Austria 371,628 314.036 1,183.39 284.889 1,304.47 Czech Republic 227,770 290.498 784.07 263.536 864.28 Slovakia 20,703 34.715 596.37 31.493 657.38 Switzerland 2,170 3.737 580.53 3.391 639.93 Poland 1,124,634 964.642 1,165.86 875.109 1,285.14 Russia 43,579 65.856 661.73 59.744 729.43 Ukraine 17,021,610 27,347.617 622.42 24,809.348 686.10 Italy 541,491 226.197 2,393.89 205.203 2,638.81 Bulgaria 636,338 1,118.113 569.12 1,014.336 627.34 Turkey 76,684 118.673 646.18 107.659 712.29 Malaysia 1,499,294 2,259.442 663.57 2,049.732 731.46 Indonesia 156,020 229.969 678.44 208.625 747.85 Korea, South 4,477,992 7,069.526 633.42 6,413.368 698.23 Taiwan 9,900 0.738 13,404.67 0.670 14,776.12 Japan 3,729,542 3,613.535 1,032.10 3,278.145 1,137.70 Australia 45,392 16.848 2,694.08 15.285 2,969.71 New Zealand 12,816 20.375 629.00 18.484 693.36 South Africa 2,249,038 2,574.510 873.58 2,335.557 962.96 CATEGORY TOTAL 95,315,294 92,036.544 1,035.62 83,494.172 1,141.58 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 29,309,239 49,782.141 588.75 45,161.612 648.99 Mexico 1,770,503 3,223.986 549.17 2,924.752 605.35 Venezuela 542,663 899.727 603.14 816.219 664.85 Brazil 80,791 59.455 1,358.85 53.937 1,497.88 Sweden 4,996,130 1,494.885 3,342.15 1,356.138 3,684.09 Netherlands 6,679,281 11,712.216 570.28 10,625.147 628.63 Belgium 1,556,597 640.107 2,431.77 580.696 2,680.57 France 5,500,660 8,403.838 654.54 7,623.836 721.51 Federal Republic of Germany 4,756,955 9,477.706 501.91 8,598.033 553.26 Austria 96,624 129.113 748.36 117.130 824.93 Czech Republic 5,008 8.818 567.90 8.000 626.00 Russia 11,464,069 20,959.749 546.96 19,014.370 602.92 Spain 46,341 76.379 606.72 69.290 668.80 Italy 251,547 485.496 518.12 440.435 571.13 Turkey 1,133,656 2,006.139 565.09 1,819.940 622.91 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/05/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Malaysia 205,761 388.233 529.99 352.200 584.22 Japan 1,222,066 2,211.022 552.72 2,005.806 609.26 New Zealand 455,441 740.102 615.38 671.410 678.34 CATEGORY TOTAL 70,073,332 112,699.120 621.77 102,238.951 685.39 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Canada 38,000 19.855 1,913.79 18.013 2,109.59 United Kingdom 41,400 14.739 2,808.87 13.371 3,096.25 Luxembourg 76,152 96.324 790.58 87.384 871.46 France 22,526 31.967 704.66 29.000 776.76 Austria 1,124,227 826.369 1,360.44 749.670 1,499.63 Czech Republic 2,853,866 5,401.890 528.31 4,900.514 582.36 Spain 31,722 34.556 917.98 31.349 1,011.90 Japan 9,812,217 15,402.336 637.06 13,972.769 702.24 CATEGORY TOTAL 14,000,110 21,828.039 641.38 19,802.070 707.00 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 Canada 535,620 909.030 589.22 824.659 649.50 Luxembourg 57,869 71.591 808.32 64.947 891.02 Austria 206,493 257.315 802.49 233.433 884.59 Spain 237,063 268.606 882.57 243.676 972.86 Italy 5,819 0.408 14,228.87 0.371 15,684.64 Korea, South 424,960 648.667 655.13 588.461 722.15 Japan 23,771 24.108 985.99 21.871 1,086.87 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,491,595 2,179.729 684.30 1,977.418 754.31 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 Canada 21,886 23.766 920.86 21.561 1,015.07 Mexico 195,352 503.778 387.77 457.020 427.45 India 12,074 20.040 602.49 18.180 664.14 China 16,620 19.621 847.05 17.800 933.71 Australia 245,203 381.494 642.74 346.086 708.50 CATEGORY TOTAL 491,135 948.700 517.69 860.647 570.66 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 41,476,516 66,273.932 625.83 60,122.717 689.86 Mexico 8,023,414 14,719.650 545.08 13,353.446 600.85 Trinidad and Tobago 79,878 132.106 604.65 119.845 666.51 Brazil 613,047 473.288 1,295.29 429.360 1,427.82 Argentina 1,733,245 2,139.192 810.23 1,940.643 893.13 Sweden 1,647,078 609.802 2,701.00 553.204 2,977.34 United Kingdom 19,971,171 22,955.541 869.99 20,824.923 959.00 Ireland 70,105 4.795 14,620.28 4.350 16,116.09 Netherlands 3,227 0.684 4,714.15 0.621 5,196.46 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/05/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE France 1,315,267 525.821 2,501.36 477.017 2,757.27 Federal Republic of Germany 1,491,108 1,495.861 996.82 1,357.023 1,098.81 Austria 1,826,260 504.490 3,620.01 457.666 3,990.38 Czech Republic 273,280 244.889 1,115.93 222.160 1,230.10 Latvia 4,070,015 10,581.184 384.65 9,599.092 424.00 Russia 4,074 2.749 1,481.91 2.494 1,633.52 Belarus 5,200,376 8,487.827 612.69 7,700.030 675.37 Ukraine 1,525,523 1,422.418 1,072.49 1,290.397 1,182.21 Spain 2,049,777 1,611.498 1,271.97 1,461.927 1,402.11 Portugal 825,799 233.599 3,535.11 211.918 3,896.79 Italy 1,753,883 502.005 3,493.75 455.412 3,851.20 Serbia and Montenegro 8,338 18.474 451.32 16.760 497.49 Turkey 2,848,947 6,536.539 435.85 5,929.851 480.44 India 710,790 520.223 1,366.32 471.939 1,506.11 China 635,510 394.982 1,608.96 358.322 1,773.57 Korea, South 7,154,116 9,492.507 753.66 8,611.460 830.77 Taiwan 938,795 308.230 3,045.76 279.622 3,357.37 Japan 9,539,423 11,941.080 798.87 10,832.769 880.61 Cook Islands 25,680 7.991 3,213.31 7.250 3,542.07 South Africa 1,564,501 2,760.350 566.78 2,504.149 624.76 CATEGORY TOTAL 117,379,143 164,901.720 711.81 149,596.367 784.64 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 4,903,537 8,399.800 583.77 7,620.173 643.49 Mexico 2,974,174 5,936.972 500.96 5,385.932 552.21 Brazil 307,739 721.182 426.71 654.246 470.37 United Kingdom 151,082 44.437 3,399.88 40.313 3,747.72 France 22,447 2.387 9,401.47 2.166 10,363.34 Italy 477,242 126.278 3,779.28 114.558 4,165.94 Turkey 473,354 1,142.066 414.47 1,036.066 456.88 India 982,772 352.934 2,784.57 320.177 3,069.46 Korea, South 372,729 882.036 422.58 800.170 465.81 Taiwan 62,988 23.120 2,724.28 20.975 3,003.00 Japan 4,166 0.066 62,988.88 0.060 69,433.33 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,732,230 17,631.283 608.70 15,994.836 670.98 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 Canada 1,055,576 1,990.056 530.43 1,805.349 584.69 Mexico 15,905,309 39,918.468 398.44 36,213.436 439.21 Dominican Republic 2,644,212 5,945.770 444.72 5,393.914 490.22 Brazil 2,398,582 6,551.581 366.11 5,943.496 403.56 Federal Republic of Germany 11,458 15.559 736.42 14.115 811.76 Bulgaria 4,012,007 11,172.904 359.08 10,135.891 395.82 Turkey 4,267,288 7,351.915 580.43 6,669.547 639.82 Taiwan 86,341 209.174 412.77 189.760 455.00 Japan 8,058,806 21,872.139 368.45 19,842.077 406.15 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/05/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Australia 26,793 33.730 794.32 30.600 875.59 CATEGORY TOTAL 38,466,372 95,061.299 404.65 86,238.185 446.05 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 9,376,207 7,986.636 1,173.99 7,245.357 1,294.10 Mexico 114,730 152.975 749.99 138.777 826.72 Brazil 17,877 18.909 945.42 17.154 1,042.15 Sweden 1,582,174 517.992 3,054.43 469.915 3,366.94 Norway 88,247 20.241 4,359.66 18.363 4,805.70 United Kingdom 4,467,565 3,116.188 1,433.66 2,826.959 1,580.34 Netherlands 16,738 11.487 1,457.10 10.421 1,606.18 Belgium 2,574 0.618 4,162.38 0.561 4,588.24 France 5,765,851 2,852.813 2,021.11 2,588.030 2,227.89 Federal Republic of Germany 6,838,297 4,197.002 1,629.33 3,807.458 1,796.03 Austria 505,208 179.955 2,807.40 163.253 3,094.63 Czech Republic 161,451 35.622 4,532.30 32.316 4,996.01 Switzerland 1,450,372 319.928 4,533.43 290.234 4,997.25 Latvia 536,138 173.249 3,094.61 157.169 3,411.22 Poland 556,540 409.776 1,358.16 371.743 1,497.11 Ukraine 7,957,652 6,812.943 1,168.02 6,180.600 1,287.52 Spain 1,468,461 1,435.685 1,022.83 1,302.432 1,127.48 Italy 11,436,681 3,302.270 3,463.28 2,995.770 3,817.61 Slovenia 303,454 124.841 2,430.72 113.254 2,679.41 Romania 39,616 20.566 1,926.20 18.658 2,123.27 Saudi Arabia 162,731 75.607 2,152.31 68.590 2,372.52 United Arab Emirates 44,784 15.142 2,957.51 13.737 3,260.10 India 3,608,335 1,385.358 2,604.62 1,256.776 2,871.10 China 1,044,651 498.510 2,095.55 452.241 2,309.94 Korea, South 361,450 314.806 1,148.16 285.588 1,265.63 Taiwan 5,250,651 1,734.434 3,027.30 1,573.453 3,337.02 Japan 878,148 619.780 1,416.87 562.256 1,561.83 Australia 4,689 2.027 2,313.10 1.839 2,549.76 Egypt 43,776 39.764 1,100.87 36.074 1,213.51 South Africa 390,988 571.482 684.16 518.440 754.16 CATEGORY TOTAL 64,476,036 36,946.618 1,745.11 33,517.418 1,923.66 TOOL STEEL............................17 Canada 1,204,893 871.752 1,382.15 790.841 1,523.56 Mexico 159,105 89.143 1,784.81 80.870 1,967.42 Colombia 35,257 43.194 816.25 39.185 899.76 Brazil 2,366,078 789.805 2,995.77 716.500 3,302.27 Sweden 2,341,621 1,036.645 2,258.85 940.429 2,489.95 Norway 4,711 0.253 18,581.52 0.230 20,482.61 United Kingdom 995,687 266.262 3,739.50 241.549 4,122.09 Netherlands 1,243,945 895.439 1,389.20 812.329 1,531.33 Belgium 170,750 111.030 1,537.87 100.725 1,695.21 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/05/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE France 3,124,719 1,102.505 2,834.20 1,000.176 3,124.17 Federal Republic of Germany 5,810,809 2,414.412 2,406.72 2,190.319 2,652.95 Austria 5,656,262 954.715 5,924.55 866.104 6,530.70 Czech Republic 36,579 10.103 3,620.33 9.166 3,990.73 Poland 179,722 65.360 2,749.71 59.294 3,031.03 Russia 2,954,729 1,245.363 2,372.58 1,129.775 2,615.33 Ukraine 495,125 102.229 4,843.27 92.741 5,338.79 Spain 521,952 213.850 2,440.73 194.002 2,690.45 Italy 87,515 3.693 23,692.12 3.351 26,116.08 Slovenia 2,968,340 1,106.618 2,682.35 1,003.908 2,956.78 China 1,983,257 773.579 2,563.74 701.780 2,826.04 Korea, South 842,424 470.183 1,791.69 426.543 1,975.00 Taiwan 2,129,532 949.756 2,242.19 861.605 2,471.59 Japan 4,610,660 4,941.482 933.05 4,482.839 1,028.51 Australia 8,696 0.659 13,192.11 0.598 14,541.81 CATEGORY TOTAL 39,932,368 18,458.042 2,163.41 16,744.859 2,384.75 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 30,544,461 34,395.535 888.04 31,203.114 978.89 Mexico 4,128,812 4,551.777 907.08 4,129.304 999.88 Dominican Republic 47,553 120.351 395.12 109.181 435.54 Colombia 1,176,123 1,335.929 880.38 1,211.935 970.45 Venezuela 730,290 665.610 1,097.17 603.832 1,209.43 Chile 534,116 731.360 730.30 663.479 805.02 Brazil 190,889 152.923 1,248.26 138.730 1,375.97 Argentina 197,313 136.379 1,446.80 123.721 1,594.82 Sweden 97,498 149.763 651.01 135.863 717.62 United Kingdom 32,255 6.393 5,045.04 5.800 5,561.21 Netherlands 1,754,826 1,904.366 921.47 1,727.613 1,015.75 France 200,867 149.929 1,339.74 136.014 1,476.81 Federal Republic of Germany 2,012,056 1,477.406 1,361.88 1,340.281 1,501.22 Russia 68,534 93.762 730.93 85.060 805.71 Ukraine 2,018,876 2,763.506 730.55 2,507.012 805.29 Spain 1,774,056 1,415.112 1,253.65 1,283.769 1,381.91 Italy 246,430 140.357 1,755.73 127.330 1,935.36 Romania 1,977,811 3,177.860 622.37 2,882.907 686.05 Turkey 2,171,029 3,404.278 637.74 3,088.310 702.98 United Arab Emirates 877,402 992.250 884.25 900.155 974.72 Oman 868,872 1,355.293 641.10 1,229.502 706.69 India 1,973,847 2,607.866 756.88 2,365.817 834.32 China 26,469,090 45,972.759 575.76 41,705.798 634.66 Korea, South 4,722,049 6,650.958 709.98 6,033.650 782.62 Hong Kong 46,812 79.296 590.34 71.937 650.74 Taiwan 1,932,482 3,153.419 612.82 2,860.735 675.52 Japan 4,049,591 4,591.063 882.06 4,164.944 972.30 Australia 35,802 53.362 670.92 48.410 739.56 Algeria 15,336 21.794 703.65 19.772 775.64 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/05/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE South Africa 570,896 883.592 646.11 801.582 712.21 CATEGORY TOTAL 91,465,974 123,134.264 742.81 111,705.556 818.81 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 13,324,690 9,782.246 1,362.13 8,874.307 1,501.49 Mexico 949,063 994.159 954.64 901.887 1,052.31 Colombia 2,197,467 1,928.508 1,139.46 1,749.514 1,256.04 Venezuela 2,821,159 3,257.601 866.02 2,955.247 954.63 Brazil 4,141,465 4,093.944 1,011.61 3,713.965 1,115.11 Argentina 11,519 3.602 3,197.63 3.268 3,524.79 Sweden 2,054,400 2,001.771 1,026.29 1,815.977 1,131.29 United Kingdom 244,729 147.067 1,664.06 133.417 1,834.32 France 575,154 485.844 1,183.82 440.751 1,304.94 Federal Republic of Germany 20,012,160 16,392.602 1,220.80 14,871.123 1,345.71 Austria 6,238,951 5,177.566 1,205.00 4,697.011 1,328.28 Czech Republic 1,931,951 2,310.924 836.01 2,096.436 921.54 Switzerland 486,461 714.974 680.39 648.614 750.00 Poland 264,526 295.930 893.88 268.464 985.33 Russia 6,033,373 8,488.732 710.75 7,700.851 783.47 Ukraine 11,067,199 13,226.322 836.76 11,998.721 922.36 Spain 8,957,008 7,077.922 1,265.49 6,420.985 1,394.96 Greece 1,588,568 2,029.659 782.68 1,841.277 862.75 Romania 659,898 581.929 1,133.98 527.918 1,250.00 Turkey 7,863,865 11,755.421 668.96 10,664.342 737.40 India 1,368,522 1,270.935 1,076.78 1,152.974 1,186.95 Indonesia 916,986 922.535 993.98 836.910 1,095.68 China 28,389,958 32,766.056 866.44 29,724.875 955.09 Korea, South 16,482,695 19,469.747 846.58 17,662.663 933.19 Taiwan 97,676 161.322 605.47 146.349 667.42 Japan 10,936,073 4,219.315 2,591.91 3,827.700 2,857.09 South Africa 2,668,850 2,982.530 894.83 2,705.707 986.38 CATEGORY TOTAL 152,284,366 152,539.177 998.33 138,381.253 1,100.47 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 19,953,815 16,248.769 1,228.02 14,740.640 1,353.66 Mexico 16,880 19.422 869.09 17.620 958.00 Brazil 131,772 148.854 885.24 135.039 975.81 France 365,461 865.165 422.42 784.865 465.64 Federal Republic of Germany 487,845 440.494 1,107.49 399.610 1,220.80 Czech Republic 1,161,856 1,349.690 860.83 1,224.419 948.90 Poland 699,293 729.608 958.45 661.890 1,056.51 Italy 2,024,100 1,610.681 1,256.67 1,461.186 1,385.24 Romania 2,316,659 2,911.486 795.70 2,641.257 877.10 China 115,206 177.182 650.21 160.737 716.74 Korea, South 4,549,303 6,497.143 700.20 5,894.111 771.84 Japan 3,860,173 5,600.194 689.29 5,080.412 759.81 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/05/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE South Africa 744,285 1,075.147 692.26 975.358 763.09 CATEGORY TOTAL 36,426,648 37,673.841 966.89 34,177.144 1,065.82 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 69,049 60.042 1,149.99 54.470 1,267.65 Mexico 2,986,610 3,236.873 922.68 2,936.443 1,017.08 Guatemala 4,003 2.789 1,434.79 2.531 1,581.59 Brazil 975,517 1,201.646 811.82 1,090.116 894.87 Argentina 1,569,095 1,790.685 876.25 1,624.483 965.90 France 1,931,529 1,826.507 1,057.50 1,656.980 1,165.69 Federal Republic of Germany 587,212 1,033.911 567.95 937.949 626.06 Austria 757,673 745.541 1,016.27 676.344 1,120.25 Czech Republic 1,036,004 1,344.887 770.33 1,220.062 849.14 Slovakia 408,334 454.444 898.53 412.265 990.46 Poland 336,152 359.896 934.02 326.493 1,029.58 Ukraine 2,320,963 2,723.904 852.07 2,471.085 939.25 Spain 112,874 86.902 1,298.85 78.837 1,431.74 Italy 2,103,201 2,087.806 1,007.37 1,894.027 1,110.44 Romania 237,659 324.221 733.01 294.129 808.01 Turkey 4,038,337 6,405.702 630.43 5,811.157 694.93 China 1,812,330 2,543.557 712.52 2,307.477 785.42 Korea, South 4,682,139 6,532.891 716.70 5,926.541 790.03 Taiwan 60,417 90.737 665.84 82.316 733.96 Japan 20,493 3.913 5,236.89 3.550 5,772.68 South Africa 369,631 496.440 744.56 450.363 820.74 CATEGORY TOTAL 26,419,222 33,353.305 792.10 30,257.618 873.14 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Canada 425,890 176.553 2,412.24 160.167 2,659.04 Mexico 2,900,326 3,364.837 861.95 3,052.530 950.14 Brazil 2,873,417 4,045.061 710.35 3,669.619 783.03 Czech Republic 87,224 40.774 2,139.18 36.990 2,358.04 Greece 3,111,698 5,224.223 595.63 4,739.337 656.57 Turkey 3,637,144 5,638.248 645.08 5,114.934 711.08 China 168,163 317.564 529.54 288.090 583.72 Korea, South 5,374,698 7,628.608 704.55 6,920.559 776.63 Taiwan 789,912 1,189.711 663.95 1,079.288 731.88 Japan 1,977,264 2,237.821 883.57 2,030.118 973.97 South Africa 2,974,558 4,257.756 698.62 3,862.573 770.10 CATEGORY TOTAL 24,320,294 34,121.160 712.76 30,954.205 785.69 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 12,633,916 11,170.403 1,131.02 10,133.622 1,246.73 Mexico 14,988,194 17,155.470 873.67 15,563.185 963.05 Dominican Republic 89,652 243.280 368.51 220.700 406.22 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/05/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Colombia 875,219 845.794 1,034.79 767.292 1,140.66 Brazil 1,385,672 1,843.795 751.53 1,672.664 828.42 Argentina 726,061 403.963 1,797.34 366.470 1,981.23 Sweden 1,544,267 876.774 1,761.30 795.397 1,941.50 Finland 2,325 0.153 15,174.14 0.139 16,726.62 Denmark 14,924 1.665 8,960.18 1.511 9,876.90 United Kingdom 470,748 219.178 2,147.79 198.835 2,367.53 France 1,848,925 1,682.182 1,099.12 1,526.051 1,211.57 Federal Republic of Germany 6,877,540 5,037.553 1,365.25 4,569.993 1,504.93 Austria 316,723 118.932 2,663.04 107.894 2,935.50 Slovakia 82,543 26.613 3,101.59 24.143 3,418.92 Switzerland 2,414,345 912.543 2,645.73 827.846 2,916.42 Russia 55,977 88.782 630.50 80.542 695.00 Ukraine 914,269 1,025.072 891.91 929.930 983.16 Spain 2,640,342 1,777.092 1,485.76 1,612.152 1,637.77 Italy 840,113 479.877 1,750.68 435.338 1,929.79 Romania 575,686 443.622 1,297.69 402.448 1,430.46 Turkey 1,672,219 2,525.671 662.09 2,291.251 729.83 Saudi Arabia 59,930 48.649 1,231.88 44.134 1,357.91 India 1,164,525 875.834 1,329.62 794.544 1,465.65 China 5,916,969 7,953.481 743.95 7,215.279 820.06 Korea, South 1,436,383 1,921.077 747.70 1,742.773 824.19 Taiwan 128,764 92.217 1,396.31 83.658 1,539.17 Japan 7,887,319 4,184.332 1,884.96 3,795.964 2,077.82 Australia 106,018 140.212 756.12 127.199 833.48 CATEGORY TOTAL 67,669,568 62,094.230 1,089.79 56,330.954 1,201.29 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 78,604 62.346 1,260.76 56.560 1,389.75 Mexico 701,375 425.712 1,647.53 386.200 1,816.09 Chile 344,877 361.634 953.66 328.069 1,051.23 Brazil 417,489 287.877 1,450.23 261.158 1,598.61 Argentina 354,245 155.845 2,273.05 141.381 2,505.61 Sweden 440,914 328.166 1,343.57 297.708 1,481.03 France 3,757,840 3,282.685 1,144.75 2,978.003 1,261.87 Federal Republic of Germany 6,197,607 3,333.665 1,859.10 3,024.251 2,049.30 Czech Republic 431,837 528.020 817.84 479.012 901.52 Slovakia 621,078 436.570 1,422.63 396.050 1,568.18 Poland 463,634 438.219 1,058.00 397.546 1,166.24 Spain 227,451 74.064 3,070.99 67.190 3,385.19 Italy 705,296 554.255 1,272.51 502.812 1,402.70 Romania 395,852 227.228 1,742.09 206.138 1,920.33 Korea, South 60,229 76.663 785.63 69.548 866.01 Japan 28,210 23.685 1,191.03 21.487 1,312.89 CATEGORY TOTAL 15,226,538 10,596.640 1,436.92 9,613.113 1,583.93 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/05/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D Canada 8,249,241 1,578.218 5,226.93 1,431.736 5,761.71 Mexico 325,157 95.568 3,402.36 86.698 3,750.46 Sweden 1,857,386 278.582 6,667.27 252.726 7,349.41 Finland 222,379 80.930 2,747.77 73.419 3,028.90 Denmark 11,227 0.967 11,600.19 0.878 12,787.02 United Kingdom 246,772 38.126 6,472.41 34.588 7,134.61 Netherlands 14,942 0.473 31,523.62 0.430 34,748.84 Belgium 122,769 18.799 6,530.30 17.055 7,198.42 France 2,284,841 367.159 6,223.01 333.082 6,859.70 Federal Republic of Germany 813,552 96.473 8,432.94 87.519 9,295.72 Austria 1,419,731 214.444 6,620.50 194.541 7,297.85 Czech Republic 960,143 72.373 13,266.53 65.656 14,623.84 Switzerland 10,673 2.769 3,854.45 2.512 4,248.81 Spain 2,344,751 294.116 7,972.19 266.818 8,787.83 Italy 819,841 157.221 5,214.56 142.629 5,748.07 India 232,414 45.375 5,122.01 41.164 5,646.05 Thailand 51,899 23.187 2,238.27 21.035 2,467.27 Malaysia 749,507 254.641 2,943.38 231.007 3,244.52 Singapore 341,548 117.650 2,903.07 106.731 3,200.08 China 7,954,131 2,343.135 3,394.65 2,125.657 3,741.96 Korea, South 7,688,077 2,291.388 3,355.20 2,078.713 3,698.48 Hong Kong 62,703 20.927 2,996.22 18.985 3,302.77 Taiwan 5,147,381 1,444.609 3,563.16 1,310.528 3,927.72 Japan 7,102,033 1,723.975 4,119.57 1,563.965 4,541.04 Australia 101,329 20.645 4,908.12 18.729 5,410.27 South Africa 164,866 62.433 2,640.65 56.639 2,910.82 CATEGORY TOTAL 49,299,293 11,644.196 4,233.81 10,563.440 4,666.97 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 2,090,310 635.649 3,288.46 576.652 3,624.91 Mexico 325,614 176.242 1,847.53 159.885 2,036.55 Norway 89,579 6.239 14,357.73 5.660 15,826.68 Ireland 15,360 6.045 2,540.91 5.484 2,800.88 France 5,492 3.026 1,814.37 2.746 2,000.00 Federal Republic of Germany 154,760 56.491 2,739.54 51.248 3,019.83 Hungary 2,071 0.022 93,939.01 0.020 103,550.00 Italy 8,415 1.550 5,425.70 1.407 5,980.81 India 46,780 41.477 1,127.83 37.628 1,243.22 Vietnam 178,488 172.948 1,032.03 156.896 1,137.62 China 25,298 15.425 1,639.99 13.994 1,807.77 Japan 126,487 53.320 2,372.18 48.372 2,614.88 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,068,654 1,168.440 2,626.28 1,059.992 2,894.98 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 23,481,058 26,230.571 895.18 23,795.981 986.77 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/05/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Mexico 4,923,070 3,169.722 1,553.15 2,875.525 1,712.06 Brazil 502,275 841.433 596.93 763.336 658.00 Finland 447,113 146.388 3,054.30 132.801 3,366.79 Netherlands 13,264 3.086 4,297.46 2.800 4,737.14 Belgium 6,010 3.505 1,714.52 3.180 1,889.94 France 34,685 20.432 1,697.55 18.536 1,871.22 Federal Republic of Germany 243,448 146.298 1,664.05 132.720 1,834.30 Austria 306,312 209.690 1,460.78 190.228 1,610.24 Italy 29,044 21.259 1,366.19 19.286 1,505.96 Turkey 6,679,243 10,821.672 617.21 9,817.259 680.36 Malaysia 2,715 2.931 926.29 2.659 1,021.06 China 2,931,764 4,873.198 601.61 4,420.893 663.16 Korea, South 5,239,660 8,611.950 608.42 7,812.632 670.67 Taiwan 658,245 199.438 3,300.48 180.928 3,638.16 Japan 86,563 49.574 1,746.13 44.973 1,924.78 Australia 32,004 43.002 744.24 39.011 820.38 South Africa 25,323 69.809 362.75 63.330 399.86 CATEGORY TOTAL 45,641,796 55,463.966 822.91 50,316.078 907.10 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 399,657 420.042 951.47 381.056 1,048.81 Mexico 143,506 121.865 1,177.57 110.555 1,298.05 Greece 6,642,677 8,145.129 815.54 7,389.139 898.98 Korea, South 503,833 709.925 709.70 644.034 782.31 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,689,673 9,396.963 818.31 8,524.784 902.04 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 17,506,484 19,394.151 902.67 17,594.083 995.02 Mexico 10,886,577 12,201.997 892.20 11,069.469 983.48 Honduras 20,671 2.352 8,787.45 2.134 9,686.50 Dominican Republic 238,081 329.798 721.90 299.188 795.76 Trinidad and Tobago 106,905 123.400 866.33 111.947 954.96 Colombia 2,562 3.278 781.51 2.974 861.47 Venezuela 910,806 1,239.405 734.87 1,124.370 810.06 Ecuador 109,762 156.042 703.41 141.559 775.38 Chile 247,287 286.239 863.92 259.672 952.31 Brazil 755,011 1,108.249 681.26 1,005.387 750.97 Argentina 158,366 282.629 560.33 256.397 617.66 Sweden 2,510,690 698.075 3,596.59 633.284 3,964.56 Denmark 101,023 4.209 23,997.53 3.819 26,452.74 United Kingdom 1,624,251 605.304 2,683.36 549.123 2,957.90 Netherlands 101,005 63.983 1,578.61 58.045 1,740.12 Belgium 1,518,572 971.587 1,562.98 881.410 1,722.89 Luxembourg 267,224 47.265 5,653.62 42.879 6,232.05 France 2,664,732 1,168.773 2,279.94 1,060.294 2,513.20 Federal Republic of Germany 2,463,082 1,022.225 2,409.53 927.348 2,656.05 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/05/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Austria 539,676 148.454 3,635.29 134.676 4,007.22 Czech Republic 44,961 31.936 1,407.84 28.972 1,551.88 Switzerland 515,978 110.721 4,660.14 100.445 5,136.92 Poland 1,426,035 1,526.305 934.31 1,384.641 1,029.90 Belarus 175,690 182.938 960.38 165.959 1,058.63 Spain 1,066,406 245.266 4,347.95 222.502 4,792.79 Italy 2,586,233 1,724.435 1,499.76 1,564.382 1,653.20 Greece 1,480,138 1,507.735 981.70 1,367.795 1,082.13 Turkey 97,095 86.133 1,127.26 78.139 1,242.59 Israel 127,893 174.891 731.27 158.659 806.09 United Arab Emirates 303,016 390.955 775.07 354.669 854.36 India 3,166,664 1,746.385 1,813.27 1,584.295 1,998.78 Thailand 90,056 60.328 1,492.76 54.729 1,645.49 Vietnam 48,250 17.870 2,699.96 16.212 2,976.19 Malaysia 21,411 25.141 851.62 22.808 938.75 Indonesia 38,842 10.912 3,559.28 9.900 3,923.43 China 11,289,238 15,447.135 730.83 14,013.410 805.60 Korea, South 6,276,419 4,125.420 1,521.40 3,742.520 1,677.06 Hong Kong 176,983 40.018 4,422.55 36.304 4,875.03 Taiwan 2,588,590 1,807.814 1,431.89 1,640.022 1,578.39 Japan 7,119,802 6,046.061 1,177.59 5,484.896 1,298.07 Australia 75,741 105.471 718.12 95.682 791.59 Egypt 469,325 623.492 752.74 565.623 829.75 South Africa 1,712,343 2,648.262 646.59 2,402.464 712.74 CATEGORY TOTAL 83,629,876 78,543.060 1,064.76 71,253.086 1,173.70 BLACK PLATE...........................28 Canada 29,795 55.591 535.96 50.432 590.80 Mexico 29,590 45.619 648.63 41.385 714.99 Venezuela 208,979 339.482 615.58 307.973 678.56 Belgium 586,327 827.912 708.20 751.070 780.66 Federal Republic of Germany 813,174 753.241 1,079.57 683.329 1,190.02 Japan 576,298 609.753 945.13 553.159 1,041.83 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,244,163 2,631.599 852.78 2,387.348 940.02 TIN PLATE.............................29 Canada 9,669,529 12,569.231 769.30 11,402.618 848.01 Mexico 312,934 391.938 798.43 355.561 880.11 Netherlands 3,061,216 4,220.113 725.39 3,828.424 799.60 Belgium 1,439,749 1,876.871 767.10 1,702.670 845.58 France 4,758,485 7,191.899 661.65 6,524.383 729.34 Federal Republic of Germany 5,859,223 10,213.921 573.65 9,265.916 632.34 India 111,422 165.974 671.32 150.570 740.00 China 884,708 1,100.708 803.76 998.546 886.00 Korea, South 586,020 740.055 791.86 671.367 872.88 Taiwan 108,493 101.863 1,065.08 92.409 1,174.05 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/05/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 259,686 319.308 813.28 289.672 896.48 CATEGORY TOTAL 27,051,465 38,891.886 695.56 35,282.136 766.72 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A Canada 2,694,314 3,124.113 862.43 2,834.149 950.66 United Kingdom 22,742 41.127 552.97 37.310 609.54 Netherlands 1,243,557 1,910.024 651.07 1,732.746 717.68 France 5,999 8.932 671.63 8.103 740.34 Federal Republic of Germany 1,061,420 1,667.533 636.52 1,512.761 701.64 Korea, South 873,327 1,194.653 731.03 1,083.772 805.82 Japan 1,400,463 1,937.706 722.74 1,757.858 796.69 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,301,822 9,884.090 738.74 8,966.699 814.33 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 27,403,683 46,076.120 594.75 41,799.565 655.60 Mexico 12,015,392 20,934.780 573.94 18,991.719 632.66 Brazil 64,810 54.729 1,184.18 49.650 1,305.34 Sweden 2,810,614 2,846.354 987.44 2,582.170 1,088.47 Netherlands 14,743,512 27,848.465 529.42 25,263.710 583.58 Belgium 529,782 743.567 712.49 674.553 785.38 France 16,134,335 25,241.023 639.21 22,898.278 704.61 Federal Republic of Germany 267,565 359.883 743.48 326.481 819.54 Austria 1,312,998 1,905.547 689.04 1,728.684 759.54 Slovakia 10,718 17.972 596.37 16.304 657.38 Russia 24,840,247 46,298.197 536.53 42,001.030 591.42 Spain 1,367,970 2,264.543 604.08 2,054.360 665.89 Italy 9,163,544 17,151.146 534.28 15,559.263 588.94 Turkey 8,953,956 15,436.829 580.04 14,004.060 639.38 India 3,535,074 4,447.138 794.91 4,034.377 876.24 Thailand 2,025 2.532 799.76 2.297 881.58 Malaysia 151,696 217.478 697.52 197.293 768.89 Korea, South 30,398,893 62,347.938 487.57 56,561.114 537.45 Taiwan 24,268 5.436 4,463.82 4.932 4,920.52 Japan 2,958,838 4,285.562 690.42 3,887.798 761.06 Australia 6,493,550 11,871.977 546.96 10,770.080 602.92 New Zealand 2,765,439 4,566.240 605.63 4,142.425 667.59 Egypt 45,316 61.440 737.56 55.738 813.02 South Africa 38,771 18.474 2,098.60 16.760 2,313.31 CATEGORY TOTAL 166,032,996 295,003.381 562.82 267,622.641 620.40 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 13,639,008 19,803.249 688.73 17,965.211 759.19 Mexico 31,523,673 31,014.882 1,016.40 28,136.236 1,120.39 Colombia 21,764 32.181 676.28 29.195 745.47 Venezuela 2,548,013 4,237.740 601.27 3,844.415 662.78 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/05/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Brazil 28,279,901 39,681.305 712.68 35,998.285 785.59 Argentina 1,959,214 3,291.483 595.24 2,985.984 656.14 Sweden 2,236,634 978.002 2,286.94 887.229 2,520.92 Finland 2,971,715 813.495 3,653.02 737.991 4,026.76 United Kingdom 140,778 21.456 6,561.09 19.465 7,232.37 Netherlands 3,721,180 5,965.302 623.80 5,411.633 687.63 Belgium 17,309,100 22,566.164 767.04 20,471.686 845.51 Luxembourg 187,984 248.482 756.53 225.420 833.93 France 2,295,536 1,781.528 1,288.52 1,616.176 1,420.35 Federal Republic of Germany 3,208,307 2,481.260 1,293.02 2,250.962 1,425.30 Austria 73,732 4.033 18,280.56 3.659 20,150.86 Switzerland 2,315 0.347 6,667.09 0.315 7,349.21 Russia 15,556,921 27,204.701 571.85 24,679.697 630.35 Italy 1,481,877 635.538 2,331.69 576.551 2,570.24 Romania 49,143 20.657 2,378.96 18.740 2,622.36 India 1,131,586 367.963 3,075.27 333.811 3,389.90 Thailand 797,607 335.907 2,374.49 304.730 2,617.42 Malaysia 179,200 37.721 4,750.66 34.220 5,236.70 Singapore 2,844 0.468 6,070.67 0.425 6,691.76 China 11,422,622 12,807.689 891.86 11,618.944 983.10 Korea, South 7,378,647 10,036.603 735.17 9,105.056 810.39 Taiwan 3,254,443 1,138.255 2,859.15 1,032.608 3,151.67 Japan 6,071,021 7,195.301 843.75 6,527.470 930.07 Australia 48,351 8.070 5,991.44 7.321 6,604.43 New Zealand 598,871 939.323 637.56 852.140 702.78 South Africa 3,562,427 5,368.505 663.58 4,870.228 731.47 CATEGORY TOTAL 161,654,414 199,017.624 812.26 180,545.803 895.37 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 31,858,464 48,111.218 662.18 43,645.776 729.93 Mexico 11,699,901 12,679.367 922.75 11,502.532 1,017.16 Colombia 3,393,992 4,811.105 705.45 4,364.563 777.62 Brazil 17,994,673 25,908.384 694.55 23,503.698 765.61 Argentina 5,802,234 8,159.320 711.12 7,402.013 783.87 Sweden 60,053 62.718 957.51 56.897 1,055.47 United Kingdom 17,786 15.237 1,167.27 13.823 1,286.70 Netherlands 1,865,156 2,608.783 714.95 2,366.649 788.10 Belgium 1,912,149 1,923.627 994.03 1,745.086 1,095.73 France 275,682 310.035 889.19 281.260 980.17 Federal Republic of Germany 6,159,108 15,017.118 410.14 13,623.305 452.10 Austria 365,689 318.746 1,147.27 289.162 1,264.65 Kazakhstan 91,824 88.969 1,032.08 80.712 1,137.67 Spain 3,752,410 6,116.567 613.48 5,548.858 676.25 Italy 31,465 70.728 444.87 64.164 490.38 India 37,133,625 52,544.895 706.70 47,667.941 779.01 China 7,481,235 11,262.886 664.24 10,217.522 732.20 Korea, South 29,513,653 36,714.733 803.86 33,307.055 886.11 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/05/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Taiwan 15,747,041 19,595.917 803.59 17,777.122 885.80 Japan 1,198,486 1,407.097 851.74 1,276.498 938.89 South Africa 4,525,690 6,270.766 721.71 5,688.745 795.55 CATEGORY TOTAL 180,880,316 253,998.227 712.13 230,423.381 784.99 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 1,795,203 1,539.254 1,166.28 1,396.389 1,285.60 Mexico 9,774 8.229 1,187.63 7.466 1,309.13 Belgium 391,183 517.584 755.79 469.545 833.11 Luxembourg 85,706 112.678 760.63 102.220 838.45 Federal Republic of Germany 5,914,538 9,148.610 646.50 8,299.482 712.64 China 32,525 14.062 2,312.94 12.757 2,549.58 Korea, South 1,735,952 2,311.149 751.12 2,096.640 827.97 Taiwan 1,154,044 1,391.614 829.28 1,262.452 914.13 Japan 877,308 1,072.430 818.06 972.893 901.75 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,996,233 16,115.614 744.39 14,619.844 820.54 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 Canada 7,644,346 6,678.032 1,144.70 6,058.211 1,261.82 Mexico 8,127,265 8,309.523 978.07 7,538.275 1,078.13 Brazil 14,787,675 21,512.453 687.40 19,515.775 757.73 United Kingdom 7,664 10.444 733.79 9.475 808.87 Belgium 932,313 821.497 1,134.89 745.250 1,251.01 Luxembourg 312,691 403.826 774.32 366.345 853.54 France 22,940 6.269 3,658.72 5.688 4,033.05 Federal Republic of Germany 286,044 106.052 2,697.20 96.209 2,973.15 China 138,689 180.955 766.43 164.160 844.84 Korea, South 10,870,460 13,690.721 794.00 12,420.017 875.24 Taiwan 3,908,639 4,745.603 823.63 4,305.140 907.90 Japan 1,301,342 1,130.884 1,150.73 1,025.921 1,268.46 Australia 121,164 48.854 2,480.10 44.320 2,733.84 CATEGORY TOTAL 48,461,232 57,645.117 840.68 52,294.786 926.69 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 Sweden 72,665 6.072 11,965.98 5.509 13,190.23 United Kingdom 1,068,374 811.142 1,317.12 735.856 1,451.88 Federal Republic of Germany 2,099,231 1,707.718 1,229.26 1,549.217 1,355.03 Poland 44,104 40.080 1,100.40 36.360 1,212.98 Russia 5,145,127 4,467.765 1,151.61 4,053.090 1,269.43 Romania 8,977 5.905 1,520.22 5.357 1,675.75 China 19,780 19.480 1,015.40 17.672 1,119.28 Korea, South 91,455 107.287 852.43 97.330 939.64 Japan 746,100 1,017.778 733.07 923.313 808.07 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,295,813 8,183.230 1,135.96 7,423.704 1,252.18 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY - CARBON - STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/05/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 4,376,224 7,305.148 599.06 6,627.121 660.35 Mexico 573,016 682.959 839.02 619.571 924.86 Finland 180,601 73.931 2,442.80 67.070 2,692.72 France 392,830 543.104 723.31 492.696 797.31 Federal Republic of Germany 442,428 539.163 820.58 489.121 904.54 Italy 8,042 3.984 2,018.14 3.615 2,224.62 Slovenia 184,251 130.689 1,409.83 118.560 1,554.07 China 4,515 0.503 8,962.67 0.457 9,879.65 Korea, South 145,317 440.170 330.14 399.316 363.91 Egypt 304,211 421.113 722.40 382.028 796.31 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,611,435 10,140.770 651.97 9,199.555 718.67 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 3,310,694 3,464.893 955.50 3,143.299 1,053.25 Mexico 2,849,686 1,590.046 1,792.20 1,442.466 1,975.57 Chile 5,935 5.111 1,161.13 4.637 1,279.92 Brazil 204,290 144.380 1,414.94 130.980 1,559.70 Sweden 3,705,588 713.479 5,193.68 647.258 5,725.06 Finland 1,280,086 480.829 2,662.25 436.201 2,934.62 United Kingdom 2,034,133 814.197 2,498.33 738.628 2,753.93 Netherlands 3,825 0.101 37,717.20 0.092 41,576.09 Belgium 610,408 233.548 2,613.62 211.872 2,881.02 France 1,885,864 401.299 4,699.39 364.053 5,180.19 Federal Republic of Germany 6,822,115 4,451.578 1,532.52 4,038.405 1,689.31 Austria 987,541 194.055 5,088.97 176.044 5,609.63 Switzerland 265,385 120.898 2,195.11 109.677 2,419.70 Italy 198,041 64.690 3,061.37 58.686 3,374.59 Romania 5,087 2.138 2,378.79 1.940 2,622.16 India 722,015 489.776 1,474.17 444.318 1,625.00 Indonesia 336,437 123.483 2,724.56 112.022 3,003.31 China 100,524 125.802 799.06 114.126 880.82 Korea, South 1,095,329 1,101.991 993.95 999.710 1,095.65 Taiwan 400,685 166.684 2,403.85 151.214 2,649.79 Japan 3,814,336 918.247 4,153.93 833.020 4,578.92 CATEGORY TOTAL 30,638,004 15,607.233 1,963.06 14,158.648 2,163.91 GRAND TOTAL 2,233,871,349 3,022,123.130 739.17 2,741,624.760 814.80 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/05/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Mexico 1,476,624 1,800.900 819.94 1,633.750 903.82 United Kingdom 14,850 0.771 19,245.28 0.700 21,214.29 Belgium 299,235 294.590 1,015.77 267.248 1,119.69 Ukraine 162,342 146.882 1,105.25 133.250 1,218.33 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,953,051 2,243.145 870.68 2,034.948 959.75 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 6,389,062 12,479.226 511.98 11,320.967 564.36 Mexico 7,109,172 9,890.637 718.78 8,972.638 792.32 Brazil 60,756,539 117,379.617 517.61 106,485.028 570.56 United Kingdom 212,316 149.764 1,417.67 135.864 1,562.71 Belgium 1,616,497 212.569 7,604.55 192.840 8,382.58 Federal Republic of Germany 1,559,540 1,668.716 934.57 1,513.835 1,030.19 Czech Republic 271,667 66.639 4,076.69 60.454 4,493.78 Italy 77,552 25.904 2,993.79 23.500 3,300.09 Malaysia 4,047 0.066 61,189.63 0.060 67,450.00 Japan 2,216 0.011 201,032.20 0.010 221,600.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 77,998,608 141,873.153 549.78 128,705.196 606.03 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 1,250,312 2,219.174 563.41 2,013.202 621.06 United Kingdom 4,178,624 6,053.438 690.29 5,491.589 760.91 Luxembourg 622,916 910.334 684.27 825.842 754.28 Federal Republic of Germany 78,829 172.947 455.80 156.895 502.43 Italy 590,837 676.069 873.93 613.320 963.34 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,721,518 10,031.964 670.01 9,100.848 738.56 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 13,982,059 12,241.311 1,142.20 11,105.134 1,259.06 Brazil 5,378,864 4,349.930 1,236.54 3,946.192 1,363.05 Sweden 10,271,113 7,891.938 1,301.47 7,159.448 1,434.62 Finland 282,975 255.444 1,107.78 231.735 1,221.11 United Kingdom 269,623 365.120 738.45 331.232 814.00 Belgium 2,393,924 1,689.429 1,417.00 1,532.625 1,561.98 France 1,699,705 902.744 1,882.82 818.956 2,075.45 Federal Republic of Germany 2,439,970 2,264.297 1,077.58 2,054.137 1,187.83 Austria 277,578 257.832 1,076.58 233.902 1,186.73 Switzerland 2,170 3.737 580.53 3.391 639.93 Poland 1,124,634 964.642 1,165.86 875.109 1,285.14 Ukraine 27,678 23.523 1,176.62 21.340 1,297.00 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/05/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 2,754,148 2,811.748 979.51 2,550.776 1,079.73 CATEGORY TOTAL 40,904,441 34,021.701 1,202.30 30,863.977 1,325.31 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 2,409,922 3,740.509 644.28 3,393.334 710.19 Netherlands 2,886,048 4,478.369 644.44 4,062.710 710.38 France 731,772 1,022.284 715.82 927.401 789.06 Federal Republic of Germany 12,894 23.808 541.56 21.599 596.97 Austria 96,624 129.113 748.36 117.130 824.93 Japan 1,151,037 2,117.888 543.48 1,921.317 599.09 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,288,297 11,511.975 633.11 10,443.491 697.88 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Canada 38,000 19.855 1,913.79 18.013 2,109.59 United Kingdom 41,400 14.739 2,808.87 13.371 3,096.25 France 22,526 31.967 704.66 29.000 776.76 Czech Republic 435,932 679.778 641.29 616.685 706.90 Japan 1,200,270 1,871.877 641.21 1,698.139 706.81 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,738,128 2,618.217 663.86 2,375.208 731.78 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 19,831,960 31,727.045 625.08 28,782.300 689.03 Mexico 6,283,035 11,888.364 528.50 10,784.946 582.57 Brazil 442,838 146.408 3,024.66 132.820 3,334.12 Argentina 106,173 66.375 1,599.58 60.215 1,763.23 Sweden 1,486,482 559.884 2,654.98 507.919 2,926.61 United Kingdom 2,312,801 1,837.516 1,258.66 1,666.967 1,387.43 France 641,488 309.294 2,074.04 280.587 2,286.24 Federal Republic of Germany 549,051 716.484 766.31 649.984 844.71 Austria 340,050 97.189 3,498.83 88.169 3,856.80 Czech Republic 189,437 154.645 1,224.98 140.292 1,350.31 Latvia 4,070,015 10,581.184 384.65 9,599.092 424.00 Russia 4,074 2.749 1,481.91 2.494 1,633.52 Belarus 3,830,583 5,555.911 689.46 5,040.240 760.00 Ukraine 1,196,877 1,323.188 904.54 1,200.377 997.08 Spain 1,950,419 1,470.262 1,326.58 1,333.800 1,462.30 Turkey 51,021 49.448 1,031.80 44.859 1,137.36 India 171,395 175.911 974.33 159.584 1,074.01 China 408,241 280.699 1,454.37 254.646 1,603.17 Korea, South 4,134,239 5,086.853 812.73 4,614.717 895.88 Taiwan 29,376 10.179 2,885.70 9.235 3,180.94 Japan 7,622,845 9,449.791 806.67 8,572.709 889.20 CATEGORY TOTAL 55,652,400 81,489.390 682.94 73,925.952 752.81 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/05/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 401,386 717.730 559.24 651.114 616.46 Mexico 698,607 1,330.057 525.25 1,206.608 578.98 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,099,993 2,047.787 537.16 1,857.722 592.12 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 2,124,931 1,719.750 1,235.60 1,560.132 1,362.02 Sweden 107,172 63.712 1,682.12 57.799 1,854.22 United Kingdom 2,329,272 1,606.028 1,450.33 1,456.965 1,598.72 France 2,881,206 2,150.195 1,339.97 1,950.625 1,477.07 Federal Republic of Germany 971,877 408.119 2,381.35 370.240 2,624.99 Austria 9,315 1.102 8,450.43 1.000 9,315.00 Poland 440,566 362.814 1,214.30 329.140 1,338.54 Ukraine 5,780,658 5,104.492 1,132.46 4,630.719 1,248.33 Spain 313,234 292.508 1,070.86 265.359 1,180.42 Italy 559,031 395.630 1,413.01 358.910 1,557.58 China 59,709 59.356 1,005.94 53.847 1,108.86 Korea, South 184,531 121.846 1,514.46 110.537 1,669.40 Taiwan 62,601 35.127 1,782.12 31.867 1,964.45 Japan 402,966 348.728 1,155.53 316.361 1,273.75 CATEGORY TOTAL 16,227,069 12,669.412 1,280.81 11,493.501 1,411.85 TOOL STEEL............................17 Canada 1,204,893 871.752 1,382.15 790.841 1,523.56 Mexico 159,105 89.143 1,784.81 80.870 1,967.42 Colombia 35,257 43.194 816.25 39.185 899.76 Brazil 2,366,078 789.805 2,995.77 716.500 3,302.27 Sweden 2,341,621 1,036.645 2,258.85 940.429 2,489.95 Norway 4,711 0.253 18,581.52 0.230 20,482.61 United Kingdom 995,687 266.262 3,739.50 241.549 4,122.09 Netherlands 1,243,945 895.439 1,389.20 812.329 1,531.33 Belgium 170,750 111.030 1,537.87 100.725 1,695.21 France 3,124,719 1,102.505 2,834.20 1,000.176 3,124.17 Federal Republic of Germany 5,810,809 2,414.412 2,406.72 2,190.319 2,652.95 Austria 5,656,262 954.715 5,924.55 866.104 6,530.70 Czech Republic 36,579 10.103 3,620.33 9.166 3,990.73 Poland 179,722 65.360 2,749.71 59.294 3,031.03 Russia 2,954,729 1,245.363 2,372.58 1,129.775 2,615.33 Ukraine 495,125 102.229 4,843.27 92.741 5,338.79 Spain 521,952 213.850 2,440.73 194.002 2,690.45 Italy 87,515 3.693 23,692.12 3.351 26,116.08 Slovenia 2,968,340 1,106.618 2,682.35 1,003.908 2,956.78 China 1,983,257 773.579 2,563.74 701.780 2,826.04 Korea, South 842,424 470.183 1,791.69 426.543 1,975.00 Taiwan 2,129,532 949.756 2,242.19 861.605 2,471.59 Japan 4,610,660 4,941.482 933.05 4,482.839 1,028.51 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/05/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Australia 8,696 0.659 13,192.11 0.598 14,541.81 CATEGORY TOTAL 39,932,368 18,458.042 2,163.41 16,744.859 2,384.75 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 379,246 73.100 5,187.98 66.316 5,718.77 Mexico 8,000 3.897 2,052.45 3.536 2,262.44 Brazil 23,334 16.093 1,449.88 14.600 1,598.22 Argentina 197,313 136.379 1,446.80 123.721 1,594.82 Federal Republic of Germany 995,836 743.044 1,340.21 674.079 1,477.33 Spain 196,046 130.173 1,506.04 118.091 1,660.13 Italy 72,614 28.028 2,590.72 25.427 2,855.78 China 222,659 227.597 978.30 206.473 1,078.39 Japan 232,955 84.353 2,761.66 76.524 3,044.21 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,328,003 1,442.668 1,613.68 1,308.767 1,778.78 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 11,546,369 8,262.976 1,397.36 7,496.048 1,540.33 Mexico 21,651 6.772 3,196.85 6.144 3,523.93 Brazil 2,396,731 2,370.213 1,011.19 2,150.222 1,114.64 Argentina 11,519 3.602 3,197.63 3.268 3,524.79 United Kingdom 124,557 8.929 13,948.43 8.101 15,375.51 France 575,154 485.844 1,183.82 440.751 1,304.94 Federal Republic of Germany 8,025,536 5,505.080 1,457.84 4,994.126 1,607.00 Austria 2,311,626 2,100.295 1,100.62 1,905.357 1,213.22 Czech Republic 1,332,776 1,524.752 874.09 1,383.233 963.52 Poland 264,526 295.930 893.88 268.464 985.33 Spain 7,890,733 6,284.552 1,255.58 5,701.252 1,384.04 Romania 659,898 581.929 1,133.98 527.918 1,250.00 India 556,994 461.839 1,206.03 418.974 1,329.42 Indonesia 916,986 922.535 993.98 836.910 1,095.68 China 6,423,400 7,030.880 913.60 6,378.309 1,007.07 Taiwan 2,022 0.634 3,184.60 0.576 3,510.42 Japan 10,910,016 4,187.236 2,605.54 3,798.598 2,872.12 CATEGORY TOTAL 53,970,494 40,034.007 1,348.12 36,318.251 1,486.04 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 19,933,400 16,234.431 1,227.85 14,727.633 1,353.47 Federal Republic of Germany 8,025 13.375 599.98 12.134 661.36 Japan 1,248,833 1,983.638 629.57 1,799.527 693.98 CATEGORY TOTAL 21,190,258 18,231.445 1,162.29 16,539.294 1,281.21 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Federal Republic of Germany 4,645 7.741 600.01 7.023 661.40 Spain 9,000 11.454 785.74 10.391 866.13 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/05/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 20,493 3.913 5,236.89 3.550 5,772.68 CATEGORY TOTAL 34,138 23.108 1,477.27 20.964 1,628.41 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 2,133,588 1,807.413 1,180.47 1,639.658 1,301.24 Mexico 1,102,482 860.896 1,280.62 780.992 1,411.64 Brazil 68,600 68.628 999.58 62.259 1,101.85 Argentina 454,439 265.861 1,709.30 241.186 1,884.18 Sweden 1,229,181 810.858 1,515.90 735.599 1,670.99 Finland 2,325 0.153 15,174.14 0.139 16,726.62 United Kingdom 468,629 214.770 2,181.99 194.837 2,405.24 France 513,093 396.604 1,293.71 359.794 1,426.07 Federal Republic of Germany 3,147,653 2,352.401 1,338.06 2,134.063 1,474.96 Switzerland 335,416 138.072 2,429.28 125.257 2,677.82 Spain 379,575 268.755 1,412.34 243.811 1,556.84 Italy 198,618 84.765 2,343.15 76.898 2,582.88 Saudi Arabia 59,930 48.649 1,231.88 44.134 1,357.91 India 179,423 132.116 1,358.07 119.854 1,497.01 China 360,141 337.724 1,066.37 306.379 1,175.48 Korea, South 25,868 18.395 1,406.22 16.688 1,550.10 Japan 3,419,817 2,069.658 1,652.36 1,877.563 1,821.41 CATEGORY TOTAL 14,078,778 9,875.726 1,425.59 8,959.111 1,571.45 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Argentina 292,133 129.040 2,263.88 117.064 2,495.50 Sweden 440,914 328.166 1,343.57 297.708 1,481.03 France 1,766,508 1,197.840 1,474.74 1,086.663 1,625.63 Federal Republic of Germany 4,506,606 2,114.508 2,131.28 1,918.250 2,349.33 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,006,161 3,769.556 1,858.62 3,419.685 2,048.77 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 1,135,474 232.797 4,877.53 211.190 5,376.55 Mexico 30,505 16.264 1,875.55 14.755 2,067.43 Norway 89,579 6.239 14,357.73 5.660 15,826.68 Ireland 15,360 6.045 2,540.91 5.484 2,800.88 Federal Republic of Germany 117,452 9.585 12,252.84 8.696 13,506.44 Hungary 2,071 0.022 93,939.01 0.020 103,550.00 Italy 5,442 1.352 4,023.55 1.227 4,435.21 China 9,641 6.530 1,476.40 5.924 1,627.45 Japan 12,613 3.621 3,483.20 3.285 3,839.57 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,418,137 282.457 5,020.71 256.241 5,534.39 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 1,287,743 1,150.728 1,119.07 1,043.924 1,233.56 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/05/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Mexico 5,681 2.716 2,091.61 2.464 2,305.60 Finland 447,113 146.388 3,054.30 132.801 3,366.79 Netherlands 13,264 3.086 4,297.46 2.800 4,737.14 Federal Republic of Germany 3,483 0.793 4,388.51 0.720 4,837.50 China 113,569 39.177 2,898.85 35.541 3,195.44 Taiwan 658,245 199.438 3,300.48 180.928 3,638.16 Japan 86,563 49.574 1,746.13 44.973 1,924.78 Australia 2,277 0.071 31,779.39 0.065 35,030.77 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,617,938 1,591.975 1,644.46 1,444.216 1,812.71 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 218,862 239.723 912.97 217.474 1,006.38 CATEGORY TOTAL 218,862 239.723 912.97 217.474 1,006.38 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 656,771 613.416 1,070.68 556.482 1,180.22 Mexico 2,044,818 1,772.826 1,153.42 1,608.282 1,271.43 Honduras 20,671 2.352 8,787.45 2.134 9,686.50 Sweden 305,219 212.553 1,435.97 192.825 1,582.88 United Kingdom 247,139 25.669 9,627.72 23.287 10,612.75 Netherlands 14,629 0.780 18,744.65 0.708 20,662.43 France 13,022 0.793 16,407.45 0.720 18,086.11 Federal Republic of Germany 193,859 47.956 4,042.43 43.505 4,456.02 Austria 364,583 64.369 5,663.91 58.395 6,243.39 Poland 92,452 68.689 1,345.94 62.314 1,483.65 Italy 2,031,858 1,451.915 1,399.43 1,317.156 1,542.61 Turkey 77,248 59.228 1,304.24 53.731 1,437.68 China 442,435 455.429 971.47 413.159 1,070.86 Korea, South 1,800,291 1,455.981 1,236.48 1,320.845 1,362.98 Taiwan 304,350 303.648 1,002.31 275.465 1,104.86 Japan 3,064,686 2,399.078 1,277.44 2,176.408 1,408.14 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,674,031 8,934.689 1,306.60 8,105.416 1,440.28 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 3,935,444 6,269.905 627.67 5,687.964 691.89 Sweden 2,546,730 2,681.168 949.86 2,432.316 1,047.04 Netherlands 822,508 1,368.416 601.07 1,241.407 662.56 Belgium 232,326 269.264 862.82 244.273 951.09 France 2,742,435 3,953.947 693.59 3,586.962 764.56 Austria 493,468 645.583 764.37 585.664 842.58 Japan 2,237,943 3,387.089 660.73 3,072.717 728.33 CATEGORY TOTAL 13,010,854 18,575.376 700.44 16,851.303 772.10 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/05/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 1,893,181 2,777.088 681.71 2,519.333 751.46 Brazil 28,050 47.674 588.36 43.250 648.55 Sweden 294,113 384.508 764.91 348.820 843.17 Netherlands 1,753,607 2,870.151 610.98 2,603.758 673.49 Belgium 11,645 17.614 661.09 15.980 728.72 France 889,328 903.116 984.73 819.294 1,085.48 Federal Republic of Germany 852,386 946.510 900.56 858.660 992.69 Korea, South 1,870,338 3,000.633 623.31 2,722.130 687.09 Japan 2,670,899 3,484.636 766.48 3,161.210 844.90 Australia 48,351 8.070 5,991.44 7.321 6,604.43 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,311,898 14,440.005 714.12 13,099.756 787.18 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 5,790,886 8,200.665 706.15 7,439.521 778.40 Brazil 495,824 752.782 658.66 682.913 726.04 France 275,682 310.035 889.19 281.260 980.17 Federal Republic of Germany 5,525,088 13,541.372 408.02 12,284.530 449.76 Spain 2,957,481 4,880.447 605.99 4,427.469 667.98 India 31,856 43.894 725.75 39.820 800.00 China 134,076 159.373 841.27 144.581 927.34 Japan 1,178,231 1,384.428 851.06 1,255.933 938.13 CATEGORY TOTAL 16,389,124 29,273.000 559.87 26,556.027 617.15 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 1,309,569 1,078.070 1,214.73 978.009 1,339.02 Federal Republic of Germany 1,683,688 2,398.765 701.90 2,176.124 773.71 China 32,525 14.062 2,312.94 12.757 2,549.58 Japan 793,263 983.051 806.94 891.810 889.50 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,819,045 4,473.949 853.62 4,058.700 940.95 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 Sweden 72,665 6.072 11,965.98 5.509 13,190.23 United Kingdom 1,068,374 811.142 1,317.12 735.856 1,451.88 Federal Republic of Germany 2,099,231 1,707.718 1,229.26 1,549.217 1,355.03 Poland 44,104 40.080 1,100.40 36.360 1,212.98 Russia 5,145,127 4,467.765 1,151.61 4,053.090 1,269.43 Romania 8,977 5.905 1,520.22 5.357 1,675.75 China 19,780 19.480 1,015.40 17.672 1,119.28 Korea, South 91,455 107.287 852.43 97.330 939.64 Japan 746,100 1,017.778 733.07 923.313 808.07 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,295,813 8,183.230 1,135.96 7,423.704 1,252.18 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 419,688 957.936 438.12 869.026 482.94 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS ALLOY APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/05/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Federal Republic of Germany 115,674 104.141 1,110.73 94.476 1,224.37 CATEGORY TOTAL 535,362 1,062.078 504.07 963.502 555.64 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 12,363 18.718 660.48 16.981 728.05 Sweden 947,304 241.510 3,922.41 219.095 4,323.71 United Kingdom 93,893 31.193 3,010.05 28.298 3,318.01 France 645,737 55.515 11,631.61 50.363 12,821.65 Federal Republic of Germany 3,507,920 2,816.389 1,245.54 2,554.986 1,372.97 Austria 748,404 131.375 5,696.67 119.182 6,279.51 Switzerland 82,996 20.064 4,136.51 18.202 4,559.72 Italy 16,187 8.245 1,963.18 7.480 2,164.04 China 9,586 1.052 9,106.05 0.955 10,037.70 Japan 40,922 16.831 2,431.32 15.269 2,680.07 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,105,312 3,340.896 1,827.45 3,030.811 2,014.42 GRAND TOTAL 423,520,081 480,738.687 880.98 436,118.924 971.11 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/05/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A China 5,200 7.495 693.73 6.800 764.71 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,200 7.495 693.73 6.800 764.71 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 6,371,669 16,859.872 377.92 15,295.023 416.58 Mexico 83,280,321 166,648.166 499.74 151,180.716 550.87 Brazil 80,707,630 160,729.716 502.13 145,811.587 553.51 United Kingdom 377,910 894.912 422.29 811.851 465.49 Belgium 482,593 665.652 724.99 603.870 799.17 France 11,644 27.574 422.28 25.015 465.48 Federal Republic of Germany 5,548,532 14,667.670 378.28 13,306.291 416.99 Russia 29,082,422 63,305.996 459.39 57,430.250 506.40 Ukraine 15,974,700 32,865.038 486.07 29,814.670 535.80 India 6,363 16.838 377.87 15.276 416.54 China 14,776,488 33,302.079 443.71 30,211.147 489.11 CATEGORY TOTAL 236,620,272 489,983.518 482.91 444,505.696 532.32 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 18,793,696 32,841.495 572.25 29,793.312 630.80 Mexico 649,550 1,334.731 486.65 1,210.848 536.44 Trinidad and Tobago 3,112,111 6,911.500 450.28 6,270.010 496.35 Venezuela 6,821,985 15,881.684 429.55 14,407.626 473.50 Brazil 7,653,755 11,973.282 639.24 10,861.982 704.64 Argentina 3,835,711 8,034.294 477.42 7,288.591 526.26 Sweden 27,105 18.311 1,480.21 16.612 1,631.65 Finland 25,206 88.362 285.26 80.161 314.44 United Kingdom 3,630,973 6,318.001 574.70 5,731.596 633.50 Belgium 22,928 58.775 390.10 53.320 430.01 Luxembourg 204,527 231.064 885.15 209.618 975.71 France 199,145 492.498 404.36 446.787 445.73 Federal Republic of Germany 8,268,129 15,963.116 517.95 14,481.500 570.94 Czech Republic 926,257 1,811.566 511.30 1,643.426 563.61 Spain 4,248,865 6,729.555 631.37 6,104.952 695.97 Italy 2,877,785 5,602.718 513.64 5,082.702 566.19 Turkey 6,911,243 18,263.419 378.42 16,568.300 417.14 Thailand 145,076 220.579 657.71 200.106 725.00 China 25,848,379 62,703.925 412.23 56,884.060 454.40 Japan 7,326,325 11,534.767 635.15 10,464.168 700.13 South Africa 2,715,305 5,880.285 461.76 5,334.507 509.01 CATEGORY TOTAL 104,244,056 212,893.935 489.65 193,134.184 539.75 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/05/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 6,727,113 11,369.147 591.70 10,313.920 652.24 Mexico 1,183,793 2,240.560 528.35 2,032.603 582.40 Brazil 1,557,205 3,683.599 422.74 3,341.706 465.99 Norway 299,956 422.326 710.25 383.128 782.91 United Kingdom 1,785,739 2,487.566 717.87 2,256.683 791.31 Luxembourg 4,181,434 5,907.326 707.84 5,359.038 780.26 Federal Republic of Germany 4,766,617 7,581.113 628.75 6,877.472 693.08 Poland 29,618 20.816 1,422.85 18.884 1,568.42 Spain 2,816,235 6,290.833 447.67 5,706.950 493.47 Italy 37,643 48.794 771.45 44.266 850.38 Turkey 181,107 349.505 518.18 317.066 571.20 Korea, South 2,100,123 4,737.330 443.31 4,297.635 488.67 Taiwan 34,383 28.267 1,216.34 25.644 1,340.78 Japan 2,852 4.499 633.83 4.082 698.68 CATEGORY TOTAL 25,703,818 45,171.687 569.02 40,979.077 627.24 STEEL PILING...........................5 Canada 720,907 1,309.697 550.44 1,188.138 606.75 United Kingdom 18,332 35.327 518.91 32.049 572.00 Luxembourg 11,189,552 14,611.895 765.78 13,255.692 844.13 Federal Republic of Germany 313,209 405.987 771.47 368.306 850.40 China 7,854 15.043 522.10 13.647 575.51 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,249,854 16,377.951 747.95 14,857.832 824.47 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 7,794,637 9,867.357 789.94 8,951.519 870.76 Mexico 84,870 137.788 615.94 125.000 678.96 Venezuela 5,499 7.969 689.99 7.230 760.58 Belgium 323,606 417.577 774.96 378.820 854.25 France 879,662 1,327.872 662.46 1,204.626 730.24 Federal Republic of Germany 88,463 56.267 1,572.19 51.045 1,733.04 Austria 31,048 37.570 826.40 34.083 910.95 Czech Republic 227,770 290.498 784.07 263.536 864.28 Slovakia 20,703 34.715 596.37 31.493 657.38 Russia 43,579 65.856 661.73 59.744 729.43 Ukraine 16,993,932 27,324.093 621.94 24,788.008 685.57 Bulgaria 636,338 1,118.113 569.12 1,014.336 627.34 Turkey 76,684 118.673 646.18 107.659 712.29 Malaysia 1,499,294 2,259.442 663.57 2,049.732 731.46 Indonesia 156,020 229.969 678.44 208.625 747.85 Korea, South 4,221,474 6,970.086 605.66 6,323.158 667.62 Japan 616,218 666.232 924.93 604.396 1,019.56 Australia 45,392 16.848 2,694.08 15.285 2,969.71 New Zealand 12,816 20.375 629.00 18.484 693.36 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/05/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE South Africa 1,944,828 2,416.729 804.74 2,192.421 887.07 CATEGORY TOTAL 35,702,833 53,384.039 668.79 48,429.200 737.22 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 26,715,891 45,971.886 581.14 41,705.006 640.59 Mexico 1,770,503 3,223.986 549.17 2,924.752 605.35 Venezuela 542,663 899.727 603.14 816.219 664.85 Netherlands 3,793,233 7,233.846 524.37 6,562.437 578.02 Belgium 61,167 98.866 618.68 89.690 681.98 France 4,768,888 7,381.553 646.05 6,696.435 712.15 Federal Republic of Germany 4,467,924 9,340.917 478.32 8,473.940 527.25 Czech Republic 5,008 8.818 567.90 8.000 626.00 Russia 11,464,069 20,959.749 546.96 19,014.370 602.92 Spain 46,341 76.379 606.72 69.290 668.80 Italy 251,547 485.496 518.12 440.435 571.13 Turkey 1,133,656 2,006.139 565.09 1,819.940 622.91 Malaysia 205,761 388.233 529.99 352.200 584.22 Japan 71,029 93.133 762.66 84.489 840.69 New Zealand 455,441 740.102 615.38 671.410 678.34 CATEGORY TOTAL 55,753,121 98,908.837 563.68 89,728.613 621.35 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Luxembourg 76,152 96.324 790.58 87.384 871.46 Austria 1,124,227 826.369 1,360.44 749.670 1,499.63 Czech Republic 2,417,934 4,722.111 512.05 4,283.829 564.43 Spain 31,722 34.556 917.98 31.349 1,011.90 Japan 8,611,947 13,530.459 636.49 12,274.630 701.61 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,261,982 19,209.821 638.32 17,426.862 703.63 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 Canada 535,620 909.030 589.22 824.659 649.50 Luxembourg 57,869 71.591 808.32 64.947 891.02 Austria 206,493 257.315 802.49 233.433 884.59 Spain 237,063 268.606 882.57 243.676 972.86 Italy 5,819 0.408 14,228.87 0.371 15,684.64 Korea, South 424,960 648.667 655.13 588.461 722.15 Japan 23,771 24.108 985.99 21.871 1,086.87 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,491,595 2,179.729 684.30 1,977.418 754.31 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 Canada 21,886 23.766 920.86 21.561 1,015.07 Mexico 195,352 503.778 387.77 457.020 427.45 India 12,074 20.040 602.49 18.180 664.14 China 16,620 19.621 847.05 17.800 933.71 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/05/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Australia 245,203 381.494 642.74 346.086 708.50 CATEGORY TOTAL 491,135 948.700 517.69 860.647 570.66 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 21,279,724 34,475.888 617.23 31,276.009 680.38 Mexico 1,740,379 2,831.285 614.70 2,568.500 677.59 Brazil 170,209 326.879 520.71 296.540 573.98 Argentina 1,627,072 2,072.816 784.96 1,880.428 865.27 Sweden 60,122 42.842 1,403.33 38.866 1,546.90 United Kingdom 17,266,735 20,991.854 822.54 19,043.495 906.70 France 138,809 159.606 869.69 144.793 958.67 Federal Republic of Germany 640,683 693.976 923.21 629.565 1,017.66 Czech Republic 51,576 79.661 647.44 72.268 713.68 Belarus 1,369,793 2,931.915 467.20 2,659.790 515.00 Ukraine 3,721 4.795 776.01 4.350 855.40 Spain 99,358 141.235 703.49 128.127 775.46 Italy 314,914 101.274 3,109.50 91.875 3,427.64 Serbia and Montenegro 8,338 18.474 451.32 16.760 497.49 Turkey 2,797,926 6,487.091 431.31 5,884.992 475.43 India 196,082 229.098 855.88 207.835 943.45 China 117,791 73.647 1,599.39 66.812 1,763.02 Korea, South 2,638,328 4,239.406 622.33 3,845.926 686.01 Japan 1,412,688 2,475.094 570.76 2,245.369 629.16 South Africa 1,564,501 2,760.350 566.78 2,504.149 624.76 CATEGORY TOTAL 53,498,749 81,137.198 659.36 73,606.449 726.82 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 4,402,752 7,660.416 574.74 6,949.415 633.54 Mexico 2,275,567 4,606.914 493.95 4,179.324 544.48 Brazil 307,739 721.182 426.71 654.246 470.37 Turkey 473,354 1,142.066 414.47 1,036.066 456.88 Korea, South 372,729 882.036 422.58 800.170 465.81 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,832,141 15,012.617 521.70 13,619.221 575.08 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 Canada 1,055,576 1,990.056 530.43 1,805.349 584.69 Mexico 15,905,309 39,918.468 398.44 36,213.436 439.21 Dominican Republic 2,644,212 5,945.770 444.72 5,393.914 490.22 Brazil 2,398,582 6,551.581 366.11 5,943.496 403.56 Federal Republic of Germany 11,458 15.559 736.42 14.115 811.76 Bulgaria 4,012,007 11,172.904 359.08 10,135.891 395.82 Turkey 4,267,288 7,351.915 580.43 6,669.547 639.82 Taiwan 86,341 209.174 412.77 189.760 455.00 Japan 8,058,806 21,872.139 368.45 19,842.077 406.15 Australia 26,793 33.730 794.32 30.600 875.59 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/05/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 38,466,372 95,061.299 404.65 86,238.185 446.05 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 6,689,549 6,212.663 1,076.76 5,636.035 1,186.92 Mexico 109,901 150.412 730.66 136.452 805.42 Brazil 17,877 18.909 945.42 17.154 1,042.15 United Kingdom 1,440,530 1,308.545 1,100.86 1,187.093 1,213.49 Netherlands 16,738 11.487 1,457.10 10.421 1,606.18 France 175,399 139.893 1,253.81 126.909 1,382.08 Federal Republic of Germany 3,394,726 2,876.524 1,180.15 2,609.540 1,300.89 Austria 100,375 50.363 1,993.01 45.689 2,196.92 Switzerland 25,400 16.299 1,558.29 14.787 1,717.73 Poland 4,567 4.422 1,032.68 4.012 1,138.33 Ukraine 2,176,994 1,708.450 1,274.25 1,549.881 1,404.62 Spain 1,155,227 1,143.176 1,010.54 1,037.073 1,113.93 Italy 305,608 297.714 1,026.51 270.082 1,131.54 Romania 39,616 20.566 1,926.20 18.658 2,123.27 India 17,786 23.589 753.98 21.400 831.12 China 99,713 160.895 619.74 145.962 683.14 Korea, South 109,276 162.779 671.31 147.671 740.00 Taiwan 184,770 226.167 816.96 205.176 900.54 Japan 261,823 219.577 1,192.40 199.197 1,314.39 Egypt 43,776 39.764 1,100.87 36.074 1,213.51 South Africa 390,988 571.482 684.16 518.440 754.16 CATEGORY TOTAL 16,760,639 15,363.686 1,090.93 13,937.706 1,202.54 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 30,165,215 34,322.434 878.88 31,136.798 968.80 Mexico 4,120,812 4,547.879 906.10 4,125.768 998.80 Dominican Republic 47,553 120.351 395.12 109.181 435.54 Colombia 1,176,123 1,335.929 880.38 1,211.935 970.45 Venezuela 730,290 665.610 1,097.17 603.832 1,209.43 Chile 534,116 731.360 730.30 663.479 805.02 Brazil 167,555 136.829 1,224.55 124.130 1,349.83 Sweden 97,498 149.763 651.01 135.863 717.62 United Kingdom 32,255 6.393 5,045.04 5.800 5,561.21 Netherlands 1,754,826 1,904.366 921.47 1,727.613 1,015.75 France 200,867 149.929 1,339.74 136.014 1,476.81 Federal Republic of Germany 1,016,220 734.361 1,383.81 666.202 1,525.39 Russia 68,534 93.762 730.93 85.060 805.71 Ukraine 2,018,876 2,763.506 730.55 2,507.012 805.29 Spain 1,578,010 1,284.939 1,228.08 1,165.678 1,353.73 Italy 173,816 112.328 1,547.39 101.903 1,705.70 Romania 1,977,811 3,177.860 622.37 2,882.907 686.05 Turkey 2,171,029 3,404.278 637.74 3,088.310 702.98 United Arab Emirates 877,402 992.250 884.25 900.155 974.72 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/05/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Oman 868,872 1,355.293 641.10 1,229.502 706.69 India 1,973,847 2,607.866 756.88 2,365.817 834.32 China 26,246,431 45,745.162 573.75 41,499.325 632.45 Korea, South 4,722,049 6,650.958 709.98 6,033.650 782.62 Hong Kong 46,812 79.296 590.34 71.937 650.74 Taiwan 1,932,482 3,153.419 612.82 2,860.735 675.52 Japan 3,816,636 4,506.710 846.88 4,088.420 933.52 Australia 35,802 53.362 670.92 48.410 739.56 Algeria 15,336 21.794 703.65 19.772 775.64 South Africa 570,896 883.592 646.11 801.582 712.21 CATEGORY TOTAL 89,137,971 121,691.595 732.49 110,396.789 807.43 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 1,778,321 1,519.270 1,170.51 1,378.259 1,290.27 Mexico 927,412 987.387 939.26 895.743 1,035.36 Colombia 2,197,467 1,928.508 1,139.46 1,749.514 1,256.04 Venezuela 2,821,159 3,257.601 866.02 2,955.247 954.63 Brazil 1,744,734 1,723.731 1,012.18 1,563.743 1,115.74 Sweden 2,054,400 2,001.771 1,026.29 1,815.977 1,131.29 United Kingdom 120,172 138.137 869.95 125.316 958.95 Federal Republic of Germany 11,986,624 10,887.522 1,100.95 9,876.997 1,213.59 Austria 3,927,325 3,077.270 1,276.24 2,791.654 1,406.81 Czech Republic 599,175 786.171 762.14 713.203 840.12 Switzerland 486,461 714.974 680.39 648.614 750.00 Russia 6,033,373 8,488.732 710.75 7,700.851 783.47 Ukraine 11,067,199 13,226.322 836.76 11,998.721 922.36 Spain 1,066,275 793.369 1,343.98 719.733 1,481.49 Greece 1,588,568 2,029.659 782.68 1,841.277 862.75 Turkey 7,863,865 11,755.421 668.96 10,664.342 737.40 India 811,528 809.096 1,003.01 734.000 1,105.62 China 21,966,558 25,735.176 853.56 23,346.566 940.89 Korea, South 16,482,695 19,469.747 846.58 17,662.663 933.19 Taiwan 95,654 160.687 595.28 145.773 656.18 Japan 26,057 32.079 812.26 29.102 895.37 South Africa 2,668,850 2,982.530 894.83 2,705.707 986.38 CATEGORY TOTAL 98,313,872 112,505.169 873.86 102,063.002 963.27 LINE PIPE > 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER....20A Canada 20,415 14.337 1,423.86 13.007 1,569.54 Mexico 16,880 19.422 869.09 17.620 958.00 Brazil 131,772 148.854 885.24 135.039 975.81 France 365,461 865.165 422.42 784.865 465.64 Federal Republic of Germany 479,820 427.119 1,123.39 387.476 1,238.32 Czech Republic 1,161,856 1,349.690 860.83 1,224.419 948.90 Poland 699,293 729.608 958.45 661.890 1,056.51 Italy 2,024,100 1,610.681 1,256.67 1,461.186 1,385.24 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/05/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Romania 2,316,659 2,911.486 795.70 2,641.257 877.10 China 115,206 177.182 650.21 160.737 716.74 Korea, South 4,549,303 6,497.143 700.20 5,894.111 771.84 Japan 2,611,340 3,616.555 722.05 3,280.885 795.93 South Africa 744,285 1,075.147 692.26 975.358 763.09 CATEGORY TOTAL 15,236,390 19,442.396 783.67 17,637.850 863.85 LINE PIPE <= 16 INCHES IN DIAMETER...20B Canada 69,049 60.042 1,149.99 54.470 1,267.65 Mexico 2,986,610 3,236.873 922.68 2,936.443 1,017.08 Guatemala 4,003 2.789 1,434.79 2.531 1,581.59 Brazil 975,517 1,201.646 811.82 1,090.116 894.87 Argentina 1,569,095 1,790.685 876.25 1,624.483 965.90 France 1,931,529 1,826.507 1,057.50 1,656.980 1,165.69 Federal Republic of Germany 582,567 1,026.169 567.71 930.926 625.79 Austria 757,673 745.541 1,016.27 676.344 1,120.25 Czech Republic 1,036,004 1,344.887 770.33 1,220.062 849.14 Slovakia 408,334 454.444 898.53 412.265 990.46 Poland 336,152 359.896 934.02 326.493 1,029.58 Ukraine 2,320,963 2,723.904 852.07 2,471.085 939.25 Spain 103,874 75.448 1,376.75 68.446 1,517.61 Italy 2,103,201 2,087.806 1,007.37 1,894.027 1,110.44 Romania 237,659 324.221 733.01 294.129 808.01 Turkey 4,038,337 6,405.702 630.43 5,811.157 694.93 China 1,812,330 2,543.557 712.52 2,307.477 785.42 Korea, South 4,682,139 6,532.891 716.70 5,926.541 790.03 Taiwan 60,417 90.737 665.84 82.316 733.96 South Africa 369,631 496.440 744.56 450.363 820.74 CATEGORY TOTAL 26,385,084 33,330.196 791.63 30,236.654 872.62 LINE PIPE - NOT SPECIFIED............20C Canada 425,890 176.553 2,412.24 160.167 2,659.04 Mexico 2,900,326 3,364.837 861.95 3,052.530 950.14 Brazil 2,873,417 4,045.061 710.35 3,669.619 783.03 Czech Republic 87,224 40.774 2,139.18 36.990 2,358.04 Greece 3,111,698 5,224.223 595.63 4,739.337 656.57 Turkey 3,637,144 5,638.248 645.08 5,114.934 711.08 China 168,163 317.564 529.54 288.090 583.72 Korea, South 5,374,698 7,628.608 704.55 6,920.559 776.63 Taiwan 789,912 1,189.711 663.95 1,079.288 731.88 Japan 1,977,264 2,237.821 883.57 2,030.118 973.97 South Africa 2,974,558 4,257.756 698.62 3,862.573 770.10 CATEGORY TOTAL 24,320,294 34,121.160 712.76 30,954.205 785.69 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/05/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 10,500,328 9,362.989 1,121.47 8,493.964 1,236.21 Mexico 13,885,712 16,294.573 852.17 14,782.193 939.35 Dominican Republic 89,652 243.280 368.51 220.700 406.22 Colombia 875,219 845.794 1,034.79 767.292 1,140.66 Brazil 1,317,072 1,775.167 741.94 1,610.405 817.85 Argentina 271,622 138.101 1,966.82 125.284 2,168.05 Sweden 315,086 65.915 4,780.11 59.798 5,269.17 Denmark 14,924 1.665 8,960.18 1.511 9,876.90 United Kingdom 2,119 4.407 480.82 3.998 530.02 France 1,335,832 1,285.577 1,039.09 1,166.257 1,145.40 Federal Republic of Germany 3,729,887 2,685.152 1,389.08 2,435.930 1,531.20 Austria 316,723 118.932 2,663.04 107.894 2,935.50 Slovakia 82,543 26.613 3,101.59 24.143 3,418.92 Switzerland 2,078,929 774.471 2,684.32 702.589 2,958.95 Russia 55,977 88.782 630.50 80.542 695.00 Ukraine 914,269 1,025.072 891.91 929.930 983.16 Spain 2,260,767 1,508.337 1,498.85 1,368.341 1,652.20 Italy 641,495 395.112 1,623.58 358.440 1,789.69 Romania 575,686 443.622 1,297.69 402.448 1,430.46 Turkey 1,672,219 2,525.671 662.09 2,291.251 729.83 India 985,102 743.718 1,324.56 674.690 1,460.08 China 5,556,828 7,615.756 729.65 6,908.900 804.30 Korea, South 1,410,515 1,902.682 741.33 1,726.085 817.18 Taiwan 128,764 92.217 1,396.31 83.658 1,539.17 Japan 4,467,502 2,114.674 2,112.62 1,918.401 2,328.76 Australia 106,018 140.212 756.12 127.199 833.48 CATEGORY TOTAL 53,590,790 52,218.503 1,026.28 47,371.843 1,131.28 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 78,604 62.346 1,260.76 56.560 1,389.75 Mexico 701,375 425.712 1,647.53 386.200 1,816.09 Chile 344,877 361.634 953.66 328.069 1,051.23 Brazil 417,489 287.877 1,450.23 261.158 1,598.61 Argentina 62,112 26.804 2,317.19 24.317 2,554.26 France 1,991,332 2,084.844 955.15 1,891.340 1,052.87 Federal Republic of Germany 1,691,001 1,219.157 1,387.02 1,106.001 1,528.93 Czech Republic 431,837 528.020 817.84 479.012 901.52 Slovakia 621,078 436.570 1,422.63 396.050 1,568.18 Poland 463,634 438.219 1,058.00 397.546 1,166.24 Spain 227,451 74.064 3,070.99 67.190 3,385.19 Italy 705,296 554.255 1,272.51 502.812 1,402.70 Romania 395,852 227.228 1,742.09 206.138 1,920.33 Korea, South 60,229 76.663 785.63 69.548 866.01 Japan 28,210 23.685 1,191.03 21.487 1,312.89 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,220,377 6,827.083 1,204.08 6,193.428 1,327.27 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/05/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 954,836 402.852 2,370.19 365.462 2,612.68 Mexico 295,109 159.978 1,844.68 145.130 2,033.41 France 5,492 3.026 1,814.37 2.746 2,000.00 Federal Republic of Germany 37,308 46.905 795.39 42.552 876.76 Italy 2,973 0.198 14,983.67 0.180 16,516.67 India 46,780 41.477 1,127.83 37.628 1,243.22 Vietnam 178,488 172.948 1,032.03 156.896 1,137.62 China 15,657 8.895 1,760.07 8.070 1,940.15 Japan 113,874 49.699 2,291.23 45.087 2,525.65 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,650,517 885.983 1,862.92 803.751 2,053.52 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 22,193,315 25,079.842 884.91 22,752.057 975.44 Mexico 4,917,389 3,167.006 1,552.69 2,873.061 1,711.55 Brazil 502,275 841.433 596.93 763.336 658.00 Belgium 6,010 3.505 1,714.52 3.180 1,889.94 France 34,685 20.432 1,697.55 18.536 1,871.22 Federal Republic of Germany 239,965 145.505 1,649.19 132.000 1,817.92 Austria 306,312 209.690 1,460.78 190.228 1,610.24 Italy 29,044 21.259 1,366.19 19.286 1,505.96 Turkey 6,679,243 10,821.672 617.21 9,817.259 680.36 Malaysia 2,715 2.931 926.29 2.659 1,021.06 China 2,818,195 4,834.021 582.99 4,385.352 642.64 Korea, South 5,239,660 8,611.950 608.42 7,812.632 670.67 Australia 29,727 42.930 692.44 38.946 763.29 South Africa 25,323 69.809 362.75 63.330 399.86 CATEGORY TOTAL 43,023,858 53,871.991 798.63 48,871.862 880.34 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 180,795 180.318 1,002.64 163.582 1,105.23 Mexico 143,506 121.865 1,177.57 110.555 1,298.05 Greece 6,642,677 8,145.129 815.54 7,389.139 898.98 Korea, South 503,833 709.925 709.70 644.034 782.31 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,470,811 9,157.239 815.84 8,307.310 899.31 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 16,644,815 18,752.355 887.61 17,011.856 978.42 Mexico 8,841,759 10,429.170 847.79 9,461.187 934.53 Dominican Republic 238,081 329.798 721.90 299.188 795.76 Trinidad and Tobago 106,905 123.400 866.33 111.947 954.96 Colombia 2,562 3.278 781.51 2.974 861.47 Venezuela 910,806 1,239.405 734.87 1,124.370 810.06 Ecuador 109,762 156.042 703.41 141.559 775.38 Chile 247,287 286.239 863.92 259.672 952.31 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/05/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Brazil 755,011 1,108.249 681.26 1,005.387 750.97 Argentina 158,366 282.629 560.33 256.397 617.66 Sweden 442,487 156.764 2,822.63 142.214 3,111.42 United Kingdom 618,192 447.743 1,380.68 406.186 1,521.94 Netherlands 72,301 62.409 1,158.49 56.617 1,277.02 Belgium 1,268,077 952.204 1,331.73 863.826 1,467.98 Luxembourg 267,224 47.265 5,653.62 42.879 6,232.05 France 2,246,556 1,107.114 2,029.20 1,004.358 2,236.81 Federal Republic of Germany 1,349,938 862.119 1,565.84 782.102 1,726.04 Austria 175,093 84.085 2,082.32 76.281 2,295.37 Czech Republic 42,806 31.440 1,361.51 28.522 1,500.81 Poland 1,333,583 1,457.615 914.91 1,322.327 1,008.51 Belarus 175,690 182.938 960.38 165.959 1,058.63 Spain 23,624 26.093 905.35 23.672 997.97 Italy 383,130 238.146 1,608.80 216.043 1,773.40 Greece 1,480,138 1,507.735 981.70 1,367.795 1,082.13 Turkey 19,847 26.905 737.66 24.408 813.14 Israel 127,893 174.891 731.27 158.659 806.09 United Arab Emirates 303,016 390.955 775.07 354.669 854.36 India 634,845 842.302 753.70 764.124 830.81 Thailand 43,024 42.003 1,024.29 38.105 1,129.09 Malaysia 21,411 25.141 851.62 22.808 938.75 Indonesia 38,842 10.912 3,559.28 9.900 3,923.43 China 9,246,040 14,477.988 638.63 13,134.214 703.97 Korea, South 1,913,697 1,915.950 998.82 1,738.122 1,101.01 Hong Kong 5,663 0.921 6,145.20 0.836 6,773.92 Taiwan 1,138,517 1,213.014 938.58 1,100.429 1,034.61 Japan 3,401,594 3,559.910 955.53 3,229.497 1,053.29 Australia 75,741 105.471 718.12 95.682 791.59 Egypt 469,325 623.492 752.74 565.623 829.75 South Africa 1,712,343 2,648.262 646.59 2,402.464 712.74 CATEGORY TOTAL 57,045,991 65,932.371 865.22 59,812.858 953.74 BLACK PLATE...........................28 Canada 29,795 55.591 535.96 50.432 590.80 Mexico 29,590 45.619 648.63 41.385 714.99 Venezuela 208,979 339.482 615.58 307.973 678.56 Belgium 586,327 827.912 708.20 751.070 780.66 Federal Republic of Germany 813,174 753.241 1,079.57 683.329 1,190.02 Japan 576,298 609.753 945.13 553.159 1,041.83 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,244,163 2,631.599 852.78 2,387.348 940.02 TIN PLATE.............................29 Canada 9,669,529 12,569.231 769.30 11,402.618 848.01 Mexico 312,934 391.938 798.43 355.561 880.11 Netherlands 3,061,216 4,220.113 725.39 3,828.424 799.60 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/05/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Belgium 1,439,749 1,876.871 767.10 1,702.670 845.58 France 4,758,485 7,191.899 661.65 6,524.383 729.34 Federal Republic of Germany 5,859,223 10,213.921 573.65 9,265.916 632.34 India 111,422 165.974 671.32 150.570 740.00 China 884,708 1,100.708 803.76 998.546 886.00 Korea, South 586,020 740.055 791.86 671.367 872.88 Taiwan 108,493 101.863 1,065.08 92.409 1,174.05 Japan 259,686 319.308 813.28 289.672 896.48 CATEGORY TOTAL 27,051,465 38,891.886 695.56 35,282.136 766.72 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A Canada 2,694,314 3,124.113 862.43 2,834.149 950.66 United Kingdom 22,742 41.127 552.97 37.310 609.54 Netherlands 1,243,557 1,910.024 651.07 1,732.746 717.68 France 5,999 8.932 671.63 8.103 740.34 Federal Republic of Germany 1,061,420 1,667.533 636.52 1,512.761 701.64 Korea, South 873,327 1,194.653 731.03 1,083.772 805.82 Japan 1,400,463 1,937.706 722.74 1,757.858 796.69 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,301,822 9,884.090 738.74 8,966.699 814.33 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 23,468,239 39,806.215 589.56 36,111.601 649.88 Mexico 11,979,239 20,921.818 572.57 18,979.960 631.15 Sweden 204,574 143.099 1,429.59 129.818 1,575.85 Netherlands 13,921,004 26,480.048 525.72 24,022.303 579.50 Belgium 297,456 474.302 627.14 430.280 691.31 France 13,391,900 21,287.076 629.11 19,311.316 693.47 Federal Republic of Germany 218,983 329.862 663.86 299.246 731.78 Austria 819,530 1,259.963 650.44 1,143.020 716.99 Slovakia 10,718 17.972 596.37 16.304 657.38 Russia 24,840,247 46,298.197 536.53 42,001.030 591.42 Spain 1,301,899 2,239.322 581.38 2,031.480 640.86 Italy 8,888,792 17,018.461 522.30 15,438.893 575.74 Turkey 8,953,956 15,436.829 580.04 14,004.060 639.38 India 3,085,201 4,324.200 713.47 3,922.850 786.47 Thailand 2,025 2.532 799.76 2.297 881.58 Malaysia 151,696 217.478 697.52 197.293 768.89 Korea, South 30,398,893 62,347.938 487.57 56,561.114 537.45 Japan 238,053 501.156 475.01 454.642 523.61 Australia 6,493,550 11,871.977 546.96 10,770.080 602.92 New Zealand 2,765,439 4,566.240 605.63 4,142.425 667.59 Egypt 45,316 61.440 737.56 55.738 813.02 CATEGORY TOTAL 151,476,710 275,606.134 549.61 250,025.750 605.84 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/05/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 11,539,620 16,962.388 680.31 15,388.024 749.91 Mexico 14,067,297 22,592.462 622.65 20,495.543 686.36 Colombia 21,764 32.181 676.28 29.195 745.47 Venezuela 2,548,013 4,237.740 601.27 3,844.415 662.78 Brazil 23,293,639 37,580.059 619.84 34,092.066 683.26 Argentina 1,959,214 3,291.483 595.24 2,985.984 656.14 Sweden 47,927 79.409 603.54 72.039 665.29 Netherlands 1,967,573 3,095.151 635.70 2,807.875 700.73 Belgium 14,275,622 21,542.140 662.68 19,542.707 730.48 Luxembourg 187,984 248.482 756.53 225.420 833.93 France 397,616 487.732 815.23 442.464 898.64 Federal Republic of Germany 316,565 756.529 418.44 686.312 461.26 Russia 15,556,921 27,204.701 571.85 24,679.697 630.35 India 14,950 21.480 695.97 19.487 767.18 China 6,568,099 10,765.944 610.08 9,766.703 672.50 Korea, South 4,260,136 6,536.821 651.71 5,930.106 718.39 Taiwan 91,923 107.894 851.97 97.880 939.14 Japan 2,068,059 3,158.679 654.72 2,865.507 721.71 New Zealand 598,871 939.323 637.56 852.140 702.78 South Africa 3,044,114 5,113.323 595.33 4,638.730 656.24 CATEGORY TOTAL 102,825,907 164,753.930 624.12 149,462.294 687.97 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 26,067,578 39,910.553 653.15 36,206.255 719.97 Mexico 11,699,901 12,679.367 922.75 11,502.532 1,017.16 Colombia 3,393,992 4,811.105 705.45 4,364.563 777.62 Brazil 17,498,849 25,155.602 695.62 22,820.785 766.79 Argentina 5,802,234 8,159.320 711.12 7,402.013 783.87 Sweden 60,053 62.718 957.51 56.897 1,055.47 United Kingdom 17,786 15.237 1,167.27 13.823 1,286.70 Netherlands 1,865,156 2,608.783 714.95 2,366.649 788.10 Belgium 1,912,149 1,923.627 994.03 1,745.086 1,095.73 Federal Republic of Germany 634,020 1,475.746 429.63 1,338.775 473.58 Austria 365,689 318.746 1,147.27 289.162 1,264.65 Kazakhstan 91,824 88.969 1,032.08 80.712 1,137.67 Spain 794,929 1,236.119 643.08 1,121.389 708.88 Italy 31,465 70.728 444.87 64.164 490.38 India 37,101,769 52,501.001 706.69 47,628.121 778.99 China 7,347,159 11,103.513 661.70 10,072.941 729.40 Korea, South 29,513,653 36,714.733 803.86 33,307.055 886.11 Taiwan 15,747,041 19,595.917 803.59 17,777.122 885.80 Japan 20,255 22.669 893.51 20.565 984.93 South Africa 4,525,690 6,270.766 721.71 5,688.745 795.55 CATEGORY TOTAL 164,491,192 224,725.226 731.97 203,867.354 806.85 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/05/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 485,634 461.184 1,053.01 418.380 1,160.75 Mexico 9,774 8.229 1,187.63 7.466 1,309.13 Belgium 391,183 517.584 755.79 469.545 833.11 Luxembourg 85,706 112.678 760.63 102.220 838.45 Federal Republic of Germany 4,230,850 6,749.844 626.81 6,123.358 690.94 Korea, South 1,735,952 2,311.149 751.12 2,096.640 827.97 Taiwan 1,154,044 1,391.614 829.28 1,262.452 914.13 Japan 84,045 89.378 940.32 81.083 1,036.53 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,177,188 11,641.665 702.41 10,561.144 774.27 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 Canada 7,644,346 6,678.032 1,144.70 6,058.211 1,261.82 Mexico 8,127,265 8,309.523 978.07 7,538.275 1,078.13 Brazil 14,787,675 21,512.453 687.40 19,515.775 757.73 United Kingdom 7,664 10.444 733.79 9.475 808.87 Belgium 932,313 821.497 1,134.89 745.250 1,251.01 Luxembourg 312,691 403.826 774.32 366.345 853.54 France 22,940 6.269 3,658.72 5.688 4,033.05 Federal Republic of Germany 286,044 106.052 2,697.20 96.209 2,973.15 China 138,689 180.955 766.43 164.160 844.84 Korea, South 10,870,460 13,690.721 794.00 12,420.017 875.24 Taiwan 3,908,639 4,745.603 823.63 4,305.140 907.90 Japan 1,301,342 1,130.884 1,150.73 1,025.921 1,268.46 Australia 121,164 48.854 2,480.10 44.320 2,733.84 CATEGORY TOTAL 48,461,232 57,645.117 840.68 52,294.786 926.69 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 3,956,536 6,347.211 623.35 5,758.095 687.13 Mexico 573,016 682.959 839.02 619.571 924.86 France 392,830 543.104 723.31 492.696 797.31 Federal Republic of Germany 323,252 434.508 743.95 394.180 820.06 Korea, South 145,317 440.170 330.14 399.316 363.91 Egypt 304,211 421.113 722.40 382.028 796.31 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,695,162 8,869.068 642.14 8,045.886 707.84 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 2,959,599 3,355.747 881.95 3,044.284 972.18 Mexico 351,841 354.028 993.82 321.169 1,095.50 Chile 5,935 5.111 1,161.13 4.637 1,279.92 Brazil 160,248 128.789 1,244.26 116.836 1,371.56 Sweden 709,876 137.505 5,162.53 124.743 5,690.71 United Kingdom 1,522,105 706.812 2,153.48 641.210 2,373.80 France 206,705 45.433 4,549.57 41.217 5,015.04 Federal Republic of Germany 2,560,189 1,502.921 1,703.47 1,363.428 1,877.76 Austria 239,137 62.679 3,815.23 56.862 4,205.57 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS CARBON APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/05/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Switzerland 182,389 100.833 1,808.81 91.475 1,993.87 Italy 151,198 50.039 3,021.58 45.395 3,330.72 India 371,228 400.931 925.91 363.719 1,020.65 China 83,869 115.124 728.51 104.439 803.04 Korea, South 954,503 1,000.825 953.72 907.934 1,051.29 Taiwan 128,582 60.676 2,119.13 55.045 2,335.94 Japan 651,110 482.448 1,349.59 437.670 1,487.67 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,238,514 8,509.910 1,320.64 7,720.063 1,455.75 GRAND TOTAL 1,554,441,077 2,458,782.842 632.20 2,230,570.903 696.88 !R! RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/05/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A United Kingdom 906,269 184.551 4,910.67 167.422 5,413.08 Federal Republic of Germany 43,602 16.458 2,649.19 14.931 2,920.23 Italy 4,189,614 1,942.992 2,156.27 1,762.654 2,376.88 Taiwan 155,613 58.016 2,682.20 52.632 2,956.62 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,295,098 2,202.019 2,404.66 1,997.639 2,650.68 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 42,196 11.825 3,568.19 10.728 3,933.26 Sweden 9,683,295 2,913.178 3,323.96 2,642.792 3,664.04 United Kingdom 21,371,544 8,308.009 2,572.40 7,536.902 2,835.59 Luxembourg 3,178 0.104 30,347.73 0.095 33,452.63 France 9,066 6.245 1,451.56 5.666 1,600.07 Federal Republic of Germany 159,889 88.879 1,798.94 80.630 1,983.00 Spain 12,461,878 5,734.176 2,173.26 5,201.959 2,395.61 Italy 1,356,567 554.139 2,448.06 502.707 2,698.52 India 9,636 1.256 7,668.10 1.140 8,452.63 China 50,093 29.149 1,718.49 26.444 1,894.30 Taiwan 10,343 2.606 3,967.45 2.365 4,373.36 Japan 15,977 2.612 6,115.65 2.370 6,741.35 CATEGORY TOTAL 45,173,662 17,652.185 2,559.10 16,013.798 2,820.92 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 23,964 9.345 2,564.26 8.478 2,826.61 Sweden 807,654 277.553 2,909.91 251.792 3,207.62 United Kingdom 2,530,234 994.966 2,543.03 902.619 2,803.21 France 91,020 41.300 2,203.86 37.467 2,429.34 Federal Republic of Germany 4,223 0.088 47,888.03 0.080 52,787.50 Austria 2,412 0.795 3,030.65 0.722 3,340.72 Italy 1,135,170 653.166 1,737.95 592.543 1,915.76 India 91,978 36.929 2,490.63 33.502 2,745.45 China 1,168,538 549.973 2,124.72 498.928 2,342.10 Korea, South 586,500 235.626 2,489.11 213.757 2,743.77 Taiwan 3,235,468 1,181.311 2,738.88 1,071.668 3,019.10 Japan 51,692 22.109 2,338.05 20.057 2,577.25 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,728,853 4,003.166 2,430.29 3,631.613 2,678.93 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 United Kingdom 15,971 4.655 3,430.89 4.223 3,781.91 Federal Republic of Germany 4,953 1.444 3,429.99 1.310 3,780.92 Italy 195,748 55.032 3,556.93 49.925 3,920.84 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/05/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE India 124,595 39.040 3,191.43 35.417 3,517.94 Korea, South 168,682 43.609 3,868.00 39.562 4,263.74 CATEGORY TOTAL 509,949 143.782 3,546.68 130.437 3,909.54 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Sweden 525,720 144.527 3,637.51 131.113 4,009.67 Finland 93,021 27.330 3,403.54 24.794 3,751.75 United Kingdom 17,058 5.289 3,224.58 4.799 3,554.49 Belgium 9,704,802 2,140.089 4,534.76 1,941.457 4,998.72 France 5,331,131 1,082.274 4,925.86 981.823 5,429.83 Federal Republic of Germany 1,501,991 592.947 2,533.09 537.913 2,792.26 Austria 63,002 18.633 3,381.12 16.904 3,727.05 Italy 541,491 226.197 2,393.89 205.203 2,638.81 Korea, South 256,518 99.439 2,579.64 90.210 2,843.57 Taiwan 9,900 0.738 13,404.67 0.670 14,776.12 Japan 359,176 135.554 2,649.68 122.973 2,920.77 South Africa 304,210 157.780 1,928.06 143.136 2,125.32 CATEGORY TOTAL 18,708,020 4,630.802 4,039.91 4,200.995 4,453.24 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 183,426 69.745 2,629.94 63.272 2,899.01 Brazil 80,791 59.455 1,358.85 53.937 1,497.88 Sweden 4,996,130 1,494.885 3,342.15 1,356.138 3,684.09 Belgium 1,495,430 541.241 2,762.96 491.006 3,045.65 Federal Republic of Germany 276,137 112.980 2,444.12 102.494 2,694.18 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,031,914 2,278.308 3,086.46 2,066.847 3,402.24 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 364,832 70.997 5,138.65 64.408 5,664.39 Trinidad and Tobago 79,878 132.106 604.65 119.845 666.51 Sweden 100,474 7.075 14,199.80 6.419 15,652.59 United Kingdom 391,635 126.171 3,103.99 114.461 3,421.56 Ireland 70,105 4.795 14,620.28 4.350 16,116.09 Netherlands 3,227 0.684 4,714.15 0.621 5,196.46 France 534,970 56.920 9,398.62 51.637 10,360.21 Federal Republic of Germany 301,374 85.400 3,528.95 77.474 3,890.00 Austria 1,486,210 407.300 3,648.93 369.497 4,022.25 Czech Republic 32,267 10.582 3,049.18 9.600 3,361.15 Ukraine 324,925 94.434 3,440.73 85.670 3,792.75 Portugal 825,799 233.599 3,535.11 211.918 3,896.79 Italy 1,438,969 400.730 3,590.86 363.537 3,958.25 India 343,313 115.213 2,979.80 104.520 3,284.66 China 109,478 40.635 2,694.14 36.864 2,969.78 Korea, South 381,549 166.247 2,295.07 150.817 2,529.88 Taiwan 909,419 298.050 3,051.22 270.387 3,363.40 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/05/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 503,890 16.194 31,115.75 14.691 34,299.23 Cook Islands 25,680 7.991 3,213.31 7.250 3,542.07 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,227,994 2,275.132 3,616.49 2,063.966 3,986.50 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 99,399 21.653 4,590.37 19.644 5,060.02 United Kingdom 151,082 44.437 3,399.88 40.313 3,747.72 France 22,447 2.387 9,401.47 2.166 10,363.34 Italy 477,242 126.278 3,779.28 114.558 4,165.94 India 982,772 352.934 2,784.57 320.177 3,069.46 Taiwan 62,988 23.120 2,724.28 20.975 3,003.00 Japan 4,166 0.066 62,988.88 0.060 69,433.33 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,800,096 570.879 3,153.20 517.893 3,475.81 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 561,727 54.222 10,359.63 49.190 11,419.54 Mexico 4,829 2.562 1,884.21 2.325 2,076.99 Sweden 1,475,002 454.280 3,246.90 412.116 3,579.09 Norway 88,247 20.241 4,359.66 18.363 4,805.70 United Kingdom 697,763 201.613 3,460.89 182.901 3,814.98 Belgium 2,574 0.618 4,162.38 0.561 4,588.24 France 2,709,246 562.725 4,814.51 510.496 5,307.09 Federal Republic of Germany 2,471,694 912.358 2,709.13 827.678 2,986.30 Austria 395,518 128.489 3,078.21 116.564 3,393.14 Czech Republic 161,451 35.622 4,532.30 32.316 4,996.01 Switzerland 1,424,972 303.628 4,693.15 275.447 5,173.31 Latvia 536,138 173.249 3,094.61 157.169 3,411.22 Poland 111,407 42.539 2,618.92 38.591 2,886.86 Italy 10,572,042 2,608.925 4,052.26 2,366.778 4,466.85 Slovenia 303,454 124.841 2,430.72 113.254 2,679.41 Saudi Arabia 162,731 75.607 2,152.31 68.590 2,372.52 United Arab Emirates 44,784 15.142 2,957.51 13.737 3,260.10 India 3,590,549 1,361.768 2,636.68 1,235.376 2,906.44 China 885,229 278.258 3,181.32 252.432 3,506.80 Korea, South 67,643 30.181 2,241.22 27.380 2,470.53 Taiwan 5,003,280 1,473.139 3,396.34 1,336.410 3,743.82 Japan 213,359 51.475 4,144.85 46.698 4,568.91 Australia 4,689 2.027 2,313.10 1.839 2,549.76 CATEGORY TOTAL 31,488,328 8,913.519 3,532.65 8,086.211 3,894.08 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D Canada 8,249,241 1,578.218 5,226.93 1,431.736 5,761.71 Mexico 325,157 95.568 3,402.36 86.698 3,750.46 Sweden 1,857,386 278.582 6,667.27 252.726 7,349.41 Finland 222,379 80.930 2,747.77 73.419 3,028.90 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/05/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Denmark 11,227 0.967 11,600.19 0.878 12,787.02 United Kingdom 246,772 38.126 6,472.41 34.588 7,134.61 Netherlands 14,942 0.473 31,523.62 0.430 34,748.84 Belgium 122,769 18.799 6,530.30 17.055 7,198.42 France 2,284,841 367.159 6,223.01 333.082 6,859.70 Federal Republic of Germany 813,552 96.473 8,432.94 87.519 9,295.72 Austria 1,419,731 214.444 6,620.50 194.541 7,297.85 Czech Republic 960,143 72.373 13,266.53 65.656 14,623.84 Switzerland 10,673 2.769 3,854.45 2.512 4,248.81 Spain 2,344,751 294.116 7,972.19 266.818 8,787.83 Italy 819,841 157.221 5,214.56 142.629 5,748.07 India 232,414 45.375 5,122.01 41.164 5,646.05 Thailand 51,899 23.187 2,238.27 21.035 2,467.27 Malaysia 749,507 254.641 2,943.38 231.007 3,244.52 Singapore 341,548 117.650 2,903.07 106.731 3,200.08 China 7,954,131 2,343.135 3,394.65 2,125.657 3,741.96 Korea, South 7,688,077 2,291.388 3,355.20 2,078.713 3,698.48 Hong Kong 62,703 20.927 2,996.22 18.985 3,302.77 Taiwan 5,147,381 1,444.609 3,563.16 1,310.528 3,927.72 Japan 7,102,033 1,723.975 4,119.57 1,563.965 4,541.04 Australia 101,329 20.645 4,908.12 18.729 5,410.27 South Africa 164,866 62.433 2,640.65 56.639 2,910.82 CATEGORY TOTAL 49,299,293 11,644.196 4,233.81 10,563.440 4,666.97 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 204,898 28.378 7,220.06 25.745 7,958.75 Sweden 1,762,984 328.758 5,362.55 298.245 5,911.19 Denmark 101,023 4.209 23,997.53 3.819 26,452.74 United Kingdom 758,920 131.891 5,754.12 119.650 6,342.83 Netherlands 14,075 0.793 17,734.21 0.720 19,548.61 Belgium 250,495 19.383 12,923.41 17.584 14,245.62 France 405,154 60.865 6,656.58 55.216 7,337.62 Federal Republic of Germany 919,285 112.150 8,196.91 101.741 9,035.54 Czech Republic 2,155 0.496 4,344.41 0.450 4,788.89 Switzerland 515,978 110.721 4,660.14 100.445 5,136.92 Spain 1,042,782 219.172 4,757.81 198.830 5,244.59 Italy 171,245 34.373 4,981.91 31.183 5,491.61 India 2,531,819 904.083 2,800.43 820.171 3,086.94 Thailand 47,032 18.324 2,566.57 16.624 2,829.16 Vietnam 48,250 17.870 2,699.96 16.212 2,976.19 China 1,600,763 513.717 3,116.04 466.037 3,434.84 Korea, South 2,562,431 753.487 3,400.76 683.553 3,748.69 Hong Kong 171,320 39.096 4,381.95 35.468 4,830.27 Taiwan 1,145,723 291.151 3,935.15 264.128 4,337.76 Japan 653,522 87.072 7,505.48 78.991 8,273.37 CATEGORY TOTAL 14,909,854 3,675.999 4,056.00 3,334.812 4,470.97 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/05/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Mexico 36,153 12.962 2,789.14 11.759 3,074.50 Brazil 64,810 54.729 1,184.18 49.650 1,305.34 Sweden 59,310 22.085 2,685.42 20.036 2,960.17 Federal Republic of Germany 48,582 30.021 1,618.24 27.235 1,783.81 Spain 66,071 25.220 2,619.69 22.880 2,887.72 Italy 274,752 132.685 2,070.71 120.370 2,282.56 India 449,873 122.937 3,659.37 111.527 4,033.76 Taiwan 24,268 5.436 4,463.82 4.932 4,920.52 Japan 482,842 397.315 1,215.26 360.439 1,339.59 South Africa 38,771 18.474 2,098.60 16.760 2,313.31 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,545,432 821.869 1,880.39 745.588 2,072.77 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 206,207 63.773 3,233.45 57.854 3,564.27 Mexico 17,456,376 8,422.419 2,072.61 7,640.693 2,284.66 Brazil 4,958,212 2,053.571 2,414.43 1,862.969 2,661.46 Sweden 1,894,594 514.084 3,685.37 466.370 4,062.43 Finland 2,971,715 813.495 3,653.02 737.991 4,026.76 United Kingdom 140,778 21.456 6,561.09 19.465 7,232.37 Belgium 3,021,833 1,006.408 3,002.59 912.999 3,309.79 France 1,008,592 390.678 2,581.64 354.418 2,845.77 Federal Republic of Germany 2,039,356 778.220 2,620.54 705.990 2,888.65 Austria 73,732 4.033 18,280.56 3.659 20,150.86 Switzerland 2,315 0.347 6,667.09 0.315 7,349.21 Italy 1,481,877 635.538 2,331.69 576.551 2,570.24 Romania 49,143 20.657 2,378.96 18.740 2,622.36 India 1,116,636 346.482 3,222.77 314.324 3,552.50 Thailand 797,607 335.907 2,374.49 304.730 2,617.42 Malaysia 179,200 37.721 4,750.66 34.220 5,236.70 Singapore 2,844 0.468 6,070.67 0.425 6,691.76 China 4,854,523 2,041.745 2,377.63 1,852.241 2,620.89 Korea, South 1,248,173 499.148 2,500.60 452.820 2,756.44 Taiwan 3,162,520 1,030.360 3,069.33 934.728 3,383.36 Japan 1,332,063 551.985 2,413.22 500.753 2,660.12 South Africa 518,313 255.182 2,031.14 231.498 2,238.95 CATEGORY TOTAL 48,516,609 19,823.688 2,447.41 17,983.753 2,697.80 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Finland 180,601 73.931 2,442.80 67.070 2,692.72 Federal Republic of Germany 3,502 0.512 6,832.18 0.465 7,531.18 Italy 8,042 3.984 2,018.14 3.615 2,224.62 Slovenia 184,251 130.689 1,409.83 118.560 1,554.07 China 4,515 0.503 8,962.67 0.457 9,879.65 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS STAINLESS STEEL APRIL - PRELIMINARY PREPARED 16/05/05 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE CATEGORY TOTAL 380,911 209.623 1,817.12 190.167 2,003.03 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 338,732 90.426 3,745.92 82.034 4,129.17 Mexico 2,497,845 1,236.018 2,020.88 1,121.297 2,227.64 Brazil 44,042 15.591 2,824.82 14.144 3,113.83 Sweden 2,048,408 334.463 6,124.46 303.420 6,751.06 Finland 1,280,086 480.829 2,662.25 436.201 2,934.62 United Kingdom 418,135 76.191 5,487.93 69.120 6,049.41 Netherlands 3,825 0.101 37,717.20 0.092 41,576.09 Belgium 610,408 233.548 2,613.62 211.872 2,881.02 France 1,033,422 300.349 3,440.73 272.473 3,792.75 Federal Republic of Germany 754,006 132.267 5,700.62 119.991 6,283.85 Italy 30,656 6.405 4,785.87 5.811 5,275.51 Romania 5,087 2.138 2,378.79 1.940 2,622.16 India 350,787 88.845 3,948.30 80.599 4,352.25 Indonesia 336,437 123.483 2,724.56 112.022 3,003.31 China 7,069 9.625 734.41 8.732 809.55 Korea, South 140,826 101.165 1,392.03 91.776 1,534.45 Taiwan 272,103 106.008 2,566.81 96.169 2,829.43 Japan 3,122,304 418.967 7,452.38 380.081 8,214.84 CATEGORY TOTAL 13,294,178 3,756.426 3,539.05 3,407.774 3,901.13 GRAND TOTAL 255,910,191 82,601.600 3,098.13 74,934.933 3,415.10