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RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS DECEMBER CYCLE - 2 PREPARED 01/26/99 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada Canada INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 62,741 100.861 622.05 91.500 685.69 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 5,025,863 17,657.508 284.63 16,018.626 313.75 WIRE RODS..............................3 11,040,904 32,175.061 343.15 29,188.733 378.26 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 5,653,679 17,251.825 327.71 15,650.597 361.24 STEEL PILING...........................5 1,511,253 2,504.194 603.49 2,271.767 665.23 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 5,693,927 14,003.376 406.61 12,703.653 448.21 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 5,345,044 16,961.629 315.13 15,387.335 347.37 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 11,315 22.855 495.08 20.734 545.72 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 338,174 593.129 570.15 538.078 628.49 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 123,534 625.981 197.34 567.881 217.54 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 25,277,526 63,875.068 395.73 57,946.503 436.22 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 2,494,614 7,776.058 320.81 7,054.323 353.63 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 43,212 166.120 260.13 150.702 286.74 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 5,037,019 4,738.489 1,063.00 4,298.686 1,171.76 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,004,377 738.120 1,360.72 669.611 1,499.94 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 9,719,101 17,506.836 555.16 15,881.939 611.96 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 3,709 0.031 119,645.16 0.028 132,464.29 LINE PIPE.............................20 112,931 231.600 487.61 210.104 537.50 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 6,166,158 7,728.409 797.86 7,011.097 879.49 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 93,066 29.943 3,108.11 27.164 3,426.08 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 4,513,132 837.261 5,390.35 759.551 5,941.84 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 816,725 1,128.943 723.44 1,024.160 797.46 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 10,335,048 22,701.581 455.26 20,594.534 501.83 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 345,471 869.844 397.16 789.109 437.80 WIRE DRAWN............................23 10,762,784 17,684.570 608.60 16,043.177 670.86 BLACK PLATE...........................28 9,647 27.791 347.13 25.212 382.64 TIN PLATE.............................29 2,997,039 4,908.876 610.53 4,453.259 673.00 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 1,311,379 2,105.440 622.85 1,910.024 686.58 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 4,880,358 17,161.209 284.38 15,568.391 313.48 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 12,211,804 19,363.519 630.66 17,566.294 695.18 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 17,249,728 34,861.924 494.80 31,626.214 545.43 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 187,600 348.810 537.83 316.435 592.85 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 2,560,787 3,158.349 810.80 2,865.207 893.75 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 5,065 3.975 1,274.21 3.606 1,404.60 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 1,380,860 4,011.153 344.26 3,638.858 379.48 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 3,377,915 4,956.579 681.50 4,496.534 751.23 COUNTRY TOTALS 157,703,489 338,816.920 465.45 307,369.626 513.07 Mexico Mexico IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS DECEMBER CYCLE - 2 PREPARED 01/26/99 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 49,186 65.268 753.60 59.210 830.70 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 14,764,824 90,008.896 164.04 81,654.720 180.82 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,321,408 5,302.249 249.22 4,810.121 274.71 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 592,729 1,920.193 308.68 1,741.970 340.26 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 68,568 243.413 281.69 220.821 310.51 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 482,738 2,015.835 239.47 1,828.735 263.97 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,071,755 3,312.434 323.56 3,004.990 356.66 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 1,054,107 3,620.823 291.12 3,284.756 320.91 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 1,264,576 5,006.420 252.59 4,541.749 278.43 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 65,996 104.322 632.62 94.639 697.34 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 687,511 1,713.203 401.30 1,554.192 442.36 LINE PIPE.............................20 1,330,834 3,058.044 435.19 2,774.212 479.72 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 3,188,875 6,787.444 469.82 6,157.467 517.89 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 47,523 56.694 838.24 51.432 924.00 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 71,108 33.947 2,094.68 30.796 2,309.00 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 357,154 437.270 816.78 396.685 900.35 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 945,806 971.683 973.37 881.496 1,072.96 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 198,114 496.824 398.76 450.711 439.56 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,782,158 2,770.832 643.19 2,513.657 708.99 BLACK PLATE...........................28 115,160 263.937 436.32 239.440 480.96 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 5,961,466 21,949.243 271.60 19,912.024 299.39 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 12,658,115 16,606.091 762.26 15,064.797 840.24 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 17,131,094 32,508.811 526.97 29,491.506 580.88 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 3,341 4.597 726.78 4.170 801.20 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 473,657 744.447 636.25 675.351 701.35 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 442,375 986.665 448.35 895.088 494.23 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 3,034,997 5,698.208 532.62 5,169.329 587.12 COUNTRY TOTALS 69,165,175 206,687.792 334.64 187,504.064 368.87 Guatemala Guatemala STANDARD PIPE.........................18 312,436 805.335 387.96 730.588 427.65 COUNTRY TOTALS 312,436 805.335 387.96 730.588 427.65 Honduras Honduras WIRE DRAWN............................23 89,881 223.668 401.85 202.908 442.96 COUNTRY TOTALS 89,881 223.668 401.85 202.908 442.96 Dominican Republic Dominican Republic IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS DECEMBER CYCLE - 2 PREPARED 01/26/99 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE WIRE DRAWN............................23 105,687 223.454 472.97 202.714 521.36 COUNTRY TOTALS 105,687 223.454 472.97 202.714 521.36 Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago WIRE RODS..............................3 5,879,184 23,378.528 251.48 21,208.650 277.21 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 994,281 1,236.511 804.10 1,121.744 886.37 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,188 4.128 530.04 3.745 584.25 COUNTRY TOTALS 6,875,653 24,619.167 279.28 22,334.139 307.85 Colombia Colombia SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 408,221 857.089 476.29 777.538 525.02 COUNTRY TOTALS 408,221 857.089 476.29 777.538 525.02 Venezuela Venezuela WIRE RODS..............................3 948,735 4,687.708 202.39 4,252.618 223.09 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,024,523 10,129.356 199.87 9,189.200 220.32 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 992,877 4,957.914 200.26 4,497.745 220.75 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 555,568 1,586.234 350.24 1,439.008 386.08 WIRE DRAWN............................23 406,483 733.291 554.33 665.231 611.04 BLACK PLATE...........................28 29,683 136.812 216.96 124.114 239.16 TIN PLATE.............................29 31,112 60.219 516.65 54.630 569.50 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,391,326 7,450.505 186.74 6,758.986 205.85 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 7,117,405 26,793.417 265.64 24,306.586 292.82 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 372,102 719.082 517.47 652.340 570.41 COUNTRY TOTALS 13,869,814 57,254.538 242.25 51,940.458 267.03 Ecuador Ecuador WIRE DRAWN............................23 70,857 106.000 668.46 96.162 736.85 COUNTRY TOTALS 70,857 106.000 668.46 96.162 736.85 Peru Peru STANDARD PIPE.........................18 15,390 31.447 489.39 28.528 539.47 COUNTRY TOTALS 15,390 31.447 489.39 28.528 539.47 Chile Chile IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS DECEMBER CYCLE - 2 PREPARED 01/26/99 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE WIRE DRAWN............................23 232,395 351.017 662.06 318.437 729.80 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 34,461 103.441 333.15 93.840 367.23 COUNTRY TOTALS 266,856 454.457 587.20 412.277 647.27 Brazil Brazil BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 26,849,398 158,748.601 169.13 144,014.349 186.44 WIRE RODS..............................3 953,377 4,103.658 232.32 3,722.777 256.09 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 211,872 701.637 301.97 636.515 332.86 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 5,916,703 13,165.983 449.39 11,943.982 495.37 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 344,248 1,495.480 230.19 1,356.677 253.74 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,456,782 4,319.209 337.28 3,918.322 371.79 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 80,887 70.594 1,145.81 64.042 1,263.03 TOOL STEEL............................17 379,135 268.366 1,412.75 243.458 1,557.29 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 138,920 134.264 1,034.68 121.802 1,140.54 LINE PIPE.............................20 2,027,130 3,283.909 617.29 2,979.113 680.45 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 113,409 146.985 771.57 133.343 850.51 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 70,957 23.149 3,065.23 21.000 3,378.90 WIRE DRAWN............................23 68,267 109.986 620.69 99.778 684.19 BLACK PLATE...........................28 63,298 183.174 345.56 166.173 380.92 TIN PLATE.............................29 540,022 889.244 607.28 806.709 669.41 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 170,368 136.653 1,246.72 123.970 1,374.27 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,481,681 9,262.183 267.94 8,402.513 295.35 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 15,170,903 52,073.748 291.33 47,240.523 321.14 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 333,962 727.459 459.08 659.940 506.05 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 391,929 960.061 408.23 870.953 450.00 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 214,299 222.389 963.62 201.748 1,062.21 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 803,052 1,030.677 779.15 935.015 858.87 COUNTRY TOTALS 58,780,599 252,057.412 233.20 228,662.702 257.06 Argentina Argentina BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 478,896 1,206.003 397.09 1,094.068 437.72 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 45,985 84.495 544.23 76.653 599.91 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 141,262 147.563 957.30 133.867 1,055.24 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,234,533 2,117.469 1,055.28 1,920.936 1,163.25 WIRE DRAWN............................23 275,720 625.606 440.72 567.540 485.82 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 122,214 367.422 332.63 333.320 366.66 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,750,785 8,975.480 306.48 8,142.421 337.83 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 198,882 471.057 422.20 427.336 465.40 COUNTRY TOTALS 6,248,277 13,995.096 446.46 12,696.141 492.14 Sweden Sweden IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS DECEMBER CYCLE - 2 PREPARED 01/26/99 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 140,119 130.492 1,073.77 118.380 1,183.64 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 1,518,300 1,046.595 1,450.70 949.455 1,599.13 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,406,870 646.670 2,175.56 586.649 2,398.15 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 49,006 18.793 2,607.67 17.049 2,874.42 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 3,263,228 4,338.694 752.12 3,935.998 829.07 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 252,901 520.103 486.25 471.830 536.00 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,116,120 389.043 2,868.89 352.934 3,162.40 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 5,153 0.047 109,638.30 0.043 119,837.21 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 420,091 147.910 2,840.18 134.182 3,130.76 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,175,395 1,088.237 1,999.01 987.232 2,203.53 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 8,487 6.078 1,396.35 5.514 1,539.17 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 601,574 1,337.773 449.68 1,213.608 495.69 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 686,289 590.569 1,162.08 535.755 1,280.98 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 54,891 53.505 1,025.90 48.539 1,130.86 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 938,914 136.059 6,900.79 123.431 7,606.79 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 31,600 18.137 1,742.29 16.454 1,920.51 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,306,207 803.229 2,871.17 728.677 3,164.92 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 414,136 907.901 456.15 823.634 502.82 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,358,618 1,001.155 1,357.05 908.233 1,495.89 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 20,526 19.795 1,036.93 17.958 1,143.00 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 487,317 646.739 753.50 586.712 830.59 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 7,308 1.541 4,742.38 1.398 5,227.47 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 3,235,220 614.118 5,268.08 557.119 5,807.05 COUNTRY TOTALS 20,498,270 14,463.185 1,417.27 13,120.784 1,562.27 Norway Norway LINE PIPE.............................20 14,902 15.384 968.67 13.956 1,067.78 TIN PLATE.............................29 1,116,322 2,078.011 537.21 1,885.140 592.17 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 168,906 238.568 708.00 216.425 780.44 COUNTRY TOTALS 1,300,130 2,331.962 557.53 2,115.521 614.57 Finland Finland WIRE RODS..............................3 55,582 78.314 709.73 71.045 782.35 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 309,628 786.682 393.59 713.666 433.86 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 680,295 2,467.407 275.71 2,238.395 303.92 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 116,334 148.212 784.92 134.456 865.22 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 105,469 55.235 1,909.46 50.108 2,104.83 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 120,928 57.777 2,093.01 52.414 2,307.17 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS DECEMBER CYCLE - 2 PREPARED 01/26/99 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE WIRE DRAWN............................23 30,004 58.687 511.25 53.240 563.56 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,685,252 6,915.959 243.68 6,274.054 268.61 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,363,511 1,502.447 907.53 1,362.997 1,000.38 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 52,878 55.292 956.34 50.160 1,054.19 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 42,426 35.430 1,197.46 32.142 1,319.96 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 187,449 110.413 1,697.71 100.165 1,871.40 COUNTRY TOTALS 4,749,756 12,271.854 387.04 11,132.842 426.64 Denmark Denmark BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 11,500 4.045 2,843.02 3.670 3,133.51 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 145,228 427.482 339.73 387.805 374.49 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 10,027 1.080 9,284.26 0.980 10,231.63 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 98,667 48.613 2,029.64 44.101 2,237.30 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 2,497 0.050 49,940.00 0.045 55,488.89 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 14,019 1.856 7,553.34 1.684 8,324.82 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 7,115 0.003 2,371,666.67 0.003 2,371,666.67 COUNTRY TOTALS 289,053 483.130 598.29 438.288 659.50 United Kingdom United Kingdom INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 92,498 61.112 1,513.58 55.440 1,668.43 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 2,698,748 5,071.778 532.11 4,601.041 586.55 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,235,971 3,072.268 402.30 2,787.115 443.46 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 4,956,771 17,445.673 284.13 15,826.453 313.20 STEEL PILING...........................5 465,326 1,132.509 410.88 1,027.395 452.92 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,217,481 1,341.485 907.56 1,216.975 1,000.42 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 465,668 153.925 3,025.29 139.638 3,334.82 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 4,331,205 7,968.345 543.55 7,228.763 599.16 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 6,712 9.502 706.38 8.620 778.65 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 4,844,920 5,238.193 924.92 4,752.010 1,019.55 TOOL STEEL............................17 326,986 137.775 2,373.33 124.987 2,616.16 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 18,622 13.254 1,405.01 12.024 1,548.74 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 156,842 52.977 2,960.57 48.060 3,263.46 LINE PIPE.............................20 3,747,494 5,678.422 659.95 5,151.379 727.47 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 215,491 86.284 2,497.46 78.276 2,752.96 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 37,394 9.372 3,989.97 8.502 4,398.26 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,077,595 272.822 3,949.81 247.500 4,353.92 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 22,518 0.884 25,472.85 0.802 28,077.31 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 139,352 115.819 1,203.19 105.069 1,326.29 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS DECEMBER CYCLE - 2 PREPARED 01/26/99 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,686,383 1,063.024 1,586.40 964.359 1,748.71 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 28,734 121.728 236.05 110.430 260.20 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 323,078 249.183 1,296.55 226.055 1,429.20 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 33,828 49.763 679.78 45.144 749.34 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 37,814 75.038 503.93 68.073 555.49 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 1,490,042 2,329.314 639.69 2,113.119 705.14 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 1,038,499 1,007.010 1,031.27 913.544 1,136.78 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,255,075 666.692 1,882.54 604.813 2,075.15 COUNTRY TOTALS 31,951,047 53,424.149 598.06 48,465.586 659.25 Ireland Ireland STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 48,518 209.729 231.34 190.263 255.00 WIRE DRAWN............................23 10,524 1.121 9,388.05 1.017 10,348.08 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 36,630 21.495 1,704.12 19.500 1,878.46 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 475,131 17.549 27,074.53 15.920 29,844.91 COUNTRY TOTALS 570,803 249.894 2,284.18 226.700 2,517.88 Netherlands Netherlands INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 13,423 2.304 5,825.95 2.090 6,422.49 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 483,121 1,265.956 381.63 1,148.456 420.67 WIRE RODS..............................3 34,639 63.946 541.69 58.011 597.11 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 24,377 258.583 94.27 234.583 103.92 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,379,113 5,190.408 265.70 4,708.660 292.89 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 30,824 50.264 613.24 45.599 675.98 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 62,836 6.629 9,478.96 6.014 10,448.29 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 411,502 828.145 496.90 751.281 547.73 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 3,742 0.772 4,847.15 0.700 5,345.71 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 5,108 0.820 6,229.27 0.744 6,865.59 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 30,299 19.009 1,593.93 17.245 1,756.97 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 6,853 0.019 360,684.21 0.017 403,117.65 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 9,404 4.676 2,011.12 4.242 2,216.88 WIRE DRAWN............................23 137,515 99.056 1,388.26 89.862 1,530.29 BLACK PLATE...........................28 254,487 779.543 326.46 707.190 359.86 TIN PLATE.............................29 3,012,475 5,094.329 591.34 4,621.499 651.84 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 239,495 448.959 533.45 407.289 588.02 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 7,099,855 26,674.208 266.17 24,198.441 293.40 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 6,757,618 20,329.120 332.41 18,442.273 366.42 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 2,030,057 4,349.592 466.72 3,945.885 514.47 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS DECEMBER CYCLE - 2 PREPARED 01/26/99 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 8,118 0.694 11,697.41 0.630 12,885.71 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 78,050 34.229 2,280.23 31.052 2,513.53 COUNTRY TOTALS 22,112,911 65,501.263 337.60 59,421.763 372.13 Belgium Belgium BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 85,134 248.265 342.92 225.222 378.00 WIRE RODS..............................3 36,113 116.845 309.07 106.000 340.69 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 37,021 75.604 489.67 68.587 539.77 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,605,172 1,343.683 1,194.61 1,218.969 1,316.83 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 682,481 943.481 723.36 855.912 797.37 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 375,991 85.027 4,422.02 77.135 4,874.45 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 108,992 118.240 921.79 107.266 1,016.09 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 71,800 58.202 1,233.63 52.800 1,359.85 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,821,479 2,167.156 1,301.93 1,966.011 1,435.13 BLACK PLATE...........................28 20,481 51.081 400.95 46.340 441.97 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,310,541 2,586.060 506.77 2,346.035 558.62 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 13,223,803 31,857.615 415.09 28,900.750 457.56 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 143,054 162.851 878.43 147.736 968.31 COUNTRY TOTALS 20,522,062 39,814.110 515.45 36,118.763 568.18 Luxembourg Luxembourg WIRE RODS..............................3 416,342 1,124.848 370.13 1,020.445 408.00 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 3,153,614 7,538.952 418.31 6,839.224 461.11 STEEL PILING...........................5 5,068,192 9,850.375 514.52 8,936.112 567.16 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 114,271 87.811 1,301.33 79.661 1,434.47 WIRE DRAWN............................23 107,622 240.157 448.13 217.867 493.98 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 128,351 341.507 375.84 309.810 414.29 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 604,496 1,129.395 535.24 1,024.570 590.00 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 1,136,367 2,177.093 521.97 1,975.026 575.37 COUNTRY TOTALS 10,729,255 22,490.137 477.06 20,402.715 525.87 France France INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 15,857 0.317 50,022.08 0.288 55,059.03 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 86,572 71.510 1,210.63 64.873 1,334.48 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,265,140 3,948.858 320.38 3,582.345 353.16 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 97,130 117.650 825.58 106.730 910.05 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS DECEMBER CYCLE - 2 PREPARED 01/26/99 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 3,413,776 4,284.543 796.77 3,886.873 878.28 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 7,400,553 22,061.660 335.45 20,014.007 369.77 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 2,704,707 5,302.526 510.08 4,810.372 562.27 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,324,529 473.641 2,796.48 429.680 3,082.59 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 15,181 3.207 4,733.71 2.909 5,218.63 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 4,382,460 4,238.813 1,033.89 3,845.388 1,139.67 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,638,257 1,432.958 1,143.27 1,299.958 1,260.24 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 113,729 118.239 961.86 107.265 1,060.26 LINE PIPE.............................20 42,508 34.074 1,247.52 30.911 1,375.17 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 675,133 648.971 1,040.31 588.737 1,146.75 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 960,359 1,096.575 875.78 994.796 965.38 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,153,810 251.874 4,580.90 228.496 5,049.59 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 211,374 348.458 606.60 316.116 668.66 WIRE DRAWN............................23 4,142,538 4,595.098 901.51 4,168.604 993.75 BLACK PLATE...........................28 79,495 135.232 587.84 122.680 647.99 TIN PLATE.............................29 815,057 1,291.809 630.94 1,171.910 695.49 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 8,806 15.637 563.15 14.186 620.75 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,715,141 8,508.014 319.13 7,718.343 351.78 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 8,112,361 15,834.420 512.32 14,364.748 564.74 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 170,658 265.413 642.99 240.779 708.77 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 180,311 189.088 953.58 171.538 1,051.14 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 604,060 526.081 1,148.23 477.253 1,265.70 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 42,277 44.843 942.78 40.681 1,039.23 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,705,313 989.003 2,735.39 897.209 3,015.25 COUNTRY TOTALS 45,077,092 76,828.514 586.72 69,697.675 646.75 Federal Republic of Germany Federal Republic of Germany INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 230,141 916.208 251.19 831.170 276.89 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 6,943,943 28,155.681 246.63 25,542.411 271.86 WIRE RODS..............................3 8,844,451 25,648.130 344.84 23,267.599 380.12 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 4,655,539 14,679.210 317.15 13,316.759 349.60 STEEL PILING...........................5 2,484,737 4,500.175 552.14 4,082.491 608.63 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,642,609 3,519.068 750.94 3,192.446 827.77 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,562,255 4,388.310 356.00 3,981.009 392.43 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 500,124 1,112.477 449.56 1,009.222 495.55 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 282,534 279.654 1,010.30 253.698 1,113.66 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,952,451 2,719.151 1,085.80 2,466.773 1,196.89 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 698,147 1,485.608 469.94 1,347.721 518.02 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 3,346,275 3,249.223 1,029.87 2,947.646 1,135.24 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,262,718 1,008.705 1,251.82 915.082 1,379.90 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS DECEMBER CYCLE - 2 PREPARED 01/26/99 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,891,013 2,552.507 1,132.62 2,315.596 1,248.50 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,253,250 1,626.352 770.59 1,475.402 849.43 LINE PIPE.............................20 5,978,401 9,798.963 610.11 8,889.472 672.53 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 3,443,488 2,782.064 1,237.75 2,523.847 1,364.38 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 2,466,947 1,583.552 1,557.86 1,436.575 1,717.24 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 313,425 63.773 4,914.70 57.854 5,417.52 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 137,364 12.216 11,244.60 11.082 12,395.24 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 27,372 13.832 1,978.89 12.548 2,181.38 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,069,723 674.755 1,585.35 612.128 1,747.55 BLACK PLATE...........................28 135,255 85.332 1,585.04 77.412 1,747.21 TIN PLATE.............................29 615,894 1,148.622 536.20 1,042.013 591.06 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 420,845 701.236 600.15 636.151 661.55 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 6,830,014 24,896.089 274.34 22,585.358 302.41 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 7,256,692 14,650.044 495.34 13,290.300 546.01 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 20,721,864 38,908.404 532.58 35,297.120 587.07 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 651,068 1,078.216 603.84 978.141 665.62 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 398,481 212.641 1,873.96 192.905 2,065.69 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 431,025 404.924 1,064.46 367.341 1,173.36 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 874,118 845.389 1,033.98 766.924 1,139.77 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 4,500,432 2,166.286 2,077.49 1,965.222 2,290.04 COUNTRY TOTALS 96,822,595 195,866.795 494.33 177,687.418 544.90 Austria Austria STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 190,581 18.614 10,238.58 16.886 11,286.33 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 354,800 477.912 742.40 433.555 818.35 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 200,647 185.553 1,081.35 168.331 1,191.98 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 170,566 52.578 3,244.06 47.698 3,575.96 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 31,339 9.417 3,327.92 8.543 3,668.38 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 75,954 21.365 3,555.07 19.382 3,918.79 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,287,269 707.791 3,231.56 642.097 3,562.19 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 10,053 5.366 1,873.46 4.868 2,065.12 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 40,445 51.776 781.15 46.970 861.08 LINE PIPE.............................20 217,783 439.831 495.15 399.008 545.81 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 58,760 31.635 1,857.44 28.699 2,047.46 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 151,833 31.790 4,776.12 28.839 5,264.85 WIRE DRAWN............................23 474,038 159.591 2,970.33 144.779 3,274.22 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 269,783 519.110 519.70 470.929 572.87 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 98,120 208.339 470.96 189.002 519.15 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 13,807 5.261 2,624.41 4.773 2,892.73 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 76,425 21.179 3,608.53 19.213 3,977.78 COUNTRY TOTALS 4,722,203 2,947.108 1,602.32 2,673.572 1,766.25 Czech Republic Czech Republic IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS DECEMBER CYCLE - 2 PREPARED 01/26/99 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,578,522 7,680.282 335.73 6,967.437 370.08 LINE PIPE.............................20 1,307,894 3,231.253 404.76 2,931.344 446.18 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 16,384 23.810 688.11 21.600 758.52 WIRE DRAWN............................23 116,496 115.263 1,010.70 104.565 1,114.10 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 34,378 60.325 569.88 54.726 628.18 COUNTRY TOTALS 4,053,674 11,110.933 364.84 10,079.672 402.16 Slovakia Slovakia PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 201,470 825.697 244.00 749.060 268.96 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 14,005 41.998 333.47 38.100 367.59 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 225,694 880.041 256.46 798.360 282.70 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,657,262 8,104.800 327.86 7,352.553 361.41 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 10,716 21.484 498.79 19.490 549.82 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 25,166 67.564 372.48 61.293 410.59 COUNTRY TOTALS 3,134,313 9,941.584 315.27 9,018.856 347.53 Hungary Hungary PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 47,937 223.901 214.10 203.120 236.00 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 74,302 336.028 221.12 304.840 243.74 COUNTRY TOTALS 122,239 559.930 218.31 507.960 240.65 Switzerland Switzerland BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 35,154 38.788 906.31 35.188 999.03 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 165,775 42.343 3,915.05 38.413 4,315.60 TOOL STEEL............................17 3,524 1.102 3,197.82 1.000 3,524.00 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 60,909 20.343 2,994.10 18.455 3,300.41 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 746,568 421.633 1,770.66 382.499 1,951.82 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 33,792 1.601 21,106.81 1.452 23,272.73 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 86,765 1.141 76,042.94 1.035 83,830.92 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 31,473 0.700 44,961.43 0.635 49,563.78 WIRE DRAWN............................23 189,171 70.383 2,687.74 63.850 2,962.74 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 2,740 0.022 124,545.45 0.020 137,000.00 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 155,223 113.700 1,365.20 103.147 1,504.87 COUNTRY TOTALS 1,511,094 711.756 2,123.05 645.694 2,340.26 Estonia Estonia IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS DECEMBER CYCLE - 2 PREPARED 01/26/99 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 290,678 555.576 523.20 504.010 576.73 COUNTRY TOTALS 290,678 555.576 523.20 504.010 576.73 Latvia Latvia BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 695,211 4,130.269 168.32 3,746.918 185.54 COUNTRY TOTALS 695,211 4,130.269 168.32 3,746.918 185.54 Lithuania Lithuania PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,394,363 8,292.586 168.15 7,522.910 185.35 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,281,741 7,605.759 168.52 6,899.830 185.76 COUNTRY TOTALS 2,676,104 15,898.345 168.33 14,422.740 185.55 Poland Poland STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 297,539 1,156.466 257.28 1,049.129 283.61 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 242,092 550.228 439.98 499.159 485.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 4,943 9.486 521.08 8.606 574.37 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 2,640 0.473 5,581.40 0.429 6,153.85 WIRE DRAWN............................23 36,068 61.157 589.76 55.481 650.10 COUNTRY TOTALS 583,282 1,777.812 328.09 1,612.804 361.66 Russia Russia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 1,162,791 5,382.879 216.02 4,883.267 238.12 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 476,700 2,236.348 213.16 2,028.781 234.97 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 3,484,632 8,808.606 395.59 7,991.035 436.07 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 4,816,133 26,979.289 178.51 24,475.206 196.78 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 138,095 161.955 852.68 146.923 939.91 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 490,121 624.577 784.72 566.607 865.01 TOOL STEEL............................17 12,399 8.078 1,534.91 7.328 1,692.00 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 8,017,661 44,478.434 180.26 40,350.168 198.70 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 13,673,546 49,951.499 273.74 45,315.250 301.74 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 4,212,784 10,846.365 388.41 9,839.660 428.14 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 884,445 168.177 5,259.01 152.568 5,797.05 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 10,794 22.307 483.88 20.237 533.38 COUNTRY TOTALS 37,380,101 149,668.514 249.75 135,777.030 275.31 Belarus Belarus IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS DECEMBER CYCLE - 2 PREPARED 01/26/99 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 9,279 18.772 494.30 17.030 544.86 WIRE DRAWN............................23 53,630 40.022 1,340.01 36.307 1,477.13 COUNTRY TOTALS 62,909 58.794 1,069.99 53.337 1,179.46 Ukraine Ukraine STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 4,201 10.417 403.28 9.450 444.55 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 7,173,076 16,350.248 438.71 14,832.700 483.60 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 476,619 1,293.838 368.38 1,173.750 406.07 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,330,109 5,532.808 240.40 5,019.280 265.00 COUNTRY TOTALS 8,984,005 23,187.310 387.45 21,035.180 427.09 Kazakhstan Kazakhstan PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 666,118 4,502.103 147.96 4,084.240 163.09 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 654,484 3,773.718 173.43 3,423.460 191.18 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 939,743 4,360.081 215.53 3,955.400 237.58 COUNTRY TOTALS 2,260,345 12,635.901 178.88 11,463.100 197.18 Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 7,211 24.671 292.29 22.381 322.19 COUNTRY TOTALS 7,211 24.671 292.29 22.381 322.19 Moldova Moldova WIRE RODS..............................3 5,601,205 28,019.151 199.91 25,418.553 220.36 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 4,688,902 13,061.705 358.98 11,849.383 395.71 COUNTRY TOTALS 10,290,107 41,080.856 250.48 37,267.936 276.11 Spain Spain BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 12,774,443 16,228.359 787.17 14,722.124 867.70 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,728,360 5,152.195 335.46 4,673.994 369.78 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,403,978 3,771.427 372.27 3,421.382 410.35 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 201,540 107.997 1,866.16 97.973 2,057.10 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 39,245 38.305 1,024.54 34.750 1,129.35 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS DECEMBER CYCLE - 2 PREPARED 01/26/99 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,252,373 4,295.645 524.34 3,896.945 577.98 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 257,959 272.596 946.31 247.295 1,043.12 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 657,384 878.972 747.90 797.390 824.42 TOOL STEEL............................17 5,755 1.362 4,225.40 1.236 4,656.15 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 537,671 1,328.607 404.69 1,205.292 446.09 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 730,162 1,252.817 582.82 1,136.537 642.44 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 365,899 677.010 540.46 614.173 595.76 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,312,107 300.885 4,360.83 272.958 4,806.99 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 15,146 46.341 326.84 42.040 360.28 WIRE DRAWN............................23 153,105 218.293 701.37 198.032 773.13 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 247,689 199.976 1,238.59 181.415 1,365.32 COUNTRY TOTALS 22,682,816 34,770.787 652.35 31,543.536 719.10 Italy Italy WIRE RODS..............................3 1,053,596 633.301 1,663.66 574.521 1,833.87 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 135,672 40.402 3,358.05 36.652 3,701.63 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 673,069 506.857 1,327.93 459.813 1,463.79 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,334,635 1,113.829 1,198.24 1,010.449 1,320.83 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 16,062 2.646 6,070.29 2.400 6,692.50 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 3,312,003 1,107.656 2,990.10 1,004.849 3,296.02 TOOL STEEL............................17 80,851 34.511 2,342.76 31.308 2,582.44 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 322,504 236.509 1,363.60 214.557 1,503.12 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 4,420 0.661 6,686.84 0.600 7,366.67 LINE PIPE.............................20 1,036,380 1,146.274 904.13 1,039.883 996.63 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,025,105 1,220.496 839.91 1,107.216 925.84 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 188,727 171.751 1,098.84 155.810 1,211.26 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 33,229 3.287 10,109.22 2.982 11,143.19 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 24,752 2.822 8,771.08 2.560 9,668.75 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 3,382 4.090 826.89 3.710 911.59 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,665,429 1,838.924 905.65 1,668.244 998.31 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 80,576 43.431 1,855.26 39.400 2,045.08 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 876,534 713.471 1,228.55 647.250 1,354.24 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,156,124 1,825.558 633.30 1,656.119 698.09 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 16,246 20.723 783.96 18.800 864.15 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 165,318 160.069 1,032.79 145.212 1,138.46 COUNTRY TOTALS 13,204,614 10,827.268 1,219.57 9,822.335 1,344.35 Slovenia Slovenia IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS DECEMBER CYCLE - 2 PREPARED 01/26/99 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 161,030 83.749 1,922.77 75.976 2,119.49 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 143,461 73.296 1,957.28 66.493 2,157.54 TOOL STEEL............................17 219,502 120.325 1,824.24 109.157 2,010.88 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 23,372 24.119 969.03 21.880 1,068.19 COUNTRY TOTALS 547,365 301.489 1,815.54 273.506 2,001.29 Macedonia (Skopje) Macedonia (Skopje) PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 204,488 624.404 327.49 566.450 361.00 COUNTRY TOTALS 204,488 624.404 327.49 566.450 361.00 Greece Greece STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 518,314 901.226 575.12 817.579 633.96 COUNTRY TOTALS 518,314 901.226 575.12 817.579 633.96 Romania Romania PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,707,961 8,745.460 195.30 7,933.750 215.28 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 476,618 1,362.611 349.78 1,236.140 385.57 LINE PIPE.............................20 872,876 1,767.797 493.76 1,603.719 544.28 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 441,613 854.802 516.63 775.464 569.48 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,128,113 5,771.550 195.46 5,235.864 215.46 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 265,368 220.751 1,202.11 200.262 1,325.10 COUNTRY TOTALS 4,892,549 18,722.972 261.31 16,985.199 288.05 Bulgaria Bulgaria PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 550,692 2,289.041 240.58 2,076.584 265.19 COUNTRY TOTALS 550,692 2,289.041 240.58 2,076.584 265.19 Turkey Turkey WIRE RODS..............................3 2,166,747 11,495.715 188.48 10,428.740 207.77 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 116,759 422.039 276.65 382.867 304.96 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 832,962 3,111.602 267.70 2,822.799 295.08 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 566,939 2,211.565 256.35 2,006.299 282.58 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS DECEMBER CYCLE - 2 PREPARED 01/26/99 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,599,939 4,024.390 397.56 3,650.866 438.24 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 209,408 750.048 279.19 680.432 307.76 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 113,747 375.206 303.16 340.381 334.18 WIRE DRAWN............................23 23,331 21.321 1,094.27 19.342 1,206.24 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 484,078 2,156.859 224.44 1,956.670 247.40 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 4,298,206 11,583.345 371.07 10,508.237 409.03 COUNTRY TOTALS 10,412,116 36,152.089 288.01 32,796.633 317.48 Israel Israel PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 9,532 0.007 1,361,714.29 0.006 1,588,666.67 WIRE DRAWN............................23 152,107 190.527 798.35 172.843 880.03 COUNTRY TOTALS 161,639 190.533 848.35 172.849 935.15 Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 84,869 42.030 2,019.25 38.129 2,225.84 WIRE DRAWN............................23 40,240 91.915 437.80 83.384 482.59 COUNTRY TOTALS 125,109 133.945 934.03 121.513 1,029.59 United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 85,605 42.810 1,999.65 38.837 2,204.21 WIRE DRAWN............................23 4,063 6.581 617.38 5.970 680.57 COUNTRY TOTALS 89,668 49.391 1,815.47 44.807 2,001.21 India India WIRE RODS..............................3 1,701,130 8,580.389 198.26 7,784.000 218.54 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 3,300 5.677 581.29 5.150 640.78 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 533,211 1,985.692 268.53 1,801.390 296.00 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 183,758 898.536 204.51 815.138 225.43 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 238,674 463.210 515.26 420.217 567.98 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 100,053 65.444 1,528.83 59.370 1,685.25 TOOL STEEL............................17 44,999 36.534 1,231.70 33.143 1,357.72 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 6,260 0.628 9,968.15 0.570 10,982.46 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 224,052 378.811 591.46 343.652 651.97 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 86,368 97.098 889.49 88.086 980.50 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS DECEMBER CYCLE - 2 PREPARED 01/26/99 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 103,665 138.980 745.90 126.081 822.21 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 92,967 25.057 3,710.22 22.731 4,089.88 WIRE DRAWN............................23 332,743 537.433 619.13 487.551 682.48 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,347,838 6,447.319 209.05 5,848.911 230.44 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 33,149 21.569 1,536.88 19.567 1,694.13 COUNTRY TOTALS 5,032,167 19,682.377 255.67 17,855.557 281.83 Thailand Thailand PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 9,739 35.121 277.30 31.861 305.67 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 525,499 1,747.571 300.70 1,585.370 331.47 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 393,964 260.387 1,512.99 236.219 1,667.79 WIRE DRAWN............................23 137,267 83.447 1,644.96 75.702 1,813.25 BLACK PLATE...........................28 27,591 81.251 339.58 73.710 374.32 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 6,408,141 19,124.093 335.08 17,349.090 369.36 COUNTRY TOTALS 7,502,201 21,331.870 351.69 19,351.952 387.67 Malaysia Malaysia WIRE RODS..............................3 1,059,360 5,696.313 185.97 5,167.610 205.00 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 38,975 111.463 349.67 101.118 385.44 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 6,937 21.441 323.54 19.451 356.64 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 305,793 962.346 317.76 873.026 350.27 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 8,138 27.866 292.04 25.280 321.91 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 370,087 236.410 1,565.45 214.468 1,725.60 COUNTRY TOTALS 1,789,290 7,055.841 253.59 6,400.953 279.53 Singapore Singapore STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 94,659 51.561 1,835.86 46.775 2,023.71 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 21,045 1.840 11,437.50 1.669 12,609.35 COUNTRY TOTALS 115,704 53.400 2,166.74 48.444 2,388.41 Indonesia Indonesia WIRE RODS..............................3 3,201,889 16,656.147 192.23 15,110.207 211.90 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,119,509 6,832.806 310.20 6,198.619 341.93 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 2,519,679 13,762.047 183.09 12,484.723 201.82 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS DECEMBER CYCLE - 2 PREPARED 01/26/99 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STANDARD PIPE.........................18 631,037 1,734.112 363.90 1,573.160 401.13 LINE PIPE.............................20 355,869 544.787 653.23 494.223 720.06 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 163,488 534.889 305.65 485.243 336.92 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 340,890 1,092.346 312.07 990.960 344.00 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 167,836 362.186 463.40 328.570 510.81 COUNTRY TOTALS 9,500,197 41,519.321 228.81 37,665.705 252.22 Philippines Philippines STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,402,064 3,984.970 351.84 3,615.105 387.83 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 3,901 2.045 1,907.58 1.855 2,102.96 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 619,862 2,332.930 265.70 2,116.399 292.89 COUNTRY TOTALS 2,025,827 6,319.945 320.55 5,733.359 353.34 China China INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 6,754 0.645 10,471.32 0.585 11,545.30 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 60,973 42.395 1,438.21 38.460 1,585.36 WIRE RODS..............................3 39,545 35.346 1,118.80 32.065 1,233.28 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 55,347 27.525 2,010.79 24.970 2,216.54 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 473,937 2,416.653 196.11 2,192.351 216.18 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 11,500 18.449 623.34 16.737 687.10 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 254,869 111.068 2,294.71 100.759 2,529.49 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 110,725 172.642 641.36 156.618 706.97 TOOL STEEL............................17 611,333 435.147 1,404.89 394.759 1,548.62 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,214,295 2,804.440 432.99 2,544.146 477.29 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,427,971 2,408.004 593.01 2,184.505 653.68 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 28,672 31.017 924.40 28.138 1,018.98 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 123,157 77.141 1,596.52 69.981 1,759.86 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 40,415 94.154 429.24 85.415 473.16 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,023,575 2,920.656 692.85 2,649.575 763.74 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 5,721,406 28,002.408 204.32 25,403.364 225.22 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 7,008,986 23,661.569 296.22 21,465.420 326.52 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 7,800 2.674 2,916.98 2.426 3,215.17 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,046,580 2,339.578 447.34 2,122.430 493.10 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 8,092 1.490 5,430.87 1.352 5,985.21 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 95,447 23.695 4,028.15 21.496 4,440.22 COUNTRY TOTALS 20,371,379 65,626.694 310.41 59,535.552 342.17 Korea, South Korea, South IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS DECEMBER CYCLE - 2 PREPARED 01/26/99 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 173,603 151.854 1,143.22 137.760 1,260.18 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,201,910 895.505 1,342.16 812.389 1,479.48 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 13,320,847 58,510.108 227.67 53,079.492 250.96 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 6,402,656 21,888.435 292.51 19,856.860 322.44 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 148,280 585.735 253.15 531.370 279.05 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 47,884 133.451 358.81 121.065 395.52 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,482,351 4,386.256 337.95 3,979.146 372.53 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 1,954,265 6,919.531 282.43 6,277.295 311.32 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 5,560,901 29,950.665 185.67 27,170.794 204.66 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,560,936 1,261.787 1,237.08 1,144.674 1,363.65 TOOL STEEL............................17 235,719 132.356 1,780.95 120.071 1,963.16 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 5,641,400 15,913.410 354.51 14,436.407 390.78 LINE PIPE.............................20 4,328,486 14,157.220 305.74 12,843.218 337.03 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 711,376 1,902.172 373.98 1,725.622 412.24 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 187,697 356.493 526.51 323.405 580.38 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,156,780 505.809 2,286.99 458.862 2,520.98 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 24,623 4.752 5,181.61 4.311 5,711.67 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 2,916,107 9,006.423 323.78 8,170.492 356.91 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 3,711 8.057 460.59 7.309 507.73 WIRE DRAWN............................23 3,119,062 3,326.280 937.70 3,017.551 1,033.64 TIN PLATE.............................29 270,760 558.508 484.79 506.670 534.39 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 8,987,453 33,874.663 265.31 30,730.586 292.46 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 6,665,176 17,061.217 390.66 15,477.680 430.63 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 5,518,035 11,377.028 485.02 10,321.069 534.64 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 421,883 940.040 448.79 852.790 494.71 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 1,800,419 3,384.040 532.03 3,069.950 586.47 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 29,966 84.581 354.29 76.731 390.53 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 145,579 102.358 1,422.25 92.858 1,567.76 COUNTRY TOTALS 74,017,865 237,378.735 311.81 215,346.427 343.72 Taiwan Taiwan WIRE RODS..............................3 1,555,666 1,223.541 1,271.45 1,109.978 1,401.53 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 10,470 23.749 440.86 21.545 485.96 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 931,171 4,361.497 213.50 3,956.685 235.34 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 39,000 12.015 3,245.94 10.900 3,577.98 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 530,327 342.862 1,546.77 311.039 1,705.02 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 56,319 33.769 1,667.77 30.635 1,838.39 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 954,958 506.461 1,885.55 459.454 2,078.46 TOOL STEEL............................17 520,831 311.861 1,670.07 282.916 1,840.94 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 531,611 1,431.037 371.49 1,298.215 409.49 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS DECEMBER CYCLE - 2 PREPARED 01/26/99 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE LINE PIPE.............................20 274,888 935.158 293.95 848.361 324.02 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 389,438 227.014 1,715.48 205.944 1,890.99 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 889,648 569.807 1,561.31 516.920 1,721.06 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 269,192 428.351 628.44 388.594 692.73 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,581,984 1,828.925 864.98 1,659.173 953.48 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 4,938,834 20,188.932 244.63 18,315.096 269.66 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 8,228,935 16,961.568 485.15 15,387.280 534.79 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,274,127 2,404.672 529.85 2,181.482 584.06 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 144,041 231.593 621.96 210.098 685.59 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 952,077 1,964.770 484.57 1,782.410 534.15 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 655,101 357.690 1,831.48 324.491 2,018.86 COUNTRY TOTALS 24,728,618 54,345.273 455.03 49,301.216 501.58 Japan Japan INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 115,505 27.836 4,149.48 25.252 4,574.09 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 4,703,474 28,305.794 166.17 25,678.592 183.17 WIRE RODS..............................3 7,395,249 18,488.355 399.99 16,772.358 440.92 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 12,034,680 49,312.688 244.05 44,735.731 269.02 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 16,495,697 22,133.122 745.29 20,078.836 821.55 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,853,209 11,330.399 251.82 10,278.768 277.58 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 7,943,893 17,186.445 462.22 15,591.285 509.51 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 830,501 1,762.563 471.19 1,598.971 519.40 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 6,422,598 12,569.887 510.95 11,403.213 563.23 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 671,887 2,051.483 327.51 1,861.075 361.02 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 615,202 3,308.017 185.97 3,000.983 205.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 571,082 642.806 888.42 583.144 979.32 TOOL STEEL............................17 3,649,708 4,583.350 796.30 4,157.946 877.77 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 3,493,219 5,099.592 685.00 4,626.273 755.08 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 3,304,904 1,489.165 2,219.30 1,350.948 2,446.36 LINE PIPE.............................20 23,221,961 43,122.475 538.51 39,120.062 593.61 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 7,250,586 5,639.301 1,285.72 5,115.889 1,417.27 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 481,165 384.575 1,251.16 348.881 1,379.17 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 9,354,413 2,505.276 3,733.89 2,272.749 4,115.90 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 69,707 31.710 2,198.27 28.767 2,423.16 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 575,417 1,491.980 385.67 1,353.502 425.13 WIRE DRAWN............................23 5,884,387 6,509.242 904.00 5,905.087 996.49 BLACK PLATE...........................28 5,527,313 11,581.893 477.24 10,506.920 526.06 TIN PLATE.............................29 3,397,878 6,327.584 536.99 5,740.289 591.94 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 4,453,400 8,463.818 526.17 7,678.249 580.00 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 24,081,562 91,295.766 263.78 82,822.149 290.76 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS DECEMBER CYCLE - 2 PREPARED 01/26/99 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 17,795,387 39,899.496 446.01 36,196.224 491.64 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 7,877,034 15,133.305 520.51 13,728.707 573.76 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 4,454,542 8,581.982 519.06 7,785.445 572.16 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 433,434 384.397 1,127.57 348.719 1,242.93 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 1,738,093 3,031.374 573.37 2,750.017 632.03 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 5,174 1.407 3,677.33 1.276 4,054.86 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 4,020,128 1,268.079 3,170.25 1,150.382 3,494.60 COUNTRY TOTALS 191,722,389 423,945.161 452.23 384,596.689 498.50 Australia Australia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 9,363,352 51,628.941 181.36 46,837.001 199.91 WIRE RODS..............................3 89,818 271.649 330.64 246.436 364.47 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 73,156 128.866 567.69 116.905 625.77 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 210,262 551.496 381.26 500.309 420.26 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 310,408 520.839 595.98 472.497 656.95 TOOL STEEL............................17 3,086 0.707 4,364.92 0.641 4,814.35 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 21,116 59.018 357.79 53.540 394.40 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 30,350 72.334 419.58 65.620 462.51 WIRE DRAWN............................23 239,955 389.049 616.77 352.939 679.88 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 9,378 2.935 3,195.23 2.663 3,521.59 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 129,148 235.034 549.49 213.219 605.71 COUNTRY TOTALS 10,480,029 53,860.867 194.58 48,861.770 214.48 New Zealand New Zealand SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 248,552 1,159.444 214.37 1,051.830 236.30 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,991,436 5,382.673 369.97 4,883.080 407.82 COUNTRY TOTALS 2,239,988 6,542.117 342.39 5,934.910 377.43 Egypt Egypt BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 7,777 15.958 487.34 14.477 537.20 WIRE DRAWN............................23 276,710 584.099 473.74 529.886 522.21 COUNTRY TOTALS 284,487 600.057 474.10 544.363 522.61 South Africa South Africa IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS DECEMBER CYCLE - 2 PREPARED 01/26/99 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 7,965 0.160 49,781.25 0.145 54,931.03 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 1,332,099 1,687.021 789.62 1,530.440 870.40 WIRE RODS..............................3 972,218 4,528.955 214.67 4,108.600 236.63 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 716,454 2,568.013 278.99 2,329.663 307.54 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,028,208 1,209.294 850.25 1,097.053 937.25 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 706,974 1,835.326 385.20 1,664.980 424.61 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 89,578 262.473 341.28 238.112 376.20 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 1,155,506 5,644.321 204.72 5,120.443 225.67 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 119,735 174.948 684.40 158.710 754.43 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 617,506 1,831.975 337.07 1,661.940 371.56 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 24,122 56.262 428.74 51.040 472.61 LINE PIPE.............................20 381,409 1,221.227 312.32 1,107.879 344.27 WIRE DRAWN............................23 936,524 2,120.461 441.66 1,923.650 486.85 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,900,668 9,358.095 203.10 8,489.523 223.88 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,707,957 5,901.420 458.87 5,353.680 505.81 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,915,210 4,143.461 462.22 3,758.886 509.52 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 4,612 9.515 484.71 8.632 534.29 COUNTRY TOTALS 14,616,745 42,552.926 343.50 38,603.376 378.64 GRAND TOTAL 1,063,125,041 2,739,924.453 388.01 2,485,618.354 427.71 GRAND TOTAL 1,063,125,041 2,739,924.453 388.01 2,485,618.354 427.71 !R! 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