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RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 10/04/99 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada Canada INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 208,928 229.625 909.87 208.312 1,002.96 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 9,640,931 28,478.338 338.54 25,835.121 373.17 WIRE RODS..............................3 16,116,526 48,843.367 329.96 44,309.970 363.72 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 7,597,297 25,004.136 303.84 22,683.377 334.93 STEEL PILING...........................5 680,178 1,248.697 544.71 1,132.799 600.44 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 4,887,317 12,332.011 396.31 11,187.415 436.86 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 5,366,762 16,215.939 330.96 14,710.857 364.82 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 45,307 112.308 403.42 101.884 444.69 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 235,410 481.854 488.55 437.131 538.53 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 78,177 269.413 290.18 244.407 319.86 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 29,357,352 75,990.236 386.33 68,937.202 425.86 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 2,555,898 6,440.985 396.82 5,843.165 437.42 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 55,252 126.991 435.09 115.204 479.60 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 6,535,809 7,065.320 925.05 6,409.552 1,019.70 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,167,814 888.972 1,313.67 806.462 1,448.07 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 12,107,997 22,859.866 529.66 20,738.127 583.85 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 77,350 174.962 442.10 158.723 487.33 LINE PIPE.............................20 357,664 747.624 478.40 678.233 527.35 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 8,470,498 11,912.162 711.08 10,806.535 783.83 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 5,771,009 1,422.403 4,057.22 1,290.383 4,472.32 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 1,948,999 1,841.382 1,058.44 1,670.474 1,166.73 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 13,173,151 30,296.318 434.81 27,484.365 479.30 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 200,904 407.464 493.06 369.645 543.51 WIRE DRAWN............................23 13,709,932 23,066.946 594.35 20,925.987 655.16 BLACK PLATE...........................28 107,223 283.791 377.82 257.451 416.48 TIN PLATE.............................29 3,385,803 5,663.161 597.86 5,137.535 659.03 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 1,575,902 2,386.823 660.25 2,165.290 727.80 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 7,584,730 23,470.011 323.17 21,291.642 356.23 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 9,443,886 15,809.393 597.36 14,342.044 658.48 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 18,786,224 40,598.836 462.73 36,830.655 510.07 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 185,083 308.742 599.47 280.086 660.81 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 2,146,738 2,189.947 980.27 1,986.687 1,080.56 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 1,125,660 2,821.994 398.89 2,560.071 439.70 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 4,202,589 5,934.287 708.19 5,383.496 780.64 COUNTRY TOTALS 188,890,300 415,924.303 454.15 377,320.287 500.61 Mexico Mexico IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 10/04/99 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 187,056 308.658 606.03 280.010 668.03 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 32,238,829 191,926.400 167.97 174,112.750 185.16 WIRE RODS..............................3 2,399,776 10,958.915 218.98 9,941.763 241.38 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 448,345 1,429.653 313.60 1,296.960 345.69 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 81,306 224.061 362.87 203.265 400.00 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 433,114 1,765.386 245.34 1,601.532 270.44 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 846,229 2,912.345 290.57 2,642.036 320.29 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 1,384,426 5,218.904 265.27 4,734.511 292.41 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 466,900 1,859.211 251.13 1,686.648 276.82 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 149,550 173.672 861.11 157.553 949.20 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,333,112 2,551.939 522.39 2,315.081 575.84 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 281,680 493.994 570.21 448.144 628.55 LINE PIPE.............................20 3,009,069 7,264.544 414.21 6,590.285 456.59 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 4,423,804 10,142.951 436.15 9,201.533 480.77 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 37,328 70.167 531.99 63.654 586.42 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 38,468 24.354 1,579.54 22.094 1,741.11 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 332,723 415.254 801.25 376.712 883.23 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 1,356,514 1,890.759 717.44 1,715.268 790.85 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 6,272 0.882 7,111.11 0.800 7,840.00 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,090,137 3,027.226 690.45 2,746.254 761.09 BLACK PLATE...........................28 285,390 731.179 390.31 663.315 430.25 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 4,140,523 17,622.072 234.96 15,986.479 259.00 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 12,852,855 15,116.426 850.26 13,713.395 937.25 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 13,682,183 25,900.950 528.25 23,496.953 582.30 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 23,811 47.275 503.67 42.887 555.20 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 1,220,203 2,048.792 595.57 1,858.633 656.51 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 195,239 502.861 388.26 456.188 427.98 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,469,433 1,610.362 912.49 1,460.896 1,005.84 COUNTRY TOTALS 85,414,275 306,239.191 278.91 277,815.599 307.45 Guatemala Guatemala SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 278,335 481.077 578.57 436.426 637.76 COUNTRY TOTALS 278,335 481.077 578.57 436.426 637.76 Honduras Honduras WIRE DRAWN............................23 101,255 246.649 410.52 223.756 452.52 COUNTRY TOTALS 101,255 246.649 410.52 223.756 452.52 Dominican Republic Dominican Republic IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 10/04/99 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE WIRE DRAWN............................23 85,723 165.518 517.91 150.155 570.90 TIN PLATE.............................29 33,873 26.691 1,269.08 24.214 1,398.90 COUNTRY TOTALS 119,596 192.209 622.22 174.369 685.88 Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago WIRE RODS..............................3 4,000,917 18,039.209 221.79 16,364.900 244.48 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 102,216 50.596 2,020.24 45.900 2,226.93 WIRE DRAWN............................23 67,991 147.815 459.97 134.096 507.03 COUNTRY TOTALS 4,171,124 18,237.621 228.71 16,544.896 252.11 Colombia Colombia STANDARD PIPE.........................18 9,731 30.706 316.91 27.856 349.33 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 339,508 608.079 558.33 551.640 615.45 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 83,599 282.855 295.55 256.602 325.79 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 258,663 849.775 304.39 770.903 335.53 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 193,917 456.235 425.04 413.890 468.52 COUNTRY TOTALS 885,418 2,227.650 397.47 2,020.891 438.13 Venezuela Venezuela WIRE RODS..............................3 2,500,428 12,133.555 206.08 11,007.379 227.16 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,010,488 4,996.743 202.23 4,532.970 222.92 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 1,447,450 7,218.734 200.51 6,548.727 221.03 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 313,326 1,013.120 309.27 919.087 340.91 WIRE DRAWN............................23 819,225 1,396.329 586.70 1,266.729 646.72 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,206,354 5,941.666 203.03 5,390.190 223.81 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 31,309 111.455 280.91 101.110 309.65 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,234,328 2,999.809 411.47 2,721.382 453.57 COUNTRY TOTALS 8,562,908 35,811.410 239.11 32,487.574 263.57 Ecuador Ecuador WIRE DRAWN............................23 147,650 342.222 431.45 310.459 475.59 COUNTRY TOTALS 147,650 342.222 431.45 310.459 475.59 Peru Peru IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 10/04/99 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STANDARD PIPE.........................18 4,955 12.167 407.25 11.038 448.90 COUNTRY TOTALS 4,955 12.167 407.25 11.038 448.90 Chile Chile STANDARD PIPE.........................18 31,624 51.414 615.09 46.642 678.02 LINE PIPE.............................20 129,476 446.702 289.85 405.241 319.50 WIRE DRAWN............................23 153,359 289.384 529.95 262.525 584.17 BLACK PLATE...........................28 620,553 2,384.325 260.26 2,163.024 286.89 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 173,485 702.794 246.85 637.564 272.11 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 15,171 32.921 460.83 29.865 507.99 COUNTRY TOTALS 1,123,668 3,907.539 287.56 3,544.861 316.99 Brazil Brazil BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 54,131,244 343,333.006 157.66 311,466.552 173.79 WIRE RODS..............................3 5,441,075 24,556.052 221.58 22,276.882 244.25 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 162,729 606.938 268.11 550.605 295.55 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 11,057 12.268 901.29 11.129 993.53 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 761,346 709.068 1,073.73 643.256 1,183.58 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 2,285,470 12,215.019 187.10 11,081.282 206.25 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 67,826 62.949 1,077.48 57.106 1,187.72 TOOL STEEL............................17 325,275 171.564 1,895.94 155.640 2,089.92 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 328,142 373.064 879.59 338.438 969.58 LINE PIPE.............................20 91,050 112.128 812.02 101.721 895.10 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 34,858 44.795 778.17 40.637 857.79 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 16,260 21.956 740.57 19.918 816.35 WIRE DRAWN............................23 322,249 610.056 528.23 553.434 582.27 TIN PLATE.............................29 1,945,363 4,438.087 438.33 4,026.166 483.18 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,158,489 11,781.750 268.08 10,688.227 295.51 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 3,398,204 9,509.516 357.35 8,626.890 393.91 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,027,117 1,310.585 783.71 1,188.943 863.89 COUNTRY TOTALS 73,507,754 409,868.800 179.34 371,826.826 197.69 Argentina Argentina PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 260,445 1,426.501 182.58 1,294.100 201.26 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 31,402 62.651 501.22 56.836 552.50 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 116,575 148.880 783.01 135.062 863.12 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 10/04/99 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 35,415 36.144 979.83 32.789 1,080.09 WIRE DRAWN............................23 440,772 998.472 441.45 905.799 486.61 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,235,520 6,153.770 200.77 5,582.608 221.32 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 4,740,663 17,912.361 264.66 16,249.825 291.74 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 2,825,198 7,373.745 383.14 6,689.351 422.34 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 791,091 2,097.004 377.25 1,902.371 415.84 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 10,503 23.402 448.81 21.230 494.72 COUNTRY TOTALS 10,487,584 36,232.931 289.45 32,869.971 319.06 Sweden Sweden BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 787,797 509.173 1,547.21 461.914 1,705.51 WIRE RODS..............................3 571,231 297.033 1,923.12 269.464 2,119.88 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 4,490,813 7,011.683 640.48 6,360.894 706.00 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 573,345 1,471.199 389.71 1,334.650 429.58 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 178,945 96.306 1,858.09 87.367 2,048.20 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 133,866 49.324 2,714.01 44.746 2,991.69 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,842,444 763.132 2,414.32 692.302 2,661.33 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 542,959 503.161 1,079.10 456.460 1,189.50 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 84,403 80.055 1,054.31 72.625 1,162.18 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 550,704 96.846 5,686.39 87.857 6,268.19 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 10,724 1.487 7,211.84 1.349 7,949.59 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 9,035 1.523 5,932.37 1.382 6,537.63 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,426,640 350.354 4,072.00 317.836 4,488.60 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 951,027 2,424.973 392.18 2,199.899 432.30 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,625,814 2,947.857 551.52 2,674.252 607.95 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 10,710 20.612 519.60 18.699 572.76 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 2,505 0.920 2,722.83 0.835 3,000.00 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 186,089 266.070 699.40 241.375 770.95 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 3,218,584 617.676 5,210.80 560.346 5,743.92 COUNTRY TOTALS 17,197,635 17,509.386 982.20 15,884.252 1,082.68 Norway Norway STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 393,876 868.956 453.27 788.304 499.65 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 20,385 8.025 2,540.19 7.280 2,800.14 TIN PLATE.............................29 1,863,067 3,773.444 493.73 3,423.212 544.25 COUNTRY TOTALS 2,277,328 4,650.425 489.70 4,218.796 539.81 Finland Finland IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 10/04/99 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 2,316,682 13,235.724 175.03 12,007.250 192.94 WIRE RODS..............................3 22,443 22.299 1,006.46 20.229 1,109.45 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 101,339 257.558 393.46 233.653 433.72 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 235,535 630.326 373.67 571.822 411.90 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 28,012 45.585 614.50 41.354 677.37 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 198,063 123.013 1,610.10 111.596 1,774.82 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 156,501 93.541 1,673.07 84.859 1,844.25 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 204,336 189.742 1,076.91 172.131 1,187.10 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 695,073 513.179 1,354.45 465.548 1,493.02 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 427,229 338.645 1,261.58 307.214 1,390.66 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 728,169 551.247 1,320.95 500.083 1,456.10 COUNTRY TOTALS 5,113,382 16,000.859 319.57 14,515.739 352.26 Denmark Denmark BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 14,788 10.512 1,406.77 9.536 1,550.76 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 51,002 23.815 2,141.59 21.605 2,360.66 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 23,785 11.432 2,080.56 10.371 2,293.41 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 12,717 1.323 9,612.24 1.200 10,597.50 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 16,801 4.960 3,387.30 4.500 3,733.56 WIRE DRAWN............................23 63,300 22.407 2,825.01 20.327 3,114.08 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 72,920 19.621 3,716.43 17.800 4,096.63 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 18,566 2.445 7,593.46 2.218 8,370.60 COUNTRY TOTALS 273,879 96.515 2,837.68 87.557 3,128.01 United Kingdom United Kingdom INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 52,749 18.186 2,900.53 16.498 3,197.30 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 3,688,188 4,819.095 765.33 4,371.811 843.63 WIRE RODS..............................3 2,265,013 5,120.003 442.39 4,644.790 487.65 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 3,412,778 9,445.970 361.29 8,569.242 398.26 STEEL PILING...........................5 69,921 193.364 361.60 175.417 398.60 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 790,681 1,117.159 707.76 1,013.470 780.17 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 59,635 299.112 199.37 271.350 219.77 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 50,763 21.425 2,369.33 19.436 2,611.80 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 8,670,557 19,188.154 451.87 17,407.205 498.10 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 3,648,827 3,401.458 1,072.72 3,085.752 1,182.48 TOOL STEEL............................17 307,438 45.086 6,818.92 40.901 7,516.64 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 124,568 32.540 3,828.15 29.520 4,219.78 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 433,035 1,018.722 425.08 924.169 468.57 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 10/04/99 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE LINE PIPE.............................20 557,354 1,882.234 296.11 1,707.534 326.41 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 137,134 100.565 1,363.64 91.231 1,503.15 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 44,257 41.495 1,066.56 37.644 1,175.67 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 837,638 94.211 8,891.08 85.467 9,800.72 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 16,868 3.188 5,291.09 2.892 5,832.64 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 16,773 8.965 1,870.94 8.133 2,062.34 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,310,993 868.987 1,508.65 788.332 1,663.00 TIN PLATE.............................29 655,099 1,155.267 567.05 1,048.041 625.07 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 268,630 627.678 427.97 569.420 471.76 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 328,306 616.442 532.58 559.227 587.07 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 131,658 343.684 383.08 311.785 422.27 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 353,688 796.845 443.86 722.886 489.27 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 752,034 1,354.383 555.26 1,228.676 612.07 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 263,392 193.787 1,359.18 175.801 1,498.24 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 2,525 3.995 632.04 3.624 696.74 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,247,102 485.722 2,567.52 440.640 2,830.21 COUNTRY TOTALS 30,497,604 53,297.722 572.21 48,350.894 630.76 Ireland Ireland STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 30,000 0.110 272,727.27 0.100 300,000.00 COUNTRY TOTALS 30,000 0.110 272,727.27 0.100 300,000.00 Netherlands Netherlands BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 321,595 840.695 382.53 762.666 421.67 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 10,705 3.331 3,213.75 3.022 3,542.36 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 11,313 5.029 2,249.55 4.562 2,479.83 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,707,629 11,645.925 232.50 10,565.008 256.28 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 20,587 20.687 995.17 18.767 1,096.98 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 59,026 35.990 1,640.07 32.650 1,807.84 TOOL STEEL............................17 119,396 160.205 745.27 145.336 821.52 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 17,445 21.140 825.21 19.178 909.64 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 58,782 57.532 1,021.73 52.192 1,126.26 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,677 0.709 3,775.74 0.643 4,163.30 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 13,329 8.025 1,660.93 7.280 1,830.91 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 56,452 18.312 3,082.79 16.612 3,398.27 WIRE DRAWN............................23 212,073 117.943 1,798.10 106.996 1,982.06 BLACK PLATE...........................28 5,226 17.579 297.29 15.947 327.71 TIN PLATE.............................29 1,489,043 2,796.408 532.48 2,536.859 586.96 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 10/04/99 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 1,042,077 2,110.283 493.81 1,914.417 544.33 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 10,089,955 38,771.260 260.24 35,172.705 286.87 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 5,688,960 17,852.427 318.67 16,195.454 351.27 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 797,520 1,866.271 427.33 1,693.053 471.05 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 91,118 60.239 1,512.61 54.648 1,667.36 COUNTRY TOTALS 22,814,908 76,409.988 298.59 69,317.995 329.13 Belgium Belgium BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 1,342,760 2,635.984 509.40 2,391.325 561.51 WIRE RODS..............................3 48,266 161.224 299.37 146.260 330.00 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 22,241 22.542 986.65 20.450 1,087.58 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,165,616 1,881.241 1,151.16 1,706.634 1,268.94 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,644,957 3,404.135 776.98 3,088.180 856.48 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 104,515 136.226 767.22 123.582 845.71 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 77,167 18.660 4,135.42 16.928 4,558.54 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 4,500 2.120 2,122.64 1.923 2,340.09 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,941,193 1,547.713 1,254.23 1,404.062 1,382.56 BLACK PLATE...........................28 168,979 584.545 289.08 530.290 318.65 TIN PLATE.............................29 457,363 908.723 503.30 824.380 554.80 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,864,719 6,183.781 301.55 5,609.833 332.40 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 8,268,680 23,673.663 349.28 21,476.392 385.01 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 345,745 847.071 408.17 768.450 449.93 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 324,002 406.862 796.34 369.099 877.82 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 3,809 6.629 574.60 6.014 633.36 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 159,933 123.953 1,290.27 112.448 1,422.28 COUNTRY TOTALS 19,944,445 42,545.071 468.78 38,596.250 516.75 Luxembourg Luxembourg WIRE RODS..............................3 36,594 101.376 360.97 91.967 397.90 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 3,375,300 9,980.896 338.18 9,054.519 372.78 STEEL PILING...........................5 4,791,270 9,968.118 480.66 9,042.927 529.84 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 207,034 237.780 870.70 215.710 959.78 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 111,333 303.055 367.37 274.927 404.95 WIRE DRAWN............................23 59,301 112.621 526.55 102.168 580.43 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 1,265,743 2,641.454 479.18 2,396.287 528.21 COUNTRY TOTALS 9,846,575 23,345.299 421.78 21,178.505 464.93 France France IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 10/04/99 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 53,359 6.177 8,638.34 5.604 9,521.59 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 9,627 6.633 1,451.38 6.017 1,599.97 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,140,855 533.431 2,138.71 483.921 2,357.52 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 59,613 51.388 1,160.06 46.618 1,278.75 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,125,872 2,262.142 939.76 2,052.181 1,035.91 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 14,450,285 19,671.744 734.57 17,845.911 809.73 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 1,838,868 4,593.214 400.34 4,166.895 441.30 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 558,134 293.423 1,902.15 266.189 2,096.76 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 19,542 2.068 9,449.71 1.876 10,416.84 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,708,907 1,739.119 982.63 1,577.703 1,083.16 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,304,477 1,484.640 1,552.21 1,346.843 1,711.02 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 687,767 565.822 1,215.52 513.305 1,339.88 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 8,023 17.560 456.89 15.930 503.64 LINE PIPE.............................20 1,052,962 2,175.220 484.07 1,973.327 533.60 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,143,503 917.138 1,246.82 832.014 1,374.38 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 1,077,680 991.082 1,087.38 899.095 1,198.63 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 2,429,481 671.347 3,618.82 609.036 3,989.06 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 41,536 68.153 609.45 61.827 671.81 WIRE DRAWN............................23 3,307,034 4,013.273 824.02 3,640.781 908.33 BLACK PLATE...........................28 1,127,894 2,503.740 450.48 2,271.355 496.57 TIN PLATE.............................29 2,035,324 3,785.225 537.70 3,433.899 592.72 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 781,058 1,683.797 463.87 1,527.515 511.33 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 6,372,566 23,654.652 269.40 21,459.145 296.96 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 6,368,460 11,697.152 544.45 10,611.481 600.15 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 787,069 2,089.555 376.67 1,895.613 415.21 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 318,898 296.781 1,074.52 269.235 1,184.46 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 15,486 36.439 424.98 33.057 468.46 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,894,413 827.841 2,288.38 751.005 2,522.50 COUNTRY TOTALS 53,718,693 86,638.754 620.03 78,597.378 683.47 Federal Republic of Germany Federal Republic of Germany INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 76,700 10.750 7,134.88 9.752 7,865.05 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 5,353,722 23,421.810 228.58 21,247.915 251.96 WIRE RODS..............................3 3,574,880 15,687.069 227.89 14,231.074 251.20 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 3,201,284 10,499.632 304.89 9,525.109 336.09 STEEL PILING...........................5 377,304 824.320 457.72 747.811 504.54 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,004,032 1,172.314 856.45 1,063.506 944.08 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 626,947 864.423 725.28 784.192 799.48 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 296,422 674.517 439.46 611.912 484.42 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 83,279 173.805 479.15 157.673 528.18 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 10/04/99 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 3,517,965 1,548.486 2,271.87 1,404.763 2,504.31 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 46,886 28.011 1,673.84 25.411 1,845.11 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 614,009 3,287.246 186.79 2,982.140 205.90 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 3,088,073 3,225.654 957.35 2,926.265 1,055.30 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,024,379 717.698 1,427.31 651.085 1,573.34 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,991,182 1,540.632 1,292.44 1,397.638 1,424.68 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,875,811 2,854.475 657.15 2,589.537 724.38 LINE PIPE.............................20 2,292,223 4,193.558 546.61 3,804.333 602.53 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 3,324,448 3,041.360 1,093.08 2,759.076 1,204.91 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 1,610,761 1,422.567 1,132.29 1,290.531 1,248.14 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 829,807 176.235 4,708.53 159.878 5,190.25 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 265,409 132.025 2,010.29 119.771 2,215.97 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 281,890 78.191 3,605.15 70.934 3,973.98 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,180,656 1,168.347 1,010.54 1,059.907 1,113.92 BLACK PLATE...........................28 353,683 231.548 1,527.47 210.057 1,683.75 TIN PLATE.............................29 3,701,365 6,465.357 572.49 5,865.275 631.06 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 433,375 782.906 553.55 710.241 610.18 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 4,078,081 13,987.193 291.56 12,688.972 321.39 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 5,615,265 10,349.014 542.59 9,388.470 598.10 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 9,079,827 18,090.153 501.92 16,411.115 553.27 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,693,109 3,145.970 538.18 2,853.977 593.25 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 190,141 185.338 1,025.91 168.136 1,130.88 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 705,343 1,103.199 639.36 1,000.806 704.77 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 419,144 594.162 705.44 539.015 777.61 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 5,330,445 2,731.920 1,951.17 2,478.357 2,150.80 COUNTRY TOTALS 68,137,847 134,409.888 506.94 121,934.634 558.81 Austria Austria INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 484,216 162.670 2,976.68 147.572 3,281.22 WIRE RODS..............................3 3,170 11.112 285.28 10.081 314.45 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 161,513 34.368 4,699.52 31.178 5,180.35 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 398,228 82.211 4,843.97 74.581 5,339.54 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 8,600 1.509 5,699.14 1.369 6,281.96 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 12,168 21.841 557.12 19.814 614.11 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 377,157 559.054 674.63 507.165 743.66 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 540,127 182.533 2,959.06 165.591 3,261.81 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 246,103 36.272 6,784.93 32.905 7,479.20 TOOL STEEL............................17 3,136,651 1,084.855 2,891.31 984.164 3,187.12 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 205,501 397.696 516.73 360.784 569.60 LINE PIPE.............................20 66,391 134.530 493.50 122.044 543.99 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 10/04/99 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 37,710 14.991 2,515.51 13.600 2,772.79 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 113,385 23.885 4,747.12 21.668 5,232.83 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 366,848 67.486 5,435.91 61.222 5,992.09 WIRE DRAWN............................23 563,051 250.372 2,248.86 227.134 2,478.94 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 358,973 765.606 468.87 694.546 516.85 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 183,275 197.437 928.27 179.112 1,023.24 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 12,217 22.223 549.75 20.160 606.00 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 44,726 85.702 521.88 77.748 575.27 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 268,108 37.129 7,220.99 33.683 7,959.74 COUNTRY TOTALS 7,588,118 4,173.483 1,818.17 3,786.121 2,004.19 Czech Republic Czech Republic PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,000,406 4,467.438 223.93 4,052.793 246.84 LINE PIPE.............................20 1,070,539 2,468.925 433.61 2,239.772 477.97 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 31,956 44.379 720.07 40.260 793.74 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 29,891 327.938 91.15 297.500 100.47 WIRE DRAWN............................23 178,787 276.996 645.45 251.287 711.49 COUNTRY TOTALS 2,311,579 7,585.677 304.73 6,881.612 335.91 Slovakia Slovakia LINE PIPE.............................20 83,878 192.564 435.59 174.691 480.15 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 122,121 151.621 805.44 137.548 887.84 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,777,681 6,490.672 273.88 5,888.240 301.90 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 2,763 7.559 365.52 6.857 402.95 COUNTRY TOTALS 1,986,443 6,842.415 290.31 6,207.336 320.02 Hungary Hungary PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 225,851 1,084.553 208.24 983.890 229.55 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 331,340 1,880.767 176.17 1,706.204 194.20 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 467,937 2,544.701 183.89 2,308.515 202.70 COUNTRY TOTALS 1,025,128 5,510.022 186.05 4,998.609 205.08 Switzerland Switzerland WIRE RODS..............................3 2,663 5.991 444.50 5.435 489.97 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 10/04/99 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,472 0.298 8,295.30 0.270 9,155.56 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 156,049 929.810 167.83 843.510 185.00 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 17,654 8.868 1,990.75 8.045 2,194.41 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 115,486 67.195 1,718.67 60.958 1,894.52 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 14,139 14.888 949.69 13.506 1,046.87 TOOL STEEL............................17 71,910 81.098 886.70 73.571 977.42 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 31,793 2.597 12,242.20 2.356 13,494.48 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 206,000 26.837 7,675.97 24.346 8,461.35 LINE PIPE.............................20 300,000 31.658 9,476.28 28.720 10,445.68 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 345,387 185.021 1,866.74 167.848 2,057.74 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 57,227 1.200 47,689.17 1.089 52,550.05 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 9,236 2.721 3,394.34 2.468 3,742.30 WIRE DRAWN............................23 527,907 143.340 3,682.90 130.036 4,059.70 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 38,904 231.805 167.83 210.290 185.00 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 113,799 97.588 1,166.12 88.530 1,285.43 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 35,525 21.771 1,631.76 19.750 1,798.73 COUNTRY TOTALS 2,046,151 1,852.685 1,104.42 1,680.728 1,217.42 Latvia Latvia BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 9,332,019 50,784.299 183.76 46,070.754 202.56 COUNTRY TOTALS 9,332,019 50,784.299 183.76 46,070.754 202.56 Lithuania Lithuania WIRE DRAWN............................23 45,496 157.300 289.23 142.700 318.82 COUNTRY TOTALS 45,496 157.300 289.23 142.700 318.82 Poland Poland STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 25,452 62.175 409.36 56.404 451.24 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 5,525 16.336 338.21 14.820 372.81 TOOL STEEL............................17 234,201 197.281 1,187.14 178.970 1,308.60 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 2,640 0.473 5,581.40 0.429 6,153.85 WIRE DRAWN............................23 72,290 122.996 587.74 111.580 647.88 COUNTRY TOTALS 340,108 399.260 851.85 362.203 939.00 Russia Russia IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 10/04/99 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 4,270,432 30,758.442 138.84 27,903.597 153.04 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 380,673 2,260.229 168.42 2,050.446 185.65 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 69,018 28.142 2,452.49 25.530 2,703.41 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 1,827,506 11,141.026 164.03 10,106.972 180.82 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 259,450 380.467 681.93 345.154 751.69 TOOL STEEL............................17 63,894 51.489 1,240.93 46.710 1,367.89 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 65,013 66.050 984.30 59.920 1,085.00 WIRE DRAWN............................23 3,779 1.666 2,268.31 1.511 2,500.99 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 414,359 2,688.184 154.14 2,438.680 169.91 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 15,814,182 66,106.616 239.22 59,970.930 263.70 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 2,076,090 6,505.211 319.14 5,901.430 351.79 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 2,297,774 3,178.675 722.87 2,883.646 796.83 COUNTRY TOTALS 27,542,170 123,166.197 223.62 111,734.526 246.50 Belarus Belarus WIRE DRAWN............................23 251,116 197.171 1,273.60 178.871 1,403.89 COUNTRY TOTALS 251,116 197.171 1,273.60 178.871 1,403.89 Ukraine Ukraine BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 3,704,390 29,265.908 126.58 26,549.593 139.53 WIRE RODS..............................3 8,244,528 51,377.354 160.47 46,608.765 176.89 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 200,991 1,253.050 160.40 1,136.748 176.81 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 546,111 3,858.871 141.52 3,500.710 156.00 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 386,847 1,071.526 361.02 972.072 397.96 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 5,198,446 30,606.692 169.85 27,765.932 187.22 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 106,689 237.774 448.70 215.705 494.61 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,535,458 10,849.694 141.52 9,842.680 156.00 COUNTRY TOTALS 19,923,460 128,520.870 155.02 116,592.205 170.88 Kazakhstan Kazakhstan PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,292,898 7,962.389 162.38 7,223.360 178.99 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,134,605 7,020.817 161.61 6,369.180 178.14 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 14,895 37.012 402.44 33.577 443.61 COUNTRY TOTALS 2,442,398 15,020.219 162.61 13,626.117 179.24 Moldova Moldova IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 10/04/99 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE WIRE RODS..............................3 6,152,766 36,173.496 170.09 32,816.053 187.49 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 2,630,640 15,000.808 175.37 13,608.508 193.31 COUNTRY TOTALS 8,783,406 51,174.304 171.64 46,424.561 189.20 Spain Spain BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 18,800,681 20,575.915 913.72 18,666.161 1,007.21 WIRE RODS..............................3 3,573,968 13,302.129 268.68 12,067.492 296.16 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 5,439,773 24,146.702 225.28 21,905.526 248.33 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 83,851 71.098 1,179.37 64.499 1,300.04 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 238,120 701.098 339.64 636.026 374.39 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 401,127 899.140 446.12 815.686 491.77 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 454,702 327.505 1,388.38 297.108 1,530.43 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,593,981 1,942.899 820.41 1,762.569 904.35 TOOL STEEL............................17 134,631 67.683 1,989.14 61.401 2,192.65 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 955,617 1,690.252 565.37 1,533.371 623.21 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 54,921 73.147 750.83 66.358 827.65 LINE PIPE.............................20 25,074 5.609 4,470.32 5.088 4,928.07 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,279,475 1,670.955 765.71 1,515.865 844.06 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 34,481 16.535 2,085.33 15.000 2,298.73 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,356,508 339.723 3,992.98 308.192 4,401.50 WIRE DRAWN............................23 425,415 1,246.039 341.41 1,130.388 376.34 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 29,590 21.400 1,382.71 19.414 1,524.16 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 433,868 641.966 675.84 582.382 744.99 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 11,625 27.147 428.22 24.627 472.04 COUNTRY TOTALS 35,327,408 67,766.942 521.31 61,477.153 574.64 Portugal Portugal SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 288,277 713.410 404.08 647.195 445.43 COUNTRY TOTALS 288,277 713.410 404.08 647.195 445.43 Italy Italy BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 143,262 34.284 4,178.68 31.102 4,606.20 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,567,208 2,945.816 532.01 2,672.400 586.44 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 397,046 211.449 1,877.74 191.823 2,069.86 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 645,902 470.738 1,372.11 427.046 1,512.49 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 346,803 1,169.729 296.48 1,061.161 326.81 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 10/04/99 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,240,677 596.912 2,078.49 541.510 2,291.14 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 454,812 224.379 2,026.98 203.553 2,234.37 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 2,461,683 1,174.550 2,095.85 1,065.534 2,310.28 TOOL STEEL............................17 85,245 32.124 2,653.62 29.142 2,925.16 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 78,955 83.572 944.75 75.815 1,041.42 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 20,055 7.932 2,528.37 7.196 2,786.96 LINE PIPE.............................20 155,206 173.196 896.13 157.121 987.81 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 455,170 527.085 863.56 478.164 951.91 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 171,942 95.739 1,795.95 86.853 1,979.69 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 619,085 295.842 2,092.62 268.383 2,306.72 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 322,234 17.301 18,625.17 15.695 20,531.00 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,267,076 2,495.452 908.48 2,263.837 1,001.43 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,445,332 4,756.110 303.89 4,314.672 334.98 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,479,005 1,244.401 1,188.53 1,128.902 1,310.13 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 355,823 679.776 523.44 616.683 576.99 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 93,251 107.418 868.11 97.448 956.93 COUNTRY TOTALS 14,805,772 17,343.805 853.66 15,734.040 941.00 Slovenia Slovenia PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 74,146 68.447 1,083.26 62.094 1,194.09 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 32,716 26.792 1,221.11 24.305 1,346.06 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 134,691 79.988 1,683.89 72.564 1,856.17 TOOL STEEL............................17 702,127 479.025 1,465.74 434.564 1,615.70 LINE PIPE.............................20 74,149 168.982 438.80 153.298 483.69 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 3,434 0.622 5,520.90 0.564 6,088.65 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 59,268 64.375 920.67 58.400 1,014.86 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 24,463 22.225 1,100.70 20.162 1,213.32 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 216,832 242.960 892.46 220.410 983.77 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 20,969 18.572 1,129.07 16.848 1,244.60 COUNTRY TOTALS 1,342,795 1,171.987 1,145.74 1,063.209 1,262.96 Greece Greece STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 265,986 457.298 581.65 414.854 641.16 COUNTRY TOTALS 265,986 457.298 581.65 414.854 641.16 Romania Romania IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 10/04/99 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 4,073,595 23,814.922 171.05 21,604.540 188.55 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 260,619 886.713 293.92 804.413 323.99 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 12,127 94.014 128.99 85.288 142.19 LINE PIPE.............................20 784,937 1,385.384 566.58 1,256.800 624.55 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 7,213 11.239 641.78 10.196 707.43 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 2,890 22.400 129.02 20.321 142.22 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 5,300,277 29,801.172 177.85 27,035.176 196.05 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 324,196 195.360 1,659.48 177.228 1,829.26 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 493,152 2,215.050 222.64 2,009.460 245.42 COUNTRY TOTALS 11,259,006 58,426.255 192.70 53,003.422 212.42 Bulgaria Bulgaria PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 273,052 1,770.521 154.22 1,606.190 170.00 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 153,540 995.581 154.22 903.176 170.00 COUNTRY TOTALS 426,592 2,766.102 154.22 2,509.366 170.00 Turkey Turkey WIRE RODS..............................3 5,873,843 33,277.523 176.51 30,188.870 194.57 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 349,210 1,607.367 217.26 1,458.179 239.48 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 124,060 671.540 184.74 609.211 203.64 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 74,468 356.091 209.13 323.040 230.52 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 69,921 333.063 209.93 302.150 231.41 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 624,179 2,244.623 278.08 2,036.288 306.53 WIRE DRAWN............................23 26,139 37.691 693.51 34.193 764.45 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 814,573 3,070.184 265.32 2,785.225 292.46 COUNTRY TOTALS 7,956,393 41,598.082 191.27 37,737.156 210.84 Israel Israel BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 2,310 0.025 92,400.00 0.023 100,434.78 WIRE DRAWN............................23 256,862 526.036 488.30 477.212 538.26 COUNTRY TOTALS 259,172 526.061 492.67 477.235 543.07 Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 104,691 45.711 2,290.28 41.468 2,524.62 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 10/04/99 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 124,859 72.962 1,711.29 66.190 1,886.37 COUNTRY TOTALS 229,550 118.673 1,934.31 107.658 2,132.21 United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 43,407 157.639 275.36 143.008 303.53 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 172,572 109.903 1,570.22 99.702 1,730.88 COUNTRY TOTALS 215,979 267.542 807.27 242.710 889.86 India India BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 23,883 21.951 1,088.01 19.914 1,199.31 WIRE RODS..............................3 22,701 19.355 1,172.88 17.559 1,292.84 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 30,114 55.067 546.86 49.956 602.81 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 20,935 71.624 292.29 64.976 322.20 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,921,814 15,911.245 183.63 14,434.443 202.42 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 199,612 350.352 569.75 317.834 628.04 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 7,431 1.436 5,174.79 1.303 5,702.99 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 143,402 107.584 1,332.93 97.599 1,469.30 TOOL STEEL............................17 44,458 44.974 988.53 40.800 1,089.66 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 410,934 1,268.602 323.93 1,150.857 357.07 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 4,913 7.248 677.84 6.575 747.22 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 139,249 160.108 869.72 145.248 958.70 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 410,850 132.770 3,094.45 120.447 3,411.04 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 14,592 21.936 665.21 19.900 733.27 WIRE DRAWN............................23 391,756 741.057 528.64 672.276 582.73 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 3,159,909 17,479.500 180.78 15,857.140 199.27 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 222,657 154.202 1,443.93 139.890 1,591.66 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 52,695 104.298 505.23 94.618 556.92 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 69,754 313.444 222.54 284.352 245.31 COUNTRY TOTALS 8,291,659 36,966.757 224.30 33,535.687 247.25 Pakistan Pakistan STANDARD PIPE.........................18 34,176 91.863 372.03 83.337 410.09 COUNTRY TOTALS 34,176 91.863 372.03 83.337 410.09 Thailand Thailand IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 10/04/99 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STANDARD PIPE.........................18 3,019,023 8,345.455 361.76 7,570.872 398.77 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 73,272 62.760 1,167.50 56.935 1,286.94 WIRE DRAWN............................23 214,401 123.818 1,731.58 112.326 1,908.74 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,779,701 7,640.911 232.92 6,931.720 256.75 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,339,443 4,073.286 328.84 3,695.224 362.48 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 34,566 24.922 1,386.97 22.609 1,528.86 COUNTRY TOTALS 6,460,406 20,271.153 318.70 18,389.686 351.31 Malaysia Malaysia BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 3,854,559 14,979.451 257.32 13,589.133 283.65 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 858,887 2,542.531 337.81 2,306.546 372.37 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 9,899 32.013 309.22 29.042 340.85 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 145,102 104.363 1,390.36 94.677 1,532.60 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 7,457 24.284 307.07 22.030 338.49 WIRE DRAWN............................23 19,336 25.998 743.75 23.585 819.84 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 13,923 18.531 751.34 16.811 828.21 COUNTRY TOTALS 4,909,163 17,727.171 276.93 16,081.824 305.26 Singapore Singapore MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 5,143 0.399 12,889.72 0.362 14,207.18 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 241,668 121.717 1,985.49 110.420 2,188.63 COUNTRY TOTALS 246,811 122.116 2,021.12 110.782 2,227.90 Indonesia Indonesia WIRE RODS..............................3 297,884 1,563.622 190.51 1,418.494 210.00 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,258 6.534 345.58 5.928 380.90 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 3,595,226 20,065.195 179.18 18,202.844 197.51 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 4,133,046 26,745.576 154.53 24,263.185 170.34 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 585,615 1,767.600 331.31 1,603.540 365.20 WIRE DRAWN............................23 53,693 63.014 852.08 57.165 939.26 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 6,680,277 36,790.787 181.57 33,376.050 200.15 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,489,794 3,693.894 403.31 3,351.045 444.58 COUNTRY TOTALS 16,837,793 90,696.221 185.65 82,278.251 204.64 Philippines Philippines IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 10/04/99 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STANDARD PIPE.........................18 15,473 35.505 435.80 32.210 480.38 COUNTRY TOTALS 15,473 35.505 435.80 32.210 480.38 China China BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 67,978 147.211 461.77 133.548 509.02 WIRE RODS..............................3 9,962 22.087 451.03 20.037 497.18 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 796,288 2,332.662 341.36 2,116.156 376.29 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,953,828 10,408.598 187.71 9,442.524 206.92 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 27,600 42.752 645.58 38.784 711.63 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 16,959 10.463 1,620.85 9.492 1,786.66 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 7,766 11.023 704.53 10.000 776.60 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 86,551 134.131 645.27 121.682 711.29 TOOL STEEL............................17 906,452 611.569 1,482.17 554.806 1,633.82 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 3,608,590 9,656.298 373.70 8,760.049 411.94 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,579 0.769 3,353.71 0.698 3,694.84 LINE PIPE.............................20 325,302 1,127.385 288.55 1,022.747 318.07 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 275,947 598.727 460.89 543.156 508.04 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 45,296 23.642 1,915.91 21.448 2,111.90 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 85,651 272.910 313.84 247.580 345.95 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 20,621 21.202 972.60 19.234 1,072.11 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,707,147 2,056.140 830.27 1,865.299 915.21 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 8,385,686 44,105.576 190.13 40,011.917 209.58 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,787,572 9,895.285 281.71 8,976.854 310.53 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 666,895 1,652.884 403.47 1,499.472 444.75 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 43,346 9.832 4,408.67 8.919 4,859.96 COUNTRY TOTALS 21,828,016 83,141.148 262.54 75,424.402 289.40 Korea, South Korea, South WIRE RODS..............................3 1,954,800 2,453.900 796.61 2,226.141 878.11 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,631,074 7,198.258 226.59 6,530.152 249.78 STEEL PILING...........................5 106,882 272.096 392.81 246.841 433.00 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,712,828 10,744.020 252.50 9,746.814 278.33 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 64,778 183.238 353.52 166.231 389.69 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 36,757 89.245 411.87 80.962 454.00 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,040,663 3,463.455 300.47 3,141.994 331.21 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 1,098,944 1,796.915 611.57 1,630.134 674.14 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 2,946,101 15,781.093 186.69 14,316.371 205.79 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,220,047 1,255.464 971.79 1,138.938 1,071.21 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 10/04/99 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE TOOL STEEL............................17 343,438 340.462 1,008.74 308.862 1,111.95 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 3,496,604 10,178.596 343.53 9,233.870 378.67 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 296,386 965.825 306.87 876.182 338.27 LINE PIPE.............................20 2,750,671 10,702.993 257.00 9,709.595 283.29 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,131,822 3,211.246 352.46 2,913.194 388.52 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 149,693 345.810 432.88 313.714 477.16 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,655,341 696.058 2,378.17 631.453 2,621.48 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 1,695,125 6,014.362 281.85 5,456.139 310.68 WIRE DRAWN............................23 3,521,666 3,507.984 1,003.90 3,182.390 1,106.61 TIN PLATE.............................29 8,144 19.630 414.88 17.808 457.32 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 42,830 104.056 411.61 94.398 453.72 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 14,506,167 60,116.164 241.30 54,536.482 265.99 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,556,150 9,822.649 362.04 8,910.960 399.08 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 6,146,156 11,887.959 517.01 10,784.578 569.90 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 616,739 1,504.810 409.85 1,365.141 451.78 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 4,825,918 9,008.119 535.73 8,172.030 590.54 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 43,098 115.879 371.92 105.124 409.97 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 603,601 349.982 1,724.66 317.498 1,901.12 COUNTRY TOTALS 58,202,423 172,130.267 338.13 156,153.996 372.72 Hong Kong Hong Kong INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 2,745 2.609 1,052.13 2.367 1,159.70 TOOL STEEL............................17 3,650 0.052 70,192.31 0.047 77,659.57 WIRE DRAWN............................23 30,085 4.790 6,280.79 4.345 6,924.05 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 5,840 0.580 10,068.97 0.526 11,102.66 COUNTRY TOTALS 42,320 8.030 5,270.24 7.285 5,809.20 Taiwan Taiwan WIRE RODS..............................3 2,765,774 2,067.631 1,337.65 1,875.724 1,474.51 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 32,764 71.590 457.66 64.945 504.49 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,903 1.597 1,817.78 1.449 2,003.45 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,914,524 14,838.517 196.42 13,461.280 216.51 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,018,726 627.577 1,623.27 569.328 1,789.35 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 600,391 324.041 1,852.82 293.965 2,042.39 TOOL STEEL............................17 297,574 205.979 1,444.68 186.861 1,592.49 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,364,358 8,012.844 295.07 7,269.132 325.26 LINE PIPE.............................20 56,053 102.986 544.28 93.427 599.97 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 42,574 29.890 1,424.36 27.116 1,570.07 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 10/04/99 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 2,911,230 1,858.510 1,566.43 1,686.012 1,726.70 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 15,015 7.638 1,965.83 6.929 2,166.98 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 261,650 147.760 1,770.78 134.046 1,951.94 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,872,722 1,968.078 951.55 1,785.411 1,048.90 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 6,550,721 31,815.211 205.90 28,862.282 226.96 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 5,560,249 4,244.123 1,310.11 3,850.205 1,444.14 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 4,661,428 9,090.343 512.79 8,246.623 565.25 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 384,466 829.815 463.32 752.796 510.72 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 675,441 1,178.911 572.94 1,069.490 631.55 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 446,841 902.822 494.94 819.027 545.58 COUNTRY TOTALS 33,435,404 78,325.863 426.88 71,056.048 470.55 Japan Japan INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 171,147 190.846 896.78 173.133 988.53 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 10,207,494 61,285.236 166.56 55,597.047 183.60 WIRE RODS..............................3 6,718,748 16,883.427 397.95 15,316.392 438.66 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,359,498 4,273.261 318.14 3,876.638 350.69 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 622,534 373.046 1,668.79 338.422 1,839.52 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 186,764 385.586 484.36 349.798 533.92 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 11,095,530 23,592.558 470.30 21,402.815 518.41 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 1,659,802 3,858.535 430.16 3,500.405 474.17 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 5,773,604 10,526.272 548.49 9,549.276 604.61 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 567,904 342.914 1,656.11 311.086 1,825.55 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 12,868,637 71,108.107 180.97 64,508.208 199.49 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 728,616 842.527 864.80 764.328 953.28 TOOL STEEL............................17 3,845,894 5,493.043 700.14 4,983.206 771.77 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 3,436,627 4,959.148 692.99 4,498.865 763.89 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,519,196 1,546.583 1,628.88 1,403.037 1,795.53 LINE PIPE.............................20 5,488,762 14,161.439 387.59 12,847.045 427.24 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 4,274,689 3,396.744 1,258.47 3,081.475 1,387.22 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 236,564 269.922 876.42 244.869 966.08 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 4,450,804 1,355.577 3,283.33 1,229.759 3,619.25 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 679,510 2,400.807 283.03 2,177.976 311.99 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 520,288 1,511.898 344.13 1,371.571 379.34 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 8,373 18.204 459.95 16.514 507.02 WIRE DRAWN............................23 6,651,148 6,921.495 960.94 6,279.076 1,059.26 BLACK PLATE...........................28 5,280,467 10,711.096 492.99 9,716.946 543.43 TIN PLATE.............................29 9,104,904 18,755.435 485.45 17,014.649 535.12 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 3,846,377 7,715.917 498.50 6,999.764 549.50 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,506,688 3,543.460 425.20 3,214.574 468.71 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 10/04/99 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 11,586,632 26,430.171 438.39 23,977.055 483.24 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 4,221,606 7,989.878 528.37 7,248.297 582.43 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 2,242,804 4,611.068 486.40 4,183.092 536.16 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 132,608 116.663 1,136.68 105.835 1,252.97 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 1,603,405 3,053.766 525.06 2,770.331 578.78 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 4,201 0.886 4,741.53 0.804 5,225.12 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 4,590,035 870.131 5,275.11 789.370 5,814.81 COUNTRY TOTALS 128,191,860 319,495.648 401.23 289,841.658 442.28 Australia Australia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 14,182,541 77,542.702 182.90 70,345.576 201.61 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 7,240 1.305 5,547.89 1.184 6,114.86 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 351,316 839.205 418.63 761.314 461.46 TOOL STEEL............................17 123,760 204.210 606.04 185.256 668.05 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 13,394 44.974 297.82 40.800 328.28 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 32,555 84.724 384.25 76.860 423.56 WIRE DRAWN............................23 128,003 303.970 421.10 275.757 464.19 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,840,761 8,488.194 216.86 7,700.362 239.05 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 89,567 23.478 3,814.93 21.299 4,205.22 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 26,311 5.107 5,151.95 4.633 5,679.04 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 216,835 440.573 492.17 399.681 542.52 COUNTRY TOTALS 17,012,283 87,978.441 193.37 79,812.722 213.15 New Zealand New Zealand BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 3,320 12.199 272.15 11.067 299.99 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 19,951 100.178 199.16 90.880 219.53 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 7,000 0.496 14,112.90 0.450 15,555.56 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 136,151 639.836 212.79 580.450 234.56 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 270,842 978.786 276.71 887.940 305.02 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 937,973 2,753.822 340.61 2,498.226 375.46 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 173,353 220.242 787.10 199.800 867.63 COUNTRY TOTALS 1,548,590 4,705.560 329.10 4,268.813 362.77 Algeria Algeria STANDARD PIPE.........................18 17,461 34.250 509.81 31.071 561.97 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 25,932 51.000 508.47 46.266 560.50 COUNTRY TOTALS 43,393 85.249 509.01 77.337 561.09 South Africa South Africa IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS AUGUST CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 10/04/99 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE WIRE RODS..............................3 1,591,759 7,391.396 215.35 6,705.364 237.39 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,856,418 13,108.766 217.90 11,892.076 240.20 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 797,091 698.355 1,141.38 633.537 1,258.16 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,003,167 5,320.690 188.54 4,826.850 207.83 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 701,539 3,206.212 218.81 2,908.627 241.19 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 262,414 587.164 446.92 532.666 492.64 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 439,058 1,428.753 307.30 1,296.143 338.74 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 92,775 253.136 366.50 229.641 404.00 LINE PIPE.............................20 839,091 2,201.161 381.20 1,996.860 420.21 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 12,121 54.597 222.01 49.530 244.72 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 197,234 120.170 1,641.29 109.016 1,809.22 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 59,151 186.553 317.07 169.238 349.51 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,195,403 2,806.003 426.02 2,545.564 469.60 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 3,169,793 15,742.700 201.35 14,281.541 221.95 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 6,948,200 18,323.130 379.20 16,622.469 418.00 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 4,782,551 12,230.911 391.02 11,095.699 431.03 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 3,924 1.685 2,328.78 1.529 2,566.38 COUNTRY TOTALS 24,951,689 83,661.381 298.25 75,896.350 328.76 GRAND TOTAL 1,081,593,099 3,266,610.223 331.11 2,963,419.782 364.98 GRAND TOTAL 1,081,593,099 3,266,610.223 331.11 2,963,419.782 364.98 !R! RES; EXIT;