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RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS DECEMBER CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 02/02/00 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada Canada INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 461,322 479.630 961.83 435.113 1,060.23 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 19,891,340 66,322.037 299.92 60,166.357 330.61 WIRE RODS..............................3 13,014,656 35,620.743 365.37 32,314.604 402.75 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 7,091,553 22,063.836 321.41 20,015.981 354.29 STEEL PILING...........................5 792,724 1,457.002 544.08 1,321.770 599.74 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 4,014,815 10,285.332 390.34 9,330.699 430.28 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 4,013,856 11,245.945 356.92 10,202.153 393.43 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 115,521 324.180 356.35 294.091 392.81 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 164,174 393.624 417.08 357.090 459.76 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 28,036,143 71,958.841 389.61 65,279.981 429.48 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 2,640,075 7,941.396 332.44 7,204.315 366.46 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 222,743 580.263 383.87 526.406 423.14 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 6,325,669 6,723.064 940.89 6,099.063 1,037.15 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,228,879 955.985 1,285.46 867.255 1,416.98 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 13,031,812 26,172.797 497.91 23,743.569 548.86 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 46,367 53.457 867.37 48.495 956.12 LINE PIPE.............................20 1,104,278 1,223.276 902.72 1,109.738 995.08 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 7,583,089 10,090.769 751.49 9,154.194 828.37 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 78,677 29.265 2,688.43 26.549 2,963.46 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 5,511,187 1,173.642 4,695.80 1,064.710 5,176.23 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 1,537,728 1,378.641 1,115.39 1,250.682 1,229.51 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 12,819,041 28,562.825 448.80 25,911.766 494.72 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 139,630 317.167 440.24 287.729 485.28 WIRE DRAWN............................23 11,278,304 19,186.714 587.82 17,405.899 647.96 BLACK PLATE...........................28 160,986 364.951 441.12 331.078 486.25 TIN PLATE.............................29 2,355,335 3,892.806 605.05 3,531.495 666.95 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 1,512,267 2,374.039 637.00 2,153.693 702.17 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 6,532,015 18,488.745 353.30 16,772.712 389.44 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 9,553,838 12,746.518 749.53 11,563.450 826.21 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 18,535,771 38,865.748 476.92 35,258.423 525.71 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 86,598 149.203 580.40 135.355 639.78 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 3,856,525 4,226.389 912.49 3,834.117 1,005.84 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 1,126,353 2,937.197 383.48 2,664.581 422.71 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 3,197,195 4,451.989 718.15 4,038.778 791.62 COUNTRY TOTALS 188,060,466 413,038.016 455.31 374,701.891 501.89 Mexico Mexico IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS DECEMBER CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 02/02/00 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 307,585 617.482 498.13 560.170 549.09 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 25,987,365 131,307.411 197.91 119,120.113 218.16 WIRE RODS..............................3 3,864,380 17,684.607 218.52 16,043.210 240.87 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 443,510 1,444.878 306.95 1,310.772 338.36 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 31,255 180.779 172.89 164.000 190.58 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 344,867 1,537.437 224.31 1,394.740 247.26 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,246,004 4,394.905 283.51 3,986.992 312.52 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 2,127,561 7,924.590 268.48 7,189.069 295.94 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 2,679,420 13,381.584 200.23 12,139.572 220.72 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 220,367 293.556 750.68 266.310 827.48 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,487,196 2,481.873 599.22 2,251.518 660.53 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 669,762 1,255.484 533.47 1,138.956 588.05 LINE PIPE.............................20 9,108,406 20,203.275 450.84 18,328.108 496.96 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 4,845,050 10,881.962 445.24 9,871.953 490.79 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 143,199 254.834 561.93 231.182 619.42 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 23,761 12.303 1,931.32 11.161 2,128.93 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 365,677 250.300 1,460.95 227.068 1,610.43 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 878,423 798.104 1,100.64 724.028 1,213.24 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,397,089 3,716.756 644.94 3,371.785 710.93 BLACK PLATE...........................28 233,645 593.534 393.65 538.445 433.93 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 6,431,452 21,543.992 298.53 19,544.386 329.07 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 12,826,827 21,752.351 589.68 19,733.406 650.01 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 15,598,074 30,603.643 509.68 27,763.166 561.83 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 716,652 1,323.775 541.37 1,200.909 596.76 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 34,441 21.150 1,628.42 19.187 1,795.02 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 227,156 530.245 428.40 481.030 472.23 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,864,677 1,900.667 981.06 1,724.257 1,081.44 COUNTRY TOTALS 95,103,801 296,891.477 320.33 269,335.493 353.11 Guatemala Guatemala SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 375,225 664.271 564.87 602.617 622.66 COUNTRY TOTALS 375,225 664.271 564.87 602.617 622.66 El Salvador El Salvador SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 26,525 112.458 235.87 102.020 260.00 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 57,613 196.024 293.91 177.830 323.98 COUNTRY TOTALS 84,138 308.482 272.75 279.850 300.65 Honduras Honduras IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS DECEMBER CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 02/02/00 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE WIRE DRAWN............................23 23,698 58.613 404.31 53.173 445.68 COUNTRY TOTALS 23,698 58.613 404.31 53.173 445.68 Dominican Republic Dominican Republic WIRE DRAWN............................23 120,967 266.095 454.60 241.397 501.11 COUNTRY TOTALS 120,967 266.095 454.60 241.397 501.11 Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago WIRE RODS..............................3 8,758,652 35,539.797 246.45 32,241.171 271.66 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 258,242 162.550 1,588.69 147.463 1,751.23 WIRE DRAWN............................23 212,168 476.567 445.20 432.334 490.75 COUNTRY TOTALS 9,229,062 36,178.914 255.10 32,820.968 281.19 Colombia Colombia STANDARD PIPE.........................18 89,348 296.155 301.69 268.667 332.56 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 601,027 1,089.173 551.82 988.081 608.28 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 7,905 22.488 351.52 20.401 387.48 WIRE DRAWN............................23 26,559 66.305 400.56 60.151 441.54 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 210,935 478.922 440.44 434.471 485.50 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 11,800 2.959 3,987.83 2.684 4,396.42 COUNTRY TOTALS 947,574 1,956.001 484.44 1,774.455 534.01 Venezuela Venezuela INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 8,704,628 38,952.287 223.47 35,336.930 246.33 WIRE RODS..............................3 111,003 487.355 227.77 442.121 251.07 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 782,717 3,182.785 245.92 2,887.375 271.08 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,024,624 6,009.370 336.91 5,451.610 371.38 WIRE DRAWN............................23 564,530 934.676 603.98 847.924 665.78 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 389,481 1,598.990 243.58 1,450.580 268.50 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,362,834 5,597.176 243.49 5,077.674 268.40 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 2,049,993 4,859.171 421.88 4,408.167 465.04 COUNTRY TOTALS 15,989,810 61,621.810 259.48 55,902.381 286.03 Ecuador Ecuador IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS DECEMBER CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 02/02/00 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE WIRE DRAWN............................23 82,755 182.956 452.32 165.975 498.60 COUNTRY TOTALS 82,755 182.956 452.32 165.975 498.60 Peru Peru STANDARD PIPE.........................18 441,301 1,472.037 299.79 1,335.410 330.46 WIRE DRAWN............................23 131,797 115.524 1,140.86 104.802 1,257.58 COUNTRY TOTALS 573,098 1,587.562 360.99 1,440.212 397.93 Chile Chile STANDARD PIPE.........................18 25,654 66.658 384.86 60.471 424.24 LINE PIPE.............................20 92,059 290.664 316.72 263.686 349.12 WIRE DRAWN............................23 292,114 470.602 620.72 426.923 684.23 BLACK PLATE...........................28 2,134,846 7,825.074 272.82 7,098.790 300.73 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,976,128 11,609.059 256.36 10,531.564 282.59 COUNTRY TOTALS 5,520,801 20,262.057 272.47 18,381.434 300.35 Brazil Brazil BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 30,044,045 155,427.051 193.30 141,001.089 213.08 WIRE RODS..............................3 2,827,996 10,793.485 262.01 9,791.688 288.82 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 147,433 630.461 233.85 571.945 257.77 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 250,175 282.403 885.88 256.192 976.51 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 531,990 779.522 682.46 707.171 752.28 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 47,622 216.984 219.47 196.845 241.93 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 48,102 37.399 1,286.18 33.928 1,417.77 TOOL STEEL............................17 731,106 479.299 1,525.37 434.813 1,681.43 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 78,464 136.284 575.74 123.635 634.64 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 129,901 229.834 565.19 208.502 623.02 LINE PIPE.............................20 549,015 1,158.350 473.96 1,050.838 522.45 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 40,823 38.370 1,063.93 34.809 1,172.77 WIRE DRAWN............................23 308,350 520.022 592.96 471.756 653.62 TIN PLATE.............................29 97,027 175.323 553.42 159.050 610.04 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 73,152 66.701 1,096.72 60.510 1,208.92 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 264,934 204.857 1,293.26 185.843 1,425.58 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 513,056 1,322.095 388.06 1,199.385 427.77 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 59,046 166.036 355.62 150.625 392.01 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 238,618 209.925 1,136.68 190.441 1,252.98 COUNTRY TOTALS 36,980,855 172,874.403 213.92 156,829.065 235.80 Argentina Argentina IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS DECEMBER CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 02/02/00 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 558,486 2,386.019 234.07 2,164.561 258.01 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 924,690 2,881.006 320.96 2,613.605 353.80 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 42,745 87.566 488.15 79.439 538.09 TOOL STEEL............................17 23,548 21.667 1,086.81 19.656 1,198.01 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 305,047 443.848 687.28 402.652 757.59 LINE PIPE.............................20 1,345,171 3,166.236 424.85 2,872.362 468.32 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 407,192 450.095 904.68 408.319 997.24 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 164,865 153.351 1,075.08 139.118 1,185.07 WIRE DRAWN............................23 305,074 709.351 430.07 643.513 474.08 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 3,169,357 12,792.827 247.74 11,605.461 273.09 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 3,323,078 9,039.537 367.62 8,200.532 405.23 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 423,989 1,117.171 379.52 1,013.481 418.35 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 646,017 1,649.724 391.59 1,496.605 431.65 COUNTRY TOTALS 11,639,259 34,898.399 333.52 31,659.304 367.64 Sweden Sweden BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 3,141,174 2,205.901 1,423.99 2,001.160 1,569.68 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,494,334 786.425 1,900.16 713.433 2,094.57 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 17,489 5.117 3,417.82 4.642 3,767.56 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 133,571 163.520 816.85 148.343 900.42 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 256,760 577.479 444.62 523.880 490.11 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 349,255 157.058 2,223.73 142.481 2,451.24 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 198,050 63.991 3,094.97 58.052 3,411.60 TOOL STEEL............................17 3,443,676 1,426.022 2,414.88 1,293.666 2,661.95 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,296,699 1,160.259 1,117.59 1,052.570 1,231.94 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 299,985 307.772 974.70 279.206 1,074.42 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,418,746 230.818 6,146.60 209.395 6,775.45 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,175,806 973.885 2,234.15 883.494 2,462.73 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 939,520 2,295.419 409.30 2,082.370 451.18 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,511,550 860.683 1,756.22 780.799 1,935.90 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 5,049 5.566 907.11 5.049 1,000.00 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 982,887 1,484.612 662.05 1,346.818 729.78 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 3,177,782 687.584 4,621.66 623.766 5,094.51 COUNTRY TOTALS 20,842,333 13,392.113 1,556.31 12,149.124 1,715.54 Norway Norway STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 542,142 1,191.834 454.88 1,081.214 501.42 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,619 0.558 4,693.55 0.506 5,175.89 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS DECEMBER CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 02/02/00 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE TIN PLATE.............................29 1,861,463 3,797.665 490.16 3,445.185 540.31 COUNTRY TOTALS 2,406,224 4,990.057 482.20 4,526.905 531.54 Finland Finland WIRE RODS..............................3 9,552 33.485 285.26 30.377 314.45 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 3,109 1.786 1,740.76 1.620 1,919.14 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 375,521 1,338.586 280.54 1,214.345 309.24 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 117,372 139.662 840.40 126.699 926.38 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 369,067 179.914 2,051.35 163.215 2,261.23 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 337,142 174.566 1,931.32 158.364 2,128.91 WIRE DRAWN............................23 65,103 86.946 748.78 78.876 825.38 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 720,399 1,605.506 448.71 1,456.491 494.61 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,807,543 3,048.926 592.85 2,765.940 653.50 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 94,355 206.783 456.30 187.590 502.99 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 119,303 87.369 1,365.51 79.260 1,505.21 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 421,727 238.522 1,768.08 216.384 1,948.97 COUNTRY TOTALS 4,440,193 7,142.050 621.70 6,479.161 685.30 Denmark Denmark BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 377,296 204.481 1,845.14 185.502 2,033.92 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 105,448 99.072 1,064.36 89.877 1,173.25 COUNTRY TOTALS 482,744 303.553 1,590.31 275.379 1,753.02 United Kingdom United Kingdom INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 6,400 0.476 13,445.38 0.432 14,814.81 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 7,062,444 7,656.286 922.44 6,945.668 1,016.81 WIRE RODS..............................3 2,856,235 5,851.283 488.14 5,308.196 538.08 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 3,873,885 9,859.292 392.92 8,944.202 433.12 STEEL PILING...........................5 561,809 1,782.636 315.16 1,617.181 347.40 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,303,493 1,630.019 799.68 1,478.729 881.50 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 31,783 152.240 208.77 138.110 230.13 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 44,076 3.246 13,578.56 2.945 14,966.38 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 6,091,189 12,880.241 472.91 11,684.761 521.29 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 42,453 5.432 7,815.35 4.928 8,614.65 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 4,385,325 4,171.638 1,051.22 3,784.447 1,158.78 TOOL STEEL............................17 804,148 206.869 3,887.23 187.668 4,284.95 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS DECEMBER CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 02/02/00 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STANDARD PIPE.........................18 214,958 66.845 3,215.77 60.641 3,544.76 LINE PIPE.............................20 864,411 2,455.843 351.98 2,227.904 387.99 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 74,410 39.639 1,877.19 35.960 2,069.24 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 884,957 255.526 3,463.28 231.809 3,817.61 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 17,296 14.382 1,202.61 13.047 1,325.67 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,966,928 1,272.995 1,545.12 1,154.842 1,703.20 TIN PLATE.............................29 494,103 697.152 708.75 632.446 781.26 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 401,780 1,912.168 210.12 1,734.690 231.61 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 93,112 101.353 918.69 91.946 1,012.68 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 6,034 9.535 632.83 8.650 697.57 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 424,592 601.386 706.02 545.568 778.26 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 1,433,905 2,519.451 569.13 2,285.608 627.36 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 968,030 931.969 1,038.69 845.468 1,144.96 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,699,413 777.867 2,184.71 705.669 2,408.23 COUNTRY TOTALS 36,607,169 55,855.768 655.39 50,671.515 722.44 Ireland Ireland WIRE DRAWN............................23 15,807 3.624 4,361.75 3.288 4,807.48 COUNTRY TOTALS 15,807 3.624 4,361.75 3.288 4,807.48 Netherlands Netherlands PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,649,924 9,451.906 280.36 8,574.627 309.04 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 431,696 573.176 753.16 519.977 830.22 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 10,777 3.673 2,934.11 3.332 3,234.39 TOOL STEEL............................17 382,243 561.179 681.14 509.093 750.83 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 138,737 166.092 835.30 150.676 920.76 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 68,267 18.310 3,728.40 16.611 4,109.75 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 67,812 94.988 713.90 86.172 786.94 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 312,666 357.934 873.53 324.712 962.90 WIRE DRAWN............................23 229,388 178.065 1,288.23 161.538 1,420.03 BLACK PLATE...........................28 21,553 74.138 290.71 67.257 320.46 TIN PLATE.............................29 597,256 1,052.652 567.38 954.950 625.43 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 408,405 852.531 479.05 773.403 528.06 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 5,930,490 21,763.689 272.49 19,743.692 300.37 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 7,657,335 24,503.515 312.50 22,229.221 344.47 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,594,466 3,674.424 433.94 3,333.382 478.33 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 25,754 2.205 11,679.82 2.000 12,877.00 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 50,340 41.182 1,222.38 37.360 1,347.43 COUNTRY TOTALS 20,577,109 63,369.658 324.72 57,488.003 357.94 Belgium Belgium IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS DECEMBER CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 02/02/00 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 1,067,286 3,427.594 311.38 3,109.462 343.24 WIRE RODS..............................3 14,579 50.221 290.30 45.560 320.00 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,335,058 2,100.917 1,111.45 1,905.920 1,225.16 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,697,912 3,672.844 734.56 3,331.949 809.71 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 7,270 21.109 344.40 19.150 379.63 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 57,712 117.761 490.08 106.831 540.22 LINE PIPE.............................20 3,729 0.955 3,904.71 0.866 4,306.00 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 57,557 2.040 28,214.22 1.851 31,095.08 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 98,544 29.940 3,291.38 27.161 3,628.14 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,700,281 2,188.681 1,233.75 1,985.539 1,359.97 BLACK PLATE...........................28 85,395 234.893 363.55 213.091 400.74 TIN PLATE.............................29 95,934 190.342 504.01 172.675 555.58 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 5,124,963 16,565.589 309.37 15,028.054 341.03 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 18,319,189 49,383.554 370.96 44,800.019 408.91 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 377,845 980.690 385.28 889.667 424.70 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 2,120,712 5,178.073 409.56 4,697.470 451.46 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 1,602,260 3,234.831 495.31 2,934.590 545.99 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 38,660 96.896 398.98 87.903 439.80 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 306,771 256.456 1,196.19 232.653 1,318.58 COUNTRY TOTALS 37,111,657 87,733.386 423.00 79,590.411 466.28 Luxembourg Luxembourg WIRE RODS..............................3 529,907 1,733.317 305.72 1,572.439 337.00 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 3,045,989 7,852.624 387.89 7,123.783 427.58 STEEL PILING...........................5 2,669,466 5,413.334 493.13 4,910.895 543.58 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 242,341 290.620 833.88 263.646 919.19 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 195,502 594.053 329.10 538.916 362.77 WIRE DRAWN............................23 16,151 20.970 770.20 19.024 848.98 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 133,156 410.776 324.16 372.650 357.32 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 792,028 1,602.953 494.11 1,454.175 544.66 COUNTRY TOTALS 7,624,540 17,918.647 425.51 16,255.528 469.04 France France BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 411,171 896.032 458.88 812.867 505.83 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,272,451 1,556.006 817.77 1,411.585 901.43 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 122,631 82.407 1,488.11 74.758 1,640.37 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 3,607,783 2,111.337 1,708.77 1,915.373 1,883.59 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 3,275,677 12,101.759 270.68 10,978.534 298.37 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS DECEMBER CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 02/02/00 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE RAILS STANDARD.........................7 3,184,718 7,291.147 436.79 6,614.419 481.48 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 850,011 501.238 1,695.82 454.716 1,869.32 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 24,000 3.913 6,133.40 3.550 6,760.56 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 3,501,903 3,251.136 1,077.13 2,949.382 1,187.33 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,533,008 1,319.603 1,161.72 1,197.124 1,280.58 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 451,149 449.805 1,002.99 408.056 1,105.61 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 16,312 0.498 32,755.02 0.452 36,088.50 LINE PIPE.............................20 61,731 109.993 561.23 99.784 618.65 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,620,855 1,621.916 999.35 1,471.378 1,101.59 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 604,453 729.975 828.05 662.222 912.76 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 2,049,169 573.444 3,573.44 520.220 3,939.04 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 47,392 27.936 1,696.45 25.343 1,870.02 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 38,386 82.728 464.00 75.050 511.47 WIRE DRAWN............................23 3,818,871 4,091.163 933.44 3,711.442 1,028.95 BLACK PLATE...........................28 1,752,573 3,697.114 474.04 3,353.966 522.54 TIN PLATE.............................29 1,066,083 1,989.588 535.83 1,804.924 590.65 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 433,632 564.389 768.32 512.005 846.93 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 8,677,363 29,794.890 291.24 27,029.477 321.03 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 12,244,466 25,013.739 489.51 22,692.089 539.59 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 510,261 1,061.091 480.88 962.606 530.08 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 167,105 324.090 515.61 294.010 568.37 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 104,755 126.555 827.74 114.809 912.43 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 374,429 504.621 742.00 457.785 817.91 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,123,789 776.154 2,736.30 704.115 3,016.25 COUNTRY TOTALS 53,946,127 100,654.267 535.95 91,312.041 590.79 Federal Republic of Germany Federal Republic of Germany BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 8,083,883 30,359.148 266.28 27,541.364 293.52 WIRE RODS..............................3 5,033,367 14,768.305 340.82 13,397.585 375.69 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 5,804,372 13,222.306 438.98 11,995.078 483.90 STEEL PILING...........................5 853,266 2,206.749 386.66 2,001.930 426.22 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,971,267 2,027.694 972.17 1,839.494 1,071.64 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 829,313 1,326.975 624.97 1,203.812 688.91 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 207,102 502.511 412.13 455.870 454.30 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 4,124,599 4,278.041 964.13 3,880.975 1,062.77 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 525,750 1,232.168 426.69 1,117.804 470.34 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 3,787,038 3,418.614 1,107.77 3,101.315 1,221.11 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,110,729 532.919 2,084.24 483.456 2,297.48 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,839,709 1,711.594 1,074.85 1,552.732 1,184.82 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 4,691,989 6,866.457 683.32 6,229.147 753.23 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS DECEMBER CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 02/02/00 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE LINE PIPE.............................20 9,756,609 19,883.926 490.68 18,038.399 540.88 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 3,907,781 3,220.038 1,213.58 2,921.170 1,337.75 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 2,016,812 2,036.140 990.51 1,847.156 1,091.85 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 485,055 185.377 2,616.59 168.171 2,884.30 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 111,392 10.905 10,214.76 9.893 11,259.68 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 188,877 142.494 1,325.51 129.268 1,461.13 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 2,897 1.161 2,495.26 1.053 2,751.19 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,290,468 799.669 1,613.75 725.448 1,778.86 BLACK PLATE...........................28 392,514 238.001 1,649.21 215.911 1,817.94 TIN PLATE.............................29 2,785,729 4,965.551 561.01 4,504.673 618.41 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 576,442 1,030.740 559.25 935.072 616.47 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 3,430,687 10,426.179 329.05 9,458.473 362.71 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 7,213,138 13,521.245 533.47 12,266.271 588.05 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 7,794,614 15,618.683 499.06 14,169.035 550.12 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 3,322,959 6,107.550 544.07 5,540.678 599.74 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 280,855 222.499 1,262.28 201.848 1,391.42 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 2,230,041 3,339.968 667.68 3,029.969 735.99 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 442,399 637.261 694.22 578.114 765.25 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 5,151,523 2,824.088 1,824.14 2,561.970 2,010.77 COUNTRY TOTALS 90,243,176 167,664.958 538.24 152,103.134 593.30 Austria Austria INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 53,071 19.966 2,658.07 18.113 2,930.00 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 44,821 15.202 2,948.36 13.791 3,250.02 WIRE RODS..............................3 27,883 10.710 2,603.45 9.716 2,869.80 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 71,115 8.683 8,190.14 7.877 9,028.18 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,056,181 193.966 5,445.19 175.963 6,002.29 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 147,980 250.078 591.74 226.867 652.28 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 420,580 124.136 3,388.06 112.614 3,734.70 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 73,261 17.841 4,106.33 16.185 4,526.48 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,195,672 859.366 2,554.99 779.604 2,816.39 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 208,726 116.855 1,786.20 106.009 1,968.95 LINE PIPE.............................20 1,001,725 2,243.591 446.48 2,035.352 492.16 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 14,564 3.950 3,687.09 3.583 4,064.75 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 41,884 8.854 4,730.52 8.032 5,214.64 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 194,315 46.564 4,173.07 42.242 4,600.04 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 59,251 12.538 4,725.71 11.374 5,209.34 WIRE DRAWN............................23 479,188 215.513 2,223.48 195.510 2,450.96 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 607,348 1,400.788 433.58 1,270.774 477.94 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 672,072 1,211.317 554.83 1,098.889 611.59 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS DECEMBER CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 02/02/00 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 15,527 30.391 510.91 27.570 563.18 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 43,667 66.813 653.57 60.612 720.43 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 198,431 29.781 6,663.01 27.017 7,344.67 COUNTRY TOTALS 7,627,262 6,886.902 1,107.50 6,247.694 1,220.81 Czech Republic Czech Republic PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 759,061 3,099.927 244.86 2,812.207 269.92 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 14,652 18.188 805.59 16.500 888.00 LINE PIPE.............................20 634,408 1,653.587 383.66 1,500.109 422.91 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 31,722 43.640 726.90 39.590 801.26 WIRE DRAWN............................23 163,210 178.387 914.92 161.830 1,008.53 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 93,346 108.578 859.71 98.500 947.68 COUNTRY TOTALS 1,696,399 5,102.307 332.48 4,628.736 366.49 Slovakia Slovakia PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 432,789 2,021.473 214.10 1,833.850 236.00 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 52,272 92.169 567.13 83.614 625.16 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 102,890 105.437 975.84 95.651 1,075.68 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,597,529 6,797.674 235.01 6,166.748 259.06 COUNTRY TOTALS 2,185,480 9,016.753 242.38 8,179.863 267.18 Hungary Hungary PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 13,011 43.349 300.15 39.326 330.85 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 102,305 550.107 185.97 499.049 205.00 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 137,307 738.316 185.97 669.789 205.00 COUNTRY TOTALS 252,623 1,331.772 189.69 1,208.164 209.10 Switzerland Switzerland STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 596,600 240.323 2,482.49 218.017 2,736.48 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 4,400 2.024 2,173.91 1.836 2,396.51 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 6,320 1.550 4,077.42 1.406 4,495.02 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 71,947 52.134 1,380.04 47.295 1,521.24 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 19,242 21.341 901.64 19.360 993.90 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 168,676 46.627 3,617.56 42.299 3,987.71 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS DECEMBER CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 02/02/00 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE TOOL STEEL............................17 69,369 63.688 1,089.20 57.777 1,200.63 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 16,076 1.042 15,428.02 0.945 17,011.64 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 389,528 217.161 1,793.73 197.005 1,977.25 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 52,348 20.608 2,540.18 18.695 2,800.11 WIRE DRAWN............................23 150,101 50.598 2,966.54 45.902 3,270.03 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 24,336 2.970 8,193.94 2.694 9,033.41 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 2,240 1.235 1,813.77 1.120 2,000.00 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 46,832 25.114 1,864.78 22.783 2,055.57 COUNTRY TOTALS 1,618,015 746.412 2,167.72 677.134 2,389.50 Latvia Latvia BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 2,677,544 15,047.539 177.94 13,650.902 196.14 COUNTRY TOTALS 2,677,544 15,047.539 177.94 13,650.902 196.14 Lithuania Lithuania WIRE DRAWN............................23 15,649 44.066 355.13 39.976 391.46 COUNTRY TOTALS 15,649 44.066 355.13 39.976 391.46 Poland Poland BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 694,198 4,697.498 147.78 4,261.500 162.90 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 6,176,212 28,468.309 216.95 25,826.023 239.15 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 23,812 61.039 390.11 55.374 430.02 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 10,871 18.850 576.71 17.100 635.73 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 184,183 882.725 208.65 800.795 230.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 12,371 7.589 1,630.12 6.885 1,796.80 TOOL STEEL............................17 87,846 82.359 1,066.62 74.715 1,175.75 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,053 0.344 5,968.02 0.312 6,580.13 WIRE DRAWN............................23 47,890 82.468 580.71 74.814 640.12 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 50,329 81.417 618.16 73.860 681.41 COUNTRY TOTALS 7,289,765 34,382.599 212.02 31,191.378 233.71 Russia Russia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 23,564,267 128,628.119 183.20 116,689.500 201.94 WIRE RODS..............................3 803,254 4,383.229 183.26 3,976.400 202.01 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS DECEMBER CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 02/02/00 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,773,092 8,159.222 217.31 7,401.924 239.54 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 582,631 1,907.597 305.43 1,730.543 336.68 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 504,888 3,130.028 161.30 2,839.514 177.81 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 200,671 208.217 963.76 188.891 1,062.36 TOOL STEEL............................17 147,339 137.165 1,074.17 124.434 1,184.07 WIRE DRAWN............................23 67,855 38.955 1,741.88 35.339 1,920.12 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 620,278 2,357.722 263.08 2,138.890 290.00 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 202,940 621.516 326.52 563.830 359.93 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 1,541,880 1,862.531 827.84 1,689.660 912.54 COUNTRY TOTALS 30,009,095 151,434.300 198.17 137,378.925 218.44 Belarus Belarus BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 1,140,966 7,065.726 161.48 6,409.921 178.00 WIRE DRAWN............................23 184,913 157.502 1,174.04 142.883 1,294.16 COUNTRY TOTALS 1,325,879 7,223.228 183.56 6,552.804 202.34 Ukraine Ukraine BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 8,891,108 61,019.129 145.71 55,355.638 160.62 WIRE RODS..............................3 4,384,921 25,002.728 175.38 22,682.100 193.32 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 152,698 992.645 153.83 900.513 169.57 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 691,221 3,877.710 178.25 3,517.800 196.49 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 862,980 2,641.870 326.65 2,396.665 360.08 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 2,789 1.162 2,400.17 1.054 2,646.11 TOOL STEEL............................17 46,923 41.370 1,134.23 37.530 1,250.28 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 243,113 1,441.758 168.62 1,307.941 185.87 WIRE DRAWN............................23 11,040 24.001 459.98 21.773 507.05 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,073,045 11,574.629 179.10 10,500.330 197.43 COUNTRY TOTALS 17,359,838 106,617.001 162.82 96,721.344 179.48 Kazakhstan Kazakhstan PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,162,769 13,313.936 162.44 12,078.203 179.06 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 3,279,186 19,294.548 169.95 17,503.724 187.34 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 5,429 13.674 397.03 12.405 437.65 COUNTRY TOTALS 5,447,384 32,622.158 166.98 29,594.332 184.07 Moldova Moldova IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS DECEMBER CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 02/02/00 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE WIRE RODS..............................3 3,158,267 16,808.465 187.90 15,248.387 207.12 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 3,804,121 20,679.913 183.95 18,760.507 202.77 COUNTRY TOTALS 6,962,388 37,488.378 185.72 34,008.894 204.72 Spain Spain BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 18,981,382 21,004.233 903.69 19,054.725 996.15 WIRE RODS..............................3 3,493,075 12,836.714 272.12 11,645.274 299.96 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 854,240 2,570.370 332.34 2,331.801 366.34 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 63,030 33.154 1,901.13 30.077 2,095.62 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 25,925 17.542 1,477.88 15.914 1,629.07 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 146,182 401.705 363.90 364.421 401.13 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 436,031 1,334.528 326.73 1,210.664 360.16 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 388,766 248.656 1,563.47 225.577 1,723.43 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,472,179 2,103.367 699.92 1,908.143 771.52 TOOL STEEL............................17 33,641 18.504 1,818.04 16.787 2,003.99 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 275,176 460.121 598.05 417.415 659.24 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 923,424 2,190.703 421.52 1,987.373 464.65 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 175,910 137.449 1,279.82 124.692 1,410.76 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 2,476 0.903 2,741.97 0.819 3,023.20 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 3,340,638 1,035.378 3,226.49 939.279 3,556.60 WIRE DRAWN............................23 182,214 139.560 1,305.63 126.607 1,439.21 TIN PLATE.............................29 21,762 41.671 522.23 37.803 575.67 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 52,895 30.653 1,725.61 27.808 1,902.15 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,030,258 3,592.265 565.17 3,258.849 623.00 COUNTRY TOTALS 32,899,204 48,197.477 682.59 43,724.028 752.43 Italy Italy INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 3,960 2.286 1,732.28 2.074 1,909.35 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 11,790,905 57,182.284 206.20 51,874.910 227.29 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,629,747 1,063.965 1,531.77 965.213 1,688.48 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 60,840 35.597 1,709.13 32.293 1,884.00 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 490,027 498.026 983.94 451.802 1,084.61 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 3,417 14.991 227.94 13.600 251.25 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,354,298 707.825 1,913.32 642.128 2,109.08 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 146,317 80.832 1,810.14 73.330 1,995.32 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 3,065,914 1,390.770 2,204.47 1,261.686 2,430.01 TOOL STEEL............................17 103,055 49.238 2,093.00 44.668 2,307.13 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 97,743 98.297 994.36 89.174 1,096.09 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS DECEMBER CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 02/02/00 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 17,042 5.027 3,390.09 4.560 3,737.28 LINE PIPE.............................20 2,476,838 3,459.970 715.86 3,138.833 789.10 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 464,511 513.832 904.01 466.141 996.50 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 70,852 78.632 901.06 71.334 993.24 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 288,194 166.395 1,731.99 150.951 1,909.19 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 23,675 2.256 10,494.24 2.047 11,565.71 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,153,878 2,636.269 817.02 2,391.584 900.61 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 3,009,639 11,402.384 263.95 10,344.072 290.95 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 4,285,588 8,826.259 485.55 8,007.050 535.23 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,607,561 3,655.577 439.76 3,316.285 484.75 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 1,077,224 2,364.024 455.67 2,144.607 502.29 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 75,547 150.457 502.12 136.492 553.49 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 236,406 163.243 1,448.18 148.092 1,596.35 COUNTRY TOTALS 34,533,178 94,548.440 365.24 85,772.926 402.61 Slovenia Slovenia PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 85,624 63.943 1,339.07 58.008 1,476.07 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 29,953 20.966 1,428.65 19.020 1,574.82 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 33,959 26.174 1,297.43 23.745 1,430.15 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 141,680 88.423 1,602.30 80.216 1,766.23 TOOL STEEL............................17 611,804 414.392 1,476.39 375.930 1,627.44 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,500 1.474 1,696.07 1.337 1,869.86 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 41,748 44.555 937.00 40.420 1,032.86 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 75,897 73.215 1,036.63 66.420 1,142.68 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 128,475 83.308 1,542.17 75.576 1,699.94 COUNTRY TOTALS 1,151,640 816.451 1,410.54 740.672 1,554.86 Macedonia (Skopje) Macedonia (Skopje) PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 523,176 2,353.886 222.26 2,135.410 245.00 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,675,184 5,726.428 292.54 5,194.930 322.47 COUNTRY TOTALS 2,198,360 8,080.314 272.06 7,330.340 299.90 Greece Greece SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 10,902 86.344 126.26 78.330 139.18 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 272,858 776.774 351.27 704.678 387.21 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 506,365 916.379 552.57 831.325 609.11 COUNTRY TOTALS 790,125 1,779.497 444.02 1,614.333 489.44 Romania Romania IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS DECEMBER CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 02/02/00 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 681,444 1,613.704 422.29 1,463.928 465.49 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 4,577,698 22,082.307 207.30 20,032.738 228.51 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 597,687 2,116.443 282.40 1,920.005 311.29 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 61,062 124.228 491.53 112.698 541.82 LINE PIPE.............................20 1,368,954 2,818.985 485.62 2,557.341 535.30 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 44,197 93.239 474.02 84.585 522.52 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 58,026 125.816 461.20 114.138 508.38 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 10,897,630 53,497.477 203.70 48,532.108 224.54 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 165,338 121.758 1,357.92 110.457 1,496.85 COUNTRY TOTALS 18,452,036 82,593.956 223.41 74,927.998 246.26 Turkey Turkey WIRE RODS..............................3 2,218,681 12,356.598 179.55 11,209.720 197.92 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 346,713 1,613.993 214.82 1,464.190 236.80 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,124,945 4,955.197 227.02 4,495.280 250.25 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,015,982 4,097.874 247.93 3,717.530 273.29 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 696,077 2,626.082 265.06 2,382.342 292.18 WIRE DRAWN............................23 42,905 57.310 748.65 51.991 825.24 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,566 9.753 263.10 8.848 290.01 COUNTRY TOTALS 5,447,869 25,716.807 211.84 23,329.901 233.51 Israel Israel PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 23,292 0.619 37,628.43 0.562 41,444.84 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 5,950 3.489 1,705.36 3.165 1,879.94 WIRE DRAWN............................23 242,630 499.512 485.73 453.150 535.43 COUNTRY TOTALS 271,872 503.621 539.83 456.877 595.07 United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 225,137 131.312 1,714.52 119.124 1,889.94 WIRE DRAWN............................23 9,842 15.990 615.51 14.506 678.48 COUNTRY TOTALS 234,979 147.302 1,595.22 133.630 1,758.43 India India BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 23,020 11.387 2,021.60 10.330 2,228.46 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS DECEMBER CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 02/02/00 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE WIRE RODS..............................3 203,488 148.093 1,374.06 134.348 1,514.63 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 4,725 11.774 401.31 10.681 442.37 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 24,044 17.374 1,383.91 15.761 1,525.54 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 7,011,327 33,368.766 210.12 30,271.644 231.61 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 211,426 361.149 585.43 327.629 645.32 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 445,874 301.335 1,479.66 273.367 1,631.05 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 465,940 1,105.942 421.31 1,003.294 464.41 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 84,765 85.822 987.68 77.856 1,088.74 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 131,467 160.157 820.86 145.292 904.85 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 29,156 12.098 2,409.99 10.975 2,656.58 WIRE DRAWN............................23 472,356 600.796 786.22 545.033 866.66 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 10,255,091 44,410.980 230.91 40,288.975 254.54 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,914,515 1,375.293 1,392.08 1,247.645 1,534.50 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 68,072 131.720 516.79 119.494 569.67 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 316,435 1,164.662 271.70 1,056.564 299.49 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 471,833 311.603 1,514.21 282.682 1,669.13 COUNTRY TOTALS 22,133,534 83,578.951 264.82 75,821.570 291.92 Thailand Thailand STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 3,280,906 12,030.870 272.71 10,914.225 300.61 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,722,758 14,134.062 192.64 12,822.209 212.35 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 3,127,468 9,011.274 347.06 8,174.893 382.57 WIRE DRAWN............................23 178,212 133.415 1,335.77 121.032 1,472.44 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,607,139 1,204.609 1,334.16 1,092.803 1,470.66 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 204,435 479.935 425.96 435.390 469.54 COUNTRY TOTALS 11,120,918 36,994.166 300.61 33,560.552 331.37 Vietnam Vietnam RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 30,000 7.937 3,779.77 7.200 4,166.67 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 153,866 183.427 838.84 166.402 924.66 COUNTRY TOTALS 183,866 191.363 960.82 173.602 1,059.12 Malaysia Malaysia WIRE RODS..............................3 277,248 1,279.155 216.74 1,160.430 238.92 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 25,888 81.747 316.68 74.160 349.08 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 119,504 551.474 216.70 500.289 238.87 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS DECEMBER CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 02/02/00 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STANDARD PIPE.........................18 799,933 2,505.091 319.32 2,272.581 351.99 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 7,407 22.199 333.66 20.139 367.79 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 257,168 153.650 1,673.73 139.389 1,844.97 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 9,299 28.219 329.53 25.600 363.24 COUNTRY TOTALS 1,496,447 4,621.536 323.80 4,192.588 356.93 Singapore Singapore STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,925 6.084 480.77 5.519 529.99 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 52,471 21.110 2,485.60 19.151 2,739.86 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 13,304 2.205 6,033.56 2.000 6,652.00 COUNTRY TOTALS 68,700 29.399 2,336.81 26.670 2,575.93 Indonesia Indonesia PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,179,142 10,071.242 216.37 9,136.480 238.51 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 1,954,952 10,460.490 186.89 9,489.600 206.01 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 264,791 802.945 329.77 728.420 363.51 LINE PIPE.............................20 578,852 2,227.138 259.91 2,020.426 286.50 WIRE DRAWN............................23 8,032 23.460 342.37 21.283 377.39 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 8,529,907 36,129.342 236.09 32,775.997 260.25 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 329,368 250.333 1,315.72 227.098 1,450.33 COUNTRY TOTALS 13,845,044 59,964.951 230.89 54,399.304 254.51 Philippines Philippines PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 6,479 3.321 1,950.92 3.013 2,150.35 COUNTRY TOTALS 6,479 3.321 1,950.92 3.013 2,150.35 China China BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 120,081 291.044 412.59 264.031 454.80 WIRE RODS..............................3 178,346 716.865 248.79 650.329 274.24 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 39,176 124.912 313.63 113.318 345.72 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,494,016 9,479.937 263.08 8,600.057 290.00 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 3,133,029 13,723.294 228.30 12,449.566 251.66 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 13,175 21.667 608.07 19.656 670.28 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 27,629 14.092 1,960.62 12.784 2,161.22 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS DECEMBER CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 02/02/00 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 310,528 1,401.543 221.56 1,271.459 244.23 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 4,716 88.295 53.41 80.100 58.88 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 9,003 5.523 1,630.09 5.010 1,797.01 TOOL STEEL............................17 750,201 512.951 1,462.52 465.341 1,612.15 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 809,267 2,132.426 379.51 1,934.505 418.33 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,755,811 4,133.021 424.83 3,749.415 468.29 LINE PIPE.............................20 1,890,316 6,016.016 314.21 5,457.639 346.36 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 98,158 234.492 418.60 212.728 461.42 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 244,145 119.172 2,048.68 108.111 2,258.28 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 64,995 85.376 761.28 77.452 839.16 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 51,052 68.085 749.83 61.766 826.54 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,687,664 4,382.300 613.30 3,975.557 676.05 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 14,357,992 63,585.450 225.81 57,683.766 248.91 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 338,690 1,154.748 293.30 1,047.570 323.31 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 231,183 504.451 458.29 457.630 505.17 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 7,333 11.603 631.99 10.526 696.66 COUNTRY TOTALS 29,616,506 108,807.263 272.19 98,708.316 300.04 Korea, South Korea, South WIRE RODS..............................3 1,016,594 777.031 1,308.31 704.911 1,442.16 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,139,292 4,522.808 251.90 4,103.024 277.67 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,636,361 8,908.861 295.93 8,081.985 326.20 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 31,070 118.937 261.23 107.898 287.96 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 3,002,355 9,428.036 318.45 8,552.973 351.03 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 1,177,227 2,778.190 423.74 2,520.332 467.09 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 3,152,153 17,073.415 184.62 15,488.746 203.51 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,270,137 1,159.485 1,095.43 1,051.867 1,207.51 TOOL STEEL............................17 641,434 513.021 1,250.31 465.405 1,378.23 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 4,021,514 11,748.150 342.31 10,657.745 377.33 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 732,596 2,116.314 346.17 1,919.888 381.58 LINE PIPE.............................20 2,636,258 9,295.909 283.59 8,433.109 312.61 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,445,821 3,771.074 383.40 3,421.062 422.62 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,647,592 682.612 2,413.66 619.255 2,660.60 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 1,224,235 4,268.369 286.82 3,872.200 316.16 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 1,289,054 3,480.248 370.39 3,157.229 408.29 WIRE DRAWN............................23 3,615,809 3,599.546 1,004.52 3,265.454 1,107.29 BLACK PLATE...........................28 319,133 811.323 393.35 736.020 433.59 TIN PLATE.............................29 5,676 5.889 963.83 5.342 1,062.52 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 14,397,476 60,511.830 237.93 54,895.424 262.27 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 7,185,140 15,605.987 460.41 14,157.517 507.51 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS DECEMBER CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 02/02/00 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 5,118,902 10,579.016 483.87 9,597.125 533.38 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 589,384 1,443.873 408.20 1,309.860 449.96 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 1,342,447 2,731.780 491.42 2,478.230 541.70 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 205,681 403.854 509.30 366.370 561.40 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 28,890 87.091 331.72 79.008 365.66 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 71,676 101.461 706.44 92.044 778.71 COUNTRY TOTALS 59,943,907 176,524.109 339.58 160,140.023 374.32 Hong Kong Hong Kong STANDARD PIPE.........................18 14,572 1.199 12,153.46 1.088 13,393.38 COUNTRY TOTALS 14,572 1.199 12,153.46 1.088 13,393.38 Taiwan Taiwan INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 7,049 1.881 3,747.47 1.706 4,131.89 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 378,119 372.489 1,015.11 337.916 1,118.97 WIRE RODS..............................3 2,332,800 1,649.990 1,413.83 1,496.846 1,558.48 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 28,397 46.073 616.35 41.797 679.40 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 473,020 307.245 1,539.55 278.728 1,697.07 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 324,118 1,403.666 230.91 1,273.385 254.53 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 6,992 3.069 2,278.27 2.784 2,511.49 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 864,447 519.242 1,664.82 471.049 1,835.15 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 35,000 20.367 1,718.47 18.477 1,894.25 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 800,909 449.096 1,783.38 407.413 1,965.84 TOOL STEEL............................17 380,585 279.364 1,362.33 253.435 1,501.71 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,164,176 3,631.531 320.57 3,294.470 353.37 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 6,400 1.102 5,807.62 1.000 6,400.00 LINE PIPE.............................20 1,047,854 3,369.783 310.96 3,057.017 342.77 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 144,730 63.319 2,285.73 57.442 2,519.58 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 40,870 58.508 698.54 53.078 770.00 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 3,540,350 1,930.160 1,834.23 1,751.012 2,021.89 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 424,865 516.007 823.37 468.114 907.61 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,865,542 1,925.939 968.64 1,747.183 1,067.74 TIN PLATE.............................29 61,017 118.003 517.08 107.051 569.98 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 7,187,374 30,292.891 237.26 27,481.256 261.54 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 7,668,050 5,018.470 1,527.97 4,552.681 1,684.29 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 5,937,193 13,148.575 451.55 11,928.190 497.74 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 396,390 1,045.955 378.97 948.875 417.75 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 1,044,657 1,909.478 547.09 1,732.250 603.06 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS DECEMBER CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 02/02/00 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 80,070 270.429 296.09 245.329 326.38 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 340,211 196.480 1,731.53 178.244 1,908.68 COUNTRY TOTALS 36,581,185 68,549.114 533.65 62,186.728 588.25 Japan Japan INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 336,914 664.503 507.02 602.827 558.89 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 11,110,647 52,821.904 210.34 47,919.239 231.86 WIRE RODS..............................3 4,996,988 12,257.659 407.66 11,119.964 449.37 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,828,603 3,382.480 540.61 3,068.535 595.92 STEEL PILING...........................5 165,553 371.726 445.36 337.224 490.93 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,012,984 1,232.713 821.75 1,118.299 905.83 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 293,257 740.918 395.80 672.150 436.30 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 181,675 369.512 491.66 335.216 541.96 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 183,424 435.067 421.60 394.686 464.73 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 3,139,678 5,562.271 564.46 5,046.009 622.21 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 714,460 465.140 1,536.01 421.968 1,693.16 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 869,476 4,564.683 190.48 4,141.012 209.97 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 498,227 506.877 982.93 459.831 1,083.50 TOOL STEEL............................17 4,452,040 5,907.377 753.64 5,359.084 830.75 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,209,630 2,625.094 841.73 2,381.446 927.85 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,959,241 2,483.793 1,191.42 2,253.260 1,313.32 LINE PIPE.............................20 4,695,553 12,553.503 374.04 11,388.350 412.31 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,924,307 1,758.764 1,662.71 1,595.524 1,832.82 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 232,246 190.006 1,222.31 172.371 1,347.36 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 6,915,628 1,587.323 4,356.79 1,439.996 4,802.53 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 159,300 37.744 4,220.54 34.241 4,652.32 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 353,038 1,027.923 343.45 932.516 378.59 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 16,015 35.044 457.00 31.791 503.76 WIRE DRAWN............................23 5,985,237 6,072.736 985.59 5,509.095 1,086.43 BLACK PLATE...........................28 2,623,112 4,456.678 588.58 4,043.031 648.80 TIN PLATE.............................29 4,556,647 9,403.110 484.59 8,530.360 534.17 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 8,301,505 16,199.852 512.44 14,696.263 564.87 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 3,311,238 6,400.755 517.32 5,806.669 570.25 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,203,169 5,251.634 609.94 4,764.204 672.34 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 2,344,576 4,398.053 533.09 3,989.848 587.64 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 2,517,513 4,769.886 527.79 4,327.169 581.79 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 487,727 315.005 1,548.32 285.768 1,706.72 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 2,231,858 4,624.946 482.57 4,195.682 531.94 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 88,674 192.350 461.00 174.497 508.17 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 3,782,288 867.190 4,361.54 786.702 4,807.78 COUNTRY TOTALS 89,682,428 174,534.221 513.84 158,334.827 566.41 Australia Australia IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS DECEMBER CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 02/02/00 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 45,149 10.439 4,325.03 9.470 4,767.58 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 5,067,631 37,988.027 133.40 34,462.168 147.05 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 81,753 24.848 3,290.12 22.542 3,626.70 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,813,854 8,778.847 206.62 7,964.038 227.76 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 646,299 1,210.352 533.98 1,098.013 588.61 TOOL STEEL............................17 211,491 218.355 968.56 198.088 1,067.66 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 18,770 57.541 326.20 52.200 359.58 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 46,401 120.615 384.70 109.420 424.06 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 22,618 63.592 355.67 57.690 392.06 WIRE DRAWN............................23 122,586 228.596 536.26 207.379 591.12 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 8,233,442 34,338.452 239.77 31,151.328 264.30 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 6,540 9.858 663.42 8.943 731.30 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 67,159 130.550 514.43 118.433 567.06 COUNTRY TOTALS 16,383,693 83,180.071 196.97 75,459.712 217.12 New Zealand New Zealand PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 332,489 1,432.321 232.13 1,299.380 255.88 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 4,800 0.340 14,117.65 0.308 15,584.42 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 150,807 409.984 367.84 371.931 405.47 LINE PIPE.............................20 27,856 68.983 403.81 62.580 445.13 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,202,101 8,735.793 252.08 7,924.980 277.87 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 322,243 1,103.358 292.06 1,000.950 321.94 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,051,521 2,879.887 365.13 2,612.590 402.48 COUNTRY TOTALS 4,091,817 14,630.664 279.67 13,272.719 308.29 Algeria Algeria STANDARD PIPE.........................18 5,287 10.501 503.48 9.526 555.01 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 42,441 84.648 501.38 76.791 552.68 COUNTRY TOTALS 47,728 95.148 501.62 86.317 552.94 Tunisia Tunisia TIN PLATE.............................29 3,463 12.815 270.23 11.626 297.87 COUNTRY TOTALS 3,463 12.815 270.23 11.626 297.87 South Africa South Africa IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS DECEMBER CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 02/02/00 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 1,790,514 8,151.422 219.66 7,394.848 242.13 WIRE RODS..............................3 2,085,676 9,421.102 221.38 8,546.682 244.03 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,557,449 7,324.912 212.62 6,645.050 234.38 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,209,120 1,037.872 1,165.00 941.542 1,284.19 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 682,455 3,094.463 220.54 2,807.250 243.10 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 102,098 284.826 358.46 258.390 395.13 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 3,764 4.999 752.95 4.535 829.99 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 878,624 2,765.940 317.66 2,509.219 350.16 LINE PIPE.............................20 310,360 1,141.787 271.82 1,035.812 299.63 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 211,711 138.209 1,531.82 125.381 1,688.54 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 149,599 501.517 298.29 454.969 328.81 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,461,776 3,355.421 435.65 3,043.988 480.22 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,506,132 10,709.174 234.02 9,715.202 257.96 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,039,386 4,326.789 471.34 3,925.198 519.56 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 2,784,938 8,147.715 341.81 7,391.485 376.78 COUNTRY TOTALS 17,773,602 60,406.148 294.23 54,799.551 324.34 GRAND TOTAL 1,122,469,061 3,102,268.858 361.82 2,814,331.761 398.84 GRAND TOTAL 1,122,469,061 3,102,268.858 361.82 2,814,331.761 398.84 !R! RES; EXIT;