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RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS FEBRUARY CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 04/08/99 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada Canada INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 156,560 204.398 765.96 185.427 844.32 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 3,903,707 8,982.581 434.59 8,148.863 479.05 WIRE RODS..............................3 12,868,148 39,120.840 328.93 35,489.839 362.59 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 6,462,554 20,332.848 317.84 18,445.655 350.36 STEEL PILING...........................5 927,488 1,720.633 539.04 1,560.932 594.19 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 6,089,902 14,795.729 411.60 13,422.463 453.71 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 7,717,690 24,004.297 321.51 21,776.338 354.41 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 36,048 83.816 430.08 76.037 474.08 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 358,961 732.700 489.92 664.694 540.04 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 167,307 282.294 592.67 256.093 653.31 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 26,914,359 70,334.218 382.66 63,806.147 421.81 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 2,009,469 5,297.267 379.34 4,805.601 418.15 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 62,750 161.565 388.39 146.569 428.13 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 6,237,701 6,663.409 936.11 6,044.945 1,031.89 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,529,500 1,078.930 1,417.61 978.789 1,562.65 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 10,501,574 19,616.092 535.36 17,795.424 590.13 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 92,070 53.612 1,717.34 48.636 1,893.04 LINE PIPE.............................20 3,649,274 7,970.761 457.83 7,230.955 504.67 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 8,721,886 11,209.826 778.06 10,169.386 857.66 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 96,784 139.960 691.51 126.970 762.26 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 6,460,568 1,341.762 4,814.99 1,217.226 5,307.62 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 651,540 817.109 797.37 741.269 878.95 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 13,317,175 28,995.732 459.28 26,304.493 506.27 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 1,260,616 2,388.241 527.84 2,166.576 581.85 WIRE DRAWN............................23 14,231,532 23,533.583 604.73 21,349.313 666.60 BLACK PLATE...........................28 25,185 105.636 238.41 95.831 262.81 TIN PLATE.............................29 2,768,018 4,514.718 613.11 4,095.684 675.84 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 887,368 1,440.041 616.21 1,306.384 679.26 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 7,501,659 27,216.929 275.62 24,690.790 303.82 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 10,729,735 15,212.160 705.34 13,800.243 777.50 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 20,401,384 42,575.290 479.18 38,623.664 528.21 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 185,110 319.114 580.07 289.495 639.42 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 2,338,303 3,696.106 632.64 3,353.052 697.37 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 4,417 3.994 1,105.91 3.623 1,219.16 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 1,160,860 3,432.925 338.15 3,114.298 372.75 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 4,421,832 6,768.662 653.28 6,140.429 720.12 COUNTRY TOTALS 184,849,034 395,147.775 467.80 358,472.133 515.66 Mexico Mexico IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS FEBRUARY CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 04/08/99 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 329,736 449.533 733.51 407.810 808.55 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 13,405,117 90,621.052 147.92 82,210.059 163.06 WIRE RODS..............................3 984,819 3,809.011 258.55 3,455.478 285.00 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 350,103 1,123.112 311.73 1,018.870 343.62 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,197,905 4,102.149 292.02 3,721.408 321.90 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 175,308 820.593 213.64 744.430 235.49 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 837,892 2,849.974 294.00 2,585.454 324.08 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 1,546,494 5,519.648 280.18 5,007.342 308.85 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 1,295,909 5,018.707 258.22 4,552.896 284.63 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 105,814 215.702 490.56 195.682 540.74 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 682,149 1,626.066 419.51 1,475.143 462.43 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 30,685 99.021 309.88 89.830 341.59 LINE PIPE.............................20 2,166,962 4,066.954 532.82 3,689.480 587.34 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 3,649,959 7,950.551 459.08 7,212.621 506.05 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 22,516 17.371 1,296.18 15.759 1,428.77 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 41,608 26.281 1,583.20 23.842 1,745.16 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 186,117 222.287 837.28 201.655 922.95 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 972,095 1,128.537 861.38 1,023.792 949.50 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,652,371 4,277.698 620.05 3,880.663 683.48 BLACK PLATE...........................28 194,862 486.792 400.30 441.610 441.25 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 3,230,713 15,589.663 207.23 14,142.708 228.44 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 15,134,653 21,148.531 715.64 19,185.630 788.85 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 16,402,760 34,161.506 480.15 30,990.806 529.28 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 124,087 209.441 592.47 190.002 653.08 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 368,607 666.597 552.97 604.727 609.54 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 782,430 2,055.140 380.72 1,864.392 419.67 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,171,693 1,383.085 847.16 1,254.714 933.83 COUNTRY TOTALS 68,043,364 209,645.005 324.56 190,186.803 357.77 Guatemala Guatemala STANDARD PIPE.........................18 476,051 1,318.466 361.06 1,196.093 398.01 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 350,088 667.028 524.85 605.118 578.55 COUNTRY TOTALS 826,139 1,985.495 416.09 1,801.211 458.66 Honduras Honduras WIRE DRAWN............................23 174,844 425.130 411.27 385.672 453.35 COUNTRY TOTALS 174,844 425.130 411.27 385.672 453.35 Dominican Republic Dominican Republic IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS FEBRUARY CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 04/08/99 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE WIRE DRAWN............................23 160,741 211.788 758.97 192.131 836.62 TIN PLATE.............................29 64,036 100.839 635.03 91.480 700.00 COUNTRY TOTALS 224,777 312.628 718.99 283.611 792.55 Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago WIRE RODS..............................3 6,066,329 26,084.063 232.57 23,663.071 256.36 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 404,780 722.896 559.94 655.800 617.23 WIRE DRAWN............................23 49,736 126.691 392.58 114.932 432.74 COUNTRY TOTALS 6,520,845 26,933.650 242.11 24,433.803 266.88 Colombia Colombia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 262,400 364.126 720.63 330.330 794.36 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 57,730 117.921 489.57 106.976 539.65 COUNTRY TOTALS 320,130 482.047 664.11 437.306 732.05 Venezuela Venezuela WIRE RODS..............................3 4,209,928 19,488.283 216.02 17,679.478 238.13 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 3,285,577 17,089.690 192.25 15,503.510 211.92 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 588,189 3,258.126 180.53 2,955.723 199.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 2,684 2.668 1,006.00 2.420 1,109.09 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 789,947 2,346.896 336.59 2,129.069 371.03 WIRE DRAWN............................23 458,311 795.870 575.86 722.001 634.78 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,636,335 8,407.965 194.62 7,627.580 214.53 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,119,542 3,845.107 291.16 3,488.223 320.95 COUNTRY TOTALS 12,090,513 55,234.604 218.89 50,108.004 241.29 Ecuador Ecuador WIRE DRAWN............................23 31,658 68.373 463.02 62.027 510.39 COUNTRY TOTALS 31,658 68.373 463.02 62.027 510.39 Peru Peru MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 11,056 27.406 403.42 24.862 444.69 COUNTRY TOTALS 11,056 27.406 403.42 24.862 444.69 Chile Chile IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS FEBRUARY CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 04/08/99 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STANDARD PIPE.........................18 103,637 157.679 657.27 143.044 724.51 WIRE DRAWN............................23 106,261 178.799 594.30 162.204 655.11 COUNTRY TOTALS 209,898 336.478 623.81 305.248 687.63 Brazil Brazil BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 24,568,572 161,207.322 152.40 146,244.864 168.00 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,042,076 4,731.979 220.22 4,292.780 242.75 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 46,816 183.923 254.54 166.852 280.58 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 340,502 651.629 522.54 591.148 576.00 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,147,992 5,517.891 208.05 5,005.748 229.33 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 169,133 342.766 493.44 310.952 543.92 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 14,402 55.364 260.13 50.225 286.75 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 194,531 997.365 195.04 904.795 215.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 29,090 14.659 1,984.45 13.298 2,187.55 TOOL STEEL............................17 359,607 296.087 1,214.53 268.606 1,338.79 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 110,899 72.180 1,536.42 65.481 1,693.61 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 12,996 13.420 968.41 12.174 1,067.52 LINE PIPE.............................20 23,862 47.158 506.00 42.781 557.77 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 65,253 54.864 1,189.36 49.772 1,311.04 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 39,461 34.184 1,154.37 31.011 1,272.48 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 27,931 9.423 2,964.13 8.548 3,267.55 WIRE DRAWN............................23 68,297 82.554 827.30 74.892 911.94 TIN PLATE.............................29 593,264 1,325.597 447.54 1,202.562 493.33 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 4,104,388 19,789.077 207.41 17,952.354 228.63 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 9,630,117 29,403.050 327.52 26,674.006 361.03 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 35,682 81.550 437.55 73.981 482.31 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 561,629 910.463 616.86 825.958 679.97 COUNTRY TOTALS 43,186,500 225,822.505 191.24 204,862.788 210.81 Argentina Argentina BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 153,675 413.165 371.95 374.817 410.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 82,332 154.653 532.37 140.299 586.83 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 191,477 236.583 809.34 214.625 892.15 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,273,389 1,210.970 1,051.54 1,098.574 1,159.13 WIRE DRAWN............................23 317,035 676.409 468.70 613.628 516.66 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 347,026 1,617.619 214.53 1,467.480 236.48 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,627,623 12,628.004 287.27 11,455.936 316.66 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 328,035 796.036 412.09 722.152 454.25 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS FEBRUARY CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 04/08/99 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 10,445 24.052 434.27 21.820 478.69 COUNTRY TOTALS 6,331,037 17,757.493 356.53 16,109.331 393.00 Sweden Sweden INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 73,858 67.902 1,087.71 61.600 1,198.99 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 1,195,660 959.231 1,246.48 870.200 1,374.01 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,411,533 672.026 2,100.41 609.652 2,315.31 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,442,498 3,181.049 767.83 2,885.800 846.39 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 63,781 158.678 401.95 143.950 443.08 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,012,559 362.451 2,793.64 328.810 3,079.47 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 278,556 90.830 3,066.78 82.400 3,380.53 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,385,224 933.758 2,554.43 847.091 2,815.78 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 6,302 2.468 2,553.48 2.239 2,814.65 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 437,423 369.852 1,182.70 335.524 1,303.70 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 33,703 35.927 938.10 32.592 1,034.09 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 303,471 48.794 6,219.43 44.265 6,855.78 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 4,022 0.289 13,916.96 0.262 15,351.15 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,971,366 1,005.948 2,953.80 912.581 3,256.00 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 374,335 271.283 1,379.87 246.104 1,521.04 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,710,367 4,939.549 548.71 4,481.085 604.85 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 450,867 1,220.651 369.37 1,107.356 407.16 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 73,394 113.918 644.27 103.345 710.18 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 3,797,818 732.146 5,187.24 664.192 5,717.95 COUNTRY TOTALS 20,026,737 15,166.750 1,320.44 13,759.048 1,455.53 Norway Norway LINE PIPE.............................20 1,770,484 908.473 1,948.86 824.153 2,148.25 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 17,516 2.903 6,033.76 2.634 6,649.96 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 5,731 3.112 1,841.58 2.823 2,030.11 COUNTRY TOTALS 1,793,731 914.488 1,961.46 829.610 2,162.14 Finland Finland WIRE RODS..............................3 21,136 21.502 982.98 19.506 1,083.56 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 48,691 31.830 1,529.72 28.876 1,686.21 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 139,718 104.014 1,343.26 94.360 1,480.69 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 99,601 135.778 733.56 123.176 808.61 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS FEBRUARY CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 04/08/99 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 24,546 14.224 1,725.67 12.904 1,902.20 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 28,462 15.802 1,801.16 14.335 1,985.49 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 75,944 40.102 1,893.77 36.380 2,087.52 WIRE DRAWN............................23 43,357 77.777 557.45 70.558 614.49 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 317,646 276.129 1,150.35 250.500 1,268.05 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 663,483 933.889 710.45 847.210 783.14 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 547,662 1,433.291 382.10 1,300.260 421.19 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 64,667 47.622 1,357.92 43.202 1,496.85 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 188,932 158.077 1,195.19 143.405 1,317.47 COUNTRY TOTALS 2,263,845 3,290.037 688.09 2,984.672 758.49 Denmark Denmark BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 114,746 62.449 1,837.44 56.653 2,025.42 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 43,123 34.303 1,257.12 31.119 1,385.75 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 18,644 0.449 41,523.39 0.407 45,808.35 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 14,076 1.778 7,916.76 1.613 8,726.60 WIRE DRAWN............................23 40,937 15.047 2,720.61 13.650 2,999.05 COUNTRY TOTALS 231,526 114.025 2,030.48 103.442 2,238.22 United Kingdom United Kingdom INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 80,927 53.468 1,513.56 48.505 1,668.43 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 6,194,294 27,786.608 222.92 25,207.594 245.73 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,905,624 7,123.883 267.50 6,462.680 294.87 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,396,908 2,711.143 515.25 2,459.508 567.96 STEEL PILING...........................5 98,463 160.218 614.56 145.347 677.43 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,263,657 2,443.171 517.22 2,216.408 570.14 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 321,039 1,101.205 291.53 998.997 321.36 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 1,248,381 3,299.264 378.38 2,993.043 417.09 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 52,996 36.924 1,435.27 33.497 1,582.11 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 27,468 37.699 728.61 34.200 803.16 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,676,441 2,235.941 749.77 2,028.412 826.48 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 8,633 12.302 701.76 11.160 773.57 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 3,152,694 2,906.029 1,084.88 2,636.306 1,195.88 TOOL STEEL............................17 588,566 186.219 3,160.61 168.935 3,483.98 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 33,737 5.032 6,704.49 4.565 7,390.36 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 96,232 24.857 3,871.42 22.550 4,267.49 LINE PIPE.............................20 7,936 0.974 8,147.84 0.884 8,977.38 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 30,859 18.411 1,676.12 16.702 1,847.62 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS FEBRUARY CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 04/08/99 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 590,898 154.310 3,829.29 139.988 4,221.06 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 4,510 0.052 86,730.77 0.047 95,957.45 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 303,547 424.031 715.86 384.675 789.10 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,443,988 965.527 1,495.54 875.912 1,648.55 TIN PLATE.............................29 21,476 44.203 485.85 40.100 535.56 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 92,121 46.234 1,992.49 41.943 2,196.34 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 450,148 1,134.307 396.85 1,029.026 437.45 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 578,404 921.189 627.89 835.689 692.13 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 1,644,967 1,532.586 1,073.33 1,390.339 1,183.14 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,203,594 572.667 2,101.73 519.515 2,316.76 COUNTRY TOTALS 24,518,508 55,938.455 438.31 50,746.527 483.16 Ireland Ireland WIRE DRAWN............................23 5,171 1.290 4,008.53 1.170 4,419.66 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 9,559 1.229 7,777.87 1.115 8,573.09 COUNTRY TOTALS 14,730 2.519 5,847.56 2.285 6,446.39 Netherlands Netherlands WIRE RODS..............................3 23,704 45.732 518.32 41.487 571.36 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 981,393 3,744.927 262.06 3,397.342 288.87 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 207,161 259.536 798.20 235.447 879.86 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 46,287 20.130 2,299.40 18.262 2,534.61 TOOL STEEL............................17 294,788 410.951 717.33 372.809 790.72 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 77,705 85.246 911.54 77.334 1,004.80 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 11,835 5.512 2,147.13 5.000 2,367.00 WIRE DRAWN............................23 130,338 58.579 2,225.00 53.142 2,452.64 TIN PLATE.............................29 2,514,437 4,368.208 575.62 3,962.773 634.51 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 837,626 1,613.417 519.16 1,463.668 572.28 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 3,754,131 14,485.894 259.16 13,141.386 285.67 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 4,256,176 13,167.071 323.24 11,944.969 356.32 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 332,178 787.761 421.67 714.645 464.82 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 63,437 95.433 664.73 86.575 732.74 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 22,552 75.174 300.00 68.197 330.69 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 56,481 71.628 788.53 64.980 869.21 COUNTRY TOTALS 13,610,229 39,295.200 346.36 35,648.016 381.79 Belgium Belgium IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS FEBRUARY CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 04/08/99 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,298,827 941.638 1,379.33 854.240 1,520.45 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 3,345,456 3,408.893 981.39 3,092.497 1,081.80 LINE PIPE.............................20 21,730 13.277 1,636.66 12.045 1,804.07 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 21,347 14.641 1,458.03 13.282 1,607.21 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 27,600 20.834 1,324.76 18.900 1,460.32 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 6,234 2.130 2,926.76 1.932 3,226.71 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,479,666 1,964.059 1,262.52 1,781.765 1,391.69 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 653,842 909.316 719.05 824.918 792.61 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,324,376 4,300.945 772.94 3,901.753 852.02 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 230,886 424.577 543.80 385.170 599.44 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 493,321 609.611 809.24 553.030 892.03 COUNTRY TOTALS 11,903,285 12,609.922 943.96 11,439.532 1,040.54 Luxembourg Luxembourg WIRE RODS..............................3 621,912 1,588.009 391.63 1,440.618 431.70 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,558,769 4,426.021 352.18 4,015.220 388.22 STEEL PILING...........................5 3,709,104 7,231.890 512.88 6,560.662 565.36 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 892,613 1,211.173 736.98 1,098.758 812.38 WIRE DRAWN............................23 103,576 196.431 527.29 178.199 581.24 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 22,679 40.378 561.67 36.630 619.14 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 594,975 1,185.293 501.96 1,075.280 553.32 COUNTRY TOTALS 7,503,628 15,879.195 472.54 14,405.367 520.89 France France BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 98,969 82.679 1,197.03 75.005 1,319.50 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,082,287 632.961 1,709.88 574.213 1,884.82 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 3,586,508 5,061.370 708.60 4,591.599 781.10 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 7,054,311 23,496.290 300.23 21,315.482 330.95 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 3,864,539 9,110.501 424.19 8,264.910 467.58 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 921,734 747.242 1,233.51 677.887 1,359.72 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,922,609 1,706.135 1,126.88 1,547.780 1,242.17 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,130,106 639.240 1,767.89 579.909 1,948.76 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 12,320 10.439 1,180.19 9.470 1,300.95 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 136,154 144.051 945.18 130.681 1,041.88 LINE PIPE.............................20 14,510,747 32,590.962 445.24 29,566.032 490.79 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 623,890 641.404 972.69 581.872 1,072.21 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 1,278,565 1,173.830 1,089.23 1,064.881 1,200.66 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 950,142 183.677 5,172.90 166.629 5,702.14 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS FEBRUARY CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 04/08/99 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 610,507 1,230.929 495.97 1,116.680 546.72 WIRE DRAWN............................23 3,669,561 4,247.370 863.96 3,853.150 952.35 BLACK PLATE...........................28 32,108 81.604 393.46 74.030 433.72 TIN PLATE.............................29 1,334,535 2,399.202 556.24 2,176.520 613.15 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 4,359,277 16,454.499 264.93 14,927.275 292.03 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 8,972,839 18,320.318 489.78 16,619.918 539.88 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 45,961 64.893 708.26 58.870 780.72 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 5,949 2.186 2,721.41 1.983 3,000.00 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 186,410 166.548 1,119.26 151.090 1,233.77 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 189,631 215.271 880.89 195.291 971.02 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,482,612 1,035.522 2,397.45 939.410 2,642.74 COUNTRY TOTALS 59,062,271 120,439.125 490.39 109,260.567 540.56 Federal Republic of Germany Federal Republic of Germany INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 11,414 3.307 3,451.47 3.000 3,804.67 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 8,927,768 44,281.144 201.62 40,171.189 222.24 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,867,858 5,160.433 361.96 4,681.467 398.99 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,734,867 7,260.021 376.70 6,586.182 415.24 STEEL PILING...........................5 440,035 736.386 597.56 668.038 658.70 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,024,977 2,626.427 771.00 2,382.655 849.88 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 342,251 419.299 816.25 380.382 899.76 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 819,171 1,540.994 531.59 1,397.967 585.97 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 5,381 4.602 1,169.27 4.175 1,288.86 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,570,907 1,091.690 1,438.97 990.365 1,586.19 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 59,083 16.847 3,507.03 15.283 3,865.93 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 9,748 6.485 1,503.16 5.883 1,656.98 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 2,813,488 3,056.561 920.48 2,772.866 1,014.65 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,357,255 623.911 2,175.40 566.003 2,397.96 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 3,138,667 2,453.804 1,279.10 2,226.054 1,409.97 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 374,189 319.830 1,169.96 290.145 1,289.66 LINE PIPE.............................20 2,341,380 4,154.099 563.63 3,768.536 621.30 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 2,617,366 2,076.952 1,260.20 1,884.180 1,389.13 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 2,224,350 1,473.408 1,509.66 1,336.654 1,664.12 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 242,983 13.426 18,097.94 12.180 19,949.34 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 85,846 10.049 8,542.74 9.116 9,417.07 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 130,240 41.907 3,107.83 38.017 3,425.84 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,046,118 577.193 1,812.42 523.621 1,997.85 BLACK PLATE...........................28 282,535 166.779 1,694.07 151.299 1,867.40 TIN PLATE.............................29 3,328,390 5,892.136 564.89 5,345.257 622.68 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 505,466 926.010 545.85 840.062 601.70 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS FEBRUARY CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 04/08/99 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,622,321 4,947.650 327.90 4,488.434 361.44 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,906,445 3,816.665 499.51 3,462.421 550.61 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 9,363,648 18,250.396 513.07 16,556.485 565.56 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 196,102 337.508 581.03 306.182 640.48 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 254,277 220.186 1,154.83 199.749 1,272.98 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 444,449 400.440 1,109.90 363.273 1,223.46 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 1,140,708 2,437.125 468.05 2,210.923 515.94 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 5,810,929 3,006.352 1,932.88 2,727.317 2,130.64 COUNTRY TOTALS 60,040,612 118,350.017 507.31 107,365.360 559.22 Austria Austria INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 293,590 89.728 3,272.00 81.400 3,606.76 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 130,527 18.104 7,209.84 16.424 7,947.33 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 251,110 364.023 689.82 330.236 760.40 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 63,680 102.520 621.15 93.005 684.69 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 270,262 80.521 3,356.42 73.047 3,699.84 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 18,022 2.118 8,508.97 1.921 9,381.57 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 52,889 20.310 2,604.09 18.425 2,870.50 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,269,996 730.409 3,107.84 662.616 3,425.81 LINE PIPE.............................20 12,784 20.472 624.46 18.572 688.35 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 483,672 89.412 5,409.48 81.113 5,962.94 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 58,606 2.816 20,811.79 2.555 22,937.77 WIRE DRAWN............................23 243,315 97.330 2,499.90 88.296 2,755.67 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 194,561 367.416 529.54 333.314 583.72 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 110,288 37.582 2,934.60 34.094 3,234.82 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 38,991 4.376 8,910.19 3.970 9,821.41 COUNTRY TOTALS 4,492,293 2,027.137 2,216.08 1,838.988 2,442.81 Czech Republic Czech Republic WIRE RODS..............................3 1,482,056 8,887.427 166.76 8,062.540 183.82 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 78,559 89.005 882.64 80.744 972.94 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 5,114 0.410 12,473.17 0.372 13,747.31 WIRE DRAWN............................23 161,279 202.303 797.22 183.526 878.78 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 192,386 209.141 919.89 189.730 1,014.00 COUNTRY TOTALS 1,919,394 9,388.286 204.45 8,516.912 225.36 Slovakia Slovakia IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS FEBRUARY CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 04/08/99 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 25,766 122.423 210.47 111.060 232.00 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 12,140 51.401 236.18 46.630 260.35 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 43,058 40.082 1,074.25 36.362 1,184.15 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 264,190 1,071.533 246.55 972.079 271.78 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,280,443 7,353.602 310.11 6,671.077 341.84 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 9,871 24.535 402.32 22.258 443.48 COUNTRY TOTALS 2,635,468 8,663.576 304.20 7,859.466 335.32 Hungary Hungary PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 54,754 287.406 190.51 260.730 210.00 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 105,521 596.494 176.90 541.130 195.00 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 205,068 1,103.992 185.75 1,001.525 204.76 COUNTRY TOTALS 365,343 1,987.891 183.78 1,803.385 202.59 Switzerland Switzerland BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 23,561 14.508 1,624.00 13.161 1,790.21 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 90,684 63.744 1,422.63 57.828 1,568.17 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 83,872 125.126 670.30 113.512 738.88 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 8,159 0.403 20,245.66 0.366 22,292.35 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 750,600 82.434 9,105.47 74.783 10,037.04 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 666,675 377.707 1,765.06 342.650 1,945.64 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 20,751 2.487 8,343.79 2.256 9,198.14 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 15,639 0.410 38,143.90 0.372 42,040.32 WIRE DRAWN............................23 244,835 34.443 7,108.41 31.246 7,835.72 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,365 0.440 5,375.00 0.399 5,927.32 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 73,609 55.516 1,325.91 50.363 1,461.57 COUNTRY TOTALS 1,980,750 757.217 2,615.83 686.936 2,883.46 Estonia Estonia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 53,066 113.087 469.25 102.591 517.26 COUNTRY TOTALS 53,066 113.087 469.25 102.591 517.26 Latvia Latvia BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 4,999,588 30,887.360 161.87 28,020.550 178.43 COUNTRY TOTALS 4,999,588 30,887.360 161.87 28,020.550 178.43 Poland Poland IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS FEBRUARY CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 04/08/99 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 3,169,688 22,184.009 142.88 20,125.000 157.50 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 282,270 1,193.482 236.51 1,082.709 260.71 TOOL STEEL............................17 22,309 18.210 1,225.10 16.520 1,350.42 WIRE DRAWN............................23 13,389 22.027 607.84 19.983 670.02 COUNTRY TOTALS 3,487,656 23,417.729 148.93 21,244.212 164.17 Russia Russia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 945,984 5,531.927 171.00 5,018.481 188.50 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,376,662 8,092.686 170.11 7,341.563 187.52 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 9,123 21.965 415.34 19.926 457.84 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 3,495,946 10,931.672 319.80 9,917.049 352.52 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 243,667 210.701 1,156.46 191.145 1,274.78 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 453,605 2,334.738 194.29 2,118.039 214.16 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 254,678 171.334 1,486.44 155.432 1,638.52 TOOL STEEL............................17 105,745 80.813 1,308.51 73.312 1,442.40 WIRE DRAWN............................23 3,856 18.894 204.09 17.140 224.97 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 8,177,251 31,655.153 258.32 28,717.080 284.75 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 738,352 1,379.189 535.35 1,251.180 590.12 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 1,366,999 1,632.230 837.50 1,480.735 923.19 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 5,044 10.107 499.06 9.169 550.11 COUNTRY TOTALS 17,176,912 62,071.409 276.73 56,310.251 305.04 Belarus Belarus BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 1,652,858 1,092.948 1,512.29 991.506 1,667.02 WIRE DRAWN............................23 105,132 80.198 1,310.91 72.754 1,445.03 COUNTRY TOTALS 1,757,990 1,173.146 1,498.53 1,064.260 1,651.84 Ukraine Ukraine STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 7,230 19.278 375.04 17.489 413.40 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,954,775 5,655.737 522.44 5,130.800 575.89 TOOL STEEL............................17 11,539 3.188 3,619.51 2.892 3,989.97 LINE PIPE.............................20 539,876 1,305.578 413.51 1,184.401 455.82 COUNTRY TOTALS 3,513,420 6,983.782 503.08 6,335.582 554.55 Kazakhstan Kazakhstan IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS FEBRUARY CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 04/08/99 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 6,856 24.360 281.44 22.099 310.24 COUNTRY TOTALS 6,856 24.360 281.44 22.099 310.24 Moldova Moldova WIRE RODS..............................3 1,260,454 7,571.739 166.47 6,868.968 183.50 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 2,245,647 14,008.141 160.31 12,707.975 176.71 COUNTRY TOTALS 3,506,101 21,579.880 162.47 19,576.943 179.09 Spain Spain BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 6,149,768 8,130.538 756.38 7,375.902 833.76 WIRE RODS..............................3 2,164,395 6,719.699 322.10 6,096.010 355.05 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 6,221,762 20,216.329 307.76 18,339.950 339.25 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 268,646 225.526 1,191.20 204.594 1,313.07 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 107,559 58.713 1,831.95 53.264 2,019.36 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 32,365 111.831 289.41 101.451 319.02 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 673,354 892.005 754.88 809.214 832.11 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,619 0.546 4,796.70 0.495 5,290.91 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 901,462 1,752.342 514.43 1,589.698 567.06 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 123,998 196.198 632.00 177.988 696.66 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 800,644 934.266 856.98 847.552 944.65 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 788,318 179.598 4,389.35 162.929 4,838.41 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 3,616 10.642 339.79 9.654 374.56 WIRE DRAWN............................23 379,471 308.273 1,230.96 279.661 1,356.90 TIN PLATE.............................29 351,040 660.615 531.38 599.300 585.75 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 24,672 17.334 1,423.33 15.725 1,568.97 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,067,927 1,875.671 569.36 1,701.581 627.61 COUNTRY TOTALS 20,061,616 42,290.126 474.38 38,364.968 522.91 Portugal Portugal SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 477,702 1,158.193 412.45 1,050.695 454.65 COUNTRY TOTALS 477,702 1,158.193 412.45 1,050.695 454.65 Italy Italy BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 27,252 0.093 293,032.26 0.084 324,428.57 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS FEBRUARY CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 04/08/99 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE WIRE RODS..............................3 366,695 211.031 1,737.64 191.444 1,915.42 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,429,281 5,883.628 242.93 5,337.539 267.78 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 343,568 256.518 1,339.35 232.709 1,476.38 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 962,124 490.418 1,961.84 444.900 2,162.56 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 2,003,410 839.447 2,386.58 761.534 2,630.76 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 27,270 29.355 928.97 26.630 1,024.03 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,185 0.360 6,069.44 0.327 6,681.96 LINE PIPE.............................20 198,886 227.562 873.99 206.441 963.40 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 503,210 539.425 932.86 489.358 1,028.31 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 130,584 74.063 1,763.15 67.189 1,943.53 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 801,455 120.365 6,658.54 109.193 7,339.80 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 33,835 2.789 12,131.59 2.530 13,373.52 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 8,182 9.956 821.82 9.032 905.89 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,034,722 1,123.259 921.18 1,019.004 1,015.42 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 166,997 539.405 309.59 489.340 341.27 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 676,352 492.044 1,374.58 446.375 1,515.21 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,685,668 2,707.783 622.53 2,456.460 686.22 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 456,858 852.858 535.68 773.700 590.48 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 99,572 72.473 1,373.92 65.746 1,514.50 COUNTRY TOTALS 10,958,106 14,472.831 757.15 13,129.535 834.61 Slovenia Slovenia PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 41,665 54.179 769.02 49.150 847.71 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 215,292 182.615 1,178.94 165.666 1,299.55 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 107,644 50.226 2,143.19 45.564 2,362.48 TOOL STEEL............................17 591,828 367.296 1,611.31 333.205 1,776.17 LINE PIPE.............................20 36,583 87.490 418.14 79.370 460.92 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 182,001 236.666 769.02 214.700 847.70 COUNTRY TOTALS 1,175,013 978.472 1,200.87 887.655 1,323.73 Macedonia (Skopje) Macedonia (Skopje) PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,660,385 5,972.178 278.02 5,417.870 306.46 COUNTRY TOTALS 1,660,385 5,972.178 278.02 5,417.870 306.46 Greece Greece STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 427,856 752.569 568.53 682.719 626.69 COUNTRY TOTALS 427,856 752.569 568.53 682.719 626.69 Romania Romania IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS FEBRUARY CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 04/08/99 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,007,719 6,534.235 154.22 5,927.760 170.00 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,082,143 3,499.701 309.21 3,174.876 340.85 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 102,641 177.417 578.53 160.950 637.72 LINE PIPE.............................20 16,730 21.470 779.23 19.477 858.96 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 828,560 5,372.532 154.22 4,873.880 170.00 COUNTRY TOTALS 3,037,793 15,605.354 194.66 14,156.943 214.58 Turkey Turkey WIRE RODS..............................3 171,919 994.792 172.82 902.460 190.50 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 249,043 1,034.942 240.63 938.884 265.25 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 132,508 492.724 268.93 446.992 296.44 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 1,166,054 4,532.668 257.26 4,111.968 283.58 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 71,511 33.816 2,114.71 30.677 2,331.09 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 742,488 1,965.861 377.69 1,783.400 416.33 WIRE DRAWN............................23 17,942 20.238 886.55 18.360 977.23 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 21,693 55.529 390.66 50.375 430.63 COUNTRY TOTALS 2,573,158 9,130.570 281.82 8,283.116 310.65 Israel Israel BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 36,701 7.826 4,689.62 7.100 5,169.15 WIRE DRAWN............................23 208,993 346.762 602.70 314.577 664.36 COUNTRY TOTALS 245,694 354.588 692.90 321.677 763.79 Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 89,009 44.044 2,020.91 39.956 2,227.68 COUNTRY TOTALS 89,009 44.044 2,020.91 39.956 2,227.68 United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 58,499 32.148 1,819.68 29.164 2,005.86 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 299,007 957.392 312.31 868.532 344.27 WIRE DRAWN............................23 20,034 24.166 829.02 21.923 913.83 COUNTRY TOTALS 377,540 1,013.706 372.44 919.619 410.54 India India IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS FEBRUARY CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 04/08/99 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE WIRE RODS..............................3 48,627 39.239 1,239.25 35.597 1,366.04 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,529 7.351 344.03 6.669 379.22 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 265,118 537.376 493.36 487.499 543.83 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 326,940 254.186 1,286.22 230.594 1,417.82 TOOL STEEL............................17 58,406 17.132 3,409.18 15.542 3,757.95 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 3,000 0.309 9,708.74 0.280 10,714.29 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 136,666 214.765 636.35 194.832 701.46 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 241,584 306.859 787.28 278.378 867.83 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 84,566 92.909 910.20 84.286 1,003.32 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 503,130 150.713 3,338.33 136.725 3,679.87 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 14,502 21.804 665.11 19.780 733.16 WIRE DRAWN............................23 192,453 305.040 630.91 276.728 695.46 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 154,293 134.261 1,149.20 121.800 1,266.77 COUNTRY TOTALS 2,031,814 2,081.946 975.92 1,888.710 1,075.77 Thailand Thailand BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 10,747 29.405 365.48 26.676 402.87 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 2,548 6.360 400.63 5.770 441.59 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 24,043 27.772 865.73 25.194 954.31 WIRE DRAWN............................23 140,496 104.432 1,345.33 94.739 1,482.98 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 10,010,670 30,267.056 330.74 27,457.819 364.58 COUNTRY TOTALS 10,188,504 30,435.025 334.76 27,610.198 369.01 Malaysia Malaysia WIRE RODS..............................3 102,882 567.040 181.44 514.410 200.00 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 349,955 1,127.697 310.33 1,023.030 342.08 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 138,392 97.614 1,417.75 88.554 1,562.80 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 6,541 0.443 14,765.24 0.402 16,271.14 COUNTRY TOTALS 597,770 1,792.794 333.43 1,626.396 367.54 Singapore Singapore BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 1,823,122 11,063.296 164.79 10,036.456 181.65 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 83,078 40.037 2,075.03 36.321 2,287.33 COUNTRY TOTALS 1,906,200 11,103.333 171.68 10,072.777 189.24 Indonesia Indonesia IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS FEBRUARY CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 04/08/99 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE WIRE RODS..............................3 941,501 5,163.321 182.34 4,684.087 201.00 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 588,243 2,652.468 221.77 2,406.279 244.46 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 23,573 13.310 1,771.07 12.075 1,952.22 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 722,357 1,994.366 362.20 1,809.259 399.26 WIRE DRAWN............................23 7,880 25.022 314.92 22.700 347.14 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 13,163 52.561 250.43 47.683 276.05 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 8,760 22.461 390.01 20.376 429.92 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,569,920 3,438.643 456.55 3,119.485 503.26 COUNTRY TOTALS 3,875,397 13,362.152 290.03 12,121.944 319.70 China China INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 59,782 5.101 11,719.66 4.628 12,917.46 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 73,145 81.613 896.24 74.038 987.94 WIRE RODS..............................3 15,302 61.039 250.69 55.374 276.34 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 14,960 19.842 753.96 18.000 831.11 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 5,992 19.909 300.97 18.061 331.76 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,083,124 5,549.267 195.18 5,034.212 215.15 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 324,418 254.913 1,272.66 231.253 1,402.87 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 73,167 108.691 673.17 98.603 742.04 TOOL STEEL............................17 893,352 525.399 1,700.33 476.634 1,874.29 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,855,299 4,439.593 417.90 4,027.532 460.65 LINE PIPE.............................20 398,723 846.642 470.95 768.061 519.13 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 46,695 44.196 1,056.54 40.094 1,164.64 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 101,246 59.940 1,689.12 54.377 1,861.93 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 43,789 87.322 501.47 79.217 552.77 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,039,136 1,299.970 799.35 1,179.313 881.14 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 4,667,504 23,915.408 195.17 21,695.699 215.13 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 553,196 1,902.754 290.73 1,726.150 320.48 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 435,898 1,011.569 430.91 917.680 475.00 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 28,552 17.322 1,648.31 15.714 1,816.98 COUNTRY TOTALS 11,713,280 40,250.489 291.01 36,514.640 320.78 Korea, South Korea, South BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 4,224,076 20,584.137 205.21 18,673.620 226.21 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,175,534 1,046.003 1,123.83 948.918 1,238.82 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 12,790,675 57,324.478 223.13 52,003.906 245.96 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 4,164,296 14,678.111 283.71 13,315.762 312.73 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 102,504 419.662 244.25 380.711 269.24 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS FEBRUARY CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 04/08/99 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE RAILS STANDARD.........................7 19,138 43.500 439.95 39.463 484.96 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,037,337 3,609.036 287.43 3,274.063 316.83 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 2,138,803 6,391.552 334.63 5,798.320 368.87 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 4,097,759 22,078.170 185.60 20,028.985 204.59 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,231,845 887.989 1,387.23 805.570 1,529.16 TOOL STEEL............................17 921,786 636.063 1,449.21 577.027 1,597.47 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 5,457,794 16,082.172 339.37 14,589.505 374.09 LINE PIPE.............................20 6,443,138 21,531.831 299.24 19,533.354 329.85 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,029,956 2,536.168 406.11 2,300.774 447.66 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 111,868 288.401 387.89 261.633 427.58 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 755,911 356.114 2,122.67 323.061 2,339.84 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 2,578,185 8,871.290 290.62 8,047.901 320.35 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 5,499 21.456 256.29 19.465 282.51 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,718,218 3,236.533 839.85 2,936.134 925.78 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 11,165,783 44,133.472 253.00 40,037.224 278.89 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 5,674,598 16,400.667 346.00 14,878.439 381.40 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 8,206,440 17,409.817 471.37 15,793.925 519.59 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 3,514,253 7,946.902 442.22 7,209.310 487.46 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 2,739,717 5,633.338 486.34 5,110.480 536.10 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 123,213 350.925 351.11 318.354 387.03 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 152,827 97.517 1,567.18 88.466 1,727.52 COUNTRY TOTALS 82,581,153 272,595.304 302.94 247,294.370 333.94 Hong Kong Hong Kong WIRE DRAWN............................23 3,781 2.528 1,495.65 2.293 1,648.93 COUNTRY TOTALS 3,781 2.528 1,495.65 2.293 1,648.93 Taiwan Taiwan WIRE RODS..............................3 854,809 596.050 1,434.12 540.728 1,580.85 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 496,529 330.335 1,503.11 299.675 1,656.89 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 145,925 702.426 207.74 637.230 229.00 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 7,103 3.887 1,827.37 3.526 2,014.46 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,143,958 728.615 1,570.04 660.989 1,730.68 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 6,862 22.626 303.28 20.526 334.31 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 218,122 107.709 2,025.10 97.712 2,232.29 TOOL STEEL............................17 845,180 478.270 1,767.16 433.879 1,947.96 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 250,814 825.684 303.77 749.048 334.84 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 39,321 18.079 2,174.95 16.401 2,397.48 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS FEBRUARY CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 04/08/99 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,252,396 708.915 1,766.64 643.117 1,947.38 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 76,027 44.854 1,694.99 40.691 1,868.40 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,321,033 1,902.364 694.42 1,725.796 765.46 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 934,710 4,019.396 232.55 3,646.336 256.34 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 5,206,556 7,060.298 737.44 6,404.996 812.89 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 5,422,450 10,711.500 506.23 9,717.312 558.02 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 3,196 4.145 771.05 3.760 850.00 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 514,979 1,015.282 507.23 921.049 559.12 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 529,755 297.944 1,778.04 270.290 1,959.95 COUNTRY TOTALS 19,269,725 29,578.378 651.48 26,833.061 718.13 Japan Japan INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 356,552 694.313 513.53 629.870 566.07 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 30,140 74.807 402.90 67.864 444.12 WIRE RODS..............................3 4,357,053 10,649.915 409.12 9,661.443 450.97 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 13,416,466 60,054.521 223.40 54,480.560 246.26 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,675,813 2,434.873 688.25 2,208.880 758.67 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 222,083 441.277 503.27 400.320 554.76 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 3,828,440 8,169.592 468.62 7,411.331 516.57 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 66,200 135.173 489.74 122.627 539.85 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 3,808,390 5,772.557 659.74 5,236.777 727.24 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 463,710 1,117.209 415.06 1,013.515 457.53 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 2,029,785 10,690.061 189.88 9,697.863 209.30 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 479,094 577.899 829.03 524.261 913.85 TOOL STEEL............................17 3,028,227 3,452.065 877.22 3,131.662 966.97 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,135,938 3,000.171 711.94 2,721.710 784.78 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 1,064,472 477.887 2,227.46 433.532 2,455.35 LINE PIPE.............................20 9,291,966 18,806.198 494.09 17,060.701 544.64 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 5,994,973 4,670.397 1,283.61 4,236.914 1,414.94 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 809,051 944.229 856.84 856.590 944.50 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 6,688,484 1,788.747 3,739.20 1,622.724 4,121.76 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 205,390 27.290 7,526.20 24.757 8,296.24 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 449,300 1,132.789 396.63 1,027.649 437.21 WIRE DRAWN............................23 5,570,254 6,147.062 906.17 5,576.522 998.88 BLACK PLATE...........................28 2,152,579 4,664.732 461.46 4,231.775 508.67 TIN PLATE.............................29 9,175,101 19,008.271 482.69 17,244.018 532.07 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 7,784,846 7,872.521 988.86 7,141.833 1,090.03 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,306,364 4,747.511 275.17 4,306.871 303.32 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 9,578,022 22,811.185 419.88 20,693.965 462.84 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 3,631,835 6,526.589 556.47 5,920.824 613.40 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS FEBRUARY CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 04/08/99 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 491,710 690.598 712.01 626.500 784.85 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 345,076 154.637 2,231.52 140.284 2,459.84 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 1,811,858 3,712.102 488.09 3,367.563 538.03 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 55,750 29.638 1,881.03 26.887 2,073.49 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 4,741,265 986.863 4,804.38 895.267 5,295.92 COUNTRY TOTALS 107,046,187 212,463.676 503.83 192,743.859 555.38 Australia Australia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 1,240,922 6,563.215 189.07 5,954.050 208.42 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 109,635 169.228 647.85 153.521 714.14 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 36,120 166.251 217.26 150.820 239.49 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 201,338 349.393 576.25 316.964 635.21 WIRE DRAWN............................23 137,219 61.748 2,222.24 56.017 2,449.60 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,996,029 9,855.145 202.54 8,940.440 223.26 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 143,089 115.661 1,237.14 104.926 1,363.71 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 4,719 1.321 3,572.29 1.198 3,939.07 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 60,805 111.580 544.95 101.224 600.70 COUNTRY TOTALS 3,929,876 17,393.542 225.94 15,779.160 249.05 New Zealand New Zealand PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 15,345 53.054 289.23 48.130 318.82 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 50,737 130.935 387.50 118.782 427.14 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 298,807 1,293.838 230.95 1,173.750 254.57 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 185,795 743.674 249.83 674.650 275.39 COUNTRY TOTALS 550,684 2,221.501 247.89 2,015.312 273.25 Egypt Egypt WIRE DRAWN............................23 32,674 70.346 464.48 63.817 512.00 COUNTRY TOTALS 32,674 70.346 464.48 63.817 512.00 South Africa South Africa BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 194,607 116.316 1,673.09 105.520 1,844.27 WIRE RODS..............................3 323,968 1,615.205 200.57 1,465.290 221.09 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,336,070 10,430.070 223.97 9,462.003 246.89 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS FEBRUARY CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 04/08/99 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,104,949 2,684.839 411.55 2,435.646 453.66 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 769,132 3,066.692 250.80 2,782.057 276.46 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 487,307 2,653.610 183.64 2,407.315 202.43 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 258,058 834.703 309.16 757.230 340.79 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 42,510 99.153 428.73 89.950 472.60 LINE PIPE.............................20 189,979 429.157 442.68 389.325 487.97 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 116,010 355.391 326.43 322.405 359.83 WIRE DRAWN............................23 218,412 527.139 414.33 478.213 456.73 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 664,004 2,005.631 331.07 1,819.478 364.94 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,243,267 2,293.285 542.13 2,080.434 597.60 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 2,258,631 4,508.154 501.01 4,089.730 552.27 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 2,570 1.053 2,440.65 0.955 2,691.10 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 9,339 19.306 483.74 17.514 533.23 COUNTRY TOTALS 10,218,813 31,639.704 322.97 28,703.065 356.02 GRAND TOTAL 864,713,464 2,242,016.528 385.69 2,033,923.755 425.15 GRAND TOTAL 864,713,464 2,242,016.528 385.69 2,033,923.755 425.15 !R! RES; EXIT;