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RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS JANUARY CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 03/03/99 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A Canada 90,307 64.360 1,403.15 58.386 1,546.72 Mexico 151,250 217.684 694.81 197.480 765.90 United Kingdom 3,577 0.266 13,447.37 0.241 14,842.32 France 65,486 1.445 45,319.03 1.311 49,951.18 Federal Republic of Germany 63,610 13.466 4,723.75 12.216 5,207.11 Austria 260,572 87.047 2,993.46 78.968 3,299.72 China 41,646 5.104 8,159.48 4.630 8,994.82 Taiwan 3,790 1.000 3,790.00 0.907 4,178.61 Japan 91,773 27.687 3,314.66 25.117 3,653.82 Australia 59,442 11.002 5,402.84 9.981 5,955.52 CATEGORY TOTAL 831,453 429.060 1,937.85 389.237 2,136.11 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 4,948,345 14,216.402 348.07 12,896.907 383.68 Mexico 20,703,351 125,824.120 164.54 114,145.754 181.38 Brazil 18,114,702 116,375.872 155.66 105,574.445 171.58 Sweden 997,410 666.063 1,497.47 604.242 1,650.68 Finland 3,934,811 28,720.272 137.00 26,054.600 151.02 Denmark 11,200 3.999 2,800.70 3.628 3,087.10 United Kingdom 4,322,857 8,212.117 526.40 7,449.909 580.26 Belgium 242,050 782.447 309.35 709.824 341.00 France 7,123 1.087 6,552.90 0.986 7,224.14 Federal Republic of Germany 5,405,661 32,253.299 167.60 29,259.709 184.75 Russia 416,323 2,438.639 170.72 2,212.297 188.19 Ukraine 1,243,469 11,328.010 109.77 10,276.601 121.00 Spain 18,032,052 22,773.725 791.79 20,659.982 872.80 Italy 131,719 71.083 1,853.03 64.485 2,042.63 China 49,358 42.042 1,174.02 38.140 1,294.13 Korea, South 378,598 1,048.705 361.01 951.369 397.95 Japan 50,791 124.645 407.49 113.076 449.18 Australia 5,282,851 40,458.714 130.57 36,703.538 143.93 CATEGORY TOTAL 84,272,671 405,341.241 207.91 367,719.492 229.18 WIRE RODS..............................3 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 12,840,112 38,644.213 332.26 35,057.450 366.26 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS JANUARY CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 03/03/99 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Mexico 1,336,088 5,640.811 236.86 5,117.259 261.09 Trinidad and Tobago 8,452,008 35,419.191 238.63 32,131.759 263.04 Venezuela 1,919,218 9,032.913 212.47 8,194.523 234.21 Brazil 4,030,580 13,135.655 306.84 11,916.469 338.24 Sweden 720,836 382.574 1,884.17 347.065 2,076.95 United Kingdom 5,428,762 20,344.621 266.84 18,456.335 294.14 Netherlands 261,494 724.480 360.94 657.237 397.87 Luxembourg 282,906 785.141 360.33 712.268 397.19 France 912,275 519.162 1,757.21 470.976 1,936.99 Federal Republic of Germany 3,765,263 13,333.844 282.38 12,096.263 311.27 Poland 248,120 1,430.469 173.45 1,297.700 191.20 Moldova 1,252,758 6,193.750 202.26 5,618.877 222.96 Spain 1,465,088 5,499.508 266.40 4,989.071 293.66 Italy 380,315 181.610 2,094.13 164.754 2,308.38 Turkey 2,175,469 12,484.642 174.25 11,325.880 192.08 India 2,664,855 13,380.565 199.16 12,138.648 219.53 Korea, South 1,016,303 823.145 1,234.66 746.745 1,360.98 Taiwan 1,386,498 1,030.122 1,345.96 934.511 1,483.66 Japan 8,122,634 20,191.778 402.27 18,317.678 443.43 CATEGORY TOTAL 58,661,582 199,178.193 294.52 180,691.468 324.65 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 4,238,747 11,453.830 370.07 10,390.743 407.93 Mexico 805,710 2,751.426 292.83 2,496.052 322.79 Brazil 364,042 1,373.024 265.14 1,245.587 292.27 Sweden 12,845 10.430 1,231.54 9.462 1,357.54 Norway 37,784 73.911 511.21 67.051 563.51 United Kingdom 8,696,770 18,200.351 477.84 16,511.085 526.72 Netherlands 25,675 14.999 1,711.78 13.607 1,886.90 Luxembourg 3,698,815 8,150.066 453.84 7,393.618 500.27 France 142,684 153.916 927.03 139.630 1,021.87 Federal Republic of Germany 2,328,377 7,703.800 302.24 6,988.772 333.16 Austria 105,066 14.883 7,059.46 13.502 7,781.51 Poland 947,549 4,180.584 226.65 3,792.563 249.84 Russia 122,748 770.784 159.25 699.244 175.54 Ukraine 19,258 77.996 246.91 70.757 272.17 Spain 650,491 2,464.315 263.96 2,235.590 290.97 Italy 148,527 103.373 1,436.81 93.778 1,583.81 Malaysia 1,144,725 520.608 2,198.82 472.288 2,423.79 Korea, South 12,075,653 52,684.862 229.21 47,794.916 252.66 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS JANUARY CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 03/03/99 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Taiwan 12,851 23.036 557.87 20.898 614.94 Japan 21,458,983 97,661.699 219.73 88,597.228 242.21 South Africa 13,834 42.944 322.14 38.958 355.10 CATEGORY TOTAL 57,051,134 208,430.838 273.72 189,085.329 301.72 STEEL PILING...........................5 STEEL PILING...........................5 Canada 865,416 1,566.453 552.47 1,421.063 608.99 United Kingdom 613,462 1,219.675 502.97 1,106.471 554.43 Luxembourg 4,820,003 9,497.925 507.48 8,616.375 559.40 Federal Republic of Germany 497,964 891.140 558.79 808.429 615.97 China 2,440 3.708 658.04 3.364 725.33 Japan 60,450 266.230 227.06 241.520 250.29 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,859,735 13,445.132 510.20 12,197.222 562.40 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 6,411,477 17,134.362 374.19 15,544.036 412.47 Mexico 5,169,366 18,301.703 282.45 16,603.030 311.35 Brazil 2,553,115 6,000.442 425.49 5,443.511 469.02 Sweden 2,985,474 4,693.595 636.07 4,257.959 701.15 Finland 667,415 1,955.214 341.35 1,773.741 376.28 Denmark 33,162 95.380 347.68 86.527 383.26 United Kingdom 709,791 959.006 740.13 869.996 815.86 Belgium 1,478,402 1,402.870 1,053.84 1,272.663 1,161.66 France 6,605,249 9,989.000 661.25 9,061.871 728.91 Federal Republic of Germany 1,491,995 2,181.491 683.93 1,979.016 753.91 Austria 197,344 394.340 500.44 357.739 551.64 Czech Republic 1,834,845 5,977.360 306.97 5,422.571 338.37 Slovakia 13,718 50.205 273.24 45.545 301.20 Hungary 6,148 36.437 168.73 33.055 185.99 Poland 15,105 54.785 275.71 49.700 303.92 Russia 587,590 1,871.169 314.02 1,697.496 346.15 Ukraine 4,158,568 7,623.583 545.49 6,916.000 601.30 Spain 73,371 54.722 1,340.80 49.643 1,477.97 Italy 1,716,284 4,312.709 397.96 3,912.425 438.68 Slovenia 8,395 11.326 741.21 10.275 817.03 Romania 647,378 1,645.408 393.45 1,492.689 433.70 India 1,608,058 5,815.521 276.51 5,275.753 304.80 Indonesia 2,356,647 10,368.223 227.30 9,405.896 250.55 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS JANUARY CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 03/03/99 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE China 1,778,833 4,870.721 365.21 4,418.645 402.57 Korea, South 5,125,407 16,795.518 305.17 15,236.642 336.39 Taiwan 155,061 103.165 1,503.04 93.590 1,656.81 Japan 7,424,084 20,290.323 365.89 18,407.077 403.33 Australia 845,494 3,013.550 280.56 2,733.847 309.27 South Africa 931,840 2,597.164 358.79 2,356.108 395.50 CATEGORY TOTAL 57,589,616 148,599.290 387.55 134,807.046 427.20 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 5,518,172 16,944.115 325.67 15,371.447 358.99 Mexico 296,545 1,219.552 243.16 1,106.359 268.04 Venezuela 264,972 1,211.980 218.63 1,099.490 241.00 Brazil 574,173 2,348.129 244.52 2,130.187 269.54 Sweden 702,886 1,487.352 472.58 1,349.303 520.93 Finland 1,403,662 5,616.271 249.93 5,094.997 275.50 Netherlands 1,892,343 7,734.601 244.66 7,016.714 269.69 Belgium 883,495 770.761 1,146.26 699.223 1,263.54 France 8,232,065 24,066.929 342.05 21,833.157 377.04 Federal Republic of Germany 86,457 286.913 301.34 260.283 332.17 Slovakia 174,893 711.961 245.65 645.880 270.78 Hungary 135,962 777.747 174.82 705.560 192.70 Russia 1,205,857 5,586.748 215.84 5,068.214 237.93 Kazakhstan 898,571 5,170.439 173.79 4,690.545 191.57 Spain 18,662 20.547 908.26 18.640 1,001.18 Italy 41,771 147.556 283.09 133.861 312.05 Romania 716,692 3,753.259 190.95 3,404.900 210.49 India 1,501,499 8,182.980 183.49 7,423.477 202.26 Indonesia 5,448 10.479 519.90 9.506 573.11 China 2,599,203 12,905.445 201.40 11,707.626 222.01 Korea, South 405,975 1,478.092 274.66 1,340.903 302.76 Taiwan 26,365 100.986 261.08 91.613 287.79 Japan 98,865 417.059 237.05 378.350 261.31 New Zealand 271,261 1,281.613 211.66 1,162.660 233.31 South Africa 820,973 4,208.292 195.08 3,817.699 215.04 CATEGORY TOTAL 28,776,767 106,439.805 270.36 96,560.594 298.02 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Canada 81,000 32.426 2,498.00 29.416 2,753.60 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS JANUARY CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 03/03/99 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Belgium 15,870 14.991 1,058.64 13.600 1,166.91 France 4,740,997 10,611.659 446.77 9,626.738 492.48 Federal Republic of Germany 199,117 429.849 463.23 389.953 510.62 Russia 281,933 2,910.525 96.87 2,640.385 106.78 Taiwan 7,495 3.470 2,159.94 3.148 2,380.88 Japan 11,353,022 24,408.653 465.12 22,143.164 512.71 CATEGORY TOTAL 16,679,434 38,411.574 434.23 34,846.404 478.66 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 Canada 381,067 749.918 508.14 680.314 560.13 Mexico 44,116 107.448 410.58 97.475 452.59 United Kingdom 133,081 193.712 687.00 175.733 757.29 Luxembourg 230,234 249.907 921.28 226.712 1,015.54 Federal Republic of Germany 69,906 125.903 555.24 114.217 612.05 Austria 156,491 270.569 578.38 245.456 637.55 Korea, South 56,900 38.778 1,467.33 35.179 1,617.44 Japan 171,911 417.074 412.18 378.363 454.35 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,243,706 2,153.308 577.58 1,953.449 636.67 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 Canada 14,976 82.157 182.29 74.532 200.93 Italy 174,161 66.263 2,628.33 60.113 2,897.23 CATEGORY TOTAL 189,137 148.421 1,274.33 134.645 1,404.71 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 27,823,745 70,825.750 392.85 64,252.058 433.04 Mexico 764,552 2,361.440 323.77 2,142.263 356.89 Trinidad and Tobago 203,341 83.384 2,438.61 75.645 2,688.10 Brazil 305,000 266.606 1,144.01 241.861 1,261.05 Argentina 1,088,860 2,694.127 404.16 2,444.072 445.51 Sweden 392,525 141.713 2,769.86 128.560 3,053.24 United Kingdom 4,988,334 10,722.381 465.23 9,727.183 512.82 Netherlands 246,321 238.392 1,033.26 216.266 1,138.97 France 817,494 377.887 2,163.33 342.813 2,384.66 Federal Republic of Germany 1,336,914 987.121 1,354.36 895.501 1,492.92 Austria 184,016 61.855 2,974.96 56.114 3,279.32 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS JANUARY CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 03/03/99 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Switzerland 64,979 35.246 1,843.59 31.975 2,032.18 Poland 26,912 17.979 1,496.86 16.310 1,650.03 Russia 54,739 64.116 853.75 58.165 941.10 Ukraine 187,397 572.606 327.27 519.460 360.75 Italy 3,117,876 838.196 3,719.75 760.399 4,100.32 Slovenia 168,300 74.883 2,247.51 67.933 2,477.44 Turkey 178,228 729.387 244.35 661.689 269.35 India 131,912 264.023 499.62 239.518 550.74 China 456,596 349.734 1,305.55 317.273 1,439.13 Korea, South 5,135,752 14,635.018 350.92 13,276.669 386.83 Taiwan 1,274,315 816.927 1,559.89 741.104 1,719.48 Japan 7,163,165 11,227.564 638.00 10,185.478 703.27 Australia 673,677 1,857.434 362.69 1,685.036 399.80 South Africa 144,090 18.743 7,687.67 17.003 8,474.39 CATEGORY TOTAL 56,929,040 120,262.514 473.37 109,100.348 521.80 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 2,780,228 7,695.801 361.27 6,981.515 398.23 Mexico 920,523 3,253.285 282.95 2,951.331 311.90 Brazil 54,785 199.309 274.87 180.810 303.00 Denmark 13,957 6.964 2,004.16 6.318 2,209.09 United Kingdom 154,380 662.124 233.16 600.669 257.01 Federal Republic of Germany 125,710 412.538 304.72 374.248 335.90 Switzerland 34,071 19.809 1,719.98 17.970 1,895.99 Spain 141,459 70.803 1,997.92 64.231 2,202.35 Italy 126,567 65.646 1,928.02 59.553 2,125.28 India 29,346 22.105 1,327.57 20.053 1,463.42 China 36,340 130.416 278.65 118.311 307.16 Korea, South 1,104,534 3,599.107 306.89 3,265.056 338.29 Taiwan 4,461 5.947 750.13 5.395 826.88 Japan 739,469 1,686.146 438.56 1,529.646 483.42 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,265,830 17,829.997 351.42 16,175.106 387.37 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 Canada 26,822 47.219 568.03 42.836 626.16 Mexico 1,430,548 5,328.967 268.45 4,834.359 295.91 Venezuela 1,163,551 5,764.967 201.83 5,229.892 222.48 Federal Republic of Germany 15,592 19.574 796.57 17.757 878.08 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS JANUARY CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 03/03/99 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Belarus 1,612,679 9,356.175 172.37 8,487.782 190.00 Moldova 2,183,237 1,861.280 1,172.98 1,688.525 1,292.98 Indonesia 3,811,360 3,677.350 1,036.44 3,336.037 1,142.48 Korea, South 5,553,673 31,097.185 178.59 28,210.900 196.86 Taiwan 2,782 1.019 2,730.13 0.924 3,010.82 Japan 2,855,718 16,584.100 172.20 15,044.847 189.81 South Africa 825,292 4,475.307 184.41 4,059.931 203.28 CATEGORY TOTAL 19,481,254 78,213.143 249.08 70,953.790 274.56 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 6,858,031 6,496.346 1,055.68 5,893.388 1,163.68 Mexico 44,373 67.202 660.29 60.965 727.84 Brazil 12,570 18.910 664.73 17.155 732.73 Argentina 72,967 132.942 548.86 120.603 605.02 Sweden 189,399 56.023 3,380.74 50.823 3,726.64 Finland 139,605 181.816 767.84 164.941 846.39 Denmark 62,017 22.413 2,767.01 20.333 3,050.07 United Kingdom 3,824,631 3,574.213 1,070.06 3,242.472 1,179.54 Netherlands 128,087 16.526 7,750.64 14.992 8,543.69 Belgium 12,203 20.192 604.35 18.318 666.18 France 2,425,416 2,166.674 1,119.42 1,965.574 1,233.95 Federal Republic of Germany 3,111,832 3,345.837 930.06 3,035.293 1,025.22 Austria 58,403 17.700 3,299.60 16.057 3,637.23 Switzerland 24,737 15.141 1,633.78 13.736 1,800.89 Poland 23,554 18.938 1,243.74 17.180 1,371.01 Russia 1,650,848 1,661.053 993.86 1,506.882 1,095.54 Spain 488,853 639.786 764.09 580.404 842.26 Italy 1,659,765 707.459 2,346.09 641.796 2,586.13 Slovenia 185,004 82.064 2,254.39 74.447 2,485.04 United Arab Emirates 207,219 103.323 2,005.55 93.733 2,210.74 India 104,654 73.209 1,429.52 66.414 1,575.78 Malaysia 29,111 69.359 419.71 62.921 462.66 China 136,233 157.181 866.73 142.592 955.40 Korea, South 1,445,532 1,038.392 1,392.09 942.014 1,534.51 Taiwan 888,785 483.962 1,836.48 439.043 2,024.37 Japan 760,072 1,008.999 753.29 915.349 830.36 Australia 408,026 746.080 546.89 676.833 602.85 South Africa 60,772 294.154 206.60 266.852 227.74 CATEGORY TOTAL 25,012,699 23,215.893 1,077.40 21,061.110 1,187.62 TOOL STEEL............................17 TOOL STEEL............................17 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS JANUARY CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 03/03/99 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 1,086,925 776.998 1,398.88 704.881 1,542.00 Brazil 211,282 151.309 1,396.36 137.265 1,539.23 Sweden 2,139,534 809.327 2,643.60 734.209 2,914.07 United Kingdom 551,705 193.132 2,856.62 175.206 3,148.89 Netherlands 199,573 291.293 685.13 264.257 755.22 Belgium 11,976 10.461 1,144.82 9.490 1,261.96 France 1,169,280 1,164.644 1,003.98 1,056.548 1,106.70 Federal Republic of Germany 783,233 306.642 2,554.23 278.181 2,815.55 Austria 1,232,281 413.438 2,980.57 375.065 3,285.51 Czech Republic 35,241 22.851 1,542.21 20.730 1,700.00 Switzerland 4,186 0.477 8,775.68 0.433 9,667.44 Poland 87,674 60.256 1,455.03 54.663 1,603.90 Russia 228,090 108.259 2,106.89 98.211 2,322.45 Spain 89,459 45.143 1,981.68 40.953 2,184.43 Italy 56,770 24.220 2,343.93 21.972 2,583.74 Slovenia 170,059 102.991 1,651.20 93.432 1,820.14 Israel 2,240 0.230 9,739.13 0.209 10,717.70 China 1,295,273 909.799 1,423.69 825.356 1,569.35 Korea, South 160,034 112.506 1,422.45 102.064 1,567.98 Taiwan 423,865 250.574 1,691.58 227.317 1,864.64 Japan 6,614,177 8,135.455 813.01 7,380.363 896.19 Australia 60,123 110.109 546.03 99.889 601.90 CATEGORY TOTAL 16,612,980 14,000.115 1,186.63 12,700.694 1,308.04 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 10,519,694 18,642.102 564.30 16,911.835 622.03 Mexico 896,747 1,702.171 526.83 1,544.184 580.73 Ecuador 37,745 103.064 366.23 93.498 403.70 Brazil 135,204 240.636 561.86 218.301 619.35 Sweden 21,527 14.961 1,438.87 13.572 1,586.13 United Kingdom 39,399 22.117 1,781.39 20.064 1,963.67 Netherlands 986,900 2,074.899 475.64 1,882.317 524.30 France 102,786 125.767 817.27 114.094 900.89 Federal Republic of Germany 2,096,777 2,205.070 950.89 2,000.406 1,048.18 Switzerland 32,647 15.486 2,108.16 14.049 2,323.80 Spain 673,977 1,032.184 652.96 936.382 719.77 Italy 256,138 272.087 941.38 246.833 1,037.70 India 460,668 1,175.582 391.86 1,066.470 431.96 Malaysia 19,316 62.259 310.25 56.480 342.00 Indonesia 466,865 1,280.433 364.61 1,161.590 401.92 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS JANUARY CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 03/03/99 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE China 3,672,648 10,085.348 364.16 9,149.276 401.41 Korea, South 6,601,936 18,152.321 363.70 16,467.513 400.91 Taiwan 2,344,315 6,466.129 362.55 5,865.975 399.65 Japan 3,461,673 4,515.569 766.61 4,096.456 845.04 Australia 14,380 41.017 350.59 37.210 386.46 New Zealand 49,073 118.399 414.47 107.410 456.88 South Africa 330,172 999.614 330.30 906.835 364.09 CATEGORY TOTAL 33,220,587 69,347.212 479.05 62,910.750 528.06 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 12,915 37.615 343.35 34.124 378.47 Colombia 686,663 1,687.970 406.80 1,531.301 448.42 Venezuela 117,495 29.762 3,947.82 27.000 4,351.67 Sweden 1,549,181 3,513.692 440.90 3,187.569 486.01 United Kingdom 152,625 20.969 7,278.60 19.023 8,023.18 France 297,282 617.705 481.27 560.373 530.51 Federal Republic of Germany 67,234 67.202 1,000.48 60.965 1,102.83 Austria 466,155 539.266 864.42 489.214 952.87 Switzerland 81,800 8.857 9,235.63 8.035 10,180.46 Spain 579,102 965.386 599.87 875.784 661.24 Italy 13,420 5.247 2,557.65 4.760 2,819.33 India 4,097 3.993 1,026.05 3.622 1,131.14 China 4,115,893 7,604.790 541.22 6,898.951 596.60 Japan 4,138,358 1,917.063 2,158.70 1,739.131 2,379.56 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,282,220 17,019.519 721.65 15,439.852 795.49 LINE PIPE.............................20 LINE PIPE.............................20 Canada 1,524,084 3,308.732 460.62 3,001.632 507.75 Mexico 1,694,893 4,060.220 417.44 3,683.371 460.15 Brazil 244,243 474.544 514.69 430.499 567.35 Norway 1,099,469 432.127 2,544.32 392.019 2,804.63 Denmark 5,789 11.195 517.11 10.156 570.01 United Kingdom 292,447 600.499 487.01 544.764 536.83 Netherlands 22,381 19.191 1,166.22 17.410 1,285.53 Belgium 32,837 9.807 3,348.32 8.897 3,690.79 France 10,096,056 20,625.578 489.49 18,711.215 539.57 Federal Republic of Germany 2,615,807 4,559.383 573.72 4,136.204 632.42 Austria 54,132 111.380 486.01 101.042 535.74 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS JANUARY CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 03/03/99 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Czech Republic 1,570,921 3,616.408 434.39 3,280.751 478.83 Slovakia 48,339 115.586 418.21 104.858 460.99 Switzerland 33,300 3.605 9,237.17 3.270 10,183.49 Italy 767,050 1,282.290 598.19 1,163.274 659.39 Romania 555,457 1,056.655 525.67 958.582 579.46 Singapore 12,375 45.422 272.45 41.206 300.32 China 298,597 1,004.570 297.24 911.331 327.65 Korea, South 6,903,728 24,934.440 276.88 22,620.150 305.20 Taiwan 15,743 37.830 416.15 34.319 458.73 Japan 23,864,384 43,196.333 552.46 39,187.065 608.99 South Africa 334,387 1,069.732 312.59 970.445 344.57 CATEGORY TOTAL 52,086,419 110,575.528 471.05 100,312.460 519.24 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 7,847,657 9,397.239 835.10 8,525.034 920.54 Mexico 3,222,635 7,006.262 459.96 6,355.976 507.02 Brazil 429,164 282.390 1,519.76 256.180 1,675.24 Argentina 373,732 265.525 1,407.52 240.880 1,551.53 Sweden 818,420 728.668 1,123.17 661.037 1,238.09 Finland 86,005 49.747 1,728.85 45.130 1,905.72 United Kingdom 288,748 127.817 2,259.07 115.954 2,490.19 Belgium 16,011 12.555 1,275.27 11.390 1,405.71 France 1,339,990 1,408.551 951.33 1,277.816 1,048.66 Federal Republic of Germany 2,777,786 2,226.552 1,247.57 2,019.895 1,375.21 Austria 42,418 37.054 1,144.76 33.615 1,261.88 Czech Republic 23,871 20.080 1,188.79 18.216 1,310.44 Switzerland 794,862 457.003 1,739.29 414.586 1,917.24 Spain 783,916 996.292 786.83 903.821 867.34 Italy 920,196 969.487 949.16 879.504 1,046.27 India 151,249 158.854 952.13 144.110 1,049.54 Thailand 255,441 658.310 388.03 597.209 427.72 Malaysia 10,086 33.525 300.85 30.413 331.63 China 9,451 6.969 1,356.15 6.322 1,494.94 Korea, South 692,683 1,774.954 390.25 1,610.212 430.18 Taiwan 253,078 145.939 1,734.14 132.394 1,911.55 Japan 6,990,225 6,763.172 1,033.57 6,135.448 1,139.32 Australia 33,863 82.596 409.98 74.930 451.93 CATEGORY TOTAL 28,161,487 33,609.542 837.90 30,490.072 923.63 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B PRESSURE TUBING......................21B IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS JANUARY CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 03/03/99 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 148,295 29.545 5,019.29 26.803 5,532.78 Mexico 28,959 8.610 3,363.41 7.811 3,707.46 Brazil 25,836 21.474 1,203.13 19.481 1,326.22 Sweden 147,113 143.651 1,024.10 130.318 1,128.88 France 1,469,523 1,374.677 1,069.00 1,247.086 1,178.37 Federal Republic of Germany 859,359 597.041 1,439.36 541.627 1,586.63 Italy 204,924 159.140 1,287.70 144.369 1,419.45 India 106,201 122.213 868.98 110.870 957.89 Korea, South 207,182 479.234 432.32 434.754 476.55 Japan 760,701 399.199 1,905.57 362.147 2,100.53 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,958,093 3,334.784 1,186.91 3,025.266 1,308.35 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D Canada 6,023,572 1,320.648 4,561.07 1,198.072 5,027.72 Mexico 173,435 58.382 2,970.69 52.963 3,274.64 Brazil 136,062 43.294 3,142.74 39.276 3,464.25 Sweden 547,091 83.633 6,541.57 75.871 7,210.81 Finland 7,631 4.215 1,810.44 3.824 1,995.55 United Kingdom 562,127 158.495 3,546.65 143.784 3,909.52 Netherlands 41,391 6.370 6,497.80 5.779 7,162.31 France 1,462,117 361.360 4,046.15 327.820 4,460.12 Federal Republic of Germany 336,546 79.246 4,246.85 71.891 4,681.34 Austria 759,774 140.279 5,416.16 127.259 5,970.30 Czech Republic 240,137 16.580 14,483.53 15.041 15,965.49 Switzerland 7,227 0.606 11,925.74 0.550 13,140.00 Poland 6,595 1.182 5,579.53 1.072 6,152.05 Russia 76,688 2.205 34,779.14 2.000 38,344.00 Spain 1,764,123 406.292 4,342.01 368.582 4,786.24 Italy 152,052 24.640 6,170.94 22.353 6,802.31 Thailand 268,384 208.380 1,287.95 189.039 1,419.73 Malaysia 317,485 226.632 1,400.88 205.597 1,544.21 Singapore 192,888 88.065 2,190.29 79.891 2,414.39 China 200,977 136.225 1,475.33 123.581 1,626.28 Korea, South 1,867,720 1,077.851 1,732.82 977.810 1,910.11 Taiwan 1,165,237 715.832 1,627.81 649.392 1,794.35 Japan 7,673,889 2,600.274 2,951.18 2,358.930 3,253.12 South Africa 10,723 9.281 1,155.37 8.420 1,273.52 CATEGORY TOTAL 23,993,871 7,769.966 3,088.03 7,048.797 3,403.97 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS JANUARY CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 03/03/99 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 709,234 681.648 1,040.47 618.381 1,146.92 Mexico 330,848 396.890 833.60 360.053 918.89 Netherlands 2,683 1.056 2,540.72 0.958 2,800.63 Belgium 25,841 18.739 1,379.00 17.000 1,520.06 France 4,887 2.694 1,814.03 2.444 1,999.59 Federal Republic of Germany 126,220 17.725 7,121.02 16.080 7,849.50 Switzerland 7,326 0.117 62,615.38 0.106 69,113.21 Italy 52,923 4.312 12,273.42 3.912 13,528.37 India 13,677 20.668 661.75 18.750 729.44 Vietnam 18,596 20.635 901.19 18.720 993.38 China 3,600 0.694 5,187.32 0.630 5,714.29 Japan 55,896 14.510 3,852.24 13.163 4,246.45 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,351,731 1,179.690 1,145.84 1,070.197 1,263.07 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 12,759,285 28,489.852 447.85 25,845.566 493.67 Mexico 1,193,138 1,236.916 964.61 1,122.112 1,063.30 Sweden 4,880 1.224 3,986.93 1.110 4,396.40 Finland 165,653 83.805 1,976.65 76.027 2,178.87 United Kingdom 51,160 18.234 2,805.75 16.542 3,092.73 France 97,822 182.401 536.30 165.471 591.17 Federal Republic of Germany 20,481 8.119 2,522.60 7.365 2,780.86 Thailand 50,075 133.997 373.70 121.560 411.94 Malaysia 4,607 15.318 300.76 13.896 331.53 Philippines 86,169 22.770 3,784.32 20.657 4,171.42 Korea, South 3,943,970 13,903.864 283.66 12,613.377 312.68 Taiwan 346,397 593.901 583.26 538.778 642.93 Japan 163,050 428.308 380.68 388.555 419.63 Australia 2,802 7.319 382.84 6.640 421.99 CATEGORY TOTAL 18,889,489 45,126.029 418.59 40,937.656 461.42 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 557,137 1,352.812 411.84 1,227.251 453.97 Switzerland 5,800 9.836 589.67 8.923 650.01 Korea, South 125,825 447.415 281.23 405.888 310.00 CATEGORY TOTAL 688,762 1,810.063 380.52 1,642.062 419.45 WIRE DRAWN............................23 WIRE DRAWN............................23 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS JANUARY CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 03/03/99 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 13,248,948 22,082.170 599.98 20,032.613 661.37 Mexico 2,370,320 3,810.948 621.98 3,457.235 685.61 Honduras 23,320 44.000 530.00 39.916 584.23 Dominican Republic 38,889 76.015 511.60 68.960 563.94 Colombia 32,572 18.897 1,723.66 17.143 1,900.02 Venezuela 513,343 823.399 623.44 746.975 687.23 Ecuador 11,022 17.667 623.88 16.027 687.71 Chile 184,265 301.808 610.54 273.796 673.00 Brazil 284,884 327.230 870.59 296.858 959.66 Argentina 299,182 669.228 447.06 607.114 492.79 Sweden 2,315,800 829.359 2,792.28 752.382 3,077.96 Finland 8,259 19.709 419.05 17.880 461.91 United Kingdom 1,442,098 1,095.727 1,316.11 994.027 1,450.76 Netherlands 113,432 19.929 5,691.81 18.079 6,274.24 Belgium 2,505,482 1,999.994 1,252.74 1,814.365 1,380.91 Luxembourg 141,121 280.454 503.19 254.424 554.67 France 3,929,988 4,365.813 900.17 3,960.600 992.27 Federal Republic of Germany 1,372,059 625.985 2,191.84 567.884 2,416.09 Austria 572,818 234.146 2,446.41 212.414 2,696.71 Czech Republic 119,586 153.543 778.84 139.292 858.53 Switzerland 273,549 59.222 4,619.04 53.725 5,091.65 Poland 46,353 81.870 566.18 74.271 624.11 Belarus 198,453 163.290 1,215.34 148.134 1,339.69 Spain 132,125 165.842 796.69 150.449 878.20 Italy 1,448,109 1,362.198 1,063.07 1,235.766 1,171.83 Israel 74,766 90.819 823.24 82.390 907.46 United Arab Emirates 23,753 46.586 509.87 42.262 562.04 India 316,539 473.179 668.96 429.261 737.40 Thailand 107,699 85.211 1,263.91 77.302 1,393.22 Singapore 17,639 2.205 7,999.55 2.000 8,819.50 Indonesia 7,636 25.022 305.17 22.700 336.39 China 1,604,453 2,187.685 733.40 1,984.635 808.44 Korea, South 2,718,459 3,166.591 858.48 2,872.684 946.31 Taiwan 1,970,363 2,729.024 722.00 2,475.730 795.87 Japan 6,261,731 6,510.298 961.82 5,906.045 1,060.22 Australia 152,229 195.918 777.00 177.734 856.50 Egypt 87,886 172.494 509.50 156.484 561.63 South Africa 600,074 1,406.357 426.69 1,275.826 470.34 CATEGORY TOTAL 45,569,204 56,719.834 803.41 51,455.382 885.61 BLACK PLATE...........................28 BLACK PLATE...........................28 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS JANUARY CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 03/03/99 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 16,313 53.812 303.15 48.817 334.17 Mexico 187,958 436.008 431.09 395.540 475.19 Chile 123,220 346.346 355.77 314.200 392.17 Netherlands 15,949 48.762 327.08 44.236 360.54 Federal Republic of Germany 799,589 526.186 1,519.59 477.348 1,675.07 Greece 480,698 1,257.340 382.31 1,140.640 421.43 Thailand 15,156 47.135 321.54 42.760 354.44 Japan 5,001,154 9,775.529 511.60 8,868.213 563.94 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,640,037 12,491.117 531.58 11,331.754 585.97 TIN PLATE.............................29 TIN PLATE.............................29 Canada 3,251,709 5,805.038 560.15 5,266.243 617.46 Dominican Republic 96,637 107.299 900.63 97.340 992.78 Brazil 822,125 1,792.543 458.64 1,626.168 505.56 Norway 3,417,110 6,731.065 507.66 6,106.321 559.60 United Kingdom 68,662 84.657 811.06 76.800 894.04 Netherlands 1,285,931 2,418.351 531.74 2,193.892 586.14 France 2,429,601 4,258.238 570.56 3,863.010 628.94 Federal Republic of Germany 302,964 371.522 815.47 337.039 898.90 Korea, South 20,706 48.128 430.23 43.661 474.24 Taiwan 75,581 92.847 814.04 84.229 897.33 Japan 8,863,455 17,866.116 496.10 16,207.872 546.86 CATEGORY TOTAL 20,634,481 39,575.803 521.39 35,902.575 574.74 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A Canada 1,590,004 2,684.018 592.40 2,434.901 653.01 Brazil 47,520 104.136 456.33 94.471 503.01 Netherlands 427,092 781.827 546.27 709.262 602.16 France 1,410,497 2,851.843 494.59 2,587.149 545.19 Federal Republic of Germany 267,360 450.702 593.21 408.870 653.90 Japan 9,560,473 14,687.218 650.94 13,324.024 717.54 CATEGORY TOTAL 13,302,946 21,559.745 617.03 19,558.677 680.16 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 7,315,461 24,492.204 298.69 22,218.960 329.24 Mexico 4,203,838 17,241.147 243.83 15,640.910 268.77 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS JANUARY CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 03/03/99 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Venezuela 109,208 548.312 199.17 497.420 219.55 Brazil 3,374,907 14,801.404 228.01 13,427.612 251.34 Argentina 271,958 938.298 289.84 851.210 319.50 Sweden 521,645 1,834.083 284.42 1,663.853 313.52 Finland 1,152,160 5,116.907 225.17 4,641.981 248.20 United Kingdom 1,387,687 5,519.445 251.42 5,007.158 277.14 Netherlands 12,126,850 43,471.750 278.96 39,436.919 307.50 Belgium 828,076 1,405.065 589.35 1,274.654 649.65 France 4,894,889 17,230.665 284.08 15,631.401 313.14 Federal Republic of Germany 1,500,772 7,165.763 209.44 6,500.673 230.86 Austria 156,766 291.764 537.30 264.684 592.28 Slovakia 881,644 3,475.816 253.65 3,153.208 279.60 Hungary 204,758 1,178.426 173.76 1,069.050 191.53 Russia 1,306,066 6,097.053 214.21 5,531.155 236.13 Kazakhstan 1,012,810 5,524.817 183.32 5,012.031 202.08 Spain 6,872 22.907 300.00 20.781 330.69 Italy 2,780,706 11,137.708 249.67 10,103.962 275.21 Slovenia 100,228 88.196 1,136.42 80.010 1,252.69 Romania 374,580 1,951.168 191.98 1,770.070 211.62 India 2,241,973 10,699.950 209.53 9,706.834 230.97 Indonesia 10,190,079 42,460.851 239.99 38,519.847 264.54 China 11,077,042 55,399.422 199.95 50,257.524 220.41 Korea, South 14,496,490 53,753.553 269.68 48,764.417 297.28 Taiwan 2,302,293 10,100.524 227.94 9,163.044 251.26 Japan 5,013,767 16,528.090 303.35 14,994.035 334.38 Australia 5,376,221 27,211.870 197.57 24,686.200 217.78 New Zealand 796,155 3,561.490 223.55 3,230.930 246.42 South Africa 2,655,903 13,509.388 196.60 12,255.514 216.71 CATEGORY TOTAL 98,661,804 402,758.036 244.97 365,376.047 270.03 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 10,339,962 15,215.183 679.58 13,802.986 749.11 Mexico 13,629,649 15,626.123 872.23 14,175.784 961.47 Venezuela 3,405,438 12,365.729 275.39 11,218.004 303.57 Chile 152,903 479.053 319.18 434.590 351.83 Brazil 13,933,999 46,136.383 302.02 41,854.234 332.92 Argentina 3,832,002 13,068.055 293.23 11,855.143 323.24 Sweden 2,364,655 6,399.330 369.52 5,805.376 407.32 Finland 3,131,692 8,888.748 352.32 8,063.739 388.37 United Kingdom 42,452 28.296 1,500.28 25.670 1,653.76 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS JANUARY CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 03/03/99 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Netherlands 3,117,379 9,982.581 312.28 9,056.048 344.23 Belgium 2,563,396 2,982.678 859.43 2,705.841 947.36 France 4,055,358 6,711.949 604.20 6,088.979 666.02 Federal Republic of Germany 2,437,864 4,441.915 548.83 4,029.639 604.98 Austria 46,643 127.350 366.26 115.530 403.73 Slovakia 2,686,853 8,857.833 303.33 8,035.693 334.36 Russia 7,789,853 27,940.508 278.80 25,347.210 307.33 Spain 1,181,273 1,803.028 655.16 1,635.680 722.19 Italy 1,126,156 1,666.523 675.75 1,511.845 744.89 Greece 103,602 275.192 376.47 249.650 414.99 Romania 519,712 448.820 1,157.95 407.163 1,276.42 India 732,618 641.761 1,141.57 582.196 1,258.37 Thailand 1,882,525 4,932.249 381.68 4,474.462 420.73 China 2,844,957 9,784.708 290.76 8,876.540 320.50 Korea, South 9,115,727 29,538.076 308.61 26,796.499 340.18 Taiwan 5,119,498 8,820.486 580.41 8,001.813 639.79 Japan 23,635,495 61,326.851 385.40 55,634.799 424.83 Australia 24,115 7.778 3,100.41 7.056 3,417.66 New Zealand 732,615 2,502.566 292.75 2,270.290 322.70 South Africa 4,582,517 13,880.848 330.13 12,592.497 363.91 CATEGORY TOTAL 125,130,908 314,880.600 397.39 285,654.956 438.05 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 18,918,280 39,536.829 478.50 35,867.218 527.45 Mexico 14,159,587 26,615.449 532.01 24,145.136 586.44 Guatemala 244,539 442.050 553.19 401.021 609.79 Colombia 56,720 115.859 489.56 105.106 539.65 Venezuela 282,257 473.004 596.73 429.102 657.79 Brazil 30,289 55.005 550.66 49.900 606.99 Argentina 2,828,994 6,387.099 442.92 5,794.280 488.24 Finland 2,006,045 5,015.727 399.95 4,550.192 440.87 Netherlands 696,727 1,530.562 455.21 1,388.503 501.78 Belgium 301,761 571.293 528.21 518.268 582.25 France 123,538 208.645 592.10 189.280 652.67 Federal Republic of Germany 466,137 759.911 613.41 689.380 676.17 Russia 975,265 2,405.617 405.41 2,182.340 446.89 Spain 623,175 1,349.438 461.80 1,224.190 509.05 Portugal 523,834 1,160.047 451.56 1,052.377 497.76 Italy 2,116,575 3,980.823 531.69 3,611.343 586.09 Greece 216,492 526.877 410.90 477.975 452.94 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS JANUARY CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 03/03/99 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Indonesia 1,272,095 2,903.925 438.06 2,634.397 482.88 China 315,666 741.238 425.86 672.440 469.43 Korea, South 9,954,352 21,503.999 462.91 19,508.105 510.27 Taiwan 6,702,845 13,155.844 509.50 11,934.784 561.62 Japan 13,319,170 24,778.557 537.53 22,478.735 592.52 New Zealand 894,376 2,996.351 298.49 2,718.245 329.03 Tunisia 967,613 1,959.986 493.68 1,778.070 544.19 South Africa 2,041,591 4,610.712 442.79 4,182.769 488.10 CATEGORY TOTAL 80,037,923 163,784.847 488.68 148,583.156 538.67 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 190,803 356.324 535.48 323.252 590.26 Mexico 3,117 4.310 723.20 3.910 797.19 Brazil 387,583 923.791 419.56 838.049 462.48 United Kingdom 18,497 5.277 3,505.21 4.787 3,864.01 Ireland 70,285 41.337 1,700.29 37.500 1,874.27 Belgium 154,344 347.779 443.80 315.500 489.20 France 21,162 28.109 752.85 25.500 829.88 Federal Republic of Germany 477,121 919.037 519.15 833.737 572.27 Singapore 28,007 1.824 15,354.71 1.655 16,922.66 China 954,366 2,185.789 436.62 1,982.915 481.29 Korea, South 700,819 1,692.158 414.16 1,535.100 456.53 Taiwan 59,410 103.288 575.19 93.701 634.04 Japan 2,136,728 3,906.000 547.04 3,543.465 603.01 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,202,242 10,515.023 494.74 9,539.071 545.36 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 Canada 2,161,290 2,743.871 787.68 2,489.199 868.27 Mexico 1,627,573 2,792.896 582.75 2,533.673 642.38 Sweden 225,552 502.014 449.29 455.420 495.26 United Kingdom 138,556 171.850 806.26 155.900 888.75 Netherlands 503,781 1,718.464 293.16 1,558.965 323.15 Belgium 144,771 146.944 985.21 133.305 1,086.01 Luxembourg 1,038,739 2,101.265 494.34 1,906.236 544.92 France 430,431 636.618 676.12 577.530 745.30 Federal Republic of Germany 324,180 268.338 1,208.10 243.432 1,331.71 Austria 19,349 17.300 1,118.44 15.694 1,232.89 China 32,153 18.083 1,778.08 16.405 1,959.95 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS JANUARY CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 03/03/99 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Korea, South 4,717,213 8,662.131 544.58 7,858.155 600.30 Taiwan 602,782 1,328.037 453.89 1,204.775 500.33 Japan 494,734 288.707 1,713.62 261.911 1,888.94 Australia 26,048 6.054 4,302.61 5.492 4,742.90 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,487,152 21,402.572 583.44 19,416.092 643.13 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 Sweden 169,727 208.497 814.05 189.145 897.34 United Kingdom 313,747 411.647 762.17 373.440 840.15 France 307,432 276.559 1,111.63 250.890 1,225.37 Federal Republic of Germany 195,383 277.330 704.51 251.590 776.59 Russia 662,196 819.218 808.33 743.182 891.03 Italy 2,661,479 4,521.239 588.66 4,101.600 648.89 Japan 1,318,881 2,760.342 477.80 2,504.141 526.68 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,628,845 9,274.832 606.89 8,413.988 668.99 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 1,276,443 3,518.064 362.83 3,191.535 399.95 Mexico 472,417 1,082.092 436.58 981.658 481.24 Brazil 105,716 80.917 1,306.47 73.407 1,440.14 Sweden 18,547 2.091 8,869.92 1.897 9,777.02 Finland 60,312 49.944 1,207.59 45.308 1,331.16 France 38,047 41.239 922.60 37.411 1,017.00 Federal Republic of Germany 120,909 86.538 1,397.18 78.506 1,540.12 Slovakia 17,516 46.153 379.52 41.869 418.35 Spain 6,866 22.885 300.02 20.761 330.72 Slovenia 128,490 114.651 1,120.71 104.010 1,235.36 China 31,743 17.674 1,796.03 16.034 1,979.73 Korea, South 40,045 110.370 362.83 100.126 399.95 Japan 70,366 24.209 2,906.60 21.962 3,203.99 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,387,417 5,196.828 459.40 4,714.484 506.40 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 3,512,520 5,324.558 659.68 4,830.359 727.18 Mexico 1,295,445 1,684.867 768.87 1,528.486 847.53 Brazil 757,386 1,042.378 726.59 945.630 800.93 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS JANUARY CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 03/03/99 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Sweden 2,901,569 534.878 5,424.73 485.233 5,979.74 Finland 95,759 55.079 1,738.58 49.967 1,916.44 United Kingdom 1,454,892 884.472 1,644.93 802.380 1,813.22 Ireland 211,975 8.222 25,781.44 7.459 28,418.69 Netherlands 20,597 14.220 1,448.45 12.900 1,596.67 Belgium 5,663 0.384 14,747.40 0.348 16,272.99 France 1,836,069 821.703 2,234.47 745.437 2,463.08 Federal Republic of Germany 5,854,185 2,724.109 2,149.03 2,471.271 2,368.90 Austria 135,272 21.921 6,170.89 19.886 6,802.37 Switzerland 153,659 82.812 1,855.52 75.126 2,045.35 Italy 167,278 124.458 1,344.05 112.906 1,481.57 Greece 360,038 631.204 570.40 572.619 628.76 India 6,096 4.382 1,391.15 3.975 1,533.58 China 86,665 38.770 2,235.36 35.172 2,464.03 Korea, South 268,734 152.999 1,756.44 138.798 1,936.15 Taiwan 687,449 391.118 1,757.65 354.816 1,937.48 Japan 3,844,454 814.909 4,717.65 739.273 5,200.32 Australia 102,283 194.626 525.54 176.562 579.30 South Africa 7,242 14.805 489.16 13.431 539.20 CATEGORY TOTAL 23,765,230 15,566.873 1,526.65 14,122.034 1,682.85 GRAND TOTAL 1,050,537,886 2,739,596.966 383.46 2,485,321.262 422.70 GRAND TOTAL 1,050,537,886 2,739,596.966 383.46 2,485,321.262 422.70 !R! RES; EXIT;