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RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS MARCH CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 05/04/99 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada Canada INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 140,261 180.506 777.04 163.752 856.55 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 10,420,436 36,514.326 285.38 33,125.249 314.58 WIRE RODS..............................3 12,064,237 36,143.419 333.79 32,788.767 367.94 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 5,868,196 17,936.231 327.17 16,271.480 360.64 STEEL PILING...........................5 875,417 1,658.352 527.88 1,504.432 581.89 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 6,304,216 15,474.452 407.40 14,038.191 449.08 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 7,240,787 22,461.214 322.37 20,376.476 355.35 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 466,783 1,143.597 408.17 1,037.454 449.93 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 328,475 742.366 442.47 673.463 487.74 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 170,333 225.641 754.88 204.698 832.12 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 30,257,958 79,678.209 379.75 72,282.876 418.60 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 3,756,366 10,750.613 349.41 9,752.795 385.16 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 167,886 483.320 347.36 438.461 382.90 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 8,014,602 8,071.097 993.00 7,321.978 1,094.60 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,422,820 1,972.328 1,228.41 1,789.266 1,354.09 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 12,674,233 23,129.676 547.96 20,982.895 604.03 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 116,986 193.075 605.91 175.155 667.90 LINE PIPE.............................20 3,219,693 7,028.612 458.08 6,376.251 504.95 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 9,896,888 12,872.845 768.82 11,678.052 847.48 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 23,380 25.588 913.71 23.213 1,007.19 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 6,998,808 1,576.788 4,438.65 1,430.438 4,892.77 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 839,733 855.138 981.99 775.768 1,082.45 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 14,257,177 33,207.101 429.34 30,124.984 473.27 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 805,912 1,822.967 442.09 1,653.768 487.32 WIRE DRAWN............................23 15,492,299 26,087.754 593.85 23,666.419 654.61 BLACK PLATE...........................28 12,839 26.179 490.43 23.749 540.61 TIN PLATE.............................29 3,750,748 7,113.960 527.24 6,453.678 581.18 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 2,170,355 3,762.066 576.91 3,412.890 635.93 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 14,608,611 47,917.155 304.87 43,469.724 336.06 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 17,872,977 31,329.189 570.49 28,421.370 628.86 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 20,244,045 42,239.635 479.27 38,319.163 528.30 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 249,908 487.692 512.43 442.427 564.86 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 3,102,027 4,450.437 697.02 4,037.370 768.33 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 3,892 9.904 392.97 8.985 433.17 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 1,348,892 3,060.281 440.77 2,776.241 485.87 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 4,842,042 6,886.742 703.10 6,247.549 775.03 COUNTRY TOTALS 221,030,218 487,518.454 453.38 442,269.427 499.76 Mexico Mexico IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS MARCH CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 05/04/99 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 184,323 233.475 789.48 211.805 870.25 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 19,292,385 123,039.072 156.80 111,619.200 172.84 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,047,940 4,738.217 221.17 4,298.439 243.80 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 364,184 1,299.080 280.34 1,178.506 309.02 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 6,905,247 26,506.328 260.51 24,046.143 287.17 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,210,265 5,793.692 208.89 5,255.950 230.27 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,504,830 5,143.734 292.56 4,666.318 322.49 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 1,681,026 6,268.944 268.15 5,687.092 295.59 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 2,497,967 9,074.207 275.28 8,231.984 303.45 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 84,008 139.206 603.48 126.286 665.22 TOOL STEEL............................17 318,469 2,238.904 142.24 2,031.100 156.80 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,507,335 3,048.098 494.52 2,765.189 545.11 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 12,848 45.897 279.93 41.637 308.57 LINE PIPE.............................20 2,206,010 5,732.213 384.84 5,200.178 424.22 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 4,893,979 10,686.322 457.97 9,694.471 504.82 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 42,325 53.634 789.14 48.656 869.88 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 100,121 53.223 1,881.16 48.283 2,073.63 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 360,117 427.074 843.22 387.435 929.49 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 1,331,802 1,157.045 1,151.04 1,049.654 1,268.80 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 107,780 30.186 3,570.53 27.384 3,935.87 WIRE DRAWN............................23 3,155,968 4,813.987 655.58 4,367.177 722.66 BLACK PLATE...........................28 236,166 601.145 392.86 545.350 433.05 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 70,954 134.026 529.40 121.586 583.57 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 5,302,810 26,441.150 200.55 23,987.015 221.07 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 17,805,044 25,165.385 707.52 22,829.660 779.91 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 21,209,515 41,474.612 511.39 37,625.146 563.71 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 910,198 1,531.380 594.36 1,389.245 655.17 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 550,359 1,416.498 388.53 1,285.026 428.29 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,593,360 1,684.762 945.75 1,528.391 1,042.51 COUNTRY TOTALS 96,487,335 308,971.497 312.29 280,294.306 344.24 Honduras Honduras WIRE DRAWN............................23 44,861 88.452 507.18 80.242 559.07 COUNTRY TOTALS 44,861 88.452 507.18 80.242 559.07 Haiti Haiti BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 51,168 18.739 2,730.56 17.000 3,009.88 COUNTRY TOTALS 51,168 18.739 2,730.56 17.000 3,009.88 Dominican Republic Dominican Republic IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS MARCH CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 05/04/99 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE WIRE DRAWN............................23 147,183 324.003 454.26 293.931 500.74 TIN PLATE.............................29 31,697 10.730 2,954.05 9.734 3,256.32 COUNTRY TOTALS 178,880 334.733 534.40 303.665 589.07 Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago WIRE RODS..............................3 3,554,378 15,221.482 233.51 13,808.700 257.40 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 185,968 81.322 2,286.81 73.774 2,520.78 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 77,660 349.959 221.91 317.478 244.62 WIRE DRAWN............................23 202,196 483.802 417.93 438.898 460.69 COUNTRY TOTALS 4,020,202 16,136.565 249.14 14,638.850 274.63 Colombia Colombia STANDARD PIPE.........................18 23,867 78.862 302.64 71.542 333.61 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 806,135 1,774.056 454.40 1,609.397 500.89 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 23,710 82.817 286.29 75.130 315.59 WIRE DRAWN............................23 30,908 19.195 1,610.21 17.413 1,775.00 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 409,591 535.119 765.42 485.452 843.73 COUNTRY TOTALS 1,294,211 2,490.048 519.75 2,258.934 572.93 Venezuela Venezuela WIRE RODS..............................3 4,254,294 21,336.878 199.39 19,356.496 219.79 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 245,876 1,478.138 166.34 1,340.945 183.36 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 122,001 161.134 757.14 146.178 834.61 WIRE DRAWN............................23 428,800 759.243 564.77 688.774 622.56 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 527,580 2,937.566 179.60 2,664.916 197.97 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 689,741 1,477.787 466.74 1,340.626 514.49 COUNTRY TOTALS 6,268,292 28,150.747 222.67 25,537.935 245.45 Ecuador Ecuador WIRE DRAWN............................23 48,687 106.984 455.09 97.054 501.65 COUNTRY TOTALS 48,687 106.984 455.09 97.054 501.65 Chile Chile IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS MARCH CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 05/04/99 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE WIRE DRAWN............................23 67,876 124.741 544.14 113.163 599.81 BLACK PLATE...........................28 200,104 699.945 285.89 634.980 315.13 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 185,356 664.484 278.95 602.810 307.49 COUNTRY TOTALS 453,336 1,489.170 304.42 1,350.953 335.57 Brazil Brazil BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 45,177,921 305,184.232 148.03 276,858.556 163.18 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,671,317 7,715.554 216.62 6,999.435 238.78 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 100,232 373.265 268.53 338.620 296.00 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 3,390,914 7,418.610 457.08 6,730.052 503.85 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 10,677 11.666 915.22 10.583 1,008.88 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,356,362 3,039.688 446.22 2,757.559 491.87 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 49,952 186.022 268.53 168.756 296.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 38,550 56.727 679.57 51.462 749.10 TOOL STEEL............................17 265,272 202.403 1,310.61 183.617 1,444.70 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 9,508 8.488 1,120.17 7.700 1,234.81 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 100,021 188.087 531.78 170.630 586.19 LINE PIPE.............................20 278,818 540.119 516.22 489.988 569.03 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 263,695 393.284 670.50 356.781 739.09 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 43,145 13.184 3,272.53 11.960 3,607.44 WIRE DRAWN............................23 769,872 1,507.037 510.85 1,367.161 563.12 TIN PLATE.............................29 631,299 1,335.692 472.64 1,211.720 520.99 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 32,256 97.558 330.63 88.503 364.46 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 35,365 58.494 604.59 53.065 666.45 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 5,518,089 18,309.079 301.39 16,609.722 332.22 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 268,176 663.029 404.47 601.490 445.85 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 133,291 327.235 407.33 296.863 449.00 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 735,874 890.905 825.98 808.216 910.49 COUNTRY TOTALS 60,880,606 348,520.357 174.68 316,172.439 192.56 Argentina Argentina BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 152,693 412.220 370.42 373.960 408.31 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 59,913 110.432 542.53 100.182 598.04 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 216,078 171.837 1,257.46 155.888 1,386.11 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 319,898 264.128 1,211.15 239.613 1,335.06 WIRE DRAWN............................23 433,626 933.461 464.54 846.822 512.06 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,055,920 5,141.142 205.39 4,663.967 226.40 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,581,402 12,777.885 280.28 11,591.906 308.96 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS MARCH CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 05/04/99 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 605,067 1,579.458 383.09 1,432.861 422.28 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 606,515 1,546.896 392.09 1,403.321 432.20 COUNTRY TOTALS 7,031,112 22,937.460 306.53 20,808.520 337.90 Sweden Sweden INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 80,903 73.645 1,098.55 66.810 1,210.94 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 1,887,801 1,593.189 1,184.92 1,445.317 1,306.15 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,137,566 595.908 1,908.96 540.599 2,104.27 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 22,452 10.115 2,219.67 9.176 2,446.82 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,638,207 3,792.122 695.71 3,440.156 766.89 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 86,351 205.548 420.10 186.470 463.08 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 1,069,756 410.130 2,608.33 372.064 2,875.19 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 669,517 224.291 2,985.04 203.473 3,290.45 TOOL STEEL............................17 3,129,481 1,041.729 3,004.12 945.041 3,311.48 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 8,167 2.756 2,963.35 2.500 3,266.80 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 10,238 0.269 38,059.48 0.244 41,959.02 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 564,265 506.137 1,114.85 459.160 1,228.91 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 164,767 158.603 1,038.86 143.882 1,145.15 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 281,193 34.992 8,035.92 31.744 8,858.15 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,443,237 889.111 2,747.95 806.588 3,029.10 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 480,415 741.777 647.65 672.929 713.92 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,416,259 3,164.807 763.48 2,871.065 841.59 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 324,184 862.418 375.90 782.373 414.36 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 564,557 627.480 899.72 569.240 991.77 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 3,760,843 700.680 5,367.42 635.646 5,916.57 COUNTRY TOTALS 21,740,159 15,635.705 1,390.42 14,184.477 1,532.67 Norway Norway STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 283,267 532.604 531.85 483.170 586.27 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 213,061 539.585 394.86 489.503 435.26 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 2,499 0.088 28,397.73 0.080 31,237.50 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 5,879 1.276 4,607.37 1.158 5,076.86 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,063 1.259 1,638.60 1.142 1,806.48 TIN PLATE.............................29 1,262,823 2,484.617 508.26 2,254.007 560.26 COUNTRY TOTALS 1,769,592 3,559.428 497.16 3,229.060 548.02 Finland Finland IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS MARCH CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 05/04/99 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 3,595,806 24,132.564 149.00 21,892.700 164.25 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 260,558 601.354 433.29 545.539 477.62 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 226,336 738.241 306.59 669.721 337.96 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 6,660 1.224 5,441.18 1.110 6,000.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 29,632 40.748 727.20 36.966 801.60 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 171,862 77.449 2,219.03 70.261 2,446.05 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 344,645 189.227 1,821.33 171.664 2,007.67 WIRE DRAWN............................23 56,970 116.865 487.49 106.018 537.36 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 369,591 1,050.759 351.74 953.233 387.72 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,433,015 5,128.517 474.41 4,652.514 522.95 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 401,590 824.414 487.12 747.896 536.96 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 80,670 61.621 1,309.13 55.902 1,443.06 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 290,697 220.763 1,316.78 200.273 1,451.50 COUNTRY TOTALS 8,268,032 33,183.747 249.16 30,103.797 274.65 Denmark Denmark INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 5,285 0.211 25,047.39 0.191 27,670.16 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 122,205 59.044 2,069.73 53.564 2,281.48 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 12,296 0.437 28,137.30 0.396 31,050.51 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 16,458 1.613 10,203.35 1.463 11,249.49 COUNTRY TOTALS 156,244 61.304 2,548.68 55.614 2,809.44 United Kingdom United Kingdom INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 374,154 99.598 3,756.64 90.354 4,140.98 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 4,165,371 5,818.631 715.87 5,278.575 789.11 WIRE RODS..............................3 2,042,446 4,923.023 414.88 4,466.093 457.32 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 3,827,749 7,364.552 519.75 6,681.011 572.93 STEEL PILING...........................5 503,988 1,200.057 419.97 1,088.674 462.94 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 691,997 835.378 828.36 757.842 913.12 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 5,298,902 25,446.338 208.24 23,084.536 229.54 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 5,865 2.941 1,994.22 2.668 2,198.28 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 3,192 3.307 965.23 3.000 1,064.00 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 7,593,683 14,759.779 514.48 13,389.850 567.12 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 3,457,995 3,197.443 1,081.49 2,900.672 1,192.14 TOOL STEEL............................17 595,693 181.779 3,277.02 164.907 3,612.30 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 155,127 91.033 1,704.07 82.584 1,878.41 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 186,576 338.936 550.48 307.478 606.79 LINE PIPE.............................20 172,559 16.702 10,331.64 15.152 11,388.53 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS MARCH CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 05/04/99 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 269,246 223.080 1,206.95 202.375 1,330.43 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 74,614 18.920 3,943.66 17.164 4,347.12 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 488,171 133.067 3,668.61 120.716 4,043.96 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 13,419 3.471 3,866.03 3.149 4,261.35 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 151,410 63.934 2,368.22 58.000 2,610.52 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,697,890 1,446.263 1,173.98 1,312.028 1,294.10 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 20,418 9.660 2,113.66 8.763 2,330.02 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 156,490 103.735 1,508.56 94.107 1,662.89 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 59,860 146.718 407.99 133.100 449.74 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 547,569 1,125.698 486.43 1,021.216 536.19 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 602,360 1,092.399 551.41 991.008 607.83 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 726,044 716.353 1,013.53 649.865 1,117.22 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 1,109,020 527.346 2,103.02 478.400 2,318.19 COUNTRY TOTALS 34,991,808 69,890.141 500.67 63,403.287 551.89 Ireland Ireland WIRE DRAWN............................23 10,647 2.441 4,361.74 2.214 4,808.94 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 72,052 8.841 8,149.76 8.020 8,984.04 COUNTRY TOTALS 82,699 11.281 7,330.82 10.234 8,080.81 Netherlands Netherlands BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 5,597,556 39,772.464 140.74 36,080.983 155.14 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 544,334 2,337.159 232.90 2,120.236 256.73 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 117,888 174.944 673.86 158.707 742.80 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 33,694 11.998 2,808.30 10.884 3,095.74 TOOL STEEL............................17 29,902 40.636 735.85 36.864 811.14 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 682,723 1,347.377 506.71 1,222.320 558.55 LINE PIPE.............................20 134,517 407.502 330.10 369.680 363.87 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 80,648 74.728 1,079.22 67.792 1,189.64 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 167,099 24.763 6,747.93 22.465 7,438.19 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 6,708 2.640 2,540.91 2.395 2,800.84 WIRE DRAWN............................23 253,620 79.251 3,200.21 71.895 3,527.64 TIN PLATE.............................29 2,408,062 4,034.370 596.89 3,659.920 657.95 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 231,919 478.724 484.45 434.291 534.02 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 4,365,521 16,833.043 259.34 15,270.684 285.88 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 4,005,793 12,357.104 324.17 11,210.179 357.34 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 352,431 882.879 399.18 800.935 440.02 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 89,640 21.954 4,083.08 19.916 4,500.90 COUNTRY TOTALS 19,102,055 78,881.536 242.16 71,560.146 266.94 Belgium Belgium IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS MARCH CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 05/04/99 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 537,579 1,300.240 413.45 1,179.558 455.75 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,297,441 1,137.003 1,141.11 1,031.472 1,257.85 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,171,942 904.402 1,295.82 820.460 1,428.40 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 48,766 96.623 504.70 87.655 556.34 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 82,588 59.073 1,398.07 53.590 1,541.11 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 2,528 1.433 1,764.13 1.300 1,944.62 WIRE DRAWN............................23 3,464,680 2,627.952 1,318.40 2,384.039 1,453.28 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 619,146 609.085 1,016.52 552.553 1,120.52 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,109,478 3,320.423 936.47 3,012.238 1,032.28 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 318,286 501.609 634.53 455.052 699.45 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 374,450 510.690 733.22 463.290 808.24 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 142,844 64.656 2,209.29 58.655 2,435.33 COUNTRY TOTALS 11,169,728 11,133.189 1,003.28 10,099.862 1,105.93 Luxembourg Luxembourg WIRE RODS..............................3 651,772 1,794.030 363.30 1,627.517 400.47 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,080,093 5,696.896 365.13 5,168.139 402.48 STEEL PILING...........................5 2,349,215 4,413.072 532.33 4,003.473 586.79 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 16,148 18.428 876.28 16.718 965.91 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 403,567 535.624 753.45 485.910 830.54 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 5,930 15.964 371.46 14.482 409.47 WIRE DRAWN............................23 72,751 153.868 472.81 139.587 521.19 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 271,606 770.328 352.58 698.830 388.66 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 177,073 332.680 532.26 301.802 586.72 COUNTRY TOTALS 6,028,155 13,730.891 439.02 12,456.458 483.94 France France INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 65,947 1.232 53,528.41 1.118 58,986.58 WIRE RODS..............................3 848,344 551.862 1,537.24 500.641 1,694.52 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 39,678 38.942 1,018.90 35.328 1,123.13 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 4,294,025 4,831.288 888.80 4,382.872 979.73 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,965,974 11,217.327 264.41 10,176.191 291.46 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 2,666,980 6,033.920 442.00 5,473.882 487.22 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 9,109 12.566 724.89 11.400 799.04 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 511,762 170.929 2,994.00 155.064 3,300.33 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,448,075 846.250 1,711.17 767.705 1,886.24 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,005,040 1,215.561 1,649.48 1,102.739 1,818.24 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 291,689 183.730 1,587.60 166.677 1,750.03 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS MARCH CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 05/04/99 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 22,659 8.251 2,746.21 7.485 3,027.25 LINE PIPE.............................20 5,608,115 12,211.057 459.27 11,077.688 506.25 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 695,847 576.005 1,208.06 522.543 1,331.66 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 293,424 289.212 1,014.56 262.369 1,118.36 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,434,041 218.179 6,572.77 197.929 7,245.23 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 95,842 187.521 511.10 170.116 563.39 WIRE DRAWN............................23 4,919,089 5,222.465 941.91 4,737.742 1,038.28 BLACK PLATE...........................28 21,562 50.883 423.76 46.160 467.11 TIN PLATE.............................29 767,415 1,319.158 581.75 1,196.720 641.27 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 63,269 134.670 469.81 122.171 517.87 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 6,321,844 22,578.877 279.99 20,483.218 308.64 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,839,658 4,712.748 602.55 4,275.334 664.20 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 184,974 303.473 609.52 275.306 671.89 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 132,358 75.287 1,758.05 68.299 1,937.92 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 101,089 111.885 903.51 101.500 995.95 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 2,350,824 938.051 2,506.07 850.986 2,762.47 COUNTRY TOTALS 40,998,633 74,041.329 553.73 67,169.183 610.38 Federal Republic of Germany Federal Republic of Germany INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 177,627 464.558 382.36 421.440 421.48 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 4,191,733 28,672.715 146.19 26,011.457 161.15 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,744,006 4,601.284 379.03 4,174.216 417.80 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 3,298,095 6,655.400 495.55 6,037.679 546.25 STEEL PILING...........................5 740,613 1,158.684 639.18 1,051.141 704.58 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,403,408 2,741.302 876.74 2,486.868 966.44 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 436,691 384.744 1,135.02 349.034 1,251.14 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 450,152 1,230.360 365.87 1,116.164 403.30 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 2,080 3.908 532.24 3.545 586.74 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,120,245 1,273.691 1,664.65 1,155.473 1,834.96 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 575,523 581.677 989.42 527.689 1,090.65 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 9,070 5.089 1,782.28 4.617 1,964.48 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 2,852,155 3,028.426 941.79 2,747.343 1,038.15 TOOL STEEL............................17 1,809,703 1,102.774 1,641.05 1,000.420 1,808.94 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,631,762 1,126.992 1,447.89 1,022.390 1,596.03 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 656,481 610.712 1,074.94 554.029 1,184.92 LINE PIPE.............................20 2,006,342 2,179.725 920.46 1,977.414 1,014.63 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 3,257,166 2,303.310 1,414.12 2,089.528 1,558.80 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 1,197,700 884.958 1,353.40 802.821 1,491.86 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 515,163 106.934 4,817.58 97.009 5,310.47 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 88,689 11.488 7,720.14 10.422 8,509.79 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS MARCH CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 05/04/99 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 169,200 81.069 2,087.11 73.545 2,300.63 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,032,663 686.234 1,504.83 622.541 1,658.79 BLACK PLATE...........................28 278,080 182.225 1,526.03 165.312 1,682.15 TIN PLATE.............................29 718,044 1,231.254 583.18 1,116.975 642.85 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 36,800 80.243 458.61 72.795 505.53 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,861,283 5,967.593 311.90 5,413.711 343.81 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,535,658 6,992.239 505.65 6,343.254 557.39 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 3,267,323 6,650.286 491.31 6,033.040 541.57 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 602,519 1,084.215 555.72 983.584 612.58 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 213,667 170.327 1,254.45 154.518 1,382.80 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 195,252 220.430 885.78 199.971 976.40 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 606,148 625.789 968.61 567.706 1,067.71 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 5,624,258 2,140.486 2,627.56 1,941.817 2,896.39 COUNTRY TOTALS 48,305,299 85,241.123 566.69 77,329.468 624.67 Austria Austria INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 637,706 103.862 6,139.94 94.222 6,768.12 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 57,296 6.318 9,068.69 5.732 9,995.81 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 299,425 464.408 644.75 421.304 710.71 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,441 0.291 8,388.32 0.264 9,246.21 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 662,743 757.587 874.81 687.272 964.31 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 143,784 204.923 701.65 185.903 773.44 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 186,481 56.038 3,327.76 50.837 3,668.21 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 3,101,958 19,049.746 162.83 17,281.644 179.49 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 48,652 15.839 3,071.66 14.369 3,385.90 TOOL STEEL............................17 2,096,924 717.840 2,921.16 651.214 3,220.02 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 272,797 389.818 699.81 353.637 771.40 LINE PIPE.............................20 2,205 4.640 475.22 4.209 523.88 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 87,650 73.708 1,189.15 66.867 1,310.81 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 458,886 90.268 5,083.60 81.890 5,603.69 WIRE DRAWN............................23 761,428 372.645 2,043.31 338.058 2,252.36 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 30,145 5.036 5,985.90 4.569 6,597.72 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 88,124 29.361 3,001.40 26.636 3,308.45 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 59,849 107.244 558.06 97.290 615.16 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 44,059 30.941 1,423.97 28.069 1,569.67 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 38,932 7.329 5,312.05 6.649 5,855.32 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 273,674 44.228 6,187.80 40.123 6,820.88 COUNTRY TOTALS 9,355,159 22,532.072 415.19 20,440.758 457.67 Czech Republic Czech Republic IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS MARCH CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 05/04/99 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE WIRE RODS..............................3 380,017 2,249.034 168.97 2,040.290 186.26 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 700,083 841.670 831.78 763.550 916.88 LINE PIPE.............................20 661,439 1,529.960 432.32 1,387.957 476.56 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 3,111 0.179 17,379.89 0.162 19,203.70 WIRE DRAWN............................23 116,136 138.241 840.10 125.410 926.05 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 878,196 3,051.076 287.83 2,767.890 317.28 COUNTRY TOTALS 2,738,982 7,810.159 350.69 7,085.259 386.57 Slovakia Slovakia MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 46,673 64.180 727.22 58.223 801.62 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 22,777 74.554 305.51 67.634 336.77 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 15,987 36.643 436.29 33.242 480.93 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 2,379 3.951 602.13 3.584 663.78 COUNTRY TOTALS 87,816 179.327 489.70 162.683 539.80 Hungary Hungary PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 147,791 656.659 225.07 595.711 248.09 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,808 20.635 136.08 18.720 150.00 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 304,576 1,496.830 203.48 1,357.902 224.30 COUNTRY TOTALS 455,175 2,174.124 209.36 1,972.333 230.78 Switzerland Switzerland BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 550,481 1,670.794 329.47 1,515.719 363.18 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 115,304 58.165 1,982.36 52.766 2,185.20 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 74,154 5.850 12,675.90 5.307 13,972.87 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 854,294 479.170 1,782.86 434.696 1,965.27 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 47,508 1.515 31,358.42 1.374 34,576.42 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 7,209 3.974 1,814.04 3.605 1,999.72 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 4,944 1.157 4,273.12 1.050 4,708.57 WIRE DRAWN............................23 325,837 82.160 3,965.88 74.534 4,371.66 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 55,481 53.142 1,044.01 48.210 1,150.82 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 465,876 194.476 2,395.54 176.426 2,640.63 COUNTRY TOTALS 2,501,088 2,550.403 980.66 2,313.687 1,081.00 Latvia Latvia IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS MARCH CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 05/04/99 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 5,501,394 32,665.882 168.41 29,633.998 185.64 COUNTRY TOTALS 5,501,394 32,665.882 168.41 29,633.998 185.64 Poland Poland STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 29,049 146.453 198.35 132.860 218.64 WIRE DRAWN............................23 47,039 76.031 618.68 68.974 681.98 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 15,781 26.356 598.76 23.910 660.02 COUNTRY TOTALS 91,869 248.840 369.19 225.744 406.96 Russia Russia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 21,543 33.655 640.11 30.531 705.61 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 97,636 80.478 1,213.20 73.008 1,337.33 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 2,492 7.349 339.09 6.667 373.78 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 277,132 1,786.771 155.10 1,620.932 170.97 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 39,717 30.980 1,282.02 28.105 1,413.16 TOOL STEEL............................17 268,777 227.396 1,181.98 206.290 1,302.91 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 11,637 18.721 621.60 16.983 685.21 WIRE DRAWN............................23 19,961 76.912 259.53 69.773 286.08 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 5,445,486 22,458.528 242.47 20,374.040 267.28 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 5,010,159 15,861.925 315.86 14,389.700 348.18 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 993,081 1,132.450 876.93 1,027.342 966.65 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 8,269 22.295 370.89 20.226 408.83 COUNTRY TOTALS 12,195,890 41,737.459 292.20 37,863.597 322.10 Belarus Belarus BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 235,805 1,624.566 145.15 1,473.782 160.00 WIRE DRAWN............................23 183,741 139.954 1,312.87 126.964 1,447.19 COUNTRY TOTALS 419,546 1,764.520 237.77 1,600.746 262.09 Ukraine Ukraine WIRE RODS..............................3 18,715 117.176 159.72 106.300 176.06 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 7,117 19.358 367.65 17.561 405.27 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 100,671 35.229 2,857.62 31.959 3,150.00 COUNTRY TOTALS 126,503 171.762 736.50 155.820 811.85 Kazakhstan Kazakhstan IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS MARCH CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 05/04/99 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 391,648 2,383.814 164.29 2,162.560 181.10 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 130,899 722.623 181.14 655.553 199.68 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 8,015 22.399 357.83 20.320 394.44 COUNTRY TOTALS 530,562 3,128.836 169.57 2,838.433 186.92 Moldova Moldova WIRE RODS..............................3 8,010,379 44,373.329 180.52 40,254.818 198.99 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 1,701,429 12,496.188 136.16 11,336.354 150.09 COUNTRY TOTALS 9,711,808 56,869.516 170.77 51,591.172 188.25 Spain Spain BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 26,392,942 35,531.086 742.81 32,233.268 818.81 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,613,253 14,070.247 114.66 12,764.317 126.39 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 2,077,686 8,570.683 242.42 7,775.195 267.22 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 89,897 59.745 1,504.68 54.200 1,658.62 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 369,100 482.235 765.39 437.476 843.70 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 133,179 76.296 1,745.56 69.215 1,924.13 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 810,006 1,089.254 743.63 988.155 819.72 TOOL STEEL............................17 85,094 49.001 1,736.58 44.453 1,914.25 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 415,933 782.609 531.47 709.971 585.85 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 583,869 859.905 678.99 780.093 748.46 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,241,199 273.279 4,541.87 247.915 5,006.55 WIRE DRAWN............................23 175,654 208.265 843.42 188.935 929.71 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,052,084 2,178.682 482.90 1,976.468 532.31 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 79,185 29.846 2,653.12 27.076 2,924.55 COUNTRY TOTALS 35,119,081 64,261.134 546.51 58,296.737 602.42 Portugal Portugal SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 821,675 2,015.968 407.58 1,828.856 449.28 COUNTRY TOTALS 821,675 2,015.968 407.58 1,828.856 449.28 Italy Italy BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 39,294 81.725 480.81 74.140 530.00 WIRE RODS..............................3 825,064 1,915.550 430.72 1,737.758 474.79 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS MARCH CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 05/04/99 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 967,957 3,936.748 245.88 3,571.359 271.03 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 85,086 54.013 1,575.29 49.000 1,736.45 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,166,565 1,419.492 1,526.30 1,287.742 1,682.45 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 133,370 31.919 4,178.39 28.956 4,605.95 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,868,504 740.486 2,523.35 671.758 2,781.51 TOOL STEEL............................17 21,548 7.706 2,796.26 6.991 3,082.25 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 179,611 194.729 922.36 176.655 1,016.73 LINE PIPE.............................20 570,379 648.839 879.08 588.617 969.02 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 456,556 509.673 895.78 462.368 987.43 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 178,131 123.816 1,438.68 112.324 1,585.87 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 128,454 71.387 1,799.40 64.761 1,983.51 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 21,681 2.248 9,644.57 2.039 10,633.15 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,504,981 1,518.932 990.82 1,377.952 1,092.19 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 1,389,027 5,853.916 237.28 5,310.585 261.56 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 592,013 824.771 717.79 748.220 791.23 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 4,781,381 9,072.958 526.99 8,230.851 580.91 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 467,064 794.766 587.67 721.000 647.80 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 229,483 152.552 1,504.29 138.393 1,658.20 COUNTRY TOTALS 16,606,149 27,956.226 594.01 25,361.469 654.78 Slovenia Slovenia PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 30,873 25.221 1,224.10 22.880 1,349.34 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 53,474 42.173 1,267.97 38.259 1,397.68 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 231,659 101.263 2,287.70 91.864 2,521.76 TOOL STEEL............................17 634,834 442.404 1,434.96 401.342 1,581.78 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 160,779 146.089 1,100.56 132.530 1,213.15 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 46,619 41.107 1,134.09 37.292 1,250.11 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 194,479 182.468 1,065.83 165.532 1,174.87 COUNTRY TOTALS 1,352,717 980.725 1,379.30 889.699 1,520.42 Macedonia (Skopje) Macedonia (Skopje) PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,283,671 4,582.307 280.14 4,157.000 308.80 COUNTRY TOTALS 1,283,671 4,582.307 280.14 4,157.000 308.80 Yugoslavia Yugoslavia BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 24,043 16.303 1,474.76 14.790 1,625.63 COUNTRY TOTALS 24,043 16.303 1,474.76 14.790 1,625.63 Greece Greece IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS MARCH CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 05/04/99 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE BLACK PLATE...........................28 548,258 1,463.177 374.70 1,327.372 413.04 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 785,507 2,201.111 356.87 1,996.815 393.38 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 704,844 1,923.549 366.43 1,745.015 403.92 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 505,715 865.787 584.11 785.429 643.87 COUNTRY TOTALS 2,544,324 6,453.624 394.25 5,854.631 434.58 Romania Romania PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 582,688 1,529.293 381.02 1,387.352 420.00 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 695,216 3,519.917 197.51 3,193.216 217.72 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 12,898 7.239 1,781.74 6.567 1,964.06 LINE PIPE.............................20 585,523 1,361.971 429.91 1,235.560 473.89 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 7,541 5.258 1,434.20 4.770 1,580.92 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 39,846 73.126 544.90 66.339 600.64 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 513,159 3,213.986 159.66 2,915.680 176.00 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 245,457 208.570 1,176.86 189.212 1,297.26 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 110,402 496.557 222.33 450.469 245.08 COUNTRY TOTALS 2,792,730 10,415.919 268.12 9,449.165 295.55 Turkey Turkey BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 790,609 2,206.320 358.34 2,001.540 395.00 WIRE RODS..............................3 2,124,234 12,630.709 168.18 11,458.390 185.39 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 92,783 427.476 217.05 387.800 239.25 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 604,536 2,462.644 245.48 2,234.074 270.60 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 747,055 3,209.808 232.74 2,911.890 256.55 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 898,041 5,549.296 161.83 5,034.238 178.39 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 9,671 22.928 421.80 20.800 464.95 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,133,940 7,836.996 272.29 7,109.605 300.15 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 315,008 994.215 316.84 901.937 349.26 COUNTRY TOTALS 7,715,877 35,340.393 218.33 32,060.274 240.67 Israel Israel BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 3,850 1.664 2,313.70 1.510 2,549.67 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 4,863 1.645 2,956.23 1.492 3,259.38 WIRE DRAWN............................23 84,854 128.399 660.86 116.482 728.47 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 2,841 4.893 580.63 4.439 640.01 COUNTRY TOTALS 96,408 136.602 705.76 123.923 777.97 Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS MARCH CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 05/04/99 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 51,992 29.866 1,740.84 27.094 1,918.95 COUNTRY TOTALS 51,992 29.866 1,740.84 27.094 1,918.95 United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 207,736 112.548 1,845.75 102.102 2,034.59 WIRE DRAWN............................23 9,745 10.501 928.01 9.526 1,022.99 COUNTRY TOTALS 217,481 123.049 1,767.43 111.628 1,948.27 India India WIRE RODS..............................3 1,787,205 9,574.216 186.67 8,685.585 205.77 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 11,426 31.055 367.93 28.173 405.57 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 2,490,946 14,123.757 176.37 12,812.860 194.41 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 271,879 541.658 501.94 491.384 553.29 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 428,688 323.482 1,325.23 293.458 1,460.82 TOOL STEEL............................17 5,613 2.672 2,100.67 2.424 2,315.59 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 425,774 1,263.956 336.86 1,146.642 371.32 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 234,482 162.278 1,444.94 147.216 1,592.78 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 75,236 73.196 1,027.87 66.402 1,133.04 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 330,091 109.549 3,013.18 99.381 3,321.47 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 2,260 1.512 1,494.71 1.372 1,647.23 WIRE DRAWN............................23 516,753 972.115 531.58 881.888 585.96 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 3,345,378 18,808.703 177.86 17,062.973 196.06 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 208,863 178.161 1,172.33 161.625 1,292.27 COUNTRY TOTALS 10,134,594 46,166.309 219.52 41,881.383 241.98 Thailand Thailand BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 2,277 6.534 348.48 5.928 384.11 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 208,647 134.524 1,551.00 122.038 1,709.69 WIRE DRAWN............................23 120,261 77.682 1,548.12 70.472 1,706.51 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 6,401,179 22,072.456 290.01 20,023.801 319.68 COUNTRY TOTALS 6,732,364 22,291.196 302.02 20,222.239 332.92 Malaysia Malaysia BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 1,530,600 696.539 2,197.44 631.890 2,422.26 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS MARCH CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 05/04/99 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STANDARD PIPE.........................18 487,059 1,317.488 369.69 1,195.205 407.51 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 6,042 19.669 307.18 17.843 338.62 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 538,472 390.953 1,377.33 354.667 1,518.25 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 2,631 8.730 301.37 7.920 332.20 WIRE DRAWN............................23 2,784 3.433 810.95 3.114 894.03 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 712,784 1,729.893 412.04 1,569.333 454.20 COUNTRY TOTALS 3,280,372 4,166.705 787.28 3,779.972 867.83 Singapore Singapore STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 103,532 53.613 1,931.10 48.637 2,128.67 COUNTRY TOTALS 103,532 53.613 1,931.10 48.637 2,128.67 Indonesia Indonesia WIRE RODS..............................3 4,218,395 22,460.601 187.81 20,375.920 207.03 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 3,776,204 15,851.344 238.23 14,380.101 262.60 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,622,680 9,645.563 168.23 8,750.310 185.44 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 1,067,772 2,775.691 384.69 2,518.065 424.04 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 342,262 941.002 363.72 853.663 400.93 WIRE DRAWN............................23 16,005 50.045 319.81 45.400 352.53 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 2,002,217 11,513.881 173.90 10,445.220 191.69 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 1,058,612 4,167.573 254.01 3,780.760 280.00 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,010,446 2,318.924 435.74 2,103.693 480.32 COUNTRY TOTALS 15,114,593 69,724.623 216.78 63,253.132 238.95 China China BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 5,043 6.417 785.88 5.821 866.35 WIRE RODS..............................3 5,216 11.983 435.28 10.871 479.81 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 14,616 12.897 1,133.29 11.700 1,249.23 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 2,917 10.046 290.36 9.114 320.06 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 136,842 121.082 1,130.16 109.844 1,245.78 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 6,981 8.051 867.10 7.304 955.78 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 66,677 92.956 717.30 84.328 790.69 TOOL STEEL............................17 879,053 563.240 1,560.71 510.963 1,720.38 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 942,080 2,401.529 392.28 2,178.631 432.42 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,271 0.772 2,941.71 0.700 3,244.29 LINE PIPE.............................20 74,276 318.505 233.20 288.943 257.06 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS MARCH CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 05/04/99 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 101,416 221.789 457.26 201.204 504.05 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 24,998 22.364 1,117.78 20.288 1,232.16 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 86,060 54.106 1,590.58 49.084 1,753.32 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 12,810 35.336 362.52 32.056 399.61 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,667,507 1,747.879 954.02 1,585.650 1,051.62 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 43,281 126.996 340.81 115.209 375.67 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 4,471 10.440 428.26 9.471 472.07 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 27,984 55.116 507.73 50.000 559.68 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 28,285 16.816 1,682.03 15.255 1,854.15 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 90,536 31.348 2,888.09 28.438 3,183.63 COUNTRY TOTALS 4,223,320 5,869.667 719.52 5,324.874 793.13 Korea, South Korea, South INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 3,420 0.044 77,727.27 0.040 85,500.00 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 4,019,505 19,892.756 202.06 18,046.410 222.73 WIRE RODS..............................3 1,072,189 840.103 1,276.26 762.129 1,406.83 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 11,420,496 48,209.359 236.89 43,734.807 261.13 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 3,554,183 12,555.379 283.08 11,390.051 312.04 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,054,571 3,008.299 350.55 2,729.084 386.42 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 10,341 24.152 428.16 21.910 471.98 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 799,910 2,365.348 338.18 2,145.808 372.78 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 1,399,416 3,977.014 351.88 3,607.887 387.88 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 6,366,267 37,937.445 167.81 34,416.281 184.98 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 1,219,615 1,041.010 1,171.57 944.389 1,291.43 TOOL STEEL............................17 513,791 335.198 1,532.80 304.087 1,689.62 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 6,502,811 18,826.236 345.41 17,078.879 380.75 LINE PIPE.............................20 3,258,398 11,506.107 283.19 10,438.168 312.16 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 1,303,848 3,634.303 358.76 3,296.985 395.47 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 179,470 340.460 527.14 308.860 581.07 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 854,979 467.759 1,827.82 424.344 2,014.83 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 14,994 33.505 447.52 30.395 493.30 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 2,182,865 7,807.289 279.59 7,082.655 308.20 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B 14,350 45.722 313.85 41.478 345.97 WIRE DRAWN............................23 3,178,176 3,408.867 932.33 3,092.473 1,027.71 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 19,015,474 73,678.321 258.09 66,839.867 284.49 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 7,555,435 22,571.807 334.73 20,476.805 368.98 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 8,511,700 17,325.702 491.28 15,717.617 541.54 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 1,229,542 2,755.370 446.23 2,499.630 491.89 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 3,693,520 8,339.380 442.90 7,565.360 488.21 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 9,752 18.684 521.94 16.950 575.34 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS MARCH CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 05/04/99 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 131,758 373.582 352.69 338.908 388.77 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 386,953 224.033 1,727.21 203.239 1,903.93 COUNTRY TOTALS 89,457,729 301,543.232 296.67 273,555.496 327.02 Hong Kong Hong Kong WIRE DRAWN............................23 22,546 6.243 3,611.40 5.664 3,980.58 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,103,996 3,077.057 358.78 2,791.460 395.49 COUNTRY TOTALS 1,126,542 3,083.301 365.37 2,797.124 402.75 Taiwan Taiwan WIRE RODS..............................3 1,166,049 848.310 1,374.56 769.574 1,515.19 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 27,010 51.070 528.88 46.330 582.99 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 988,774 4,246.117 232.87 3,852.014 256.69 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 994,308 646.232 1,538.62 586.252 1,696.04 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 3,414 4.303 793.40 3.904 874.49 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 20,655 68.041 303.57 61.726 334.62 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 469,291 278.660 1,684.10 252.796 1,856.40 TOOL STEEL............................17 781,065 516.682 1,511.69 468.726 1,666.36 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 1,268,775 3,843.697 330.09 3,486.944 363.86 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 25,919 48.049 539.43 43.589 594.62 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 1,650,129 994.734 1,658.86 902.408 1,828.58 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 238,045 165.150 1,441.39 149.822 1,588.85 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,159,182 1,764.622 656.90 1,600.839 724.11 TIN PLATE.............................29 232,916 489.434 475.89 444.007 524.58 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 3,382,714 15,038.538 224.94 13,642.736 247.95 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 7,229,675 12,461.023 580.18 11,304.453 639.54 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 5,189,157 12,127.724 427.88 11,002.089 471.65 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 78,993 144.353 547.22 130.955 603.21 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 509,875 862.621 591.08 782.557 651.55 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 966,748 568.941 1,699.21 516.135 1,873.05 COUNTRY TOTALS 26,382,694 55,168.302 478.22 50,047.856 527.15 Japan Japan INGOTS AND STEEL FOR CASTINGS.........1A 147,310 71.305 2,065.91 64.687 2,277.27 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 5,053,640 30,139.388 167.68 27,342.001 184.83 WIRE RODS..............................3 6,167,493 15,147.878 407.15 13,741.928 448.81 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS MARCH CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 05/04/99 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 6,121,497 26,300.078 232.76 23,859.036 256.57 STEEL PILING...........................5 510,279 2,587.015 197.25 2,346.901 217.43 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 9,860,352 21,696.526 454.47 19,682.763 500.96 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 351,037 623.431 563.07 565.567 620.68 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 5,741,619 12,276.691 467.68 11,137.230 515.53 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 192,110 378.241 507.90 343.135 559.87 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 5,899,472 9,894.286 596.25 8,975.948 657.25 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A 291,303 218.766 1,331.57 198.461 1,467.81 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 1,209,282 6,492.611 186.26 5,889.999 205.31 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 610,610 462.642 1,319.83 419.702 1,454.87 TOOL STEEL............................17 5,716,970 8,415.400 679.35 7,634.325 748.85 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 2,806,204 3,674.930 763.61 3,333.841 841.73 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 2,869,755 1,520.088 1,887.89 1,379.001 2,081.04 LINE PIPE.............................20 11,673,875 21,975.805 531.21 19,936.121 585.56 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 6,634,400 4,921.980 1,347.91 4,465.146 1,485.82 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B 392,106 386.909 1,013.43 350.998 1,117.12 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 4,887,282 1,616.642 3,023.11 1,466.593 3,332.41 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E 182,496 30.398 6,003.55 27.577 6,617.69 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 412,610 909.519 453.66 825.102 500.07 WIRE DRAWN............................23 7,080,391 7,083.599 999.55 6,426.135 1,101.81 BLACK PLATE...........................28 8,649,227 17,170.760 503.72 15,577.056 555.25 TIN PLATE.............................29 9,919,179 20,523.963 483.30 18,619.031 532.74 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 6,989,441 8,729.842 800.64 7,919.582 882.55 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 3,354,964 11,322.778 296.30 10,271.854 326.62 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 16,844,045 43,264.027 389.33 39,248.476 429.16 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 5,920,551 10,690.625 553.81 9,698.375 610.47 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B 857,948 1,569.733 546.56 1,424.038 602.48 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 339,591 215.920 1,572.76 195.879 1,733.68 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 2,503,493 5,072.313 493.56 4,601.526 544.06 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 12,967 1.907 6,799.69 1.730 7,495.38 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 6,298,978 1,601.983 3,931.99 1,453.295 4,334.27 COUNTRY TOTALS 146,502,477 296,987.980 493.29 269,423.039 543.76 Australia Australia BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 1,192,323 4,621.659 257.99 4,192.700 284.38 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 611,091 2,631.288 232.24 2,387.065 256.00 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 346,713 640.518 541.30 581.068 596.68 TOOL STEEL............................17 3,095 6.203 498.95 5.627 550.03 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 14,710 43.453 338.53 39.420 373.16 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 47,524 121.276 391.87 110.020 431.96 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS MARCH CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 05/04/99 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 78,252 19.596 3,993.26 17.777 4,401.87 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A 6,275 17.483 358.92 15.860 395.65 WIRE DRAWN............................23 256,763 252.480 1,016.96 229.046 1,121.01 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A 11,922 16.558 720.01 15.021 793.69 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 7,180,849 37,930.918 189.31 34,410.360 208.68 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 154,829 284.891 543.47 258.449 599.07 COUNTRY TOTALS 9,904,346 46,586.323 212.60 42,262.413 234.35 New Zealand New Zealand PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 299,632 1,497.501 200.09 1,358.510 220.56 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 608,020 2,850.841 213.28 2,586.240 235.10 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 535,827 1,864.934 287.32 1,691.840 316.71 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 1,063,522 3,526.365 301.59 3,199.065 332.45 COUNTRY TOTALS 2,507,001 9,739.640 257.40 8,835.655 283.74 Egypt Egypt WIRE RODS..............................3 1,286,280 6,564.262 195.95 5,955.000 216.00 COUNTRY TOTALS 1,286,280 6,564.262 195.95 5,955.000 216.00 Sao Tome and Principe Sao Tome and Principe TOOL STEEL............................17 7,290 1.194 6,105.53 1.083 6,731.30 COUNTRY TOTALS 7,290 1.194 6,105.53 1.083 6,731.30 South Africa South Africa BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B 1,922,641 2,258.701 851.22 2,049.060 938.30 WIRE RODS..............................3 825,874 4,080.399 202.40 3,701.677 223.11 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 1,889,568 8,721.549 216.66 7,912.058 238.82 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A 1,658,067 3,488.050 475.36 3,164.307 523.99 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B 1,139,265 6,172.379 184.57 5,599.490 203.46 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 1,810,545 10,307.583 175.65 9,350.885 193.62 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 267,221 805.305 331.83 730.561 365.78 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 5,970 13.623 438.23 12.359 483.05 LINE PIPE.............................20 490,179 1,612.764 303.94 1,463.075 335.03 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A 73,719 194.868 378.30 176.781 417.01 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS MARCH CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 05/04/99 CATEGORY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D 19,504 14.060 1,387.20 12.755 1,529.13 WIRE DRAWN............................23 1,313,818 3,106.850 422.88 2,818.488 466.14 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 3,019,302 14,240.029 212.03 12,918.341 233.72 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 3,803,532 9,372.888 405.80 8,502.943 447.32 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A 3,662,413 8,421.621 434.88 7,639.968 479.38 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 16,170 34.844 464.07 31.610 511.55 COUNTRY TOTALS 21,917,788 72,845.515 300.88 66,084.358 331.66 GRAND TOTAL 1,041,424,174 2,867,069.760 363.24 2,600,962.668 400.40 GRAND TOTAL 1,041,424,174 2,867,069.760 363.24 2,600,962.668 400.40 !R! 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