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RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS MARCH CYCLE - 2 PREPARED 04/20/99 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 140,261 180.506 777.04 163.752 856.55 Mexico 184,323 233.475 789.48 211.805 870.25 Sweden 80,903 73.645 1,098.55 66.810 1,210.94 Denmark 5,285 0.211 25,047.39 0.191 27,670.16 United Kingdom 312,387 99.038 3,154.21 89.846 3,476.92 France 65,947 1.232 53,528.41 1.118 58,986.58 Federal Republic of Germany 177,627 464.558 382.36 421.440 421.48 Austria 152,399 20.047 7,602.09 18.186 8,380.02 Korea, South 3,420 0.044 77,727.27 0.040 85,500.00 Japan 147,310 71.305 2,065.91 64.687 2,277.27 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,269,862 1,144.061 1,109.96 1,037.875 1,223.52 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 10,420,436 36,514.326 285.38 33,125.249 314.58 Mexico 19,195,828 123,022.659 156.03 111,604.310 172.00 Brazil 45,177,921 305,184.232 148.03 276,858.556 163.18 Sweden 1,741,689 1,422.755 1,224.17 1,290.702 1,349.41 Finland 3,595,806 24,184.152 148.68 21,939.500 163.90 United Kingdom 3,545,843 5,021.319 706.16 4,555.265 778.41 Netherlands 5,597,556 39,772.464 140.74 36,080.983 155.14 Belgium 537,579 1,300.240 413.45 1,179.558 455.75 Federal Republic of Germany 4,191,733 28,672.715 146.19 26,011.457 161.15 Austria 17,385 1.440 12,072.92 1.306 13,311.64 Spain 20,361,997 27,442.438 741.99 24,895.368 817.90 Italy 39,294 81.725 480.81 74.140 530.00 Turkey 790,609 2,206.320 358.34 2,001.540 395.00 China 5,043 6.417 785.88 5.821 866.35 Korea, South 4,019,505 19,892.756 202.06 18,046.410 222.73 Japan 4,992,090 30,116.379 165.76 27,321.127 182.72 Australia 1,192,323 4,621.659 257.99 4,192.700 284.38 South Africa 1,922,641 2,258.701 851.22 2,049.060 938.30 CATEGORY TOTAL 127,345,278 651,722.697 195.40 591,233.052 215.39 WIRE RODS..............................3 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 12,064,237 36,143.419 333.79 32,788.767 367.94 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS MARCH CYCLE - 2 PREPARED 04/20/99 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Mexico 1,047,940 4,738.217 221.17 4,298.439 243.80 Trinidad and Tobago 3,554,378 15,221.482 233.51 13,808.700 257.40 Venezuela 4,254,294 21,336.878 199.39 19,356.496 219.79 Brazil 1,671,317 7,715.554 216.62 6,999.435 238.78 Sweden 1,137,566 595.908 1,908.96 540.599 2,104.27 United Kingdom 2,042,446 4,923.023 414.88 4,466.093 457.32 Luxembourg 651,772 1,794.030 363.30 1,627.517 400.47 France 848,344 551.862 1,537.24 500.641 1,694.52 Federal Republic of Germany 1,744,006 4,601.284 379.03 4,174.216 417.80 Czech Republic 380,017 2,249.034 168.97 2,040.290 186.26 Ukraine 18,715 117.176 159.72 106.300 176.06 Moldova 8,010,379 44,373.329 180.52 40,254.818 198.99 Spain 1,613,253 14,070.247 114.66 12,764.317 126.39 Italy 825,064 1,915.550 430.72 1,737.758 474.79 Turkey 2,124,234 12,630.709 168.18 11,458.390 185.39 India 1,787,205 9,574.216 186.67 8,685.585 205.77 Indonesia 4,218,395 22,460.601 187.81 20,375.920 207.03 China 5,216 11.983 435.28 10.871 479.81 Korea, South 1,072,189 840.103 1,276.26 762.129 1,406.83 Taiwan 1,166,049 848.310 1,374.56 769.574 1,515.19 Japan 5,944,780 14,579.423 407.75 13,226.234 449.47 Egypt 1,286,280 6,564.262 195.95 5,955.000 216.00 South Africa 825,874 4,080.399 202.40 3,701.677 223.11 CATEGORY TOTAL 58,293,950 231,937.000 251.34 210,409.766 277.05 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 5,868,196 17,936.231 327.17 16,271.480 360.64 Mexico 361,173 1,290.755 279.82 1,170.954 308.44 Brazil 100,232 373.265 268.53 338.620 296.00 Sweden 22,452 10.115 2,219.67 9.176 2,446.82 Norway 283,267 532.604 531.85 483.170 586.27 United Kingdom 3,869,072 7,412.017 522.00 6,724.071 575.41 Luxembourg 2,080,093 5,696.896 365.13 5,168.139 402.48 France 39,678 38.942 1,018.90 35.328 1,123.13 Federal Republic of Germany 3,298,095 6,655.400 495.55 6,037.679 546.25 Austria 57,296 6.887 8,319.44 6.248 9,170.29 Poland 29,049 146.453 198.35 132.860 218.64 Ukraine 4,639 12.241 378.97 11.105 417.74 Spain 2,077,686 8,570.683 242.42 7,775.195 267.22 Italy 967,957 3,936.748 245.88 3,571.359 271.03 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS MARCH CYCLE - 2 PREPARED 04/20/99 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Turkey 92,783 427.476 217.05 387.800 239.25 China 14,616 12.897 1,133.29 11.700 1,249.23 Korea, South 11,420,496 48,209.359 236.89 43,734.807 261.13 Taiwan 27,010 51.070 528.88 46.330 582.99 Japan 6,121,497 26,300.078 232.76 23,859.036 256.57 South Africa 1,889,568 8,721.549 216.66 7,912.058 238.82 CATEGORY TOTAL 38,624,855 136,341.667 283.29 123,687.115 312.28 STEEL PILING...........................5 STEEL PILING...........................5 Canada 875,417 1,658.352 527.88 1,504.432 581.89 United Kingdom 503,988 1,200.057 419.97 1,088.674 462.94 Luxembourg 2,349,215 4,413.072 532.33 4,003.473 586.79 Federal Republic of Germany 740,613 1,158.684 639.18 1,051.141 704.58 Japan 510,279 2,587.015 197.25 2,346.901 217.43 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,979,512 11,017.181 451.98 9,994.621 498.22 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 6,294,758 15,442.022 407.64 14,008.771 449.34 Mexico 2,971,305 11,708.234 253.78 10,621.534 279.74 Brazil 3,390,914 7,418.610 457.08 6,730.052 503.85 Sweden 2,638,207 3,792.122 695.71 3,440.156 766.89 Norway 213,061 539.585 394.86 489.503 435.26 Finland 260,558 601.354 433.29 545.539 477.62 United Kingdom 639,022 699.546 913.48 634.618 1,006.94 Belgium 1,297,441 1,137.003 1,141.11 1,031.472 1,257.85 France 4,294,025 4,831.288 888.80 4,382.872 979.73 Federal Republic of Germany 2,403,408 2,741.302 876.74 2,486.868 966.44 Austria 299,425 464.408 644.75 421.304 710.71 Hungary 113,636 631.328 180.00 572.731 198.41 Spain 89,897 59.745 1,504.68 54.200 1,658.62 Italy 85,086 54.013 1,575.29 49.000 1,736.45 Slovenia 30,873 25.221 1,224.10 22.880 1,349.34 Macedonia (Skopje) 1,283,671 4,582.307 280.14 4,157.000 308.80 Romania 582,688 1,529.293 381.02 1,387.352 420.00 India 11,426 31.055 367.93 28.173 405.57 Indonesia 3,776,204 15,851.344 238.23 14,380.101 262.60 China 2,917 10.046 290.36 9.114 320.06 Korea, South 3,554,183 12,555.379 283.08 11,390.051 312.04 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS MARCH CYCLE - 2 PREPARED 04/20/99 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 9,737,237 21,361.324 455.83 19,378.673 502.47 Australia 611,091 2,631.288 232.24 2,387.065 256.00 South Africa 1,593,143 3,263.466 488.18 2,960.567 538.12 CATEGORY TOTAL 46,174,176 111,961.283 412.41 101,569.596 454.61 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 7,240,787 22,461.214 322.37 20,376.476 355.35 Mexico 1,205,827 5,772.097 208.91 5,236.360 230.28 Venezuela 245,876 1,478.138 166.34 1,340.945 183.36 Brazil 10,677 11.666 915.22 10.583 1,008.88 Sweden 86,351 205.548 420.10 186.470 463.08 Finland 226,336 738.241 306.59 669.721 337.96 United Kingdom 5,111,231 24,893.507 205.32 22,583.016 226.33 Netherlands 544,334 2,337.159 232.90 2,120.236 256.73 Belgium 1,171,942 904.402 1,295.82 820.460 1,428.40 France 2,860,794 11,099.600 257.74 10,069.391 284.11 Federal Republic of Germany 386,612 334.490 1,155.83 303.444 1,274.08 Austria 2,441 0.291 8,388.32 0.264 9,246.21 Hungary 36,963 199.915 184.89 181.360 203.81 Kazakhstan 391,648 2,383.814 164.29 2,162.560 181.10 Romania 695,216 3,519.917 197.51 3,193.216 217.72 India 2,490,946 14,123.757 176.37 12,812.860 194.41 Indonesia 269,244 1,581.188 170.28 1,434.430 187.70 Korea, South 1,054,571 3,008.299 350.55 2,729.084 386.42 Taiwan 988,774 4,246.117 232.87 3,852.014 256.69 Japan 351,037 623.431 563.07 565.567 620.68 New Zealand 299,632 1,497.501 200.09 1,358.510 220.56 South Africa 1,024,984 5,544.602 184.86 5,029.980 203.77 CATEGORY TOTAL 26,696,223 106,964.894 249.58 97,036.947 275.11 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Canada 466,783 1,143.597 408.17 1,037.454 449.93 United Kingdom 5,865 2.941 1,994.22 2.668 2,198.28 Luxembourg 16,148 18.428 876.28 16.718 965.91 France 2,666,980 6,033.920 442.00 5,473.882 487.22 Federal Republic of Germany 450,152 1,230.360 365.87 1,116.164 403.30 Austria 662,743 757.587 874.81 687.272 964.31 Japan 5,741,619 12,276.691 467.68 11,137.230 515.53 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,010,290 21,463.525 466.39 19,471.388 514.10 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS MARCH CYCLE - 2 PREPARED 04/20/99 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 328,475 742.366 442.47 673.463 487.74 United Kingdom 5,004 2.302 2,173.76 2.088 2,396.55 Luxembourg 403,567 535.624 753.45 485.910 830.54 France 9,109 12.566 724.89 11.400 799.04 Austria 143,784 192.324 747.61 174.473 824.10 Korea, South 10,341 24.152 428.16 21.910 471.98 Japan 192,110 378.241 507.90 343.135 559.87 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,092,390 1,887.574 578.73 1,712.379 637.94 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 Canada 170,333 225.641 754.88 204.698 832.12 United Kingdom 3,192 3.307 965.23 3.000 1,064.00 Federal Republic of Germany 2,080 3.908 532.24 3.545 586.74 CATEGORY TOTAL 175,605 232.855 754.14 211.243 831.29 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 30,257,958 79,678.209 379.75 72,282.876 418.60 Mexico 1,463,174 4,958.096 295.11 4,497.910 325.30 Haiti 51,168 18.739 2,730.56 17.000 3,009.88 Trinidad and Tobago 185,968 81.322 2,286.81 73.774 2,520.78 Brazil 1,356,362 3,039.688 446.22 2,757.559 491.87 Argentina 152,693 412.220 370.42 373.960 408.31 Sweden 1,069,756 410.130 2,608.33 372.064 2,875.19 Finland 6,660 1.224 5,441.18 1.110 6,000.00 United Kingdom 7,552,360 14,712.313 513.34 13,346.790 565.86 Netherlands 117,888 174.944 673.86 158.707 742.80 Luxembourg 5,930 15.964 371.46 14.482 409.47 France 511,762 170.929 2,994.00 155.064 3,300.33 Federal Republic of Germany 2,120,245 1,273.691 1,664.65 1,155.473 1,834.96 Austria 186,481 56.038 3,327.76 50.837 3,668.21 Switzerland 550,481 1,670.794 329.47 1,515.719 363.18 Russia 95,591 77.305 1,236.54 70.130 1,363.05 Spain 359,343 471.135 762.72 427.407 840.75 Italy 1,802,995 1,344.755 1,340.76 1,219.942 1,477.94 Slovenia 53,474 42.173 1,267.97 38.259 1,397.68 Turkey 604,536 2,462.644 245.48 2,234.074 270.60 India 271,879 541.658 501.94 491.384 553.29 Thailand 2,277 6.534 348.48 5.928 384.11 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS MARCH CYCLE - 2 PREPARED 04/20/99 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE China 136,842 121.082 1,130.16 109.844 1,245.78 Korea, South 799,910 2,365.348 338.18 2,145.808 372.78 Taiwan 994,308 646.232 1,538.62 586.252 1,696.04 Japan 5,861,296 9,893.607 592.43 8,975.332 653.05 CATEGORY TOTAL 56,571,337 124,646.776 453.85 113,077.685 500.29 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 3,756,366 10,750.613 349.41 9,752.795 385.16 Mexico 1,661,252 6,191.232 268.32 5,616.593 295.78 Brazil 49,952 186.022 268.53 168.756 296.00 Federal Republic of Germany 575,523 581.677 989.42 527.689 1,090.65 Russia 2,492 7.349 339.09 6.667 373.78 Spain 133,179 76.296 1,745.56 69.215 1,924.13 Italy 133,370 31.919 4,178.39 28.956 4,605.95 Turkey 747,055 3,209.808 232.74 2,911.890 256.55 Malaysia 1,530,600 696.539 2,197.44 631.890 2,422.26 China 6,981 8.051 867.10 7.304 955.78 Korea, South 1,399,416 3,977.014 351.88 3,607.887 387.88 Taiwan 3,414 4.303 793.40 3.904 874.49 Japan 291,303 218.766 1,331.57 198.461 1,467.81 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,290,903 25,939.590 396.73 23,532.007 437.32 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 Canada 167,886 483.320 347.36 438.461 382.90 Mexico 2,125,084 8,303.394 255.93 7,532.714 282.11 Trinidad and Tobago 75,590 349.201 216.47 316.790 238.61 Venezuela 122,001 161.134 757.14 146.178 834.61 Federal Republic of Germany 9,070 5.089 1,782.28 4.617 1,964.48 Austria 3,101,958 19,049.746 162.83 17,281.644 179.49 Latvia 5,501,394 32,665.882 168.41 29,633.998 185.64 Moldova 1,701,429 12,496.188 136.16 11,336.354 150.09 Turkey 898,041 5,549.296 161.83 5,034.238 178.39 Indonesia 1,067,772 2,775.691 384.69 2,518.065 424.04 Korea, South 6,366,267 37,937.445 167.81 34,416.281 184.98 Taiwan 20,655 68.041 303.57 61.726 334.62 Japan 1,206,282 6,491.674 185.82 5,889.149 204.83 South Africa 1,810,545 10,307.583 175.65 9,350.885 193.62 CATEGORY TOTAL 24,173,974 136,643.684 176.91 123,961.100 195.01 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS MARCH CYCLE - 2 PREPARED 04/20/99 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 8,014,602 8,071.097 993.00 7,321.978 1,094.60 Mexico 84,008 139.206 603.48 126.286 665.22 Brazil 38,550 56.727 679.57 51.462 749.10 Argentina 59,913 110.432 542.53 100.182 598.04 Sweden 658,494 223.188 2,950.40 202.473 3,252.26 Finland 29,632 40.748 727.20 36.966 801.60 Denmark 122,205 59.044 2,069.73 53.564 2,281.48 United Kingdom 3,457,995 3,197.443 1,081.49 2,900.672 1,192.14 Netherlands 94,427 19.771 4,776.04 17.936 5,264.66 Belgium 48,766 96.623 504.70 87.655 556.34 France 1,448,075 846.250 1,711.17 767.705 1,886.24 Federal Republic of Germany 2,852,155 3,028.426 941.79 2,747.343 1,038.15 Austria 48,652 15.839 3,071.66 14.369 3,385.90 Czech Republic 700,083 841.670 831.78 763.550 916.88 Switzerland 115,304 58.165 1,982.36 52.766 2,185.20 Russia 39,717 30.980 1,282.02 28.105 1,413.16 Spain 810,006 1,089.254 743.63 988.155 819.72 Italy 1,868,504 740.486 2,523.35 671.758 2,781.51 Slovenia 231,659 101.263 2,287.70 91.864 2,521.76 Yugoslavia 24,043 16.303 1,474.76 14.790 1,625.63 Israel 3,850 1.664 2,313.70 1.510 2,549.67 United Arab Emirates 207,736 112.548 1,845.75 102.102 2,034.59 India 428,688 323.482 1,325.23 293.458 1,460.82 China 66,677 92.956 717.30 84.328 790.69 Korea, South 1,219,615 1,041.010 1,171.57 944.389 1,291.43 Taiwan 469,291 278.660 1,684.10 252.796 1,856.40 Japan 610,610 462.642 1,319.83 419.702 1,454.87 Australia 346,713 640.518 541.30 581.068 596.68 CATEGORY TOTAL 24,099,970 21,736.396 1,108.74 19,718.932 1,222.17 TOOL STEEL............................17 TOOL STEEL............................17 Canada 2,422,820 1,972.328 1,228.41 1,789.266 1,354.09 Mexico 318,469 2,238.904 142.24 2,031.100 156.80 Brazil 265,272 202.403 1,310.61 183.617 1,444.70 Sweden 3,129,481 1,041.729 3,004.12 945.041 3,311.48 United Kingdom 568,259 174.897 3,249.11 158.664 3,581.52 Netherlands 29,902 40.636 735.85 36.864 811.14 France 2,005,040 1,215.561 1,649.48 1,102.739 1,818.24 Federal Republic of Germany 1,809,703 1,102.774 1,641.05 1,000.420 1,808.94 Austria 2,096,924 717.840 2,921.16 651.214 3,220.02 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS MARCH CYCLE - 2 PREPARED 04/20/99 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Russia 166,716 135.035 1,234.61 122.502 1,360.92 Spain 85,094 49.001 1,736.58 44.453 1,914.25 Italy 28,748 7.872 3,651.93 7.141 4,025.77 Slovenia 634,834 442.404 1,434.96 401.342 1,581.78 India 5,613 2.672 2,100.67 2.424 2,315.59 China 879,053 563.240 1,560.71 510.963 1,720.38 Korea, South 513,791 335.198 1,532.80 304.087 1,689.62 Taiwan 781,065 516.682 1,511.69 468.726 1,666.36 Japan 5,716,970 8,415.400 679.35 7,634.325 748.85 Australia 3,095 6.203 498.95 5.627 550.03 Sao Tome and Principe 7,290 1.194 6,105.53 1.083 6,731.30 CATEGORY TOTAL 21,468,139 19,181.973 1,119.18 17,401.598 1,233.69 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 12,674,233 23,129.676 547.96 20,982.895 604.03 Mexico 1,507,335 3,048.098 494.52 2,765.189 545.11 Colombia 23,867 78.862 302.64 71.542 333.61 Brazil 9,508 8.488 1,120.17 7.700 1,234.81 Argentina 216,078 171.837 1,257.46 155.888 1,386.11 Sweden 8,167 2.756 2,963.35 2.500 3,266.80 United Kingdom 145,025 90.990 1,593.86 82.545 1,756.92 Netherlands 682,723 1,347.377 506.71 1,222.320 558.55 Belgium 82,588 59.073 1,398.07 53.590 1,541.11 France 291,689 183.730 1,587.60 166.677 1,750.03 Federal Republic of Germany 1,631,762 1,126.992 1,447.89 1,022.390 1,596.03 Switzerland 74,154 5.850 12,675.90 5.307 13,972.87 Russia 11,637 18.721 621.60 16.983 685.21 Spain 415,933 782.609 531.47 709.971 585.85 Italy 179,611 194.729 922.36 176.655 1,016.73 Romania 12,898 7.239 1,781.74 6.567 1,964.06 India 425,774 1,263.956 336.86 1,146.642 371.32 Malaysia 487,059 1,317.488 369.69 1,195.205 407.51 Indonesia 342,262 941.002 363.72 853.663 400.93 China 942,080 2,401.529 392.28 2,178.631 432.42 Korea, South 6,502,811 18,826.236 345.41 17,078.879 380.75 Taiwan 1,268,775 3,843.697 330.09 3,486.944 363.86 Japan 2,806,204 3,674.930 763.61 3,333.841 841.73 Australia 14,710 43.453 338.53 39.420 373.16 South Africa 267,221 805.305 331.83 730.561 365.78 CATEGORY TOTAL 31,024,104 63,374.621 489.54 57,492.505 539.62 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS MARCH CYCLE - 2 PREPARED 04/20/99 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 116,986 193.075 605.91 175.155 667.90 Mexico 12,848 45.897 279.93 41.637 308.57 Colombia 806,135 1,774.056 454.40 1,609.397 500.89 Brazil 100,021 188.087 531.78 170.630 586.19 Sweden 10,238 0.269 38,059.48 0.244 41,959.02 United Kingdom 186,576 338.936 550.48 307.478 606.79 France 22,659 8.251 2,746.21 7.485 3,027.25 Federal Republic of Germany 643,796 610.451 1,054.62 553.792 1,162.52 Austria 272,797 389.818 699.81 353.637 771.40 China 2,271 0.772 2,941.71 0.700 3,244.29 Japan 2,869,755 1,520.088 1,887.89 1,379.001 2,081.04 South Africa 5,970 13.623 438.23 12.359 483.05 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,050,052 5,083.324 993.45 4,611.515 1,095.10 LINE PIPE.............................20 LINE PIPE.............................20 Canada 3,219,693 7,028.612 458.08 6,376.251 504.95 Mexico 2,206,010 5,732.213 384.84 5,200.178 424.22 Brazil 278,818 540.119 516.22 489.988 569.03 United Kingdom 172,559 16.702 10,331.64 15.152 11,388.53 Netherlands 134,517 407.502 330.10 369.680 363.87 France 5,608,115 12,211.057 459.27 11,077.688 506.25 Federal Republic of Germany 2,006,342 2,179.725 920.46 1,977.414 1,014.63 Austria 2,205 4.640 475.22 4.209 523.88 Czech Republic 661,439 1,529.960 432.32 1,387.957 476.56 Spain 3,716 0.725 5,125.52 0.658 5,647.42 Italy 570,379 648.839 879.08 588.617 969.02 Romania 585,523 1,361.971 429.91 1,235.560 473.89 China 74,276 318.505 233.20 288.943 257.06 Korea, South 3,258,398 11,506.107 283.19 10,438.168 312.16 Taiwan 3,073 0.065 47,276.92 0.059 52,084.75 Japan 11,673,875 21,975.805 531.21 19,936.121 585.56 South Africa 490,179 1,612.764 303.94 1,463.075 335.03 CATEGORY TOTAL 30,949,117 67,075.313 461.41 60,849.718 508.62 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 9,896,888 12,872.845 768.82 11,678.052 847.48 Mexico 4,893,979 10,686.322 457.97 9,694.471 504.82 Brazil 263,695 393.284 670.50 356.781 739.09 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS MARCH CYCLE - 2 PREPARED 04/20/99 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Argentina 319,898 264.128 1,211.15 239.613 1,335.06 Sweden 564,265 506.137 1,114.85 459.160 1,228.91 United Kingdom 269,246 223.080 1,206.95 202.375 1,330.43 Netherlands 80,648 74.728 1,079.22 67.792 1,189.64 France 695,847 576.005 1,208.06 522.543 1,331.66 Federal Republic of Germany 3,257,166 2,303.310 1,414.12 2,089.528 1,558.80 Austria 87,650 73.708 1,189.15 66.867 1,310.81 Slovakia 46,673 64.180 727.22 58.223 801.62 Switzerland 854,294 479.170 1,782.86 434.696 1,965.27 Spain 583,869 859.905 678.99 780.093 748.46 Italy 456,556 509.673 895.78 462.368 987.43 Romania 7,541 5.258 1,434.20 4.770 1,580.92 Turkey 9,671 22.928 421.80 20.800 464.95 Saudi Arabia 51,992 29.866 1,740.84 27.094 1,918.95 India 234,482 162.278 1,444.94 147.216 1,592.78 Malaysia 6,042 19.669 307.18 17.843 338.62 China 101,416 221.789 457.26 201.204 504.05 Korea, South 1,252,127 3,495.521 358.21 3,171.084 394.86 Taiwan 25,919 48.049 539.43 43.589 594.62 Japan 6,634,400 4,921.980 1,347.91 4,465.146 1,485.82 Australia 47,524 121.276 391.87 110.020 431.96 South Africa 73,719 194.868 378.30 176.781 417.01 CATEGORY TOTAL 30,715,507 39,129.956 784.96 35,498.109 865.27 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 23,380 25.588 913.71 23.213 1,007.19 Mexico 42,325 53.634 789.14 48.656 869.88 Sweden 164,767 158.603 1,038.86 143.882 1,145.15 Denmark 12,296 0.437 28,137.30 0.396 31,050.51 United Kingdom 74,614 18.920 3,943.66 17.164 4,347.12 France 293,424 289.212 1,014.56 262.369 1,118.36 Federal Republic of Germany 1,197,700 884.958 1,353.40 802.821 1,491.86 Italy 178,131 123.816 1,438.68 112.324 1,585.87 Romania 39,846 73.126 544.90 66.339 600.64 India 75,236 73.196 1,027.87 66.402 1,133.04 China 24,998 22.364 1,117.78 20.288 1,232.16 Korea, South 179,470 340.460 527.14 308.860 581.07 Japan 392,106 386.909 1,013.43 350.998 1,117.12 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,698,293 2,451.222 1,100.80 2,223.712 1,213.42 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS MARCH CYCLE - 2 PREPARED 04/20/99 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 6,998,808 1,576.788 4,438.65 1,430.438 4,892.77 Mexico 100,121 53.223 1,881.16 48.283 2,073.63 Brazil 43,145 13.184 3,272.53 11.960 3,607.44 Sweden 281,193 34.992 8,035.92 31.744 8,858.15 Norway 2,499 0.088 28,397.73 0.080 31,237.50 Finland 171,862 77.449 2,219.03 70.261 2,446.05 Denmark 16,458 1.613 10,203.35 1.463 11,249.49 United Kingdom 488,171 133.067 3,668.61 120.716 4,043.96 Netherlands 167,099 24.763 6,747.93 22.465 7,438.19 France 1,427,691 216.719 6,587.75 196.604 7,261.76 Federal Republic of Germany 515,163 106.934 4,817.58 97.009 5,310.47 Austria 458,886 90.268 5,083.60 81.890 5,603.69 Czech Republic 3,111 0.179 17,379.89 0.162 19,203.70 Switzerland 47,508 1.515 31,358.42 1.374 34,576.42 Spain 1,205,670 257.223 4,687.26 233.349 5,166.81 Italy 128,454 71.387 1,799.40 64.761 1,983.51 Israel 4,863 1.645 2,956.23 1.492 3,259.38 India 330,091 109.549 3,013.18 99.381 3,321.47 Thailand 208,647 134.524 1,551.00 122.038 1,709.69 Malaysia 538,472 390.953 1,377.33 354.667 1,518.25 Singapore 103,532 53.613 1,931.10 48.637 2,128.67 China 86,060 54.106 1,590.58 49.084 1,753.32 Korea, South 854,979 467.759 1,827.82 424.344 2,014.83 Taiwan 1,647,056 994.669 1,655.88 902.349 1,825.30 Japan 4,868,545 1,611.615 3,020.91 1,462.033 3,329.98 Australia 78,252 19.596 3,993.26 17.777 4,401.87 South Africa 19,504 14.060 1,387.20 12.755 1,529.13 CATEGORY TOTAL 20,795,840 6,511.479 3,193.72 5,907.116 3,520.47 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 839,733 855.138 981.99 775.768 1,082.45 Mexico 360,117 427.074 843.22 387.435 929.49 Norway 5,879 1.276 4,607.37 1.158 5,076.86 United Kingdom 13,419 3.471 3,866.03 3.149 4,261.35 Netherlands 6,708 2.640 2,540.91 2.395 2,800.84 Belgium 2,528 1.433 1,764.13 1.300 1,944.62 Federal Republic of Germany 88,689 11.488 7,720.14 10.422 8,509.79 Switzerland 7,209 3.974 1,814.04 3.605 1,999.72 Italy 21,681 2.248 9,644.57 2.039 10,633.15 India 2,260 1.512 1,494.71 1.372 1,647.23 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS MARCH CYCLE - 2 PREPARED 04/20/99 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE China 12,810 35.336 362.52 32.056 399.61 Korea, South 14,994 33.505 447.52 30.395 493.30 Japan 182,496 30.398 6,003.55 27.577 6,617.69 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,558,523 1,409.493 1,105.73 1,278.671 1,218.86 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 14,190,324 33,187.379 427.58 30,107.092 471.33 Mexico 1,331,802 1,157.045 1,151.04 1,049.654 1,268.80 Colombia 23,710 82.817 286.29 75.130 315.59 Finland 344,645 189.227 1,821.33 171.664 2,007.67 France 95,842 187.521 511.10 170.116 563.39 Federal Republic of Germany 169,200 81.069 2,087.11 73.545 2,300.63 Switzerland 4,944 1.157 4,273.12 1.050 4,708.57 Spain 9,757 1.506 6,478.75 1.366 7,142.75 Malaysia 2,631 8.730 301.37 7.920 332.20 Korea, South 2,182,865 7,807.289 279.59 7,082.655 308.20 Taiwan 238,045 165.150 1,441.39 149.822 1,588.85 Japan 412,610 909.519 453.66 825.102 500.07 Australia 6,275 17.483 358.92 15.860 395.65 CATEGORY TOTAL 19,012,650 43,795.892 434.12 39,730.976 478.53 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 805,912 1,822.967 442.09 1,653.768 487.32 Mexico 95,140 23.210 4,099.10 21.056 4,518.43 Korea, South 14,350 45.722 313.85 41.478 345.97 CATEGORY TOTAL 915,402 1,891.899 483.85 1,716.302 533.36 WIRE DRAWN............................23 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 15,458,323 26,078.388 592.76 23,657.922 653.41 Mexico 3,155,968 4,813.987 655.58 4,367.177 722.66 Honduras 44,861 88.452 507.18 80.242 559.07 Dominican Republic 147,183 324.003 454.26 293.931 500.74 Trinidad and Tobago 202,196 483.802 417.93 438.898 460.69 Colombia 30,908 19.195 1,610.21 17.413 1,775.00 Venezuela 428,800 759.243 564.77 688.774 622.56 Ecuador 48,687 106.984 455.09 97.054 501.65 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS MARCH CYCLE - 2 PREPARED 04/20/99 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Chile 67,876 124.741 544.14 113.163 599.81 Brazil 769,872 1,507.037 510.85 1,367.161 563.12 Argentina 433,626 933.461 464.54 846.822 512.06 Sweden 2,388,985 878.299 2,720.01 796.780 2,998.30 Norway 2,063 1.259 1,638.60 1.142 1,806.48 Finland 56,970 116.865 487.49 106.018 537.36 United Kingdom 1,697,890 1,446.263 1,173.98 1,312.028 1,294.10 Ireland 10,647 2.441 4,361.74 2.214 4,808.94 Netherlands 253,620 79.332 3,196.94 71.969 3,524.02 Belgium 3,464,680 2,627.952 1,318.40 2,384.039 1,453.28 Luxembourg 72,751 153.868 472.81 139.587 521.19 France 4,919,089 5,222.465 941.91 4,737.742 1,038.28 Federal Republic of Germany 1,032,663 686.234 1,504.83 622.541 1,658.79 Austria 761,428 372.645 2,043.31 338.058 2,252.36 Czech Republic 116,136 138.241 840.10 125.410 926.05 Switzerland 325,837 82.160 3,965.88 74.534 4,371.66 Poland 47,039 76.031 618.68 68.974 681.98 Belarus 183,741 139.954 1,312.87 126.964 1,447.19 Spain 170,805 207.129 824.63 187.904 909.00 Italy 1,504,981 1,518.932 990.82 1,377.952 1,092.19 Israel 84,854 128.399 660.86 116.482 728.47 United Arab Emirates 9,745 10.501 928.01 9.526 1,022.99 India 477,176 952.116 501.17 863.745 552.45 Thailand 120,261 77.682 1,548.12 70.472 1,706.51 Malaysia 2,784 3.433 810.95 3.114 894.03 Indonesia 16,005 50.045 319.81 45.400 352.53 China 1,667,507 1,747.879 954.02 1,585.650 1,051.62 Korea, South 3,178,176 3,408.867 932.33 3,092.473 1,027.71 Hong Kong 22,546 6.243 3,611.40 5.664 3,980.58 Taiwan 1,159,182 1,764.622 656.90 1,600.839 724.11 Japan 7,050,695 7,070.787 997.16 6,414.512 1,099.18 Australia 256,763 252.480 1,016.96 229.046 1,121.01 South Africa 1,313,818 3,106.850 422.88 2,818.488 466.14 CATEGORY TOTAL 53,157,137 67,569.266 786.71 61,297.824 867.19 BLACK PLATE...........................28 BLACK PLATE...........................28 Canada 8,227 24.210 339.82 21.963 374.58 Mexico 236,166 601.145 392.86 545.350 433.05 Chile 200,104 699.945 285.89 634.980 315.13 France 21,562 50.883 423.76 46.160 467.11 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS MARCH CYCLE - 2 PREPARED 04/20/99 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Federal Republic of Germany 278,080 182.225 1,526.03 165.312 1,682.15 Greece 548,258 1,463.177 374.70 1,327.372 413.04 Japan 8,532,631 16,898.059 504.95 15,329.666 556.61 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,825,028 19,919.645 493.23 18,070.803 543.70 TIN PLATE.............................29 TIN PLATE.............................29 Canada 3,621,513 6,732.276 537.93 6,107.420 592.97 Dominican Republic 31,697 10.730 2,954.05 9.734 3,256.32 Brazil 631,299 1,335.692 472.64 1,211.720 520.99 Norway 1,262,823 2,484.617 508.26 2,254.007 560.26 Netherlands 2,408,062 4,034.370 596.89 3,659.920 657.95 France 767,415 1,319.158 581.75 1,196.720 641.27 Federal Republic of Germany 718,044 1,231.254 583.18 1,116.975 642.85 Taiwan 232,916 489.434 475.89 444.007 524.58 Japan 9,903,155 20,493.290 483.24 18,591.205 532.68 CATEGORY TOTAL 19,576,924 38,130.820 513.41 34,591.708 565.94 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A Canada 2,135,683 3,640.856 586.59 3,302.930 646.60 Mexico 70,954 134.026 529.40 121.586 583.57 Brazil 32,256 97.558 330.63 88.503 364.46 Netherlands 231,919 478.724 484.45 434.291 534.02 France 63,269 134.670 469.81 122.171 517.87 Federal Republic of Germany 36,800 80.243 458.61 72.795 505.53 Japan 5,237,479 7,744.533 676.28 7,025.724 745.47 Australia 11,922 16.558 720.01 15.021 793.69 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,820,282 12,327.167 634.39 11,183.021 699.30 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 15,395,216 47,917.155 321.29 43,469.724 354.16 Mexico 5,283,248 26,365.284 200.39 23,918.190 220.89 Venezuela 527,580 2,937.566 179.60 2,664.916 197.97 Brazil 35,365 58.494 604.59 53.065 666.45 Argentina 1,055,920 5,141.142 205.39 4,663.967 226.40 Sweden 480,415 741.777 647.65 672.929 713.92 Finland 369,591 1,050.759 351.74 953.233 387.72 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS MARCH CYCLE - 2 PREPARED 04/20/99 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE United Kingdom 20,418 9.660 2,113.66 8.763 2,330.02 Netherlands 4,365,521 16,833.043 259.34 15,270.684 285.88 Belgium 619,146 609.085 1,016.52 552.553 1,120.52 France 5,598,546 21,705.251 257.94 19,690.678 284.32 Federal Republic of Germany 1,469,179 4,302.000 341.51 3,902.710 376.45 Austria 30,145 5.036 5,985.90 4.569 6,597.72 Slovakia 22,777 74.554 305.51 67.634 336.77 Hungary 304,576 1,626.278 187.28 1,475.335 206.45 Kazakhstan 130,899 722.623 181.14 655.553 199.68 Italy 1,109,376 4,530.675 244.86 4,110.160 269.91 Slovenia 160,779 146.089 1,100.56 132.530 1,213.15 Romania 513,159 3,213.986 159.66 2,915.680 176.00 India 3,345,378 18,808.703 177.86 17,062.973 196.06 Malaysia 712,784 1,729.893 412.04 1,569.333 454.20 Indonesia 1,504,903 8,550.671 176.00 7,757.040 194.00 China 43,281 126.996 340.81 115.209 375.67 Korea, South 19,015,474 73,678.321 258.09 66,839.867 284.49 Taiwan 3,382,714 15,038.538 224.94 13,642.736 247.95 Japan 3,354,964 11,322.778 296.30 10,271.854 326.62 Australia 7,180,849 37,930.918 189.31 34,410.360 208.68 New Zealand 608,020 2,850.841 213.28 2,586.240 235.10 South Africa 2,362,053 10,581.209 223.23 9,599.114 246.07 CATEGORY TOTAL 79,002,276 318,609.325 247.96 289,037.599 273.33 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 17,872,977 31,329.189 570.49 28,421.370 628.86 Mexico 17,805,044 25,165.385 707.52 22,829.660 779.91 Chile 185,356 664.484 278.95 602.810 307.49 Brazil 5,518,089 18,309.079 301.39 16,609.722 332.22 Argentina 3,581,402 12,777.885 280.28 11,591.906 308.96 Sweden 2,416,259 3,164.807 763.48 2,871.065 841.59 Finland 2,433,015 5,128.517 474.41 4,652.514 522.95 United Kingdom 156,490 103.735 1,508.56 94.107 1,662.89 Netherlands 4,005,793 12,357.104 324.17 11,210.179 357.34 Belgium 3,109,478 3,320.423 936.47 3,012.238 1,032.28 Luxembourg 271,606 770.328 352.58 698.830 388.66 France 2,811,520 4,702.568 597.87 4,266.099 659.04 Federal Republic of Germany 3,977,841 8,554.963 464.97 7,760.934 512.55 Austria 88,124 29.361 3,001.40 26.636 3,308.45 Czech Republic 878,196 3,051.076 287.83 2,767.890 317.28 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS MARCH CYCLE - 2 PREPARED 04/20/99 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Slovakia 15,987 36.643 436.29 33.242 480.93 Switzerland 55,481 53.142 1,044.01 48.210 1,150.82 Russia 3,178,224 12,691.932 250.41 11,513.930 276.03 Spain 1,052,084 2,178.682 482.90 1,976.468 532.31 Italy 592,013 824.771 717.79 748.220 791.23 Slovenia 46,619 41.107 1,134.09 37.292 1,250.11 Greece 785,507 2,201.111 356.87 1,996.815 393.38 Romania 245,457 208.570 1,176.86 189.212 1,297.26 Turkey 2,133,940 7,836.996 272.29 7,109.605 300.15 Israel 2,841 4.893 580.63 4.439 640.01 India 208,863 178.161 1,172.33 161.625 1,292.27 Thailand 6,401,179 22,072.456 290.01 20,023.801 319.68 Indonesia 1,058,612 4,167.573 254.01 3,780.760 280.00 China 4,471 10.440 428.26 9.471 472.07 Korea, South 7,555,435 22,571.807 334.73 20,476.805 368.98 Taiwan 7,229,675 12,461.023 580.18 11,304.453 639.54 Japan 16,844,045 43,264.027 389.33 39,248.476 429.16 New Zealand 535,827 1,864.934 287.32 1,691.840 316.71 South Africa 3,675,332 8,904.206 412.76 8,077.762 454.99 CATEGORY TOTAL 116,732,782 271,001.380 430.75 245,848.386 474.82 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 20,244,045 42,239.635 479.27 38,319.163 528.30 Mexico 21,218,243 41,491.161 511.39 37,640.159 563.71 Colombia 409,591 535.119 765.42 485.452 843.73 Venezuela 689,741 1,477.787 466.74 1,340.626 514.49 Brazil 268,176 663.029 404.47 601.490 445.85 Argentina 605,067 1,579.458 383.09 1,432.861 422.28 Sweden 324,184 862.418 375.90 782.373 414.36 Finland 401,590 824.414 487.12 747.896 536.96 United Kingdom 59,860 146.718 407.99 133.100 449.74 Netherlands 352,431 882.879 399.18 800.935 440.02 Belgium 318,286 501.609 634.53 455.052 699.45 France 184,974 303.473 609.52 275.306 671.89 Federal Republic of Germany 3,267,323 6,650.286 491.31 6,033.040 541.57 Austria 59,849 107.244 558.06 97.290 615.16 Russia 4,855,244 15,366.954 315.95 13,940.670 348.28 Portugal 821,675 2,015.968 407.58 1,828.856 449.28 Italy 4,781,381 9,072.958 526.99 8,230.851 580.91 Greece 704,844 1,923.549 366.43 1,745.015 403.92 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS MARCH CYCLE - 2 PREPARED 04/20/99 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Turkey 315,008 994.215 316.84 901.937 349.26 Indonesia 1,010,446 2,318.924 435.74 2,103.693 480.32 Korea, South 8,511,700 17,325.702 491.28 15,717.617 541.54 Hong Kong 1,103,996 3,077.057 358.78 2,791.460 395.49 Taiwan 5,189,157 12,127.724 427.88 11,002.089 471.65 Japan 5,920,551 10,690.625 553.81 9,698.375 610.47 New Zealand 1,063,522 3,526.365 301.59 3,199.065 332.45 South Africa 3,345,736 7,647.272 437.51 6,937.490 482.27 CATEGORY TOTAL 86,026,620 184,352.543 466.64 167,241.861 514.38 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 249,908 487.692 512.43 442.427 564.86 Brazil 133,291 327.235 407.33 296.863 449.00 Argentina 606,515 1,546.896 392.09 1,403.321 432.20 United Kingdom 547,569 1,125.698 486.43 1,021.216 536.19 Federal Republic of Germany 602,519 1,084.215 555.72 983.584 612.58 Slovakia 2,379 3.951 602.13 3.584 663.78 Korea, South 1,229,542 2,755.370 446.23 2,499.630 491.89 Taiwan 78,993 144.353 547.22 130.955 603.21 Japan 857,948 1,569.733 546.56 1,424.038 602.48 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,308,664 9,045.143 476.35 8,205.618 525.09 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 Canada 3,102,027 4,450.437 697.02 4,037.370 768.33 Mexico 910,198 1,531.380 594.36 1,389.245 655.17 United Kingdom 602,360 1,092.399 551.41 991.008 607.83 Belgium 374,450 510.690 733.22 463.290 808.24 Luxembourg 177,073 332.680 532.26 301.802 586.72 France 132,358 75.287 1,758.05 68.299 1,937.92 Federal Republic of Germany 213,667 170.327 1,254.45 154.518 1,382.80 Austria 44,059 30.941 1,423.97 28.069 1,569.67 China 27,984 55.116 507.73 50.000 559.68 Korea, South 3,693,520 8,339.380 442.90 7,565.360 488.21 Taiwan 509,875 862.621 591.08 782.557 651.55 Japan 339,591 215.920 1,572.76 195.879 1,733.68 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,127,162 17,667.176 573.22 16,027.397 631.87 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS MARCH CYCLE - 2 PREPARED 04/20/99 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 3,892 9.904 392.97 8.985 433.17 Sweden 564,557 627.480 899.72 569.240 991.77 United Kingdom 725,448 716.353 1,012.70 649.865 1,116.31 Federal Republic of Germany 195,252 220.430 885.78 199.971 976.40 Poland 15,781 26.356 598.76 23.910 660.02 Russia 993,081 1,132.450 876.93 1,027.342 966.65 Italy 467,064 794.766 587.67 721.000 647.80 Korea, South 9,752 18.684 521.94 16.950 575.34 Japan 2,503,493 5,072.313 493.56 4,601.526 544.06 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,478,320 8,618.737 635.63 7,818.789 700.66 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 1,348,892 3,060.281 440.77 2,776.241 485.87 Mexico 542,270 1,395.267 388.65 1,265.765 428.41 Finland 80,670 61.621 1,309.13 55.902 1,443.06 France 101,089 111.885 903.51 101.500 995.95 Federal Republic of Germany 606,148 625.789 968.61 567.706 1,067.71 Austria 38,932 7.329 5,312.05 6.649 5,855.32 Russia 8,269 22.295 370.89 20.226 408.83 Kazakhstan 8,015 22.399 357.83 20.320 394.44 Slovenia 194,479 182.468 1,065.83 165.532 1,174.87 Romania 110,402 496.557 222.33 450.469 245.08 China 28,285 16.816 1,682.03 15.255 1,854.15 Korea, South 131,758 373.582 352.69 338.908 388.77 Japan 12,967 1.907 6,799.69 1.730 7,495.38 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,212,176 6,378.195 503.62 5,786.203 555.14 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 4,842,042 6,886.742 703.10 6,247.549 775.03 Mexico 1,593,360 1,684.762 945.75 1,528.391 1,042.51 Brazil 735,874 890.905 825.98 808.216 910.49 Sweden 3,760,843 700.680 5,367.42 635.646 5,916.57 Finland 290,697 220.763 1,316.78 200.273 1,451.50 United Kingdom 1,109,020 527.346 2,103.02 478.400 2,318.19 Ireland 72,052 8.841 8,149.76 8.020 8,984.04 Netherlands 28,907 14.180 2,038.58 12.864 2,247.12 Belgium 142,844 64.656 2,209.29 58.655 2,435.33 France 2,304,504 925.446 2,490.16 839.551 2,744.92 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS MARCH CYCLE - 2 PREPARED 04/20/99 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Federal Republic of Germany 5,406,680 1,998.166 2,705.82 1,812.706 2,982.66 Austria 273,674 44.228 6,187.80 40.123 6,820.88 Switzerland 465,876 194.476 2,395.54 176.426 2,640.63 Spain 79,185 29.846 2,653.12 27.076 2,924.55 Italy 229,483 152.552 1,504.29 138.393 1,658.20 Greece 505,715 865.787 584.11 785.429 643.87 China 90,536 31.348 2,888.09 28.438 3,183.63 Korea, South 386,953 224.033 1,727.21 203.239 1,903.93 Taiwan 966,748 568.941 1,699.21 516.135 1,873.05 Japan 6,246,980 1,551.707 4,025.88 1,407.685 4,437.77 Australia 154,829 284.891 543.47 258.449 599.07 South Africa 16,170 34.844 464.07 31.610 511.55 CATEGORY TOTAL 29,702,972 17,905.140 1,658.91 16,243.274 1,828.63 GRAND TOTAL 1,018,956,295 2,805,068.892 363.26 2,544,716.411 400.42 GRAND TOTAL 1,018,956,295 2,805,068.892 363.26 2,544,716.411 400.42 !R! 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