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RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS OCTOBER CYCLE - 2 PREPARED 11/22/99 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 272,196 248.830 1,093.90 225.735 1,205.82 Mexico 173,633 273.186 635.59 247.830 700.61 Venezuela 1,349,205 15.763 85,593.16 14.300 94,350.00 Sweden 28,343 24.394 1,161.88 22.130 1,280.75 United Kingdom 31,960 3.699 8,640.17 3.356 9,523.24 Austria 45,857 22.798 2,011.45 20.682 2,217.24 Japan 424,950 655.702 648.08 594.843 714.39 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,326,144 1,244.372 1,869.33 1,128.876 2,060.58 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 9,454,227 29,522.011 320.24 26,781.925 353.01 Mexico 30,955,848 179,261.957 172.68 162,623.758 190.35 Brazil 67,233,224 388,401.932 173.10 352,352.405 190.81 Sweden 2,025,117 1,591.619 1,272.36 1,443.893 1,402.54 United Kingdom 6,978,725 8,802.424 792.82 7,985.427 873.93 Netherlands 3,448 8.622 399.91 7.822 440.81 Belgium 3,760,113 23,240.879 161.79 21,083.777 178.34 France 2,267,995 13,769.486 164.71 12,491.471 181.56 Federal Republic of Germany 4,302,080 19,358.077 222.24 17,561.357 244.97 Poland 696,235 4,711.277 147.78 4,274.000 162.90 Russia 14,261,378 91,688.936 155.54 83,178.827 171.45 Ukraine 4,139,556 27,756.373 149.14 25,180.165 164.40 Spain 8,458,052 9,806.776 862.47 8,896.560 950.71 Italy 8,326,948 6,552.133 1,270.88 5,943.997 1,400.90 China 22,712 28.382 800.23 25.748 882.09 Taiwan 106,000 9.177 11,550.62 8.325 12,732.73 Japan 4,323,162 28,397.175 152.24 25,761.491 167.81 Australia 12,368,881 85,713.695 144.30 77,758.178 159.07 CATEGORY TOTAL 179,683,701 918,620.932 195.60 833,359.126 215.61 WIRE RODS..............................3 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 14,770,189 42,791.135 345.17 38,819.476 380.48 Mexico 4,244,176 19,850.565 213.81 18,008.135 235.68 Trinidad and Tobago 6,151,636 26,617.000 231.12 24,146.543 254.76 Venezuela 978,382 4,435.852 220.56 4,024.138 243.13 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS OCTOBER CYCLE - 2 PREPARED 11/22/99 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Brazil 5,277,260 22,079.985 239.01 20,030.631 263.46 Sweden 1,613,714 881.488 1,830.67 799.673 2,017.97 Finland 44,108 44.391 993.62 40.271 1,095.28 United Kingdom 2,335,738 5,198.940 449.27 4,716.400 495.24 Netherlands 251,978 785.043 320.97 712.179 353.81 Belgium 18,249 15.792 1,155.59 14.326 1,273.84 Luxembourg 266,872 918.893 290.43 833.606 320.14 France 1,827,654 1,056.830 1,729.37 958.740 1,906.31 Federal Republic of Germany 1,132,807 3,073.845 368.53 2,788.546 406.24 Poland 626,807 3,305.914 189.60 2,999.076 209.00 Ukraine 6,191,011 37,570.643 164.78 34,083.524 181.64 Moldova 2,436,458 13,762.722 177.03 12,485.335 195.15 Spain 745,337 1,305.802 570.79 1,184.604 629.19 Italy 1,155,586 765.401 1,509.78 694.360 1,664.25 Turkey 4,344,967 20,764.673 209.25 18,837.400 230.66 India 961,231 5,576.713 172.37 5,059.110 190.00 China 16,490 37.638 438.12 34.145 482.94 Korea, South 1,413,514 1,013.075 1,395.27 919.046 1,538.02 Taiwan 2,821,931 2,072.505 1,361.60 1,880.145 1,500.91 Japan 7,677,230 19,489.452 393.92 17,680.538 434.22 CATEGORY TOTAL 67,303,325 233,414.296 288.34 211,749.947 317.84 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 5,632,962 16,501.363 341.36 14,969.789 376.29 Mexico 444,298 1,450.732 306.26 1,316.082 337.59 Brazil 411,056 1,920.640 214.02 1,742.376 235.92 Sweden 8,181 2.500 3,272.40 2.268 3,607.14 United Kingdom 3,323,389 6,943.113 478.66 6,298.688 527.63 Netherlands 8,276 18.745 441.50 17.005 486.68 Luxembourg 2,690,312 6,364.047 422.74 5,773.368 465.99 France 71,270 60.967 1,168.99 55.308 1,288.60 Federal Republic of Germany 1,119,359 1,765.697 633.95 1,601.814 698.81 Austria 112,165 23.614 4,749.94 21.422 5,235.97 Poland 529,149 2,638.692 200.53 2,393.782 221.05 Russia 288,354 181.448 1,589.18 164.607 1,751.77 Ukraine 6,087 19.080 319.03 17.309 351.67 Spain 267,649 294.852 907.74 267.485 1,000.61 Italy 373,896 178.229 2,097.84 161.687 2,312.47 Turkey 99,529 442.378 224.99 401.319 248.00 India 17,496 31.280 559.34 28.377 616.56 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS OCTOBER CYCLE - 2 PREPARED 11/22/99 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Korea, South 1,234,544 3,560.277 346.76 3,229.830 382.23 Taiwan 13,489 17.303 779.58 15.697 859.34 Japan 1,239,844 2,688.247 461.21 2,438.737 508.40 South Africa 1,831,262 8,623.119 212.37 7,822.764 234.09 CATEGORY TOTAL 19,722,567 53,726.323 367.09 48,739.714 404.65 STEEL PILING...........................5 STEEL PILING...........................5 Canada 653,216 1,201.624 543.61 1,090.095 599.23 United Kingdom 178,491 437.191 408.27 396.613 450.04 Luxembourg 5,542,725 11,934.257 464.44 10,826.579 511.96 Federal Republic of Germany 126,044 299.361 421.04 271.576 464.12 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,500,476 13,872.433 468.59 12,584.863 516.53 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 3,720,450 9,345.279 398.11 8,477.897 438.84 Mexico 97,213 251.580 386.41 228.230 425.94 Brazil 90,532 100.290 902.70 90.982 995.05 Sweden 1,348,136 1,957.585 688.67 1,775.892 759.13 Finland 11,058 8.061 1,371.79 7.313 1,512.10 United Kingdom 277,780 468.429 593.00 424.952 653.67 Netherlands 4,303 1.027 4,189.87 0.932 4,616.95 Belgium 2,359,671 3,071.525 768.24 2,786.441 846.84 France 1,284,344 980.997 1,309.22 889.946 1,443.17 Federal Republic of Germany 1,971,136 1,983.400 993.82 1,799.311 1,095.49 Austria 314,015 60.565 5,184.76 54.944 5,715.18 Czech Republic 1,719,010 7,639.054 225.03 6,930.035 248.05 Slovakia 5,015 27.467 182.58 24.918 201.26 Hungary 100,076 497.168 201.29 451.023 221.89 Russia 8,162 17.641 462.67 16.004 510.00 Spain 200,209 152.710 1,311.04 138.536 1,445.18 Italy 78,869 46.462 1,697.49 42.150 1,871.15 Slovenia 55,855 47.019 1,187.92 42.655 1,309.46 India 7,514 1.466 5,125.51 1.330 5,649.62 China 12,118 41.392 292.76 37.550 322.72 Korea, South 1,563,486 6,320.189 247.38 5,733.581 272.69 Taiwan 491,360 1,594.419 308.17 1,446.433 339.70 Japan 1,454,296 1,797.245 809.18 1,630.434 891.97 New Zealand 14,183 39.376 360.19 35.721 397.05 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS OCTOBER CYCLE - 2 PREPARED 11/22/99 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE South Africa 1,102,707 1,645.044 670.32 1,492.359 738.90 CATEGORY TOTAL 18,291,498 38,095.393 480.15 34,559.569 529.27 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 4,260,874 11,978.377 355.71 10,866.604 392.11 Mexico 211,619 819.452 258.24 743.395 284.67 Venezuela 776,851 3,501.970 221.83 3,176.935 244.53 Peru 17,781 68.268 260.46 61.932 287.11 Argentina 988,119 5,015.224 197.02 4,549.736 217.18 Sweden 184,496 414.182 445.45 375.740 491.02 Finland 54,780 37.600 1,456.91 34.110 1,605.98 United Kingdom 10,460 51.379 203.59 46.610 224.42 Netherlands 3,769,967 13,956.904 270.11 12,661.494 297.75 Belgium 3,029,367 2,976.668 1,017.70 2,700.389 1,121.83 France 2,848,814 9,758.459 291.93 8,852.728 321.80 Federal Republic of Germany 808,939 1,161.525 696.45 1,053.718 767.70 Austria 181,187 440.098 411.70 399.250 453.82 Slovakia 218,413 1,020.167 214.10 925.480 236.00 Hungary 62,934 313.674 200.64 284.560 221.16 Switzerland 114,804 642.383 178.72 582.760 197.00 Kazakhstan 525,377 2,815.699 186.59 2,554.360 205.68 Italy 189,853 502.950 377.48 456.269 416.10 Romania 3,443,016 18,763.961 183.49 17,022.384 202.26 Turkey 718,943 3,811.758 188.61 3,457.970 207.91 India 5,525,603 27,021.661 204.49 24,513.645 225.41 Indonesia 2,176,897 11,054.753 196.92 10,028.706 217.07 China 505,681 2,692.836 187.79 2,442.900 207.00 Korea, South 223,173 916.494 243.51 831.430 268.42 Taiwan 752,683 3,671.671 205.00 3,330.885 225.97 Japan 787,445 1,374.926 572.72 1,247.312 631.31 New Zealand 288,462 1,292.085 223.25 1,172.160 246.09 South Africa 1,175,270 5,160.407 227.75 4,681.444 251.05 CATEGORY TOTAL 33,851,808 131,235.532 257.95 119,054.906 284.34 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 Canada 6,560 2.752 2,383.72 2.497 2,627.15 France 1,835,243 3,985.855 460.44 3,615.908 507.55 Federal Republic of Germany 190,503 476.439 399.85 432.218 440.76 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS OCTOBER CYCLE - 2 PREPARED 11/22/99 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Korea, South 15,437 44.431 347.44 40.307 382.99 Japan 6,730,568 13,770.845 488.75 12,492.704 538.76 CATEGORY TOTAL 8,778,311 18,280.322 480.21 16,583.634 529.34 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 Canada 28,834 22.180 1,300.00 20.121 1,433.03 United Kingdom 7,655 2.205 3,471.66 2.000 3,827.50 Luxembourg 215,467 224.789 958.53 203.925 1,056.60 France 7,589 2.586 2,934.65 2.346 3,234.87 Federal Republic of Germany 34,385 38.471 893.79 34.900 985.24 Austria 59,947 94.381 635.16 85.621 700.14 Poland 47,108 120.763 390.09 109.554 430.00 Spain 71,483 167.564 426.60 152.012 470.25 Japan 140,909 288.262 488.82 261.507 538.83 CATEGORY TOTAL 613,377 961.200 638.14 871.986 703.43 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 Canada 207,644 337.303 615.60 305.996 678.58 United Kingdom 38,803 20.610 1,882.73 18.697 2,075.36 China 23,504 43.828 536.28 39.760 591.15 CATEGORY TOTAL 269,951 401.741 671.95 364.453 740.70 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 31,306,772 79,217.622 395.20 71,865.038 435.63 Mexico 1,165,383 4,037.427 288.64 3,662.693 318.18 Trinidad and Tobago 217,267 586.022 370.75 531.630 408.68 Brazil 516,068 356.234 1,448.68 323.170 1,596.89 Argentina 948,893 2,914.194 325.61 2,643.713 358.92 Sweden 335,876 168.334 1,995.30 152.710 2,199.44 United Kingdom 6,775,861 15,066.689 449.72 13,668.274 495.74 Netherlands 119,174 213.267 558.80 193.473 615.97 Luxembourg 206,344 632.848 326.06 574.110 359.42 France 732,799 443.819 1,651.12 402.626 1,820.05 Federal Republic of Germany 3,856,503 4,159.876 927.07 3,773.777 1,021.92 Austria 153,691 45.402 3,385.12 41.188 3,731.45 Czech Republic 83,046 103.088 805.58 93.520 888.00 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS OCTOBER CYCLE - 2 PREPARED 11/22/99 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Latvia 67,114 364.435 184.16 330.610 203.00 Russia 66,586 129.910 512.55 117.852 565.00 Ukraine 868,925 3,135.141 277.16 2,844.153 305.51 Spain 124,880 398.816 313.13 361.800 345.16 Italy 1,111,994 2,755.108 403.61 2,499.393 444.91 Slovenia 108,495 85.965 1,262.08 77.986 1,391.21 Turkey 705,365 2,709.970 260.29 2,458.444 286.92 India 130,652 266.434 490.37 241.705 540.54 China 84,564 67.218 1,258.06 60.979 1,386.77 Korea, South 772,415 2,284.028 338.18 2,072.036 372.78 Taiwan 1,206,076 768.876 1,568.62 697.513 1,729.11 Japan 6,007,464 10,812.142 555.62 9,808.613 612.47 Australia 1,091,481 3,432.255 318.01 3,113.690 350.54 CATEGORY TOTAL 58,763,688 135,155.119 434.79 122,610.696 479.27 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 2,701,933 7,944.761 340.09 7,207.368 374.88 Mexico 1,287,112 4,744.589 271.28 4,304.220 299.03 Brazil 77,115 320.472 240.63 290.727 265.25 Argentina 325,588 767.734 424.09 696.477 467.48 United Kingdom 32,505 4.339 7,491.36 3.936 8,258.38 France 32,680 6.741 4,847.95 6.115 5,344.24 Federal Republic of Germany 139,477 149.717 931.60 135.821 1,026.92 Switzerland 54,875 40.831 1,343.95 37.041 1,481.47 Spain 295,361 199.132 1,483.24 180.650 1,634.99 Italy 475,468 222.262 2,139.22 201.633 2,358.09 Turkey 166,486 697.160 238.81 632.453 263.24 Korea, South 1,116,850 1,453.367 768.46 1,318.473 847.08 Japan 597,027 397.098 1,503.48 360.241 1,657.30 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,302,477 16,948.202 430.87 15,375.155 474.95 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 Canada 216,267 487.476 443.65 442.231 489.04 Mexico 3,725,890 18,446.699 201.98 16,734.569 222.65 Venezuela 259,281 1,367.504 189.60 1,240.579 209.00 Federal Republic of Germany 352,052 1,712.296 205.60 1,553.369 226.64 Latvia 1,371,594 7,302.064 187.84 6,624.323 207.05 Ukraine 4,041,495 23,212.930 174.11 21,058.422 191.92 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS OCTOBER CYCLE - 2 PREPARED 11/22/99 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Moldova 1,818,427 10,126.184 179.58 9,186.322 197.95 Turkey 286,273 1,663.200 172.12 1,508.830 189.73 China 2,448,657 14,623.819 167.44 13,266.509 184.57 Korea, South 12,307,975 69,283.574 177.65 62,853.019 195.82 Japan 3,082,735 17,772.313 173.46 16,122.776 191.20 CATEGORY TOTAL 29,910,646 165,998.060 180.19 150,590.949 198.62 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 7,772,738 7,822.778 993.60 7,096.707 1,095.26 Mexico 187,049 183.264 1,020.65 166.254 1,125.08 Colombia 15,482 21.881 707.55 19.850 779.95 Brazil 105,580 80.587 1,310.14 73.107 1,444.18 Argentina 75,757 154.184 491.34 139.873 541.61 Sweden 179,799 41.376 4,345.49 37.536 4,790.04 Finland 17,291 19.770 874.61 17.935 964.09 Denmark 340,577 190.140 1,791.19 172.492 1,974.45 United Kingdom 3,972,128 3,991.651 995.11 3,621.166 1,096.92 Netherlands 16,318 1.102 14,807.62 1.000 16,318.00 Belgium 79,316 140.876 563.02 127.801 620.62 France 1,732,558 1,167.771 1,483.65 1,059.384 1,635.44 Federal Republic of Germany 3,498,848 3,489.717 1,002.62 3,165.819 1,105.20 Austria 119,733 21.734 5,509.02 19.717 6,072.58 Czech Republic 2,103 0.040 52,575.00 0.036 58,416.67 Switzerland 105,209 43.480 2,419.71 39.444 2,667.30 Russia 1,822,520 1,008.036 1,807.99 914.475 1,992.97 Ukraine 309,896 560.607 552.79 508.574 609.34 Spain 763,774 1,247.122 612.43 1,131.370 675.09 Italy 2,241,312 1,145.084 1,957.33 1,038.803 2,157.59 Slovenia 111,175 48.832 2,276.68 44.300 2,509.59 United Arab Emirates 262,370 166.919 1,571.84 151.426 1,732.66 India 716,412 477.412 1,500.62 433.101 1,654.15 Indonesia 2,685 1.131 2,374.01 1.026 2,616.96 China 75,996 147.106 516.61 133.452 569.46 Korea, South 2,403,979 1,580.424 1,521.10 1,433.737 1,676.72 Taiwan 751,474 426.555 1,761.73 386.964 1,941.97 Japan 874,451 920.521 949.95 835.083 1,047.14 Australia 369,575 709.203 521.11 643.378 574.43 South Africa 165,045 247.361 667.22 224.402 735.49 CATEGORY TOTAL 29,091,150 26,056.661 1,116.46 23,638.212 1,230.68 TOOL STEEL............................17 TOOL STEEL............................17 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS OCTOBER CYCLE - 2 PREPARED 11/22/99 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 1,586,892 1,060.772 1,495.98 962.316 1,649.03 Brazil 288,097 152.932 1,883.82 138.738 2,076.55 Argentina 20,048 22.062 908.71 20.014 1,001.70 Sweden 3,712,022 1,607.020 2,309.88 1,457.864 2,546.21 Finland 3,100 0.064 48,437.50 0.058 53,448.28 United Kingdom 509,531 152.728 3,336.20 138.553 3,677.52 Netherlands 71,397 63.254 1,128.73 57.383 1,244.22 Belgium 50,216 100.663 498.85 91.320 549.89 France 2,024,002 2,082.561 971.88 1,889.268 1,071.32 Federal Republic of Germany 1,313,077 958.527 1,369.89 869.561 1,510.05 Austria 1,140,756 461.128 2,473.84 418.328 2,726.94 Switzerland 24,494 23.165 1,057.37 21.015 1,165.55 Poland 127,001 103.270 1,229.80 93.685 1,355.62 Russia 92,242 71.023 1,298.76 64.431 1,431.64 Spain 35,188 21.905 1,606.39 19.872 1,770.73 Italy 33,532 14.964 2,240.84 13.575 2,470.13 Slovenia 881,027 663.500 1,327.85 601.917 1,463.70 Israel 25,263 4.492 5,624.00 4.075 6,199.51 China 973,730 701.068 1,388.92 635.998 1,531.03 Korea, South 298,961 214.416 1,394.30 194.515 1,536.96 Taiwan 204,943 142.412 1,439.09 129.194 1,586.32 Japan 4,021,392 6,218.855 646.65 5,641.652 712.80 Australia 11,794 2.068 5,703.09 1.876 6,286.78 CATEGORY TOTAL 17,448,705 14,842.847 1,175.56 13,465.208 1,295.84 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 12,991,681 23,814.063 545.55 21,603.761 601.36 Mexico 1,173,826 2,051.346 572.22 1,860.950 630.77 Colombia 418,788 1,509.733 277.39 1,369.607 305.77 Peru 1,367,674 4,288.869 318.89 3,890.798 351.52 Chile 135,866 199.788 680.05 181.245 749.63 Argentina 518,081 682.798 758.76 619.424 836.39 United Kingdom 82,383 10.344 7,964.33 9.384 8,779.09 Netherlands 593,758 1,066.693 556.63 967.688 613.58 Belgium 11,502 9.044 1,271.78 8.205 1,401.83 France 279,673 324.358 862.24 294.253 950.45 Federal Republic of Germany 3,279,327 2,812.242 1,166.09 2,551.224 1,285.39 Czech Republic 79,527 62.756 1,267.24 56.931 1,396.90 Spain 1,021,932 2,459.657 415.48 2,231.364 457.99 Italy 9,945 9.601 1,035.83 8.710 1,141.79 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS OCTOBER CYCLE - 2 PREPARED 11/22/99 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Croatia 37,130 31.769 1,168.75 28.820 1,288.34 Romania 46,753 71.646 652.56 64.996 719.32 Turkey 62,485 220.888 282.88 200.386 311.82 India 545,369 1,693.257 322.08 1,536.097 355.04 Pakistan 635,982 1,814.424 350.51 1,646.018 386.38 Thailand 1,262,332 3,912.891 322.61 3,549.716 355.61 Malaysia 38,677 121.495 318.34 110.218 350.91 Indonesia 254,338 963.681 263.92 874.237 290.93 China 2,404,276 7,508.111 320.22 6,811.246 352.99 Korea, South 4,827,347 14,324.600 337.00 12,995.062 371.48 Taiwan 669,171 2,117.751 315.98 1,921.192 348.31 Japan 2,170,571 2,212.875 980.88 2,007.487 1,081.24 New Zealand 9,585 17.508 547.46 15.883 603.48 South Africa 214,577 651.273 329.47 590.825 363.18 CATEGORY TOTAL 35,142,556 74,963.461 468.80 68,005.727 516.76 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 101,760 80.419 1,265.37 72.955 1,394.83 Mexico 484,996 918.534 528.01 833.280 582.03 Colombia 489,095 1,057.256 462.61 959.127 509.94 Venezuela 2,324,224 7,356.099 315.96 6,673.343 348.28 Brazil 2,310 2.368 975.51 2.148 1,075.42 Argentina 292,996 787.738 371.95 714.624 410.00 Sweden 464,113 1,092.117 424.97 990.752 468.45 United Kingdom 7,197 0.595 12,095.80 0.540 13,327.78 Ireland 2,039 0.066 30,893.94 0.060 33,983.33 Netherlands 59,532 18.739 3,176.90 17.000 3,501.88 Federal Republic of Germany 3,283,567 4,778.524 687.15 4,335.005 757.45 Austria 486,881 650.424 748.56 590.055 825.15 Slovakia 217,302 511.132 425.14 463.691 468.64 Switzerland 2,593 0.170 15,252.94 0.154 16,837.66 Greece 796,061 2,542.511 313.10 2,306.528 345.13 Romania 2,890 22.349 129.31 20.275 142.54 Turkey 14,624 44.203 330.84 40.100 364.69 India 798,300 1,916.218 416.60 1,738.364 459.22 China 1,825,719 3,886.788 469.72 3,526.036 517.78 Korea, South 57,990 98.753 587.22 89.587 647.30 Taiwan 2,368 0.529 4,476.37 0.480 4,933.33 Japan 1,436,079 1,060.273 1,354.44 961.864 1,493.02 CATEGORY TOTAL 13,152,636 26,825.805 490.30 24,335.968 540.46 LINE PIPE.............................20 LINE PIPE.............................20 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS OCTOBER CYCLE - 2 PREPARED 11/22/99 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 689,230 720.328 956.83 653.471 1,054.72 Mexico 2,958,635 7,526.478 393.10 6,827.908 433.32 Venezuela 107,054 351.766 304.33 319.117 335.47 Peru 2,596 6.015 431.59 5.457 475.72 Chile 251,483 856.331 293.67 776.851 323.72 Brazil 93,058 104.532 890.23 94.830 981.31 United Kingdom 67,888 23.426 2,897.98 21.252 3,194.43 Netherlands 18,630 0.628 29,665.61 0.570 32,684.21 France 272,388 497.114 547.94 450.974 604.00 Federal Republic of Germany 111,253 45.923 2,422.60 41.661 2,670.44 Austria 74,040 150.774 491.07 136.780 541.31 Czech Republic 8,237 23.031 357.65 20.893 394.25 Italy 1,552,863 2,530.447 613.67 2,295.584 676.46 Indonesia 97,281 446.805 217.73 405.335 240.00 China 15,660 21.318 734.59 19.339 809.76 Korea, South 1,515,097 5,625.415 269.33 5,103.292 296.89 Taiwan 159,052 580.791 273.85 526.885 301.87 Japan 7,400,770 20,907.976 353.97 18,967.402 390.18 South Africa 235,364 772.056 304.85 700.398 336.04 CATEGORY TOTAL 15,630,579 41,191.156 379.46 37,367.999 418.29 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 9,602,628 12,747.185 753.31 11,564.055 830.39 Mexico 5,865,767 12,876.280 455.55 11,681.168 502.16 Colombia 146,278 491.908 297.37 446.252 327.79 Brazil 130,408 117.467 1,110.17 106.564 1,223.75 Argentina 393,098 386.937 1,015.92 351.023 1,119.86 Sweden 615,440 505.416 1,217.69 458.506 1,342.27 United Kingdom 57,805 14.750 3,918.98 13.381 4,319.93 Belgium 2,008 0.342 5,871.35 0.310 6,477.42 France 1,143,880 1,149.973 994.70 1,043.238 1,096.47 Federal Republic of Germany 5,335,570 3,344.856 1,595.16 3,034.403 1,758.36 Czech Republic 43,123 53.175 810.96 48.240 893.93 Slovakia 174,531 194.702 896.40 176.631 988.11 Switzerland 364,772 203.792 1,789.92 184.877 1,973.05 Spain 414,665 1,036.875 399.92 940.637 440.83 Italy 392,353 324.225 1,210.13 294.132 1,333.94 Romania 37,700 64.389 585.50 58.413 645.40 India 286,529 414.024 692.06 375.596 762.86 China 36,165 28.625 1,263.41 25.968 1,392.68 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS OCTOBER CYCLE - 2 PREPARED 11/22/99 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Korea, South 1,127,720 2,982.475 378.12 2,705.657 416.80 Taiwan 102,260 20.429 5,005.63 18.533 5,517.73 Japan 4,712,550 3,574.398 1,318.42 3,242.640 1,453.31 CATEGORY TOTAL 30,985,250 40,532.222 764.46 36,770.224 842.67 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 67,475 19.376 3,482.40 17.578 3,838.61 Mexico 138,332 161.860 854.64 146.837 942.08 Brazil 27,769 20.471 1,356.50 18.571 1,495.29 Argentina 80,875 73.290 1,103.49 66.488 1,216.38 Sweden 111,478 126.389 882.02 114.658 972.27 United Kingdom 50,591 41.888 1,207.77 38.000 1,331.34 Netherlands 7,731 9.870 783.28 8.954 863.41 France 645,467 758.614 850.85 688.203 937.90 Federal Republic of Germany 2,524,467 3,128.402 806.95 2,838.039 889.51 Italy 367,595 409.349 898.00 371.355 989.87 India 104,504 139.926 746.85 126.939 823.26 Japan 637,231 1,024.862 621.77 929.739 685.39 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,763,515 5,914.296 805.42 5,365.361 887.83 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D Canada 6,415,342 1,418.662 4,522.11 1,286.989 4,984.77 Mexico 87,330 47.326 1,845.29 42.933 2,034.10 Sweden 1,365,791 212.904 6,415.06 193.143 7,071.40 Finland 259,691 148.708 1,746.31 134.906 1,924.98 Denmark 3,620 0.295 12,271.19 0.268 13,507.46 United Kingdom 885,204 215.998 4,098.20 195.950 4,517.50 Netherlands 14,345 2.985 4,805.70 2.708 5,297.27 Belgium 16,663 2.385 6,986.58 2.164 7,700.09 France 1,097,026 337.655 3,248.96 306.316 3,581.35 Federal Republic of Germany 536,662 88.365 6,073.24 80.163 6,694.63 Austria 613,807 172.724 3,553.69 156.693 3,917.26 Switzerland 159,831 23.335 6,849.41 21.169 7,550.24 Spain 1,074,942 287.786 3,735.21 261.075 4,117.37 Italy 210,825 124.862 1,688.46 113.273 1,861.21 India 417,575 117.731 3,546.86 106.804 3,909.73 Thailand 138,280 119.195 1,160.12 108.132 1,278.81 Malaysia 98,267 66.613 1,475.19 60.430 1,626.13 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS OCTOBER CYCLE - 2 PREPARED 11/22/99 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Singapore 135,654 72.893 1,861.00 66.127 2,051.42 China 131,535 66.559 1,976.22 60.381 2,178.42 Korea, South 1,255,414 478.218 2,625.19 433.832 2,893.78 Hong Kong 4,080 0.120 34,000.00 0.109 37,431.19 Taiwan 2,865,291 1,756.401 1,631.34 1,593.381 1,798.25 Japan 4,497,815 1,221.268 3,682.91 1,107.916 4,059.71 Australia 26,646 0.336 79,303.57 0.305 87,363.93 South Africa 19,888 14.491 1,372.44 13.146 1,512.86 CATEGORY TOTAL 22,331,524 6,997.815 3,191.21 6,348.313 3,517.71 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 2,285,922 1,926.559 1,186.53 1,747.745 1,307.93 Mexico 335,373 266.465 1,258.60 241.733 1,387.37 Sweden 6,906 1.317 5,243.74 1.195 5,779.08 Denmark 14,572 3.650 3,992.33 3.311 4,401.09 United Kingdom 58,538 4.601 12,722.89 4.174 14,024.44 Netherlands 5,860 1.436 4,080.78 1.303 4,497.31 Belgium 7,548 1.102 6,849.36 1.000 7,548.00 France 201,592 165.359 1,219.12 150.011 1,343.85 Federal Republic of Germany 287,835 110.627 2,601.85 100.359 2,868.05 Switzerland 2,566 0.054 47,518.52 0.049 52,367.35 Italy 36,560 4.602 7,944.37 4.175 8,756.89 India 39,438 50.797 776.38 46.082 855.82 Indonesia 15,455 70.983 217.73 64.395 240.00 China 9,654 8.171 1,181.50 7.413 1,302.31 Taiwan 17,807 10.124 1,758.89 9.184 1,938.92 Japan 134,672 58.275 2,310.97 52.866 2,547.42 Algeria 33,970 68.500 495.91 62.142 546.65 South Africa 78,610 284.892 275.93 258.450 304.16 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,572,878 3,037.514 1,176.25 2,755.587 1,296.59 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A Canada 13,730,048 30,961.537 443.45 28,087.842 488.83 Mexico 1,571,415 2,384.852 658.92 2,163.502 726.33 Colombia 71,362 247.249 288.62 224.301 318.15 Finland 202,252 116.709 1,732.96 105.877 1,910.25 United Kingdom 17,942 5.366 3,343.65 4.868 3,685.70 France 52,283 113.218 461.79 102.710 509.04 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS OCTOBER CYCLE - 2 PREPARED 11/22/99 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Federal Republic of Germany 108,091 62.950 1,717.09 57.107 1,892.78 Turkey 272,831 1,097.801 248.53 995.909 273.95 China 43,462 57.430 756.78 52.100 834.20 Korea, South 944,513 3,243.478 291.20 2,942.435 321.00 Taiwan 638,622 1,785.020 357.77 1,619.343 394.37 Japan 476,224 1,381.891 344.62 1,253.631 379.88 CATEGORY TOTAL 18,129,045 41,457.503 437.29 37,609.625 482.03 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 250,823 509.443 492.35 462.159 542.72 South Africa 72,411 216.529 334.42 196.432 368.63 CATEGORY TOTAL 323,234 725.972 445.24 658.591 490.80 WIRE DRAWN............................23 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 14,455,657 24,607.296 587.45 22,323.370 647.56 Mexico 1,794,562 2,628.824 682.65 2,384.830 752.49 Honduras 52,505 108.706 483.00 98.616 532.42 Dominican Republic 29,229 58.625 498.58 53.184 549.58 Venezuela 488,460 806.862 605.38 731.973 667.32 Ecuador 129,018 330.490 390.38 299.816 430.32 Chile 161,884 251.123 644.64 227.815 710.59 Brazil 262,829 489.934 536.46 444.461 591.34 Argentina 379,147 848.261 446.97 769.530 492.70 Sweden 2,976,407 1,158.044 2,570.20 1,050.560 2,833.16 Finland 20,861 20.440 1,020.60 18.543 1,125.01 United Kingdom 1,579,506 1,024.636 1,541.53 929.534 1,699.24 Ireland 5,131 1.102 4,656.08 1.000 5,131.00 Netherlands 91,199 86.404 1,055.50 78.384 1,163.49 Belgium 2,883,499 2,690.111 1,071.89 2,440.428 1,181.55 Luxembourg 49,891 86.433 577.22 78.411 636.28 France 2,924,922 3,369.951 867.94 3,057.169 956.74 Federal Republic of Germany 1,426,998 1,210.209 1,179.13 1,097.883 1,299.77 Austria 493,512 246.335 2,003.42 223.471 2,208.39 Czech Republic 162,181 204.051 794.81 185.112 876.12 Liechtenstein 3,440 0.215 16,000.00 0.195 17,641.03 Switzerland 382,263 97.370 3,925.88 88.333 4,327.52 Lithuania 6,451 23.021 280.22 20.884 308.90 Poland 70,870 120.198 589.61 109.042 649.93 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS OCTOBER CYCLE - 2 PREPARED 11/22/99 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Russia 5,039 18.886 266.81 17.133 294.11 Belarus 170,434 134.856 1,263.82 122.339 1,393.13 Spain 368,969 129.087 2,858.30 117.106 3,150.73 Italy 1,832,153 2,104.132 870.74 1,908.837 959.83 Turkey 13,757 21.429 641.98 19.440 707.66 Israel 80,414 109.854 732.01 99.658 806.90 United Arab Emirates 2,977 3.111 956.93 2.822 1,054.93 India 273,975 362.020 756.80 328.419 834.22 Thailand 105,923 92.259 1,148.10 83.696 1,265.57 Malaysia 2,993 5.868 510.05 5.323 562.28 Philippines 11,946 1.819 6,567.34 1.650 7,240.00 China 1,201,985 1,714.687 700.99 1,555.538 772.71 Korea, South 2,889,555 2,583.922 1,118.28 2,344.095 1,232.70 Taiwan 1,639,714 2,089.508 784.74 1,895.570 865.02 Japan 6,397,249 6,841.183 935.11 6,206.219 1,030.78 Australia 233,818 555.332 421.04 503.789 464.12 South Africa 1,179,910 2,842.721 415.06 2,578.874 457.53 CATEGORY TOTAL 47,241,233 60,079.314 786.31 54,503.052 866.76 BLACK PLATE...........................28 BLACK PLATE...........................28 Canada 104,561 175.337 596.34 159.063 657.36 Mexico 504,549 1,321.390 381.83 1,198.745 420.90 Chile 47,632 169.370 281.23 153.650 310.00 Netherlands 15,143 51.887 291.85 47.071 321.71 Belgium 46,316 152.813 303.09 138.630 334.10 France 2,056,692 4,149.503 495.65 3,764.367 546.36 Federal Republic of Germany 784,769 456.737 1,718.21 414.345 1,894.00 Korea, South 4,054 14.892 272.23 13.510 300.07 Taiwan 74,102 212.735 348.33 192.990 383.97 Japan 3,587,124 6,148.751 583.39 5,578.055 643.08 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,224,942 12,853.416 562.10 11,660.426 619.61 TIN PLATE.............................29 TIN PLATE.............................29 Canada 3,881,137 6,621.630 586.13 6,007.043 646.10 Dominican Republic 80,091 38.140 2,099.92 34.600 2,314.77 Brazil 1,303,702 3,144.977 414.53 2,853.076 456.95 Norway 1,981,104 3,942.366 502.52 3,576.455 553.93 United Kingdom 646,174 1,226.259 526.95 1,112.444 580.86 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS OCTOBER CYCLE - 2 PREPARED 11/22/99 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Netherlands 1,638,227 2,938.361 557.53 2,665.637 614.57 Belgium 2,965 5.258 563.90 4.770 621.59 France 1,661,882 3,203.134 518.83 2,905.835 571.91 Federal Republic of Germany 4,774,486 8,556.936 557.97 7,762.724 615.05 Switzerland 2,825 3.814 740.69 3.460 816.47 Korea, South 171,621 392.729 437.00 356.278 481.71 Taiwan 88,037 151.363 581.63 137.314 641.14 Japan 11,357,233 22,944.069 495.00 20,814.515 545.64 CATEGORY TOTAL 27,589,484 53,169.035 518.90 48,234.151 571.99 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A Canada 1,498,754 2,472.476 606.18 2,242.993 668.19 Brazil 96,672 220.479 438.46 200.015 483.32 Netherlands 1,592,937 3,279.430 485.74 2,975.050 535.43 France 427,334 808.692 528.43 733.633 582.49 Federal Republic of Germany 1,435,255 2,645.885 542.45 2,400.307 597.95 Japan 5,906,192 10,476.346 563.76 9,503.984 621.44 CATEGORY TOTAL 10,957,144 19,903.308 550.52 18,055.982 606.84 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 7,816,021 23,026.877 339.43 20,889.637 374.16 Mexico 5,660,590 20,973.192 269.90 19,026.565 297.51 Venezuela 2,150,222 10,095.353 212.99 9,158.353 234.78 Argentina 5,440,264 23,599.782 230.52 21,409.368 254.11 Sweden 289,759 617.709 469.09 560.376 517.08 Finland 467,721 400.898 1,166.68 363.689 1,286.05 United Kingdom 122,882 353.673 347.45 320.847 382.99 Netherlands 12,227,490 44,193.617 276.68 40,091.786 304.99 Belgium 3,470,776 10,237.428 339.03 9,287.241 373.71 France 10,325,069 36,858.031 280.13 33,437.053 308.79 Federal Republic of Germany 2,324,400 7,336.929 316.81 6,655.952 349.22 Austria 162,381 338.850 479.21 307.400 528.24 Slovakia 422,357 1,848.631 228.47 1,677.050 251.85 Hungary 419,676 2,029.264 206.81 1,840.918 227.97 Switzerland 145,799 815.820 178.71 740.100 197.00 Ukraine 2,724,714 16,593.826 164.20 15,053.670 181.00 Kazakhstan 1,658,602 9,204.275 180.20 8,349.980 198.64 Italy 2,248,891 6,739.971 333.66 6,114.401 367.80 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS OCTOBER CYCLE - 2 PREPARED 11/22/99 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Slovenia 101,710 91.734 1,108.75 83.220 1,222.18 Romania 3,764,603 21,759.983 173.01 19,740.330 190.71 Bulgaria 3,097 8.909 347.63 8.082 383.20 Turkey 552,035 2,878.134 191.80 2,611.000 211.43 India 9,712,751 45,521.161 213.37 41,296.114 235.20 Thailand 91,162 443.509 205.55 402.345 226.58 Indonesia 6,532,172 30,881.141 211.53 28,014.908 233.17 China 2,013,336 10,625.095 189.49 9,638.927 208.88 Korea, South 7,530,261 31,957.647 235.63 28,991.498 259.74 Taiwan 12,853,854 58,295.317 220.50 52,884.637 243.05 Japan 3,698,696 7,504.434 492.87 6,807.910 543.29 Australia 2,365,073 10,875.726 217.46 9,866.295 239.71 New Zealand 2,027,668 8,521.856 237.94 7,730.900 262.28 South Africa 2,111,527 9,511.654 221.99 8,628.830 244.71 CATEGORY TOTAL 111,435,559 454,140.428 245.38 411,989.382 270.48 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 9,447,023 11,750.113 803.99 10,659.526 886.25 Mexico 14,469,775 22,007.968 657.48 19,965.298 724.75 Brazil 119,652 88.164 1,357.15 79.981 1,496.01 Argentina 3,674,783 10,391.647 353.63 9,427.146 389.81 Sweden 1,315,385 502.652 2,616.89 455.998 2,884.63 Finland 1,032,950 1,709.596 604.21 1,550.920 666.02 United Kingdom 763,109 1,190.351 641.08 1,079.869 706.67 Netherlands 4,914,985 15,255.757 322.17 13,839.794 355.13 Belgium 20,485,784 57,797.089 354.44 52,432.652 390.71 France 6,171,598 11,152.700 553.37 10,117.562 609.99 Federal Republic of Germany 4,492,520 6,617.771 678.86 6,003.543 748.31 Austria 269,023 225.582 1,192.57 204.645 1,314.58 Slovakia 1,198,079 3,939.726 304.10 3,574.060 335.22 Switzerland 9,994 7.826 1,277.03 7.100 1,407.61 Poland 46,920 32.088 1,462.23 29.110 1,611.82 Russia 2,568,692 7,527.446 341.24 6,828.786 376.16 Kazakhstan 77,283 271.830 284.31 246.600 313.39 Spain 218,901 171.438 1,276.85 155.526 1,407.49 Italy 1,257,067 1,018.723 1,233.96 924.170 1,360.21 Turkey 730,045 2,342.757 311.62 2,125.314 343.50 India 732,858 504.066 1,453.89 457.281 1,602.64 Thailand 564,513 579.293 974.49 525.526 1,074.19 Indonesia 172,931 132.286 1,307.25 120.008 1,441.00 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS OCTOBER CYCLE - 2 PREPARED 11/22/99 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE China 2,565,690 8,827.064 290.66 8,007.780 320.40 Korea, South 6,199,469 14,536.751 426.47 13,187.522 470.10 Taiwan 8,419,462 11,638.370 723.42 10,558.155 797.44 Japan 8,978,335 18,668.208 480.94 16,935.518 530.15 Australia 25,882 4.801 5,390.96 4.355 5,943.05 New Zealand 836,662 2,943.711 284.22 2,670.490 313.30 South Africa 5,848,626 17,532.641 333.58 15,905.349 367.71 CATEGORY TOTAL 107,607,996 229,368.414 469.15 208,079.584 517.15 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 19,740,600 40,657.298 485.54 36,883.691 535.21 Mexico 16,139,075 33,038.366 488.49 29,971.910 538.47 Colombia 24,687 60.414 408.63 54.807 450.44 Venezuela 972,592 2,239.469 434.30 2,031.613 478.73 Brazil 888,083 2,407.436 368.89 2,183.990 406.63 Argentina 7,751,235 20,803.433 372.59 18,872.562 410.71 Sweden 25,147 24.891 1,010.28 22.581 1,113.64 Finland 65,339 180.184 362.62 163.460 399.72 United Kingdom 340,820 530.147 642.88 480.941 708.65 Netherlands 2,235,938 5,346.905 418.17 4,850.632 460.96 Belgium 893,353 2,287.892 390.47 2,075.541 430.42 France 247,843 487.763 508.12 442.491 560.11 Federal Republic of Germany 6,570,310 13,238.551 496.30 12,009.815 547.08 Austria 3,731 5.381 693.37 4.882 764.24 Portugal 3,938 9.645 408.29 8.750 450.06 Italy 3,044,109 5,881.597 517.57 5,335.697 570.52 Greece 1,368,070 4,017.659 340.51 3,644.760 375.35 India 271,012 531.393 510.00 482.072 562.18 Malaysia 3,076,750 8,717.672 352.93 7,908.541 389.04 Indonesia 583,953 1,367.075 427.16 1,240.190 470.86 Korea, South 5,610,304 11,906.337 471.20 10,801.250 519.41 Taiwan 3,397,208 6,759.343 502.59 6,131.975 554.02 Japan 5,980,282 10,906.484 548.32 9,894.199 604.42 New Zealand 59,577 79.879 745.84 72.465 822.15 South Africa 1,403,929 3,550.223 395.45 3,220.709 435.91 CATEGORY TOTAL 80,697,885 175,035.439 461.04 158,789.524 508.21 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS OCTOBER CYCLE - 2 PREPARED 11/22/99 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 90,867 143.481 633.30 130.164 698.10 Mexico 2,956 4.140 714.01 3.756 787.01 Argentina 737,001 1,953.829 377.21 1,772.484 415.80 United Kingdom 316,822 714.452 443.45 648.140 488.82 Belgium 260,267 474.788 548.18 430.721 604.26 Federal Republic of Germany 2,084,903 3,885.804 536.54 3,525.143 591.44 Korea, South 1,388,344 3,335.024 416.29 3,025.484 458.88 Taiwan 116,965 185.335 631.10 168.133 695.67 Japan 2,533,975 4,885.376 518.69 4,431.940 571.75 CATEGORY TOTAL 7,532,100 15,582.230 483.38 14,135.965 532.83 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 Canada 2,949,751 2,732.338 1,079.57 2,478.736 1,190.02 Mexico 1,022,574 1,767.245 578.63 1,603.218 637.83 Argentina 346,204 813.241 425.71 737.760 469.26 United Kingdom 934,898 1,531.020 610.64 1,388.918 673.11 Belgium 297,522 370.466 803.10 336.081 885.27 Luxembourg 1,099,398 2,174.002 505.70 1,972.222 557.44 France 34,606 73.590 470.25 66.760 518.36 Federal Republic of Germany 566,478 1,017.042 556.99 922.645 613.97 Spain 10,105 18.519 545.66 16.800 601.49 Philippines 15,097 16.999 888.11 15.421 978.99 Korea, South 3,541,422 7,333.890 482.88 6,653.195 532.29 Taiwan 387,458 875.312 442.65 794.070 487.94 Japan 323,311 240.744 1,342.97 218.399 1,480.37 New Zealand 80,353 106.786 752.47 96.875 829.45 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,609,177 19,071.193 608.73 17,301.100 671.01 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 Mexico 88,084 50.283 1,751.77 45.616 1,930.99 Sweden 727,115 1,053.427 690.24 955.653 760.86 United Kingdom 456,084 372.035 1,225.92 337.505 1,351.34 France 154,646 139.001 1,112.55 126.100 1,226.38 Federal Republic of Germany 1,741,425 2,167.441 803.45 1,966.270 885.65 Poland 34,104 54.090 630.50 49.070 695.01 Russia 724,682 866.714 836.13 786.270 921.67 Italy 743,336 1,650.270 450.43 1,497.100 496.52 Korea, South 420,047 834.890 503.12 757.400 554.59 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS OCTOBER CYCLE - 2 PREPARED 11/22/99 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 1,874,148 3,487.469 537.39 3,163.780 592.38 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,963,671 10,675.622 652.30 9,684.764 719.03 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 963,397 2,407.958 400.09 2,184.463 441.02 Mexico 251,014 444.408 564.83 403.160 622.62 Finland 13,367 12.394 1,078.51 11.244 1,188.81 Belgium 30,087 27.405 1,097.87 24.861 1,210.21 France 77,570 26.922 2,881.29 24.423 3,176.10 Federal Republic of Germany 982,437 1,497.873 655.89 1,358.848 722.99 Italy 122,736 271.706 451.72 246.488 497.94 Slovenia 311,081 309.926 1,003.73 281.160 1,106.42 India 396,434 1,771.662 223.76 1,607.225 246.66 Korea, South 11,500 31.695 362.83 28.753 399.96 Taiwan 7,725 15.977 483.51 14.494 532.98 Japan 11,775 2.048 5,749.51 1.858 6,337.46 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,179,123 6,819.973 466.15 6,186.977 513.84 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 4,299,147 5,714.207 752.36 5,183.843 829.34 Mexico 1,699,869 1,892.356 898.28 1,716.717 990.19 Brazil 183,380 167.351 1,095.78 151.818 1,207.89 Sweden 3,178,102 637.218 4,987.46 578.075 5,497.73 Finland 102,114 84.988 1,201.51 77.100 1,324.44 Denmark 4,560 1.397 3,264.14 1.267 3,599.05 United Kingdom 1,646,285 733.368 2,244.83 665.300 2,474.50 Netherlands 24,523 19.125 1,282.25 17.350 1,413.43 Belgium 319,769 243.406 1,313.73 220.814 1,448.14 France 1,933,332 651.148 2,969.11 590.712 3,272.88 Federal Republic of Germany 3,751,076 2,045.463 1,833.85 1,855.613 2,021.48 Austria 152,432 31.225 4,881.73 28.327 5,381.16 Switzerland 83,314 62.214 1,339.15 56.440 1,476.15 Italy 225,928 181.184 1,246.95 164.367 1,374.53 Slovenia 110,124 80.118 1,374.52 72.682 1,515.15 Greece 632,338 1,144.498 552.50 1,038.271 609.03 Turkey 6,468 7.025 920.71 6.373 1,014.91 China 44,806 12.610 3,553.21 11.440 3,916.61 Korea, South 215,687 155.849 1,383.95 141.384 1,525.54 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS OCTOBER CYCLE - 2 PREPARED 11/22/99 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Taiwan 776,057 457.039 1,698.01 414.619 1,871.74 Japan 4,472,202 954.772 4,684.05 866.155 5,163.28 Australia 107,532 214.828 500.55 194.889 551.76 South Africa 5,404 11.637 464.38 10.557 511.89 CATEGORY TOTAL 23,974,449 15,503.026 1,546.44 14,064.113 1,704.65 GRAND TOTAL 1,069,901,804 3,082,700.576 347.07 2,796,579.709 382.58 GRAND TOTAL 1,069,901,804 3,082,700.576 347.07 2,796,579.709 382.58 !R! 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