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RES; EXIT; &l1O &l8D &k2S IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS SEPTEMBER CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 11/02/99 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 216,063 293.256 736.77 266.037 812.15 Mexico 127,285 216.668 587.47 196.558 647.57 Sweden 181,423 196.873 921.52 178.600 1,015.81 United Kingdom 170,542 96.108 1,774.48 87.188 1,956.03 Austria 107,333 44.361 2,419.54 40.244 2,667.06 China 3,754 0.922 4,071.58 0.836 4,490.43 Japan 309,177 471.135 656.24 427.407 723.38 Australia 58,019 13.208 4,392.72 11.982 4,842.18 CATEGORY TOTAL 1,173,596 1,332.531 880.73 1,208.852 970.84 BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B BLOOMS, BILLETS AND SLABS ............1B Canada 10,598,160 28,920.000 366.46 26,235.790 403.96 Mexico 30,802,049 181,973.585 169.27 165,083.706 186.58 Venezuela 1,805,609 11,243.572 160.59 10,200.000 177.02 Brazil 39,959,153 250,524.174 159.50 227,271.772 175.82 Sweden 2,302,120 1,872.589 1,229.38 1,698.785 1,355.16 Finland 1,772,809 7,640.173 232.04 6,931.050 255.78 United Kingdom 8,767,503 10,891.586 804.98 9,880.683 887.34 Netherlands 201,072 606.112 331.74 549.856 365.68 Federal Republic of Germany 17,546,036 67,169.861 261.22 60,935.490 287.94 Poland 695,273 4,704.774 147.78 4,268.100 162.90 Russia 10,263,805 65,398.894 156.94 59,328.895 173.00 Ukraine 7,734,901 57,528.540 134.45 52,189.028 148.21 Spain 14,319,722 17,991.637 795.91 16,321.743 877.34 Italy 64,724 9.507 6,808.04 8.625 7,504.23 Malaysia 5,200 1.445 3,598.62 1.311 3,966.44 China 32,843 22.090 1,486.78 20.040 1,638.87 Korea, South 334,164 1,064.603 313.89 965.792 346.00 Taiwan 28,811 10.299 2,797.46 9.343 3,083.70 Japan 6,133,989 35,879.663 170.96 32,549.492 188.45 Australia 5,455,898 39,721.211 137.35 36,034.487 151.41 CATEGORY TOTAL 158,823,841 783,174.315 202.80 710,483.988 223.54 WIRE RODS..............................3 WIRE RODS..............................3 Canada 13,682,167 40,325.105 339.30 36,582.330 374.01 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS SEPTEMBER CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 11/02/99 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Mexico 1,020,017 4,674.128 218.23 4,240.299 240.55 Trinidad and Tobago 12,078,942 52,738.550 229.03 47,843.621 252.47 Venezuela 2,075,170 9,876.926 210.10 8,960.199 231.60 Brazil 4,508,333 23,022.586 195.82 20,885.745 215.86 Sweden 1,139,837 628.468 1,813.68 570.137 1,999.23 Finland 20,696 20.575 1,005.88 18.665 1,108.81 United Kingdom 2,137,970 3,789.870 564.13 3,438.113 621.84 Netherlands 613,356 1,938.359 316.43 1,758.450 348.80 France 510,949 379.193 1,347.46 343.998 1,485.33 Federal Republic of Germany 3,361,559 13,118.547 256.24 11,900.949 282.46 Czech Republic 938,506 4,949.883 189.60 4,490.460 209.00 Latvia 1,101,416 5,503.611 200.13 4,992.793 220.60 Ukraine 2,189,190 13,387.126 163.53 12,144.600 180.26 Moldova 202,353 1,096.061 184.62 994.330 203.51 Spain 3,222,484 9,465.568 340.44 8,587.021 375.27 Italy 2,267,618 6,342.692 357.52 5,753.995 394.09 Turkey 1,132,862 5,946.505 190.51 5,394.580 210.00 India 57,861 42.954 1,347.05 38.967 1,484.87 China 34,961 83.339 419.50 75.604 462.42 Korea, South 1,293,221 1,595.547 810.52 1,447.456 893.44 Taiwan 3,257,871 2,314.462 1,407.61 2,099.645 1,551.63 Japan 6,676,744 16,783.349 397.82 15,225.602 438.52 Egypt 1,066,921 5,345.812 199.58 4,849.640 220.00 South Africa 1,719,279 8,030.698 214.09 7,285.329 235.99 CATEGORY TOTAL 66,310,283 231,399.912 286.56 209,922.528 315.88 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 STRUCTURAL SHAPES HEAVY ...............4 Canada 6,762,670 21,545.117 313.88 19,545.407 346.00 Mexico 337,076 1,013.072 332.73 919.044 366.77 Belize 3,816 10.568 361.09 9.587 398.04 Brazil 518,513 2,136.798 242.66 1,938.471 267.49 Sweden 10,191 12.874 791.60 11.679 872.59 United Kingdom 2,861,900 6,126.162 467.16 5,557.562 514.96 Luxembourg 1,945,648 4,848.169 401.32 4,398.186 442.38 France 86,349 80.044 1,078.77 72.615 1,189.13 Federal Republic of Germany 1,087,180 2,011.346 540.52 1,824.663 595.83 Austria 27,945 6.327 4,416.79 5.740 4,868.47 Switzerland 2,243 5.952 376.85 5.400 415.37 Poland 1,772,370 8,623.420 205.53 7,823.037 226.56 Spain 1,334,447 5,335.392 250.11 4,840.188 275.70 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS SEPTEMBER CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 11/02/99 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Italy 117,704 58.978 1,995.73 53.504 2,199.91 Turkey 378,755 1,609.244 235.36 1,459.882 259.44 India 15,607 27.589 565.70 25.028 623.58 China 31,148 38.801 802.76 35.200 884.89 Korea, South 3,176,650 14,883.171 213.44 13,501.789 235.28 Taiwan 23,673 44.175 535.89 40.075 590.72 Japan 2,003,009 5,964.966 335.80 5,411.328 370.15 Australia 177,214 51.576 3,435.98 46.789 3,787.51 South Africa 373,528 946.561 394.62 858.706 434.99 CATEGORY TOTAL 23,047,636 75,380.303 305.75 68,383.880 337.03 STEEL PILING...........................5 STEEL PILING...........................5 Canada 835,489 1,473.649 566.95 1,336.872 624.96 United Kingdom 485,094 1,035.324 468.54 939.230 516.48 Luxembourg 1,611,627 3,427.793 470.16 3,109.642 518.27 Federal Republic of Germany 695,743 1,546.474 449.89 1,402.938 495.92 Hong Kong 3,158 0.149 21,194.63 0.135 23,392.59 Algeria 8,583 16.937 506.76 15.365 558.61 CATEGORY TOTAL 3,639,694 7,500.325 485.27 6,804.182 534.92 PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A PLATES CUT LENGTHS....................6A Canada 4,401,407 11,435.605 384.89 10,374.209 424.26 Mexico 62,544 172.357 362.87 156.360 400.00 Chile 66,962 59.312 1,128.98 53.807 1,244.48 Brazil 1,784,972 4,279.967 417.05 3,882.722 459.72 Sweden 1,555,008 2,452.918 633.94 2,225.250 698.80 Finland 27,164 22.714 1,195.91 20.606 1,318.26 United Kingdom 644,289 1,124.900 572.75 1,020.492 631.35 Netherlands 9,979 6.072 1,643.45 5.508 1,811.73 Belgium 1,300,691 2,442.177 532.59 2,215.506 587.09 France 1,623,571 1,521.759 1,066.90 1,380.517 1,176.06 Federal Republic of Germany 985,756 979.881 1,006.00 888.933 1,108.92 Austria 108,814 28.165 3,863.45 25.551 4,258.70 Czech Republic 721,774 3,445.216 209.50 3,125.448 230.93 Slovakia 60,152 250.686 239.95 227.419 264.50 Hungary 38,553 207.306 185.97 188.065 205.00 Russia 521,649 1,731.667 301.24 1,570.942 332.06 Spain 233,097 180.175 1,293.73 163.452 1,426.09 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS SEPTEMBER CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 11/02/99 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Italy 216,483 161.830 1,337.72 146.810 1,474.58 Slovenia 26,524 20.042 1,323.42 18.182 1,458.81 Romania 26,669 116.845 228.24 106.000 251.59 Indonesia 3,749 10.619 353.05 9.633 389.18 China 690,875 2,117.044 326.34 1,920.551 359.73 Korea, South 3,950,073 15,475.157 255.25 14,038.830 281.37 Taiwan 208,194 129.081 1,612.89 117.100 1,777.92 Japan 1,047,503 951.115 1,101.34 862.837 1,214.02 Australia 1,293,037 5,874.835 220.10 5,329.562 242.62 South Africa 510,302 446.806 1,142.11 405.336 1,258.96 CATEGORY TOTAL 22,119,791 55,644.249 397.52 50,479.628 438.19 PLATES IN COILS.......................6B PLATES IN COILS.......................6B Canada 6,741,191 19,308.839 349.12 17,516.689 384.84 Mexico 586,082 2,422.091 241.97 2,197.285 266.73 Venezuela 1,790,184 8,064.835 221.97 7,316.297 244.68 Brazil 21,826 20.285 1,075.97 18.402 1,186.07 Sweden 30,088 64.728 464.84 58.720 512.40 Finland 35,796 66.403 539.07 60.240 594.22 Netherlands 4,185,510 16,309.442 256.63 14,795.681 282.89 Belgium 1,874,226 1,799.157 1,041.72 1,632.168 1,148.30 France 2,618,224 8,422.765 310.85 7,641.006 342.65 Federal Republic of Germany 1,694,907 4,945.295 342.73 4,486.297 377.80 Austria 172,909 387.661 446.03 351.680 491.67 Slovakia 1,622,854 7,580.042 214.10 6,876.500 236.00 Hungary 159,325 924.343 172.37 838.550 190.00 Ukraine 1,036,666 5,290.409 195.95 4,799.380 216.00 Kazakhstan 480,118 2,744.124 174.96 2,489.428 192.86 Romania 3,092,229 18,353.627 168.48 16,650.135 185.72 Bulgaria 1,509,277 8,350.429 180.74 7,575.384 199.23 India 6,650,604 34,731.033 191.49 31,507.472 211.08 Indonesia 3,236,589 19,010.133 170.26 17,245.707 187.68 China 3,296,593 16,072.362 205.11 14,580.606 226.09 Taiwan 864,002 3,753.788 230.17 3,405.380 253.72 Japan 744,862 1,234.262 603.49 1,119.704 665.23 New Zealand 613,732 2,914.389 210.59 2,643.890 232.13 South Africa 962,981 4,821.034 199.75 4,373.570 220.18 CATEGORY TOTAL 44,020,775 187,591.474 234.66 170,180.171 258.67 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 RAILS STANDARD.........................7 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS SEPTEMBER CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 11/02/99 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 6,656 16.640 400.00 15.096 440.91 France 71,911 85.633 839.76 77.685 925.67 Federal Republic of Germany 208,047 576.426 360.93 522.925 397.85 Austria 10,090 27.597 365.62 25.036 403.02 Korea, South 8,062 22.216 362.89 20.154 400.02 Japan 4,832,192 10,284.429 469.86 9,329.880 517.93 CATEGORY TOTAL 5,136,958 11,012.942 466.45 9,990.776 514.17 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 RAILS ALL OTHER........................8 Canada 52,220 115.791 450.98 105.044 497.13 United Kingdom 5,196 2.390 2,174.06 2.168 2,396.68 Luxembourg 83,330 160.851 518.06 145.922 571.06 Federal Republic of Germany 23,713 26.744 886.67 24.262 977.37 Austria 10,283 7.648 1,344.53 6.938 1,482.13 Poland 24,656 57.879 425.99 52.507 469.58 Spain 22,136 64.996 340.57 58.963 375.42 Korea, South 134,761 321.960 418.56 292.077 461.39 Japan 22,381 4.221 5,302.30 3.829 5,845.13 CATEGORY TOTAL 378,676 762.480 496.64 691.710 547.45 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 RAILROAD ACCESSORIES...................9 Canada 57,845 110.547 523.26 100.287 576.79 China 36,208 69.694 519.53 63.225 572.68 CATEGORY TOTAL 94,053 180.241 521.82 163.512 575.21 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 BARS - HOT ROLLED.....................14 Canada 31,949,935 83,862.695 380.98 76,078.979 419.96 Mexico 1,306,093 4,620.779 282.66 4,191.901 311.58 Trinidad and Tobago 344,554 161.627 2,131.78 146.626 2,349.88 Peru 10,713 27.690 386.89 25.120 426.47 Brazil 546,734 627.510 871.28 569.268 960.42 Argentina 82,475 250.448 329.31 227.203 363.00 Sweden 175,434 73.147 2,398.38 66.358 2,643.75 United Kingdom 6,094,620 13,266.593 459.40 12,035.254 506.40 Netherlands 140,087 222.509 629.58 201.857 693.99 France 175,816 137.899 1,274.96 125.100 1,405.40 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS SEPTEMBER CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 11/02/99 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Federal Republic of Germany 4,024,764 3,587.258 1,121.96 3,254.307 1,236.75 Austria 144,615 41.641 3,472.90 37.776 3,828.22 Switzerland 81,610 19.800 4,121.72 17.962 4,543.48 Latvia 1,356,890 5,392.505 251.63 4,892.000 277.37 Ukraine 2,965,627 8,461.047 350.50 7,675.735 386.36 Spain 1,228,441 2,562.315 479.43 2,324.494 528.48 Italy 944,484 374.629 2,521.12 339.858 2,779.05 Slovenia 45,029 33.611 1,339.71 30.491 1,476.80 Turkey 301,135 1,390.691 216.54 1,261.614 238.69 India 248,049 413.346 600.10 374.981 661.50 Indonesia 34,295 55.199 621.30 50.076 684.86 China 2,871 5.085 564.60 4.613 622.37 Korea, South 1,672,248 5,195.488 321.87 4,713.269 354.80 Taiwan 1,547,076 1,028.959 1,503.54 933.456 1,657.36 Japan 4,013,660 7,312.946 548.84 6,634.195 605.00 South Africa 365,989 1,541.910 237.36 1,398.798 261.65 CATEGORY TOTAL 59,803,244 140,667.330 425.14 127,611.291 468.64 BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A BARS - LIGHT SHAPED..................14A Canada 2,492,444 6,982.258 356.97 6,334.200 393.49 Mexico 1,160,821 4,223.530 274.85 3,831.523 302.97 Colombia 7,425 24.802 299.37 22.500 330.00 Brazil 70,744 277.840 254.62 252.052 280.67 United Kingdom 6,209 8.611 721.05 7.812 794.80 Netherlands 288,432 751.115 384.01 681.400 423.29 Austria 2,160 0.638 3,385.58 0.579 3,730.57 Switzerland 194,623 121.253 1,605.10 109.999 1,769.32 Spain 346,371 231.129 1,498.60 209.677 1,651.93 Italy 217,480 116.065 1,873.78 105.292 2,065.49 Turkey 285,539 1,286.071 222.02 1,166.704 244.74 China 14,139 19.455 726.75 17.649 801.12 Korea, South 735,923 1,924.017 382.49 1,745.439 421.63 Taiwan 12,856 13.237 971.22 12.008 1,070.62 Japan 569,849 305.156 1,867.40 276.833 2,058.46 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,405,015 16,285.176 393.30 14,773.667 433.54 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 BARS - REINFORCING ...................15 Canada 138,477 366.112 378.24 332.131 416.93 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS SEPTEMBER CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 11/02/99 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Mexico 658,873 2,734.622 240.94 2,480.808 265.59 Trinidad and Tobago 34,942 157.035 222.51 142.460 245.28 Venezuela 1,772,401 9,248.249 191.65 8,389.873 211.25 Brazil 1,045,397 5,621.880 185.95 5,100.085 204.98 Latvia 4,720,374 26,079.486 181.00 23,658.918 199.52 Russia 1,318,370 8,585.851 153.55 7,788.955 169.26 Belarus 3,226,817 20,446.524 157.82 18,548.780 173.96 Ukraine 2,179,140 12,087.269 180.28 10,965.389 198.73 Moldova 4,053,697 24,417.681 166.01 22,151.354 183.00 Turkey 4,303 8.275 520.00 7.507 573.20 United Arab Emirates 11,350 44.092 257.42 40.000 283.75 Indonesia 1,997,376 11,148.001 179.17 10,113.299 197.50 China 10,582 22.377 472.90 20.300 521.28 Korea, South 8,571,881 46,619.212 183.87 42,292.250 202.68 Japan 1,141,389 6,062.934 188.26 5,500.203 207.52 CATEGORY TOTAL 30,885,369 173,649.600 177.86 157,532.312 196.06 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 BARS-COLD FINISHED....................16 Canada 7,878,737 8,329.743 945.86 7,556.618 1,042.63 Mexico 145,298 155.757 932.85 141.300 1,028.29 Brazil 35,205 41.973 838.75 38.077 924.57 Argentina 10,423 22.020 473.34 19.976 521.78 Sweden 76,534 21.156 3,617.60 19.192 3,987.81 Finland 11,803 19.207 614.52 17.424 677.40 Denmark 354,644 206.316 1,718.94 187.167 1,894.80 United Kingdom 3,440,646 3,634.530 946.66 3,297.191 1,043.51 Netherlands 16,330 11.022 1,481.58 9.999 1,633.16 Belgium 31,926 48.851 653.54 44.317 720.40 France 1,215,014 1,294.585 938.54 1,174.428 1,034.56 Federal Republic of Germany 2,853,285 2,943.321 969.41 2,670.137 1,068.59 Austria 60,872 18.736 3,248.93 16.997 3,581.34 Switzerland 240,225 72.923 3,294.23 66.155 3,631.24 Russia 246,185 190.879 1,289.74 173.163 1,421.70 Spain 754,365 796.462 947.14 722.538 1,044.05 Italy 1,721,466 818.746 2,102.56 742.754 2,317.68 Slovenia 15,715 11.001 1,428.51 9.980 1,574.65 Saudi Arabia 104,467 44.281 2,359.18 40.171 2,600.56 United Arab Emirates 229,937 154.796 1,485.42 140.429 1,637.39 India 257,798 199.295 1,293.55 180.797 1,425.90 China 22,655 47.459 477.36 43.054 526.20 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS SEPTEMBER CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 11/02/99 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Korea, South 1,352,946 910.919 1,485.25 826.372 1,637.21 Taiwan 755,792 380.578 1,985.91 345.255 2,189.08 Japan 518,578 486.483 1,065.97 441.330 1,175.03 Australia 353,250 819.150 431.24 743.121 475.36 New Zealand 4,400 0.287 15,331.01 0.260 16,923.08 CATEGORY TOTAL 22,708,496 21,680.475 1,047.42 19,668.202 1,154.58 TOOL STEEL............................17 TOOL STEEL............................17 Canada 1,293,405 923.213 1,400.98 837.525 1,544.32 Brazil 335,289 228.635 1,466.48 207.414 1,616.52 Sweden 3,454,990 1,343.623 2,571.40 1,218.915 2,834.48 United Kingdom 148,792 27.648 5,381.66 25.082 5,932.22 Netherlands 102,745 135.525 758.13 122.946 835.69 France 827,504 730.507 1,132.78 662.705 1,248.68 Federal Republic of Germany 1,263,377 868.675 1,454.37 788.049 1,603.17 Austria 754,746 243.388 3,101.00 220.798 3,418.26 Switzerland 130,748 130.270 1,003.67 118.179 1,106.36 Poland 78,076 63.333 1,232.79 57.455 1,358.91 Russia 294,230 220.457 1,334.64 199.995 1,471.19 Ukraine 2,124 1.434 1,481.17 1.301 1,632.59 Spain 77,803 79.167 982.77 71.819 1,083.32 Slovenia 534,607 388.818 1,374.95 352.730 1,515.63 China 942,514 587.265 1,604.92 532.758 1,769.12 Korea, South 426,401 302.982 1,407.35 274.861 1,551.33 Taiwan 322,986 160.576 2,011.42 145.672 2,217.21 Japan 4,304,461 5,915.348 727.68 5,366.315 802.13 CATEGORY TOTAL 15,294,798 12,350.865 1,238.36 11,204.519 1,365.06 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 STANDARD PIPE.........................18 Canada 11,875,835 22,838.941 519.98 20,719.145 573.18 Mexico 1,484,414 2,665.194 556.96 2,417.824 613.95 Colombia 82,636 353.875 233.52 321.030 257.41 Ecuador 7,207 20.532 351.01 18.626 386.93 Peru 107,453 285.151 376.83 258.685 415.38 Chile 97,776 144.441 676.93 131.035 746.18 Brazil 96,412 124.714 773.06 113.139 852.16 Argentina 165,561 232.744 711.34 211.142 784.12 Sweden 12,997 0.992 13,101.81 0.900 14,441.11 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS SEPTEMBER CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 11/02/99 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE United Kingdom 14,939 2.001 7,465.77 1.815 8,230.85 Netherlands 88,189 104.894 840.74 95.158 926.76 France 3,998 2.205 1,813.15 2.000 1,999.00 Federal Republic of Germany 1,251,264 940.813 1,329.98 853.491 1,466.05 Austria 14,620 4.453 3,283.18 4.040 3,618.81 Switzerland 32,760 2.714 12,070.74 2.462 13,306.26 Spain 23,515 27.095 867.87 24.580 956.67 Italy 168,996 176.527 957.34 160.143 1,055.28 Turkey 810,136 2,364.811 342.58 2,145.321 377.63 Israel 6,000 0.017 352,941.18 0.015 400,000.00 Pakistan 129,135 352.227 366.62 319.535 404.13 Thailand 642,270 1,821.184 352.67 1,652.151 388.75 Malaysia 733,369 2,514.559 291.65 2,281.170 321.49 Indonesia 543,638 1,842.853 295.00 1,671.809 325.18 Philippines 10,573 17.743 595.90 16.096 656.87 China 2,596,595 8,054.688 322.37 7,307.092 355.35 Korea, South 5,408,666 15,598.473 346.74 14,150.701 382.22 Hong Kong 39,755 150.198 264.68 136.257 291.76 Taiwan 519,004 1,501.455 345.67 1,362.097 381.03 Japan 2,945,813 3,798.970 775.42 3,446.369 854.76 Australia 9,711 30.545 317.92 27.710 350.45 New Zealand 55,479 156.118 355.37 141.628 391.72 Algeria 46,697 94.475 494.28 85.706 544.85 South Africa 76,331 199.837 381.97 181.289 421.05 CATEGORY TOTAL 30,101,744 66,425.438 453.17 60,260.161 499.53 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 OIL COUNTRY GOODS.....................19 Canada 315,736 168.320 1,875.81 152.697 2,067.73 Mexico 413,784 680.922 607.68 617.722 669.85 Colombia 8,752 21.181 413.20 19.215 455.48 Venezuela 1,553,676 4,626.568 335.82 4,197.153 370.17 Brazil 280,695 510.842 549.48 463.428 605.69 United Kingdom 19,805 5.853 3,383.73 5.310 3,729.76 France 28,072 40.081 700.38 36.361 772.04 Federal Republic of Germany 1,829,049 2,969.311 615.98 2,693.714 679.01 Austria 352,428 549.613 641.23 498.601 706.83 Slovakia 220,623 513.832 429.37 466.141 473.30 Switzerland 746,000 126.947 5,876.47 115.164 6,477.72 Ukraine 1,197,696 3,114.754 384.52 2,825.658 423.86 Spain 87,421 140.497 622.23 127.457 685.89 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS SEPTEMBER CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 11/02/99 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Romania 67,412 253.636 265.78 230.095 292.97 China 7,809 6.283 1,242.88 5.700 1,370.00 Taiwan 30,271 16.600 1,823.55 15.059 2,010.16 Japan 4,332,163 2,442.758 1,773.47 2,216.033 1,954.92 South Africa 22,429 61.199 366.49 55.519 403.99 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,513,821 16,249.196 708.58 14,741.027 781.07 LINE PIPE.............................20 LINE PIPE.............................20 Canada 350,917 534.678 656.31 485.052 723.46 Mexico 2,655,221 6,839.857 388.20 6,205.016 427.92 Venezuela 62,997 212.903 295.90 193.142 326.17 Chile 113,552 392.360 289.41 355.943 319.02 Brazil 390,908 812.104 481.35 736.729 530.60 United Kingdom 328,123 631.007 520.00 572.440 573.20 Netherlands 161,244 57.676 2,795.69 52.323 3,081.70 France 126,441 50.248 2,516.34 45.584 2,773.80 Federal Republic of Germany 2,435,549 2,695.870 903.44 2,445.653 995.87 Austria 71,675 149.191 480.42 135.344 529.58 Czech Republic 164,146 466.875 351.58 423.542 387.56 Switzerland 134,250 24.414 5,498.89 22.148 6,061.50 Italy 2,910 2.937 990.81 2.664 1,092.34 Romania 1,353,705 2,896.868 467.30 2,627.995 515.11 China 739,281 2,737.851 270.02 2,483.737 297.65 Korea, South 2,551,120 9,618.269 265.24 8,725.549 292.37 Taiwan 114,106 414.771 275.11 376.274 303.25 Japan 12,311,025 34,105.788 360.97 30,940.259 397.90 South Africa 355,542 1,068.953 332.61 969.738 366.64 CATEGORY TOTAL 24,422,712 63,712.619 383.33 57,799.132 422.54 MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A MECHANICAL TUBING....................21A Canada 8,439,372 11,560.125 730.04 10,487.172 804.73 Mexico 5,122,301 11,446.787 447.49 10,384.353 493.27 Colombia 43,619 144.100 302.70 130.725 333.67 Brazil 575,022 446.752 1,287.12 405.287 1,418.80 Argentina 422,546 487.286 867.14 442.059 955.86 Sweden 886,728 787.052 1,126.64 714.002 1,241.91 Norway 2,460 0.207 11,884.06 0.188 13,085.11 United Kingdom 45,697 42.147 1,084.23 38.235 1,195.16 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS SEPTEMBER CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 11/02/99 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Netherlands 5,047 2.153 2,344.17 1.953 2,584.23 Belgium 2,618 0.462 5,666.67 0.419 6,248.21 France 446,635 397.169 1,124.55 360.306 1,239.60 Federal Republic of Germany 1,938,425 1,269.059 1,527.45 1,151.271 1,683.73 Austria 53,790 31.269 1,720.23 28.367 1,896.22 Czech Republic 32,571 43.872 742.41 39.800 818.37 Slovakia 164,009 217.981 752.40 197.749 829.38 Switzerland 352,618 182.798 1,929.00 165.832 2,126.36 Spain 163,922 101.272 1,618.63 91.872 1,784.24 Italy 351,798 478.606 735.05 434.184 810.25 Turkey 248,299 769.432 322.70 698.017 355.72 India 169,963 183.317 927.15 166.302 1,022.01 Malaysia 46,735 116.217 402.14 105.430 443.28 China 64,147 108.828 589.43 98.727 649.74 Korea, South 219,963 565.089 389.25 512.640 429.08 Hong Kong 3,250 3.596 903.78 3.262 996.32 Taiwan 36,603 26.396 1,386.69 23.946 1,528.56 Japan 6,774,444 5,170.848 1,310.12 4,690.916 1,444.16 Australia 52,272 139.332 375.16 126.400 413.54 CATEGORY TOTAL 26,664,854 34,722.151 767.95 31,499.414 846.52 PRESSURE TUBING......................21B PRESSURE TUBING......................21B Canada 22,661 16.426 1,379.58 14.901 1,520.77 Mexico 15,126 16.778 901.54 15.221 993.76 Brazil 27,782 17.773 1,563.16 16.123 1,723.13 Argentina 42,602 35.059 1,215.15 31.805 1,339.47 Sweden 349,106 346.032 1,008.88 313.915 1,112.10 Denmark 10,956 0.283 38,713.78 0.257 42,630.35 United Kingdom 86,488 87.954 983.33 79.791 1,083.93 France 1,692,907 2,151.384 786.89 1,951.703 867.40 Federal Republic of Germany 846,073 602.984 1,403.14 547.018 1,546.70 Italy 182,930 175.167 1,044.32 158.909 1,151.16 India 122,897 160.623 765.13 145.715 843.41 Korea, South 148,672 342.178 434.49 310.419 478.94 Taiwan 8,364 19.150 436.76 17.373 481.44 Japan 613,645 659.247 930.83 598.059 1,026.06 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,170,209 4,631.039 900.49 4,201.209 992.62 STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D STAINLESS PIPE & TUBING............21C&D IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS SEPTEMBER CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 11/02/99 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 6,754,158 1,452.633 4,649.60 1,317.807 5,125.30 Mexico 188,317 107.934 1,744.74 97.916 1,923.25 Brazil 51,791 19.338 2,678.20 17.543 2,952.23 Sweden 859,505 174.120 4,936.28 157.959 5,441.32 Finland 268,649 160.042 1,678.62 145.188 1,850.35 United Kingdom 622,470 82.518 7,543.45 74.859 8,315.23 Netherlands 2,753 0.226 12,181.42 0.205 13,429.27 France 796,913 159.436 4,998.33 144.638 5,509.71 Federal Republic of Germany 138,873 16.312 8,513.55 14.798 9,384.58 Austria 364,717 90.995 4,008.10 82.549 4,418.19 Switzerland 26,940 0.099 272,121.21 0.090 299,333.33 Spain 468,735 118.453 3,957.14 107.459 4,361.99 Italy 601,794 156.538 3,844.40 142.009 4,237.72 India 137,266 43.844 3,130.78 39.775 3,451.06 Thailand 224,637 181.464 1,237.91 164.621 1,364.57 Malaysia 282,057 192.971 1,461.65 175.060 1,611.20 Singapore 130,052 69.378 1,874.54 62.939 2,066.32 China 147,016 91.342 1,609.51 82.864 1,774.18 Korea, South 1,353,361 583.498 2,319.39 529.341 2,556.69 Taiwan 2,339,275 1,527.456 1,531.48 1,385.685 1,688.17 Japan 4,104,183 1,513.233 2,712.20 1,372.782 2,989.68 Australia 5,434 0.366 14,846.99 0.332 16,367.47 South Africa 88,651 62.543 1,417.44 56.738 1,562.46 CATEGORY TOTAL 19,957,547 6,804.739 2,932.89 6,173.157 3,232.96 PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E PIPE & TUBING NONCLASSIFIED..........21E Canada 2,058,765 1,869.616 1,101.17 1,696.088 1,213.83 Mexico 326,987 384.585 850.23 348.890 937.22 United Kingdom 43,108 2.875 14,994.09 2.608 16,529.14 Federal Republic of Germany 89,085 19.282 4,620.11 17.492 5,092.90 Switzerland 7,778 0.421 18,475.06 0.382 20,361.26 Spain 4,011 1.334 3,006.75 1.210 3,314.88 Italy 10,531 4.204 2,505.00 3.814 2,761.14 India 20,193 24.393 827.82 22.129 912.51 Philippines 6,528 3.347 1,950.40 3.036 2,150.20 China 34,860 25.353 1,374.99 23.000 1,515.65 Korea, South 50,989 40.887 1,247.07 37.092 1,374.66 Japan 59,169 12.291 4,814.01 11.150 5,306.64 Algeria 55,200 112.640 490.06 102.185 540.20 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,767,204 2,501.227 1,106.34 2,269.076 1,219.53 STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A STRUCTURAL PIPE & TUBE...............22A IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS SEPTEMBER CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 11/02/99 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Canada 13,186,847 29,564.165 446.04 26,820.167 491.68 Mexico 1,550,505 2,256.200 687.22 2,046.791 757.53 Finland 289,484 163.151 1,774.33 148.008 1,955.87 United Kingdom 12,786 11.272 1,134.32 10.226 1,250.34 Federal Republic of Germany 174,250 89.246 1,952.47 80.963 2,152.22 Italy 74,882 77.897 961.30 70.667 1,059.65 Slovenia 3,140 0.622 5,048.23 0.564 5,567.38 China 17,476 18.309 954.50 16.610 1,052.14 Korea, South 447,827 1,482.852 302.00 1,345.221 332.90 Taiwan 218,352 129.035 1,692.19 117.059 1,865.32 Japan 319,392 756.009 422.47 685.840 465.69 Australia 22,404 64.827 345.60 58.810 380.96 CATEGORY TOTAL 16,317,345 34,613.586 471.41 31,400.926 519.65 PIPE FOR PILING......................22B PIPE FOR PILING......................22B Canada 156,140 347.404 449.45 315.160 495.43 Italy 2,160 3.663 589.68 3.323 650.02 Albania 7,334 14.750 497.22 13.381 548.09 South Africa 151,251 478.632 316.01 434.208 348.34 CATEGORY TOTAL 316,885 844.450 375.26 766.072 413.65 WIRE DRAWN............................23 WIRE DRAWN............................23 Canada 14,334,114 23,644.411 606.24 21,449.855 668.26 Mexico 2,163,943 3,361.668 643.71 3,049.655 709.57 Honduras 99,663 247.504 402.67 224.532 443.87 Dominican Republic 87,772 217.472 403.60 197.287 444.90 Trinidad and Tobago 10,486 23.847 439.72 21.634 484.70 Colombia 4,970 10.270 483.93 9.317 533.43 Venezuela 491,283 971.721 505.58 881.531 557.31 Ecuador 117,013 253.932 460.80 230.363 507.95 Chile 277,557 513.576 540.44 465.908 595.73 Brazil 223,455 316.821 705.30 287.415 777.46 Argentina 237,428 518.332 458.06 470.223 504.93 Sweden 2,336,969 911.329 2,564.35 826.744 2,826.71 Finland 11,387 0.541 21,048.06 0.491 23,191.45 Denmark 6,742 1.771 3,806.89 1.607 4,195.40 United Kingdom 1,608,514 1,214.663 1,324.25 1,101.924 1,459.73 Ireland 4,975 1.252 3,973.64 1.136 4,379.40 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS SEPTEMBER CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 11/02/99 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Netherlands 68,916 81.064 850.14 73.540 937.12 Belgium 2,434,879 1,903.091 1,279.43 1,726.456 1,410.33 Luxembourg 11,946 1.602 7,456.93 1.453 8,221.61 France 2,373,206 2,960.355 801.66 2,685.590 883.68 Federal Republic of Germany 1,440,280 1,080.567 1,332.89 980.274 1,469.26 Austria 362,983 179.756 2,019.31 163.072 2,225.91 Czech Republic 111,222 158.408 702.12 143.705 773.96 Liechtenstein 16,034 45.911 349.24 41.650 384.97 Switzerland 81,074 39.164 2,070.12 35.529 2,281.91 Lithuania 6,309 22.046 286.17 20.000 315.45 Poland 11,907 20.708 575.00 18.786 633.82 Belarus 127,035 99.549 1,276.11 90.309 1,406.67 Spain 549,527 379.324 1,448.70 344.117 1,596.92 Italy 1,476,596 1,833.152 805.50 1,663.008 887.91 Turkey 15,183 21.429 708.53 19.440 781.02 Israel 232,760 454.353 512.29 412.182 564.70 Saudi Arabia 27,064 67.159 402.98 60.926 444.21 United Arab Emirates 11,838 21.625 547.42 19.618 603.43 India 429,501 572.181 750.64 519.074 827.44 Thailand 192,669 151.530 1,271.49 137.466 1,401.58 Malaysia 10,541 12.252 860.35 11.115 948.36 Indonesia 34,885 108.796 320.65 98.698 353.45 China 1,438,625 1,722.363 835.26 1,562.502 920.72 Korea, South 3,045,216 2,777.453 1,096.41 2,519.664 1,208.58 Taiwan 1,786,431 1,813.491 985.08 1,645.172 1,085.86 Japan 5,508,834 6,074.166 906.93 5,510.392 999.72 Australia 272,686 585.646 465.62 531.289 513.25 South Africa 1,277,151 2,979.760 428.61 2,703.194 472.46 CATEGORY TOTAL 45,371,569 58,376.013 777.23 52,957.843 856.75 BLACK PLATE...........................28 BLACK PLATE...........................28 Canada 35,740 105.166 339.84 95.405 374.61 Mexico 296,844 755.014 393.16 684.937 433.39 Chile 713,267 2,726.917 261.57 2,473.818 288.33 United Kingdom 3,080 5.828 528.48 5.287 582.56 Netherlands 14,055 49.032 286.65 44.481 315.98 Belgium 12,779 34.348 372.04 31.160 410.11 France 926,532 2,079.511 445.55 1,886.501 491.14 Federal Republic of Germany 764,034 458.873 1,665.02 416.283 1,835.37 Greece 181,300 500.813 362.01 454.330 399.05 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS SEPTEMBER CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 11/02/99 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Taiwan 14,246 32.717 435.43 29.680 479.99 Japan 3,393,178 5,360.845 632.96 4,863.278 697.71 CATEGORY TOTAL 6,355,055 12,109.063 524.82 10,985.160 578.51 TIN PLATE.............................29 TIN PLATE.............................29 Canada 3,651,646 6,098.402 598.79 5,532.379 660.05 Brazil 1,132,114 2,102.695 538.41 1,907.533 593.50 Norway 1,246,312 2,490.873 500.35 2,259.683 551.54 United Kingdom 425,554 867.012 490.83 786.540 541.05 Netherlands 1,127,194 1,967.655 572.86 1,785.027 631.47 France 802,520 1,563.165 513.39 1,418.080 565.92 Federal Republic of Germany 1,473,352 2,748.540 536.05 2,493.434 590.89 China 2,479 3.175 780.79 2.880 860.76 Korea, South 128,665 229.869 559.73 208.534 617.00 Taiwan 66,700 101.701 655.84 92.262 722.94 Japan 7,139,227 15,071.898 473.68 13,673.000 522.14 CATEGORY TOTAL 17,195,763 33,244.985 517.24 30,159.352 570.16 TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A TIN FREE STEEL.......................29A Canada 1,791,663 2,806.552 638.39 2,546.062 703.70 Brazil 28,729 68.542 419.14 62.180 462.03 Netherlands 1,157,769 2,487.972 465.35 2,257.051 512.96 Belgium 178,433 341.819 522.01 310.093 575.42 France 388,541 851.238 456.44 772.230 503.14 Federal Republic of Germany 81,103 155.826 520.47 141.363 573.72 Korea, South 117,175 308.741 379.53 280.085 418.36 Japan 7,809,891 14,114.368 553.33 12,804.343 609.94 CATEGORY TOTAL 11,553,304 21,135.057 546.64 19,173.407 602.57 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 SHEETS HOT ROLLED.....................31 Canada 6,819,870 20,969.690 325.23 19,023.388 358.50 Mexico 7,374,808 29,992.278 245.89 27,208.545 271.05 Venezuela 1,430,325 6,510.749 219.69 5,906.454 242.16 Brazil 284,719 1,370.579 207.74 1,243.369 228.99 Argentina 778,150 3,663.134 212.43 3,323.140 234.16 Sweden 273,611 402.736 679.38 365.356 748.89 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS SEPTEMBER CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 11/02/99 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Finland 7,124 24.354 292.52 22.094 322.44 United Kingdom 56,615 24.066 2,352.49 21.832 2,593.21 Netherlands 9,974,804 37,597.670 265.30 34,108.042 292.45 Belgium 1,187,960 2,984.412 398.05 2,707.414 438.78 France 8,239,027 29,583.456 278.50 26,837.667 306.99 Federal Republic of Germany 4,051,732 14,940.881 271.18 13,554.143 298.93 Austria 626,472 1,467.067 427.02 1,330.901 470.71 Slovakia 4,275,006 18,638.771 229.36 16,908.813 252.83 Hungary 444,555 2,534.296 175.42 2,299.075 193.36 Ukraine 1,113,409 6,203.156 179.49 5,627.410 197.85 Kazakhstan 2,379,576 14,852.533 160.21 13,473.995 176.61 Italy 1,754,036 3,241.738 541.08 2,940.856 596.44 Slovenia 82,238 84.172 977.02 76.360 1,076.98 Romania 2,009,292 10,197.463 197.04 9,250.985 217.20 India 5,710,467 28,047.176 203.60 25,443.977 224.43 Thailand 1,900,119 7,744.914 245.34 7,026.070 270.44 Indonesia 3,705,932 21,278.187 174.17 19,303.252 191.98 China 6,516,924 33,586.541 194.03 30,469.206 213.89 Korea, South 21,411,643 90,253.179 237.24 81,876.330 261.51 Hong Kong 32,900 8.731 3,768.18 7.921 4,153.52 Taiwan 11,333,719 53,320.917 212.56 48,371.936 234.30 Japan 2,256,251 4,670.113 483.13 4,236.656 532.55 Australia 1,793,198 8,293.986 216.20 7,524.180 238.32 New Zealand 2,575,976 11,879.958 216.83 10,777.320 239.02 South Africa 3,419,457 16,866.163 202.74 15,300.730 223.48 CATEGORY TOTAL 113,819,915 481,233.066 236.52 436,567.417 260.72 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 SHEETS COLD ROLLED....................32 Canada 10,032,041 13,750.657 729.57 12,474.390 804.21 Mexico 12,797,273 18,059.921 708.60 16,383.689 781.10 Venezuela 1,335,403 5,123.745 260.63 4,648.185 287.30 Chile 1,518,933 5,874.811 258.55 5,329.540 285.00 Brazil 3,994,816 16,556.992 241.28 15,020.255 265.96 Argentina 4,330,339 15,312.278 282.80 13,891.069 311.74 Sweden 818,955 353.857 2,314.37 321.014 2,551.15 Finland 1,068,187 2,164.802 493.43 1,963.876 543.92 United Kingdom 194,901 179.577 1,085.33 162.910 1,196.37 Netherlands 5,045,216 15,174.450 332.48 13,766.033 366.50 Belgium 14,363,279 42,998.940 334.04 39,007.993 368.21 Luxembourg 105,148 291.407 360.83 264.360 397.75 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS SEPTEMBER CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 11/02/99 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE France 3,303,853 6,758.861 488.82 6,131.537 538.83 Federal Republic of Germany 6,505,944 12,686.385 512.83 11,508.898 565.30 Austria 227,159 61.201 3,711.69 55.521 4,091.41 Slovakia 3,184,817 11,507.047 276.77 10,439.020 305.09 Latvia 4,853,648 17,939.043 270.56 16,274.031 298.24 Russia 12,022,848 48,215.409 249.36 43,740.296 274.87 Spain 1,249,658 2,175.337 574.47 1,973.433 633.24 Italy 1,163,208 954.228 1,219.00 865.661 1,343.72 Greece 336,739 1,146.778 293.64 1,040.340 323.68 Turkey 2,378,183 8,797.715 270.32 7,981.155 297.97 India 347,205 256.895 1,351.54 233.051 1,489.82 Thailand 709,151 605.388 1,171.40 549.199 1,291.25 Indonesia 780,096 3,043.922 256.28 2,761.400 282.50 China 1,550,956 5,651.069 274.45 5,126.565 302.53 Korea, South 3,617,630 7,289.685 496.27 6,613.093 547.04 Taiwan 8,518,179 11,433.034 745.05 10,371.877 821.28 Japan 8,525,739 17,083.908 499.05 15,498.265 550.11 Australia 34,753 7.200 4,826.81 6.532 5,320.42 New Zealand 1,213,646 4,384.861 276.78 3,977.880 305.10 South Africa 2,571,422 5,480.256 469.22 4,971.606 517.22 CATEGORY TOTAL 118,699,325 301,319.659 393.93 273,352.674 434.24 SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A SHEETS & STRIP GALV HOT DIPPED.......33A Canada 21,655,582 44,059.902 491.50 39,970.482 541.79 Mexico 17,547,299 34,126.483 514.18 30,959.033 566.79 Guatemala 327,135 617.687 529.61 560.356 583.80 Colombia 437,742 1,102.457 397.06 1,000.132 437.68 Venezuela 3,184,415 7,835.055 406.43 7,107.844 448.01 Brazil 3,073,054 8,548.964 359.47 7,755.492 396.24 Argentina 349,815 956.464 365.74 867.690 403.16 Sweden 20,549 19.817 1,036.94 17.978 1,143.01 Finland 233,598 626.013 373.15 567.910 411.33 United Kingdom 407,031 725.196 561.27 657.887 618.69 Netherlands 368,134 847.122 434.57 768.496 479.03 Belgium 33,180 77.011 430.85 69.863 474.93 Luxembourg 61,284 167.628 365.60 152.070 403.00 France 273,195 654.099 417.67 593.389 460.40 Federal Republic of Germany 10,547,911 20,941.644 503.68 18,997.945 555.21 Austria 2,301 4.288 536.61 3.890 591.52 Russia 3,568,865 10,468.218 340.92 9,496.610 375.80 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS SEPTEMBER CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 11/02/99 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Portugal 109,930 275.329 399.27 249.774 440.12 Italy 708,795 1,864.399 380.17 1,691.355 419.07 Greece 218,655 613.157 356.61 556.247 393.09 India 130,207 266.767 488.09 242.007 538.03 Malaysia 773,330 2,219.514 348.42 2,013.510 384.07 Indonesia 205,955 472.759 435.64 428.880 480.22 China 11,759 28.677 410.05 26.015 452.01 Korea, South 6,711,423 13,920.542 482.12 12,628.507 531.45 Taiwan 4,468,625 10,360.745 431.30 9,399.112 475.43 Japan 5,496,450 11,572.485 474.96 10,498.385 523.55 South Africa 2,161,168 6,267.707 344.81 5,685.970 380.09 CATEGORY TOTAL 83,087,387 179,640.128 462.52 162,966.829 509.84 SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B SHEETS & STRIP GALV ELECTROLYT.......33B Canada 182,510 308.473 591.66 279.842 652.19 Brazil 808,334 2,191.664 368.82 1,988.245 406.56 Argentina 335,505 775.499 432.63 703.521 476.89 United Kingdom 1,012,501 2,239.547 452.10 2,031.683 498.36 Belgium 20,479 51.169 400.22 46.420 441.17 Federal Republic of Germany 1,761,393 3,112.299 565.95 2,823.431 623.85 Switzerland 2,061 0.269 7,661.71 0.244 8,446.72 China 60,285 138.988 433.74 126.088 478.12 Korea, South 1,105,898 2,700.199 409.56 2,449.580 451.46 Taiwan 2,437,160 4,378.175 556.66 3,971.815 613.61 Japan 2,268,740 4,270.104 531.31 3,873.774 585.67 CATEGORY TOTAL 9,994,866 20,166.386 495.62 18,294.643 546.33 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 SHEETS & STRIP ALL OTHER METALIC COAT.34 Canada 2,187,519 2,009.417 1,088.63 1,822.913 1,200.01 Mexico 1,583,466 2,508.377 631.27 2,275.562 695.86 United Kingdom 896,626 1,520.847 589.56 1,379.690 649.87 Belgium 406,943 557.460 729.99 505.719 804.68 Luxembourg 1,777,599 3,958.123 449.10 3,590.750 495.05 France 66,293 134.149 494.17 121.698 544.73 Federal Republic of Germany 278,998 231.597 1,204.67 210.101 1,327.92 Austria 45,454 36.389 1,249.11 33.012 1,376.89 Korea, South 4,260,872 10,773.325 395.50 9,773.399 435.97 Taiwan 375,493 722.757 519.53 655.674 572.68 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS SEPTEMBER CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 11/02/99 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Japan 240,554 186.550 1,289.49 169.235 1,421.42 New Zealand 51,961 67.373 771.24 61.120 850.15 CATEGORY TOTAL 12,171,778 22,706.364 536.05 20,598.873 590.90 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 SHEETS & STRIP - ELECTRICAL...........35 Mexico 5,117 13.168 388.59 11.946 428.34 Sweden 35,450 59.580 595.00 54.050 655.87 United Kingdom 348,776 281.558 1,238.74 255.425 1,365.47 France 33,064 56.489 585.32 51.246 645.20 Federal Republic of Germany 610,615 850.960 717.56 771.978 790.97 Russia 1,417,057 1,648.043 859.84 1,495.080 947.81 Italy 973,493 1,984.326 490.59 1,800.151 540.78 Japan 1,506,388 3,061.006 492.12 2,776.899 542.47 CATEGORY TOTAL 4,929,960 7,955.130 619.72 7,216.775 683.13 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 STRIP - HOT ROLLED....................36 Canada 805,263 2,024.314 397.80 1,836.427 438.49 Mexico 300,373 624.923 480.66 566.921 529.83 Belgium 4,440 3.314 1,339.77 3.006 1,477.05 France 8,781 27.378 320.73 24.837 353.55 Federal Republic of Germany 358,682 498.165 720.01 451.928 793.67 Slovakia 3,325 10.415 319.25 9.448 351.93 Kazakhstan 8,060 32.973 244.44 29.913 269.45 Slovenia 528,156 574.734 918.96 521.390 1,012.98 Romania 10,006 44.960 222.55 40.787 245.32 India 771,499 3,446.592 223.84 3,126.697 246.75 Korea, South 8,082 21.013 384.62 19.063 423.96 Taiwan 13,380 29.432 454.61 26.700 501.12 Japan 14,926 4.858 3,072.46 4.407 3,386.88 CATEGORY TOTAL 2,834,973 7,343.071 386.07 6,661.524 425.57 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 STRIP - COLD ROLLED...................37 Canada 4,603,179 6,317.693 728.62 5,731.316 803.16 Mexico 1,769,286 1,897.326 932.52 1,721.226 1,027.92 Brazil 367,840 480.094 766.18 435.534 844.57 Sweden 2,879,753 538.492 5,347.81 488.512 5,894.95 IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS SEPTEMBER CYCLE - 4 PREPARED 11/02/99 COUNTRY QUANTITY AVERAGE QUANTITY AVERAGE VALUE NET TONS UNIT PRICE METRIC TONS UNIT PRICE Finland 301,783 267.568 1,127.87 242.734 1,243.27 Denmark 10,610 2.223 4,772.83 2.017 5,260.29 United Kingdom 1,574,610 691.248 2,277.92 627.090 2,510.98 Netherlands 168,410 134.479 1,252.31 121.997 1,380.44 Belgium 182,523 170.577 1,070.03 154.745 1,179.51 Luxembourg 66,564 40.545 1,641.73 36.782 1,809.69 France 1,089,930 567.805 1,919.55 515.104 2,115.94 Federal Republic of Germany 5,250,731 2,038.666 2,575.57 1,849.447 2,839.08 Austria 257,513 52.868 4,870.87 47.961 5,369.22 Switzerland 170,688 162.548 1,050.08 147.461 1,157.51 Italy 25,649 26.646 962.58 24.173 1,061.06 Greece 652,155 1,198.460 544.16 1,087.225 599.83 China 19,141 4.740 4,038.19 4.300 4,451.40 Korea, South 286,946 166.287 1,725.61 150.853 1,902.16 Taiwan 585,242 495.724 1,180.58 449.713 1,301.37 Japan 3,329,096 866.418 3,842.37 786.001 4,235.49 Australia 370,161 739.921 500.27 671.245 551.45 South Africa 4,000 5.918 675.90 5.369 745.02 CATEGORY TOTAL 23,965,810 16,866.246 1,420.93 15,300.805 1,566.31 GRAND TOTAL 1,046,054,251 3,111,211.833 336.22 2,822,444.694 370.62 GRAND TOTAL 1,046,054,251 3,111,211.833 336.22 2,822,444.694 370.62 !R! 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