MEsteel Statistics

Source	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	YTD 2001	YTD 2002	% Change YTD	% change 1997-2001
Source	In Short Tons							% Change YTD	% change 1997-2001
Canada	4,633,383	4,831,995	4,940,501	5,169,564	4,568,279	738,426	856,301	16.0%	-1.4%
Brazil	2,806,811	2,705,122	3,651,937	3,404,666	2,854,330	426,252	977,153	129.2%	1.7%
Mexico	3,154,460	3,111,734	3,545,349	3,175,835	2,833,889	404,038	231,609	-42.7%	-10.2%
Korea	1,692,703	3,516,698	3,112,957	2,905,665	2,485,074	401,795	489,237	21.8%	46.8%
Japan	2,371,724	6,457,694	2,936,958	1,978,267	1,937,826	221,630	468,740	111.5%	-18.3%
Russia	3,308,099	5,237,131	1,215,864	1,524,272	1,705,051	251,196	456,482	81.7%	-48.5%
Germany	2,246,889	1,614,225	1,598,418	1,883,111	1,636,206	151,467	344,015	127.1%	-27.2%
China	570,233	724,133	914,862	1,690,399	959,803	195,980	139,109	-29.0%	68.3%
France	1,017,166	1,030,007	1,146,353	941,621	855,459	121,781	155,649	27.8%	-15.9%
Australia	437,217	940,981	936,457	813,225	687,561	54,562	165,299	203.0%	57.3%
Turkey	396,253	391,881	251,749	489,988	680,129	61,725	253,141	310.1%	71.6%
Netherlands	768,147	800,587	861,194	864,842	650,166	67,230	75,050	11.6%	-15.4%
Taiwan	199,747	499,782	937,276	1,288,485	620,684	104,826	161,687	54.2%	210.7%
Italy	564,162	500,531	341,077	495,603	517,637	138,192	59,095	-57.2%	-8.2%
United Kingdom	629,907	933,759	582,892	631,509	502,402	86,323	87,872	1.8%	-20.2%
Spain	417,808	449,302	478,367	620,671	496,479	125,413	51,064	-59.3%	18.8%
Belgium	452,633	421,308	513,855	471,134	460,365	41,039	69,631	69.7%	1.7%
South Africa	296,448	579,292	521,931	565,945	450,953	26,483	63,646	140.3%	52.1%
Argentina	157,690	166,795	484,409	425,117	386,904	60,737	85,091	40.1%	145.4%
Venezuela	390,175	473,823	385,673	388,533	261,671	53,293	106,193	99.3%	-32.9%
Ukraine	439,672	718,966	593,594	1,184,289	250,405	40,007	186,897	367.2%	-43.0%
India	213,003	316,027	559,155	999,144	245,492	73,904	99,600	34.8%	15.3%
Luxembourg	174,370	293,854	200,108	253,517	243,767	48,516	27,935	-42.4%	39.8%
Romania	164,206	242,526	425,340	463,122	215,544	51,996	16,723	-67.8%	31.3%
Austria	128,332	143,481	91,811	183,660	210,517	27,504	27,497	0.0%	64.0%
Sweden	261,425	238,210	196,597	185,516	203,795	38,334	38,109	-0.6%	-22.0%
Czech Republic	115,347	91,619	58,008	95,408	180,928	18,108	16,561	-8.5%	56.9%
Thailand	73,799	149,285	207,292	536,013	178,521	37,251	34,841	-6.5%	141.9%
Poland	129,666	143,365	130,341	332,852	176,942	50,704	19,208	-62.1%	36.5%
Malaysia	40,982	60,254	97,875	143,752	163,545	8,281	27,950	237.5%	299.1%
Finland	167,141	200,183	224,979	171,646	131,941	21,998	46,450	111.2%	-21.1%
Indonesia	118,174	391,474	482,611	338,890	100,704	29,109	19,027	-34.6%	-14.8%
New Zealand	136,758	95,725	134,752	103,920	93,732	14,363	17,057	18.8%	-31.5%
Egypt	16,378	18,202	267	9,706	88,593	975	4,240	335.0%	440.9%
Algeria	0	1,697	597	1,808	78,624	0	24	N/A	N/A
Bulgaria	66,480	30,626	22,777	33,700	73,752	6,383	22,241	248.4%	10.9%
Norway	22,178	30,432	44,454	93,914	53,401	8,924	2,729	-69.4%	140.8%
Colombia	24,361	28,798	40,040	56,263	45,848	6,271	9,047	44.3%	88.2%
Greece	59,396	50,904	52,937	65,687	43,741	4,802	4,653	-3.1%	-26.4%
United Arab Em	20,788	36,008	31,008	53,148	40,697	7,457	10,146	36.1%	95.8%
Latvia	112,324	175,958	375,531	253,632	33,711	0	0	N/A	-70.0%
Saudi Arabia	5,075	2,113	4,914	1,624	32,896	97	374	286.3%	548.2%
Singapore	1,693	1,353	12,216	1,578	30,980	5,765	464	-92.0%	1,730.3%
Hungary	17,670	34,268	36,381	31,549	26,437	7,766	7,829	0.8%	49.6%
Belarus	927	19,906	77,150	109,382	20,839	924	1,784	93.2%	2,148.2%
Trin & Tobago	33,551	8,295	7,900	10,760	20,599	5,089	137	-97.3%	-38.6%
Slovakia	171,324	162,963	125,948	152,156	20,580	358	3,369	840.4%	-88.0%
Kazakhstan	22,588	149,265	131,694	219,678	17,236	17,216	0	-100.0%	-23.7%
Chile	25,841	40,669	45,184	48,963	16,123	4,896	3,202	-34.6%	-37.6%
Denmark	5,477	5,426	4,568	4,538	15,870	467	804	72.3%	189.7%
Switzerland	24,698	48,671	14,646	12,469	15,041	2,051	2,676	30.5%	-39.1%
Dominican Rep	5,718	6,951	6,992	6,342	14,331	721	7,625	957.0%	150.6%
Macedonia	43,385	61,601	40,261	94,610	13,113	0	0	N/A	-69.8%
Portugal	19,358	39,267	10,816	27,263	12,878	4,330	1,065	-75.4%	-33.5%
Oman	0	0	0	4,553	10,126	0	2,766	N/A	N/A
Guatemala	5,183	7,109	8,817	8,471	9,400	1,696	1,840	8.5%	81.4%
Israel	9,684	4,154	5,987	11,909	9,012	1,930	1,745	-9.6%	-6.9%
Slovenia	8,616	7,463	7,989	7,289	6,485	1,875	842	-55.1%	-24.7%
Lithuania	1,560	62,930	5,957	12,201	4,819	773	872	12.8%	208.9%
Honduras	4,543	5,216	4,163	6,369	4,580	592	468	-21.0%	0.8%
Philippines	12,599	19,765	5,957	10,181	3,527	97	1,971	1,941.4%	-72.0%
Pakistan	174	2,271	2,966	6,728	2,612	403	0	-100.0%	1,404.4%
Moldova	42,178	204,426	183,822	202,132	2,304	0	0	N/A	-94.5%
Ecuador	643	511	2,872	1,865	2,116	184	273	48.6%	229.2%
Peru	27	555	6,886	1,337	1,225	211	0	-100.0%	4,462.5%
Ireland	796	3,875	1,507	20,542	989	614	25	-95.9%	24.2%
Hong Kong	555	1,044	4,146	1,411	654	19	148	671.8%	17.8%
Vietnam	0	399	2,530	1,664	646	192	370	93.1%	N/A
Macao	1,397	2,604	2,682	1,214	615	155	0	-100.0%	-56.0%
Cyprus	0	9,269	0	248	356	46	43	-5.8%	N/A
Liechtenstein	224	92	195	57,842	230	30	46	50.7%	2.9%
Tokelau Is	920	266	0	0	205	0	0	N/A	-77.7%
Yugoslavia	0	0	16	313	167	0	0	N/A	N/A
Sri Lanka	66	20	0	72	160	0	0	N/A	142.6%
Estonia	20	556	113	42	133	23	0	-100.0%	571.2%
Costa Rica	311	259	23	510	129	0	1	522.8%	-58.5%
El Salvador	0	0	308	1,746	112	95	0	-100.0%	N/A
Georgia	0	0	0	1,645	94	1	0	-100.0%	N/A
Croatia	3,536	11,241	460	5,269	79	0	0	N/A	-97.8%
Aruba	20	0	0	0	60	0	20	N/A	205.9%
Panama	33	11	0	2	42	22	0	-100.0%	27.3%
Br Virgin Is	0	0	0	0	27	0	0	N/A	N/A
Kenya	136	80	121	421	24	0	6	N/A	-82.6%
Liberia	0	0	0	0	23	0	0	N/A	N/A
Burma (Myanmar)	0	0	17	22	22	22	0	-100.0%	N/A
Tonga	0	0	0	0	21	0	0	N/A	N/A
Guyana	884	1	51	0	18	0	0	N/A	-97.9%
Dominica Is	2	0	33	5	12	12	0	-100.0%	602.1%
Monaco	0	23	0	0	4	4	0	-100.0%	2,740.8%
Senegal	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	N/A	N/A
Tajikistan	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	N/A	N/A
Br Indian O Ter	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	N/A	N/A
Botswana	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	N/A	N/A
Suriname	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	N/A	N/A
Lebanon	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	N/A	N/A
Morocco	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	N/A	N/A
Kyrgystan	0	25	0	0	1	0	0	N/A	1,100.0%
Bolivia	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	N/A	N/A
North Korea	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	N/A	N/A
Bahamas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	N/A	N/A
Bangladesh	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	N/A	-99.9%
Albania	0	0	15	5	0	0	0	N/A	N/A
Belize	0	0	11	38	0	0	0	N/A	N/A
Cayman Is	0	2,218	0	0	0	0	0	N/A	N/A
Cote d'Ivoire	0	0	0	21	0	0	0	N/A	N/A
Gabon	0	133	0	0	0	0	0	N/A	N/A
Haiti	0	2	19	10	0	0	0	N/A	N/A
Zimbabwe	0	0	0	609	0	0	0	N/A	N/A
Tunisia	22,080	218	7,879	4,609	0	0	0	N/A	-100.0%
Syria	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	N/A	N/A
Swaziland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	N/A	N/A
St Lucia Is	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	N/A	N/A
Paraguay	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	N/A	-100.0%
Norfolk Is	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	N/A	N/A
Niger	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	N/A	N/A
New Caledonia	0	0	94	0	0	0	0	N/A	N/A
Netherlands Ant	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	N/A	-100.0%
Nepal	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	N/A	N/A
Namibia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	N/A	N/A
Montserrat Is	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	N/A	N/A
Mauritius	0	0	42	0	0	0	0	N/A	N/A
Sierra Leone	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	N/A	-100.0%
Sao Tome & Prin	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	N/A
San Marino	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	N/A	-100.0%
Malta & Gozo	0	5	43	11	0	0	0	N/A	N/A
Mali	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	N/A	N/A
Kuwait	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	N/A	N/A
Kiribati	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	N/A	N/A
Jordan	6	12	1	3	0	0	18	N/A	-100.0%
Jamaica	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	N/A	-100.0%
Iran	0	0	0	236	0	0	0	N/A	N/A
Iceland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	N/A	-100.0%
Guinea	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	N/A	N/A
Falkland Is	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	N/A	N/A
Cen African Rep	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	N/A	-100.0%
Cameroon	699	0	19	0	0	0	0	N/A	-100.0%
Bosnia-Hercegov	0	0	0	294	0	0	0	N/A	N/A
Bahrain	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	N/A	N/A
Antigua Barbuda	0	7	21	0	0	0	0	N/A	N/A
Total:	29,490,682	39,771,931	34,102,591	36,380,792	28,723,034	4,285,947	5,967,783	39.2%	-2.6%