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UK steel mill deliveries

UK mills' home and export deliveries, 1988 - 2007

UK mills' deliveries to UK consumers and stockholders, 2002 - 2007 by quarter

UK market data: home and export deliveries, imports and apparent consumption

Home deliveries by UK mills
	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Ingots and semis	135	134	159	150	116	109
Rods & bars for reinforcement	393	233	666	621	773	785
Wire rod	581	520	502	341	335	292
Hot rolled bars, flats & light sections	539	441	441	411	400	424
Heavy sections, piling & rails	932	923	1,003	815	1,074	1,085
Hot rolled wide coil (non-alloy)	724	755	1,048	961	982	769
Plates, including wide flats	412	409	461	457	490	490
Sheets, coated & uncoated (non-alloy)	1,394	1,438	1,398	1,249	1,370	1,349
Tin mill products	261	275	338	318	282	334
Stainless & other alloy flat products	167	154	139	119	125	155
Bright bars	152	145	144	129	122	123
Cold rolled narrow strip	120	118	94	79	61	50
Tubes	695	679	670	595	627	554
Total	6,506	6,226	7,065	6,246	6,757	6,520

Export deliveries by UK mills
	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Ingots and semis	681	1,330	1,415	1,929	2,382	3,034
Rods & bars for reinforcement	105	12	67	102	147	327
Wire rod	738	704	740	738	767	839
Hot rolled bars, flats & light sections	645	533	602	568	583	711
Heavy sections, piling & rails	850	750	603	506	366	243
Hot rolled wide coil (non-alloy)	247	421	421	432	314	244
Plates, including wide flats	526	491	509	473	507	486
Sheets, coated & uncoated (non-alloy)	760	982	895	927	960	827
Tin mill products	322	211	254	266	203	253
Stainless & other alloy flat products	191	186	186	191	116	98
Bright bars	119	128	133	104	103	116
Cold rolled narrow strip	58	67	61	52	37	31
Tubes	369	386	390	337	366	436
Total	5,612	6,202	6,275	6,627	6,852	7,645

Imports (net of imports for conversion into other steel products)
	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Ingots and semis	75	71	139	138	111	126
Rods & bars for reinforcement	505	631	391	434	515	575
Wire rod	302	338	259	184	273	286
Hot rolled bars, flats & light sections	325	379	403	366	426	434
Heavy sections, piling & rails	696	687	824	684	714	898
Hot rolled wide coil (non-alloy)	623	636	601	476	559	748
Plates, including wide flats	455	468	406	325	432	474
Sheets, coated & uncoated (non-alloy)	2,180	2,077	2,425	1,960	2,295	2,496
Tin mill products	298	280	247	272	262	146
Stainless & other alloy flat products	354	263	349	273	413	351
Bright bars	124	148	138	138	139	121
Cold rolled narrow strip	86	80	108	89	87	75
Tubes	731	796	930	903	1,120	1,005
Total	6,754	6,855	7,195	6,242	7,345	7,734

Total supply to UK market (apparent consumption)
	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Ingots and semis	210	206	298	288	227	235
Rods & bars for reinforcement	898	865	1,057	1,056	1,288	1,360
Wire rod	883	858	761	525	609	578
Hot rolled bars, flats & light sections	863	820	844	777	825	858
Heavy sections, piling & rails	1,628	1,611	1,827	1,499	1,788	1,983
Hot rolled wide coil (non-alloy)	1,348	1,391	1,649	1,437	1,541	1,517
Plates, including wide flats	867	877	867	783	923	964
Sheets, coated & uncoated (non-alloy)	3,574	3,515	3,823	3,209	3,665	3,845
Tin mill products	559	555	585	590	544	479
Stainless & other alloy flat products	522	418	488	391	538	506
Bright bars	276	293	282	267	261	244
Cold rolled narrow strip	206	198	203	168	147	126
Tubes	1,426	1,474	1,599	1,498	1,747	1,559
Total	13,260	13,081	14,278	12,488	14,102	14,354

Import share of total UK market	50.9%	52.4%	50.4%	50.0%	52.1%	54.3%

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