Transaction Prices Forecasts

by Staff -- Purchasing, 10/10/2002

	2002				2003				2004				2005
Quarterly averages	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
				FORECAST
STEEL ($/net ton)
Hot-rolled sheet	237	316	387	373	357	339	320	326	330	328	326	326	332	331	330	328
Cold-rolled sheet	333	408	517	493	477	448	419	429	438	442	440	439	448	448	447	446
Galvanized sheet	347	428	532	522	515	469	423	433	442	446	444	443	452	452	451	450
Plate	247	302	330	343	343	334	324	333	332	337	333	330	327	331	328	327
Cold-finished bars	422	447	473	463	453	455	464	471	477	470	475	473	476	477	476	470
Structural beams	347	328	295	347	328	295	302	308	317	326	335	342	344	343	342	342
Reinforcing bars #6	287	302	306	313	317	301	308	310	303	300	306	309	304	303	310	316
Wire rod/low carbon	297	283	297	297	283	297	305	310	315	317	316	311	314	316	315	309
Stainless Type 304 sheet	1237	1241	1241	1278	1380	1380	1370	1383	1382	1336	1270	1206	1158	1151	1150	1142
Stainless Type 316 plate	2200	2300	2090	2153	2196	2240	2307	2330	2328	2251	2138	2031	1950	1938	1936	1923
NONFERROUS METALS
Aluminum (primary ingot)	65	67	65	65	65	66	67	67	68	69	70	70	70	70	70	69
Aluminum (secondary ingot)	66	76	70	70	70	71	72	72	74	74	75	75	76	75	75	75
Aluminum 3003 sheet	93	103	102	101	102	103	104	105	107	108	109	110	110	110	110	109
Aluminum canstock	103	105	104	103	104	105	106	107	109	110	111	112	113	112	112	111
Aluminum foil	135	136	136	135	136	138	139	141	143	145	146	147	148	147	147	145
Aluminum extrusions	100	102	101	101	101	103	104	105	107	108	109	109	110	109	109	108
Antimony	61	65	93	92	93	94	95	96	98	99	100	100	101	100	100	99
Cadmium	25	25	25	25	25	26	26	26	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27
Cobalt	696	767	675	670	676	683	691	697	710	716	723	726	731	727	726	718
Copper cathode	76	78	74	73	74	75	76	76	78	79	79	80	80	80	80	79
Copper wirebar	79	80	80	79	80	81	82	83	84	85	86	86	87	86	86	85
Copper sheet	153	157	157	156	157	159	161	162	165	167	168	169	170	169	169	167
Brass (red) sheet	143	147	147	146	147	149	150	152	155	156	157	158	159	158	158	156
Brass (yellow) sheet	133	137	137	136	137	139	140	141	144	145	147	147	148	148	147	146
Indium	80	74	70	70	70	71	72	72	74	74	75	75	76	75	75	75
Lead (primary ingot)	26	24	23	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	25	25	25	25	25	24
Magnesium (primary ingot)	113	112	119	118	119	120	122	123	125	126	127	128	129	128	128	127
Mercury	143	154	140	139	140	142	143	145	147	149	150	151	152	151	151	149
Molybdenum	270	430	469	466	469	475	480	484	493	498	502	504	508	505	504	499
Nickel (melting grade)	282	317	318	316	318	322	325	328	335	338	341	342	344	343	342	338
Tin (alloyers' grade)	283	298	290	288	290	293	297	299	305	308	311	312	314	312	312	309
Titanium (sponge)	298	308	296	294	296	300	303	306	311	314	317	318	320	319	318	315
Titanium (non-aero sheet)	800	800	768	763	769	777	786	793	808	815	822	826	832	827	826	817
Titanium (non-aero plate)	775	775	744	739	745	753	761	768	783	790	797	800	806	802	800	792
Zinc (special high grade)	39	39	38	38	38	38	39	39	40	40	41	41	41	41	41	40
Zinc (die-cast #3)	48	47	46	46	46	47	47	47	48	49	49	49	50	50	49	49
PRECIOUS METALS ($/troy ounce)
Gold	291	314	315	313	315	319	322	325	331	334	337	339	341	339	339	335
Silver	4.51	4.75	4.69	4.66	4.69	4.75	4.80	4.84	4.93	4.98	5.02	5.04	5.08	5.05	5.04	4.99
Platinum	486	541	541	537	542	547	553	558	569	574	579	582	586	583	582	576
Palladium	388	359	328	326	328	332	336	339	345	348	351	353	355	353	353	349
Rhodium	980	879	716	711	717	725	733	739	753	760	767	770	775	771	770	762
ENERGY (national averages)
Electricity (�/kwh)	4.25	4.15	4.35	4.48	4.53	4.38	4.51	4.78	4.45	4.37	4.48	4.83	4.52	4.50	4.60	4.92
Natural gas (�/mcf)	356	417	395	442	506	493	504	528	535	479	485	516	536	515	485	487
Crude oil-Texas ($/bbl)	21.65	26.23	28.17	28.00	28.48	28.14	27.71	27.02	26.37	25.90	26.36	26.79	26.06	26.27	26.56	26.83
No. 2 fuel oil (�/gal)	107	104	112	104	95	92	85	82	76	75	77	83	77	77	79	84
No. 6 fuel oil ($/gal)	20	25	31	29	26	25	24	23	21	21	21	23	21	21	22	23
WOOD PULP ($/net ton)
Bleached hardwood/North	417	440	470	474	478	484	492	500	506	512	517	520	523	525	526	528
Bleached hardwood/South	403	417	460	464	468	474	482	489	496	502	506	509	512	514	515	517
Bleached softwood/North	447	473	510	514	519	525	534	542	549	556	560	564	567	570	571	573
Bleached softwood/South	422	433	480	484	488	495	503	510	517	523	528	531	534	536	538	539
Unbleached softwood kraft	407	420	440	444	448	453	461	468	474	480	484	487	489	491	493	494
PAPER & PAPERBOARD ($/ton)
Newsprint	475	455	452	455	459	463	466	469	473	480	485	488	490	491	492	497
Uncoated/supercalendered	693	700	700	704	711	717	721	726	732	743	751	757	760	761	763	770
Coated publication #3	800	720	720	724	732	737	742	747	753	764	773	778	781	783	784	792
Uncoated bond #4	753	767	772	777	784	791	795	801	807	820	829	834	838	839	841	849
Uncoated directory	705	662	660	664	671	676	680	685	690	701	708	713	716	718	719	726
Unbleached kraft/shipping sack	703	700	720	724	732	737	742	747	753	764	773	778	781	783	784	792
Linerboard/East	386	400	402	404	408	411	414	417	420	426	431	434	436	437	438	442
Linerboard/West	408	415	418	421	425	428	431	434	438	444	449	452	454	455	456	460
Corrugating medium/semichemical	332	345	367	369	373	376	378	381	384	390	394	397	398	399	400	404
Bleached kraft/folding carton stock	820	820	860	865	874	881	886	892	899	913	923	929	933	935	937	946
Recycled boxboard/claycoated	563	560	610	614	620	625	629	633	638	648	655	659	662	663	665	671
LUMBER ($/1000 bd ft)
2x4 Douglas fir	306	299	302	302	304	305	307	306	308	310	312	311	314	316	318	317
2x4 Inland hem/fir	317	333	313	313	315	316	318	317	320	322	323	323	325	328	330	329
1x12 Ponderosa pine	368	386	302	302	304	305	307	306	308	310	312	311	314	316	318	317
PLYWOOD ($/1000 bd ft)
1/4' sanded	326	336	332	332	334	336	337	337	339	341	343	342	345	348	350	349
1/2' 4-ply CDX fir	303	301	277	277	278	280	281	281	283	285	286	286	288	290	292	291
OSB Waferboard/Northeast	160	158	161	161	162	163	163	163	164	165	166	166	167	169	170	169
1/10' CDX fir, veneer	43	43	39	39	39	39	40	40	40	40	40	40	41	41	41	41
Particleboard/West	160	160	164	164	165	166	166	166	167	168	169	169	170	172	173	172
PLASTICS (�/lb)
ABS/injection molding	66	68	71	70	72	73	75	75	76	76	77	77	78	77	77	76
LDPE/liner grade	42	47	52	52	52	54	55	55	56	56	56	57	57	57	56	56
LDPE/extrusion	40	43	49	49	49	51	52	52	53	53	53	53	54	53	53	52
LLDPE/general purpose	40	40	43	42	43	44	45	45	46	46	46	47	47	47	46	46
LLDPE/film grade	38	42	44	44	44	45	46	47	47	47	48	48	48	48	47	47
HDPE/blow-mold HIC grade	38	45	48	48	48	50	51	51	51	52	52	52	53	52	52	51
HDPE/film grade	38	42	49	49	49	51	52	52	53	53	53	53	54	53	53	52
PET/botle grade	64	62	63	62	63	65	66	67	68	68	68	69	69	69	68	67
PP/homopolymer	33	37	40	39	40	41	42	42	43	43	43	43	44	43	43	42
PS/general purpose	43	47	51	51	52	53	54	54	55	55	56	56	56	56	55	55
PS/impact	43	47	51	51	51	53	54	54	55	55	55	56	56	56	55	54
Polymeric MDI (polyurethane)	110	110	110	109	111	114	116	117	118	118	119	120	121	120	119	118
PVC/general purpose	41	43	45	45	46	47	48	48	49	49	49	49	50	49	49	48
CHEMICALS (�/lb)
Acetic acid	36	36	34	34	34	34	35	36	35	36	36	36	36	36	36	36
Acetone	16	18	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	20	20	20
Acrylonitrile	34	36	34	34	34	34	34	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35
Benzene (gal)	80	114	133	132	132	133	134	135	135	136	136	137	137	136	136	136
Butadiene	17	19	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	23	23
Ethylene	17	18	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	23	23
Glycerine	75	71	65	64	65	65	66	66	66	66	67	67	67	66	66	66
Methanol (gal)	52	56	60	59	60	60	61	61	61	61	61	62	62	61	61	61
Propylene/chemical grade	17	18	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	21	21	21
Styrene	24	37	31	31	31	31	31	31	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32
Titanium dioxide	93	100	98	97	98	98	99	99	100	100	100	101	101	100	100	100
Toulene	66	91	96	95	96	96	97	97	98	98	98	99	99	98	98	98
Vinyl chloride monomer	13	21	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	25	25	25	25	25	25	24
Xylenes/mixed	64	89	97	96	97	97	98	98	99	99	99	100	100	99	99	99
CHEMICALS ($/ton)
Caustic soda	142	93	100	99	100	100	101	101	102	102	102	103	103	102	102	102
Chlorine	75	108	138	137	137	138	140	140	140	141	141	142	143	141	141	141
Hydrochloric acid	72	74	82	81	81	82	83	83	83	83	84	84	84	84	83	83
Soda ash	103	115	107	106	106	107	108	108	108	109	109	110	110	109	109	109
Sulfuric acid	52	54	52	52	52	52	53	53	53	53	54	54	54	54	53	53

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