Transaction Price Forecasts

Staff -- Purchasing, 7/5/2001

Quarterly averages	2000 Q1	2000 Q2	2000 Q3	2000 Q4	2001 Q1	2001 Q2	2001 Q3	2001 Q4	2002 Q1	2002 Q2	2002 Q3	2002 Q4	2003 Q1	2003 Q2	2003 Q3	2003 Q4
STEEL (dollars/ton)
Hot-rolled sheet	327	335	287	242	222	237	241	250	258	263	270	278	287	287	295	305
Cold-rolled sheet	437	437	390	355	333	337	343	356	367	374	383	395	408	409	420	433
Galvanized sheet	440	440	420	380	340	350	356	370	382	389	399	411	424	425	437	450
Plate	323	336	332	333	316	301	306	318	328	335	343	353	365	366	376	387
Cold-finished bars	460	467	453	433	423	430	438	454	469	478	490	505	521	522	537	553
Structural beams	307	313	300	300	277	292	297	308	318	324	332	343	353	354	364	375
Reinforcing bars #6	322	312	275	273	280	302	307	319	329	336	344	354	366	366	377	388
Wire rod/low carbon	300	297	293	280	290	297	302	313	324	330	338	348	360	360	370	382
Stainless Type 304 sheet	1750	1958	1758	1573	1461	1414	1439	1494	1542	1573	1611	1660	1714	1717	1765	1820
Stainless Type 316 plate	2200	2300	2090	1903	1728	1728	1759	1826	1884	1922	1968	2029	2094	2098	2157	2224
NONFERROUS METALS (cents/lb)
Aluminum (primary ingot)	79	72	76	72	74	74	73	74	76	79	81	83	85	85	84	84
Aluminum (secondary ingot)	70	66	65	62	66	66	65	66	68	70	72	74	75	75	74	74
Aluminum 3003 sheet	114	109	110	106	97	92	90	91	94	97	100	102	104	104	103	103
Aluminum canstock	115	110	111	110	103	99	97	99	102	105	108	111	113	113	111	111
Aluminum foil	157	158	153	152	145	144	142	144	148	153	158	162	165	165	162	162
Aluminum extrusions	124	119	120	119	110	106	104	106	109	112	116	118	121	121	119	119
Antimony	57	55	79	73	69	67	66	66	68	71	73	74	76	76	75	75
Cadmium	14	16	18	18	18	24	23	24	24	25	26	26	27	27	27	27
Cobalt	1481	1636	1460	1499	1372	1191	1174	1187	1223	1263	1301	1332	1357	1357	1338	1338
Copper cathode	86	85	92	90	85	80	79	80	82	85	88	90	92	92	90	90
Copper wirebar	90	88	92	90	86	85	84	85	87	90	93	95	97	97	96	96
Copper sheet	166	163	167	171	166	161	159	160	165	171	176	180	184	184	181	181
Brass (red) sheet	156	153	157	161	156	151	149	151	155	160	165	169	172	172	170	170
Brass (yellow) sheet	146	143	147	151	146	141	139	141	145	150	154	158	161	161	158	158
Indium	160	143	113	96	88	90	89	90	92	95	98	101	103	103	101	101
Lead (primary ingot)	38	36	37	37	32	24	24	24	25	26	27	27	28	28	27	27
Magnesium (primary ingot)	142	138	138	129	126	126	124	126	129	134	138	141	144	144	142	142
Mercury	140	140	140	140	140	148	146	148	152	157	162	166	169	169	167	167
Molybdenum	249	265	256	233	225	246	243	245	253	261	269	275	280	280	276	276
Nickel (melting grade)	428	443	385	344	305	315	310	314	323	334	344	352	359	359	354	354
Tin (alloyers' grade)	385	357	367	361	353	342	337	341	351	363	374	383	390	390	384	384
Titanium (sponge)	425	425	425	425	425	425	419	424	436	451	464	475	484	484	478	478
Titanium (non-aero sheet)	875	875	875	875	875	875	863	872	898	928	956	979	997	997	983	983
Titanium (non-aero plate)	750	750	750	750	750	750	740	748	770	795	819	839	855	855	843	843
Zinc (special high grade)	56	55	58	53	50	46	46	46	48	49	51	52	53	53	52	52
Zinc (die-cast #3)	65	67	67	62	60	55	55	55	57	59	60	62	63	63	62	62
PRECIOUS METALS ($/troy ounce)
Gold	290	280	276	269	265	266	263	265	273	282	291	298	304	304	299	299
Silver	5.21	5.07	4.97	4.76	4.57	4.4	4.34	4.38	4.51	4.66	4.8	4.92	5.01	5.01	4.94	4.94
Platinum	471	514	572	591	609	601	593	599	617	638	657	673	685	685	676	676
Palladium	560	597	724	808	949	665	656	663	683	705	726	744	758	758	747	747
Rhodium	1695	1910	2103	1781	2096	1833	1807	1827	1882	1944	2002	2051	2089	2089	2060	2060
ENERGY (national average)
Electricity (cents/kwh)	4.16	4.4	4.8	4.72	4.83	5.23	5.3	5.32	5.64	5.98	6.28	5.95	6.31	6.68	7.02	6.65
Natural gas (cents/mcf)	355	390	450	524	651	439	436	474	406	335	296	324	344	365	383	363
Crude oil Texas ($/bbl)	26.83	26.63	29.74	29.12	24.71	23.47	24.35	24.89	21.15	21.57	22.54	22.73	23.55	24.25	24.86	23.57
No. 2 fuel oil (cents/gal)	113	107	118	130	128	111	107	91	97	90	89	87	92	97	102	97
No. 6 fuel oil ($/gal)	24	25	26	29	28	26	25	23	21	20	20	20	21	22	23	22
WOOD PULP ($/ton)
Bleached hardwood/North	610	650	670	675	635	422	411	408	416	424	432	441	452	462	473	484
Bleached hardwood/South	600	640	670	660	620	423	413	410	417	426	433	443	453	464	474	485
Bleached softwood/North	640	680	710	710	680	487	475	471	480	489	498	510	521	533	545	558
Bleached softwood/South	620	660	690	693	648	478	466	463	471	481	490	501	512	524	536	548
Unbleached softwood kraft	600	640	670	670	578	500	488	484	493	503	512	523	536	548	560	573
PAPER & PAPERBOARD ($/ton)
Newsprint	515	555	560	600	600	593	584	584	591	603	617	629	638	648	658	665
Uncoated groundwood/supercalendered	680	680	700	680	820	800	788	788	797	813	831	848	861	874	887	897
Coated publication #3	940	940	940	927	920	820	808	808	817	834	852	869	882	895	909	919
Uncoated bond #4	860	870	840	873	840	800	788	788	797	813	831	848	861	874	887	897
Uncoated directory	680	680	700	680	740	737	726	726	734	749	765	781	793	804	816	826
Unbleached kraft/shipping sack	690	717	737	737	723	710	693	692	703	722	743	761	773	784	796	805
Linerboard/East	428	455	455	455	448	430	409	421	429	412	400	420	426	432	439	444
Linerboard/West	445	475	475	475	468	468	445	458	467	449	435	457	464	471	478	483
Corrugating medium/semichemical	422	435	428	430	413	397	377	388	396	380	369	387	393	399	405	409
Bleached kraft/folding carton stock	833	860	867	863	850	830	789	812	828	795	771	810	822	834	847	857
Recycled boxboard/claycoated	557	590	590	583	570	570	542	558	569	546	530	556	565	573	582	588
LUMBER ($/1000 bdft)
2x4 Douglas fir	327	314	281	302	293	357	347	343	348	352	355	359	363	366	370	374
2x4 Inland hem/fir	408	378	281	271	267	376	369	369	352	354	358	383	387	391	395	398
1x12 Ponderosa pine	443	391	316	358	373	404	396	396	378	380	384	411	415	419	424	428
PLYWOOD ($/1000 bdft)
1/4" sanded	345	346	347	353	341	343	336	336	321	323	326	349	352	356	359	363
1/2" 4-ply CDX fir	318	307	292	288	261	324	317	317	303	305	308	329	333	336	339	343
OSB Waferboard/Northeast	265	241	170	155	132	199	215	237	272	289	292	312	315	318	321	325
1/10" CDX fir, veneer	48	44	41	39	39	41	40	40	38	39	39	42	42	43	43	43
Particleboard/West	250	246	218	197	184	190	186	186	178	179	181	193	195	197	199	201
PLASTICS (cents/lb)
ABS/injection molding	74	77	78	75	75	78	79	79	79	79	79	80	80	79	78	78
LDPE/liner grade	52	50	48	48	51	49	49	50	49	49	50	50	50	50	49	49
LDPE/clarity	47	49	52	52	51	49	49	50	49	49	50	50	50	50	49	49
LLDPE/butene-based	49	51	52	50	48	47	47	48	47	47	48	48	48	48	47	47
LLDPE/octene-based	46	47	47	47	48	46	46	47	46	46	47	47	47	47	46	46
HDPE/blow-mold HIC grade	42	43	44	44	46	45	45	46	45	45	46	46	46	46	45	45
HDPE/film grade	54	52	51	51	51	50	50	51	50	50	51	51	51	51	50	50
PET/botle grade	56	58	60	62	63	62	62	63	62	63	63	64	63	63	62	62
PP/homopolymer	34	37	41	40	39	39	39	40	39	39	40	40	40	39	39	39
PS/general purpose	48	54	63	58	54	54	54	55	54	54	55	56	55	55	54	54
PS/impact	45	50	58	57	57	55	55	55	55	55	56	56	56	55	55	54
Polyurethane/polymeric MDI	115	115	110	105	110	110	111	112	111	111	112	113	112	111	110	110
PVC/general purpose	45	47	45	45	49	47	48	48	48	48	48	49	48	48	48	47
CHEMICALS (cents/lb)
Acetic acid	20	26	26	23	27	29	30	31	31	32	33	33	34	35	36	36
Acetone	19	21	21	20	25	29	30	31	32	32	33	34	35	35	36	37
Acrylonitrile	25	25	32	32	38	34	35	36	36	37	38	39	40	41	41	42
Benzene (gal)	167	167	131	130	145	132	136	140	142	144	148	152	155	159	162	166
Butadiene	17	17	17	22	25	29	30	31	32	32	33	34	35	35	36	37
Ethylene	28	35	35	35	33	34	35	36	36	37	38	39	40	41	41	42
Glycerine	52	62	69	72	75	75	77	80	81	82	84	86	88	90	92	94
Methanol (gal)	48	59	65	68	76	77	80	82	83	84	86	89	91	93	95	97
Propylene/chemical grade	19	20	20	22	26	26	27	28	28	29	29	30	31	31	32	33
Styrene	45	46	43	45	44	38	40	41	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48
Titanium dioxide	103	107	106	104	104	110	114	117	119	121	123	127	130	133	135	138
Toulene	107	121	141	132	154	128	132	136	138	140	143	147	151	154	157	161
Vinyl chloride monomer	20	21	21	22	24	27	28	29	29	30	30	31	32	33	33	34
Xylenes/mixed	112	116	124	132	150	128	132	136	138	140	144	148	151	154	158	161
CHEMICALS ($/ton)
Caustic soda	208	225	245	242	332	416	430	443	448	456	467	480	490	501	512	523
Chlorine	200	258	275	253	175	70	72	74	75	76	78	80	82	84	86	88
Hydrochloric acid	77	78	83	80	71	416	430	443	448	456	467	480	490	501	512	523
Soda ash	83	98	95	105	121	416	430	443	448	456	467	480	490	501	512	523
Sulfuric acid	51	52	52	53	54	55	57	58	59	60	61	63	64	66	67	69

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