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THE FINANCIAL DATA SCHEDULE CONTAINS SUMMARY FINANCIAL INFORMATION EXTRACTED FROM BAYOU STEEL CORPORATION CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS AND CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND IS QUALIFIED IN ITS ENTIRETY BY REFERENCE TO SUCH FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

12-MOS SEP-30-2000 SEP-30-2000 17,446,189 0 23,052,854 521,619 79,083,257 126,148,635 182,028,517 69,510,501 243,259,048 28,041,903 119,127,333 128,906 0 0 95,960,906 243,259,048 202,498,005 203,999,659 191,607,687 198,659,192 (441,260) (29,482) 11,388,101 (5,576,892) 0 (5,576,892) 0 0 0 (5,576,892) (.43) (.43)