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<LEGEND>
This schedule contains summary consolidated financial information extracted from
the Consolidated Financial Statements of UCAR International Inc., included in
its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 1999, and
is qualified in its entirety by reference to such Consolidated Financial
Statements.

</LEGEND>
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