Not Seasonally Adjusted Exhibit 1. U.S. Imports For Consumption of Steel Products: (Census Basis) Quantity in metric tons/value In thousands of dollars. Details may not equal totals due to rounding. January 2000 Final December 1999 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,782,524 1,131,867 2,814,332 1,122,469 Ingots And Steel For Castings 4,430 3,509 36,967 9,926 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 825,108 187,296 698,337 178,145 Wire Rods 189,923 65,830 202,862 66,594 Structural Shapes Heavy 103,013 38,183 114,224 39,081 Steel Piling 16,258 8,442 10,189 5,043 Plates Cut Lengths 65,368 32,525 63,625 29,768 Plates In Coils 125,553 38,292 145,273 39,478 Rails Standard 21,216 9,845 7,408 3,580 Rails All Other 1,835 1,184 1,611 938 Railroad Accessories 172 100 394 188 Bars - Hot Rolled 119,741 57,040 112,821 54,558 Bars - Light Shaped 28,435 11,073 23,998 9,259 Bars - Reinforcing 106,777 21,008 83,546 17,030 Bars - Cold Finished 27,339 31,107 23,719 28,114 Tool Steel 14,958 19,422 13,246 18,989 Standard Pipe 82,013 40,997 65,353 32,716 Oil Country Goods 25,283 16,926 25,220 15,381 Line Pipe 80,153 37,597 84,678 39,554 Mechanical Tubing 39,266 36,182 31,545 25,881 Pressure Tubing 3,909 4,098 4,076 4,222 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 7,330 25,185 7,763 27,620 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 2,237 2,640 2,328 2,663 Structural Pipe & Tube 38,297 19,173 33,769 16,675 Pipe For Piling 506 219 3,478 1,448 Wire Drawn 56,399 48,591 55,141 48,171 Black Plate 8,853 6,014 16,598 7,724 Tin Plate 41,434 22,918 23,898 14,001 Tin Free Steel 20,811 12,443 20,521 11,622 Sheets Hot Rolled 391,514 113,494 492,484 135,500 Sheets Cold Rolled 129,566 91,830 200,106 108,757 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 142,142 72,765 137,646 70,377 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 16,779 8,619 19,562 10,377 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 19,175 13,662 18,229 12,414 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 8,037 5,323 13,925 9,520 Strip - Hot Rolled 4,541 2,189 6,191 3,050 Strip - Cold Rolled 14,152 26,145 13,603 24,107 ________________________________________________________________________________ January 1999 Final December 1998 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,485,321 1,050,538 2,595,632 1,107,807 Ingots And Steel For Castings 389 831 3,520 2,538 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 367,719 84,273 375,844 90,282 Wire Rods 180,691 58,662 187,260 61,581 Structural Shapes Heavy 189,085 57,051 163,625 48,924 Steel Piling 12,197 6,860 16,338 9,534 Plates Cut Lengths 134,807 57,590 155,142 83,827 Plates In Coils 96,561 28,777 130,623 35,731 Rails Standard 34,846 16,679 23,329 12,106 Rails All Other 1,953 1,244 3,700 2,694 Railroad Accessories 135 189 585 137 Bars - Hot Rolled 109,100 56,929 105,493 54,459 Bars - Light Shaped 16,175 6,266 25,028 8,912 Bars - Reinforcing 70,954 19,481 82,699 19,462 Bars - Cold Finished 21,061 25,013 22,887 28,360 Tool Steel 12,701 16,613 10,079 14,582 Standard Pipe 62,911 33,221 58,808 31,374 Oil Country Goods 15,440 12,282 9,291 8,327 Line Pipe 100,312 52,086 80,437 45,255 Mechanical Tubing 30,490 28,161 29,108 27,789 Pressure Tubing 3,025 3,958 4,315 5,130 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 7,049 23,994 5,680 22,323 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,070 1,352 1,607 1,587 Structural Pipe & Tube 40,938 18,889 32,753 15,824 Pipe For Piling 1,642 689 1,247 547 Wire Drawn 51,455 45,569 48,722 43,706 Black Plate 11,332 6,640 12,089 6,262 Tin Plate 35,903 20,634 21,221 13,240 Tin Free Steel 19,559 13,303 10,877 6,639 Sheets Hot Rolled 365,376 98,662 381,556 104,894 Sheets Cold Rolled 285,655 125,131 379,365 164,678 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 148,583 80,038 150,976 83,471 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 9,539 5,202 18,938 9,236 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 19,416 12,487 13,347 9,665 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 8,414 5,629 5,294 5,327 Strip - Hot Rolled 4,714 2,387 5,785 3,095 Strip - Cold Rolled 14,122 23,765 18,064 26,310 CONTACT: For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-457-2311), Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Census Bureau. NOTE: For information on more detailed data available, please see record titled "MORE DETAILED FOREIGN TRADE DATA AVAILABLE."