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 Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,700,211 1,115,810 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,117 3,509 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 773,047 179,067 Wire Rods 189,998 65,868 Structural Shapes Heavy 103,008 38,181 Steel Piling 16,258 8,442 Plates Cut Lengths 65,126 32,438 Plates In Coils 125,206 38,188 Rails Standard 21,216 9,845 Rails All Other 1,835 1,184 Railroad Accessories 172 100 Bars - Hot Rolled 117,817 56,384 Bars - Light Shaped 28,266 11,061 Bars - Reinforcing 85,876 17,109 Bars - Cold Finished 28,438 31,587 Tool Steel 14,298 18,751 Standard Pipe 81,791 40,913 Oil Country Goods 25,283 16,926 Line Pipe 79,042 36,506 Mechanical Tubing 39,099 36,103 Pressure Tubing 3,909 4,098 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 7,289 25,167 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 2,237 2,640 Structural Pipe & Tube 38,297 19,173 Pipe For Piling 1,619 1,315 Wire Drawn 56,296 48,444 Black Plate 8,853 6,014 Tin Plate 40,907 22,686 Tin Free Steel 18,101 10,964 Sheets Hot Rolled 391,048 113,339 Sheets Cold Rolled 129,244 91,379 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 141,954 72,631 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 16,779 8,619 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 19,175 13,662 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 8,037 5,323 Strip - Hot Rolled 4,530 2,180 Strip - Cold Rolled 14,041 26,017 ____________________________________________________________________________ December 1999 Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,748,064 1,116,097 Ingots And Steel For Castings 4,221 7,585 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 680,649 178,145 Wire Rods 202,862 66,594 Structural Shapes Heavy 105,467 36,734 Steel Piling 10,189 5,043 Plates Cut Lengths 63,625 29,768 Plates In Coils 145,273 39,478 Rails Standard 7,408 3,580 Rails All Other 1,604 908 Railroad Accessories 377 177 Bars - Hot Rolled 112,503 54,408 Bars - Light Shaped 23,978 9,251 Bars - Reinforcing 77,136 15,889 Bars - Cold Finished 23,719 28,114 Tool Steel 13,200 18,933 Standard Pipe 65,353 32,716 Oil Country Goods 25,220 15,381 Line Pipe 84,678 39,554 Mechanical Tubing 31,545 25,881 Pressure Tubing 4,058 4,211 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 7,742 27,620 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 2,303 2,615 Structural Pipe & Tube 33,769 16,675 Pipe For Piling 3,478 1,448 Wire Drawn 55,103 48,142 Black Plate 16,598 7,724 Tin Plate 23,898 14,001 Tin Free Steel 20,521 11,622 Sheets Hot Rolled 492,342 135,500 Sheets Cold Rolled 200,133 108,659 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 137,632 70,352 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 19,562 10,377 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 18,178 12,312 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 13,925 9,520 Strip - Hot Rolled 6,191 3,050 Strip - Cold Rolled 13,626 24,130 ____________________________________________________________________________ December 1999 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,814,332 1,122,469 Ingots And Steel For Castings 36,967 9,926 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 698,337 178,145 Wire Rods 202,862 66,594 Structural Shapes Heavy 114,224 39,081 Steel Piling 10,189 5,043 Plates Cut Lengths 63,625 29,768 Plates In Coils 145,273 39,478 Rails Standard 7,408 3,580 Rails All Other 1,611 938 Railroad Accessories 394 188 Bars - Hot Rolled 112,821 54,558 Bars - Light Shaped 23,998 9,259 Bars - Reinforcing 83,546 17,030 Bars - Cold Finished 23,719 28,114 Tool Steel 13,246 18,989 Standard Pipe 65,353 32,716 Oil Country Goods 25,220 15,381 Line Pipe 84,678 39,554 Mechanical Tubing 31,545 25,881 Pressure Tubing 4,076 4,222 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 7,763 27,620 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 2,328 2,663 Structural Pipe & Tube 33,769 16,675 Pipe For Piling 3,478 1,448 Wire Drawn 55,141 48,171 Black Plate 16,598 7,724 Tin Plate 23,898 14,001 Tin Free Steel 20,521 11,622 Sheets Hot Rolled 492,484 135,500 Sheets Cold Rolled 200,106 108,757 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 137,646 70,377 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 19,562 10,377 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 18,229 12,414 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 13,925 9,520 Strip - Hot Rolled 6,191 3,050 Strip - Cold Rolled 13,603 24,107 _____________________________________________________________________________ January 1999 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,485,321 1,050,538 Ingots And Steel For Castings 389 831 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 367,719 84,273 Wire Rods 180,691 58,662 Structural Shapes Heavy 189,085 57,051 Steel Piling 12,197 6,860 Plates Cut Lengths 134,807 57,590 Plates In Coils 96,561 28,777 Rails Standard 34,846 16,679 Rails All Other 1,953 1,244 Railroad Accessories 135 189 Bars - Hot Rolled 109,100 56,929 Bars - Light Shaped 16,175 6,266 Bars - Reinforcing 70,954 19,481 Bars - Cold Finished 21,061 25,013 Tool Steel 12,701 16,613 Standard Pipe 62,911 33,221 Oil Country Goods 15,440 12,282 Line Pipe 100,312 52,086 Mechanical Tubing 30,490 28,161 Pressure Tubing 3,025 3,958 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 7,049 23,994 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,070 1,352 Structural Pipe & Tube 40,938 18,889 Pipe For Piling 1,642 689 Wire Drawn 51,455 45,569 Black Plate 11,332 6,640 Tin Plate 35,903 20,634 Tin Free Steel 19,559 13,303 Sheets Hot Rolled 365,376 98,662 Sheets Cold Rolled 285,655 125,131 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 148,583 80,038 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 9,539 5,202 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 19,416 12,487 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 8,414 5,629 Strip - Hot Rolled 4,714 2,387 Strip - Cold Rolled 14,122 23,765 ___________________________________________________________________________ December 1998 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,595,632 1,107,807 Ingots And Steel For Castings 3,520 2,538 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 375,844 90,282 Wire Rods 187,260 61,581 Structural Shapes Heavy 163,625 48,924 Steel Piling 16,338 9,534 Plates Cut Lengths 155,142 83,827 Plates In Coils 130,623 35,731 Rails Standard 23,329 12,106 Rails All Other 3,700 2,694 Railroad Accessories 585 137 Bars - Hot Rolled 105,493 54,459 Bars - Light Shaped 25,028 8,912 Bars - Reinforcing 82,699 19,462 Bars - Cold Finished 22,887 28,360 Tool Steel 10,079 14,582 Standard Pipe 58,808 31,374 Oil Country Goods 9,291 8,327 Line Pipe 80,437 45,255 Mechanical Tubing 29,108 27,789 Pressure Tubing 4,315 5,130 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 5,680 22,323 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,607 1,587 Structural Pipe & Tube 32,753 15,824 Pipe For Piling 1,247 547 Wire Drawn 48,722 43,706 Black Plate 12,089 6,262 Tin Plate 21,221 13,240 Tin Free Steel 10,877 6,639 Sheets Hot Rolled 381,556 104,894 Sheets Cold Rolled 379,365 164,678 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 150,976 83,471 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 18,938 9,236 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 13,347 9,665 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 5,294 5,327 Strip - Hot Rolled 5,785 3,095 Strip - Cold Rolled 18,064 26,310 CONTACT: For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-457-2311), Foreign Trade Division, Bureau of Census.