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. 2000 Data February Final January Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 3,160,184 1,249,557 2,782,524 1,131,867 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,737 1,535 4,430 3,509 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 844,161 210,482 825,108 187,296 Wire Rods 210,057 66,715 189,923 65,830 Structural Shapes Heavy 111,525 39,373 103,013 38,183 Steel Piling 10,988 5,797 16,258 8,442 Plates Cut Lengths 48,449 25,758 65,368 32,525 Plates In Coils 151,844 44,848 125,553 38,292 Rails Standard 18,350 8,895 21,216 9,845 Rails All Other 4,515 2,261 1,835 1,184 Railroad Accessories 69 45 172 100 Bars - Hot Rolled 122,024 55,807 119,741 57,040 Bars - Light Shaped 26,344 10,165 28,435 11,073 Bars - Reinforcing 128,354 24,863 106,777 21,008 Bars - Cold Finished 30,365 33,502 27,339 31,107 Tool Steel 10,782 16,171 14,958 19,422 Standard Pipe 88,021 42,732 82,013 40,997 Oil Country Goods 46,795 27,656 25,283 16,926 Line Pipe 70,720 32,775 80,153 37,597 Mechanical Tubing 37,978 31,507 39,266 36,182 Pressure Tubing 4,485 5,279 3,909 4,098 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,886 22,853 7,330 25,185 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,930 2,327 2,237 2,640 Structural Pipe & Tube 37,335 19,687 38,297 19,173 Pipe For Piling 14,069 9,970 506 219 Wire Drawn 50,875 45,221 56,399 48,591 Black Plate 13,117 6,751 8,853 6,014 Tin Plate 31,800 17,332 41,434 22,918 Tin Free Steel 18,108 11,040 20,811 12,443 Sheets Hot Rolled 586,242 170,147 391,514 113,494 Sheets Cold Rolled 210,335 119,381 129,566 91,830 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 156,956 79,789 142,142 72,765 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 16,675 8,493 16,779 8,619 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 20,049 15,193 19,175 13,662 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 8,596 6,107 8,037 5,323 Strip - Hot Rolled 4,468 2,406 4,541 2,189 Strip - Cold Rolled 14,180 26,695 14,152 26,145 _______________________________________________________________________________ 1999 Data February Final January Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,033,924 864,713 2,485,321 1,050,538 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,422 1,362 389 831 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 360,322 74,350 367,719 84,273 Wire Rods 145,779 46,747 180,691 58,662 Structural Shapes Heavy 174,410 49,437 189,085 57,051 Steel Piling 8,935 5,175 12,197 6,860 Plates Cut Lengths 73,144 35,496 134,807 57,590 Plates In Coils 88,451 28,116 96,561 28,777 Rails Standard 20,186 9,823 34,846 16,679 Rails All Other 2,017 1,440 1,953 1,244 Railroad Accessories 290 195 135 189 Bars - Hot Rolled 82,925 42,260 109,100 56,929 Bars - Light Shaped 21,355 7,704 16,175 6,266 Bars - Reinforcing 94,626 20,019 70,954 19,481 Bars - Cold Finished 18,133 21,115 21,061 25,013 Tool Steel 9,506 16,396 12,701 16,613 Standard Pipe 56,480 29,522 62,911 33,221 Oil Country Goods 3,855 3,755 15,440 12,282 Line Pipe 84,395 41,621 100,312 52,086 Mechanical Tubing 30,391 27,038 30,490 28,161 Pressure Tubing 3,878 4,850 3,025 3,958 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 4,915 20,306 7,049 23,994 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,100 1,331 1,070 1,352 Structural Pipe & Tube 38,046 18,543 40,938 18,889 Pipe For Piling 2,186 1,266 1,642 689 Wire Drawn 50,300 43,999 51,455 45,569 Black Plate 4,995 2,687 11,332 6,640 Tin Plate 34,758 20,150 35,903 20,634 Tin Free Steel 10,752 10,015 19,559 13,303 Sheets Hot Rolled 189,352 50,838 365,376 98,662 Sheets Cold Rolled 227,691 107,268 285,655 125,131 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 135,637 72,975 148,583 80,038 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 9,543 4,950 9,539 5,202 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 12,905 8,312 19,416 12,487 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 7,823 6,182 8,414 5,629 Strip - Hot Rolled 7,964 3,622 4,714 2,387 Strip - Cold Rolled 15,457 25,846 14,122 23,765 ______________________________________________________________________________ February Cumulative To Date 2000 Final 1999 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 5,942,708 2,381,423 4,519,245 1,915,251 Ingots And Steel For Castings 7,167 5,045 1,811 2,194 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 1,669,269 397,778 728,042 158,622 Wire Rods 399,981 132,545 326,471 105,409 Structural Shapes Heavy 214,538 77,556 363,495 106,489 Steel Piling 27,246 14,239 21,132 12,035 Plates Cut Lengths 113,817 58,283 207,951 93,086 Plates In Coils 277,397 83,141 185,012 56,893 Rails Standard 39,565 18,740 55,033 26,502 Rails All Other 6,351 3,444 3,970 2,684 Railroad Accessories 241 144 425 384 Bars - Hot Rolled 241,765 112,847 192,025 99,189 Bars - Light Shaped 54,779 21,238 37,530 13,970 Bars - Reinforcing 235,131 45,871 165,580 39,500 Bars - Cold Finished 57,704 64,609 39,194 46,128 Tool Steel 25,740 35,593 22,207 33,009 Standard Pipe 170,034 83,729 119,391 62,743 Oil Country Goods 72,078 44,581 19,295 16,038 Line Pipe 150,873 70,372 184,707 93,707 Mechanical Tubing 77,244 67,688 60,881 55,199 Pressure Tubing 8,394 9,376 6,903 8,808 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 14,216 48,038 11,963 44,300 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 4,167 4,967 2,171 2,683 Structural Pipe & Tube 75,632 38,860 78,984 37,432 Pipe For Piling 14,575 10,188 3,828 1,955 Wire Drawn 107,273 93,812 101,755 89,569 Black Plate 21,971 12,765 16,326 9,327 Tin Plate 73,235 40,250 70,660 40,785 Tin Free Steel 38,919 23,483 30,311 23,318 Sheets Hot Rolled 977,755 283,641 554,728 149,500 Sheets Cold Rolled 339,901 211,211 513,346 232,399 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 299,098 152,554 284,220 153,013 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 33,454 17,112 19,082 10,153 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 39,225 28,856 32,321 20,799 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 16,633 11,430 16,237 11,811 Strip - Hot Rolled 9,009 4,595 12,678 6,009 Strip - Cold Rolled 28,331 52,840 29,579 49,611 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."