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. February 2000 January 2000 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 3,047,263 1,216,438 2,700,211 1,115,810 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,737 1,535 2,117 3,509 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 812,522 202,795 773,047 179,067 Wire Rods 205,020 65,537 189,998 65,868 Structural Shapes Heavy 95,645 34,761 103,008 38,181 Steel Piling 10,988 5,797 16,258 8,442 Plates Cut Lengths 49,127 25,918 65,126 32,438 Plates In Coils 149,017 43,966 125,206 38,188 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 118,791 54,304 117,817 56,384 Bars - Light Shaped 25,627 9,994 28,266 11,061 Bars - Reinforcing 116,314 22,614 85,876 17,109 Bars - Cold Finished 29,487 33,006 28,438 31,587 Tool Steel 10,777 16,143 14,298 18,751 Standard Pipe 85,041 42,062 81,791 40,913 Oil Country Goods 42,908 25,568 25,283 16,926 Line Pipe 69,331 32,210 79,042 36,506 Mechanical Tubing 36,880 31,083 39,099 36,103 Pressure Tubing 4,457 5,259 3,909 4,098 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,876 22,818 7,289 25,167 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,930 2,327 2,237 2,640 Structural Pipe & Tube 37,295 19,668 38,297 19,173 Pipe For Piling 14,069 9,970 1,619 1,315 Wire Drawn 50,732 45,093 56,296 48,444 Black Plate 13,072 6,709 8,853 6,014 Tin Plate 31,800 17,332 40,907 22,686 Tin Free Steel 18,108 11,040 18,101 10,964 Sheets Hot Rolled 559,088 162,024 391,048 113,339 Sheets Cold Rolled 205,980 117,171 129,244 91,379 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 156,896 79,766 141,954 72,631 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 16,675 8,493 16,779 8,619 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 19,931 15,106 19,175 13,662 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 8,596 6,107 8,037 5,323 Strip - Hot Rolled 4,468 2,406 4,530 2,180 Strip - Cold Rolled 14,144 26,658 14,041 26,017 ______________________________________________________________________________ January 2000 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,782,524 1,131,867 Ingots And Steel For Castings 4,430 3,509 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 825,108 187,296 Wire Rods 189,923 65,830 Structural Shapes Heavy 103,013 38,183 Steel Piling 16,258 8,442 Plates Cut Lengths 65,368 32,525 Plates In Coils 125,553 38,292 Rails Standard 21,216 9,845 Rails All Other 1,835 1,184 Railroad Accessories 172 100 Bars - Hot Rolled 119,741 57,040 Bars - Light Shaped 28,435 11,073 Bars - Reinforcing 106,777 21,008 Bars - Cold Finished 27,339 31,107 Tool Steel 14,958 19,422 Standard Pipe 82,013 40,997 Oil Country Goods 25,283 16,926 Line Pipe 80,153 37,597 Mechanical Tubing 39,266 36,182 Pressure Tubing 3,909 4,098 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 7,330 25,185 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 2,237 2,640 Structural Pipe & Tube 38,297 19,173 Pipe For Piling 506 219 Wire Drawn 56,399 48,591 Black Plate 8,853 6,014 Tin Plate 41,434 22,918 Tin Free Steel 20,811 12,443 Sheets Hot Rolled 391,514 113,494 Sheets Cold Rolled 129,566 91,830 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 142,142 72,765 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 4,541 2,189 Strip - Cold Rolled 14,152 26,145 _______________________________________________________ February 1999 January 1999 Final 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 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."