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 Commodity March Final February Final Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,919,830 1,295,611 3,160,184 1,249,557 Ingots And Steel For Castings 3,507 1,860 2,737 1,535 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 537,961 153,048 844,161 210,482 Wire Rods 184,147 62,103 210,057 66,715 Structural Shapes Heavy 168,638 61,227 111,525 39,373 Steel Piling 15,345 7,975 10,988 5,797 Plates Cut Lengths 54,389 31,870 48,449 25,758 Plates In Coils 133,510 44,064 151,844 44,848 Rails Standard 19,385 9,309 18,350 8,895 Rails All Other 2,369 1,426 4,515 2,261 Railroad Accessories 296 196 69 45 Bars - Hot Rolled 144,981 67,981 122,024 55,807 Bars - Light Shaped 30,088 11,694 26,344 10,165 Bars - Reinforcing 215,848 41,794 128,354 24,863 Bars - Cold Finished 34,522 39,518 30,365 33,502 Tool Steel 16,432 21,333 10,782 16,171 Standard Pipe 88,104 44,312 88,021 42,732 Oil Country Goods 51,378 35,077 46,795 27,656 Line Pipe 93,582 52,195 70,720 32,775 Mechanical Tubing 49,704 40,924 37,978 31,507 Pressure Tubing 3,310 4,783 4,485 5,279 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 9,252 31,493 6,886 22,853 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,900 2,506 1,930 2,327 Structural Pipe & Tube 46,772 23,518 37,335 19,687 Pipe For Piling 7,386 4,506 14,069 9,970 Wire Drawn 60,826 53,207 50,875 45,221 Black Plate 5,040 2,785 13,117 6,751 Tin Plate 38,443 21,682 31,800 17,332 Tin Free Steel 21,182 12,520 18,108 11,040 Sheets Hot Rolled 471,048 144,002 586,242 170,147 Sheets Cold Rolled 206,180 130,058 210,335 119,381 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 135,526 73,301 156,956 79,789 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 20,555 10,627 16,675 8,493 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 19,093 14,004 20,049 15,193 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 8,054 6,247 8,596 6,107 Strip - Hot Rolled 4,768 3,024 4,468 2,406 Strip - Cold Rolled 16,308 29,441 14,180 26,695 _______________________________________________________________________________ 1999 Data Commodity March Final February Final Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,600,963 1,041,424 2,033,924 864,713 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,114 1,817 1,422 1,362 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 599,467 134,304 360,322 74,350 Wire Rods 210,925 58,517 145,779 46,747 Structural Shapes Heavy 123,658 38,589 174,410 49,437 Steel Piling 9,995 4,980 8,935 5,175 Plates Cut Lengths 115,678 50,393 73,144 35,496 Plates In Coils 105,433 28,477 88,451 28,116 Rails Standard 19,471 10,010 20,186 9,823 Rails All Other 1,722 1,087 2,017 1,440 Railroad Accessories 211 176 290 195 Bars - Hot Rolled 113,371 57,068 82,925 42,260 Bars - Light Shaped 23,603 10,311 21,355 7,704 Bars - Reinforcing 127,757 25,065 94,626 20,019 Bars - Cold Finished 19,745 24,151 18,133 21,115 Tool Steel 17,491 21,590 9,506 16,396 Standard Pipe 57,493 31,034 56,480 29,522 Oil Country Goods 4,612 5,063 3,855 3,755 Line Pipe 60,849 30,942 84,395 41,621 Mechanical Tubing 35,624 30,767 30,391 27,038 Pressure Tubing 2,224 2,698 3,878 4,850 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 5,928 20,860 4,915 20,306 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,279 1,559 1,100 1,331 Structural Pipe & Tube 39,806 19,221 38,046 18,543 Pipe For Piling 1,723 928 2,186 1,266 Wire Drawn 61,417 53,339 50,300 43,999 Black Plate 18,320 9,946 4,995 2,687 Tin Plate 34,966 19,722 34,758 20,150 Tin Free Steel 12,187 9,607 10,752 10,015 Sheets Hot Rolled 298,500 80,785 189,352 50,838 Sheets Cold Rolled 253,725 118,714 227,691 107,268 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 168,378 86,489 135,637 72,975 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 8,206 4,309 9,543 4,950 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 16,027 10,127 12,905 8,312 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 7,819 5,479 7,823 6,182 Strip - Hot Rolled 5,805 3,220 7,964 3,622 Strip - Cold Rolled 16,436 30,080 15,457 25,846 ______________________________________________________________________________ March Cumulative To Date Commodity 2000 Final 1999 Final Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 8,862,538 3,677,034 7,120,208 2,956,676 Ingots And Steel For Castings 10,674 6,904 2,926 4,011 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 2,207,231 550,826 1,327,509 292,926 Wire Rods 584,128 194,648 537,396 163,925 Structural Shapes Heavy 383,176 138,784 487,153 145,078 Steel Piling 42,591 22,215 31,127 17,014 Plates Cut Lengths 168,206 90,153 323,629 143,479 Plates In Coils 410,907 127,204 290,445 85,370 Rails Standard 58,950 28,050 74,504 36,513 Rails All Other 8,720 4,870 5,692 3,771 Railroad Accessories 537 340 636 560 Bars - Hot Rolled 386,745 180,828 305,396 156,257 Bars - Light Shaped 84,868 32,933 61,133 24,280 Bars - Reinforcing 450,979 87,665 293,336 64,565 Bars - Cold Finished 92,226 104,128 58,939 70,279 Tool Steel 42,172 56,926 39,698 54,599 Standard Pipe 258,138 128,040 176,884 93,777 Oil Country Goods 123,455 79,658 23,907 21,100 Line Pipe 244,455 122,568 245,556 124,650 Mechanical Tubing 126,948 108,612 96,505 85,966 Pressure Tubing 11,704 14,159 9,127 11,506 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 23,468 79,531 17,891 65,160 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 6,067 7,473 3,449 4,242 Structural Pipe & Tube 122,404 62,378 118,789 56,654 Pipe For Piling 21,961 14,694 5,551 2,883 Wire Drawn 168,099 147,019 163,172 142,908 Black Plate 27,011 15,550 34,646 19,274 Tin Plate 111,678 61,932 105,626 60,507 Tin Free Steel 60,101 36,004 42,497 32,925 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,448,804 427,643 853,229 230,285 Sheets Cold Rolled 546,081 341,270 767,071 351,113 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 434,624 225,855 452,598 239,502 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 54,009 27,739 27,288 14,461 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 58,318 42,860 48,348 30,927 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 24,688 17,678 24,056 17,289 Strip - Hot Rolled 13,778 7,619 18,484 9,229 Strip - Cold Rolled 44,639 82,281 46,016 79,690 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."