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 April Final March Final Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 3,423,190 1,388,472 2,919,830 1,295,611 Ingots And Steel For Castings 8,524 8,176 3,507 1,860 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 989,960 256,269 537,961 153,048 Wire Rods 190,362 62,373 184,147 62,103 Structural Shapes Heavy 130,478 52,082 168,638 61,227 Steel Piling 11,200 5,730 15,345 7,975 Plates Cut Lengths 68,028 31,821 54,389 31,870 Plates In Coils 137,298 45,464 133,510 44,064 Rails Standard 27,993 13,937 19,385 9,309 Rails All Other 1,272 796 2,369 1,426 Railroad Accessories 242 107 296 196 Bars - Hot Rolled 119,213 59,609 144,981 67,981 Bars - Light Shaped 26,434 11,048 30,088 11,694 Bars - Reinforcing 161,373 33,139 215,848 41,794 Bars - Cold Finished 27,853 33,050 34,522 39,518 Tool Steel 12,243 17,338 16,432 21,333 Standard Pipe 73,700 37,503 88,104 44,312 Oil Country Goods 52,566 30,807 51,378 35,077 Line Pipe 99,493 50,297 93,582 52,195 Mechanical Tubing 41,833 35,060 49,704 40,924 Pressure Tubing 5,755 7,518 3,310 4,783 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,909 24,891 9,252 31,493 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,498 2,334 1,900 2,506 Structural Pipe & Tube 41,793 20,686 46,772 23,518 Pipe For Piling 1,384 646 7,386 4,506 Wire Drawn 55,895 48,156 60,826 53,207 Black Plate 8,256 5,058 5,040 2,785 Tin Plate 18,651 10,337 38,443 21,682 Tin Free Steel 9,762 6,760 21,182 12,520 Sheets Hot Rolled 669,183 202,388 471,048 144,002 Sheets Cold Rolled 212,683 136,239 206,180 130,058 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 143,442 78,760 135,526 73,301 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 21,338 11,694 20,555 10,627 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 18,693 13,526 19,093 14,004 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 10,996 7,081 8,054 6,247 Strip - Hot Rolled 4,068 2,239 4,768 3,024 Strip - Cold Rolled 12,820 25,551 16,308 29,441 ________________________________________________________________________________ 1999 Data Commodity April Final March Final Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,301,768 951,831 2,600,963 1,041,424 Ingots And Steel For Castings 762 1,322 1,114 1,817 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 419,826 92,608 599,467 134,304 Wire Rods 185,137 56,460 210,925 58,517 Structural Shapes Heavy 81,145 25,805 123,658 38,589 Steel Piling 12,398 5,895 9,995 4,980 Plates Cut Lengths 52,505 26,408 115,678 50,393 Plates In Coils 87,200 24,172 105,433 28,477 Rails Standard 33,929 17,057 19,471 10,010 Rails All Other 3,961 2,349 1,722 1,087 Railroad Accessories 388 197 211 176 Bars - Hot Rolled 107,867 52,043 113,371 57,068 Bars - Light Shaped 20,417 7,507 23,603 10,311 Bars - Reinforcing 115,671 24,022 127,757 25,065 Bars - Cold Finished 21,884 25,611 19,745 24,151 Tool Steel 10,228 16,187 17,491 21,590 Standard Pipe 58,642 30,476 57,493 31,034 Oil Country Goods 5,499 4,418 4,612 5,063 Line Pipe 80,803 38,979 60,849 30,942 Mechanical Tubing 30,514 24,877 35,624 30,767 Pressure Tubing 4,037 4,050 2,224 2,698 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 5,240 18,693 5,928 20,860 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,270 1,568 1,279 1,559 Structural Pipe & Tube 32,959 16,230 39,806 19,221 Pipe For Piling 2,108 1,196 1,723 928 Wire Drawn 58,407 48,678 61,417 53,339 Black Plate 8,540 4,500 18,320 9,946 Tin Plate 41,860 23,987 34,966 19,722 Tin Free Steel 13,756 8,028 12,187 9,607 Sheets Hot Rolled 323,052 84,682 298,500 80,785 Sheets Cold Rolled 257,869 125,390 253,725 118,714 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 172,156 91,694 168,378 86,489 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 11,446 6,205 8,206 4,309 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 14,338 9,651 16,027 10,127 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 6,110 4,130 7,819 5,479 Strip - Hot Rolled 5,146 2,345 5,805 3,220 Strip - Cold Rolled 14,698 24,412 16,436 30,080 ________________________________________________________________________________ April Cumulative To Date Commodity 2000 Final 1999 Final Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 12,285,728 5,065,505 9,421,975 3,908,507 Ingots And Steel For Castings 19,198 15,081 3,688 5,333 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 3,197,190 807,095 1,747,335 385,534 Wire Rods 774,489 257,020 722,533 220,385 Structural Shapes Heavy 513,654 190,865 568,298 170,883 Steel Piling 53,791 27,944 43,525 22,909 Plates Cut Lengths 236,234 121,974 376,134 169,887 Plates In Coils 548,205 172,669 377,645 109,542 Rails Standard 86,943 41,986 108,433 53,570 Rails All Other 9,992 5,666 9,653 6,120 Railroad Accessories 779 447 1,024 757 Bars - Hot Rolled 505,958 240,437 413,262 208,300 Bars - Light Shaped 111,301 43,981 81,549 31,787 Bars - Reinforcing 612,352 120,804 409,008 88,587 Bars - Cold Finished 120,079 137,178 80,822 95,890 Tool Steel 54,416 74,264 49,926 70,787 Standard Pipe 331,838 165,544 235,526 124,253 Oil Country Goods 176,022 110,465 29,407 25,518 Line Pipe 343,948 172,865 326,359 163,629 Mechanical Tubing 168,781 143,672 127,019 110,843 Pressure Tubing 17,459 21,678 13,164 15,557 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 30,377 104,422 23,131 83,852 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 7,565 9,807 4,720 5,810 Structural Pipe & Tube 164,198 83,063 151,748 72,883 Pipe For Piling 23,345 15,340 7,659 4,079 Wire Drawn 223,994 195,175 221,579 191,586 Black Plate 35,267 20,608 43,186 23,774 Tin Plate 130,329 72,269 147,486 84,494 Tin Free Steel 69,863 42,764 56,254 40,953 Sheets Hot Rolled 2,117,987 630,031 1,176,280 314,967 Sheets Cold Rolled 758,765 477,508 1,024,940 476,503 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 578,066 304,615 624,754 331,197 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 75,347 39,434 38,734 20,667 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 77,010 56,385 62,686 40,577 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 35,684 24,759 30,166 21,420 Strip - Hot Rolled 17,846 9,858 23,629 11,574 Strip - Cold Rolled 57,459 107,832 60,713 104,102 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."