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. April 2000 March 2000 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 3,288,190 1,345,014 2,849,330 1,270,716 Ingots And Steel For Castings 5,398 5,178 3,506 1,785 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 897,180 232,312 530,103 151,707 Wire Rods 190,010 62,250 183,493 61,708 Structural Shapes Heavy 129,467 50,623 168,579 61,181 Steel Piling 10,888 5,604 15,321 7,958 Plates Cut Lengths 66,493 31,347 54,157 31,702 Plates In Coils 137,298 45,464 130,938 41,219 Rails Standard 27,993 13,937 19,385 9,309 Rails All Other 1,272 796 2,369 1,426 Railroad Accessories 198 73 261 174 Bars - Hot Rolled 115,020 58,462 144,354 67,471 Bars - Light Shaped 26,385 11,034 29,744 11,415 Bars - Reinforcing 144,022 28,000 196,212 38,094 Bars - Cold Finished 27,732 32,997 34,078 38,930 Tool Steel 12,059 16,733 15,993 20,821 Standard Pipe 73,026 37,130 82,369 42,119 Oil Country Goods 51,460 30,302 49,889 34,272 Line Pipe 97,589 49,673 89,340 50,363 Mechanical Tubing 40,976 34,532 49,538 40,740 Pressure Tubing 5,716 7,499 3,288 4,771 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,907 24,865 9,237 31,443 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,498 2,331 1,893 2,494 Structural Pipe & Tube 39,597 20,241 46,751 23,489 Pipe For Piling 1,384 646 6,627 4,241 Wire Drawn 55,689 48,005 60,690 52,879 Black Plate 8,218 5,017 4,830 2,644 Tin Plate 18,294 10,181 38,415 21,670 Tin Free Steel 9,762 6,760 20,054 11,894 Sheets Hot Rolled 664,270 200,921 456,337 139,855 Sheets Cold Rolled 212,355 134,119 198,426 127,197 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 139,545 77,071 135,016 73,047 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 24,311 12,902 20,503 10,588 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 18,337 13,370 18,896 13,866 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 10,996 7,081 7,855 6,074 Strip - Hot Rolled 4,068 2,239 4,768 3,024 Strip - Cold Rolled 12,778 25,317 16,116 29,150 ________________________________________________________________________ March 2000 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,919,830 1,295,611 Ingots And Steel For Castings 3,507 1,860 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 537,961 153,048 Wire Rods 184,147 62,103 Structural Shapes Heavy 168,638 61,227 Steel Piling 15,345 7,975 Plates Cut Lengths 54,389 31,870 Plates In Coils 133,510 44,064 Rails Standard 19,385 9,309 Rails All Other 2,369 1,426 Railroad Accessories 296 196 Bars - Hot Rolled 144,981 67,981 Bars - Light Shaped 30,088 11,694 Bars - Reinforcing 215,848 41,794 Bars - Cold Finished 34,522 39,518 Tool Steel 16,432 21,333 Standard Pipe 88,104 44,312 Oil Country Goods 51,378 35,077 Line Pipe 93,582 52,195 Mechanical Tubing 49,704 40,924 Pressure Tubing 3,310 4,783 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 9,252 31,493 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,900 2,506 Structural Pipe & Tube 46,772 23,518 Pipe For Piling 7,386 4,506 Wire Drawn 60,826 53,207 Black Plate 5,040 2,785 Tin Plate 38,443 21,682 Tin Free Steel 21,182 12,520 Sheets Hot Rolled 471,048 144,002 Sheets Cold Rolled 206,180 130,058 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 135,526 73,301 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 20,555 10,627 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 19,093 14,004 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 8,054 6,247 Strip - Hot Rolled 4,768 3,024 Strip - Cold Rolled 16,308 29,441 ____________________________________________________ April 1999 March 1999 Final Final Commodity 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 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."