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. June 2000 May 2000 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,971,634 1,330,657 2,987,377 1,365,516 Ingots And Steel For Castings 8,829 7,740 9,331 7,054 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 465,974 138,478 618,342 191,292 Wire Rods 215,047 76,586 192,724 67,712 Structural Shapes Heavy 156,259 60,615 174,699 67,626 Steel Piling 12,967 6,456 17,547 8,906 Plates Cut Lengths 72,705 42,155 75,838 37,117 Plates In Coils 153,535 48,748 131,942 46,472 Rails Standard 21,003 9,877 12,177 7,629 Rails All Other 3,400 1,790 3,876 2,127 Railroad Accessories 623 352 228 115 Bars - Hot Rolled 155,309 72,571 162,294 73,955 Bars - Light Shaped 25,195 10,883 35,876 13,985 Bars - Reinforcing 184,410 39,483 85,925 19,662 Bars - Cold Finished 35,482 38,629 43,553 44,806 Tool Steel 12,720 17,942 13,930 18,574 Standard Pipe 104,383 51,243 128,199 61,406 Oil Country Goods 51,741 36,746 53,574 35,736 Line Pipe 64,086 31,261 97,722 51,309 Mechanical Tubing 49,807 40,424 45,084 38,728 Pressure Tubing 3,708 4,173 4,242 5,253 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,923 27,235 7,611 26,473 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 3,270 3,455 2,944 3,414 Structural Pipe & Tube 42,364 21,967 40,794 21,837 Pipe For Piling 431 233 2,135 897 Wire Drawn 59,033 52,249 65,051 57,074 Black Plate 10,477 6,318 7,425 5,279 Tin Plate 23,668 14,120 24,959 15,172 Tin Free Steel 9,736 6,033 8,299 4,772 Sheets Hot Rolled 553,547 172,942 499,408 156,480 Sheets Cold Rolled 260,768 155,677 222,108 141,042 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 135,566 73,741 129,718 71,206 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 18,488 10,162 20,775 10,679 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 19,769 14,151 20,801 15,494 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 12,901 9,074 8,305 6,238 Strip - Hot Rolled 4,318 2,616 5,223 2,735 Strip - Cold Rolled 13,193 24,531 14,720 27,260 ________________________________________________________________________________ May 2000 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 3,086,527 1,404,803 Ingots And Steel For Castings 9,331 7,054 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 653,537 204,600 Wire Rods 196,459 68,675 Structural Shapes Heavy 184,804 71,208 Steel Piling 17,561 8,917 Plates Cut Lengths 76,477 37,574 Plates In Coils 139,377 48,391 Rails Standard 12,177 7,629 Rails All Other 3,876 2,127 Railroad Accessories 249 129 Bars - Hot Rolled 165,210 75,025 Bars - Light Shaped 36,000 15,100 Bars - Reinforcing 85,925 19,662 Bars - Cold Finished 43,791 45,513 Tool Steel 14,012 18,863 Standard Pipe 129,829 61,903 Oil Country Goods 55,305 36,602 Line Pipe 105,422 56,159 Mechanical Tubing 45,097 38,762 Pressure Tubing 4,242 5,242 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 7,615 26,591 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 3,007 3,473 Structural Pipe & Tube 40,794 21,837 Pipe For Piling 2,135 897 Wire Drawn 65,384 57,377 Black Plate 11,148 7,110 Tin Plate 25,357 15,354 Tin Free Steel 8,299 4,772 Sheets Hot Rolled 520,317 161,822 Sheets Cold Rolled 222,851 141,397 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 130,138 71,346 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 20,775 10,679 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 20,801 15,494 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 8,348 6,257 Strip - Hot Rolled 5,782 3,064 Strip - Cold Rolled 15,096 28,197 _________________________________________________________ June 1999 May 1999 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,779,243 1,062,503 3,053,476 1,111,935 Ingots And Steel For Castings 4,054 4,014 1,404 1,818 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 726,159 151,890 950,315 178,967 Wire Rods 182,296 57,738 233,788 70,742 Structural Shapes Heavy 97,950 31,901 141,674 40,808 Steel Piling 4,666 2,652 9,797 5,148 Plates Cut Lengths 73,041 31,211 68,097 31,826 Plates In Coils 79,374 21,887 129,223 37,006 Rails Standard 2,234 1,165 16,966 8,813 Rails All Other 2,240 1,333 2,108 1,357 Railroad Accessories 127 99 1,263 392 Bars - Hot Rolled 119,088 59,039 114,770 53,174 Bars - Light Shaped 23,342 9,111 21,947 8,476 Bars - Reinforcing 184,725 35,171 113,785 24,818 Bars - Cold Finished 32,543 29,568 19,155 23,104 Tool Steel 13,542 20,985 13,896 20,402 Standard Pipe 72,596 36,146 68,510 35,088 Oil Country Goods 10,926 12,206 6,922 6,530 Line Pipe 81,571 35,192 72,045 34,065 Mechanical Tubing 34,459 28,187 35,331 30,783 Pressure Tubing 5,247 5,837 3,173 5,309 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,634 21,729 5,791 19,801 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 2,293 3,818 1,752 1,844 Structural Pipe & Tube 39,827 18,163 34,090 16,465 Pipe For Piling 3,235 1,073 1,629 874 Wire Drawn 60,536 52,365 59,167 51,182 Black Plate 16,943 8,804 12,719 7,978 Tin Plate 39,860 22,684 38,323 21,604 Tin Free Steel 11,409 8,189 13,937 10,010 Sheets Hot Rolled 329,743 87,094 324,614 86,490 Sheets Cold Rolled 281,892 119,041 313,451 136,834 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 175,380 87,646 163,842 86,559 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 11,519 5,999 13,162 7,002 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 18,615 13,060 13,634 9,141 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 7,336 6,111 11,313 7,403 Strip - Hot Rolled 7,642 3,090 6,602 3,414 Strip - Cold Rolled 16,198 28,303 15,280 26,706 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."