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 August Final July Final Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 3,315,900 1,403,241 3,210,766 1,406,642 Ingots And Steel For Castings 3,722 2,399 12,734 15,115 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 750,825 203,617 661,352 193,292 Wire Rods 299,929 95,054 254,656 82,715 Structural Shapes Heavy 174,225 65,220 213,634 81,732 Steel Piling 23,164 12,002 11,444 5,902 Plates Cut Lengths 127,246 50,575 80,662 39,329 Plates In Coils 163,102 52,278 95,162 34,090 Rails Standard 22,342 10,959 19,918 9,679 Rails All Other 1,068 710 1,642 931 Railroad Accessories 339 314 336 291 Bars - Hot Rolled 152,187 75,325 133,577 61,408 Bars - Light Shaped 27,690 9,992 31,191 14,087 Bars - Reinforcing 171,155 35,407 184,153 38,479 Bars - Cold Finished 33,934 41,796 30,800 36,548 Tool Steel 14,324 19,386 11,092 17,133 Standard Pipe 120,076 61,982 104,452 51,248 Oil Country Goods 49,416 35,763 72,978 46,796 Line Pipe 53,091 26,939 62,541 30,021 Mechanical Tubing 40,669 36,122 45,093 39,089 Pressure Tubing 7,245 7,756 2,863 2,962 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,732 24,802 8,024 29,304 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 2,085 2,810 1,276 2,429 Structural Pipe & Tube 42,417 21,876 42,286 21,024 Pipe For Piling 1,957 1,034 819 411 Wire Drawn 56,539 50,977 58,496 52,906 Black Plate 6,358 4,324 17,091 8,937 Tin Plate 23,491 13,853 29,371 17,040 Tin Free Steel 7,646 4,698 14,485 8,929 Sheets Hot Rolled 473,276 147,405 501,501 156,861 Sheets Cold Rolled 261,088 155,527 288,174 166,368 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 131,597 72,806 151,826 81,701 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 23,337 12,816 18,219 9,800 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 17,241 13,164 19,588 13,698 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 8,509 7,451 9,858 6,678 Strip - Hot Rolled 4,668 2,693 4,805 2,404 Strip - Cold Rolled 13,213 23,414 14,668 27,306 ______________________________________________________________________________ 1999 Data Commodity August Final July Final Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,963,420 1,081,593 2,996,848 1,083,974 Ingots And Steel For Castings 843 1,237 1,200 1,480 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 751,921 161,235 718,662 147,252 Wire Rods 275,737 76,898 292,120 84,556 Structural Shapes Heavy 101,783 31,551 86,806 27,446 Steel Piling 11,346 6,026 6,611 3,537 Plates Cut Lengths 42,413 23,047 53,200 24,103 Plates In Coils 154,967 48,004 119,565 33,872 Rails Standard 26,470 13,353 18,803 8,163 Rails All Other 5,556 2,896 1,817 1,362 Railroad Accessories 283 106 434 274 Bars - Hot Rolled 111,386 55,688 113,829 55,327 Bars - Light Shaped 27,041 10,660 27,610 9,749 Bars - Reinforcing 223,499 43,919 208,587 43,161 Bars - Cold Finished 21,895 24,101 23,362 25,182 Tool Steel 11,907 17,085 8,945 16,677 Standard Pipe 73,837 36,977 55,718 28,822 Oil Country Goods 8,713 6,797 8,258 6,973 Line Pipe 45,068 19,510 71,119 29,609 Mechanical Tubing 33,687 26,461 33,059 27,680 Pressure Tubing 3,300 3,777 3,646 3,453 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 7,084 23,308 5,420 17,915 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 4,700 3,764 1,717 2,346 Structural Pipe & Tube 37,538 17,896 29,818 15,201 Pipe For Piling 556 275 837 370 Wire Drawn 56,672 47,843 52,280 45,638 Black Plate 15,828 7,949 12,495 6,738 Tin Plate 43,352 24,679 40,974 22,185 Tin Free Steel 13,412 7,722 19,360 11,077 Sheets Hot Rolled 385,689 96,729 413,720 105,653 Sheets Cold Rolled 255,022 112,332 334,348 138,737 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 150,202 76,220 161,224 81,154 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 13,603 6,958 22,887 11,350 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 17,611 11,761 19,309 12,981 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 7,958 5,731 9,024 6,170 Strip - Hot Rolled 6,645 3,082 5,028 2,567 Strip - Cold Rolled 15,897 26,018 15,057 25,215 ________________________________________________________________________________ August Cumulative To Date Commodity 2000 Final 1999 Final Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 24,934,575 10,635,354 21,214,962 8,248,511 Ingots And Steel For Castings 61,469 49,493 11,189 13,881 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 5,741,156 1,549,695 4,894,391 1,024,878 Wire Rods 1,745,753 581,327 1,706,474 510,319 Structural Shapes Heavy 1,244,045 470,156 996,510 302,589 Steel Piling 118,927 61,220 75,945 40,272 Plates Cut Lengths 593,391 291,660 612,885 280,074 Plates In Coils 1,099,717 356,277 860,776 250,311 Rails Standard 162,384 80,135 172,906 85,063 Rails All Other 20,048 11,274 21,374 13,068 Railroad Accessories 2,378 1,559 3,131 1,628 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,112,810 525,103 872,335 431,528 Bars - Light Shaped 231,790 94,165 181,489 69,783 Bars - Reinforcing 1,249,794 256,631 1,139,604 235,656 Bars - Cold Finished 265,506 301,912 177,777 197,846 Tool Steel 106,622 147,694 98,216 145,936 Standard Pipe 790,711 392,159 506,186 261,286 Oil Country Goods 407,565 267,673 64,226 58,025 Line Pipe 633,542 319,445 596,162 282,005 Mechanical Tubing 350,142 298,202 263,555 223,955 Pressure Tubing 35,516 41,810 28,530 33,933 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 59,897 213,008 48,060 166,605 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 17,206 21,980 15,182 17,582 Structural Pipe & Tube 332,063 169,781 293,021 140,608 Pipe For Piling 28,687 17,916 13,915 6,671 Wire Drawn 463,682 408,973 450,232 388,613 Black Plate 80,745 47,552 101,172 55,242 Tin Plate 233,467 133,192 309,996 175,646 Tin Free Steel 110,029 67,196 114,371 77,951 Sheets Hot Rolled 4,167,653 1,269,479 2,630,047 690,933 Sheets Cold Rolled 1,803,411 1,102,244 2,209,654 983,447 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 1,127,309 604,264 1,275,403 662,777 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 156,203 82,910 99,904 51,976 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 154,429 112,912 131,855 87,519 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 75,317 54,242 65,798 46,834 Strip - Hot Rolled 37,470 20,719 49,546 23,728 Strip - Cold Rolled 113,738 211,394 123,145 210,345 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."