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. August 2000 July 2000 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 3,175,562 1,346,834 3,169,401 1,383,713 Ingots And Steel For Castings 3,667 2,194 9,951 11,046 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 723,836 195,820 654,887 191,893 Wire Rods 284,313 91,434 254,740 82,758 Structural Shapes Heavy 171,221 64,009 209,153 80,676 Steel Piling 22,215 11,533 11,444 5,902 Plates Cut Lengths 125,136 49,700 80,542 39,215 Plates In Coils 148,090 47,534 94,140 33,749 Rails Standard 22,337 10,947 19,918 9,679 Rails All Other 1,067 706 1,642 931 Railroad Accessories 296 270 362 385 Bars - Hot Rolled 149,747 70,805 131,026 60,047 Bars - Light Shaped 27,060 9,713 31,082 13,096 Bars - Reinforcing 157,819 32,102 181,618 38,010 Bars - Cold Finished 33,565 41,302 30,771 36,516 Tool Steel 13,690 18,522 10,840 16,712 Standard Pipe 117,972 60,217 104,248 51,115 Oil Country Goods 38,767 30,133 70,847 44,137 Line Pipe 52,247 26,489 58,998 27,769 Mechanical Tubing 39,048 35,039 45,039 38,673 Pressure Tubing 7,125 7,556 2,601 2,530 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,587 24,270 7,992 29,213 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 2,062 2,762 1,213 2,035 Structural Pipe & Tube 42,295 21,787 42,097 20,778 Pipe For Piling 1,957 1,034 819 411 Wire Drawn 56,036 50,539 58,431 52,764 Black Plate 6,358 4,324 16,915 8,835 Tin Plate 23,135 13,658 27,642 15,997 Tin Free Steel 7,646 4,698 14,399 8,878 Sheets Hot Rolled 449,250 140,365 491,448 154,979 Sheets Cold Rolled 247,773 147,854 286,635 164,209 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 127,362 70,666 151,371 81,380 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 22,452 12,354 17,772 9,580 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 17,127 13,079 19,585 13,678 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 8,509 7,451 9,810 6,647 Strip - Hot Rolled 4,658 2,685 4,786 2,382 Strip - Cold Rolled 13,136 23,283 14,635 27,111 _______________________________________________________________________________ July 2000 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 3,210,766 1,406,642 Ingots And Steel For Castings 12,734 15,115 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 661,352 193,292 Wire Rods 254,656 82,715 Structural Shapes Heavy 213,634 81,732 Steel Piling 11,444 5,902 Plates Cut Lengths 80,662 39,329 Plates In Coils 95,162 34,090 Rails Standard 19,918 9,679 Rails All Other 1,642 931 Railroad Accessories 336 291 Bars - Hot Rolled 133,577 61,408 Bars - Light Shaped 31,191 14,087 Bars - Reinforcing 184,153 38,479 Bars - Cold Finished 30,800 36,548 Tool Steel 11,092 17,133 Standard Pipe 104,452 51,248 Oil Country Goods 72,978 46,796 Line Pipe 62,541 30,021 Mechanical Tubing 45,093 39,089 Pressure Tubing 2,863 2,962 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 8,024 29,304 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,276 2,429 Structural Pipe & Tube 42,286 21,024 Pipe For Piling 819 411 Wire Drawn 58,496 52,906 Black Plate 17,091 8,937 Tin Plate 29,371 17,040 Tin Free Steel 14,485 8,929 Sheets Hot Rolled 501,501 156,861 Sheets Cold Rolled 288,174 166,368 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 151,826 81,701 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 18,219 9,800 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 19,588 13,698 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 9,858 6,678 Strip - Hot Rolled 4,805 2,404 Strip - Cold Rolled 14,668 27,306 ______________________________________________________________________________ August 1999 July 1999 Final Final Commodity 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 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."