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. September 2000 August 2000 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,709,102 1,174,106 3,315,900 1,403,241 Ingots And Steel For Castings 5,975 8,682 3,722 2,399 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 618,469 159,314 750,825 203,617 Wire Rods 268,495 83,375 299,929 95,054 Structural Shapes Heavy 145,928 54,396 174,225 65,220 Steel Piling 10,915 6,125 23,164 12,002 Plates Cut Lengths 93,736 36,848 127,246 50,575 Plates In Coils 123,098 41,553 163,102 52,278 Rails Standard 8,855 4,321 22,342 10,959 Rails All Other 2,308 1,179 1,068 710 Railroad Accessories 272 97 339 314 Bars - Hot Rolled 118,112 56,350 152,187 75,325 Bars - Light Shaped 28,538 10,103 27,690 9,992 Bars - Reinforcing 112,208 27,407 171,155 35,407 Bars - Cold Finished 23,480 29,402 33,934 41,796 Tool Steel 15,216 19,009 14,324 19,386 Standard Pipe 74,105 40,210 120,076 61,982 Oil Country Goods 57,169 42,820 49,416 35,763 Line Pipe 46,052 22,763 53,091 26,939 Mechanical Tubing 44,884 40,255 40,669 36,122 Pressure Tubing 2,210 2,330 7,245 7,756 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 7,121 25,498 6,732 24,802 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,388 1,910 2,085 2,810 Structural Pipe & Tube 36,806 19,665 42,417 21,876 Pipe For Piling 1,121 635 1,957 1,034 Wire Drawn 49,082 43,999 56,539 50,977 Black Plate 13,450 7,693 6,358 4,324 Tin Plate 26,202 14,910 23,491 13,853 Tin Free Steel 15,633 9,459 7,646 4,698 Sheets Hot Rolled 322,650 101,840 473,276 147,405 Sheets Cold Rolled 231,488 130,565 261,088 155,527 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 135,249 73,802 131,597 72,806 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 21,484 11,578 23,337 12,816 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 23,297 15,741 17,241 13,164 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 6,855 5,031 8,509 7,451 Strip - Hot Rolled 5,459 3,077 4,668 2,693 Strip - Cold Rolled 11,790 22,162 13,213 23,414 _______________________________________________________________________________ September 1999 August 1999 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,822,445 1,046,054 2,963,420 1,081,593 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,209 1,174 843 1,237 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 710,484 158,824 751,921 161,235 Wire Rods 209,923 66,310 275,737 76,898 Structural Shapes Heavy 68,384 23,048 101,783 31,551 Steel Piling 6,804 3,640 11,346 6,026 Plates Cut Lengths 50,480 22,120 42,413 23,047 Plates In Coils 170,180 44,021 154,967 48,004 Rails Standard 9,991 5,137 26,470 13,353 Rails All Other 692 379 5,556 2,896 Railroad Accessories 164 94 283 106 Bars - Hot Rolled 127,611 59,803 111,386 55,688 Bars - Light Shaped 14,774 6,405 27,041 10,660 Bars - Reinforcing 157,532 30,885 223,499 43,919 Bars - Cold Finished 19,668 22,708 21,895 24,101 Tool Steel 11,205 15,295 11,907 17,085 Standard Pipe 60,260 30,102 73,837 36,977 Oil Country Goods 14,741 11,514 8,713 6,797 Line Pipe 57,799 24,423 45,068 19,510 Mechanical Tubing 31,499 26,665 33,687 26,461 Pressure Tubing 4,201 4,170 3,300 3,777 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,173 19,958 7,084 23,308 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 2,269 2,767 4,700 3,764 Structural Pipe & Tube 31,401 16,317 37,538 17,896 Pipe For Piling 766 317 556 275 Wire Drawn 52,958 45,372 56,672 47,843 Black Plate 10,985 6,355 15,828 7,949 Tin Plate 30,159 17,196 43,352 24,679 Tin Free Steel 19,173 11,553 13,412 7,722 Sheets Hot Rolled 436,567 113,820 385,689 96,729 Sheets Cold Rolled 273,353 118,699 255,022 112,332 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 162,967 83,087 150,202 76,220 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 18,295 9,995 13,603 6,958 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 20,599 12,172 17,611 11,761 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 7,217 4,930 7,958 5,731 Strip - Hot Rolled 6,662 2,835 6,645 3,082 Strip - Cold Rolled 15,301 23,966 15,897 26,018 _______________________________________________________________________________ September Cumulative To Date 2000 Final 1999 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 27,643,677 11,809,459 24,037,407 9,294,566 Ingots And Steel For Castings 67,444 58,175 12,398 15,055 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 6,359,625 1,709,010 5,604,875 1,183,702 Wire Rods 2,014,249 664,702 1,916,397 576,629 Structural Shapes Heavy 1,389,973 524,553 1,064,894 325,637 Steel Piling 129,842 67,345 82,749 43,912 Plates Cut Lengths 687,128 328,508 663,365 302,194 Plates In Coils 1,222,816 397,831 1,030,956 294,332 Rails Standard 171,240 84,456 182,896 90,200 Rails All Other 22,357 12,453 22,066 13,447 Railroad Accessories 2,651 1,656 3,295 1,722 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,230,922 581,453 999,946 491,331 Bars - Light Shaped 260,327 104,268 196,262 76,188 Bars - Reinforcing 1,362,002 284,038 1,297,136 266,541 Bars - Cold Finished 288,986 331,314 197,445 220,554 Tool Steel 121,838 166,702 109,420 161,231 Standard Pipe 864,816 432,370 566,447 291,387 Oil Country Goods 464,734 310,492 78,967 69,538 Line Pipe 679,594 342,208 653,961 306,428 Mechanical Tubing 395,026 338,457 295,055 250,619 Pressure Tubing 37,726 44,140 32,731 38,103 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 67,018 238,506 54,233 186,562 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 18,594 23,890 17,451 20,349 Structural Pipe & Tube 368,869 189,446 324,422 156,926 Pipe For Piling 29,808 18,550 14,681 6,988 Wire Drawn 512,765 452,973 503,190 433,985 Black Plate 94,195 55,246 112,157 61,597 Tin Plate 259,669 148,102 340,156 192,842 Tin Free Steel 125,662 76,655 133,544 89,504 Sheets Hot Rolled 4,490,303 1,371,319 3,066,614 804,753 Sheets Cold Rolled 2,034,899 1,232,810 2,483,006 1,102,147 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 1,262,557 678,065 1,438,370 745,864 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 177,687 94,488 118,199 61,971 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 177,726 128,653 152,454 99,691 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 82,173 59,274 73,015 51,764 Strip - Hot Rolled 42,929 23,796 56,208 26,563 Strip - Cold Rolled 125,528 233,557 138,446 234,311 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."