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 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,665,449 1,155,039 3,175,562 1,346,834 Ingots And Steel For Castings 5,975 8,682 3,667 2,194 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 610,888 157,274 723,836 195,820 Wire Rods 266,903 82,803 284,313 91,434 Structural Shapes Heavy 142,656 53,214 171,221 64,009 Steel Piling 10,915 6,125 22,215 11,533 Plates Cut Lengths 93,346 36,617 125,136 49,700 Plates In Coils 121,578 41,045 148,090 47,534 Rails Standard 8,855 4,321 22,337 10,947 Rails All Other 2,308 1,179 1,067 706 Railroad Accessories 272 97 296 270 Bars - Hot Rolled 117,721 56,158 149,747 70,805 Bars - Light Shaped 28,538 10,103 27,060 9,713 Bars - Reinforcing 98,679 19,849 157,819 32,102 Bars - Cold Finished 23,354 29,311 33,565 41,302 Tool Steel 14,974 18,711 13,690 18,522 Standard Pipe 74,041 42,499 117,972 60,217 Oil Country Goods 54,992 39,865 38,767 30,133 Line Pipe 46,052 22,747 52,247 26,489 Mechanical Tubing 44,342 40,056 39,048 35,039 Pressure Tubing 2,167 2,245 7,125 7,556 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 7,118 25,479 6,587 24,270 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,383 1,899 2,062 2,762 Structural Pipe & Tube 36,615 19,618 42,295 21,787 Pipe For Piling 1,121 635 1,957 1,034 Wire Drawn 48,970 43,924 56,036 50,539 Black Plate 13,445 7,686 6,358 4,324 Tin Plate 25,915 14,784 23,135 13,658 Tin Free Steel 15,633 9,459 7,646 4,698 Sheets Hot Rolled 319,922 101,013 449,250 140,365 Sheets Cold Rolled 223,251 126,814 247,773 147,854 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 135,068 73,593 127,362 70,666 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 21,317 11,496 22,452 12,354 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 23,295 15,722 17,127 13,079 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 6,737 5,004 8,509 7,451 Strip - Hot Rolled 5,459 3,077 4,658 2,685 Strip - Cold Rolled 11,644 21,935 13,136 23,283 _______________________________________________________________________________ August 2000 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 3,315,900 1,403,241 Ingots And Steel For Castings 3,722 2,399 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 750,825 203,617 Wire Rods 299,929 95,054 Structural Shapes Heavy 174,225 65,220 Steel Piling 23,164 12,002 Plates Cut Lengths 127,246 50,575 Plates In Coils 163,102 52,278 Rails Standard 22,342 10,959 Rails All Other 1,068 710 Railroad Accessories 339 314 Bars - Hot Rolled 152,187 75,325 Bars - Light Shaped 27,690 9,992 Bars - Reinforcing 171,155 35,407 Bars - Cold Finished 33,934 41,796 Tool Steel 14,324 19,386 Standard Pipe 120,076 61,982 Oil Country Goods 49,416 35,763 Line Pipe 53,091 26,939 Mechanical Tubing 40,669 36,122 Pressure Tubing 7,245 7,756 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,732 24,802 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 2,085 2,810 Structural Pipe & Tube 42,417 21,876 Pipe For Piling 1,957 1,034 Wire Drawn 56,539 50,977 Black Plate 6,358 4,324 Tin Plate 23,491 13,853 Tin Free Steel 7,646 4,698 Sheets Hot Rolled 473,276 147,405 Sheets Cold Rolled 261,088 155,527 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 131,597 72,806 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 23,337 12,816 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 17,241 13,164 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 8,509 7,451 Strip - Hot Rolled 4,668 2,693 Strip - Cold Rolled 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 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."