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. October 2000 September 2000 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,566,460 1,136,240 2,709,102 1,174,106 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,467 1,859 5,975 8,682 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 533,291 143,568 618,469 159,314 Wire Rods 236,003 76,091 268,495 83,375 Structural Shapes Heavy 133,977 48,746 145,928 54,396 Steel Piling 31,850 9,710 10,915 6,125 Plates Cut Lengths 77,728 33,595 93,736 36,848 Plates In Coils 66,230 23,752 123,098 41,553 Rails Standard 23,131 11,392 8,855 4,321 Rails All Other 1,717 844 2,308 1,179 Railroad Accessories 1,185 764 272 97 Bars - Hot Rolled 140,553 66,543 118,112 56,350 Bars - Light Shaped 20,052 7,408 28,538 10,103 Bars - Reinforcing 40,433 8,666 112,208 27,407 Bars - Cold Finished 28,164 34,049 23,480 29,402 Tool Steel 14,222 20,067 15,216 19,009 Standard Pipe 107,872 51,632 74,105 40,210 Oil Country Goods 68,359 44,568 57,169 42,820 Line Pipe 40,577 22,673 46,052 22,763 Mechanical Tubing 41,650 34,483 44,884 40,255 Pressure Tubing 5,193 5,073 2,210 2,330 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,735 26,690 7,121 25,498 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 2,426 4,220 1,388 1,910 Structural Pipe & Tube 41,123 20,588 36,806 19,665 Pipe For Piling 1,834 849 1,121 635 Wire Drawn 56,368 51,191 49,082 43,999 Black Plate 9,247 5,053 13,450 7,693 Tin Plate 26,424 14,764 26,202 14,910 Tin Free Steel 13,920 9,035 15,633 9,459 Sheets Hot Rolled 368,878 108,756 322,650 101,840 Sheets Cold Rolled 235,048 123,315 231,488 130,565 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 119,425 63,573 135,249 73,802 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 20,969 11,333 21,484 11,578 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 19,791 13,935 23,297 15,741 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 10,314 7,926 6,855 5,031 Strip - Hot Rolled 5,504 2,720 5,459 3,077 Strip - Cold Rolled 13,801 26,808 11,790 22,162 ________________________________________________________________________________ October 1999 September 1999 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,865,815 1,088,455 2,822,445 1,046,054 Ingots And Steel For Castings 5,009 5,586 1,209 1,174 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 868,649 186,626 710,484 158,824 Wire Rods 219,130 68,611 209,923 66,310 Structural Shapes Heavy 49,973 20,007 68,384 23,048 Steel Piling 12,854 6,608 6,804 3,640 Plates Cut Lengths 37,863 19,114 50,480 22,120 Plates In Coils 119,253 33,937 170,180 44,021 Rails Standard 16,584 8,778 9,991 5,137 Rails All Other 872 619 692 379 Railroad Accessories 382 284 164 94 Bars - Hot Rolled 122,763 58,787 127,611 59,803 Bars - Light Shaped 19,950 8,402 14,774 6,405 Bars - Reinforcing 153,687 30,464 157,532 30,885 Bars - Cold Finished 25,165 29,606 19,668 22,708 Tool Steel 13,487 17,510 11,205 15,295 Standard Pipe 69,081 35,563 60,260 30,102 Oil Country Goods 24,336 13,153 14,741 11,514 Line Pipe 38,134 15,949 57,799 24,423 Mechanical Tubing 38,043 31,366 31,499 26,665 Pressure Tubing 5,365 4,764 4,201 4,170 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,310 22,211 6,173 19,958 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 2,756 3,530 2,269 2,767 Structural Pipe & Tube 37,610 18,129 31,401 16,317 Pipe For Piling 659 323 766 317 Wire Drawn 54,557 47,274 52,958 45,372 Black Plate 11,662 7,229 10,985 6,355 Tin Plate 48,319 27,617 30,159 17,196 Tin Free Steel 18,056 10,957 19,173 11,553 Sheets Hot Rolled 416,123 113,082 436,567 113,820 Sheets Cold Rolled 208,417 107,798 273,353 118,699 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 159,103 80,835 162,967 83,087 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 14,164 7,544 18,295 9,995 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 17,370 11,685 20,599 12,172 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 9,685 6,964 7,217 4,930 Strip - Hot Rolled 6,187 3,179 6,662 2,835 Strip - Cold Rolled 14,259 24,362 15,301 23,966 _______________________________________________________________________________ October Cumulative To Date 2000 Final 1999 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 30,210,137 12,945,699 26,903,222 10,383,021 Ingots And Steel For Castings 69,911 60,034 17,406 20,640 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 6,892,917 1,852,577 6,473,524 1,370,329 Wire Rods 2,250,252 740,793 2,135,527 645,240 Structural Shapes Heavy 1,523,950 573,299 1,114,866 345,644 Steel Piling 161,692 77,055 95,604 50,520 Plates Cut Lengths 764,856 362,103 701,228 321,308 Plates In Coils 1,289,046 421,582 1,150,209 328,269 Rails Standard 194,371 95,848 199,480 98,978 Rails All Other 24,073 13,298 22,938 14,066 Railroad Accessories 3,836 2,420 3,676 2,006 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,371,475 647,996 1,122,710 550,119 Bars - Light Shaped 280,379 111,676 216,213 84,589 Bars - Reinforcing 1,402,434 292,704 1,450,823 297,005 Bars - Cold Finished 317,150 365,364 222,610 250,160 Tool Steel 136,060 186,769 122,907 178,741 Standard Pipe 972,687 484,002 635,527 326,951 Oil Country Goods 533,093 355,060 103,303 82,691 Line Pipe 720,171 364,881 692,095 322,376 Mechanical Tubing 436,676 372,939 333,098 281,985 Pressure Tubing 42,919 49,213 38,097 42,866 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 73,752 265,196 60,543 208,773 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 21,020 28,110 20,206 23,880 Structural Pipe & Tube 409,991 210,034 362,031 175,055 Pipe For Piling 31,642 19,399 15,340 7,311 Wire Drawn 569,133 504,163 557,747 481,259 Black Plate 103,443 60,299 123,819 68,827 Tin Plate 286,093 162,866 388,474 220,459 Tin Free Steel 139,582 85,691 151,600 100,461 Sheets Hot Rolled 4,859,181 1,480,076 3,482,737 917,835 Sheets Cold Rolled 2,269,947 1,356,124 2,691,423 1,209,945 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 1,381,983 741,638 1,597,473 826,699 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 198,657 105,820 132,363 69,515 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 197,518 142,588 169,824 111,376 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 92,487 67,200 82,699 58,728 Strip - Hot Rolled 48,433 26,516 62,395 29,742 Strip - Cold Rolled 139,328 260,365 152,705 258,673 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."