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. November 2000 October 2000 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,081,865 994,719 2,566,460 1,136,240 Ingots And Steel For Castings 4,462 4,529 2,467 1,859 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 306,425 93,522 533,291 143,568 Wire Rods 191,624 66,338 236,003 76,091 Structural Shapes Heavy 142,996 53,564 133,977 48,746 Steel Piling 9,470 5,350 31,850 9,710 Plates Cut Lengths 85,828 35,742 77,728 33,595 Plates In Coils 58,853 18,631 66,230 23,752 Rails Standard 2,306 996 23,131 11,392 Rails All Other 1,815 688 1,717 844 Railroad Accessories 931 504 1,185 764 Bars - Hot Rolled 113,974 54,660 140,553 66,543 Bars - Light Shaped 23,089 8,641 20,052 7,408 Bars - Reinforcing 57,610 12,503 40,433 8,666 Bars - Cold Finished 27,180 33,601 28,164 34,049 Tool Steel 12,503 18,275 14,222 20,067 Standard Pipe 93,982 46,681 107,872 51,632 Oil Country Goods 56,289 35,738 68,359 44,568 Line Pipe 50,447 23,994 40,577 22,673 Mechanical Tubing 37,983 33,459 41,650 34,483 Pressure Tubing 3,367 3,230 5,193 5,073 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 7,162 28,821 6,735 26,690 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,889 2,984 2,426 4,220 Structural Pipe & Tube 37,303 18,654 41,123 20,588 Pipe For Piling 2,254 873 1,834 849 Wire Drawn 54,086 50,516 56,368 51,191 Black Plate 18,800 10,199 9,247 5,053 Tin Plate 40,651 24,142 26,424 14,764 Tin Free Steel 11,837 7,358 13,920 9,035 Sheets Hot Rolled 275,759 84,158 368,878 108,756 Sheets Cold Rolled 189,152 107,416 235,048 123,315 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 98,641 52,587 119,425 63,573 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 16,820 9,102 20,969 11,333 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 17,718 12,543 19,791 13,935 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 9,264 6,776 10,314 7,926 Strip - Hot Rolled 5,245 2,870 5,504 2,720 Strip - Cold Rolled 14,150 25,075 13,801 26,808 _______________________________________________________________________________ November 1999 October 1999 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,696,641 1,108,384 2,865,815 1,088,455 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,678 3,657 5,009 5,586 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 555,477 133,822 868,649 186,626 Wire Rods 170,005 59,150 219,130 68,611 Structural Shapes Heavy 58,974 22,376 49,973 20,007 Steel Piling 11,930 6,242 12,854 6,608 Plates Cut Lengths 64,582 28,465 37,863 19,114 Plates In Coils 139,943 40,250 119,253 33,937 Rails Standard 18,993 8,993 16,584 8,778 Rails All Other 3,386 1,879 872 619 Railroad Accessories 149 122 382 284 Bars - Hot Rolled 124,309 57,486 122,763 58,787 Bars - Light Shaped 24,944 11,666 19,950 8,402 Bars - Reinforcing 128,162 25,538 153,687 30,464 Bars - Cold Finished 30,988 31,779 25,165 29,606 Tool Steel 12,502 16,697 13,487 17,510 Standard Pipe 76,297 38,517 69,081 35,563 Oil Country Goods 25,853 17,676 24,336 13,153 Line Pipe 65,780 27,911 38,134 15,949 Mechanical Tubing 34,150 28,497 38,043 31,366 Pressure Tubing 4,366 4,557 5,365 4,764 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 7,267 24,928 6,310 22,211 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 2,096 3,261 2,756 3,530 Structural Pipe & Tube 35,297 17,995 37,610 18,129 Pipe For Piling 379 172 659 323 Wire Drawn 57,051 49,890 54,557 47,274 Black Plate 10,650 6,303 11,662 7,229 Tin Plate 34,959 19,447 48,319 27,617 Tin Free Steel 14,261 8,716 18,056 10,957 Sheets Hot Rolled 527,674 147,608 416,123 113,082 Sheets Cold Rolled 208,443 119,076 208,417 107,798 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 179,568 90,901 159,103 80,835 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 19,234 10,063 14,164 7,544 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 20,625 14,037 17,370 11,685 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 7,695 5,315 9,685 6,964 Strip - Hot Rolled 4,713 2,258 6,187 3,179 Strip - Cold Rolled 14,261 23,133 14,259 24,362 ________________________________________________________________________________ November Cumulative To Date 2000 Final 1999 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 32,292,002 13,940,419 29,599,864 11,491,405 Ingots And Steel For Castings 74,373 64,564 19,084 24,297 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 7,199,342 1,946,099 7,029,002 1,504,150 Wire Rods 2,441,875 807,131 2,305,532 704,390 Structural Shapes Heavy 1,666,946 626,863 1,173,840 368,020 Steel Piling 171,162 82,405 107,533 56,762 Plates Cut Lengths 850,684 397,845 765,811 349,773 Plates In Coils 1,347,898 440,213 1,290,151 368,520 Rails Standard 196,677 96,844 218,473 107,971 Rails All Other 25,888 13,986 26,325 15,945 Railroad Accessories 4,766 2,925 3,826 2,128 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,485,449 702,656 1,247,018 607,604 Bars - Light Shaped 303,469 120,317 241,156 96,256 Bars - Reinforcing 1,460,045 305,207 1,578,986 322,543 Bars - Cold Finished 344,330 398,965 253,597 281,940 Tool Steel 148,563 205,044 135,409 195,438 Standard Pipe 1,066,669 530,682 711,824 365,467 Oil Country Goods 589,382 390,798 129,156 100,367 Line Pipe 770,617 388,875 757,875 350,287 Mechanical Tubing 474,659 406,398 367,247 310,482 Pressure Tubing 46,286 52,443 42,462 47,423 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 80,914 294,017 67,810 233,701 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 22,910 31,094 22,303 27,141 Structural Pipe & Tube 447,295 228,688 397,329 193,050 Pipe For Piling 33,896 20,272 15,719 7,483 Wire Drawn 623,220 554,679 614,799 531,149 Black Plate 122,243 70,498 134,469 75,129 Tin Plate 326,744 187,008 423,434 239,906 Tin Free Steel 151,419 93,049 165,861 109,177 Sheets Hot Rolled 5,134,940 1,564,233 4,010,411 1,065,443 Sheets Cold Rolled 2,459,098 1,463,541 2,899,866 1,329,021 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 1,480,623 794,225 1,777,041 917,601 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 215,477 114,922 151,598 79,578 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 215,236 155,131 190,449 125,413 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 101,750 73,976 90,394 64,043 Strip - Hot Rolled 53,677 29,386 67,107 32,000 Strip - Cold Rolled 153,479 285,440 166,967 281,806 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."