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 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 1,977,673 950,782 2,538,600 1,119,905 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,337 1,727 2,449 1,843 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 280,123 85,740 532,670 143,336 Wire Rods 187,069 65,021 233,454 74,988 Structural Shapes Heavy 133,137 50,279 132,560 48,203 Steel Piling 9,350 5,278 31,850 9,710 Plates Cut Lengths 82,268 34,420 75,421 32,832 Plates In Coils 55,453 17,943 64,987 23,375 Rails Standard 2,306 996 23,131 11,392 Rails All Other 1,812 682 1,717 844 Railroad Accessories 916 497 1,182 760 Bars - Hot Rolled 109,839 53,090 139,962 65,823 Bars - Light Shaped 22,641 8,316 20,052 7,408 Bars - Reinforcing 48,785 10,369 40,015 8,511 Bars - Cold Finished 26,060 32,144 28,059 32,978 Tool Steel 11,851 17,135 14,074 19,865 Standard Pipe 93,378 43,386 106,231 50,938 Oil Country Goods 49,339 31,409 61,799 40,013 Line Pipe 43,780 21,416 40,483 22,622 Mechanical Tubing 37,776 33,356 41,573 34,441 Pressure Tubing 3,144 3,077 4,711 4,776 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 7,124 28,632 6,709 26,460 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,870 2,968 2,426 4,217 Structural Pipe & Tube 37,252 18,620 41,117 20,585 Pipe For Piling 2,254 873 1,834 849 Wire Drawn 53,656 49,782 56,027 50,819 Black Plate 18,800 10,199 9,247 5,053 Tin Plate 38,856 23,178 26,275 14,698 Tin Free Steel 11,818 7,348 13,874 9,015 Sheets Hot Rolled 266,300 81,330 367,249 108,220 Sheets Cold Rolled 177,571 103,413 232,492 121,753 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 98,623 52,580 116,229 61,861 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 16,820 9,102 20,925 11,289 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 17,386 12,287 18,895 13,469 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 9,030 6,645 10,314 7,926 Strip - Hot Rolled 4,841 2,414 5,045 2,517 Strip - Cold Rolled 14,104 25,132 13,562 26,515 ________________________________________________________________________________ October 2000 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,566,460 1,136,240 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,467 1,859 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 533,291 143,568 Wire Rods 236,003 76,091 Structural Shapes Heavy 133,977 48,746 Steel Piling 31,850 9,710 Plates Cut Lengths 77,728 33,595 Plates In Coils 66,230 23,752 Rails Standard 23,131 11,392 Rails All Other 1,717 844 Railroad Accessories 1,185 764 Bars - Hot Rolled 140,553 66,543 Bars - Light Shaped 20,052 7,408 Bars - Reinforcing 40,433 8,666 Bars - Cold Finished 28,164 34,049 Tool Steel 14,222 20,067 Standard Pipe 107,872 51,632 Oil Country Goods 68,359 44,568 Line Pipe 40,577 22,673 Mechanical Tubing 41,650 34,483 Pressure Tubing 5,193 5,073 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,735 26,690 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 2,426 4,220 Structural Pipe & Tube 41,123 20,588 Pipe For Piling 1,834 849 Wire Drawn 56,368 51,191 Black Plate 9,247 5,053 Tin Plate 26,424 14,764 Tin Free Steel 13,920 9,035 Sheets Hot Rolled 368,878 108,756 Sheets Cold Rolled 235,048 123,315 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 119,425 63,573 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 20,969 11,333 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 19,791 13,935 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 10,314 7,926 Strip - Hot Rolled 5,504 2,720 Strip - Cold Rolled 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 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."