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. December 2000 November 2000 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,141,705 962,963 2,081,865 994,719 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,865 3,502 4,462 4,529 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 485,246 118,414 306,425 93,522 Wire Rods 253,808 76,298 191,624 66,338 Structural Shapes Heavy 94,617 35,349 142,996 53,564 Steel Piling 10,940 5,576 9,470 5,350 Plates Cut Lengths 46,362 21,837 85,828 35,742 Plates In Coils 63,263 21,280 58,853 18,631 Rails Standard 17,677 8,162 2,306 996 Rails All Other 2,118 877 1,815 688 Railroad Accessories 2,213 1,038 931 504 Bars - Hot Rolled 98,466 50,451 113,974 54,660 Bars - Light Shaped 15,558 6,735 23,089 8,641 Bars - Reinforcing 54,814 12,781 57,610 12,503 Bars - Cold Finished 28,556 33,548 27,180 33,601 Tool Steel 13,887 20,188 12,503 18,275 Standard Pipe 88,181 43,639 93,982 46,681 Oil Country Goods 64,020 49,301 56,289 35,738 Line Pipe 38,178 22,714 50,447 23,994 Mechanical Tubing 35,363 33,323 37,983 33,459 Pressure Tubing 5,048 5,587 3,367 3,230 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,843 24,951 7,162 28,821 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 2,073 3,461 1,889 2,984 Structural Pipe & Tube 29,081 13,915 37,303 18,654 Pipe For Piling 321 170 2,254 873 Wire Drawn 45,523 43,811 54,086 50,516 Black Plate 9,086 5,374 18,800 10,199 Tin Plate 32,083 19,097 40,651 24,142 Tin Free Steel 16,104 10,040 11,837 7,358 Sheets Hot Rolled 227,168 65,521 275,759 84,158 Sheets Cold Rolled 169,330 92,593 189,152 107,416 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 114,107 57,013 98,641 52,587 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 20,219 10,476 16,820 9,102 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 22,152 14,895 17,718 12,543 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 9,500 6,289 9,264 6,776 Strip - Hot Rolled 5,340 3,137 5,245 2,870 Strip - Cold Rolled 11,594 21,618 14,150 25,075 ________________________________________________________________________________ December 1999 November 1999 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,814,332 1,122,469 2,696,641 1,108,384 Ingots And Steel For Castings 36,967 9,926 1,678 3,657 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 698,337 178,145 555,477 133,822 Wire Rods 202,862 66,594 170,005 59,150 Structural Shapes Heavy 114,224 39,081 58,974 22,376 Steel Piling 10,189 5,043 11,930 6,242 Plates Cut Lengths 63,625 29,768 64,582 28,465 Plates In Coils 145,273 39,478 139,943 40,250 Rails Standard 7,408 3,580 18,993 8,993 Rails All Other 1,611 938 3,386 1,879 Railroad Accessories 394 188 149 122 Bars - Hot Rolled 112,821 54,558 124,309 57,486 Bars - Light Shaped 23,998 9,259 24,944 11,666 Bars - Reinforcing 83,546 17,030 128,162 25,538 Bars - Cold Finished 23,719 28,114 30,988 31,779 Tool Steel 13,246 18,989 12,502 16,697 Standard Pipe 65,353 32,716 76,297 38,517 Oil Country Goods 25,220 15,381 25,853 17,676 Line Pipe 84,678 39,554 65,780 27,911 Mechanical Tubing 31,545 25,881 34,150 28,497 Pressure Tubing 4,076 4,222 4,366 4,557 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 7,763 27,620 7,267 24,928 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 2,328 2,663 2,096 3,261 Structural Pipe & Tube 33,769 16,675 35,297 17,995 Pipe For Piling 3,478 1,448 379 172 Wire Drawn 55,141 48,171 57,051 49,890 Black Plate 16,598 7,724 10,650 6,303 Tin Plate 23,898 14,001 34,959 19,447 Tin Free Steel 20,521 11,622 14,261 8,716 Sheets Hot Rolled 492,484 135,500 527,674 147,608 Sheets Cold Rolled 200,106 108,757 208,443 119,076 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 137,646 70,377 179,568 90,901 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 19,562 10,377 19,234 10,063 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 18,229 12,414 20,625 14,037 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 13,925 9,520 7,695 5,315 Strip - Hot Rolled 6,191 3,050 4,713 2,258 Strip - Cold Rolled 13,603 24,107 14,261 23,133 _______________________________________________________________________________ December Cumulative To Date 2000 Final 1999 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 34,433,707 14,903,382 32,414,195 12,613,874 Ingots And Steel For Castings 77,238 68,066 56,051 34,223 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 7,684,587 2,064,513 7,727,338 1,682,296 Wire Rods 2,695,683 883,429 2,508,394 770,984 Structural Shapes Heavy 1,761,563 662,213 1,288,065 407,101 Steel Piling 182,102 87,981 117,722 61,805 Plates Cut Lengths 897,046 419,682 829,435 379,541 Plates In Coils 1,411,162 461,493 1,435,424 407,997 Rails Standard 214,354 105,006 225,881 111,552 Rails All Other 28,007 14,863 27,936 16,883 Railroad Accessories 6,980 3,963 4,219 2,316 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,583,915 753,107 1,359,840 662,162 Bars - Light Shaped 319,026 127,052 265,154 105,514 Bars - Reinforcing 1,514,859 317,988 1,662,531 339,573 Bars - Cold Finished 372,887 432,513 277,316 310,054 Tool Steel 162,450 225,232 148,655 214,426 Standard Pipe 1,154,850 574,322 777,177 398,183 Oil Country Goods 653,401 440,099 154,375 115,748 Line Pipe 808,795 411,588 842,553 389,842 Mechanical Tubing 510,022 439,721 398,793 336,363 Pressure Tubing 51,333 58,030 46,538 51,645 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 87,756 318,969 75,574 261,321 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 24,983 34,555 24,630 29,803 Structural Pipe & Tube 476,375 242,603 431,098 209,724 Pipe For Piling 34,217 20,442 19,196 8,931 Wire Drawn 668,742 598,490 669,940 579,320 Black Plate 131,329 75,872 151,067 82,853 Tin Plate 358,827 206,104 447,331 253,907 Tin Free Steel 167,523 103,089 186,382 120,798 Sheets Hot Rolled 5,362,107 1,629,754 4,502,895 1,200,943 Sheets Cold Rolled 2,628,428 1,556,133 3,099,972 1,437,778 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 1,594,731 851,239 1,914,687 987,978 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 235,697 125,398 171,160 89,955 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 237,388 170,026 208,678 137,827 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 111,250 80,265 104,319 73,563 Strip - Hot Rolled 59,017 32,523 73,298 35,050 Strip - Cold Rolled 165,073 307,058 180,570 305,913 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."