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 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,025,232 925,458 1,977,673 950,782 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,837 3,239 2,337 1,727 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 421,617 104,359 280,123 85,740 Wire Rods 238,132 72,423 187,069 65,021 Structural Shapes Heavy 90,072 34,559 133,137 50,279 Steel Piling 10,858 5,501 9,350 5,278 Plates Cut Lengths 45,314 21,274 82,268 34,420 Plates In Coils 63,246 21,276 55,453 17,943 Rails Standard 17,677 8,162 2,306 996 Rails All Other 2,118 877 1,812 682 Railroad Accessories 2,044 993 916 497 Bars - Hot Rolled 94,894 48,951 109,839 53,090 Bars - Light Shaped 15,496 6,711 22,641 8,316 Bars - Reinforcing 47,763 11,271 48,785 10,369 Bars - Cold Finished 28,498 33,475 26,060 32,144 Tool Steel 11,538 17,837 11,851 17,135 Standard Pipe 84,876 42,033 93,378 43,386 Oil Country Goods 60,719 46,585 49,339 31,409 Line Pipe 35,559 21,487 43,780 21,416 Mechanical Tubing 33,920 32,431 37,776 33,356 Pressure Tubing 4,901 5,501 3,144 3,077 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,732 24,662 7,124 28,632 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 2,031 3,428 1,870 2,968 Structural Pipe & Tube 29,076 13,885 37,252 18,620 Pipe For Piling 321 170 2,254 873 Wire Drawn 45,309 43,538 53,656 49,782 Black Plate 8,972 5,092 18,800 10,199 Tin Plate 31,073 18,610 38,856 23,178 Tin Free Steel 14,003 8,446 11,818 7,348 Sheets Hot Rolled 225,681 65,056 266,300 81,330 Sheets Cold Rolled 167,578 90,971 177,571 103,413 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 114,205 57,054 98,623 52,580 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 19,883 10,280 16,820 9,102 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 22,127 14,681 17,386 12,287 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 9,500 6,289 9,030 6,645 Strip - Hot Rolled 5,246 3,065 4,841 2,414 Strip - Cold Rolled 11,414 21,283 14,104 25,132 ________________________________________________________________________________ November 2000 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,081,865 994,719 Ingots And Steel For Castings 4,462 4,529 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 306,425 93,522 Wire Rods 191,624 66,338 Structural Shapes Heavy 142,996 53,564 Steel Piling 9,470 5,350 Plates Cut Lengths 85,828 35,742 Plates In Coils 58,853 18,631 Rails Standard 2,306 996 Rails All Other 1,815 688 Railroad Accessories 931 504 Bars - Hot Rolled 113,974 54,660 Bars - Light Shaped 23,089 8,641 Bars - Reinforcing 57,610 12,503 Bars - Cold Finished 27,180 33,601 Tool Steel 12,503 18,275 Standard Pipe 93,982 46,681 Oil Country Goods 56,289 35,738 Line Pipe 50,447 23,994 Mechanical Tubing 37,983 33,459 Pressure Tubing 3,367 3,230 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 7,162 28,821 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,889 2,984 Structural Pipe & Tube 37,303 18,654 Pipe For Piling 2,254 873 Wire Drawn 54,086 50,516 Black Plate 18,800 10,199 Tin Plate 40,651 24,142 Tin Free Steel 11,837 7,358 Sheets Hot Rolled 275,759 84,158 Sheets Cold Rolled 189,152 107,416 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 98,641 52,587 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 16,820 9,102 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 17,718 12,543 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 9,264 6,776 Strip - Hot Rolled 5,245 2,870 Strip - Cold Rolled 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 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."