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. January 2001 December 2000 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,033,474 976,152 2,025,232 925,458 Ingots And Steel For Castings 3,107 3,017 2,837 3,239 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 310,245 80,979 421,617 104,359 Wire Rods 114,753 44,505 238,132 72,423 Structural Shapes Heavy 110,691 59,598 90,072 34,559 Steel Piling 8,774 4,840 10,858 5,501 Plates Cut Lengths 54,279 27,669 45,314 21,274 Plates In Coils 95,180 25,562 63,246 21,276 Rails Standard 33,924 15,750 17,677 8,162 Rails All Other 1,628 1,140 2,118 877 Railroad Accessories 2,826 1,551 2,044 993 Bars - Hot Rolled 93,450 46,046 94,894 48,951 Bars - Light Shaped 17,131 7,357 15,496 6,711 Bars - Reinforcing 109,543 25,812 47,763 11,271 Bars - Cold Finished 26,288 31,889 28,498 33,475 Tool Steel 13,814 20,061 11,538 17,837 Standard Pipe 84,278 40,656 84,876 42,033 Oil Country Goods 65,286 49,041 60,719 46,585 Line Pipe >16 Inches In Diameter 24,624 13,602 15,733 7,701 Line Pipe <=16 Inches In Diameter 40,011 26,631 16,231 12,129 Line Pipe Other 9,204 3,680 3,595 1,657 Mechanical Tubing 37,075 32,857 33,920 32,431 Pressure Tubing 5,525 5,816 4,901 5,501 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,780 27,826 6,732 24,662 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,986 2,362 2,031 3,428 Structural Pipe & Tube 39,039 18,745 29,076 13,885 Pipe For Piling 502 224 321 170 Wire Drawn 56,589 50,607 45,309 43,538 Black Plate 11,736 7,179 8,972 5,092 Tin Plate 28,208 15,945 31,073 18,610 Tin Free Steel 12,275 8,100 14,003 8,446 Sheets Hot Rolled 242,190 67,627 225,681 65,056 Sheets Cold Rolled 212,931 105,649 167,578 90,971 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 97,343 48,506 114,205 57,054 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 13,990 7,267 19,883 10,280 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 16,699 11,846 22,127 14,681 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 11,354 8,234 9,500 6,289 Strip - Hot Rolled 6,599 3,031 5,246 3,065 Strip - Cold Rolled 13,618 24,943 11,414 21,283 _______________________________________________________________________________ December 2000 January 2000 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,141,705 962,963 2,782,524 1,131,867 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,865 3,502 4,430 3,509 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 485,246 118,414 825,108 187,296 Wire Rods 253,808 76,298 189,923 65,830 Structural Shapes Heavy 94,617 35,349 103,013 38,183 Steel Piling 10,940 5,576 16,258 8,442 Plates Cut Lengths 46,362 21,837 65,368 32,525 Plates In Coils 63,263 21,280 125,553 38,292 Rails Standard 17,677 8,162 21,216 9,845 Rails All Other 2,118 877 1,835 1,184 Railroad Accessories 2,213 1,038 172 100 Bars - Hot Rolled 98,466 50,451 119,741 57,040 Bars - Light Shaped 15,558 6,735 28,435 11,073 Bars - Reinforcing 54,814 12,781 106,777 21,008 Bars - Cold Finished 28,556 33,548 27,339 31,107 Tool Steel 13,887 20,188 14,958 19,422 Standard Pipe 88,181 43,639 82,013 40,997 Oil Country Goods 64,020 49,301 25,283 16,926 Line Pipe >16 Inches In Diameter 15,773 7,980 51,248 25,286 Line Pipe <=16 Inches In Diameter 18,810 13,077 18,559 8,664 Line Pipe Other 3,595 1,657 10,346 3,648 Mechanical Tubing 35,363 33,323 39,266 36,182 Pressure Tubing 5,048 5,587 3,909 4,098 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,843 24,951 7,330 25,185 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 2,073 3,461 2,237 2,640 Structural Pipe & Tube 29,081 13,915 38,297 19,173 Pipe For Piling 321 170 506 219 Wire Drawn 45,523 43,811 56,399 48,591 Black Plate 9,086 5,374 8,853 6,014 Tin Plate 32,083 19,097 41,434 22,918 Tin Free Steel 16,104 10,040 20,811 12,443 Sheets Hot Rolled 227,168 65,521 391,514 113,494 Sheets Cold Rolled 169,330 92,593 129,566 91,830 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 114,107 57,013 142,142 72,765 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 20,219 10,476 16,779 8,619 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 22,152 14,895 19,175 13,662 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 9,500 6,289 8,037 5,323 Strip - Hot Rolled 5,340 3,137 4,541 2,189 Strip - Cold Rolled 11,594 21,618 14,152 26,145 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."