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. 2001 Data March February Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,349,125 990,640 1,781,410 835,253 Ingots And Steel For Castings 3,430 3,623 3,373 2,787 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 577,751 128,975 390,437 91,380 Wire Rods 307,908 85,965 76,751 35,125 Structural Shapes Heavy 47,596 18,369 67,619 25,279 Steel Piling 11,754 6,137 14,801 7,835 Plates Cut Lengths 44,575 25,223 74,258 29,538 Plates In Coils 36,638 11,463 32,201 11,342 Rails Standard 29,573 15,664 5,274 2,680 Rails All Other 1,482 839 1,300 619 Railroad Accessories 1,322 684 694 437 Bars - Hot Rolled 114,150 54,822 98,047 50,265 Bars - Light Shaped 14,213 6,730 8,788 4,058 Bars - Reinforcing 125,455 27,740 104,598 22,399 Bars - Cold Finished 27,524 34,955 25,144 33,657 Tool Steel 12,805 18,842 12,789 18,547 Standard Pipe 96,573 45,548 75,308 35,639 Oil Country Goods 78,174 54,478 55,636 41,816 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diameter 34,185 18,149 24,462 11,370 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diameter 24,960 14,297 16,217 9,923 Line Pipe - Not Specified 9,887 3,552 4,216 1,727 Mechanical Tubing 36,149 32,295 37,860 33,907 Pressure Tubing 5,098 5,555 3,743 4,449 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,287 25,608 6,042 23,783 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,170 2,209 1,465 2,426 Structural Pipe & Tube 35,207 17,506 37,857 18,452 Pipe For Piling 1,456 658 176 117 Wire Drawn 52,498 47,419 47,655 44,233 Black Plate 17,240 9,348 9,827 5,918 Tin Plate 22,614 13,492 21,905 12,948 Tin Free Steel 12,755 8,393 10,163 8,410 Sheets Hot Rolled 185,430 51,543 184,415 53,383 Sheets Cold Rolled 208,422 96,342 170,591 89,962 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 100,123 48,047 105,081 51,574 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 18,219 9,437 11,391 6,180 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 18,440 12,332 16,068 11,318 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 9,500 6,240 7,972 5,844 Strip - Hot Rolled 4,955 2,388 4,560 2,159 Strip - Cold Rolled 13,606 25,774 12,726 23,769 ______________________________________________________________________________ 2000 Data March February Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,919,830 1,295,611 3,160,184 1,249,557 Ingots And Steel For Castings 3,507 1,860 2,737 1,535 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 537,961 153,048 844,161 210,482 Wire Rods 184,147 62,103 210,057 66,715 Structural Shapes Heavy 168,638 61,227 111,525 39,373 Steel Piling 15,345 7,975 10,988 5,797 Plates Cut Lengths 54,389 31,870 48,449 25,758 Plates In Coils 133,510 44,064 151,844 44,848 Rails Standard 19,385 9,309 18,350 8,895 Rails All Other 2,369 1,426 4,515 2,261 Railroad Accessories 296 196 69 45 Bars - Hot Rolled 144,981 67,981 122,024 55,807 Bars - Light Shaped 30,088 11,694 26,344 10,165 Bars - Reinforcing 215,848 41,794 128,354 24,863 Bars - Cold Finished 34,522 39,518 30,365 33,502 Tool Steel 16,432 21,333 10,782 16,171 Standard Pipe 88,104 44,312 88,021 42,732 Oil Country Goods 51,378 35,077 46,795 27,656 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diameter 69,237 39,893 35,773 17,937 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diameter 15,853 9,289 21,583 10,210 Line Pipe - Not Specified 8,493 3,013 13,364 4,628 Mechanical Tubing 49,704 40,924 37,978 31,507 Pressure Tubing 3,310 4,783 4,485 5,279 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 9,252 31,493 6,886 22,853 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,900 2,506 1,930 2,327 Structural Pipe & Tube 46,772 23,518 37,335 19,687 Pipe For Piling 7,386 4,506 14,069 9,970 Wire Drawn 60,826 53,207 50,875 45,221 Black Plate 5,040 2,785 13,117 6,751 Tin Plate 38,443 21,682 31,800 17,332 Tin Free Steel 21,182 12,520 18,108 11,040 Sheets Hot Rolled 471,048 144,002 586,242 170,147 Sheets Cold Rolled 206,180 130,058 210,335 119,381 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 135,526 73,301 156,956 79,789 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 20,555 10,627 16,675 8,493 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 19,093 14,004 20,049 15,193 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 8,054 6,247 8,596 6,107 Strip - Hot Rolled 4,768 3,024 4,468 2,406 Strip - Cold Rolled 16,308 29,441 14,180 26,695 ______________________________________________________________________________ March Cumulative To Date 2001 Final 2000 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 6,222,345 2,798,094 8,862,538 3,677,034 Ingots And Steel For Castings 13,056 11,707 10,674 6,904 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 1,307,876 304,751 2,207,231 550,826 Wire Rods 499,598 165,678 584,128 194,648 Structural Shapes Heavy 225,923 83,276 383,176 138,784 Steel Piling 35,329 18,812 42,591 22,215 Plates Cut Lengths 173,447 82,600 168,206 90,153 Plates In Coils 164,223 48,466 410,907 127,204 Rails Standard 68,771 34,093 58,950 28,050 Rails All Other 4,413 2,597 8,720 4,870 Railroad Accessories 4,842 2,672 537 340 Bars - Hot Rolled 308,578 152,754 386,745 180,828 Bars - Light Shaped 40,132 18,145 84,868 32,933 Bars - Reinforcing 345,874 77,326 450,979 87,665 Bars - Cold Finished 79,224 101,062 92,226 104,128 Tool Steel 39,573 57,915 42,172 56,926 Standard Pipe 256,901 122,194 258,138 128,040 Oil Country Goods 200,122 145,961 123,455 79,658 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diameter 82,874 43,047 156,257 83,116 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diameter 84,939 50,840 55,995 28,163 Line Pipe - Not Specified 23,307 8,959 32,203 11,288 Mechanical Tubing 111,243 99,247 126,948 108,612 Pressure Tubing 14,366 15,820 11,704 14,159 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 19,132 77,285 23,468 79,531 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 4,624 7,007 6,067 7,473 Structural Pipe & Tube 112,103 54,703 122,404 62,378 Pipe For Piling 2,145 1,007 21,961 14,694 Wire Drawn 156,794 142,312 168,099 147,019 Black Plate 38,906 22,481 27,011 15,550 Tin Plate 73,060 42,564 111,678 61,932 Tin Free Steel 35,203 24,907 60,101 36,004 Sheets Hot Rolled 614,064 173,110 1,448,804 427,643 Sheets Cold Rolled 597,357 294,747 546,081 341,270 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 303,296 148,440 434,624 225,855 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 44,661 23,355 54,009 27,739 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 51,279 35,562 58,318 42,860 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 28,917 20,383 24,688 17,678 Strip - Hot Rolled 16,120 7,613 13,778 7,619 Strip - Cold Rolled 40,071 74,696 44,639 82,281 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."