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 September August Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,150,754 881,776 2,586,822 1,043,382 Ingots And Steel For Castings 3,406 2,933 7,769 6,530 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 401,602 82,334 704,997 153,129 Wire Rods 279,195 77,168 235,243 69,175 Structural Shapes Heavy 67,235 22,076 87,808 30,770 Steel Piling 8,767 4,830 8,143 4,854 Plates Cut Lengths 92,817 34,839 76,432 33,311 Plates In Coils 48,517 14,726 45,441 14,541 Rails Standard 367 274 11,614 5,597 Rails All Other 2,915 1,613 900 548 Railroad Accessories 825 491 976 586 Bars - Hot Rolled 110,858 49,544 119,409 54,445 Bars - Light Shaped 14,547 5,262 15,561 6,343 Bars - Reinforcing 134,784 33,257 168,365 36,684 Bars - Cold Finished 26,188 24,530 23,151 26,699 Tool Steel 8,641 12,419 10,888 13,560 Standard Pipe 79,286 33,679 103,808 44,353 Oil Country Goods 71,611 50,560 71,109 48,281 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diameter 91,132 51,551 111,886 64,839 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diameter 14,495 9,101 23,943 13,874 Line Pipe - Not Specified 13,054 5,672 13,445 8,426 Mechanical Tubing 29,619 23,996 40,252 32,335 Pressure Tubing 5,467 6,627 8,578 10,741 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,910 29,355 8,244 35,498 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 2,330 3,396 2,693 4,295 Structural Pipe & Tube 28,602 13,002 40,722 18,021 Pipe For Piling 1,218 575 651 249 Wire Drawn 47,572 40,356 54,925 45,205 Black Plate 13,083 5,796 10,309 4,940 Tin Plate 19,649 11,306 30,605 16,936 Tin Free Steel 8,068 5,062 15,759 9,666 Sheets Hot Rolled 143,797 39,126 135,937 38,897 Sheets Cold Rolled 210,589 89,910 248,266 99,319 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 111,233 52,797 101,005 48,877 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 10,864 5,615 7,094 4,698 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 18,535 12,050 16,802 10,540 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 7,097 4,801 7,810 5,280 Strip - Hot Rolled 3,784 1,879 4,059 1,824 Strip - Cold Rolled 12,095 19,269 12,224 19,518 ________________________________________________________________________________ Š 2000 Data September August Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,709,102 1,174,106 3,315,900 1,403,241 Ingots And Steel For Castings 5,975 8,682 3,722 2,399 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 618,469 159,314 750,825 203,617 Wire Rods 268,495 83,375 299,929 95,054 Structural Shapes Heavy 145,928 54,396 174,225 65,220 Steel Piling 10,915 6,125 23,164 12,002 Plates Cut Lengths 93,736 36,848 127,246 50,575 Plates In Coils 123,098 41,553 163,102 52,278 Rails Standard 8,855 4,321 22,342 10,959 Rails All Other 2,308 1,179 1,068 710 Railroad Accessories 272 97 339 314 Bars - Hot Rolled 118,112 56,350 152,187 75,325 Bars - Light Shaped 28,538 10,103 27,690 9,992 Bars - Reinforcing 112,208 27,407 171,155 35,407 Bars - Cold Finished 23,480 29,402 33,934 41,796 Tool Steel 15,216 19,009 14,324 19,386 Standard Pipe 74,105 40,210 120,076 61,982 Oil Country Goods 57,169 42,820 49,416 35,763 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diameter 25,487 11,787 21,179 10,337 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diameter 14,288 7,853 19,841 11,093 Line Pipe - Not Specified 6,277 3,124 12,071 5,508 Mechanical Tubing 44,884 40,255 40,669 36,122 Pressure Tubing 2,210 2,330 7,245 7,756 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 7,121 25,498 6,732 24,802 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,388 1,910 2,085 2,810 Structural Pipe & Tube 36,806 19,665 42,417 21,876 Pipe For Piling 1,121 635 1,957 1,034 Wire Drawn 49,082 43,999 56,539 50,977 Black Plate 13,450 7,693 6,358 4,324 Tin Plate 26,202 14,910 23,491 13,853 Tin Free Steel 15,633 9,459 7,646 4,698 Sheets Hot Rolled 322,650 101,840 473,276 147,405 Sheets Cold Rolled 231,488 130,565 261,088 155,527 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 135,249 73,802 131,597 72,806 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 21,484 11,578 23,337 12,816 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 23,297 15,741 17,241 13,164 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 6,855 5,031 8,509 7,451 Strip - Hot Rolled 5,459 3,077 4,668 2,693 Strip - Cold Rolled 11,790 22,162 13,213 23,414 ________________________________________________________________________________ September Cumulative To Date 2001 Final 2000 Final Š Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 20,109,081 8,678,259 27,643,677 11,809,459 Ingots And Steel For Castings 42,742 41,181 67,444 58,175 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 4,142,591 949,850 6,359,625 1,709,010 Wire Rods 1,904,336 580,874 2,014,249 664,702 Structural Shapes Heavy 662,830 232,786 1,389,973 524,553 Steel Piling 110,435 60,209 129,842 67,345 Plates Cut Lengths 602,341 269,883 687,128 328,508 Plates In Coils 492,803 143,567 1,222,816 397,831 Rails Standard 136,831 65,560 171,240 84,456 Rails All Other 14,006 8,303 22,357 12,453 Railroad Accessories 9,538 5,667 2,651 1,656 Bars - Hot Rolled 968,949 469,161 1,230,922 581,453 Bars - Light Shaped 121,219 52,402 260,327 104,268 Bars - Reinforcing 1,249,477 277,115 1,362,002 284,038 Bars - Cold Finished 243,439 294,661 288,986 331,314 Tool Steel 107,526 151,698 121,838 166,702 Standard Pipe 804,816 365,938 864,816 432,370 Oil Country Goods 742,990 485,195 464,734 310,492 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diameter 696,796 375,572 426,980 220,216 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diameter 208,875 127,580 172,398 90,259 Line Pipe - Not Specified 73,992 32,840 80,216 31,734 Mechanical Tubing 345,575 291,238 395,026 338,457 Pressure Tubing 50,636 59,633 37,726 44,140 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 63,406 258,789 67,018 238,506 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 18,162 27,552 18,594 23,890 Structural Pipe & Tube 324,709 151,754 368,869 189,446 Pipe For Piling 7,695 3,230 29,808 18,550 Wire Drawn 475,928 415,809 512,765 452,973 Black Plate 100,924 54,794 94,195 55,246 Tin Plate 245,976 144,176 259,669 148,102 Tin Free Steel 111,953 72,876 125,662 76,655 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,586,943 439,953 4,490,303 1,371,319 Sheets Cold Rolled 1,961,819 862,041 2,034,899 1,232,810 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 952,043 459,126 1,262,557 678,065 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 119,280 61,371 177,687 94,488 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 171,873 110,432 177,726 128,653 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 77,780 53,619 82,173 59,274 Strip - Hot Rolled 44,616 21,301 42,929 23,796 Strip - Cold Rolled 113,230 200,525 125,528 233,557 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."