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. September 2001 August 2001 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 1,999,920 829,264 2,351,970 982,757 Ingots And Steel For Castings 3,229 2,786 4,587 3,832 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 352,837 70,023 529,966 118,008 Wire Rods 273,348 75,567 233,693 68,503 Structural Shapes Heavy 66,382 21,808 87,061 30,447 Steel Piling 8,767 4,830 8,143 4,854 Plates Cut Lengths 91,073 34,287 75,797 32,835 Plates In Coils 47,385 13,817 44,935 14,004 Rails Standard 401 424 11,614 5,597 Rails All Other 1,216 917 900 548 Railroad Accessories 825 491 976 586 Bars - Hot Rolled 103,563 46,000 112,649 52,540 Bars - Light Shaped 14,547 5,262 15,349 6,243 Bars - Reinforcing 99,002 22,186 150,302 32,944 Bars - Cold Finished 19,654 21,303 22,530 25,857 Tool Steel 8,232 10,901 9,955 12,819 Standard Pipe 76,368 32,753 101,367 43,153 Oil Country Goods 56,418 43,111 67,718 46,332 Line Pipe>16 Inches In Diameter 88,952 50,595 111,225 64,520 Line Pipe<=16 Inches In Diameter 14,466 9,075 23,863 13,793 Line Pipe - Not Specified 14,724 6,360 13,445 8,426 Mechanical Tubing 29,523 24,173 39,494 31,887 Pressure Tubing 5,121 6,226 8,388 10,521 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,701 29,135 7,949 34,602 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 2,182 3,191 2,681 4,275 Structural Pipe & Tube 28,732 12,705 40,515 17,969 Pipe For Piling 1,210 570 651 249 Wire Drawn 46,796 39,730 54,117 44,310 Black Plate 13,083 5,796 10,136 4,802 Tin Plate 19,581 11,249 30,371 16,818 Tin Free Steel 8,068 5,062 15,465 9,535 Sheets Hot Rolled 128,170 35,309 134,648 37,886 Sheets Cold Rolled 206,476 87,884 235,793 95,265 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 110,956 52,641 98,765 47,851 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 10,746 5,559 6,393 4,297 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 18,506 11,981 16,614 10,444 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 7,070 4,786 7,810 5,280 Strip - Hot Rolled 3,764 1,870 4,045 1,818 Strip - Cold Rolled 11,848 18,900 12,061 19,106 ________________________________________________________________________________ August 2001 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,586,822 1,043,382 Ingots And Steel For Castings 7,769 6,530 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 704,997 153,129 Wire Rods 235,243 69,175 Structural Shapes Heavy 87,808 30,770 Steel Piling 8,143 4,854 Plates Cut Lengths 76,432 33,311 Plates In Coils 45,441 14,541 Rails Standard 11,614 5,597 Rails All Other 900 548 Railroad Accessories 976 586 Bars - Hot Rolled 119,409 54,445 Bars - Light Shaped 15,561 6,343 Bars - Reinforcing 168,365 36,684 Bars - Cold Finished 23,151 26,699 Tool Steel 10,888 13,560 Standard Pipe 103,808 44,353 Oil Country Goods 71,109 48,281 Line Pipe>16 Inches In Diameter 111,886 64,839 Line Pipe<=16 Inches In Diameter 23,943 13,874 Line Pipe - Not Specified 13,445 8,426 Mechanical Tubing 40,252 32,335 Pressure Tubing 8,578 10,741 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 8,244 35,498 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 2,693 4,295 Structural Pipe & Tube 40,722 18,021 Pipe For Piling 651 249 Wire Drawn 54,925 45,205 Black Plate 10,309 4,940 Tin Plate 30,605 16,936 Tin Free Steel 15,759 9,666 Sheets Hot Rolled 135,937 38,897 Sheets Cold Rolled 248,266 99,319 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 101,005 48,877 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 7,094 4,698 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 16,802 10,540 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 7,810 5,280 Strip - Hot Rolled 4,059 1,824 Strip - Cold Rolled 12,224 19,518 _______________________________________________________________________________ September 2000 August 2000 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 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."