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 2002 Data October September Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,743,581 1,154,714 2,935,846 1,176,090 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,421 3,279 2,563 2,983 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 848,738 221,484 590,762 151,293 Wire Rods 215,998 69,001 600,980 158,667 Structural Shapes Heavy 42,800 15,371 54,981 18,957 Steel Piling 8,780 4,988 10,976 5,992 Plates Cut Lengths 62,358 26,807 81,816 31,742 Plates In Coils 85,442 29,370 70,455 23,932 Rails Standard 5,487 2,178 16,749 11,127 Rails All Other 1,283 678 657 439 Railroad Accessories 1,193 631 1,342 746 Bars - Hot Rolled 150,040 65,511 124,252 52,873 Bars - Light Shaped 17,271 7,974 13,542 6,979 Bars - Reinforcing 41,519 9,827 82,864 19,371 Bars - Cold Finished 24,086 25,031 22,338 23,495 Tool Steel 14,142 18,117 12,848 15,126 Standard Pipe 95,062 46,447 67,102 38,192 Oil Country Goods 55,330 36,659 39,111 30,736 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 51,499 30,167 68,062 43,917 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 22,166 10,856 20,471 13,719 Line Pipe - Not Specified 12,651 4,544 20,853 8,280 Mechanical Tubing 46,472 35,295 35,849 30,637 Pressure Tubing 7,258 8,440 7,460 9,584 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 5,950 23,309 5,550 20,945 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,842 3,445 1,976 2,998 Structural Pipe & Tube 27,175 15,383 27,728 15,421 Pipe For Piling 598 295 294 148 Wire Drawn 59,626 47,323 58,435 45,532 Black Plate 5,384 3,008 3,915 2,259 Tin Plate 18,601 10,654 17,098 9,799 Tin Free Steel 6,207 3,399 8,082 4,740 Sheets Hot Rolled 370,984 121,453 450,269 139,954 Sheets Cold Rolled 154,716 89,898 158,497 86,110 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 212,359 109,650 184,541 93,867 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 14,697 8,149 20,556 10,819 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 26,108 17,841 26,996 18,438 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 3,719 2,083 5,670 4,372 Strip - Hot Rolled 9,500 4,236 7,392 3,843 Strip - Cold Rolled 14,120 21,933 12,811 18,058 ______________________________________________________________ 2001 Data October September Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,646,448 1,016,320 2,150,754 881,776 Ingots And Steel For Castings 7,433 5,110 3,406 2,933 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 669,947 145,652 401,602 82,334 Wire Rods 329,451 91,305 279,195 77,168 Structural Shapes Heavy 65,875 21,322 67,235 22,076 Steel Piling 6,122 3,432 8,767 4,830 Plates Cut Lengths 77,002 32,597 92,817 34,839 Plates In Coils 70,030 20,848 48,517 14,726 Rails Standard 12,245 5,785 367 274 Rails All Other 826 463 2,915 1,613 Railroad Accessories 361 196 825 491 Bars - Hot Rolled 123,052 52,940 110,858 49,544 Bars - Light Shaped 12,280 5,090 14,547 5,262 Bars - Reinforcing 139,914 29,007 134,784 33,257 Bars - Cold Finished 28,061 29,435 26,188 24,530 Tool Steel 13,221 16,785 8,641 12,419 Standard Pipe 77,928 35,051 79,286 33,679 Oil Country Goods 49,466 39,785 71,611 50,560 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 66,373 34,298 91,132 51,551 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 15,016 8,382 14,495 9,101 Line Pipe - Not Specified 892 376 13,054 5,672 Mechanical Tubing 36,721 31,829 29,619 23,996 Pressure Tubing 6,638 7,800 5,467 6,627 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,496 25,525 6,910 29,355 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 2,789 4,055 2,330 3,396 Structural Pipe & Tube 30,681 14,364 28,602 13,002 Pipe For Piling 680 300 1,218 575 Wire Drawn 54,759 46,405 47,572 40,356 Black Plate 10,737 5,166 13,083 5,796 Tin Plate 36,643 20,581 19,649 11,306 Tin Free Steel 13,016 8,118 8,068 5,062 Sheets Hot Rolled 227,590 58,277 143,797 39,126 Sheets Cold Rolled 253,578 100,626 210,589 89,910 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 147,797 68,003 111,233 52,797 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 10,106 6,157 10,864 5,615 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 21,074 13,987 18,535 12,050 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 3,728 2,570 7,097 4,801 Strip - Hot Rolled 4,303 1,959 3,784 1,879 Strip - Cold Rolled 13,619 22,735 12,095 19,269 ______________________________________________________________ October Cumulative to Date 2002 Final 2001 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 24,524,921 9,873,926 22,755,529 9,694,579 Ingots And Steel For Castings 36,281 39,396 50,175 46,292 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 6,789,241 1,538,639 4,812,538 1,095,502 Wire Rods 2,619,301 772,814 2,233,787 672,179 Structural Shapes Heavy 563,086 187,762 728,705 254,108 Steel Piling 119,322 64,432 116,557 63,641 Plates Cut Lengths 636,131 279,612 679,343 302,480 Plates In Coils 720,123 230,490 562,833 164,415 Rails Standard 154,504 73,510 149,076 71,345 Rails All Other 11,950 6,194 14,832 8,767 Railroad Accessories 11,627 7,800 9,900 5,863 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,238,129 543,107 1,092,001 522,102 Bars - Light Shaped 145,662 66,830 133,499 57,492 Bars - Reinforcing 1,074,921 231,528 1,389,391 306,122 Bars - Cold Finished 220,044 246,929 271,499 324,096 Tool Steel 112,372 147,786 120,747 168,483 Standard Pipe 844,226 407,091 882,744 400,989 Oil Country Goods 380,119 278,888 792,456 524,981 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 556,294 336,246 763,170 409,870 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 202,163 111,714 223,892 135,963 Line Pipe - Not Specified 111,922 40,742 74,884 33,215 Mechanical Tubing 413,904 330,742 382,297 323,067 Pressure Tubing 81,122 120,299 57,274 67,432 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 62,329 228,608 69,903 284,314 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 17,856 26,515 20,951 31,607 Structural Pipe & Tube 296,480 152,284 355,390 166,118 Pipe For Piling 12,825 5,463 8,374 3,530 Wire Drawn 580,138 460,520 530,686 462,214 Black Plate 77,618 39,997 111,661 59,961 Tin Plate 217,993 122,286 282,619 164,756 Tin Free Steel 89,077 52,520 124,969 80,995 Sheets Hot Rolled 2,661,943 784,811 1,814,532 498,230 Sheets Cold Rolled 1,344,702 715,787 2,215,397 962,667 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 1,490,884 738,467 1,099,840 527,129 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 136,462 70,970 129,386 67,528 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 246,172 156,490 192,948 124,418 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 52,785 35,075 81,508 56,189 Strip - Hot Rolled 74,507 31,186 48,919 23,261 Strip - Cold Rolled 120,707 190,396 126,849 223,260 CONTACT: For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-763-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Census Bureau. SOURCE: U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Final October 2002