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 December November Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,607,484 1,097,837 2,519,807 1,115,915 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,048 2,459 2,934 2,764 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 542,708 144,911 649,676 178,786 Wire Rods 414,876 117,011 132,275 46,145 Structural Shapes Heavy 54,684 18,506 38,807 15,467 Steel Piling 6,380 3,620 18,830 10,462 Plates Cut Lengths 62,984 27,982 65,610 28,470 Plates In Coils 69,283 24,186 94,300 33,112 Rails Standard 19,369 8,494 17,038 7,970 Rails All Other 773 403 1,565 748 Railroad Accessories 1,007 894 431 307 Bars - Hot Rolled 109,133 54,999 118,542 51,170 Bars - Light Shaped 9,538 5,933 15,388 8,011 Bars - Reinforcing 27,628 6,582 55,204 13,207 Bars - Cold Finished 21,470 23,881 21,317 24,151 Tool Steel 14,822 19,077 13,905 16,791 Standard Pipe 68,589 32,684 76,424 37,444 Oil Country Goods 20,991 16,958 42,942 37,049 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 54,050 35,416 50,254 30,425 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 16,512 9,209 19,259 9,777 Line Pipe - Not Specified 6,425 2,212 11,309 3,881 Mechanical Tubing 31,174 26,348 43,300 32,228 Pressure Tubing 5,957 8,791 7,333 9,788 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,121 21,880 7,140 23,934 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,237 2,054 1,653 2,752 Structural Pipe & Tube 29,194 14,551 25,545 14,022 Pipe For Piling 375 206 557 282 Wire Drawn 56,747 46,004 60,078 48,242 Black Plate 3,011 2,019 9,046 5,167 Tin Plate 18,766 10,697 17,033 9,787 Tin Free Steel 5,310 2,791 10,482 5,921 Sheets Hot Rolled 502,793 161,488 360,109 119,640 Sheets Cold Rolled 178,010 95,641 211,233 107,397 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 175,562 92,422 253,518 129,128 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 16,283 8,817 13,670 7,657 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 26,699 17,229 26,633 18,153 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 8,157 6,629 3,361 2,306 Strip - Hot Rolled 5,092 2,419 9,832 4,348 Strip - Cold Rolled 13,726 22,434 13,271 19,024 ______________________________________________________________ 2001 Data December November Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,027,348 845,573 2,567,931 986,172 Ingots And Steel For Castings 3,211 2,784 5,032 4,255 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 317,638 72,323 653,657 133,928 Wire Rods 232,430 67,565 267,134 74,198 Structural Shapes Heavy 92,935 29,863 72,182 23,489 Steel Piling 11,497 6,121 16,208 8,778 Plates Cut Lengths 74,350 29,814 100,474 41,428 Plates In Coils 42,355 12,325 43,916 14,109 Rails Standard 22,587 9,727 12,994 6,146 Rails All Other 1,494 735 3,771 1,843 Railroad Accessories 245 165 486 430 Bars - Hot Rolled 112,163 49,546 124,304 56,270 Bars - Light Shaped 11,133 7,693 17,335 5,937 Bars - Reinforcing 44,754 9,194 160,891 33,891 Bars - Cold Finished 17,574 21,027 26,122 29,583 Tool Steel 10,621 14,730 10,218 13,269 Standard Pipe 80,277 34,523 78,353 33,851 Oil Country Goods 37,188 25,263 61,121 43,628 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 57,436 34,248 61,580 33,133 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 17,390 9,375 16,370 8,638 Line Pipe - Not Specified 3,735 1,367 5,052 2,186 Mechanical Tubing 30,914 25,180 38,198 30,822 Pressure Tubing 7,269 10,308 7,591 10,889 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 7,389 27,794 6,944 25,942 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,493 2,337 2,296 3,422 Structural Pipe & Tube 24,611 11,542 27,961 12,182 Pipe For Piling 5,045 2,704 5,664 1,739 Wire Drawn 42,966 37,961 49,398 41,171 Black Plate 12,080 5,062 10,184 4,649 Tin Plate 28,426 15,589 31,942 18,529 Tin Free Steel 10,123 6,250 12,037 7,679 Sheets Hot Rolled 166,150 44,421 205,641 55,635 Sheets Cold Rolled 320,276 114,900 250,836 99,615 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 112,811 52,177 125,309 59,852 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 14,953 7,519 15,076 7,039 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 28,200 16,892 19,354 12,900 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 9,908 7,043 7,746 4,750 Strip - Hot Rolled 2,856 1,509 2,816 1,219 Strip - Cold Rolled 10,865 17,998 11,739 19,147 ______________________________________________________________ December Cumulative to Date 2002 Final 2001 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 29,652,212 12,087,677 27,350,808 11,526,323 Ingots And Steel For Castings 41,264 44,619 58,417 53,331 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 7,981,624 1,862,336 5,783,833 1,301,753 Wire Rods 3,166,452 935,970 2,733,351 813,941 Structural Shapes Heavy 656,577 221,735 893,822 307,461 Steel Piling 144,532 78,514 144,262 78,539 Plates Cut Lengths 764,725 336,065 854,166 373,723 Plates In Coils 883,706 287,789 649,104 190,849 Rails Standard 190,911 89,973 184,657 87,217 Rails All Other 14,289 7,345 20,097 11,344 Railroad Accessories 13,065 9,001 10,631 6,459 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,465,805 649,275 1,328,468 627,918 Bars - Light Shaped 170,588 80,774 161,967 71,122 Bars - Reinforcing 1,157,753 251,317 1,595,036 349,207 Bars - Cold Finished 262,831 294,961 315,195 374,705 Tool Steel 141,100 183,654 141,585 196,482 Standard Pipe 989,239 477,219 1,041,374 469,363 Oil Country Goods 444,052 332,895 890,765 593,872 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 660,598 402,088 882,186 477,251 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 237,933 130,701 257,651 153,975 Line Pipe - Not Specified 129,656 46,836 83,671 36,769 Mechanical Tubing 488,378 389,317 451,409 379,069 Pressure Tubing 94,412 138,878 72,133 88,629 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 75,589 274,422 84,236 338,049 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 20,746 31,320 24,740 37,366 Structural Pipe & Tube 351,220 180,857 407,962 189,842 Pipe For Piling 13,756 5,951 19,084 7,973 Wire Drawn 696,964 554,766 623,050 541,346 Black Plate 89,675 47,183 133,925 69,672 Tin Plate 253,792 142,770 342,986 198,874 Tin Free Steel 104,869 61,232 147,129 94,924 Sheets Hot Rolled 3,524,844 1,065,939 2,186,323 598,286 Sheets Cold Rolled 1,733,945 918,825 2,786,509 1,177,183 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 1,919,964 960,017 1,337,960 639,159 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 166,415 87,444 159,415 82,086 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 299,503 191,871 240,502 154,210 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 64,304 44,010 99,162 67,982 Strip - Hot Rolled 89,431 37,954 54,590 25,989 Strip - Cold Rolled 147,704 231,854 149,453 260,405 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 December 2002