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 December 2002 November 2002 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,488,774 1,048,087 2,352,965 1,048,577 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,048 2,459 2,711 2,677 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 502,833 134,255 607,683 167,607 Wire Rods 401,924 111,379 127,387 44,468 Structural Shapes Heavy 54,649 18,479 38,241 15,218 Steel Piling 6,380 3,620 18,829 10,459 Plates Cut Lengths 62,277 27,776 59,333 26,535 Plates In Coils 67,865 23,739 85,848 30,532 Rails Standard 19,369 8,494 16,924 7,925 Rails All Other 773 403 1,456 692 Railroad Accessories 1,007 894 431 307 Bars - Hot Rolled 107,221 50,058 117,581 50,277 Bars - Light Shaped 9,485 5,889 14,486 7,639 Bars - Reinforcing 26,577 6,355 48,512 11,592 Bars - Cold Finished 20,183 23,148 20,590 23,684 Tool Steel 14,246 18,486 11,605 15,038 Standard Pipe 68,453 32,602 65,027 32,770 Oil Country Goods 20,175 16,375 39,356 32,911 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 39,914 28,158 45,031 28,131 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 16,491 9,196 19,463 10,177 Line Pipe - Not Specified 6,425 2,212 10,694 3,639 Mechanical Tubing 30,893 26,053 37,949 29,523 Pressure Tubing 5,877 8,555 6,848 9,467 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,067 21,615 6,909 22,603 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,237 2,054 1,644 2,692 Structural Pipe & Tube 29,194 14,551 25,475 13,992 Pipe For Piling 375 206 576 342 Wire Drawn 56,338 45,647 60,121 47,934 Black Plate 2,302 1,342 8,308 4,374 Tin Plate 18,620 10,630 15,965 9,231 Tin Free Steel 5,310 2,791 9,969 5,676 Sheets Hot Rolled 490,193 157,710 337,705 113,153 Sheets Cold Rolled 154,934 86,785 197,268 101,741 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 173,783 91,527 229,607 116,337 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 12,826 7,094 12,199 6,856 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 25,989 16,762 25,374 17,292 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 8,102 6,585 3,332 2,289 Strip - Hot Rolled 5,058 2,398 9,819 4,346 Strip - Cold Rolled 13,380 21,807 12,710 18,453 ______________________________________________________________ November 2002 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,519,807 1,115,915 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,934 2,764 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 649,676 178,786 Wire Rods 132,275 46,145 Structural Shapes Heavy 38,807 15,467 Steel Piling 18,830 10,462 Plates Cut Lengths 65,610 28,470 Plates In Coils 94,300 33,112 Rails Standard 17,038 7,970 Rails All Other 1,565 748 Railroad Accessories 431 307 Bars - Hot Rolled 118,542 51,170 Bars - Light Shaped 15,388 8,011 Bars - Reinforcing 55,204 13,207 Bars - Cold Finished 21,317 24,151 Tool Steel 13,905 16,791 Standard Pipe 76,424 37,444 Oil Country Goods 42,942 37,049 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 50,254 30,425 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 19,259 9,777 Line Pipe - Not Specified 11,309 3,881 Mechanical Tubing 43,300 32,228 Pressure Tubing 7,333 9,788 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 7,140 23,934 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,653 2,752 Structural Pipe & Tube 25,545 14,022 Pipe For Piling 557 282 Wire Drawn 60,078 48,242 Black Plate 9,046 5,167 Tin Plate 17,033 9,787 Tin Free Steel 10,482 5,921 Sheets Hot Rolled 360,109 119,640 Sheets Cold Rolled 211,233 107,397 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 253,518 129,128 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 13,670 7,657 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 26,633 18,153 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 3,361 2,306 Strip - Hot Rolled 9,832 4,348 Strip - Cold Rolled 13,271 19,024 ______________________________________________________________ December 2001 November 2001 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 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: Preliminary December 2002 (CB-02-165)