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 February 2003 January 2003 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 1,491,435 759,354 2,198,485 991,581 Ingots And Steel For Castings 3,327 3,983 3,290 3,427 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 254,110 76,145 484,439 133,397 Wire Rods 72,366 26,351 152,513 48,626 Structural Shapes Heavy 27,739 9,955 43,786 15,082 Steel Piling 6,126 3,435 7,573 4,347 Plates Cut Lengths 37,809 18,118 53,213 23,528 Plates In Coils 30,991 12,830 93,127 31,068 Rails Standard 14,264 7,483 16,915 8,418 Rails All Other 489 242 1,353 641 Railroad Accessories 1,021 592 1,009 566 Bars - Hot Rolled 90,415 43,164 121,761 53,903 Bars - Light Shaped 13,862 7,494 18,111 10,339 Bars - Reinforcing 48,386 11,482 68,714 16,373 Bars - Cold Finished 21,616 20,213 21,801 23,630 Tool Steel 12,254 15,564 11,225 14,833 Standard Pipe 85,978 41,797 62,695 32,679 Oil Country Goods 36,620 25,286 32,868 27,473 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 19,713 13,805 54,931 31,960 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 16,098 9,681 25,129 12,949 Line Pipe - Not Specified 7,018 2,657 11,944 4,179 Mechanical Tubing 30,344 24,645 41,640 30,439 Pressure Tubing 3,497 4,858 5,312 6,486 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 5,688 20,676 6,583 23,848 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,048 2,255 1,416 2,398 Structural Pipe & Tube 26,128 13,672 36,715 18,337 Pipe For Piling 365 309 342 227 Wire Drawn 52,351 42,296 59,132 48,014 Black Plate 3,882 2,344 6,608 3,677 Tin Plate 22,213 13,052 17,019 9,594 Tin Free Steel 7,015 4,103 4,776 2,791 Sheets Hot Rolled 193,009 65,569 315,545 104,618 Sheets Cold Rolled 131,962 80,659 153,210 84,447 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 146,182 77,719 205,666 106,711 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 12,246 7,197 8,101 5,049 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 31,288 21,763 22,014 16,818 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 3,355 3,524 5,900 4,145 Strip - Hot Rolled 8,296 3,465 8,226 3,707 Strip - Cold Rolled 12,363 20,970 13,882 22,859 ______________________________________________________________ January 2003 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,279,606 1,026,091 Ingots And Steel For Castings 3,303 3,452 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 488,462 134,368 Wire Rods 153,403 49,011 Structural Shapes Heavy 44,593 15,293 Steel Piling 7,573 4,347 Plates Cut Lengths 53,738 23,807 Plates In Coils 93,774 31,324 Rails Standard 16,915 8,418 Rails All Other 1,353 641 Railroad Accessories 1,009 566 Bars - Hot Rolled 140,482 61,045 Bars - Light Shaped 18,693 10,516 Bars - Reinforcing 89,805 21,557 Bars - Cold Finished 22,273 23,933 Tool Steel 12,408 16,299 Standard Pipe 63,355 33,106 Oil Country Goods 33,702 28,022 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 55,104 32,071 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 33,437 18,425 Line Pipe - Not Specified 11,974 4,192 Mechanical Tubing 44,118 31,996 Pressure Tubing 5,401 6,622 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,713 24,164 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,420 2,404 Structural Pipe & Tube 37,610 18,764 Pipe For Piling 355 234 Wire Drawn 59,639 48,554 Black Plate 6,761 3,777 Tin Plate 18,010 10,162 Tin Free Steel 4,776 2,791 Sheets Hot Rolled 318,088 105,644 Sheets Cold Rolled 157,850 86,400 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 214,482 110,946 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 8,101 5,049 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 22,422 17,091 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 5,982 4,198 Strip - Hot Rolled 8,565 3,929 Strip - Cold Rolled 13,956 22,973 ______________________________________________________________ February 2002 January 2002 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 3,044,644 1,072,686 2,438,583 982,509 Ingots And Steel For Castings 8,375 7,320 3,775 5,584 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 1,001,686 188,397 632,217 117,896 Wire Rods 117,123 47,100 173,375 57,602 Structural Shapes Heavy 41,422 13,247 68,603 22,538 Steel Piling 11,849 6,375 9,659 4,747 Plates Cut Lengths 82,326 33,619 91,804 38,257 Plates In Coils 78,258 21,958 53,384 16,816 Rails Standard 19,968 9,381 16,771 8,031 Rails All Other 751 378 1,107 505 Railroad Accessories 380 288 919 671 Bars - Hot Rolled 130,380 57,570 122,789 58,467 Bars - Light Shaped 19,987 7,022 11,882 6,916 Bars - Reinforcing 263,556 53,307 126,221 25,231 Bars - Cold Finished 21,799 24,465 25,337 31,767 Tool Steel 11,712 14,705 11,332 14,430 Standard Pipe 124,472 50,025 105,189 45,117 Oil Country Goods 27,840 22,012 56,428 42,410 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 83,704 46,167 48,429 24,539 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 15,302 7,315 14,829 9,747 Line Pipe - Not Specified 13,087 4,845 2,252 897 Mechanical Tubing 39,144 27,170 41,196 35,285 Pressure Tubing 5,228 8,478 9,138 14,590 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 5,306 20,226 6,447 23,590 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,700 2,232 1,619 2,868 Structural Pipe & Tube 31,908 14,350 34,256 15,135 Pipe For Piling 1,504 554 4,918 2,137 Wire Drawn 48,711 40,691 51,978 44,130 Black Plate 14,485 5,444 26,024 11,312 Tin Plate 52,023 28,381 42,642 23,130 Tin Free Steel 18,911 11,156 10,384 6,534 Sheets Hot Rolled 281,154 73,198 181,922 46,999 Sheets Cold Rolled 178,912 75,523 200,014 88,577 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 191,954 87,360 176,904 80,494 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 32,716 14,261 15,412 8,313 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 35,621 18,934 32,778 19,819 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 14,364 8,196 9,067 5,867 Strip - Hot Rolled 6,318 2,516 5,548 2,491 Strip - Cold Rolled 10,708 18,521 12,032 19,072 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 February 2003 (CB-03-52)