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 2003 Data March February Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,063,308 959,432 1,527,947 778,877 Ingots And Steel For Castings 4,473 5,463 3,623 4,420 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 446,472 122,775 260,492 77,698 Wire Rods 307,747 86,218 72,503 26,528 Structural Shapes Heavy 34,636 12,348 27,745 9,962 Steel Piling 8,244 4,620 6,126 3,435 Plates Cut Lengths 68,624 29,578 38,949 18,558 Plates In Coils 37,046 15,111 31,660 13,121 Rails Standard 22,010 10,050 14,264 7,483 Rails All Other 1,759 941 787 476 Railroad Accessories 884 608 1,299 645 Bars - Hot Rolled 119,931 58,507 91,990 43,769 Bars - Light Shaped 11,873 6,563 13,952 7,538 Bars - Reinforcing 72,715 17,457 48,832 11,629 Bars - Cold Finished 20,876 22,102 22,463 20,869 Tool Steel 15,987 19,671 13,051 16,451 Standard Pipe 64,638 36,168 88,226 42,719 Oil Country Goods 41,840 35,070 42,118 29,191 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 20,769 10,114 21,844 15,020 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 27,630 15,312 18,789 10,809 Line Pipe - Not Specified 11,296 4,630 7,018 2,657 Mechanical Tubing 42,402 34,937 31,048 25,506 Pressure Tubing 5,421 6,088 3,521 4,917 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,876 25,114 5,766 21,201 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,070 2,060 1,048 2,255 Structural Pipe & Tube 32,649 16,599 26,224 13,751 Pipe For Piling 434 263 365 309 Wire Drawn 65,743 50,670 52,700 42,688 Black Plate 4,910 3,656 3,882 2,344 Tin Plate 24,371 15,039 22,213 13,052 Tin Free Steel 6,656 4,057 7,015 4,103 Sheets Hot Rolled 201,540 69,251 193,823 65,832 Sheets Cold Rolled 116,639 79,170 136,367 82,589 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 149,939 80,475 148,077 78,734 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 11,991 7,585 12,282 7,219 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 25,329 19,723 33,559 23,006 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 8,683 6,827 3,553 3,772 Strip - Hot Rolled 6,561 3,007 8,339 3,496 Strip - Cold Rolled 12,645 21,604 12,434 21,125 ______________________________________________________________ 2002 Data March February Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 1,976,781 830,246 3,044,644 1,072,686 Ingots And Steel For Castings 3,476 3,461 8,375 7,320 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 503,102 118,989 1,001,686 188,397 Wire Rods 294,283 83,567 117,123 47,100 Structural Shapes Heavy 65,659 20,429 41,422 13,247 Steel Piling 5,825 3,011 11,849 6,375 Plates Cut Lengths 92,965 42,542 82,326 33,619 Plates In Coils 53,787 16,291 78,258 21,958 Rails Standard 20,011 8,999 19,968 9,381 Rails All Other 1,157 629 751 378 Railroad Accessories 962 685 380 288 Bars - Hot Rolled 102,772 48,650 130,380 57,570 Bars - Light Shaped 15,819 5,713 19,987 7,022 Bars - Reinforcing 41,062 8,964 263,556 53,307 Bars - Cold Finished 27,989 29,092 21,799 24,465 Tool Steel 8,217 14,022 11,712 14,705 Standard Pipe 60,150 30,362 124,472 50,025 Oil Country Goods 30,685 22,087 27,840 22,012 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 69,750 45,294 83,704 46,167 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 13,684 6,723 15,302 7,315 Line Pipe - Not Specified 3,200 1,045 13,087 4,845 Mechanical Tubing 28,931 25,591 39,144 27,170 Pressure Tubing 9,292 14,148 5,228 8,478 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,209 22,871 5,306 20,226 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,551 2,278 1,700 2,232 Structural Pipe & Tube 27,992 13,220 31,908 14,350 Pipe For Piling 937 410 1,504 554 Wire Drawn 55,773 44,405 48,711 40,691 Black Plate 3,156 2,019 14,485 5,444 Tin Plate 14,174 8,388 52,023 28,381 Tin Free Steel 7,568 4,657 18,911 11,156 Sheets Hot Rolled 160,209 43,200 281,154 73,198 Sheets Cold Rolled 111,281 54,229 178,912 75,523 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 88,919 45,678 191,954 87,360 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 7,281 4,405 32,716 14,261 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 15,806 10,307 35,621 18,934 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 3,206 2,266 14,364 8,196 Strip - Hot Rolled 8,063 3,155 6,318 2,516 Strip - Cold Rolled 11,877 18,463 10,708 18,521 ______________________________________________________________ March Cumulative to Date 2003 Final 2002 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 5,870,861 2,764,399 7,460,008 2,885,441 Ingots And Steel For Castings 11,398 13,335 15,626 16,365 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 1,195,426 334,840 2,137,005 425,283 Wire Rods 533,652 161,758 584,781 188,269 Structural Shapes Heavy 106,974 37,603 175,685 56,214 Steel Piling 21,943 12,402 27,333 14,133 Plates Cut Lengths 161,311 71,943 267,095 114,418 Plates In Coils 162,481 59,556 185,429 55,064 Rails Standard 53,190 25,951 56,750 26,411 Rails All Other 3,899 2,057 3,014 1,512 Railroad Accessories 3,192 1,820 2,260 1,644 Bars - Hot Rolled 352,403 163,321 355,941 164,686 Bars - Light Shaped 44,518 24,617 47,688 19,651 Bars - Reinforcing 211,352 50,644 430,839 87,502 Bars - Cold Finished 65,612 66,904 75,125 85,324 Tool Steel 41,446 52,422 31,261 43,157 Standard Pipe 216,219 111,992 289,812 125,504 Oil Country Goods 117,660 92,284 114,954 86,509 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 97,718 57,205 201,883 116,000 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 79,856 44,547 43,815 23,785 Line Pipe - Not Specified 30,289 11,480 18,538 6,788 Mechanical Tubing 117,568 92,439 109,271 88,046 Pressure Tubing 14,342 17,627 23,659 37,217 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 19,356 70,479 17,962 66,686 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 3,539 6,719 4,869 7,378 Structural Pipe & Tube 96,483 49,115 94,156 42,705 Pipe For Piling 1,154 806 7,358 3,102 Wire Drawn 178,082 141,912 156,462 129,227 Black Plate 15,552 9,777 43,665 18,774 Tin Plate 64,594 38,253 108,840 59,899 Tin Free Steel 18,447 10,951 36,863 22,347 Sheets Hot Rolled 713,451 240,727 623,286 163,397 Sheets Cold Rolled 410,856 248,159 490,208 218,328 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 512,498 270,155 457,777 213,531 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 32,373 19,853 55,410 26,979 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 81,310 59,820 84,205 49,060 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 18,217 14,797 26,637 16,329 Strip - Hot Rolled 23,464 10,433 19,929 8,162 Strip - Cold Rolled 39,035 65,702 34,618 56,056 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 March 2003