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 August July Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 1,585,556 799,362 1,882,692 912,909 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,908 2,380 15,504 8,258 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 268,974 79,885 478,216 138,157 Wire Rods 152,427 49,974 171,735 54,651 Structural Shapes Heavy 55,501 20,953 35,409 15,652 Steel Piling 7,146 3,877 9,552 5,089 Plates Cut Lengths 39,995 20,391 50,685 25,303 Plates In Coils 31,831 13,426 36,330 16,256 Rails Standard 11,345 5,532 1,918 1,254 Rails All Other 1,485 760 1,190 784 Railroad Accessories 977 665 142 128 Bars - Hot Rolled 110,124 51,824 106,740 52,106 Bars - Light Shaped 17,437 8,105 13,541 6,671 Bars - Reinforcing 110,945 31,991 111,930 31,771 Bars - Cold Finished 18,519 18,543 18,158 20,913 Tool Steel 13,909 18,976 15,604 21,887 Standard Pipe 76,972 39,174 84,575 41,830 Oil Country Goods 55,149 38,193 67,541 44,615 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 39,456 25,244 31,172 20,187 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 25,617 18,766 39,101 22,316 Line Pipe - Not Specified 12,171 5,188 21,124 10,663 Mechanical Tubing 35,785 26,852 39,525 31,254 Pressure Tubing 5,117 5,323 8,085 6,305 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 7,417 24,882 7,941 27,424 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,295 2,521 1,628 2,863 Structural Pipe & Tube 37,027 18,201 25,207 13,889 Pipe For Piling 2,153 1,102 881 544 Wire Drawn 49,090 41,655 55,459 44,631 Black Plate 3,127 2,735 3,166 2,080 Tin Plate 20,188 12,440 24,214 15,206 Tin Free Steel 4,623 2,913 5,882 3,803 Sheets Hot Rolled 140,333 46,830 158,732 51,155 Sheets Cold Rolled 76,092 58,356 75,521 62,416 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 84,685 47,086 103,476 60,103 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 12,715 6,744 8,380 4,416 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 24,035 17,654 27,018 19,086 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 9,400 7,360 7,381 4,920 Strip - Hot Rolled 8,361 3,509 8,162 3,238 Strip - Cold Rolled 12,227 19,354 11,868 21,084 ______________________________________________________________ 2002 Data August July Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,519,199 1,043,589 2,793,688 1,074,477 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,919 3,228 2,195 2,537 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 737,847 183,771 848,532 183,626 Wire Rods 193,900 62,696 226,251 67,602 Structural Shapes Heavy 68,223 21,382 46,390 16,301 Steel Piling 15,321 8,376 11,976 6,414 Plates Cut Lengths 73,077 32,106 45,735 20,983 Plates In Coils 83,675 29,452 85,016 27,573 Rails Standard 1,116 549 20,161 8,795 Rails All Other 1,082 534 2,177 888 Railroad Accessories 1,284 685 1,431 1,318 Bars - Hot Rolled 123,883 52,330 136,574 58,302 Bars - Light Shaped 14,673 7,445 11,194 6,551 Bars - Reinforcing 105,999 25,109 184,227 41,023 Bars - Cold Finished 20,408 23,306 21,683 22,993 Tool Steel 11,090 14,077 11,556 16,739 Standard Pipe 86,699 41,762 90,921 43,496 Oil Country Goods 23,530 19,345 48,903 31,358 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 48,648 30,613 36,750 22,526 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 30,639 14,645 21,336 13,797 Line Pipe - Not Specified 30,444 11,285 8,689 3,257 Mechanical Tubing 43,781 35,119 55,831 38,922 Pressure Tubing 7,005 10,323 10,003 12,517 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,278 21,634 6,792 23,864 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,668 2,458 1,744 2,791 Structural Pipe & Tube 27,887 15,311 32,560 17,082 Pipe For Piling 488 195 575 200 Wire Drawn 62,151 48,337 61,770 49,072 Black Plate 5,727 3,456 5,197 3,391 Tin Plate 16,007 9,343 14,345 8,464 Tin Free Steel 8,994 5,215 8,314 4,810 Sheets Hot Rolled 277,965 88,885 372,731 110,415 Sheets Cold Rolled 151,562 82,932 133,666 75,229 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 159,567 82,866 171,183 84,465 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 12,354 6,337 10,505 5,501 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 41,255 24,135 23,981 16,104 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 3,610 2,494 4,282 2,999 Strip - Hot Rolled 6,477 2,941 6,735 2,962 Strip - Cold Rolled 11,967 18,910 11,777 19,611 ______________________________________________________________ August Cumulative to Date 2003 Final 2002 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 14,289,249 7,018,066 18,845,494 7,543,122 Ingots And Steel For Castings 41,061 36,741 31,297 33,134 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 2,873,299 851,394 5,349,740 1,165,862 Wire Rods 1,282,186 406,099 1,802,323 545,146 Structural Shapes Heavy 319,059 120,288 465,304 153,434 Steel Piling 56,687 31,727 99,566 53,452 Plates Cut Lengths 364,018 177,020 491,957 221,063 Plates In Coils 341,426 133,138 564,226 177,188 Rails Standard 96,509 45,690 132,267 60,204 Rails All Other 11,797 6,066 10,010 5,077 Railroad Accessories 6,212 3,821 9,092 6,422 Bars - Hot Rolled 910,878 426,584 963,838 424,723 Bars - Light Shaped 116,343 60,851 114,849 51,877 Bars - Reinforcing 595,974 161,445 950,538 202,330 Bars - Cold Finished 174,534 180,640 173,619 198,403 Tool Steel 114,189 150,402 85,382 114,543 Standard Pipe 601,474 306,840 682,062 322,452 Oil Country Goods 430,126 306,962 285,678 211,493 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 289,030 168,654 436,733 262,162 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 235,191 144,632 159,526 87,139 Line Pipe - Not Specified 115,976 49,555 78,418 27,919 Mechanical Tubing 310,326 241,826 331,584 264,809 Pressure Tubing 43,351 46,051 66,404 102,276 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 54,872 192,882 50,829 184,354 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 10,957 18,627 14,038 20,072 Structural Pipe & Tube 253,253 130,798 241,577 121,481 Pipe For Piling 7,873 4,446 11,932 5,020 Wire Drawn 461,315 373,467 462,077 367,665 Black Plate 31,106 21,507 68,319 34,730 Tin Plate 186,388 113,130 182,294 101,833 Tin Free Steel 48,771 29,904 74,788 44,382 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,516,063 506,554 1,840,691 523,404 Sheets Cold Rolled 838,799 566,629 1,031,489 539,779 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 1,045,710 572,426 1,093,983 534,951 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 87,805 50,091 101,209 52,002 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 200,357 146,822 193,068 120,211 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 51,848 38,768 43,396 28,620 Strip - Hot Rolled 64,811 27,647 57,615 23,107 Strip - Cold Rolled 99,673 167,940 93,777 150,405 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 August 2003