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 September August Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 1,701,079 824,148 1,585,556 799,362 Ingots And Steel For Castings 3,785 4,483 1,908 2,380 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 337,660 93,431 268,974 79,885 Wire Rods 200,479 61,111 152,427 49,974 Structural Shapes Heavy 33,800 13,881 55,501 20,953 Steel Piling 10,250 5,333 7,146 3,877 Plates Cut Lengths 38,950 18,842 39,995 20,391 Plates In Coils 44,437 18,437 31,831 13,426 Rails Standard 2,149 1,083 11,345 5,532 Rails All Other 844 380 1,485 760 Railroad Accessories 404 315 977 665 Bars - Hot Rolled 107,403 48,713 110,124 51,824 Bars - Light Shaped 18,609 8,434 17,437 8,105 Bars - Reinforcing 82,344 22,998 110,945 31,991 Bars - Cold Finished 16,534 19,091 18,519 18,543 Tool Steel 9,435 14,282 13,909 18,976 Standard Pipe 81,032 42,505 76,972 39,174 Oil Country Goods 67,330 41,777 55,149 38,193 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 28,926 16,604 39,456 25,244 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 28,872 17,638 25,617 18,766 Line Pipe - Not Specified 13,851 5,441 12,171 5,188 Mechanical Tubing 43,290 34,578 35,785 26,852 Pressure Tubing 4,328 5,308 5,117 5,323 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 7,690 26,732 7,417 24,882 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 2,208 3,560 1,295 2,521 Structural Pipe & Tube 27,377 14,122 37,027 18,201 Pipe For Piling 1,245 756 2,153 1,102 Wire Drawn 53,922 43,306 49,090 41,655 Black Plate 3,129 2,001 3,127 2,735 Tin Plate 19,788 12,207 20,188 12,440 Tin Free Steel 5,894 3,671 4,623 2,913 Sheets Hot Rolled 182,285 63,904 140,333 46,830 Sheets Cold Rolled 74,915 59,345 76,092 58,356 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 95,950 54,352 84,685 47,086 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 7,495 4,649 12,715 6,744 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 22,720 16,442 24,035 17,654 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 2,465 1,984 9,400 7,360 Strip - Hot Rolled 6,986 2,967 8,361 3,509 Strip - Cold Rolled 12,298 19,487 12,227 19,354 ______________________________________________________________ 2002 Data September August Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,935,846 1,176,090 2,519,199 1,043,589 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,563 2,983 2,919 3,228 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 590,762 151,293 737,847 183,771 Wire Rods 600,980 158,667 193,900 62,696 Structural Shapes Heavy 54,981 18,957 68,223 21,382 Steel Piling 10,976 5,992 15,321 8,376 Plates Cut Lengths 81,816 31,742 73,077 32,106 Plates In Coils 70,455 23,932 83,675 29,452 Rails Standard 16,749 11,127 1,116 549 Rails All Other 657 439 1,082 534 Railroad Accessories 1,342 746 1,284 685 Bars - Hot Rolled 124,252 52,873 123,883 52,330 Bars - Light Shaped 13,542 6,979 14,673 7,445 Bars - Reinforcing 82,864 19,371 105,999 25,109 Bars - Cold Finished 22,338 23,495 20,408 23,306 Tool Steel 12,848 15,126 11,090 14,077 Standard Pipe 67,102 38,192 86,699 41,762 Oil Country Goods 39,111 30,736 23,530 19,345 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 68,062 43,917 48,648 30,613 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 20,471 13,719 30,639 14,645 Line Pipe - Not Specified 20,853 8,280 30,444 11,285 Mechanical Tubing 35,849 30,637 43,781 35,119 Pressure Tubing 7,460 9,584 7,005 10,323 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 5,550 20,945 6,278 21,634 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,976 2,998 1,668 2,458 Structural Pipe & Tube 27,728 15,421 27,887 15,311 Pipe For Piling 294 148 488 195 Wire Drawn 58,435 45,532 62,151 48,337 Black Plate 3,915 2,259 5,727 3,456 Tin Plate 17,098 9,799 16,007 9,343 Tin Free Steel 8,082 4,740 8,994 5,215 Sheets Hot Rolled 450,269 139,954 277,965 88,885 Sheets Cold Rolled 158,497 86,110 151,562 82,932 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 184,541 93,867 159,567 82,866 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 20,556 10,819 12,354 6,337 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 26,996 18,438 41,255 24,135 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 5,670 4,372 3,610 2,494 Strip - Hot Rolled 7,392 3,843 6,477 2,941 Strip - Cold Rolled 12,811 18,058 11,967 18,910 ______________________________________________________________ September Cumulative to Date 2003 Final 2002 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 15,990,329 7,842,214 21,781,340 8,719,212 Ingots And Steel For Castings 44,846 41,224 33,860 36,117 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 3,210,960 944,825 5,940,502 1,317,155 Wire Rods 1,482,665 467,210 2,403,303 703,813 Structural Shapes Heavy 352,860 134,169 520,286 172,391 Steel Piling 66,938 37,061 110,542 59,445 Plates Cut Lengths 402,967 195,862 573,773 252,805 Plates In Coils 385,863 151,575 634,681 201,120 Rails Standard 98,658 46,773 149,017 71,332 Rails All Other 12,641 6,446 10,667 5,516 Railroad Accessories 6,616 4,136 10,434 7,169 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,018,281 475,297 1,088,089 477,596 Bars - Light Shaped 134,952 69,285 128,391 58,856 Bars - Reinforcing 678,318 184,443 1,033,402 221,701 Bars - Cold Finished 191,068 199,731 195,958 221,898 Tool Steel 123,624 164,684 98,230 129,669 Standard Pipe 682,506 349,345 749,164 360,644 Oil Country Goods 497,456 348,739 324,788 242,228 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 317,957 185,258 504,794 306,080 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 264,063 162,270 179,997 100,858 Line Pipe - Not Specified 129,826 54,996 99,271 36,199 Mechanical Tubing 353,616 276,404 367,432 295,446 Pressure Tubing 47,679 51,359 73,864 111,860 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 62,562 219,614 56,379 205,299 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 13,165 22,187 16,014 23,069 Structural Pipe & Tube 280,631 144,920 269,305 136,902 Pipe For Piling 9,118 5,202 12,227 5,168 Wire Drawn 515,237 416,772 520,512 413,197 Black Plate 34,235 23,508 72,234 36,989 Tin Plate 206,176 125,337 199,392 111,632 Tin Free Steel 54,665 33,574 82,870 49,122 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,698,348 570,458 2,290,959 663,358 Sheets Cold Rolled 913,714 625,974 1,189,986 625,889 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 1,141,660 626,778 1,278,524 628,817 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 95,300 54,740 121,765 62,821 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 223,077 163,264 220,064 138,649 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 54,312 40,753 49,066 32,991 Strip - Hot Rolled 71,798 30,615 65,007 26,950 Strip - Cold Rolled 111,971 187,427 106,587 168,462 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 September 2003