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 October September Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 1,722,887 870,631 1,701,079 824,148 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,873 2,269 3,785 4,483 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 326,770 102,223 337,660 93,431 Wire Rods 161,537 52,698 200,479 61,111 Structural Shapes Heavy 45,113 19,849 33,800 13,881 Steel Piling 9,339 4,777 10,250 5,333 Plates Cut Lengths 46,799 24,134 38,950 18,842 Plates In Coils 35,526 16,076 44,437 18,437 Rails Standard 2,192 1,148 2,149 1,083 Rails All Other 1,545 856 844 380 Railroad Accessories 203 207 404 315 Bars - Hot Rolled 126,545 58,159 107,403 48,713 Bars - Light Shaped 15,324 9,302 18,609 8,434 Bars - Reinforcing 138,734 38,765 82,344 22,998 Bars - Cold Finished 18,663 20,834 16,534 19,091 Tool Steel 13,301 18,103 9,435 14,282 Standard Pipe 71,860 37,360 81,032 42,505 Oil Country Goods 86,461 54,120 67,330 41,777 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 19,940 9,289 28,926 16,604 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 17,544 9,487 28,872 17,638 Line Pipe - Not Specified 8,067 3,392 13,851 5,441 Mechanical Tubing 49,952 37,566 43,290 34,578 Pressure Tubing 6,794 9,716 4,328 5,308 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 7,410 28,835 7,690 26,732 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,456 3,006 2,208 3,560 Structural Pipe & Tube 29,210 17,036 27,377 14,122 Pipe For Piling 298 217 1,245 756 Wire Drawn 60,511 47,735 53,922 43,306 Black Plate 3,216 2,239 3,129 2,001 Tin Plate 29,471 18,215 19,788 12,207 Tin Free Steel 6,174 3,777 5,894 3,671 Sheets Hot Rolled 140,593 46,180 182,285 63,904 Sheets Cold Rolled 96,201 72,401 74,915 59,345 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 96,926 53,827 95,950 54,352 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 4,698 3,472 7,495 4,649 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 19,622 14,934 22,720 16,442 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 6,287 5,512 2,465 1,984 Strip - Hot Rolled 5,493 2,441 6,986 2,967 Strip - Cold Rolled 11,238 20,473 12,298 19,487 ______________________________________________________________ 2002 Data October September Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,743,581 1,154,714 2,935,846 1,176,090 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,421 3,279 2,563 2,983 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 848,738 221,484 590,762 151,293 Wire Rods 215,998 69,001 600,980 158,667 Structural Shapes Heavy 42,800 15,371 54,981 18,957 Steel Piling 8,780 4,988 10,976 5,992 Plates Cut Lengths 62,358 26,807 81,816 31,742 Plates In Coils 85,442 29,370 70,455 23,932 Rails Standard 5,487 2,178 16,749 11,127 Rails All Other 1,283 678 657 439 Railroad Accessories 1,193 631 1,342 746 Bars - Hot Rolled 150,040 65,511 124,252 52,873 Bars - Light Shaped 17,271 7,974 13,542 6,979 Bars - Reinforcing 41,519 9,827 82,864 19,371 Bars - Cold Finished 24,086 25,031 22,338 23,495 Tool Steel 14,142 18,117 12,848 15,126 Standard Pipe 95,062 46,447 67,102 38,192 Oil Country Goods 55,330 36,659 39,111 30,736 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 51,499 30,167 68,062 43,917 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 22,166 10,856 20,471 13,719 Line Pipe - Not Specified 12,651 4,544 20,853 8,280 Mechanical Tubing 46,472 35,295 35,849 30,637 Pressure Tubing 7,258 8,440 7,460 9,584 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 5,950 23,309 5,550 20,945 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,842 3,445 1,976 2,998 Structural Pipe & Tube 27,175 15,383 27,728 15,421 Pipe For Piling 598 295 294 148 Wire Drawn 59,626 47,323 58,435 45,532 Black Plate 5,384 3,008 3,915 2,259 Tin Plate 18,601 10,654 17,098 9,799 Tin Free Steel 6,207 3,399 8,082 4,740 Sheets Hot Rolled 370,984 121,453 450,269 139,954 Sheets Cold Rolled 154,716 89,898 158,497 86,110 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 212,359 109,650 184,541 93,867 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 14,697 8,149 20,556 10,819 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 26,108 17,841 26,996 18,438 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 3,719 2,083 5,670 4,372 Strip - Hot Rolled 9,500 4,236 7,392 3,843 Strip - Cold Rolled 14,120 21,933 12,811 18,058 ______________________________________________________________ October Cumulative to Date 2003 Final 2002 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 17,713,216 8,712,845 24,524,921 9,873,926 Ingots And Steel For Castings 46,719 43,493 36,281 39,396 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 3,537,730 1,047,048 6,789,241 1,538,639 Wire Rods 1,644,202 519,908 2,619,301 772,814 Structural Shapes Heavy 397,972 154,018 563,086 187,762 Steel Piling 76,277 41,838 119,322 64,432 Plates Cut Lengths 449,766 219,996 636,131 279,612 Plates In Coils 421,390 167,651 720,123 230,490 Rails Standard 100,850 47,922 154,504 73,510 Rails All Other 14,186 7,302 11,950 6,194 Railroad Accessories 6,819 4,343 11,627 7,800 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,144,827 533,456 1,238,129 543,107 Bars - Light Shaped 150,275 78,586 145,662 66,830 Bars - Reinforcing 817,052 223,208 1,074,921 231,528 Bars - Cold Finished 209,731 220,564 220,044 246,929 Tool Steel 136,925 182,787 112,372 147,786 Standard Pipe 754,366 386,704 844,226 407,091 Oil Country Goods 583,917 402,859 380,119 278,888 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 337,897 194,547 556,294 336,246 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 281,606 171,757 202,163 111,714 Line Pipe - Not Specified 137,894 58,388 111,922 40,742 Mechanical Tubing 403,569 313,970 413,904 330,742 Pressure Tubing 54,474 61,075 81,122 120,299 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 69,972 248,449 62,329 228,608 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 14,621 25,193 17,856 26,515 Structural Pipe & Tube 309,841 161,956 296,480 152,284 Pipe For Piling 9,416 5,419 12,825 5,463 Wire Drawn 575,747 464,507 580,138 460,520 Black Plate 37,451 25,747 77,618 39,997 Tin Plate 235,646 143,552 217,993 122,286 Tin Free Steel 60,839 37,351 89,077 52,520 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,838,942 616,639 2,661,943 784,811 Sheets Cold Rolled 1,009,915 698,375 1,344,702 715,787 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 1,238,585 680,606 1,490,884 738,467 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 99,998 58,212 136,462 70,970 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 242,698 178,198 246,172 156,490 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 60,599 46,264 52,785 35,075 Strip - Hot Rolled 77,291 33,056 74,507 31,186 Strip - Cold Rolled 123,210 207,900 120,707 190,396 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