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 November October Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 1,717,280 850,472 1,722,887 870,631 Ingots And Steel For Castings 467 431 1,873 2,269 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 447,053 123,180 326,770 102,223 Wire Rods 171,943 54,539 161,537 52,698 Structural Shapes Heavy 40,144 16,079 45,113 19,849 Steel Piling 8,036 4,338 9,339 4,777 Plates Cut Lengths 34,188 19,042 46,799 24,134 Plates In Coils 42,246 20,019 35,526 16,076 Rails Standard 13,585 6,602 2,192 1,148 Rails All Other 946 636 1,545 856 Railroad Accessories 1,042 717 203 207 Bars - Hot Rolled 114,519 51,879 126,545 58,159 Bars - Light Shaped 15,783 8,608 15,324 9,302 Bars - Reinforcing 69,475 20,460 138,734 38,765 Bars - Cold Finished 18,260 18,822 18,663 20,834 Tool Steel 11,935 16,732 13,301 18,103 Standard Pipe 78,905 39,345 71,860 37,360 Oil Country Goods 67,944 50,159 86,461 54,120 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 21,254 13,261 19,940 9,289 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 22,553 16,528 17,544 9,487 Line Pipe - Not Specified 11,913 4,664 8,067 3,392 Mechanical Tubing 43,035 31,213 49,952 37,566 Pressure Tubing 4,995 6,106 6,794 9,716 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 8,480 31,419 7,410 28,835 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,843 4,062 1,456 3,006 Structural Pipe & Tube 29,316 17,006 29,210 17,036 Pipe For Piling 344 199 298 217 Wire Drawn 54,664 45,896 60,511 47,735 Black Plate 2,427 1,382 3,216 2,239 Tin Plate 30,439 18,799 29,471 18,215 Tin Free Steel 8,487 5,051 6,174 3,777 Sheets Hot Rolled 100,731 35,709 140,593 46,180 Sheets Cold Rolled 98,245 70,780 96,201 72,401 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 89,360 49,803 96,926 53,827 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 4,717 2,899 4,698 3,472 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 20,401 14,877 19,622 14,934 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 9,759 8,248 6,287 5,512 Strip - Hot Rolled 7,387 3,143 5,493 2,441 Strip - Cold Rolled 10,459 17,840 11,238 20,473 ______________________________________________________________ 2002 Data November October Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,519,807 1,115,915 2,743,581 1,154,714 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,934 2,764 2,421 3,279 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 649,676 178,786 848,738 221,484 Wire Rods 132,275 46,145 215,998 69,001 Structural Shapes Heavy 38,807 15,467 42,800 15,371 Steel Piling 18,830 10,462 8,780 4,988 Plates Cut Lengths 65,610 28,470 62,358 26,807 Plates In Coils 94,300 33,112 85,442 29,370 Rails Standard 17,038 7,970 5,487 2,178 Rails All Other 1,565 748 1,283 678 Railroad Accessories 431 307 1,193 631 Bars - Hot Rolled 118,542 51,170 150,040 65,511 Bars - Light Shaped 15,388 8,011 17,271 7,974 Bars - Reinforcing 55,204 13,207 41,519 9,827 Bars - Cold Finished 21,317 24,151 24,086 25,031 Tool Steel 13,905 16,791 14,142 18,117 Standard Pipe 76,424 37,444 95,062 46,447 Oil Country Goods 42,942 37,049 55,330 36,659 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 50,254 30,425 51,499 30,167 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 19,259 9,777 22,166 10,856 Line Pipe - Not Specified 11,309 3,881 12,651 4,544 Mechanical Tubing 43,300 32,228 46,472 35,295 Pressure Tubing 7,333 9,788 7,258 8,440 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 7,140 23,934 5,950 23,309 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,653 2,752 1,842 3,445 Structural Pipe & Tube 25,545 14,022 27,175 15,383 Pipe For Piling 557 282 598 295 Wire Drawn 60,078 48,242 59,626 47,323 Black Plate 9,046 5,167 5,384 3,008 Tin Plate 17,033 9,787 18,601 10,654 Tin Free Steel 10,482 5,921 6,207 3,399 Sheets Hot Rolled 360,109 119,640 370,984 121,453 Sheets Cold Rolled 211,233 107,397 154,716 89,898 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 253,518 129,128 212,359 109,650 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 13,670 7,657 14,697 8,149 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 26,633 18,153 26,108 17,841 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 3,361 2,306 3,719 2,083 Strip - Hot Rolled 9,832 4,348 9,500 4,236 Strip - Cold Rolled 13,271 19,024 14,120 21,933 ______________________________________________________________ November Cumulative to Date 2003 Final 2002 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 19,430,495 9,563,317 27,044,728 10,989,840 Ingots And Steel For Castings 47,186 43,923 39,215 42,160 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 3,984,783 1,170,228 7,438,916 1,717,425 Wire Rods 1,816,145 574,447 2,751,577 818,959 Structural Shapes Heavy 438,116 170,097 601,892 203,229 Steel Piling 84,313 46,176 138,152 74,894 Plates Cut Lengths 483,954 239,038 701,741 308,083 Plates In Coils 463,636 187,670 814,423 263,603 Rails Standard 114,435 54,523 171,542 81,479 Rails All Other 15,131 7,938 13,516 6,942 Railroad Accessories 7,861 5,060 12,058 8,107 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,259,346 585,335 1,356,672 594,277 Bars - Light Shaped 166,059 87,194 161,050 74,841 Bars - Reinforcing 886,528 243,668 1,130,125 244,735 Bars - Cold Finished 227,991 239,387 241,361 271,080 Tool Steel 148,860 199,519 126,277 164,577 Standard Pipe 833,272 426,049 920,650 444,535 Oil Country Goods 651,862 453,018 423,061 315,937 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 359,151 207,809 606,548 366,671 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 304,159 188,285 221,422 121,491 Line Pipe - Not Specified 149,807 63,052 123,231 44,624 Mechanical Tubing 446,604 345,183 457,204 362,969 Pressure Tubing 59,469 67,181 88,455 130,087 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 78,451 279,868 69,469 252,542 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 16,464 29,255 19,509 29,266 Structural Pipe & Tube 339,156 178,962 322,026 166,306 Pipe For Piling 9,761 5,619 13,382 5,745 Wire Drawn 630,411 510,403 640,216 508,763 Black Plate 39,877 27,129 86,665 45,164 Tin Plate 266,086 162,350 235,026 132,073 Tin Free Steel 69,325 42,403 99,559 58,442 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,939,673 652,347 3,022,052 904,451 Sheets Cold Rolled 1,108,161 769,155 1,555,935 823,183 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 1,327,945 730,409 1,744,401 867,595 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 104,716 61,111 150,132 78,627 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 263,100 193,075 272,805 174,643 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 70,357 54,513 56,146 37,380 Strip - Hot Rolled 84,678 36,199 84,339 35,535 Strip - Cold Rolled 133,668 225,739 133,978 209,420 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 November 2003