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 December November Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 1,548,472 794,012 1,717,280 850,472 Ingots And Steel For Castings 535 375 467 431 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 336,798 104,664 447,053 123,180 Wire Rods 149,069 50,057 171,943 54,539 Structural Shapes Heavy 58,123 23,060 40,144 16,079 Steel Piling 6,821 3,827 8,036 4,338 Plates Cut Lengths 29,680 17,686 34,188 19,042 Plates In Coils 39,048 18,487 42,246 20,019 Rails Standard 15,569 7,593 13,585 6,602 Rails All Other 813 426 946 636 Railroad Accessories 894 550 1,042 717 Bars - Hot Rolled 134,581 63,018 114,519 51,879 Bars - Light Shaped 13,508 7,890 15,783 8,608 Bars - Reinforcing 37,910 12,001 69,475 20,460 Bars - Cold Finished 18,479 20,574 18,260 18,822 Tool Steel 13,745 20,343 11,935 16,732 Standard Pipe 61,614 32,417 78,905 39,345 Oil Country Goods 36,226 22,058 67,944 50,159 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 14,734 6,769 21,254 13,261 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 17,995 10,262 22,553 16,528 Line Pipe - Not Specified 12,845 4,795 11,913 4,664 Mechanical Tubing 38,041 30,870 43,035 31,213 Pressure Tubing 4,977 5,822 4,995 6,106 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 7,917 29,155 8,480 31,419 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,156 2,561 1,843 4,062 Structural Pipe & Tube 27,043 17,541 29,316 17,006 Pipe For Piling 188 107 344 199 Wire Drawn 55,931 45,787 54,664 45,896 Black Plate 2,603 1,652 2,427 1,382 Tin Plate 15,936 10,312 30,439 18,799 Tin Free Steel 5,132 3,102 8,487 5,051 Sheets Hot Rolled 160,148 54,857 100,731 35,709 Sheets Cold Rolled 93,915 71,403 98,245 70,780 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 91,633 50,772 89,360 49,803 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 5,218 3,812 4,717 2,899 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 18,921 13,229 20,401 14,877 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 2,651 2,232 9,759 8,248 Strip - Hot Rolled 4,789 2,352 7,387 3,143 Strip - Cold Rolled 13,288 21,594 10,459 17,840 ______________________________________________________________ 2002 Data December November Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,607,484 1,097,837 2,519,807 1,115,915 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,048 2,459 2,934 2,764 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 542,708 144,911 649,676 178,786 Wire Rods 414,876 117,011 132,275 46,145 Structural Shapes Heavy 54,684 18,506 38,807 15,467 Steel Piling 6,380 3,620 18,830 10,462 Plates Cut Lengths 62,984 27,982 65,610 28,470 Plates In Coils 69,283 24,186 94,300 33,112 Rails Standard 19,369 8,494 17,038 7,970 Rails All Other 773 403 1,565 748 Railroad Accessories 1,007 894 431 307 Bars - Hot Rolled 109,133 54,999 118,542 51,170 Bars - Light Shaped 9,538 5,933 15,388 8,011 Bars - Reinforcing 27,628 6,582 55,204 13,207 Bars - Cold Finished 21,470 23,881 21,317 24,151 Tool Steel 14,822 19,077 13,905 16,791 Standard Pipe 68,589 32,684 76,424 37,444 Oil Country Goods 20,991 16,958 42,942 37,049 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 54,050 35,416 50,254 30,425 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 16,512 9,209 19,259 9,777 Line Pipe - Not Specified 6,425 2,212 11,309 3,881 Mechanical Tubing 31,174 26,348 43,300 32,228 Pressure Tubing 5,957 8,791 7,333 9,788 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,121 21,880 7,140 23,934 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,237 2,054 1,653 2,752 Structural Pipe & Tube 29,194 14,551 25,545 14,022 Pipe For Piling 375 206 557 282 Wire Drawn 56,747 46,004 60,078 48,242 Black Plate 3,011 2,019 9,046 5,167 Tin Plate 18,766 10,697 17,033 9,787 Tin Free Steel 5,310 2,791 10,482 5,921 Sheets Hot Rolled 502,793 161,488 360,109 119,640 Sheets Cold Rolled 178,010 95,641 211,233 107,397 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 175,562 92,422 253,518 129,128 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 16,283 8,817 13,670 7,657 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 26,699 17,229 26,633 18,153 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 8,157 6,629 3,361 2,306 Strip - Hot Rolled 5,092 2,419 9,832 4,348 Strip - Cold Rolled 13,726 22,434 13,271 19,024 ______________________________________________________________ December Cumulative to Date 2003 Final 2002 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 20,978,967 10,357,328 29,652,212 12,087,677 Ingots And Steel For Castings 47,721 44,299 41,264 44,619 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 4,321,581 1,274,892 7,981,624 1,862,336 Wire Rods 1,965,214 624,504 3,166,452 935,970 Structural Shapes Heavy 496,239 193,157 656,577 221,735 Steel Piling 91,134 50,003 144,532 78,514 Plates Cut Lengths 513,634 256,724 764,725 336,065 Plates In Coils 502,684 206,157 883,706 287,789 Rails Standard 130,005 62,116 190,911 89,973 Rails All Other 15,944 8,364 14,289 7,345 Railroad Accessories 8,755 5,611 13,065 9,001 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,393,926 648,353 1,465,805 649,275 Bars - Light Shaped 179,566 95,084 170,588 80,774 Bars - Reinforcing 924,437 255,670 1,157,753 251,317 Bars - Cold Finished 246,470 259,961 262,831 294,961 Tool Steel 162,605 219,862 141,100 183,654 Standard Pipe 894,886 458,467 989,239 477,219 Oil Country Goods 688,088 475,075 444,052 332,895 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 373,885 214,577 660,598 402,088 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 322,154 198,547 237,933 130,701 Line Pipe - Not Specified 162,652 67,846 129,656 46,836 Mechanical Tubing 484,645 376,053 488,378 389,317 Pressure Tubing 64,446 73,002 94,412 138,878 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 86,368 309,023 75,589 274,422 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 17,619 31,816 20,746 31,320 Structural Pipe & Tube 366,199 196,503 351,220 180,857 Pipe For Piling 9,948 5,725 13,756 5,951 Wire Drawn 686,342 556,189 696,964 554,766 Black Plate 42,480 28,781 89,675 47,183 Tin Plate 282,021 172,662 253,792 142,770 Tin Free Steel 74,457 45,505 104,869 61,232 Sheets Hot Rolled 2,099,821 707,204 3,524,844 1,065,939 Sheets Cold Rolled 1,202,076 840,558 1,733,945 918,825 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 1,419,579 781,181 1,919,964 960,017 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 109,933 64,923 166,415 87,444 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 282,021 206,304 299,503 191,871 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 73,008 56,745 64,304 44,010 Strip - Hot Rolled 89,467 38,551 89,431 37,954 Strip - Cold Rolled 146,956 247,333 147,704 231,854 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 December 2003