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 December 2003 November 2003 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 1,532,741 783,401 1,661,313 820,649 Ingots And Steel For Castings 500 394 483 455 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 336,630 104,182 446,570 122,911 Wire Rods 148,928 49,913 144,943 47,259 Structural Shapes Heavy 56,652 22,526 39,763 15,980 Steel Piling 6,359 3,590 8,036 4,338 Plates Cut Lengths 29,633 17,613 34,085 18,986 Plates In Coils 39,024 18,426 42,079 19,710 Rails Standard 15,544 7,580 13,498 6,552 Rails All Other 766 390 929 623 Railroad Accessories 875 540 1,042 717 Bars - Hot Rolled 133,779 62,545 110,494 51,587 Bars - Light Shaped 13,508 8,062 15,252 8,335 Bars - Reinforcing 37,893 11,976 60,365 17,833 Bars - Cold Finished 18,464 20,553 18,163 18,567 Tool Steel 13,128 19,653 11,358 16,010 Standard Pipe 60,371 31,861 73,973 37,341 Oil Country Goods 33,292 19,805 61,298 45,059 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 13,776 6,377 30,454 11,545 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 17,980 10,243 20,772 13,434 Line Pipe - Not Specified 12,845 4,795 10,257 4,049 Mechanical Tubing 37,791 30,248 42,562 30,822 Pressure Tubing 4,843 5,720 4,994 6,091 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 7,687 28,574 8,294 30,969 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,152 2,550 1,355 3,561 Structural Pipe & Tube 27,049 17,778 29,085 16,983 Pipe For Piling 188 107 344 199 Wire Drawn 55,734 45,535 54,017 45,154 Black Plate 2,583 1,633 2,388 1,345 Tin Plate 15,936 10,312 30,436 18,796 Tin Free Steel 2,376 1,663 8,487 5,051 Sheets Hot Rolled 158,720 54,302 101,051 35,668 Sheets Cold Rolled 92,963 70,881 95,408 69,758 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 91,349 50,544 87,303 48,936 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 5,218 3,812 4,396 2,766 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 18,818 13,053 20,358 14,822 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 2,606 2,203 9,463 8,063 Strip - Hot Rolled 4,765 2,333 7,211 3,002 Strip - Cold Rolled 13,016 21,129 10,346 17,370 ______________________________________________________________ November 2003 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 1,717,280 850,472 Ingots And Steel For Castings 467 431 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 447,053 123,180 Wire Rods 171,943 54,539 Structural Shapes Heavy 40,144 16,079 Steel Piling 8,036 4,338 Plates Cut Lengths 34,188 19,042 Plates In Coils 42,246 20,019 Rails Standard 13,585 6,602 Rails All Other 946 636 Railroad Accessories 1,042 717 Bars - Hot Rolled 114,519 51,879 Bars - Light Shaped 15,783 8,608 Bars - Reinforcing 69,475 20,460 Bars - Cold Finished 18,260 18,822 Tool Steel 11,935 16,732 Standard Pipe 78,905 39,345 Oil Country Goods 67,944 50,159 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 21,254 13,261 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 22,553 16,528 Line Pipe - Not Specified 11,913 4,664 Mechanical Tubing 43,035 31,213 Pressure Tubing 4,995 6,106 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 8,480 31,419 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,843 4,062 Structural Pipe & Tube 29,316 17,006 Pipe For Piling 344 199 Wire Drawn 54,664 45,896 Black Plate 2,427 1,382 Tin Plate 30,439 18,799 Tin Free Steel 8,487 5,051 Sheets Hot Rolled 100,731 35,709 Sheets Cold Rolled 98,245 70,780 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 89,360 49,803 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 4,717 2,899 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 20,401 14,877 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 9,759 8,248 Strip - Hot Rolled 7,387 3,143 Strip - Cold Rolled 10,459 17,840 ______________________________________________________________ December 2002 November 2002 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 NOTE: See the cover report specifically explaining the current month's preliminary steel imports trade data or www.census.gov/foreign-trade/Press-Release/steel_index.html. 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: Preliminary December 2003 (CB-04-11)