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 January 2004 December 2003 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,090,341 980,918 1,532,741 783,401 Ingots And Steel For Castings 642 737 500 394 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 588,376 166,260 336,630 104,182 Wire Rods 235,669 76,959 148,928 49,913 Structural Shapes Heavy 36,145 15,648 56,652 22,526 Steel Piling 3,807 2,009 6,359 3,590 Plates Cut Lengths 49,273 25,573 29,633 17,613 Plates In Coils 44,930 17,066 39,024 18,426 Rails Standard 15,659 8,412 15,544 7,580 Rails All Other 848 493 766 390 Railroad Accessories 386 320 875 540 Bars - Hot Rolled 131,174 61,713 133,779 62,545 Bars - Light Shaped 14,082 7,835 13,508 8,062 Bars - Reinforcing 83,132 25,974 37,893 11,976 Bars - Cold Finished 18,902 22,745 18,464 20,553 Tool Steel 10,978 15,661 13,128 19,653 Standard Pipe 75,183 38,938 60,371 31,861 Oil Country Goods 90,493 59,233 33,292 19,805 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 37,449 21,951 13,776 6,377 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 25,229 14,759 17,980 10,243 Line Pipe - Not Specified 19,113 7,521 12,845 4,795 Mechanical Tubing 40,102 31,512 37,791 30,248 Pressure Tubing 5,231 6,566 4,843 5,720 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 8,160 27,104 7,687 28,574 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,081 2,698 1,152 2,550 Structural Pipe & Tube 34,926 20,848 27,049 17,778 Pipe For Piling 258 212 188 107 Wire Drawn 61,819 51,150 55,734 45,535 Black Plate 4,106 2,318 2,583 1,633 Tin Plate 16,627 10,439 15,936 10,312 Tin Free Steel 6,698 4,331 2,376 1,663 Sheets Hot Rolled 208,713 72,395 158,720 54,302 Sheets Cold Rolled 94,522 70,846 92,963 70,881 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 78,255 45,610 91,349 50,544 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 4,230 3,052 5,218 3,812 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 22,425 16,040 18,818 13,053 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 4,894 3,940 2,606 2,203 Strip - Hot Rolled 5,900 2,912 4,765 2,333 Strip - Cold Rolled 10,924 19,138 13,016 21,129 ______________________________________________________________ December 2003 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 1,548,472 794,012 Ingots And Steel For Castings 535 375 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 336,798 104,664 Wire Rods 149,069 50,057 Structural Shapes Heavy 58,123 23,060 Steel Piling 6,821 3,827 Plates Cut Lengths 29,680 17,686 Plates In Coils 39,048 18,487 Rails Standard 15,569 7,593 Rails All Other 813 426 Railroad Accessories 894 550 Bars - Hot Rolled 134,581 63,018 Bars - Light Shaped 13,508 7,890 Bars - Reinforcing 37,910 12,001 Bars - Cold Finished 18,479 20,574 Tool Steel 13,745 20,343 Standard Pipe 61,614 32,417 Oil Country Goods 36,226 22,058 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 14,734 6,769 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 17,995 10,262 Line Pipe - Not Specified 12,845 4,795 Mechanical Tubing 38,041 30,870 Pressure Tubing 4,977 5,822 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 7,917 29,155 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,156 2,561 Structural Pipe & Tube 27,043 17,541 Pipe For Piling 188 107 Wire Drawn 55,931 45,787 Black Plate 2,603 1,652 Tin Plate 15,936 10,312 Tin Free Steel 5,132 3,102 Sheets Hot Rolled 160,148 54,857 Sheets Cold Rolled 93,915 71,403 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 91,633 50,772 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 5,218 3,812 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 18,921 13,229 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 2,651 2,232 Strip - Hot Rolled 4,789 2,352 Strip - Cold Rolled 13,288 21,594 ______________________________________________________________ January 2003 December 2002 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,279,606 1,026,091 2,607,484 1,097,837 Ingots And Steel For Castings 3,303 3,452 2,048 2,459 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 488,462 134,368 542,708 144,911 Wire Rods 153,403 49,011 414,876 117,011 Structural Shapes Heavy 44,593 15,293 54,684 18,506 Steel Piling 7,573 4,347 6,380 3,620 Plates Cut Lengths 53,738 23,807 62,984 27,982 Plates In Coils 93,774 31,324 69,283 24,186 Rails Standard 16,915 8,418 19,369 8,494 Rails All Other 1,353 641 773 403 Railroad Accessories 1,009 566 1,007 894 Bars - Hot Rolled 140,482 61,045 109,133 54,999 Bars - Light Shaped 18,693 10,516 9,538 5,933 Bars - Reinforcing 89,805 21,557 27,628 6,582 Bars - Cold Finished 22,273 23,933 21,470 23,881 Tool Steel 12,408 16,299 14,822 19,077 Standard Pipe 63,355 33,106 68,589 32,684 Oil Country Goods 33,702 28,022 20,991 16,958 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 55,104 32,071 54,050 35,416 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 33,437 18,425 16,512 9,209 Line Pipe - Not Specified 11,974 4,192 6,425 2,212 Mechanical Tubing 44,118 31,996 31,174 26,348 Pressure Tubing 5,401 6,622 5,957 8,791 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,713 24,164 6,121 21,880 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,420 2,404 1,237 2,054 Structural Pipe & Tube 37,610 18,764 29,194 14,551 Pipe For Piling 355 234 375 206 Wire Drawn 59,639 48,554 56,747 46,004 Black Plate 6,761 3,777 3,011 2,019 Tin Plate 18,010 10,162 18,766 10,697 Tin Free Steel 4,776 2,791 5,310 2,791 Sheets Hot Rolled 318,088 105,644 502,793 161,488 Sheets Cold Rolled 157,850 86,400 178,010 95,641 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 214,482 110,946 175,562 92,422 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 8,101 5,049 16,283 8,817 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 22,422 17,091 26,699 17,229 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 5,982 4,198 8,157 6,629 Strip - Hot Rolled 8,565 3,929 5,092 2,419 Strip - Cold Rolled 13,956 22,973 13,726 22,434 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 January 2004 (CB-04-28)