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 February 2004 January 2004 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 1,760,366 918,843 2,090,341 980,918 Ingots And Steel For Castings 998 666 642 737 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 371,928 121,816 588,376 166,260 Wire Rods 194,927 69,736 235,669 76,959 Structural Shapes Heavy 58,601 23,500 36,145 15,648 Steel Piling 6,159 3,746 3,807 2,009 Plates Cut Lengths 50,898 28,364 49,273 25,573 Plates In Coils 32,061 16,786 44,930 17,066 Rails Standard 15,138 8,326 15,659 8,412 Rails All Other 984 501 848 493 Railroad Accessories 732 301 386 320 Bars - Hot Rolled 104,916 59,208 131,174 61,713 Bars - Light Shaped 17,570 10,914 14,082 7,835 Bars - Reinforcing 101,576 30,988 83,132 25,974 Bars - Cold Finished 19,219 20,441 18,902 22,745 Tool Steel 9,965 14,320 10,978 15,661 Standard Pipe 78,325 42,228 75,183 38,938 Oil Country Goods 45,612 24,779 90,493 59,233 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 28,704 16,291 37,449 21,951 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 20,415 10,112 25,229 14,759 Line Pipe - Not Specified 15,855 6,490 19,113 7,521 Mechanical Tubing 47,378 37,175 40,102 31,512 Pressure Tubing 8,921 7,744 5,231 6,566 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 7,112 28,391 8,160 27,104 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 936 2,401 1,081 2,698 Structural Pipe & Tube 38,391 25,562 34,926 20,848 Pipe For Piling 338 255 258 212 Wire Drawn 59,656 51,308 61,819 51,150 Black Plate 6,134 3,399 4,106 2,318 Tin Plate 15,534 9,683 16,627 10,439 Tin Free Steel 6,394 4,560 6,698 4,331 Sheets Hot Rolled 170,597 61,185 208,713 72,395 Sheets Cold Rolled 89,165 81,644 94,522 70,846 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 85,925 50,190 78,255 45,610 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 7,602 4,871 4,230 3,052 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 19,275 14,656 22,425 16,040 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 4,493 3,674 4,894 3,940 Strip - Hot Rolled 6,329 3,178 5,900 2,912 Strip - Cold Rolled 11,603 19,454 10,924 19,138 ______________________________________________________________ January 2004 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,137,907 1,000,664 Ingots And Steel For Castings 622 466 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 588,491 166,473 Wire Rods 265,405 84,846 Structural Shapes Heavy 36,664 15,905 Steel Piling 3,807 2,009 Plates Cut Lengths 49,292 25,621 Plates In Coils 45,012 17,160 Rails Standard 15,818 8,412 Rails All Other 860 504 Railroad Accessories 486 320 Bars - Hot Rolled 135,075 64,234 Bars - Light Shaped 14,189 7,895 Bars - Reinforcing 83,140 25,979 Bars - Cold Finished 19,832 24,079 Tool Steel 11,018 15,696 Standard Pipe 76,033 39,723 Oil Country Goods 94,045 62,229 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 38,809 22,518 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 27,374 15,287 Line Pipe - Not Specified 19,113 7,521 Mechanical Tubing 41,972 32,556 Pressure Tubing 5,264 6,717 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 8,327 27,522 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,180 2,709 Structural Pipe & Tube 34,926 20,848 Pipe For Piling 258 212 Wire Drawn 62,229 51,437 Black Plate 4,145 2,345 Tin Plate 16,768 10,514 Tin Free Steel 6,761 4,366 Sheets Hot Rolled 208,823 72,497 Sheets Cold Rolled 94,649 70,997 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 78,472 45,760 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 4,230 3,052 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 22,575 16,167 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 4,894 3,940 Strip - Hot Rolled 5,976 2,926 Strip - Cold Rolled 11,372 19,223 ______________________________________________________________ February 2003 January 2003 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 1,527,947 778,877 2,279,606 1,026,091 Ingots And Steel For Castings 3,623 4,420 3,303 3,452 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 260,492 77,698 488,462 134,368 Wire Rods 72,503 26,528 153,403 49,011 Structural Shapes Heavy 27,745 9,962 44,593 15,293 Steel Piling 6,126 3,435 7,573 4,347 Plates Cut Lengths 38,949 18,558 53,738 23,807 Plates In Coils 31,660 13,121 93,774 31,324 Rails Standard 14,264 7,483 16,915 8,418 Rails All Other 787 476 1,353 641 Railroad Accessories 1,299 645 1,009 566 Bars - Hot Rolled 91,990 43,769 140,482 61,045 Bars - Light Shaped 13,952 7,538 18,693 10,516 Bars - Reinforcing 48,832 11,629 89,805 21,557 Bars - Cold Finished 22,463 20,869 22,273 23,933 Tool Steel 13,051 16,451 12,408 16,299 Standard Pipe 88,226 42,719 63,355 33,106 Oil Country Goods 42,118 29,191 33,702 28,022 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 21,844 15,020 55,104 32,071 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 18,789 10,809 33,437 18,425 Line Pipe - Not Specified 7,018 2,657 11,974 4,192 Mechanical Tubing 31,048 25,506 44,118 31,996 Pressure Tubing 3,521 4,917 5,401 6,622 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 5,766 21,201 6,713 24,164 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,048 2,255 1,420 2,404 Structural Pipe & Tube 26,224 13,751 37,610 18,764 Pipe For Piling 365 309 355 234 Wire Drawn 52,700 42,688 59,639 48,554 Black Plate 3,882 2,344 6,761 3,777 Tin Plate 22,213 13,052 18,010 10,162 Tin Free Steel 7,015 4,103 4,776 2,791 Sheets Hot Rolled 193,823 65,832 318,088 105,644 Sheets Cold Rolled 136,367 82,589 157,850 86,400 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 148,077 78,734 214,482 110,946 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 12,282 7,219 8,101 5,049 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 33,559 23,006 22,422 17,091 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 3,553 3,772 5,982 4,198 Strip - Hot Rolled 8,339 3,496 8,565 3,929 Strip - Cold Rolled 12,434 21,125 13,956 22,973 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 February 2004 (CB-04-46)