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 March 2004 February 2004 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,176,521 1,203,469 1,760,366 918,843 Ingots And Steel For Castings 867 932 998 666 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 438,332 145,382 371,928 121,816 Wire Rods 351,472 127,514 194,927 69,736 Structural Shapes Heavy 42,752 21,951 58,601 23,500 Steel Piling 10,121 5,809 6,159 3,746 Plates Cut Lengths 51,184 35,518 50,898 28,364 Plates In Coils 35,157 21,189 32,061 16,786 Rails Standard 22,204 10,489 15,138 8,326 Rails All Other 1,755 944 984 501 Railroad Accessories 753 480 732 301 Bars - Hot Rolled 149,052 78,441 104,916 59,208 Bars - Light Shaped 31,506 21,495 17,570 10,914 Bars - Reinforcing 76,735 25,649 101,576 30,988 Bars - Cold Finished 21,478 27,914 19,219 20,441 Tool Steel 12,439 18,424 9,965 14,320 Standard Pipe 72,392 48,319 78,325 42,228 Oil Country Goods 58,182 46,161 45,612 24,779 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 36,196 22,178 28,704 16,291 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 20,310 11,441 20,415 10,112 Line Pipe - Not Specified 9,548 8,427 15,855 6,490 Mechanical Tubing 37,643 35,734 47,378 37,175 Pressure Tubing 7,503 7,028 8,921 7,744 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 8,905 36,676 7,112 28,391 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 936 2,660 936 2,401 Structural Pipe & Tube 37,341 30,964 38,391 25,562 Pipe For Piling 918 448 338 255 Wire Drawn 72,829 65,586 59,656 51,308 Black Plate 2,626 1,800 6,134 3,399 Tin Plate 16,048 10,294 15,534 9,683 Tin Free Steel 7,797 5,662 6,394 4,560 Sheets Hot Rolled 232,435 91,038 170,597 61,185 Sheets Cold Rolled 100,692 89,002 89,165 81,644 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 150,121 90,332 85,925 50,190 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 11,342 7,683 7,602 4,871 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 18,843 15,680 19,275 14,656 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 6,134 4,946 4,493 3,674 Strip - Hot Rolled 8,402 4,609 6,329 3,178 Strip - Cold Rolled 13,571 24,667 11,603 19,454 ______________________________________________________________ February 2004 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 1,778,222 939,550 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,201 930 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 376,004 129,923 Wire Rods 202,978 72,364 Structural Shapes Heavy 58,621 23,507 Steel Piling 6,624 3,982 Plates Cut Lengths 51,095 28,651 Plates In Coils 32,061 16,786 Rails Standard 15,138 8,326 Rails All Other 987 507 Railroad Accessories 753 311 Bars - Hot Rolled 106,460 60,694 Bars - Light Shaped 17,741 11,008 Bars - Reinforcing 101,598 30,998 Bars - Cold Finished 19,350 20,754 Tool Steel 10,203 14,545 Standard Pipe 77,763 42,793 Oil Country Goods 43,454 26,541 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 28,704 16,291 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 20,435 10,121 Line Pipe - Not Specified 15,895 6,511 Mechanical Tubing 47,758 37,422 Pressure Tubing 8,986 7,964 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 7,250 28,753 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 956 2,446 Structural Pipe & Tube 38,512 25,649 Pipe For Piling 385 255 Wire Drawn 60,026 51,798 Black Plate 6,491 3,579 Tin Plate 15,553 9,695 Tin Free Steel 6,615 4,902 Sheets Hot Rolled 170,688 61,277 Sheets Cold Rolled 91,268 82,946 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 86,956 50,852 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 7,621 4,876 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 19,442 14,809 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 4,493 3,674 Strip - Hot Rolled 6,377 3,188 Strip - Cold Rolled 11,774 19,922 ______________________________________________________________ March 2003 February 2003 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,063,308 959,432 1,527,947 778,877 Ingots And Steel For Castings 4,473 5,463 3,623 4,420 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 446,472 122,775 260,492 77,698 Wire Rods 307,747 86,218 72,503 26,528 Structural Shapes Heavy 34,636 12,348 27,745 9,962 Steel Piling 8,244 4,620 6,126 3,435 Plates Cut Lengths 68,624 29,578 38,949 18,558 Plates In Coils 37,046 15,111 31,660 13,121 Rails Standard 22,010 10,050 14,264 7,483 Rails All Other 1,759 941 787 476 Railroad Accessories 884 608 1,299 645 Bars - Hot Rolled 119,931 58,507 91,990 43,769 Bars - Light Shaped 11,873 6,563 13,952 7,538 Bars - Reinforcing 72,715 17,457 48,832 11,629 Bars - Cold Finished 20,876 22,102 22,463 20,869 Tool Steel 15,987 19,671 13,051 16,451 Standard Pipe 64,638 36,168 88,226 42,719 Oil Country Goods 41,840 35,070 42,118 29,191 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 20,769 10,114 21,844 15,020 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 27,630 15,312 18,789 10,809 Line Pipe - Not Specified 11,296 4,630 7,018 2,657 Mechanical Tubing 42,402 34,937 31,048 25,506 Pressure Tubing 5,421 6,088 3,521 4,917 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,876 25,114 5,766 21,201 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,070 2,060 1,048 2,255 Structural Pipe & Tube 32,649 16,599 26,224 13,751 Pipe For Piling 434 263 365 309 Wire Drawn 65,743 50,670 52,700 42,688 Black Plate 4,910 3,656 3,882 2,344 Tin Plate 24,371 15,039 22,213 13,052 Tin Free Steel 6,656 4,057 7,015 4,103 Sheets Hot Rolled 201,540 69,251 193,823 65,832 Sheets Cold Rolled 116,639 79,170 136,367 82,589 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 149,939 80,475 148,077 78,734 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 11,991 7,585 12,282 7,219 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 25,329 19,723 33,559 23,006 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 8,683 6,827 3,553 3,772 Strip - Hot Rolled 6,561 3,007 8,339 3,496 Strip - Cold Rolled 12,645 21,604 12,434 21,125 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 March 2004 (CB-04-62)