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 2004 Data April March Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,263,044 1,374,828 2,203,623 1,216,128 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,044 1,072 796 713 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 373,710 143,433 438,372 145,427 Wire Rods 286,159 123,075 351,752 127,645 Structural Shapes Heavy 40,739 22,636 42,859 21,971 Steel Piling 16,471 8,890 10,121 5,809 Plates Cut Lengths 54,185 37,105 57,961 35,591 Plates In Coils 79,479 40,058 35,199 21,271 Rails Standard 27,107 13,333 22,204 10,489 Rails All Other 1,775 964 1,755 944 Railroad Accessories 853 546 753 480 Bars - Hot Rolled 148,887 88,667 149,700 78,754 Bars - Light Shaped 15,282 10,668 31,538 21,519 Bars - Reinforcing 166,753 75,445 80,932 31,769 Bars - Cold Finished 26,663 36,809 21,503 27,994 Tool Steel 12,266 18,521 12,638 18,689 Standard Pipe 109,645 70,104 72,628 48,527 Oil Country Goods 86,665 62,502 58,186 46,182 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 33,785 19,306 36,196 22,178 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 19,025 11,208 21,090 11,873 Line Pipe - Not Specified 13,538 6,411 17,628 8,427 Mechanical Tubing 44,792 41,576 38,340 35,873 Pressure Tubing 10,771 8,940 7,964 7,452 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 9,356 35,549 9,096 37,396 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 995 2,298 981 2,660 Structural Pipe & Tube 37,416 32,188 37,574 31,104 Pipe For Piling 542 364 665 448 Wire Drawn 75,567 73,125 73,168 65,888 Black Plate 3,577 2,308 2,665 1,823 Tin Plate 18,226 11,668 16,048 10,294 Tin Free Steel 6,633 4,869 7,797 5,662 Sheets Hot Rolled 208,783 89,369 232,543 91,077 Sheets Cold Rolled 92,035 99,538 100,810 89,153 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 181,174 123,066 153,524 92,977 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 9,136 6,075 11,342 7,683 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 23,178 18,937 18,996 15,792 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 6,290 5,727 6,134 4,949 Strip - Hot Rolled 9,438 5,277 8,442 4,613 Strip - Cold Rolled 11,104 23,201 13,721 25,033 ______________________________________________________________ 2003 Data April March Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 1,661,283 855,554 2,063,308 959,432 Ingots And Steel For Castings 4,923 5,189 4,473 5,463 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 290,638 86,533 446,472 122,775 Wire Rods 151,159 50,379 307,747 86,218 Structural Shapes Heavy 33,971 13,406 34,636 12,348 Steel Piling 3,079 1,601 8,244 4,620 Plates Cut Lengths 41,193 22,121 68,624 29,578 Plates In Coils 43,381 16,669 37,046 15,111 Rails Standard 11,428 4,831 22,010 10,050 Rails All Other 1,683 675 1,759 941 Railroad Accessories 673 461 884 608 Bars - Hot Rolled 100,290 49,607 119,931 58,507 Bars - Light Shaped 12,420 7,183 11,873 6,563 Bars - Reinforcing 30,635 8,355 72,715 17,457 Bars - Cold Finished 23,570 25,512 20,876 22,102 Tool Steel 15,113 19,239 15,987 19,671 Standard Pipe 77,317 38,133 64,638 36,168 Oil Country Goods 59,657 41,190 41,840 35,070 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 48,945 26,313 20,769 10,114 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 17,234 9,113 27,630 15,312 Line Pipe - Not Specified 12,876 4,745 11,296 4,630 Mechanical Tubing 39,908 31,723 42,402 34,937 Pressure Tubing 4,776 5,722 5,421 6,088 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,405 22,729 6,876 25,114 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,679 2,209 1,070 2,060 Structural Pipe & Tube 38,999 20,087 32,649 16,599 Pipe For Piling 762 440 434 263 Wire Drawn 64,336 52,096 65,743 50,670 Black Plate 2,575 2,060 4,910 3,656 Tin Plate 21,754 13,480 24,371 15,039 Tin Free Steel 7,871 4,676 6,656 4,057 Sheets Hot Rolled 185,776 62,165 201,540 69,251 Sheets Cold Rolled 103,055 72,864 116,639 79,170 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 145,211 80,618 149,939 80,475 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 10,073 5,345 11,991 7,585 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 22,797 17,748 25,329 19,723 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 4,375 3,305 8,683 6,827 Strip - Hot Rolled 7,036 2,951 6,561 3,007 Strip - Cold Rolled 13,711 24,078 12,645 21,604 ______________________________________________________________ April Cumulative to Date 2004 Final 2003 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 8,382,796 4,531,170 7,532,144 3,619,953 Ingots And Steel For Castings 3,663 3,181 16,321 18,524 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 1,776,576 585,256 1,486,064 421,374 Wire Rods 1,106,295 407,930 684,811 212,137 Structural Shapes Heavy 178,883 84,019 140,945 51,009 Steel Piling 37,023 20,690 25,022 14,003 Plates Cut Lengths 212,533 126,968 202,504 94,064 Plates In Coils 191,750 95,275 205,862 76,225 Rails Standard 80,267 40,559 64,618 30,783 Rails All Other 5,377 2,920 5,582 2,732 Railroad Accessories 2,845 1,657 3,865 2,280 Bars - Hot Rolled 540,122 292,349 452,693 212,927 Bars - Light Shaped 78,750 51,090 56,938 31,800 Bars - Reinforcing 432,423 164,191 241,987 58,999 Bars - Cold Finished 87,348 109,635 89,182 92,416 Tool Steel 46,126 67,451 56,559 71,661 Standard Pipe 336,070 201,147 293,536 150,126 Oil Country Goods 282,350 197,455 177,318 133,474 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 137,494 80,293 146,663 83,518 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 87,925 48,488 97,090 53,660 Line Pipe - Not Specified 66,175 28,870 43,164 16,225 Mechanical Tubing 172,863 147,427 157,476 124,161 Pressure Tubing 32,985 31,073 19,118 23,349 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 34,029 129,220 25,760 93,208 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 4,113 10,114 5,218 8,928 Structural Pipe & Tube 148,429 109,790 135,482 69,201 Pipe For Piling 1,850 1,280 1,916 1,246 Wire Drawn 270,991 242,248 242,418 194,008 Black Plate 16,877 10,055 18,127 11,836 Tin Plate 66,595 42,171 86,348 51,733 Tin Free Steel 27,806 19,800 26,318 15,626 Sheets Hot Rolled 820,836 314,220 899,228 302,892 Sheets Cold Rolled 378,762 342,634 513,912 321,023 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 500,127 312,654 657,709 350,773 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 32,330 21,686 42,447 25,198 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 84,191 65,705 104,107 77,568 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 21,811 18,288 22,592 18,102 Strip - Hot Rolled 30,233 16,004 30,501 13,383 Strip - Cold Rolled 47,971 87,378 52,746 89,780 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 April 2004