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 April 2004 March 2004 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,209,577 1,344,631 2,176,521 1,203,469 Ingots And Steel For Castings 7,128 3,165 867 932 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 337,509 129,871 438,332 145,382 Wire Rods 285,439 122,709 351,472 127,514 Structural Shapes Heavy 40,725 22,608 42,752 21,951 Steel Piling 16,471 8,890 10,121 5,809 Plates Cut Lengths 52,899 36,286 51,184 35,518 Plates In Coils 79,332 39,800 35,157 21,189 Rails Standard 21,915 13,216 22,204 10,489 Rails All Other 1,406 754 1,755 944 Railroad Accessories 762 546 753 480 Bars - Hot Rolled 146,733 86,557 149,052 78,441 Bars - Light Shaped 15,046 10,487 31,506 21,495 Bars - Reinforcing 166,732 75,433 76,735 25,649 Bars - Cold Finished 26,262 34,559 21,478 27,914 Tool Steel 11,763 17,500 12,439 18,424 Standard Pipe 105,891 66,534 72,392 48,319 Oil Country Goods 86,637 62,476 58,182 46,161 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 33,624 18,858 36,196 22,178 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 18,071 10,728 20,310 11,441 Line Pipe - Not Specified 13,512 6,335 9,548 8,427 Mechanical Tubing 43,221 40,252 37,643 35,734 Pressure Tubing 11,868 10,236 7,503 7,028 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 9,196 35,375 8,905 36,676 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 975 2,236 936 2,660 Structural Pipe & Tube 36,872 31,474 37,341 30,964 Pipe For Piling 276 260 918 448 Wire Drawn 75,153 72,262 72,829 65,586 Black Plate 3,577 2,308 2,626 1,800 Tin Plate 18,189 11,639 16,048 10,294 Tin Free Steel 6,633 4,869 7,797 5,662 Sheets Hot Rolled 208,525 89,226 232,435 91,038 Sheets Cold Rolled 91,260 98,337 100,692 89,002 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 177,166 119,951 150,121 90,332 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 9,123 6,067 11,342 7,683 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 23,156 18,902 18,843 15,680 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 6,258 5,689 6,134 4,946 Strip - Hot Rolled 9,535 5,249 8,402 4,609 Strip - Cold Rolled 10,736 22,987 13,571 24,667 ______________________________________________________________ March 2004 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,203,623 1,216,128 Ingots And Steel For Castings 796 713 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 438,372 145,427 Wire Rods 351,752 127,645 Structural Shapes Heavy 42,859 21,971 Steel Piling 10,121 5,809 Plates Cut Lengths 57,961 35,591 Plates In Coils 35,199 21,271 Rails Standard 22,204 10,489 Rails All Other 1,755 944 Railroad Accessories 753 480 Bars - Hot Rolled 149,700 78,754 Bars - Light Shaped 31,538 21,519 Bars - Reinforcing 80,932 31,769 Bars - Cold Finished 21,503 27,994 Tool Steel 12,638 18,689 Standard Pipe 72,628 48,527 Oil Country Goods 58,186 46,182 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 36,196 22,178 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 21,090 11,873 Line Pipe - Not Specified 17,628 8,427 Mechanical Tubing 38,340 35,873 Pressure Tubing 7,964 7,452 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 9,096 37,396 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 981 2,660 Structural Pipe & Tube 37,574 31,104 Pipe For Piling 665 448 Wire Drawn 73,168 65,888 Black Plate 2,665 1,823 Tin Plate 16,048 10,294 Tin Free Steel 7,797 5,662 Sheets Hot Rolled 232,543 91,077 Sheets Cold Rolled 100,810 89,153 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 153,524 92,977 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 11,342 7,683 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 18,996 15,792 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 6,134 4,949 Strip - Hot Rolled 8,442 4,613 Strip - Cold Rolled 13,721 25,033 ______________________________________________________________ April 2003 March 2003 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 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 April 2004 (CB-04-76)