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 May April Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,700,187 1,713,748 2,263,044 1,374,828 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,904 2,889 1,044 1,072 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 665,270 309,805 373,710 143,433 Wire Rods 253,736 124,418 286,159 123,075 Structural Shapes Heavy 59,043 30,086 40,739 22,636 Steel Piling 9,270 5,843 16,471 8,890 Plates Cut Lengths 49,686 35,043 54,185 37,105 Plates In Coils 66,437 47,346 79,479 40,058 Rails Standard 17,851 8,828 27,107 13,333 Rails All Other 1,905 1,224 1,775 964 Railroad Accessories 235 169 853 546 Bars - Hot Rolled 113,246 72,652 148,887 88,667 Bars - Light Shaped 16,342 11,858 15,282 10,668 Bars - Reinforcing 161,228 91,990 166,753 75,445 Bars - Cold Finished 23,581 32,511 26,663 36,809 Tool Steel 12,825 19,124 12,266 18,521 Standard Pipe 96,516 66,517 109,645 70,104 Oil Country Goods 75,053 62,009 86,665 62,502 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 54,164 30,782 33,785 19,306 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 20,385 13,449 19,025 11,208 Line Pipe - Not Specified 20,517 9,320 13,538 6,411 Mechanical Tubing 43,998 43,022 44,792 41,576 Pressure Tubing 8,509 9,773 10,771 8,940 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 9,108 38,826 9,356 35,549 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,085 2,776 995 2,298 Structural Pipe & Tube 39,996 33,104 37,416 32,188 Pipe For Piling 523 371 542 364 Wire Drawn 78,319 75,616 75,567 73,125 Black Plate 2,449 1,920 3,577 2,308 Tin Plate 34,736 22,229 18,226 11,668 Tin Free Steel 10,168 6,747 6,633 4,869 Sheets Hot Rolled 295,335 145,097 208,783 89,369 Sheets Cold Rolled 202,913 159,477 92,035 99,538 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 193,081 136,078 181,174 123,066 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 5,283 4,067 9,136 6,075 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 27,254 21,725 23,178 18,937 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 6,165 5,564 6,290 5,727 Strip - Hot Rolled 9,122 5,620 9,438 5,277 Strip - Cold Rolled 12,948 25,873 11,104 23,201 ______________________________________________________________ 2003 Data May April Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 1,732,111 874,507 1,661,283 855,554 Ingots And Steel For Castings 3,935 3,899 4,923 5,189 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 363,761 113,978 290,638 86,533 Wire Rods 118,721 38,386 151,159 50,379 Structural Shapes Heavy 54,885 19,847 33,971 13,406 Steel Piling 5,752 3,375 3,079 1,601 Plates Cut Lengths 30,300 16,937 41,193 22,121 Plates In Coils 36,182 13,953 43,381 16,669 Rails Standard 7,027 3,242 11,428 4,831 Rails All Other 1,875 978 1,683 675 Railroad Accessories 1,052 609 673 461 Bars - Hot Rolled 129,800 57,476 100,290 49,607 Bars - Light Shaped 11,819 5,931 12,420 7,183 Bars - Reinforcing 37,660 12,264 30,635 8,355 Bars - Cold Finished 22,470 23,951 23,570 25,512 Tool Steel 14,038 18,707 15,113 19,239 Standard Pipe 79,327 40,429 77,317 38,133 Oil Country Goods 67,223 49,063 59,657 41,190 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 60,791 33,612 48,945 26,313 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 30,677 17,716 17,234 9,113 Line Pipe - Not Specified 20,750 8,635 12,876 4,745 Mechanical Tubing 40,577 31,475 39,908 31,723 Pressure Tubing 6,481 7,168 4,776 5,722 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 7,104 24,459 6,405 22,729 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,334 1,947 1,679 2,209 Structural Pipe & Tube 28,728 14,973 38,999 20,087 Pipe For Piling 2,200 1,121 762 440 Wire Drawn 59,430 47,586 64,336 52,096 Black Plate 3,356 2,231 2,575 2,060 Tin Plate 29,851 17,928 21,754 13,480 Tin Free Steel 5,516 3,408 7,871 4,676 Sheets Hot Rolled 185,782 60,467 185,776 62,165 Sheets Cold Rolled 92,621 65,675 103,055 72,864 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 110,577 63,550 145,211 80,618 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 10,942 6,627 10,073 5,345 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 24,133 16,640 22,797 17,748 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 5,423 3,714 4,375 3,305 Strip - Hot Rolled 8,359 3,504 7,036 2,951 Strip - Cold Rolled 11,654 19,046 13,711 24,078 ______________________________________________________________ May Cumulative to Date 2004 Final 2003 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 11,082,983 6,244,918 9,264,254 4,494,460 Ingots And Steel For Castings 5,567 6,071 20,256 22,424 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 2,441,846 895,062 1,849,825 535,352 Wire Rods 1,360,031 532,348 803,533 250,523 Structural Shapes Heavy 237,926 114,105 195,830 70,856 Steel Piling 46,293 26,533 30,774 17,379 Plates Cut Lengths 262,219 162,012 232,803 111,001 Plates In Coils 258,188 142,621 242,044 90,177 Rails Standard 98,118 49,387 71,645 34,025 Rails All Other 7,282 4,144 7,457 3,709 Railroad Accessories 3,079 1,827 4,916 2,889 Bars - Hot Rolled 653,368 365,001 582,492 270,403 Bars - Light Shaped 95,092 62,948 68,757 37,731 Bars - Reinforcing 593,652 256,181 279,647 71,262 Bars - Cold Finished 110,929 142,146 111,652 116,367 Tool Steel 58,951 86,575 70,596 90,367 Standard Pipe 432,586 267,663 372,863 190,554 Oil Country Goods 357,403 259,463 244,540 182,537 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 191,658 111,074 207,454 117,129 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 108,310 61,937 127,767 71,376 Line Pipe - Not Specified 86,691 38,190 63,914 24,860 Mechanical Tubing 216,860 190,449 198,053 155,636 Pressure Tubing 41,494 40,845 25,598 30,517 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 43,137 168,046 32,865 117,667 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 5,198 12,890 6,551 10,875 Structural Pipe & Tube 188,425 142,893 164,210 84,174 Pipe For Piling 2,373 1,650 4,116 2,368 Wire Drawn 349,310 317,863 301,848 241,594 Black Plate 19,327 11,975 21,483 14,068 Tin Plate 101,331 64,400 116,199 69,661 Tin Free Steel 37,974 26,546 31,834 19,034 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,116,171 459,316 1,085,009 363,359 Sheets Cold Rolled 581,675 502,111 606,532 386,698 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 693,208 448,732 768,287 414,324 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 37,613 25,753 53,389 31,825 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 111,445 87,430 128,240 94,209 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 27,977 23,853 28,015 21,816 Strip - Hot Rolled 39,356 21,624 38,860 16,887 Strip - Cold Rolled 60,920 113,252 64,400 108,826 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 May 2004