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 June May Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 3,045,764 1,980,103 2,700,187 1,713,748 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,439 967 1,904 2,889 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 638,539 299,265 665,270 309,805 Wire Rods 312,329 158,913 253,736 124,418 Structural Shapes Heavy 65,020 33,020 59,043 30,086 Steel Piling 16,292 10,466 9,270 5,843 Plates Cut Lengths 67,203 50,852 49,686 35,043 Plates In Coils 92,962 58,804 66,437 47,346 Rails Standard 28,178 15,828 17,851 8,828 Rails All Other 767 545 1,905 1,224 Railroad Accessories 697 515 235 169 Bars - Hot Rolled 131,351 84,069 113,246 72,652 Bars - Light Shaped 12,897 10,625 16,342 11,858 Bars - Reinforcing 206,444 108,172 161,228 91,990 Bars - Cold Finished 29,196 40,834 23,581 32,511 Tool Steel 14,827 23,006 12,825 19,124 Standard Pipe 109,463 79,284 96,516 66,517 Oil Country Goods 88,377 71,865 75,053 62,009 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 51,108 32,665 54,164 30,782 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 23,644 15,776 20,385 13,449 Line Pipe - Not Specified 7,688 4,457 20,517 9,320 Mechanical Tubing 45,320 46,487 43,998 43,022 Pressure Tubing 7,042 8,548 8,509 9,773 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 9,900 46,787 9,108 38,826 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,139 2,527 1,085 2,776 Structural Pipe & Tube 42,515 38,934 39,996 33,104 Pipe For Piling 1,773 1,211 523 371 Wire Drawn 79,714 79,302 78,319 75,616 Black Plate 7,582 5,052 2,449 1,920 Tin Plate 27,195 16,976 34,736 22,229 Tin Free Steel 7,650 5,383 10,168 6,747 Sheets Hot Rolled 365,431 189,426 295,335 145,097 Sheets Cold Rolled 216,857 181,656 202,913 159,477 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 252,778 179,246 193,081 136,078 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 13,382 8,985 5,283 4,067 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 38,400 31,592 27,254 21,725 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 7,426 6,808 6,165 5,564 Strip - Hot Rolled 9,386 6,044 9,122 5,620 Strip - Cold Rolled 13,852 25,210 12,948 25,873 ______________________________________________________________ 2003 Data June May Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 1,556,747 811,334 1,732,111 874,507 Ingots And Steel For Castings 3,393 3,679 3,935 3,899 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 276,285 98,000 363,761 113,978 Wire Rods 154,492 50,951 118,721 38,386 Structural Shapes Heavy 32,320 12,827 54,885 19,847 Steel Piling 9,216 5,382 5,752 3,375 Plates Cut Lengths 40,535 20,325 30,300 16,937 Plates In Coils 31,221 13,280 36,182 13,953 Rails Standard 11,603 4,880 7,027 3,242 Rails All Other 1,665 812 1,875 978 Railroad Accessories 177 139 1,052 609 Bars - Hot Rolled 111,522 52,250 129,800 57,476 Bars - Light Shaped 16,608 8,344 11,819 5,931 Bars - Reinforcing 93,452 26,421 37,660 12,264 Bars - Cold Finished 26,206 24,817 22,470 23,951 Tool Steel 14,080 19,172 14,038 18,707 Standard Pipe 67,064 35,282 79,327 40,429 Oil Country Goods 62,895 41,617 67,223 49,063 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 10,948 6,093 60,791 33,612 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 42,706 32,174 30,677 17,716 Line Pipe - Not Specified 18,767 8,844 20,750 8,635 Mechanical Tubing 36,963 28,083 40,577 31,475 Pressure Tubing 4,551 3,906 6,481 7,168 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,649 22,909 7,104 24,459 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,482 2,368 1,334 1,947 Structural Pipe & Tube 26,809 14,533 28,728 14,973 Pipe For Piling 723 433 2,200 1,121 Wire Drawn 54,918 45,587 59,430 47,586 Black Plate 3,330 2,625 3,356 2,231 Tin Plate 25,786 15,822 29,851 17,928 Tin Free Steel 6,432 4,154 5,516 3,408 Sheets Hot Rolled 131,989 45,210 185,782 60,467 Sheets Cold Rolled 80,653 59,159 92,621 65,675 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 89,262 50,913 110,577 63,550 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 13,320 7,106 10,942 6,627 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 21,064 15,874 24,133 16,640 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 7,053 4,673 5,423 3,714 Strip - Hot Rolled 9,428 4,014 8,359 3,504 Strip - Cold Rolled 11,178 18,677 11,654 19,046 ______________________________________________________________ June Cumulative to Date 2004 Final 2003 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 14,128,746 8,225,021 10,821,001 5,305,795 Ingots And Steel For Castings 7,006 7,037 23,650 26,103 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 3,080,386 1,194,327 2,126,109 633,352 Wire Rods 1,672,360 691,261 958,025 301,474 Structural Shapes Heavy 302,947 147,125 228,150 83,683 Steel Piling 62,585 36,999 39,990 22,761 Plates Cut Lengths 329,422 212,864 273,338 131,326 Plates In Coils 351,149 201,425 273,265 103,457 Rails Standard 126,296 65,215 83,247 38,905 Rails All Other 8,049 4,689 9,122 4,522 Railroad Accessories 3,776 2,341 5,093 3,028 Bars - Hot Rolled 784,720 449,070 694,015 322,653 Bars - Light Shaped 107,989 73,573 85,364 46,075 Bars - Reinforcing 800,096 364,353 373,099 97,683 Bars - Cold Finished 140,125 182,980 137,858 141,184 Tool Steel 73,779 109,581 84,677 109,539 Standard Pipe 542,049 346,948 439,927 225,836 Oil Country Goods 445,779 331,329 307,436 224,154 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 242,766 143,739 218,402 123,222 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 131,954 77,713 170,473 103,550 Line Pipe - Not Specified 94,379 42,647 82,681 33,704 Mechanical Tubing 262,181 236,936 235,016 183,719 Pressure Tubing 48,536 49,393 30,150 34,423 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 53,037 214,833 39,514 140,576 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 6,337 15,418 8,034 13,243 Structural Pipe & Tube 230,939 181,827 191,019 98,707 Pipe For Piling 4,147 2,861 4,839 2,800 Wire Drawn 429,024 397,165 356,766 287,181 Black Plate 26,908 17,027 24,813 16,692 Tin Plate 128,526 81,377 141,985 85,484 Tin Free Steel 45,624 31,929 38,266 23,188 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,481,602 648,743 1,216,999 408,569 Sheets Cold Rolled 798,532 683,767 687,185 445,857 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 945,986 627,978 857,548 465,237 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 50,995 34,738 66,710 38,931 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 149,846 119,022 149,304 110,082 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 35,402 30,661 35,067 26,489 Strip - Hot Rolled 48,741 27,667 48,288 20,901 Strip - Cold Rolled 74,771 138,461 75,578 127,503 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 June 2004