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 June 2004 May 2004 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,946,475 1,916,345 2,348,678 1,494,615 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,428 915 1,408 1,202 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 638,501 299,264 566,525 262,059 Wire Rods 309,767 156,624 233,534 115,675 Structural Shapes Heavy 64,987 32,965 56,792 28,463 Steel Piling 16,292 10,466 9,081 5,706 Plates Cut Lengths 67,042 50,478 33,071 25,748 Plates In Coils 90,395 57,199 53,128 40,389 Rails Standard 28,157 15,817 16,691 8,121 Rails All Other 765 541 1,483 977 Railroad Accessories 697 515 436 152 Bars - Hot Rolled 128,169 82,223 106,117 67,414 Bars - Light Shaped 12,880 10,614 15,388 10,762 Bars - Reinforcing 160,339 83,008 152,057 80,817 Bars - Cold Finished 27,384 40,622 20,654 28,138 Tool Steel 14,251 22,330 10,996 16,093 Standard Pipe 109,208 79,088 80,174 55,808 Oil Country Goods 86,535 70,437 66,673 55,950 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 50,871 32,516 43,413 25,405 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 23,635 15,771 18,622 12,293 Line Pipe - Not Specified 7,665 4,446 20,052 9,091 Mechanical Tubing 44,058 45,651 39,605 38,476 Pressure Tubing 7,018 8,526 7,186 8,184 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 9,558 44,796 8,057 35,316 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,128 2,505 946 2,578 Structural Pipe & Tube 42,293 38,321 37,680 30,825 Pipe For Piling 1,773 1,211 610 371 Wire Drawn 78,856 78,792 73,093 70,411 Black Plate 7,577 5,029 2,214 1,727 Tin Plate 27,195 16,976 31,652 19,931 Tin Free Steel 7,650 5,383 10,008 6,636 Sheets Hot Rolled 339,883 173,145 229,630 109,672 Sheets Cold Rolled 216,782 181,508 167,850 137,847 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 242,375 171,494 177,752 124,808 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 13,382 8,985 4,996 3,865 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 38,393 31,588 26,601 21,158 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 7,388 6,746 5,876 5,376 Strip - Hot Rolled 8,632 5,344 6,919 4,476 Strip - Cold Rolled 13,566 24,504 11,712 22,696 ______________________________________________________________ May 2004 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,700,187 1,713,748 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,904 2,889 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 665,270 309,805 Wire Rods 253,736 124,418 Structural Shapes Heavy 59,043 30,086 Steel Piling 9,270 5,843 Plates Cut Lengths 49,686 35,043 Plates In Coils 66,437 47,346 Rails Standard 17,851 8,828 Rails All Other 1,905 1,224 Railroad Accessories 235 169 Bars - Hot Rolled 113,246 72,652 Bars - Light Shaped 16,342 11,858 Bars - Reinforcing 161,228 91,990 Bars - Cold Finished 23,581 32,511 Tool Steel 12,825 19,124 Standard Pipe 96,516 66,517 Oil Country Goods 75,053 62,009 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 54,164 30,782 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 20,385 13,449 Line Pipe - Not Specified 20,517 9,320 Mechanical Tubing 43,998 43,022 Pressure Tubing 8,509 9,773 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 9,108 38,826 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,085 2,776 Structural Pipe & Tube 39,996 33,104 Pipe For Piling 523 371 Wire Drawn 78,319 75,616 Black Plate 2,449 1,920 Tin Plate 34,736 22,229 Tin Free Steel 10,168 6,747 Sheets Hot Rolled 295,335 145,097 Sheets Cold Rolled 202,913 159,477 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 193,081 136,078 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 5,283 4,067 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 27,254 21,725 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 6,165 5,564 Strip - Hot Rolled 9,122 5,620 Strip - Cold Rolled 12,948 25,873 ______________________________________________________________ June 2003 May 2003 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 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 June 2004 (CB-04-118)