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 July June Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,850,758 1,944,452 3,045,764 1,980,103 Ingots And Steel For Castings 3,900 4,624 1,439 967 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 460,146 212,074 638,539 299,265 Wire Rods 295,094 158,458 312,329 158,913 Structural Shapes Heavy 45,749 26,070 65,020 33,020 Steel Piling 5,153 3,703 16,292 10,466 Plates Cut Lengths 99,014 68,727 67,203 50,852 Plates In Coils 92,722 61,973 92,962 58,804 Rails Standard 16,049 8,196 28,178 15,828 Rails All Other 2,143 1,504 767 545 Railroad Accessories 674 579 697 515 Bars - Hot Rolled 142,293 95,107 131,351 84,069 Bars - Light Shaped 19,691 13,807 12,897 10,625 Bars - Reinforcing 190,584 91,591 206,444 108,172 Bars - Cold Finished 27,938 39,446 29,196 40,834 Tool Steel 13,470 23,406 14,827 23,006 Standard Pipe 104,493 76,760 109,463 79,284 Oil Country Goods 87,595 78,174 88,377 71,865 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 35,046 20,420 51,108 32,665 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 28,775 20,945 23,644 15,776 Line Pipe - Not Specified 14,464 8,269 7,688 4,457 Mechanical Tubing 48,673 49,908 45,320 46,487 Pressure Tubing 6,718 8,873 7,042 8,548 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 10,108 44,183 9,900 46,787 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,427 3,238 1,139 2,527 Structural Pipe & Tube 39,926 36,513 42,515 38,934 Pipe For Piling 1,194 831 1,773 1,211 Wire Drawn 72,105 77,351 79,714 79,302 Black Plate 2,706 1,923 7,582 5,052 Tin Plate 32,702 20,782 27,195 16,976 Tin Free Steel 9,738 6,678 7,650 5,383 Sheets Hot Rolled 370,682 206,186 365,431 189,426 Sheets Cold Rolled 205,302 179,132 216,857 181,656 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 297,188 223,549 252,778 179,246 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 9,519 6,771 13,382 8,985 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 29,450 26,252 38,400 31,592 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 6,062 5,216 7,426 6,808 Strip - Hot Rolled 8,574 5,972 9,386 6,044 Strip - Cold Rolled 13,689 27,260 13,852 25,210 ______________________________________________________________ 2003 Data July June Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 1,882,692 912,909 1,556,747 811,334 Ingots And Steel For Castings 15,504 8,258 3,393 3,679 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 478,216 138,157 276,285 98,000 Wire Rods 171,735 54,651 154,492 50,951 Structural Shapes Heavy 35,409 15,652 32,320 12,827 Steel Piling 9,552 5,089 9,216 5,382 Plates Cut Lengths 50,685 25,303 40,535 20,325 Plates In Coils 36,330 16,256 31,221 13,280 Rails Standard 1,918 1,254 11,603 4,880 Rails All Other 1,190 784 1,665 812 Railroad Accessories 142 128 177 139 Bars - Hot Rolled 106,740 52,106 111,522 52,250 Bars - Light Shaped 13,541 6,671 16,608 8,344 Bars - Reinforcing 111,930 31,771 93,452 26,421 Bars - Cold Finished 18,158 20,913 26,206 24,817 Tool Steel 15,604 21,887 14,080 19,172 Standard Pipe 84,575 41,830 67,064 35,282 Oil Country Goods 67,541 44,615 62,895 41,617 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 31,172 20,187 10,948 6,093 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 39,101 22,316 42,706 32,174 Line Pipe - Not Specified 21,124 10,663 18,767 8,844 Mechanical Tubing 39,525 31,254 36,963 28,083 Pressure Tubing 8,085 6,305 4,551 3,906 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 7,941 27,424 6,649 22,909 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,628 2,863 1,482 2,368 Structural Pipe & Tube 25,207 13,889 26,809 14,533 Pipe For Piling 881 544 723 433 Wire Drawn 55,459 44,631 54,918 45,587 Black Plate 3,166 2,080 3,330 2,625 Tin Plate 24,214 15,206 25,786 15,822 Tin Free Steel 5,882 3,803 6,432 4,154 Sheets Hot Rolled 158,732 51,155 131,989 45,210 Sheets Cold Rolled 75,521 62,416 80,653 59,159 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 103,476 60,103 89,262 50,913 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 8,380 4,416 13,320 7,106 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 27,018 19,086 21,064 15,874 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 7,381 4,920 7,053 4,673 Strip - Hot Rolled 8,162 3,238 9,428 4,014 Strip - Cold Rolled 11,868 21,084 11,178 18,677 ______________________________________________________________ July Cumulative to Date 2004 Final 2003 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 16,979,504 10,169,473 12,703,693 6,218,704 Ingots And Steel For Castings 10,906 11,662 39,153 34,361 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 3,540,532 1,406,401 2,604,326 771,509 Wire Rods 1,967,453 849,719 1,129,760 356,125 Structural Shapes Heavy 348,696 173,195 263,559 99,335 Steel Piling 67,738 40,702 49,542 27,850 Plates Cut Lengths 428,437 281,590 324,023 156,629 Plates In Coils 443,871 263,399 309,594 119,712 Rails Standard 142,345 73,412 85,165 40,159 Rails All Other 10,192 6,193 10,312 5,306 Railroad Accessories 4,450 2,920 5,235 3,156 Bars - Hot Rolled 927,013 544,177 800,755 374,759 Bars - Light Shaped 127,680 87,381 98,906 52,746 Bars - Reinforcing 990,680 455,945 485,029 129,455 Bars - Cold Finished 168,064 222,426 156,015 162,097 Tool Steel 87,248 132,988 100,280 131,426 Standard Pipe 646,542 423,707 524,503 267,666 Oil Country Goods 533,374 409,503 374,977 268,770 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 277,812 164,159 249,574 143,409 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 160,729 98,659 209,574 125,866 Line Pipe - Not Specified 108,844 50,916 103,805 44,367 Mechanical Tubing 310,853 286,844 274,541 214,974 Pressure Tubing 55,254 58,266 38,234 40,728 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 63,145 259,016 47,455 168,000 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 7,764 18,656 9,662 16,106 Structural Pipe & Tube 270,865 218,341 216,226 112,596 Pipe For Piling 5,341 3,693 5,719 3,344 Wire Drawn 501,129 474,516 412,225 331,812 Black Plate 29,615 18,951 27,979 18,772 Tin Plate 161,228 102,158 166,199 100,690 Tin Free Steel 55,361 38,607 44,148 26,991 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,852,284 854,929 1,375,730 459,724 Sheets Cold Rolled 1,003,834 862,899 762,707 508,273 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 1,243,175 851,527 961,025 525,340 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 60,514 41,509 75,090 43,347 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 179,295 145,273 176,322 129,168 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 41,464 35,877 42,448 31,409 Strip - Hot Rolled 57,315 33,639 56,450 24,139 Strip - Cold Rolled 88,461 165,722 87,446 148,587 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 July 2004