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 July 2004 June 2004 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,700,895 1,863,138 2,946,475 1,916,345 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,698 2,401 1,428 915 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 398,574 199,698 638,501 299,264 Wire Rods 295,025 158,423 309,767 156,624 Structural Shapes Heavy 45,098 25,607 64,987 32,965 Steel Piling 3,064 2,356 16,292 10,466 Plates Cut Lengths 98,936 68,608 67,042 50,478 Plates In Coils 90,867 60,507 90,395 57,199 Rails Standard 25,521 8,079 28,157 15,817 Rails All Other 2,143 1,504 765 541 Railroad Accessories 674 579 697 515 Bars - Hot Rolled 136,001 90,828 128,169 82,223 Bars - Light Shaped 19,556 13,708 12,880 10,614 Bars - Reinforcing 158,601 76,216 160,339 83,008 Bars - Cold Finished 25,378 39,315 27,384 40,622 Tool Steel 12,849 22,487 14,251 22,330 Standard Pipe 103,004 74,828 109,208 79,088 Oil Country Goods 74,557 68,282 86,535 70,437 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 33,681 19,433 50,871 32,516 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 24,694 18,443 23,635 15,771 Line Pipe - Not Specified 14,442 8,256 7,665 4,446 Mechanical Tubing 46,027 47,516 44,058 45,651 Pressure Tubing 6,197 7,982 7,018 8,526 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 9,651 40,886 9,558 44,796 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,384 3,146 1,128 2,505 Structural Pipe & Tube 39,344 36,092 42,293 38,321 Pipe For Piling 1,030 750 1,773 1,211 Wire Drawn 71,402 76,519 78,856 78,792 Black Plate 2,692 1,908 7,577 5,029 Tin Plate 32,569 20,702 27,195 16,976 Tin Free Steel 9,704 6,646 7,650 5,383 Sheets Hot Rolled 350,342 192,331 339,883 173,145 Sheets Cold Rolled 204,045 177,794 216,782 181,508 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 295,055 221,740 242,375 171,494 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 9,428 6,625 13,382 8,985 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 29,144 26,000 38,393 31,588 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 6,053 5,201 7,388 6,746 Strip - Hot Rolled 8,526 5,936 8,632 5,344 Strip - Cold Rolled 12,940 25,810 13,566 24,504 ______________________________________________________________ June 2004 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 3,045,764 1,980,103 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,439 967 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 638,539 299,265 Wire Rods 312,329 158,913 Structural Shapes Heavy 65,020 33,020 Steel Piling 16,292 10,466 Plates Cut Lengths 67,203 50,852 Plates In Coils 92,962 58,804 Rails Standard 28,178 15,828 Rails All Other 767 545 Railroad Accessories 697 515 Bars - Hot Rolled 131,351 84,069 Bars - Light Shaped 12,897 10,625 Bars - Reinforcing 206,444 108,172 Bars - Cold Finished 29,196 40,834 Tool Steel 14,827 23,006 Standard Pipe 109,463 79,284 Oil Country Goods 88,377 71,865 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 51,108 32,665 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 23,644 15,776 Line Pipe - Not Specified 7,688 4,457 Mechanical Tubing 45,320 46,487 Pressure Tubing 7,042 8,548 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 9,900 46,787 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,139 2,527 Structural Pipe & Tube 42,515 38,934 Pipe For Piling 1,773 1,211 Wire Drawn 79,714 79,302 Black Plate 7,582 5,052 Tin Plate 27,195 16,976 Tin Free Steel 7,650 5,383 Sheets Hot Rolled 365,431 189,426 Sheets Cold Rolled 216,857 181,656 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 252,778 179,246 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 13,382 8,985 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 38,400 31,592 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 7,426 6,808 Strip - Hot Rolled 9,386 6,044 Strip - Cold Rolled 13,852 25,210 ______________________________________________________________ July 2003 June 2003 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 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 July 2004 (CB-04-139)