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 August July Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 3,236,784 2,243,558 2,850,758 1,944,452 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,482 3,280 3,900 4,624 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 590,250 274,950 460,146 212,074 Wire Rods 291,255 158,036 295,094 158,458 Structural Shapes Heavy 44,834 30,340 45,749 26,070 Steel Piling 16,938 11,258 5,153 3,703 Plates Cut Lengths 96,452 73,817 99,014 68,727 Plates In Coils 137,295 85,762 92,722 61,973 Rails Standard 7,249 3,300 16,049 8,196 Rails All Other 2,962 2,289 2,143 1,504 Railroad Accessories 655 518 674 579 Bars - Hot Rolled 139,064 96,024 142,293 95,107 Bars - Light Shaped 22,342 15,220 19,691 13,807 Bars - Reinforcing 228,111 125,286 190,584 91,591 Bars - Cold Finished 26,172 42,844 27,938 39,446 Tool Steel 15,229 28,052 13,470 23,406 Standard Pipe 155,014 116,883 104,493 76,760 Oil Country Goods 76,447 78,534 87,595 78,174 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 36,464 24,539 35,046 20,420 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 27,737 19,568 28,775 20,945 Line Pipe - Not Specified 20,526 12,904 14,464 8,269 Mechanical Tubing 53,694 56,959 48,673 49,908 Pressure Tubing 8,530 10,113 6,718 8,873 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 9,735 45,425 10,108 44,183 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,806 4,033 1,427 3,238 Structural Pipe & Tube 50,230 47,524 39,926 36,513 Pipe For Piling 1,125 685 1,194 831 Wire Drawn 76,010 81,128 72,105 77,351 Black Plate 5,950 3,986 2,706 1,923 Tin Plate 37,755 24,825 32,702 20,782 Tin Free Steel 8,747 5,974 9,738 6,678 Sheets Hot Rolled 413,285 235,167 370,682 206,186 Sheets Cold Rolled 242,858 205,130 205,302 179,132 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 292,959 222,604 297,188 223,549 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 12,125 8,996 9,519 6,771 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 55,595 48,778 29,450 26,252 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 6,940 6,141 6,062 5,216 Strip - Hot Rolled 8,075 5,940 8,574 5,972 Strip - Cold Rolled 13,889 26,745 13,689 27,260 ______________________________________________________________ 2003 Data August July Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 1,585,556 799,362 1,882,692 912,909 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,908 2,380 15,504 8,258 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 268,974 79,885 478,216 138,157 Wire Rods 152,427 49,974 171,735 54,651 Structural Shapes Heavy 55,501 20,953 35,409 15,652 Steel Piling 7,146 3,877 9,552 5,089 Plates Cut Lengths 39,995 20,391 50,685 25,303 Plates In Coils 31,831 13,426 36,330 16,256 Rails Standard 11,345 5,532 1,918 1,254 Rails All Other 1,485 760 1,190 784 Railroad Accessories 977 665 142 128 Bars - Hot Rolled 110,124 51,824 106,740 52,106 Bars - Light Shaped 17,437 8,105 13,541 6,671 Bars - Reinforcing 110,945 31,991 111,930 31,771 Bars - Cold Finished 18,519 18,543 18,158 20,913 Tool Steel 13,909 18,976 15,604 21,887 Standard Pipe 76,972 39,174 84,575 41,830 Oil Country Goods 55,149 38,193 67,541 44,615 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 39,456 25,244 31,172 20,187 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 25,617 18,766 39,101 22,316 Line Pipe - Not Specified 12,171 5,188 21,124 10,663 Mechanical Tubing 35,785 26,852 39,525 31,254 Pressure Tubing 5,117 5,323 8,085 6,305 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 7,417 24,882 7,941 27,424 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,295 2,521 1,628 2,863 Structural Pipe & Tube 37,027 18,201 25,207 13,889 Pipe For Piling 2,153 1,102 881 544 Wire Drawn 49,090 41,655 55,459 44,631 Black Plate 3,127 2,735 3,166 2,080 Tin Plate 20,188 12,440 24,214 15,206 Tin Free Steel 4,623 2,913 5,882 3,803 Sheets Hot Rolled 140,333 46,830 158,732 51,155 Sheets Cold Rolled 76,092 58,356 75,521 62,416 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 84,685 47,086 103,476 60,103 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 12,715 6,744 8,380 4,416 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 24,035 17,654 27,018 19,086 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 9,400 7,360 7,381 4,920 Strip - Hot Rolled 8,361 3,509 8,162 3,238 Strip - Cold Rolled 12,227 19,354 11,868 21,084 ______________________________________________________________ August Cumulative to Date 2004 Final 2003 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 20,216,289 12,413,032 14,289,249 7,018,066 Ingots And Steel For Castings 13,388 14,941 41,061 36,741 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 4,130,781 1,681,352 2,873,299 851,394 Wire Rods 2,258,708 1,007,755 1,282,186 406,099 Structural Shapes Heavy 393,530 203,535 319,059 120,288 Steel Piling 84,676 51,960 56,687 31,727 Plates Cut Lengths 524,889 355,407 364,018 177,020 Plates In Coils 581,166 349,161 341,426 133,138 Rails Standard 149,594 76,712 96,509 45,690 Rails All Other 13,154 8,482 11,797 6,066 Railroad Accessories 5,105 3,438 6,212 3,821 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,066,077 640,201 910,878 426,584 Bars - Light Shaped 150,022 102,600 116,343 60,851 Bars - Reinforcing 1,218,791 581,231 595,974 161,445 Bars - Cold Finished 194,236 265,270 174,534 180,640 Tool Steel 102,477 161,039 114,189 150,402 Standard Pipe 801,555 540,591 601,474 306,840 Oil Country Goods 609,821 488,038 430,126 306,962 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 314,276 188,698 289,030 168,654 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 188,466 118,227 235,191 144,632 Line Pipe - Not Specified 129,370 63,820 115,976 49,555 Mechanical Tubing 364,547 343,803 310,326 241,826 Pressure Tubing 63,784 68,379 43,351 46,051 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 72,881 304,442 54,872 192,882 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 9,570 22,689 10,957 18,627 Structural Pipe & Tube 321,095 265,865 253,253 130,798 Pipe For Piling 6,466 4,377 7,873 4,446 Wire Drawn 577,139 555,644 461,315 373,467 Black Plate 35,565 22,936 31,106 21,507 Tin Plate 198,982 126,984 186,388 113,130 Tin Free Steel 64,108 44,581 48,771 29,904 Sheets Hot Rolled 2,265,570 1,090,097 1,516,063 506,554 Sheets Cold Rolled 1,246,691 1,068,029 838,799 566,629 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 1,536,134 1,074,131 1,045,710 572,426 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 72,639 50,505 87,805 50,091 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 234,890 194,051 200,357 146,822 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 48,405 42,017 51,848 38,768 Strip - Hot Rolled 65,390 39,579 64,811 27,647 Strip - Cold Rolled 102,350 192,467 99,673 167,940 CONTACT: For more information, contact Nick Orsini (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Census Bureau. SOURCE: U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Final August 2004