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 September August Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 3,299,123 2,299,967 3,236,784 2,243,558 Ingots And Steel For Castings 6,909 4,953 2,482 3,280 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 718,960 364,997 590,250 274,950 Wire Rods 389,322 210,611 291,255 158,036 Structural Shapes Heavy 39,223 25,778 44,834 30,340 Steel Piling 7,622 5,740 16,938 11,258 Plates Cut Lengths 70,044 63,986 96,452 73,817 Plates In Coils 134,657 81,689 137,295 85,762 Rails Standard 11,723 5,854 7,249 3,300 Rails All Other 1,323 963 2,962 2,289 Railroad Accessories 809 326 655 518 Bars - Hot Rolled 130,083 98,767 139,064 96,024 Bars - Light Shaped 16,208 11,602 22,342 15,220 Bars - Reinforcing 164,636 76,147 228,111 125,286 Bars - Cold Finished 27,909 43,862 26,172 42,844 Tool Steel 13,321 23,858 15,229 28,052 Standard Pipe 92,176 72,702 155,014 116,883 Oil Country Goods 115,220 99,252 76,447 78,534 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 43,526 32,959 36,464 24,539 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 23,168 15,803 27,737 19,568 Line Pipe - Not Specified 15,987 10,321 20,526 12,904 Mechanical Tubing 45,492 50,728 53,694 56,959 Pressure Tubing 6,778 8,032 8,530 10,113 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 9,422 40,987 9,735 45,425 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,515 3,345 1,806 4,033 Structural Pipe & Tube 42,095 41,446 50,230 47,524 Pipe For Piling 440 373 1,125 685 Wire Drawn 75,903 79,300 76,010 81,128 Black Plate 3,645 2,910 5,950 3,986 Tin Plate 24,772 16,574 37,755 24,825 Tin Free Steel 6,721 4,857 8,747 5,974 Sheets Hot Rolled 454,110 270,943 413,285 235,167 Sheets Cold Rolled 229,633 213,035 242,858 205,130 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 294,827 230,934 292,959 222,604 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 8,006 6,402 12,125 8,996 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 42,454 38,135 55,595 48,778 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 6,937 6,430 6,940 6,141 Strip - Hot Rolled 7,518 5,152 8,075 5,940 Strip - Cold Rolled 16,026 30,211 13,889 26,745 ______________________________________________________________ 2003 Data September August Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 1,701,079 824,148 1,585,556 799,362 Ingots And Steel For Castings 3,785 4,483 1,908 2,380 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 337,660 93,431 268,974 79,885 Wire Rods 200,479 61,111 152,427 49,974 Structural Shapes Heavy 33,800 13,881 55,501 20,953 Steel Piling 10,250 5,333 7,146 3,877 Plates Cut Lengths 38,950 18,842 39,995 20,391 Plates In Coils 44,437 18,437 31,831 13,426 Rails Standard 2,149 1,083 11,345 5,532 Rails All Other 844 380 1,485 760 Railroad Accessories 404 315 977 665 Bars - Hot Rolled 107,403 48,713 110,124 51,824 Bars - Light Shaped 18,609 8,434 17,437 8,105 Bars - Reinforcing 82,344 22,998 110,945 31,991 Bars - Cold Finished 16,534 19,091 18,519 18,543 Tool Steel 9,435 14,282 13,909 18,976 Standard Pipe 81,032 42,505 76,972 39,174 Oil Country Goods 67,330 41,777 55,149 38,193 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 28,926 16,604 39,456 25,244 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 28,872 17,638 25,617 18,766 Line Pipe - Not Specified 13,851 5,441 12,171 5,188 Mechanical Tubing 43,290 34,578 35,785 26,852 Pressure Tubing 4,328 5,308 5,117 5,323 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 7,690 26,732 7,417 24,882 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 2,208 3,560 1,295 2,521 Structural Pipe & Tube 27,377 14,122 37,027 18,201 Pipe For Piling 1,245 756 2,153 1,102 Wire Drawn 53,922 43,306 49,090 41,655 Black Plate 3,129 2,001 3,127 2,735 Tin Plate 19,788 12,207 20,188 12,440 Tin Free Steel 5,894 3,671 4,623 2,913 Sheets Hot Rolled 182,285 63,904 140,333 46,830 Sheets Cold Rolled 74,915 59,345 76,092 58,356 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 95,950 54,352 84,685 47,086 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 7,495 4,649 12,715 6,744 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 22,720 16,442 24,035 17,654 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 2,465 1,984 9,400 7,360 Strip - Hot Rolled 6,986 2,967 8,361 3,509 Strip - Cold Rolled 12,298 19,487 12,227 19,354 ______________________________________________________________ September Cumulative to Date 2004 Final 2003 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 23,515,412 14,712,999 15,990,329 7,842,214 Ingots And Steel For Castings 20,296 19,894 44,846 41,224 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 4,849,742 2,046,349 3,210,960 944,825 Wire Rods 2,648,030 1,218,366 1,482,665 467,210 Structural Shapes Heavy 432,753 229,314 352,860 134,169 Steel Piling 92,298 57,700 66,938 37,061 Plates Cut Lengths 594,933 419,393 402,967 195,862 Plates In Coils 715,823 430,851 385,863 151,575 Rails Standard 161,317 82,566 98,658 46,773 Rails All Other 14,477 9,445 12,641 6,446 Railroad Accessories 5,915 3,764 6,616 4,136 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,196,160 738,967 1,018,281 475,297 Bars - Light Shaped 166,230 114,202 134,952 69,285 Bars - Reinforcing 1,383,428 657,378 678,318 184,443 Bars - Cold Finished 222,145 309,131 191,068 199,731 Tool Steel 115,797 184,898 123,624 164,684 Standard Pipe 893,732 613,293 682,506 349,345 Oil Country Goods 725,042 587,290 497,456 348,739 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 357,802 221,658 317,957 185,258 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 211,634 134,029 264,063 162,270 Line Pipe - Not Specified 145,357 74,141 129,826 54,996 Mechanical Tubing 410,039 394,530 353,616 276,404 Pressure Tubing 70,562 76,411 47,679 51,359 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 82,302 345,429 62,562 219,614 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 11,085 26,034 13,165 22,187 Structural Pipe & Tube 363,191 307,311 280,631 144,920 Pipe For Piling 6,905 4,751 9,118 5,202 Wire Drawn 653,042 634,945 515,237 416,772 Black Plate 39,210 25,846 34,235 23,508 Tin Plate 223,755 143,557 206,176 125,337 Tin Free Steel 70,829 49,438 54,665 33,574 Sheets Hot Rolled 2,719,680 1,361,040 1,698,348 570,458 Sheets Cold Rolled 1,476,325 1,281,064 913,714 625,974 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 1,830,961 1,305,065 1,141,660 626,778 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 80,646 56,907 95,300 54,740 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 277,344 232,187 223,077 163,264 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 55,341 48,447 54,312 40,753 Strip - Hot Rolled 72,908 44,731 71,798 30,615 Strip - Cold Rolled 118,376 222,678 111,971 187,427 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 September 2004