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 October September Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 3,200,961 2,269,481 3,299,123 2,299,967 Ingots And Steel For Castings 3,394 3,996 6,909 4,953 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 691,352 356,909 718,960 364,997 Wire Rods 301,213 166,466 389,322 210,611 Structural Shapes Heavy 39,389 27,832 39,223 25,778 Steel Piling 6,688 5,256 7,622 5,740 Plates Cut Lengths 67,008 58,396 70,044 63,986 Plates In Coils 138,493 89,520 134,657 81,689 Rails Standard 5,860 5,458 11,723 5,854 Rails All Other 549 409 1,323 963 Railroad Accessories 613 227 809 326 Bars - Hot Rolled 133,304 103,135 130,083 98,767 Bars - Light Shaped 23,314 15,126 16,208 11,602 Bars - Reinforcing 163,447 78,912 164,636 76,147 Bars - Cold Finished 26,537 42,697 27,909 43,862 Tool Steel 13,014 24,486 13,321 23,858 Standard Pipe 101,139 79,121 92,176 72,702 Oil Country Goods 84,067 78,395 115,220 99,252 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 71,582 50,019 43,526 32,959 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 28,305 21,897 23,168 15,803 Line Pipe - Not Specified 14,028 8,956 15,987 10,321 Mechanical Tubing 46,367 51,783 45,492 50,728 Pressure Tubing 6,525 9,256 6,778 8,032 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 8,734 39,980 9,422 40,987 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,412 3,286 1,515 3,345 Structural Pipe & Tube 46,964 44,314 42,095 41,446 Pipe For Piling 201 197 440 373 Wire Drawn 70,097 80,229 75,903 79,300 Black Plate 4,112 3,330 3,645 2,910 Tin Plate 25,704 17,085 24,772 16,574 Tin Free Steel 13,451 9,441 6,721 4,857 Sheets Hot Rolled 434,919 262,349 454,110 270,943 Sheets Cold Rolled 282,254 243,405 229,633 213,035 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 264,182 196,263 294,827 230,934 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 7,095 5,705 8,006 6,402 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 44,416 41,974 42,454 38,135 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 7,861 6,997 6,937 6,430 Strip - Hot Rolled 7,909 5,901 7,518 5,152 Strip - Cold Rolled 15,464 30,772 16,026 30,211 ______________________________________________________________ 2003 Data October September Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 1,722,887 870,631 1,701,079 824,148 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,873 2,269 3,785 4,483 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 326,770 102,223 337,660 93,431 Wire Rods 161,537 52,698 200,479 61,111 Structural Shapes Heavy 45,113 19,849 33,800 13,881 Steel Piling 9,339 4,777 10,250 5,333 Plates Cut Lengths 46,799 24,134 38,950 18,842 Plates In Coils 35,526 16,076 44,437 18,437 Rails Standard 2,192 1,148 2,149 1,083 Rails All Other 1,545 856 844 380 Railroad Accessories 203 207 404 315 Bars - Hot Rolled 126,545 58,159 107,403 48,713 Bars - Light Shaped 15,324 9,302 18,609 8,434 Bars - Reinforcing 138,734 38,765 82,344 22,998 Bars - Cold Finished 18,663 20,834 16,534 19,091 Tool Steel 13,301 18,103 9,435 14,282 Standard Pipe 71,860 37,360 81,032 42,505 Oil Country Goods 86,461 54,120 67,330 41,777 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 19,940 9,289 28,926 16,604 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 17,544 9,487 28,872 17,638 Line Pipe - Not Specified 8,067 3,392 13,851 5,441 Mechanical Tubing 49,952 37,566 43,290 34,578 Pressure Tubing 6,794 9,716 4,328 5,308 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 7,410 28,835 7,690 26,732 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,456 3,006 2,208 3,560 Structural Pipe & Tube 29,210 17,036 27,377 14,122 Pipe For Piling 298 217 1,245 756 Wire Drawn 60,511 47,735 53,922 43,306 Black Plate 3,216 2,239 3,129 2,001 Tin Plate 29,471 18,215 19,788 12,207 Tin Free Steel 6,174 3,777 5,894 3,671 Sheets Hot Rolled 140,593 46,180 182,285 63,904 Sheets Cold Rolled 96,201 72,401 74,915 59,345 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 96,926 53,827 95,950 54,352 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 4,698 3,472 7,495 4,649 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 19,622 14,934 22,720 16,442 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 6,287 5,512 2,465 1,984 Strip - Hot Rolled 5,493 2,441 6,986 2,967 Strip - Cold Rolled 11,238 20,473 12,298 19,487 ______________________________________________________________ October Cumulative to Date 2004 Final 2003 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 26,716,372 16,982,480 17,713,216 8,712,845 Ingots And Steel For Castings 23,691 23,890 46,719 43,493 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 5,541,093 2,403,258 3,537,730 1,047,048 Wire Rods 2,949,243 1,384,833 1,644,202 519,908 Structural Shapes Heavy 472,143 257,146 397,972 154,018 Steel Piling 98,986 62,956 76,277 41,838 Plates Cut Lengths 661,942 477,789 449,766 219,996 Plates In Coils 854,316 520,371 421,390 167,651 Rails Standard 167,177 88,023 100,850 47,922 Rails All Other 15,026 9,855 14,186 7,302 Railroad Accessories 6,528 3,990 6,819 4,343 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,329,464 842,102 1,144,827 533,456 Bars - Light Shaped 189,544 129,328 150,275 78,586 Bars - Reinforcing 1,546,875 736,290 817,052 223,208 Bars - Cold Finished 248,682 351,829 209,731 220,564 Tool Steel 128,811 209,384 136,925 182,787 Standard Pipe 994,871 692,414 754,366 386,704 Oil Country Goods 809,109 665,685 583,917 402,859 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 429,384 271,676 337,897 194,547 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 239,938 155,927 281,606 171,757 Line Pipe - Not Specified 159,385 83,097 137,894 58,388 Mechanical Tubing 456,406 446,314 403,569 313,970 Pressure Tubing 77,087 85,667 54,474 61,075 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 91,036 385,409 69,972 248,449 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 12,497 29,320 14,621 25,193 Structural Pipe & Tube 410,155 351,625 309,841 161,956 Pipe For Piling 7,107 4,948 9,416 5,419 Wire Drawn 723,138 715,173 575,747 464,507 Black Plate 43,322 29,176 37,451 25,747 Tin Plate 249,459 160,642 235,646 143,552 Tin Free Steel 84,280 58,879 60,839 37,351 Sheets Hot Rolled 3,154,599 1,623,389 1,838,942 616,639 Sheets Cold Rolled 1,758,579 1,524,469 1,009,915 698,375 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 2,095,142 1,501,328 1,238,585 680,606 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 87,741 62,612 99,998 58,212 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 321,760 274,161 242,698 178,198 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 63,202 55,444 60,599 46,264 Strip - Hot Rolled 80,816 50,632 77,291 33,056 Strip - Cold Rolled 133,840 253,450 123,210 207,900 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 October 2004