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 November October Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 3,115,404 2,276,818 3,200,961 2,269,481 Ingots And Steel For Castings 3,267 3,451 3,394 3,996 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 685,610 370,976 691,352 356,909 Wire Rods 202,509 117,831 301,213 166,466 Structural Shapes Heavy 43,794 30,023 39,389 27,832 Steel Piling 2,908 2,422 6,688 5,256 Plates Cut Lengths 68,806 61,877 67,008 58,396 Plates In Coils 135,454 87,092 138,493 89,520 Rails Standard 11,669 8,116 5,860 5,458 Rails All Other 1,838 1,384 549 409 Railroad Accessories 406 304 613 227 Bars - Hot Rolled 120,769 101,892 133,304 103,135 Bars - Light Shaped 19,942 19,174 23,314 15,126 Bars - Reinforcing 153,255 74,349 163,447 78,912 Bars - Cold Finished 27,572 48,540 26,537 42,697 Tool Steel 12,852 27,339 13,014 24,486 Standard Pipe 94,944 74,618 101,139 79,121 Oil Country Goods 113,488 113,354 84,067 78,395 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 20,176 16,690 71,582 50,019 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 32,669 26,125 28,305 21,897 Line Pipe - Not Specified 23,100 15,868 14,028 8,956 Mechanical Tubing 48,355 55,048 46,367 51,783 Pressure Tubing 10,047 11,958 6,525 9,256 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 7,887 36,904 8,734 39,980 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,286 3,426 1,412 3,286 Structural Pipe & Tube 36,314 36,156 46,964 44,314 Pipe For Piling 750 623 201 197 Wire Drawn 69,731 78,926 70,097 80,229 Black Plate 9,177 7,210 4,112 3,330 Tin Plate 33,575 22,967 25,704 17,085 Tin Free Steel 9,185 7,029 13,451 9,441 Sheets Hot Rolled 430,674 233,777 434,919 262,349 Sheets Cold Rolled 283,528 246,025 282,254 243,405 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 298,738 231,191 264,182 196,263 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 7,741 6,256 7,095 5,705 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 60,877 55,524 44,416 41,974 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 10,237 9,684 7,861 6,997 Strip - Hot Rolled 8,473 5,396 7,909 5,901 Strip - Cold Rolled 13,802 27,294 15,464 30,772 ______________________________________________________________ 2003 Data November October Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 1,717,280 850,472 1,722,887 870,631 Ingots And Steel For Castings 467 431 1,873 2,269 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 447,053 123,180 326,770 102,223 Wire Rods 171,943 54,539 161,537 52,698 Structural Shapes Heavy 40,144 16,079 45,113 19,849 Steel Piling 8,036 4,338 9,339 4,777 Plates Cut Lengths 34,188 19,042 46,799 24,134 Plates In Coils 42,246 20,019 35,526 16,076 Rails Standard 13,585 6,602 2,192 1,148 Rails All Other 946 636 1,545 856 Railroad Accessories 1,042 717 203 207 Bars - Hot Rolled 114,519 51,879 126,545 58,159 Bars - Light Shaped 15,783 8,608 15,324 9,302 Bars - Reinforcing 69,475 20,460 138,734 38,765 Bars - Cold Finished 18,260 18,822 18,663 20,834 Tool Steel 11,935 16,732 13,301 18,103 Standard Pipe 78,905 39,345 71,860 37,360 Oil Country Goods 67,944 50,159 86,461 54,120 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 21,254 13,261 19,940 9,289 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 22,553 16,528 17,544 9,487 Line Pipe - Not Specified 11,913 4,664 8,067 3,392 Mechanical Tubing 43,035 31,213 49,952 37,566 Pressure Tubing 4,995 6,106 6,794 9,716 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 8,480 31,419 7,410 28,835 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,843 4,062 1,456 3,006 Structural Pipe & Tube 29,316 17,006 29,210 17,036 Pipe For Piling 344 199 298 217 Wire Drawn 54,664 45,896 60,511 47,735 Black Plate 2,427 1,382 3,216 2,239 Tin Plate 30,439 18,799 29,471 18,215 Tin Free Steel 8,487 5,051 6,174 3,777 Sheets Hot Rolled 100,731 35,709 140,593 46,180 Sheets Cold Rolled 98,245 70,780 96,201 72,401 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 89,360 49,803 96,926 53,827 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 4,717 2,899 4,698 3,472 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 20,401 14,877 19,622 14,934 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 9,759 8,248 6,287 5,512 Strip - Hot Rolled 7,387 3,143 5,493 2,441 Strip - Cold Rolled 10,459 17,840 11,238 20,473 ______________________________________________________________ November Cumulative to Date 2004 Final 2003 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 29,831,777 19,259,298 19,430,495 9,563,317 Ingots And Steel For Castings 26,957 27,341 47,186 43,923 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 6,226,703 2,774,234 3,984,783 1,170,228 Wire Rods 3,151,752 1,502,663 1,816,145 574,447 Structural Shapes Heavy 515,937 287,168 438,116 170,097 Steel Piling 101,894 65,378 84,313 46,176 Plates Cut Lengths 730,747 539,666 483,954 239,038 Plates In Coils 989,770 607,462 463,636 187,670 Rails Standard 178,846 96,140 114,435 54,523 Rails All Other 16,864 11,239 15,131 7,938 Railroad Accessories 6,934 4,294 7,861 5,060 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,450,233 943,994 1,259,346 585,335 Bars - Light Shaped 209,486 148,502 166,059 87,194 Bars - Reinforcing 1,700,129 810,639 886,528 243,668 Bars - Cold Finished 276,255 400,368 227,991 239,387 Tool Steel 141,663 236,723 148,860 199,519 Standard Pipe 1,089,815 767,032 833,272 426,049 Oil Country Goods 922,597 779,039 651,862 453,018 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 449,560 288,367 359,151 207,809 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 272,608 182,052 304,159 188,285 Line Pipe - Not Specified 182,485 98,965 149,807 63,052 Mechanical Tubing 504,760 501,361 446,604 345,183 Pressure Tubing 87,134 97,625 59,469 67,181 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 98,924 422,313 78,451 279,868 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 13,783 32,746 16,464 29,255 Structural Pipe & Tube 446,469 387,781 339,156 178,962 Pipe For Piling 7,857 5,571 9,761 5,619 Wire Drawn 792,869 794,099 630,411 510,403 Black Plate 52,498 36,386 39,877 27,129 Tin Plate 283,034 183,609 266,086 162,350 Tin Free Steel 93,465 65,908 69,325 42,403 Sheets Hot Rolled 3,585,273 1,857,166 1,939,673 652,347 Sheets Cold Rolled 2,042,107 1,770,494 1,108,161 769,155 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 2,393,880 1,732,519 1,327,945 730,409 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 95,481 68,868 104,716 61,111 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 382,637 329,686 263,100 193,075 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 73,439 65,128 70,357 54,513 Strip - Hot Rolled 89,289 56,028 84,678 36,199 Strip - Cold Rolled 147,643 280,744 133,668 225,739 SOURCE: Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Final November 2004. For more information, contact Nick Orsini (301-763-6959) or Vanessa Ware (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.