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 December November Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,652,887 2,120,915 3,115,404 2,276,818 Ingots And Steel For Castings 4,833 7,467 3,267 3,451 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 472,173 278,847 685,610 370,976 Wire Rods 272,135 145,077 202,509 117,831 Structural Shapes Heavy 47,942 31,192 43,794 30,023 Steel Piling 1,797 1,508 2,908 2,422 Plates Cut Lengths 83,250 87,529 68,806 61,877 Plates In Coils 68,719 50,468 135,454 87,092 Rails Standard 16,634 11,260 11,669 8,116 Rails All Other 2,332 1,942 1,838 1,384 Railroad Accessories 616 412 406 304 Bars - Hot Rolled 127,238 108,088 120,769 101,892 Bars - Light Shaped 16,089 15,140 19,942 19,174 Bars - Reinforcing 38,829 17,802 153,255 74,349 Bars - Cold Finished 30,726 54,167 27,572 48,540 Tool Steel 21,029 34,309 12,852 27,339 Standard Pipe 82,330 69,587 94,944 74,618 Oil Country Goods 83,211 83,536 113,488 113,354 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 29,558 23,450 20,176 16,690 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 37,218 32,075 32,669 26,125 Line Pipe - Not Specified 21,145 15,128 23,100 15,868 Mechanical Tubing 53,281 59,501 48,355 55,048 Pressure Tubing 9,416 12,226 10,047 11,958 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 9,025 42,633 7,887 36,904 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,083 2,986 1,286 3,426 Structural Pipe & Tube 48,741 43,786 36,314 36,156 Pipe For Piling 779 573 750 623 Wire Drawn 64,804 76,677 69,731 78,926 Black Plate 5,805 4,685 9,177 7,210 Tin Plate 44,893 30,877 33,575 22,967 Tin Free Steel 7,000 4,998 9,185 7,029 Sheets Hot Rolled 271,095 175,441 430,674 233,777 Sheets Cold Rolled 305,002 283,137 283,528 246,025 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 295,206 227,489 298,738 231,191 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 9,492 7,866 7,741 6,256 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 42,802 38,847 60,877 55,524 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 5,202 5,296 10,237 9,684 Strip - Hot Rolled 8,618 5,601 8,473 5,396 Strip - Cold Rolled 12,837 29,310 13,802 27,294 ______________________________________________________________ 2003 Data December November Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 1,548,472 794,012 1,717,280 850,472 Ingots And Steel For Castings 535 375 467 431 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 336,798 104,664 447,053 123,180 Wire Rods 149,069 50,057 171,943 54,539 Structural Shapes Heavy 58,123 23,060 40,144 16,079 Steel Piling 6,821 3,827 8,036 4,338 Plates Cut Lengths 29,680 17,686 34,188 19,042 Plates In Coils 39,048 18,487 42,246 20,019 Rails Standard 15,569 7,593 13,585 6,602 Rails All Other 813 426 946 636 Railroad Accessories 894 550 1,042 717 Bars - Hot Rolled 134,581 63,018 114,519 51,879 Bars - Light Shaped 13,508 7,890 15,783 8,608 Bars - Reinforcing 37,910 12,001 69,475 20,460 Bars - Cold Finished 18,479 20,574 18,260 18,822 Tool Steel 13,745 20,343 11,935 16,732 Standard Pipe 61,614 32,417 78,905 39,345 Oil Country Goods 36,226 22,058 67,944 50,159 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 14,734 6,769 21,254 13,261 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 17,995 10,262 22,553 16,528 Line Pipe - Not Specified 12,845 4,795 11,913 4,664 Mechanical Tubing 38,041 30,870 43,035 31,213 Pressure Tubing 4,977 5,822 4,995 6,106 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 7,917 29,155 8,480 31,419 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,156 2,561 1,843 4,062 Structural Pipe & Tube 27,043 17,541 29,316 17,006 Pipe For Piling 188 107 344 199 Wire Drawn 55,931 45,787 54,664 45,896 Black Plate 2,603 1,652 2,427 1,382 Tin Plate 15,936 10,312 30,439 18,799 Tin Free Steel 5,132 3,102 8,487 5,051 Sheets Hot Rolled 160,148 54,857 100,731 35,709 Sheets Cold Rolled 93,915 71,403 98,245 70,780 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 91,633 50,772 89,360 49,803 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 5,218 3,812 4,717 2,899 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 18,921 13,229 20,401 14,877 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 2,651 2,232 9,759 8,248 Strip - Hot Rolled 4,789 2,352 7,387 3,143 Strip - Cold Rolled 13,288 21,594 10,459 17,840 ______________________________________________________________ December Cumulative to Date 2004 Final 2003 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 32,484,663 21,380,213 20,978,967 10,357,328 Ingots And Steel For Castings 31,791 34,808 47,721 44,299 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 6,698,876 3,053,081 4,321,581 1,274,892 Wire Rods 3,423,887 1,647,740 1,965,214 624,504 Structural Shapes Heavy 563,879 318,360 496,239 193,157 Steel Piling 103,691 66,886 91,134 50,003 Plates Cut Lengths 813,997 627,195 513,634 256,724 Plates In Coils 1,058,490 657,931 502,684 206,157 Rails Standard 195,480 107,399 130,005 62,116 Rails All Other 19,196 13,180 15,944 8,364 Railroad Accessories 7,550 4,706 8,755 5,611 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,577,471 1,052,082 1,393,926 648,353 Bars - Light Shaped 225,575 163,642 179,566 95,084 Bars - Reinforcing 1,738,959 828,441 924,437 255,670 Bars - Cold Finished 306,980 454,535 246,470 259,961 Tool Steel 162,692 271,032 162,605 219,862 Standard Pipe 1,172,145 836,619 894,886 458,467 Oil Country Goods 1,005,808 862,575 688,088 475,075 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 479,117 311,816 373,885 214,577 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 309,826 214,127 322,154 198,547 Line Pipe - Not Specified 203,629 114,093 162,652 67,846 Mechanical Tubing 558,041 560,862 484,645 376,053 Pressure Tubing 96,550 109,852 64,446 73,002 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 107,949 464,946 86,368 309,023 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 14,866 35,732 17,619 31,816 Structural Pipe & Tube 495,210 431,567 366,199 196,503 Pipe For Piling 8,636 6,144 9,948 5,725 Wire Drawn 857,673 870,776 686,342 556,189 Black Plate 58,303 41,071 42,480 28,781 Tin Plate 327,926 214,486 282,021 172,662 Tin Free Steel 100,465 70,906 74,457 45,505 Sheets Hot Rolled 3,856,368 2,032,607 2,099,821 707,204 Sheets Cold Rolled 2,347,109 2,053,632 1,202,076 840,558 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 2,689,086 1,960,009 1,419,579 781,181 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 104,974 76,734 109,933 64,923 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 425,439 368,533 282,021 206,304 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 78,641 70,424 73,008 56,745 Strip - Hot Rolled 97,907 61,629 89,467 38,551 Strip - Cold Rolled 160,480 310,054 146,956 247,333 SOURCE: Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Final December 2004. For more information, contact Nick Orsini (301-763-6959) or Vanessa Ware (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.