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 January 2005 December 2004 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,634,812 2,054,261 2,652,887 2,120,915 Ingots And Steel For Castings 3,808 5,816 4,833 7,467 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 645,839 351,096 472,173 278,847 Wire Rods 238,171 134,949 272,135 145,077 Structural Shapes Heavy 56,079 35,239 47,942 31,192 Steel Piling 4,901 4,147 1,797 1,508 Plates Cut Lengths 47,219 51,322 83,250 87,529 Plates In Coils 92,786 67,277 68,719 50,468 Rails Standard 22,501 14,386 16,634 11,260 Rails All Other 1,304 1,146 2,332 1,942 Railroad Accessories 1,148 826 616 412 Bars - Hot Rolled 142,149 117,270 127,238 108,088 Bars - Light Shaped 10,075 8,235 16,089 15,140 Bars - Reinforcing 44,547 19,498 38,829 17,802 Bars - Cold Finished 33,132 55,647 30,726 54,167 Tool Steel 16,511 30,726 21,029 34,309 Standard Pipe 97,257 77,107 82,330 69,587 Oil Country Goods 94,848 100,481 83,211 83,536 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 19,753 19,199 29,558 23,450 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 31,781 25,648 37,218 32,075 Line Pipe - Not Specified 13,754 10,941 21,145 15,128 Mechanical Tubing 43,667 54,783 53,281 59,501 Pressure Tubing 6,879 10,349 9,416 12,226 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 10,022 47,962 9,025 42,633 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,387 3,238 1,083 2,986 Structural Pipe & Tube 42,252 40,878 48,741 43,786 Pipe For Piling 284 268 779 573 Wire Drawn 68,446 81,593 64,804 76,677 Black Plate 3,595 3,242 5,805 4,685 Tin Plate 30,474 21,674 44,893 30,877 Tin Free Steel 8,692 6,455 7,000 4,998 Sheets Hot Rolled 305,961 188,265 271,095 175,441 Sheets Cold Rolled 198,137 201,910 305,002 283,137 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 209,304 165,151 295,206 227,489 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 9,368 7,365 9,492 7,866 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 48,469 48,019 42,802 38,847 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 6,726 6,443 5,202 5,296 Strip - Hot Rolled 10,148 6,626 8,618 5,601 Strip - Cold Rolled 13,439 29,083 12,837 29,310 ______________________________________________________________ January 2004 December 2003 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,137,907 1,000,664 1,548,472 794,012 Ingots And Steel For Castings 622 466 535 375 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 588,491 166,473 336,798 104,664 Wire Rods 265,405 84,846 149,069 50,057 Structural Shapes Heavy 36,664 15,905 58,123 23,060 Steel Piling 3,807 2,009 6,821 3,827 Plates Cut Lengths 49,292 25,621 29,680 17,686 Plates In Coils 45,012 17,160 39,048 18,487 Rails Standard 15,818 8,412 15,569 7,593 Rails All Other 860 504 813 426 Railroad Accessories 486 320 894 550 Bars - Hot Rolled 135,075 64,234 134,581 63,018 Bars - Light Shaped 14,189 7,895 13,508 7,890 Bars - Reinforcing 83,140 25,979 37,910 12,001 Bars - Cold Finished 19,832 24,079 18,479 20,574 Tool Steel 11,018 15,696 13,745 20,343 Standard Pipe 76,033 39,723 61,614 32,417 Oil Country Goods 94,045 62,229 36,226 22,058 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 38,809 22,518 14,734 6,769 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 27,374 15,287 17,995 10,262 Line Pipe - Not Specified 19,113 7,521 12,845 4,795 Mechanical Tubing 41,972 32,556 38,041 30,870 Pressure Tubing 5,264 6,717 4,977 5,822 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 8,327 27,522 7,917 29,155 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,180 2,709 1,156 2,561 Structural Pipe & Tube 34,926 20,848 27,043 17,541 Pipe For Piling 258 212 188 107 Wire Drawn 62,229 51,437 55,931 45,787 Black Plate 4,145 2,345 2,603 1,652 Tin Plate 16,768 10,514 15,936 10,312 Tin Free Steel 6,761 4,366 5,132 3,102 Sheets Hot Rolled 208,823 72,497 160,148 54,857 Sheets Cold Rolled 94,649 70,997 93,915 71,403 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 78,472 45,760 91,633 50,772 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 4,230 3,052 5,218 3,812 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 22,575 16,167 18,921 13,229 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 4,894 3,940 2,651 2,232 Strip - Hot Rolled 5,976 2,926 4,789 2,352 Strip - Cold Rolled 11,372 19,223 13,288 21,594 SOURCE: Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Final January 2005 (revised May 11, 2005). For more information, contact Nick Orsini (301-763-6959) or Vanessa Ware (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.