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 2005 Data February January Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,448,636 1,947,548 2,634,812 2,054,261 Ingots And Steel For Castings 5,451 7,501 3,808 5,816 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 576,836 336,764 645,839 351,096 Wire Rods 225,215 123,578 238,171 134,949 Structural Shapes Heavy 32,404 22,686 56,079 35,239 Steel Piling 4,348 3,881 4,901 4,147 Plates Cut Lengths 80,690 83,633 47,219 51,322 Plates In Coils 65,796 48,667 92,786 67,277 Rails Standard 16,706 11,301 22,501 14,386 Rails All Other 988 918 1,304 1,146 Railroad Accessories 142 115 1,148 826 Bars - Hot Rolled 130,365 107,585 142,149 117,270 Bars - Light Shaped 17,121 11,764 10,075 8,235 Bars - Reinforcing 114,232 49,630 44,547 19,498 Bars - Cold Finished 31,411 58,617 33,132 55,647 Tool Steel 14,826 32,631 16,511 30,726 Standard Pipe 83,386 69,545 97,257 77,107 Oil Country Goods 114,396 113,013 94,848 100,481 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 32,041 28,837 19,753 19,199 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 21,808 18,497 31,781 25,648 Line Pipe - Not Specified 16,421 12,323 13,754 10,941 Mechanical Tubing 56,439 64,909 43,667 54,783 Pressure Tubing 7,327 11,102 6,879 10,349 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 9,975 48,653 10,022 47,962 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 943 2,646 1,387 3,238 Structural Pipe & Tube 64,543 56,488 42,252 40,878 Pipe For Piling 1,459 1,171 284 268 Wire Drawn 66,004 76,426 68,446 81,593 Black Plate 2,257 1,854 3,595 3,242 Tin Plate 27,174 19,464 30,474 21,674 Tin Free Steel 7,467 5,820 8,692 6,455 Sheets Hot Rolled 230,152 138,176 305,961 188,265 Sheets Cold Rolled 155,277 166,877 198,137 201,910 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 162,056 127,830 209,304 165,151 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 7,197 6,080 9,368 7,365 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 35,755 37,000 48,469 48,019 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 8,191 8,290 6,726 6,443 Strip - Hot Rolled 9,139 6,330 10,148 6,626 Strip - Cold Rolled 12,698 26,947 13,439 29,083 ______________________________________________________________ 2004 Data February January Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 1,778,222 939,550 2,137,907 1,000,664 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,201 930 622 466 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 376,004 129,923 588,491 166,473 Wire Rods 202,978 72,364 265,405 84,846 Structural Shapes Heavy 58,621 23,507 36,664 15,905 Steel Piling 6,624 3,982 3,807 2,009 Plates Cut Lengths 51,095 28,651 49,292 25,621 Plates In Coils 32,061 16,786 45,012 17,160 Rails Standard 15,138 8,326 15,818 8,412 Rails All Other 987 507 860 504 Railroad Accessories 753 311 486 320 Bars - Hot Rolled 106,460 60,694 135,075 64,234 Bars - Light Shaped 17,741 11,008 14,189 7,895 Bars - Reinforcing 101,598 30,998 83,140 25,979 Bars - Cold Finished 19,350 20,754 19,832 24,079 Tool Steel 10,203 14,545 11,018 15,696 Standard Pipe 77,763 42,793 76,033 39,723 Oil Country Goods 43,454 26,541 94,045 62,229 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 28,704 16,291 38,809 22,518 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 20,435 10,121 27,374 15,287 Line Pipe - Not Specified 15,895 6,511 19,113 7,521 Mechanical Tubing 47,758 37,422 41,972 32,556 Pressure Tubing 8,986 7,964 5,264 6,717 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 7,250 28,753 8,327 27,522 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 956 2,446 1,180 2,709 Structural Pipe & Tube 38,512 25,649 34,926 20,848 Pipe For Piling 385 255 258 212 Wire Drawn 60,026 51,798 62,229 51,437 Black Plate 6,491 3,579 4,145 2,345 Tin Plate 15,553 9,695 16,768 10,514 Tin Free Steel 6,615 4,902 6,761 4,366 Sheets Hot Rolled 170,688 61,277 208,823 72,497 Sheets Cold Rolled 91,268 82,946 94,649 70,997 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 86,956 50,852 78,472 45,760 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 7,621 4,876 4,230 3,052 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 19,442 14,809 22,575 16,167 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 4,493 3,674 4,894 3,940 Strip - Hot Rolled 6,377 3,188 5,976 2,926 Strip - Cold Rolled 11,774 19,922 11,372 19,223 ______________________________________________________________ February Cumulative to Date 2005 Final 2004 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 5,083,448 4,001,809 3,916,129 1,940,214 Ingots And Steel For Castings 9,259 13,318 1,823 1,397 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 1,222,675 687,859 964,495 296,396 Wire Rods 463,387 258,527 468,383 157,210 Structural Shapes Heavy 88,482 57,925 95,285 39,412 Steel Piling 9,249 8,028 10,431 5,992 Plates Cut Lengths 127,908 134,955 100,387 54,273 Plates In Coils 158,582 115,944 77,073 33,946 Rails Standard 39,207 25,687 30,956 16,738 Rails All Other 2,292 2,064 1,847 1,011 Railroad Accessories 1,290 941 1,239 631 Bars - Hot Rolled 272,514 224,855 241,535 124,928 Bars - Light Shaped 27,196 20,000 31,930 18,903 Bars - Reinforcing 158,778 69,128 184,738 56,976 Bars - Cold Finished 64,543 114,264 39,182 44,832 Tool Steel 31,337 63,357 21,221 30,241 Standard Pipe 180,643 146,651 153,797 82,515 Oil Country Goods 209,243 213,494 137,499 88,770 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 51,794 48,037 67,513 38,809 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 53,589 44,145 47,810 25,408 Line Pipe - Not Specified 30,175 23,264 35,008 14,031 Mechanical Tubing 100,106 119,692 89,730 69,978 Pressure Tubing 14,207 21,451 14,250 14,681 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 19,997 96,615 15,577 56,275 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 2,330 5,884 2,137 5,156 Structural Pipe & Tube 106,795 97,366 73,438 46,497 Pipe For Piling 1,742 1,439 643 467 Wire Drawn 134,450 158,018 122,255 103,235 Black Plate 5,852 5,096 10,636 5,925 Tin Plate 57,648 41,138 32,321 20,209 Tin Free Steel 16,159 12,276 13,376 9,268 Sheets Hot Rolled 536,113 326,441 379,511 133,774 Sheets Cold Rolled 353,414 368,787 185,917 153,943 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 371,359 292,980 165,429 96,612 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 16,566 13,445 11,851 7,928 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 84,224 85,019 42,017 30,976 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 14,917 14,733 9,387 7,613 Strip - Hot Rolled 19,287 12,955 12,354 6,114 Strip - Cold Rolled 26,137 56,030 23,146 39,145 SOURCE: Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Final February 2005 (revised May 11, 2005). For more information, contact Nick Orsini (301-763-6959) or Vanessa Ware (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.