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 April March Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,794,322 2,283,883 2,516,326 2,065,238 Ingots And Steel For Castings 3,978 7,194 3,195 6,220 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 591,149 361,420 466,170 282,705 Wire Rods 196,856 114,159 171,451 105,303 Structural Shapes Heavy 50,058 32,790 51,140 33,830 Steel Piling 14,858 12,253 10,360 9,015 Plates Cut Lengths 89,785 100,051 106,501 103,215 Plates In Coils 103,181 70,685 111,420 76,591 Rails Standard 19,865 14,065 27,057 18,884 Rails All Other 2,052 1,552 2,966 2,283 Railroad Accessories 908 513 1,704 1,066 Bars - Hot Rolled 160,650 124,907 130,076 110,102 Bars - Light Shaped 16,015 10,732 19,517 14,889 Bars - Reinforcing 87,296 38,987 104,141 44,268 Bars - Cold Finished 39,273 70,466 32,414 60,322 Tool Steel 16,836 40,290 15,546 35,644 Standard Pipe 112,475 92,316 89,949 76,403 Oil Country Goods 147,960 161,589 77,826 91,856 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 37,288 38,797 44,749 48,451 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 31,438 27,670 16,344 13,992 Line Pipe - Not Specified 30,974 24,554 10,607 8,835 Mechanical Tubing 57,917 71,040 52,143 62,809 Pressure Tubing 9,747 15,464 9,208 14,684 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 11,044 53,161 9,342 47,357 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,097 3,071 1,373 3,191 Structural Pipe & Tube 50,883 46,154 44,271 40,807 Pipe For Piling 8,525 7,690 405 407 Wire Drawn 71,790 84,251 71,723 83,474 Black Plate 2,387 2,244 8,674 6,690 Tin Plate 35,282 27,051 42,457 32,100 Tin Free Steel 8,967 7,302 6,254 4,862 Sheets Hot Rolled 273,040 170,009 309,163 190,776 Sheets Cold Rolled 181,004 162,161 182,187 177,510 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 230,594 181,046 191,798 150,876 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 14,639 12,020 15,352 13,066 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 52,341 48,530 47,361 48,894 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 7,905 9,733 6,603 6,710 Strip - Hot Rolled 9,671 6,882 9,611 6,539 Strip - Cold Rolled 14,592 31,083 15,268 30,614 ______________________________________________________________ 2004 Data April March Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,263,044 1,374,828 2,203,623 1,216,128 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,044 1,072 796 713 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 373,710 143,433 438,372 145,427 Wire Rods 286,159 123,075 351,752 127,645 Structural Shapes Heavy 40,739 22,636 42,859 21,971 Steel Piling 16,471 8,890 10,121 5,809 Plates Cut Lengths 54,185 37,105 57,961 35,591 Plates In Coils 79,479 40,058 35,199 21,271 Rails Standard 27,107 13,333 22,204 10,489 Rails All Other 1,775 964 1,755 944 Railroad Accessories 853 546 753 480 Bars - Hot Rolled 148,887 88,667 149,700 78,754 Bars - Light Shaped 15,282 10,668 31,538 21,519 Bars - Reinforcing 166,753 75,445 80,932 31,769 Bars - Cold Finished 26,663 36,809 21,503 27,994 Tool Steel 12,266 18,521 12,638 18,689 Standard Pipe 109,645 70,104 72,628 48,527 Oil Country Goods 86,665 62,502 58,186 46,182 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 33,785 19,306 36,196 22,178 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 19,025 11,208 21,090 11,873 Line Pipe - Not Specified 13,538 6,411 17,628 8,427 Mechanical Tubing 44,792 41,576 38,340 35,873 Pressure Tubing 10,771 8,940 7,964 7,452 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 9,356 35,549 9,096 37,396 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 995 2,298 981 2,660 Structural Pipe & Tube 37,416 32,188 37,574 31,104 Pipe For Piling 542 364 665 448 Wire Drawn 75,567 73,125 73,168 65,888 Black Plate 3,577 2,308 2,665 1,823 Tin Plate 18,226 11,668 16,048 10,294 Tin Free Steel 6,633 4,869 7,797 5,662 Sheets Hot Rolled 208,783 89,369 232,543 91,077 Sheets Cold Rolled 92,035 99,538 100,810 89,153 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 181,174 123,066 153,524 92,977 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 9,136 6,075 11,342 7,683 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 23,178 18,937 18,996 15,792 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 6,290 5,727 6,134 4,949 Strip - Hot Rolled 9,438 5,277 8,442 4,613 Strip - Cold Rolled 11,104 23,201 13,721 25,033 ______________________________________________________________ April Cumulative to Date 2005 Final 2004 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 10,394,096 8,350,930 8,382,796 4,531,170 Ingots And Steel For Castings 16,432 26,732 3,663 3,181 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 2,279,994 1,331,984 1,776,576 585,256 Wire Rods 831,693 477,989 1,106,295 407,930 Structural Shapes Heavy 189,680 124,544 178,883 84,019 Steel Piling 34,467 29,296 37,023 20,690 Plates Cut Lengths 324,195 338,221 212,533 126,968 Plates In Coils 373,184 263,220 191,750 95,275 Rails Standard 86,129 58,636 80,267 40,559 Rails All Other 7,309 5,899 5,377 2,920 Railroad Accessories 3,903 2,520 2,845 1,657 Bars - Hot Rolled 563,240 459,864 540,122 292,349 Bars - Light Shaped 62,728 45,621 78,750 51,090 Bars - Reinforcing 350,215 152,382 432,423 164,191 Bars - Cold Finished 136,231 245,051 87,348 109,635 Tool Steel 63,720 139,291 46,126 67,451 Standard Pipe 383,067 315,370 336,070 201,147 Oil Country Goods 435,029 466,939 282,350 197,455 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 133,831 135,284 137,494 80,293 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 101,372 85,807 87,925 48,488 Line Pipe - Not Specified 71,756 56,653 66,175 28,870 Mechanical Tubing 210,165 253,541 172,863 147,427 Pressure Tubing 33,162 51,600 32,985 31,073 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 40,384 197,133 34,029 129,220 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 4,800 12,146 4,113 10,114 Structural Pipe & Tube 201,949 184,327 148,429 109,790 Pipe For Piling 10,672 9,536 1,850 1,280 Wire Drawn 277,963 325,744 270,991 242,248 Black Plate 16,913 14,031 16,877 10,055 Tin Plate 135,388 100,290 66,595 42,171 Tin Free Steel 31,380 24,439 27,806 19,800 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,118,316 687,225 820,836 314,220 Sheets Cold Rolled 716,605 708,458 378,762 342,634 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 793,751 624,903 500,127 312,654 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 46,557 38,531 32,330 21,686 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 183,926 182,443 84,191 65,705 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 29,425 31,176 21,811 18,288 Strip - Hot Rolled 38,569 26,376 30,233 16,004 Strip - Cold Rolled 55,997 117,727 47,971 87,378 SOURCE: Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Final April 2005. For more information, contact Nick Orsini (301-763-6959) or Vanessa Ware (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.