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 May April Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,398,917 2,039,206 2,794,322 2,283,883 Ingots And Steel For Castings 4,624 5,287 3,978 7,194 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 412,818 258,885 591,149 361,420 Wire Rods 256,842 136,061 196,856 114,159 Structural Shapes Heavy 45,874 29,484 50,058 32,790 Steel Piling 4,479 4,040 14,858 12,253 Plates Cut Lengths 101,833 97,494 89,785 100,051 Plates In Coils 58,756 42,754 103,181 70,685 Rails Standard 27,398 23,270 19,865 14,065 Rails All Other 1,489 1,343 2,052 1,552 Railroad Accessories 1,693 1,110 908 513 Bars - Hot Rolled 136,275 115,723 160,650 124,907 Bars - Light Shaped 26,429 15,464 16,015 10,732 Bars - Reinforcing 125,823 53,674 87,296 38,987 Bars - Cold Finished 36,694 66,257 39,273 70,466 Tool Steel 16,990 39,337 16,836 40,290 Standard Pipe 94,708 80,219 112,475 92,316 Oil Country Goods 144,847 166,506 147,960 161,589 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 57,794 59,642 37,288 38,797 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 29,900 27,693 31,438 27,670 Line Pipe - Not Specified 22,927 19,653 30,974 24,554 Mechanical Tubing 58,739 73,615 57,917 71,040 Pressure Tubing 10,682 18,806 9,747 15,464 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 10,941 63,851 11,044 53,161 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,191 2,926 1,097 3,071 Structural Pipe & Tube 44,549 41,747 50,883 46,154 Pipe For Piling 1,209 1,048 8,525 7,690 Wire Drawn 68,557 85,700 71,790 84,251 Black Plate 3,573 3,661 2,387 2,244 Tin Plate 31,157 24,678 35,282 27,051 Tin Free Steel 6,345 5,839 8,967 7,302 Sheets Hot Rolled 177,512 111,108 273,040 170,009 Sheets Cold Rolled 108,145 119,270 181,004 162,161 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 185,455 147,213 230,594 181,046 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 12,463 10,620 14,639 12,020 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 43,147 42,017 52,341 48,530 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 6,275 6,125 7,905 9,733 Strip - Hot Rolled 6,362 5,501 9,671 6,882 Strip - Cold Rolled 14,422 31,587 14,592 31,083 ______________________________________________________________ 2004 Data May April Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,700,187 1,713,748 2,263,044 1,374,828 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,904 2,889 1,044 1,072 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 665,270 309,805 373,710 143,433 Wire Rods 253,736 124,418 286,159 123,075 Structural Shapes Heavy 59,043 30,086 40,739 22,636 Steel Piling 9,270 5,843 16,471 8,890 Plates Cut Lengths 49,686 35,043 54,185 37,105 Plates In Coils 66,437 47,346 79,479 40,058 Rails Standard 17,851 8,828 27,107 13,333 Rails All Other 1,905 1,224 1,775 964 Railroad Accessories 235 169 853 546 Bars - Hot Rolled 113,246 72,652 148,887 88,667 Bars - Light Shaped 16,342 11,858 15,282 10,668 Bars - Reinforcing 161,228 91,990 166,753 75,445 Bars - Cold Finished 23,581 32,511 26,663 36,809 Tool Steel 12,825 19,124 12,266 18,521 Standard Pipe 96,516 66,517 109,645 70,104 Oil Country Goods 75,053 62,009 86,665 62,502 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 54,164 30,782 33,785 19,306 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 20,385 13,449 19,025 11,208 Line Pipe - Not Specified 20,517 9,320 13,538 6,411 Mechanical Tubing 43,998 43,022 44,792 41,576 Pressure Tubing 8,509 9,773 10,771 8,940 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 9,108 38,826 9,356 35,549 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,085 2,776 995 2,298 Structural Pipe & Tube 39,996 33,104 37,416 32,188 Pipe For Piling 523 371 542 364 Wire Drawn 78,319 75,616 75,567 73,125 Black Plate 2,449 1,920 3,577 2,308 Tin Plate 34,736 22,229 18,226 11,668 Tin Free Steel 10,168 6,747 6,633 4,869 Sheets Hot Rolled 295,335 145,097 208,783 89,369 Sheets Cold Rolled 202,913 159,477 92,035 99,538 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 193,081 136,078 181,174 123,066 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 5,283 4,067 9,136 6,075 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 27,254 21,725 23,178 18,937 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 6,165 5,564 6,290 5,727 Strip - Hot Rolled 9,122 5,620 9,438 5,277 Strip - Cold Rolled 12,948 25,873 11,104 23,201 ______________________________________________________________ May Cumulative to Date 2005 Final 2004 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 12,793,013 10,390,136 11,082,983 6,244,918 Ingots And Steel For Castings 21,056 32,019 5,567 6,071 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 2,692,812 1,590,868 2,441,846 895,062 Wire Rods 1,088,535 614,050 1,360,031 532,348 Structural Shapes Heavy 235,555 154,029 237,926 114,105 Steel Piling 38,946 33,335 46,293 26,533 Plates Cut Lengths 426,028 435,715 262,219 162,012 Plates In Coils 431,939 305,974 258,188 142,621 Rails Standard 113,527 81,905 98,118 49,387 Rails All Other 8,798 7,242 7,282 4,144 Railroad Accessories 5,596 3,629 3,079 1,827 Bars - Hot Rolled 699,515 575,587 653,368 365,001 Bars - Light Shaped 89,157 61,085 95,092 62,948 Bars - Reinforcing 476,038 206,056 593,652 256,181 Bars - Cold Finished 172,924 311,308 110,929 142,146 Tool Steel 80,710 178,628 58,951 86,575 Standard Pipe 477,774 395,589 432,586 267,663 Oil Country Goods 579,876 633,445 357,403 259,463 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 191,625 194,927 191,658 111,074 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 131,271 113,500 108,310 61,937 Line Pipe - Not Specified 94,684 76,306 86,691 38,190 Mechanical Tubing 268,904 327,156 216,860 190,449 Pressure Tubing 43,844 70,406 41,494 40,845 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 51,325 260,984 43,137 168,046 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 5,991 15,071 5,198 12,890 Structural Pipe & Tube 246,498 226,073 188,425 142,893 Pipe For Piling 11,881 10,584 2,373 1,650 Wire Drawn 346,520 411,443 349,310 317,863 Black Plate 20,486 17,691 19,327 11,975 Tin Plate 166,544 124,968 101,331 64,400 Tin Free Steel 37,724 30,278 37,974 26,546 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,295,828 798,333 1,116,171 459,316 Sheets Cold Rolled 824,751 827,728 581,675 502,111 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 979,206 772,116 693,208 448,732 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 59,020 49,152 37,613 25,753 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 227,073 224,460 111,445 87,430 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 35,700 37,301 27,977 23,853 Strip - Hot Rolled 44,931 31,878 39,356 21,624 Strip - Cold Rolled 70,419 149,314 60,920 113,252 SOURCE: Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Final May 2005. For more information, contact Nick Orsini (301-763-6959) or Vanessa Ware (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.