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 October September Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,537,425 1,894,668 2,100,304 1,619,723 Ingots And Steel For Castings 4,826 7,143 2,635 4,060 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 664,431 282,380 431,580 184,993 Wire Rods 169,661 86,608 171,785 87,077 Structural Shapes Heavy 36,410 22,834 44,625 27,046 Steel Piling 10,976 9,490 4,028 3,396 Plates Cut Lengths 89,981 96,986 93,135 85,403 Plates In Coils 80,148 44,831 84,133 52,325 Rails Standard 2,951 2,795 7,193 6,023 Rails All Other 1,783 1,592 974 855 Railroad Accessories 357 230 1,105 629 Bars - Hot Rolled 113,969 95,870 96,948 75,883 Bars - Light Shaped 27,047 16,534 18,170 11,474 Bars - Reinforcing 95,880 36,031 47,474 17,620 Bars - Cold Finished 45,304 65,392 38,910 58,021 Tool Steel 16,226 44,723 14,156 34,922 Standard Pipe 100,901 80,424 100,003 81,747 Oil Country Goods 139,515 161,331 117,440 139,363 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 53,007 60,908 25,511 25,813 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 37,347 38,633 28,354 28,816 Line Pipe - Not Specified 12,719 9,547 19,637 15,459 Mechanical Tubing 56,897 66,301 50,604 63,093 Pressure Tubing 6,735 12,171 5,666 10,348 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 9,824 59,441 9,720 51,305 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,242 3,914 1,219 3,515 Structural Pipe & Tube 34,725 31,734 36,570 32,637 Pipe For Piling 3,483 3,224 801 746 Wire Drawn 60,060 70,243 55,435 63,212 Black Plate 2,572 3,033 1,879 1,445 Tin Plate 28,993 22,614 32,955 25,427 Tin Free Steel 7,970 7,495 6,945 6,290 Sheets Hot Rolled 273,607 136,032 212,938 111,869 Sheets Cold Rolled 124,960 122,086 126,453 124,813 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 156,122 113,553 141,989 105,504 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 13,908 11,074 16,250 12,324 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 26,078 25,274 27,840 25,231 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 3,916 5,636 5,240 7,381 Strip - Hot Rolled 8,598 5,973 7,234 6,994 Strip - Cold Rolled 14,295 30,588 12,769 26,661 ______________________________________________________________ 2004 Data October September Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 3,200,961 2,269,481 3,299,123 2,299,967 Ingots And Steel For Castings 3,394 3,996 6,909 4,953 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 691,352 356,909 718,960 364,997 Wire Rods 301,213 166,466 389,322 210,611 Structural Shapes Heavy 39,389 27,832 39,223 25,778 Steel Piling 6,688 5,256 7,622 5,740 Plates Cut Lengths 67,008 58,396 70,044 63,986 Plates In Coils 138,493 89,520 134,657 81,689 Rails Standard 5,860 5,458 11,723 5,854 Rails All Other 549 409 1,323 963 Railroad Accessories 613 227 809 326 Bars - Hot Rolled 133,304 103,135 130,083 98,767 Bars - Light Shaped 23,314 15,126 16,208 11,602 Bars - Reinforcing 163,447 78,912 164,636 76,147 Bars - Cold Finished 26,537 42,697 27,909 43,862 Tool Steel 13,014 24,486 13,321 23,858 Standard Pipe 101,139 79,121 92,176 72,702 Oil Country Goods 84,067 78,395 115,220 99,252 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 71,582 50,019 43,526 32,959 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 28,305 21,897 23,168 15,803 Line Pipe - Not Specified 14,028 8,956 15,987 10,321 Mechanical Tubing 46,367 51,783 45,492 50,728 Pressure Tubing 6,525 9,256 6,778 8,032 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 8,734 39,980 9,422 40,987 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,412 3,286 1,515 3,345 Structural Pipe & Tube 46,964 44,314 42,095 41,446 Pipe For Piling 201 197 440 373 Wire Drawn 70,097 80,229 75,903 79,300 Black Plate 4,112 3,330 3,645 2,910 Tin Plate 25,704 17,085 24,772 16,574 Tin Free Steel 13,451 9,441 6,721 4,857 Sheets Hot Rolled 434,919 262,349 454,110 270,943 Sheets Cold Rolled 282,254 243,405 229,633 213,035 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 264,182 196,263 294,827 230,934 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 7,095 5,705 8,006 6,402 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 44,416 41,974 42,454 38,135 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 7,861 6,997 6,937 6,430 Strip - Hot Rolled 7,909 5,901 7,518 5,152 Strip - Cold Rolled 15,464 30,772 16,026 30,211 ______________________________________________________________ October Cumulative to Date 2005 Final 2004 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 24,293,952 19,644,305 26,716,372 16,982,480 Ingots And Steel For Castings 40,879 57,875 23,691 23,890 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 5,142,440 2,807,700 5,541,093 2,403,258 Wire Rods 2,006,963 1,100,588 2,949,243 1,384,833 Structural Shapes Heavy 460,539 291,846 472,143 257,146 Steel Piling 77,781 66,053 98,986 62,956 Plates Cut Lengths 828,595 869,684 661,942 477,789 Plates In Coils 800,895 557,107 854,316 520,371 Rails Standard 163,007 123,243 167,177 88,023 Rails All Other 16,701 14,298 15,026 9,855 Railroad Accessories 9,196 5,601 6,528 3,990 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,282,934 1,039,182 1,329,464 842,102 Bars - Light Shaped 192,403 122,119 189,544 129,328 Bars - Reinforcing 1,029,195 438,193 1,546,875 736,290 Bars - Cold Finished 363,839 632,359 248,682 351,829 Tool Steel 159,234 381,463 128,811 209,384 Standard Pipe 986,293 808,093 994,871 692,414 Oil Country Goods 1,276,630 1,431,579 809,109 665,685 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 432,623 459,495 429,384 271,676 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 307,286 297,564 239,938 155,927 Line Pipe - Not Specified 178,294 142,970 159,385 83,097 Mechanical Tubing 538,405 652,470 456,406 446,314 Pressure Tubing 80,644 145,443 77,087 85,667 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 102,271 547,171 91,036 385,409 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 11,822 31,740 12,497 29,320 Structural Pipe & Tube 438,218 401,803 410,155 351,625 Pipe For Piling 19,294 17,146 7,107 4,948 Wire Drawn 657,992 776,346 723,138 715,173 Black Plate 33,308 30,850 43,322 29,176 Tin Plate 323,522 247,105 249,459 160,642 Tin Free Steel 75,377 66,416 84,280 58,879 Sheets Hot Rolled 2,337,270 1,381,135 3,154,599 1,623,389 Sheets Cold Rolled 1,417,845 1,447,429 1,758,579 1,524,469 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 1,708,394 1,330,116 2,095,142 1,501,328 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 130,813 104,736 87,741 62,612 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 374,619 371,324 321,760 274,161 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 63,833 79,189 63,202 55,444 Strip - Hot Rolled 83,625 60,970 80,816 50,632 Strip - Cold Rolled 140,972 305,902 133,840 253,450 SOURCE: Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Final September 2005. For more information, contact Nick Orsini (301-763-6959) or Vanessa Ware (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.