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 November October Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,185,169 1,732,802 2,537,425 1,894,668 Ingots And Steel For Castings 5,795 8,869 4,826 7,143 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 426,176 178,953 664,431 282,380 Wire Rods 109,421 64,660 169,661 86,608 Structural Shapes Heavy 54,057 32,332 36,410 22,834 Steel Piling 9,393 7,685 10,976 9,490 Plates Cut Lengths 71,774 78,027 89,981 96,986 Plates In Coils 63,534 39,191 80,148 44,831 Rails Standard 14,219 9,919 2,951 2,795 Rails All Other 1,167 940 1,783 1,592 Railroad Accessories 435 276 357 230 Bars - Hot Rolled 105,191 85,046 113,969 95,870 Bars - Light Shaped 14,062 9,548 27,047 16,534 Bars - Reinforcing 158,670 69,434 95,880 36,031 Bars - Cold Finished 27,326 57,248 45,304 65,392 Tool Steel 16,273 45,304 16,226 44,723 Standard Pipe 98,357 79,007 100,901 80,424 Oil Country Goods 113,215 149,321 139,515 161,331 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 42,009 47,267 53,007 60,908 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 19,301 20,160 37,347 38,633 Line Pipe - Not Specified 11,579 8,933 12,719 9,547 Mechanical Tubing 55,058 67,263 56,897 66,301 Pressure Tubing 7,919 15,527 6,735 12,171 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 10,555 58,265 9,824 59,441 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,669 5,145 1,242 3,914 Structural Pipe & Tube 39,779 34,405 34,725 31,734 Pipe For Piling 690 804 3,483 3,224 Wire Drawn 60,662 70,508 60,060 70,243 Black Plate 1,863 1,821 2,572 3,033 Tin Plate 36,308 28,959 28,993 22,614 Tin Free Steel 11,686 10,064 7,970 7,495 Sheets Hot Rolled 204,411 111,396 273,607 136,032 Sheets Cold Rolled 144,592 126,292 124,960 122,086 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 191,202 134,266 156,122 113,553 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 5,197 4,982 13,908 11,074 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 24,332 22,124 26,078 25,274 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 5,825 11,195 3,916 5,636 Strip - Hot Rolled 6,223 5,921 8,598 5,973 Strip - Cold Rolled 15,246 31,745 14,295 30,588 ______________________________________________________________ 2004 Data November October Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 3,115,404 2,276,818 3,200,961 2,269,481 Ingots And Steel For Castings 3,267 3,451 3,394 3,996 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 685,610 370,976 691,352 356,909 Wire Rods 202,509 117,831 301,213 166,466 Structural Shapes Heavy 43,794 30,023 39,389 27,832 Steel Piling 2,908 2,422 6,688 5,256 Plates Cut Lengths 68,806 61,877 67,008 58,396 Plates In Coils 135,454 87,092 138,493 89,520 Rails Standard 11,669 8,116 5,860 5,458 Rails All Other 1,838 1,384 549 409 Railroad Accessories 406 304 613 227 Bars - Hot Rolled 120,769 101,892 133,304 103,135 Bars - Light Shaped 19,942 19,174 23,314 15,126 Bars - Reinforcing 153,255 74,349 163,447 78,912 Bars - Cold Finished 27,572 48,540 26,537 42,697 Tool Steel 12,852 27,339 13,014 24,486 Standard Pipe 94,944 74,618 101,139 79,121 Oil Country Goods 113,488 113,354 84,067 78,395 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 20,176 16,690 71,582 50,019 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 32,669 26,125 28,305 21,897 Line Pipe - Not Specified 23,100 15,868 14,028 8,956 Mechanical Tubing 48,355 55,048 46,367 51,783 Pressure Tubing 10,047 11,958 6,525 9,256 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 7,887 36,904 8,734 39,980 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,286 3,426 1,412 3,286 Structural Pipe & Tube 36,314 36,156 46,964 44,314 Pipe For Piling 750 623 201 197 Wire Drawn 69,731 78,926 70,097 80,229 Black Plate 9,177 7,210 4,112 3,330 Tin Plate 33,575 22,967 25,704 17,085 Tin Free Steel 9,185 7,029 13,451 9,441 Sheets Hot Rolled 430,674 233,777 434,919 262,349 Sheets Cold Rolled 283,528 246,025 282,254 243,405 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 298,738 231,191 264,182 196,263 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 7,741 6,256 7,095 5,705 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 60,877 55,524 44,416 41,974 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 10,237 9,684 7,861 6,997 Strip - Hot Rolled 8,473 5,396 7,909 5,901 Strip - Cold Rolled 13,802 27,294 15,464 30,772 ______________________________________________________________ November Cumulative to Date 2005 Final 2004 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 26,479,121 21,377,107 29,831,777 19,259,298 Ingots And Steel For Castings 46,674 66,743 26,957 27,341 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 5,568,616 2,986,653 6,226,703 2,774,234 Wire Rods 2,116,384 1,165,247 3,151,752 1,502,663 Structural Shapes Heavy 514,595 324,178 515,937 287,168 Steel Piling 87,174 73,737 101,894 65,378 Plates Cut Lengths 900,370 947,711 730,747 539,666 Plates In Coils 864,428 596,298 989,770 607,462 Rails Standard 177,226 133,162 178,846 96,140 Rails All Other 17,868 15,238 16,864 11,239 Railroad Accessories 9,631 5,877 6,934 4,294 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,388,125 1,124,228 1,450,233 943,994 Bars - Light Shaped 206,465 131,667 209,486 148,502 Bars - Reinforcing 1,187,866 507,627 1,700,129 810,639 Bars - Cold Finished 391,165 689,607 276,255 400,368 Tool Steel 175,507 426,767 141,663 236,723 Standard Pipe 1,084,649 887,100 1,089,815 767,032 Oil Country Goods 1,389,845 1,580,901 922,597 779,039 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 474,631 506,762 449,560 288,367 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 326,588 317,724 272,608 182,052 Line Pipe - Not Specified 189,873 151,903 182,485 98,965 Mechanical Tubing 593,463 719,733 504,760 501,361 Pressure Tubing 88,563 160,969 87,134 97,625 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 112,825 605,436 98,924 422,313 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 13,491 36,885 13,783 32,746 Structural Pipe & Tube 477,997 436,208 446,469 387,781 Pipe For Piling 19,984 17,949 7,857 5,571 Wire Drawn 718,654 846,855 792,869 794,099 Black Plate 35,172 32,671 52,498 36,386 Tin Plate 359,830 276,065 283,034 183,609 Tin Free Steel 87,063 76,479 93,465 65,908 Sheets Hot Rolled 2,541,681 1,492,532 3,585,273 1,857,166 Sheets Cold Rolled 1,562,437 1,573,721 2,042,107 1,770,494 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 1,899,596 1,464,382 2,393,880 1,732,519 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 136,011 109,718 95,481 68,868 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 398,951 393,448 382,637 329,686 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 69,657 90,385 73,439 65,128 Strip - Hot Rolled 89,848 66,891 89,289 56,028 Strip - Cold Rolled 156,218 337,647 147,643 280,744 SOURCE: Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Final November 2005. For more information, contact Nick Orsini (301-763-6959) or Vanessa Ware (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.