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 January 2006 December 2005 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 3,184,355 2,208,689 2,649,314 1,943,932 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,524 5,238 2,780 6,350 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 859,943 346,047 656,476 291,997 Wire Rods 359,200 166,826 157,372 87,019 Structural Shapes Heavy 56,407 35,210 60,651 40,652 Steel Piling 2,166 1,916 7,151 6,134 Plates Cut Lengths 99,925 100,198 97,201 92,936 Plates In Coils 69,509 44,592 77,247 44,985 Rails Standard 17,504 12,228 7,643 5,011 Rails All Other 1,546 1,352 2,386 1,882 Railroad Accessories 1,110 937 347 325 Bars - Hot Rolled 119,652 96,036 116,302 90,398 Bars - Light Shaped 23,988 15,271 18,411 10,930 Bars - Reinforcing 108,265 45,661 104,332 44,053 Bars - Cold Finished 25,252 47,976 22,782 48,475 Tool Steel 20,513 38,687 16,172 39,477 Standard Pipe 113,398 85,425 103,508 82,932 Oil Country Goods 152,820 192,577 118,022 150,921 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 48,517 50,239 58,738 60,710 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 33,377 31,312 21,965 20,363 Line Pipe - Not Specified 22,821 15,909 12,720 9,438 Mechanical Tubing 49,925 61,449 59,597 72,128 Pressure Tubing 6,952 15,300 6,433 11,703 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 11,236 62,599 9,138 51,888 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,042 3,305 1,252 3,825 Structural Pipe & Tube 44,441 37,740 34,491 29,043 Pipe For Piling 1,515 1,202 1,611 1,508 Wire Drawn 65,944 76,729 57,611 66,562 Black Plate 3,118 2,219 1,274 1,129 Tin Plate 22,589 18,253 30,893 23,629 Tin Free Steel 7,464 6,886 5,202 4,656 Sheets Hot Rolled 326,193 170,678 329,493 172,123 Sheets Cold Rolled 185,155 160,397 177,682 148,310 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 244,660 172,819 204,504 142,582 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 9,168 7,484 10,635 8,934 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 42,758 36,512 31,709 27,397 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 2,356 3,906 5,259 10,051 Strip - Hot Rolled 5,860 4,720 6,007 4,520 Strip - Cold Rolled 15,541 32,852 14,322 28,953 ______________________________________________________________ January 2005 December 2004 Commodity Final Final Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,634,812 2,054,261 2,652,887 2,120,915 Ingots And Steel For Castings 3,808 5,816 4,833 7,467 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 645,839 351,096 472,173 278,847 Wire Rods 238,171 134,949 272,135 145,077 Structural Shapes Heavy 56,079 35,239 47,942 31,192 Steel Piling 4,901 4,147 1,797 1,508 Plates Cut Lengths 47,219 51,322 83,250 87,529 Plates In Coils 92,786 67,277 68,719 50,468 Rails Standard 22,501 14,386 16,634 11,260 Rails All Other 1,304 1,146 2,332 1,942 Railroad Accessories 1,148 826 616 412 Bars - Hot Rolled 142,149 117,270 127,238 108,088 Bars - Light Shaped 10,075 8,235 16,089 15,140 Bars - Reinforcing 44,547 19,498 38,829 17,802 Bars - Cold Finished 33,132 55,647 30,726 54,167 Tool Steel 16,511 30,726 21,029 34,309 Standard Pipe 97,257 77,107 82,330 69,587 Oil Country Goods 94,848 100,481 83,211 83,536 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 19,753 19,199 29,558 23,450 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 31,781 25,648 37,218 32,075 Line Pipe - Not Specified 13,754 10,941 21,145 15,128 Mechanical Tubing 43,667 54,783 53,281 59,501 Pressure Tubing 6,879 10,349 9,416 12,226 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 10,022 47,962 9,025 42,633 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,387 3,238 1,083 2,986 Structural Pipe & Tube 42,252 40,878 48,741 43,786 Pipe For Piling 284 268 779 573 Wire Drawn 68,446 81,593 64,804 76,677 Black Plate 3,595 3,242 5,805 4,685 Tin Plate 30,474 21,674 44,893 30,877 Tin Free Steel 8,692 6,455 7,000 4,998 Sheets Hot Rolled 305,961 188,265 271,095 175,441 Sheets Cold Rolled 198,137 201,910 305,002 283,137 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 209,304 165,151 295,206 227,489 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 9,368 7,365 9,492 7,866 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 48,469 48,019 42,802 38,847 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 6,726 6,443 5,202 5,296 Strip - Hot Rolled 10,148 6,626 8,618 5,601 Strip - Cold Rolled 13,439 29,083 12,837 29,310 SOURCE: Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Final January 2006. For more information, contact Nick Orsini (301-763-6959) or Vanessa Ware (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.