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 2006 Data August July Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 3,804,002 2,993,585 3,887,906 2,932,566 Ingots And Steel For Castings 3,806 7,901 2,950 6,166 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 857,651 491,201 750,336 385,581 Wire Rods 237,820 117,985 258,903 128,373 Structural Shapes Heavy 65,423 44,192 74,055 49,004 Steel Piling 7,743 7,413 19,855 17,311 Plates Cut Lengths 153,703 143,970 130,085 122,705 Plates In Coils 173,660 111,400 229,875 133,796 Rails Standard 10,838 7,652 39,698 27,050 Rails All Other 4,562 3,930 2,895 2,394 Railroad Accessories 1,411 1,009 1,158 540 Bars - Hot Rolled 112,325 102,565 133,201 112,617 Bars - Light Shaped 16,848 15,282 31,792 19,834 Bars - Reinforcing 191,431 91,807 191,537 88,156 Bars - Cold Finished 31,201 62,396 31,063 63,161 Tool Steel 12,952 32,481 13,638 34,286 Standard Pipe 141,920 94,494 122,885 93,951 Oil Country Goods 170,678 219,827 195,853 228,718 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 72,124 79,857 86,052 92,930 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 42,673 43,500 45,498 49,556 Line Pipe - Not Specified 55,278 48,883 45,682 34,153 Mechanical Tubing 67,625 81,261 75,855 82,523 Pressure Tubing 11,506 20,937 8,325 14,140 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 13,105 82,814 11,894 72,253 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,519 4,551 2,175 5,247 Structural Pipe & Tube 42,655 40,634 52,535 43,112 Pipe For Piling 2,604 1,785 1,371 1,118 Wire Drawn 75,878 89,887 72,769 85,436 Black Plate 7,292 4,711 7,066 4,677 Tin Plate 43,645 32,869 45,464 34,653 Tin Free Steel 11,474 9,136 14,400 11,652 Sheets Hot Rolled 453,117 258,068 440,966 239,321 Sheets Cold Rolled 323,154 298,442 315,329 286,508 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 284,323 225,066 320,096 242,684 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 13,671 12,663 20,395 15,741 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 61,432 54,675 64,536 53,933 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 4,912 8,027 7,497 13,278 Strip - Hot Rolled 5,723 5,854 6,165 4,757 Strip - Cold Rolled 16,322 34,460 14,058 31,252 -------------------------------------------------------------- 2005 Data August July Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,100,158 1,799,947 2,313,279 1,865,336 Ingots And Steel For Castings 3,630 4,719 5,011 5,380 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 364,093 190,711 544,191 283,541 Wire Rods 156,706 88,991 219,325 113,448 Structural Shapes Heavy 44,185 26,058 46,053 28,695 Steel Piling 10,583 8,776 10,067 8,497 Plates Cut Lengths 68,539 77,368 72,726 83,496 Plates In Coils 58,355 42,951 62,678 51,323 Rails Standard 16,217 12,515 15,879 14,151 Rails All Other 1,597 1,359 929 823 Railroad Accessories 1,140 584 958 502 Bars - Hot Rolled 115,489 83,438 121,768 100,239 Bars - Light Shaped 17,060 10,179 26,446 13,891 Bars - Reinforcing 82,126 33,946 168,357 72,483 Bars - Cold Finished 28,835 55,394 33,460 61,490 Tool Steel 17,087 44,298 16,183 42,634 Standard Pipe 116,784 92,492 82,472 70,140 Oil Country Goods 181,216 211,397 118,815 132,460 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 34,334 34,893 36,022 40,589 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 28,429 29,151 47,054 54,028 Line Pipe - Not Specified 16,878 13,690 15,505 12,155 Mechanical Tubing 55,269 67,641 51,805 63,805 Pressure Tubing 7,977 17,490 6,830 15,958 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 11,694 67,281 9,115 50,178 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,247 3,720 913 2,520 Structural Pipe & Tube 41,919 36,968 34,475 32,385 Pipe For Piling 1,136 1,057 295 291 Wire Drawn 66,078 76,087 62,177 72,185 Black Plate 2,718 3,191 2,196 2,218 Tin Plate 31,236 23,815 25,059 20,552 Tin Free Steel 6,939 6,920 7,558 7,515 Sheets Hot Rolled 162,865 93,173 185,285 116,724 Sheets Cold Rolled 120,664 128,695 108,436 116,864 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 157,347 122,639 112,091 91,097 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 12,528 9,895 7,342 5,778 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 29,047 30,447 29,054 30,014 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 5,401 8,688 6,615 10,130 Strip - Hot Rolled 7,989 5,919 6,445 4,177 Strip - Cold Rolled 14,822 33,413 13,687 32,979 -------------------------------------------------------------- August Cumulative to Date 2006 Final 2005 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 28,186,735 20,440,910 19,656,223 16,129,914 Ingots And Steel For Castings 32,460 52,918 33,417 46,671 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 5,932,936 2,751,291 4,046,429 2,340,327 Wire Rods 1,929,232 945,467 1,665,518 926,903 Structural Shapes Heavy 657,168 410,736 379,503 241,966 Steel Piling 71,981 63,087 62,777 53,166 Plates Cut Lengths 1,005,941 923,519 645,479 687,295 Plates In Coils 1,127,310 668,496 636,614 459,952 Rails Standard 182,534 129,349 152,864 114,425 Rails All Other 20,050 16,622 13,944 11,852 Railroad Accessories 8,190 6,408 7,734 4,743 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,059,351 867,666 1,072,016 867,429 Bars - Light Shaped 191,774 128,494 147,186 94,111 Bars - Reinforcing 1,656,634 721,449 885,842 384,542 Bars - Cold Finished 251,562 469,441 279,624 508,947 Tool Steel 111,729 275,266 128,851 301,818 Standard Pipe 991,562 734,090 785,389 645,922 Oil Country Goods 1,291,090 1,603,018 1,019,675 1,130,885 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 503,620 540,161 354,105 372,774 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 318,847 330,209 241,585 230,115 Line Pipe - Not Specified 258,409 202,044 145,938 117,964 Mechanical Tubing 504,955 582,798 430,905 523,076 Pressure Tubing 69,190 138,897 68,243 122,923 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 88,878 509,020 82,727 436,425 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 11,689 33,378 9,362 24,311 Structural Pipe & Tube 405,349 343,670 366,923 337,431 Pipe For Piling 14,715 11,350 15,009 13,176 Wire Drawn 579,544 671,384 542,497 642,891 Black Plate 54,886 38,071 28,857 26,372 Tin Plate 300,697 225,497 261,574 199,064 Tin Free Steel 80,777 68,480 60,462 52,631 Sheets Hot Rolled 3,269,962 1,709,586 1,850,725 1,133,234 Sheets Cold Rolled 2,250,110 1,862,124 1,166,432 1,200,530 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 2,214,363 1,601,514 1,410,283 1,111,059 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 122,364 99,592 100,655 81,337 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 396,587 334,823 320,702 320,819 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 48,006 74,407 54,676 66,172 Strip - Hot Rolled 53,645 42,427 67,793 48,003 Strip - Cold Rolled 118,641 254,159 113,908 248,652 SOURCE: Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Final August 2006. For more information, contact Nick Orsini (301-763-6959) or Vanessa Ware (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.