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 October September Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 3,518,463 2,910,401 3,537,048 2,776,635 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,937 3,936 847 1,758 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 714,908 413,428 714,644 401,056 Wire Rods 238,645 128,109 237,794 123,531 Structural Shapes Heavy 54,063 41,118 79,636 53,500 Steel Piling 12,531 11,856 2,474 2,853 Plates Cut Lengths 144,670 154,768 126,157 128,427 Plates In Coils 147,506 100,357 116,141 75,529 Rails Standard 12,927 9,498 27,753 19,128 Rails All Other 1,541 1,375 1,383 1,162 Railroad Accessories 327 345 1,163 779 Bars - Hot Rolled 106,683 92,412 97,150 84,514 Bars - Light Shaped 25,784 18,335 24,705 19,171 Bars - Reinforcing 143,719 69,775 335,697 165,054 Bars - Cold Finished 30,464 68,947 26,612 52,757 Tool Steel 10,925 30,233 10,755 26,135 Standard Pipe 142,044 104,825 134,715 98,306 Oil Country Goods 158,679 193,578 132,576 198,906 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 73,003 82,081 81,742 79,621 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 48,850 44,686 36,128 39,722 Line Pipe - Not Specified 70,920 48,518 31,834 21,516 Mechanical Tubing 61,150 73,729 64,641 73,752 Pressure Tubing 9,152 16,610 8,150 17,404 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 12,988 74,067 10,840 58,333 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,569 5,967 1,352 4,350 Structural Pipe & Tube 57,261 52,166 67,173 55,614 Pipe For Piling 2,012 1,542 2,551 2,167 Wire Drawn 65,077 85,341 62,864 77,583 Black Plate 3,523 2,505 8,249 5,364 Tin Plate 49,869 37,195 37,173 28,268 Tin Free Steel 7,856 6,851 5,652 4,649 Sheets Hot Rolled 367,089 221,514 363,554 217,138 Sheets Cold Rolled 289,362 302,899 268,406 261,779 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 329,150 266,833 306,917 255,950 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 13,761 11,444 15,356 13,422 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 78,154 75,837 69,220 64,070 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 9,117 15,527 5,748 11,782 Strip - Hot Rolled 5,944 5,485 5,298 4,647 Strip - Cold Rolled 15,305 36,709 13,998 26,938 -------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------- October Cumulative to Date 2006 Final 2005 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 35,242,246 26,127,946 24,293,952 19,644,305 Ingots And Steel For Castings 35,244 58,612 40,879 57,875 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 7,362,487 3,565,775 5,142,440 2,807,700 Wire Rods 2,405,671 1,197,108 2,006,963 1,100,588 Structural Shapes Heavy 790,866 505,353 460,539 291,846 Steel Piling 86,985 77,796 77,781 66,053 Plates Cut Lengths 1,276,768 1,206,714 828,595 869,684 Plates In Coils 1,390,956 844,381 800,895 557,107 Rails Standard 223,214 157,975 163,007 123,243 Rails All Other 22,973 19,159 16,701 14,298 Railroad Accessories 9,679 7,531 9,196 5,601 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,263,185 1,044,592 1,282,934 1,039,182 Bars - Light Shaped 242,263 166,000 192,403 122,119 Bars - Reinforcing 2,136,049 956,278 1,029,195 438,193 Bars - Cold Finished 308,638 591,144 363,839 632,359 Tool Steel 133,409 331,634 159,234 381,463 Standard Pipe 1,268,320 937,221 986,293 808,093 Oil Country Goods 1,582,345 1,995,502 1,276,630 1,431,579 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 658,364 701,862 432,623 459,495 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 403,826 414,617 307,286 297,564 Line Pipe - Not Specified 361,164 272,078 178,294 142,970 Mechanical Tubing 630,746 730,279 538,405 652,470 Pressure Tubing 86,492 172,911 80,644 145,443 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 112,707 641,419 102,271 547,171 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 14,611 43,696 11,822 31,740 Structural Pipe & Tube 529,783 451,450 438,218 401,803 Pipe For Piling 19,278 15,059 19,294 17,146 Wire Drawn 707,485 834,308 657,992 776,346 Black Plate 66,658 45,941 33,308 30,850 Tin Plate 387,740 290,960 323,522 247,105 Tin Free Steel 94,285 79,981 75,377 66,416 Sheets Hot Rolled 4,000,604 2,148,239 2,337,270 1,381,135 Sheets Cold Rolled 2,807,878 2,426,802 1,417,845 1,447,429 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 2,850,431 2,124,297 1,708,394 1,330,116 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 151,482 124,458 130,813 104,736 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 543,961 474,730 374,619 371,324 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 62,871 101,716 63,833 79,189 Strip - Hot Rolled 64,886 52,560 83,625 60,970 Strip - Cold Rolled 147,944 317,807 140,972 305,902 SOURCE: Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Final October 2006. For more information, contact Nick Orsini (301-763-6959) or Vanessa Ware (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.