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 December November Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,728,006 2,397,045 3,100,800 2,725,323 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,623 6,640 2,240 4,832 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 488,649 281,389 563,449 329,626 Wire Rods 160,944 91,151 196,736 110,375 Structural Shapes Heavy 96,688 67,105 55,361 43,771 Steel Piling 3,565 3,942 6,594 6,143 Plates Cut Lengths 112,772 121,985 125,129 144,391 Plates In Coils 76,521 66,278 116,365 90,297 Rails Standard 24,455 17,596 23,782 15,805 Rails All Other 2,151 1,985 12,840 7,862 Railroad Accessories 162 154 283 284 Bars - Hot Rolled 82,838 81,402 121,970 111,940 Bars - Light Shaped 23,355 16,435 18,999 14,147 Bars - Reinforcing 81,787 39,859 129,454 64,557 Bars - Cold Finished 35,804 68,235 32,461 77,836 Tool Steel 12,078 34,199 14,031 39,137 Standard Pipe 88,449 72,352 103,482 85,674 Oil Country Goods 152,517 195,295 153,254 200,118 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 86,359 95,675 100,406 113,104 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 41,332 40,596 42,242 41,907 Line Pipe - Not Specified 50,816 36,146 62,632 43,431 Mechanical Tubing 54,719 67,646 68,776 75,154 Pressure Tubing 4,871 12,667 8,817 19,700 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 13,976 88,728 15,329 90,593 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,310 3,584 1,325 3,752 Structural Pipe & Tube 42,869 37,015 67,158 58,802 Pipe For Piling 3,875 2,739 12,247 12,606 Wire Drawn 53,909 72,533 58,154 77,005 Black Plate 4,765 3,667 4,792 3,038 Tin Plate 56,095 41,179 50,604 38,657 Tin Free Steel 5,401 4,466 8,918 7,749 Sheets Hot Rolled 287,589 163,549 316,582 195,600 Sheets Cold Rolled 263,028 256,222 250,486 258,212 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 208,124 173,353 250,650 208,597 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 15,129 11,531 8,790 7,251 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 60,343 58,505 66,591 63,986 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 10,099 23,956 7,652 15,070 Strip - Hot Rolled 3,895 4,715 6,730 6,553 Strip - Cold Rolled 14,142 32,572 15,489 37,763 -------------------------------------------------------------- 2005 Data December November Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,649,314 1,943,932 2,185,169 1,732,802 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,780 6,350 5,795 8,869 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 656,476 291,997 426,176 178,953 Wire Rods 157,372 87,019 109,421 64,660 Structural Shapes Heavy 60,651 40,652 54,057 32,332 Steel Piling 7,151 6,134 9,393 7,685 Plates Cut Lengths 97,201 92,936 71,774 78,027 Plates In Coils 77,247 44,985 63,534 39,191 Rails Standard 7,643 5,011 14,219 9,919 Rails All Other 2,386 1,882 1,167 940 Railroad Accessories 347 325 435 276 Bars - Hot Rolled 116,302 90,398 105,191 85,046 Bars - Light Shaped 18,411 10,930 14,062 9,548 Bars - Reinforcing 104,332 44,053 158,670 69,434 Bars - Cold Finished 22,782 48,475 27,326 57,248 Tool Steel 16,172 39,477 16,273 45,304 Standard Pipe 103,508 82,932 98,357 79,007 Oil Country Goods 118,022 150,921 113,215 149,321 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 58,738 60,710 42,009 47,267 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 21,965 20,363 19,301 20,160 Line Pipe - Not Specified 12,720 9,438 11,579 8,933 Mechanical Tubing 59,597 72,128 55,058 67,263 Pressure Tubing 6,433 11,703 7,919 15,527 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 9,138 51,888 10,555 58,265 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,252 3,825 1,669 5,145 Structural Pipe & Tube 34,491 29,043 39,779 34,405 Pipe For Piling 1,611 1,508 690 804 Wire Drawn 57,611 66,562 60,662 70,508 Black Plate 1,274 1,129 1,863 1,821 Tin Plate 30,893 23,629 36,308 28,959 Tin Free Steel 5,202 4,656 11,686 10,064 Sheets Hot Rolled 329,493 172,123 204,411 111,396 Sheets Cold Rolled 177,682 148,310 144,592 126,292 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 204,504 142,582 191,202 134,266 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 10,635 8,934 5,197 4,982 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 31,709 27,397 24,332 22,124 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 5,259 10,051 5,825 11,195 Strip - Hot Rolled 6,007 4,520 6,223 5,921 Strip - Cold Rolled 14,322 28,953 15,246 31,745 -------------------------------------------------------------- December Cumulative to Date 2006 Final 2005 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 41,071,051 31,250,315 29,128,436 23,321,039 Ingots And Steel For Castings 40,107 70,084 49,453 73,093 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 8,414,585 4,176,790 6,225,092 3,278,651 Wire Rods 2,763,350 1,398,634 2,273,756 1,252,267 Structural Shapes Heavy 942,915 616,229 575,247 364,830 Steel Piling 97,145 87,881 94,325 79,871 Plates Cut Lengths 1,514,668 1,473,089 997,571 1,040,647 Plates In Coils 1,583,842 1,000,956 941,675 641,284 Rails Standard 271,451 191,376 184,869 138,173 Rails All Other 37,965 29,006 20,254 17,120 Railroad Accessories 10,124 7,969 9,978 6,203 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,467,992 1,237,934 1,504,427 1,214,626 Bars - Light Shaped 284,616 196,582 224,876 142,598 Bars - Reinforcing 2,347,290 1,060,694 1,292,198 551,680 Bars - Cold Finished 376,903 737,215 413,947 738,082 Tool Steel 159,518 404,971 191,679 466,244 Standard Pipe 1,460,251 1,095,246 1,188,158 970,032 Oil Country Goods 1,888,116 2,390,915 1,507,868 1,731,822 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 845,129 910,641 533,369 567,472 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 487,400 497,120 348,553 338,087 Line Pipe - Not Specified 474,612 351,654 202,593 161,341 Mechanical Tubing 754,241 873,079 653,060 791,861 Pressure Tubing 100,180 205,277 94,996 172,673 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 142,012 820,740 121,963 657,324 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 17,246 51,032 14,742 40,710 Structural Pipe & Tube 639,810 547,268 512,488 465,252 Pipe For Piling 35,400 30,404 21,595 19,457 Wire Drawn 819,548 983,846 776,265 913,417 Black Plate 76,215 52,646 36,445 33,800 Tin Plate 494,440 370,797 390,723 299,693 Tin Free Steel 108,604 92,195 92,265 81,136 Sheets Hot Rolled 4,604,775 2,507,387 2,871,174 1,664,655 Sheets Cold Rolled 3,321,391 2,941,236 1,740,119 1,722,031 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 3,309,204 2,506,247 2,104,100 1,606,965 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 175,401 143,240 146,646 118,652 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 670,896 597,222 430,660 420,845 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 80,622 140,742 74,916 100,436 Strip - Hot Rolled 75,511 63,827 95,854 71,411 Strip - Cold Rolled 177,575 388,142 170,540 366,600 SOURCE: Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Final December 2006. For more information, contact Nick Orsini (301-763-6959) or Vanessa Ware (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.