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 2007 Data April March Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,584,464 2,511,109 2,758,598 2,515,347 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,635 10,063 3,172 9,779 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 565,772 334,367 483,471 275,690 Wire Rods 80,860 58,679 134,132 81,268 Structural Shapes Heavy 55,553 46,202 67,684 50,539 Steel Piling 11,701 13,014 9,167 9,368 Plates Cut Lengths 103,994 120,860 147,700 167,928 Plates In Coils 88,095 69,147 80,430 61,120 Rails Standard 25,264 18,491 23,075 16,817 Rails All Other 9,204 5,858 3,377 2,734 Railroad Accessories 1,103 1,001 1,855 1,583 Bars - Hot Rolled 101,103 98,415 112,143 107,621 Bars - Light Shaped 15,423 11,662 17,677 12,736 Bars - Reinforcing 107,049 55,065 199,136 97,725 Bars - Cold Finished 33,256 71,531 25,474 67,832 Tool Steel 14,073 34,457 13,032 34,577 Standard Pipe 105,043 83,320 110,309 88,256 Oil Country Goods 131,320 195,889 155,440 210,766 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 193,323 243,704 116,197 147,935 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 51,810 52,198 28,875 25,584 Line Pipe - Not Specified 33,709 24,639 58,165 41,581 Mechanical Tubing 55,623 69,539 63,199 76,396 Pressure Tubing 10,482 27,797 9,451 23,276 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 13,920 100,675 13,384 100,371 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,998 4,778 1,384 4,503 Structural Pipe & Tube 50,411 46,092 62,255 52,852 Pipe For Piling 2,320 1,760 3,483 2,057 Wire Drawn 67,019 87,383 63,049 84,045 Black Plate 1,762 1,785 4,093 2,881 Tin Plate 50,904 39,259 38,477 29,151 Tin Free Steel 9,665 8,139 9,025 7,557 Sheets Hot Rolled 187,413 111,799 229,789 130,678 Sheets Cold Rolled 126,296 191,920 181,410 207,276 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 191,673 158,120 194,041 157,306 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 10,190 10,293 18,701 18,656 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 40,967 38,728 43,542 42,384 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 8,091 15,693 8,648 17,746 Strip - Hot Rolled 7,967 5,743 8,180 7,745 Strip - Cold Rolled 17,471 43,042 15,978 39,026 -------------------------------------------------------------- 2006 Data April March Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 3,393,120 2,431,227 3,683,820 2,531,645 Ingots And Steel For Castings 5,370 7,714 4,434 6,835 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 552,049 243,670 914,457 388,430 Wire Rods 198,360 99,552 184,287 95,004 Structural Shapes Heavy 91,600 58,094 112,441 65,100 Steel Piling 5,292 4,481 9,119 7,856 Plates Cut Lengths 132,047 112,033 118,714 113,849 Plates In Coils 138,421 77,629 98,080 58,456 Rails Standard 18,817 12,589 29,962 21,948 Rails All Other 2,098 1,987 920 775 Railroad Accessories 1,209 983 1,107 729 Bars - Hot Rolled 154,177 119,918 124,468 99,046 Bars - Light Shaped 30,940 19,089 19,204 13,088 Bars - Reinforcing 266,766 112,494 227,962 96,470 Bars - Cold Finished 42,122 69,552 30,355 53,956 Tool Steel 12,576 32,253 13,509 34,126 Standard Pipe 117,371 88,474 127,723 96,754 Oil Country Goods 179,742 217,988 149,705 185,606 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 62,217 67,481 85,630 92,200 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 46,527 42,466 27,488 29,825 Line Pipe - Not Specified 25,194 16,273 24,645 18,069 Mechanical Tubing 66,175 75,977 50,953 63,455 Pressure Tubing 10,645 22,368 7,923 16,728 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 10,687 62,430 9,708 54,431 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,278 3,667 1,487 3,931 Structural Pipe & Tube 45,926 39,143 49,475 44,818 Pipe For Piling 1,415 931 1,578 1,108 Wire Drawn 69,835 80,475 75,254 88,785 Black Plate 9,988 6,458 4,753 3,597 Tin Plate 50,099 36,972 33,637 25,421 Tin Free Steel 8,886 7,189 10,678 9,482 Sheets Hot Rolled 351,430 182,687 450,498 218,981 Sheets Cold Rolled 334,363 239,117 289,021 218,401 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 264,370 179,454 303,538 205,455 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 11,808 9,765 20,469 15,762 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 47,352 38,553 42,183 35,065 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 4,014 6,108 5,519 10,426 Strip - Hot Rolled 7,985 5,306 7,732 5,777 Strip - Cold Rolled 13,966 29,907 15,202 31,900 -------------------------------------------------------------- April Cumulative to Date 2007 Final 2006 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 10,436,149 9,565,367 13,572,528 9,396,040 Ingots And Steel For Castings 10,398 30,633 15,729 25,097 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 2,006,153 1,137,966 3,114,712 1,310,616 Wire Rods 501,965 303,009 1,036,425 498,916 Structural Shapes Heavy 295,554 218,825 364,553 219,157 Steel Piling 42,267 44,278 26,584 23,307 Plates Cut Lengths 410,838 493,025 455,720 423,572 Plates In Coils 343,307 265,446 392,905 231,162 Rails Standard 95,592 68,465 88,245 62,654 Rails All Other 16,477 12,587 5,607 4,973 Railroad Accessories 4,715 4,335 3,670 3,115 Bars - Hot Rolled 404,297 383,895 529,487 416,814 Bars - Light Shaped 76,780 55,549 100,183 63,336 Bars - Reinforcing 620,020 301,544 872,638 368,702 Bars - Cold Finished 114,954 272,582 127,198 225,635 Tool Steel 48,727 130,032 58,352 137,448 Standard Pipe 399,447 327,720 480,097 361,147 Oil Country Goods 601,182 794,422 604,840 743,632 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 491,122 612,284 219,689 234,674 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 159,503 155,191 140,550 138,312 Line Pipe - Not Specified 169,082 125,190 90,962 63,058 Mechanical Tubing 231,312 279,761 220,265 263,648 Pressure Tubing 33,327 82,889 32,524 67,891 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 57,153 383,888 40,292 230,305 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 6,082 16,643 4,858 14,322 Structural Pipe & Tube 214,170 188,638 199,450 166,663 Pipe For Piling 11,707 8,288 5,257 3,790 Wire Drawn 249,224 325,362 271,696 312,886 Black Plate 9,838 8,054 20,420 14,271 Tin Plate 157,903 122,645 138,280 104,142 Tin Free Steel 33,503 28,745 31,884 27,916 Sheets Hot Rolled 828,327 482,922 1,442,297 730,733 Sheets Cold Rolled 671,416 815,134 1,058,492 816,545 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 718,304 588,133 1,035,046 718,537 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 55,697 53,261 60,588 48,470 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 222,152 209,031 172,190 143,053 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 32,825 63,383 22,876 33,247 Strip - Hot Rolled 31,286 27,209 30,210 22,571 Strip - Cold Rolled 59,545 144,405 57,758 121,724 SOURCE: Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Final April 2007. For more information, contact Nick Orsini (301-763-6959) or Vanessa Ware (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.