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 May April Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,965,042 2,815,991 2,584,464 2,511,109 Ingots And Steel For Castings 5,307 10,537 2,635 10,063 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 397,203 250,523 565,772 334,367 Wire Rods 195,688 113,644 80,860 58,679 Structural Shapes Heavy 83,623 64,926 55,553 46,202 Steel Piling 8,754 10,000 11,701 13,014 Plates Cut Lengths 125,533 157,970 103,994 120,860 Plates In Coils 101,440 79,321 88,095 69,147 Rails Standard 29,041 21,482 25,264 18,491 Rails All Other 12,578 8,113 9,204 5,858 Railroad Accessories 732 562 1,103 1,001 Bars - Hot Rolled 118,266 109,487 101,103 98,415 Bars - Light Shaped 21,626 17,085 15,423 11,662 Bars - Reinforcing 218,162 118,256 107,049 55,065 Bars - Cold Finished 25,443 68,375 33,256 71,531 Tool Steel 12,326 33,488 14,073 34,457 Standard Pipe 141,325 107,194 105,043 83,320 Oil Country Goods 183,995 235,878 131,320 195,889 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 186,481 238,433 193,323 243,704 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 47,426 52,742 51,810 52,198 Line Pipe - Not Specified 39,598 29,726 33,709 24,639 Mechanical Tubing 58,075 75,857 55,623 69,539 Pressure Tubing 13,703 31,732 10,482 27,797 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 13,164 93,157 13,920 100,675 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 2,074 5,309 1,998 4,778 Structural Pipe & Tube 60,836 51,741 50,411 46,092 Pipe For Piling 4,612 3,043 2,320 1,760 Wire Drawn 70,331 94,263 67,019 87,383 Black Plate 829 660 1,762 1,785 Tin Plate 34,111 27,427 50,904 39,259 Tin Free Steel 18,381 15,574 9,665 8,139 Sheets Hot Rolled 264,544 155,458 187,413 111,799 Sheets Cold Rolled 173,042 248,034 126,296 191,920 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 194,116 160,960 191,673 158,120 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 19,270 17,694 10,190 10,293 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 49,051 46,267 40,967 38,728 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 10,126 17,148 8,091 15,693 Strip - Hot Rolled 7,852 5,769 7,967 5,743 Strip - Cold Rolled 16,379 38,158 17,471 43,042 -------------------------------------------------------------- 2006 Data May April Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 3,571,936 2,611,190 3,393,120 2,431,227 Ingots And Steel For Castings 6,029 7,950 5,370 7,714 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 680,495 302,203 552,049 243,670 Wire Rods 144,016 78,292 198,360 99,552 Structural Shapes Heavy 81,003 52,733 91,600 58,094 Steel Piling 11,028 9,109 5,292 4,481 Plates Cut Lengths 144,606 116,219 132,047 112,033 Plates In Coils 181,354 99,388 138,421 77,629 Rails Standard 20,661 14,239 18,817 12,589 Rails All Other 3,586 2,823 2,098 1,987 Railroad Accessories 524 495 1,209 983 Bars - Hot Rolled 145,750 125,087 154,177 119,918 Bars - Light Shaped 20,618 14,914 30,940 19,089 Bars - Reinforcing 187,287 80,891 266,766 112,494 Bars - Cold Finished 28,804 55,709 42,122 69,552 Tool Steel 12,793 32,543 12,576 32,253 Standard Pipe 125,213 92,976 117,371 88,474 Oil Country Goods 174,394 220,526 179,742 217,988 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 78,250 82,428 62,217 67,481 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 47,924 56,621 46,527 42,466 Line Pipe - Not Specified 42,192 38,513 25,194 16,273 Mechanical Tubing 72,195 80,405 66,175 75,977 Pressure Tubing 7,109 15,635 10,645 22,368 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 12,834 63,772 10,687 62,430 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,466 4,361 1,278 3,667 Structural Pipe & Tube 57,325 48,251 45,926 39,143 Pipe For Piling 1,906 1,782 1,415 931 Wire Drawn 83,077 93,932 69,835 80,475 Black Plate 13,740 10,301 9,988 6,458 Tin Plate 28,713 21,393 50,099 36,972 Tin Free Steel 8,737 7,674 8,886 7,189 Sheets Hot Rolled 519,483 262,962 351,430 182,687 Sheets Cold Rolled 254,499 219,243 334,363 239,117 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 285,925 199,258 264,370 179,454 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 17,342 13,817 11,808 9,765 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 45,155 38,869 47,352 38,553 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 5,293 9,288 4,014 6,108 Strip - Hot Rolled 5,476 4,196 7,985 5,306 Strip - Cold Rolled 15,135 32,390 13,966 29,907 -------------------------------------------------------------- May Cumulative to Date 2007 Final 2006 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 13,401,190 12,381,358 17,144,463 12,007,230 Ingots And Steel For Castings 15,705 41,170 21,758 33,047 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 2,403,356 1,388,489 3,795,208 1,612,819 Wire Rods 697,653 416,653 1,180,441 577,208 Structural Shapes Heavy 379,176 283,751 445,556 271,890 Steel Piling 51,021 54,278 37,611 32,415 Plates Cut Lengths 536,371 650,995 600,326 539,791 Plates In Coils 444,747 344,767 574,260 330,550 Rails Standard 124,633 89,947 108,906 76,893 Rails All Other 29,055 20,700 9,193 7,796 Railroad Accessories 5,447 4,897 4,194 3,609 Bars - Hot Rolled 522,563 493,382 675,237 541,901 Bars - Light Shaped 98,406 72,634 120,801 78,250 Bars - Reinforcing 838,182 419,800 1,059,925 449,593 Bars - Cold Finished 140,397 340,956 156,001 281,343 Tool Steel 61,053 163,521 71,145 169,991 Standard Pipe 540,771 434,914 605,309 454,123 Oil Country Goods 785,177 1,030,301 779,234 964,159 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 677,603 850,717 297,939 317,103 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 206,928 207,933 188,474 194,934 Line Pipe - Not Specified 208,680 154,916 133,154 101,571 Mechanical Tubing 289,387 355,617 292,460 344,053 Pressure Tubing 47,030 114,621 39,633 83,526 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 70,317 477,045 53,127 294,077 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 8,156 21,952 6,324 18,683 Structural Pipe & Tube 275,007 240,379 256,774 214,914 Pipe For Piling 16,319 11,331 7,163 5,572 Wire Drawn 319,555 419,624 354,773 406,818 Black Plate 10,667 8,714 34,161 24,572 Tin Plate 192,014 150,072 166,993 125,536 Tin Free Steel 51,884 44,319 40,620 35,590 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,092,871 638,380 1,961,780 993,695 Sheets Cold Rolled 844,458 1,063,167 1,312,991 1,035,789 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 912,420 749,093 1,320,970 917,795 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 74,966 70,954 77,930 62,288 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 271,203 255,299 217,344 181,922 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 42,950 80,531 28,169 42,535 Strip - Hot Rolled 39,137 32,978 35,686 26,767 Strip - Cold Rolled 75,924 182,562 72,893 154,114 SOURCE: Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Final May 2007. For more information, contact Nick Orsini (301-763-6959) or Vanessa Ware (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.