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 August July Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,400,465 2,450,982 2,982,877 2,827,346 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,782 9,841 3,184 11,729 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 529,942 329,256 731,663 439,482 Wire Rods 109,344 73,112 140,852 91,653 Structural Shapes Heavy 72,836 60,559 57,657 43,849 Steel Piling 6,523 7,108 6,712 7,108 Plates Cut Lengths 97,709 164,912 141,748 179,688 Plates In Coils 59,245 62,619 85,577 88,514 Rails Standard 29,161 21,406 12,856 9,355 Rails All Other 1,474 1,243 12,471 7,834 Railroad Accessories 1,403 1,295 2,008 1,567 Bars - Hot Rolled 101,303 98,005 97,004 94,687 Bars - Light Shaped 14,938 11,474 23,523 18,362 Bars - Reinforcing 105,102 64,827 264,192 154,848 Bars - Cold Finished 26,685 74,782 22,389 68,149 Tool Steel 10,526 30,720 11,731 31,905 Standard Pipe 137,344 106,688 127,194 98,630 Oil Country Goods 132,211 167,176 150,473 187,856 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 156,879 216,769 179,223 237,953 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 20,769 20,662 44,853 47,816 Line Pipe - Not Specified 30,118 22,051 42,565 31,738 Mechanical Tubing 47,602 65,285 63,777 71,134 Pressure Tubing 10,961 24,144 7,836 16,745 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 14,176 120,945 14,099 118,065 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 2,558 4,354 2,019 4,706 Structural Pipe & Tube 53,898 50,552 61,939 54,486 Pipe For Piling 3,009 2,178 2,509 2,062 Wire Drawn 61,224 87,037 64,743 90,755 Black Plate 16,104 9,912 6,930 4,306 Tin Plate 36,856 28,352 31,656 25,158 Tin Free Steel 10,710 9,104 7,764 6,485 Sheets Hot Rolled 177,594 110,927 183,725 115,924 Sheets Cold Rolled 102,453 165,589 131,262 209,840 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 136,810 119,891 143,984 125,699 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 19,529 18,061 17,068 17,098 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 29,388 29,390 58,593 55,483 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 8,595 14,484 6,217 11,375 Strip - Hot Rolled 6,672 5,193 6,778 5,070 Strip - Cold Rolled 16,031 41,080 14,104 40,232 -------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------- August Cumulative to Date 2007 Final 2006 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 21,550,718 20,383,560 28,186,735 20,440,910 Ingots And Steel For Castings 25,107 73,166 32,460 52,918 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 4,238,835 2,514,993 5,932,936 2,751,291 Wire Rods 1,100,433 670,495 1,929,232 945,467 Structural Shapes Heavy 568,636 437,694 657,168 410,736 Steel Piling 75,127 80,382 71,981 63,087 Plates Cut Lengths 875,816 1,148,719 1,005,941 923,519 Plates In Coils 671,299 596,756 1,127,310 668,496 Rails Standard 202,606 146,020 182,534 129,349 Rails All Other 46,272 32,835 20,050 16,622 Railroad Accessories 10,300 8,838 8,190 6,408 Bars - Hot Rolled 826,344 793,415 1,059,351 867,666 Bars - Light Shaped 155,743 119,007 191,774 128,494 Bars - Reinforcing 1,407,390 747,052 1,656,634 721,449 Bars - Cold Finished 217,948 556,744 251,562 469,441 Tool Steel 93,396 255,210 111,729 275,266 Standard Pipe 947,950 749,793 991,562 734,090 Oil Country Goods 1,224,159 1,581,511 1,291,090 1,603,018 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 1,143,455 1,475,286 503,620 540,161 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 313,590 329,453 318,847 330,209 Line Pipe - Not Specified 330,002 244,530 258,409 202,044 Mechanical Tubing 462,998 574,325 504,955 582,798 Pressure Tubing 79,174 185,969 69,190 138,897 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 111,659 815,894 88,878 509,020 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 14,563 36,235 11,689 33,378 Structural Pipe & Tube 450,742 397,240 405,349 343,670 Pipe For Piling 24,677 17,907 14,715 11,350 Wire Drawn 512,191 685,944 579,544 671,384 Black Plate 36,806 25,412 54,886 38,071 Tin Plate 313,514 244,838 300,697 225,497 Tin Free Steel 79,968 68,373 80,777 68,480 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,655,611 989,660 3,269,962 1,709,586 Sheets Cold Rolled 1,212,637 1,679,515 2,250,110 1,862,124 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 1,350,288 1,126,343 2,214,363 1,601,514 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 121,547 117,272 122,364 99,592 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 399,632 377,766 396,587 334,823 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 69,265 126,987 48,006 74,407 Strip - Hot Rolled 60,268 49,291 53,645 42,427 Strip - Cold Rolled 120,767 302,689 118,641 254,159 SOURCE: Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Final August 2007. For more information, contact Nick Orsini (301-763-6959) or Janet Freas (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.