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 October September Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,516,340 2,394,429 2,166,547 2,130,262 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,868 7,653 579 942 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 757,461 426,695 329,440 191,162 Wire Rods 71,482 53,171 91,923 65,038 Structural Shapes Heavy 61,710 52,200 42,756 39,785 Steel Piling 5,213 5,603 9,498 10,151 Plates Cut Lengths 100,712 137,111 121,383 138,669 Plates In Coils 68,869 53,197 59,946 50,471 Rails Standard 18,377 12,589 24,637 18,405 Rails All Other 2,177 1,999 8,819 5,614 Railroad Accessories 1,216 1,292 1,109 1,197 Bars - Hot Rolled 98,586 100,382 98,137 91,210 Bars - Light Shaped 13,108 11,278 15,608 12,528 Bars - Reinforcing 55,408 35,452 114,664 68,574 Bars - Cold Finished 27,035 74,939 19,270 56,759 Tool Steel 11,716 33,187 9,379 26,824 Standard Pipe 109,128 92,339 93,650 76,461 Oil Country Goods 118,541 151,890 151,643 177,299 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 178,970 228,996 127,567 167,800 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 39,273 50,197 34,074 37,414 Line Pipe - Not Specified 32,870 25,168 37,557 25,395 Mechanical Tubing 45,846 61,996 46,401 59,069 Pressure Tubing 6,151 17,180 7,546 18,792 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 12,025 106,823 12,871 95,514 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,471 5,462 1,458 5,269 Structural Pipe & Tube 49,443 45,275 44,200 40,870 Pipe For Piling 4,985 4,022 4,446 2,996 Wire Drawn 58,736 81,718 54,747 75,419 Black Plate 2,615 1,881 2,359 1,701 Tin Plate 42,202 31,611 47,237 37,805 Tin Free Steel 8,042 7,087 6,695 5,839 Sheets Hot Rolled 172,980 104,660 189,697 116,009 Sheets Cold Rolled 117,515 145,786 98,285 152,121 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 144,117 123,415 142,169 123,256 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 17,242 17,159 17,772 16,392 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 29,622 29,689 72,649 67,761 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 8,701 12,537 5,991 10,291 Strip - Hot Rolled 5,886 4,667 6,202 5,145 Strip - Cold Rolled 15,040 38,121 14,183 34,318 -------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------- October Cumulative to Date 2007 Final 2006 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 26,233,604 24,908,250 35,242,246 26,127,946 Ingots And Steel For Castings 27,554 81,761 35,244 58,612 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 5,325,736 3,132,851 7,362,487 3,565,775 Wire Rods 1,263,838 788,704 2,405,671 1,197,108 Structural Shapes Heavy 673,103 529,679 790,866 505,353 Steel Piling 89,838 96,136 86,985 77,796 Plates Cut Lengths 1,097,911 1,424,499 1,276,768 1,206,714 Plates In Coils 800,114 700,423 1,390,956 844,381 Rails Standard 245,619 177,013 223,214 157,975 Rails All Other 57,268 40,448 22,973 19,159 Railroad Accessories 12,624 11,328 9,679 7,531 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,023,067 985,007 1,263,185 1,044,592 Bars - Light Shaped 184,459 142,813 242,263 166,000 Bars - Reinforcing 1,577,463 851,077 2,136,049 956,278 Bars - Cold Finished 264,253 688,443 308,638 591,144 Tool Steel 114,491 315,220 133,409 331,634 Standard Pipe 1,150,728 918,593 1,268,320 937,221 Oil Country Goods 1,494,343 1,910,700 1,582,345 1,995,502 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 1,449,992 1,872,082 658,364 701,862 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 386,937 417,064 403,826 414,617 Line Pipe - Not Specified 400,429 295,093 361,164 272,078 Mechanical Tubing 555,245 695,390 630,746 730,279 Pressure Tubing 92,872 221,941 86,492 172,911 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 136,555 1,018,231 112,707 641,419 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 17,492 46,965 14,611 43,696 Structural Pipe & Tube 544,385 483,385 529,783 451,450 Pipe For Piling 34,108 24,926 19,278 15,059 Wire Drawn 625,674 843,080 707,485 834,308 Black Plate 41,780 28,994 66,658 45,941 Tin Plate 402,953 314,254 387,740 290,960 Tin Free Steel 94,705 81,299 94,285 79,981 Sheets Hot Rolled 2,018,288 1,210,329 4,000,604 2,148,239 Sheets Cold Rolled 1,428,437 1,977,422 2,807,878 2,426,802 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 1,636,574 1,373,015 2,850,431 2,124,297 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 156,561 150,823 151,482 124,458 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 501,904 475,216 543,961 474,730 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 83,957 149,815 62,871 101,716 Strip - Hot Rolled 72,357 59,104 64,886 52,560 Strip - Cold Rolled 149,990 375,129 147,944 317,807 SOURCE: Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Final October 2007. For more information, contact Nick Orsini (301-763-6959) or Maria Iseman (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.