Exhibit 1: U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: (Census Basis) Not Seasonally Adjusted Quantity in metric tons/ value in thousands of dollars. Details may not equal totals due to rounding December 2007 November 2007 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 1,793,210 1,846,403 2,068,071 2,131,683 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,225 6,894 2,936 6,578 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 355,231 231,825 321,427 215,010 Wire Rods 65,547 46,058 65,691 48,530 Structural Shapes Heavy 44,407 36,453 52,398 42,010 Steel Piling 6,488 7,710 3,484 3,952 Plates Cut Lengths 110,117 129,455 81,034 111,621 Plates In Coils 67,972 42,773 69,835 45,049 Rails Standard 7,120 6,119 13,251 9,688 Rails All Other 16,023 10,799 979 970 Railroad Accessories 756 773 753 890 Bars - Hot Rolled 82,630 85,622 92,301 89,355 Bars - Light Shaped 11,681 10,811 18,401 15,831 Bars - Reinforcing 49,804 34,824 60,856 40,232 Bars - Cold Finished 20,917 62,083 28,132 61,616 Tool Steel 12,781 36,536 16,895 42,561 Standard Pipe 66,795 67,076 68,612 64,617 Oil Country Goods 93,433 125,136 173,443 205,091 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 140,082 181,269 190,710 256,997 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 17,921 23,058 38,950 43,590 Line Pipe - Not Specified 25,300 18,151 40,103 27,525 Mechanical Tubing 34,791 53,436 52,685 71,137 Pressure Tubing 8,614 25,897 8,363 21,260 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 9,486 71,128 10,754 91,037 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,085 3,158 2,212 5,634 Structural Pipe & Tube 29,480 29,916 39,715 37,405 Pipe For Piling 1,565 1,392 1,602 1,166 Wire Drawn 51,658 69,410 53,977 74,376 Black Plate 1,810 1,276 455 364 Tin Plate 34,044 26,447 33,965 27,715 Tin Free Steel 6,377 5,929 10,065 9,183 Sheets Hot Rolled 176,791 105,829 239,378 142,741 Sheets Cold Rolled 98,246 133,871 105,299 130,566 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 85,993 77,223 101,277 88,152 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 9,355 8,755 13,075 16,143 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 20,853 20,953 26,229 25,238 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 5,410 9,198 9,528 18,728 Strip - Hot Rolled 4,196 3,468 5,605 4,623 Strip - Cold Rolled 16,228 35,693 13,695 34,503 -------------------------------------------------------------- November 2007 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,106,869 2,171,755 Ingots And Steel For Castings 3,005 6,650 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 323,445 217,226 Wire Rods 66,033 48,774 Structural Shapes Heavy 53,811 43,521 Steel Piling 3,484 3,952 Plates Cut Lengths 81,745 114,537 Plates In Coils 70,721 45,565 Rails Standard 13,251 9,688 Rails All Other 17,443 10,792 Railroad Accessories 774 904 Bars - Hot Rolled 92,536 90,012 Bars - Light Shaped 20,873 17,339 Bars - Reinforcing 60,889 40,266 Bars - Cold Finished 28,184 61,864 Tool Steel 17,018 43,059 Standard Pipe 68,632 64,628 Oil Country Goods 175,170 208,044 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 199,181 270,198 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 38,981 43,724 Line Pipe - Not Specified 40,103 27,525 Mechanical Tubing 52,729 71,182 Pressure Tubing 8,363 21,260 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 11,026 92,428 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 2,212 5,634 Structural Pipe & Tube 39,737 37,422 Pipe For Piling 1,602 1,166 Wire Drawn 54,185 74,682 Black Plate 455 364 Tin Plate 33,965 27,715 Tin Free Steel 10,065 9,183 Sheets Hot Rolled 239,639 142,953 Sheets Cold Rolled 106,097 132,215 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 101,446 88,305 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 14,470 14,554 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 26,229 25,238 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 9,869 19,850 Strip - Hot Rolled 5,697 4,703 Strip - Cold Rolled 13,803 34,635 -------------------------------------------------------------- December 2006 November 2006 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 NOTE: See the cover report specifically explaining the current month's preliminary steel imports trade data or www.census.gov/foreign-trade/Press-Release/steel_index.html. CONTACT: For more information, contact Nick Orsini (301-763-6959) or Maria Iseman (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Census Bureau. SOURCE: U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Preliminary December 2007 (CB-08-15)