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 January 2008 December 2007 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,419,196 2,444,484 1,817,589 1,888,194 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,292 8,248 2,220 6,822 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 417,287 272,306 356,398 232,730 Wire Rods 89,104 64,339 65,605 46,093 Structural Shapes Heavy 111,893 88,077 44,407 36,453 Steel Piling 7,038 8,488 6,488 7,710 Plates Cut Lengths 92,267 121,220 110,143 129,559 Plates In Coils 71,947 50,704 68,402 43,035 Rails Standard 11,695 9,055 7,120 6,119 Rails All Other 1,981 1,811 16,023 10,799 Railroad Accessories 1,328 1,168 756 773 Bars - Hot Rolled 107,737 113,275 84,554 89,255 Bars - Light Shaped 17,000 14,864 11,681 10,811 Bars - Reinforcing 115,314 73,531 49,804 34,824 Bars - Cold Finished 25,026 61,737 20,968 62,290 Tool Steel 15,537 40,658 13,926 38,675 Standard Pipe 73,853 73,689 66,900 67,251 Oil Country Goods 197,726 229,922 94,046 126,195 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 184,201 237,126 153,922 204,522 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 47,277 47,494 18,728 24,075 Line Pipe - Not Specified 46,450 35,293 25,300 18,151 Mechanical Tubing 45,829 67,238 34,811 53,456 Pressure Tubing 12,691 34,674 8,719 26,269 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 10,859 88,442 9,495 71,188 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,048 3,072 1,158 3,277 Structural Pipe & Tube 37,243 37,690 29,595 30,064 Pipe For Piling 2,284 1,617 1,565 1,392 Wire Drawn 58,436 79,061 51,839 69,620 Black Plate 1,960 1,434 1,810 1,276 Tin Plate 28,758 24,564 34,044 26,447 Tin Free Steel 5,488 5,198 6,377 5,929 Sheets Hot Rolled 220,501 129,898 177,445 106,254 Sheets Cold Rolled 130,525 183,573 99,455 136,349 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 135,160 114,878 85,993 77,223 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 15,500 15,070 9,870 9,267 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 45,874 42,396 20,873 20,975 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 11,600 16,721 6,502 12,951 Strip - Hot Rolled 4,569 4,733 4,196 3,468 Strip - Cold Rolled 13,916 41,219 16,453 36,646 ______________________________________________________________ January 2007 December 2006 Commodity Final Final Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,675,197 2,348,852 2,728,006 2,397,045 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,467 5,699 2,623 6,640 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 491,137 272,190 488,649 281,389 Wire Rods 188,663 102,072 160,944 91,151 Structural Shapes Heavy 109,293 72,368 96,688 67,105 Steel Piling 9,673 9,613 3,565 3,942 Plates Cut Lengths 63,346 92,416 112,772 121,985 Plates In Coils 99,988 77,161 76,521 66,278 Rails Standard 17,248 12,263 24,455 17,596 Rails All Other 2,788 2,794 2,151 1,985 Railroad Accessories 704 592 162 154 Bars - Hot Rolled 102,023 97,797 82,838 81,402 Bars - Light Shaped 25,271 17,167 23,355 16,435 Bars - Reinforcing 152,346 73,594 81,787 39,859 Bars - Cold Finished 29,339 69,310 35,804 68,235 Tool Steel 11,086 32,483 12,078 34,199 Standard Pipe 108,152 88,040 88,449 72,352 Oil Country Goods 167,566 199,524 152,517 195,295 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 53,044 64,047 86,359 95,675 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 36,425 36,166 41,332 40,596 Line Pipe - Not Specified 46,466 35,362 50,816 36,146 Mechanical Tubing 58,807 72,294 54,719 67,646 Pressure Tubing 7,585 19,368 4,871 12,667 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 16,778 98,571 13,976 88,728 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,770 4,240 1,310 3,584 Structural Pipe & Tube 56,933 50,043 42,869 37,015 Pipe For Piling 3,409 2,820 3,875 2,739 Wire Drawn 62,084 81,366 53,909 72,533 Black Plate 2,427 1,634 4,765 3,667 Tin Plate 40,964 31,884 56,095 41,179 Tin Free Steel 8,531 7,254 5,401 4,466 Sheets Hot Rolled 230,159 136,566 287,589 163,549 Sheets Cold Rolled 197,192 219,340 263,028 256,222 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 170,116 138,571 208,124 173,353 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 8,083 7,747 15,129 11,531 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 65,591 61,406 60,343 58,505 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 7,146 13,997 10,099 23,956 Strip - Hot Rolled 7,042 7,849 3,895 4,715 Strip - Cold Rolled 13,554 33,244 14,142 32,572 SOURCE: Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Final January 2008. For more information, contact Nick Orsini (301-763-6959) or Maria Iseman (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.