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 2008 Data September August Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,674,916 3,739,898 2,310,853 3,174,801 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,351 4,512 3,107 12,984 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 446,071 488,260 445,929 475,767 Wire Rods 89,498 104,462 72,067 79,618 Structural Shapes Heavy 38,668 50,928 36,640 49,283 Steel Piling 10,173 17,157 10,497 16,441 Plates Cut Lengths 106,295 166,476 101,681 169,079 Plates In Coils 135,570 165,586 88,186 94,771 Rails Standard 9,753 8,118 16,700 17,012 Rails All Other 3,093 2,665 13,175 9,046 Railroad Accessories 879 813 330 465 Bars - Hot Rolled 100,594 132,725 154,205 190,966 Bars - Light Shaped 10,541 15,537 12,266 17,575 Bars - Reinforcing 52,871 55,094 75,503 75,260 Bars - Cold Finished 19,713 63,014 20,289 66,838 Tool Steel 11,770 36,713 9,804 31,467 Standard Pipe 109,983 148,760 89,377 117,670 Oil Country Goods 433,553 705,581 294,464 457,289 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 148,852 212,130 82,783 121,966 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 64,828 95,612 50,471 68,748 Line Pipe - Not Specified 39,463 49,449 37,056 43,052 Mechanical Tubing 48,172 91,824 33,944 65,607 Pressure Tubing 9,380 24,517 11,474 30,625 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 10,346 91,828 10,725 99,111 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,493 6,291 1,183 6,043 Structural Pipe & Tube 43,291 60,217 38,596 56,502 Pipe For Piling 544 701 840 943 Wire Drawn 50,830 96,883 57,012 108,522 Black Plate 471 495 872 824 Tin Plate 30,770 29,120 18,934 16,931 Tin Free Steel 3,281 3,735 9,900 9,941 Sheets Hot Rolled 241,982 246,167 209,155 211,310 Sheets Cold Rolled 102,818 172,459 85,630 172,365 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 179,811 209,866 132,566 144,413 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 17,419 23,732 13,523 17,643 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 76,053 103,495 43,882 58,475 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 8,955 17,275 9,675 15,505 Strip - Hot Rolled 3,803 4,817 3,653 3,982 Strip - Cold Rolled 11,980 32,887 14,760 40,763 -------------------------------------------------------------- 2007 Data September August Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,166,547 2,130,262 2,400,465 2,450,982 Ingots And Steel For Castings 579 942 2,782 9,841 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 329,440 191,162 529,942 329,256 Wire Rods 91,923 65,038 109,344 73,112 Structural Shapes Heavy 42,756 39,785 72,836 60,559 Steel Piling 9,498 10,151 6,523 7,108 Plates Cut Lengths 121,383 138,669 97,709 164,912 Plates In Coils 59,946 50,471 59,245 62,619 Rails Standard 24,637 18,405 29,161 21,406 Rails All Other 8,819 5,614 1,474 1,243 Railroad Accessories 1,109 1,197 1,403 1,295 Bars - Hot Rolled 98,137 91,210 101,303 98,005 Bars - Light Shaped 15,608 12,528 14,938 11,474 Bars - Reinforcing 114,664 68,574 105,102 64,827 Bars - Cold Finished 19,270 56,759 26,685 74,782 Tool Steel 9,379 26,824 10,526 30,720 Standard Pipe 93,650 76,461 137,344 106,688 Oil Country Goods 151,643 177,299 132,211 167,176 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 127,567 167,800 156,879 216,769 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 34,074 37,414 20,769 20,662 Line Pipe - Not Specified 37,557 25,395 30,118 22,051 Mechanical Tubing 46,401 59,069 47,602 65,285 Pressure Tubing 7,546 18,792 10,961 24,144 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 12,871 95,514 14,176 120,945 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,458 5,269 2,558 4,354 Structural Pipe & Tube 44,200 40,870 53,898 50,552 Pipe For Piling 4,446 2,996 3,009 2,178 Wire Drawn 54,747 75,419 61,224 87,037 Black Plate 2,359 1,701 16,104 9,912 Tin Plate 47,237 37,805 36,856 28,352 Tin Free Steel 6,695 5,839 10,710 9,104 Sheets Hot Rolled 189,697 116,009 177,594 110,927 Sheets Cold Rolled 98,285 152,121 102,453 165,589 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 142,169 123,256 136,810 119,891 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 17,772 16,392 19,529 18,061 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 72,649 67,761 29,388 29,390 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 5,991 10,291 8,595 14,484 Strip - Hot Rolled 6,202 5,145 6,672 5,193 Strip - Cold Rolled 14,183 34,318 16,031 41,080 -------------------------------------------------------------- September Cumulative to Date 2008 Final 2007 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 22,076,674 26,400,894 23,717,265 22,513,822 Ingots And Steel For Castings 17,787 64,970 25,686 74,108 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 4,464,212 3,724,227 4,568,275 2,706,155 Wire Rods 814,164 741,708 1,192,355 735,533 Structural Shapes Heavy 562,046 554,692 611,392 477,479 Steel Piling 73,604 103,522 84,625 90,533 Plates Cut Lengths 833,175 1,330,521 997,199 1,287,388 Plates In Coils 770,489 763,631 731,245 647,226 Rails Standard 165,341 139,354 227,242 164,425 Rails All Other 55,744 43,556 55,091 38,449 Railroad Accessories 6,685 6,911 11,409 10,035 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,002,431 1,183,409 924,481 884,625 Bars - Light Shaped 129,410 149,714 171,351 131,535 Bars - Reinforcing 811,137 639,400 1,522,054 815,625 Bars - Cold Finished 215,364 635,491 237,218 613,504 Tool Steel 115,416 356,325 102,775 282,033 Standard Pipe 793,333 919,885 1,041,601 826,254 Oil Country Goods 2,179,540 3,063,708 1,375,802 1,758,810 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 1,449,397 1,994,244 1,271,022 1,643,086 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 444,436 579,897 347,664 366,866 Line Pipe - Not Specified 334,518 314,347 367,559 269,925 Mechanical Tubing 403,708 674,641 509,399 633,394 Pressure Tubing 93,940 265,042 86,721 204,761 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 96,116 826,379 124,530 911,408 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 11,714 46,265 16,020 41,503 Structural Pipe & Tube 367,020 462,475 494,942 438,110 Pipe For Piling 9,849 9,083 29,123 20,903 Wire Drawn 523,629 848,704 566,938 761,363 Black Plate 17,752 13,611 39,165 27,113 Tin Plate 204,455 184,814 360,751 282,643 Tin Free Steel 76,388 74,803 86,663 74,211 Sheets Hot Rolled 2,015,721 1,620,924 1,845,308 1,105,669 Sheets Cold Rolled 1,018,814 1,738,398 1,310,922 1,831,636 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 1,274,184 1,244,656 1,492,457 1,249,599 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 129,071 150,679 139,319 133,664 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 355,341 413,830 472,282 445,526 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 80,410 139,681 75,256 137,278 Strip - Hot Rolled 36,339 40,559 66,470 54,436 Strip - Cold Rolled 123,993 336,837 134,950 337,008 SOURCE: Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Final September 2008. For more information, contact Nick Orsini (301-763-6959) or Maria Iseman (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.