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 August 2009 July 2009 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 775,236 758,780 893,202 1,004,755 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,045 2,640 965 2,331 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 61,027 39,800 89,951 44,223 Wire Rods 64,231 38,207 34,248 24,036 Structural Shapes Heavy 14,759 10,125 18,868 14,101 Steel Piling 4,669 6,522 692 744 Plates Cut Lengths 23,971 29,555 22,662 31,933 Plates In Coils 56,774 31,274 47,941 35,138 Rails Standard 1,766 2,015 32,788 28,270 Rails All Other 2,681 2,314 425 517 Railroad Accessories 291 212 670 489 Bars - Hot Rolled 29,850 28,156 36,061 34,822 Bars - Light Shaped 5,113 4,724 11,042 7,278 Bars - Reinforcing 21,197 13,578 29,455 18,921 Bars - Cold Finished 9,594 22,760 11,617 27,572 Tool Steel 1,787 5,632 2,777 9,262 Standard Pipe 32,911 31,026 47,685 40,413 Oil Country Goods 15,498 38,055 36,665 89,168 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 33,257 49,703 86,965 148,028 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 3,901 6,436 10,728 20,784 Line Pipe - Not Specified 4,079 2,903 7,524 6,268 Mechanical Tubing 16,480 23,012 24,056 37,011 Pressure Tubing 2,913 13,578 4,068 16,007 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 5,332 38,764 5,972 51,487 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,194 4,443 1,049 3,947 Structural Pipe & Tube 16,388 16,984 18,538 17,927 Pipe For Piling 2,204 3,526 565 542 Wire Drawn 35,019 46,858 36,143 47,497 Black Plate 2,008 1,563 4,790 4,001 Tin Plate 20,343 25,219 25,716 33,427 Tin Free Steel 4,971 5,594 6,433 7,388 Sheets Hot Rolled 120,452 57,682 82,013 42,584 Sheets Cold Rolled 71,790 65,084 53,110 58,920 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 49,834 41,596 61,079 52,027 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 6,330 7,036 5,890 6,033 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 17,353 15,842 20,106 16,940 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 2,908 6,061 2,779 5,316 Strip - Hot Rolled 3,653 2,744 3,996 3,204 Strip - Cold Rolled 7,662 17,554 7,172 16,196 -------------------------------------------------------------- July 2009 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 899,397 1,026,027 Ingots And Steel For Castings 968 2,346 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 90,537 45,214 Wire Rods 34,523 24,164 Structural Shapes Heavy 18,893 14,122 Steel Piling 692 744 Plates Cut Lengths 23,015 33,210 Plates In Coils 50,224 36,002 Rails Standard 32,788 28,270 Rails All Other 425 517 Railroad Accessories 767 553 Bars - Hot Rolled 36,078 34,854 Bars - Light Shaped 11,042 7,278 Bars - Reinforcing 29,541 18,990 Bars - Cold Finished 11,617 27,572 Tool Steel 2,777 9,262 Standard Pipe 42,006 41,236 Oil Country Goods 36,678 89,174 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 86,965 148,028 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 10,743 20,912 Line Pipe - Not Specified 7,713 7,509 Mechanical Tubing 24,140 37,368 Pressure Tubing 4,148 16,987 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,209 59,163 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,049 3,957 Structural Pipe & Tube 19,191 18,758 Pipe For Piling 565 542 Wire Drawn 36,162 47,577 Black Plate 4,790 4,001 Tin Plate 29,125 37,074 Tin Free Steel 6,433 7,388 Sheets Hot Rolled 83,546 43,168 Sheets Cold Rolled 54,570 59,839 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 61,443 52,274 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 5,890 6,033 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 20,124 17,006 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 2,779 5,316 Strip - Hot Rolled 3,996 3,204 Strip - Cold Rolled 7,246 16,414 -------------------------------------------------------------- August 2008 July 2008 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,310,853 3,174,801 2,638,789 3,501,267 Ingots And Steel For Castings 3,107 12,984 2,739 12,558 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 445,929 475,767 600,662 579,034 Wire Rods 72,067 79,618 88,070 94,660 Structural Shapes Heavy 36,640 49,283 46,303 58,997 Steel Piling 10,497 16,441 8,572 12,984 Plates Cut Lengths 101,681 169,079 101,547 166,493 Plates In Coils 88,186 94,771 85,754 103,527 Rails Standard 16,700 17,012 28,244 25,051 Rails All Other 13,175 9,046 4,426 5,056 Railroad Accessories 330 465 560 602 Bars - Hot Rolled 154,205 190,966 131,203 165,911 Bars - Light Shaped 12,266 17,575 15,928 21,589 Bars - Reinforcing 75,503 75,260 79,308 76,645 Bars - Cold Finished 20,289 66,838 25,410 87,016 Tool Steel 9,804 31,467 12,294 42,258 Standard Pipe 89,377 117,670 87,938 112,966 Oil Country Goods 294,464 457,289 288,671 439,896 Line Pipe > 16 Inches In Diamete 82,783 121,966 150,448 222,784 Line Pipe <= 16 Inches In Diamet 50,471 68,748 57,716 80,462 Line Pipe - Not Specified 37,056 43,052 47,941 48,317 Mechanical Tubing 33,944 65,607 46,277 86,863 Pressure Tubing 11,474 30,625 9,924 35,154 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 10,725 99,111 10,838 94,436 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,183 6,043 1,440 5,722 Structural Pipe & Tube 38,596 56,502 42,337 62,720 Pipe For Piling 840 943 1,172 1,361 Wire Drawn 57,012 108,522 60,826 107,596 Black Plate 872 824 683 575 Tin Plate 18,934 16,931 20,821 19,152 Tin Free Steel 9,900 9,941 9,500 9,076 Sheets Hot Rolled 209,155 211,310 220,264 213,150 Sheets Cold Rolled 85,630 172,365 110,418 212,734 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 132,566 144,413 147,048 152,186 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 13,523 17,643 16,073 19,269 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 43,882 58,475 47,240 58,183 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 9,675 15,505 11,859 18,974 Strip - Hot Rolled 3,653 3,982 3,004 3,371 Strip - Cold Rolled 14,760 40,763 15,330 43,939 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 August 2009 (CB-09-146)