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 December 1998 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,595,632 1,107,807 Ingots And Steel For Castings 3,520 2,538 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 375,844 90,282 Wire Rods 187,260 61,581 Structural Shapes Heavy 163,625 48,924 Steel Piling 16,338 9,534 Plates Cut Lengths 155,142 83,827 Plates In Coils 130,623 35,731 Rails Standard 23,329 12,106 Rails All Other 3,700 2,694 Railroad Accessories 585 137 Bars - Hot Rolled 105,493 54,459 Bars - Light Shaped 25,028 8,912 Bars - Reinforcing 82,699 19,462 Bars - Cold Finished 22,887 28,360 Tool Steel 10,079 14,582 Standard Pipe 58,808 31,374 Oil Country Goods 9,291 8,327 Line Pipe 80,437 45,255 Mechanical Tubing 29,108 27,789 Pressure Tubing 4,315 5,130 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 5,680 22,323 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,607 1,587 Structural Pipe & Tube 32,753 15,824 Pipe For Piling 1,247 547 Wire Drawn 48,722 43,706 Black Plate 12,089 6,262 Tin Plate 21,221 13,240 Tin Free Steel 10,877 6,639 Sheets Hot Rolled 381,556 104,894 Sheets Cold Rolled 379,365 164,678 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 150,976 83,471 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 18,938 9,236 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 13,347 9,665 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 5,294 5,327 Strip - Hot Rolled 5,785 3,095 Strip - Cold Rolled 18,064 26,310 ___________________________________________ November 1998 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 3,656,417 1,398,409 Ingots And Steel For Castings 523 3,284 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 476,877 121,862 Wire Rods 137,027 49,493 Structural Shapes Heavy 228,083 70,695 Steel Piling 11,844 6,865 Plates Cut Lengths 200,091 100,237 Plates In Coils 324,214 75,989 Rails Standard 8,076 3,869 Rails All Other 3,217 2,207 Railroad Accessories 672 614 Bars - Hot Rolled 109,638 56,430 Bars - Light Shaped 30,888 12,920 Bars - Reinforcing 65,181 16,554 Bars - Cold Finished 26,669 34,246 Tool Steel 9,535 15,182 Standard Pipe 53,299 30,158 Oil Country Goods 7,124 8,826 Line Pipe 89,217 53,437 Mechanical Tubing 31,444 28,972 Pressure Tubing 4,064 4,111 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 4,937 19,786 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,426 1,755 Structural Pipe & Tube 38,406 18,248 Pipe For Piling 2,170 864 Wire Drawn 55,434 48,788 Black Plate 11,825 7,379 Tin Plate 20,142 14,282 Tin Free Steel 11,608 8,548 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,142,163 289,655 Sheets Cold Rolled 344,578 153,444 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 145,439 82,586 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 11,256 6,222 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 13,759 9,540 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 12,681 9,265 Strip - Hot Rolled 6,309 3,474 Strip - Cold Rolled 16,600 28,620 ____________________________________________ December 1997 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 1,913,886 1,010,642 Ingots And Steel For Castings 934 926 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 340,359 102,128 Wire Rods 121,002 58,234 Structural Shapes Heavy 85,807 36,180 Steel Piling 3,830 2,694 Plates Cut Lengths 63,044 35,129 Plates In Coils 68,341 38,174 Rails Standard 4,197 1,872 Rails All Other 2,297 1,427 Railroad Accessories 210 72 Bars - Hot Rolled 87,926 50,316 Bars - Light Shaped 21,879 10,791 Bars - Reinforcing 27,718 7,716 Bars - Cold Finished 29,719 38,250 Tool Steel 10,213 18,555 Standard Pipe 59,056 31,563 Oil Country Goods 23,687 17,908 Line Pipe 77,924 47,485 Mechanical Tubing 27,942 25,605 Pressure Tubing 4,071 4,455 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 4,172 18,713 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 818 1,336 Structural Pipe & Tube 28,772 16,786 Pipe For Piling 2,051 885 Wire Drawn 46,427 47,763 Black Plate 8,474 5,848 Tin Plate 19,888 12,589 Tin Free Steel 9,129 5,915 Sheets Hot Rolled 337,865 116,936 Sheets Cold Rolled 209,354 120,084 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 136,171 82,079 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 13,598 8,301 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 8,820 6,525 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 10,489 8,490 Strip - Hot Rolled 4,477 2,429 Strip - Cold Rolled 13,226 26,484 _________________________________________ November 1997 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,122,119 1,073,157 Ingots And Steel For Castings 9,118 3,213 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 321,424 98,987 Wire Rods 180,298 70,658 Structural Shapes Heavy 117,594 46,353 Steel Piling 7,570 4,037 Plates Cut Lengths 62,109 32,417 Plates In Coils 95,429 42,311 Rails Standard 10,088 5,189 Rails All Other 1,094 854 Railroad Accessories 597 180 Bars - Hot Rolled 102,089 55,006 Bars - Light Shaped 19,100 10,020 Bars - Reinforcing 32,924 9,161 Bars - Cold Finished 21,025 30,600 Tool Steel 9,736 16,074 Standard Pipe 63,858 36,907 Oil Country Goods 32,343 26,025 Line Pipe 76,017 45,029 Mechanical Tubing 35,032 32,767 Pressure Tubing 2,574 3,129 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 4,156 17,476 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,441 1,764 Structural Pipe & Tube 30,376 17,884 Pipe For Piling 879 497 Wire Drawn 51,033 48,251 Black Plate 15,838 9,934 Tin Plate 23,519 14,568 Tin Free Steel 10,292 7,725 Sheets Hot Rolled 360,495 124,578 Sheets Cold Rolled 268,256 151,230 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 109,574 65,286 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 13,615 8,075 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 8,375 6,817 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 6,540 5,386 Strip - Hot Rolled 4,673 2,599 Strip - Cold Rolled 13,038 22,169 _______________________________________ January - December 1998 Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 35,070,419 15,186,988 Ingots And Steel For Castings 139,945 38,401 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 5,627,640 1,527,604 Wire Rods 1,959,319 717,835 Structural Shapes Heavy 2,354,718 849,930 Steel Piling 181,618 97,910 Plates Cut Lengths 1,772,328 848,873 Plates In Coils 2,637,484 849,198 Rails Standard 225,971 117,006 Rails All Other 48,615 29,962 Railroad Accessories 3,767 3,106 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,307,359 685,334 Bars - Light Shaped 256,563 114,514 Bars - Reinforcing 1,032,419 278,507 Bars - Cold Finished 292,760 366,600 Tool Steel 135,516 205,766 Standard Pipe 770,524 432,184 Oil Country Goods 302,016 239,615 Line Pipe 1,061,529 622,638 Mechanical Tubing 413,544 391,354 Pressure Tubing 56,722 59,733 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 58,303 234,173 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 12,644 16,496 Structural Pipe & Tube 421,272 223,227 Pipe For Piling 19,417 8,917 Wire Drawn 583,941 559,195 Black Plate 147,302 90,125 Tin Plate 269,625 172,287 Tin Free Steel 135,192 98,788 Sheets Hot Rolled 7,372,013 2,142,272 Sheets Cold Rolled 3,332,336 1,671,532 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 1,529,127 887,817 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 144,734 90,035 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 109,563 84,931 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 107,862 87,035 Strip - Hot Rolled 80,780 39,914 Strip - Cold Rolled 165,953 304,171 _______________________________________ January - December 1997 Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 28,264,787 13,478,355 Ingots And Steel For Castings 34,838 18,597 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 5,733,337 1,603,750 Wire Rods 2,029,048 799,777 Structural Shapes Heavy 933,171 380,175 Steel Piling 101,783 54,552 Plates Cut Lengths 1,259,121 565,303 Plates In Coils 1,406,741 591,628 Rails Standard 162,033 84,947 Rails All Other 44,646 23,342 Railroad Accessories 9,403 3,328 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,167,370 632,090 Bars - Light Shaped 181,722 91,760 Bars - Reinforcing 636,218 169,544 Bars - Cold Finished 278,858 360,761 Tool Steel 119,170 196,442 Standard Pipe 675,300 377,608 Oil Country Goods 373,602 284,358 Line Pipe 832,014 481,332 Mechanical Tubing 355,442 327,951 Pressure Tubing 35,267 43,019 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 48,978 224,226 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 12,391 16,816 Structural Pipe & Tube 403,161 226,328 Pipe For Piling 12,831 8,454 Wire Drawn 593,889 581,602 Black Plate 180,914 109,859 Tin Plate 260,439 165,497 Tin Free Steel 137,022 92,268 Sheets Hot Rolled 4,627,726 1,529,021 Sheets Cold Rolled 3,348,044 1,842,768 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 1,657,634 984,663 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 179,663 106,919 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 102,603 87,460 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 101,045 85,729 Strip - Hot Rolled 58,501 33,660 Strip - Cold Rolled 170,862 292,820