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 Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,485,618 1,063,125 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,184 734 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 368,050 88,038 Wire Rods 186,902 61,205 Structural Shapes Heavy 161,536 48,222 Steel Piling 16,318 9,530 Plates Cut Lengths 122,263 66,184 Plates In Coils 126,059 34,850 Rails Standard 21,432 11,160 Rails All Other 3,410 2,561 Railroad Accessories 568 124 Bars - Hot Rolled 103,849 53,820 Bars - Light Shaped 22,287 8,126 Bars - Reinforcing 72,563 17,536 Bars - Cold Finished 22,637 27,657 Tool Steel 10,022 14,462 Standard Pipe 58,693 31,344 Oil Country Goods 9,291 8,331 Line Pipe 80,437 45,252 Mechanical Tubing 29,090 27,761 Pressure Tubing 4,315 5,130 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 5,617 22,226 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,607 1,613 Structural Pipe & Tube 32,767 15,877 Pipe For Piling 1,247 547 Wire Drawn 48,669 43,548 Black Plate 12,089 6,262 Tin Plate 20,282 12,797 Tin Free Steel 10,770 6,604 Sheets Hot Rolled 347,433 94,563 Sheets Cold Rolled 377,945 162,663 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 150,956 83,449 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 13,230 7,396 Sheets & Strip All Other Metalic 13,347 9,597 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 5,289 5,215 Strip - Hot Rolled 5,721 3,078 Strip - Cold Rolled 17,744 25,663 ___________________________________________________ November 1998 Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 3,586,506 1,363,571 Ingots And Steel For Castings 411 2,887 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 454,256 115,631 Wire Rods 136,988 49,467 Structural Shapes Heavy 224,751 69,400 Steel Piling 11,844 6,865 Plates Cut Lengths 178,132 86,355 Plates In Coils 311,002 72,525 Rails Standard 8,076 3,869 Rails All Other 2,932 2,080 Railroad Accessories 547 414 Bars - Hot Rolled 108,561 55,828 Bars - Light Shaped 30,824 12,871 Bars - Reinforcing 64,831 16,479 Bars - Cold Finished 25,534 31,275 Tool Steel 9,519 15,140 Standard Pipe 53,043 30,009 Oil Country Goods 7,124 8,826 Line Pipe 89,215 53,432 Mechanical Tubing 31,206 28,871 Pressure Tubing 4,064 4,111 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 4,937 19,774 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,426 1,755 Structural Pipe & Tube 38,406 18,248 Pipe For Piling 2,170 864 Wire Drawn 55,412 48,773 Black Plate 11,612 6,948 Tin Plate 19,879 14,151 Tin Free Steel 11,598 8,546 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,121,860 282,826 Sheets Cold Rolled 360,607 156,365 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 145,412 82,548 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 11,256 6,222 Sheets & Strip All Other Metalic 13,746 9,434 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 12,628 9,245 Strip - Hot Rolled 6,291 3,466 Strip - Cold Rolled 16,407 28,076 ___________________________________________________ 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 Other Metalic 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 ___________________________________________________ November 1998 Cumulative To Date -- Final 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 Other Metalic 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 ___________________________________________________ November 1997 Cumulative To Date -- Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 26,350,901 12,467,713 Ingots And Steel For Castings 33,904 17,671 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 5,392,978 1,501,623 Wire Rods 1,908,046 741,543 Structural Shapes Heavy 847,365 343,994 Steel Piling 97,953 51,858 Plates Cut Lengths 1,196,077 530,175 Plates In Coils 1,338,400 553,454 Rails Standard 157,836 83,075 Rails All Other 42,349 21,915 Railroad Accessories 9,192 3,256 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,079,444 581,774 Bars - Light Shaped 159,843 80,969 Bars - Reinforcing 608,500 161,828 Bars - Cold Finished 249,139 322,511 Tool Steel 108,957 177,888 Standard Pipe 616,245 346,045 Oil Country Goods 349,914 266,450 Line Pipe 754,090 433,847 Mechanical Tubing 327,500 302,346 Pressure Tubing 31,197 38,564 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 44,806 205,512 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 11,573 15,480 Structural Pipe & Tube 374,389 209,542 Pipe For Piling 10,780 7,569 Wire Drawn 547,462 533,839 Black Plate 172,439 104,011 Tin Plate 240,550 152,908 Tin Free Steel 127,893 86,354 Sheets Hot Rolled 4,289,861 1,412,085 Sheets Cold Rolled 3,138,690 1,722,685 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 1,521,463 902,584 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 166,065 98,618 Sheets & Strip All Other Metalic 93,782 80,935 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 90,556 77,240 Strip - Hot Rolled 54,023 31,232 Strip - Cold Rolled 157,636 266,336 SOURCE: Report FT900A (CB-99-19), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, DECEMBER 1998. For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Richard M. Preuss (301-457-2311), Foreign Trade Division.