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 April 1999 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,301,768 951,831 Ingots And Steel For Castings 762 1,322 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 419,826 92,608 Wire Rods 185,137 56,460 Structural Shapes Heavy 81,145 25,805 Steel Piling 12,398 5,895 Plates Cut Lengths 52,505 26,408 Plates In Coils 87,200 24,172 Rails Standard 33,929 17,057 Rails All Other 3,961 2,349 Railroad Accessories 388 197 Bars - Hot Rolled 107,867 52,043 Bars - Light Shaped 20,417 7,507 Bars - Reinforcing 115,671 24,022 Bars - Cold Finished 21,884 25,611 Tool Steel 10,228 16,187 Standard Pipe 58,642 30,476 Oil Country Goods 5,499 4,418 Line Pipe 80,803 38,979 Mechanical Tubing 30,514 24,877 Pressure Tubing 4,037 4,050 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 5,240 18,693 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,270 1,568 Structural Pipe & Tube 32,959 16,230 Pipe For Piling 2,108 1,196 Wire Drawn 58,407 48,678 Black Plate 8,540 4,500 Tin Plate 41,860 23,987 Tin Free Steel 13,756 8,028 Sheets Hot Rolled 323,052 84,682 Sheets Cold Rolled 257,869 125,390 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 172,156 91,694 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 11,446 6,205 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 14,338 9,651 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 6,110 4,130 Strip - Hot Rolled 5,146 2,345 Strip - Cold Rolled 14,698 24,412 ______________________________________________________________________ March 1999 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,600,963 1,041,424 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,114 1,817 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 599,467 134,304 Wire Rods 210,925 58,517 Structural Shapes Heavy 123,658 38,589 Steel Piling 9,995 4,980 Plates Cut Lengths 115,678 50,393 Plates In Coils 105,433 28,477 Rails Standard 19,471 10,010 Rails All Other 1,722 1,087 Railroad Accessories 211 176 Bars - Hot Rolled 113,371 57,068 Bars - Light Shaped 23,603 10,311 Bars - Reinforcing 127,757 25,065 Bars - Cold Finished 19,745 24,151 Tool Steel 17,491 21,590 Standard Pipe 57,493 31,034 Oil Country Goods 4,612 5,063 Line Pipe 60,849 30,942 Mechanical Tubing 35,624 30,767 Pressure Tubing 2,224 2,698 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 5,928 20,860 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,279 1,559 Structural Pipe & Tube 39,806 19,221 Pipe For Piling 1,723 928 Wire Drawn 61,417 53,339 Black Plate 18,320 9,946 Tin Plate 34,966 19,722 Tin Free Steel 12,187 9,607 Sheets Hot Rolled 298,500 80,785 Sheets Cold Rolled 253,725 118,714 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 168,378 86,489 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 8,206 4,309 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 16,027 10,127 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 7,819 5,479 Strip - Hot Rolled 5,805 3,220 Strip - Cold Rolled 16,436 30,080 _______________________________________________________________________ April 1998 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,955,401 1,341,717 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,031 871 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 532,533 147,738 Wire Rods 161,431 60,934 Structural Shapes Heavy 215,690 77,658 Steel Piling 14,714 7,203 Plates Cut Lengths 68,155 42,449 Plates In Coils 234,643 93,729 Rails Standard 21,472 10,811 Rails All Other 10,322 5,987 Railroad Accessories 169 153 Bars - Hot Rolled 109,707 61,224 Bars - Light Shaped 21,226 9,785 Bars - Reinforcing 125,182 30,614 Bars - Cold Finished 25,301 33,209 Tool Steel 11,340 18,678 Standard Pipe 65,016 38,259 Oil Country Goods 33,480 25,711 Line Pipe 102,872 59,356 Mechanical Tubing 43,121 41,028 Pressure Tubing 7,078 7,208 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 4,876 21,422 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 926 1,313 Structural Pipe & Tube 38,911 20,722 Pipe For Piling 2,059 966 Wire Drawn 58,970 55,667 Black Plate 10,687 6,830 Tin Plate 22,498 14,668 Tin Free Steel 11,168 8,108 Sheets Hot Rolled 574,075 173,256 Sheets Cold Rolled 229,996 125,336 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 145,338 86,696 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 14,723 9,116 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 6,024 5,117 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 10,488 8,571 Strip - Hot Rolled 6,501 3,183 Strip - Cold Rolled 13,679 28,141 ______________________________________________________________________ March 1998 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,435,473 1,217,210 Ingots And Steel For Castings 18,771 4,019 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 334,988 101,095 Wire Rods 189,184 70,436 Structural Shapes Heavy 217,652 81,934 Steel Piling 8,468 4,560 Plates Cut Lengths 76,800 46,629 Plates In Coils 170,342 67,558 Rails Standard 30,857 15,581 Rails All Other 1,997 1,368 Railroad Accessories 268 395 Bars - Hot Rolled 138,183 68,571 Bars - Light Shaped 20,853 10,594 Bars - Reinforcing 71,978 26,203 Bars - Cold Finished 28,567 37,202 Tool Steel 13,344 20,659 Standard Pipe 89,196 50,534 Oil Country Goods 31,700 24,140 Line Pipe 64,374 39,845 Mechanical Tubing 34,894 34,121 Pressure Tubing 4,084 4,530 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 5,537 23,147 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,117 1,375 Structural Pipe & Tube 36,291 20,755 Pipe For Piling 800 407 Wire Drawn 55,308 55,640 Black Plate 10,917 7,899 Tin Plate 22,651 14,551 Tin Free Steel 9,511 7,364 Sheets Hot Rolled 364,332 122,663 Sheets Cold Rolled 209,165 124,922 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 120,444 71,630 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 9,671 6,675 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 9,050 7,624 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 10,083 8,067 Strip - Hot Rolled 7,679 3,697 Strip - Cold Rolled 16,418 30,820 _____________________________________________________________________ April Cumulative To Date 1999 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 9,421,975 3,908,507 Ingots And Steel For Castings 3,688 5,333 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 1,747,335 385,534 Wire Rods 722,533 220,385 Structural Shapes Heavy 568,298 170,883 Steel Piling 43,525 22,909 Plates Cut Lengths 376,134 169,887 Plates In Coils 377,645 109,542 Rails Standard 108,433 53,570 Rails All Other 9,653 6,120 Railroad Accessories 1,024 757 Bars - Hot Rolled 413,262 208,300 Bars - Light Shaped 81,549 31,787 Bars - Reinforcing 409,008 88,587 Bars - Cold Finished 80,822 95,890 Tool Steel 49,926 70,787 Standard Pipe 235,526 124,253 Oil Country Goods 29,407 25,518 Line Pipe 326,359 163,629 Mechanical Tubing 127,019 110,843 Pressure Tubing 13,164 15,557 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 23,131 83,852 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 4,720 5,810 Structural Pipe & Tube 151,748 72,883 Pipe For Piling 7,659 4,079 Wire Drawn 221,579 191,586 Black Plate 43,186 23,774 Tin Plate 147,486 84,494 Tin Free Steel 56,254 40,953 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,176,280 314,967 Sheets Cold Rolled 1,024,940 476,503 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 624,754 331,197 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 38,734 20,667 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 62,686 40,577 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 30,166 21,420 Strip - Hot Rolled 23,629 11,574 Strip - Cold Rolled 60,713 104,102 _____________________________________________________________________ April Cumulative To Date 1998 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 9,895,716 4,825,280 Ingots And Steel For Castings 61,564 13,397 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 1,589,358 470,414 Wire Rods 740,522 284,291 Structural Shapes Heavy 674,343 269,303 Steel Piling 53,059 27,579 Plates Cut Lengths 293,624 164,195 Plates In Coils 661,132 270,826 Rails Standard 100,997 53,097 Rails All Other 20,740 12,786 Railroad Accessories 852 701 Bars - Hot Rolled 438,654 231,873 Bars - Light Shaped 79,753 39,670 Bars - Reinforcing 307,826 91,028 Bars - Cold Finished 108,324 138,262 Tool Steel 48,345 76,507 Standard Pipe 268,501 155,517 Oil Country Goods 137,982 101,616 Line Pipe 330,608 190,976 Mechanical Tubing 153,490 145,697 Pressure Tubing 18,720 19,171 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 19,730 83,659 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 3,740 4,896 Structural Pipe & Tube 148,453 80,859 Pipe For Piling 4,775 2,312 Wire Drawn 203,853 203,269 Black Plate 43,587 29,582 Tin Plate 100,092 63,786 Tin Free Steel 51,308 37,866 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,662,261 538,278 Sheets Cold Rolled 843,733 496,779 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 523,858 311,687 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 48,785 31,982 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 31,681 25,524 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 34,311 29,122 Strip - Hot Rolled 27,131 14,220 Strip - Cold Rolled 60,025 114,550 SOURCE: Report FT900A Supplement, Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, April 1999 Final. For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-457-2246) or (301-457-2311), Foreign Trade Division.