April 1999 Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,237,144 930,031 Ingots And Steel For Castings 747 1,312 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 418,518 91,521 Wire Rods 183,637 56,111 Structural Shapes Heavy 80,786 25,932 Steel Piling 12,013 5,755 Plates Cut Lengths 48,778 25,372 Plates In Coils 85,115 23,521 Rails Standard 33,929 17,057 Rails All Other 3,961 2,349 Railroad Accessories 388 197 Bars - Hot Rolled 107,350 51,786 Bars - Light Shaped 20,317 7,470 Bars - Reinforcing 105,267 22,023 Bars - Cold Finished 21,771 25,398 Tool Steel 9,762 15,535 Standard Pipe 57,187 29,982 Oil Country Goods 5,479 4,388 Line Pipe 78,546 38,286 Mechanical Tubing 30,471 24,800 Pressure Tubing 3,914 3,984 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 5,212 18,370 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,271 1,581 Structural Pipe & Tube 32,555 16,083 Pipe For Piling 2,108 1,196 Wire Drawn 58,257 48,140 Black Plate 7,709 4,054 Tin Plate 41,870 24,019 Tin Free Steel 13,756 8,028 Sheets Hot Rolled 304,697 79,779 Sheets Cold Rolled 239,569 119,220 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 170,915 90,973 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 11,446 6,205 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 14,287 9,425 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 6,034 4,103 Strip - Hot Rolled 5,062 2,276 Strip - Cold Rolled 14,457 23,800 __________________________________________________________________ March 1999 Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,544,716 1,018,956 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,038 1,270 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 591,233 127,345 Wire Rods 210,410 58,294 Structural Shapes Heavy 123,687 38,625 Steel Piling 9,995 4,980 Plates Cut Lengths 101,570 46,174 Plates In Coils 97,037 26,696 Rails Standard 19,471 10,010 Rails All Other 1,712 1,092 Railroad Accessories 211 176 Bars - Hot Rolled 113,078 56,571 Bars - Light Shaped 23,532 10,291 Bars - Reinforcing 123,961 24,174 Bars - Cold Finished 19,719 24,100 Tool Steel 17,402 21,468 Standard Pipe 57,493 31,024 Oil Country Goods 4,612 5,050 Line Pipe 60,850 30,949 Mechanical Tubing 35,498 30,716 Pressure Tubing 2,224 2,698 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 5,907 20,796 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,279 1,559 Structural Pipe & Tube 39,731 19,013 Pipe For Piling 1,716 915 Wire Drawn 61,298 53,157 Black Plate 18,071 9,825 Tin Plate 34,592 19,577 Tin Free Steel 11,183 7,820 Sheets Hot Rolled 289,038 79,002 Sheets Cold Rolled 245,848 116,733 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 167,242 86,027 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 8,206 4,309 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 16,027 10,127 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 7,819 5,478 Strip - Hot Rolled 5,786 3,212 Strip - Cold Rolled 16,243 29,703 ___________________________________________________________________ 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