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. 1999 Data August Final July Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,963,420 1,081,593 2,996,848 1,083,974 Ingots And Steel For Castings 843 1,237 1,200 1,480 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 751,921 161,235 718,662 147,252 Wire Rods 275,737 76,898 292,120 84,556 Structural Shapes Heavy 101,783 31,551 86,806 27,446 Steel Piling 11,346 6,026 6,611 3,537 Plates Cut Lengths 42,413 23,047 53,200 24,103 Plates In Coils 154,967 48,004 119,565 33,872 Rails Standard 26,470 13,353 18,803 8,163 Rails All Other 5,556 2,896 1,817 1,362 Railroad Accessories 283 106 434 274 Bars - Hot Rolled 111,386 55,688 113,829 55,327 Bars - Light Shaped 27,041 10,660 27,610 9,749 Bars - Reinforcing 223,499 43,919 208,587 43,161 Bars - Cold Finished 21,895 24,101 23,362 25,182 Tool Steel 11,907 17,085 8,945 16,677 Standard Pipe 73,837 36,977 55,718 28,822 Oil Country Goods 8,713 6,797 8,258 6,973 Line Pipe 45,068 19,510 71,119 29,609 Mechanical Tubing 33,687 26,461 33,059 27,680 Pressure Tubing 3,300 3,777 3,646 3,453 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 7,084 23,308 5,420 17,915 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 4,700 3,764 1,717 2,346 Structural Pipe & Tube 37,538 17,896 29,818 15,201 Pipe For Piling 556 275 837 370 Wire Drawn 56,672 47,843 52,280 45,638 Black Plate 15,828 7,949 12,495 6,738 Tin Plate 43,352 24,679 40,974 22,185 Tin Free Steel 13,412 7,722 19,360 11,077 Sheets Hot Rolled 385,689 96,729 413,720 105,653 Sheets Cold Rolled 255,022 112,332 334,348 138,737 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 150,202 76,220 161,224 81,154 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 13,603 6,958 22,887 11,350 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 17,611 11,761 19,309 12,981 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 7,958 5,731 9,024 6,170 Strip - Hot Rolled 6,645 3,082 5,028 2,567 Strip - Cold Rolled 15,897 26,018 15,057 25,215 _______________________________________________________________________________ 1998 Data August Final July Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 4,007,775 1,569,672 3,629,856 1,557,508 Ingots And Steel For Castings 69,702 8,884 988 1,164 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 601,313 149,665 670,951 189,987 Wire Rods 189,330 65,155 149,588 59,217 Structural Shapes Heavy 197,599 69,825 316,869 115,086 Steel Piling 26,232 14,016 11,683 6,504 Plates Cut Lengths 273,366 120,227 177,524 85,521 Plates In Coils 291,767 85,248 307,398 102,264 Rails Standard 23,128 12,159 21,563 10,733 Rails All Other 5,882 3,811 1,821 1,019 Railroad Accessories 537 323 264 91 Bars - Hot Rolled 146,575 73,429 120,780 64,301 Bars - Light Shaped 32,275 12,122 18,219 8,327 Bars - Reinforcing 89,784 20,751 101,004 24,209 Bars - Cold Finished 25,016 31,688 29,896 37,233 Tool Steel 11,146 16,916 11,536 19,319 Standard Pipe 67,883 38,836 66,153 36,032 Oil Country Goods 19,176 13,943 33,339 27,210 Line Pipe 94,478 53,912 111,358 64,192 Mechanical Tubing 37,861 37,860 42,189 40,140 Pressure Tubing 6,578 7,441 8,301 7,788 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 4,605 19,414 6,195 22,579 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,216 1,588 1,403 1,530 Structural Pipe & Tube 45,868 24,558 32,140 17,413 Pipe For Piling 3,293 1,254 1,938 931 Wire Drawn 51,188 47,025 54,195 52,657 Black Plate 12,252 7,163 18,549 10,976 Tin Plate 20,624 13,013 25,960 16,674 Tin Free Steel 10,699 7,778 16,847 11,696 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,008,713 274,155 727,492 214,828 Sheets Cold Rolled 434,692 198,946 338,250 163,478 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 147,590 83,420 143,633 84,476 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 15,255 9,032 13,089 8,098 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 13,712 10,184 8,276 7,394 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 7,000 6,042 12,030 9,596 Strip - Hot Rolled 7,142 4,246 13,749 5,235 Strip - Cold Rolled 14,299 25,640 14,687 29,609 _______________________________________________________________________________ August Cumulative To Date 1999 Final 1998 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 21,214,962 8,248,511 24,183,677 10,875,610 Ingots And Steel For Castings 11,189 13,881 138,522 33,958 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 4,894,391 1,024,878 4,138,725 1,159,637 Wire Rods 1,706,474 510,319 1,449,841 543,699 Structural Shapes Heavy 996,510 302,589 1,643,547 621,331 Steel Piling 75,945 40,272 128,629 68,870 Plates Cut Lengths 612,885 280,074 1,122,409 554,713 Plates In Coils 860,776 250,311 1,687,009 604,325 Rails Standard 172,906 85,063 195,934 101,584 Rails All Other 21,374 13,068 37,359 23,207 Railroad Accessories 3,131 1,628 2,311 1,564 Bars - Hot Rolled 872,335 431,528 971,519 508,617 Bars - Light Shaped 181,489 69,783 183,595 82,712 Bars - Reinforcing 1,139,604 235,656 780,424 214,433 Bars - Cold Finished 177,777 197,846 215,127 271,354 Tool Steel 98,216 145,936 100,970 156,213 Standard Pipe 506,186 261,286 567,168 322,886 Oil Country Goods 64,226 58,025 241,423 186,708 Line Pipe 596,162 282,005 731,696 427,683 Mechanical Tubing 263,555 223,955 309,905 294,600 Pressure Tubing 28,530 33,933 43,847 45,774 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 48,060 166,605 41,831 171,250 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 15,182 17,582 8,918 11,281 Structural Pipe & Tube 293,021 140,608 306,209 165,546 Pipe For Piling 13,915 6,671 14,341 6,776 Wire Drawn 450,232 388,613 423,288 411,348 Black Plate 101,172 55,242 108,523 67,598 Tin Plate 309,996 175,646 195,515 124,519 Tin Free Steel 114,371 77,951 101,400 74,564 Sheets Hot Rolled 2,630,047 690,933 4,553,049 1,384,536 Sheets Cold Rolled 2,209,654 983,447 2,248,499 1,171,265 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 1,275,403 662,777 1,059,430 622,369 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 99,904 51,976 109,007 69,245 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 131,855 87,519 68,945 55,695 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 65,798 46,834 74,739 62,242 Strip - Hot Rolled 49,546 23,728 61,336 30,122 Strip - Cold Rolled 123,145 210,345 118,689 223,387 CONTACT: For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-457-2311) Foreign Trade Division, Bureau of Census. NOTE: For information on more detailed data available, please see record titled "MORE DETAILED FOREIGN TRADE DATA AVAILABLE."