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. August 1999 Data Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,844,176 1,037,888 Ingots And Steel For Castings 797 1,108 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 706,426 148,011 Wire Rods 275,836 76,949 Structural Shapes Heavy 93,793 29,804 Steel Piling 11,099 5,919 Plates Cut Lengths 41,338 22,496 Plates In Coils 142,748 35,800 Rails Standard 26,386 13,315 Rails All Other 5,045 2,683 Railroad Accessories 283 106 Bars - Hot Rolled 110,145 54,517 Bars - Light Shaped 19,921 8,083 Bars - Reinforcing 197,056 38,074 Bars - Cold Finished 21,593 23,856 Tool Steel 11,485 16,777 Standard Pipe 73,164 36,662 Oil Country Goods 7,837 6,501 Line Pipe 44,966 19,485 Mechanical Tubing 33,159 26,255 Pressure Tubing 3,300 3,777 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,986 23,015 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 4,700 3,764 Structural Pipe & Tube 37,538 17,896 Pipe For Piling 556 275 Wire Drawn 56,574 47,723 Black Plate 15,435 7,793 Tin Plate 43,102 24,476 Tin Free Steel 13,412 7,722 Sheets Hot Rolled 374,471 94,492 Sheets Cold Rolled 254,417 111,752 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 149,256 75,652 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 13,434 6,885 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 17,542 11,725 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 7,996 5,744 Strip - Hot Rolled 6,567 3,038 Strip - Cold Rolled 15,809 25,759 ______________________________________________________________________ July 1999 Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,933,113 1,062,168 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,200 1,460 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 705,030 144,093 Wire Rods 292,263 84,606 Structural Shapes Heavy 86,339 27,358 Steel Piling 6,611 3,537 Plates Cut Lengths 52,190 23,736 Plates In Coils 100,918 28,302 Rails Standard 12,675 6,538 Rails All Other 1,776 1,345 Railroad Accessories 434 274 Bars - Hot Rolled 113,634 55,205 Bars - Light Shaped 27,610 9,749 Bars - Reinforcing 208,587 43,161 Bars - Cold Finished 23,182 24,886 Tool Steel 8,924 16,634 Standard Pipe 54,809 28,464 Oil Country Goods 8,206 6,952 Line Pipe 71,033 29,584 Mechanical Tubing 32,957 27,635 Pressure Tubing 3,646 3,457 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 5,405 17,895 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,710 2,361 Structural Pipe & Tube 29,819 15,204 Pipe For Piling 837 370 Wire Drawn 52,280 45,622 Black Plate 12,284 6,620 Tin Plate 38,328 21,012 Tin Free Steel 14,213 8,098 Sheets Hot Rolled 406,272 103,669 Sheets Cold Rolled 329,380 136,223 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 160,261 80,541 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 22,887 11,350 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 18,512 12,451 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 9,024 6,170 Strip - Hot Rolled 4,979 2,533 Strip - Cold Rolled 14,898 25,075 ______________________________________________________________________ July 1999 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,996,848 1,083,974 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,200 1,480 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 718,662 147,252 Wire Rods 292,120 84,556 Structural Shapes Heavy 86,806 27,446 Steel Piling 6,611 3,537 Plates Cut Lengths 53,200 24,103 Plates In Coils 119,565 33,872 Rails Standard 18,803 8,163 Rails All Other 1,817 1,362 Railroad Accessories 434 274 Bars - Hot Rolled 113,829 55,327 Bars - Light Shaped 27,610 9,749 Bars - Reinforcing 208,587 43,161 Bars - Cold Finished 23,362 25,182 Tool Steel 8,945 16,677 Standard Pipe 55,718 28,822 Oil Country Goods 8,258 6,973 Line Pipe 71,119 29,609 Mechanical Tubing 33,059 27,680 Pressure Tubing 3,646 3,453 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 5,420 17,915 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,717 2,346 Structural Pipe & Tube 29,818 15,201 Pipe For Piling 837 370 Wire Drawn 52,280 45,638 Black Plate 12,495 6,738 Tin Plate 40,974 22,185 Tin Free Steel 19,360 11,077 Sheets Hot Rolled 413,720 105,653 Sheets Cold Rolled 334,348 138,737 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 161,224 81,154 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 22,887 11,350 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 19,309 12,981 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 9,024 6,170 Strip - Hot Rolled 5,028 2,567 Strip - Cold Rolled 15,057 25,215 ______________________________________________________________________ August 1998 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 4,007,775 1,569,672 Ingots And Steel For Castings 69,702 8,884 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 601,313 149,665 Wire Rods 189,330 65,155 Structural Shapes Heavy 197,599 69,825 Steel Piling 26,232 14,016 Plates Cut Lengths 273,366 120,227 Plates In Coils 291,767 85,248 Rails Standard 23,128 12,159 Rails All Other 5,882 3,811 Railroad Accessories 537 323 Bars - Hot Rolled 146,575 73,429 Bars - Light Shaped 32,275 12,122 Bars - Reinforcing 89,784 20,751 Bars - Cold Finished 25,016 31,688 Tool Steel 11,146 16,916 Standard Pipe 67,883 38,836 Oil Country Goods 19,176 13,943 Line Pipe 94,478 53,912 Mechanical Tubing 37,861 37,860 Pressure Tubing 6,578 7,441 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 4,605 19,414 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,216 1,588 Structural Pipe & Tube 45,868 24,558 Pipe For Piling 3,293 1,254 Wire Drawn 51,188 47,025 Black Plate 12,252 7,163 Tin Plate 20,624 13,013 Tin Free Steel 10,699 7,778 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,008,713 274,155 Sheets Cold Rolled 434,692 198,946 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 147,590 83,420 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 15,255 9,032 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 13,712 10,184 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 7,000 6,042 Strip - Hot Rolled 7,142 4,246 Strip - Cold Rolled 14,299 25,640 _____________________________________________________________________ July 1998 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 3,629,856 1,557,508 Ingots And Steel For Castings 988 1,164 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 670,951 189,987 Wire Rods 149,588 59,217 Structural Shapes Heavy 316,869 115,086 Steel Piling 11,683 6,504 Plates Cut Lengths 177,524 85,521 Plates In Coils 307,398 102,264 Rails Standard 21,563 10,733 Rails All Other 1,821 1,019 Railroad Accessories 264 91 Bars - Hot Rolled 120,780 64,301 Bars - Light Shaped 18,219 8,327 Bars - Reinforcing 101,004 24,209 Bars - Cold Finished 29,896 37,233 Tool Steel 11,536 19,319 Standard Pipe 66,153 36,032 Oil Country Goods 33,339 27,210 Line Pipe 111,358 64,192 Mechanical Tubing 42,189 40,140 Pressure Tubing 8,301 7,788 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,195 22,579 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,403 1,530 Structural Pipe & Tube 32,140 17,413 Pipe For Piling 1,938 931 Wire Drawn 54,195 52,657 Black Plate 18,549 10,976 Tin Plate 25,960 16,674 Tin Free Steel 16,847 11,696 Sheets Hot Rolled 727,492 214,828 Sheets Cold Rolled 338,250 163,478 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 143,633 84,476 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 13,089 8,098 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 8,276 7,394 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 12,030 9,596 Strip - Hot Rolled 13,749 5,235 Strip - Cold Rolled 14,687 29,609 CONTACT: For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-457-2311) Foreign Trade Division or see our web site at "http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/www/ NOTE: For information on more detailed data available, please see record titled "MORE DETAILED FOREIGN TRADE DATA AVAILABLE."