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 December Final November Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,814,332 1,122,469 2,696,641 1,108,384 Ingots And Steel For Castings 36,967 9,926 1,678 3,657 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 698,337 178,145 555,477 133,822 Wire Rods 202,862 66,594 170,005 59,150 Structural Shapes Heavy 114,224 39,081 58,974 22,376 Steel Piling 10,189 5,043 11,930 6,242 Plates Cut Lengths 63,625 29,768 64,582 28,465 Plates In Coils 145,273 39,478 139,943 40,250 Rails Standard 7,408 3,580 18,993 8,993 Rails All Other 1,611 938 3,386 1,879 Railroad Accessories 394 188 149 122 Bars - Hot Rolled 112,821 54,558 124,309 57,486 Bars - Light Shaped 23,998 9,259 24,944 11,666 Bars - Reinforcing 83,546 17,030 128,162 25,538 Bars - Cold Finished 23,719 28,114 30,988 31,779 Tool Steel 13,246 18,989 12,502 16,697 Standard Pipe 65,353 32,716 76,297 38,517 Oil Country Goods 25,220 15,381 25,853 17,676 Line Pipe 84,678 39,554 65,780 27,911 Mechanical Tubing 31,545 25,881 34,150 28,497 Pressure Tubing 4,076 4,222 4,366 4,557 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 7,763 27,620 7,267 24,928 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 2,328 2,663 2,096 3,261 Structural Pipe & Tube 33,769 16,675 35,297 17,995 Pipe For Piling 3,478 1,448 379 172 Wire Drawn 55,141 48,171 57,051 49,890 Black Plate 16,598 7,724 10,650 6,303 Tin Plate 23,898 14,001 34,959 19,447 Tin Free Steel 20,521 11,622 14,261 8,716 Sheets Hot Rolled 492,484 135,500 527,674 147,608 Sheets Cold Rolled 200,106 108,757 208,443 119,076 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 137,646 70,377 179,568 90,901 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 19,562 10,377 19,234 10,063 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 18,229 12,414 20,625 14,037 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 13,925 9,520 7,695 5,315 Strip - Hot Rolled 6,191 3,050 4,713 2,258 Strip - Cold Rolled 13,603 24,107 14,261 23,133 _____________________________________________________________________________ 1998 Data December Final November Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,595,632 1,107,807 3,656,417 1,398,409 Ingots And Steel For Castings 3,520 2,538 523 3,284 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 375,844 90,282 476,877 121,862 Wire Rods 187,260 61,581 137,027 49,493 Structural Shapes Heavy 163,625 48,924 228,083 70,695 Steel Piling 16,338 9,534 11,844 6,865 Plates Cut Lengths 155,142 83,827 200,091 100,237 Plates In Coils 130,623 35,731 324,214 75,989 Rails Standard 23,329 12,106 8,076 3,869 Rails All Other 3,700 2,694 3,217 2,207 Railroad Accessories 585 137 672 614 Bars - Hot Rolled 105,493 54,459 109,638 56,430 Bars - Light Shaped 25,028 8,912 30,888 12,920 Bars - Reinforcing 82,699 19,462 65,181 16,554 Bars - Cold Finished 22,887 28,360 26,669 34,246 Tool Steel 10,079 14,582 9,535 15,182 Standard Pipe 58,808 31,374 53,299 30,158 Oil Country Goods 9,291 8,327 7,124 8,826 Line Pipe 80,437 45,255 89,217 53,437 Mechanical Tubing 29,108 27,789 31,444 28,972 Pressure Tubing 4,315 5,130 4,064 4,111 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 5,680 22,323 4,937 19,786 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,607 1,587 1,426 1,755 Structural Pipe & Tube 32,753 15,824 38,406 18,248 Pipe For Piling 1,247 547 2,170 864 Wire Drawn 48,722 43,706 55,434 48,788 Black Plate 12,089 6,262 11,825 7,379 Tin Plate 21,221 13,240 20,142 14,282 Tin Free Steel 10,877 6,639 11,608 8,548 Sheets Hot Rolled 381,556 104,894 1,142,163 289,655 Sheets Cold Rolled 379,365 164,678 344,578 153,444 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 150,976 83,471 145,439 82,586 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 18,938 9,236 11,256 6,222 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 13,347 9,665 13,759 9,540 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 5,294 5,327 12,681 9,265 Strip - Hot Rolled 5,785 3,095 6,309 3,474 Strip - Cold Rolled 18,064 26,310 16,600 28,620 ____________________________________________________________________________ December Cumulative To Date 1999 Final 1998 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 32,414,195 12,613,874 37,666,051 16,294,795 Ingots And Steel For Castings 56,051 34,223 143,464 40,939 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 7,727,338 1,682,296 6,003,484 1,617,886 Wire Rods 2,508,394 770,984 2,146,579 779,416 Structural Shapes Heavy 1,288,065 407,101 2,518,343 898,854 Steel Piling 117,722 61,805 197,956 107,444 Plates Cut Lengths 829,435 379,541 1,927,471 932,700 Plates In Coils 1,435,424 407,997 2,768,107 884,929 Rails Standard 225,881 111,552 249,300 129,112 Rails All Other 27,936 16,883 52,315 32,656 Railroad Accessories 4,219 2,316 4,352 3,243 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,359,840 662,162 1,412,851 739,793 Bars - Light Shaped 265,154 105,514 281,591 123,426 Bars - Reinforcing 1,662,531 339,573 1,115,118 297,969 Bars - Cold Finished 277,316 310,054 315,647 394,960 Tool Steel 148,655 214,426 145,595 220,348 Standard Pipe 777,177 398,183 829,332 463,558 Oil Country Goods 154,375 115,748 311,307 247,942 Line Pipe 842,553 389,842 1,141,966 667,893 Mechanical Tubing 398,793 336,363 442,652 419,143 Pressure Tubing 46,538 51,645 61,038 64,862 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 75,574 261,321 63,983 256,496 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 24,630 29,803 14,251 18,083 Structural Pipe & Tube 431,098 209,724 454,025 239,051 Pipe For Piling 19,196 8,931 20,664 9,465 Wire Drawn 669,940 579,320 632,663 602,900 Black Plate 151,067 82,853 159,391 96,387 Tin Plate 447,331 253,907 290,846 185,527 Tin Free Steel 186,382 120,798 146,068 105,427 Sheets Hot Rolled 4,502,895 1,200,943 7,753,569 2,247,166 Sheets Cold Rolled 3,099,972 1,437,778 3,711,702 1,836,210 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 1,914,687 987,978 1,680,103 971,288 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 171,160 89,955 163,672 99,271 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 208,678 137,827 122,910 94,595 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 104,319 73,563 113,156 92,362 Strip - Hot Rolled 73,298 35,050 86,565 43,010 Strip - Cold Rolled 180,570 305,913 184,017 330,481 CONTACT: For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-457-2311), Foreign Trade Division, Bureau of Census.