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. December 1999 November 1999 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,748,064 1,116,097 2,598,717 1,087,118 Ingots And Steel For Castings 4,221 7,585 1,678 3,712 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 680,649 178,145 506,147 126,036 Wire Rods 202,862 66,594 169,924 59,073 Structural Shapes Heavy 105,467 36,734 54,239 21,220 Steel Piling 10,189 5,043 11,930 6,242 Plates Cut Lengths 63,625 29,768 64,490 28,336 Plates In Coils 145,273 39,478 139,943 40,250 Rails Standard 7,408 3,580 18,993 8,993 Rails All Other 1,604 908 3,290 1,837 Railroad Accessories 377 177 149 122 Bars - Hot Rolled 112,503 54,408 118,859 56,217 Bars - Light Shaped 23,978 9,251 23,979 11,432 Bars - Reinforcing 77,136 15,889 104,159 21,465 Bars - Cold Finished 23,719 28,114 26,657 29,020 Tool Steel 13,200 18,933 12,349 16,565 Standard Pipe 65,353 32,716 75,419 38,201 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 34,099 28,479 Pressure Tubing 4,058 4,211 4,366 4,557 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 7,742 27,620 7,259 24,903 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 2,303 2,615 2,096 3,256 Structural Pipe & Tube 33,769 16,675 35,297 17,995 Pipe For Piling 3,478 1,448 379 172 Wire Drawn 55,103 48,142 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 492,342 135,500 525,836 147,136 Sheets Cold Rolled 200,133 108,659 208,780 119,153 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 137,632 70,352 173,401 88,346 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 19,562 10,377 19,234 10,063 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 18,178 12,312 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 13,626 24,130 14,182 22,785 _______________________________________________________________________________ November 1999 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,696,641 1,108,384 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,678 3,657 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 555,477 133,822 Wire Rods 170,005 59,150 Structural Shapes Heavy 58,974 22,376 Steel Piling 11,930 6,242 Plates Cut Lengths 64,582 28,465 Plates In Coils 139,943 40,250 Rails Standard 18,993 8,993 Rails All Other 3,386 1,879 Railroad Accessories 149 122 Bars - Hot Rolled 124,309 57,486 Bars - Light Shaped 24,944 11,666 Bars - Reinforcing 128,162 25,538 Bars - Cold Finished 30,988 31,779 Tool Steel 12,502 16,697 Standard Pipe 76,297 38,517 Oil Country Goods 25,853 17,676 Line Pipe 65,780 27,911 Mechanical Tubing 34,150 28,497 Pressure Tubing 4,366 4,557 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 7,267 24,928 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 2,096 3,261 Structural Pipe & Tube 35,297 17,995 Pipe For Piling 379 172 Wire Drawn 57,051 49,890 Black Plate 10,650 6,303 Tin Plate 34,959 19,447 Tin Free Steel 14,261 8,716 Sheets Hot Rolled 527,674 147,608 Sheets Cold Rolled 208,443 119,076 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 179,568 90,901 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 19,234 10,063 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 20,625 14,037 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 7,695 5,315 Strip - Hot Rolled 4,713 2,258 Strip - Cold Rolled 14,261 23,133 _______________________________________________________ December 1998 November 1998 Final 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 CONTACT: For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle, (301-457-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-457-2311), Foreign Trade Division, Bureau of Census.