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 February 1999 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,033,924 864,713 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,422 1,362 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 360,322 74,350 Wire Rods 145,779 46,747 Structural Shapes Heavy 174,410 49,437 Steel Piling 8,935 5,175 Plates Cut Lengths 73,144 35,496 Plates In Coils 88,451 28,116 Rails Standard 20,186 9,823 Rails All Other 2,017 1,440 Railroad Accessories 290 195 Bars - Hot Rolled 82,925 42,260 Bars - Light Shaped 21,355 7,704 Bars - Reinforcing 94,626 20,019 Bars - Cold Finished 18,133 21,115 Tool Steel 9,506 16,396 Standard Pipe 56,480 29,522 Oil Country Goods 3,855 3,755 Line Pipe 84,395 41,621 Mechanical Tubing 30,391 27,038 Pressure Tubing 3,878 4,850 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 4,915 20,306 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,100 1,331 Structural Pipe & Tube 38,046 18,543 Pipe For Piling 2,186 1,266 Wire Drawn 50,300 43,999 Black Plate 4,995 2,687 Tin Plate 34,758 20,150 Tin Free Steel 10,752 10,015 Sheets Hot Rolled 189,352 50,838 Sheets Cold Rolled 227,691 107,268 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 135,637 72,975 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 9,543 4,950 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 12,905 8,312 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 7,823 6,182 Strip - Hot Rolled 7,964 3,622 Strip - Cold Rolled 15,457 25,846 ___________________________________________________________ January 1999 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,485,321 1,050,538 Ingots And Steel For Castings 389 831 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 367,719 84,273 Wire Rods 180,691 58,662 Structural Shapes Heavy 189,085 57,051 Steel Piling 12,197 6,860 Plates Cut Lengths 134,807 57,590 Plates In Coils 96,561 28,777 Rails Standard 34,846 16,679 Rails All Other 1,953 1,244 Railroad Accessories 135 189 Bars - Hot Rolled 109,100 56,929 Bars - Light Shaped 16,175 6,266 Bars - Reinforcing 70,954 19,481 Bars - Cold Finished 21,061 25,013 Tool Steel 12,701 16,613 Standard Pipe 62,911 33,221 Oil Country Goods 15,440 12,282 Line Pipe 100,312 52,086 Mechanical Tubing 30,490 28,161 Pressure Tubing 3,025 3,958 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 7,049 23,994 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,070 1,352 Structural Pipe & Tube 40,938 18,889 Pipe For Piling 1,642 689 Wire Drawn 51,455 45,569 Black Plate 11,332 6,640 Tin Plate 35,903 20,634 Tin Free Steel 19,559 13,303 Sheets Hot Rolled 365,376 98,662 Sheets Cold Rolled 285,655 125,131 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 148,583 80,038 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 9,539 5,202 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 19,416 12,487 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 8,414 5,629 Strip - Hot Rolled 4,714 2,387 Strip - Cold Rolled 14,122 23,765 ___________________________________________________________ February 1998 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,211,143 1,089,998 Ingots And Steel For Castings 23,051 4,820 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 314,027 99,566 Wire Rods 176,810 71,081 Structural Shapes Heavy 137,719 53,252 Steel Piling 15,793 7,742 Plates Cut Lengths 86,029 42,044 Plates In Coils 135,776 48,076 Rails Standard 15,900 9,832 Rails All Other 4,472 3,040 Railroad Accessories 40 43 Bars - Hot Rolled 98,724 52,443 Bars - Light Shaped 14,178 7,320 Bars - Reinforcing 68,967 18,421 Bars - Cold Finished 24,862 30,625 Tool Steel 11,130 18,206 Standard Pipe 57,018 33,058 Oil Country Goods 38,258 22,857 Line Pipe 72,661 42,577 Mechanical Tubing 36,231 34,109 Pressure Tubing 3,762 4,101 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 4,752 20,022 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 806 998 Structural Pipe & Tube 37,549 20,347 Pipe For Piling 842 417 Wire Drawn 46,362 47,156 Black Plate 10,760 6,383 Tin Plate 27,273 17,148 Tin Free Steel 15,050 9,760 Sheets Hot Rolled 362,699 116,781 Sheets Cold Rolled 195,368 118,912 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 126,091 74,406 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 10,508 6,988 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 8,504 6,551 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 6,858 7,429 Strip - Hot Rolled 7,223 3,935 Strip - Cold Rolled 15,089 29,552 ___________________________________________________________ January 1998 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,293,699 1,176,355 Ingots And Steel For Castings 18,711 3,687 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 407,810 122,014 Wire Rods 213,097 81,840 Structural Shapes Heavy 103,283 56,460 Steel Piling 14,084 8,074 Plates Cut Lengths 62,641 33,073 Plates In Coils 120,370 61,463 Rails Standard 32,769 16,872 Rails All Other 3,949 2,390 Railroad Accessories 376 110 Bars - Hot Rolled 92,040 49,634 Bars - Light Shaped 23,496 11,971 Bars - Reinforcing 41,699 15,790 Bars - Cold Finished 29,594 37,225 Tool Steel 12,531 18,964 Standard Pipe 57,271 33,666 Oil Country Goods 34,544 28,908 Line Pipe 90,700 49,198 Mechanical Tubing 39,244 36,439 Pressure Tubing 3,796 3,332 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 4,564 19,069 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 891 1,210 Structural Pipe & Tube 35,702 19,036 Pipe For Piling 1,074 521 Wire Drawn 43,212 44,806 Black Plate 11,224 8,471 Tin Plate 27,670 17,419 Tin Free Steel 15,579 12,634 Sheets Hot Rolled 361,155 125,578 Sheets Cold Rolled 209,205 127,610 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 131,985 78,956 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 13,884 9,203 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 8,102 6,232 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 6,882 5,055 Strip - Hot Rolled 5,728 3,406 Strip - Cold Rolled 14,840 26,037 ___________________________________________________________ February Cumulative To Date 1999 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 4,519,245 1,915,251 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,811 2,194 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 728,042 158,622 Wire Rods 326,471 105,409 Structural Shapes Heavy 363,495 106,489 Steel Piling 21,132 12,035 Plates Cut Lengths 207,951 93,086 Plates In Coils 185,012 56,893 Rails Standard 55,033 26,502 Rails All Other 3,970 2,684 Railroad Accessories 425 384 Bars - Hot Rolled 192,025 99,189 Bars - Light Shaped 37,530 13,970 Bars - Reinforcing 165,580 39,500 Bars - Cold Finished 39,194 46,128 Tool Steel 22,207 33,009 Standard Pipe 119,391 62,743 Oil Country Goods 19,295 16,038 Line Pipe 184,707 93,707 Mechanical Tubing 60,881 55,199 Pressure Tubing 6,903 8,808 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 11,963 44,300 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 2,171 2,683 Structural Pipe & Tube 78,984 37,432 Pipe For Piling 3,828 1,955 Wire Drawn 101,755 89,569 Black Plate 16,326 9,327 Tin Plate 70,660 40,785 Tin Free Steel 30,311 23,318 Sheets Hot Rolled 554,728 149,500 Sheets Cold Rolled 513,346 232,399 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 284,220 153,013 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 19,082 10,153 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 32,321 20,799 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 16,237 11,811 Strip - Hot Rolled 12,678 6,009 Strip - Cold Rolled 29,579 49,611 ___________________________________________________________ February Cumulative To Date 1998 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 4,504,841 2,266,353 Ingots And Steel For Castings 41,762 8,507 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 721,836 221,581 Wire Rods 389,906 152,922 Structural Shapes Heavy 241,002 109,712 Steel Piling 29,877 15,816 Plates Cut Lengths 148,670 75,117 Plates In Coils 256,146 109,539 Rails Standard 48,668 26,705 Rails All Other 8,421 5,430 Railroad Accessories 415 153 Bars - Hot Rolled 190,764 102,078 Bars - Light Shaped 37,674 19,291 Bars - Reinforcing 110,666 34,211 Bars - Cold Finished 54,456 67,851 Tool Steel 23,661 37,170 Standard Pipe 114,289 66,724 Oil Country Goods 72,802 51,765 Line Pipe 163,361 91,775 Mechanical Tubing 75,475 70,548 Pressure Tubing 7,558 7,433 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 9,316 39,091 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,697 2,208 Structural Pipe & Tube 73,251 39,383 Pipe For Piling 1,916 939 Wire Drawn 89,574 91,961 Black Plate 21,984 14,854 Tin Plate 54,943 34,566 Tin Free Steel 30,630 22,394 Sheets Hot Rolled 723,854 242,359 Sheets Cold Rolled 404,572 246,522 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 258,076 153,361 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 24,392 16,192 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 16,607 12,783 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 13,740 12,484 Strip - Hot Rolled 12,951 7,340 Strip - Cold Rolled 29,928 55,589 SOURCE: Report FT900A Supplement, Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, February 1999 Final. For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Richard M. Preuss (301-457-2311), Foreign Trade Division.