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 July 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 ______________________________________________________________________________ 1999 Data June Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,779,243 1,062,503 Ingots And Steel For Castings 4,054 4,014 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 726,159 151,890 Wire Rods 182,296 57,738 Structural Shapes Heavy 97,950 31,901 Steel Piling 4,666 2,652 Plates Cut Lengths 73,041 31,211 Plates In Coils 79,374 21,887 Rails Standard 2,234 1,165 Rails All Other 2,240 1,333 Railroad Accessories 127 99 Bars - Hot Rolled 119,088 59,039 Bars - Light Shaped 23,342 9,111 Bars - Reinforcing 184,725 35,171 Bars - Cold Finished 32,543 29,568 Tool Steel 13,542 20,985 Standard Pipe 72,596 36,146 Oil Country Goods 10,926 12,206 Line Pipe 81,571 35,192 Mechanical Tubing 34,459 28,187 Pressure Tubing 5,247 5,837 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,634 21,729 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 2,293 3,818 Structural Pipe & Tube 39,827 18,163 Pipe For Piling 3,235 1,073 Wire Drawn 60,536 52,365 Black Plate 16,943 8,804 Tin Plate 39,860 22,684 Tin Free Steel 11,409 8,189 Sheets Hot Rolled 329,743 87,094 Sheets Cold Rolled 281,892 119,041 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 175,380 87,646 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 11,519 5,999 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 18,615 13,060 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 7,336 6,111 Strip - Hot Rolled 7,642 3,090 Strip - Cold Rolled 16,198 28,303 ______________________________________________________________________________ 1998 Data July 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 ______________________________________________________________________________ 1998 Data June Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 3,320,954 1,465,259 Ingots And Steel For Castings 4,393 8,752 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 628,626 176,917 Wire Rods 148,207 55,905 Structural Shapes Heavy 221,661 80,742 Steel Piling 23,584 12,818 Plates Cut Lengths 234,761 111,566 Plates In Coils 218,061 68,389 Rails Standard 15,041 7,846 Rails All Other 4,577 2,960 Railroad Accessories 169 139 Bars - Hot Rolled 138,990 71,843 Bars - Light Shaped 24,143 10,152 Bars - Reinforcing 109,489 30,277 Bars - Cold Finished 27,642 34,200 Tool Steel 18,931 25,095 Standard Pipe 84,923 46,561 Oil Country Goods 22,699 15,383 Line Pipe 102,277 62,058 Mechanical Tubing 37,713 33,687 Pressure Tubing 6,222 6,806 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 5,381 22,637 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,648 1,811 Structural Pipe & Tube 40,102 21,399 Pipe For Piling 2,220 1,258 Wire Drawn 60,669 55,078 Black Plate 15,698 9,013 Tin Plate 22,242 14,053 Tin Free Steel 6,574 5,386 Sheets Hot Rolled 567,367 173,728 Sheets Cold Rolled 333,532 163,035 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 137,503 79,767 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 13,724 8,440 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 8,451 6,881 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 11,376 8,594 Strip - Hot Rolled 6,090 3,052 Strip - Cold Rolled 16,273 29,033 ______________________________________________________________________________ July Cumulative To Date 1999 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 18,251,543 7,166,918 Ingots And Steel For Castings 10,346 12,644 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 4,142,471 863,643 Wire Rods 1,430,737 433,421 Structural Shapes Heavy 894,727 271,038 Steel Piling 64,599 34,247 Plates Cut Lengths 570,473 257,027 Plates In Coils 705,808 202,307 Rails Standard 146,436 71,710 Rails All Other 15,819 10,173 Railroad Accessories 2,848 1,522 Bars - Hot Rolled 760,949 375,840 Bars - Light Shaped 154,448 59,123 Bars - Reinforcing 916,105 191,737 Bars - Cold Finished 155,882 173,745 Tool Steel 86,309 128,851 Standard Pipe 432,350 224,309 Oil Country Goods 55,513 51,228 Line Pipe 551,094 262,495 Mechanical Tubing 229,868 197,493 Pressure Tubing 25,230 30,156 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 40,976 143,297 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 10,482 13,818 Structural Pipe & Tube 255,483 122,712 Pipe For Piling 13,359 6,397 Wire Drawn 393,561 340,771 Black Plate 85,344 47,293 Tin Plate 266,644 150,966 Tin Free Steel 100,959 70,229 Sheets Hot Rolled 2,244,358 594,204 Sheets Cold Rolled 1,954,631 871,116 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 1,125,201 586,557 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 86,302 45,018 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 114,243 75,758 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 57,840 41,103 Strip - Hot Rolled 42,901 20,645 Strip - Cold Rolled 107,248 184,327 ______________________________________________________________________________ July Cumulative To Date 1998 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 20,175,902 9,305,938 Ingots And Steel For Castings 68,820 25,075 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 3,537,411 1,009,972 Wire Rods 1,260,511 478,544 Structural Shapes Heavy 1,445,948 551,506 Steel Piling 102,398 54,854 Plates Cut Lengths 849,043 434,486 Plates In Coils 1,395,242 519,077 Rails Standard 172,806 89,425 Rails All Other 31,477 19,396 Railroad Accessories 1,774 1,240 Bars - Hot Rolled 824,944 435,188 Bars - Light Shaped 151,319 70,590 Bars - Reinforcing 690,640 193,682 Bars - Cold Finished 190,111 239,665 Tool Steel 89,824 139,297 Standard Pipe 499,285 284,050 Oil Country Goods 222,247 172,765 Line Pipe 637,218 373,771 Mechanical Tubing 272,043 256,739 Pressure Tubing 37,269 38,333 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 37,226 151,836 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 7,702 9,692 Structural Pipe & Tube 260,341 140,987 Pipe For Piling 11,049 5,522 Wire Drawn 372,100 364,323 Black Plate 96,272 60,435 Tin Plate 174,891 111,505 Tin Free Steel 90,701 66,786 Sheets Hot Rolled 3,544,336 1,110,381 Sheets Cold Rolled 1,813,807 972,318 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 911,839 538,949 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 93,752 60,213 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 55,233 45,511 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 67,739 56,200 Strip - Hot Rolled 54,194 25,875 Strip - Cold Rolled 104,390 197,747 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."