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. June 1999 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 ____________________________________________________________________ May 1999 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 3,053,476 1,111,935 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,404 1,818 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 950,315 178,967 Wire Rods 233,788 70,742 Structural Shapes Heavy 141,674 40,808 Steel Piling 9,797 5,148 Plates Cut Lengths 68,097 31,826 Plates In Coils 129,223 37,006 Rails Standard 16,966 8,813 Rails All Other 2,108 1,357 Railroad Accessories 1,263 392 Bars - Hot Rolled 114,770 53,174 Bars - Light Shaped 21,947 8,476 Bars - Reinforcing 113,785 24,818 Bars - Cold Finished 19,155 23,104 Tool Steel 13,896 20,402 Standard Pipe 68,510 35,088 Oil Country Goods 6,922 6,530 Line Pipe 72,045 34,065 Mechanical Tubing 35,331 30,783 Pressure Tubing 3,173 5,309 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 5,791 19,801 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,752 1,844 Structural Pipe & Tube 34,090 16,465 Pipe For Piling 1,629 874 Wire Drawn 59,167 51,182 Black Plate 12,719 7,978 Tin Plate 38,323 21,604 Tin Free Steel 13,937 10,010 Sheets Hot Rolled 324,614 86,490 Sheets Cold Rolled 313,451 136,834 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 163,842 86,559 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 13,162 7,002 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 13,634 9,141 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 11,313 7,403 Strip - Hot Rolled 6,602 3,414 Strip - Cold Rolled 15,280 26,706 ____________________________________________________________________ June 1998 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 ____________________________________________________________________ May 1998 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 3,329,376 1,457,891 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,876 1,761 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 648,476 172,654 Wire Rods 222,194 79,131 Structural Shapes Heavy 233,075 86,375 Steel Piling 14,072 7,953 Plates Cut Lengths 143,134 73,205 Plates In Coils 208,651 77,599 Rails Standard 35,205 17,748 Rails All Other 4,339 2,631 Railroad Accessories 489 310 Bars - Hot Rolled 126,521 67,172 Bars - Light Shaped 29,204 12,442 Bars - Reinforcing 172,321 48,168 Bars - Cold Finished 24,250 29,970 Tool Steel 11,012 18,377 Standard Pipe 79,708 45,939 Oil Country Goods 28,227 28,556 Line Pipe 92,975 56,545 Mechanical Tubing 38,652 37,216 Pressure Tubing 4,027 4,567 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 5,920 22,961 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 912 1,454 Structural Pipe & Tube 39,647 21,316 Pipe For Piling 2,116 1,021 Wire Drawn 53,383 53,319 Black Plate 18,438 10,863 Tin Plate 26,597 16,993 Tin Free Steel 15,972 11,837 Sheets Hot Rolled 587,216 183,547 Sheets Cold Rolled 298,292 149,026 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 106,846 63,018 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 18,154 11,694 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 6,825 5,713 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 10,022 8,887 Strip - Hot Rolled 7,225 3,369 Strip - Cold Rolled 13,405 24,555 ___________________________________________________________________ June Cumulative To Date 1999 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 15,254,694 6,082,945 Ingots And Steel For Castings 9,145 11,165 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 3,423,808 716,391 Wire Rods 1,138,617 348,865 Structural Shapes Heavy 807,922 243,593 Steel Piling 57,988 30,709 Plates Cut Lengths 517,273 232,924 Plates In Coils 586,243 168,435 Rails Standard 127,633 63,547 Rails All Other 14,002 8,810 Railroad Accessories 2,414 1,248 Bars - Hot Rolled 647,120 320,513 Bars - Light Shaped 126,838 49,374 Bars - Reinforcing 707,518 148,576 Bars - Cold Finished 132,520 148,563 Tool Steel 77,364 112,174 Standard Pipe 376,632 195,487 Oil Country Goods 47,255 44,255 Line Pipe 479,975 232,886 Mechanical Tubing 196,809 169,813 Pressure Tubing 21,584 26,703 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 35,556 125,382 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 8,765 11,473 Structural Pipe & Tube 225,665 107,511 Pipe For Piling 12,522 6,027 Wire Drawn 341,281 295,133 Black Plate 72,849 40,555 Tin Plate 225,670 128,782 Tin Free Steel 81,599 59,152 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,830,638 488,550 Sheets Cold Rolled 1,620,283 732,379 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 963,977 505,402 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 63,414 33,668 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 94,935 62,778 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 48,816 34,934 Strip - Hot Rolled 37,873 18,079 Strip - Cold Rolled 92,191 159,111 ____________________________________________________________________ June Cumulative To Date 1998 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 16,546,046 7,748,430 Ingots And Steel For Castings 67,833 23,911 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 2,866,460 819,984 Wire Rods 1,110,923 419,327 Structural Shapes Heavy 1,129,079 436,420 Steel Piling 90,715 48,350 Plates Cut Lengths 671,519 348,966 Plates In Coils 1,087,843 416,814 Rails Standard 151,243 78,691 Rails All Other 29,656 18,377 Railroad Accessories 1,510 1,150 Bars - Hot Rolled 704,164 370,887 Bars - Light Shaped 133,100 62,264 Bars - Reinforcing 589,636 169,473 Bars - Cold Finished 160,216 202,432 Tool Steel 78,287 119,978 Standard Pipe 433,132 248,018 Oil Country Goods 188,908 145,555 Line Pipe 525,859 309,579 Mechanical Tubing 229,855 216,599 Pressure Tubing 28,969 30,545 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 31,031 129,257 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 6,299 8,162 Structural Pipe & Tube 228,201 123,574 Pipe For Piling 9,111 4,591 Wire Drawn 317,905 311,666 Black Plate 77,723 49,459 Tin Plate 148,931 94,832 Tin Free Steel 73,854 55,089 Sheets Hot Rolled 2,816,844 895,554 Sheets Cold Rolled 1,475,557 808,840 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 768,207 454,472 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 80,663 52,115 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 46,957 38,117 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 55,709 46,604 Strip - Hot Rolled 40,446 20,640 Strip - Cold Rolled 89,703 168,139 SOURCE: For further information, contact Haydn Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-457-2311) at the Bureau of Census, Foreign Trade Division.