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 Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,656,507 1,017,543 Ingots And Steel For Castings 761 3,946 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 677,770 134,074 Wire Rods 177,111 56,853 Structural Shapes Heavy 97,844 30,632 Steel Piling 4,160 2,431 Plates Cut Lengths 69,144 30,300 Plates In Coils 79,062 21,809 Rails Standard 2,228 1,149 Rails All Other 2,174 1,305 Railroad Accessories 112 90 Bars - Hot Rolled 119,018 58,019 Bars - Light Shaped 23,342 9,111 Bars - Reinforcing 167,865 32,123 Bars - Cold Finished 24,813 25,967 Tool Steel 12,643 19,885 Standard Pipe 72,425 36,084 Oil Country Goods 10,481 11,464 Line Pipe 76,838 32,817 Mechanical Tubing 34,446 28,167 Pressure Tubing 5,248 5,864 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,588 21,515 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 2,274 3,815 Structural Pipe & Tube 39,827 18,163 Pipe For Piling 3,235 1,073 Wire Drawn 60,015 52,073 Black Plate 16,879 8,704 Tin Plate 38,905 22,168 Tin Free Steel 10,344 6,336 Sheets Hot Rolled 324,045 85,682 Sheets Cold Rolled 263,632 113,846 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 173,375 86,554 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 11,468 5,969 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 17,455 12,279 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 7,336 6,111 Strip - Hot Rolled 7,642 3,090 Strip - Cold Rolled 16,003 28,077 _________________________________________________________________________ May 1999 Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,996,987 1,097,491 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,245 1,298 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 931,086 175,238 Wire Rods 233,788 70,742 Structural Shapes Heavy 135,957 39,978 Steel Piling 9,797 5,148 Plates Cut Lengths 58,699 29,513 Plates In Coils 127,834 36,237 Rails Standard 16,966 8,813 Rails All Other 2,065 1,338 Railroad Accessories 1,263 392 Bars - Hot Rolled 113,957 53,024 Bars - Light Shaped 21,947 8,476 Bars - Reinforcing 112,278 24,560 Bars - Cold Finished 19,132 23,021 Tool Steel 13,771 20,249 Standard Pipe 68,387 35,064 Oil Country Goods 6,922 6,530 Line Pipe 72,005 34,052 Mechanical Tubing 35,314 30,751 Pressure Tubing 3,173 5,309 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 5,791 19,801 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,757 1,947 Structural Pipe & Tube 34,062 16,451 Pipe For Piling 1,629 874 Wire Drawn 59,099 50,898 Black Plate 12,569 7,631 Tin Plate 37,577 21,339 Tin Free Steel 13,705 9,939 Sheets Hot Rolled 318,877 85,099 Sheets Cold Rolled 304,403 134,349 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 162,068 85,921 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 6,598 3,414 Strip - Cold Rolled 15,157 26,548 ________________________________________________________________________ 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 CONTACT: For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-457-2311), Foreign Trade Division, or see our web site at "http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/www/" NOTE: For more information on more detailed data available, please see record titled "MORE DETAILED FOREIGN TRADE DATA AVAILABLE."