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 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 _________________________________________________________________________ April 1999 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,301,768 951,831 Ingots And Steel For Castings 762 1,322 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 419,826 92,608 Wire Rods 185,137 56,460 Structural Shapes Heavy 81,145 25,805 Steel Piling 12,398 5,895 Plates Cut Lengths 52,505 26,408 Plates In Coils 87,200 24,172 Rails Standard 33,929 17,057 Rails All Other 3,961 2,349 Railroad Accessories 388 197 Bars - Hot Rolled 107,867 52,043 Bars - Light Shaped 20,417 7,507 Bars - Reinforcing 115,671 24,022 Bars - Cold Finished 21,884 25,611 Tool Steel 10,228 16,187 Standard Pipe 58,642 30,476 Oil Country Goods 5,499 4,418 Line Pipe 80,803 38,979 Mechanical Tubing 30,514 24,877 Pressure Tubing 4,037 4,050 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 5,240 18,693 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,270 1,568 Structural Pipe & Tube 32,959 16,230 Pipe For Piling 2,108 1,196 Wire Drawn 58,407 48,678 Black Plate 8,540 4,500 Tin Plate 41,860 23,987 Tin Free Steel 13,756 8,028 Sheets Hot Rolled 323,052 84,682 Sheets Cold Rolled 257,869 125,390 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 172,156 91,694 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 11,446 6,205 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 14,338 9,651 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 6,110 4,130 Strip - Hot Rolled 5,146 2,345 Strip - Cold Rolled 14,698 24,412 ________________________________________________________________________ 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 __________________________________________________________________________ April 1998 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,955,401 1,341,717 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,031 871 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 532,533 147,738 Wire Rods 161,431 60,934 Structural Shapes Heavy 215,690 77,658 Steel Piling 14,714 7,203 Plates Cut Lengths 68,155 42,449 Plates In Coils 234,643 93,729 Rails Standard 21,472 10,811 Rails All Other 10,322 5,987 Railroad Accessories 169 153 Bars - Hot Rolled 109,707 61,224 Bars - Light Shaped 21,226 9,785 Bars - Reinforcing 125,182 30,614 Bars - Cold Finished 25,301 33,209 Tool Steel 11,340 18,678 Standard Pipe 65,016 38,259 Oil Country Goods 33,480 25,711 Line Pipe 102,872 59,356 Mechanical Tubing 43,121 41,028 Pressure Tubing 7,078 7,208 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 4,876 21,422 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 926 1,313 Structural Pipe & Tube 38,911 20,722 Pipe For Piling 2,059 966 Wire Drawn 58,970 55,667 Black Plate 10,687 6,830 Tin Plate 22,498 14,668 Tin Free Steel 11,168 8,108 Sheets Hot Rolled 574,075 173,256 Sheets Cold Rolled 229,996 125,336 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 145,338 86,696 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 14,723 9,116 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 6,024 5,117 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 10,488 8,571 Strip - Hot Rolled 6,501 3,183 Strip - Cold Rolled 13,679 28,141 ___________________________________________________________________________ May Cumulative To Date 1999 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 12,475,452 5,020,442 Ingots And Steel For Castings 5,092 7,151 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 2,697,650 564,501 Wire Rods 956,321 291,127 Structural Shapes Heavy 709,972 211,691 Steel Piling 53,322 28,057 Plates Cut Lengths 444,231 201,713 Plates In Coils 506,869 146,547 Rails Standard 125,400 62,382 Rails All Other 11,762 7,477 Railroad Accessories 2,287 1,149 Bars - Hot Rolled 528,032 261,474 Bars - Light Shaped 103,496 40,263 Bars - Reinforcing 522,793 113,405 Bars - Cold Finished 99,977 118,994 Tool Steel 63,822 91,189 Standard Pipe 304,036 159,341 Oil Country Goods 36,329 32,049 Line Pipe 398,404 197,694 Mechanical Tubing 162,350 141,626 Pressure Tubing 16,337 20,866 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 28,921 103,653 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 6,472 7,654 Structural Pipe & Tube 185,837 89,348 Pipe For Piling 9,287 4,953 Wire Drawn 280,745 242,768 Black Plate 55,906 31,751 Tin Plate 185,810 106,098 Tin Free Steel 70,191 50,963 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,500,895 401,457 Sheets Cold Rolled 1,338,391 613,338 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 788,596 417,756 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 51,895 27,669 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 76,320 49,718 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 41,480 28,823 Strip - Hot Rolled 30,231 14,988 Strip - Cold Rolled 75,994 130,808 ___________________________________________________________________________ May Cumulative To Date 1998 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 13,225,092 6,283,172 Ingots And Steel For Castings 63,440 15,159 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 2,237,834 643,068 Wire Rods 962,716 363,422 Structural Shapes Heavy 907,418 355,678 Steel Piling 67,131 35,533 Plates Cut Lengths 436,758 237,400 Plates In Coils 869,783 348,425 Rails Standard 136,201 70,845 Rails All Other 25,079 15,417 Railroad Accessories 1,341 1,011 Bars - Hot Rolled 565,174 299,044 Bars - Light Shaped 108,957 52,112 Bars - Reinforcing 480,147 139,196 Bars - Cold Finished 132,574 168,232 Tool Steel 59,357 94,884 Standard Pipe 348,209 201,457 Oil Country Goods 166,209 130,172 Line Pipe 423,583 247,521 Mechanical Tubing 192,142 182,912 Pressure Tubing 22,747 23,739 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 25,650 106,620 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 4,651 6,351 Structural Pipe & Tube 188,099 102,175 Pipe For Piling 6,891 3,332 Wire Drawn 257,236 256,588 Black Plate 62,025 40,446 Tin Plate 126,689 80,778 Tin Free Steel 67,281 49,703 Sheets Hot Rolled 2,249,477 721,826 Sheets Cold Rolled 1,142,025 645,805 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 630,704 374,705 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 66,939 43,676 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 38,506 31,237 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 44,333 38,009 Strip - Hot Rolled 34,356 17,589 Strip - Cold Rolled 73,430 139,106 SOURCE: For further information, contact Haydn Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-457-2311) at the Bureau of Census, Foreign Trade Division.