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 November Final October Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,696,641 1,108,384 2,865,815 1,088,455 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,678 3,657 5,009 5,586 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 555,477 133,822 868,649 186,626 Wire Rods 170,005 59,150 219,130 68,611 Structural Shapes Heavy 58,974 22,376 49,973 20,007 Steel Piling 11,930 6,242 12,854 6,608 Plates Cut Lengths 64,582 28,465 37,863 19,114 Plates In Coils 139,943 40,250 119,253 33,937 Rails Standard 18,993 8,993 16,584 8,778 Rails All Other 3,386 1,879 872 619 Railroad Accessories 149 122 382 284 Bars - Hot Rolled 124,309 57,486 122,763 58,787 Bars - Light Shaped 24,944 11,666 19,950 8,402 Bars - Reinforcing 128,162 25,538 153,687 30,464 Bars - Cold Finished 30,988 31,779 25,165 29,606 Tool Steel 12,502 16,697 13,487 17,510 Standard Pipe 76,297 38,517 69,081 35,563 Oil Country Goods 25,853 17,676 24,336 13,153 Line Pipe 65,780 27,911 38,134 15,949 Mechanical Tubing 34,150 28,497 38,043 31,366 Pressure Tubing 4,366 4,557 5,365 4,764 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 7,267 24,928 6,310 22,211 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 2,096 3,261 2,756 3,530 Structural Pipe & Tube 35,297 17,995 37,610 18,129 Pipe For Piling 379 172 659 323 Wire Drawn 57,051 49,890 54,557 47,274 Black Plate 10,650 6,303 11,662 7,229 Tin Plate 34,959 19,447 48,319 27,617 Tin Free Steel 14,261 8,716 18,056 10,957 Sheets Hot Rolled 527,674 147,608 416,123 113,082 Sheets Cold Rolled 208,443 119,076 208,417 107,798 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 179,568 90,901 159,103 80,835 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 19,234 10,063 14,164 7,544 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 20,625 14,037 17,370 11,685 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 7,695 5,315 9,685 6,964 Strip - Hot Rolled 4,713 2,258 6,187 3,179 Strip - Cold Rolled 14,261 23,133 14,259 24,362 ______________________________________________________________________________ 1998 Data November Final October Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 3,656,417 1,398,409 3,728,447 1,492,507 Ingots And Steel For Castings 523 3,284 374 584 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 476,877 121,862 461,426 113,100 Wire Rods 137,027 49,493 201,070 66,378 Structural Shapes Heavy 228,083 70,695 248,311 81,684 Steel Piling 11,844 6,865 25,779 13,919 Plates Cut Lengths 200,091 100,237 166,349 71,252 Plates In Coils 324,214 75,989 335,318 88,373 Rails Standard 8,076 3,869 9,233 4,792 Rails All Other 3,217 2,207 5,138 2,285 Railroad Accessories 672 614 445 466 Bars - Hot Rolled 109,638 56,430 118,313 63,555 Bars - Light Shaped 30,888 12,920 23,582 10,760 Bars - Reinforcing 65,181 16,554 113,468 28,494 Bars - Cold Finished 26,669 34,246 23,870 29,081 Tool Steel 9,535 15,182 14,520 19,832 Standard Pipe 53,299 30,158 84,188 44,218 Oil Country Goods 7,124 8,826 27,101 22,029 Line Pipe 89,217 53,437 109,577 68,712 Mechanical Tubing 31,444 28,972 36,036 33,151 Pressure Tubing 4,064 4,111 6,335 6,551 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 4,937 19,786 6,634 24,068 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,426 1,755 1,207 1,547 Structural Pipe & Tube 38,406 18,248 36,158 18,405 Pipe For Piling 2,170 864 1,703 821 Wire Drawn 55,434 48,788 55,057 52,478 Black Plate 11,825 7,379 14,696 8,179 Tin Plate 20,142 14,282 31,124 19,053 Tin Free Steel 11,608 8,548 13,716 10,335 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,142,163 289,655 933,297 250,420 Sheets Cold Rolled 344,578 153,444 385,051 182,704 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 145,439 82,586 177,687 99,213 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 11,256 6,222 12,605 7,241 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 13,759 9,540 14,611 10,368 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 12,681 9,265 12,400 9,678 Strip - Hot Rolled 6,309 3,474 6,586 3,189 Strip - Cold Rolled 16,600 28,620 15,483 25,593 ______________________________________________________________________________ November Cumulative To Date 1999 Final 1998 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 29,599,864 11,491,405 35,070,419 15,186,988 Ingots And Steel For Castings 19,084 24,297 139,945 38,401 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 7,029,002 1,504,150 5,627,640 1,527,604 Wire Rods 2,305,532 704,390 1,959,319 717,835 Structural Shapes Heavy 1,173,840 368,020 2,354,718 849,930 Steel Piling 107,533 56,762 181,618 97,910 Plates Cut Lengths 765,811 349,773 1,772,328 848,873 Plates In Coils 1,290,151 368,520 2,637,484 849,198 Rails Standard 218,473 107,971 225,971 117,006 Rails All Other 26,325 15,945 48,615 29,962 Railroad Accessories 3,826 2,128 3,767 3,106 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,247,018 607,604 1,307,359 685,334 Bars - Light Shaped 241,156 96,256 256,563 114,514 Bars - Reinforcing 1,578,986 322,543 1,032,419 278,507 Bars - Cold Finished 253,597 281,940 292,760 366,600 Tool Steel 135,409 195,438 135,516 205,766 Standard Pipe 711,824 365,467 770,524 432,184 Oil Country Goods 129,156 100,367 302,016 239,615 Line Pipe 757,875 350,287 1,061,529 622,638 Mechanical Tubing 367,247 310,482 413,544 391,354 Pressure Tubing 42,462 47,423 56,722 59,733 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 67,810 233,701 58,303 234,173 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 22,303 27,141 12,644 16,496 Structural Pipe & Tube 397,329 193,050 421,272 223,227 Pipe For Piling 15,719 7,483 19,417 8,917 Wire Drawn 614,799 531,149 583,941 559,195 Black Plate 134,469 75,129 147,302 90,125 Tin Plate 423,434 239,906 269,625 172,287 Tin Free Steel 165,861 109,177 135,192 98,788 Sheets Hot Rolled 4,010,411 1,065,443 7,372,013 2,142,272 Sheets Cold Rolled 2,899,866 1,329,021 3,332,336 1,671,532 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 1,777,041 917,601 1,529,127 887,817 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 151,598 79,578 144,734 90,035 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 190,449 125,413 109,563 84,931 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 90,394 64,043 107,862 87,035 Strip - Hot Rolled 67,107 32,000 80,780 39,914 Strip - Cold Rolled 166,967 281,806 165,953 304,171 CONTACT: For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-457-2311) Foreign Trade Division, Bureau of Census.