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. November 1999 Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,598,717 1,087,118 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,678 3,712 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 506,147 126,036 Wire Rods 169,924 59,073 Structural Shapes Heavy 54,239 21,220 Steel Piling 11,930 6,242 Plates Cut Lengths 64,490 28,336 Plates In Coils 139,943 40,250 Rails Standard 18,993 8,993 Rails All Other 3,290 1,837 Railroad Accessories 149 122 Bars - Hot Rolled 118,859 56,217 Bars - Light Shaped 23,979 11,432 Bars - Reinforcing 104,159 21,465 Bars - Cold Finished 26,657 29,020 Tool Steel 12,349 16,565 Standard Pipe 75,419 38,201 Oil Country Goods 25,853 17,676 Line Pipe 65,780 27,911 Mechanical Tubing 34,099 28,479 Pressure Tubing 4,366 4,557 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 7,259 24,903 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 2,096 3,256 Structural Pipe & Tube 35,297 17,995 Pipe For Piling 379 172 Wire Drawn 57,051 49,890 Black Plate 10,650 6,303 Tin Plate 34,959 19,447 Tin Free Steel 14,261 8,716 Sheets Hot Rolled 525,836 147,136 Sheets Cold Rolled 208,780 119,153 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 173,401 88,346 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 19,234 10,063 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 20,625 14,037 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 7,695 5,315 Strip - Hot Rolled 4,713 2,258 Strip - Cold Rolled 14,182 22,785 ___________________________________________________________________________ October 1999 Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,796,580 1,069,902 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,129 2,326 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 833,359 179,684 Wire Rods 211,750 67,303 Structural Shapes Heavy 48,740 19,723 Steel Piling 12,585 6,500 Plates Cut Lengths 34,560 18,291 Plates In Coils 119,055 33,852 Rails Standard 16,584 8,778 Rails All Other 872 613 Railroad Accessories 364 270 Bars - Hot Rolled 122,611 58,764 Bars - Light Shaped 15,375 7,302 Bars - Reinforcing 150,591 29,911 Bars - Cold Finished 23,638 29,091 Tool Steel 13,465 17,449 Standard Pipe 68,006 35,143 Oil Country Goods 24,336 13,153 Line Pipe 37,368 15,631 Mechanical Tubing 36,770 30,985 Pressure Tubing 5,365 4,764 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,348 22,332 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 2,756 3,573 Structural Pipe & Tube 37,610 18,129 Pipe For Piling 659 323 Wire Drawn 54,503 47,241 Black Plate 11,660 7,225 Tin Plate 48,234 27,589 Tin Free Steel 18,056 10,957 Sheets Hot Rolled 411,989 111,436 Sheets Cold Rolled 208,080 107,608 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 158,790 80,698 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 14,136 7,532 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 17,301 11,609 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 9,685 6,964 Strip - Hot Rolled 6,187 3,179 Strip - Cold Rolled 14,064 23,974 ___________________________________________________________________________ October 1999 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,865,815 1,088,455 Ingots And Steel For Castings 5,009 5,586 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 868,649 186,626 Wire Rods 219,130 68,611 Structural Shapes Heavy 49,973 20,007 Steel Piling 12,854 6,608 Plates Cut Lengths 37,863 19,114 Plates In Coils 119,253 33,937 Rails Standard 16,584 8,778 Rails All Other 872 619 Railroad Accessories 382 284 Bars - Hot Rolled 122,763 58,787 Bars - Light Shaped 19,950 8,402 Bars - Reinforcing 153,687 30,464 Bars - Cold Finished 25,165 29,606 Tool Steel 13,487 17,510 Standard Pipe 69,081 35,563 Oil Country Goods 24,336 13,153 Line Pipe 38,134 15,949 Mechanical Tubing 38,043 31,366 Pressure Tubing 5,365 4,764 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,310 22,211 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 2,756 3,530 Structural Pipe & Tube 37,610 18,129 Pipe For Piling 659 323 Wire Drawn 54,557 47,274 Black Plate 11,662 7,229 Tin Plate 48,319 27,617 Tin Free Steel 18,056 10,957 Sheets Hot Rolled 416,123 113,082 Sheets Cold Rolled 208,417 107,798 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 159,103 80,835 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 14,164 7,544 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 17,370 11,685 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 9,685 6,964 Strip - Hot Rolled 6,187 3,179 Strip - Cold Rolled 14,259 24,362 __________________________________________________________________________ November 1998 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 3,656,417 1,398,409 Ingots And Steel For Castings 523 3,284 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 476,877 121,862 Wire Rods 137,027 49,493 Structural Shapes Heavy 228,083 70,695 Steel Piling 11,844 6,865 Plates Cut Lengths 200,091 100,237 Plates In Coils 324,214 75,989 Rails Standard 8,076 3,869 Rails All Other 3,217 2,207 Railroad Accessories 672 614 Bars - Hot Rolled 109,638 56,430 Bars - Light Shaped 30,888 12,920 Bars - Reinforcing 65,181 16,554 Bars - Cold Finished 26,669 34,246 Tool Steel 9,535 15,182 Standard Pipe 53,299 30,158 Oil Country Goods 7,124 8,826 Line Pipe 89,217 53,437 Mechanical Tubing 31,444 28,972 Pressure Tubing 4,064 4,111 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 4,937 19,786 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,426 1,755 Structural Pipe & Tube 38,406 18,248 Pipe For Piling 2,170 864 Wire Drawn 55,434 48,788 Black Plate 11,825 7,379 Tin Plate 20,142 14,282 Tin Free Steel 11,608 8,548 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,142,163 289,655 Sheets Cold Rolled 344,578 153,444 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 145,439 82,586 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 11,256 6,222 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 13,759 9,540 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 12,681 9,265 Strip - Hot Rolled 6,309 3,474 Strip - Cold Rolled 16,600 28,620 ____________________________________________________________________________ October 1998 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 3,728,447 1,492,507 Ingots And Steel For Castings 374 584 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 461,426 113,100 Wire Rods 201,070 66,378 Structural Shapes Heavy 248,311 81,684 Steel Piling 25,779 13,919 Plates Cut Lengths 166,349 71,252 Plates In Coils 335,318 88,373 Rails Standard 9,233 4,792 Rails All Other 5,138 2,285 Railroad Accessories 445 466 Bars - Hot Rolled 118,313 63,555 Bars - Light Shaped 23,582 10,760 Bars - Reinforcing 113,468 28,494 Bars - Cold Finished 23,870 29,081 Tool Steel 14,520 19,832 Standard Pipe 84,188 44,218 Oil Country Goods 27,101 22,029 Line Pipe 109,577 68,712 Mechanical Tubing 36,036 33,151 Pressure Tubing 6,335 6,551 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,634 24,068 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,207 1,547 Structural Pipe & Tube 36,158 18,405 Pipe For Piling 1,703 821 Wire Drawn 55,057 52,478 Black Plate 14,696 8,179 Tin Plate 31,124 19,053 Tin Free Steel 13,716 10,335 Sheets Hot Rolled 933,297 250,420 Sheets Cold Rolled 385,051 182,704 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 177,687 99,213 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 12,605 7,241 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 14,611 10,368 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 12,400 9,678 Strip - Hot Rolled 6,586 3,189 Strip - Cold Rolled 15,483 25,593 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."