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 October Final September Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,865,815 1,088,455 2,822,445 1,046,054 Ingots And Steel For Castings 5,009 5,586 1,209 1,174 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 868,649 186,626 710,484 158,824 Wire Rods 219,130 68,611 209,923 66,310 Structural Shapes Heavy 49,973 20,007 68,384 23,048 Steel Piling 12,854 6,608 6,804 3,640 Plates Cut Lengths 37,863 19,114 50,480 22,120 Plates In Coils 119,253 33,937 170,180 44,021 Rails Standard 16,584 8,778 9,991 5,137 Rails All Other 872 619 692 379 Railroad Accessories 382 284 164 94 Bars - Hot Rolled 122,763 58,787 127,611 59,803 Bars - Light Shaped 19,950 8,402 14,774 6,405 Bars - Reinforcing 153,687 30,464 157,532 30,885 Bars - Cold Finished 25,165 29,606 19,668 22,708 Tool Steel 13,487 17,510 11,205 15,295 Standard Pipe 69,081 35,563 60,260 30,102 Oil Country Goods 24,336 13,153 14,741 11,514 Line Pipe 38,134 15,949 57,799 24,423 Mechanical Tubing 38,043 31,366 31,499 26,665 Pressure Tubing 5,365 4,764 4,201 4,170 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,310 22,211 6,173 19,958 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 2,756 3,530 2,269 2,767 Structural Pipe & Tube 37,610 18,129 31,401 16,317 Pipe For Piling 659 323 766 317 Wire Drawn 54,557 47,274 52,958 45,372 Black Plate 11,662 7,229 10,985 6,355 Tin Plate 48,319 27,617 30,159 17,196 Tin Free Steel 18,056 10,957 19,173 11,553 Sheets Hot Rolled 416,123 113,082 436,567 113,820 Sheets Cold Rolled 208,417 107,798 273,353 118,699 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 159,103 80,835 162,967 83,087 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 14,164 7,544 18,295 9,995 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 17,370 11,685 20,599 12,172 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 9,685 6,964 7,217 4,930 Strip - Hot Rolled 6,187 3,179 6,662 2,835 Strip - Cold Rolled 14,259 24,362 15,301 23,966 _________________________________________________________________________ 1998 Data October Final September Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 3,728,447 1,492,507 3,501,878 1,420,462 Ingots And Steel For Castings 374 584 526 574 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 461,426 113,100 550,612 133,006 Wire Rods 201,070 66,378 171,382 58,264 Structural Shapes Heavy 248,311 81,684 234,777 76,220 Steel Piling 25,779 13,919 15,365 8,257 Plates Cut Lengths 166,349 71,252 283,478 122,671 Plates In Coils 335,318 88,373 290,943 80,510 Rails Standard 9,233 4,792 12,728 6,762 Rails All Other 5,138 2,285 2,902 2,264 Railroad Accessories 445 466 340 463 Bars - Hot Rolled 118,313 63,555 107,888 56,732 Bars - Light Shaped 23,582 10,760 18,498 8,122 Bars - Reinforcing 113,468 28,494 73,346 19,026 Bars - Cold Finished 23,870 29,081 27,094 31,920 Tool Steel 14,520 19,832 10,492 14,539 Standard Pipe 84,188 44,218 65,869 34,921 Oil Country Goods 27,101 22,029 26,367 22,052 Line Pipe 109,577 68,712 131,038 72,807 Mechanical Tubing 36,036 33,151 36,160 34,632 Pressure Tubing 6,335 6,551 2,476 3,297 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,634 24,068 4,901 19,069 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,207 1,547 1,093 1,913 Structural Pipe & Tube 36,158 18,405 40,500 21,028 Pipe For Piling 1,703 821 1,203 456 Wire Drawn 55,057 52,478 50,162 46,581 Black Plate 14,696 8,179 12,258 6,969 Tin Plate 31,124 19,053 22,844 14,433 Tin Free Steel 13,716 10,335 8,469 5,342 Sheets Hot Rolled 933,297 250,420 743,504 217,661 Sheets Cold Rolled 385,051 182,704 354,209 164,120 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 177,687 99,213 146,571 83,649 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 12,605 7,241 11,867 7,328 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 14,611 10,368 12,248 9,327 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 12,400 9,678 8,041 5,849 Strip - Hot Rolled 6,586 3,189 6,549 3,130 Strip - Cold Rolled 15,483 25,593 15,181 26,570 ________________________________________________________________________ October Cumulative To Date 1999 Final 1998 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 26,903,222 10,383,021 31,414,003 13,788,579 Ingots And Steel For Castings 17,406 20,640 139,422 35,117 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 6,473,524 1,370,329 5,150,762 1,405,743 Wire Rods 2,135,527 645,240 1,822,292 668,342 Structural Shapes Heavy 1,114,866 345,644 2,126,635 779,235 Steel Piling 95,604 50,520 169,774 91,045 Plates Cut Lengths 701,228 321,308 1,572,237 748,636 Plates In Coils 1,150,209 328,269 2,313,270 773,209 Rails Standard 199,480 98,978 217,895 113,137 Rails All Other 22,938 14,066 45,399 27,755 Railroad Accessories 3,676 2,006 3,095 2,492 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,122,710 550,119 1,197,720 628,904 Bars - Light Shaped 216,213 84,589 225,674 101,594 Bars - Reinforcing 1,450,823 297,005 967,237 261,953 Bars - Cold Finished 222,610 250,160 266,092 332,354 Tool Steel 122,907 178,741 125,981 190,584 Standard Pipe 635,527 326,951 717,225 402,026 Oil Country Goods 103,303 82,691 294,892 230,789 Line Pipe 692,095 322,376 972,312 569,201 Mechanical Tubing 333,098 281,985 382,100 362,382 Pressure Tubing 38,097 42,866 52,658 55,622 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 60,543 208,773 53,366 214,387 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 20,206 23,880 11,218 14,741 Structural Pipe & Tube 362,031 175,055 382,867 204,979 Pipe For Piling 15,340 7,311 17,247 8,053 Wire Drawn 557,747 481,259 528,507 510,406 Black Plate 123,819 68,827 135,477 82,746 Tin Plate 388,474 220,459 249,482 158,005 Tin Free Steel 151,600 100,461 123,584 90,240 Sheets Hot Rolled 3,482,737 917,835 6,229,850 1,852,617 Sheets Cold Rolled 2,691,423 1,209,945 2,987,759 1,518,088 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 1,597,473 826,699 1,383,688 805,231 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 132,363 69,515 133,478 83,814 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 169,824 111,376 95,804 75,391 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 82,699 58,728 95,181 77,770 Strip - Hot Rolled 62,395 29,742 74,471 36,440 Strip - Cold Rolled 152,705 258,673 149,353 275,551 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." titled "MORE DETAILED FOREIGN TRADE DATA AVAILABLE."